Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 924 Dandelion Bracelet

As Anjie spoke, her gaze swept over Yu Shijiu's arm and He Lingling's still pale face.

“We may need some special resources.”

He Lingling nodded upon hearing this: "I've overused my 'Ghost Eye' and need some medicine to soothe my spirit. As for Shi Jiu's arm... even without purification, we need to research tools or methods to stabilize and control it."

She sighed and frowned, saying, "Also, we've won the first round, but our opponents in the next guild tournament might develop a targeted plan based on each of our talents, skills, and personalities."

“We’ve already revealed all of our innate skills,” He Lingling said, pressing her temples. “Sister An hasn’t activated hers yet. If possible, I hope you can activate your innate skills during the finals.”

“I hope so too,” Ange shrugged, scratching her messy blue short hair and joking, “I don’t eat very well, so I only need to activate it once.”

The remaining four people: "..."

Chen Yi shook his head and laughed, "Sister An, you eat quite well."

“Really?” Anjie glanced at him. “I remember you used to say I had bad table manners.”

Chen Yi's smile froze: "..."

He Lingling and Xu Han became curious, "What's so ugly about it? Did Brother Chen actually argue with Sister An before?"

“…No.” Chen Yi said with a wry smile, “At the time, I didn’t know that the side effect of Sister An’s talent skill was hunger. I just thought that Sister An ate a lot.”

...In addition, everyone was struggling to earn points at the time, and Chen Yi was worried that Anjie wouldn't be able to save up any points if she spent so much.

After all, the expenses in Dawn Games are not small.

Yu Shijiu carried Feifei in his arms and walked ahead, listening to the four people behind him skillfully discussing post-war matters and planning for the future.

The orderly and supportive team atmosphere calmed his inexplicable unease caused by that figure.

"During the guild tournament, all participating players who win will have a designated rest area."

Anjie introduced the place they were going to later to the group—mainly Yu Shijiu and Xu Han.

Of the five people present, only Xu Han and Yu Shijiu had never actually participated in a guild competition. Even He Lingling had participated a few times, but she only joined temporarily to earn some points.

Is it better than ours?

Yu Shijiu's attention was indeed drawn, and he immediately stopped and looked at An Jie.

“It should be better,” Ange said, “but I personally prefer our little villa; I’m used to it.”

“Me too,” Chen Yi nodded with a smile. “After all, there’s a saying that there’s no place like home.”

Xu Han complained, "...Brother Chen, you're so weird. That sounds a bit odd. We're not dogs..."

"Is that a den of people?" Chen Yi humbly changed his words.

Xu Han shuddered and waved his hands repeatedly: "Forget it, forget it then, changing it to a human den sounds a bit scary..."

The term "human nest" makes them sound like characters from a horror movie...

"Then why don't we go back?"

Yu Shijiu also felt that their little villa was better, even though he and Feifei didn't usually live there.

“It’s free,” He Lingling said, her face pale. “After we win the competition, we get free housing, free water and electricity, and vegetables… By the way, Brother Chen, do we still need to buy the meat ourselves?”

"The meat is free too."

Chen Yi said with a smile, "By the way, the oxygen fee is also free after winning the game."

However, for players who can stay in towns, the oxygen fee is nothing at all.

As the group chatted, they arrived at the rest area.

Similar to what Anjie just said, the "Living" guild's exclusive rest area is much more spacious and comfortable than the small villa they usually stay in, which is obviously a special treatment for those who advance in the guild competition.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Han, feeling aches and pains in his back, suddenly plopped down on the soft sofa and let out a satisfied sigh.

He Lingling was also helped to sit down by Chen Yi and began to close her eyes to rest—before resting, she specially drank another bottle of recovery medicine.

There was no other way... taking some medicine would help her recover her health faster. Anyway, once the guild tournament points doubled, she didn't care at all about the money spent on exchanging recovery potions.

Anjie walked straight to the sofa on the other side of the lounge, sat down, and began to check her points balance and redemption list.

Yu Shijiu placed Feifei on the sofa next to Xu Han, then sat down in the chair opposite He Lingling, raised his hairy left arm, and carefully observed it under the bright and stable light.

The fur on the beast's paws seemed a little dimmer and less dense than it had been in the square, but it was still far from returning to normal.

The pervasive, subcutaneous twitching sensation that had been present throughout the instance had completely vanished, replaced by a heavy, powerful, yet somewhat unfamiliar nerve throbbing.

Yu Shijiu tried to control the claws, watching them flex and extend flexibly under the light, their black and sharp claws gleaming.

"From this perspective, it certainly qualifies as 'spoils of war'."

Yu Shijiu tilted his head and muttered to himself, a smile playing on his lips.

To be honest, he didn't dislike this feeling; in fact, he was somewhat looking forward to seeing what role the mutated arm would play in future game instances.

Of course, this is on the premise that the power is completely under his control, rather than influencing him in the opposite way.

On the other side, Anjie had already checked the points for winning the guild tournament dungeon.

"The points have been credited to my account, and they're quite generous. Also, the 'Thumbelina's Gift' that the system notified me about should be being distributed gradually as well. It's a random item that has been directly added to our respective item spaces, so we'll have to check it ourselves."

Anjie peeked out from the single sofa in the corner, took a sip of the orange juice that Chen Yi had just handed her.

Upon hearing this, the group immediately perked up and brought up their respective system interfaces.

Yu Shijiu stopped paying attention to his left arm. He opened his system inventory and saw a compartment that emitted a soft glow. Inside lay a... dried, intricately woven dandelion bracelet, very small, like the size for a girl.

"..."

Yu Shijiu looked at the straw bracelet, then slowly shifted her gaze to the brief description next to it.

[Thumbelina's Gift of Gratitude - Lingering Blessing: When worn, it slightly increases resistance to mental influences (including pollution, hypnosis, fear, etc.) and weakly attracts positive opportunities related to "hope" and "freedom." Durability: Low (Disposable item; effects last until completely dissipated).]

"Dandelion bracelet..."

Yu Shijiu took it out; the small straw bracelet lay in the palm of his mutated beast claw, a stark contrast.

He could feel a very faint, comforting warmth emanating from the bracelet, seeping through his claws and seemingly soothing the lingering, cold, and dry feeling deep within his arm, a feeling that belonged to the cave.