Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 986 I Will Protect You Forever

This time, it's not a different scene.

Instead, the same scene appears in every mirror—

The thin little girl in the white dress was hacked to pieces by the tall, dark figure, one cut after another.

With severed limbs and spilling internal organs, the little girl's white dress was stained crimson with blood. She lay on the ground, her wide, terrified eyes staring intently at the faces of all the players present through the mirror.

This brutal massacre unfolded before everyone's eyes, again and again.

Repeat playback.

Each time the knife fell, the little girl let out a piercing scream.

"what--!!!"

"Mother--!!!"

"it hurts--!!!"

"It hurts so much!!!"

"Why—why—Mom—why—!!!"

The screams of the same little girl overlapped, creating a soul-chilling wave of sound that echoed throughout the hall of mirrors.

The five members of the "Shenchuan" guild were pale-faced, and Lin Pian almost couldn't stand up, so she was supported by the male player behind her.

Jiang Chuan's hand gripping his weapon was trembling, but he forced himself not to back down.

And xylitol—

She stood in the center of the hall, motionless.

The smile on his face had completely disappeared.

Instead, there was a hollow, soulless... bewilderment.

Those big, round, black eyes, which should have been full of innocence, were now completely devoid of color.

There was only endless darkness.

It was exactly the same as the darkness reflected in the mirrors behind her.

Grandma Mu was still standing beside her, holding her hand.

But that kind face had completely changed at that moment.

He became stiff, cold, and expressionless, as if... he had turned back into a real puppet.

"Tangtang..."

Jiang Chuan called out tentatively.

no respond.

Xylitol just stood there blankly, staring at the mirror that was still playing the same image on repeat.

And at that moment, the image in the mirror finally stopped.

The final scene still shows the little girl lying in a pool of blood.

Her white dress was soaked in blood, and her long, disheveled hair covered her face.

But through the gaps in the long hair, one could vaguely see the same thing as before—

A pair of round, empty black eyes were staring intently at Mutangtang outside the mirror, or rather, at everyone.

There was no pain, no fear in those wide-open eyes.

Only endless...questions.

why?

Why did you leave me?

Why am I left here alone?

Why...why...why...why...

Suddenly, a little girl's sharp, terrified sobs and questions rang out in the hall of mirrors, echoing repeatedly within the mirrored space.

"How pitiful..."

Xylitol finally spoke.

Her voice was very soft, almost inaudible.

"So young... and he was stabbed to death..."

The moment the words fell—

All the mirrors in the hall shattered at the same time!

Countless fragments flew everywhere, and in each fragment, the face of the little girl in the white dress, her hair covering her face, was reflected.

Countless faces and countless eyes were staring intently at Mutangtang as she spoke.

Then, the mirror shards began to converge and merge, eventually forming a huge human figure made of mirror shards in the center of the hall.

The humanoid figure had no facial features; instead, countless little girls' faces appeared and disappeared repeatedly on the surface of the fragments.

It slowly raised its hand and pointed at xylitol.

"Stay—"

Countless overlapping voices emanated from the mirror-like humanoid body, men, women, young and old, sharp and deep, all mixed together.

"Stay—stay forever—with us—forever—forever—together forever—"

Jiang Chuan and the others were starting to feel overwhelmed by the noise.

The five people felt the sounds constantly flooding into their ears and trying to penetrate deeper into their ear canals until the only sound existed deep within their brains.

"Holy crap!" another male player named Liu Chuang exclaimed, taking a deep breath: "Brother Jiang, Sister Pian, look over there, Mu Tangtang."

Jiang Chuan, Lin Pian, and the others instinctively turned around.

In the center of the hall not far away, Mutangtang still stood in the same spot, motionless.

But Grandma Mu, who was next to her, moved.

That blank face finally showed a hint of expression.

Not kind.

Instead... it's sadness.

That kind of deep-seated, indescribable sorrow.

She released Mutangtang's hand, slowly turned around, and stood between Mutangtang and the mirror-like human figure.

Then, she spoke.

"Don't be afraid, Tangtang."

Grandma Mu's voice was still that kind and gentle tone.

"Grandma is here."

"Grandma will always be here."

She reached out and gently touched the delicate double-curled ponytail that Mutangtang had styled beautifully by hand.

"Tangtang, Grandma will always be with you, always will be with you."

Xylitol's body trembled slightly.

Something seemed to be slowly reviving in those empty, bewildered eyes.

"grandmother……"

"Yes, Grandma is here."

After Grandma Mu finished speaking, she turned around and faced the bizarre, enormous mirror-like human figure.

Her body also began to change under everyone's gaze.

No longer the kind old woman she once was, but a wooden figure that had been soaked in water, swelling, twisting, and deforming.

"Her body..."

Lin Pian frowned. "What's wrong? Is she a wooden doll?"

As Lin Pian voiced her doubts, countless strange, branch-like arcs began to emerge from under Grandma Mu's skin, as if something was writhing wildly.

Her kind old face began to crack and fissure.

A blinding white light shone through the crack.

"Grandma won't let anyone hurt Tangtang."

Grandma Mu's voice, now hollow and cold, echoed heavily in the empty surroundings.

"Anyone".

"Including... Tangtang herself."

As soon as the words fell—

Her body suddenly exploded!

Countless blinding white lights surged out from her body, which was cracked in countless places, and pierced towards the huge mirror-like humanoid figure behind Mutangtang like sharp swords.

Wherever the white light touched, all the mirror fragments began to melt and dissipate.

The little girl faces inside those mirror-like humanoid bodies also emitted shrill screams one after another as the white light pierced through them, before disappearing completely.

Within a dozen seconds, all the mirror fragments in the entire hall of mirrors were swallowed up by the white light.

Then, the white light slowly dissipated.

The hall returned to darkness.

Only Xylitol remained standing in the same spot.

Grandma Mu, who was beside her,... disappeared.

"grandmother……"

Mugwort murmured, reaching out her hand and futilely grasping at the air around her.