Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 867 Refreshed Candles

Thumbelina is such a hassle after she wakes up.

Yu Shijiu got goosebumps just thinking about the image of Thumbelina waking up and crying to him again.

Thumbelina wasn't like this at first, was she?

Why did she become so prone to crying after entering the old field mouse's house?

Could it be that the old field mouse has some tear gas in its house?

This shouldn't be happening... If there really is something like a tear-inducing agent, why doesn't he want to cry at all?

Completely baffled, Yu Shijiu finally managed to silently cut a large section of fabric. After letting out a sigh of relief, he stood up with a flashlight and walked towards the wall.

As you get closer, the candle on the wall, intact and seemingly brand new, comes into full view.

Yu Shijiu's gaze froze on the candle on the wall, his pupils slightly contracting.

The candle, which should have burned out, was now perfectly intact, its body full and upright, and the top even retained the rounded curve of an unlit candle.

The candle wick was grayish-yellow, as if the charred residue from yesterday's burning had not completely faded, or as if time had quietly reset it, waiting to be manually lit.

But what made Yu Shijiu's heart race was that the top of the candle in front of him was emitting an extremely faint, yet continuous, warm, grayish-yellow light. It wasn't that the candle was lit, but rather that the faint candlelight was naturally seeping out from inside the candle, softly illuminating the small patch of mottled earthen wall around it.

"...It actually refreshed?"

Yu Shijiu murmured silently, his Adam's apple bobbing gently.

He stepped forward, his fingertips hovering above the candle.

The next second, he actually felt a very faint, burning warmth.

It was a real candlelight.

Yu Shijiu pursed his lips, suppressing the excitement that was gradually rising in his heart, and looked down to carefully observe the part where the candle was connected to the wall.

The candle was exactly the same as the one he had seen before, fitting perfectly into the protruding part of the wall, without any signs of being replaced or manually removed, as if it had always been there and had never been lit or consumed.

Yu Shijiu rubbed his fingertips together, suppressing his urge to touch or remove the candle.

After spending time talking and interacting with Anjie and the others, he knew that he shouldn't easily touch these strange things before he could fully ascertain the plot.

...Even your casual actions can lead to unpredictable consequences.

Yu Shijiu looked deeply and regretfully at the newly restored candle, imprinting its shape, luster, and the scorching heat in his mind. Then, without hesitation, he turned around and tiptoed back to the bedside.

Forget it, let's talk to Sister An and the others after it gets light and then decide what to do.

Yu Shijiu thought.

On the bed, Thumbelina, still fast asleep, clutched the piece of clothing he had cut off, her brows furrowed. She seemed to be sleeping restlessly, and occasionally she would tremble and sob softly because Yu Shijiu didn't know what kind of nightmare it was.

Yu Shijiu looked at her for a while before silently sitting down.

What dreams does Thumbelina have?

Do they also have dreams where their skin is torn open, revealing raw, bloody flesh, just like you? Otherwise, it's really hard to explain why Thumbelina was crying even in her sleep...

Yu Shijiu made some random guesses, lowered his eyes and turned the already dim flashlight to almost extinguish it, leaving only a very faint white dot.

He didn't lie down, but instead adjusted to a seemingly relaxed but actually vigilant sitting posture, with his back slightly away from the wall so that he could react quickly if he encountered danger.

He closed his eyes, his long eyelashes casting soft shadows beneath them, and his breathing slowed, as if he were falling asleep.

But whether it was Yu Shijiu himself or Lu Chusheng and others who had been watching him for who knows how long, they all knew that Yu Shijiu was not asleep at all.