Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 629 Time Confusion

"probably not."

Yu Shijiu wouldn't confuse the fat man with the gentle female customer pleading for help, and shook her head:

"It must be that after the environment became bizarre, the mastermind behind the scenes changed the status of some people?"

Otherwise, how do you explain how employees and "guests" can stay in such a nice room together?

He Lingling reluctantly accepted the answer, "It's also possible. If the BOSS has a confused memory or a change in consciousness... it could indeed confuse the positions of the NPCs."

However, this speculation has a very obvious side effect—that is, the dungeon boss will be in a state of complete emotional breakdown and prone to sudden collapse.

In short, it will make all the plot events within the game instance disjointed—of course, if the player is smart enough, they can connect the dots through the details.

He Lingling considers herself quite intelligent—not to boast, but perhaps because she has been blind for a long time, she can calm herself down faster than most people.

The current storyline is too fragmented, so He Lingling can only keep some doubts to herself for the time being.

"Bring Shi Yuan out first," He Lingling suddenly remembered Shi Yuan, her eyes widened, and she exclaimed, "Oh my god! I completely forgot about Shi Yuan!"

Upon hearing this reminder, both Xu Han and Lu Chusheng's expressions changed.

The former was horrified, while the latter's expression was obscured by the fine hairs on his face—well, only his pupils had changed to vertical.

Upon hearing this, Yu Shijiu exclaimed "Ah!" and was about to speak when a loud "bang" suddenly rang out behind him.

The three people and the cat all turned around at the same time and looked at the door of the room that had made the loud noise.

Behind that door came the sound of hurried running and a very familiar woman's panting—

He Lingling's expression changed drastically, "It's Shi Yuan!"

At the same time, Yu Shijiu suddenly produced an axe in his hand and strode towards the door to chop it open—but the door was suddenly pulled open from the inside!

Yu Shijiu's pupils trembled suddenly, and he swung the axe to the side!

Snapped!

The axe slammed down on the door frame along the intruder's cheek, and as the sickening cracking sound rang out, the intruder's face turned deathly pale.

Shi Yuan trembled as he glanced sideways at the axe beside his cheek, the strong, unmistakable smell of blood still lingering in his nostrils.

"Excuse me."

The boy, who had nearly chopped his own head in two with the axe, smiled shyly and pulled the axe back with a strong wrist.

"I didn't notice you came out."

"..." Shi Yuan swallowed and shook his head: "...It's nothing."

No wonder... Shi Yuan felt like her brain was throbbing so badly that she was almost suffocating. Yeah, she was scared.

He Lingling and Xu Han were also startled. The former quickly stepped forward, grabbed Shi Yuan's arm, and pulled him aside, saying:

"Shi Yuan, Shi Jiu didn't do it on purpose. He was trying to save you."

Xu Han, who was quite frightened, quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes! Shi Jiu was trying to help you! She was trying to help you! She absolutely did not mean to cut off your head."

“…I know,” Shi Yuan nodded, his face pale, his lips twitching slightly at Xu Han’s words. “I should be thanking him.”

Although Yu Shijiu didn't help him and almost chopped him with an axe, that's not a problem.

Yu Shijiu genuinely wanted to help him... Shi Yuan knew that.

Shi Yuan turned his head and smiled at the boy who was looking at him, and solemnly said:

"Thank you."

"..." Yu Shijiu looked at the strange spasmodic muscles on her face and tilted his head in confusion:

"Sister, is your face twitching?"

Shi Yuan: "..."

Xu Han: "..."

He Lingling: "..."

"..." Lu Chusheng's pupils flickered, and he rubbed against Yu Shijiu's thigh again.

—Hmm, that's good. This kind of personality won't be easily fooled.

Lu Chusheng was quite satisfied with what Yu Shijiu said—although he himself didn’t know why he was “satisfied.”

Shi Yuan awkwardly wiped his face. "It's probably because I injured my muscles when I fought with the guests inside."

It was quite a feat for Shi Yuan to even come up with an excuse—He Lingling thought about this and cleared her throat, saying:

"Let's find somewhere to talk now—"

Thump thump thump~ thump thump thump~ thump thump thump! !!! !

The sudden sound of piano music made He Lingling and Shi Yuan's faces tremble. The former immediately turned around and grabbed Xu Han's arm, while the latter, disregarding everything else, pulled Yu Shijiu and ran into the room behind them.

Yu Shijiu subconsciously tried to pull away, but then loosened his grip when he caught a glimpse of He Lingling's anxious gaze.

boom!

After everyone and the cat had entered the room, He Lingling, who was at the back, slammed the door shut and even locked it from the inside.

"?"

Xu Han was caught off guard and asked blankly, "What's wrong? Weren't we supposed to talk about what to do next—"

"Shhh."

After locking the door, He Lingling strode to his side, covered his mouth with her hand, and said coldly:

"Keep your voice down."

Xu Hanxi, whose mouth was covered, blinked to indicate that she understood.

Seeing this, Yu Shijiu also looked at He Lingling: "Sister Lingling? What's wrong with the piano music?"

“…Not very good.”

He Lingling and Shi Yuan exchanged a glance, and He Lingling quickly recounted their "experiences" from this morning and last night to Shi Yuan, concluding with:

"The ball usually starts in the evening, so why is the piano music starting so early?"

Shi Yuan was also a little troubled. "Strange, shouldn't it be noon at this time?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Shijiu raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything, instead walking directly towards the locked door.

He Lingling glanced at his retreating figure. "Shi Jiu," she said.

"You can look, but don't open the door."

"Know it."

Yu Shijiu pressed his eye to the peephole behind the door and looked outside. Upon hearing this, he gave a light, nonchalant reply.

“…Um,” seeing Yu Shijiu busy looking through the peephole, Xu Han licked his lips and said, “Didn’t you guys look at the sky outside?”

"What sky?"

He Lingling looked at him and frowned: "I was being held by the guests the whole time and couldn't move, so I didn't notice."

Shi Yuan silently raised his hand: "Me too... about the same."

"Hold me? You can't move while holding me?!"

Xu Han's eyes widened in disbelief as he exclaimed, "What do you mean, 'I can't move while being held'?!"

Good heavens?! Were all the customers He Lingling and Shi Yuan encountered "perverts"?!

"Alright, that's not important."

Sensing something was wrong with the weather, He Lingling quickly walked to the window that was tightly closed, with the curtains even drawn.

With a whoosh, He Lingling pulled open the curtains.

He Lingling's pupils froze instantly.

What was once a bright and sunny day has somehow turned into a pitch-black night where not a single star or moon can be seen.

"This is impossible..." He Lingling took a step back, her eyes fixed on the night sky outside the window, and whispered:

"...The time doesn't match...or is the time on this ship inherently chaotic?"