Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 298 Strange Appearance

why?

Yu Shijiu heard his heart pounding wildly. In that instant, he felt like a freshwater fish drowning in the deep sea, lacking oxygen, unable to breathe, and frozen in the water, unable to move his hands and feet.

The young man in front of her, whose features were indistinct, seemed to open his mouth, but then more blood gushed from his mouth and dripped onto Yu Shijiu's outstretched hand.

Warm and viscous, it dripped little by little through my fingers, finally falling into the unseen void.

Yu Shijiu finally came to his senses, recovering from the suffocating depths of the ocean. His blood-stained hand trembled as he raised it and slowly placed it on the young man's face opposite him—

"Am I asking you a question?"

Yu Shijiu, whose head was throbbing, seemed unaware that his hands were trembling, with the young man's cold, sticky skin and blood beneath his palms.

Why did you run away?

The young man, his head and face covered in blood, suddenly moved forward. He abruptly lowered his head, and blood from his face and eyes dripped onto Yu Shijiu's eyes and face.

Yu Shijiu's pupils shrank, and he trembled with fear. An indescribable terror spread throughout his body. He looked at the young man who was almost touching him, and the words he wanted to say were cut off.

"..."

The young man spoke again.

His dark, bloodshot eyes were fixed on Yu Shijiu, and a slow smile crept onto his parted lips.

"...I'm going to run away..."

Yu Shijiu heard the young man's hoarse voice, which was almost cracking.

"I have to run... to save them—"

"!!!"

Yu Shijiu suddenly sat up in bed, panting heavily against the headboard. His hands and feet were ice-cold, and even his toes were trembling as if in spasms.

Who is the person in the dream?

Why did I keep asking the other person why they were running away in my dream?

What...what are they running for...why are they running...who is that person, that man, that man covered in blood?!

Within seconds, countless questions flashed through Yu Shijiu's mind as she woke up from her dream.

His heart was still racing. For the first time, a fear that seemed to come from nowhere gripped his mind, leaving it in such a state of chaos that he could hardly think clearly.

Yu Shijiu was certain that his memory was not faulty.

He suddenly looked up at the dimly lit corner not far from the bedroom, and for the first time, he began to doubt his own memory.

Is his memory... really not faulty?

Boom--boom--

At the edge of the bed, outside the long-quiet window, something unknown was knocking.

Yu Shijiu forcefully pulled himself out of his self-doubt and slowly turned his head to look at the window beside him.

The window was still being slowly knocked on.

The thumping sound was irritating.

"..." In extreme frustration, Yu Shijiu was too lazy to think about other possibilities and suddenly reached out and pulled open the curtains.

brush--

The sound of the curtains being drawn back was exceptionally clear in the quiet of the night, making all other noises outside the window seem much quieter.

A black-haired head with an obscured face suddenly appeared before Yu Shijiu's eyes.

Yu Shijiu was startled and closed his eyes, but only for two seconds before he smiled his familiar smile again.

"And who are you...?"

Yu Shijiu's voice was a little hoarse. The fear in his dream seemed to have spread into reality. He stared at the black-haired head in front of the window, whose features, face, and even ears were indistinct, and actually intended to open the window.

A black-haired head outside the window stared at the boy in the bedroom through the glass. The eyes hidden beneath the thick black hair darted around chaotically, giving off a sinister and terrifying aura.

Players watching from outside the screen gasped simultaneously.

"...It's over."

One player stared intently at the screen, his voice low and menacing:

"Yu Shijiu seemed completely unaware that something had appeared behind him."

"..."

No one responded for a moment.

"...Yu Shijiu, is your mind being disturbed by your own dream?"

Given Yu Shijiu's consistent sensitivity to his surroundings, which he always perceived as strange, he shouldn't have been unaware of the oddities in the bedroom.

"……do not know."

The player who spoke first sighed, his voice very low:

"I actually hope he finds out."

Even though Yu Shijiu is a seemingly mentally unstable madman, most players still hope for a happy ending as fellow humans struggling to survive in a game.

Not everyone is into gore, sensationalism, and violence.

in the picture.

In the dimly lit, luxurious bedroom, Yu Shijiu's gaze was completely drawn to the black-haired head outside the window, which clearly carried malice. He reached out as if to open the window, but did not notice that behind him, in the corner of the wall, some blood-stained flesh-colored vertical stripes were convulsing and writhing on the dark wall, rapidly approaching him inch by inch.

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at the same time.

Xu Han and He Lingling, who were asleep on the bed due to the plot, opened their eyes at the same time.

The two shivered from the sudden drop in temperature in the bedroom, but Xu Han still braved the eerie cold and quickly got out of bed to run to He Lingling's bedside and squeeze in with her.

"Depend on!"

Xu Han cursed under his breath.

"Why does this one even include ambient temperature?!"

He Lingling ignored him.

She cautiously scanned the surroundings, and breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw nothing strange in the room. Her hand, hanging at her side, slowly reached towards the bedside lamp—

Xu Han, who was standing very close, noticed that He Lingling's body suddenly stiffened.

His heart skipped a beat, and his mouth watered uncontrollably: "W-what's wrong...?"

He Lingling slowly turned her head in the darkness, then whispered something in Xu Han's ear.

"...After I turn on the light, I'll run straight to the door."

Xu Han was terrified by those words. He wanted to nod and get out of bed immediately, but he listened to He Lingling and stayed on the bed without moving.

He Lingling slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, then silently slid her hand over the cold arm she had just touched—and quickly switched on the bedside lamp.

As the dim, warm light came on, He Lingling suddenly shouted:

"Rush now!!!"

Xu Han jumped off the bed in a panic, not even daring to look back, and grabbed He Lingling's arm, running frantically towards the door.

He Lingling, whose arm he was holding, saw it.

As the person who had just been closest to that "thing," her pupils were now dilated with terror.

A "person" was lying on the edge of the bed.

Covered in blood and with her limbs twisted, the "Madam" was still wearing the same light blue dress she wore last night. The dress was torn, revealing skin as white as paper. The "Madam," with large patches of blood spreading across her body, twisted her head and stared at her, the curve of her lips gradually tearing apart.

As expected, she was a "lady" who had completely transformed after her death!