Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 279 Routine

He Lingling was horrified by her own guess. She quickly shook her head to clear her mind of all the inexplicable thoughts.

"..."

Why are you shaking your head?

Yu Shijiu looked up at He Lingling with some confusion, then continued wiping her face.

"It used to belong to the young lady."

The boy carefully blew away non-existent dust from the large scissors and said earnestly:

"But it's mine now."

He Lingling: "..."

She glanced silently at Lu and Xu, who were busy moving corpses not far away, and then lowered her head in silence.

"Is Miss really dead?"

It wasn't that He Lingling was overthinking it; anyone who saw the energetic young master this morning would have found it absurd.

According to Yu Shijiu and Lu Chusheng, the young master was clearly killed by them last night... but this morning, he came downstairs to eat as if nothing had happened—

"died."

Yu Shijiu stopped what she was doing, thought for a moment, and then said, "But I don't think she's completely dead yet."

"Just like the young master."

"..." He Lingling swallowed hard, then lowered her voice, "What's Miss doing in your room? To kill you or..."

He Lingling didn't say her last words aloud.

She wanted to ask more clearly, but Yu Shijiu's current state did seem... a bit abnormal?

He Lingling didn't know where she got her conclusion from. Maybe it was because Yu Shijiu had just experienced an assassination attempt by an NPC, but now he looked very excited and happy...

"She didn't intend to kill me at first."

Yu Shijiu didn't hide anything and recounted the series of strange behaviors and words the young lady had spoken since coming to her room, finally blinking in confusion:

“I think Miss might be here,” Yu Shijiu tapped her head and said.

"has a problem."

He Lingling's eyelid twitched.

She resisted the urge to reach out and stop Yu Shijiu from tapping her head, coughed, and nodded.

"……you're right."

But what the young lady said... He Lingling frowned and memorized all of these words, planning to go back and wait for the cooldown of her talent skill to pass before deciding whether to activate it again.

Prophecy-type talent skills are rare, and the aftereffects of each use will gradually increase. The first cooldown is 24 hours (of course, the cooldown time will be determined by what the player predicts), and it is very likely to be extended to 30 hours or even two to three days.

The cooldown time can be waited for, but the side effects after He Lingling uses it are temporary blindness and even severe eye pain. Such severe side effects also mean that she has to cooperate with other players every time.

Previously, they would sign contracts in advance to form teams and enter game instances. This was the first time He Lingling had entered the game without any preparation.

(Aside: In case you guys don't understand this: He Lingling didn't plan to use her talent skill at the Aide Sanatorium. She only activated it later when she was close to the end of the game to thank Yu Shijiu for the opportunity.)

Thinking about this, He Lingling hesitated about whether or not to proceed.

She wasn't worried about whether Xu Han would take care of her; given his personality, he definitely wouldn't abandon her... What He Lingling was worried about was Yu Shijiu.

It wasn't that she was worried Yu Shijiu would abandon her, but rather that she was concerned Yu Shijiu might leave the group and go off to fight monsters on her own, which could potentially lead to Yu Shijiu getting hurt.

Yu Shijiu has a long history of this.

He Lingling remained silent for a few seconds, then realized she was overthinking things and quickly brought her thoughts back to the present.

"Then this pair of scissors?"

Yu Shijiu replied very quickly: "I will hide it carefully, and then after I finish the game, I will have Xiao Li bring it back with me."

He Lingling's cheek twitched, and she looked away: "Well, that's fine too."

She suddenly realized that Yu Shijiu's exclusive system must be quite tough to endure.

But then again, if that's the case, shouldn't she also have a proper chat with her personal system about these issues...?

He Lingling's usually quiet and indifferent personal system deep within her brain shuddered and looked at her data-driven virtual body with some surprise.

...What's going on? Can the game system suddenly feel a chill? It feels like something is watching me?

At this moment, He Lingling's personal system was unaware that it was about to suffer a severe injury. It simply checked its body briefly and then silently continued to remain dormant.

As for Xiao Li, who hadn't expressed any opinion in Yu Shijiu's mind for a long time: [...]

It stared in disbelief at the large pair of scissors that Yu Shijiu had polished until they shone brightly, and a girl's voice shrilly rang in Yu Shijiu's mind:

No! I won't help you take it back!

Hmph, unless Yu Shijiu asks for it—

"Why?"

Yu Shijiu responded to Xiao Li in his mind: "You are my personal system, you should listen to me, shouldn't you?"

Xiao Li was shocked: [? Is that even human language? What do you mean I have to listen to you?! It's clearly you who has to listen to me!]

"Oh?"

Yu Shijiu slowly stood up, dragging the large pair of scissors that were half his height, and walked to the window. He looked down at the broken window and the cut rosebud.

Well, now the rosebud closest to the glass is just a bare stem and leaves.

To be honest, it's not very good-looking.

Yu Shijiu lazily replied to Xiao Li in his mind: "Listen to you? If I listened to you, I would have died countless times over."

Don't think he's easy to fool just because he's young. He still remembers clearly how Xiao Li kept urging him to go out and find clues at the Aide Sanatorium.

If he weren't so smart, given Xiao Li's urging, he would have run into Xue Yan, who had just finished her rounds, as soon as he went out.

It's hard to say what will happen then.

Xiao Li: [...]

It clearly remembered those things too, and quickly changed the subject, feeling guilty. "Okay, okay, let's not talk about the past. Honestly, you're not going to get hurt, what are you afraid of? Besides, you didn't even go out, did you? A grown man shouldn't be so petty..."

Yu Shijiu was peeking out of the broken window when he heard this and froze in place for several seconds.

He then sneered sarcastically, "[Are you an artificial idiot? You don't have a single brain or any cheat codes, yet you try to be someone else's personal system?]"

Xiao Li broke down.

Completely overwhelmed by Yu Shijiu's words, her previously cute girlish voice instantly cracked, sounding as if she was about to burst into tears.

【Am I mentally challenged? Am I stupid? Fine, fine, fine, fine!! Don't even think about it. I absolutely, positively will never help you bring this giant pair of scissors back! You can just keep holding onto it, and let's see who helps you bring it back. I'm telling you, Yu Shijiu, if you don't beg me today, I absolutely, positively will not help you bring it back!】

It said so! This giant pair of scissors is rotting in this dungeon!