Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 271 Living, Living Like a Rat

Lan Ping's innate skill is similar to an early warning system. It doesn't have much practical function, but in game instances, she can accurately sense the attacks she might suffer soon, thus abandoning the path she initially chose.

Although the probability is only fifty percent, they are already rare support players in game dungeons.

This was also one of A Yuan's trump cards when he tried to win over Lu Chusheng yesterday.

Lan Ping's innate skill is considered a "life-saving" ability in the game.

"...This is a bit troublesome."

Another dark-skinned, thin male player frowned. He glanced discreetly at the other players who seemed indifferent to their group, and quickly said:

"Mr. Xiao didn't specify when he needed his 'wife' before leaving. Does this mean that as long as we keep hiding, we can confirm who our 'wife' is at the very last moment before leaving the instance—"

"No way."

With his mind in complete chaos, A-Yuan interrupted the skinny, dark-skinned player, feeling as if he were having difficulty breathing.

"The game won't let such a stupid bug appear in front of us."

The probability of that happening is less than one percent.

The dark-skinned, thin male player fell silent.

He was well aware of how outrageous his words were, but...

The dark-skinned, thin male player sighed as he looked at A Yuan's clearly mentally broken state.

"Ah Yuan, don't stay cooped up like this all the time."

The dark-skinned, thin male player's name was Qi Weitao. Compared to his rather imposing-sounding name, he was actually a short, dark-skinned, and thin middle-aged man.

Of the three, he was the oldest, and by the way, he would be 59 years old this year. However, he was also the only one who had not yet activated his innate skill.

"If you stay cooped up like this and dare not move, what will you do if you encounter an attack by a group of monsters?"

In Qi Weitao's opinion, A Yuan was good in every way. He was young and capable. Whenever a crisis occurred in the game instance, he could quietly escape while other players were resisting, thus leading them to hide until the time to clear the level.

Qi Weitao knew that A Yuan was very good at hiding, and Lan Ping was also a support player who would be sought after by town guilds... But why are they still unknown in town now?

Who would have thought that A Yuan, who had cleared nearly twenty game dungeons, would still be holed up in the "Chrysalis Shop" with new and casual players?

From the moment Qi Weitao met A Yuan, he understood that the other man was terrified of death.

Therefore, you can't spend too many points, so you don't need to care about the surrounding environment or how other players look at you.

Some people say he's cowardly, selfish, a scoundrel, and like a rat hiding in the dark... Ah Yuan seems completely deaf to these comments.

He huddled there, slowly accumulating points amidst the ridicule of poor, narrow-minded, and still-living players.

As long as I can leave Dawn Game, as long as I can accumulate one million points to leave Dawn Game, that's all that matters.

This is what A-Yuan considers "correct".

He was unwilling to take the lead, unwilling to be marked by the monsters, and unwilling to make himself more dangerous for the sake of those high points rewards.

But is that really the right thing to do?

Qi Weitao didn't understand.

As he gets older, he sometimes gains a more open-minded perspective on life and death.

After all, there's no one waiting for him in reality.

But A Yuan and Lan Ping are different.

They are still young, and they can continue to live, continue to live as living people.

I've been holed up in a corner, saving up the three or four thousand points I get from completing the game. How long will it take me to accumulate a million points...?

Qi Weitao thought far more than A Yuan did.

Hiding might be safer, but it would also invite disdain and contempt from other players who join the game at the same time, making it impossible for anyone to offer even the slightest help later.

After he dies in the game, how long can Lanping, who is also hiding in a corner to complete the game with Ayuan, live?

Good luck doesn't last forever.

"I... I don't want to hide it either..." A-Yuan was a little agitated, and his calm expression seemed to be broken, with the muscles on both sides of his cheeks trembling.

"But I'll die, I really will die, Uncle Qi. Standing up for others will really kill me. I... I can't die yet. My daughter... my daughter was only born a short time ago. She... she hasn't even met her father yet... And... and Sister Li, Brother Wang's family. They died, they died, but before they died, they all told me to live well, to live well and go out to see their families..."

A-Yuan talked more and more, until finally he kept talking about the past, and he was so emotional that he was trembling all over.

Lanping, the youngest girl standing next to her, couldn't take it anymore and started sobbing softly.

Yeah, so many people died, so many people died... If they hadn't been hiding and sneaking through the game like Brother Yuan... would they really be alive now?

Lanping didn't know.

She didn't dare to know.

Qi Weitao closed his eyes, reached out and patted A Yuan's shoulder, and whispered:

"...No rush, no rush, A-Yuan."

Take it slow, take it slow... everything has to be done slowly...

Lu Chusheng, who was in the center of everyone's sight, was not afraid.

He glanced indifferently at the players around him, his gaze quickly landing on A Yuan and his two companions lurking in the shadows around the corner not far away.

Even though Lu Chusheng was very fast, the girl among the three who was wiping away tears with her head down quickly raised her head, looking up and down repeatedly like a frightened hamster, shrinking her neck and hiding behind the dark and thin male player.

Lu Chusheng was surprised by how vigilant the other party was.

Normally, such a casual glance from him shouldn't have attracted the other person's attention.

Unless, of course, the girl's innate skill is related to increased warning/vigilance.

It's actually a pretty good support-type talent skill.

Last night, Lu Chusheng noticed that there were two other people in the room, so he stopped at the door and didn't go in, thus missing the opportunity to talk to them.

But Lu Chusheng wasn't in the mood to think about anything else right now.

He glanced at the time on his watch, apologized to the players around him who were trying to strike up a conversation, and then went upstairs to the second floor.

The clues within the game's dungeons are currently fairly clear.

Besides the two strange creatures that appeared at night, there was also Mr. Xiao, who was clearly in a state of transformation... As for the butler, he didn't seem to pose a threat to them for the time being.

The butler looks more like a bizarre figurehead serving the plot.

They shouldn't cause any harm to players in the early stages.

As for the "young master" who came back from the dead and the "young lady" who seems to have taken a liking to Yu Shijiu...

Lu Chusheng frowned as he thought of the latter's enthusiastic attitude towards Yu Shijiu.