Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 221 Death

In the hazy layers of memory, it seems that it was also such an evening with a sky full of sunset clouds.

The little boy, who was leaning against the windowsill, looked down at the young man holding the orange kitten downstairs and groaned uncomfortably several times.

Hey! Remember to take it to the vet regularly!

The young man downstairs, whose face was obscured, seemed to chuckle, then waved the hand holding the little orange cat in his arms, his voice gentle.

Yes, let's say goodbye briefly now.

"..."

The little boy, who was leaning against the window, rolled his eyes, but still waved to the orange tabby cat in the young man's arms.

The boundless red glow outside the window fell on the young man and the little orange cat, carrying a faint red light that gradually dissipated and intensified, eventually turning into layers of hazy mist.

Who is he/she?

The same question arose in their minds. Yu Shijiu and Lu Chusheng looked up at the same time, and when their eyes met, a strange sense of familiarity spread between them.

“We—” Lu Chusheng was older after all (though he didn’t really think so), and he quickly realized something from these hazy memories.

From their first meeting, he always felt that Yu Shijiu gave him a strange feeling... like she was familiar, yet also very unfamiliar...

"Have we met before...?"

Unfortunately, Lu Chusheng had barely opened his mouth when his voice was drowned out by extremely painful cries from not far away.

Yu Shijiu's attention was instantly drawn to the noise. He instinctively walked towards a spot not far away, carrying a chubby creature that was even longer than himself, and soon stopped behind a group of players who had clearly just come out of a game instance.

It wasn't very clear from a distance, but now that she was closer, Yu Shijiu realized just how badly the surrounded player was injured.

He was a male player who looked quite young, probably in his early twenties. At that moment, all four of his limbs were limp and broken around him, hanging limply like sour noodles. Thick, scarlet blood rolled around him, soaking his entire body in pools of blood.

"Impossible, impossible, impossible!"

A female player kneeling beside him was covered in blood, her eyes red and swollen from crying, her pupils bulging wildly.

"You're still alive! You clearly cleared the game dungeon alive! How could you not be saved?! How could the recovery potion not work?"

The female player, acting like a madwoman, exchanged for several more bottles of recovery potions and frantically poured them into the male player's mouth while he was in a dazed state.

The players nearby, their eyes filled with tears, realized what was happening. They wanted to speak up and stop the female player's crazy behavior, but they could only reach out in vain, not daring to use force.

What if, what if it works... what if the recovery agent works?

Yu Shijiu quietly looked down at the male player who was being given a recovery potion, her gaze lingering for a few seconds in the other's obviously shriveled pupils before she narrowed her eyes slightly.

"He's beyond saving."

Yu Shijiu asked in confusion, "Didn't you notice that the recovery potion has absolutely no effect?"

He had witnessed firsthand how quickly recovery potions could stop bleeding or even limb amputations, a truly miraculous medical feat. But this male player, in the short time Yu Shijiu had been watching, had already consumed no less than five bottles of recovery potions, while the female player and the players around him who were clearly teammates were still exchanging them.

But it still didn't work.

The male player's wounds were still bleeding, and his twisted and broken limbs remained contorted and immobile.

"What are you talking about?!"

The female player suddenly looked up, her scarlet eyes fixed on Yu Shijiu behind the crowd, her voice shrill:

"What gives you the right to say that?! Who are you?! What gives you the right to decide his fate so easily?!"

Yu Shijiu: "..."

He opened his eyes wide in confusion and tilted his head in bewilderment.

"But he's truly beyond saving, isn't he?"

The male player in her arms had dilated pupils, clearly indicating that he was in no condition to continue sleeping and surviving... Had she said something wrong?

Behind Yu Shijiu, Lu Chusheng, sensing the awkward atmosphere, frowned slightly and quickly stepped forward.

Lu Chusheng, who had just caught up, was speechless upon hearing this sentence.

Lu Chusheng was silent for a few seconds, then stepped forward, grasped Yu Shijiu's shoulder, and whispered:

"Stop talking."

Yu Shijiu was still bewildered. He turned to look at Lu Chusheng and said seriously:

"But I'm not making this up."

"..." Lu Chusheng looked at the boy's beautiful, round almond-shaped eyes, and his slightly agitated emotions gradually calmed down.

"I know."

Lu Chusheng was about to explain to Yu Shijiu when he was interrupted by the sharp scream of the female player on the other side.

"A veteran player! Does being a veteran player make you so great?!" The female player clearly recognized Lu Chusheng, and the moment she saw him, her already precarious emotions completely collapsed.

"We're just a bunch of ordinary players! We have no talent, no special skills, and no items! Are we just supposed to die?! Are we destined to die?!"

"Why! Why?! How can you decide his life like this! He was clearly, he was clearly still breathing..."

The female player closed her eyes in pain. Lying in her arms was her lover, the teammate she first met after entering the Dawn game, and also the savior who had his limbs bitten off by the monster while saving her.

The players around couldn't help but sob. Some of them still had the sanity to comfort the female player, but most of them covered their faces and cried silently.

In the game Dawn, there are far too many human players who haven't awakened their talent skills.

They are like NPCs that make up the players in the town. They need to rely on their own flesh and blood to pass the level each time, and try again and again through trial and error... so that most of those who die each time are ordinary players.

Players with truly talented skills are in a much better situation than those who are in this situation.

Such things happen every day in the game Dawn.

The female player knew she was taking her anger out on someone else. With swollen eyes, she looked at Lu Chusheng and spoke for the first time in despair.

"Captain Lu, do you think we can really leave Dawn Game alive?"

That's... a whole million points...

Lu Chusheng remained silent.

He gripped Yu Shijiu's shoulder with a slight pressure and then quickly released it.

Yu Shijiu, whose shoulder pain hadn't even been noticed before the gripping sensation vanished quickly: "...?"

What's going on? Why did we suddenly start talking?

"Why are you leaving?"

Yu Shijiu's voice interrupted everyone's silent sobs.

The boy looked down intently and met the gaze of the female player who was holding the male player and looking up.

"Weren't we already dead before we even entered the Dawn Game?"

Yu Shijiu said, "Strictly speaking, Dawn Games seems to have given us a 'rebirth,' right?"

The area fell silent instantly.

All the players froze on the spot, staring blankly at Yu Shijiu who had spoken those words.

Even Lu Chusheng was stunned for a few seconds.