Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 607 The Corridor...Kicking Someone!

"Your reckless idea doesn't seem like something you would normally do. Did you learn it from that very skilled player surnamed Yu?"

Shi Yuan asked.

"..." He Lingling's lips twitched almost imperceptibly, then she shook her head instantly:

"No, there isn't one."

It's just something I "borrowed" from.

It's really just a simple matter of borrowing from others.

"Oh."

Shi Yuan nodded, unsure whether he believed her or not. He brushed the dust off his clothes and said, "Then let's go now—"

"Huh?! He Lingling!"

A sudden male voice interrupted Shi Yuan's question, and then Xu Han's distinctive face peeked out from around the corner, looking at them with surprise.

"Oh, Shi Yuan is here too?!"

After saying that, Xu Han quickly turned around and waved to those behind him, "Shi Jiu! He Lingling and the others are here!"

Yu Shijiu walked over slowly and gave He Lingling and Shi Yuan a shy smile.

“Sister Lingling,” Yu Shijiu turned to look at Shi Yuan, and hesitated before asking, “Sister Shi Yuan?”

Shi Yuan: "..."

She coughed, her expression somewhat complicated. "You don't need to call me 'sister,' I'm just a few years older than you."

It wasn't that Shi Yuan felt like being called "sister" made her seem old; it was just that... when Yu Shijiu called her "sister," she always felt a chill run down her spine...

"Oh."

Yu Shijiu nodded obediently: "Then I won't call you 'sister' anymore, can I just call you by your name?"

"……Can."

Feeling uneasy about Yu Shijiu's "polite" behavior, Shi Yuan coughed again and whispered:

"Thank you for last time."

Yu Shijiu, who was about to talk to He Lingling, raised an eyebrow in surprise upon hearing this:

"Thank you? Thank me for what?"

He didn't remember helping Shi Yuan in any way during this instance.

“…Last time,” Shi Yuan said, her eyelids drooping slightly, “was that day at the elevator entrance of the Fuling Hotel. Thank you for reminding me.”

Yu Shijiu was also reminded of something by her words, and her expression became somewhat strange.

"That time," Yu Shijiu waved his hand dismissively, "Strictly speaking, I didn't really help you much, so there's no need to thank me."

Shi Yuan insisted, "I still want to thank you."

"……OK then."

As the two were talking, Xu Han had already dawdled over to He Lingling's side, excitedly grabbed her arm, and whispered:

"He Lingling! You have no idea what Shi Jiu and I have been through!"

Having just escaped death, He Lingling struggled with her arms and said expressionlessly:

"You have no idea what I've been through."

Xu Han didn't hear what she said clearly, and quickly recounted everything that had happened, seen, and heard to He Lingling, finally sighing:

"Luckily Shi Jiu was here, otherwise I would have been in big trouble."

I'm not sure I'll die... but I'll definitely be skinned alive.

He Lingling's expression grew increasingly serious as she listened. She grabbed Xu Han's arm and whispered:

"You mean, you heard the crew singing last night?"

What are they singing?

"...Huh? What are they singing?" Xu Han was a little confused by the question, but he thought about it carefully and hummed a few lines of the melody he remembered.

"...That's about it."

Xu Han rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and whispered:

"Honestly... I don't know why, but when I listen to them sing, I always feel cold and stiff all over, like something's not right... Hehe, but there's nothing wrong with the game dungeon either."

"..."

He Lingling's face turned pale after listening to the melody. She bit her lower lip and turned to look at Yu Shijiu, who was quietly listening to them talk.

"?"

Yu Shijiu was listening intently when He Lingling suddenly looked at him, and he was a little confused. He said:

"Sister Lingling, why are you looking at me like that?"

"..." He Lingling sighed, "Why did you come here?"

Having only managed to recount what happened last night, Xu Han scratched his head in bewilderment, and before Yu Shijiu could speak, he said blankly:

"We heard someone kicking the door, so we came over."

Yu Shijiu added, "Yes, we initially planned to start our search from there—that's where."

Yu Shijiu pointed to a relatively secluded corner, "I originally planned to check each room one by one to see if I could trigger any plot, but as soon as I got here I heard someone kicking the door, so I changed direction at the last minute."

After the two explained the situation in a few words, they noticed that He Lingling and Shi Yuan's expressions were not quite right.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Xu Han was flustered and quickly said, "Shouldn't we have come?"

"……No."

He Lingling sighed, rubbed her throbbing temples, and whispered:

"I was in that room over there," He Lingling pointed in a direction, and said succinctly, "I saw a female guest who seemed to be possessed by the dead 'goat'."

"That female guest, no, she only looks like a human now. In reality, there is almost no human flesh and internal organs in her skin. She is just a strange human shell that can walk on its own and even communicate with people."

He Lingling: "...Although I can't be completely sure, the female monster's attack power didn't seem to be very high. She lost her head after being kicked by Shi Yuan. But this was during the day, so I can't be completely sure if she was like this at night."

"His head got kicked off?"

Xu Han exclaimed in surprise, "Shi Yuan, are you really that amazing?"

Shi Yuan's lips twitched, and he shook his head in denial:

“I didn’t use that much force. Just like Lingling said, that female monster’s attack power wasn’t high, and since she was just a human-shaped shell, that’s probably why her head was so easy to lose.”

"That's pretty awesome too."

Xu Han smacked his lips: "If it were me, I probably wouldn't dare to kick it."

Lu Chusheng, who had been keeping a low profile, peeked at Xu Han and then lowered his head to lick his fur.

Xu Han is really underestimating himself.

Given how frantically he runs away at the sight of any monster, what's a kick? If he really encountered a deadly monster, he might even bite it.

This is the conclusion Lu Chusheng reached after observing these game instances.

Of all the people currently standing here, apart from Yu Shijiu who remains unchanged, the others are not the type to disregard all consequences for life and death.

"Alright, Xu Han, stop talking nonsense."

He Lingling had a terrible headache and her eyes hurt. She squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again, her face pale and filled with lingering fear.

"I forgot to mention something earlier."

He Lingling's tone became even lower: "Before I escaped from that hollowed-out female ghost's room, I saw that 'goatskin' chasing after me, constantly making 'baa, baa~' noises."

He Lingling's face turned even paler, and she said with a mixture of surprise and doubt:

"Do you think that 'goatskin' that can make sounds has any semblance of human consciousness?"