Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 837 Why don’t you say anything?

Liu Zhong, covered in vomit, stiffly lowered his head and slowly shook it.

"fine."

Hao, who was next to him, glanced at him sideways, then turned back to look at the toads that were chasing after them, as if it were none of his business.

Beneath the fabric unseen by anyone, bumps of varying sizes began to spread across Hao Ge's arm, little by little, leaving almost no trace of normal skin.

"I really didn't mean to..." Yang Hua felt utterly humiliated. He quickly pulled a towel from his system inventory to wipe Liu Zhong's face, while making dry heaving noises.

"Ugh... I'm so sorry, I'll go out now, ugh, I'll treat you to dinner after I get out..."

Liu Zhong didn't care about his vomit-stained clothes; he forced a dry smile.

"It's really okay... don't worry..."

Yang Hua's face flushed red, and he kept saying, "Okay, okay, wait until we get out, wait until we get out—"

Her apologetic words quickly faded from her throat.

There was no other reason than that the toads had already appeared in the pond.

Yang Hua's pupils suddenly contracted, and he subconsciously took a step back until his hand touched the cool water at the edge of the lotus leaf.

Even though she had already heard Fang Youhua's words, when she saw the dense swarm of toads chasing after her, she still couldn't help but feel countless fears and horrors rising in her heart.

The toads huddled together as if their "treasure" had been stolen. Every time their hind legs landed on the lotus flowers and leaves, they would leap up gracefully, their long, scarlet tongues constantly sticking out from their mouths, as if they were about to snatch people into their mouths at any moment.

Yang Hua: "..."

She suddenly felt that she might as well vomit a few more times—at least she wouldn't have to worry about being swallowed by a toad...

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"Who do you think it is?"

Xu Han stared blankly at Yu Shijiu and whispered, "They... I saw their bodies, they were so fast, so fast... How could they run, no, jump so fast?!"

Xu Han really felt like he was about to collapse. Those toads were like they had been injected with hormones, and the muscles in their hind legs were all swollen and exaggeratedly large.

boom!

There was a toad that was in a hurry and accidentally fell into the water, but it quickly emerged from the water and jumped onto the nearest lotus flower to use for leverage—it jumped up again with its hind legs.

Xu Han, who had witnessed the whole thing: "..."

Xu Han was somewhat annoyed at how good his eyesight was—he could see the slime that fell into the water after the lumps on the toad's body burst open.

I feel a bit nauseous... and even more like throwing up.

As Yu Shijiu listened to Xu Han's words, his gaze fell on the grass carp pushing the lotus leaf behind Thumbelina.

The grass carp seemed completely oblivious to his gaze, busily pushing the lotus leaf forward as it swam.

Thumbelina did see it, and she looked at Yu Shijiu hesitantly, asking in a low voice:

"Shi Jiu... who exactly is that singer you mentioned?"

Thumbelina isn't deaf, and she's not asleep either; her mind is perfectly clear. Of course, she heard Yu Shijiu's conversation with the others.

"It's this one."

Yu Shijiu made no attempt to hide anything, his gaze remaining fixed on the grass carp behind Thumbelina. "If you listen closely, its voice sounds very similar to 'you' when you first cried for help."

The boy's voice was gentle. He licked his lips as if he hadn't seen the swarm of toads chasing after all the players.

"Little Fish, why aren't you saying anything?"

The grass carp paused in its movement of pushing the lotus leaf, and only when Thumbelina's questioning gaze fell on it did it slowly wiggle its tail and open its mouth to spit out several bubbles.

"...How did you find out?"

The grass carp's voice sounded somewhat cold, and the normally pleasant female voice became somewhat eerie.

"No need to find out, right?"

Yu Shijiu tilted her head and said, "It looks very similar, and there's hardly anyone else in this pond, right?"

Xu Han, standing nearby, swallowed hard and cautiously looked at the grass carp that could speak human language. His gaze quickly swept over the entire fish, including its head and tail, and examined it carefully.

It's very ordinary, very ordinary—no matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary grass carp. The only thing that's unusual about it is its eyes.

Those fish eyes... they really look so much like, so much like the eyes of a human girl.

Xu Han was terrified by his own description, his scalp tingling and his hands and feet turning cold instantly.

He's not really stupid. So far, the plot of "Thumbelina" is generally consistent with the original story, but if you look closely and pay attention, you'll definitely be able to discover the real clues hidden in these plots.

—It's about trafficking, torture, and killing...and countless "Thumbelinas" who were tortured and killed by toads.

Xu Han had reason to suspect that these fish might also be the corpses of "Thumbelina"...

Anjie finally couldn't hold back any longer. She forcefully interrupted the conversation with the grass carp, "What do you want? I can give you anything you want."

"..."

The grass carp quickly shifted its gaze away from Yu Shijiu. It swayed its tail and changed direction, its eyes glancing sideways at An Jie behind it. It opened its mouth wide and blew out several more bubbles.

Anjie's expression froze.

What is this grass carp trying to do? Why isn't it pushing the lotus leaves anymore...?

"What do I want..."

The grass carp opened its mouth wide, and a girl's clear voice came from it, "You asked me what I want... Hehe, I want to live..."

Anjie: "...You can be considered alive now."

Yu Shijiu nodded in agreement, "Yes, you're still alive now."

The two exchanged a quick glance as they spoke, and Anjie silently slipped several small daggers into her hands behind her back.

—If all else fails, kill the grass carp; perhaps it will cry for help before it dies?

The grass carp was completely unaware of the eye contact between the two. As soon as it stopped, all the grass carp that had chosen players to push lotus leaves also stopped.

Yu Shijiu and the others were fine, but He Lingling was still unconscious and didn't know anything. However, Yang Hua, who was at the back of the group, was so frightened that he started to panic.

"Sister Fang!"

Yang Hua watched the toads closing in on him, his throat tightening. "If we don't push these fish... what are we going to do if we don't push them... they're already slow to begin with..."

Fang Youhua looked up at the dense swarm of toads chasing after her, her eyes filled with coldness and disgust.

These disgusting toads...

Fang Youhua's fingers, which were hanging on her knees, twitched slightly, but in the end she didn't make a move.

"Don't panic."

Fang Youhua lowered her eyelids and said calmly, "Let's not make any rash moves..."

Her voice sounded very low and muffled amidst the noisy chasing and jumping behind her:

“Anjie and the others know what to do.”