Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 174 Day 3

As they spoke, Zhao Xuan and Mu Gui had already reached the door of the ancestral hall.

Upon seeing the newly built ancestral hall, both Zhao Xuan and Mu Gui instantly felt a chill run down their spines and froze on the spot.

After a long while, Mu Gui mechanically turned his head to look at Zhao Xuan, and said tremblingly:

"Brother Zhao, is this really an ancestral hall?"

Zhao Xuan remained silent.

He simply stared at the ancestral hall in front of him and nodded silently.

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The early morning in Changsheng Village was rather chilly.

The elderly walked silently through the rain-soaked white mist, step by step heading towards their "home".

The players at home were almost all fast asleep, and the more heavily they were transformed, the deeper they slept, making them impossible to be easily woken up by external forces.

So when the elderly bent down to lift them off the bed, most players were still unconscious.

Some players with milder symptoms were also unable to control their bodies. They could only squint and helplessly stare at the back of the old man's head as he silently carried them out of the room.

Where to?

What are you going to do with them?

Where will they be sent? To the ancestral hall? But wasn't that ancestral hall already burned down by some player?

And... why are they conscious yet unable to control their bodies at all?!

The surviving players, who were not completely asleep, watched in horror as the elderly men carried them up the mountain with nimble steps, fear completely eroding their minds.

At that moment, a player who had burned down the ancestral hall was awakened by the noise of someone pushing open the door. He opened his eyes somewhat irritably, and then, realizing what was happening, reached out and nudged the chubby guy who was sleeping soundly next to him.

Feifei instantly snapped to attention, silently watching the door about to be pushed open, and almost immediately realized Yu Shijiu's thoughts.

"..."

Without hesitation, Feifei silently jumped off the bed and huddled into the shadows in a corner.

Yu Shijiu's head still ached a little. He glanced at Feifei, who had already hidden himself in the shadows, and closed his eyes again, pretending to be asleep.

squeak-

This time, the door was pushed open completely.

With heavy footsteps, Yang Wan walked step by step to the bedside. She silently watched Yu Shijiu sleeping soundly on the bed, and then her gaze moved to the upside-down photo frame next to the bedside table.

"..."

Yang Wan's gaze shifted slightly. She reached out to steady the photo frame, glanced at the smiling girl in the picture, and then looked away.

Yu Shijiu squinted as he watched Yang Wan straighten the photo frame, his excitement rising again.

Is the finale finally approaching?

Yu Shijiu's hands, which were behind her back, trembled slightly.

The next second, Yang Wan, no longer looking at the photos, bent down and carried the "sleeping" boy on the bed on her back. The movement was so smooth that she didn't seem to feel that the other person was heavy at all.

Even after carrying Yu Shijiu on her back, Yang Wan strangely moved Yu Shijiu up a little, and sighed with a complicated expression.

"So thin..."

The old lady and the girl's clapping voices echoed in the room, leaving Yu Shijiu, who was in a state of excitement, somewhat speechless.

What does being thin have to do with the plot?

Could you do more things that are connected to the plot?

As if in response to Yu Shijiu's complaints, Yang Wan no longer hesitated. She carried Yu Shijiu out of the room and walked towards the courtyard gate without stopping.

Fatty, perched in the corner of the room, warily watched the open wooden door. He waited patiently for about a minute before chasing after the door.

Outside the door, on a muddy path, Yang Wan bent over, carrying a boy who was taller than her on her back up the slope.

"Meow……"

Fatty looked at the two obviously mismatched figures with complicated eyes and whispered several times.

When Feifei saw what appeared to be a large amount of wriggling soil behind Yang Wan, he suddenly remembered something and quickly bent down to dig a hole in the soft, moist soil in front of him.

This time, no matter how deep it dug, it couldn't find even a single earthworm.

Where did the earthworms go?

Feifei meowed anxiously several times, not bothering to lick the mud off its body, and chased after Yu Shijiu and Yang Wan as they ran out of the yard.

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The cold wind outside, carrying the dampness of the rain, blew onto my exposed skin, quickly raising a dense layer of goosebumps.

Yu Shijiu looked down and could see small bumps on the skin of her arms... and her hands, which were clearly starting to show signs of aging.

Above were smooth, delicate arms, and below were obvious age spots and wrinkles typical of someone in their seventies or eighties... It looked extremely strange.

But Yu Shijiu didn't care about that. What he cared about now was Yang Wan, who was carrying him on her back.

Yang Wan's face began to change after she left the house.

Her gray hair, as white as weeds, turned black at a visible speed. Her cheeks, covered with gray-brown age spots and deep wrinkles, began to become smooth and fine. The girl's skin was fair and pink, and her eyes, with a hint of gray, looked exceptionally beautiful.

Yes, it looks exactly the same as in the photo.

It is indeed what Yang Wan looked like when she was young.

Yu Shijiu silently tilted her head, rested it on Yang Wan's shoulder, and looked around.

This route...

We're going to the ancestral hall.

Thinking of Lin Feng's story about the old people braving the rain to rebuild the ancestral hall, Yu Shijiu was genuinely curious about what the old people could accomplish in less than a night.

Is it the same as at the beginning? Or did the game restore the original ancestral hall to allow players to progress through the story?

Either way, they're all pretty ordinary.

Yu Shijiu was feeling drowsy and couldn't help but lean her head on Yang Wan's shoulder and fall asleep.

Since someone else will walk for me, it shouldn't be a problem to sleep a little longer, right?

Players outside the screen saw this and simultaneously turned their heads to look at the other players on the screens who were sweating profusely and unable to move.

So, this sense of relaxation... is really something we're born with, right?

What a load of rubbish! Being carried by a monster and still managing to fall asleep, is Yu Shijiu even mentally sound?!

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The village chief's house.

Lin Feng had only been asleep for a short while when she heard footsteps in the courtyard.

She forced herself to open her eyes and look up, but then realized in an instant that the plot was probably about to begin, so she lay back down.

As the door opened, Liu Laosan appeared by the door.

Lin Feng had her eyes closed, but she could feel Liu Laosan's gaze fixed on her, as if scrutinizing whether she had fallen into a deep sleep.

"..."

To be honest, being stared at for such a long time can breed fear.

Because Lin Feng was definitely keeping her eyes closed, afraid that Liu Laosan would find out that she wasn't asleep.

After about several tens of seconds, Liu Laosan, who was standing by the door, moved.

The soles of the shoes, damp with mud, were sticky, making the footsteps slow.