Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 356 Upgrade?

wall clock.

Clock, time —

He Lingling vaguely remembered what the most common thing in the villa was.

It wasn't the roses in front of the windows or in the flowerbeds, but the huge wall clocks that were everywhere, hanging on almost every wall and in every room.

Regardless of size, a clock always represents time.

She finally understood why those three days had felt so long... It was because, without them even noticing, the clock had been constantly ticking backwards and forwards, then backwards again...

If that's the case, does it mean—

"Time is up."

The young lady's slender, pale legs dangled from the edge of the bed and swayed gently as she giggled.

"Madam, my stepmother, my friend... she's already inside."

At the same time, screams of agony echoed from every corner of the villa.

"What is this?! What is this?! Why, why?!"

"Shouldn't this be our time?! Why is the lady here—no, no, no!!!"

The screams of some players penetrated the soundproof walls and reached the ears of the four people.

"Madam! How can there be so many madams?! What's going on?!"

"Help...help me!!! Someone please save me! I have no skills, no items—"

"..."

Such screams continued.

Lu Chusheng's expression was extremely unpleasant.

He looked at the smiling lady sitting on the bed and instinctively wanted to make a move.

"It seems I guessed wrong."

Yu Shijiu's voice came from the side, carrying the casualness typical of his age.

"The protagonist of this game is actually you, sister."

The young lady looked at him, and the dark circles under her eyes seemed to sink in slightly at that moment.

"I'm really curious about what kind of games these are."

The young lady's intact skin gradually cracked, and fine, black-thorned roots weaved through her flesh, causing blood to splatter and drip out little by little.

It looks painful.

But the young woman still smiled, "It's utterly despairing that my miserable life was just a game in your eyes."

"So, my sister never intended for us to leave in the first place, right?"

Yu Shijiu thought for a moment, "That's right. If it were me, I wouldn't let anyone leave here either."

“Of course,” the young lady said, sticking out her deformed tongue and licking the blood dripping from her face into her mouth.

"Compared to me, you are so lucky."

The young woman's tone betrayed her envy and jealousy: "Why am I not alive? Why... why aren't my friends alive?"

The players in front of the screen were so shocked by what they saw that their minds went blank.

They've always known that some of the monsters in the game instance actually know about the game... Similarly, they also know that the players who enter the game are not in the same dimension as them—but the problem is, never, never has any of the monster NPCs said this so directly!

there has never been!

what is the problem? !

Logically speaking, "Miss" should only have a vague feeling or know something. She shouldn't, and couldn't, say it so openly under the constraints of the Dawn Game!

Where exactly, where exactly did something go wrong?

[Ding dong. 】

In Dawn Games, in town 7369, all players heard the familiar system broadcast.

[Dawn Games is currently undergoing an upgrade. To compensate players for any losses incurred during this upgrade, the system will increase the completion points for game dungeons over the past three days (increasing progressively based on player ability). Additionally, new town communication items will be added to the shop, costing 1500 points per communication session; daily subscriptions are available at a discount. Furthermore, suspected data inconsistencies have been detected among NPCs in game dungeons; the system is currently investigating, so players need not worry excessively.]

Finally, we wish all players in the game a smooth game and a successful escape.

"..."

The players in the entire plaza fell silent instantly.

This includes players who are holed up in the rooms they finally managed to rent.

They stared in stunned silence at the bloody and chaotic scene on the screen, their hearts pounding and their backs drenched in cold sweat.

upgrade?

What needs to be upgraded?

What exactly is Dawn Games upgrading?

And then there's this, this so-called game NPC data disorder... what exactly is it?

It's already so hard... It's already so hard for them to be alive... If, if those weird NPCs who only had a vague understanding of the game really understood the difference between their identities and the players' identities... really, really nothing would happen?

Inside the square.

Seeing this, Mutangtang leaned on her grandmother's shoulder and licked the lollipop in her hand.

"Wow."

Mutangtang's eyes crinkled with laughter. "Grandma, the game seems even more fun now!"

"..."

Anjie, who was slowly opening a bottle of orange juice on the sofa, was speechless.

"Sister An."

Chen Yi's voice came from behind: "Will future game dungeons be even harder?"

"……Maybe."

Anjie tilted her head back and took a sip of orange juice. The sweet and sour liquid flowed down her throat and into her stomach, making her eyes sting a little from the sourness.

"Living..." Ange whispered, "is so hard..."

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Yu Shijiu, who had no idea what had happened in the town, simply raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Is my sister envious?"

Lu Chusheng had already realized something.

His heart sank, and he almost immediately sensed from the young lady's state that there was likely something wrong with Dawn Game—no, it wasn't necessarily something wrong.

Perhaps this was intentional on Dawn Games' part.

Shouldn't I be envious?

The young woman retorted, "I've suffered so much, and I died a terrible death. I've never had anything that truly belonged to me. I finally managed to have a little bit, but I've lost all my friends... Can't I be envious or jealous?"

"of course can."

Yu Shijiu nodded, and slowly raised the large scissors he had snatched from the other party.

"To be honest, I don't really like scissors."

Click.

Yu Shijiu casually opened the large scissors and sighed.

"It's so inconvenient."

If I could get something else when I go out, that would be great.

"I'll change it for you once we get out."

Lu Chusheng, who had been silent all along, spoke up: "There's talent in the inspection team."

He paused for a second, then said, "I know people who are blacksmiths."

The implication is that the shape of the prop can be changed.

As for the large pair of scissors… Lu Chusheng glanced at them and pursed his lips.

It should be possible to take it out, right?

"That's great."

Yu Shijiu nodded happily and strode over to the young lady.

“Then all we need to do is kill you, sister,” Yu Shijiu said.

"So we can all clear the game now?"