Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 958 Killed

Lin Hai suddenly stood up, his voice so shrill it almost tore everyone's eardrums:

"Why should she die?! Why should those indifferent bastards live?! Why should this damn driver keep driving?! Why is this disgusting, cheap car still running?!"

"This car...this road...should have been destroyed long ago! Everyone, everyone...everyone in the car should get out and join her!"

Lin Hai muttered to himself, his eyes red-rimmed, "Since it can't be done in reality... then let it all end here... in the game... let it all end according to the original path it was supposed to take!"

As Lin Hai roared wildly, the hooded passenger next to him suddenly looked up.

This time, the brim of the hat was lifted by an invisible force, revealing the face beneath—

It was a woman's face that bore a six or seven-point resemblance to Lin Hai, but was younger and had softer features.

However, that strange face, which blended male and female features, was covered with crisscrossing, deep scars that revealed the bone, with flesh torn and blood flowing freely, making it look particularly ferocious and terrifying.

Not to mention its eyes, which have now completely transformed into tiny pupils just like Lin Hai's, with almost identical shards of light swirling deep within them. But at this moment, those shards of light bring to everyone endless pain and resentment.

The hoodie passenger's mouth was still stretched to his ears, but that smile was no longer simply eerie; it was a mixture of sadness, anger, and... distortion.

“Ah… Hai…”

It opened its mouth and emitted a hoarse, broken, soft female voice, as if its vocal cords had been severed.

"go home……"

"Let's go home together..."

Lin Hai, his eyes bloodshot, turned to look at it. The madness in his eyes subsided slightly, replaced by a tenderness that bordered on obsession.

"Yes... let's go home together... I want to go home together..."

Lin Hai sat down next to the hoodie-wearing passenger, gently took its hand, and whispered:

"But before that...we need to send everyone in this car...especially those 'spectators,' let them all die, okay?"

As he spoke, his gaze slowly swept over the passengers with their heads down in the carriage, over the living passengers like Xiao Juan and A Hao, and finally landed on An Jie and her group of five, as well as... the several illusory figures who boarded the train from the nameless cemetery in the front row of the carriage.

"The game instances are just too good..."

Lin Hai chuckled softly: "The bodies, bones, and shadows of those indifferent onlookers from back then... are still reincarnating on this bus..."

"And you..."

He looked at Anjie and the others, his voice softening, yet it became even more chilling.

Anjie felt that Lin Hai's gaze was a bit strange, and glanced at Yu Shijiu and the others beside her.

Yu Shijiu's expression was still within the normal range. At this moment, he was busy looking at the motionless shadowy passengers sitting in their seats, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

"..." Anjie felt a little uneasy and pursed her lips, wanting to speak.

"Captain An, you're all just spectators too..."

Lin Hai's voice interrupted An Jie; he smiled and said:

"But it's okay... Soon, very soon, everyone will find complete 'liberation' at the end of this 'journey home'..."

Anjie frowned, a deeper unease enveloping her. She pursed her lips and asked:

"Lin Hai, what do you want to do—"

The next second, the lights inside the entire carriage suddenly started flashing wildly!

Those passengers who had been sitting with their heads down, not participating in any struggle, began to tremble violently, as if they were about to wake up at any moment.

The five humanoid figures that boarded the vehicle from the nameless cemetery began to solidify, and in an instant, a heavy resentment spread out like a black tide.

Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi's gazes fell on the strange couple sitting quietly in front of them.

The red veils on the heads of the bride and groom, who had been sitting quietly, fluttered and rustled even without wind!

In just a few seconds, the entire bus seemed to transform into a boiling coffin filled with vengeful spirits and monsters!

The driver remained unresponsive, silently driving on. Only his red hat, under the wildly flashing lights, shone even more brightly, like congealed blood that would never rot or flow.

Ange almost immediately gave a sharp shout and quickly arranged everything for everyone:

"Watch your surroundings! Chen Yi, protect that couple! Shi Jiu, make sure those things don't touch Lingling and Xiao Han!"

Although she was shocked by Lin Hai's ordeal, she now understood even more clearly that if they couldn't stop Lin Hai from completely igniting the resentment in the car, they would all die here.

Lin Hai truly harbored the idea of ​​dying together with everyone—no, from the very beginning, he had the thought of perishing together with everyone!

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi immediately stood in front of Xiao Juan and A Hao, while Xu Han gritted his teeth and protected the weakened He Lingling behind him, clutching several life-saving items tightly in his hands.

Yu Shijiu also quickly walked in front of Xu Han and He Lingling to block them.

He took a deep breath and completely released the pressure on his left arm.

If we're going to create chaos, let's make it as chaotic as possible.

Yu Shijiu thought.

The next second, the strips of cloth wrapped around his left arm shattered inch by inch, revealing a ferocious beast claw covered in black and yellow fur with sharp, knife-like fingertips.

The moment the beast's claws appeared, the gazes of all the non-human beings in the carriage focused on them.

In those eyes, there was greed, longing, surprise and doubt... and also... a trace of fear.

Even the hooded passenger next to Lin Hai, who looked neither male nor female, glanced over.

On his scarred face, his small pupils suddenly contracted as he stared intently at Yu Shijiu's raised beast claw.

It opened its mouth and made a strange, hoarse sound:

"Ah Hai...the taste..."

"He...he smells so familiar..."

"He...is also...a pitiful person who can't go home..."

Lin Hai held its paw and said gently, "Yes, I'll help him later and let him come home with us, okay?"

A gentle, feminine smile quickly spread across the hooded passenger's face. She nodded slightly and said:

"it is good……"

The person and the ghost made no attempt to ask Yu Shijiu, the person involved, for her opinion.

Yu Shijiu found the two of them rather amusing, and grinned, revealing a smile that seemed out of place with the tense atmosphere—a smile tinged with excitement.

"Poor people who can't go home?"

"It's ok."

He smiled and said, "If you really want to go home, I can take you 'home' first."

Yu Shijiu's words were like a drop of water thrown into a hot oil pan, instantly igniting the already extremely tense atmosphere in the carriage.

Lin Hai's small pupils suddenly contracted, and even the distorted smile on the hoodie passenger's face froze for a moment.

But then, Lin Hai chuckled softly, a laugh that was a mixture of madness and a sense of near-liberation.

"Take us home? Sure..."

Lin Hai's voice was so soft it was almost frightening, "Then let's see who gives it to whom."

Before he could finish speaking, the hooded passenger next to him—or rather, the being "bred" by Lin Hai's girlfriend and Lin Hai's own mental pollution—suddenly opened his mouth.

No longer the slippery, purplish-black substance that had been protruding before, but a silent yet tangible surge of malevolent spiritual energy swept towards the direction where Yu Shijiu and his group of five were located.

At the same time, all the passengers in the carriage who had been looking down raised their heads.

Their faces were no longer blurry or stiff, but had become the faces of those "onlookers" in Lin Hai's memory—

Terrified, numb, indifferent, even with a hint of detached relief...

Their faces were splattered with dried, blackened blood, and their eyes stared blankly into the center of the carriage, as if they had returned to that bloody, rainy night once again.

"Don't go over there..."

"It's dangerous..."

"That madman has a knife..."

"Never mind it, we can't control it..."

"Do you want to die? Don't go over there! Going over there will only mean another person dying!"

"..."

A cacophony of accented whispers emanated from these "passengers," weaving together a disturbing mental noise that seemed to seep into everyone's mind, stirring up deep-seated fear and helplessness.

The five humanoid figures that had boarded the vehicle from the nameless cemetery suddenly solidified, transforming into five twisted, muddy, and wounded eerie shadows that lunged at Anjie, who was closest to them.

Ange almost immediately drew her short blade and quickly stuffed a piece of chocolate into her mouth.

The red veils on the heads of the bride and groom also flew up at the same time, revealing two pale, swollen faces with dark eye sockets.

The bride's chin was sharp and her lips were bluish-purple, but one could still vaguely discern some of her former beauty. The groom's face, however, was even more distorted; his features, somewhat resembling Lin Hai's, were contorted and bluish-purple, showing absolutely no joy whatsoever for his impending marriage.

Yu Shijiu glanced at them out of the corner of her eye, and her eyelids twitched.

The woman in the wedding dress... her face looks a bit like...

Yu Shijiu's chest pounded. He quickly and subtly glanced at the young couple who were being shielded by Chen Yi, his gaze lingering on Xiao Juan's face for several seconds.

I can't be mistaken... but it really looks like it—

Yu Shijiu's arm was suddenly tugged from behind.

He subconsciously turned around and saw Xu Han with a look of surprise and uncertainty.

"Shi Jiu".

Xu Han swallowed hard and whispered:

"He Lingling just said that the strange couple in wedding dresses and the young couple behind Brother Chen... are all shadows of Lin Hai and his girlfriend in this instance."

Yes, a shadow.

A kind of "shadow" that was specially adapted and produced separately for the game, serving as an NPC or a monster.

Yu Shijiu's heart pounded faster in his ears. He suppressed the excitement surging within him and looked at He Lingling.

He Lingling blinked at him, her face still deathly pale, but the horrific scene of blood flowing from all seven orifices had stopped.

"I see... I understand now."

Yu Shijiu curled her lips and turned to look at the strange couple who had stood up.

The bride and groom didn't lunge at anyone. Instead, they simultaneously turned towards the driver's seat, their dark, venomous eyes fixed on the driver, their intense resentment spreading like black flames.

They hate the driver who ignored them, and they hate the car that didn't stop when they were hurt.

"Brother Chen, please take good care of them."

Anjie gave a warning, and the short blade in her hand shone brightly with blue light as she took the initiative to meet the two ghostly phantoms rushing towards her.

As the blade sliced ​​through, the blue light collided with the resentment emanating from the ghostly figure, producing a sizzling sound. The ghostly figure let out a shrill scream, but its offensive power remained undiminished.

Chen Yi's obese body suddenly burst forth with astonishing agility. He stood in front of Xiao Juan and A Hao, slamming his hands onto the floor.

[Sleeping Acorn: Planted in safe soil, it can quickly grow into a temporary, sturdy wooden barrier by consuming a certain amount of spiritual or life force.]

Soon, a thick, woody barrier, exuding a woody fragrance, rapidly expanded from Chen Yi's center, enveloping Xiao Juan, A Hao, and even Yu Shijiu and Xu Han and He Lingling behind him.

The props that Thumbelina gave them really did meet their needs.

"Stay inside the circle and don't move. This barrier will last for ten minutes. Nothing can get past it within those ten minutes."

Chen Yi's forehead veins bulged, but his voice remained gentle.

"it is good!"

Xu Han gritted his teeth and responded, slapping the last few props that could stabilize his mind onto He Lingling and himself, and then frantically tried to put some props on Chen Yi as well—but it was no use.

He immediately panicked, "Brother Chen! Why can't I use the props on you?!"

Chen Yi raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and explained:

"I can't use any other tools while this acorn is in use."

Xu Han was shocked, "Then what about you, Brother Chen?"

Chen Yi shook his head, "It's alright, just take care of yourself and Lingling."

Before Xu Han could say anything more, his vision blurred—it was Yu Shijiu who stood in front of them.

Almost at the same time that Yu Shijiu blocked the others, the mental shock of the hoodie passenger also arrived.

In that instant, Yu Shijiu felt as if countless cold steel needles were piercing his head simultaneously, and a flood of fragmented images and sounds forced their way in—

The blood-soaked carriage, the splattered blood, the woman's mangled body, the arms pulling and trying to stop him, and Lin Hai's desperate roar... Intense negative emotions, like cold poison, were trying to erode his clear will.

"Well……"

Yu Shijiu groaned, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

But his eyes were unusually clear, even carrying an almost cold excitement.

He didn't try to fight or dispel this mental pollution—there was no way around it, after all, that was Lin Hai's area of ​​expertise, and if he really wanted to tough it out, who knows what might happen.

Thinking of this, Yu Shijiu glanced at An Jie, who was fighting with the phantom, with a tiny bit of guilt.

Yes, Sister An will definitely understand what I did.

After all, it was a last resort.

With this thought in mind, Yu Shijiu relaxed without any psychological burden the polluting force deep within his left arm that originated from the same source as the persistent taint in the Thumbelina dungeon.

Om-!

He gripped the beast's claws tightly, and the black and yellow fur on his left arm instantly stood on end, unleashing a more primal, violent, yet also more "hungry" chilling aura.