Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 956 Foreword

The sparks in the fissure of the skull, which was throbbing with fire from its eye sockets, suddenly surged. It abruptly stood up, and the bones exposed outside the rotting flesh rubbed together, making a piercing "crunching" sound.

The fresh skeleton slowly stood up, its turbid eyeball spinning wildly before finally staring intently at the illusory figures gathering outside the car door.

The one-legged skeleton, the child's skeleton, and the tall skeleton with a twisted spine all stood up.

They didn't look at anyone, nor did they attack each other; instead, they all turned towards the car door, as if they had been summoned by some irresistible force.

Then, under the wary and astonished gazes of everyone, the five skeletons, with stiff, creaking steps, stepped off the bus one by one and into the muddy ground of the nameless cemetery.

After they got off the bus, they did not disappear or encounter attacks like the previous passengers.

The pale hands that emerged from the grave soil, the translucent humanoid phantoms, slowly... slowly made way for the skeletons after they got off the vehicle.

Soon, the five skeletons followed the "path" cleared by the palm and the humanoid phantom, step by step, into the depths of the graveyard, and finally disappeared into the thick darkness and rain.

It's as if...they belonged there all along.

"Unnamed cemetery, next five passengers."

The driver's voice continued to come through.

"We can accommodate... five more new passengers."

Inside the carriage, the remaining living passengers—including Xiao Juan, A Hao, and the few trembling passengers crouching in the corner—were all nearly fainting from fright upon hearing this.

Five inhuman skeletons have just been unearthed, which means that five more creatures of unknown origin are about to emerge.

And this is in a cemetery site filled with resentment and ghostly figures!

Even Mulanzhi and the others felt a growing unease.

Meng Lang pursed his lips, leaned closer to Mu Lanzhi, and whispered, "Lanzhi—"

Lin Hai, sitting in the back row, suddenly chuckled softly.

The laughter was suppressed and distorted, carrying an almost manic excitement.

Startled by the interruption, Meng Lang instinctively turned to look at Lin Hai.

"It'll be soon...it'll be soon..."

Lin Hai seemed oblivious to Meng Lang's gaze, muttering to himself as his small pupils stared intently at the dense array of afterimages outside the car door.

"Forest--"

Meng Lang had just spoken when Mu Lanzhi grabbed his arm.

Mulanzhi shook her head at him.

Meng Lang stared at Mu Lanzhi in astonishment.

"Stop talking."

Mulanzhi seemed to know something, and sighed deeply and softly.

Meng Lang opened his mouth, turned his head, and looked at Li Ye and Ma Ming in the seats next to him.

Li Ye and Ma Ming also looked bewildered and somewhat uneasy as they glanced at Lin Hai, who was laughing to himself.

What happened to Brother Lin?

Meng Lang saw the same confusion in their eyes, but could only sit up nervously under Mu Lanzhi's reassurance.

After laughing, Lin Hai suddenly covered his face, his shoulders shaking as if he was trying to suppress his laughter.

"Back then...you all saw it the same way...right?"

He spoke very softly, but Yu Shijiu and the other five, along with Mu Lanzhi and the others, all heard him.

Mulan Zhi, who had been silent all along, suddenly changed her expression and exclaimed:

"Brother Lin, what are you saying?"

Lin Hai did not answer her.

The hooded passenger next to him, with two points of light under the brim of the hood, now shone like two will-o'-the-wisps, and one could even vaguely see what lay beneath...

It was a pair of slender eyes that were gradually taking shape and were extremely similar to Lin Hai's.

The eerie smile that stretched from the hoodie passenger's lips to his ears now seemed to carry a hint of... indescribable sadness.

Yu Shijiu, who had been keeping a close eye on Lin Hai, had a sudden thought.

What did Lin Hai mean by those words just now... "back then", "you all saw it that way too"?

Did he experience something similar before?

Based on my and Sister Lingling's previous speculations, this instance is very likely adapted from Lin Hai's memories...

If that's the case, then this bus, these stops, these passengers... must be related to some past experience of Lin Hai.

Anjie had obviously thought of this as well, and she exchanged a very serious look with Chen Yi.

If it really is Lin Hai's memory, then his hatred for the car and his crazy actions can be explained.

But... what exactly is his purpose? Revenge? Or something else?

If it's about revenge... then why does the prologue say they have to find something that shouldn't exist?

As their thoughts raced, the semi-transparent phantoms outside the bus door began to stir again.

They no longer silently gathered together, but began to slowly "drift" towards the car door.

The few illusory figures at the very front had already touched the steps of the bus.

The driver's voice rang out again, this time finally carrying a familiar, impatient urge:

"Everyone who wants to get on the bus, get on now! Stop dawdling!"

With his urging, five illusory figures "floated" onto the car from the gathered group of illusory figures.

They have no physical form, their shapes are blurry, their faces are indistinct, and they only have a rough outline that resembles a human body.

But the resentment and coldness emanating from each phantom caused the temperature inside the carriage to slowly drop.

They boarded the bus without paying the fare—

Or rather, they seem to be part of the "fare" in themselves.

The driver had no objection to this.

Five illusory figures floated in the aisle and began to "choose" their seats.

Their "gaze" slowly swept across the entire carriage.

Finally, two of the phantom figures drifted to the seats that the skeletons had previously vacated and quietly "sat" down.

Although they had no physical form, once they sat down, the air in that area became distorted and much colder.

The remaining three illusory figures drifted towards the rear of the carriage and stopped near... the ghost couple in wedding dresses.

More precisely, they were placed on both sides of the aisle between the bride and groom, and on the empty seats next to the bride.

The red veils on the heads of the ghostly couple swayed slightly, seemingly reacting to the approach of the phantoms, but they did not attack or drive them away.

The three illusory figures "sat" down, forming an eerie "encirclement" with the ghost couple.

At this point, at the unnamed cemetery stop, five new "passengers" boarded the train, and the doors closed.

The bus started up again and drove away from the cemetery filled with resentment.

The atmosphere inside the carriage was somewhat eerie.

Although nothing happened during this trip, sometimes it feels like the calm before the storm.

The living passengers were so careful with their breathing that they were afraid their very breath would attract the attention of those non-human beings.

Xiao Juan and A Hao hugged each other tightly. A Hao's eyes were bloodshot, a sign of near collapse after being terrified to the extreme.

As of now, there are very few living passengers left on the train.

Anjie and her four companions were also on high alert, constantly monitoring any unusual activity inside the carriage.