Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 948 No Return Station

The tall skeleton stopped beside one of the empty seats, its twisted spine making a teeth-grinding "creaking" sound. It slowly turned around to face a man in a security guard uniform with his head down.

The security guard seemed to sense something; his body tensed up, but he kept his head down.

The tall skeleton stared at him silently for a while, then stretched out its large bone hand and placed it on the security guard's shoulder.

Click...

A faint cracking sound rang out beneath the massive skeleton's bony palm.

The security guard suddenly looked up, but his face showed no pain, only a numb stiffness.

His shoulder was pressed down so hard by the tall skeleton that it caved in strangely, but he didn't resist. He just slowly slid off the seat, squatted down against it, and his head drooped limply, as if he had lost all support.

The tall skeleton finally sat down, satisfied, its massive frame almost completely taking up the seat.

Now, only one skeleton remains without a seat—the "fresh" skeleton with rotting flesh, half a face, and an eyeball still attached.

It turned its cloudy eyeball, its gaze sweeping across the carriage.

Finally, its gaze passed over the living passengers crouching at the edge of the aisle, over the other passengers with their heads down, and even over the five "living" people who were slightly holding their breath, and once again... landed on the back row.

But this time, its target seems to be more than just hoodie passengers.

Its gaze slowly moved over the three male players—Lin Hai, Mu Lanzhi, and Li Ye—before finally settling on an empty seat near the aisle, not too far from Lin Hai.

That empty seat was right next to the male player named Ma Ming from "Echo".

Realizing that the skeleton's gaze was fixed on him, Ma Ming's expression instantly turned ugly, and his hand subconsciously reached for the weapon at his waist.

Lin Hai raised his hand slightly to stop him.

His small pupils stared at the slowly approaching "fresh" skeleton, the unsettling smile still lingering on his lips, his voice soft.

"Don't be afraid, it won't attack us."

Upon hearing this, Ma Ming pursed his lips, suppressing the fear in his heart, and nodded to indicate that he understood.

The "fresh" skeleton walked to the empty seat next to Ma Ming and stopped.

It didn't sit down immediately, but slowly turned its head, its cloudy eyeball turning as it looked at Ma Ming. Then it slowly raised its arm with dark red tendons and pointed to the window seat where Ma Ming had been sitting.

Its meaning was clear—it wanted to sit by the window and asked Ma Ming to move to the newly vacated seat by the aisle.

Ma Ming's forehead veins throbbed as he looked at Lin Hai.

Lin Hai nodded almost imperceptibly.

Ma Ming took a deep breath, enduring the nauseating stench of decay and the chilling killing intent emanating from the approaching skeleton, stiffly stood up, and moved to an empty seat near the aisle.

The "fresh" skeleton slowly sat down, the remaining rotten flesh and mud smearing on the seat. Its remaining cloudy eyeball looked out through the dirty car window at the endless dark rainy night, and then remained motionless.

At this point, all five skeletons had chosen seats and sat down.

The space inside the carriage became even more cramped after the five skeletons sat down, and the atmosphere became extremely tense.

The air was thick with the smells of rotting earth and blood, mixed with the previous musty odor, creating a stench that made one dizzy and nauseous.

The bus roared to life again, leaving the Burial Mound Slope station and plunging back into the bottomless rain.

The driver coughed from the driver's seat. After coughing for a while, he said in a deep voice:

"Next stop, no return journey, expected arrival in 30 minutes. Passengers who wish to disembark, please prepare to proceed."

"No return station..."

Xu Han leaned against He Lingling and murmured repeatedly, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"This name..."

"It doesn't sound like a good place."

Anjie quickly swallowed the last bit of compressed biscuit, barely suppressing the burning sensation in his stomach, but the throbbing pain and fatigue deep in his brain remained intense.

Her gaze swept quickly over the five skeletons that had just boarded the bus in the back, then she looked at Lin Hai and whispered:

"Take some time to rest, Xu Han. How are you feeling?"

"It's...it's alright..."

Xu Han's face was still pale, but it was a little better than before. "I just took some medicine to cure it, but... it's just cold, so cold."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but rub his arms, then looked worriedly at the green coat covering He Lingling.

"He Lingling, what about you?"

He Lingling closed her eyes and shook her head slightly to indicate that she could still hold on.

Chen Yi rubbed his shoulder, which had been bruised from being scratched by a student in school uniform, and said in a low voice:

"These newcomers... seem very aggressive, and they don't seem to be bound by the previous 'head-down passenger' rules."

He was referring to the skeletons' actions of directly forcing living passengers to give up their seats and even "dealing with" those who obstructed them.

Yu Shijiu lowered his head, took out a strip of cloth, and began to wrap it around his left arm again.

He could feel the cold, sinister power within his left arm become unusually active after the skeletons boarded the vehicle.

It seemed as if it was yearning for something, or perhaps... fearing something.

fear?

Yu Shijiu licked her lips, not really liking the feeling.

These are his claws. How could his claws be afraid of these skeletons?

That won't do.

Absolutely not.

As her thoughts raced, Yu Shijiu listened to the conversation between Chen Yi and the others beside her while turning her head to look at the somewhat fleshy skeleton in the forest.

The skeleton looked rather peaceful.

But if you stare at the half-flesh-colored face and cloudy eyes remaining on its skull for a long time, an indescribable sense of strangeness and horror will slowly arise in your heart.

It's like... people who stare at non-human creatures for too long start to change.

Yu Shijiu felt a chill run down his spine. He touched the back of his hairy hand, concealing the eagerness deep in his eyes.

"Lin Hai's purpose may be related to these 'sites'."

Anjie had no idea what Yu Shijiu, who seemed quiet and well-behaved beside her, was thinking. After hearing Chen Yi's guess, she lowered her voice and frowned, saying:

"Lingling just said that Lin Hai is still absorbing the black mist to feed the passenger next to him. Now these things coming up from Burial Slope... don't seem to be any good either. No return station... at the next station, will there be something even more troublesome coming up?"

Chen Yi took out a few chocolates and handed them to her, sighing, "We can only prepare for the worst."

"Should we...?"

Xu Han, however, had grown much bolder. He secretly made a neck-scratching gesture, glanced at Lin Hai in the back row, and whispered:

"Now is the time..."

Although he can't really help much... he can still offer some small suggestions, right?

Anjie shook her head and calmly accepted the chocolate Chen Yi offered.