Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 765 Alive

"!"

Yu Shijiu was startled by He Lingling's sudden approach. He jumped up and down and took a deep breath: "Sister Lingling! Why do you walk so quietly?"

He Lingling: "???"

"I was walking normally. Shi Jiu, what were you looking at just now? You didn't even hear my footsteps?"

This was something that would have been completely impossible before.

Whether in a game instance or anywhere else, Yu Shijiu is like a human radar, with incredibly sharp ears—not much different from He Lingling's hearing.

Yu Shijiu, who was questioned, was a little embarrassed. He blinked and was about to speak when Chen Yi cheerfully took over the conversation.

"Shi Jiu is busy learning from me."

Chen Yi: "This time I'm making pig's feet soup. Look at how clear the soup is, doesn't it smell especially delicious?"

He Lingling twitched her nose and instantly gave a thumbs up:

"It smells delicious! Brother Chen, even your soup smells amazing!"

"Lingling, you're so sweet-talking," Chen Yi said to He Lingling, who was very susceptible to her sweet talk. "Let's get ready to serve the rice. We'll have a good meal today. Once we enter the dungeon, we won't have much to eat."

"..."

He Lingling's smile froze, and she subconsciously looked at Yu Shijiu beside her.

Sure enough, the boy, who had been all smiles and happiness, now had a gloomy expression and was staring at the pig's feet soup in the pot with a bitter look on his face, looking like he was getting angry.

He Lingling: "About Shi Jiu, it's actually the same if we eat after we come out—"

"Can I bring it into the game instance?"

Yu Shijiu asked, "Why are some dungeons allowed to bring food, while others are not?"

It's becoming increasingly impossible.

In the dungeon where Xuexue was present, you could still take out your own food to eat... so why can't you do that later on?

“It depends on the dungeon requirements,” Chen Yi said good-naturedly. “Some game dungeons are just stingy. We’re just players who are there to earn points, so we have to abide by the dungeon rules.”

“…” Yu Shijiu was still unhappy. “This is unreasonable.”

"That's because Dawn Games is one step ahead of us."

Chen Yi gestured to He Lingling to get him a large soup bowl, and He Lingling very observantly brought it over.

"We need to earn points to live in the town, and we need to earn even more points to revive. That makes sense, doesn't it?"

As Chen Yi spoke, he began to ladle out the soup.

He Lingling had already taken chopsticks and bowls and left the kitchen. An Jie came in, glanced at Chen Yi and Yu Shijiu, and silently carried the prepared dishes away.

"..." Yu Shijiu pursed her lips, her stomach rumbling with enticement from the aroma of the pig's feet soup.

Chen Yi smiled, picked up the pig's feet soup, and walked towards the living room:

"Alright, alright, let's go, dinner's ready! We need to eat and drink well so we'll have the energy and spirit to go to the guild tournament draw!"

Yu Shijiu nodded and followed Chen Yi forward.

It wasn't until she walked to the table, sat down, picked up her chopsticks, and took several bites that Yu Shijiu belatedly looked up, puzzled, and said:

"Yeah, does our team have a name?"

The inspection team is called the inspection team, the Black Robe Church is the Black Robe Church, even the guild led by Ruan Qinghe has a name called Poker Alliance, not to mention the other guilds and teams, big and small, they must also have names... So what about them?

It seems that even now, Yu Shijiu has never heard An Jie mention what their team's name is.

"Didn't I say that?"

Anjie was clearly taken aback by the question and subconsciously looked at Chen Yi.

Chen Yi, who was about to serve a bowl of soup to Yu Shijiu and the other two, said: "...Didn't we say that?"

Xu Han scratched his head: "There really isn't one, so Sister An and Brother Chen, what's our team's name?"

He Lingling silently ate her ribs without saying a word.

...It's okay, she can accept any name, the team name isn't that important—

"Our team's name is very simple."

Realizing she might have forgotten about it, Anjie felt a little embarrassed and cleared her throat, saying:

"Alive."

"..."

"...?"

"...Alive?"

Xu Han looked up in bewilderment, two grains of rice still clinging to his lips:

"Living? What? Living to win first place? Of course! We participate in the guild competition precisely to win first place—"

He rambled on and on, then his voice abruptly stopped.

"and many more……"

Xu Han finally realized something was wrong, swallowed hard, and whispered:

"Sister An, you don't mean to say our team is called 'Living'... right?"

"Yes."

Anjie remained calm: "Isn't it auspicious enough?"

Xu Han: "..."

Xu Han scratched his head: "It's...it's...it's quite auspicious, huh..."

He Lingling and Yu Shijiu: "..."

Yu Shijiu was alright. Although he felt that using the word "Living" as the team name seemed a little strange, he could still accept it.

It's just a name, it doesn't matter.

Feifei didn't care anymore. It was busy eating ribs, fish and other meat dishes from its plate, meowing as it ate.

As for He Lingling... He Lingling silently swallowed the rice that almost choked her, and reached for her water glass with some difficulty.

"Have some soup," Chen Yi said with concern, placing the freshly served soup next to He Lingling. "It's not too hot, just right for now, and it tastes good too."

"...Thank you, Brother Chen."

He Lingling subconsciously thanked her.

Chen Yi smiled so much his eyes narrowed: "What are you thanking me for? No need to thank me, no need to thank me for a bowl of soup. You're being too polite, Lingling."

"..."

He Lingling nodded silently.

Anjie got up and went to get another bowl of rice. Just before she was about to start eating, she suddenly said:

"Aren't you all curious about why we chose the team name 'Living'?"

"...Actually, it's alright," Xu Han said, shoveling a mouthful of rice into his mouth. "Sister An, you definitely want everyone to live well, right? I understand, I understand."

He Lingling nodded: "Like you said, Sister An, everyone likes auspicious words."

Chen Yi did not express his opinion; he knew the team's name from the beginning.

Everyone's eyes fell on Yu Shijiu and Feifei, who were engrossed in eating.

Yu Shijiu: "?"

He looked up blankly, blinked, and said, "Huh? 'Living' sounds nice, I like it."

It's so good to be alive... Who doesn't want to be alive? Everyone wants to be alive.

Didn't Mom want to live back then too?

Thinking of her mother, Yu Shijiu felt the ribs in her mouth lose their flavor, and her eyes stung with tears.

He sniffed, then looked up with a smiling expression again.

"It's good to be alive."

"..."

Everyone stared at Yu Shijiu for a while, then started talking as if they hadn't noticed anything.

They were talking about the procedures for guild competitions in the past. Just as they were getting more and more engrossed in their conversation, a sharp crackling sound of electricity suddenly rang in their ears.

Sizzle—beep—hiss—

It was the town's public address system broadcasting.