Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 344 Game Rules

"..."

Silence lingered among everyone, including the old housekeeper.

The old housekeeper's smile froze for a moment, then returned when she saw the genuine question on Yu Shijiu's face.

"……sure."

The old housekeeper smiled and nodded: "I will try my best to meet all the guests' needs. Since you also want to participate in this game, I am of course very happy to welcome you."

“However,” the old housekeeper paused, then slowly said:

"Participating in the game is very simple, all you need to do is say the word, but if you regret it later, I can't continue to agree."

This game, which resembles "hide-and-seek," is actually just an act of revenge by the old housekeeper. Naturally, there will be plots and even dangers that are beyond the players' control... In short, it's easy to participate, but impossible to quit.

Why quit?

Yu Shijiu's smile remained, and he nodded with a grin:

"Wouldn't it be more fun to play together? I think Mr. Xiao would also like more people to participate in this game, right?"

The other players' lips twitched: "..."

They felt that Mr. Xiao might, perhaps, not really want more people to get involved...

"..."

The old housekeeper's smile gradually faded. She stared at Yu Shijiu for a long time with a very strange look, finally lowering her head gently, her voice aged and hoarse:

"I think you are right."

"In that case, welcome to the game."

As she finished speaking, the old housekeeper's gaze gradually fell on Liu Yao and Wang Han behind Yu Shijiu, and she smiled:

"So what do these two guests mean?"

"Huh, us? We shouldn't—"

Liu Yao instinctively shook her head to refuse, but Wang Han, sensing something, quickly covered her mouth.

"We will too, we will participate as well."

Wang Han felt a chill run down his spine, and as cold sweat broke out, he quickly shouted in response:

"I think this game is really fun! I want to play too, no, we want to play too! We'll both participate!"

Liu Yao, whose mouth was covered: "..."

She stared wide-eyed in surprise, not understanding why her boyfriend had suddenly announced so loudly that they were going to participate in the game. Could it be...?

"You two are very enthusiastic too."

The old housekeeper nodded with a smile, then took out an old notebook from the pocket of her apron and began to write something.

"In that case, all of our remaining players, except for the silent guest next to us, shall choose to participate in the game."

"Guest," the elderly housekeeper turned her head to look at Lu Chusheng on the other side and kindly inquired:

Would you like to participate?

"join."

Lu Chusheng responded without hesitation.

“That means all the guests want to participate in the game,” the old housekeeper said softly, smiling as she raised her wrist to look at the time on the clock.

"There are only 30 seconds left to prepare."

"Please get ready, guests. And please, gentlemen and ladies who are hiding somewhere, get ready as well. The game is about to begin."

"...Twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-three, twenty-two..."

As the countdown continued intermittently, the old housekeeper's smile began to twist. As cracked skin and rotting gray-black leaves grew inch by inch from her bones, her neck suddenly snapped, replaced by an extremely beautiful and decadent red rose. Her aged face hung horribly in the rose's stamen, like a corpse devoured and possessed by a plant.

All the players around fell silent and retreated instantly, each one looking up cautiously to meet the gaze of the aged face within the flower's heart.

"10, 9, 8..."

The countdown continued.

Wang Han released his grip with a grim expression. Liu Yao took a deep breath and coughed violently, clinging to his arm tightly.

"Oh my god, cough cough cough, you suddenly covered my mouth, cough cough, why did you cover my mouth?"

"We must agree to the game!"

"...Why? We didn't eat those things, so we don't need the detoxifying soup."

Wang Han's voice trembled at the end, "Look, look at those dark figures behind the butler..."

Liu Yao instinctively looked in the direction of the sound, her pupils suddenly shrinking.

Behind the old housekeeper, who had transformed into a humanoid rose over two meters tall, the shadows that should have been about the same size as a normal person had somehow twisted into a series of eerie, short shadows... like, like a group of humanoid corpses with their legs and arms twisted off...

Liu Yao suddenly thought of something.

She thought of the "madam's corpse" that had disappeared.

They had assumed that all the "Madam's" bodies were buried under the flowerbeds... Now it seems that all the "Madams" who were killed in the past were actually in the villa all along?!

So, does this mean that if they don't choose to participate in the game to find Mr. Xiao and his two companions, these "ladies" might come after them and kill them?!

After all, that's what we did the previous two nights!

"Depend on!"

Liu Yao instantly felt goosebumps all over. She gripped her boyfriend's hand tightly, her face as pale as a sheet of paper.

"How could it be, how could it be like this..."

Looking at Yu Shijiu, who had somehow retreated to their side, Liu Yao suddenly didn't want to talk anymore.

Yu Shijiu still had that same smiling expression.

Under the streetlights, the boy looked up at the eerie rose that the butler had transformed into, and the look of pleasure on his face was chilling.

...Did he already know?

Seemingly noticing her gaze, Yu Shijiu slowly turned her head to look at her and smiled slightly.

Liu Yao shivered and silently pulled her head back.

Suddenly I feel like going to participate in a "find the person" game—oh no, a "find the ghost" game—would be pretty good... at least I wouldn't get scared so much...

"5, 4, 3, 2—"

"Oh, right, Mother-in-law."

Yu Shijiu suddenly spoke up, as if remembering something, and asked earnestly:

"I have another question for you. If the parts of Mr. Xiao and the young master that we present are just some small, fragmented pieces, would that be acceptable?"

The strange butler, who had been interrupted and was speaking at the last second, was clearly displeased, but after pondering the hidden meaning in the other person's words, she smiled.

"of course can."

The old housekeeper chuckled, "Any part of the body can count as one!"

This is what encouragement means.

"..."

The players next to them were sweating profusely, wishing they had no hearing problems and could not hear these terrifying words that made their hearts tremble.

...Why does Yu Shijiu seem even more like a monster than a monster?!

They swear that the butler at the beginning never imagined that it could be calculated this way!

But it's a good thing nonetheless.

Some quick-thinking players have already taken inspiration from these two sentences and rushed into the villa the moment the old housekeeper gave the final countdown.

Both!

Even a single part can be replaced with a detoxifying soup!