Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 188 Fire? Or Light?

Inside the ancestral hall.

During their fight, "God" destroyed many structures made of earthworm bodies, and countless earthworms began to rot underfoot, filling the air with a foul, sticky, earthy smell.

The players' conversations were drowned out by the loud noise, and they could only help each other retreat to a corner.

As for those strange old people who were frozen in place, looking like humans but not quite, they could only be covered in countless earthworms falling from the roof.

Players also lost some earthworms, most of which were fully formed adults, but many were still pink larvae. Without exception, they all had sharp mouthparts similar to those of the "God".

Many players were bitten several times, and their skin aged more slowly.

Anli is the most severely affected among the players. Due to her soft-heartedness towards the strange old man who chose her, the signs of aging have now begun to spread to her face.

Yu Shijiu glanced at the brown age spots on An Li's face, and slowly touched his neck with his hand, which had just recovered somewhat.

Compared to Anli's aging, which had almost spread to the lower half of her face, her own neck showed no signs of aging.

It's probably because he was just saying it casually, and there was no actual interaction between him and Yang Wan, such as eating, drinking, or staying together.

Meanwhile, the culprits that caused the hole in the ancestral hall's roof—an earthworm and a cat—are still tearing at each other relentlessly.

Anyone with eyes could see that the big orange cat was also starting to run out of energy.

Even Yu Shijiu was getting anxious at this moment.

He looked at the still tightly closed ancestral hall gate, and the corners of his mouth drooped down slightly, a hint of displeasure in his expression.

Lin Feng's speed is too slow.

What if Feifei gets injured?

As Yu Shijiu thought that Feifei might get injured like him, his amber pupils gradually darkened and thickened.

Fighting is fighting... but Fatty... can't get hurt.

As it pondered, Fatty's angry meows rang out again. This time, it quickly dodged the "God's" wide-open mouth, nimbly stepping on the walls and other objects made of earthworms around it, and dragged the unintelligent "God" around at high speed.

At the same time, Yu Shijiu seemed to hear a sound.

He squinted and looked behind the scattered memorial tablets not far away, and saw a pair of dirty, bloody hands emerge from the earthen hole from which the "god" had crawled out not long ago.

Yu Shijiu's eyes lit up.

He stood up unsteadily, ignoring the shouts of An Li and the others behind him, and walked straight towards the earthen cave.

Yu Shijiu did not allow anyone else to go and check the earthen cave.

He didn't believe them.

Even not long ago, these players risked fractures to try and catch themselves falling from a height.

He still didn't believe them.

Oh, it probably has something to do with ability too.

Players don't have a good experience during the cooldown period after their talent skills expire.

The deep pain in his bones and the trembling of his meridians due to excessive exertion... all made Yu Shijiu feel as if he were rolling on a knife's edge with every step he took.

It hurts a lot, but it also makes one more and more conscious.

Yu Shijiu knew clearly that she did not want to die yet.

The future is uncertain, but for now, he doesn't feel such a strong urge to die.

At the very least, he needs to reunite with Fei Fei and enjoy a period of "happiness" together.

When Yu Shijiu squatted down beside the earthen cave, Lin Feng, who was almost exhausted from crawling inside, also saw him.

Lin Feng's eyes lit up almost instantly. She swallowed the churning blood and froth in her throat with all her might and said in a hoarse voice:

"It's fire!"

"Fire can make the 'God' disappear!"

As she spoke, Lin Feng gripped the soil at the edge of the earthen cave tightly, her fingers filled with clumps of black mud.

There was nothing she could do; Yu Shijiu didn't seem to have any intention of helping her, so Lin Feng could only try her best to stay in place on her own.

She had truly misunderstood Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu did want to pull him up, but he didn't have much strength at the moment. If he really reached out to pull the other person up, they would probably both fall down.

"fire?"

Yu Shijiu hesitated for a moment before making a gesture to press a lighter:

"Will a regular fire work?"

After all, the previous "ancestral hall" was completely burned down.

Yu Shijiu paused, as if something had occurred to him, and for a moment his beautiful almond-shaped eyes flashed with astonishing excitement.

"Candlelight..."

Yu Shijiu murmured softly and slowly raised her head.

This strange "shrine," which is dimly lit yet emits a bright light, has always been "lit" from the beginning.

The difference is that the initial "ancestral hall" was lit by ordinary candlelight... So what kind of "light" is the light inside this earthworm "ancestral hall" now?

Besides the ordinary "candlelight" at the beginning, what other kind of "light" could faintly illuminate the ancestral hall...?

"Tsk..." Yu Shijiu frowned in annoyance, looking around at the sources of the "light" while feeling somewhat frustrated that the game ultimately required him to use his own brain.

He felt that his brain might not be working properly... There was always an answer right in front of him, but he just couldn't break through that barrier of restlessness.

Lin Feng: "..."

She wanted to ask Yu Shijiu to pull her along, but after learning the answer, she saw that Yu Shijiu looked up blankly and walked away.

He walked away...

"..." Lin Feng is now even more convinced that Yu Shijiu is really, a little "crazy".

Shouldn't a normal person immediately go looking for fire upon hearing the word "fire"?

Fortunately, An Li and the others noticed something was wrong. As Yu Shijiu looked up to find the source of the "light," An Li approached and saw Lin Feng hanging on the edge of the earthen cave.

An Li's expression changed immediately, and she quickly pulled Lin Feng up.

After being pulled up, Lin Feng collapsed on the ground, panting heavily, not caring about the rotten corpses of earthworms scattered on the ground, trying to calm her heartbeat.

Anli peeked into the bottomless pit and said in a panic, her lips pursed:

"Where does this lead?"

"..." Lin Feng hesitated for a few seconds, then whispered, "I guess you could say it's another kind of hell."

The hell that buried Liu Yanju and that volunteer teacher named Gong Nian.

Anli panicked even more.

Over here, after a long period of observation, Yu Shijiu finally discovered the source of the "light" inside the ancestral hall.

These are the small, narrow gaps that the walls made of earthworms didn't fill.

There is such a gap in almost every corner.

Looking at these gleaming cracks, Yu Shijiu felt a strange sense of familiarity.

It's like I've seen a similar crack before—

No, it's a window!

Yu Shijiu instantly recalled the houses where each of the strange old men lived.

The windows inside those houses were also small and narrow, letting in only a little light to make the cramped and dark rooms seem less dark.

The narrow gaps inside this "ancestral hall" are just like the "windows" in those houses, aren't they?