Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 873 It's clearly daytime now?!

Fang Youhua lowered her hand from the doorknob and smiled gently, "It's alright, there are still fifteen exploration points left."

"..."

Yang Hua opened his mouth, then nodded with a forced smile: "Yes, yes, there's still 15%, 15% of the exploration progress..."

Fang Youhua didn't say anything more; she smiled and extended her hand.

Yang Hua instantly understood and quickly extended his uninjured hand.

Fang Youhua grasped her wrist with satisfaction and whispered, "Don't be afraid. At this point, whether we win or lose, we've already gotten quite a few points."

"..." Yang Hua's face was a little pale. She forced a smile and nodded hesitantly, "Yes, I know."

"Well, good boy."

Fang Youhua gently shook her hand and smiled, "Let's go out and take a look. We still have to complete the 'cleaning task' that Old Field Mouse assigned us..."

"it is good……"

—————Underground Warehouse

The air inside the warehouse seemed to freeze.

Yu Shijiu was leading Thumbelina through the storage room, and the scene looked almost absurdly "warm" to onlookers.

Thumbelina followed him obediently, but her hands were cold and stiff, and her eyes would occasionally drift toward the swallow's nest, revealing a hint of suppressed impatience.

An Jie, Chen Yi, He Lingling, and Xu Han dared not slack off and immediately began the so-called "tidying and cleaning" work.

Everyone knew one thing perfectly well—what they were doing now was not just labor, but also searching for clues and opportunities for potential survival.

The group quickly and silently divided up all the tasks. Chen Yi and Xu Han were responsible for sorting out the rusted tools and trying to find the ones that were still usable. They couldn't be sure if the weapons they brought with them would work. What if the dungeon explicitly told them that they could only use the tools inside the dungeon to break open the hole?

Anjie warily watched the shadows of the warehouse entrance and the surrounding walls, gripping the broken shovel in her hand like a short spear.

He Lingling was the most observant. Avoiding Thumbelina's occasional glances, she quietly approached the corner where the swallow was, tilting her head back to quickly check the gap behind the swallow for the injuries on its wings.

The gap diagonally above and behind the swallow was extremely narrow, allowing only a faint sliver of pale daylight and a wisp of cold air to pass through. It was impossible for anyone, including the swallow itself, to pass through.

He Lingling was a little annoyed, but she still began to carefully examine the swallow's injuries. There were obvious lacerations at the base of the swallow's wings, and the edges of the wounds were black. They didn't look like ordinary scratches, but rather like they had been corroded by something.

"Chirp...chirp..."

The swallow in the corner of the sky seemed to sense He Lingling's approach, and it suddenly let out a weak, mournful cry, which had been silent all along.

He Lingling was startled and subconsciously took two steps back.

A rustling sound of feathers brushing against each other rang in her ears. Soon, the swallow raised its head from among the black feathers, its beady black eyes filled with fear, not only at the human in front of it, but also seemingly at its own injuries.

at this time--

"Hey, this seems to be somewhat useful."

Yu Shijiu's voice suddenly rang out.

He pulled out a small section of withered plant with roots from under a pile of hay. The stem was dark purple, but the roots were eerily bright red.

"This looks a bit like herbs? Maybe it can help Yanzi?"

Yu Shijiu held the plant and smiled as she showed it to Thumbelina beside her.

Thumbelina's gaze was drawn to the bright red root, her throat bobbed involuntarily, and a look of mixed desire and disgust flashed in her eyes.

"This...this is..."

Thumbelina was interrupted before she could finish speaking.

"Bang!"

At the other end of the warehouse, Anjie heard Yu Shijiu's voice and turned around, accidentally knocking over a stack of pottery shards, making a jarring sound.

Anjie's expression changed.

Almost at the same instant the sound rang out, the shadow that had been just slightly dark at the entrance of the warehouse suddenly boiled over!

Like splashed ink, the viscous shadow rapidly expanded and lengthened, and a twisted, pale figure with long, disheveled hair slowly "seeped" out from it!

Its long hair writhed slowly like a living creature, covering most of its face. Only through the gaps in the hair could one see a blurry, unsettling glimpse of its features, such as eyes, nose, and mouth. Its body seemed boneless, limply dragging a tattered broom against the earthen wall.

Almost simultaneously, a mixture of fishy and sweet odors, ten times stronger than that of the cave itself, instantly filled the warehouse.

Ange recognized it almost immediately.

It's the long-haired female ghost who took the knife for me last night!

It even appeared during the day?!

Anjie's mind was in complete chaos at that moment, and she subconsciously looked at Thumbelina who was with Yu Shijiu.

Wait... isn't the long-haired female ghost just Thumbelina?

Could my assumption be wrong?

He Lingling, who shared the same thought as An Jie, turned pale. She subconsciously exchanged a glance with An Jie, who was standing by the warehouse door, and both of them saw unconcealed astonishment in each other's eyes.

What on earth happened? Their deductions shouldn't have such a big flaw—

"Fuck!"

Xu Han was so frightened by the sudden appearance of the strange creature that he scrambled backward to hide from Chen Yi.

Chen Yi reacted extremely quickly, grabbing the heaviest rusty shovel at hand, holding it horizontally in front of him, and growling:

"Xiao Han! Hide behind me, don't run around!"

Anjie didn't care about anything else. Her eyes flashed, and she almost took a step forward to block He Lingling and the swallow's nest, the broken shovel aimed at the long-haired female monster that was slowly approaching.

He Lingling's heart was pounding, but she forced herself to calm down, her eyes scanning rapidly for the monster's weakness or something in the warehouse that might have attracted it.

Was that really the sound of Sister An accidentally breaking the ceramic pot?

He Lingling sensed something was wrong. Her mind raced, and she quickly realized something. She looked towards where Yu Shijiu and Thumbelina were—or more accurately, at the "herb" that Yu Shijiu had taken out, the one whose exact nature she didn't know.

Could it be because of the "herbs" that Shi Jiu just found?

——————Live Streaming Plaza

In the audience, Lu Chusheng almost couldn't help but stand up from his seat, his fists clenched tightly.

Below the densely packed live stream screens, the odds for option B on the Poker League players' item screens kept flashing before his eyes—had the direct confrontation and injury actually come true so quickly?!

Lu Chusheng thought it would take until at least the evening for the prediction to come true.

But it's still daytime in the instance right now.

However, the next scene on the screen made all the viewers, including Lu Chusheng, gasp in shock.