Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 233 Spying

The boy's curious tone made the male player freeze in place.

He was a shy person, and when Yu Shijiu interrupted him like that, he immediately remembered the words he had said against his will, and his ears turned red instantly.

"...Yes, that's right, you're also very famous."

The male player's ambiguous response made Yu Shijiu's mood even better.

"I knew it, I was bound to be popular."

Yu Shijiu sat back down on the sofa, raised his chin, and said to Xu Han and He Lingling, who were silent beside him:

"If someone asks me to team up with them later, should I agree?"

Xu Han: "..."

He Lingling: "..."

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes meeting in unspoken understanding, and said in unison:

"It's up to you."

Xu and He both froze upon realizing that the other had said the same thing: "..."

Why are you mimicking my speech?!

Xu Han stared wide-eyed, his mouth twitching incessantly.

He Lingling ignored his distorted face, chuckled silently twice, and then fell silent.

Xu Han: "..."

Lu Chusheng, who had been trying to interrupt the conversation, was speechless.

Lu Chusheng hesitated for a moment, then swallowed back the words he was about to say.

Now seems like the wrong time.

Yu Shijiu was completely unaware of the exchange between Xu Han and He Lingling, and actually leaned back on the sofa and thought seriously for a while.

If the other party is sincerely asking for your help... it's not impossible to team up... Someone seems to have forgotten that they've already teamed up.

It wasn't until the aroma of food wafted from the kitchen that Yu Shijiu snapped out of her almost impossible fantasy.

It was at this moment that he realized his "roommate" hadn't come to see him at all.

Where is my roommate?

Yu Shijiu stood up, looked at the players who were still gathered in twos and threes, and called out:

Who is number 6?

The players, who were whispering about whether to go out for a "stroll" that evening, all paused for a second.

Xu Han and He Lingling, who were arguing, also froze in place.

Number 6?

Lu Chusheng was the first to realize that something was wrong.

He frowned as he looked at the players who were all staring at each other, and suddenly realized that there were 23 players this time.

The NPC requires two players to share a room... and Yu Shijiu, who drew number 6, hasn't said a word yet, is that right—

"Feel sorry."

Just as Lu Chusheng had thought, the players who had gathered together shook their heads hesitantly.

"We don't have number 6 here."

"So are we."

"I'm number 16."

"I'm number 16 too."

"I'm……"

"..."

The players announced their numbers, and the smile on Yu Shijiu's face began to disappear little by little.

He doesn't have a roommate.

Yu Shijiu looked down at the note in his hand, and for the first time, he irritably clenched the note, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed it into his pocket.

Lu Chusheng's heart skipped a beat for no reason. He subconsciously took a step forward. Just as he was about to say something to Yu Shijiu, Xu Han suddenly shouted and jumped behind Yu Shijiu, hugging his neck and pressing him down.

"Hey! Shi Jiu, how about you sleep in our room tonight? As long as you don't mind the small space, you can definitely share a bed with me..."

He Lingling didn't say anything. She just glanced up at Lu Chusheng, who was slowly retracting his foot. Something seemed to flash in his large, deep eyes.

From the very beginning, Lu Chusheng... seemed to have an unusual level of interest in Yu Shijiu...

This is strange.

He Lingling is not as slow-witted as Xu Han.

Players who can secure a place on the leaderboard are not as simple as they seem, and He Lingling is no exception.

As a rare "prophetic" player in the Dawn game, He Lingling's eyes can see more than just the future and past of game instances.

The player's future and past... as long as they are willing to give enough, He Lingling can see it, like right now—

For a moment, He Lingling's dark eyes magnified again, as if some cold and damp black hole was gradually swallowing all the whites of her eyes, eventually turning her entire eye socket completely black.

Just as He Lingling was about to activate her innate skill to see if Lu Chusheng had any relationship with Yu Shijiu, Lu Chusheng suddenly turned to look at her.

He Lingling was startled and so frightened that she fell back onto the sofa.

When the players watching the live stream in the town saw this scene, they all stood up at the same time. They stared in astonishment at He Lingling, who was sitting on the sofa in a disheveled state, feeling only shock.

"What's wrong with He Lingling? How dare she use 'Ghost Eye' on Lu Chusheng?!"

One player exclaimed in astonishment, "Is she out of her mind?"

She actually used her talent skill on Lu Chusheng directly in the game instance... Has He Lingling lost her mind?

"...That's unlikely, Lu Chusheng wouldn't kill her." A player familiar with Lu Chusheng's personality shook his head.

"It'll probably just be a warning."

"...I don't understand what He Lingling was thinking just now. Would Lu Chusheng have agreed to her making such a prediction without permission?"

"I don't quite understand. Did she just suddenly have a brain fart?"

This answer received a lot of support from players.

But what ordinary players don't know is that some experienced players see certain clues hidden deep within them.

For example, Zhou Yuanyang is currently watching the live stream in his room.

Zhou Yuan looked up at Lu Chusheng on the screen. His undamaged silver-gray eyeball twitched slightly, revealing a strange dark light.

“…Yu Shijiu…”

Zhou Yuan lay back on the rocking recliner, the creaking sound echoing in the quiet room.

He gazed at Lu Chusheng's face and murmured to himself, "Lu Chusheng, oh Lu Chusheng, I'm just so curious..."

"I'm so curious... if you were in the same situation as me... what would you choose?"

In the dimly lit room, Zhou Yuan's smile widened, while the tiny pupils on the other half of his disfigured face slowly narrowed, like some kind of worm wriggling in the shadows.

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Lu Chusheng's cold, icy eyes stared at her without blinking, as if they were some kind of indestructible hardness, looking straight into her heart.

"Don't use any of your special abilities on me."

Lu Chusheng didn't say a word, or even move his lips, but He Lingling still understood what was in his eyes.

This is a warning.

He Lingling swallowed and turned her head away from Lu Chusheng.

Now that they're at the top of the town's points leaderboard, they're definitely not someone anyone can just dream of reaching.

He Lingling's heart was pounding, and her eyes were aching from being interrupted halfway through activating her talent skill, but she couldn't feel the slightest bit aggrieved.

—It was all out of curiosity that I wanted to pry into other people's past, so I deserve to suffer this pain.

He Lingling sighed and silently slapped herself in the face.

Damn it! Serves you right for your unnecessary curiosity!