Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 990 The Little Girl in the White Dress

Inside the cabin, the little girl in the white dress was still sitting there, hugging her knees and burying her face in them.

But this time, she slowly raised her head.

Her pale face was partially obscured by her long hair, and many red marks could be faintly seen on her side and arms.

Those big, round eyes now had no whites, only endless black.

She looked down at Yu Shijiu, who was looking up, and a strange smile slowly crept onto her lips.

Then, the little girl raised her hand and pointed at Yu Shijiu—

It then pointed to the entrance below the Ferris wheel.

"Come... play..."

The little girl's pale lips opened and closed without making a sound, but Yu Shijiu "heard" it.

The sound in his ear was different from the sound he heard on the roller coaster.

It wasn't that moist, gentle voice, like water vapor.

But it was another voice.

More immature, more acute, more... painful.

"Come... play..."

"Play with me..."

"..."

Suddenly, Yu Shijiu felt a burning sensation in his left arm.

That familiar restlessness surged up again.

It's not about wanting to tear things apart with tyranny.

But -

Response.

His own left arm was "responding" to the little girl's "call".

"Shi Jiu!"

He Lingling's voice suddenly rang in my ears.

Yu Shijiu suddenly came to his senses and found He Lingling staring intently at him.

"Your arm—"

He Lingling's eyes stung a little. She opened and closed her eyes forcefully, staring at Yu Shijiu's left arm with a look of fear on her face.

"……arm?"

Yu Shijiu followed his gaze, lowered her head, and tugged at her sleeve.

His left arm was still intact, except for the pale skin and the few red marks on the inside of his arm that never faded, which were now faintly glowing red.

The red light was very faint, so faint that it was almost invisible.

But it is indeed glowing.

"what is this?"

Xu Han cried out in surprise and quickly reached out to grab Yu Shijiu's arm, anxiously saying:

"Shi Jiu, when did you get this on your arm? There was nothing there before!"

"It will be available after the 'Return Journey' instance ends."

Yu Shijiu's voice remained calm despite Xu Han grabbing her arm.

"I thought it was just a normal ligature mark, so I didn't pay attention to it."

"..."

The four of them were silent for a few seconds.

Xu Han was extremely anxious and subconsciously wanted to use his innate skill to heal the red marks—but Yu Shijiu stopped him.

"Brother Han."

Yu Shijiu held his wrist and said honestly:

"It probably won't work. I've drunk several bottles of recovery medicine and it still hasn't gone down."

Xu Han's throat bobbed for a few seconds, a hint of worry in his eyes:

"What should we do about these red marks?"

"..." Yu Shijiu hesitated for a few seconds, "It should be fine, right? It's just a few marks, nothing serious."

"..."

He Lingling took a deep breath, suppressing her inner turmoil.

"Shi Jiu, how are you feeling right now?"

"Fortunately."

Yu Shijiu said truthfully, "I'm just a little... restless."

He paused, then added hesitantly:

"But the little girl up there seems to be calling me... inviting me to come up and play."

"I can't go."

"can not go!"

Anjie and Chen Yi, who had been silent until now, spoke up at the same time to deny it, saying, "This is clearly a trap."

Xu Han chimed in, "Yeah, yeah! Sister An and Brother Chen are right! It's definitely a trap! We really can't go!"

"I know."

Yu Shijiu nodded to himself.

But his gaze remained fixed on the little girl who had looked up from inside the cockpit.

The little girl was looking at him too.

There seemed to be something new in those empty eyes now.

It wasn't malicious.

But -

look forward to.

It's like a child who has been lonely for a long time finally seeing a playmate who is willing to play with him.

"Sister An."

Yu Shijiu suddenly spoke.

"I think... she didn't mean to hurt me."

"what?"

Anjie frowned.

"She gave me the feeling of... loneliness."

Yu Shijiu said softly, "She looks like she's been waiting here for a very long time, and finally someone has seen her."

As he spoke, he raised his left hand and looked at it.

The faint red marks on the inside of my arm still shimmered with a faint red glow.

"Moreover, my left arm also reacted to her."

"Isn't this because it wasn't completely 'purified'? Otherwise, why would there still be a reaction?"

Xu Han was still extremely anxious, "Shi Jiu, do you think it's because the driver didn't clean up the pollution properly? Or is it..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and his expression turned even more unpleasant.

Chen Yi picked up where he left off, and said in a low voice:

"Or is it that—Shi Jiu, your arm, and some things in this instance... share some kind of origin, connection?"

This statement silenced everyone present.

He Lingling's pupils contracted sharply.

She suddenly recalled the scene at the end of the "Return Journey" instance—when Yu Shijiu absorbed the residual pollution, the dark red streams of pollution "voluntarily merged" into it.

There's also the expression on Yu Shijiu's face when he said "I feel empty inside" while the driver was absorbing the pollution.

if--

What if those pollutants weren't completely "purified," but instead... formed a deeper fusion with Yu Shijiu?

What if those contaminations were only temporarily suppressed, and were "awakened" by something of the same origin in this copy that is likely adapted from Xylitol's painful memories?

"Sister Lingling."

Yu Shijiu's voice interrupted her thoughts.

"I still want to go up and take a look."

"no!"

Xu Han objected again, "This is too dangerous!"

"Brother Han."

Yu Shijiu turned to look at him, her eyes calm.

"Didn't you just say that my arm might be connected to something in this instance?"

"If that's the case, I'll go up and take a look; maybe I can find the answer."

"and……"

He paused for a few seconds after saying this, a slight smile curving his lips.

"And I felt that the little girl... needed help."

Xu Han opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a single word.

He looked at Anjie and Chen Yi.

Anjie looked very unwell.

She didn't want Yu Shijiu to take any risks.

But she also knew that if Yu Shijiu really had some kind of connection with this instance, running away was definitely not the best solution.

Chen Yi sighed softly.

"Sister An, let Shi Jiu decide for herself."

He said, "I'll go up with him. You guys stay down here and keep watch. If there's any danger, go up and help us as needed."

Anjie remained silent for a long time.

In the end, she nodded.

Be careful in everything.

"Ah."

Yu Shijiu smiled and responded, then turned and walked with Chen Yi toward the entrance of the Ferris wheel.

At the entrance to the Ferris wheel, there was a female staff member also wearing a white dress.

Hearing footsteps, the female staff member slowly turned around to look at the two men.

"Welcome to the Tranquil Ferris Wheel."

The female staff member was very beautiful, with long, straight black hair, gentle eyes, and a soft tone of voice, completely unlike the overly enthusiastic and excited staff members in the previous areas.

"There is only one rule inside the Silent Ferris Wheel cabins: all passengers must remain quiet and not make loud noises."

After she finished speaking, she took a few steps to the side, revealing a half-open iron door behind her and a narrow passage leading to the cockpit.

Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi stared at the name tag hanging around her neck—Skyscraper.

Motian looked at them and made a "please" gesture.

Chen Yi glanced at Yu Shijiu, "Let's go."

"it is good."

Yu Shijiu responded and stepped into the passageway, walking step by step toward the cabin where the little girl was.

The passage is very long.

The surrounding Ferris wheel frames quickly cast distorted shadows against the dark red sky.

Yu Shijiu could even sense that the tourists sitting in the other cabins were all looking at him and Chen Yi.

Even the stiff smiles on their faces looked even more eerie under this intense gaze.

But Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi ignored it.

He just stared at the cockpit in front of him, which was neither too high nor too low.

Chen Yi walked beside him and asked in a low voice, "Shi Jiu, are we almost there?"

"It's getting closer."

Yu Shijiu said, "Soon."

Chen Yi glanced at his profile and lowered his eyelids.

Finally, the two arrived at the cockpit.

Perhaps because he was closer, Chen Yi finally saw the cockpit, and his breath hitched for a few seconds.

The cockpit door in front of them was half open, and inside sat the little girl in the white dress that Yu Shijiu had mentioned.

She looked up at Yu Shijiu outside the cockpit door.

Those empty eyes were no longer pure black; instead, they reflected the figures of Yu Shijiu and Xu Han.

"You...can see me...right?"

The little girl spoke.

His voice was young and slightly hoarse.

"You...are the first...people who can see me..."

She looked at Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi, her voice very soft.

Yu Shijiu squatted down and looked at her at eye level.

"who are you?"

Chen Yi, who was standing next to Yu Shijiu, looked at her squatting down and asked her softly.

"I……"

The little girl in the Ferris wheel cabin tilted her head, seemingly trying to remember.

"I'm……"

"I'm……"

A look of extreme pain suddenly appeared on the little girl's face.

"I...I am...I am the one who was abandoned..."

"Abandoned?"

Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi both frowned.

"Um……"

The little girl lowered her head, looking at her pale, bony hands.

"Mom...Mom left me here...and then she left..."

"I've been waiting here... waiting... waiting for her to come back and pick me up..."

"But she... but she hasn't come back to find me..."

As the little girl spoke, tears began to fall.

She sobbed as she looked up at Yu Shijiu, her dark eyes filled with grievance and confusion.

"Brother, Uncle."

The little girl asked, "Do you think...my mom...does she...don't want me anymore?"

Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi remained silent for a few seconds.

Chen Yi's gaze suddenly turned somewhat sorrowful, and he suddenly thought of Mu Tangtang.

I remember her in the Fuling Hotel instance, always holding "Grandma Mu's" hand, with an innocent and carefree smile.

How much of the smile on the other person's face is genuine and how much is fake?

Yu Shijiu also recalled the strange light changes in the direction of Ghost Castle earlier.

Do you know Xylitol?

he asks.

The little girl's body trembled violently.

"Sugar... sugar... xylitol..."

She murmured the name repeatedly.

"Who is Tangtang...?"

"I...I am...who..."

As the little girl's expression grew increasingly pained, the surrounding space inexplicably began to distort.

All the cabins of the Ferris wheel began to shake violently.

Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi looked up at the same time, their faces solemn.

Inside the Ferris wheel, the tourists sitting in the other cabins all turned their heads at the same time, staring intently in the direction where Yu Shijiu and the other person were.

Under the dense, flashing, multicolored lights, the stiff smiles on their faces slowly, very slowly, disappeared.

Instead, there were distorted, ferocious expressions.

"Don't—don't mention that name—"

"She's not—she's not—!!!"

"Who—who are you—"

Countless sharp screams erupted from the numerous cabins of the Ferris wheel.

Chen Yi grabbed Yu Shijiu's arm and said in a deep voice, "Stand up, something's not right with them."

Yu Shijiu stood up as he pulled her, looking at the little girl in the cabin.

As the voices of men and women around her grew louder, the little girl's whole body began to contort.

Her white dress began to be stained red with blood.

On her thin, pale face, the few scars began to multiply, and countless knife marks began to appear on her body.

"It hurts...it hurts so much..."

The little girl cried softly.

"It hurts...it hurts so much...it hurts so much..."

"Why...why did you leave me..."

"Why...why do I have to bear all this alone..."

"Mommy...Mommy...it hurts so much..."

Her voice grew increasingly shrill and mournful.

The Ferris wheel was shaking violently, and the tourists who were originally sitting in the cabins were now like puppets controlled by some force, surging from all directions towards the cabin where Yu Shijiu and Chen Yi were.

They didn't walk down as usual, but rather—like some kind of viscous liquid, they "flowed" out from the cracks in the cabin doors, the gaps in the windows, and even the rusted holes in the cabin walls.

The tourists were still wearing those colorful clothes, but their bodies had been twisted into irregular liquid shapes.

Some tourists stretched their necks extremely long, their heads drooping and swaying on their shoulders; others twisted their limbs in the opposite direction, crawling slowly along the edge of the Ferris wheel cabins like spiders; still others had their entire bodies melt into a strange, translucent gelatinous substance, but everyone still maintained that stiff, smiling face.

"Shi Jiu".

Chen Yi stepped forward and stood in front of the motionless Yu Shijiu. His fat body tensed slightly, but his voice remained steady.

"Shi Jiu, listen to me, step back."

As he spoke, Chen Yi had already placed his hands on the floor of the passageway.

But when he was ready to use it, he hesitated—

The acorn barrier requires time and space to catalyze, and in this narrow, suspended passage, if they misuse it, the two of them could fall at any moment.

Yu Shijiu, who was being protected behind him, did not retreat.

His gaze remained fixed on the little girl in the white dress inside the cockpit.