Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 853 Is it a jinx?

"We usually sprinkle a thin layer of water on the floor or walls before sweeping, so that the dust won't float around too much..."

"My idea is, if we clean in the same way, wouldn't the old field mouse touch much less dust, or see much less dust if it were to examine it carefully with its glasses on?"

After Chen Yi finished speaking, he looked at the three of them and asked, "What do you think?"

"..."

He Lingling was taken aback for a moment, "I don't know much about these things, what do you think, Sister An?"

As for Xu Han, forget about him; he's probably the "young master" with the best conditions in the real world among everyone present.

Ange paused for a moment, then said:

"I'm not too sure, I've never lived in an earthen house, but it should be useful. There is definitely less dust on the roads and under the bridges on rainy days."

"Then let's use Brother Chen's method?"

Xu Han said, "Shall we sprinkle some water on the ground before cleaning up tomorrow?"

"can."

He Lingling and An Jie both agreed.

Chen Yi was a little embarrassed. "It might not even work. I just remembered using this method before..."

Whether it works or not is irrelevant.

Anjie said, "Let's try it first. We can't just lie down without trying anything."

“But cleaning is secondary,” He Lingling added. “Tomorrow we’ll see if we’re lucky enough to run into a swallow. I suspect that the player team that encounters the swallow first will increase the exploration progress.”

"……I go."

Xu Han was somewhat surprised: "Is it that simple?"

"Simple?"

He Lingling sneered, "You're thinking too simply. Think about it carefully. In the original story, under what circumstances was Thumbelina able to discover the swallow?"

"...When you're frozen stiff..." Xu Han scratched his head and said, "You're just frozen stiff, so what—"

As he said this, he suddenly realized something, and his pupils contracted.

Anjie: "What's wrong? Shouldn't we reach out and save the frozen swallow?"

"Not necessarily."

Chen Yi sighed. As someone who had also read the book, he felt that this book, which should have been a children's fairy tale, was now no different from a ghost story.

"Sister An, in the original story, Thumbelina believed that Swallow was already dead."

"I suspect she might not have wanted to save the swallow at first, but the thought that she might be given as a 'gift' to the mole for a marriage alliance with the old field mouse... left her with no choice but to pin her hopes on the possibility that the swallow was actually still alive."

"There are only two lives still alive in the dimly lit cave..."

"Thumbelina wanted to find something to huddle together for warmth, whether it was a person, an animal, or... even an inanimate object."

"As long as she believes the other person is still alive, that's enough."

As long as Thumbelina, the protagonist, believes that the swallow is still alive, that's enough.

Chen Yi's gentle voice sounded somewhat cold in the flickering candlelight around him.

Of the remaining three, apart from He Lingling, who was expected to be there, An Jie and Xu Han both felt a chill run down their spines.

What does it mean that as long as Thumbelina thinks the other person is alive, that's enough?

Does Thumbelina have the ability to bring inanimate objects back to life?

This is impossible.

Anjie quickly dismissed this possibility.

Thumbelina couldn't possibly have such abilities. If she did, what would the players be able to do? Not to mention that the current storyline is actually just a new building instance based on a player's memories.

"So... in her extreme loneliness and sadness, Thumbelina imagined that the swallow was actually still alive?"

Anjie said.

"It's just a guess."

He Lingling replied.

Neither He Lingling nor Chen Yi dared to make a definitive statement.

Chen Yi: "Lingling is right, this is just our current speculation."

Anjie pursed her lips and said, "Okay."

Xu Han secretly scratched his hair behind the group, his handsome brows furrowed tightly, like two thick, black, fuzzy caterpillars.

He Lingling walked beside him, her face pale, and unusually kindly asked, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

Xu Han hesitated for a moment, then cautiously glanced at An Jie and Chen Yi in front of him, and muttered softly:

"I've realized that Sister An isn't actually that smart, not much different from me..."

He Lingling: "..."

He Lingling felt a chill run down her spine; she thought Xu Han was a bit too confident.

Putting aside everything else, if Anjie really wanted to kill Xu Han, Xu Han probably wouldn't even survive tonight.

Moreover, the hole wasn't very big, so even if you lower your voice, you could still faintly hear something... Sure enough, before He Lingling could finish complaining, An Jie's cold voice rang out from the hole.

"Xu Han."

Anjie said coldly, "Is there anything you need to talk about with Lingling behind my back?"

Xu Han's throat tightened, and he quickly chuckled to change the subject, "Haha, Sister An, it's really nothing, I was just saying, just saying... Look, look, we've been looking for a room for ages and still haven't found one, maybe we'll run into Shi Jiu and the others later—Holy crap?!"

"Ok?"

Yu Shijiu's face emerged from the corner of the hole behind An Jie and Chen Yi, his face full of surprise and joy.

"Huh? Sister An, Brother Chen, Sister Lingling, you guys found your way here too?"

He Lingling, An Jie, and Chen Yi: "..."

Xu Han, however, stared in shock at Yu Shijiu and Thumbelina, who was peeking out from behind him. He was so shocked that he was almost speechless.

"No..." Xu Han said, his eyes wide. "I just... I just said it casually..."

Who knew that whatever he said would actually come true?

He Lingling silently patted Xu Han on the back, "Okay, from now on I hope you can say more positive things, and don't say negative things, I'm a little scared."

Xu Han: "...No, it makes me sad that you said that, He Lingling. Aren't you implying that I'm a jinx—pui pui pui! I'm not, you know, a jinx!"

Xu Han was busy correcting himself that he wasn't making a jinx at all, while Yu Shijiu emerged from between An Jie and Chen Yi, smiling and pulling Thumbelina along as he began to ask questions.

"Sister An, what brings you here? I thought you had already found your rooms to sleep."

"..."

The four of them, including the talkative Xu Han, looked at each other awkwardly, unsure of what to say.

Yu Shijiu, oblivious to their awkwardness, continued:

"Thumbelina and I went for a walk and found nothing. Oh no, we just went for a walk to digest our food and now we're going to sleep."

Not knowing how to explain that she and her three companions had searched for a long time without finding their room, Anjie remained silent for a few seconds before nodding with a normal expression.

“Me too,” Ange said calmly. “We were just about to go back to our rooms to rest.”