Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 784 Guess

After a long while, just as Yu Shijiu finished rambling on about how Thumbelina woke up and told him to listen to his adoptive mother and always be a good, obedient daughter and son to his adoptive mother, the four of them finally snapped out of their stunned state.

"..." An Jie looked at Yu Shijiu with complicated eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

"You did very well."

Anjie said with some difficulty, "Who taught Shi Jiu the trick of using someone else to do the dirty work?"

"..."

The remaining three looked at each other for several seconds before Chen Yi finally said, "...I guess no one taught you, right?"

He Lingling nodded: "Yes, I'm not very good at this trick either... haha."

To avoid embarrassment, He Lingling added a dry "haha".

Xu Han waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Don't look at me, don't look at me. I don't know how to do this at all. I don't know this move at all."

He Lingling glanced at him—nobody asked you.

Xu Han, who understood the meaning in her eyes, instantly wilted.

"?"

Upon being praised, Yu Shijiu first puffed out his chest in delight, then asked with a puzzled look:

"Using someone else to do your dirty work? I know that; it means using some method to shift the blame for something you've done onto someone else—"

【Ding. 】

[Congratulations to the guild "Alive" for currently leading in exploration progress among all players.]

[Current guild "alive" exploration progress: 8%]

[Guild "Eye of All Things" exploration progress 5%]

Within seconds of the system's female voice sounding, players from both guilds were stunned for nearly five seconds.

Fang Youhua turned her head in surprise to look at the "Living" guild members who were gathered together whispering not far away, her brows furrowed.

"Sister Fang," someone whispered urgently, "they're leading us by three percent!"

They were originally leading by two percent!

"……fine."

Fang Youhua withdrew her gaze and said softly, "It's only three percent, it's okay, we can make up for it by triggering more plot events."

"..."

The players of the Eye of All Things looked at each other, and finally could only sigh softly.

There's no way around it; that's how guild tournaments are. Fighting against a guild might allow you to turn the tide in certain aspects, and that's one of the rules.

On the other side, Anjie and the others listened to the system's female voice broadcasting in their ears, their eyes flickering slightly.

"It seems that everyone in the guild needs to know the story points in order to increase the exploration progress."

He Lingling whispered, "Shi Jiu single-handedly secured three percent of the exploration progress for us last night. That's amazing."

Xu Han chimed in with flattery, "Yes, yes, Shi Jiu is indeed the most amazing!"

Chen Yi and An Jie looked at Yu Shijiu, who was smiling, and hesitated to speak—their prolonged gazes naturally caught Yu Shijiu's attention.

"Sister An? Brother Chen?"

Yu Shijiu touched her face, and after confirming that there was nothing on it, she asked in confusion:

"Is there something on my face?"

"……No."

Sister An sighed almost imperceptibly: "I was just thinking that I was a little worried about facing such a dangerous situation alone last night."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi, He Lingling, and Xu Han all wore the same solemn expression.

"..."

Yu Shijiu's heart skipped a beat. A familiar, hot, and burning sensation seemed to spread across his chest again, making his cheeks flush and his ears feel slightly hot.

“…I,” Yu Shijiu stammered for the first time, “Actually, it wasn’t that dangerous, really, not dangerous at all. I didn’t even move much, I barely swung the axe a few times…”

"That's also very dangerous."

Xu Han wiped his eyes, and said with some worry:

"It's definitely dangerous for someone to be alone, what if suddenly someone comes from behind—"

"okay."

He Lingling interrupted his jinxed remarks, "Stop talking about these things, don't you understand the concept of avoiding prophecies?"

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I was wrong, I was wrong! Yes, yes, yes, I'll avoid the prophecy, I'll avoid the prophecy, I'll avoid the prophecy..."

Xu Han panicked instantly and slapped his mouth several times, so hard that Yu Shijiu's eyelids twitched a few times.

"Brother Han, no—"

Yu Shijiu wanted to stop it, but out of the corner of her eye she suddenly caught a glimpse of the crack in the edge of the French window.

He paused slightly, recalling what Sister An had said to his foster mother earlier, and said:

"Sister An, why is the French window open?"

Yu Shijiu clearly remembered that the French windows were closed before they went to sleep last night.

"It's necessary for the plot."

Sister An smiled upon hearing this: "Don't forget, the next plot point is that the toad comes to eat, oh no, I mean to steal the sleeping Thumbelina."

"How did the toad get in with the French windows so tightly closed?"

Yu Shijiu was taken aback, and muttered, "So, we might be stolen by the toad at any time at night?"

"...More or less?"

Anjie was taken aback by the question, and after thinking carefully about their current situation, she was momentarily speechless:

"Wait a minute, there are so many of us now, can a toad really steal us all?"

The five of them stared at each other for a long time, then Xu Han weakly raised his hand and whispered:

"Are the toads stealing things one by one?"

"..."

He Lingling looked at Xu Han seriously and said, "What you said is also a tiny bit possible."

Xu Han: "..."

Xu Han was displeased: "What do you mean by 'the slightest possibility'?"

"literal meaning."

"..."

Xu Han gritted his teeth, daring not to speak out against his anger.

The five of them chattered on and on about how the toad would take them away, until finally Yu Shijiu said, "Is it possible that the toad will grow to be as big as our foster mother and take us all away in its mouth?"

"..."

"That sounds terrifying."

He Lingling calmly stated her opinion: "This shows that we may very well be swallowed by a toad without us noticing."

Xu Han was horrified: "Thank God, does that mean we'll turn into a pile of dung and be excreted by a toad?"

"..."

He Lingling and Yu Shijiu's faces instantly contorted into bitter expressions, with the former looking like she was about to vomit.

"Xu Han, can you stop being disgusting?"

"What's wrong?" Xu Han asked innocently, whispering, "So what if I dared to express my opinion?"

"That's disgusting!"

He Lingling retorted angrily, "Can't you say something nicer?"

Chen Yi, who had remained silent until now, coughed lightly and tried to mediate:

"Well, not necessarily. Maybe it was just held in the mouth and then spat out?"

"At most, it'll just leave you covered in spittle."

Chen Yi comforted him.

Yu Shijiu, Xu Han, He Lingling: "..."

Yu Shijiu regretted his earlier guess.

They're all pretty disgusting.

Anjie couldn't help but chuckle, raising an eyebrow: "Alright, since we're here, let's make the best of it. Instead of thinking about this, let's think about how much bread our foster mother will bring to share later..."

Her voice had become almost silent recently, as if she were thinking about a very serious issue.