Day of Imprisonment

"You've been shot?" Ke Lan noticed the blood seeping from Luo Xi's abdomen and left hand, and only then did she realize it.

"Took two bullets," Luo Xi didn't deny.

He took off his jacket, lifted his shirt, and pressed the rolled-up fabric tightly onto the wound.

This was a temporary method to stop the bleeding.

"Does it hurt?" Ke Lan asked.

"Yeah, it hurts," Luo Xi nodded.

"But looking at you, you don't show any expression," Ke Lan couldn't help but ask. If it was right after being shot, he might not have reacted yet, not feeling the pain, or perhaps due to extreme tension and excitement, adrenaline causing him to not perceive the pain, then that energy should have passed by now.

But Luo Xi still seemed unaffected, his expression indifferent.

As if someone else, not him, had been shot.

"What expression should I have then?" Luo Xi retorted.

Ke Lan was speechless, and after a while, she said, "Just who exactly are you?"

"I'd like to know the answer to that question too," Luo Xi gave an answer that wasn't an answer.

He wasn't being perfunctory or teasing but speaking very seriously.

Because Luo Xi was indeed very curious about this question.

Some people, when encountering unsolved mysteries or things that pique their curiosity, will definitely try to uncover the truth, but if this truth is difficult to uncover or the price to pay is too great, most of them will give up.

But Luo Xi wasn't like that.

He was sick, and he also had severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

If given a scrambled Rubik's Cube, he would restore it even without eating; if given a tangled ball of string, he would carefully untangle and smooth it out.

If he discovered that he had a big secret hidden within himself, he would definitely dig it out at all costs.

Apart from curiosity, the greater driving force came from his own 'illness'.

"Congratulations!"

The door of the preparation room opened, and the uniformed rabbit stood at the door, saying.

"As for the reward, you can come directly to me to collect it."

"Wait a minute, the reward can wait. Please help him look at his wound first, he's been shot," Ke Lan quickly said at this time.

"Shot?" The uniformed rabbit glanced at Luo Xi: "That's normal. He fought four, it would be strange if he wasn't shot. But his skills are really good. Are you interested in having a match with me later?"

The rabbit looked at Luo Xi with a kind of anticipation, a little eager to try.

"If there's a chance, I can try," Luo Xi didn't refuse.

"Wait, I'll go get the medical kit," the uniformed rabbit said, turning and leaving, but when he returned a few minutes later, his face was gloomy as he looked at Luo Xi, already with obvious anger and killing intent.

Anyone could see that feeling.

"Get out of here, I won't treat you," the uniformed rabbit said, throwing the reward they had been given heavily on the ground: "Put down all firearms and bullets. If you steal, you will die miserably."

This attitude changed too suddenly.

He was quite normal before, but suddenly, it was as if they were his mortal enemies.

When they saw Luo Xi was injured, they also rushed forward.

"How did you get injured?" Wu Rui asked Ke Lan coldly.

"Ask him, he insisted on fighting four, beating those four into honeycomb briquettes, and taking two hits himself," Ke Lan said helplessly, but he quickly added: "But that rabbit doesn't know what's wrong with him. He said he could provide treatment services, but after going out, he became a different person, as if we owed him money."

"We know what's going on," Wu Rui suddenly said.

She glanced at Luo Xi's injuries.

"Let's go to the hospital!"

Luo Xi didn't object.

With his current injuries, he definitely had to receive treatment. The gunshot wound on his arm was okay, it went straight through, but the bullet was still in the abdominal wound.

It had to be taken out.

"What about you?" Wu Rui looked at Ke Lan.

The latter smiled: "Luo Xi and I are quite compatible, of course, I'm going with you. I'm not at ease with just the three of you."

These words were ambiguous, and Mao Ge and Guo Zening frowned as they looked over.

The implication was that you'd be at ease if you went along?

Who do you think you are?

"Let's go first!"

Ke Lan said softly at this time: "The group who competed with us just now may still have accomplices. You're really not as good as me when it comes to dealing with enemies."

At this moment, the three understood.

They all started walking out at this time.

The doll employees in the game house all glared at them along the way, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

"What's wrong with them? They were all smiling just now."

"It seems that it's because we cleared the ten-person difficulty haunted house escape, which caused the manager of that game project to be deducted into negative points..."

Ke Lan was a little surprised. He looked at Wu Rui: "How do you know?"

"I eavesdropped in the women's restroom," Wu Rui said, and after thinking about it, she added: "Just now, Mao Ge and Xiao Guo and I discussed in private that it might be because the managers in charge of different game scenes in this game house have a very good relationship with each other, but what happens if a manager is deducted into negative points?"

"They'll be fired by the 'company'!"

Luo Xi said this time.

Because of blood loss, his face looked a little pale, but even so, his expression was still that indifferent nonchalance.

As if nothing was worth his worry, or as if he didn't care about the pain of the wound at all.

This wasn't an act.

Because some people, in order to pretend to be strong, would deliberately show some fearless expressions, and might even laugh instead.

But the feeling Luo Xi gave was just plain.

"What does being fired by the company mean?" Everyone looked over.

"I told you about the existence of the company before. The company hires managers to design and manage the level scenes, just like an ordinary job, and since it's a job, there is naturally an assessment mechanism. As far as I know, the assessment standard for managers is points. If the level scenes they design can increase the number of participants, but at the same time hinder more memory pickers, that is, increase the number of times the scene is used but reduce the number of clears, they can get very good performance and get points. Conversely, points will be deducted. If they are deducted into negative points, they should be fired... That means being deprived of their memory and becoming an amnesiac, probably like that."

Luo Xi explained.

"But a lot of this is just my guess, because strictly speaking, the little fox who manages the haunted house escape is not considered a formal manager. She's more like an employee under the manager... If an employee is fired, it may be different from a formal manager."

Hearing Luo Xi's words, the other few were thoughtful.

In short, because the employee Xiaohu's points were deducted to a negative number, it would lead to serious consequences, so it was understandable that the doll employees in the same game house would be hostile to them.

When leaving, Luo Xi noticed that the scene manager named Dou Dou was not at the main counter. Instead, there was a very tall rhinoceros doll.

He hadn't seen this big rhino before. He didn't know which game content he was specifically responsible for.

But right now, with his condition, he couldn't continue to challenge the level scenes in the game house. He had to treat his injuries first, otherwise this cycle day could only go this far.

Luo Xi still had a lot of plans that hadn't been completed.

Besides, the rewards obtained from clearing the haunted house escape and the real-person CS had completely exceeded the value of purchasing the season pass, so even if they didn't continue to use the season pass, they wouldn't lose out at all.

When they reached the stairwell, a few people suddenly flashed out from the side.

They all looked unfriendly.

Ke Lan stepped forward at this time: "The plan has changed. A Biao asked you to go in, hurry!"

These people were stunned when they heard this, and then they walked toward the game house suspiciously.

Without asking, these people were also accomplices of the previous six people.

The other party was indeed very well prepared and had planned to take action after they came out.

But what they didn't expect was that Luo Xi had wiped them out in the real-person CS.

Moreover, the people arranged here were probably peripheral personnel who didn't know the situation so well, so it wasn't difficult to fool them.

Mao Ge and Guo Zening helped Luo Xi walk down, while Wu Rui and Ke Lan followed one after the other. When they got outside, they immediately hailed two taxis.

"Master, go to the Second Hospital!" Ke Lan said, sitting in the passenger seat.

"Second Hospital? The First Hospital is closer from here. I see your friend is bleeding. How did he get hurt? Where is he hurt?" the driver asked, reminding them.

"It's a minor injury. Just go to the Second Hospital. I have acquaintances there," Ke Lan's words had no loopholes. Whether in ancient times or today, the concept of 'it's easier to get things done with connections' has long been deeply rooted. The driver nodded when he heard this and stopped talking.

The driver concentrated on driving, with Wu Rui accompanying Luo Xi in the back, while Mao Ge and Guo Zening sat in another car.

The journey was smooth, and they arrived at the entrance of the Second Hospital in less than twenty minutes.

The few people got out of the car, and without waiting for Mao Ge and Guo Zening, Wu Rui and Ke Lan first helped Luo Xi walk inside.

"There's a large checkpoint scene over at Hospital One. Given our current situation, we might not come out alive if we go there," Ke Lan explained in a low voice.

When a gunshot wound patient seeks medical attention, the hospital has its own set of procedures.

They will definitely report it to the police.

That's inevitable, but we can't worry about that too much right now. Getting the injury treated is the priority.

Moreover, Ke Lan told Luo Xi and Wu Rui that even if the hospital staff called the police, he had a way to deal with it.

Seeing how confident he was, the two of them didn't think too much about it.

Soon, Luo Xi received treatment. Similarly, the doctor in charge of examining the wound was also taken aback when he saw it was a gunshot wound. Then he asked questions, while arranging for another colleague to make a phone call.

At this moment, Ke Lan also followed the other person out, and at the same time, took out a card.

When no one was paying attention, he materialized it.

Ke Lan was holding a landline phone in his hand.

It was the old-fashioned dial phone that needed a phone line. No one uses it anymore.

Ke Lan dialed three numbers on it.

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After waiting for a while, the phone actually rang.

He immediately walked to a deserted corner and answered it.

"Hello, this is the 110 police reporting platform."

"What, I understand. Which hospital are you at? Hmm, Emergency Department of Hospital Two, I understand. We will arrange for someone to go over and take a look. You treat the patient first, okay."

After speaking, Ke Lan hung up the phone.

Then, he turned the phone back into a card and walked back to the ward, giving Luo Xi and Wu Rui an OK gesture.

He used some special card item to intercept the hospital's call to the police.

Removing the bullet was easy, but Luo Xi actually asked not to use anesthesia, but the doctor didn't agree to this request.

"That won't work. We can't do things that violate regulations, and it's just local anesthesia, it won't have any effect on the body."

The doctor's attitude was firm, and Luo Xi didn't say anything more when he heard this.

Soon, he was pushed into the operating room.

Mao Ge and Guo Zening also arrived. Just as the group gathered to discuss matters, the sound of police sirens came from outside the hospital.

Ke Lan frowned.

"What's going on? Didn't I already intercept the hospital's call to the police?"

He immediately took out the card and looked at it. There were no prompts on it.

"Go out and take a look."

Before the group could walk out, a group of people rushed in, several of them wearing police uniforms.

Some were pushing wheeled beds, others were carrying people, and many were covered in blood.

"Doctor, come quickly, there are many injured people here."

"Quick, quick, save this one first, yes, they are all gunshot wounds. There was a shooting in one place today, don't ask, hurry up and save people."

Suddenly, the scene became chaotic. In addition to the medical staff who rushed over in a hurry, there were also many ordinary people who came to watch the excitement.

Ke Lan could also see that this matter was not aimed at them at all.

Within the Day of Imprisonment, although each cycle day is repeated, because there are Reminiscent, many random events and emergencies will occur every cycle day.

"Good luck!" Ke Lan muttered after thinking for a while.

With this emergency, no one would pay special attention to Luo Xi's gunshot wound.

"Go to the operating room door. As soon as Luo Xi comes out, we'll leave immediately."

Because there were too many injured, people were constantly being pushed into the operating room, and many doctors who were resting or even on vacation were urgently called over to provide treatment.

In less than half an hour, Luo Xi was pushed out.

"Are there any family members of Luo Xi?"

A nurse asked hurriedly.

Wu Rui and the others immediately stepped forward.

"You go find the doctor over there to complete the hospitalization procedures, but the wards are probably very tight now, add a bed if you really have to." The nurse instructed a few words and ran away in a hurry, obviously she still had to deal with other injured people.

Of course, Luo Xi was not hospitalized. When he got outside, he directly pulled out the IV needle in his hand, changed into a set of clothes that Guo Zening had just bought from outside, and followed the group out of the hospital.

"How is it? Are you okay?" Ke Lan asked.

Luo Xi lifted his clothes, and there was bandaged gauze on his abdomen.

"Not a big problem!"

"It would be great if there was a 【Healing】 card. This kind of injury can be cured with one card."

"There is also a 【Healing】 card? Isn't that the same as the healing technique in the game?" Guo Zening's eyes widened immediately after hearing this. Obviously, for him, the magical things in the Day of Imprisonment were one after another.

Luo Xi looked at Ke Lan at this time: "Is it obtained from the market or from a scene?"

"Of course it's a scene. I never go to places like the market. They are rip-offs. They can sell worthless cards for exaggerated prices. Anyone who goes is a fool." It sounded like Ke Lan had suffered losses in the market.

"The Time Assembly Hall?"

"You've been there too."

Luo Xi nodded.

"You're talking so much, aren't you just trying to guide me to ask about the scene? Speak, I'm listening."

Others couldn't see through Ke Lan's little thoughts, but how could Luo Xi not see through them?

Bringing up the 【Healing】 card was obviously bait.

Luo Xi looked at the time.

It was already 2:37 in the afternoon.

Time passed very quickly.

"Are you guys hungry?" Luo Xi asked.

Everyone nodded.

It would be strange not to be hungry at this point.

"Let's go eat something."

They were not picky about what they ate, but they would definitely not treat themselves badly. This time, they didn't choose a roadside store, but found a very grand restaurant, with private rooms, lots of meat, and plenty of soda, but no alcohol.

Everyone knew that getting drunk in the Day of Imprisonment was purely a waste of life.

Eating those delicious meals, feeling the real joys and sorrows, recalling the moments of life and death before, and the sense of urgency that was always present.

At this moment, they knew what the 'true meaning of life' was.

Only then did they know the true meaning of 'wasting time is a stupid thing'.

Luo Xi gnawed on a chicken leg and asked Ke Lan: "Tell me about 【Healing】."

"Okay, to be honest, you should be resting now that you just had surgery, but everyone knows that we don't have time to rest? So even if the wounds on your body are stitched up, even if there are painkillers, as long as you are injured, it will have an impact. Let's not talk about anything else, can you still kill four enemies alone if I give you a gun now?"

Luo Xi smiled: "Get to the point!"

"So the 【Healing】 card is necessary, and as far as I know, there are also 【Hemostasis】, 【Cure】 and 【Recovery】 cards with similar 【Healing】 effects. Of course, the effects are not the same. Among them, the effect of 【Recovery】 is the best. No matter what the disease, no matter how serious the injury, it can instantly return to normal."

If what Ke Lan said was true, this kind of card would be of great value.

This is a truth that any Reminiscent can understand.

"I know the origin of the 【Healing】 and 【Hemostasis】 cards. These are not secrets to true veterans. Memory is a person's greatest treasure. Anyway, I can't imagine the scene if I lose my memory. If that really happens, the actual me is already dead. Even if there is a me who was once an amnesiac, or this me becomes a Reminiscent again in the future, he is not me, I am already dead, he is just another me."

"I thought you didn't like to talk and were very introverted." Luo Xi teased at this time.

Ke Lan shook his head: "It depends on who it is. You should have heard that the more introverted and the less people who like to talk, the richer their hearts are. If they really open their mouths, they will amaze everyone."

"I'll continue. The origin of the 【Healing】 card is in the First Hospital, and so is 【Hemostasis】, but that place is very dangerous. I went there once and died miserably."

"In addition, many people don't know that the First Hospital checkpoint scene appears in different scenes at different times. It is said that the specific administrators in charge are also different, just like doctors taking shifts, the checkpoint scene is the same. 【Hemostasis】 is only available in the daytime scene, while 【Healing】 must be at night."

Luo Xi nodded: "So, it's more appropriate for us to go at night, because 【Hemostasis】 can only stop bleeding, while 【Healing】 should include the effect of 【Hemostasis】."

"That's right, I've wanted to attack the First Hospital again for a long time, but I know I can't do it alone, but I met you, Luo Xi, if it's you, you can definitely do it." Ke Lan's eyes were shining at this time.

His eyes made people's scalps tingle.

Luo Xi shook his head: "Don't have too much hope in me. Besides, I'm not the kind of person who serves others wholeheartedly. Trusting me too much may lead to a miserable death."

"..." Ke Lan was a little speechless. He thought for a while: "Has no one ever said that you are a very strange person?"

"I'm not strange, I'm just sick." Luo Xi told the truth.

"Ha, not only strange, but also very mischievous." Ke Lan reached out and grabbed a pig's elbow and gnawed on it.

The evening itinerary was set.

Luo Xi turned to look at Wu Rui.

The latter was eating noodles.

It was a tomato and egg sauce.