Day of Imprisonment

Luo Xi looked at his phone. Besides the call from 'Lin Qiqi' earlier, the phone was quiet. Furthermore, no one was active in the group chat. Neither the Remnants nor the ghosts made a sound.

That photo was like a 'chat terminator,' directly silencing the group.

One could imagine the thoughts of both ghosts and humans. The former were unsure, afraid of saying the wrong thing, and the latter felt the same.

At that moment, in a corner of the fifth floor of Zone D, Ke Lan was squatting alone behind a huge flower pot.

He looked at his phone with a strange expression.

He wanted to try calling Luo Xi several times to ask what was going on and what the next plan was, but he held back each time.

It wasn't because of other concerns, but simply because Luo Xi had instructed him separately beforehand not to call him after they separated.

Ke Lan was shocked when he heard this. Moreover, he was even more shocked when Luo Xi told him that Lin Qiqi wasn't Lin Qiqi, but a ghost impersonating her. Wu Rui might also have problems. If they could determine how many normal people there were among the four of them, including Guo Zening, he should send the corresponding number to the group.

Before, after Ke Lan and the other three arrived in Zone D, Lin Qiqi indeed started to act strangely.

This made Ke Lan certain that Lin Qiqi had a problem.

Furthermore, Wu Rui was the same. As for Guo Zening, he was taken away by Wu Rui after arriving in Zone D and never returned.

Unable to determine, Ke Lan could only reply with a '1' in the group at the time.

That was what Luo Xi had instructed. Including Ke Lan himself, they should send the corresponding number of normal people.

Sending '1' meant that other than Ke Lan, the other three had problems, which was also the worst-case scenario.

It was even more terrifying than the First Hospital.

At least in the First Hospital, there weren't fierce ghosts that could replace companions without anyone noticing.

Ke Lan used to be a lone wolf. He was alone in many scenarios. He was very excellent in both ability and intelligence. If he hadn't met Luo Xi, he wouldn't have teamed up with others, because Ke Lan didn't like people weaker than him.

In his opinion, that was purely an act of courting death. After all, teaming up with idiots would only screw himself over.

After getting over the initial shock, Ke Lan discovered some other things in the photo.

Besides the big rabbit, there were three other people.

Ke Lan recognized two of them: Qian Pangzi and Mao Ge. They were suppressing the big rabbit together with another woman.

"In that case, Qian Pangzi and Mao Ge are currently fine. Who is that woman?" A hint of curiosity arose in Ke Lan's heart, but he quickly thought of something: "That must be someone from the Awakened Association. In other words, Luo Xi has already found some people who were originally trapped here. I don't recognize them, but Liang Qiu and the others know them. So, this photo is also for Liang Qiu and the others to see. Wait a minute, Luo Xi sending out photos of these people is actually a kind of reminder. If you encounter the people in the photos in other places, you can be 100% sure that they are ghosts in disguise. He is actually conveying this layer of information."

Ke Lan muttered to himself. He didn't know if this interpretation was correct. He could only try his best to rely on Luo Xi's thinking. Based on his understanding of Luo Xi, he analyzed the hidden subtext of this photo.

"Sending only photos and not speaking means there are ghosts in the group, and quite a few!"

"And there are also many strange patterns in the photo. The floor has a Bagua, and there are talismans hanging behind. What is this place... Wait a minute, Bagua, that pattern was in the place I just went to."

Ke Lan suddenly reacted.

He discovered the subtext of Luo Xi's photo. If he was just taking a picture of the rabbit, he could have zoomed in and only included the rabbit, but Luo Xi also included some of the situation in the room.

Of course, ordinary people wouldn't study things like Bagua and Five Elements, but Ke Lan wasn't an ordinary person.

He was an eccentric person, a player who liked to play games and liked all kinds of strange and mysterious events. Even if he hadn't studied it in depth, he could still distinguish the Gua images of the Bagua.

So Ke Lan immediately got up and walked back along the route he had just taken, and then stopped in front of a door.

This was the fourth floor of Zone D, and in front of him was an iron door with a mark on it.

It was the Li Gua (☲), representing fire, beauty, light, and enthusiasm. The position was due south.

When he passed by just now, Ke Lan felt curious, but because the building was messy, with all kinds of bizarre things emerging one after another, it didn't seem to have any special meaning that a household had a Li Gua on its door.

But when he saw the photo sent by Luo Xi, he immediately realized that this might be the key to breaking the game in the level scenario.

"It must be. Luo Xi, this is a code, a bait. With his ability, he must know that I can understand the hidden information in this photo." Ke Lan suddenly became excited.

That feeling was extremely fulfilling.

It was like solving a difficult problem, like winning a big prize, even more like his thoroughbred horse meeting his Bole. This feeling was really intoxicating.

But soon Ke Lan discovered the problem.

"That's not right. In this position, the Li Gua is due south, but my position is Zone D. According to the position, it should be due west, which should be the 'Dui Gua' (☱)..." Although Ke Lan didn't know much about the Bagua, he knew the basic positions.

“Luo Xi is in Area A. According to the layout of the entire building, it's due east, no problem there. So, his side should be the 'Zhen trigram,' corresponding to my side, which is the 'Dui trigram' in the west. But why is this the 'Li trigram' in the south?”

Ke Lan was completely puzzled at this moment.

“There's a problem. The direction is correct, but the trigram is wrong. Wait a minute... Luo Xi grabbed the rabbit in a room with Taoist elements. Is that the big rabbit's home? Is it a Taoist rabbit? Could it be that the culprit messing up the trigrams here is that big rabbit?”

Ke Lan came to this conclusion based on the photos and the chaotic trigrams he saw in front of him.

“So, Luo Xi grabbing the rabbit means this rabbit is the enemy, and anything the enemy does must be disadvantageous to us; conversely, anything the enemy opposes, we must do. I understand!”

Ke Lan slapped his thigh.

“Luo Xi's intention is to have me correct the deliberately mislabeled trigrams. Haha, I'm so smart! That's the real reason he sent the photos.”

Thinking of this, waves of excitement filled Ke Lan's mind. At this moment, he felt his uniqueness and the mutual appreciation between him and Luo Xi.

Immediately, Ke Lan used whatever materials were available on the spot, found half a bucket of paint left by someone in the hallway, and splashed it directly on the iron door. Not only that, but he also covered it with newspapers, layer upon layer, until the entire iron door was unrecognizable. As for the trigram on it, it was hidden under the paint and newspapers.

“If just covering the trigram isn't enough, I have to find a way to correct it.” Thinking of this, Ke Lan took another piece of paper and used the pen he carried to draw a Dui trigram (☱), and stuck it on the door.

Ke Lan looked at it and shook his head.

“No, that's not right. It won't work like this. The Dui trigram belongs to metal. It would be best if I could engrave it on metal, but the problem is how to engrave it? I don't have any tools.”

He scratched his head, looking troubled.

“Wait a minute.” Ke Lan then thought of something else.

“Why this room?” He knew that there were many rooms in Area D. Among so many households, why was the wrong trigram only at this door?

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So, naturally, he began to wonder what exactly was in this room.

Ke Lan began to peek inside through the nearby window.

But it was dark inside, and he couldn't see anything.

He tried to pull the door, but it wouldn't open. It was locked.

After thinking for a while, Ke Lan summoned his card album and took out two cards, [Door Break] and [Mana].

“This [Door Break] is one of my treasured cards. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't be willing to use it, but this situation isn't normal, so... give me a break!” At that moment, Ke Lan made up his mind and directly cast the card on the door.

Activating [Door Break] required consuming one [Mana] card, and after the two cards instantly transformed into streams of light, a powerful force attached to the anti-theft metal door. Two seconds later, with a loud bang, the anti-theft door was like being hit by an invisible cannonball.

It flew directly inside, and the metal door was dented.

The noise could be heard in all four areas, ABCD.

“What's that sound?” On a certain floor in Area C, Liang Qiu suddenly looked up, looking towards Area D.

Beside him were several people, but none of them spoke, and instead looked towards Area D together, their expressions carrying a strange air.

“Someone used a card?” Liang Qiu was still experienced. He thought for a moment, then made a decision: “Go and take a look.”

The others did not object.

“Speaking of which, you guys seem to be hiding something from me.” Liang Qiu suddenly said at this moment.

One of the Memory Retrievers was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said, “Brother Qiu, why would you think that? When have we ever hidden anything from you? Is there something you feel is wrong?”

“Yeah, sometimes there's something wrong with the way you guys look at things, and I always feel like you guys are different than before.” Liang Qiu was relying entirely on intuition. He was just saying it casually. After all, if he really noticed something, he wouldn't say it to their faces.

“No way, Brother Qiu, you're just too nervous. That's right, we haven't found anything so far, and the things we've encountered are getting weirder and weirder. Not to mention you, I also feel like something's wrong.”

“Yeah, me too.”

“Same here.”

“Is that really so?” Liang Qiu scratched his head.

He looked suspicious, but he really didn't have any actual evidence.

To go to Area D, they had to pass through the corridors on the first, fifth, or ninth floors. At that moment, they were on the seventh floor. According to his intention, they only needed to go up two floors to reach the ninth floor.

When they reached the eighth floor, Liang Qiu was attracted by a sudden sound coming from inside the eighth floor.

It seemed that someone had accidentally knocked over a bottle.

When he led the people over, he found a beer bottle that had just rolled past the corner.

Someone was about to go forward to investigate, but Liang Qiu reached out to stop them. His gaze fell on a cardboard box next to him.

The next moment, the cardboard box was lifted, and a person suddenly rushed out.

Someone was attacking!

But close combat was Liang Qiu's forte. Not to mention that the other party was empty-handed, even if they had a weapon, it would be useless in front of him.

He simply grabbed the other party's wrist.

But the next moment, Liang Qiu was stunned.

“An丫头, why is it you?”