Day of Imprisonment

This was the first time Luo Xi clearly knew that he had entered another administrator's 'level scene'. The other party had even called, and in a business-like tone, recited the rules.

He could leave, or he could enter.

But if he chose to enter the scene, he had to abide by the rules here.

Without thinking, he could guess that the penalty for breaking the rules would be very severe.

The hand Luo Xi was holding the phone with began to tremble, but not from fear, but from excitement.

Even his usually calm face revealed a smile that he couldn't suppress.

“No wonder I can't reach Brother Mao. He's probably trapped in this level scene. To find him, I have to enter this scene.”

Luo Xi quickly calculated in his mind, then said, “Radish, we are here to challenge your level scene. Please tell us the rules. Also, can I ask some questions?”

The administrator on the other end of the phone said, “As long as the questions are within the rules, I can answer them. Now, please read the contract carefully, and sign your name after confirming that everything is correct.”

Along with the voice, a gust of wind suddenly blew through the corridor.

Two pieces of paper floated over from somewhere, landing very accurately on the table.

And there was already a pen on the table.

Luo Xi handed one copy to Wu Rui, and he picked up the other one to quickly scan it.

The contents written on the contract were not much.

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[Shijia Apartment Building Level Scene Participation Contract]

Hereby, the outsider Memory Retriever voluntarily participates in the “Day of Confinement” scene challenge. The two parties agree as follows:

Information Confidentiality: Remain silent about the truth of the “Day of Confinement” and do not reveal any relevant information to the Amnesiac.

Full Participation: Do not leave without authorization before the scene plot ends, ensuring the integrity of the challenge.

Rights Granted:

Participants have the right to receive generous rewards based on the clearance conditions and type.

Before clearing the level, enjoy the administrator's one-on-one explanation of the basic scene rules to help the challenge succeed.

This contract takes effect from the moment the participant signs it, and both parties must abide by it together. Wishing you a smooth journey through the level! — —

A very normal contract, but in reality, there were traps.

Quite a few.

Luo Xi immediately protested to Radish on the phone, for example, the contract did not state what would happen if the rules were violated; and for example, it said there were generous rewards, but what exactly they were was also vague.

However, Radish on the phone retorted with a cold tone: “The administrator has all the rights to interpret the contract. Sign if you want to come, get out if you don't!”

Obviously, the administrators were not in a good mood. Wasn't the security guard Lao Wang also ready to fight at the slightest disagreement, with a mouth full of foul language?

Luo Xi then looked at Wu Rui, who was staring at the contract with a frown, clearly seeing too many problems in it.

“Wait for me in the car. I'll go bring Brother Mao out.” Luo Xi then picked up the pen and signed his name.

At the moment he signed his name, the contract suddenly blew away in a gust of wind, floated into the corridor, and soon disappeared without a trace.

“Can control the wind, or some other ability, or does it come from a card?” Luo Xi muttered in his heart.

At this time, Wu Rui actually signed her name as well.

Seeing Luo Xi looking at her, she explained, “If you die here, I'll be the only one left, and I'm afraid I won't be able to handle anything. I might as well take a gamble. Let's live and die together.”

Under normal circumstances, a beautiful girl saying this to a man would make him feel excited and thrilled.

But Luo Xi didn't feel that way.

“You're right.”

Obviously, Luo Xi knew that Wu Rui was making this decision entirely from her own self-interest.

The reason was simple: she really couldn't handle it alone. She was trapped in the initial scene for so long, tortured to the point of near death. If Luo Xi hadn't broken the original scene mechanism, they wouldn't have been able to get the early time anchor point reward.

And they wouldn't have been able to escape that scene.

Also, Wu Rui didn't have any extra memory cards in her hand, which meant that even if she did nothing and found a safe place to spend the day, in reality, tomorrow would still be a repeat of today, a cycle.

Without memory cards, her memories would be wiped away, and she would become an Amnesiac.

So, memory cards were still a key prop for her, and the only way to obtain memory cards was in this kind of level scene.

This was also an important piece of information that Luo Xi had previously extracted from that administrator.

‘That administrator’ was Lao Wang. He revealed a very important thing, which was that even he, the level administrator, didn't know how big the Day of Confinement was, at least the entire city, or even beyond the city, was affected.

Memory Retrievers and Amnesiacs all lived here.

And the Day of Confinement was actually divided into two types of areas.

One was naturally the various different level scenes. Lao Wang didn't know how many there were, but he was sure there were many; the other was the ‘public area’ outside the level scenes.

The public area was safe.

But also under the rules of the Day of Confinement, although there was no danger, after this day ended, it would consume one memory card of the Memory Retriever. If there was none, the memories would be erased, and they would become Amnesiacs.

And the only way to obtain memory cards was to enter the level scene.

Luo Xi had told Wu Rui at the time that this was a very perfect architecture and mechanism in itself.

"Now, as a Reminiscent in this challenge level scenario, you can ask me some questions about the scenario, but please note that I may not answer some of them."

On the phone, Carrot's voice still sounded emotionless, like a stiff simulator mimicking a voice.

"Carrot, my first question is, do you lie?" Luo Xi asked.

The administrator on the phone was visibly stunned, probably not expecting the other party's first question to be about whether he lies.

But soon, he answered.

"Yes, but there's an exception when explaining the rules.

Rules are rules, and lying is not allowed."

Carrot answered very seriously.

"Understood, the next question is, what are the attributes of this level scenario?" Luo Xi went straight to the point.

Old Wang had said that the scenario attributes are related to the scenario's type, style, and clearance conditions.

"Survival, Slaughter, Puzzle Solving, Game, these four..."

Carrot's response was also very concise.

"Can you explain it in detail? And the corresponding clearance conditions?" Luo Xi asked.

"For the Survival aspect, the condition is to survive until 1:00 PM, reward is 1 Memory Card, and you can leave the scenario; for the Slaughter aspect, accumulate 25 kills of Reminiscents within the scenario, reward is 2 Memory Cards, and you can leave the scenario or advance the memory anchor point by 10 minutes; the Puzzle Solving and Game aspects, both the content and rewards, require players to explore and discover on their own, the administrator is not responsible for explaining.

But please note that all reward items in the scenario have corresponding penalty items, and they follow the law of conservation."

"In addition, regarding the duration of the challenge scenario, except for the Amnesiac, other personnel cannot leave the Sega Apartment building area.

Those who violate this, regardless of whether they have a Memory Card or not, will be punished with memory erasure."

Luo Xi noted these down, but the questions he needed to ask were obviously far more than these.

"How many Reminiscents and Amnesiacs are there in the challenge scenario?"

"This question is not within the scope of answering."

"Then, are there cleaners in the scenario?"

"This question is not within the scope of answering."

"Okay, Carrot, I want to chat with you face to face..."

"No way!"

"Are you in this apartment building?"

"This question is not within the scope of answering... Also, a friendly reminder, instead of wasting time here asking questions that cannot be answered, you might as well familiarize yourself with the scenario sooner, because my challenge is very dangerous.

Do you have any other questions?"

"I have one more question, if someone who originally lived here becomes a Reminiscent in another challenge scenario, and they have always been in the apartment, do they need to sign a contract?"

"This is not a rule item, but I can answer you.

Of course, any external Reminiscent must sign a contract, no exceptions."

"Then, besides the two of us, are there any other external Reminiscent here?"

"This is confidential."

Luo Xi was not surprised by this answer.

He pondered for a moment and then spoke again: "Does signing the contract require the person to sign it themselves?

Are there any exceptions?"

"This... Of course, there are exceptions.

If the outsider is in a special condition such as being in a coma or mental confusion, a contract will be formed by default, without the person's consent."

"Understood, then, were there any lies in your previous answers?"

"Heh heh, you guess."

"I have no more questions!"

Luo Xi turned his head at this time and asked Wu Rui if she wanted to ask questions.

External Reminiscents can individually ask the administrator some questions about the challenge scenario, and Wu Rui can naturally ask too.

But in fact, Luo Xi had already included many of the questions she wanted to ask.

"Me? I actually have a question."

Wu Rui walked over at this time and took the phone: "Hello, I want to ask, how can we escape from the Day of Imprisonment and return to the real world?"

There was a moment of silence on the phone.

Immediately following was a sneer.

As if mocking Wu Rui's ignorance.

"Is this question funny?" Wu Rui was a little angry.

"Yes, very funny."

Carrot's voice carried an unspeakable emotion, as if one second he was laughing, and the next second, he was very frustrated and downcast: "I can't answer this question because I don't know either.

So, do you have any other questions?"

Wu Rui glanced at Luo Xi, who shook his head.

"None!"

"Good luck to you!"

The phone hung up.

At this time, a cold wind blew, making people feel cold all over.

Luo Xi looked at the time at this time.

8:45 in the morning.

There were still almost four hours until 1:00 PM.

"By the way, do you know which floor Brother Mao's house is on?" Wu Rui asked at this time.

Luo Xi shook his head.

But it didn't matter, he could find it, he could ask.

There were many ways.

Of course, at this time Luo Xi tried again to dial Liu Mao's phone.

It was just an attempt, he himself didn't even have any hope, but what he didn't expect was that this time the phone rang for a while and then it actually connected.

"Hello!"

Only, on the phone, it was the voice of a child.

A childish voice, sounding very young, maybe even a preschooler.

"Hello, little friend."

Luo Xi's first guess was that this might be Brother Mao's child, but he quickly shook his head.

Liu Mao did have two children, but he knew that both children were in elementary school, one in fifth grade and one in second grade, but the child on the phone sounded younger.

"Who are you looking for?" the childish child asked.

"Little friend, I'm looking for Liu Mao, do you know where he is?"

"Uncle Liu Mao?

Mom, someone is calling for Uncle Liu Mao..."

Suddenly, the background noise on the phone was noisy, as if someone was running over quickly, there were yelling sounds, but it was just a flash, and the next moment, the phone was hung up.