Day of Imprisonment

The rain began to weaken and would stop before long.

But the weather remained gloomy, the dark clouds in the sky would persist from beginning to end; every cycle day was like this, without exception.

"It's been so long since I've seen the sun!"

Qian Fatty mumbled, chewing on a beef burger.

"I remember you just ate at ten in the morning. Are you hungry again?" Ke Lan asked.

"When I'm bored, I like to eat. Every cycle day, I eat different delicacies. Only when I'm chewing food do I feel alive," Qian Fatty said, taking another bite with a look of enjoyment.

At that moment, he saw Luo Xi walking over and quickly stood up.

"Brother Luo, do you want some? Double beef with cheese, tastes pretty good."

Luo Xi waved his hand.

"For the rest of this cycle day, you're free to move around. However, I suggest you stick together, it's safer that way. Of course, you can also choose to take on challenging individual exploration scenarios, which will help improve your abilities."

Ke Lan was taken aback: "Where are you going? Take me with you. Fatty's a burden, but I'm not."

"Damn, you were calling me 'brother' a second ago, and now I'm a burden?" Qian Fatty nearly threw the half-eaten burger in his hand at Ke Lan's face.

But he knew the other party was just joking.

Mao Ge also stood up over there.

But he didn't say much.

Most of the time, Mao Ge understood Luo Xi the most and was the most obedient.

Because he was a cleaner, and cleaners, according to the system, could never become 'Memory Retrievers'. He was only able to stand here, to know about the existence of the Day of Imprisonment, because Luo Xi had given him a [Memory] that day.

Luo Xi had pulled him out of the scenario, so he would listen to Luo Xi about what to do and what not to do.

Luo Xi said to Ke Lan: "Not this time!"

The latter understood and said nothing more.

Instead, he went over and pulled Qian Fatty: "This time, let's team up, and I'll show you what a brain second only to Luo Xi looks like."

"Heh heh, sure, Fatty will also let you know what a hexagonal warrior is!"

Over there, Lin Qiqi leaned against the corner, smiling as she looked at Luo Xi.

"Qiqi, come here!" Luo Xi beckoned.

Lin Qiqi walked over.

"Have you heard of Yongge Supermarket?" Luo Xi asked.

Lin Qiqi's expression immediately changed, and then realizing something, she looked fiercely at An Zhiyan over there: "I should have killed her sooner, to prevent her from harming you."

"Looks like you know. This time, I need your ability. An Zhiyan gave us two numbered cards, half for each of us. Of course, you can refuse, there's no need to humor me."

"No need to humor, deal!"

Lin Qiqi wasn't being coy.

It would be stupid to refuse a good deal. Any experienced Memory Retriever knew how important and precious numbered cards were.

"But I haven't been there before. That place isn't easy to find and is too dangerous. I've heard that some people who went in never came out again. It's one of the few checkpoint scenarios within the Day of Imprisonment that can trap Memory Retrievers inside, and this kind of trapping is detached from the cycle day restart rules," Lin Qiqi said, trying to tell him everything she knew.

She didn't want Luo Xi to give up the idea, she just wanted to remind him of the special nature of 'Yongge Supermarket'.

In addition, as a veteran who had survived hundreds of cycle days, she actually wanted to go to Yongge Supermarket.

Intelligence, combat power, survival ability, Lin Qiqi surpassed all other Memory Retrievers in these aspects. Most importantly, she was a [Soul Peeker], this ability was too useful.

"Are we leaving now? Oh right, do you know the riddle about Yongge Supermarket?" Lin Qiqi was already eager to try.

"I know," Luo Xi nodded.

"Have you deciphered it?"

"Needs practice."

"That means you've deciphered it, as expected of you."

"You've actually deduced it too, right?" Luo Xi looked at Lin Qiqi at this moment.

The latter smiled sweetly: "Don't tell me yet, I'll see if it's the same as what I'm thinking."

An Zhiyan and the others moved quickly. Although the Awakened Association suffered heavy losses in this scenario of "The Haunted Apartment Building" this time, Qin Yi and Liang Qiu, existences with explosive combat power, were lost, as well as more than thirty elite Memory Retrievers.

But after all, it was a large organization, and there were still people under its command.

Soon, they had gathered the intelligence Luo Xi needed.

"Found the location!" An Zhiyan walked over at this time, with a look of excitement on her face.

At the same time, she also handed Luo Xi a few cards.

3 [Pain] and 1 [Mental Confusion].

This was the condition agreed upon with Luo Xi before.

"As for the numbered level cards, I can't give them to you yet, but as long as you bring the person back, I will definitely fulfill my promise," An Zhiyan said.

"Okay!" Luo Xi had no objection.

[Pain] and [Mental Confusion] were considered a deposit, the really important numbered cards couldn't be given now.

"Also, I want to go with you, take me," An Zhiyan said at this time.

"Okay, but I can't guarantee safety."

"Don't worry, I'm not a delicate person either," An Zhiyan said, and a car had already stopped by the roadside, she beckoned the two to get in.

The van was relatively spacious, a few people sat in the back, and Yu Xiaoru, an acquaintance, was in the passenger seat.

"Brother Luo Xi, why don't you take me too?" She asked tentatively.

"Not bringing!" Luo Xi's response was direct.

Yu Xiaoru pouted, but didn't say anything.

She could tell that Luo Xi's attitude towards her was a little more intimate than towards An Zhiyan.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have refused so bluntly.

"Then be careful."

The driver was obviously a Memory Keeper, and his skills were good, driving like a whirlwind all the way, making the business car feel like a racing car.

"Chief Yu, we're here!" The driver stopped the car and said a dozen minutes later.

This is a rather remote place, close to the residential area, but they are all old buildings, and there are some small shops and restaurants on the roadside that don't look like they're doing well. There's nothing high-end, just rice noodles, spicy hot pot, and maocai.

There are also fruit sellers, and next door is an internet cafe, which looks like it's been open for a long time, and the sign is a bit dilapidated.

It says 'Sunshine Internet Cafe' on it.

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"There are three places in the city that fit the word 'sunshine'. One is a securities company, one is a bath center, and the last is this internet cafe. So, why did you rule out the other two and think there was a problem here alone?" An Zhiyan asked.

She really didn't understand.

None of these three places have anything to do with 'supermarket'. However, there is a supermarket next to the bath center.

Logically speaking, the possibility there should be the greatest.

She didn't know how many times she had analyzed the riddle, every word, every punctuation mark. She even came up with many possibilities, but none of these possibilities had anything to do with 'internet cafe'.

"Intuition!" Luo Xi's answer left An Zhiyan speechless for a while.

"I thought you were an absolutely rational person. A rational person should only believe in evidence and logical reasoning, and would not believe in intuition."

"You're wrong. Intuition is a form of thinking based on experience, knowledge, and instinct, skipping the logical reasoning process. For me, it is a part of rationality itself," Luo Xi seriously explained the other party's doubts.

Then he glanced at the sign of the internet cafe and took the lead to walk in.

Inside, an internet cafe manager wearing glasses was working. When he saw someone coming in, he didn't get up and said something like he was muttering a scripture: "Welcome to Sunshine Internet Cafe!"

The perfunctory meaning was very strong.

"We want to use the internet."

"ID card!"

"Didn't bring it."

"Then you can't use the internet."

"Think of a way, I'm a regular customer."

"Hey, you guys are always like this." The young internet cafe manager looked helpless, then took out an ID card from the pile of debris on the table next to him and swiped it on the machine a few times.

Luo Xi, Lin Qiqi, and An Zhiyan were all Memory Keepers with extremely strong observation skills, so the three of them saw the information on the ID card almost at the same time.

An ID card of a person named 'Gao Zhao'.

It wasn't the internet cafe manager. It might be an ID card that was picked up. The photo on the ID card was burned by a cigarette butt and turned yellow, so you couldn't see what it looked like.

But at this moment, that didn't matter.

An Zhiyan's eyes lit up.

"Sunshine Internet Cafe, an ID card with the name Gao Zhao, sunshine shining brightly? So, it really doesn't refer to the weather."

"Go ahead, inside, machines 46, 47, and 48," the young internet cafe manager said without even raising his head.

He seemed to be playing a game.

Very engrossed.

It was a bit dim in the internet cafe.

The smell wasn't very good either. Many people were sitting on the sofas, wearing headphones and staring at the screens, controlling the mouse and keyboard to play games very engrossed.

Basically, people who go to internet cafes either watch movies, play games, or watch when they're tired, and play when they're tired.

The three of them walked inside, looking at the numbers on the computers.

Number 46 should be in the back.

"The screens are not right," Lin Qiqi said in a low voice at this time.

Luo Xi also noticed.

Many people here who were playing games had screens that looked like they were covered with a layer of mosaic, and you couldn't see the content clearly.

It was obviously abnormal.

In addition, there were more unusual situations.

Lin Qiqi suddenly stopped at this time. Her eyes looked at a young woman over there who was playing a game.

The other party was wearing headphones, her eyes were staring at the screen almost without blinking, and even her whole body was motionless, like a statue. In addition, this woman was very thin, as if she hadn't eaten for a long time. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she was skin and bones.

Her already withered hands still controlled the mouse and keyboard from time to time.

But if you observe carefully, the movements are still very mechanical and stiff.

In fact, everyone in the internet cafe was very thin, and most of them looked severely malnourished.

"Do you know her?" Luo Xi asked at this time.

Lin Qiqi looked back and nodded: "A master from a long time ago. I haven't seen her for some days. I thought she had become a Lost Memory, but I didn't expect her to be here."

"She used to be a very fat woman," Luo Xi said.

Lin Qiqi was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Did you notice the size of her clothes? That's right, she used to be fatter. Sometimes she would joke that even if she didn't eat for a long time, she would be the one who could last the longest among us."

"She didn't lie to you. She did last a long time." At this time, Luo Xi looked at the corner over there, at a person who was almost a skeleton, with a withered appearance. The other party leaned on the back of the chair with dull eyes, and his hands were still controlling the mouse and keyboard, but it would be a long time before he moved.

If it weren't for this, one might think he was already dead.

But in the next moment, this person, who was as withered as a mummy, tilted his body, and the trace of light from a living person in his eyes also dissipated.

Completely lost his breath.