Day of Imprisonment

"Was I not clear enough?" Lin Yixuan reached out and smoothed his hair. Blood and black hair were mixed together, sticking even closer to his scalp. He looked at the blood on his hand, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped it slowly and elegantly: "They were just a bunch of consumables to begin with. Even if one day they could escape the Day of Imprisonment, it wouldn't be their turn. And now, ha... it's meaningless. The Day of Imprisonment is simply an inescapable cage, a sealed hell!"

As he spoke, he shook his head.

"Since that's the case, who would waste time and energy playing house with them?"

After speaking, he looked at An Zhiyan, as if asking, 'You don't even understand such a simple principle'?

An Zhiyan's expression had already gone from surprise at the beginning to solemnity later on.

"Lin Yixuan, are you crazy?"

"Crazy?" Lin Yixuan laughed somewhat exaggeratedly, looking at An Zhiyan with a sidelong glance: "In this place, which Reminiscence is normal? The best psychological treatment is amnesia. Zhuangzi said, 'Sitting in oblivion is the Way.' The purpose is one: forgetting isn't necessarily a bad thing, and remembering isn't necessarily good... Oh, right, right, so he chose to forget after his failure? That way, he wouldn't despair, wouldn't go mad. Maybe that's really the case, haha, he's nothing more than that, a coward, ha!"

After speaking, he covered his face and laughed wildly.

"To think I held him in such high regard, even considered him to be..."

"Lin Yixuan, what exactly are you talking about?" An Zhiyan's expression was serious, but she was already frightened. The other party's various behaviors now indicated that his mind was indeed not quite right. A normal person wouldn't talk like that, especially not Lin Yixuan, with his rational mind, wouldn't behave so erratically and madly.

"It's nothing. I've just seen through the essence of this world, and I understand that I was too naive in the past. Buddhists speak of sudden enlightenment. Only now do I understand the true meaning. It's truly said, 'Ten years of seeking the Way without finding the path, a single moment of enlightenment and one ascends to immortality.' An Zhiyan, did you come here to find me?" Lin Yixuan's voice stabilized.

It seemed that his state of mind had undergone many changes in a short period of time.

"Of course I came to find you. I want to take you out."

"Leave? You might be disappointed. I don't want to leave anytime soon." After speaking, Lin Yixuan straightened his hunched posture. At that moment, there was no decadence or confusion on him, as if he had been reborn.

"You can leave. Of course, you can also stay in this supermarket for a while. This place is very suitable for training. An Zhiyan, you still have some potential. I have high hopes for you."

After speaking, he waved his hand casually and walked towards the other side, quickly turning a corner.

An Zhiyan immediately rushed up, intending to stop him and ask him clearly. Even now, she was still somewhat dazed. It had only been a few cycle days since she had last seen him, and Lin Yixuan was like a completely different person.

She had to figure it out.

But when she chased after him and looked behind that row of shelves, she found that Lin Yixuan had disappeared.

"Where's the person?" An Zhiyan's eyes immediately searched around. She looked left and right. There were shelves on both sides, and the aisle in front of the shelves was more than eight meters long.

Lin Yixuan wasn't running either. How could he have disappeared in less than two seconds?

She reacted quickly, immediately ran a few steps, rushed through the aisle, and then looked around.

He wasn't there either.

The person had vanished into thin air, as if he had performed a disappearing act for her.

"Perhaps that wasn't Lin Yixuan, but something else." An Zhiyan came back to her senses. She had encountered similar situations in other level scenarios.

Some strange things could imitate familiar people in order to deceive and mislead.

Thinking of this possibility, An Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief.

An Zhiyan strongly agreed with this.

That's why she joined this organization and devoted all her efforts to it.

"That definitely wasn't Lin Yixuan. It seems that this level scenario is very troublesome. Perhaps it can read a part of my memory, thereby generating some kind of 'illusion'. Is it trying to undermine my confidence?"

An Zhiyan muttered to herself. She continued to explore forward, and after walking a distance, she found several people standing in front of her.

Not fake staff members.

They were Reminiscents.

These Reminiscents were gathered around a shelf, arguing fiercely, seemingly arguing about something. The shelf that these Reminiscents were surrounding was different from the other shelves.

It had a brassy color, which had an extremely obvious color difference from the other gray shelves.

Besides that, there was also a person standing in front of this shelf.

No, that wasn't a person.

It looked a bit like the 'Dragon King' she had encountered outside under the clock tower before, with a long neck, like some kind of monster wearing clothes and standing up.

But this wasn't the Dragon King, but a snake.

A monster with a human body and a snake's head.

At this moment, the snake was laughing, its large snake head occasionally flicking its tongue, which made people's scalps tingle.

Obviously, this aroused An Zhiyan's strong curiosity. She planned to get closer to take a look, so she stepped forward. But just as she was about to walk up, only six or seven meters away, suddenly, at the fork in the shelf next to her, someone pulled her over.

"Who? Lin Qiqi?" An Zhiyan saw the person who had suddenly pulled her aside. It was actually Lin Qiqi.

The latter made a 'shh' gesture, her handsome and charming face carrying a sense of playfulness and mockery.

That expression was like a kindergarten teacher seeing a naughty child.

"Why did you pull me?" Although she didn't know what the other party meant, An Zhiyan still lowered her voice and asked. Lin Qiqi shook her finger, and then her voice was transmitted to An Zhiyan's brain through soul link: "If I hadn't pulled you just now, you would have been caught."

"Caught?" An Zhiyan's heart skipped a beat. She thought about it, and peeked out from the gap in the shelves to look over there. To be honest, she didn't notice anything unusual.

But Lin Qiqi wasn't the kind of person to make unfounded accusations.

She knew that the other party was a [Soul Peeker], possessing a special soul vision, able to see 'things' that others couldn't see.

"What did you see?" An Zhiyan asked telepathically.

"Madness and confusion are mixed with some other things, like a pot of porridge!" Lin Qiqi gave an answer: "These colors are almost entangled on every Reminiscent, like a virus, and the source of the virus, that snake is one of them. If you get close, you will be infected with those 'diseases' like other Reminiscents."

An Zhiyan believed this.

Lin Qiqi had this unique ability.

The name of [Soul Peeker] Seventh Sister had been mentioned to her by more than one person. The reason why Luo Xi specifically wanted to bring her was because of the special nature of the [Soul Peeker]'s ability.

An Zhiyan noticed that Lin Qiqi was eating something.

It seemed to be some kind of bean.

She was eating it very deliciously, crunching it crisply.

"Where did you get the beans?" An Zhiyan asked. She suddenly felt a little hungry. But the problem was, she remembered eating something when she was negotiating with Luo Xi before.

"I brought them myself. Are you hungry? You must be hungry, because since we came in, we've been infected with [Hunger]. This negative effect can increase body consumption by about five times..."

"So, we were caught a long time ago?"

"Yeah, we were caught from the moment we stepped into the supermarket. I told Luo Xi, and he thought it was more interesting and more fun. Coincidentally, I think so too!"

"..."

An Zhiyan's reaction was definitely half a beat slower to this kind of 'abnormal' way of thinking, but she didn't think it was strange at all, because compared to Lin Qiqi or the even weirder Luo Xi, she was a normal person.

"Are those things similar to [Hunger] that you mentioned curses?" An Zhiyan asked.

Lin Qiqi shook her head: "They are 'diseases'. I just observed carefully. Everyone here is sick, including ourselves. But if it's just [Hunger], it's okay, but if you had gotten close to that snake just now, you would have been infected with other [Diseases]."

"Understood!" An Zhiyan was, after all, the vice leader of the Awakened Association, and she still had some knowledge and composure. She peeked out again to look at the special brassy shelf: "What's in that place? And what are they arguing about?"

"I listened for a while just now. They said they wanted to buy a certain card, but they didn't have enough shopping vouchers. They wanted to pool their money, but they didn't trust each other." Lin Qiqi ate a few more beans, chewing them very satisfyingly, eating them very deliciously.

At this time, An Zhiyan summoned her card album and took out a card to activate it.

The next moment, a large eyeball with fleshy wings flew out of the mist.

"[Eye of Scouting], your Awakened Association still has some good things." Lin Qiqi recognized the goods and knew that this thing was not easy to get, and even she didn't have it.

An Zhiyan felt that she had won back a round.

The next moment, the big eyeball flew towards the shelf over there.

An Zhiyan closed her eyes, connected with the [Eye of Scouting], and then she saw the situation over there.

The brassy shelf was very exquisite, forming a very distinct contrast with the surrounding ordinary shelves, and the texture was really 'copper', thick and heavy, with many complex carvings on it.

Besides that, only one card was placed on this special shelf as a product for sale.

And this card was also special.

After seeing it, An Zhiyan was startled.

Swish!

Almost at the same time, the [Eye of Scouting] was suddenly swallowed by a bloody mouth.

It was the snake man.

The other party was extremely fast, stretched out his neck, and swallowed the [Eye of Scouting] in one bite.

The visual channel was interrupted.

Lin Qiqi noticed that the snake man over there was looking here with a mocking gaze.

Then she noticed that An Zhiyan didn't feel sorry for the loss of the [Eye of Scouting] at all, but was looking at her with a surprised expression. Lin Qiqi immediately realized something: "What did you see?"

"Number 003 [Unknown Journey], this card can let you leave the Day of Imprisonment, but the destination is unknown—are you sure you want to go?"

"This, it's actually a product in Yongge Supermarket? Unbelievable."