Day of Imprisonment

"Still alive, but tied up, and their mouths are stuffed with something. The three of us don't know what to do."

"Untie them and give him the phone."

"Understood."

Ke Lan didn't doubt Luo Xi's words. It could be said that after he figured out the real solution to the question in the tenth room, he unconditionally trusted Luo Xi.

If he was only 99% convinced before, with a hint of dissatisfaction, now he was 100% convinced.

Ke Lan had made up his mind.

From now on, he would call Luo Xi 'Giant Luo,' just like Fatty Qian.

He would follow him.

Just as Ke Lan was about to go back, someone suddenly called him from the entrance of the locked-up scene.

"Ke Lan?"

Turning his head to look, someone was patting the iron gate at the entrance of "The Haunted Building," calling his name.

The voice sounded familiar.

Getting closer, he saw:

"Holy crap, Wu Rui? You, weren't you dead?" Ke Lan's eyes widened in shock.

"Yes, that's how it is. According to your explanation, after I was replaced by the ghost, I hid in the bed in a room. I didn't dare to move at the time because there were ghosts outside. Later, I remembered some strange memories, and my head was splitting and bleeding. Daoist Rat saved me, and then we hid in the [Hiding Place Inside the Door]. You know, after I got the card ring, the card effect was upgraded. I can enter three times a cycle day, and I can bring other people in..."

Wu Rui was talking to Luo Xi on the phone.

She explained the process as concisely as possible.

Next to her was a white-haired rat in a Taoist robe, about a foot tall, with a very arrogant expression and posture.

Inside the house, Fatty Qian had already used tools to cut the wire tying the old man. The latter walked out with a gloomy face, scanning everyone, and finally landed on Daoist Rat.

"Jiazi, what is this..."

"Old Yao, I thought you were killed by Jiashen. You're still alive?"

"You wanted me to die that much?" The old man called Old Yao glared, then beckoned. Daoist Rat understood and immediately walked over. The man and the rat went to the side and talked in low voices, obviously not wanting others to hear.

At this moment, Wu Rui walked up to the man and the rat with the phone and handed it to Old Yao.

"He wants to talk to you!"

When Wu Rui spoke, she observed the old man. The other person really looked like a retired old man in an ordinary community, with big shorts, flip-flops, a slightly dirty vest, and rough, unkempt hands.

Old Yao glanced at Wu Rui, his eyes with a strange color, a kind of helplessness, and a kind of emotion.

He reached out and took the phone, walking to the side.

"Hello!"

"Old Yao, is that right?"

"Yes!"

"How much do you know about the current situation?"

"I know a little. What's the situation on your side?"

"The female ghost and the child have entered Yongge Supermarket..."

"Understood. I guess you also know the current situation, so let's follow the usual practice. What should I do now?"

"I want to hear your suggestions."

"No, I won't offer any suggestions, especially during this special period. I can only remind you that I have been with you for a long time and have always only accepted instructions. So, what are your instructions now?"

"Have you always only accepted instructions? Then, have the previous instructions been executed?"

"This... not yet!"

"Then please continue to execute them. In addition, I need you to immediately report this rebellion to your current superior..."

"My superior is Jiashen!"

"Great, then report it over his head and try to make a contribution this time, get promoted, and take his place."

"I don't want to be a monkey, but I know what to do. This is also my plan."

"That's it. Do you have anything else to say to me?"

"...I'm very glad to see you again, sir!"

"Goodbye!"

"Wait a minute, Jiazi wants to talk to you."

"Okay, give him the phone."

Soon, a hurried voice came from the phone.

"Hey, hey, Luo Xi, this is Jiazi. Let me tell you, that Jiashen guy is crazy. He's joining forces with another madman to rebel. They're definitely going to mess things up. They actually used the method you left behind to create an existence equivalent to a 'celestial,' which is that ghost mother... But you know, they can't succeed. When the time comes, messing things up will implicate everyone."

"Anything else?"

"Ah, no, nothing!"

"Jiazi, can I ask you a question?"

"Ask."

"Why are only you and Dingmao able to come out wearing that skin?"

"That idiot Dingmao is crazy. All he can think about is becoming an immortal. As for me, the situation is a bit special. You can understand it as a willful act of pursuing freedom. In fact, both he and I sneaked out, but our purposes are different."

"Defection? Then what is your self-definition? Or, you can understand it as a self-evaluation."

"Me? A useless person. Don't count on me for anything. I can't help. At most, I'll give you a reminder within my ability."

"If I asked you to come here now, would you come?"

"No, I won't."

"Okay, thank you for your reminder!"

Luo Xi hung up the phone.

His conversation with Old Yao was obviously somewhat inexplicable to most people, but with some pre-set conditions, the conversation was not inexplicable, but an effective exchange of key information.

However, the conversation with Jiazi did yield some gains.

"This Old Yao is problematic, and as for Jiazi, he's not normal either!" Luo Xi muttered while rummaging through the internet cafe.

There was a mirror in front of him.

Because he had used the [Bronze Mirror of Memory] before, the projection reflected in the mirror at this moment was the young lady in the red wedding dress.

Still in the form of a large belly.

The other party was standing in the mirror with a big belly, staring at Luo Xi with a gloomy gaze.

His eyes were full of hatred and madness.

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However, Luo Xi didn't care about this. His mental state was already riddled with holes, and he was used to maintaining reason and calm in this deeply morbid and crazy state.

Now, 'Miss' has become his best conversational partner.

Sometimes Luo Xi wants to talk, but he doesn't need feedback from the other party. He just needs someone to listen to him, but the original personalities will more or less express their opinions.

Even, they would foolishly mock and scold.

Luo Xi didn't like it. He preferred Miss's honest mental personality, a perfect listener who wouldn't talk nonsense or pass messages to others.

"They are not necessarily friends, especially Old Yao. He set up some protection mechanisms in his words just now to prevent me from detecting whether he was lying? However, they are not necessarily enemies either, so in this situation, is it a sudden accident, or a predetermined event that is destined to happen?"

Luo Xi found a hidden area in the internet cafe.

In fact, it was the entrance to the second floor.

The door was of course locked, but Luo Xi found the key. He opened the door, went up the silent stairs, and then found another internet area.

However, there were not many machines here.

Only twelve computer stations.

The room was dim, and the exhaust fan on the side wall kept turning, as if dividing the light shining in from the outside into sections.

At this moment, there were already five people sitting above, some old men and some children.

"This child is only five or six years old at most, right?" Luo Xi leaned over to take a look. They also entered Yongge Supermarket like the people below.

"Is this the location of Jiachen and the others? But they all look like normal people, so the half-human, half-beast appearance of the Six Ding and Six Jia only applies to Yongge Supermarket? But it is possible to bring that skin out through some means, but this behavior is obviously a violation of the rules and counts as defection."

Like Jiazi and Dingmao.

Luo Xi continued to investigate.

At this moment, a young man in the seat over there suddenly tilted his body, and the whole person slumped on the chair.

Luo Xi walked over to take a look, and the other party's skin was visibly pale and bloodless, as if something had sucked all the blood out of his body in a short period of time, instantly withering. His mouth was open, his eyes were rolled back, and his eye sockets were dark and sunken.

"Died in Yongge Supermarket? This is one of the Six Ding and Six Jia. So, they have already started to act inside."

Luo Xi didn't move the corpse, but continued to investigate the second floor of the internet cafe. Finally, he found something valuable.

The internet cafe's computer room.

It was locked, but it could be opened with the key found in the internet manager's drawer.

After opening it, Luo Xi was shocked by the scene inside.

He was definitely not the kind of person who would be easily frightened by a certain scene, so he was not actually afraid, just surprised.

Because in this room with a sign that said 'Computer Room, No Entry for Unauthorized Personnel', there was actually a tree.

A very big tree, with lush branches and leaves.

And if you look closely, you will find that this is not an ordinary tree. The trunk, the exposed intertwined roots, including the branches, are all made of flesh and blood. The smaller leaves on it are like half arms.

These densely packed, layered arms may number in the thousands, connecting to palms and fingers, and are regularly moving, as if playing a complex movement in the air.

These arms reminded Luo Xi of the internet cafe's 'mouse'.

There were also 'several people' hanging on this tree.

It's just that these people are more miserable.

Almost all of them had an arm with sharp fingers piercing into their skull, perhaps even into the brain tissue inside, and were being held by their skull and suspended there.

There is no doubt that this scene is very strange and terrifying.

It will bring great discomfort to normal people and a kind of psychological suggestion about fear.

Because the most terrifying thing is that these people are all alive.

It can be seen from their occasionally moving, ferocious expressions and twitching limbs.

Luo Xi walked in. He observed very carefully, so he quickly noticed that the people whose brain tissue was pierced by fingers all had card rings.

Even, they were holding cards in their hands.

At this moment, some arms on the blood-flesh tree suddenly grabbed at Luo Xi.

The five fingers made a claw shape and grabbed down at his head.

Luo Xi, who was already prepared, immediately rolled backwards, avoiding the attack extremely dangerously, and at the same time retreated outside the door.

Suddenly, the arms inside quieted down and returned to their original state of unconsciously swinging.

Luo Xi was planning to go in again.

Although it was very dangerous, he also had a reason to go in.

Because someone who was hung up was holding a [Great Amnesia Technique] in his hand.