Day of Imprisonment

"I'll go open the door," Liu Mao said, getting up.

He had nothing to do at the moment. Wu Rui was writing her daughter's math test with a possessed look, not even lifting her head. He could only watch boredly from the side.

He got up and opened the door.

"Oh, it's Old Zhang."

Outside the door stood a familiar face to Liu Mao, a neighbor from the second floor. Although he was a tenant, he had lived in the apartment for many years, making a living from a meat stall in the nearby farmers market. Privately, people called him Zhang the Butcher.

Zhang the Butcher was not tall, but he was sturdy. He looked at Liu Mao with a very peculiar expression.

"Old Liu, if it's you who's gathering people, then I'll join. I trust you. You're the only one who's ever looked up to me, this outsider," Zhang the Butcher said from outside the door.

"...?" Liu Mao was confused, but Wu Rui, hearing the voice from inside the house, immediately remembered Luo Xi's instructions and shouted, "Brother Mao, let him in."

Zhang the Butcher stood at the door, looking inside warily. He noticed a petite and lovely woman writing a test in the living room. She only glanced up briefly before immediately lowering her head to continue writing, very focused.

"Old Liu, who is she?" Zhang the Butcher asked in a low voice.

"Please sit down first!" Wu Rui didn't even lift her head. "When the others arrive, I will explain everything together!"

Now, Wu Rui deeply trusted Luo Xi.

Whatever outrageous things this guy said would happen without fail.

Some things, after thinking back and speculating, she could roughly figure out how Luo Xi did it.

For example, getting the other Reminiscent Ones in the building to come here was likely related to the phone Liu Mao couldn't find earlier. Wu Rui guessed that Luo Xi must have used Liu Mao's phone to post something in the apartment's owner group.

So far, that man had been flawless.

Since that was the case, then the math test answers he gave must also be perfect, without any mistakes.

At that moment, Wu Rui simply stopped thinking and directly copied the answers. Soon, she finished the last question.

"...Number the 24 gold coin bags from 1 to 24. Take out the same number of gold coins from the bag corresponding to the bag number. This way, you only need to weigh once to know which bag is fake. Because they are all real gold coins, the total number of gold coins taken out is 300, with a total weight of 3000 grams; if the weight is insufficient, then knowing that each fake gold coin is 2 grams lighter than a real gold coin, subtract the actual weight from 3000 grams and divide by 2. The resulting number is the number of the bag with the fake gold coins..."

Just as she finished writing, in Wu Rui's eyes, a cloud of smoke enveloped the surface of the test paper.

About two seconds later, the smoke formed numbers.

"You have completed a puzzle game 'Perfect Score Test Paper' in the current level scene and received a perfect score. A card will be randomly drawn from the scene card library as a reward..."

The next second, the smoke in front of her formed a strange dice.

Wu Rui touched it in surprise. Immediately, a card materialized. She reached out and grabbed it, turning from illusion to reality.

In the eyes of others, Wu Rui was like a magician, conjuring a card out of thin air.

This scene left both Liu Mao and Zhang the Butcher dumbfounded.

Wu Rui's heart was pounding like a drum at this moment, extremely excited, but she knew she had to stay calm.

"Luo Xi is too terrifying. He really made that test paper in less than 5 minutes, and there wasn't a single wrong question..."

Looking at the card in her hand again.

The classic spider back, the front was a stream of light, a hand seal made by two hands, with flowing light wrapped around the palms, as if some kind of mysterious power.

Text description: 【Mana】, this is a special energy. Some special cards need mana as support to be released, just like you need to feed a horse grass to ride it; you need to refuel a car to drive it.

Wu Rui had a 【Mana】 card before, so she wasn't surprised. She immediately put the card away and looked at Zhang the Butcher.

"How did you do that just now?" Zhang the Butcher couldn't hide the surprised expression on his face and couldn't help but ask.

"Just a small puzzle game!" Wu Rui felt that she had faked it perfectly this time. Not to mention, this feeling was awesome.

Just then, someone knocked on the door again.

"Be careful!" Wu Rui got up at this time. She held a dagger in her hand and looked at Zhang the Butcher, following Luo Xi's train of thought and said, "Old Zhang, right? If you want to clear the level, listen to me from now on."

"Hey, why are you talking like that, girl..." Zhang the Butcher was a little unconvinced. After all, Wu Rui looked young and was a head shorter than him. It was like a child teaching an adult how to do things.

"If you don't believe me, you should also believe Brother Mao. Brother Mao is one of us," Wu Rui understood why Luo Xi wanted people to come to Liu Mao's house.

There was also a bit of showing face involved.

Zhang the Butcher didn't say anything this time. He did come because he trusted Liu Mao. As for this girl, thinking of how she was able to conjure a card out of thin air just now, he decided to listen to her for the time being.

Zhang the Butcher had saved his memory once. Naturally, he belonged to the newcomers, and with being a newcomer, he got a newcomer's gift pack.

He knew about the existence of 'cards'.

"Brother Mao, please open the door!" Wu Rui said. Liu Mao walked over and opened the door.

Outside the door was a young man wearing glasses with a pale face. He was the kind of person who didn't get any sun because he stayed home for a long time. Because of this, he also had two dark circles under his eyes, making him look a little scary.

"Wang Tao?" Liu Mao clearly recognized the other person. He probably remembered what Fan Yong and Song Yan had said before. They determined that Wang Tao was a Reminiscent One because Wang Tao had killed another female resident on the same floor in the previous round.

Wang Tao at the door was clearly alert. He didn't enter the house, but stared blankly at the people in the house. One of his hands was in his pocket, obviously holding a weapon.

Wu Rui, following what Luo Xi taught her, showed absolute confidence at this moment.

She was originally a Reminiscent One who had saved her memory many times. Having experienced so much, she naturally had a special 'aura'.

"Since you're here, then you're one of us. Remember, Reminiscent Ones must unite, otherwise they will be trapped in the Day of Confinement forever, never to be able to turn over. If you don't want to experience that kind of death and terror infinitely, then join us. Of course, you can also not join, but the next time we meet, we will kill you without hesitation."

Wu Rui began to threaten and draw cakes like Luo Xi.

The carrot and the stick.

She remembered that in the last round, this guy also fooled her and others like this.

Of course, Luo Xi wasn't really fooling them, because in the last round he really took all the Reminiscent Ones out of the scene.

Clearly, Wang Tao at the door was shaken and struggled when he heard this.

Regarding whether or not to go to 712, he hesitated, even falling into extremely strong entanglement, worrying about gains and losses, belonging to the kind of person who was both afraid and afraid.

In the end, he couldn't resist the temptation and came.

But coming was equivalent to exposing himself. According to the sweet-looking girl in the house, if he didn't join, he would be an enemy.

Wouldn't that mean they would be the first to kill him?

Was there still room for choice?

Even if he didn't want to, he had to pretend to agree first.

"I'll join!"

Wang Tao wasn't stupid.

"Good, in that case, we have five people," Wu Rui smiled. She felt that the things Luo Xi had given her were relatively simple. She only needed to use her brain a little to temporarily 'unite' the Reminiscent Ones.

Of course, it wasn't true 'unity'. Everyone had their own agenda and temporarily came together for benefits and under threat. If something happened to this small team, it was estimated that someone would leave at the first opportunity, and it couldn't be ruled out that they would turn against them.

At this time, the bedroom door in the inner room opened, and Liu Mao's wife came out with an angry face.

Seeing this, Liu Mao hurriedly went over to coax his wife.

"What nonsense did you post in the group just now? What Reminiscent Ones, what mutual aid society? Where's your phone? And what are they doing at our house?"

"This, wife, don't ask me for now. I'll explain it to you later."

After closing the door, they couldn't hear what the couple was saying.

In the living room, Wu Rui sat on one side, Zhang the Butcher was there, and Wang Tao stood near the door, estimating that he could run out at the first opportunity if something happened.

The three of them were not familiar with each other and did not speak.

Wu Rui looked at the time.

Nine forty-five.

There were still fifteen minutes until ten o'clock. Luo Xi said that if he didn't come back by ten o'clock, she should take people to kill Fan Yong.

If he called during this time, she needed to hide immediately.

So what would happen next?

She had no idea.

But it was precisely because she didn't know that it felt exciting!