Day of Imprisonment

Many residents living in the Shijia Apartment complex came out at this moment, drawn by the loud noises and shouts from before; after all, it's human nature to watch a spectacle.

Luo Xi ignored these people.

He went his own way, quickly moving through them.

In less than twenty minutes, he had completed two puzzles and two games, obtaining three [Memory Cards] and one card named [Kurapika's Chain Jail].

Memory Cards are universal, while the description of the other card was: This card seals the power of an ancient contract. When you activate this card and announce its activation, you have the right to ask any person present a question. The other party must answer this question directly and clearly, without ambiguity. If the target is judged to be lying or refuses to answer, an illusion of Chain Jail will appear and kill the target—honesty is a virtue!

Undoubtedly, this is a very powerful card.

In Luo Xi's view, it was no less powerful than [Duck Prophet], and perhaps even more so.

"Unfortunately, Duck Prophet was used. I didn't want to use it originally."

Luo Xi had been on guard, knowing that whether Duck Prophet or Iron Hammer Man Fan Yong won, they would continue to work and kill.

But for such a long time, not a single Cleaner had come down.

"Could it be that they were both severely injured? A mutual demise?"

It wasn't impossible.

If that were the case, it would be interesting.

"That Carrot guy, I wonder what method he used to activate the second Cleaner in this scenario, which is Fan Yong. Speaking of which, that Carrot guy is really insidious. If there hadn't been a [Duck Prophet] to counteract it, just Fan Yong's killing time would have killed at least eighty or ninety percent of the people in this apartment building, if not all of them. And at twelve o'clock, there will be 'Zhou Ya', the ultimate Cleaner, launching another killing time. Two killing times, who can withstand it?"

"However, the more ferocious the enemy, the more it shows that I've hit his weak spot. Could it be that he's getting anxious because his identity has been exposed!"

"Then why doesn't he directly let 'Zhou Ya' initiate the killing time? According to Song Yan and Fan Yong's previous statements, Zhou Ya's killing time is almost certain death; no one can escape it. Unless, he can't change the time of Zhou Ya's transformation, which means that Zhou Ya can only and inevitably launch the killing time at twelve noon. But if that's the case, why did Carrot activate 'Fan Yong', the backup Cleaner, halfway through?"

Luo Xi then revealed a smile.

"Heh, because he sensed a threat. He foresaw some possibility that was very unfavorable to him, and didn't even want to risk waiting until twelve o'clock. Therefore, in order to nip this possibility in the bud, he took a gamble."

In the Shijia Apartment building's challenge scenario, there are a total of six 'puzzle' and 'game' tasks, namely 'Math Exam', 'Who is the Manager?', 'Find the Key', 'Tic-Tac-Toe', 'Assemble the Radio', and 'Death Chamber'.

For Luo Xi, none of these six tasks were difficult.

But it required a certain amount of knowledge, sufficient keen observation, memory, and especially the ability to remain calm under the threat of death.

'Assemble the Radio' was a mini-game that tested memory and patience. A room had pre-prepared parts and tools on a table. After starting the game, a two-minute video would play on the tablet on the table.

The content was a fast-forwarded video of the process of assembling ninety-nine parts together.

The video only played once, and then the challenge could begin.

The game time was limited to forty minutes.

But in reality, Luo Xi only used eight minutes to complete the assembly.

Because he remembered all the steps.

In his eyes, this was a pure 'gimme question'.

Luo Xi only used five minutes to complete the challenge.

"Carrot's doing all this is purely to waste time, and all the mini-games and decryption projects seem fancy, even a little disgusting and scary, but after careful analysis, their core is very reasonable. There is no setting that pits people to death or is unreasonable. This should be a restriction imposed on the manager by some higher existence. The manager must design game projects according to the principle of 'fairness and rationality', because if he really wanted to kill people with these mini-games, he could simply not put the key in the house. That way, as long as someone entered the house, they would never be able to escape."

Luo Xi had already discerned some kind of hidden rule through continuous puzzle-solving and game elements.

He looked at the time.

Ten thirty-five.

Luo Xi waved to Zhang Butcher over there.

The latter ran over.

"Brother Zhang, let's go upstairs."

"Okay!"

In a short period of time, Zhang Butcher had already seen that Luo Xi was not simple. This young man was too calm, without any superfluous emotions. Moreover, with those 'games' he had played and the puzzles he had solved, Zhang Butcher substituted himself. If it were him, let alone a few minutes, he wouldn't be able to solve them even in a few days.

This was a kind of power that had broken away from 'brute force', and this kind of power would involuntarily generate a sense of 'trust'.

Zhang Butcher wasn't stupid.

Liu Mao and that sweet girl were all this person's accomplices. They were obviously much more reliable than others, at least their survival rate was higher than if he were fighting alone.

Therefore, joining them was the best choice.

In addition, Zhang Butcher was an honest person. His principle of dealing with things was that since he had joined, he had to trust each other. Men make friends, first of all, they must be sincere. If you hide things, others can see it. Only if you treat others with sincerity will others treat you sincerely.

It's like buying meat, you get what you pay for. If you want to buy rib meat with the money for buying offal, can I sell it to you?

Being practical, not playing tricks, that's what men should do.

There were still many neighbors in the corridor who had heard the noise before and ran out to watch the excitement. They obviously didn't know what had happened. As amnesiacs, this day was always a fresh and normal day for them.

Unless they become Reminiscents, otherwise, they will never know that today has been imprisoned. If they don't escape, then there will never be a tomorrow.

"Old Zhang, I just saw you running around, what are you doing? Aren't you setting up your stall to sell meat today?" A neighbor spoke to Zhang Butcher.

However, it could be seen that he quite looked down on this butcher in his words.

"Yeah, I'm not setting up my stall today." Zhang Butcher was honest, answering whatever he was asked.

"If you don't set up your stall, what will you eat and drink? I heard that your daughter is in college in another place. If you don't sell meat, how will you earn living expenses for her? You should work harder and don't be lazy." There was some joking in his tone.

"Hey, yes, yes, I'm just resting for a day, I'll set up my stall tomorrow." Zhang Butcher responded casually, still smiling, because he thought of his daughter.

She had been good at studying since she was a child. She was the hope of his Zhang family, the apple of his eye.

"I have to escape, I have to earn living expenses for my daughter." Zhang Butcher secretly decided, closely following Luo Xi upstairs.

When they reached the seventh floor, Luo Xi saw Wu Rui, and beside Wu Rui was a young man wearing glasses.

Wang Tao.

"Luo Xi!" Wu Rui was obviously waiting for him. Seeing Luo Xi come up, she immediately greeted him.

"What's wrong?"

"Fan Yong was killed by Duck Man, but then Duck Man suddenly disappeared. Wang Tao told me this, and he also told me the details of the three cycles he experienced before." Wu Rui knew what the key points were and briefly recounted them.

Obviously, this information was very important to Luo Xi, because it indirectly confirmed many of his previous speculations.

Duck Prophet disappeared because the killing time had arrived. This guy's killing time was only ten minutes.

"Under normal circumstances, everything is safe in the apartment building. Except for the self-destruction of the Reminiscents, only the killing time at twelve o'clock will completely clear everyone out. But before that, it's all safe."

"Also, I found this." Wu Rui then handed Luo Xi a card.

Luo Xi looked at it. The pattern on the card was a hammer.

He recognized it. This was the weapon that Fan Yong used after he became a Cleaner.

Double-headed Iron Hammer, heavy, with great power.

[Bloodstained Iron Hammer], Weapon (Rare), powerful destructive force, only strength beyond a normal person can use it normally, and after use, it will grant you some extra power; can be materialized (carded) — it is your companion on the road to success, all you have to do is raise it high, and then smash it down hard.

Not bad, it's a good thing.

"By the way, there's also this, which I guess is why Fan Yong became a Cleaner." Wu Rui handed Luo Xi a mobile phone, along with a bloody finger.

Obviously, the finger was Fan Yong's, used for fingerprint unlocking.

After opening the phone, it directly showed the chat interface of a communication software. Inside, someone had privately sent Fan Yong many photos, videos, and texts.

The content, uh, was all the details of his wife Song Yan's affair with other men. Even experienced drivers would find some of the photos and short videos eye-watering, and the text content was even more heartbreaking. The core was that your wife is a liar, she cheated on you, and while you were working hard to support the family, she was having an affair with someone. Also, your two sons are not yours. In one video, Song Yan said this to another man in person, while the two of them were doing some intense and unsuitable activities.

He looked at the sending time, which was just a few minutes before Fan Yong became a Cleaner.