Day of Imprisonment

"What happened?"

Less than fifty meters from the hotel, a group of people were startled by a violent explosion.

One of the women looked towards the location of the explosion, an expression of disbelief on her face.

Amidst the surprise, she was filled with fear and doubt.

She was the 'bait' of that robber gang. This time, as usual, she first joined other small teams they had targeted under the guise of being a newcomer, and then, using the scenario walkthrough, lured them to the hotel, and then, using the same method, killed them off one by one.

The reason for choosing this hotel was because it was, in fact, a checkpoint scene.

Moreover, this checkpoint scene had a property.

That was, 'Killing other Reminiscent can grant [Memory]'.

Therefore, killing people here could inherently earn [Memory], and also, they could plunder the cards on the victims, which could be said to be a highly profitable and risk-free business.

But at this moment, the hotel was actually blown to the sky, which was simply unimaginable.

Fear surged in the bait's heart, and she immediately quickened her pace to get closer. When she saw the ruins of the destroyed hotel with her own eyes, she was immediately stunned.

"What exactly happened?"

Those Reminiscent who had been lured here by her were also dumbfounded, not knowing what was going on.

Little did they know, they had just taken a trip to the gate of hell.

Just then, two people suddenly darted out of a nearby alley. One of them directly chopped off the 'bait's' hand with a knife.

The bait didn't react at all. She screamed, and then was knocked to the ground with a stick.

The Reminiscent who had been brought here were about to step forward when one of the two attackers took out a bomb and held it in his hand.

"You've all been deceived by her! This woman is just bait, tricking you into coming to this hotel. Her accomplices will ambush you here, and after plundering all your cards, they will brutally kill you all!" The speaker was Lu Ting.

This bait was also the main culprit, so of course she couldn't be let go.

"Are you telling the truth?" The several Reminiscent who had been deceived were dubious. Lu Ting briefly explained their own experience, and regardless of whether those people believed it or not, at least they would no longer help the 'bait'.

Most importantly, just thinking about it, they would find that there were many problems, which meant that what these two women said was likely true.

"If that's the case, then thank you. We owe you a favor."

"The favor doesn't matter. We're seeking revenge against them, not saving you."

Lu Ting didn't plan to say much more about this matter.

"I know, but still, thank you. If you need any help, just say it. We will help you."

"Okay, there is indeed one thing. We didn't have time to plunder the cards of this bait's accomplices in the hotel before, so they will come out again on the next cycle day. I will tell you their names and characteristics, and try to spread the news. If you find their踪迹, tell us immediately."

"No problem. We have many friends. From now on, you are also our friends. My name is Liu Mao. In the future, let's help each other and share resources."

The bait was turned into an amnesiac in the first round.

After that, it was the other core members of this team.

At first, they wanted to organize manpower and confront Lu Ting and Qiu Kui head-on, but in front of the owners of the strongest support and the strongest destructive power professional cards, their counterattack could be said to be insignificant.

In the end, the core members of this team were successively brutally killed and turned into amnesiacs.

And the leader of the other party persisted until the last moment before being defeated miserably under the revenge of Lu Ting and Qiu Kui. No matter how unwilling the other party was, he could only end up resentfully after being taken away all the cards, becoming a member of the amnesiac army.

In the days that followed, the two spent most of their time together.

The cycle day, for Reminiscent like them, was not a stagnant point, but a line extending forward.

It's just that no one knows where this infinitely extending line will eventually lead.

No one knows where the end is, doesn't know what the end looks like, or rather, there may not be a so-called 'end' at all.

And even the best friends, after spending a long time together, will have quarrels and conflicts because of some things.

Qiu Kui and Lu Ting had a dispute because of differences in certain cognitions and ideas, and both of them were the kind of people who would never give in. As a result, because of a seemingly insignificant matter, the two parted ways.

After preserving more than five hundred cycle days of memory, they had become accustomed to all of this.

Especially Qiu Kui's [Shadow] ability, which was very powerful. As long as she didn't take risks or act recklessly, basically most checkpoint scenes couldn't stop her.

And most of the time, she only needed to casually attach herself to a Reminiscent team to obtain enough [Memory] for her to use.

She didn't have too much drive.

Or rather, her temperament was like a shadow in the dark, stable, not agitated at all, quiet, as if she didn't exist.

Essentially, Qiu Kui was a rational person, and the experience of hundreds of cycle days, having seen life and death moments, and having seen deceit and betrayal, had made her into a mellow wine.

But even the most rational person would have her persistence and throbbing points.

However, the Qiu Kui at that time was not someone who could be easily moved.

She was like a hermit, hiding among the many Reminiscent, watching the originally weak group continue to grow, watching one strong person after another grow up, and then fall, and then new people would appear, repeating the previous process.

During that time, she didn't deliberately inquire about Lu Ting's whereabouts, but only occasionally learned about the situation of this old friend from other Reminiscent.

But later, many Reminiscent who had preserved hundreds of cycle days of memory fell one after another, and she also lost track of Lu Ting.

This made her have an impulse at some point, wanting to find this friend and ask her what she was doing now and how she was doing.

But the thought only stayed at the stage of idea and didn't really put it into action.

Maybe she felt, why didn't Lu Ting come to find her?

She originally liked to read, and in the past few days, she had spent most of her time immersed in books, reading the books she wanted to read in the past but didn't have time to read more than once.

The cycle day was full of fear and crisis, but this was one of the few advantages she found.

Sometimes, she would also go to see the friends she thought she had in the past.

For example, Xiao Xuan.

Qiu Kui had long since annihilated the five murderers on the crew side. Interestingly, after continuously killing the five murderers many times, they would completely disappear.

They never appeared again.

The concepts of the cycle day and the day of confinement also appeared in a certain period of time later, and were known to all Reminiscent, including the existence of the 'Company', the checkpoint scene, and the administrator mechanism, which also became common sense for many senior Reminiscent.

These days were continuing, and Qiu Kui found that she seemed to have lost some kind of goal.

The constantly repeating days made her feel bored, and it may also be because she was alone that she had some self-defeating thoughts.

One day, she suddenly had the idea of escaping from the 'Day of Confinement', and this idea was very strong. At the same time, she wanted to explore the truth and wanted to know the secrets behind the cycle day.

But she knew very well that this was not something she could do alone.

Countless Reminiscent, most of them were holding the same goal, but after hundreds of cycle days, no one could achieve this goal, and the more they explored this secret, the more they wanted to break the day of confinement, the more terrible dangers they would encounter. Many top Reminiscent fell in this process.

And the reason she could survive for so long was precisely because she had been lying flat and slackening all the time.

If she really explored this secret like other people, maybe she would have become an amnesiac long ago.

One day, she suddenly heard a loud noise.

The glass in the house was shattered.

In the distance, a mushroom cloud rose.

Obviously, there was a violent explosion over there.

For the explosion, Qiu Kui had another interpretation. She thought of that old friend, so after reacting, she immediately rushed towards the direction of the explosion.

The outside was already in chaos.

People were screaming and fleeing everywhere. The closer she got to the explosion location, the more she could feel how terrifying the destruction caused by this explosion was.

Many tall buildings there had been destroyed, some directly collapsed, even tall buildings were the same, full of smoke and dust, covering the sky and the sun.

People kept running over from there in fear, covered in blood and screaming, while Qiu Kui was going against the tide.

Soon, the crowd decreased, and finally there was no one around.

And here was very close to the center of the explosion.

In front of her, there were rolling heat waves coming, and some places around were still burning with flames, looking like a doomsday scene.

Suddenly, a figure approached, danger struck, Qiu Kui reacted extremely quickly, raised her hand and flicked, and a strange nail shot out, pinning a Reminiscent who was very close to her to the shadow, unable to move.

[Shadow Nail].

This was the ability Qiu Kui obtained from her professional card in the past cycle day.

It has no killing effect, but it can confine the opponent's body for a short time.

Generally speaking, [Shadow Nail] is enough to seal a target for at least ten seconds. During this time, Qiu Kui can easily kill the target.

But this time, just as she was about to do it, the other party actually broke free from the control of the shadow nail.

The whole process took only 3 to 4 seconds.

Obviously, the other party was an expert.

Qiu Kui frowned and was about to use more powerful means, but at this moment, a familiar voice sounded.

"Stop, I know her!"

This was obviously said to the other Reminiscent, who was stunned for a moment, and then retreated without hesitation.

A person walked over there.

It was Lu Ting, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.