Day of Imprisonment

Akui was assigned to Luo Xi's side because her ability, 【Shadow】, was support-oriented, specializing in reconnaissance, tracking, and defense.

However, she exhibited a guarded and indifferent demeanor, keeping everyone at arm's length, only discussing tasks and nothing more.

Coincidentally, Luo Xi was the same.

In fact, he was even more extreme in this regard.

This was the conclusion Akui reached after spending several cycle days together.

In her eyes, Luo Xi was simply a highly efficient 'machine' that could also read people's minds. Sometimes, she felt that her thoughts were completely transparent to him.

She had to admit that Luo Xi was indeed unlike anyone she had ever met.

Moreover, Luo Xi's abilities were extremely powerful.

She didn't know what Luo Xi's 'Job Card' was, but he had done something that she found incredibly baffling.

That was the area that Lü Ting had previously destroyed with fifty 【A-Rank Bombs】, almost massacring thousands of ordinary people. Luo Xi had done something, and in the next cycle day, this area had undergone a significant change.

This change was difficult to describe, but Akui could illustrate it with a few examples. For instance, a roadside shop that used to be a 'convenience store' had become a 'barbershop'.

Traffic police officers becoming barbers was just the tip of the iceberg. The identities, and even the 'memories', of almost everyone in this area had been twisted.

Yes!

In Akui's opinion, 'twisted' was the only word to describe it.

Those 'amnesiacs' were completely unaware of this. Akui even secretly chatted with some of these people, uncovering some chilling truths. Not only had their identities been changed, but also their understanding of their own identities.

Even if Akui racked her brains, she couldn't figure out what kind of ability could do this.

Turning a street-sweeping auntie into a middle school teacher, and even giving her the corresponding knowledge and memories; or, for example, forming a family from several people who didn't know each other, with their memories linked, so that they could start from this false memory every time the cycle day reset.

This was simply a 'miracle'.

Something only a god could do.

So, looking at it from this perspective alone, Lü Ting was not wrong when she said that Luo Xi was the strongest Retriever.

How exactly did he do it?

What exactly was he trying to do?

Could he really break the Day of Imprisonment?

Akui overlooked one thing.

The moment she became curious about Luo Xi, she was destined to be used by him.

And this, from the moment she chose to join Luo Xi, was something he had already foreseen.

"Next, we need to participate in a checkpoint scenario."

On the twelfth cycle day after Akui joined, Luo Xi gathered some of the recently joined Retriever experts and issued a mission.

"Just us?" Akui looked around, noticing that Lü Ting was not among them.

"And me," Luo Xi replied, saying nothing more and immediately announcing their departure.

He didn't even explain the information and intelligence about the checkpoint scenario.

But the others didn't ask, and Akui didn't speak up either.

It wasn't until Luo Xi led everyone to the location of this scenario that the crowd began to stir.

Including Akui.

The reason was very simple: this scenario was well-known among Retrievers. Even Akui, who was very zen and almost indifferent to the world, had heard of it.

The reason this checkpoint scenario was so famous was because of its difficulty.

Some say that this may be the most difficult checkpoint scenario within the Day of Imprisonment. Since its discovery by Retrievers, no one has cleared it in over a hundred cycle days.

Of course, there is a lot of information about this checkpoint scenario, and there are several versions of walkthroughs, but none of them can directly guide Retrievers to clear it. Most of the information and content is incomplete, which can be used as a reference, but definitely cannot be copied blindly.

If you blindly copy it, the result will be rebirth in the next cycle day.

Akui hadn't been here before, but she had indeed heard of it and knew the name of this checkpoint scenario: 'The Beginning and the End'.

"I believe you have all heard of this scenario. I won't introduce it too much. The first floor here is the starting point, and the top floor is the ending point. Whoever reaches the ending point first will clear it," Luo Xi glanced at the crowd: "The task I'm giving you is to reach the ending point from the starting point. If you have any questions, you can ask them now, or you can choose to refuse to participate."

Immediately, one of the Retrievers asked, the question being 'Why challenge this checkpoint scenario?'

"Because it's my order," Luo Xi replied.

Forceful, and with a hint of disrespect.

Immediately, someone felt dissatisfied.

In addition, because Luo Xi had said that they could choose to refuse to participate, one person immediately stated that he would not participate.

"Anyone else?" Luo Xi didn't seem angry at all. He asked in a calm tone.

Next, another person chose to withdraw.

The remaining people didn't say anything, but it certainly wasn't a completely voluntary mindset.

"According to the reward mechanism of this level scenario, if you successfully reach the end, you can get a high reward, because this scenario has a ranking mechanism, so the person who reaches the end in the shortest time can get an extra reward."

Hearing Luo Xi's words, the people who had already chosen to participate in this level scenario were all stunned.

Obviously, this information is only known to those who have cleared the level.

Someone couldn't help but ask: "So, you cleared the level?"

"Yes, I have cleared the level," Luo Xi replied with certainty.

"So, you plan to use this level scenario to test our comprehensive abilities, and then arrange different positions and responsibilities according to strengths and weaknesses?"

"That's the idea."

"Understood, since you, the leader, can clear the level, then of course we are willing to take on the challenge." Some people were already eager to try, after all, Luo Xi could clear the level, so they theoretically could too. After all, there is a chance to join Luo Xi's command, which is currently the pinnacle of the Remnants.

In other words, they are elites, and they have a strong sense of superiority and confidence.

Even the two people who had withdrawn before also expressed their willingness to give it a try.

"In that case, let's begin, I will be waiting for you at the finish line," Luo Xi said, and took the lead to walk into the entrance of the scenario, a threshold like a security gate.

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Looking from the outside of the door frame to the inside, it was dark and nothing could be seen. So when Luo Xi walked in, the others immediately lost track of him.

Almost the next moment, a fast-moving and confident Remnant expert rushed up, entering almost on Luo Xi's heels.

Of course, they may not really be 'confident', they just want to take a shortcut.

Because as long as they follow Luo Xi, at least there will be a reference on the upward route.

There were quite a few Remnants with this idea, but Okra didn't follow the crowd.

She was one of the last few people to enter that door frame.

It's not that she's deliberately showing off, but because she is [Shadow], she has a stronger perception of darkness and shadows than others.

For example, she could see that behind the door frame, which looked like a security gate, there was an extremely terrifying thing, huge, and alive.

This feeling was very terrifying.

That door was like a mouth of this behemoth, and going in through the door meant entering the body of this behemoth.

It's a bit like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.

As for what that behemoth was, what it looked like, how big it was... she couldn't see any of these things.

Now she was hesitating whether to drill into the mouth of this behemoth.

Some things, if you don't know, you don't have so many worries.

Fewer and fewer Remnants remained, and many people chose to enter. Okra finally made a decision.

"Since he can do it, so can I."

Thinking of this, Okra walked into the threshold, which in her eyes seemed like the entrance to hell.

In that instant, it was like entering a pitch-black elevator.

Almost no light could be seen, and the door frame behind her disappeared, like a one-way door that could only be entered and not exited.

Okra was not afraid, she took out a card and quietly activated it, releasing [Shadow Guard] as a means of defense for herself.

The dark and confined space didn't last too long. In less than ten seconds, Okra found a faint light ahead. She walked over and found a half-covered door. After pushing it open, she entered a hall.

"This doesn't look like the belly of some behemoth at all," Okra muttered to herself.

But, it just looked like it.

She was very sure of what she had seen before, it could only be said that everything in front of her was a disguise.

And she quickly discovered another strange and illogical thing.

"Where are the other people who entered before?"

The hall was empty, with only her.

She looked around and found that this place looked like the first floor of an ordinary building. There were glass windows around, but the outside was a chilling scene. Sticking to the surrounding glass were countless flesh and blood walls.

The feeling was like this place had been swallowed into the belly of some huge monster, and what could be seen was the scene inside the monster's belly.

This feeling was extremely oppressive, especially after having some kind of association of 'being swallowed into the belly', it would make people extremely uncomfortable.

Regarding this 'start and end' level scenario, although Okra had never been here, she had indeed heard a lot of information about it.

Among this information, the most was the exploration of the 'route'.

It can be said that this is the most difficult point in the entire scenario.

After a simple investigation, Okra knew what the problem was. There was no upward passage on the first floor at all. The elevator was sealed off and could not be opened at all. As for the stairs, there seemed to have been some kind of collapse here, with a dense accumulation of steel bars and cement, making it impossible to drill in.

In other words, this is a starting point with no way to go upstairs at all.

Many people were trapped on this floor, and eventually ran out of time and left regretfully.