Day of Imprisonment

After carefully reading the contract, everyone signed their names.

All the contracts were handed over to Okra.

The latter looked at them, then nodded and said, "Look behind me, there are three doors over there. The middle door will not open, while the left and right doors represent red and blue respectively. So, please enter the rooms according to your corresponding colors. After everyone enters, the room doors will close, and the timing will begin. You will have five minutes of preparation time to explore and prepare for the next ten minutes of 'battle time'. Any questions?"

Both teams shook their heads, indicating no.

Luo Xi and the other five members of the Red Team walked towards the red door at this time.

He was extroverted and had a showman personality.

However, Luo Xi could see that there was an element of acting in his performance.

"Cleared four levels, amazing! Brother Qian, you're a veteran. My name is Liu Hao. I've only cleared two levels. I'm a newbie." A muscular young man said hurriedly. From the exposed biceps, it could be seen that he was probably a fitness enthusiast.

"Um, my name is Ma Ling. I've also cleared two levels. I'm good at calculation and reasoning," the guy in the checkered shirt said at this time.

Qian Lejin looked at him and chuckled: "Brother, I can tell. Your outfit screams tech worker."

"I, I'm Han Lingling. I've only cleared one level." The speaker was a chubby person. Because of her dark skin and short hair, everyone thought she was a man, but unexpectedly, she was a woman.

She was very uneasy, full of anxiety, and didn't know where to put her hands.

"Zhang Heng, I guess I'm the oldest one here," a middle-aged uncle said at this time. He took out his phone to check the time from time to time, or perhaps it was just a habit.

"Old brother, we can all tell that you're old, but what about your experience? How many levels have you cleared?" Qian Lejin leaned over to ask.

"Five, I've cleared five," Zhang Heng thought for a moment and said seriously.

"Then I really have to call you big brother. Brother Zhang, would you mind letting me see your card ring?"

"What do you want to see that for?" Zhang Heng frowned, obviously unwilling.

"Brother Zhang, since we've become a team, then someone definitely needs to lead the next action. We can't just act on our own, that would defeat the purpose of forming a team. In other words, we need a captain. And because we don't know each other, it's best to choose a veteran with real experience and strength to serve as the captain. After all, the number of levels cleared itself represents a person's overall quality. If you've really cleared five levels, we'll choose you as the captain and listen to your orders, but we need proof. The card ring is the best proof."

What he said was reasonable and well-founded, and the others nodded in agreement.

"I, uh, didn't bring it," Zhang Heng squeezed out, looking a little unnatural.

"Oh, I understand." Qian Lejin didn't say much, after all, they were strangers, so why rub salt in someone's wounds, let alone kick a man when he's down.

Some people rely on their age to gain a say, but they don't have any real skills. He's seen a lot of that.

Sometimes being old doesn't really mean being more mature than being young.

It might even be more childish.

"It's okay, we can discuss things together. After all, we're in the same boat. If the boat capsizes, we'll all suffer." Qian Lejin understood the art of language very well. At this time, he looked at the last person: "Brother, what's your name?"

Luo Xi didn't say anything, but took out a card, materialized it at an extremely fast speed, put on his 'human face ring', and snapped his fingers, summoning the card album that could drive people crazy just by looking at it, and took out a card from it.

Bang ~

Materialized.

The blood-stained iron hammer was held in his hand.

Only then did he turn his head and stare at Qian Lejin: "What did you just say?"

The fat on the latter's face obviously twitched.

"Boss, I was saying, just give the order!"

In the Day of Imprisonment, strength determines everything, and the way to show strength is definitely not self-promotion, but real stuff.

Putting aside everything else, just the card album crowded with six terrifying human faces, the blood-stained iron hammer, these things had already explained the problem. These were the best interpretation of strength, much more impactful and convincing than those flashy words.

At this time, Luo Xi glanced at Okra over there. The Blue Team was also gathered together to discuss, probably to determine who would take the lead.

Without hesitation, Luo Xi walked into the red room.

Although there were two teams, the start time of the scene was the same. In other words, entering the room earlier would actually give them more time to observe the situation inside the room.

This could also be considered an advantage.

After entering the room, the smell of books hit them, but it seemed to be mixed with some musty smell. The entire room had a door on each of the four walls.

However, at this moment, except for the door they came in through, all the other doors were closed.

The room was square, roughly six by six, thirty-six square meters, and the height was about six meters as well—a cube with sides of six meters?

Luo Xi was a little surprised by the structure of the room.

Besides the door, the room also had bookshelves. Because the ceiling was quite high, tall bookshelves were installed all around the upper walls. There was a rolling wooden ladder fixed to the wall on each side. In addition to that, there was some simple furniture.

For example, a single sofa, a chair, and a reading table. Over there was a catalog cabinet, and on the table was an old-fashioned lamp. There were no lights on the ceiling, but above each of the four doors, there was a very antique wooden wall lamp. The dark wood color, combined with exquisite carvings, resembled a winged snake holding a glowing gem in its mouth.

“This place must have cost a fortune to decorate. Look at this wood, this craftsmanship—authentic,” Fatty Qian Lejin said from behind, though he was also looking around, clearly observing.

Someone who could pass three or more scenarios and still obtain a card ring was obviously not stupid.

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If you looked at Imprisonment Day from a different angle, this place was more like a large 'exam room,' selecting the elite among humans with each cycle day.

“Strange, very strange!” Ma Ling, wearing glasses, was also looking around. At this moment, he spoke, then looked at Luo Xi and Qian Lejin: “Brother Qian is right. Even temporary teammates are still teammates, so, you two big shots, I’ve discovered something very strange.”

“That’s right. Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhuge Liang. We need to pool our wisdom. Speak, what did you discover?” Qian Lejin asked quickly.

“The contract states that the first condition for clearing the level is to find and enter room 23. However, I just observed that the rooms actually have no numbers. If this room is like this, then other rooms may be the same. There’s no way to determine the numbers... Or perhaps it’s a kind of hidden numbering that requires finding certain elements and deciphering them.”

The last sentence was clearly the other party talking to himself.

Luo Xi glanced at the other party at this moment.

Clearly, this person named Ma Ling was the type who was good at observation and thinking. The other party had clearly captured the most crucial link between the contract and the actual situation.

The first condition for clearing the level, and the fact that the room did not meet the evaluation criteria for the first condition, led to the inference that there might be hidden numerical numbering.

Apart from Ma Ling, the other three people—Liu Hao, Han Lingling, and Zhang Heng—clearly hadn’t discovered anything. Of course, it was also possible that they had discovered something but didn’t want to say it.

Luo Xi looked at the still-open door at this moment, indicating that the Blue Team had not yet fully entered the room.

He guessed that there were also clever people on the other side who were exploiting loopholes in the scenario rules.

The administrator, Qiukui, said that the door would only close and the five-minute preparation time would only begin after everyone had entered the room. However, if some people went in and others didn’t, this condition wouldn’t be met. In this way, at least the people who entered the room first could have more time to observe the room.

Clearly, in this level scenario, 'rooms' were a very important link.

Whether it was the conditions for clearing the level or the non-clearing 'arena mode,' it was related to rooms. For example, whether there were usable weapons in the room, whether there was information about the upcoming 'common threat,' monsters, or whether there were locations and devices for hiding and escaping.

At least some of these elements would exist.

Because only in this way would the five-minute 'preparation time' be meaningful.

Of course, the administrator, Qiukui, couldn’t always allow people to exploit loopholes, so he still had to seize the time.

At this moment, Luo Xi tapped the iron hammer in his hand on the floor, making a sound.

Everyone looked at him.

“My name is Luo Xi. I won’t waste words. I need you to unconditionally follow my instructions, and what I can guarantee is that I will lead you to win the arena mode and obtain the clearance rewards. Conversely, if anyone doesn’t follow instructions or is deemed by me to be opposing me or even causing trouble, then I will kill that person without hesitation.” Luo Xi really didn’t like wasting words. He spoke very directly and concisely, and the murderous aura in his eyes made everyone, including Qian Lejin, shiver.

Killing was not prohibited within the scenario; it was even highly encouraged. Even killing teammates was the same, because the contract clearly stated that the second condition for clearing the level was to kill eleven people within a single scenario, and the two teams together had a total of twelve people.

In other words, one of the ways to clear the level was for one person to kill everyone except himself.

However, this choice also had huge drawbacks.

Once you did this, or planned to do this, you would definitely become the target of everyone else immediately.

“Brother Luo, you look like a veteran among veterans. Don’t worry, Fatty Qian’s character is well-known. Just give the orders, and see if I put in the effort.” Qian Lejin was the first to express his position.

“I have no problem either,” Ma Ling also said.

In his opinion, the six card rings connected together on Luo Xi’s finger were too 'veteran.'

Of course, it might be because he didn’t quite understand the rules of Imprisonment Day yet, thinking that passing three scenarios would grant a card ring. Since the other party had six, wouldn’t that mean he had passed eighteen scenarios?

That wasn’t a big shot; that was a giant shot. Only a fool wouldn’t listen to him.