Day of Imprisonment

Section A, third floor.

“This place is really a mess,” Mao Ge said.

His situation is very special. Although the negative effects of the forbidden memories were temporarily resolved by Luo Xi using 【Lies】, this situation is still not very stable. This causes Mao Ge to be in a daze from time to time, and even his reactions are half a beat slower than usual.

Honestly, Mao Ge's current situation is indeed not right, but Luo Xi can still be sure that this is Mao Ge.

Because Luo Xi can sense people who are affected by 【Lies】.

But Luo Xi couldn't be sure about other people.

Just now, when everyone regrouped from their hiding places, Luo Xi noticed something was wrong.

Let’s not talk about Liang Qiu’s people for the time being, because Luo Xi is not familiar with them. But for the few people on his side, Luo Xi can be said to be quite familiar with them.

Although some of them looked no different from before, Luo Xi still noticed the abnormality.

The first is Lin Qiqi.

The tian tattoo on her hand has changed from her left hand to her right hand.

Also, the way she looks at herself is not right.

It's like a different person.

Besides these, Luo Xi has no other evidence. If Lin Qiqi really had an accident, then there must be one or more hidden dangers lurking in the team.

I am in the open and the enemy is in the dark. What Luo Xi can do is to isolate the danger.

As for the others, Wu Rui and Lin Qiqi were hiding in the same place before. Lin Qiqi, a veteran who has survived hundreds of cycle days, has had an accident, so how can Wu Rui be spared?

Something must have happened to her too.

And if we want to divide into groups, it is impossible to only put them two together, so let’s first let Guo Zening, who has the weakest ability and the lowest value, suffer. As for Ke Lan, Luo Xi needs him to verify this matter, but this process is very dangerous, so they must be separated, so even if something happens, it will not affect Luo Xi and Mao Ge's side.

As for Liang Qiu's side, Luo Xi doesn't know if anything happened to anyone, so to be safe, separating is safer.

At this time, Luo Xi touched a small ball of paper in his pocket.

Take it out, open it and take a look.

There are a few words written on it.

“Be careful, there are ghosts, identity, hide-and-seek!”

Just these nine words.

And it's written crookedly, like a ghost drawing symbols.

The ball of paper was given to him by someone before entering the scene.

It's a kind of hint.

But before this, Luo Xi didn't know the other party's intention, and didn't know whether the hint on the note was true or false, but after experiencing the previous series of events, it did confirm a lot, and this kind of hint has no guidance, it is just a simple hint.

Even if it's to harm people, it won't work.

Let’s assume that the other party is a kind of ‘kindness’.

But in fact, even without this note as a reminder, Luo Xi can deal with the sudden situation in this scene.

Four hints.

Be careful is easy to understand. Identity means to pay attention to the importance of identity in the scene, such as ‘hiders’ and ‘seekers’. Different identities face different situations.

Hide-and-seek is the only directivity, indicating that you can start with the horror plot of ‘hide-and-seek’.

Now, Luo Xi is doing just that.

He learned about the kid ghost hiding in the drawer from the hide-and-seek plot, and learned from him about the small dining table located upstairs.

So he came.

Among the four hints on the note, the only thing Luo Xi found strange was the words ‘there are ghosts’.

“Everyone can see that there are ghosts in the Haunted Building. Is it necessary to specifically remind me on the note? Or does this ‘there are ghosts’ have a special meaning? For example, can it replace the Memory Pickers without anyone knowing? Then, will the replaced person die, or will they be transferred to another place?”

Just at this moment, Fatty Qian over there whispered and waved to Luo Xi.

Luo Xi and Mao Ge walked over and saw that there was a sign hanging on the door of a house over there.

On the old advertising paper, the cheap-feeling printing type read the words ‘Worry-Free Small Dining Table’.

At this moment, the door is tightly closed.

Luo Xi looked at the time, and there were only two minutes left before the rotation of ‘Night’.

It can be said that time flies by.

“Knock on the door!” After Luo Xi finished speaking, Fatty Qian stepped forward and knocked on the door without hesitation.

Dong dong dong!

The sound seemed very loud in the quiet corridor.

Luo Xi leaned against the railing at this time and looked up at the upper floors.

It's also very quiet.

“Liang Qiu said that before, just their Awakened Association had more than twenty people enter this scene, but from beginning to end, it has been very quiet here. Keeping quiet is right, but it may also be because other reasons prevent them from, or dare not, make too much noise. But the problem is, it's daytime now, so why is there no movement?”

Luo Xi didn't understand this point very well.

Since the scene is divided into two time periods, day and night, it is known that various ghosts and monsters will appear during the night time, and the ghosts and monsters will disappear during the day.

Just like the kid ghost in the drawer before.

But why is it still so quiet here during the day?

The secret of the scene, obviously they have not yet peeked into it, even if they see a part of it, it is just the tip of the iceberg.

The fatty knocked several times, but there was no movement from inside the door.

There is only one minute left before ‘Night’.

Luo Xi walked to the window next to him at this time and leaned in to look inside.

But the sky was as dark as night, and there were no lights inside, so he couldn't see anything.

“Brother Luo, if you want to go in, I have a way.” Fatty Qian said at this time.

Then he took out a card.

[Unlock], Level 2, can open some uncomplicated mechanical door locks — Entering without permission is also stealing!

“Open it!” Luo Xi didn't expect Fatty Qian to have such a good thing.

Without hesitation, Fatty Qian immediately used the card.

The next moment, he pushed with his hand, and the door opened.

Luo Xi immediately walked in.

Inside, there were several tables, which looked like second-hand desks and chairs that had been eliminated from schools or some training institutions. The traces of use were very obvious. There were all kinds of messy carvings on the table, and there were simple wooden bookshelves next to them, which were filled with old books, including comic books, picture books...

Of course, the room was empty, and it looked like no one had lived there for a long time, with dust covering the furniture and utensils.

There were maps on the walls, with transparent tape patching up the damaged parts. Overall, the room had a visible sense of cheapness.

The fat man was rummaging around aimlessly, seemingly busy, but in reality, he didn't find anything valuable.

Luo Xi, on the other hand, stood in the room, his eyes scanning everywhere.

Time was running out.

One minute to investigate a room was simply not enough.

The next second, Luo Xi walked over, pulled out a book from the bookshelf, and then walked to one of the tables, reaching out to tear off the tablecloth covering it.

This table was the only small desk covered with a tablecloth.

However, the tabletop still had various graffiti and carvings, and the situation was even worse than the other tables.

Perhaps that was why it was covered with a tablecloth to hide it.

Luo Xi reached out and touched the messy carvings on the table, then, as if discovering something, quickly found a practice notebook and half a pencil from the table's drawer.

He tore a page from the practice notebook, pressed it on an area of the table, and quickly rubbed it with the pencil. This was the simplest method of rubbing.

A strange pattern appeared on the paper.

Just as Luo Xi finished, the bell rang.

Piercingly.

Immediately followed by the announcement.

"Attention, daytime is over, entering nighttime!"

"Attention, daytime is over, entering nighttime!"

"Attention, daytime is over, entering nighttime!"

Along with the announcement, the room began to change.

"Get out quickly!"

Luo Xi shouted at this moment.

Qian Pangzi yelled and immediately ran out.

Luo Xi also ran, and at the same time, he tore off a piece of paper from the wall that was about to disappear.

The entire room, as if switching dimensions, began to change visibly.

There was no significant difference in general, but the details changed greatly.

Many things disappeared.

For example, the torn paper in the trash can, and the used chalk box on the windowsill, as well as the messy scratches that Luo Xi had rubbed on the table earlier.

These were the observable changes, and of course, there must be unobservable ones as well.

And one more thing.

The door.

It was open before, and Luo Xi had Mao Ge watching at the door.

But at this moment, when 'daytime' turned into 'nighttime,' the open door had somehow closed.

As if the door had always been closed and had never been opened.

Neither Luo Xi nor Qian Pangzi had run out. Moreover, there were now more than just the two of them in the room.

Suddenly, several figures appeared.

Qian Pangzi's body went numb, and he didn't dare to move, shivering as he looked at Luo Xi. The latter gestured for Qian Pangzi to stay calm, indicating not to rush or be afraid.

Luo Xi then looked at the figures in the room.

Because the light was dim, all the figures looked pitch black, with only a rough human shape.

Or perhaps, they were originally just black human silhouettes.

One was sitting at the back table, seemingly writing something, one was lying on the ground, as if looking for something, and another was standing still at the back. Luo Xi looked at it, and it seemed to be looking at Luo Xi as well.

The next moment, a sense of danger suddenly struck.

Qian Pangzi reacted almost instinctively, taking out a card and activating it.

Immediately, a dazzling light appeared, like a small light ball floating up, but the next second, it was grabbed by a black figure rushing over and extinguished directly.

As easily as crushing a cigarette butt.

This fierce ghost, fierce was the only word to describe it.

Thump!

Qian Pangzi directly knelt on the ground, not knowing whether it was a tactical surrender or he was really scared like this.

At the same time, an unimaginable terrifying coldness swept out, filling the entire room.

The figure writing homework at the table looked up, and the one lying on the ground looking for something also turned its head.

The danger was already self-evident.

"I am Zhang Hao's parent, here to pick him up."

Luo Xi's voice, at this moment, was like a ray of sunshine tearing through the darkness, or like a warm stove in the cold winter, instantly sweeping away the original cold, tense, and terrifying atmosphere in the room.

In this situation, Qian Pangzi's brain was completely blank, without any means or ideas to deal with it.

Even if he had any, he was thinking about how he would die.

Would he be skinned or have his bones broken...

Also, who was Zhang Hao?

"You've finally come," the terrifying ghost figure was stunned for a moment, then a woman's voice came. The next moment, the sense of terror in the room dissipated, and at the same time, the figure turned its head and said to the ghost figure writing homework in the dark, "Zhang Xinyue, how many times have I told you, turn on the light when doing homework. Your eyes are nearsighted, and your parents will have to come to me."

The next moment, someone turned on the light.

Although it was still dim, the original terrifying eeriness in the room was greatly reduced.

But it was still there, and the situation was not safe.

Because after being able to see, it could be confirmed that the three figures in this room were all ghosts.

Standing opposite Luo Xi was a long-haired female ghost. She had no eyeballs, her eye sockets were sunken and retracted, like two terrifying black holes. Her skin was pale, without a trace of blood. Strangely, there was black gas entwined around her, but there were also many white mists flowing.

So it made the female ghost look like she was standing in a strange mist.

The one doing homework was a little girl, of course, also a ghost. She did have eyes, but her eyes were bulging out, almost falling out, and she had no eyelids, as if they had been cut off, looking like her face was covered in blood. In addition, the little girl's mouth was sewn shut with needle and thread, and she held a pen in her hand, with books on the table.

A child ghost who was a scholar?

As for the one lying on the ground looking for something, it was a bit ordinary compared to the previous two, just that its mouth was full of sharp teeth. The teeth were crooked and very thick, and many had pierced through the skin of the face, growing outside, densely packed.

The long-haired female ghost then stretched out her pale and strangely long fingers towards Luo Xi.

"Tuition fee, please settle it!"