Day of Imprisonment

“The number you dialed is powered off. Please try again later.”

On the first floor, Luo Xi looked at his phone, and Wu Rui next to him asked, "Is it powered off?"

Luo Xi nodded.

Wu Rui asked, "Do you think something happened to Mao Ge?"

"It's hard to say. The worst case is that he was killed by other Reminiscents in this instance, so his phone fell into their hands. However, they probably didn't notice it at first. A child found the phone and answered my call."

"If Mao Ge is dead, is there any point in us staying here?" Wu Rui asked.

Because they came to find Liu Mao.

"What I said just now is the worst-case scenario. Moreover, the parents of the child who answered the phone should be the ones who attacked Mao Ge; otherwise, they wouldn't have hung up on me. Under normal circumstances, no parent would kill someone in front of their child. So, we still need to confirm. Besides, we've already entered this instance and signed a contract. We can only leave after clearing it."

"Okay, what should we do now? If it's a family with children, maybe we can narrow down the range," Wu Rui said halfway, suddenly realizing that even so, they still didn't know how to find the people they were looking for in this apartment building with nearly a hundred households.

Even if the occupancy rate of this apartment building is only 50%, it's still a very difficult task. They can't just knock on every door and ask.

Wu Rui felt that this matter was tricky from the beginning.

Luo Xi, on the other hand, was wandering around on the first floor, as if looking for something.

"What are you looking for?" Wu Rui couldn't help but ask.

"The electrical meter box. Under normal circumstances, the meter would have the specific room number and the owner's name on it, but I didn't find it. That's right, if it were that easy to determine the situation of the residents in the building, then this instance would be too simple."

Not discouraged by not finding the electrical meter box, Luo Xi walked to a household near the elevator on the first floor and started knocking, while giving Wu Rui a 'shush' gesture.

The meaning was not to speak.

"In the end, we still have to knock on every door..." Wu Rui muttered in her heart.

At this moment, she hid on the side of the door, tightly gripping the handle of her knife.

The sound of knocking broke the original silence in the hallway.

Knock knock knock!

"Who is it?"

The security door opened, and an old woman in her sixties poked her head out, looking at Luo Xi with some vigilance.

"Hello, Grandma, I'm from the power company. This is my ID. We're going to replace the electric meters here recently. Originally, this matter was supposed to be handled by the apartment manager, but I can't contact him. Do you know how to contact him?"

Luo Xi made up a plausible story. The ID in his hand was his work badge, obviously certain that the other party wouldn't look at it carefully.

"I don't know either. I don't usually contact him," the old woman shook her head.

"Is there an owners' group? Can you add me to it? I'll contact him," Luo Xi took out his phone.

"Yes, wait a moment," the old woman didn't suspect anything and turned to get her phone. Luo Xi stood at the door, his eyes casually scanning the situation inside the house.

It should be a two-bedroom, one-living room layout. The area wasn't large, the furniture in the house was a bit old, and it looked messy. There was a smell of medicine. A family portrait hung on the wall, with two elderly people and other children and grandchildren together, at least three generations.

The owner names in the group were all marked with the room number + name + contact number, which was naturally convenient for management.

However, to join the group, the administrator needed to approve it before entering.

Luo Xi was certain that if he applied to join the group, he would be rejected.

But he still scanned the code and submitted a request to join the group.

At this time, Wu Rui couldn't help but come over to take a look, and found that Luo Xi had clicked on the group member list and was scrolling down.

"Found it, he's so smart. Using this method can indeed immediately locate Mao Ge's room number. Why didn't I think of that?" Wu Rui thought to herself as she looked at Liu Mao's name flashing on the phone screen.

At this time, the old woman on the opposite side already looked suspicious, probably realizing that Wu Rui's performance wasn't that of a 'serious person.'

"Thank you, Grandma, here's your phone back," Luo Xi simply searched and then returned the phone to the old woman.

The latter nodded and immediately closed the security door.

Presumably already on guard.

"I saw it just now, Mao Ge lives in 712, let's go up and find him directly," Wu Rui said, and Luo Xi also nodded. The two pressed the up button for the elevator.

Soon, the elevator door opened and the two walked in.

Inside the car, Wu Rui suddenly remembered something: "If Mao Ge has been caught, then even if we go to his house, we won't be able to find him. Moreover, someone may already be watching Mao Ge's house. Going there rashly will easily startle the snake."

Luo Xi nodded. The elevator made a creaking sound as it went up. Soon, the 7th floor arrived. The door opened, and the sound of children playing and laughing came from the corridor.

The two walked out of the elevator and looked around.

Over there, several children were chasing and playing.

Wu Rui was about to walk over there, but was stopped by Luo Xi.

"What's wrong?" As soon as Wu Rui opened her mouth, she saw Luo Xi make a silent gesture. She immediately closed her mouth nervously and looked around vigilantly.

Here, Luo Xi was at the corner, watching the children playing in the corridor over there.

"Brother Sixin, today is Sister Zhou Ya's birthday. My brother prepared a diary, what did you prepare?" The youngest child asked in a childish voice.

"Me? I didn't prepare anything, but my sister did. She and Sister Zhou Ya are classmates. I heard there's a big cake, with cream and chocolate flavor," the boy called Sixin said.

"Wow, I'm so looking forward to it."

"My dad said that next time it's my birthday, he'll buy me one too," Liu Sixin said.

"Then, can you give me some to eat then?" the child asked quickly.

"Yes, we're good friends. Good friends should know how to share."

Another slightly older boy didn't join the discussion, probably feeling it was very childish. He was focused on jumping rope, but his eyes occasionally glanced to the other side, not knowing what he was looking at.

"By the way, someone called your dad this morning, I answered the phone," the child remembered something and mentioned it.

"Liar, my dad went to work, and I don't even have a phone. You're so young, where did you get a phone?" Liu Sixin said angrily.

"Really, but my mom said someone dialed the wrong number."

At this time, another child ran over and joined them, doubling the fun and doubling the happiness.

Wu Rui turned her head at this time and whispered: "Luo Xi, could it be that the child who answered your call before was..."

Luo Xi nodded: "As far as I know, in the instances within the Day of Imprisonment, besides the administrator, the one who knows the most about the instance information is the Reminiscent who has preserved multiple memories. We don't have that much time to waste. It's best to directly contact the Reminiscent here."

"What?" Wu Rui didn't react.

"You follow me, don't talk, hold your knife tightly. If I say move, you move."

Luo Xi took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, but didn't light it.

Then he took out his phone, walked forward, and dialed a number. Wu Rui quickly followed behind.

After a few rings, the phone was answered.

"Hello?" A woman's voice came from the other side of the phone.

Luo Xi directly said: "Song Yan, open the door!"

"Who are you?" The woman on the other side of the phone was obviously a little dazed.

"I'm the one who called Liu Mao just now. Open the door, I'm at your door." At this time, Luo Xi had walked to the door of room 710 and stopped, then directly hung up the phone.

Not only was the woman on the phone stunned, but even the woman beside Luo Xi was stunned.

"How do you know the other party's name?" Wu Rui asked in a low voice.

Luo Xi frowned and made a silent gesture.

Wu Rui could only endure her curiosity. She remembered that Luo Xi had told her to follow him, not to speak, hold the knife tightly, and move when he said to move.

She had already hidden the dagger in her sleeve. At this time, she was a little nervous, but looking at Luo Xi, he not only didn't have a trace of nervousness or unnaturalness, but on the contrary, he had a visible confidence and an aura of controlling everything.

"I understand, this guy just memorized the room numbers and names of the 7th floor residents when he was looking at the old woman's phone. No, he may have memorized more things, even the information of all the members of the owners' group. But how can he be so sure that this family is the one who attacked Mao Ge? That's right, another reason why Luo Xi is so anxious is precisely for Mao Ge. According to his previous deduction, Mao Ge may not have been killed, but he is definitely in a dangerous situation. The sooner he acts, the sooner he can disrupt the other party's plan to kill people."

Thoughts surged in Wu Rui's mind. The next moment, the door of room 710 was opened.

The person who opened the door was a man, with obvious stubble, looking haggard, but with a strange ferocity in his eyes.

"Fan Yong?" Luo Xi at the door glanced at the other party and said directly: "Your two sons are outside, let's go inside and talk."

After speaking, he walked straight in, and the man inside subconsciously stepped aside.

Wu Rui also followed closely.

Her heart was beating fast, because the things that had happened so far were too exciting, but at this moment, all the messy thoughts in her mind had disappeared. Now, holding the handle of the knife tightly, she only knew that if Luo Xi said to move in a moment, she would not hesitate to kill.