Day of Imprisonment

Wu Rui's life has been very bumpy.

A girl with only a junior college degree, not tall, no background, no backing, and from an ordinary rural family, the only thing that others see as an asset is her very well-proportioned figure and sweet appearance.

Her close friends all call her Little Sweetie.

In her village, valuing sons over daughters is a common phenomenon. Her childhood and adolescence were very depressing. Going to school and coming to the city gave her a chance to breathe. Here, she didn't have to worry every day, and she didn't have to endure the disgusted eyes of her parents. For a while, she felt she had gained freedom.

And in that home that made her feel disgusted from the bottom of her heart, the only thing that made her feel nostalgic was her little sister.

There are three children in her family. She is the oldest, with a younger brother and a younger sister below.

Her parents only had eyes for her brother. She and her younger sister were not only frequently given the cold shoulder, but also had an exclusive nickname.

Money-losing goods!

Relying on her own efforts to come to work in a big city is like escaping the cage of her original family, except that the price is that she needs to give half of her income to her parents every month, with the beautiful name of saving a bride price for your brother.

So Wu Rui put in more effort than others. For her, the job of customer service is the only formal job she can find at present that is relatively good in all aspects and relatively decent.

She also has several part-time jobs, otherwise, it would be impossible to buy her own private car.

Of course, like all young people of this age, they have unrealistic fantasies and a little ambition. They think that the current broken job is just a stepping stone for them to embark on the road to success, a temporary transfer station used to accumulate living expenses and social experience. In the future, they will definitely live better than now and find a better job.

The terrifying 'Brother Mao' used almost incomprehensible means to kill everyone she knew one by one. Some had their necks twisted off, and some had their heads smashed like watermelons.

Also smashed together was the beautiful life she longed for.

From the moment she remembered these things, the world changed.

At that time, she was frightened. Even after Brother Mao pounced on her, she peed her pants directly, opened her mouth wide, trembled, shed tears, but couldn't shout.

Very ashamed, but when death is imminent, who cares about face?

Fear, confusion, and the pain left in her memory when her neck was twisted, all of these accompanied her memory and appeared in Wu Rui's mind.

When she came back to her senses, she realized that she was standing in the elevator.

Still alive.

Time seemed to have returned to earlier that day, when she had just arrived at the company to work.

But the memory was terrifyingly real, and even the pain of broken bones still remained on her body. She was terrified, and the accumulated depression and fear made her unable to help but scream hysterically, which made the others in the elevator look at her.

Only one person looked at her with a different expression.

Later, this person became Wu Rui's 'guide' to survive. She told Wu Rui everything about the Day of Imprisonment, told her what she could do and what she couldn't do, and also taught her how to kill people hand-in-hand.

"The most unexpected murder weapon is a pen. Stab the eyes, be unexpected, be fast, so that it can directly penetrate the brain and instantly kill people."

That person said these words in a gentle tone. At that time, Wu Rui was still a little unacceptable, but soon, she knew that in order to survive, humans could do anything.

After realizing the environment she was in, Wu Rui said that she must escape.

She also wanted to take her little sister out of another 'hell'.

She promised.

It's just that the 'guide' smiled, shook her head, and said a desperate fact in a gentle tone: "Wu Rui, although I don't want to admit it, the truth is that no one can escape from the Day of Imprisonment."

"How do you know?" Wu Rui was very unconvinced, and a surge of anger welled up in her heart, mainly because she didn't want to extinguish the ray of hope in her heart that kept her going.

The other party did not answer, just shook her head with a smile, as if answering in this way.

The two of them spent two Days of Imprisonment together. Once, they really persisted until the end. It was already night, and it was past 10 pm. According to the rules said by the guide, they only needed to survive until midnight to pass the level.

They could leave this scene.

At that time, Wu Rui didn't know the deep meaning of the 'this scene' that the guide said. She always thought that 'this scene' was referring to the Day of Imprisonment, but later she realized that the scope of the Day of Imprisonment was bigger than she thought.

"This world is fake."

She also understood the meaning of this sentence later.

Unfortunately, they still failed that time. Even with the very rare initial card of 'hiding place', they still did not escape Brother Mao's killing time, and fell short at 11:49.

Even if she didn't pass the level, Wu Rui still retained her memory and became a 'senior' Memory Retriever.

Of course, she heeded the 'Guide's' advice, careful and cautious, never revealing any abnormalities, never letting anyone catch her with a weakness, because in this scenario, there must be other 'veteran Memory Retrievers'.

Whoever exposes themselves first is naturally at a disadvantage.

It's always wise to be wary of others.

But she gradually forgot one thing: it seemed that the main goal should have been to clear the scenario, but unknowingly, it turned into a mutual killing among Memory Retrievers, because only by killing Memory Retrievers could one obtain 'Memory Card' rewards, so as not to become an amnesiac on the next Day of Imprisonment.

After multiple cycles, Wu Rui's relationship with the 'Guide' naturally became closer and closer. Sometimes, she would confide in her, revealing some of her own secrets, such as her background, family, and her younger sister.

The 'Guide' would just smile and say nothing, and from her appearance, one couldn't tell what she was thinking at all.

Of course, the Guide must also have her secrets, but unlike Wu Rui, she had never revealed them. However, Wu Rui could still see a hint of something.

The 'Guide' seemed to have a 'focus' on one of her colleagues that was different from others. Although this 'focus' had almost no manifestation, Wu Rui could still perceive it.

Wu Rui was also very familiar with that colleague, and he was 100% an amnesiac, doing the same things every day, just like an NPC in a game.

Once, Wu Rui couldn't help but ask the 'Guide' why she felt she paid special attention to that male colleague named Luo Xi.

The Guide's answer was very strange.

"You know, if you give a Memory Card to an amnesiac, then in the next round, that amnesiac will retain their memory and become a Memory Retriever. Wu Rui, you promise me, forever, never give him a Memory Card, okay?"

"Why would I give it to him?"

"Just promise me."

"Okay, I promise you." Perhaps seeing the Guide's expression more serious than ever before, Wu Rui nodded, although she was curious in her heart. But little did Wu Rui know at that time that the other party would do something that she would regret for the rest of her life, but was also helpless to prevent.

"Wu Rui, I'm tired!" The Guide's tone was low. Although she still had that smile on her face, hidden behind the smile was despair and numbness.

"What?" Wu Rui was stunned.

Immediately afterwards, the Guide walked out. Wu Rui hurriedly chased after her, and without attracting the attention of others as much as possible, they came to the elevator door one after another.

The Guide pressed the elevator's down button.

"What what are you going to do?" An ominous premonition arose in Wu Rui's heart.

The Guide said, "Just like I said just now, I'm tired. I choose to give up. Wu Rui, remember the scenario rules I told you: Memory Retrievers cannot leave the scenario range before clearing the scenario, otherwise, their memories will be directly erased and they will become amnesiacs."

Wu Rui immediately widened her eyes: "No... Why? You're going downstairs? You mean by giving up..."

"Yes, I'm really tired. After all, even he is trapped in the Day of Imprisonment... Xiao Rui, I'm desperate because I can't see the direction. I'm even a little confused about where I came from... I want to clear the fog, but the fog never dissipates... When did all this start? Where is the initial starting point? How many times have I cycled? How many times have I become a Memory Retriever? I dare not think about these questions, but I can't help but think about them. Every cycle is a torment for me. I'm tired... Please forgive me for becoming a deserter, Xiao Rui, you have to work hard!"

At this time, the elevator door opened, and the Guide walked in without hesitation, and then pressed the button for the 1st floor.

Wu Rui was already stunned. She tried to step forward to stop her, but the elevator door closed at this moment.

She watched helplessly as the elevator floor indicator went all the way from the twenty-third floor to the first floor.

In her mind, there was only a trace of relief on the Guide's face in the elevator at the moment the elevator door closed.

She cried.

Hiding in the bathroom, covering her mouth, crying silently.

She felt an extremely strong sense of loneliness, and even had the impulse to go down with her and become an amnesiac, because amnesiacs can forget all the unhappiness and despair.

But that is tantamount to giving up. She must escape from this false world and then find her younger sister.

During that time, she felt that she was no different from a walking corpse. If it weren't for the extra Memory Cards she had on hand, she might not have been able to hold on.

Later, that kind of sadness gradually subsided, and she began to carefully recall what the 'Guide' had said and done, and then she surprisingly discovered one thing: it seemed that the 'Guide' had come for someone from the very beginning.

The other party had also been observing that person.

Cycle after cycle, reincarnation after reincarnation, if you recall carefully, the other party was secretly paying attention to Luo Xi.

Luo Xi!

"Could it be that when she said 'After all, even he is trapped in the Day of Imprisonment' when she entered the elevator, was she talking about Luo Xi? Did she know Luo Xi?"

"But Luo Xi, there's nothing special about him!"

Although she didn't think so in her heart, from that day on, Wu Rui also began to secretly observe Luo Xi, until that time when the killing time suddenly started, she subconsciously pulled Luo Xi to run. Although she didn't escape—of course, it was impossible to escape, because no one could survive Liu Mao's killing time.

But in the next cycle, she found that Luo Xi had become a Memory Retriever.

"I didn't give him a Memory Card. This is a randomly generated Memory Retriever. Okay, Guide, I'll see what's so special about him."