Day of Imprisonment

The card in his hand turned into a cloud of white mist. The next moment, the refrigerator door in the kitchen was pushed open, and a person with a duck's head walked out brazenly.

“Ah, it's Donald Duck!” Liu Mao's youngest son, Liu Sixin, exclaimed in surprise.

“Shhh~” His eleven-year-old sister, Liu Simiao, immediately covered her brother's mouth.

Clearly, the clever girl had already realized that the current situation was very abnormal.

The two siblings were hiding behind their parents, watching everything happening in front of them with curiosity and a hint of fear.

Duck Prophet stepped out, brushing off the ice from his body as he walked. If you looked closely, this guy was actually wearing a combat camouflage uniform, with a chainsaw on his back, and his exposed arms were bulging with muscles.

He walked over with a smile, looking at Luo Xi with a playful gaze.

“Quack, quack~”

He took out a piece of paper and handed it over rather rudely.

Luo Xi took it and glanced at it. There were six task descriptions on it.

This should be all the tasks in the current level that could earn rewards.

The security door had already been broken open. Fan Yong, covered in bloodlust with a face twisted with hatred, stood at the door with a hammer in his hand. But as Luo Xi expected, he did not rush in immediately, but looked at the Duck Prophet in the house with an extremely strange look.

Duck Prophet also looked at Fan Yong with some surprise.

He probably didn't expect to encounter another cleaner as soon as he entered the scene.

The eyes of the two monsters met directly.

Buzz! Buzz~ Buzz!

The sound of the chainsaw revving was enough to make people's scalps tingle.

“Run!”

Luo Xi said to Liu Mao at this time, and then ran out directly.

The Liu Mao family of four also hurriedly followed.

Zhang Butcher followed along, but Wang Tao didn't run. His position was bad, and at this moment the two monsters were already fighting together, with hammers flying and chainsaws sweeping. In addition, the living room was not big to begin with, and now it was even harder to rush out.

So, in panic, Wang Tao hid in the toilet, locked the door, and kept shivering.

“Brother Mao, you guys go to Room 809, Zhou Xinpeng's house,” Luo Xi quickly instructed.

“Ah, but what if he doesn't open the door?” Liu Mao asked.

At this time, it was so dangerous, it would be troublesome if they couldn't knock on the door.

“Don't worry, he will definitely open the door, and he won't stop you.” Luo Xi was very sure.

“Okay, okay!” Liu Mao didn't ask any more questions.

Luo Xi then looked at Zhang Butcher: “How should I address this brother?”

“My surname is Zhang.”

“Brother Zhang, come with me.”

“Ah, me?”

“Yes, you.”

Luo Xi separated from the Liu Mao family of four at the stairwell, each going their own way. He took Zhang Butcher down to the fifth floor and stopped in front of a metal box hanging on the wall outside room 502.

This metal box looked like something used to deliver newspapers, but the texture was better. The metal box was divided into two layers, the upper layer was not locked, and the lower layer was locked. Opening the upper layer, there was a piece of paper inside, with a riddle written on it.

The content was: The depths of the fifth floor hide mysteries, faint dark stars point the way. Shadows mottled before the second door, gentle whispers of wind at the third floor corner. The fourth floor's tranquility awakens dreams, moonlight faintly sprinkles, suspecting there is no road. Only the top floor's starlight twinkles, the key awaits the destined one.

This was a 'puzzle-solving' element in the level scene.

Just like the math test paper Luo Xi had discovered before, and the 'Who is the manager' puzzle element that was triggered unintentionally.

The 'Duck Prophet' had already listed all the 'puzzle-solving' and 'game' element tasks with rewards in this level scene on the paper he gave him.

No need to explore and discover by himself, it was given directly.

Of course, the price was ten minutes of 'slaughter time'.

And all the rewards for these puzzle-solving and game tasks were random card draws.

The importance of cards in the Day of Imprisonment need not be said.

Sometimes, they can really turn the tide and reverse the situation.

Collecting as many cards as possible was the most important purpose for a Memory Retriever entering a level scene.

Luo Xi looked at the riddle on the paper and silently recited it.

Zhang Butcher next to him also came over to take a look, then stared with wide eyes: “What is this? What lone star, what gentle whispers of wind? Little brother, you and Lao Liu are friends, so we are also friends. Shouldn't we be hiding right now? Why are we here solving riddles?”

“Brother Zhang, Wu Rui should have told you that to join us, you must listen to commands in all actions.”

“That little girl? Yes, she said that.”

“I am the commander. Please, Brother Zhang, go to the stairwell and keep an eye out for me. If those two monsters come down, notify me immediately.”

This was the reason why Luo Xi had to bring someone with him.

Originally, this task should have been given to Brother Mao, but Luo Xi really couldn't bear to break up their family of four, so since there was this Brother Zhang, he would let him help.

“Okay!” Zhang Butcher didn't say much. He was also a straightforward person, and he could see that both the little girl and Liu Mao were actually listening to this young man in front of him. If that was the case, then he could too, maybe he could really survive.

He immediately ran to the stairwell to keep watch.

“In such a big apartment building, hiding a key, it would be almost impossible to find it without corresponding clues. I've probably figured out the design rules of the level scene, which is to be 'relatively reasonable', that is, the puzzles must be achievable to be set in the scene. So, the premise is already clear, the key can be found through the riddle.”

“So, what did the riddle say? The depths of the fifth floor hide mysteries, faint dark stars point the way. Shadows mottled before the second door, gentle whispers of wind at the third floor corner. The fourth floor's tranquility awakens dreams, moonlight faintly sprinkles, suspecting there is no road. Only the top floor's starlight twinkles, the key awaits the destined one. Ah, I understand.”

Luo Xi just pondered for a moment, then took out his phone and turned on the flashlight function.

The stairwell was actually very dim at this time, but the lights were not on.

Luo Xi looked up at the lampshade on the top of the stairwell, and then illuminated it with the light from his phone.

When he reached the fourth lampshade, he could vaguely see something in the lampshade.

Luo Xi found some stacked debris nearby, and used a broom to smash the lampshade.

Crash.

Along with the broken lampshade, a key fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

“'The depths of the fifth floor hide mysteries, faint dark stars point the way.' refers to the key being hidden on the fifth floor, and 'faint dark stars' may imply certain locations on the fifth floor (such as room numbers, landmarks). In fact, dark stars can be seen as 'extinguished lights'.”

“As for 'Shadows mottled before the second door, gentle whispers of wind at the third floor corner. The fourth floor's tranquility awakens dreams, moonlight faintly sprinkles, suspecting there is no road.' these sentences are all misleading, and they all hint very clearly that they are a waste of time. So, from the beginning, the key was on the fifth floor, very close to that metal box, and the last sentence 'starlight twinkles' means that extra light is needed to find the key.”

“To be honest, Radish, the riddles you design are too simple, and I will definitely take all the rewards in your scene!”

Luo Xi then used the key to open the second layer of the metal box and took out a card from it.

It was a [Memory Card].