Day of Imprisonment

《Administrator Employment Contract for Imprisonment Day Level Scenarios》

I. Contract Overview

This contract aims to clarify the responsibilities, obligations, assessment criteria, and reward/punishment rules for the Administrator of Imprisonment Day Level Scenarios (hereinafter referred to as "Administrator"), ensuring the dangerousness, orderliness, and fun of the level scenarios.

II. Responsibilities and Obligations

Scenario Management: The Administrator shall be fully responsible for the normal operation of the Imprisonment Day level scenarios, including but not limited to designing and maintaining the operating mechanisms within the scenarios, reasonably arranging cleaning work, and setting specific "Killing Time" and its triggering mechanisms.

Content Creation: Design and set up diverse "Puzzle Solving" and "Mini-Game" segments, ensuring the content is rich, logically sound, and setting clear clearance standards. The Administrator needs to continuously innovate to enhance the gaming experience.

Rule Guidance: Without interfering with the free movement of the Reminiscers (players), the Administrator has the obligation to provide clear rule explanations and guidance to ensure all participants understand the game rules.

Memory Inheritance: If a situation of total amnesia occurs, the Administrator shall immediately report the current game rules and progress to the next round of newly born Reminiscers to ensure game continuity.

Non-Aggression Principle: The Administrator is strictly prohibited from attacking or killing Reminiscers without cause, and violators will bear serious consequences.

III. Assessment Criteria

KPI Indicators: The main assessment is the efficiency and quality of the Administrator in killing Reminiscers using game rules, specifically measured by "Number of Kills" and "Total Score".

Number of Kills: Records the number of times the Administrator successfully kills Reminiscers through reasonable rule design.

Total Score: Reminiscers have different scores based on the number of cycles and difficulty levels. The Administrator needs to guide the rules to maximize the total score.

This contract shall come into effect from the date of signature by both parties and shall remain valid until the specified date or until terminated by mutual agreement. The Administrator shall strictly abide by all the terms of this contract to ensure the dangerousness and excitement of the Imprisonment Day level scenarios.

Luo Xi looked at the contract, lost in thought.

There was a pen on the table, obviously, if he picked up the pen and signed his name below, would the contract come into effect?

And would he become the administrator of Sega Apartment Building?

Replacing Zhou Xinpeng's position?

"Luo Xi."

Liu Mao's voice interrupted Luo Xi's thoughts.

At this moment, the other party was standing behind him, obviously having something to say, but seeing the contract and other documents on the table, Liu Mao was also stunned.

"Strange, why are the other papers full of garbled characters except for this contract?"

Liu Mao said.

Then he looked at the contract, obviously a little unbelievable.

Now, Liu Mao already believed in the incredible things that sounded like 'Imprisonment Day' and 'Reminiscers'.

Facts speak louder than words.

He had no choice but to believe.

But what followed was a strong sense of worry. Liu Mao himself was not afraid of suffering, but he was afraid of his family suffering.

"Luo Xi, what should we do?"

Liu Mao looked back at his wife and children huddled together, the worry on his face was already obvious. Most importantly, there was only worry, but no solution for the future, very powerless, very desperate.

"Brother Mao, we'll do whatever we have to do."

Luo Xi's answer was very simple.

It even sounded like an impatient and perfunctory nonsense.

But obviously, Luo Xi didn't mean that, and Liu Mao could tell that he didn't mean that.

However, Luo Xi found that Liu Mao was still in a state of confusion, so after thinking about it, he said: "According to the currently known rules of Imprisonment Day, as long as you don't enter the level scenario, then life is still quite normal. Even, if you are optimistic and look at it from a different perspective, it might be even more exciting."

"? ? ?" The question marks on Liu Mao's face were clearly visible.

"Look, let me give you an example. As long as you don't enter the level scenario, you actually won't experience death."

"Moreover, as long as it's past midnight, everything will be reset. Of course, including memories. It seems very hopeless, but if you look at it from another perspective, there are some fun things in it. For example, you can spend all your money on this day. Do whatever you want, buy the luxury goods you didn't dare to buy, eat the big meals you couldn't bear to eat, do the things you wanted to do in the past, but were reluctant to do, or didn't dare to do, because at this time, there is nothing to restrain your desires anymore... When you spend everything at night and become penniless, when the next day comes, everything is reset, and your zeroed bank card is filled with lovely numbers again. Then, another exciting day begins."

"But that requires retaining memories, and to retain memories, you must enter the level and obtain memory cards. Okay, this is indeed a very interesting mechanism, like a sophisticated instrument. Even those who stand at the top and don't need to personally enter the level scenario to obtain memory cards, they also need to obtain memory cards from the Reminiscers who can enter the level scenario. But, this is definitely not a long-term solution, because no one wants to be exploited, and in the scenario, there are not only memory cards hahaha, interesting!"

Luo Xi was initially talking to himself, but as he spoke, he seemed to be engaging in a fascinating dialogue with himself, caught up in a certain enthusiastic fervor.

Moreover, he was enjoying it immensely.

Beside him, Liu Mao stared wide-eyed, unable to interject, mainly because his mind couldn't quite keep up.

"So, who designed all of this?"

"Did it form naturally? No, that's absolutely impossible. How could a false world form naturally? Someone designed this, but why would he, or they, design this false world? What's the purpose?"

"This needs to be explored. Perhaps exploration itself is one of their purposes. Assuming the person behind this is mentally ill, then it just so happens that I'm mentally ill too. I understand this group better than anyone else. But mentally ill people are still people. It's just that this group's thoughts are different from most people's, which is why they're labeled as 'sick' and 'alternative.' And if you think about problems according to their way of thinking, you'll find that everything they do also operates according to the logic of information guiding, knowledge forming opinions, opinions guiding behavior, and behavior producing consequences."

"So, there's an interesting answer hidden within the Day of Confinement. I have to figure it out."

At this moment, Luo Xi looked up at the bewildered Liu Mao.

"Sorry, it's like this, Brother Mao. My suggestion is to let things take their course, especially with children. There's no need to remember those bad things, right? Look, both kids have fear in their eyes. Clearly, everything they saw earlier was too stimulating for them. This kind of memory isn't good for children's growth. If no one else takes over the manager's position at the Sega Apartments, this scenario will be abolished, and I'll take away the management contract here. This should ensure that this place becomes a normal place. In short, after today, tomorrow will still be a beautiful day."

"And you can choose to be with your family, or you can choose to help me."

"Why me?" Liu Mao understood this time. He was curious and didn't understand at all.

Luo Xi looked up at the wriggling hair on the ceiling.

"I think you and Zhou Ya are the same level of Cleaner. It's also possible that she's a little stronger than you. And the existence of Cleaners is very special. I haven't completely figured it out yet."

"I understand. I'll help you, as long as you need me. Although I don't know how I can help you, I'll do my best. Luo Xi, you're my team member. I trust you."

Liu Mao didn't seem to think too much, nor did he fall into indecisive entanglement.

He's a good man who takes care of his family and is willing to take responsibility, but also a loyal, righteous, and decisive man.

"Good." Luo Xi took out a memory card and handed it to Liu Mao.

"In a while, the killing time will be over. If nothing unexpected happens, everyone else in the apartment building will be dead. Brother Mao, take your family away temporarily. You can stay in a hotel, or go to the amusement park. In short, spend time with them. Call me for the next round."

Luo Xi looked at the time at this moment.

Zhou Ya's killing time had unknowingly lasted for forty minutes. In fact, since just now, no more screams could be heard in the entire Sega Apartment building. Apart from the sound of the hair wriggling, it could be said to be eerily quiet.

This shows that, except for Room 809, everyone in the entire building is dead.

"So powerful!"

Luo Xi knew that this little girl Zhou Ya was powerful, but actually seeing it with his own eyes and experiencing it firsthand still surprised him greatly.

"She's the most powerful Cleaner I've ever seen. Her hair can cover the entire building, killing everyone in the building. She's unbelievably powerful. It's just a pity that the price she pays for triggering the killing time is death. In other words, she's already dead. She's a corpse. Once the killing time is over, she's worthless."

Luo Xi got up and walked into the bedroom at this moment. He was clearly not afraid of Zhou Ya.

Even though Zhou Ya looked extremely terrifying at this moment.

That massive amount of hair was connected to the ceiling, densely packed. Even those without trypophobia would get goosebumps seeing this scene.

However, if you ignore the hair and the pale, cold skin that had become like a corpse, strictly speaking, little Zhou Ya was still a very beautiful and lovely girl.

"Why did Zhou Xinpeng turn his daughter into a Cleaner?"

Luo Xi said to himself at this moment.

Inside the bedroom, he stood by the bed looking at Zhou Ya, then walked over and placed his hand on the girl's neck.

"She's indeed dead!"

A dagger was inserted into her chest, and her neck was pierced by a sharp weapon. She was indeed dead beyond dead.

Luo Xi saw clearly just now that the fatal wound on her neck was stabbed by Wang Tao, but the dagger in her chest was not.

"She had already suffered a near-fatal injury before. Her dress was almost dyed red, and the bed was also covered in blood. Who injured her before?"

Luo Xi tentatively reached out to touch Zhou Ya at this moment. After not finding anything else unusual, he directly pulled Zhou Ya aside.

Underneath the corpse, there was a bloodstained diary.

"There's actually an unexpected discovery?"

Luo Xi sat directly on the bed and picked up the diary. Before he had time to open it and read it, he saw a line of text appear on the diary.

[Bloodstained Diary], Special Item, Status: Manifested (Can be converted into a card). Please note that there is an extremely powerful curse on the diary. If you don't want to be plagued by the curse, don't open it—of course, you can also not listen to me.