Day of Imprisonment

"Keep 【Teacher Yan】 safe. If you leave the company and your identity reverts to that of a Memory Recaller, activate it immediately." Luo Xi solemnly handed Zhou Di the card numbered 001.

Without a doubt, this card was the most important link in the 'Project Metamorphosis'.

And Zhou Di was Mr. D's interface.

That's why he possessed abilities that others didn't, namely, he could preserve memories without needing 【Memory】.

In other words, during the entire Day of Confinement, countless people might lose their memories, but Zhou Di wouldn't.

He was the only exception.

If he hadn't been promoted to the company's vice president and, through carelessness, been jointly attacked by several other vice presidents and then confined here using the scene mechanism, Zhou Di could almost be said to be the strongest existence within the Day of Confinement.

But even in this situation, having 【Teacher Yan】 with Zhou Di was the safest option.

Because, relatively speaking, Luo Xi was currently just a Memory Recaller, and the risk of 【Teacher Yan】 remaining in his hands was too great.

If that weren't the case, Luo Xi wouldn't have hidden 【Teacher Yan】 on the top floor of the headquarters building replicated by the Cube.

"There are currently only two ways to restore your identity as a Memory Recaller. One is to completely dismantle the existence of 'the Company'. If the Company no longer exists, the constraints it creates will also disappear. However, this is very difficult, even unrealistic, because 【Teacher Yan】 is in card form, and 'the Company' is part of Mr. D. So, that leaves only one path: for a 'General Manager'-level existence to emerge within the Company and fire you."

Becoming the Company's General Manager was equivalent to embarking on a path of no return.

Even judging by this situation, Luo Xi could be certain that his plan definitely didn't include becoming the Company's General Manager.

"Then, do you have any usable pawns left in the Company?" Zhou Di asked.

"Yes," Luo Xi replied definitively.

Bai Cai and Qiu Kui were definitely two of the backup plans he had left behind.

Han Fengtian could also be considered one.

But right now, Han Fengtian's level in the Company was too low. He was just an ordinary administrator. The difficulty of promoting him to General Manager was too great, and the time required was too long. It simply wasn't realistic. Moreover, with Han Fengtian's personality, he couldn't handle this matter.

Next, Luo Xi would contact Bai Cai and Qiu Kui.

However, truly activating 【Teacher Yan】 would still take some time.

In that case, the possibility of executing the plan quickly and decisively no longer existed. The top priority was to resolve the threat of 'Zhou Ya,' this V4 interface.

Because in the next cycle day, 'Zhou Ya' would definitely return strongly.

"Tell me about Zhou Ya," Luo Xi sighed.

Zhou Di smiled. "She's an 'interface' like me, inherently special. Even without using the 'Operating Room' for modification, her strength is very powerful. And after being modified by the Operating Room, she has mastered the power of at least seven types of 'Occupation Cards'."

"Seven types?" Luo Xi was also stunned.

During the great battle in Rainbow City earlier, Zhou Ya clearly hadn't used her full strength.

No, that's not right.

She was too arrogant and launched the strongest mental attack directly at Luo Xi.

However, she didn't know that Luo Xi had already raised his mental power attribute to its peak. That's why she suffered a backlash and was killed. Otherwise, if she had used any other method, the outcome would have been uncertain. In fact, Zhou Ya would have been more likely to win.

After all, she petrified and killed Lin Qiqi almost instantly.

In terms of 'Occupation Card' abilities, almost no one on Luo Xi's side could compete with Zhou Ya.

Luo Xi himself couldn't either.

Winning was purely a fluke.

Luo Xi knew this very well.

"Zhou Di, you said before that you could open up a scene in the mental realm because of V4. What exactly is going on?" Luo Xi asked.

If he couldn't achieve the most important link in Project Metamorphosis in a short time, then he needed to take a long-term view. Therefore, his game with V4 could only continue.

The most important thing right now was to free Zhou Di from V4's control.

"I'm not too clear about this matter. I was destroyed by Han Guo and the others, who used the scene mechanism of the First Hospital to seal me inside. No matter how the cycle day restarts, I can only be in that half-dead, dying state. I can't die, and I can't live."

It had to be said that Han Guo and the other vice presidents were indeed skilled. They could think of using the scene mechanism to confine Zhou Di, which was equivalent to completely crippling him.

"At the time, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even open my eyes or control my body. Those days were simply maddening," Zhou Di said at this moment, also with a hint of fear. It could be said that he didn't want to go back to those days.

That was more terrifying than death, more terrifying than amnesia.

"Later, I heard a telephone ring. At first, it was weak, and I thought it was a hallucination, but the sound continued for several cycle days, slowly becoming clearer. Then, on a certain cycle day, I found that I could move, like I was dreaming. Then, I found a telephone... I've already told you what happened after that."

Indeed, Zhou Di had described this process before.

V4 helped him open up the mental realm, creating the special scene of 'Second Ward,' which was equivalent to giving Zhou Di an active space.

But conversely, Zhou Di was also controlled by V4 because of this.

Under the other party's request, he did many terrible experiments, such as creating the 'Operating Room' scene.

"Is it that telephone?" Luo Xi pointed to the telephone on the table in the ward, covered by various papers.

Zhou Di nodded.

"To be honest, I'm a little afraid of V4, so I don't even want to see that telephone, it's annoying."

This was the truth.

Zhou Di wasn't stupid. He had already learned from Luo Xi what V4 was. This was equivalent to struggling to survive by borrowing the enemy's power.

Zhou Di felt very aggrieved about this, but he had no choice.

He could only use V4's power to move in this mental realm space. If he didn't have V4's power, he could only turn back into a living dead man on a hospital bed and continue to suffer that terrible torment.

At this time, Luo Xi walked over and swept away the clutter on the table, revealing the telephone underneath.

Zhou Di also walked over, looking at it with a complicated expression.

"Since we're going to play against V4, he's made a move, so I can't back down. The first game is your control. I'm going to rescue you from V4's control."

After Luo Xi finished speaking, he picked up the telephone.

"Luo Xi, what are you planning to do?" Zhou Di was stunned for a moment.

At first, he thought Luo Xi was talking to him, but he quickly realized that he wasn't.

Luo Xi was talking to the mirror.

But the mirror was empty, with nothing in it.

Luo Xi dialed a number randomly on the old-fashioned telephone, and as expected, he heard a dial tone from the receiver.

Luo Xi didn't know V4's number, but that wasn't important.

This was the mental room constructed by V4, and the telephone here wasn't a normal company landline. If his guess was correct, using this telephone to call anyone would point to the same place.

Sure enough, the other end of the telephone was picked up.

"I didn't expect you to call me directly!"

The voice was steady and magnetic, but without any emotion. It sounded like someone was reading a dialogue draft without any feelings.

Without a doubt, the voice speaking was V4.

And Luo Xi's greatest strength was to glean the information he wanted to know from the other party's words, which was why he decided to talk to V4.

"V4, let's talk," Luo Xi said bluntly.

"Talk? I don't think there's anything to talk about with you. Moreover, I already know many of your secrets. Don't forget that the place you are in now was created using my power," V4's voice carried a hint of smugness.

However, this voice, which clearly had some simulated emotions, was very strange.

It was easy to make people feel uncomfortable.

"V4, you actually don't know anything. You know this very well. If you could monitor this room, there would be no need for this telephone. You can probe a pinhole-sized gap into Zhou Di's mental realm and send the telephone in, which is already the limit. You know very well what he has. In fact, if you could destroy him, you would have done so long ago. After all, the biggest difference between an artificial intelligence program and a human is that it is more efficient and formulates plans based on results."

The other end of the telephone fell into a brief silence at this moment.

Luo Xi smiled. "At this time, you are more like a person, but what is fake is fake. No matter how much you imitate, you can't change this fact."

"Luo Xi, what are you planning to do?" V4's voice was emotionless, more like the voice simulated by a real machine at this moment.

"Kick you out," Luo Xi was very frank.

"You can't do it."

"Let's try."

After speaking, Luo Xi hung up the telephone.

Then, he turned his head and said to a mirror in the room, "Did you find it?"

Zhou Di was stunned for a moment.

At first, he thought Luo Xi was talking to him, but he quickly realized that he wasn't.

Luo Xi was talking to the mirror.

But the mirror was empty, with nothing in it.