Day of Imprisonment

The notification sound on the cartoon phone brought the dumbfounded people back to their senses.

Luo Xi ignored these guys and opened Yu Xiaoru's phone, browsing through the photos sent by An Zhiyan.

He had to admit that the other party was very efficient, sending photos of the books in all three rooms in less than a minute.

Immediately after, the other party called, but Luo Xi ignored it. He hung up directly and began to carefully examine and record the names of the books in the photos.

Soon, a smile appeared on Luo Xi's face.

"As expected!"

He began to tap the table rapidly with his fingers, faster and faster each time. At this moment, Yu Xiaoru and Qian Lejin were even careful when swallowing their saliva, afraid of disturbing Luo Xi. Although they didn't know what Luo Xi was doing, the calmness and observational skills the man had shown from the beginning, as well as his ability to cope with the survival time, always made them involuntarily feel a sense of 'trust'.

This feeling was very peculiar.

Especially for Yu Xiaoru.

She realized that the time she had actually spent with this person was only a little over ten minutes.

Yet, in such a short time, with so little conversation, she actually felt a strong desire to explore him.

It was as if she was facing a mysterious black hole, with a fatal attraction.

Knowing it was dangerous, she still couldn't help but want to get closer, touch him, and then peek inside to see what was there.

This feeling was inexplicable, yet extremely captivating.

Similar to a moth drawn to a flame!

Just then, the fingers that were gently tapping the table stopped.

Luo Xi picked up the phone and dialed the number from the missed call just now.

The call was answered immediately.

"Hello?"

"An Zhiyan, return to your Blue Team's starting room immediately."

"What about Xiaoru?" The other party was clearly gritting her teeth, trying her best to endure.

"She's fine."

"Good, I hope you keep your promise, or else..." An Zhiyan's voice was cold, very cold. Those who knew her well knew that she was truly harboring murderous intent at this moment.

Soon, An Zhiyan's voice came: "I'm here, what next?"

"You have a roulette wheel there, right?"

"Yes!"

"Listen to my countdown, then turn it to the left, three full rotations."

"I'm ready!"

"3, 2, 1, turn!"

On Luo Xi's side, he also gripped the roulette wheel and turned it to the right. The wheel spun smoothly, without any resistance, stopping after three rotations.

Luo Xi got up and walked to the tightly closed door on the left, twisting the doorknob.

With a click, the door opened, revealing a short passage, only a little over a meter long. On the other side was another door. Luo Xi walked over and opened it.

Just as he entered that door, the electronic clock on the wall, which had been timing, suddenly emitted a 'beep, beep, beep' sound, like an alarm clock. It rang for a while and then stopped, but the electronic clock also went out afterward.

This stunned everyone else.

From the moment they entered the room, each room had an electronic clock to count down, with five minutes of rest time and ten minutes of survival time, respectively.

Logically, before the end of the 90-minute stage, the electronic clock would continue to count down these two times, reminding the Memory Retrievers participating in the stage game.

But now the electronic clock was out. What did that mean?

Was there a power outage?

At this moment, Luo Xi stood in a room that was almost identical to the starting room. In fact, the layout and appearance of the different rooms in the stage were generally indistinguishable, with only some differences in the details.

For example, the books in the bookshelf were different, so naturally, the book list was also different. The items on the table might be different. Apart from these, there were no other differences.

However, this room had one very different feature.

There was no electronic clock.

A room without an electronic clock?

At this time, the other door directly opposite the door they had entered was also pushed open.

It was none other than An Zhiyan who came in.

Her expression was somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting the situation before her.

She saw Luo Xi and the others, and frowned. But soon, her eyes widened and she ran over immediately.

"Xiaoru!"

"Sister An!"

"Are you alright?" An Zhiyan touched Yu Xiaoru up and down, looking concerned.

At this time, another person walked in from the door An Zhiyan had just come through. It was the burly, fleshy-faced auntie.

"Strange, all the doors in the rooms are open. I've walked through seven or eight rooms and got completely lost. If I hadn't heard you two, I wouldn't have been able to find this place," Aunt Qin said hastily, stepping forward.

Just then, An Zhiyan pointed at Luo Xi and said, "Control this person!"

These words were clearly directed at Aunt Qin.

The latter didn't say a word of nonsense and charged straight towards Luo Xi.

"Hey, what do you want to do?"

Qian Lejin stepped forward immediately.

"Get out of the way, it has nothing to do with you. Xiao An told me to control him, not you," Aunt Qin frowned.

"Enough nonsense, whoever touches Luo Ju, I'll cripple them," Qian Lejin struck a standard boxer's pose.

"Heh, so you're also in the trade." Aunt Qin smiled and suddenly threw a punch. The force of the punch made Qian Lejin shiver. However, the fatty's reaction wasn't slow either. He ducked his head, then followed up with a liver punch on the left side and a left hook, directly hitting Aunt Qin's waist and face.

The movements were professional, swift, and explosive.

Qian Fatty wasn't small, and under the fat was all muscle. A normal person would definitely be knocked unconscious by these two blows, but when they hit Aunt Qin, it was like tickling her.

"Good technique, but a little lacking in power." Aunt Qin commented, then punched Qian Fatty on the chin. The latter went down and fell asleep, looking very peaceful.

"Don't hit him, don't hit him!" Yu Xiaoru hurriedly stopped them at this time, and then quickly explained the actual situation, saying that Luo Xi and the others had not made things difficult for her.

An Zhiyan didn't say anything after hearing this.

Beside her, Aunt Qin said, "Oh, Xiaoru, don't be so naive. Who knows if they're joking or really planning to skin you alive."

Luo Xi, on the other hand, remained seated in his chair, showing no reaction even when Fatty was knocked to the ground.

He seemed to be waiting for something.

Or perhaps he simply didn't want to talk much.

"Xiaoru, this room is strange. There's no digital clock on the wall."

"Sister An, I suspect this is..."

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The sound of a door opening rang out.

The side door was pushed open, and Okra, the manager of Tun Tun Bookstore, walked in. Her expression was extremely strange, and one could even detect a hint of carefully concealed apprehension in her eyes. Clearly, the manager's appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

After she entered, Luo Xi finally looked up.

Evidently, the person he was waiting for was Okra.

"Why is one of them passed out?"

Okra glanced at Qian Fatty, who was sprawled on the ground with his butt in the air, snoring away, and flicked her hand.

A marble shot out, hitting Qian Fatty on the head. He immediately clutched his head and howled.

"It hurts, it hurts! Who the hell hit me?"

Upon seeing that it was Okra, Qian Fatty immediately shut up. However, he glared angrily at Aunt Qin, his expression saying, 'You just wait.'

"Then congratulations, you've cleared the level!"

Okra's voice carried a hint of reluctance and helplessness. However, after she announced this, the room fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, An Zhiyan widened her eyes and took a step forward: "What? You... what did you say? Cleared the level?"

"Yes, congratulations. You've achieved the condition one clearance." Okra became increasingly listless, as if this matter was a disaster for her.

Another moment of silence.

"But why?" An Zhiyan completely didn't understand what had happened. Before this, she had even panicked because of the sudden 'disappearance' of Yu Xiaoru and Aunt Qin. Although she had used the 【Silencer】 card and spent ten minutes of angel time with her eyes closed, she really hadn't done anything.

How did they clear the level? And condition one clearance?

Wait a minute.

It wasn't like she hadn't done anything.

She had called Yu Xiaoru, but a bastard answered. The other party threatened that if she didn't do as he said, he would skin Xiaoru alive.

Listen to that, how cruel!

Although she hated him to the core, for Yu Xiaoru's sake, An Zhiyan could only follow the other party's instructions and take photos of the books in three rooms, including the initial room, and send them over. Then, she followed the other party's instructions and turned the wheel, and then found that the positions of the surrounding rooms seemed to have changed.

One of the doors closed, and when it was opened again, a very short corridor appeared. The door of the room opposite was very special, unlike the previous ones.

Driven by curiosity, she opened that door and found Xiaoru and the other three people in that room.

Then, the manager suddenly appeared and announced that they had achieved the condition one clearance.

Ha... Isn't this pure nonsense?

An Zhiyan's eyes widened. At this moment, intense curiosity made her eager to know the answer.

However, facing her inquiry, the manager Okra said coldly: "I have no obligation to answer your question. However, the condition one clearance is to verify who was the first to discover and enter Room 23. The reward will be sent to that person."

After speaking, Okra locked her gaze on Luo Xi, who was sitting there.

"So, do you want to claim the reward now, or wait a while?"

"Now." After Luo Xi finished speaking, Okra had already raised her hand and snapped her slender, white fingers. As if by magic, she had an extremely special dark gold card in her hand. The pattern on the back of the card was the same as the spider card, but the color was different, and it seemed to be glowing with a dark golden light.

This should be that card numbered 077 【Horadric Cube】.

Because the cards with numbered levels, except for 099, are all unique. In other words, there is only this one 077 card in the entire Day of Imprisonment.

Okra walked over and handed the card over, Luo Xi took it.

However, at this moment, Okra suddenly said: "Are you sure you want to take it away this time?"

"..." Luo Xi was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the red-haired beauty who was very close to him.

At this distance, he could smell the faint fragrance on her body.

"Yes, I want to take it away."

"Alright then!" Okra's reaction was obviously a bit surprised, but also had a sense of relief.

Immediately afterwards, she announced: "Other rewards will be sent to all participants who entered Room 23. In addition, the Red Team is ahead of the Blue Team in points, so the Red Team wins. The cards anchored by the Blue Team before will be distributed by the Red Team."

After speaking, she remained here, looking at Luo Xi and said: "As the scene manager, I have full confidence in the scene I designed. Moreover, no one has ever achieved the condition one clearance, so I am very curious whether you found Room 23 according to the clues I set, or whether you just stumbled upon it by chance. So, if it's convenient, can you explain it?"

"No, I don't seem to have an obligation to answer your question." Luo Xi shook his head.

"Then, what if I set 'explaining the clearance method' as a scene task? If you complete it, you can get an extra chance to draw a card?" Okra smiled triumphantly, showing off her supreme power here.

"If that's the case... then of course there's no problem." Luo Xi also smiled. Who would refuse an extra chance to draw a card?

Instantly, everyone looked at Luo Xi.

Clearly, whether it was Qian Lejin and the others, or An Zhiyan and Yu Xiaoru, they all wanted to know the answer.

Luo Xi rubbed his leg. He hadn't sat down just to show off; he was really tired, and the chairs here were very comfortable, so he wanted to rest a little longer.

"Actually, the solution to this level scene is very simple. The real key lies in the book list and the wheel."