Day of Imprisonment

"No matter what, this result is good, and I've helped a little."

Liu Mao held the card, lifted the curtain, and walked out of the partition.

He found that Luo Xi, Wu Rui, and Ke Lan were already waiting there.

The latter was a little surprised, glanced at the card, and nodded, "Brother Mao, thank you!"

"You're welcome!"

Liu Mao didn't say much.

He stepped aside, and Wu Rui came over to help him re-dress the wound, after all, the way Liu Mao had bandaged it himself was simply unbearable.

Liu Mao naturally wouldn't refuse; Wu Rui bandaged wounds very professionally.

But the next moment, Liu Mao looked down at a dog beside Luo Xi's feet.

This dog looked familiar.

"This, isn't this…"

"It is."

Wu Rui interjected.

"Wait a minute, this dog is alive?

No, its wounds haven't healed, and it looks different from a normal dog.

Is this an undead dog?"

Liu Mao reacted.

He glanced at Wu Rui, then couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "When did you guys come out?

You, you cleared the level?"

"Yes, but I didn't draw the [Undead], and neither did Ke Lan.

Luo Xi drew it, and then Luo Xi used that [Undead] card to make that watchdog stand up again."

"Oh, oh!"

Liu Mao didn't listen carefully to the rest.

In an instant, Liu Mao's heart was filled with mixed feelings.

At this moment, Luo Xi walked over.

"Brother Mao, how's your injury?"

"Just a broken finger, and it's the little finger, no problem, it doesn't affect anything."

"Understood, then let's set off."

Luo Xi looked down at the black Labrador watchdog.

There was a terrifying wound on the dog's neck, but it was no longer bleeding at this moment.

In addition, a patch of white bone was exposed on its torn face.

Hearing Luo Xi's command, the watchdog immediately ran out, and the others hurriedly followed behind.

"Can a dead dog also track scents?"

Brother Mao also understood that the purpose of obtaining the [Undead] card was to make this dog stand up again, whether dead or alive.

"I don't know, I think Luo Xi was just gambling, but it seems he bet right.

I just don't know where this dog will lead us."

Ke Lan said from behind, looking at Brother Mao with some surprise.

To be honest, the 'guess the box' game before seemed simple, but it was actually very difficult.

He cleared the level, but it also took more cards than expected to succeed, but in the end, he didn't draw the [Undead].

Wu Rui took longer and consumed more cards, but she also cleared the level, and didn't draw the [Undead] either.

Fortunately, Luo Xi, who cleared the level first, drew it.

But even if he hadn't, Brother Mao also drew it, so it can be said that the strategy of multiple people entering the game challenge together before was not wrong.

"Ke Lan, there's something I want to ask you."

Liu Mao couldn't help but ask at this time.

He was really curious about how Ke Lan, including Luo Xi and Wu Rui, managed to pass the previous 'guess the box' game so quickly.

And they didn't seem to trigger the 'trap box'.

This was simply unbelievable.

"You're asking about that?

Actually, there is no so-called optimal solution or perfect shortcut.

The main thing is to rely on the hints and the function of eliminating empty boxes to deduce the location of the jackpot box.

First of all, getting a hint is an inevitable choice, otherwise, you can only gamble on the one-in-nine probability.

Of course, taking a risk and gambling from the beginning is also a strategy.

I don't know what method Luo Xi used, but for myself, I used a more aggressive one, that is, I went in and directly chose two boxes."

Hearing Ke Lan's words, Brother Mao was directly stunned.

"Are you saying that you didn't press the button to get a hint and eliminate an empty box when you went up, but instead directly made a blind pick first?"

"Yes, I think it's the most cost-effective to do this, because at the beginning, the probability of me choosing a 'death' box and choosing a 'jackpot' box is the same, both one in nine.

Since I don't think I can choose the jackpot box all at once, it's also unlikely that I'll be unlucky enough to choose the 'death' box the first time."

"And then?"

"Nine boxes have become seven boxes, and then I started buying the first hint."

"Wait a minute, what did you choose in the previous two boxes?

What were the positions?"

"Of course, the first and second rows with the most numbers.

What I chose was an empty box and a trap box, but I was lucky, the trap box was just a 'Mana Mausoleum', which plundered two [Mana] cards from me.

After that, I used the hint to eliminate one of the columns, that is, the column without the 'jackpot box'.

This hint will only appear once, so after I reduced the number of boxes in the first and second rows, I relied on this hint to directly eliminate all three remaining boxes in the first row.

In this way, I only need to choose from a total of four boxes in the second and third rows, and I can continue to buy hints and use the button to eliminate an empty box."

When Ke Lan talked about this, Liu Mao basically understood what was going on.

Their thinking was roughly the same, but there were small differences in execution, coupled with 'luck', which would cause completely different levels of difficulty.

That is, he thought it was very difficult, while Ke Lan thought it was very simple.

"I understand."

Liu Mao pondered for a while and found that there was no problem with his entire process in the first half, but at the last moment he was still a little anxious and unable to stabilize his mentality.

And this, precisely, is the biggest difference between Luo Xi, Ke Lan, and him.

Especially Luo Xi, I reckon even if he encountered the most troublesome situation, this guy's state of mind wouldn't change at all.

His thoughts wandered as he walked a long way without realizing it.

"This road, it's very familiar." Liu Mao suddenly realized something. This seemed to be the road he took home. The dog in front was constantly searching forward, and the further they went, the more familiar the road became.

In fact, it wasn't just Liu Mao who had noticed this problem; everyone else had as well.

But no one asked.

Since it was the hellhound leading the way, they would continue to follow. Luo Xi believed that this dog, transformed into an undead, could lead them to clues about 'Fairytale Town,' and they wouldn't doubt it.

Continuing forward, they passed two streets and then went through several sparsely populated alleys. Liu Mao suddenly realized something. He looked up and saw that directly opposite was the abandoned large commercial complex near his home.

Rainbow City!

They had been to Rainbow City before, so it could be considered a return to familiar territory, especially for Ke Lan. This place was definitely a treasure trove.

"I didn't expect that this hellhound would actually bring us to this place. Haha, this makes sense." Ke Lan said at this time, "Dou Dou's Game Room is inside. I said before that a game project that was never opened appeared in the game room, and the name was related to 'Fairytale Town.' Later, it was suddenly canceled. Now it seems that this place is very likely related to Fairytale Town!"

"As for Dou Dou's Game Room, it can be regarded as a complex of large-scale level scenes. I used to come here often and I'm very familiar with the manager. However, last time, because we cleared the ten-person difficulty haunted house escape, one of their employees had points deducted, which seemed to have angered the managers and employees here."

Ke Lan reminded them again at this time.

The newest novels are all first published at 6_9_shu_ba!

According to the situation when they left last time, they were obviously already listed as 'unwelcome people.'

Luo Xi nodded.

Since the clues pointed to the same place, then, they definitely had to go in and investigate.

Rainbow City was still the same as when they came last time. The large commercial complex that was never opened had some places that were half-decorated and then stopped, making the mall extremely quiet and empty.

Last time they came, they also encountered several veterans who hunted other Memory Holders. One victim was pushed directly from the upper floor and fell to his death over there.

But right now, that place was clean.

The reset function of the cycle day could bring everything back to the way it was at the beginning of the original cycle day.

Of course, this excludes the level scenes.

The undead hellhound led the way in front, and Luo Xi didn't say a word along the way. It seemed that he wasn't surprised that the hellhound would come here, or rather, the current situation was within his expectations.

Of course, Rainbow City was not completely unchanged, and there were still some changes compared to the last time they came.

For example, in a position closer to the inside on the first floor, a level scene seemed to have appeared again, with a photo of 'Open for Business' hanging on it. A person with no expression stood at the door, dressed neatly, out of place with the surrounding environment.

It was probably the manager of this scene.

After seeing Luo Xi and his group, he smiled broadly, as if saying, 'Come and take a look here.'

But Luo Xi and the others ignored him and went straight upstairs.

When they reached the fourth floor, they saw 'Dou Dou's Game Room,' which was brightly lit and seemed very lively.

The group walked in and saw Dou Dou, wearing a professional suit, standing behind the cashier counter at the entrance of the game room lobby.

She was no different from when they last met.

Although her appearance was ordinary and she wasn't tall, she was a very youthful and beautiful young girl. Next to her stood a large stuffed doll, more than one person tall, wearing a large puppet costume. The appearance was a very cute big bear.

"Welcome."

When Dou Dou saw someone coming, she immediately spoke, but the next moment, after she saw who it was, her face immediately turned cold.

The words that followed were also swallowed back directly.

"Dou Dou, long time no see." Luo Xi went over to say hello.

No matter what, the other party could be regarded as a manager who he found pleasing to the eye and thought was good. She was an acquaintance and very interesting.

"It's you..." Dou Dou looked hostile. Then, she turned her head and roared at the silly-looking doll bear: "Are you deaf? Didn't I say just now that today is the day this scene officially opens for business? Take off the trial operation sign over there. Also, how many times do I have to tell you before you can do it? I said, official operation, the fee charged is twice that of the trial operation period. Go hang up the sign."

Dou Dou was throwing a tantrum at the doll bear.

However, even a fool could see that she was using this as an excuse.

As for whether today was the day of the official opening or whether the admission fee should be doubled, it didn't matter. What mattered was that she was the manager, and she could completely set the price according to her mood within the rules of the scene.

She was the boss of this small territory, and what she said counted.

The doll bear, who had been inexplicably scolded, was dumbfounded. After thinking about it, he hurriedly ran over, tore off the 'Trial Operation' banner, and then crossed out the words '90% discount for the entire venue during the trial operation' originally written at the door, and crookedly wrote a sentence: During normal business hours, the fee is twice that of the trial operation period.

Regardless of whether it was reasonable or not, this tough attitude of turning customers away was expressed.