Day of Imprisonment

Following the corridor, Luo Xi saw a staircase leading downwards.

This place was not far from the tavern's main hall, but because it required passing through a fork and a door, it was almost completely isolated from the outside sounds.

Very quiet.

The soles of his shoes stepped on the wooden floor, and even though he had deliberately slowed down, there was still sound.

Sometimes, there would even be creaking noises.

After descending the stairs and walking forward a few meters, he saw another wooden door, which was obviously more dilapidated than the other doors in the bar.

It felt as if a door panel had been removed from a dilapidated old house with decades of history and installed here.

Luo Xi approached and carefully examined the door panel.

It had many traces of time, with wear and scratches all over it, and even mixed with some messy carvings, such as some unknown numbers and letters, and some completely unrecognizable symbols.

Whether in the Fairy Tale Town or outside, there was a 'reset' mechanism.

Most things would not be preserved.

And what could be preserved must not be ordinary things.

The door in front of him was obviously something that could be 'preserved', and it was very obvious.

The next moment, Luo Xi's pupils shrank.

He seemed to see something that shocked him very much, so that even he, who possessed [Absolute Reason], also had a moment of absent-mindedness.

The old door panel, filled with all kinds of messy carvings, hid some information.

This was not surprising.

The point was that the content and engraver of this information, after being interpreted, surprised Luo Xi.

But if some previous events were linked together, it would be found that the information on the door panel was not so abrupt and surprising.

Instead, it became a necessity.

There were several numbers on the door panel, which were randomly engraved in different positions, hidden among various messy carvings, and even careful observation might not reveal the problem.

But for Luo Xi, the combination of these numbers immediately awakened some kind of memory in him.

From top to bottom, from left to right, you could find '0', '4', '6', '2', '6'.

If the five numbers were combined and arranged, there would be a total of 120 possibilities.

But Luo Xi instantly locked on to one of the arrangements.

64206!

'Project Cocoon'.

This was the content Luo Xi heard in his auditory hallucinations after becoming a Memory Retriever.

For Luo Xi in 'this life', this number and the four words 'Project Cocoon' can be said to be the beginning of everything.

And this number was more like a 'signature'.

A signature unique to himself.

"So the previous analysis was correct. The mayor deliberately didn't give me a ticket because I had been to Fairy Tale Town before. It's really inappropriate for them to treat old customers like this," Luo Xi muttered.

However, it cannot be 100% certain whether the numbers on the door were left by himself.

This requires further investigation.

In addition to the numbers, there were other things on the door.

Luo Xi saw a familiar name.

Cinderella!

It was engraved on the lower right side of the door, and you couldn't see it unless you squatted down.

In addition, Luo Xi also saw another text that should be a name, which was 'Addaperle'.

Besides that, there were some unknown carvings, or things that looked like some kind of rune.

In short, it was very messy.

Luo Xi watched for a full five minutes, and recorded everything he thought was valuable and what he thought was worthless on the door.

This kind of thing can be photographed, but mobile phones and photos cannot escape the 'reset', only 'memories' protected by [Memory] can be retained.

After doing all this, Luo Xi began to knock on the door.

Speaking of which, because of this door, he was already looking forward to meeting the tavern owner.

The sound of knocking on the door spread far away, and there was movement inside the door almost immediately.

Someone opened the door.

A middle-aged man with a blank expression, a beard, a scar on his face, and turbid white light in his pupils, as if some kind of force had crushed his pupils and merged them with the surrounding tissue into a chaotic mass.

With just one glance, Luo Xi knew that the thing in front of him was a 'puppet' occupied by some kind of mental power.

Something similar to a living corpse.

After seeing Luo Xi, the middle-aged man made a strange sound.

"You you."

The turbid white color in his pupils seemed to be jumping, as if some kind of soul attached to it was affected by some kind of force and became unstable.

The next moment, the turbidity in the 'puppet's' eyes instantly dissipated, and then, the 'puppet' fell to the ground with a thud.

Luo Xi squatted down and took a look.

This was indeed a corpse.

However, this corpse did not look like a 'local' from Node 2, but more like an Arab with Persian ancestry.

In terms of race, he was definitely not a Caucasian from Node 2, and he also didn't look like a Memory Retriever.

The lack of a card ring was one aspect, and also, the other party had many strange tattoos on his body, and ordinary Memory Retrievers would not have such things.

"Was it brought from other nodes?"

Luo Xi gave a possible guess.

At this time, he remembered the information about Node 6 that he bought from the female receptionist.

The latest novels are first published on Liǔ Jiǔ Shū Bā!

Node 6, the background of the plot there is based on "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves".

This corpse does fit the people in that world background.

"This tavern owner is also a powerful person," Luo Xi walked into the house and then asked, "Is there anyone else inside?"

When this 'puppet' saw him, he said two 'you' words and then died.

Luo Xi didn't understand what it meant, so he hoped to find another person, it could be a puppet, but preferably the tavern owner himself.

At the same time.

The ball scene in the palace was still very lively at the moment.

The on-site palace band was playing music, and people with status and dignity gathered in twos and threes to talk, holding a glass of unfinished wine in their hands, and the crystal wine glasses emitted various dazzling lights under the reflection of the lights.

Also radiating light were the ladies here.

All of them were wearing beautiful formal dresses, carefully dressed up, and paired with various jewelry to show their best side.

Because this ball was originally a place for the upper class to expand their social circle and network.

In addition, they knew that the royal prince would also participate, and might find his other half at the ball.

Of course, married ladies would not fantasize about anything happening with the prince, but getting to know some handsome, rich, and powerful men with status was also a way to pass the boring life of a noble lady.

Especially those widowed noble ladies, their eyes were even more thirsty.

At this time, a handsome young man looked pale, without his original composure and sophistication.

Facing the widowed and still beautiful and charming Duchess, he didn't continue talking to her at all, but immediately got up and walked outside.

Even, he seemed to be in a state of confusion, excitement, and a bit of absent-mindedness, and even bumped into a waiter holding a tray of wine glasses, shattering all the glasses in the tray.

But even so, he still didn't care. At this moment, he was more like Cinderella who had discovered the midnight bell ringing, and ran out in a panic, while the Duchess chased behind him, just like the prince who didn't catch up with her (him) 'Prince' ('Cinderella').

But the difference was that the young man at least didn't lose his shoes.

"Who is he? Why is he so reckless and rude?" someone asked dissatisfiedly at the ball.

"I heard he is a down-and-out nobleman with a title, and he seems to have opened a bar."

"Heh, as expected, he is down-and-out."

The young man rushed out of the ball almost frantically and got into his carriage.

"Go back immediately!" he ordered the coachman in an almost trembling voice.

"Boss, are you okay?" The coachman was also a Memory Retriever. He had been with the boss for a long time and had never seen the boss so distraught.

"Shut up, go back to the tavern immediately, at the fastest speed," the boss roared.

The coachman didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and immediately drove the horse, and the crisp sound of hooves and wheels quickly came from the stone road, and then quickly went away.

Civilians are not allowed to run around in the city, but for wealthy families, especially nobles with titles, this regulation is like a dead letter.

The carriage returned to the Dark Furnace Tavern at the fastest speed, and the patrolling guards along the way did not choose to stop after seeing the badge on the carriage, but just cursed in private.

Bang~

The person in the carriage jumped down and pushed open the door of the tavern almost like a collision.

The doorkeepers inside were all startled.

Just as they were about to call someone, but after seeing who it was, the words behind were swallowed back abruptly, and then they hurriedly bowed.

"Boss!"

Several Memory Retrievers in the tavern who chose to spend the night here also stopped talking in an instant.

You must know that the tavern owner is rarely seen in Fairy Tale Town, at least in Node 2.

The tavern owner is definitely one of the top Memory Retrievers.

However, the tavern owner ignored anyone. He quickly walked towards the inside of the tavern. Someone came over and reported in a low voice that the bodies of the female receptionist and the burly man were found in Box 4, but the boss waved his hand as if he didn't care.

"Don't bother me, also, no one is allowed to follow me."

Here, the tavern owner's words are like an imperial edict.

No one dared to disobey.

Soon, the tavern owner walked to the wooden door that only he could enter on weekdays. At this moment, he stopped instead, took a deep breath, and even showed some uneasiness.

However, before he could open the door, someone pushed the door open from inside.

Seeing the tavern owner, the person smiled: "Tavern owner?"

The latter's pupils shrank, and he nodded nervously.

"Come in, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"