Day of Imprisonment

An Zhiyan discovered a problem.

The [Absolute Rationality] did indeed give her powerful self-control, and she could now handle her emotions and reason with ease.

However, in terms of observation and reasoning ability, she was still herself.

It didn't improve because of absolute rationality.

If it weren't for Luo Xi's reminder, she might have overlooked this key information.

The grudge's mouth shape can be understood as a kind of hint, a kind of guidance.

Guidance within the scene.

Next, the group began to explore and dig around the big tree and the shrine, and soon there were results.

A plastic bag was buried in the soil.

There were several things in the plastic bag.

"A flashlight, a compass, and a map."

Qian Fatty couldn't help but say, "The map might be a little useful, but what's the use of a flashlight and a compass? Although this place is big, it's not enough to get lost, as for the flashlight, it might be useful in a relatively dark place, but it's also dispensable."

"Some props, their function is not in what they can do, but in what they are."

Lin Qiqi said at this time, "Let's look at the map first."

The map was unfolded.

Something inexplicable happened, this was indeed a map, but it was not a map of the Tree Sea Park, but a map of 'Piggy City'.

In addition, the map was scribbled on, appearing very messy, a bit like it had been randomly scribbled on by a child with a ballpoint pen.

As for the flashlight, it couldn't be used, it was broken, it couldn't be lit at all.

The compass was normal.

"The map represents direction and route; the flashlight is used to illuminate in dark environments; the compass can be used when lost, or in areas where it's impossible to distinguish direction, combined with the previous hint of 'it's below', I speculate that the Tree Sea Park should have an entrance leading to the underground, perhaps, that is the real area to clear this level scene."

After Lin Qiqi finished speaking, Qian Fatty understood the meaning of her previous sentence 'the function of props sometimes lies not in the function but in the props themselves'.

An Zhiyan didn't say anything about Lin Qiqi's speculation, but she actually agreed in her heart.

Luo Xi didn't say anything either.

He only glanced at the flashlight, compass, and map, then moved his gaze to the female 'grudge' next to him, who was already preparing to climb onto him.

He looked at it, somewhat lost in thought.

Then Luo Xi walked to the shrine under the crooked-neck tree, squatted down, held up the umbrella, and looked at it.

"Luo Xi never wastes time, you've followed him for so long, can't you even see that?"

Lin Qiqi's rhetorical question directly silenced Qian Fatty.

Spacing out, does that count?

Qian Fatty didn't know, he was just worried about Luo Xi.

For about a dozen minutes, the four people just stayed under this suicide tree, holding umbrellas, actually, they were waiting for Luo Xi.

During this time, someone came over.

Judging from the sound, it should be the companion of the person who jumped into the suicide lake before.

However, the other party obviously saw Luo Xi and the others from a distance, and didn't come over, but left immediately.

After a few more minutes.

The small door on the shrine suddenly closed, and the incense that had been lit before was about to burn out.

Luo Xi immediately took a stick of incense, lit it, and offered it.

The small door of the shrine, which had been confirmed to have the 'grudge' attribute, opened again, revealing something the size of a palm inside, like a black hole.

This already counted as actively contaminating the 'grudge'.

Similarly, only those infected with the grudge can see it, and this time, Luo Xi actually smiled.

After a few more minutes, Luo Xi finally got up, then turned his head to look, and then walked towards the other three.

An Zhiyan leaned over and looked around Luo Xi.

"This time, it won't be that girl named Wu Rui, right?"

"It's her!"

Luo Xi nodded.

Just now, he was waiting for the shrine to be restored, so he immediately offered incense, and seeing the grudge crawling out of the shrine, it completely confirmed one of his previous guesses.

"Wu Rui crawled out of the shrine. Before, when she, Brother Mao, and Ke Lan explored this place, they triggered suicide by contracting the curse, that is to say, the Memory Pickers who died in this scene will leave behind a copy called Grudge."

Luo Xi understood the origin of the most dangerous and terrifying key 'grudge' in the scene.

"Then according to this statement, wouldn't that mean we can also find the 'grudges' of Brother Mao, Ke Lan, and Guo Zening here? Wait a minute, wait a minute, they have already died here twice. If one death produces one grudge, then, each of them has left two grudges here?"

Qian Fatty reasoned by analogy at this time and said a deduced possibility.

"There is such a possibility!"

Luo Xi recognized this statement.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Xi looked at Qian Fatty and asked, "After the first time they failed the challenge here, have you ever seen them?"

"I have!"

Qian Fatty nodded, but he was a little confused by the question.

And Luo Xi's next question instantly made Qian Fatty's hair stand on end, feeling a chill rising from the soles of his feet.

"Have you felt that there is anything abnormal or wrong with them?"

This sentence is too easy to cause reverie.

Qian Fatty wasn't stupid.

After dying in the Tree Sea Park scene, a 'grudge' that is almost identical to the body will be left behind. This has been confirmed, and this matter, combined with Luo Xi's question, immediately felt the horror in it.

Especially, after Qian Fatty carefully recalled it, his face instantly turned pale.

"Looking at your expression, they have indeed changed, explain it in detail, a little more detail."

Luo Xi gave encouragement.

Qian Fatty swallowed, wanting to say something, his two fat hands began to gesticulate, but maybe because he was too nervous, he stuttered for a while, fortunately he adjusted his state before starting to say, "They seem to have a certain obsession with this scene, no, it's a bit neurotic. I didn't realize there was a problem before, because everyone was in a bad mood because of Brother Luo's disappearance, and they would also argue over some small things, or they would be silent, but now that I think about it, this is not normal."

"Especially that guy Ke Lan, although I haven't known him for a long time, I understand him very well. He's stinky, a little blindly confident, but he's very careful and cautious in doing things... After the first challenge in this scene failed, I once advised them, saying that they could wait for Brother Luo to come back before making plans, but Ke Lan's reaction at the time was very strange..."

"He said, why wait for you to come back? He also said that he had found some clues to clear the level. I asked him what it was, but he didn't tell me. This is not right, he has no reason not to tell me, he is deliberately hiding it, or he forgot, because not only Ke Lan, but also Brother Mao, Wu Rui, and Guo Zening, seem to have said that they seem to have lost something in the Tree Sea Park. I asked them what they lost, but they couldn't say, and even after the second failure, they didn't admit that they had said such a thing..."

Some things, you can't think about.

Otherwise, the more you think about it, the more you will find something wrong.

Qian Fatty is a rough man on the outside, but in fact, this guy is a very careful and sensitive person.

He must be able to detect this abnormality.

But it was because the situation was special at the time, and everyone was frustrated because of Luo Xi's disappearance, so even if they said and did some strange things, he didn't care.

It was only because Luo Xi asked him that he realized something was wrong at this time.

"Old Qian!"

"Brother Luo, please speak."

Luo Xi saw that Qian Fatty's state was not right, so he spoke, and after speaking, he patted the other party on the shoulder.

"What are you afraid of?"

"Me? I'm not afraid, it's just, it's just that I feel this matter is very wrong, and, I should have told you earlier."

Qian Fatty was a little self-blaming.

"It's not too late now, and you don't need to be afraid, and don't blame yourself, I'm here."

Immediately, Qian Fatty felt like he had taken a reassuring pill.

Yes.

If Luo Xi hadn't come back, he really wouldn't be able to handle this kind of weird thing, but it's different now.

Luo Xi is back.

Then what's there to be afraid of?

In this world, there is nothing that Luo Xi can't handle.

"Old Qian, I need you to describe the state of those few at that time, you can exaggerate a little, but be as accurate as possible."

Luo Xi obviously gave Qian Fatty a difficult problem.

The latter began to think, recalling the state and details of Ke Lan, Brother Mao, and Wu Rui at that time, and then racked his brains, thinking about what words to use to describe them.

"This, this, let me think... Use..."

"How about 'dispirited'?"

Luo Xi gave him a reminder.

Qian Fatty was stunned at first, then slapped his thigh.

"Yes, yes, it's dispirited, their appearance at that time was a bit dispirited... Wait a minute, Brother Luo, do you mean..."

Qian Fatty reacted to why Luo Xi wanted to use this word to describe them.

Dispirited.

It's the literal meaning.

"Now let's unify the information and the next plan."

Luo Xi waved at this time.

The other three immediately leaned over, and the four people formed a circle.

"I already have some ideas about the general rules and gameplay of the Tree Sea Park scene. Simply put, if you want to truly clear this scene, you must face the 'grudge' this thing, because, the grudge itself is an indispensable key link in clearing this scene..."

The first sentence startled Qian Fatty.

But he is also an old player, as long as he thinks about it a little, he will understand that what Luo Xi said should be the truth.

A dangerous scene that looks highly free, a place where blood rain falls, and it is easy to be contaminated with various curses, resentments, and almost certain death grudges, its rules and gameplay are the real key.

Because it is the key, it cannot be easily shown to others.

"The scene designer here cleverly used the rules and requirements when creating the scene, combining the two requirements of 'must show the gameplay' and 'must hide the clearance clues'. In this way, according to priority, the mechanism of hiding clues can be used to hide the gameplay, turning this place into an extremely difficult scene to clear... Very smart, but once it is discerned, it will lose all its mysterious aura. In essence, this is a scene that is very ordinary or even very clumsy in design and gameplay."