Day of Imprisonment

After Luo Xi made his choice, the pale face revealed a strange smile.

Then it opened its mouth and said, "No matter how difficult life is, you must believe that dawn is ahead. Every despair you feel is actually a bridge to a stronger you."

Luo Xi didn't expect that this thing, as ugly as a ghost, would suddenly give him a bowl of chicken soup.

It was completely unexpected.

"Therefore, despair is a precious thing, like gems and gold. If you can find the 'Reward Shrine,' you can exchange the karma containing despair for what you need. Of course, the more despair, the greater the value, just like larger denominations of money."

After speaking, the pale face shrank back.

The prompt ended.

It's a bit funny.

But if you think about it carefully, you will realize that this prompt contains a lot of information.

In fact, it completely explains the method to clear the 'Tree Sea Park' level.

"The karma of despair is the curse. Fusing more curses increases the 'denomination.' As long as you find the 'Reward Shrine,' you can exchange it for what you want, possibly a card reward, and it must include a way to safely leave the park."

At this time, the misty smoke began to dissipate, and the flesh and blood shrine returned to its original bronze appearance.

"Blood rain can change the attributes of the shrine. You can learn key clues through this 'Information Shrine.' Of course, you can also directly eliminate the curse and leave here, but you won't get anything that way. So, I said, the rules of this level are actually very simple, and boring."

After Luo Xi completely understood the gameplay of this level, the next step was to find the 'Reward Shrine.'

Unsurprisingly, the Reward Shrine also needs to have its 'attribute changed' to appear.

This fits the design principle of a boring scene.

It seems hidden, but in reality, once you find the design idea for this type of scene, the so-called hiding is superfluous.

However, this scene is still very difficult and terrifying for ordinary Reminiscence players.

Because the curse itself is a catalyst for activating one's own fear and despair.

Few people can ignore the biggest danger point in this scene like him.

Luo Xi started running.

He stopped using the umbrella.

The blood rain curse is not aimed at Reminiscence players.

Therefore, nothing will happen to Reminiscence players who are exposed to blood rain. On the contrary, if you are afraid of the unknown harm of the blood rain and become timid, it will waste a lot of time.

And it will greatly affect your mobility.

For example, when Luo Xi found a bird's nest on a tree over there and wanted to climb up to see, he couldn't go up with an umbrella, and he would get wet from the blood rain without an umbrella.

Many people might give up exploring.

This will inevitably lead to losing the opportunity to explore the real clues.

So when Luo Xi climbed up along the branches and trunk and saw that there was indeed a small shrine in the bird's nest, he became more certain of the design skills of this level.

It's just one sentence.

'Misdirection' and 'Hiding.'

In the bird's nest shrine, Luo Xi obtained 'Good Fortune.'

The specific manifestation is that he gained a good view on the tree, and he saw a stone tower hidden in the dense forest in the distance at a glance.

And he saw a familiar figure over there.

Coming down from the tree, Luo Xi ran towards the stone tower.

The stone tower itself is a shrine.

There is an incense burner, and many divine statues are carved inside.

At this moment, a person is standing here. Luo Xi had already recognized him when he saw him before, and he is even more certain as he gets closer.

"Brother Mao!"

Luo Xi called out.

The latter's body shook, he turned his head and looked, his face filled with ecstasy, but he quickly shook his head: "Luo Xi, don't come over, it's dangerous here."

There is no one else here except the two of them, but Brother Mao is obviously not the kind of person who talks nonsense.

If he says there is danger, then there must be danger.

Looking again, Luo Xi found the reason.

There is a circle of open space around the stone tower, surrounded by trees, like an open space of twenty or thirty square meters.

Some places have been dug up, like tree pits dug for planting trees, but obviously deeper.

Burying people is very suitable.

This area has no grass, and the surrounding area is muddy soil. Brother Mao's feet are standing in the muddy water, unmoving.

"There are corpses buried below. If you get close and accidentally step on them, you will be immediately infected by the curses on the corpses. Luo Xi, you can't see these curses, and I don't want you to see them either. You must not step into this area," Brother Mao said at this time.

His eyes looked down from time to time.

From Luo Xi's perspective, he couldn't see anything, but it was certain that from Brother Mao's perspective, it must be a very terrifying scene.

"Luo Xi, I'm relieved to see you. Hey, what Fatty Qian said to you is right, right?" Brother Mao seemed much calmer.

Luo Xi nodded.

"I failed again this time. Sure enough, I can't do it without you. I can't handle these things by myself at all, and I'm holding everyone back," Brother Mao smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Where are the others?" Luo Xi asked.

"We got separated. The most outrageous thing is that I actually forgot how we got separated. It was like a sudden daze, and there was no one around me. Luo Xi, I feel very confused recently. Something is wrong, but I can't say what it is," Brother Mao muttered.

He seemed a little 'dispirited.'

In this way, the previous speculation can already be confirmed.

If you die in 'Tree Sea Park', you will lose some of your soul.

The term 'soul' is difficult to explain, and Luo Xi prefers to call it a certain kind of 'memory'.

The more of this kind of thing that is lost, the worse the situation becomes.

Mao Ge has already died here twice, which is why he has symptoms similar to 'absentmindedness'.

If he continues to die, even with the [Memory] card, due to the special setting of 'soul', he will still lose some memories. Over time, the situation will become more and more troublesome.

Moreover, it is certain that if being killed by 'Ju-on' creates a new 'Ju-on', the number of 'Ju-on' in the entire Tree Sea Park would be an astonishing number.

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In fact, Luo Xi has many questions to ask Liu Mao.

But obviously, now is not the time.

He has to get rid of the Ju-on on the other party first. Not surprisingly, the 'Ju-on' here is different from other places.

It seems that once you are entangled, you can't move.

"Mao Ge, have you used the shrine here?" Luo Xi asked. Mao Ge shook his head: "I accidentally entered here. When I saw the stone tower, I wanted to walk over, but I didn't pay attention to my feet. I felt like I stepped on something, and then I got hit."

The trigger mechanism of Ju-on here is similar to a landmine.

Luo Xi looked down.

This area is extremely muddy, with dozens of puddles, and to get close to the stone tower, you can only wade through it, but it's not impossible to crack it.

In fact, the cracking method is very simple.

There are suitable-sized stones around. Luo Xi picked two, then put one in the puddles. Because they are very shallow, most of the stones can be exposed. So, he stepped on one stone, placed the stone in his hand in front of him, stepped on it, and picked up the one he had just stepped on, repeating this operation.

You can approach the stone tower without touching the muddy puddles below.

This is a method that even a child would know.

Luo Xi first pulled Mao Ge onto the stone.

Strangely enough, after pulling Liu Mao onto the stone, he could move.

Luo Xi went to find some more stones, and then threw them into that area, like plum blossom piles, so that people could step on them.

Luo Xi observed the shrine in the stone tower and found that the inner wall was engraved with words.

"Karma revolves in hidden paths, dissolve karmic obstacles and gain freedom."

Luo Xi's forte is solving puzzles, and deconstructing characters is the most basic ability in this field.

Obviously, Luo Xi analyzed this sentence at a glance. Whether it is the literal meaning or the metaphors represented by the words and corresponding Buddhist and Taoist doctrines, they are clearly deconstructed in his eyes.

"Exchange... It is reasonable to exchange Ju-on here."

Luo Xi knew that he had found a very important 'shrine' in this level scenario.

The meaning of that sentence can be very simply understood as using this shrine to exchange the 'Ju-on' of two people.

Because in addition to that very obvious 'gatha', this shrine has two incense altars, which means that it is clearly a shrine where two people can offer incense at the same time. Why two people?

Because only two people can exchange.

Stepping on the stones and pulling Mao Ge away from this 'minefield', Luo Xi began to ask Liu Mao.

Basically, it's not much different from what Qian Pangzi said.

The cause of the matter was the phone call that 'Zhou Xinpeng', a special neighbor, made to Mao Ge.

"Then, what about Zhou Xinpeng?" Luo Xi asked.

"I met him once when I first came, but I haven't seen him since. This person is like he disappeared. He hasn't appeared in the Sega apartment building, including his daughter. It's as if this family doesn't exist at all."

Mao Ge felt a chill when he thought of this.

Even though he had experienced many terrible things, this matter was still too weird.

"Then, why did you come again after the first failure and knowing that Zhou Xinpeng had also disappeared?" Luo Xi continued to ask.

He had a guess, but he still needed Liu Mao to say it himself.

"I don't know. I just felt that I could find clues here. Also, I was a little unwilling. Knowing that you would definitely be curious about this matter, I wanted to help you, even at some cost. But now that I think about it, it is indeed quite strange, as if subconsciously, I really wanted to come to this place." Obviously, Luo Xi's calmness can infect the people around him.

At this time, Liu Mao was not as distraught as he was at the beginning.

Only his eyes looked very tired.

"Obsession?" Luo Xi asked.

"What?" Mao Ge was stunned.

"It's nothing. Mao Ge, from now on, don't leave my sight." Luo Xi's expression was serious.

There is no doubt that this place can subtly affect the Memory Retrievers in some way. Mao Ge could be 'absentminded' before, and he can be in the future. Maybe he will get lost if he's not careful. The key to attracting Mao Ge and Ke Lan and the others to this scenario like moths to a flame is something here that can silently magnify the obsessions in their hearts.

Next, Luo Xi asked Mao Ge to describe what it was like to be infected with Ju-on.

The focus is, do you recognize it?

"I don't recognize it!" Mao Ge looked down and shook his head.

"Do you remember the places where you died the first and second time?"

"I only remember the approximate locations."

"Take me there."