Day of Imprisonment

The call came very suddenly. I really didn't expect Zhou Xinpeng to call me at the time. You know, after we cleared the 'Sega Apartment Building' level last time, Zhou Xinpeng was executed on the spot by some force for violating the rules. On the next cycle day, he was resurrected, but became an amnesiac. Moreover, his daughter still committed suicide. This is different from the previous situation where his daughter was still clinging to life. I told you about this," Liu Mao said seriously.

Luo Xi nodded.

Indeed, Mao-ge told himself about this as soon as he found out.

After that, I didn't pay attention to this matter, because the cycle day is constantly repeating. So in the next few cycle days, we did our own things. I went out early in the morning, and I really didn't know much about the situation in the apartment building.

Until Zhou Xinpeng called me, I learned that this guy had become a Memory Retriever at some point, and also said that his daughter was missing and wanted me to help him.

I was very strange, because I know the necessary conditions to become a Memory Retriever: either enter a certain initial scene and be randomly assigned the last memory by the scene due to luck; or get a [Memory]. Just like me, you gave me a [Memory] before I embarked on this path.

But the Sega Apartment Building scene has been abolished, so how did Zhou Xinpeng become a Memory Retriever? And how did he know I was one too? I asked him on the phone at the time, and he said to discuss it in detail when we met. And the address agreed upon for the meeting was here.

Qian Pangzi and Luo Xi had said this situation, there is nothing special about it.

Later, we discussed it and felt that this matter was worth investigating. However, for the sake of insurance, we left Qian Pangzi outside. We a few came in and did see Zhou Xinpeng, but his situation at the time was very strange.

He doesn't remember contacting you, does he?" Luo Xi suddenly asked.

Mao-ge showed a surprised look and nodded: "Yes, we arrived at the entrance of the Shuhai Park at the agreed time, but we didn't wait for Zhou Xinpeng. Ke Lan decided to enter and investigate first. As a result, he met him inside. His state at the time was a bit dazed, and his condition was very abnormal. I went to ask him, but he actually denied calling me, but he was indeed looking for his daughter."

What did he say?

Lao Zhou said that his daughter was missing, but he said he knew that his daughter was in this forest. At that time, Lao Zhou looked like a hysterical madman, with disheveled hair, a pale face, and bloodshot eyes.

And then?

In that situation, it was impossible to communicate with him normally. He just kept muttering, 'My daughter is here', repeating it over and over again. We decided to keep him by our side, but later..." Mao-ge also showed confusion at this time.

What's wrong?

We got separated.

Zhou Xinpeng ran away?

Not just him, all of us. That feeling was very strange, like a blackout after drinking, or a trance. I found that I was the only one left in the forest, and the others were gone. Before that, Wu Rui had opened a shrine and was infected with a curse. She ran away. We looked for her and finally found her hanging from a tree. And the separation from the others happened not long after that. Later, I was also infected with a curse because I opened a shrine.

With Mao-ge's careful narration, Luo Xi already had an understanding of their first team wipe.

On the second cycle day, Zhou Xinpeng disappeared, and his daughter was also gone. They seemed to have never appeared. Do you know what the most bizarre thing is?" Mao-ge's face was pale at this time. It could be seen that this matter had frightened him.

Because of the unknown, one feels fear.

But Luo Xi wouldn't be afraid, he would only be curious.

What is it?

Except for us Memory Retrievers, no one else remembers Zhou Xinpeng's family. I asked my wife and children, and I asked the neighbors. They said that room 809 of the Sega Apartment Building has never been inhabited.

Room 809, have you checked it?" Luo Xi knew at this time why Mao-ge had that expression just now.

This matter was too bizarre and terrifying, even within the Day of Confinement.

A neighbor who existed disappeared.

Luo Xi, what exactly are we? Why can even things like memories be casually rewritten and deleted, erasing two living people, a father and daughter, as if pencil marks on paper are erased by an eraser?" Mao-ge's voice was trembling when he said this.

He was afraid.

Unfortunately, Luo Xi couldn't empathize with him.

In other words, you checked room 809, and it's empty," Luo Xi guessed the answer.

"Yes!" Liu Mao raised his head, took a deep breath to calm himself. Even though this matter had passed two cycle days, it was clear that he still couldn't let it go. "The room is empty, you know? I can tell the difference between a cleaned room and a room that has been vacant for a long time. I'm not stupid. The dust in that house was thick, it hadn't been lived in for at least several years. I even checked the electric meter, damn it, there were no records. No one remembers them, except me."

"And me!" Luo Xi walked over and patted Mao Ge's shoulder.

It was obvious that Mao Ge was terrified.

This matter had clearly caused a great shock to his psyche, like a sharp knife cutting deeply into the most tender spot.

"What on earth is this world, Luo Xi? You know I have a strange memory that almost drove me crazy. You were the one who hired a hypnotist to save me. I don't remember those memories, but I know that memories are not to be trusted in this place either." Mao Ge's face was full of fatigue and fear, his eyes bloodshot. "So, what is real and what is fake? What will we become in the future? What were we originally? Xiao Guo said that the thing he fears most is that after paying a huge price and making great efforts, everything returns to the starting point. If we lose our memory, we will forget everything before, friendship and the goals we worked for. Luo Xi, this is terrible. We may have experienced it countless times, only this time we don't know it."

Mao Ge was trembling.

It had nothing to do with the rain.

It was despair and fear from the depths of his heart.

"It's the blood rain!"

Luo Xi said at this moment.

"What?" Mao Ge was stunned.

"Besides catalyzing and transforming the properties of certain shrines, blood rain also has another effect. Combined with this forest, it can trigger despair!" Luo Xi sighed. "Sorry, I don't despair, so I overlooked this point before. Also, about the missing Zhou Xinpeng and his daughter, I also roughly know why they didn't appear in 809, because they are trapped here. As for the uninhabited Room 809, it's just a mechanism. Actually, you don't need to be so desperate. True despair is when even [memory] doesn't exist. At that time, everyone will be amnesiac, and no one will realize that they are trapped in the same day. I think that's despair, but it's not now, at least in my opinion, it's far from it."

Luo Xi patted Mao Ge's shoulder.

"Let's go, I don't have much time left."

The grudge缠着 (chánzhe) Luo Xi was already had more than half of its body invaded into his body.

From Luo Xi's perspective, half of the other party's body was in his body, and the remaining half was lying on his back.

And this grudge was still a familiar face.

Wu Rui!

"It's best to find Wu Rui first, and preferably when she is also tainted by a grudge, to exchange grudges at the stone tower shrine." As Luo Xi was speaking, he suddenly noticed two figures walking towards them on the road in the forest ahead.

As the other party approached, they could see each other clearly.

"Luo Xi!" Lin Qiqi and Wu Rui became excited, and the two quickened their pace.

"Mao Ge, look, we're in luck," Luo Xi said.

A few minutes later, Luo Xi took the few of them and quickly returned to the stone tower shrine, and of course, the precautions here were explained in advance.

Conversely, Lin Qiqi and Wu Rui also described their previous experiences in a refined manner.

"A tall, thin monster holding an umbrella? Bells on the black umbrella... Powerful strength and strange abilities, can easily plunder the memories of others. Everyone who encounters it doesn't remember encountering it. That's right!" Luo Xi nodded, "In this way, many previous questions can be explained."

"We were lucky to escape. At that time, it was difficult for me to maintain the witch's magic form. If it weren't for other people attracting that monster, we would not have been able to escape." Lin Qiqi's expression was solemn. She was well aware of the monster's power, so after discovering that Luo Xi didn't seem to care, she specially reminded him.

"According to the description, the black umbrella monster won't kill people, it will only plunder a little memory. If you can escape from it, it will even 'return' the previously plundered memory. Wu Rui's situation illustrates this point. In this way, the design of this scene is not so boring."

Obviously, Luo Xi didn't listen at all.

Lin Qiqi was helpless.

But she also knew that things were like this. Many things that seemed terribly serious to other people, even to her, seemed to be immediately downgraded to a light-hearted matter when they came to Luo Xi.

"Then, have you discovered the monster's weakness?" Luo Xi asked at this time.

"Weakness?" Lin Qiqi was stunned.

She was obviously also clear that all the settings in the level scene, including the monsters, the more powerful they appeared, the greater their weaknesses would be.

She knew this rule.

But to be honest, in that situation at the time, her fear was aroused, and she couldn't patiently observe at all.

"I don't know," Lin Qiqi said truthfully.

"It doesn't matter, I have some speculation, but I need to actually find it before I can be sure."

Listening to Luo Xi's words, even if the black umbrella monster didn't look for him, he would still go to find it.

"Sure enough, people are different," Lin Qiqi looked at Wu Rui over there at this time.

When the other party discovered the appearance of the black umbrella monster at that time, it could be described as extremely desperate, and she was a bit desperate.

As a result, when it was placed on Luo Xi's side, the terrifying monster seemed to have become his 'prey' instead.