Day of Imprisonment

For a Memory Collector, every cycle day is a brand new day.

But for a Scene Manager, every cycle day is a repetitive and boring day.

Especially when these days go on for too long, it's really easy to develop mental health problems.

Bai Cai felt like he must be sick.

He had fallen in love with drinking.

You should know that he never used to drink at all.

But after experiencing so many cycle days, for example, hundreds of cycle days, such a long time can change a person's habits.

For example, although Bai Cai didn't change his code name in the company, no one dares to call him 'Newbie' anymore.

Qiu Kui, the person who gave him the code name 'Bai Cai' in the first place, hasn't been seen for a long time either.

She seemed to be deliberately avoiding him.

And he hadn't deliberately tried to find her.

People who were originally familiar with each other had become like strangers from that day on.

In addition, in Bai Cai's view, the most important sentence was: Before I take the initiative to find you, you are not allowed to change the scene you are managing!

So Bai Cai had been managing Tun Tun's Wonderful House for hundreds of cycle days.

Even the later supervisor told him that he could change to a better scene, he didn't agree.

Even the points he had accumulated to be promoted to supervisor through long-term good management, he didn't choose to redeem.

Because Bai Cai was waiting for someone.

Although he had been waiting for a long time, and might continue to wait.

This matter had become his new 'goal'.

So every cycle day, he had some anticipation.

This kind of anticipation was sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes strong, sometimes anxious, and more often frustrated and confused at the end of the cycle day.

"Waiting is really fucking torture."

This was the philosophy of life that Bai Cai had summed up.

Gradually, he became numb himself. The constantly repeating day was like a blacksmith's hammer, tempering his heart into solid iron.

Until one day, a familiar figure walked into his scene without warning.

To be honest, at the moment Bai Cai saw this person, he almost didn't hold back.

Memories and various emotions rushed in like a sudden flood, impacting the levee of reason that he thought was already extremely strong.

Almost breached.

He tried his best to maintain his superficial calm.

And in the moment of eye contact with the other party, it was the familiar wisdom, calmness, and oppressive aura that he hadn't seen for a long, long time.

There were also differences.

Strangeness.

The strangeness wasn't his own, it was revealed in the other party's eyes.

Originally, Bai Cai should have said welcome words, such as, 'Welcome to Tun Tun's Wonderful House!'

But at this moment, various emotions blocked his throat, so he could only look at the other party, pretending to be calm on the surface, but in reality, he couldn't say a word.

In addition, he could see that the other party was observing him.

That's right.

The boss had lost his memory, and after such a long time, he didn't know how many times he had lost his memory. The other party couldn't possibly remember him.

That's why there was that sense of strangeness.

Moreover, the other party was observing and scrutinizing him, just like their first meeting a long time ago.

At that time, the boss was also observing and scrutinizing with this kind of gaze.

Bai Cai actually felt nervous.

He wanted to shout loudly, saying Boss, I miss you so much, why are you only coming to find me now.

But he couldn't say these words.

It didn't fit his personality, and he shouldn't say it like that.

"Bai Cai?" Standing opposite him at this moment was Luo Xi, but Bai Cai could see that the other party's identity at this time should be a Memory Collector.

But a Memory Collector couldn't possibly come to a checkpoint scene and directly call out the administrator's code name.

Bai Cai nodded: "It's me!"

"There is something I need your help with!" Luo Xi looked a little tired, as if he had experienced many things, but his eyes were still bright. At this moment, he said expressionlessly, like a true stranger in conversation.

Purely businesslike.

But even so, Bai Cai felt that he had finally made it through.

The boss was back.

No matter what identity the other party had, the boss was still the boss, this would not change, nor could it change.

"Speak, what is it?" Bai Cai suppressed his excitement and said calmly.

"Your business points should have accumulated quite a bit by now, right? Also, you should have some connections and relationships within the company?" Luo Xi asked tentatively.

Bai Cai nodded: "That's right. Actually, if someone hadn't asked me not to change the checkpoint scene, I could have been promoted to supervisor long ago. So although I'm not a supervisor, I still have a lot of authority."

Bai Cai wasn't lying about this.

Because he had been 'grinding' in the company for hundreds of cycle days.

You should know that in such a long time, the administrators in the company had changed several times. In terms of seniority, he was considered a veteran.

"Sega Apartment Building, please apply to the company for a new scene. The specific scene design methods and mechanisms are written down here. After you read it, burn it." Luo Xi handed over a folded A4 paper in his hand.

Biecai took it, but he didn't look at it immediately. Instead, he continued to look at Luo Xi across from him.

He hoped to get more tasks.

However, Luo Xi on the opposite side didn't say much. After looking at the time, she immediately turned and left.

Their conversation didn't even last a minute.

Luo Xi came suddenly and left in a hurry.

They had no further conversation.

Biecai was stunned in place. The person he had waited for so long, the reunion he had longed for, actually didn't last more than a minute.

Disappointment was inevitable.

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But Biecai had built his mentality as solid as gold in the past, so he wouldn't collapse directly because of this kind of thing.

He took a deep breath, opened the A4 paper, and carefully looked at the extremely detailed scene design ideas and mechanisms on it.

Including the selection of administrators, the selection of cleaners, scene size, attributes, and level.

"Zhou Ya? Zhou Xinpeng?"

Biecai looked at these two unfamiliar names.

The mechanism of the scene was written very clearly, which was to seal the girl named 'Zhou Ya'.

But why?

It wasn't written on the paper.

If someone else had ordered this, Biecai would definitely ask clearly and understand it thoroughly, and he had the right to refuse.

But this matter was ordered by the boss.

He would definitely carry it out unconditionally.

So, he temporarily closed the scene and immediately set off to Sega Apartment Building for a field investigation.

The process went smoothly. He chose Zhou Xinpeng, asked him to sign the documents, recruited him, and personally built the Sega Apartment Building scene.

This matter was very complicated, but Biecai completed the work in only three cycle days.

The efficiency was very high.

In addition, he also used the career points he had accumulated for a long time to officially advance to the 'Supervisor Level'.

Because only by becoming a supervisor can he obtain more permissions.

For this old fritter of the company, it was a matter of course.

And that piece of paper actually had some 'Precautions' written on it.

One of them was that once the scene was opened, that is, the moment Zhou Ya's identity as a cleaner was determined, she must survive within the time specified by the scene, and was only allowed to die at twelve noon.

If this mechanism was broken on a certain cycle day, and Zhou Ya died early, the level scene would be immediately terminated and cancelled.

So, in each subsequent cycle day, Biecai paid special attention to this scene.

He would even often run to the vicinity of Sega Apartment Building to stake out and observe.

He thought he would see Luo Xi, but in fact he didn't.

The days seemed to have fallen into dullness again. Cycle days, day after day.

And when he was staking out for the twentieth time, he accidentally saw another familiar person.

A short girl who once said 'I'm going to die' to him.

From this day on, Biecai felt that his originally boring life had finally become a little more interesting.

Not surprisingly, Biecai began to follow her.

The girl had obviously become a Memory Gatherer.

But it was certain that she had lost all her memories before this, and, most likely, she had lost her memory more than once.

Perhaps it was because of some accident that she obtained [Memory], but based on Biecai's understanding of her, this simple-minded, somewhat silly girl was unlikely to continuously preserve her memory. Her participation in the level scene could be summed up in two words.

Reckless.

She would die.

And she would die miserably.

So, Biecai secretly followed her, and after watching her enter a scene called 'Tun Tun Game House' in Rainbow City, he, in his capacity as the company's supervisor, requested the administrator of that scene, a person named Zhang Zhe, to recruit that girl.

Supervisors have this privilege.

Even if it doesn't belong to his administrator, he can issue instructions. Of course, the other party can choose not to execute them, but the consequence of doing so is that they will inevitably suffer the targeting and revenge of a supervisor.

The administrator named Zhang Zhe could only agree.

"Zhang Doudou, Zhang Zhe, you are from the same family. That's good. I will find the supervisor in charge of your area and make an exchange with him. You, including the employees and scenes here, will be under my control from now on," Biecai said domineeringly, and left after dropping these words.

So, in the following days, Biecai would often ask Doudou to report to the headquarters.

Looking at Doudou's familiar face and listening to her words, Biecai actually found a feeling that had existed a long time ago and that he had lost.

Although this feeling was only fleeting, lasting only a moment, it was enough for Biecai to savor endlessly.

"I am a nostalgic person," Biecai often muttered to himself when drinking.

Looking at the chaotic darkness outside the window, Biecai finally couldn't help but pour himself another glass of wine.

Memories are bitter.

Whether good or bad, they will eventually turn into a wisp of melancholy. Some things, once they are gone, are gone. Just like Doudou, she is still cheerful and enthusiastic, simple and straightforward, but the current her is not the girl who once said 'I'm going to die'.

They are the same person, but essentially, they are not the same person.

"Then what about the boss? Is he still the same him?"

Biecai muttered, and was about to drink the wine in his glass, but at this moment, the phone on the table rang.