Day of Imprisonment

Yu Xiaoru was clearly lost in thought because of what Luo Xi said.

“How many times have I become a Memory Weaver, and how many times have I lost my memory?”

Yu Xiaoru had similar questions before, and had even asked herself more than once, but this time was different.

And it was very likely that she had attracted a fatal disaster because she had discovered some secrets.

However, she couldn't get an answer to this question.

A few minutes later, she realized this and had to give up helplessly.

“If there is too much noise, does that mean you didn’t get the information you wanted?” Yu Xiaoru asked.

Luo Xi shook his head: “On the contrary, I got the information I wanted. At least, I heard several names that only exist in the First Hospital's instance dungeon. This almost confirms that the First Hospital's instance dungeon is a projection of the First Hospital in its normal state, a blueprint for the instance dungeon design, and the designer is hidden in this place.”

Originally, Luo Xi came here to investigate. Yu Xiaoru's [Eavesdropper] ability only helped him speed up the process.

Mainly because he hadn't realized before that Yu Xiaoru's ability was so useful.

It was simply the best choice for investigating intelligence.

“Boss, Wu Rui and An Zhiyan are also coming down.” Kuangshi said at this time.

Sure enough, An Zhiyan, Wu Rui, and others came down from upstairs. After discovering Luo Xi and the others' location, they walked straight over.

At this moment, Wu Rui seemed a little excited and said as she approached: “Luo Xi, just as you predicted, we found Director Lin, and even found the nurse named Han Xiaoyan in the blood collection department on the third floor. However, their appearances are different from those in the instance dungeon, even completely opposite.”

According to Wu Rui's description, Director Lin was a very kind person, not the insect monster composed of countless severed limbs in the instance dungeon; and Han Xiaoyan in the blood collection department was not a long-legged monster with two-meter-long limbs, but a very ordinary nurse, even a little shy.

“In addition, we checked the entire hospital's architectural structure, and it's exactly the same as in the instance dungeon, completely replicated. In that case, can we determine that the instance dungeon's administrator is a hospital employee?”

“Or maybe a patient!” Luo Xi added.

He remembered that the last time he came, he and Mao Ge entered the more terrifying Second Ward. At that time, the Second Ward triggered the preset plot in the instance dungeon, the 'contagious disease department's leakage incident'. In the end, Mao Ge risked [Resentment Soaring to the Sky] to bring himself to the contagious disease department. After opening the door of the innermost room, Luo Xi saw a person.

It's just that he was infected by those strange molds at the time, with many human faces growing on his body, and his consciousness was blurred, so he didn't see the other person clearly at all.

But it can basically be determined that that person is the administrator of the First Hospital.

In addition, this administrator must have some kind of relationship with Zhou Ya.

“But even if we know that the administrator is here, we can't find him without knowing what he looks like. After all, there are too many people in the hospital.”

An Zhiyan said at this time.

What she said was an objective fact. Whether it was doctors, nurses, security guards, patients, or family members, the number of people at this moment was quite large. It would be extremely difficult to find out who the administrator was from these people.

“Actually, there is a way.” Luo Xi suddenly said.

Everyone else was stunned.

“What way?” An Zhiyan asked.

Luo Xi then said: “Except for Kuangshi, everyone has been to the First Hospital instance dungeon, right?”

Everyone nodded.

How could they not have been to such a famous instance dungeon as the First Hospital?

Especially those experienced players who had already obtained professional cards, it was even more impossible not to have been there.

Except for Kuangshi.

Because he was afraid of ghosts.

“Then, you should all have noticed that most of the people in the First Hospital don't have facial features.” Luo Xi said a detail that no Memory Weaver who had been to the First Hospital could ignore.

Because it was too obvious.

“So, why are there no facial features?” Luo Xi asked.

This question couldn't be answered.

After all, no one knew what the instance dungeon designer was thinking at the time. What's more, if the designer's mental state was problematic, it was likely to be a design without any purpose. If you want to find out the reason, unless you find the administrator and ask him in person.

“Wait a minute, Luo Xi, you don't actually want to investigate people without facial features, what you want to say is, those with facial features…” An Zhiyan suddenly realized the purpose of Luo Xi's question at this time.

In the First Hospital instance dungeon, most people, including doctors, nurses, patients, security guards, etc., indeed didn't have faces, but there were still some who had faces and facial features.

This belonged to the minority among the minority.

Some of them looked normal, and some, even if they had faces and facial features, were actually very dangerous.

Naturally, many Memory Weavers noticed this, and there were also many people who wanted to use this as a breakthrough to explore the reason, but so far, no one has been able to find the real reason.

An Zhiyan was very clear about this.

Because the Awakener Association had arranged for many people to attack the First Hospital instance dungeon many times, wanting to explore the secrets within.

But all to no avail.

Everyone looked at Luo Xi. Since the other party had brought up this matter, he must have had some ideas.

Since they couldn't figure it out, they wouldn't think about it. They would just wait for Luo Xi to announce it.

“Actually, it's very simple. The First Hospital instance dungeon is very special. Even compared to all other instance dungeons, you can find different places. First of all, the area of the instance dungeon is actually not a relatively physical existence, but in a distorted man-made space.”

Everyone was a senior player among the Memory Weavers, so they naturally understood what Luo Xi meant.

The instance dungeons in the Day of Imprisonment were divided into two types.

One type was based on actual areas, just like 'A Day of Working People'. The entire instance dungeon was on the 23rd and 24th floors of a building.

The instance dungeon did not expand, and there were no areas that did not match reality.

The other type was a surreal instance dungeon.

For example, it looked like a small house from the outside, but after entering, you would find that it was a completely different world.

The First Hospital was like this.

“Everything in the surreal instance dungeon needs to be designed, including various characters. And you think about it, in most cases, which of these instance dungeons has a number of characters and plot points that can reach the scale of the First Hospital?”

Everyone pondered and shook their heads.

“No, the only similar one is the Haunted Building. However, that place doesn't have as many characters as the First Hospital, and they appear at the same time.”

The one who spoke was Liu Ruibao, the [Sleepless One]. Obviously, his professional card characteristics determined that he liked to go to haunted instance dungeons.

“The instance dungeon designer needs to consider all the elements in the instance dungeon. Other things are easy to say, but only the appearance of people is different. If it is randomly designed, there will be no same names in the real hospital and the instance dungeon. In addition, the entire instance dungeon completely replicates the real First Hospital, so we can assume a possibility…”

Luo Xi glanced at everyone and continued: “In the instance dungeon, the people who can see facial features should be people the administrator has seen. It's like a painter, only people he has seen and is familiar with can he draw their appearance. If he hasn't seen them, but has only heard of them, he can only imagine the person's appearance based on other people's descriptions, or simply design unfamiliar people into faceless people and terrifying monsters, but perhaps because facial features cannot be truly removed when designing the instance dungeon, the designer may use his imagination to hide the facial features in other parts of the body…”

This possibility was very high.

The last time he came, Luo Xi carefully studied this instance dungeon, and combined with the current investigation of the First Hospital in reality, he basically confirmed this guess.

“If we speculate according to this line of thought, then the administrator of the instance dungeon is familiar with the people with facial features in the instance dungeon, so as long as we look for common points from these characters with facial features, we should be able to lock on our target.”

In just a few words, Luo Xi had narrowed the scope of the 'administrator' to a searchable stage.

“However, how many people with facial features are there in the First Hospital? And who are they?” Wu Rui asked at this time. She carefully recalled it and found that there were very few. To find commonality, at least three or five samples were needed.

And most of the people they encountered the last time didn't have facial features.

“Doctor Zhou Xiuying of the surgery clinic, female nurse Liu Yao of the oncology department…” Luo Xi suddenly said two people at this time.

As soon as Wu Rui heard this, she immediately remembered.

“I also remember that the last time I came, it was Dr. Zhou who treated you. In addition, we met a nurse who looked very normal in the elevator, named Liu Yao!”

Wu Rui and Luo Xi were together at the time, but she didn't have Luo Xi's memory. She didn't remember it for a while just now. After Luo Xi reminded her, she remembered it.

“Which floor is the oncology ward on?” Luo Xi asked at this time.

“9th floor!” An Zhiyan said.

They had just been there, so they knew.

“Go up and take a look.” Luo Xi walked towards the elevator.

“Aren’t you going to the surgery department?” Wu Rui asked, because Dr. Zhou was in the surgery department.

“At that time, Dr. Zhou didn't have so much resentment on her body, and even looked no different from a normal person, but the nurse Liu Yao had it on her body. I think the administrator is most likely in the oncology ward.” Luo Xi explained.

An Zhiyan also heard it.

“You think the administrator is a patient from the oncology department? Why not a doctor or nurse?”

“If they are medical staff, it is impossible not to remember the appearance of their colleagues. Only patients, and patients who are already inconvenient to get out of bed, are familiar with the people they see often, so those people have facial features in the instance dungeon he designed. Other than that, they are all faceless people!”

The elevator door opened, and Luo Xi took the lead to walk in.

There was also one thing that Luo Xi didn't say, that was, to be able to design such a distorted, morbid, and painful instance dungeon as the First Hospital, then the designer's psychology must also be distorted, morbid, and full of pain…