Day of Imprisonment

“Just what happened?”

Wu Rui looked at the suddenly changing surroundings, her expression turning serious.

She reacted quickly, already gripping a dagger in her hand.

A dagger is easy to hide and has a strong killing power, making it very suitable for carrying as a defense and attack weapon.

Next to her was Yu Xiaoru.

Moreover, the light here suddenly became very dim, as if night had fallen and there was a power outage.

“Where are the people? Where did they all go?” Yu Xiaoru also took out her weapon, but as a 【Craftsman】, she wasn't the fighting type, so she couldn't help but feel a little panicked at this moment.

“Besides the doctors and nurses, it seems the patients are gone too.” Wu Rui noticed that there were a few people in hospital gowns in the corridor of the ward area before.

But they disappeared in the blink of an eye.

“Let’s retreat!” Strictly speaking, Yu Xiaoru had been a Memory Collector for a very long time; even An Zhiyan wasn't as experienced as she was.

So, despite looking like a young girl who hasn't grown up, she's actually quite cunning.

When encountering such a sudden situation, the key is to immediately return and reunite with teammates without figuring out what happened.

Wu Rui naturally understood this principle.

Immediately, the two carefully returned the way they came.

But after only a few steps, the entire hospital began to shake, like an earthquake, and an extremely strange sound came from their ears, a rumbling sound mixed with a dull and teeth-grinding metallic twisting sound.

The two immediately covered their ears, showing painful expressions.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for a short while before stopping.

“What's going on again?” The two felt that the harsh sound had disappeared, but when they looked again, they both showed shocked expressions.

The originally normal corridor seemed to have been deformed by the strong vibration just now, with the walls broken and the floor slabs above collapsing, directly blocking their retreat.

There were some gaps, but unless they turned into mice, they wouldn't be able to squeeze through at all.

Wu Rui walked over, looked at the broken floor slabs and the collapsed cement bricks, as well as the exposed deformed steel bars above, and shook her head at Yu Xiaoru.

Clearly, this road was impassable.

Just then, there was also movement on the other side of the blocked passage.

After the sound of footsteps, An Zhiyan's voice came.

“Xiaoru, Wu Rui, is that you?”

“Sister An!” Yu Xiaoru immediately responded, “Do you know what happened?”

On the other side, An Zhiyan frowned as she looked at the collapsed ward passage.

The sudden change just now seemed to have sent them into another space. Under normal circumstances, this wouldn't happen, and it had never happened in the past.

Because of the current situation, if there were no accidents, they were forcibly stuffed into a checkpoint scenario by some force.

“But this is impossible. A very important principle in checkpoint scenarios is that, except for Memory Collectors born in the initial scenario, other scenarios must be voluntarily participated in by Memory Collectors. Forced participation violates the rules.”

An Zhiyan was the second leader of the Awakened Association, so she naturally knew these things.

“No, I can't move it.” Kuangshi said, he had just tried to use brute force to move away the steel and cement slabs and the collapsed bricks and stones blocking the corridor.

But even if he possessed strength exceeding Elite C-level, he still couldn't shake it.

“The earthquake just now caused a partial disintegration of the building. This is not a good thing. If it's some kind of mechanism in the scenario, then if it happens once, it may happen a second time.” An Zhiyan looked around.

In some places around, cracks could already be clearly seen on the walls.

Moreover, from time to time, a strange noise could be heard from some dark place in the distance.

It sounded like something was being moved or collapsing.

“Where's the boss?” Kuangshi asked at this moment.

“When the change happened just now, I lost Luo Xi's aura, which means the distance between him and me exceeded one hundred meters.” An Zhiyan said at this time.

An Zhiyan, who possessed the 【Werewolf Curse】, had extremely strong perception. In fact, she had been locking onto Luo Xi's aura.

She did this to prevent any accidents from happening.

But she never thought that the accident not only happened, but also far exceeded An Zhiyan's expectations.

“I remember the structure of the 9th floor ward area. The corridors can connect with each other. Besides here, there's another way. Go around for a bit, and we'll wait for you here.” An Zhiyan said.

“Okay, Wu Rui and I will go around.” Yu Xiaoru's voice came from the other side.

Soon, the sound of footsteps faded away.

An Zhiyan and the others didn't leave, just waiting in place.

At this time, she glanced at Zhou Ji.

“Can your warehouse store these cement slabs and steel bars blocking the way?”

Zhou Ji tried it and shook his head.

“They're connected. Unless they're cut open and become separate objects, otherwise it's equivalent to putting this building in. You know, I don't have that much space in my warehouse.”

An Zhiyan sighed.

She was just trying it out.

Mainly, she had a very ominous premonition.

“That's not right!”

In the next moment, the building shook again.

Rumbling, the dull sound and the strange metallic twisting sound came, accompanied by a large amount of dust falling from above. Not to mention others, even An Zhiyan, who possessed 【Absolute Rationality】, felt uneasy at this moment.

And the sound in her ears was getting louder and louder, closer and closer. The floor was shaking very badly, and An Zhiyan could only reach out and grab a steel bar protruding from the cement slab next to her to maintain her balance.

Some gravel fell on her body, and she needed to hold her breath. Otherwise, if the surrounding dust was inhaled into her nose and lungs, it would be troublesome. Violent coughing would accelerate the inhalation of dust, causing suffocation.

Fortunately, An Zhiyan and the others were not rookies. In this sudden situation, they still maintained the most basic calmness.

The shaking and swaying lasted for a while, slowly stopping, and the accompanying harsh sound also disappeared.

“It's finally stopped!” It was Zhou Ji who spoke. He wasn't considered timid, but he was scared to death just now.

He had never encountered this kind of situation before.

Too scary.

It felt like the building could collapse at any time.

He raised his phone, used the light to look around, and instantly showed a look of horror.

An Zhiyan had actually also discovered the problem.

The surrounding environment had changed again. The reason was that there was a ward over there before, but after the earthquake just now, the door of the ward had actually disappeared, turning into an ordinary wall.

But the problem was that 【Sleepless】 Liu Ruibao was standing there just now.

He disappeared along with the door of the ward.

That's not all. On the other side, a deep pit had collapsed in the ground, and Kuangshi, who was originally standing there, was also gone.

Only Qi Yan, the 【Soft Bone】, was still there.

In other words, there were originally five people here just now, but now two are gone, leaving only three.

“Where are the people?” Qi Yan raised an eyebrow, her expression showing disbelief.

No one can answer this question at the moment.

“This place is too weird.” Zhou Ji's throat moved, and because of nervousness, his breathing was a little rapid.

They were all veterans who had obtained professional cards and had experienced all kinds of scenarios, large and small. In terms of experience, they were definitely among the best in the Memory Collector group.

But to be honest, the situation they were encountering right now was too bizarre.

Completely incomprehensible situations had occurred. Coupled with this dark and deep environment, the sense of horror was directly pulled to the extreme.

“Not only have the people disappeared, but the environment has also changed.” An Zhiyan walked to the deep pit in the floor in front, squatted down and looked carefully, her brow also furrowed.

Zhou Ji came over and glanced at it.

His face turned pale.

“Leader An, I remember we're on the 9th floor, right? Logically speaking, if the floor collapses, the floor below should be the 8th floor, but why is it solid ground here, and there's even a deep pit?”

When Zhou Ji spoke, his mind was completely unable to process it.

They were undoubtedly on the ninth floor of the First Hospital, but now it felt like they were on the first floor.

No.

Even if it was the first floor, there were basements and underground parking lots below. That is to say, they were now on the lowest floor of the building.

But how was this possible?

“Could it be that we fell from above?” Qi Yan couldn't help but look up.

There were cracks in the ceiling above, but it was still intact.

It didn't look like there was a large-scale collapse at all.

Moreover, if they really fell from a height of 9 floors, it was impossible to be unharmed.

An Zhiyan didn't speak.

She was very clear that the scenario they were forcibly pulled into was something that had never been encountered in the past.

Before figuring out the specific mechanism here, she couldn't make any judgments.

Since she didn't speak, Zhou Ji and Qi Yan didn't say anything either.

The scene was very quiet, without any movement. Apart from the light produced by the phone turning on the flashlight mode, the other areas were all dark, and the dust could be clearly seen under the light of the flashlight.

“Wu Rui and Xiaoru haven't gone around, nor have they returned to the other side of the collapse.” An Zhiyan walked back to the blocked passage again. She used her phone to shine the light through the narrow gap.

Apart from the floating dust, nothing could be seen.

It was equally deathly silent over there.

“Leader An, what should we do?” Zhou Ji couldn't help but ask.

“The road ahead is blocked, we can only retreat and see if we can find the previous elevator entrance.” What An Zhiyan could do was to seize the time to explore the environment here and obtain more information.

Although they would encounter danger, it was better than staying here and doing nothing.

“Wait a minute, I can pass through this gap and see the situation over there. Maybe I can find Xiaoru and the others.” Qi Yan said at this time.

The professional card she possessed was 【Soft Bone】. Normal people couldn't squeeze through the gap in the blocked passage, but she could.