Day of Imprisonment

Zhou Di, having existed since the very moment of the Day of Imprisonment, retained the memories of thousands of looped days. Furthermore, the things he had experienced were unimaginable and unbearable for ordinary people.

It could be said that in terms of mental state, Zhou Di was already standing in the first echelon of humanity.

Almost nothing could shock or terrify him anymore.

But at this very moment, watching Luo Xi talking to the mirror, the eerie feeling made him break out in a cold sweat all over his body.

Because this place was no ordinary place.

Wei Si was the one he spoke to on the phone just now.

He wanted to ask, but Luo Xi seemed to be chatting enthusiastically with someone, no, some people in the mirror, and he was a little unsure how to interrupt.

"I know it's difficult, but this time, the situation is special. I know you don't accept me, and I'm well aware that you want to replace me. But frankly, although you are my defeated opponents, you are, in the final analysis, also me, and I am you. We are one. If we can't cut off Wei Si's claws this time, the situation will be dire."

"Today, I'm putting it here: whoever dares to sabotage me at this critical juncture, I will definitely make them disappear."

"Third Brother, I know you're not good at tracking mental energy, but you're good at eating. In a moment, eat them all. Haven't you wanted to do that for a long time? This time, I agree."

"Scared? Good that you know fear. Speak, where are they? That, Third Brother, don't eat them yet, wait a moment... I know you've been hungry for a long time, but everything should be in the service of the overall situation."

"Understood, continue... I see, so that's how it is..."

Luo Xi even put his ear close, as if he was really listening to someone talking.

Zhou Di didn't even dare to make a sound, afraid of disturbing Luo Xi.

But this scene was too strange.

"Who exactly is Luo Xi talking to? Logically speaking, if there was anything else here, I couldn't possibly not know, because this is my mental domain... unless..." Zhou Di thought of a possibility, and his eyes flashed with a ghostly light.

He seemed to be mobilizing some kind of mental power.

In the next moment, he seemed to see a large group of figures behind Luo Xi.

Each figure exuded a chilling mental aura.

In just an instant, Zhou Di collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

"Zhou Di, what are you doing?"

He heard Luo Xi's voice.

Looking up, Zhou Di could no longer see those terrifying figures.

"Luo... Luo Xi, what... what exactly did you do to yourself?"

Zhou Di asked this question with a trembling voice.

At this moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and this answer could resolve some of his past doubts about Luo Xi.

For example, why Luo Xi's personality was so indifferent, why he seemed to have no negative emotions such as fear, worry, sadness, and pain.

Why could Luo Xi, no matter what the circumstances, even after suffering amnesia several times, continue to carry out his own plans?

Now he sensed a possibility.

Luo Xi had modified his own 'attributes'.

It was like a surgical room specifically for 'mental power', and Luo Xi was operating on himself, and not just a little tinkering. Judging from Luo Xi's appearance just now, the 'modification' was definitely not small.

As long as it was a person, it was impossible to sever emotions. Positive and negative emotions were interdependent, with each containing the other. For example, the two emotions of pain and fear could not be truly stripped away from human nature.

If they were really stripped away, then the person could no longer be called 'human'.

In Zhou Di's view, there was only one way for Luo Xi to appear completely indifferent to pain and fear.

That was to keep himself constantly immersed in greater fear and pain.

"I don't remember what I did to myself, but I can guess... but this matter is not the point. Right now, the most important thing is to find Wei Si's tentacles that have invaded here and cut them off."

Luo Xi patted Zhou Di and then said, "Next, you need to take me to a place."

Zhou Di immediately asked, "So, you've found Wei Si's tentacles?"

"Yes."

Luo Xi's answer was very affirmative: "Didn't you create a scene called the Operating Room?"

"Yes, could it be, it's over there?"

"Yes."

Zhou Di didn't ask any more questions. He led Luo Xi to a door behind the ward, pushed it open, and entered. Inside was a long corridor, which looked very normal, but walking through it, one would feel that something was very wrong.

The floor seemed to be wriggling, as if some huge thing was hidden underneath.

The paintings on the walls were all strange portraits, bizarre and grotesque, and the eyes of these portraits were always staring at Luo Xi who walked in. Moreover, every strange and twisted face had a strange smile.

"Strange, it wasn't like this when I came here," Zhou Di said at this time.

Luo Xi didn't answer.

This matter was already obvious. Starting from this corridor, Wei Si's power had already begun to strengthen.

More importantly, from here, Wei Si had gained the ability to perceive, knowing Luo Xi's movements, and thus guessing the other party's purpose.

So these strange things were all controlled by Wei Si.

Ahead was the door to the 'Operating Room'.

Zhou Di said at this time, "Although this operating room is a scene, it doesn't have any special rules or plot. It's just a place used to modify the body. Zhou Ya and the person she brought implanted those arms and eyes here."

Luo Xi walked to the door and looked at it carefully without pushing it open directly.

Then he asked, "Since it's an operating room, are there any doctors inside?"

"Yes!"

"Where did you get them from?"

"I don't know, Wei Si brought them."

"According to my understanding, if a 'character' is needed in a level scene, it's either a hired employee or a 'Witherer'. And no matter who it is, after obtaining a specific character assignment, they must act according to their own 'script'. What is the script for the doctor in this scene?"

"Within the specified time, under the condition of achieving the collection conditions in the scene, surgery can be performed on the Memory Retrievers who enter the scene. If the Memory Retriever player does not collect enough props, they will be killed by the doctor... This setting must have feasible gameplay, with a way to survive and a way to die. However, the last time Zhou Ya came, she was told the location of the collection props in advance. I can also tell you that there are four props to be collected, namely [Daughter's Photo], [Toy Bear named TOM], [Doctor's Glasses], [Surgery Sheet]."

Immediately afterward, Zhou Di told Luo Xi the location and method of obtaining the four props.

This was equivalent to playing a puzzle game, but the designer of the game had already told the player the solution and answer to all the puzzles in advance.

Naturally, this game would lose its difficulty. Just go through the motions according to this process.

"Also, in the process of collecting these props, the doctor will hunt you down. Remember, the doctor at this stage is invincible. Don't be found by it, and don't be caught, otherwise, game over."

Even though the main purpose was to perform surgery, as long as it was created in the form of a scene, it had to follow the rules of the scene, that is, there must be at least one gameplay, and there must be a closed loop and reward and punishment rules.

These elements could not be escaped or ignored.

"This is the rule, but in reality, there is no difficulty. Originally, this scene was not intended to be opened to Memory Retrievers, but these things were added in because of the creation rules of the scene."

Zhou Di was the administrator, and he knew these things very well.

Luo Xi then told Zhou Di that the situation in the 'Operating Room' scene might have changed.

"That's impossible!" Zhou Di shook his head. "I designed the scene, and I wrote the rules and plot inside myself. No one can change it except me."

"I'm just saying a possibility. If the scene hasn't been changed, then that's naturally better." Luo Xi didn't argue with Zhou Di on this matter.

For him, no matter what the situation, he had to go in and cut off Wei Si's tentacles on Zhou Di's side.

"Unfortunately, I can't go in with you." Zhou Di sighed. This level scene was a single-player scene, and the administrator couldn't enter after the Memory Retriever player entered.

"It's fine if you wait for me outside." Luo Xi reached out and opened the door to the operating room.

Instantly, a strong smell of blood permeated from inside.

It was as if this place was not a medical site, but a slaughterhouse.

Luo Xi prepared to enter. At this time, Zhou Di reacted and hurriedly stopped him: "Wait a minute, Luo Xi, you just said that the scene may have changed. I thought about it carefully. Although this possibility is very small, it's not impossible. After all, my current situation is not a normal administrator state, and this is a mental domain. The possibility of accidents also exists... In that case, I can't let you go. It's too dangerous."

"At any time, danger and opportunity coexist." Luo Xi obviously didn't care: "Besides, we don't have time. We absolutely can't wait until the next looped day. I know this, and Wei Si knows this, so it deliberately distorted the previous corridor. The purpose is to make us associate that the scene has also been distorted and changed by it. What do you think its purpose is?"

Zhou Di was stunned.

He thought about it carefully and immediately said, "Wei Si is stalling for time. It doesn't want you to go in."

Luo Xi nodded.

"We can't lose this game, and we can't afford to lose."

After saying that, he walked in.

Then he closed the door.

Zhou Di didn't stop him. He knew that Luo Xi was right.

Now he could only pray that everything went smoothly.