Chapter 8 A game between 8 people

Chapter 8 A game between 8 people

Chapter 8 A Game for Eight People
The fire alarm was still ringing. Luo Xi walked over and pressed and held the host reset button on the alarm. After a few seconds, it finally stopped.

At this time, the few people who remained on the 24th floor remained silent.

They looked at each other, observing each other, with some kind of inexplicable 'tacit understanding'.

Luo Xi first ran to the women's restroom and the women's locker room and took a stroll. When she came out, she was muttering to herself, as if she was saying something like "as expected" or "how magical".

Then he pulled a chair and sat down, motioning for the others to sit down as well.

Some people sat down, some didn't.

"Judging from everyone's reactions, this screening plan was very successful. All the irrelevant people have left. The ones left should be the ones who at least remember the last time Mao turned into a monster and killed people."

Luo Xi went straight to the point.

Because he knew there was no time to waste.

One day. No, Brother Mao may start the killing time at any time, so in essence, there is no such thing as one day.

The people opposite, Du Lei, Guo Zening (male colleague one), Feng Kai (male colleague two), and Zhang Yanan (female colleague) still didn't speak, but each had a different expression. Manager Du squinted his eyes and wiped the sweat off his face. Looking closely, this guy had a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan both seemed to be hesitant to speak, while Feng Kai looked around as if he was on guard against someone.

"Let's hurry up and get to know each other again. My name is Luo Xi, and I'm a memory restorer who has saved a memory once."

After that, there was complete silence and no one responded.

Luo Xi smiled, not feeling awkward at all, and looked at Du Lei: "Mr. Du, you are the elder brother, you go first."

Du Lei narrowed his eyes, staring at Luo Xi, then looked at Zhang Yanan over there, then moved his gaze back and said, "I've thought about your method before, but I thought it was a bit risky so I didn't implement it, but it seems to be working well."

"It's mainly because of good timing. Last time, Brother Mao got up early. Otherwise, I might not have had this opportunity to have a frank chat with you guys." Luo Xi restrained his smile and rubbed his face.

"Be honest?" Du Lei smiled and said, "Okay, I finally met a smart person, but I'm curious about what you plan to do after the screening."

"I'll explain this to you all later. Now, you all need to tell me the number of times you've saved your memories. It's best not to lie or hide anything." Luo Xi then put on an indifferent expression, or it could be seen as having no expression.

Du Lei just smiled at this time and didn't respond.

The others didn't say anything, but it was obvious that everyone had their own ideas. Some were eager to try, some were cautious, and some were wary.

Feng Kai, who had a gloomy face, suddenly said, "So, why should I tell you? Who do you think you are?"

Questioning is inevitable.

In Luo Xi's opinion, this is also a form of "defense", and it will inevitably show a certain tough attitude and will never allow others to control it.

Just like Feng Kai now.

Luo Xi glanced at the other party and said expressionlessly: "Of course, it is your right to choose to conceal it, but let me be frank at this stage. It is crucial to be frank and open. This will determine whether you can pass the next level."

"Pass? Pass what?" Feng Kai sneered, "You only saved your memory once, what do you know? You are so arrogant."

Luo Xi seemed to be completely unconcerned about such offensive words, and in his opinion, this kind of "provocation" was also a kind of answer.

"Mr. Du, do you want to tell us about it? Or do you choose to hide it?" Luo Xi looked at Du Lei.

Du Lei saw that he couldn't escape, so he laughed and said, "We are all so familiar with each other. After all, we are colleagues who have been together for a long time. Moreover, we are involved in such a strange and bizarre thing. We should help each other. We all know each other's names, so I just need to tell you the number of times I can save my memory."

After saying this, he looked around, stretched out his hand, and made the number eight.

"Eight times. I have saved the memory eight times."

There seemed to be a sense of boasting and complacency in his tone.

Luo Xi nodded and looked at the other two people.

"I only had one time. I just remember what happened last time. Brother Mao took it out of the closet..." Guo Zening didn't finish his words when he was interrupted by Luo Xi: "I'll tell you about the rest later."

The former nodded and sat down again.

"It happened to me once too. To be honest, if you, Luo Xi, hadn't said that Brother Mao was down there at 10 o'clock, I would have thought I was having a nightmare. But the experience was too real and too scary." Zhang Yanan spoke at this time. She was a little nervous. She sat on the chair and gestured with her hands, trying to express herself.

From the moment she was killed, she suddenly appeared in the women's locker room and found that the time had returned to the time when she first arrived this morning. At that moment, she was completely dazed. It can be said that she was in a daze the whole morning, and her heart was filled with fear and confusion.

But she didn't know who to tell about this.

She had secretly asked another female colleague before, but she didn't remember it at all, let alone know what she was talking about.

She was still a little confused about the current situation, but she heard one thing clearly: the people who stayed behind at this moment all remembered that Brother Mao turned into a monster and killed people.

In other words, I am not crazy, nor am I dreaming; all that horror is real.

Her fingers were trembling with excitement and she was eager to communicate.

Luo Xi could see her state and spoke to comfort her: "I suddenly came to my senses at my workstation this morning and found that I felt the same as you when the day started again. Relax a little. Being too excited is not good for your body."

Zhang Yanan nodded quickly, with a look of gratitude on his face. "So in the last round, we were all killed by Brother Mao, so did anyone escape Brother Mao's pursuit and survive to the end?" Luo Xi looked around, no one spoke, and estimated that the situation was similar to what Luo Xi had speculated.

Last round, all wiped out.

"Among the five people present here, only Mr. Du and Feng Kai are 'seniors' who have survived more than one round. The following questions are specifically for you two. Of course, you two can choose not to answer." Luo Xi glanced at Feng Kai.

"You ask, I think it's good for everyone to get together and speak frankly. Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. Who knows, they may be able to come up with a solution." Du Lei sighed at this time.

"This question is very simple, but extremely important. In the several rounds of imprisonment you have experienced, have you ever managed to avoid Brother Mao's killing time and survive past midnight safely? Or have you ever seen or heard of anyone else doing this?"

Obviously, this question can only be answered by an 'experienced person'.

The two "newbies" Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan are still confused. They can understand a lot of things Luo Xi said, but for some things they are completely confused and have no idea what the other person is saying.

But, I didn't dare to interrupt.

I was still feeling itchy in my heart, so I was holding it in very hard.

Logically speaking, Luo Xi's question was easy to answer, but neither Du Lei nor Feng Kai spoke immediately.

After a long while, Du Lei shook his head and said, "Luo Xi, the fact that you can ask this question shows that you have already mastered a lot of information about the Day of Imprisonment. I even suspect that you lied before. You are not a 'newcomer' at all, but a veteran who has survived many rounds like me."

"I'm indeed a newbie!" Luo Xi spread his hands, looking frank.

Du Lei smiled, still wiping his sweat, "Liu Mao's killing time is impossible to avoid. No normal person can survive after the killing time, so how long we can survive in one round depends entirely on the time it takes him to turn into a ghost."

"Are you sure?" Luo Xi frowned.

"At least it was like this in the few rounds I survived. You've seen Liu Mao turn into a ghost, and everyone has seen it. Who do you think can escape?" Du Lei didn't know what he was thinking about, and his expression was a little ferocious. In fact, there was fear hidden under the ferocious expression.

I guess it's some kind of bad memory.

Feng Kai still didn't say anything. This guy seemed like a hedgehog who couldn't be touched at all. Moreover, he was a hedgehog with a very bad temper and a very strong sense of vigilance.

But Du Lei's answer was 'No one can escape the killing time', which has included everyone, including Feng Kai.

"Brother Lei, this guy is trying to find out our background." Feng Kai suddenly said at this time.

Du Lei was stunned, and immediately thought of something, and his expression suddenly became a little ferocious.

Obviously, the other party's question just now set a trap. Since it is impossible to avoid the killing time, the fact that Du Lei survived several rounds of confinement means that he has killed at least an equal number of memory collectors. Otherwise, where did the memory card come from to save the memory?

"I'm not that low-class." Luo Xi's reaction was very calm.

There was a smile on his face, as if he was despising the other person for thinking of him as such a low and stupid person.

"In order to preserve memories, killing other memory collectors to obtain memory cards is one of the rules of the Day of Imprisonment. There is no right or wrong, good or evil, and there is no need to go through so much trouble to test you. Besides, does this question need to be tested?"

Luo Xi's reaction instantly silenced Du Lei's anger.

He found that he might have really underestimated the other party.

"Luo Xi, tell me, what are you going to do?"

"Of course it's 'pass'." Luo Xi did not hesitate at all when answering the questions, as if he had predicted these questions long ago and already had standard answers.

"How do we pass the level?" Du Lei asked with narrowed eyes.

Luo Xi did not answer, but looked at Guo Zening and Zhang Yanan who were stunned from beginning to end, as confused as elementary school students trying to understand a middle school curriculum.

"Brother Mao looked scary at that time, right?" Luo Xi slowed down his voice.

Fear flashed in their eyes and they nodded.

"Whether it's a veteran like Mr. Du or newcomers like us who have only preserved our memories once, none of us can forget Brother Mao during the killing time. So when I said, 'At ten o'clock, Brother Mao is downstairs,' anyone who remembers what happened last time can't just pretend that nothing happened. It's human nature to satisfy curiosity, and coupled with the mental trap of time pressure caused by a huge sense of crisis, anyone who has restored their memories can't go downstairs under such circumstances."

"That is to say, the people currently on the twenty-fourth floor are all the seven people who have recovered their memories."

At this time, Zhang Yanan couldn't help but raise his hand.

Luo Xi smiled: "You say!"

"It seems that there are only five of us." Zhang Yanan looked around and corrected.

"I forgot to mention that among the Shiyi people, we have to include Lao Gao who died this morning. In addition, there is another person. Including her, there are exactly seven people." After Luo Xi finished speaking, Du Lei and Feng Kai looked at each other subconsciously.

"But this is a game for eight people," Luo Xi continued.

"Eight people? Are there other people who can recall their memories?" Feng Kai couldn't help but speak at this time.

Luo Xi smiled and shook his head: "The eighth person is Brother Mao. Eight people are playing a game similar to cat and mouse, one cat and seven mice."

(End of this chapter)