Chapter 239 Time has advanced
Chapter 239 Time has advanced
Luo Xi opened his eyes, a little dazed.
The roar in my ears quickly dissipated and returned to silence almost instantly.
Then he found himself lying in his bedroom at home.
"Has the cycle been reset? But I didn't die before, and I also got the [Amnesia Technique]."
In the strange computer room on the second floor of Sunshine Internet Cafe, Luo Xi used some tricks to get the card from the man who was hanging by his head.
The process is not complicated.
The body of the dead young man on the second floor was thrown in as bait to attract the ghost hand's attack, and the cards in the opponent's hand were snatched away during the time gap created by the bait.
very smooth.
However, when Luo Xi got the [Amnesia Technique] and thought that he had finally collected all the components of the professional card and could activate the [Mental Patient], suddenly, the ground began to shake like an earthquake.
Immediately afterwards, there was a loud bang.
"It seems like something exploded?"
Luo Xi sat up and turned to look out the window.
It was still dark outside.
"Wait a moment!"
Luo Xi experienced several cycle days. At the beginning of each cycle day, he woke up in his bed at home. Then, the sky outside the window was already bright, and the time was always 6:09 in the morning, July 29th, Monday.
But this time it was darker outside.
Luo Xi immediately picked up the fully charged mobile phone next to him and checked the time.
Monday, July 29th, 5:09 AM.
"Waking up a whole hour earlier?"
Luo Xi got out of bed immediately.
At the same time, his cell phone received a call.
It’s Ke Lan calling.
Luo Xi picked up.
"Luo Ju, the time has been advanced."
"What did you call me?" Luo Xi was stunned. He looked at the number again. Yes, it was Ke Lan, not Fatty Qian.
"From now on, I will follow Fatty and call you Luo Ju, or I will call you Boss." Ke Lan's voice was excited.
"Whatever, the time has been advanced, you know what to do." Luo Xi hung up the phone directly because another call came in at the same time.
So next, Luo Xi quickly put on his clothes and answered calls from Wu Rui, Mao Ge, Fatty Qian and Guo Zening.
Everyone woke up earlier.
"Except Ke Lan, the rest of you gather together and don't act rashly. By the way, Wu Rui, you should go pick up Wang Shuting." Luo Xi made some simple arrangements.
The time of awakening has been advanced, and it's not just for some individuals. Luo Xi suspects that this time the awakening time of all those who have regained their memories during the days of imprisonment has been advanced.
Although it was only an hour earlier, it was of great significance.
"Something extremely special must have happened on the last cycle day." Luo Xi had already gone out at this time.
He didn't waste any time, and this time he didn't even take the garbage down.
When I walked out of the corridor, it was only 5:14.
The streets at this time have a different feeling from that during the day. Most people don't get up so early, and even shops selling breakfast are not open. The streets are deserted with almost no passers-by.
"Some of the checkpoints in the cycle day will follow time rules, which can be understood as fixed 'business hours'. This inevitably leads to a possibility that some checkpoints will stop operating before 6am."
Luo Xi talked to himself at this time.
Although there is no evidence to support it, Luo Xi has determined that this time the "advance in time" is not accidental, nor is it a pre-set planned task within the days of confinement. It must be an emergency caused by some special "accident".
If we substitute this premise, there will be a possibility.
Will the awakening time on the next cycle day remain the same, or will it continue to be advanced, or will it return to the original 6:09?
If it is the last possibility, it means that Luo Xi must now race against time and make good use of this possibly 'only' chance to find out the truth.
Of course, this kind of speculation is very subjective, a bit neurotic, and cannot stand up to scrutiny at all. It gives me a childish feeling that the world revolves around me. But for Luo Xi, no matter which possibility it is, he will seize this fleeting time difference to explore possible clues. There will be no loss whether he succeeds or not.
This time when he went downstairs, he still held the book "Memory", but this time Luo Xi did not enter the "nightmare" and did not have a splitting headache.
He is in very good shape.
So scary!
Because, just now on the way, he had placed the last card component [Amnesia] into the card book.
[Mental Patient], activated state, occupation card, activation requires component cards [Confused Thinking] × 1, [Heartbroken] × 1, [Confused] × 3, [Pain] × 2, [Amnesia] × 1, all of which have been obtained.
Activate this [Psychopath] and place it in the occupation card column of your card book to gain the corresponding ability.
【Lies】, activated.
【Absolute Reason】, activated.
[Continuous Excitement], newly added, activated, you will continue to be in the best mental state, and no force can influence your beliefs - in summary, you are already the top madman.
[Bewitching], newly added, activated, human nature can be manipulated, as long as the method is right - everyone will become your chess piece.
Can cast [Capture] and [Transfer] on the target.
[Mind Capture], the target must have serious mental problems. You can obtain the [Card] corresponding to the mental illness through physical contact - please note that you cannot cure the other person, and don't even try.
[Mental Transfer], you can and can only use the card you [captured] to impose it on another target - mental illness is contagious!
Luo Xi started running.
Slowly at first, but soon he was running at full speed.
In the streets that were still dark and quiet, a person was running wildly. It seemed that only by running at full speed, panting, and feeling like his heart was about to beat out of his chest, could he balance his overly active nerves and mind.
"Ha~ha~" Luo Xi gasped for breath. He couldn't keep running fast for too long, especially without long-term targeted training. He would definitely experience muscle soreness, numbness in his hands and feet, and difficulty breathing and suffocation caused by the rapid consumption of oxygen in his blood and the inability to maintain oxygen supply even with big breaths. But Luo Xi still didn't stop.
He didn't stop until the phone rang.
The whole person seemed to be exhausted, and even stars were in his eyes.
Luo Xi took out his phone and looked at it.
It's Ke Lan calling.
connected.
"Boss, I have something to tell you." There was a lot of noise on the other end of the phone, and it sounded like they were in a car.
"Huh, huh, are you in the car?" Luo Xi asked.
"Yeah, hey boss, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm running. Where did the car come from?"
"This is what happened." Ke Lan briefly explained the situation.
There happened to be a gathering place for migrant day workers near where he lived, which was a spontaneously formed gig labor market, so when he went downstairs and turned the corner, he saw a large group of people.
Ke Lan mixed in with the crowd of people looking for day jobs and soon discovered clues.
“200 yuan a day, lunch included, 8 hours, greening.”
"400 a day, lunch provided, wall painting"
"2 cards, Chaos Scene employee, one hour of work, car pick-up, no delivery, pay after work is completed."
Obviously, this recruitment information stands out in this gig labor market.
Too obvious.
This is all outrageous!
"You got the job?" Luo Xi finally recovered his breath.
"Yes, the boss is quite satisfied with me."
"One hour, the car picks you up but doesn't drop you off, because there's no need to drop you off if you're dead. Chaos scene employee, this is quite novel, a temporary employee of the company? Or is it an administrator's own decision? However, the two cards don't specify what they are, and they have to be settled after the work is over. This is a trap. If the other party wants to get something for free, get off the car."
"Well, actually, I realized that. I got in the car just now because I was too excited. I wanted to get off before I called you, Boss. But now, I can't get off."
"So you're calling for help?"
"No, Boss, you know me well. I'm not as weak as Fatty Qian. Even if it's a trap, I'm confident that I can handle it. Moreover, this is also a discovery, because the other party only appears to recruit workers during this period of time, which means that before this plot, most of the people who have recalled the past will not be able to trigger it."
Ke Lan spoke the last sentence in a low voice.
That’s right!
Ke Lan could indeed think of investigating the specific scene that existed during the time when he woke up an hour earlier.
This is also why Luo Xi ran out.
But relatively speaking, Ke Lan's luck was better. Luo Xi didn't find anything and didn't trigger anything during his run.
But there is a casual labor market downstairs of Kelan’s building, where you can make money just by looking down.
"Boss, I just want you to know that I have the confidence to deal with this trouble. Of course, I reported it in advance just in case, so that you don't know how I died this round. But speaking of this, there was something strange in the last round. We didn't..."
"Wait a minute, let's talk about this in the group."
"Ok!"
"Bye!"
Luo Xi hung up the phone immediately after saying this.
Afterwards, Luo Xi added the contact numbers of several people and pulled them into a group.
The group leader is Luo Xi, and the members are Ke Lan, Qian Pangzi, Wu Rui, Mao Ge and Guo Zening.
All of a sudden, the group became lively.
Wu Rui first posted a photo, which was a night scene she took while driving on the road, with the caption: The road is so empty in the early morning!
Fatty Qian: Miss Wu, please give me a hand.
Ke Lan: Don’t talk, I want to talk to the boss about serious matters.
Then, Ke Lan asked his questions.
"Boss, I felt an earthquake last time, and I heard a very loud explosion, and then I woke up."
Fatty Qian: Me too.
Wu Rui: Me too.
Brother Mao: I thought I was hallucinating at the time, but it turned out to be real.
Guo Zening: No, what are you talking about?
Fatty Qian: Xiao Guozi, you died early last time and you don’t know the circumstances. Don’t get involved.
Luo Xi looked at the comments in the group with a serious expression.
He had originally planned to discuss this matter when they met, but since everyone had brought it up in the group, he decided to analyze it first.
"Wait a moment!" Luo Xi's phone rang again, this time it was Lin Qiqi.
"I was just about to contact you!" Luo Xi answered the phone and then pulled Lin Qiqi into the group.
Fatty Qian: Hello, Seventh Sister.
Ke Lan: Hello, Seventh Sister.
Lin Qiqi did not speak in the group, but said over the phone: "Luo Xi, do you want to know what happened in Yongge Supermarket after you left?"
(End of this chapter)