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[The second phase mission goal: enter the five engine rooms, press the button, and go to the warden's room]

[Time limit for the second phase mission: None]

[Penalty for failure of the second stage mission: None]

As the system broadcast sounded in due time, Li Sheng dragged his shackles out of the cell and placed a pillow at the door to prevent the door from closing. As for the hand-polished key, it got stuck in the keyhole after completing the task of opening the door.

This is in line with the usual settings of puzzle games - things that are no longer valuable will disappear on their own for some reason, avoiding too many options and causing trouble to the attackers.

He walked around the cell and discovered that the outside space was not a regular quadrilateral, but a honeycomb-shaped hexagon. A corridor extends from every corner, and at the end of the corridor are ordinary wooden doors.

There is a brass door plate hanging above the door frame. From left to right, they are [Flashback], [Continuity], [Reversal], [Warden's Room], [Misleading], [Protagonist Effect]

In front of the corridor leading to the warden's room, there is a two-meter-high "Pi Shuai" vending machine, which contains items such as chocolate bars, cola, fruit drinks, potato chips, and even shirts and pants. Everything is also of the "Pi Shuai" brand.

Above the Pishuai vending machine, there is a steel plate embedded with a large text engraved using laser engraving.

【Instructions for Prisoners】

[Dear prisoner, hello! Welcome to the Narrative Cage. To facilitate your life as a prisoner, please kindly read the following instructions]

[1. This prison uses reality distortion engine and narrative ladder technology, which can affect or even modify reality at the pataphysical level. Any serious damage to the prison itself will be reset]

[2. This prison does not have a jailer. Since many prisoners have the dual identities of "massacre criminals" and "civilized heroes" and their crimes are pending trial, the prison does not restrict the prisoners' right to wakefulness and activity. Prisoners can attempt to escape on their own by pressing the "Continuity", "Reverse" and other buttons in all engine rooms to get to the Warden's Room. But jailbreak during this process at your own risk. The prison does not bear any medical responsibility]

[3. The prison has the same time flow rate as the outside world, and will provide vital signs maintenance meals regularly according to the physical condition of the prisoners]

[4. Visitors are not allowed in this prison. Prisoners can regularly apply for books and newspapers from the prison for entertainment]

Li Sheng's eyes twitched, and based on the urine of the puzzle game, he concluded that the single cell was just an appetizer, and these rooms were the highlight.

"Is this the curse of multi-threaded thinking?"

He muttered and rubbed his brows. Certain single-player scenario missions were customized for the players in the Killing Fields. Players who were good at fighting were often thrown onto the battlefield and enjoyed fighting to their heart's content.

Players who are good at reasoning are often thrown into the closed Blizzard Villa to solve puzzles.

Of course this is limited to certain single-player scenario missions,

Most tasks have multiple solutions, but when it comes to regular tasks and punishment tasks, the system will treat them equally and be completely random.

Li Sheng complained like this, but he still turned around honestly and looked behind him. There are three other cells surrounding his single cell.

A total of four cells are arranged in a "field" shape. The upper left corner is his cell, and the cell door in the lower left corner is closed.

In the upper right corner is the inmate who just spoke next door, and in the lower right corner the cell door is open, and through the gap you can see a disheveled figure sitting on the bedside, huddled in the corner with his head facing the wall.

‘The narrative cage that is said to contain universe-level super-ferocious prisoners only has four prisoners? Isn't this unreasonable? Or are these cells just a small part of the cage.’

Li Sheng thought about it, dragged his shackles, went to the cell in the upper right corner first, and knocked politely on the cell door, "Hello? I have escaped from my cell. Can we talk now?"

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There was silence in the cell for a moment, and then there was the sound of slippers stepping on the ground.

Click.

The cell door flap used for transporting food opened, and a figure appeared in front of Li Sheng, which made him raise his eyebrows in surprise.

It was a pink and jade-shaped little girl with gray skin, a delicate and cute face, gray waist-length hair, holding a newspaper in her hand, and wearing a blue and white t-shirt of the same style that was several times too big for her body. Clothes. The word "Gray Rain" is clearly written on the prison uniform.

"Li Sheng?"

Both sides were sizing each other up. The little lolita named Huiyu read out the name on Li Sheng's prison uniform, crossed her hands in front of her, and said in a mature tone that didn't match her appearance: "You don't call yourself a Sith Lord. Lord Darth Vader?"

"Li Sheng is my real name, and Darth Vader is my nickname, stage name, and nickname. There is no conflict."

Li Sheng said without batting an eye, "Do you need my help to pry open this door?"

"Oh, the door of this single cell is just for decoration. I can go out if I want." Hui Yu said coldly: "You should have noticed the six corridors and the instructions for prisoners. Do you have any ideas?"

"Flashback, continuity, reversal, misdirection, protagonist effect." Li Sheng read out the words on the house plate, squinted his eyes and said, "Elements of narrative?"

After obtaining the multi-line brain method, he read a lot of strange and practical information, including but not limited to hand-made industrial equipment in the wasteland era, artillery combat shooting calculations, Morse code, intelligence analysis psychology, military reconnaissance and counterattack reconnaissance..

In my spare time, I also read some history, literature, and philosophy books to pass the time.

Narrative elements belong to the concepts in the fields of philosophy, literature, narratology, and screenwriting. If we go deeper, we can pull out a long list of books, such as Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", Borges' "The Garden of Forking Paths", Roland Barthes' "Elements of Semiotics", etc.

"That's right."

Gray Rain nodded, his tone was flat, "The five engine rooms together form a narrative ladder. Every time an engine room is closed, the position around the prison will be weakened.

If all engine rooms are closed, the prison escape will be successful."

Gray Yu's mouth corners slightly raised, with some sarcasm in his smile.

Come to think of it, this prison has written the escape guide on the wall, which clearly tells the prisoners that the prison has full confidence in the prison's safety index.

Hui Yu knew clearly what Li Sheng wanted to ask, and said first: "If you want to escape from prison, I personally suggest that you go to the reversal room first. I won't tell you what's behind the door, because each prisoner encounters a different situation.

In addition, if you can bring me a bottle of freshly squeezed corn juice, I will tell you more information."

"Corn juice? The kind in the vending machine?" Li Sheng hesitated: "You have to put coins in it, right? I don't have any money with me."

"I don't care about that. Corn juice = information."

Hui Yu pouted, jumped back on the bed, and continued to read the newspaper.

Obviously, she looks very cute, but her personality is inexplicably bad. Li Sheng rubbed his eyebrows and inexplicably thought of his cousin.

But he took an extra look at the newspaper in Hui Feng's hand.

The news title [Unknown virus broke out on Swan B], the content is "The number of seriously ill patients in the colony city of Swan B has increased sharply recently, including patients with mechanical citizens, showing symptoms such as dullness, insomnia, joint stiffness, and sometimes coughing up metal debris. The Health Defense Agency of the Star Colonization Committee claims that everything is under control, please don't panic."