Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 173
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Episode 173 – Happy Evening Time, what was room 201 about? (2) Fin
– Han Ga-in
“From a business perspective?”
It feels like a business has emerged from a situation that is the furthest thing from ‘business’ in the world.
Songi, who said she felt like throwing up, couldn’t hold back her curiosity and began to concentrate.
My sister’s explanation began again.
“I think the way zero-dimensional eyes behave is very similar to that of a fish farmer. The ocean is so vast that it feels almost infinite, and there are countless fish in it. However, if humans endlessly catch and eat even a large number of fish, at some point there are no fish left, from juveniles to adults. Eventually, humans began ‘fish resource management.’”
“Fish resource management… .”
“Look at it from the zero-dimensional eye perspective. He could have come down to Earth and toyed with 8 billion people, but considering the evil god’s madness and endless magic, how long would the Earth have survived if he had done such a thing? Will it last a year? Because I knew that, I actually refrained from using zero-dimensional eyes. “Is this a 100-year, 1,000-year long-term plan to suck up the Earth?”
Ari sighed and answered.
“According to what you said, the chief researcher proposed it to fish farmers as a talking mackerel. “We will build our own fish farm and let them eat for hundreds or thousands of years, so please manage our fish stocks.”
“That’s it. The 0-dimensional eyes also accepted the offer. How good is it? The problem is that if you kill all the mackerel, they will become extinct. But managing them while trying to keep them from going extinct must have been a hassle, right? But the talking mackerel came directly. We will build the fish farm ourselves and even manage it. “I think the evil god, a human farmer, must have laughed out loud.”
“Let’s say that’s why the zero-dimensional eyes ‘restrained.’ So, why is it that humanity has survived thanks to fish resource management, but only 30 points?”
Sister Eunsol suddenly looked into the distance with a slightly faint expression.
“My father is not a good person.”
Suddenly father?
“However, as a businessman, he is also a person with undeniable insight. He has a habit of saying things that he often says. ‘Stagnation means regression.’ Well, it’s a common saying.”
“Stagnation means regression.”
“Businessmen don’t like the current situation of just maintaining their business. Always dreaming of expansion. The 0-dimensional eyes must have also dreamed of expansion. Once I put pressure on the management bureau, they handed over the fish farm on their own. “Could this have been stopped just once?”
Everyone was speechless.
“Once became twice, twice became three times. Then, wouldn’t the entire Earth eventually become a place like a huge ‘farm of pain’ to serve evil spirits? “This is why, no matter how cutting-edge a hotel is when it comes to respect for human life, it is a solution that cannot be given more than 30 points.”
In the cold silence, Eunsol put an end to her hypothesis.
“Don’t forget that in the end, all of this is just my own interpretation. Just as the chief had the chief’s interpretation, I only have my own interpretation.”
It’s plausible. It may not be a 100% perfect interpretation, but I have a feeling it will at least be closer to the truth than Seok Seok’s interpretation.
Of course, this is not because the older sister is a genius than the senior, but because, unlike the senior who had to find a solution from zero base, we are making a judgment from a kind of future perspective.
Lastly, I had one question.
“No. 201 has already been resolved, so there will be no need to try again, but let’s think of it as a review for the future and think about it lightly. “What could have been a better solution?”
My sister thought about it again and then answered.
“I thought that too, but… . “Two things came to mind.”
Ari asked right away.
“Two? I couldn’t think of a single one! say it.”
“no. 1. Operation ‘Servant of Evil’.”
“yes?”
“This is something I learned while experiencing Rooms 102 and 103, and it feels like there are quite a lot of intelligent life forms in this universe, excluding us. “It seems like the management bureau already knows.”
That’s for sure. Grandfather Arina also did not deny it.
“I’m suggesting this to zero-dimensional eyes. We humans will become your servants. “I will sacrifice alien races instead.”
… My head was pounding.
Ari answered in a somewhat disappointed tone.
“That doesn’t seem right…” . “Tell me your next plan.”
“No.2. Operation ‘EJ’. As expected, I felt during my experience at the hotel that there were endless evil beings.”
“Yes, of course. “Honestly, I’m amazed at how the Earth is still holding up.”
“How about we bring in another demon and have a fight? Among the devils, ‘No! I’m planning on eating humans, so why are you eating them all?’ “Isn’t there someone who does it?”
Ari sighed loudly this time.
“It’s a strategy that can be countered by saying ‘a shrimp’s back explodes in a whale fight’… . The Bureau would never attempt such a thing. As you say, it may be possible for evil beings to fight among themselves, but if demons who look down on the stars fight and lose on Earth, will any human survive in the midst of that?”
“Eight! I just remembered it for a moment! “Why don’t you just tell me what you think rather than keep nitpicking here and there.”
At those words, Ari became quiet again.
This time the grandfather opened his mouth.
“I thought of one too. How about ‘deception’ operation?”
“Tricking the zero-dimensional eyes? “What have you done to deceive me?”
“No, I’m not fooling the zero-dimensional eyes, I’m fooling humanity.”
“yes?”
“Do you remember how to deal with zero-dimensional eyes? ‘Not recognizing’ was surprisingly common.”
“Yes.”
“Let’s spray amnestics all over the Earth and erase all memories of the zero-dimensional eye.”
“…No, at the last moment, the 0-dimensional eye itself grew with the force to cover the sky. “Wouldn’t you know it if the entire sky were covered? Would it be possible to stop you from perceiving something that is clearly visible to your eyes?”
“Oh yeah? I died without even seeing that scene. “The entire human race has been rendered blind for several years – Amy, this is crazy to even think about.”
“How about covering the Earth with a barrier and making it invisible to zero-dimensional eyes?”
“Song, let’s move the Earth out of the solar system.”
“It is better for all mankind to commit suicide than to live in misery as slaves of the devil.”
“That certainly seems like a zero-point solution.”
… After that, my colleagues kept coming up with more and more crazy stories.
I feel like most of these solutions are fundamentally wrong.
Why? Why do I think no of those types of solutions as soon as I hear them?
…
— Bang! bang!
“Listen to me for a moment.”
Everyone’s eyes were focused on me.
“I think we were given some kind of test question.”
“Sounds like a test taker.”
“What I mean is, when it comes to test questions, you always have to consider the tester’s intention, and the tester’s intention is usually based on the passage.”
“There is evidence in the fingerprints… . “Was there a basis for what we did inside Room 201?”
“Yes. So, I don’t think it’s like suddenly attracting another devil with no basis or making all of humanity blind. Also, if possible, it should be done in a way that ‘we’ can do something.”
“Was there evidence within Room 201 regarding a better solution?”
“Just my thoughts from here on out. It’s difficult to know exactly what the zero-dimensional eye wants, but it seems closer to pain than human death. There are quite a few grounds for this. It is also a decision made by the chief himself. Also, as my sister said, if it is a being that can be interpreted in a ‘business’ sense, then it would be a being that derives some benefit from mortal suffering rather than simply acting for fun.”
Eunsol’s sister immediately agreed.
“I see it that way. If you really were a being that only pursued ‘fun’… . What should I say, I would have acted a little more spontaneously. In essence, ‘fun’ is the opposite of boredom, and can be felt when unpredictability is realized.”
“In addition, the technological power of the management bureau within Room 201 was already capable of keeping a person alive with only the brain remaining.”
Soon, Songi looked like she was about to spit something again.
“Wasn’t it the chief’s prejudice that there was a need to expose people to monsters and actually kill them? If what the 0-dimensional eye wants is pain, then it would be better to just leave people with their brains and create a lot of tanks that only cause endless pain… . “I think it could have been much more efficient in terms of ‘producing pain’ and actually reducing the number of people’s deaths.”
Ari tilted his head and asked.
“Wouldn’t a painful process also be necessary? And, you said it should be in a way that ‘we’ can do something, right? What you just mentioned seems like a form of dependence entirely on the management bureau. Of course, since you were the head of the management bureau at the time, it would have been plausible for you to promise to do it.”
“Actually, I didn’t mention that part because Songi kept trying to throw up over there.”
Songi intervened right away.
“Well, I already understand, so just don’t say it.”
“We could have made some sort of finished product and shown it. Coincidentally, Beatrix already had a floating brain. “Song-i is injecting fantasies worse than hell into his brain and suggesting this method.”
Ari muttered sarcastically.
“If the devil were really an eco-friendly businessman with the goal of ‘sustainable development of suffering,’ this would be an acceptable offer. “Because human deaths can be avoided, it is much easier to increase the size of the fish farm, and in any case, the situation is the same when the fish create the fish farm themselves.”
My sister seemed to be thinking over something and then spoke.
“Is this possible? What I mean is, in order to enter the sealed area, Songi had to give Ga-in a life-threatening buff.”
“That’s the problem that arose from not being able to save Patrick. Jincheol had to use the stars to destroy the device that was controlling the scalene polyhedron. “If Patrick had been saved, there would have been a safer way to enter the sealed area.”
Ari nodded.
“It’s not a baseless story. I heard that Beatrix’s brain was in the sealed area? Of course, there would have been equipment to keep the brain floating. “There is no way the chief researcher would have lifted and moved all of that by hand.”
“If we had manipulated the device by keeping Patrick alive, we could have entered more safely. Go in safely and show me the illusion of Song-i torturing your brain forever -”
“ah! “I don’t do that!”
The conversation stopped for a moment with Song-i’s strong irritation.
Was this really the only way?
In the end, it is no different from the solution of giving the devil what he wants in one way or another. In the process, I just thought about how to reduce the number of human deaths.
I had a vague idea. I thought it would be difficult to get more than 60 points even if I did well with this method.
Fundamentally, we, and by extension humanity, lack power.
Ultimately, there are limits to the answers that mackerel can provide to fish farmers.
For the first time, I felt like I understood why the ‘Management Bureau’ was challenging the hotel by sacrificing people’s lives.
Another worry arose.
As we move forward from the second floor, if we have to resort to extreme solutions like today… .
I guess some of us will never do it. The fierce opposition that Songi showed a little while ago.
Since it was simply a case of listing if stories, it ended up as just a complaint, but what would happen in a situation where it actually had to be done?
After meal time, the hotel issued a notification.
/Dear customers! congratulations.
The result of finally overcoming the first ordeal on the second floor and obtaining another treasure! We sincerely congratulate you.
3 days of rest starting tomorrow! Since this is not an easy ability to use, it would be a good idea to practice hard, right?
Today’s surprise event: Party time! This starts.
There are additional instructions.
1. Take out your ticket right away and check the notification.
2. The extreme cold on the second floor is getting worse. Isn’t there a need for preparation?/
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