Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 321
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Episode 321 – Re 203, Room of the Curse – ‘New Beginning’ (1)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 138
Current Location: Tier 2, Room 203 – Chamber of Curse ‘New Beginning’
Sage Advice: 2]
– Han Ga-in
The moment I saw the mysterious presence behind the door that Pride opened, I was mesmerized.
Something so huge that it felt narrow in this vast space, large enough to fit an entire building, caught my eye.
To put it bluntly, the being resembled a huge whale. The body of the being swimming in the air had small wings and fins, and each time the flesh stirred the air, beautiful light filled the space.
The huge being slowly turns around and looks at me. The moment the eyes, which were much bigger than my entire body, shone upon me, an unbearable sense of intimidation oppressed me.
“Ugh!”
The moment I almost fell to my knees without realizing it, a hand reached out from behind and grabbed me.
“Adravita, take it in moderation. “Didn’t you bring in the communications crew you wanted?”
As soon as the words ‘pride’ ended, the tangible and intangible energy that was weighing me down disappeared. As soon as he managed to straighten his posture, he spoke proudly to me.
“Han Ga-in, let’s at least talk to her. “Because that guy didn’t even listen to what I said.”
“… Adravita? “Can you hear me?”
No matter how I look at it, I think Adravita is a prisoner in this room. A being like that reacts to human words –
「Listen□ □.」
Did you react? But what are you saying? It seems like there is noise in the middle?
“What do you mean?”
「Ah□ 5□□ is not □□ so□□□□□ communication is not□.」
“…”
same. Adravita tried to convey something, but an unknown noise was interfering with it.
I think I vaguely understand. The moment she saw the number ‘5’ she felt it. If that being is a prisoner, the only thing that can prevent the prisoner from communicating with us is the hotel.
What on earth?
It’s absurd that the scenario is suddenly reversed and the stage is changed to a spaceship, but no matter how you look at it, you’re in conversation with a distantly transcendent being who appears to be a prisoner. The hotel is even hindering that communication.
At that time, pride spoke from behind.
“It seems like we are making sense. Han Ga-in, please convey my words to Adravita.”
“okay.”
“Adravita, why are you suddenly spreading pollution recently and interfering with the ‘new beginning’? Didn’t you join the journey to cooperate with humanity’s pioneering efforts? “If you have any complaints, please tell me.”
pollution. New beginning. Pioneering humankind. Several keywords popped out in a short period of time.
For now, I passed on the message as requested. I don’t know what meaning it has for me to read Pride’s words again.
「□□□□□.」
The other person’s answer was not long. The next moment, I and I were suddenly thrown out of space as if we had been teleported.
This moment was so absurd that I looked back at Jeonggi without realizing it, and Jeonggi was also looking at me with the same expression as Ari.
“… What the hell?”
“It looks like they’re telling us to get out. Han Ga-in, what on earth is going on?”
“What if you ask me?”
“Do you still have a bad memory?”
Ari’s bright red eyes turned towards me. Because she was aware that the thing in front of her was dangerous, it was difficult for her to think of a response.
[Advice: 2 -> 1]
‘What should I answer? hurry!’
[I’m slowly waking up now. How long is left to the destination?]
“I’m slowly waking up now. “How long is it until we reach our destination?”
Did I just like the answer ‘Pride’? The tight tension was relieved in an instant, and a soft smile appeared on Ari’s face.
“Fortunately, the. I was worried that I might have been exposed to contamination during cryosleep. “Some of the crew had to be destroyed because of contamination.”
“… Dig?”
“We’re almost there. To be precise, it will arrive in 572 days, 16 hours and 32 minutes.”
For a moment, my mouth almost fell open. What do you mean when you say you’re almost there? 572 days?
As I remained silent, barely able to control my expression, Pride led me to a place where a hologram was floating. What kind of place is this again?
“It was originally an educational device for those who are just starting out, but I think it will be useful to Han Ga-in now. You are watching this. “I’m a little busy because Adravita might do something strange again.”
After Pride left, I activated the thing called the ‘educational device’.
*
… I roughly knew the situation.
First, the place I am is the ‘Pride of Humanity’, a spaceship flying for the absurd mission of ‘exploring exoplanets’. The person speaking with me through Ari’s body is the main AI of the spaceship.
Second, inside the spacecraft, there are hibernating ‘crew members’ and a large number of ‘human cultivation kits’ to grow rapidly after arriving on the exoplanet. All crew members are called ‘reinforced humans’.
Third, Adravita is a divine being who has a friendly relationship with humanity.
It is said that they boarded the ship to help humanity settle on an exoplanet that is inevitably harsher than Earth and to provide auxiliary power for spacecraft. In return, it also contained a promise of ‘the right to spread faith’ in the frontier.
Fourth, AI’s statement that it is almost there is not an exaggeration.
This is because 482 years have passed since the Pride of Humanity began its journey. The travel period alone is close to 500 years, and with 572 days left, she can be said to have almost arrived.
…
All of them are fascinating and surprising stories.
To be honest, the scale was so big that I was completely speechless. Is this era a very distant future for humanity? A future where we can explore exoplanets?
It is also suggestive that he made a ‘contract’ with a being like Adravita. Because a contract is something between equals.
Of course, individual humans would still be insignificant in the eyes of a being like Adravita, but the human group would have the power to conclude a contract on equal footing with such a being.
What should I do now?
First, let’s check the scenario.
「Scenario: Room of Curse – ‘New Beginning’
The hotel group woke up scattered in a vast, incomprehensible world. Han Ga-in, who suddenly wakes up among primitive tribesmen who call themselves ‘new people’, hears an unusual story from the old man outside the tent… .」
“what?”
Am embarrassed. I understood the content itself as soon as I saw it.
During the first attempt in Room 203, we woke up in a primitive tent. Understanding a scenario tells you how to act in that situation.
Outside the tent, there is an old man called ‘Old Wolf Claw’ who is the leader of the tribe. If you talk to the old man, you will receive information that a monster called ‘Wiggle Tooth’ is about to attack.
…
I understand everything, but why is that story coming out now?
Can’t you see I’m in a spaceship right now? If the scenario has changed, shouldn’t information that is helpful for understanding the scenario be provided accordingly?
I couldn’t figure out what to do when I found meaningless information written in the scenario I had high hopes for. At that time, ‘Pride’ appeared behind me in confusion.
“Have you received retraining?”
“I understand the situation. “I have a question.”
“Fortunately, the. “Do you have any questions?”
“You said you were the main AI of the Pride of Humanity, right?”
“yes.”
I refined my questions as much as possible so that the AI would not suspect me.
“If it’s AI, then you’re basically an entity that has nothing to do with the human body, right?”
“of course.”
“If you think about it, your main body is this spaceship, right?”
“of course.”
“What is that body?”
Why on earth is that guy in Ahri’s body? How can I chase that guy out and unseal Ahri?
“aha! Surely that content is not in the educational device. Miss Ari Kim is the captain of the Pride of Humanity. Captain, you are the owner of nanomachines and ‘old blood’, so your body is extremely durable. “For this reason, you lent your body to me during the journey.”
Quite a few questions were resolved in an instant.
In the scenario, Ari is the captain of this spaceship, and is immortal due to old blood, which is treated as a ‘nanomachine’ inside.
Because of this, Ari can survive 500 years of space travel without cryosleep. So, the spaceship’s AI is saying that Ari’s body is usually in use by itself.
Is it necessary to communicate with ‘Adravita’ that requires the use of a human body? I don’t know.
I gained so much information in a short period of time that my mind became saturated. She thought as she covered her itchy forehead with her hand.
Shouldn’t we find some comrades? Given the circumstances, aren’t the ‘crew members’ somewhere on the spaceship your colleagues?
“Where is the rest of the crew?”
“Everyone is in cryosleep. Now, Han Ga-in, it would be better for you to go back to sleep.”
“what?”
— Beep!
Before I could say anything, I heard an unknown noise. ‘Pride’, who ran towards me one step at a time, carefully grabbed my body as I quickly lost my balance and collapsed.
“Han Ga-in, please excuse me. Since his memory seemed to be incomplete, I was worried that he might act unexpectedly, so I was anesthetized. You’d better go back to sleep. “See you in 572 days, 16 hours, and 11 minutes.”
I forced my already stiff mouth to move and barely managed to get the words out.
“Why did you wake me up in the first place?”
“Didn’t I tell you? Because Adravita suddenly interrupted her journey, she needed a being who could communicate with him. Fortunately, Adravita started cooperating again. Thank you for your effort.”
A lightning-like realization struck me in my fading consciousness.
*
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 683,615
Current Location: Tier 2, Room 203 – Chamber of Curse ‘New Beginning’
Sage Advice: 3]
When I regained consciousness, a burning red bonfire came into view.
The spaceship had disappeared somewhere, and naked cavemen were all around me. They were all kneeling towards me.
“… no way.”
As soon as my voice came out, all the primitive people started shedding tears and being so moved.
“Oh oh! The God-man has awakened! “The God-man has awakened!”
In the frenzy, the place my eyes focused on was not primitive people. I just stared in fascination at the numbers in the status window that had swelled to an absurd level.
[Day 683,615]
I entered the tent, crying and pushing away people who were trying to hold my hand. Fortunately, the warriors cooperated, probably because they thought I would be able to fend for myself alone.
As I walked through the tent, I reflected on questions I had not been able to understand since the moment I woke up in the spaceship.
Why on earth did the scenario change? At first I thought it was simply due to the confluence of the mazes.
However, just before I fell asleep on the spaceship, I remembered again the realization that came to me like a lightning bolt and the basis for it.
An understanding of the scenario that does not seem to assume anything that happened on the spaceship.
The colleagues are unaware of the existence of the spaceship because they did not wake up until the end.
Adravita suddenly did something strange and tried to wake up one of us.
… Maybe the scenario has never changed?