Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 323
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Episode 323 – Room 203, Room of the Curse – ‘New Beginning’ (3)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 683,615
Current Location: Tier 2, Room 203 – Chamber of Curse ‘New Beginning’
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
I bit people around me to talk to my brother.
“You ran here as soon as you started, right? “Isn’t there a monster around your tribe?”
Jincheol nodded.
“I already killed him.”
“yes?”
“I killed him on the way. Because I knew his location. So, I guess nothing bad has happened to the tribesmen yet.”
He spoke as if he had a cup of coffee on the way home. It may be surprising, but there is no one among us who is better than Jincheol at dealing with monsters in the flesh.
“Anyway, it’s a good thing you came early. “I gained a lot of information while experiencing something unusual.”
“A strange experience?”
Before waking up from the primitive era, I told Jincheol about what I experienced on the spaceship. His brother kept his mouth half-open for a long time, unable to hide his embarrassment.
“Really, this damn hotel is full of strange stories.”
“Yes.”
“Well, first of all! Let’s leave the spaceship aside and talk about other people’s locations first. “They’re all hundreds of kilometers away?”
“It’s not like that at all. Surprisingly, at the beginning, Eunsol and Songi are only 60km away. “The farthest place, Grandfather Mukseong, is now 871km away.”
“871km… . Ga-in, do you know how far this is?”
“I don’t know because I don’t have a license.”
“If you follow the road from Seoul to Busan, it will be about 390km. “871km is more than enough to travel back and forth across Korea diagonally.”
“It’s really far away.”
“It’s not just that far! “How are you going to meet me?”
“We met in the mountains during our first attempt, right?”
“At that time, it was because Sanghyun and Grandpa Mukseong ignored the tribesmen and moved on their own.”
“If you do that this time, we can meet again.”
“…”
Silence fell around for a moment.
I feel sorry for the tribesmen outside, but this is what came to mind from the moment I checked the locations of my colleagues through the normalized status window.
It’s hard to meet because they’re hundreds of kilometers away?
This is true when moving with ordinary human tribesmen, but it is a completely different story if we ignore them and move on our own.
What if I control and move the bodies of the monsters that abound in this world? What if Songi does something similar with Chinhwa’s blessing?
There is no need to mention Elena, who can create a monster that flies in the sky, or Jincheol, who is faster than a horse even with his bare body.
It may be a little difficult for doctors and grandfathers. Because they have no talent for flying or dealing with monsters.
However, due to their background as agents of the Management Bureau and the power of Blessed Faithfulness, their basic physical abilities are at the highest level of humanity.
If we move together, we can narrow down even 871km in a short period of time. My brother sighed after understanding what I meant.
“Maybe that’s the answer. Phew… .”
“…”
“Let’s talk about spaceships. “While listening to you, I found something really shocking.”
“There was a lot of shocking information.”
“Humanity in the distant future sends a spaceship to explore space? “There is a crew of powered humans on board and an AI so advanced that it is difficult to distinguish from humans?”
“It’s like a science fiction movie.”
“What is a human culture kit? “Did you see that?”
“I’ve never seen it before.”
“The most surprising information is the time you spend.”
“By time, are you referring to the date 683,615 that appears in the status window?”
“Time to talk about 680,000. “I heard it’s roughly around 1800 or 1900?”
“yes.”
“That time spent in cryosleep is just a number. But what does it mean to the prisoner?”
“If you were a prisoner, would you be Adravita?”
“Wouldn’t that guy have been awake for 1800 years with a clear mind?”
… Yes.
Unlike us, who were in cryo-sleep, Adravita was awake and well on the spaceship. Of course, he must have spent the next 1800 years in good spirits.
“It’s quite long. But he is a transcendent being, not a human. “Isn’t the concept of time different from that of humans?”
“That’s true, but think about it from another perspective. For a guy, 1800 years doesn’t just happen once, right? Actually, it’s not even 1800. “We’ve already been here for the second time, so it’s been ‘at least 3,600 years.’”
understood.
If the same thing happened in the first attempt and we didn’t know about it because we didn’t wake up from the spaceship, Adravita would have spent 3600 years with just two attempts.
“Even that is the minimum. Isn’t it said that the hotel has accepted countless participants in the past? Perhaps there were people who tried this room before us and failed. Even then, if 1800 years had passed… .”
How much time has Adravita spent in the cursed room?
A heavy silence fell for a moment.
“… Let’s talk about this with other people later. “I think it would be more urgent to think about where to go first.”
“Let’s do that. This time, rather than going to the mountains, there is an unidentified being in the sky – come to think of it, isn’t that guy Adravita?”
“Of course. Because the description of my sister’s appearance in person was similar to what I saw. He said that humanity was promised ‘the right to spread the faith.’”
“If you were to float in the sky in these primitive times and spread abundance across the continent, you would develop faith that never existed before. Shall we follow Adravita’s shadow?”
“Like this this time -”
— Coogung!
Suddenly an incomprehensible vibration struck the entire world!
“What is this-”
Jincheol opened his mouth wide and pointed into the air. There was an all-too-familiar hotel-specific notification floating in the air.
“You escaped!”
Sudden escape? Also, did my brother and I get a notification at the same time? Could it be that everyone escaped?
*
– Kim Ari
I came to my senses in the cold air. As soon as she woke up, a terrible stench assaulted her nose.
I am subject to sealing in room 203. However, even when I woke up, there was no notification that the seal had been lifted. The meaning is clear.
When I turned my head, there was the presence I expected.
“mi -”
“Shh!”
Before I could say anything, Miro covered my mouth and pointed in all directions as if to look around.
— Weeeeing! Buuuuung!
I looked around in silence and examined the situation.
There were huge cocoons everywhere, big enough to fit a whole person, and the floor was covered in unpleasant, writhing dark red flesh.
Some of the cocoons began to slowly wriggle, and as if waiting for them, a huge wasp-like monster flew in and began moving the wriggling cocoons to another location.
What was strange was the monster’s attitude.
Even though he was staring at us, he didn’t act hostile. However, he would tap us as if to stop us from interfering with work.
Given the circumstances, this seems to be the reason why Miro ordered him to be quiet. When I made a sound, wouldn’t the monsters have responded by telling me to be quiet?
…
Well, it’s a place that stimulates the imagination in many ways. The world is full of strange monsters and wriggling cocoons.
Where on earth are we? A hatchery for monsters?
Why is the maze in a place like this? Others say they woke up among cavemen?
— Buuuung!
When the nearby wasps disappeared, Miro trembled and asked me.
“Why am I in a place like this?”
“… Why are you in a place like this?”
“…”
“…”
After sharing a moment of despondency, we soon began to move. I don’t know what’s going on, but there’s no need to stay in this horrible place.
By the way, Miro has been holding my arm almost like he’s breaking it.
“Hold it a little gently.”
“…”
“My arms will fall off -”
The moment I turned my head and saw the maze, I was speechless. Because she was sobbing as if it was painful for her to even breathe.
Only then did I look back at the surrounding situation again.
The ground is covered with a soggy mucous membrane that makes you feel a sticky texture every time your feet touch it.
Wriggling cocoons that make a terrible noise like something is being scraped.
Monsters resembling wasps that fly all over the place and are busy working.
It wouldn’t be strange at all if it was a scene from the movie Alien.
Wouldn’t people like me and Ga-in calmly observe what the wasps are doing even in places like this?
Of course, it is a normal human reaction to think that we are strange people and be overcome by fear like a maze.
It’s a matter of time.
Miro will eventually adapt to the strangeness of the hotel. It won’t take that long. Of course, I don’t know if such changes will necessarily be positive.
I also walked around the ‘Hatchery’, which was full of strange beings, holding Miro’s hand tightly.
After about 20 minutes, I came to one conclusion.
You cannot leave this place on foot. This is because there is no way to the outside except for the ceiling where wasps come and go. Miro, who had the same realization, asked me in fear.
“Uh, how can I get out?”
“…”
“What are those cocoons?”
“I don’t know.”
“Ari is an agent of the Management Bureau and doesn’t know that?”
When I looked to the side, I saw Miro smiling softly.
He seems to have recovered enough to make a joke, and if he came to his senses to this extent in such a short period of time, it seems like he was truly a natural agent.
I’m not saying this because you’re my mother. maybe.
“There is a way to find out.”
“Okay, then do it quickly!”
“It’s a little dangerous. “I think those monsters will have a sensitive reaction.”
“…”
Miro, who was shaking, soon hardened his expression.
“If this continues, I’m sure I’ll be trapped in a strange place until I die! “The only way out is through the ceiling.”
“yes.”
“So I think we should do something… . “What if Ari disappears in this situation?”
That’s right. You only have one hour to call me here, and I’ve already spent nearly 30 minutes.
Can the maze survive alone in a place like this? Since that’s not possible, I’ll have to do something while I’m here.
instructed Miro.
“It’s over there.”
“Me, alone?”
“It will be more dangerous for you to be next to me from now on.”
After confirming that the maze was far enough away, I drew on the power of old blood in my right hand.
The moment I gathered enough power to feel a tingling sensation in my fingertips, the powerful force that split the air instantly split the cocoon.
— Kiaaaagh!
At the same time, the hatchery was in chaos.
When I ignored the loud noise that hurt my ears and approached the split cocoon to see what was inside, I realized the identity of this place.
“Ugh!”
“…”