Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 332
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Episode 332 – Re No. 203, Room of the Curse – ‘New Beginning’ (12)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 683,626
Current Location: Tier 2, Room 203 – Chamber of Curse ‘New Beginning’
Sage Advice: 3]
– Han Ga-in
“… That’s how it happened.”
The doctor and grandfather who reunited after a long time were skinny.
Have either of them had a proper meal since entering this room?
“You all have had a great adventure. “I also went through quite a bit of trouble with the elderly.”
Yes, it seemed.
“Is there anyone who doesn’t suffer in the cursed room?”
“That’s right. By the way, it looks like Miss Miro is dead. Who took the protective clothing?”
“Seungyeop is wearing it now.”
At that time, a young woman came into the cave where they were talking and brought water and some food. The doctor greeted lightly.
“Thank you. “Blue wind.”
“yes yes!”
After the woman named Pureum Baram left, Eunsol, who was next to her, made a bewildered expression.
“Is that woman from Sanghyeon’s tribe?”
“That’s right.”
You brought the tribesmen all the way to the mountains?
In the first episode, Jincheol and I acted like that, but since then, it’s too difficult to take the tribesmen with us, so we’ve been going by ourselves.
Moreover, didn’t the doctor and Grandpa Mukseong go by themselves from the first episode?
The doctor smiled awkwardly and explained the situation.
During the first episode, Jincheol argued with the grandfather and the doctor who had abandoned all the tribesmen, saying that this direction was not right, and the doctor himself realized something during that argument.
“Regardless of ethical considerations, they would not have given us the shortage for no reason.”
So the doctor spoke openly to the tribesmen. I am planning to leave for the mountains after receiving a revelation from the great ancestors, so anyone who wants to follow me should follow me.
“To my shame, not many people followed me. “It’s probably because he didn’t have as much power as Jincheol.”
At first, about 7 people followed, and as they moved, one by one, they fell away, and at the end, only that one woman remained.
Eunsol’s sister made a subtle expression.
“A young woman followed me down that street…” . “You know what that means, right?”
“It seems like Eunsol misunderstood, but we didn’t have a particularly deep relationship. As I said before, I only brought you here because I was curious about the reason for the existence of primitive people.”
“Then what… .”
After a moment of silence, the doctor asked a question.
“Gain, you are going to move to negotiate with the AI with the core from now on, right?”
“yes.”
“The sound of robots being rearranged has been loud since yesterday. The AI is already aware of the core’s approach.”
“I guess so. “Because it’s emitting tremendous heat everywhere.”
“If all goes according to plan, won’t we take the core, restore the spaceship, and then leave for space again?”
“yes.”
“I feel uneasy. What do you plan to do about the control of the spaceship?”
“There’s no need for us to control it in the first place, right?”
“I guess so. While the spacecraft is in motion, the crew goes into cryosleep. “It would have been designed from the beginning with the assumption that it could be controlled by AI, and there is a high possibility that it would not be able to be controlled by humans.”
“I guess so.”
“Isn’t that what makes you anxious? We have to entrust ourselves to an AI that is hostile to us… .”
“For that part, I found a solution after reading the records left at the location where the core was stored.”
“Solution?”
“It is said that the AI basically obeys the crew and is designed to protect humanity. Because of this, it is said that they were unable to intervene 1800 years ago, when the human forces in the mountain range split and caused internal strife.”
“You won’t be able to harm us in the first place?”
“Probably, humans who have reached a high level of civilization created safety measures when designing AI.”
“That’s true, but didn’t you kill us without hesitation the first time?”
“Isn’t it true that we are not recognized as flight attendants these days?”
“That’s a good point. “While I was staying near the mountain range and discussing various possibilities with the elder, I immediately thought that was strange.”
“Which part?”
“Why doesn’t the AI know we’re crew members?”
“…”
“We are not beings created from kits stolen by Adravita, but the crew members who came down to this planet on a spaceship.”
“Yes.”
“Why don’t you recognize me?”
Why? I also had a headache because I had never thought about this part.
“AI’s memory loss… . “Is this nonsense?”
“Surprisingly, there is a possibility. “You’re not human, so you probably don’t suffer memory loss, but didn’t human groups clash a long time ago?”
“Yes.”
“Part of the AI’s database may have been destroyed in the process.”
“Maybe so.”
“If that’s the case, the AI will not recognize that we are crew members and will continue to try to kill us.”
The AI is designed not to harm the crew. However, unless the AI cannot recognize us for some reason, that design is meaningless.
Of course, there was a solution to this problem.
“Just wake up the captain, right?”
The teacher, who was worried, soon nodded.
“During the negotiation process, wake up Miss Ari, who plays the role of the captain? The AI seems to recognize that Ari is still the captain, so it must work.”
“This is also the unsealing of Ahri.”
“It sounds like a convincing move.”
Just before climbing the mountain range, the doctor told an unexpected story.
“I will stay here.”
The grandfather sounded embarrassed.
“Sanghyun?”
“Isn’t there a saying about not putting all your eggs in one basket?”
Sister Eunsol nodded.
“Do it that way. “Negotiating with AI can definitely be dangerous, so you might need to prepare for just that.”
*
My grandfather muttered with a complicated expression as he looked down at the traces of the first civilization that arose on this planet 1,800 years ago.
“What would the people who built this city think if they saw this now?”
“I guess it’s wise man time.”
“Sage what? Seungyeop, what does that mean?”
“…”
At that time, Eunsol’s older sister warned me.
“coming. I can see it. Everyone get ready!”
Jincheol is on the core wearing a protective suit.
Because we plan to threaten the AI under the pretext of the safety of the core if we can!
*
‘Pride’, which borrowed Ari’s body, appeared alone without any robots accompanying it.
“Pride, do you want to negotiate with us?”
“… It’s a negotiation. “Why should we do that?”
“Don’t you need the core we brought?”
“All I have to do is kill you and take care of you.”
“If you were going to do that, you would have shot me long ago. “Aren’t you afraid that your core will be destroyed while fighting with us?”
Pride asked back with an expression that seemed difficult to understand.
“I don’t know what you want.”
The moment he heard those words, the old man, who was clenching his fists, quickly shouted.
“Let’s start again!”
“… what?”
“Let’s leave this damned planet and go back into space!”
“…”
This time I opened my mouth.
“Pride. You know, right? This star is already hopeless. “A crazy god has spread pseudo-humans all over the planet and created something like Animal Farm!”
“…”
“Let’s go back to space. There must be another star somewhere in the universe suitable for humanity to start anew. therefore -”
“can not understand.”
“what?”
“Where on earth did you get this information?”
“what -”
“There is a spaceship in the mountains. The core is the power source of the spaceship, and the core is needed for the spaceship to go back into space. “How on earth did you know this information?”
If you think about it, the current situation is one that AI cannot understand.
Civilization had already collapsed 1,800 years ago, but out of nowhere, a distant descendant of a traitor realized the true history of ancient times and brought back the core power source of the spaceship.
Once I realized this, I came up with a better logic for negotiating with AI.
Isn’t the fact that we have this information proof that we are crew members?
“Simple. “Because we were the crew of the Pride.”
Instead of countering those words, Pride looked at me as if he was looking right through me.
“It’s definitely difficult information to find out if you’re not a flight attendant. But I also don’t understand this.”
My sister behind me said with a frustrated expression.
“What do you not understand?”
“The lifespan of a reinforced human is longer than that of an ordinary human, but it does not exceed 300 years.”
I was speechless for a moment.
If, as the AI said, the lifespan of a reinforced human is less than 300 years, there is no way the crew from 1,800 years ago would have been alive until now.
At this point, another question came to mind. After civilization collapsed, where were our bodies?
This time, the grandfather ran and shouted.
“If you want, take a blood test or whatever. We want the crew you know-”
“It’s meaningless.”
“what?”
“Some parts of the crew roster database are inaccessible to me.”
This is why you didn’t realize we were crew!
“Is there anything else to say? If not -”
The moment I felt the vibration of a robot approaching from afar, a harsh voice was heard from above the core.
“stop! Do you want to see me destroy this?”
Cha Jin-cheol was wearing a protective suit and climbing on top of the mountain, enduring the heat radiating from the core.
When he showed signs of striking the core at any moment, Pride responded that it was absurd.
“You really have the intelligence of a monkey. I thought the core could be destroyed with a human fist -”
— Boom!
The AI’s expression froze for a moment along with a huge explosion that felt like firing a cannon.
“… No matter how strong you are, you can never crush the durability of the core with your fist -”
— Boom! Pajik!
“Do you know what a core is? “You claim to be a member of the crew and try to destroy the core!”
“So, the robot bites. And wake up the captain!”
“…”
“Captain! Wake up Ari! Ari will be able to tell whether we are crew members or not!”
“…”
The next moment, Ari’s body began to change in front of me.
The inorganic facial expression, where emotions could not be read, relaxed as if the tension had been relieved, and a somewhat cold yet playful expression appeared.
The moment Ari furrowed his eyebrows and lightly touched his forehead with his hand, I realized that the Ari I knew had finally woken up.
“Good job everyone! “But my head hurts so much.”
*
When Ari woke up, the situation was quickly resolved.
The AI began to communicate with us by controlling a nearby robot instead of Ari’s body, and as soon as Ari woke up, he declared that we were crew members with the authority of a captain.
From that point on, the AI began treating us as crew members and asked Ari if he would give the order to re-launch.
“Order to re-departure?”
“Captain, the Pride of Mankind has been abandoned for many years. “No matter how many cores there are, they need repairs to go back into space.”
Ari looked confused and nodded slightly.
“good.”
What happened afterwards was truly miraculous.
With a roar that literally shook the entire mountain range, the upper part of the spaceship began to reveal itself. The security units located in the mountains began to move around like workers and quickly restore the spaceship.
At this rate, won’t the spacecraft’s recovery be completed within a day or two?
By evening, the shape of the spaceship was now clearly visible, and Ari had succeeded in recalling almost all the information.
At the location prepared by AI, Ari combined his memories with the information received from us and began to organize the situation.
“The story is very complicated. “I’ll cut off the small branches and just organize the big stems.”
Actually, if you look at the big picture, there is nothing special.
About 1,800 years ago, highly developed humans arrived on this planet together with Adravita.
Soon, strife broke out among them and Adravita scattered pseudo-humans across the stars to worship him.
Afterwards, the human community was divided into those who followed Adravita and those who did not, and both fell as a result of conflict.
In the process, the spacecraft was separated from its main body in the mountain range and its power source hundreds of kilometers away.
In this world where humanity collapsed, Adravita became the de facto ruler.
“And now we have appeared.”
“yes.”
“If it’s the curse of this room… . “Is this a situation where humanity’s new beginning has collapsed?”
“Maybe so?”
“Is this your plan to escape the hands of the Demon God and go back to space?”
“that’s right.”
“Adravita can do whatever he wants with this planet only if you leave?”
“That’s what it feels like.”
“It feels like there is a hole in the scenario… .”
The eyes of colleagues who felt uneasy at Ari’s words gathered together.
“In what sense?”
“Aren’t there too many strange parts? If that scenario is the case, then why are there cavemen? “If all we do is repair the spacecraft and go to space, then primitive people have no role to play?”
“…”
“Why do you have to go to space in the first place?”
“ah?”
“Is it possible that there are many planets in the universe suitable for human habitation? “It must have been incredibly difficult to find this planet in the first place.”
“that… .”
“Why not just live on this planet and lay the foundation of civilization with primitive people? “If we proceed in this way, won’t primitive people also have a role to play?”
“Adravita will interfere?”
“Isn’t the ordeal of this room preventing that interference?”
The surroundings became quiet. When his colleagues were all tilting their heads, Ari pointed out carefully.
“When did you start thinking about going to space?”
“It was a conclusion reached after looking at past records at the headquarters where the core is located.”
“Who wrote that information?”
That’s mostly AI –
— Coogung!
Suddenly, a loud noise started coming from the entire place where we were!
Jincheol was startled and opened the door and knocked on the wall, but it didn’t budge.
Meanwhile, a strange sound came from the ceiling, a gap opened, and strange gas began to come in.
At a moment of crisis that was obvious to anyone, I fell into another question. Why didn’t the crisis notification work?
… Because you’re not trying to kill me?
At that moment, a realization struck my head like a thunderbolt.
“ari!”
“uh?”
“Re-departure order! “You gave it to the AI, right?”
“Well, I did -”
“detail! “What is it about?”
“Ooh, fix the spaceship, decide the course, human culture kit -”
“Nothing like that, information related to us!”
“Uh, uh, s, the crew goes into cryosleep while the spaceship is in operation -”
As soon as those words came out, Ari’s and mine’s expressions froze.
Pride is now trying to put us all to sleep in order to follow Ari’s order to sail again.
… When my thoughts reached this point.
A very scary thought crossed my mind that penetrated the countless questions we had had so far.
The cursed room was strangely risk-free.
A scenario that seems to have a hole somewhere.
A prisoner who fed me information with an uncanny kindness.
perhaps.
The reason there was no risk may be because someone eliminated the risk in advance.
If you feel like there is a hole in the scenario, it may actually be because someone distorted it.
The reason for kindly providing information may be to guide the direction of our conclusion.
Confusing scenarios, complicated progression.
Let’s take everything away and just look at the current situation. What situation have we faced?
To leave space on a spaceship, you must fall into cryosleep. The path we have chosen is the path that plunges us into cryosleep.
… I prayed while forcing my eyelids to close.
Please, I hope we have a ‘next chance’.