Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 474
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EP.474 Episode 474 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (33) Fin
Episode 474 – Room 206, The Cursed Room – ‘The Demon King Resurrects After 100 Days’ Re (33) Fin
– Yoo Song-i
About a year ago, from day 579 to day 580.
We woke up in a deserted city where all humans had disappeared.
Even in the episode where the indomitable reason sacrificed the entire city, the ancestor who had survived by hiding in a special shelter also disappeared without a trace before the advent of the Demon King.
There are only seven survivors in the entire star!
Yoo Song-i, Lee Eun-sol, Kim Muk-seong, Kim Sang-hyeon, Park Seung-yeop, Elena, Cha Jin-cheol.
We were the only ones who had the help of an hourglass that could even withstand the Demon King’s tyranny.
At the time, I didn’t know exactly what was going on in the depths.
After driving the star to destruction as planned, they all died at the hands of the resurrected Demon King?
Whatever the process, it was certain that the Demon King had disappeared.
If you empty the bowl before the Demon King eats, the Demon King will leave for another hunting ground!
The absurd plan actually succeeded.
So the day we woke up, everyone was in a festive mood.
…
Even though the Demon King left Earth, the problem was not solved.
Because the most important procedure remained.
It’s return and resurrection.
The reason we went through all this trouble in the first place was to create a world where the people of Room 206 could live safely.
In the end, it all comes down to bringing the dead back to life.
At this point, everyone was in grave trouble.
When should we turn back time?
At that time, this story came out.
‘What does it mean that the Demon King came from space?’
‘Sir, do you think the Demon King has incredibly extensive soul searching abilities?’
‘Yes.’
‘Well, Grandpa. The Demon King is probably still flying somewhere in space without resting, right now?’
‘I guess so.’
‘Then I guess we should turn back time as late as possible.’
‘… I guess so.’
Yes, that’s right.
If you turn back time too early, the Demon King, who thought there was no food and went into space, may detect Earth again and return.
Therefore, we must turn back time to the point where the Demon King is furthest from Earth, that is, the latest point that is permitted to us.
These limits are not set by us, but by the Lord of Time.
‘As Miro said after obtaining the director’s memories. The limit for returning using the Time Ruler is about one year.’
‘Well then, we have the answer. Let’s hold out for a year and then return.’
The meeting ended quickly, but the conclusion was quite painful.
The city completely collapsed due to the ghost story phenomenon spewed by the resurrected Demon King, and there were no humans left on the entire planet.
It’s practically like room 203, stuck in the Stone Age trying to survive!
Still, it was much more livable than room 203.
Because, among us, there was the survival king, Doctor Kim.
‘Teacher, can I eat this -‘
‘How many times have I told you that all mushrooms are poisonous and that you should not come near them, but Seungyeop, it’s like a lie that you only pick up mushrooms.’
‘…’
‘Hey, Sang-Hyeon. It wasn’t anyone else, but Seung-Yeop who picked it up, so it’ll be okay, right?’
‘Then I’ll put it in your stew, Agent. Have some and enjoy it.’
‘… Seungyeop, this guy! I can’t throw him away right now!’
I still don’t know why Seungyeop gritted his teeth and only picked up mushrooms during that time.
Surprisingly, wasn’t that mushroom really delicious and good for your health?
Of course, I was too scared of poisonous mushrooms to eat them just to hope for luck.
One day, as I was spending my days blankly feeling this way.
Ari appeared in the sky.
It was a very dire situation.
He was missing an arm, half-blind, and his skin was… .
No human being could survive with such injuries and without proper treatment.
Even if we are lucky enough to survive, humans cannot return to us if they fall somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
He was a man who could cut off his arm without shedding a single drop of blood, and he was able to come back alive in that state because he was wearing wing boots.
Ari was not mentally normal either.
Because I was overly aware of the Demon King without the protection of the hourglass.
Even the flute couldn’t turn it back.
According to the doctor and Yumi’s analysis, after months of mental breakdown, physical holes seemed to have formed in the brain itself.
Thanks to this, a girl with dementia was added to the already poor hotel village.
…
Ari would come to her senses every few days and tell us what had happened in the depths.
The fact that the Demon King did not leave Earth as soon as he woke up.
The fact that the Ultimate and Gain’s brother acted as a kind of bait to lure the Demon King into space.
The fact that it feels like it’s still flying through space.
I felt dizzy listening to it.
I think this is the first time I’ve seen a room that was done in such a surreal and absurd way as Room 206.
Other people had similar thoughts, but the doctor was so impressed by Ga-in oppa that he even shed a tear.
When I see things like this, I realize that the teacher is a person who is subtly full of emotions.
Other than that, well, Elena was looking after Ari and blankly staring at the sky and saying cringe-worthy things like, ‘Is that star Mr. Gain? Or is that star?’
Every time that happened, Ari responded with a beautiful girlish punch without delay.
Wow, it’s not even an 80s melodrama, and honestly, ‘Is that star Ga-in?’ was a bit like that.
Even after Elena became successful as an actress, she thought it would be better to leave the lines to the writers.
Life in the great outdoors was extremely difficult, and there was no time to rest for anyone, regardless of age or gender.
A person in a civilized society can work at a convenience store for just one hour and earn about ten thousand won, which can buy a decent meal.
A human living in the great outdoors would have to suffer for about 7 to 8 hours to be able to eat something resembling a meal.
I don’t think I need to explain further how difficult it was for us.
If it weren’t for the few preserved foods I found in the ruined paradise, I might have survived on nothing but bugs.
The difficult times flowed like a river.
The majority of humanity died between 571 and 580 days, according to the circumstances.
We couldn’t figure out the exact moment because we were frozen by the hourglass and Ari’s mind was wandering.
If we conservatively estimate it to be 570 days, then the limit of time at which the Time Lord can turn back time and revive everyone is 935 days after adding 365 days from now.
Today is day 930.
*
Early in the morning, a doctor with a bushy beard announced to everyone.
“Let’s leave today. It will be difficult if we leave any later.”
Seungyeop answered, who was wearing his shirt half-torn but had no clothes to change into.
“Haaam. What day is it today?”
The answer came out of Eunsol’s mouth, her hair scattered.
“If there is no mistake in the calculation, it is 930 days. Is there a mistake?”
“That’s right, 930 days.”
“Okay, I guess we should go now.”
Elena, with her hair disheveled and looking disheveled, burst into laughter.
“We don’t have any homeless people. We’re like refugees who ran away because our country was ruined.”
A refugee who fled because his country was ruined?
I think that’s actually quite true.
And I was a little angry when Elena, who was incredibly pretty even with her hair and skin in bad shape, said something like that.
“Ahem, let’s go. Ariya!”
“…”
Ari’s condition is still not normal.
When I first came back, I spoke like a human being about once every three days, but the frequency gradually increased, and these days I don’t come to my senses even once a week.
Everyone prepared to return to the ruined paradise one by one.
*
As he moved to avoid the scattered pieces of concrete, the old man muttered.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Paradise. I searched around here and there for a few cans and then never came back.”
“Yes.”
While they were holding out outside, several people searched the depths of Paradise.
This is because I was worried that the ‘time delay phenomenon’ would remain deep within the area even after the Demon King’s resurrection.
If so, date calculations become much more difficult.
Fortunately, that didn’t happen.
With the Demon King resurrected and the time dilation phenomenon seemingly gone, we need to activate the Time Ruler again.
“Just in case, the Time Lord can work, right?”
“…”
“…”
“…”
“Ahem, I was talking nonsense. Let’s go.”
When the Demon King was resurrected, he wouldn’t have destroyed the Time Ruler or anything, right?
This part made everyone nervous, but there was no way to know until we actually checked.
You have to believe that you are okay.
It’s not without basis.
A great power that can turn back time for an entire star.
According to the Bureau duo, the Time Lords were ‘absolutely’ not created by humans.
Clearly, it was obtained from some cosmic being.
As evidence, even the Demon King suffered hundreds of years of time delay from the Time Lord.
“This is it. Originally, if you took this elevator down, it would have been the deep level.”
Grandfather added to Eunsol’s words.
“Sang-Hyeon and I checked 4 months ago, and there was no time delay or monsters. The Demon King is gone. Now, tie the ropes.”
As I was tying a rope to replace the broken elevator, a familiar face came to mind and I spoke.
“In the end, I couldn’t get out of the maze.”
“… It looks like he died when the Demon King was resurrected. Well, I thought that was more likely from the beginning.”
“Right.”
“It’s okay. You can do it. I’ve already confirmed it.”
“…”
I, Yoo Song-i, must activate the Time Master.
How can I operate the Time Lord if I’m not part of the organization?
There was a time when I thought that too.
There is a concept in the world called designated survivor or proxy.
An entity that immediately takes over the authority and maintains the continuity of power in the event that the President and government ministers are killed due to terrorism, war, natural disaster, etc.
This system, which has been introduced by governments around the world, is said to exist not only in the administrative bureau but also in the association.
In fact, the Management Bureau is an organization where even the top brass die for all sorts of strange reasons, so it might be natural for this concept to exist.
Simply put, if the person in the top rank of the death squad dies, the second person takes over.
If the 1st to 10th place dies, the 11th place will take over.
What if all the leaders die?
What if there are no survivors?
Even if you were a low-level employee yesterday, from today onwards you must become the leader of New Organization and support the world.
All the survivors of the Deep Zone were killed, and the founder was also killed.
I am the successor to the city administrator family established by my ancestors.
…
After walking for half a day through the dark ruins, lit by three or four torches, I arrived at that damned laboratory.
Some people have been here before, so it was easy to find the way, but this was my first time.
Gulp!
“Relax. If you can prove that you are the heir to the Kadyrov family, the Time Lord will recognize you.”
What if I can’t prove it?
The research center secretly didn’t know the situation on the ground very well!
Even if Ari insists that he is the successor to the founder, it must be so!
“…”
I pushed away my useless anxious thoughts and touched the ‘means of identification’ I had brought from paradise.
The Kadyrov family seal, One More Chance and My Bracelet, which the Kadyrov family inherited in the setting of No. 206.
Which of these would work?
— Clang!
“It must be here. According to what Ari-yang, who was in her right mind, said… Ari-yang, right?”
“I’m hungry.”
“…”
“I want to eat sausage.”
“…Miss Songi, let’s go.”
Ah, Ari, you’re acting strangely like Miro!
Now that I think about it, this is also funny?
On the contrary, is what Miro does similar to Arirang suffering from dementia?
“No sausages?”
If you go outside, I’ll hit you both with sausages –
“I’m hungry.”
I couldn’t help it because Ari, who was clinging to my back, was so cute.
It would be okay if it just stayed like this –
“Ah! Ah! Aaaah!”
“What, what is it? Songi, are you okay?”
“… ah.”
“Songiya? Did you feel something?”
A warm feeling that cannot be expressed in words surrounds me.
I followed the guidance of something unknown and went down a secret passage hidden in the wall of the laboratory.
and….
I see a round object shining like a light that brightens the cold world.
I knew it the moment I saw it.
“You are the master of time.”
There was absolutely no need to repair any of the deep-level control devices or computer equipment.
All of those things are secondary factors.
There is only one thing that matters.
The Lord of Time recognized me.
We have found the last remaining descendants of the Order on this star.
At this moment, I knew what to say.
“Give us another chance! Start over from scratch!”
And there was light.
This was my last memory of Room 206.
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.
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“You succeeded!
A paradise where the term human rights is considered a childish joke, how ironic is its very name?
A world where everyone lives as a cog in the city’s wheel, not as a human being.
Unfortunately, workers were not the only victims of this apocalyptic tragedy.
The city mayor, the mayor – they too were just slightly larger cogs in the wheel.
The cause of all suffering, literally the root of all evil.
Demon King.
A being that has driven humanity into a vicious spiral of despair that cannot be overcome no matter how much force is used.
How should I deal with it?
Maybe so.
When you’re fighting an opponent you can’t beat, joining them might be the answer.
Some people believed it was their only hope.
You’ve found another option.
After realizing that the Demon King was more like a natural disaster or a wild beast than an intelligent being, he made the monster leave the planet.
In fact, it was a plan with quite a few loopholes here and there.
You all know that if it were real, it would most likely have failed in the end.
However, rather than pointing out the lack of fine details, we will evaluate it in the big picture.
Do you understand what this means?
congratulations!
.
.
.
Congratulations to one of your colleagues for finally solving the problem!
The final solver appears and all members return safely.
“You decide which treasure to receive and who will receive it.”
Evaluate in the big picture?
That makes good sense, right?
You’re saying they’re giving out tickets?
Instead of answering my question, the hotel displayed the following notification:
“Congratulations to all participants for solving problem 206.
Survived until now -」
There was no need to look at it in detail since all the survivors had their names.
It feels like the person who contributed the most is Ga-in’s older brother who flew into space with the Demon King, but it seems like he’s already dead at this point.
At the time of Ga-in’s death, the hotel’s assessment would be that the other survivors’ contributions were mediocre.
I think it’s already been decided who will inherit this legacy.
The legacy of ‘No. 206’, the power to save the world.
Because it was something we agreed on before even entering the room about who would get it.
but….
Another ticket completed.
This time, it is more likely to be exchanged for another legacy rather than resurrection.
In whose hands will ‘that legacy’ fall?