Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 58
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Episode 58 – Room 106, Mission Room – ‘Hotel Land of Hope’ (5)
Episode 58 – Room 106, Mission Room – ‘Hotel Land of Hope’ (5)
[User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 21
Current location: Tier 1, Room 106 (Mission Room – Hotel Land of Hope)
Sage Advice: 0]
5. Blue Dragon Train Departing from Space
As we approached the train, everyone started thinking about one thing. A structure in which numerous train compartments are connected in a row, like the commonly thought of the Blue Dragon train. Should we all ride in the same compartment? Or a different space for each?
“Wouldn’t it be better if we all rode together?”
Seungyeop’s voice is somewhat frightened. Rather than making a rational decision, I think I’m just scared of being alone.
“There may be separate dangerous and safe compartments. In that case, everyone has to disperse together to find someone who can survive.”
On the spaceship and then on the train, Ari suggested that everyone disperse together.
“Isn’t the scattering also a trap?”
My brother seems to be starting to feel like everything he sees is a trap. In fact, it is such a hotel.
I decided on something more simple and visible.
“I don’t think we have a choice, but I think we have to disperse. I see something that looks like an oxygen tank.”
There was even only one mask attached to each oxygen tank. There was no choice from the beginning.
In the end, everyone was separated into different compartments. However, since it was connected without any partitions and each compartment was not particularly large, conversation was possible if you took off the mask for a while.
As soon as we boarded the plane, ‘gravity’ disappeared. If you think about it, it is strange that there is gravity in space in the first place. There was gravity until I reached the station, but as soon as I entered the train, gravity disappeared and my body began to float. Just as I was getting used to the floating body, the conductor suddenly appeared out of thin air and started making tired noises.
“Welcome, challengers on the train! I am the conductor of the Blue Dragon Train. From now on, this train will travel through the mysterious universe and provide many fun experiences, so please actively participate.
“In 10 seconds, as soon as the train departs, the comet avoidance game begins!”
“What do you mean? Avoid comets? Explain, you crazy bastard!”
“Avoiding a comet is avoiding a comet.”
After hearing that answer, I had no intention of asking any more questions.
“sky.”
“Sky? This is space?”
“I mean just look up.”
When I lifted my head up, I understood what he meant.
I could see countless stones waiting along the rails along which the train was traveling.
Oh, you must be extremely tired just looking at this.
As soon as the train departed, a ‘comet’ began to fall.
*
—Hwiik! thud!
In a panic, everyone started dancing in the small train compartment to avoid the falling stones from above. As the name ‘comet’ suggests, it was not flaming and was just a stone, but that doesn’t mean it can be hit.
We even had to carry oxygen tanks during that time. Fortunately, there was no gravity, so I couldn’t even feel the weight of the oxygen tank. Soon the train started dancing around and it became increasingly difficult to avoid it.
—Jiik!
In an instant, a stone passed by, tearing part of his shirt. It doesn’t look like you’ll die right away if you get hit, but it’s quite powerful. You may get one or two hits, but if you start receiving multiple hits, there is no way to survive.
Is anyone else okay? I can’t afford to worry. Jincheol usually doesn’t have any problems doing things with a body like this, but Jincheol’s legs. Will my brother be able to dodge stones like this with his legs?
While I was frantically dodging, the train seemed to be spinning and the comet stopped falling.
I barely caught my breath and understood the situation. The Blue Dragon train went straight and rotated horizontally half a turn. A comet has begun to hit the bottom of the Blue Dragon train, but no matter what, we are safe.
“Is everyone okay? Did anyone get stoned?”
“I’m fine. I did get hit, though.”
“How did I avoid it?”
…
“Seungyeop?”
I can’t hear Seungyeop’s answer. I gave up thinking any further.
Let’s focus on the current situation. Even though the train was overturned, it wasn’t that uncomfortable. If it were Earth, when the train overturned, blood would have rushed to the head due to gravity, but this is space. Because there was no gravity, I only felt dizzy for a moment when it flipped over.
It will turn over again over time. Then, you won’t have time to think as you’ll be dodging the stones.
“What should I do? Is there anyone who can think of something? Are we avoiding it indefinitely like this?”
…
“Well, this is what I thought as soon as the train overturned. It’s a bit absurd, but it is.”
“It doesn’t matter, so speak quickly.”
“If the train flips over again, why don’t we all go to the bottom of the train?”
?
“Hyung? What do you mean?”
“After all, because it’s space, there’s no gravity, right? The distinction between the top and bottom of the train doesn’t really mean anything. Going down doesn’t mean we’re being pulled in the opposite direction. Don’t we just have to avoid the direction from which the stones are flying?”
“It’s persuasive! It’s an open structure anyway, so it’s not difficult to get over it.”
understood. Since it is outer space without gravity, there is no need to be on top of the train. All you have to do is carry the oxygen tank and move to the bottom of the train.
“But the train is moving straight, right? What if it moves unstably and flies backwards?”
“You have to know what to hold on to and hold on. In my opinion, it’s much easier than dodging to the end of a stone that you can’t even see.”
—–Rattle!
The train started to overturn again. If things continue like this, comet avoidance will begin again.
As suggested by my brother, we left the train compartment holding on to the oxygen tank and moved to the other side –
I knew this was the right choice.
As soon as I opened the door to the train compartment, I saw a ladder that I had not noticed when I first entered. When we climbed the ladder and went down to the bottom of the train with a feeling of hopelessness, we found that there was a compartment underneath that was exactly the same as the one we had initially sat in.
The identity of the train was not revealed when it departed because it was covered by the station platform.
This train was, absurdly, a double-sided train with no distinction between top and bottom!
In the end, we continued to avoid the comet by going back and forth between the two sides in this way, and after a considerable amount of time, no more comets fell.
*
“Haha! Everyone? Did you have fun? The comet avoidance game is over. The next game is to survive the black hole!
No tricks work in this game. Just show the strength of your trained body.”
Tricks don’t work. Show me the strength of your body.
The meaning was immediately apparent.
Suddenly, the structure of the Blue Dragon Train changed in outer space, structures that we could use disappeared, and ladders and doors to move to the other side disappeared. In the middle of the train compartment, there was only one handle that looked easy to grip.
A huge hole appeared in the air. Is this really possible?
As soon as I instinctively held on to the handle, an attractive force began to appear in the air.
‘Tricks don’t work. ‘Show me the strength of your body.’
Literally.
It’s not about using your brain, it’s about using only your strength to withstand the pulling force!
No, it’s suddenly such an ignorant mission?
I looked around to see if there was any way to get over it easily, but I couldn’t see anything.
Just one thing came to mind.
There is no need to hold on with your arms.
I held the handle between my legs and prayed that I could hold out until the end.
…
It feels like my leg is going to be ripped out.
How long did they last? I don’t know. In fact, the actual time may have been less than 10 minutes.
Every second was painful. A black vortex formed in distant outer space. I don’t know if it was a real black hole or something imitating a black hole, but the gravitational force generated by that black hole was threatening to tear my body apart.
In the distance – the station started to come into view.
Perhaps, if I hold on until the station, it will be over?
There was someone who saw the same thing as me.
“Everyone, just hang in there! It’s not long now!”
Compared to me having a hard time even breathing, do I have any strength left to shout?
Unlike me who held on with my legs, my brother probably held on with his arms. As long as your arm is in good condition and healthy, you should be able to survive with just one arm.
The moment the train enters the stop –
—Ting~
I heard the sound of something sliding against metal, and then I saw Ari being thrown away!
There is nothing you can do. All I can do is watch another person eliminated with a mesmerized expression.
At that time, Ari flew as if bouncing in the air and flew into the inside of the station.
You still have the strength to fly. I wonder how three people passed.
*
As the train entered the station, I could no longer feel the pull.
He sat there blankly with a distraught expression on his face, and as soon as the train stopped, he staggered out.
Leg condition. It was completely delicious. Just like Jincheol’s leg where the gyro drop ended earlier, his entire leg was covered in black bruises.
I didn’t even have the strength to stand any longer, so I fell down on the platform as soon as I got out of the train.
As I waited a little longer, I felt Jincheol lie down near me.
“…Gain, are you okay?”
“Do you look okay?”
“It looks like shit. Me too.”
“I still have two left. I feel like I’m really going to die.”
“I can’t survive because there are missions that make me physically painful and missions that make me mentally painful. And they don’t even give me any time to rest. It’s really frustrating.”
—tuk. Tuk.
Footsteps gliding helplessly.
“Ari, are you okay? But seeing as you flew up at the end, I see you still have some strength left.”
“…”
“Ari?”
“Both next to me.”
A voice as small as a mosquito.
Sensing that something was amiss, they both barely stood up and approached.
An expression that feels bluish rather than white. I feel something cold, and my body is slowly cooling down.
“Ari? Ari you! Is this okay?”
“First… I think I’ll get some rest.”
I was speechless. The reason I returned from my flight earlier was not because I had more energy, but because it was like my last strength before I died?
Neither I nor my brother knew what to do.
“syringe.”
I pulled out the syringe as instructed.
“Can we just draw blood and give it to you? Or do we have to feed it by mouth?”
Even in the midst of being half-dead, Ari made an extremely absurd expression.
“Blood? You think I’m some kind of vampire. Even during this, you’re talking nonsense.”
“Wasn’t it similar? Every time you use your abilities, you use blood.”
“Draw my blood.”
“No, I’m doing this because there was no blood from earlier-”
“There’s no time. Take it out now.”
…
I closed my eyes and drew Ari’s blood with a syringe.
Jincheol, who was watching with trembling, did not stop him.
“You know this because you tried it once before, right? It’s an enhanced version of the one that replenishes your stamina. Each person gets an injection into the painful area. Now it’s really over. Go out and see.”
Did he breathe his last breath? The ebony hair was broken and the fairy-like face fell to the side.
An expression that makes you feel at ease because you are taking a break.
Now, only two remain.
/Mission 5. Successful Blue Dragon Train departing from space! Would you like to proceed to the next mission?/
*
/Mission 6. Real combat! haunted house.
One! 2! 3! start!/
The now familiar fluctuations of space.
When the shaking was over and I came to my senses.
An old-looking mansion appeared, revealing its shabby appearance under the dim moonlight.
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