Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 588
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EP.588 Episode 588 – The Stolen World (3)
Episode 588 – The Stolen World (3)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: 185th day
Current location: Delight Hotel, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
Our goal is to prevent the apocalypse.
Also, I am convinced that the ark itself is a trap, a scam, or at least the wrong answer.
Ryan’s goal is to hijack the ark.
Although their ultimate goals are different, they share the same basic interest in preventing the completion of the Ark by the Administration during the process.
Thanks to this, the situation progressed rapidly within a few days.
Of course, there were minor conflicts here and there.
For example, Patrick, who showed up with the ‘Book of Covenant’ to reach an agreement, was indignant and asked where ‘Lee Eun-sol’ was.
I heard that Patrick was ‘somewhat’ injured during Eunsol’s escape using the Hand of Greed.
“Ugh! Where is that woman? She lost both her legs because of you, so your comrade should give up one of his legs to make the calculations right!”
“You seem to be a little hurt.”
“A little? This kid!”
“Oh my~! Will the legs that disappeared when you take revenge grow back? Let’s forget the past and think about the future.”
“This kid!”
After that, Ryan started throwing out various information as if he was paying for a friend’s favor.
“After completion, the ark will resemble a kind of artificial god, but now that it is under construction, it resembles a building. I don’t know the exact date of completion, but -”
I thought I knew.
Because the hotel gave a time hint of 6 months, 1 year.
Wouldn’t the structure be such that at the 6-month mark, the ark would start gathering passengers, and then after another 6 months, it would be completed?
“Young friend, can you find the location of the ark?”
If you track the location of the maze or something with the status window, you will find the ark there.
It is currently over China, and it appears that the ‘second screening’ will begin in China.
“When I think about the ark, there are some parts that are difficult to understand.”
“Tell me.”
“My colleague escaped from the other world and summoned a strange being -”
“You mean the one that cut off Patrick’s leg?”
“Patrick also called that entity the ark.”
“…”
“My colleagues say that when they met the Ark, they felt almost like prisoners. Can the Bureau create such a divine being?”
“I’m curious too. The Administration creates prisoner-level beings? If I think about it simply… .”
“If you think simply?”
“The core technology may have emerged unimaginably long ago, when humanity was much more advanced than it is now.”
What if it was a civilization that pioneered space like No. 203?
As revealed in Issue 103, a space exploration level civilization might be possible, as it can even subdue prisoners and treat them like livestock.
“Are we just reusing the technology now without understanding it?”
“That’s my hypothesis.”
That sounds plausible.
However, when I accepted this hypothesis, my heart became slightly heavy.
If our ancestors were so great, how much have we declined now?
Of course, this is just Ryan’s hypothesis.
“…Does your boss know the exact answer?”
“It’s a slightly unpleasant expression to call him boss, but it’s not wrong. It’s sad. If you’re wise, you might understand.”
It’s not ‘I know’ but ‘I might know’?
“Even though we are colleagues, don’t you think we share too little information?”
The answer to this was truly surprising.
“I think you’ve got some misunderstanding about us. Old Jihye and I aren’t from the same party.”
“ah?”
“There were other real comrades of mine who escaped with me. There were six of them, and three of them are dead.”
“…Can I tell you this?”
“You haven’t experienced the loop yet, so it doesn’t seem to make sense? We’ll still be seeing each other even after the apocalypse, so do you think it’s meaningful to hide this little bit of information?”
“…”
About half of it was just an attempt to lower my guard, but about half of it wasn’t completely wrong.
Even if I kill him, I can meet Ryan again in the next world.
“Then is the wisdom of the past older than you?”
“Way! I can tell you for sure that the gap between him and me is longer than the gap between you and me.”
After the Ryan forces left, we started talking among ourselves about rescuing Ari.
“Shouldn’t we save Ari before she gets hit by the ark?”
“That’s right! You said you saw Ari when Ga-in oppa was in a coma?”
I agree that we need to save Ari before something big happens, but I don’t know how to do that.
Elena asked cautiously.
“Didn’t Ari have a dream kingdom in the first place?”
“Yes.”
“Then, Ari might join us… .”
“As I told you before, Ari used metaphors to tell me the information she gained after her promotion.”
I believe the information Ariga provided will help me gain more insight into Jeju Island.
Insight is not about getting something from nothing, but the power to infer big information from small information.
Of course, the biggest reason is the intervention of sponsors.
“Ari was disciplined in the process.”
Grandfather continued.
“It is said that those who remain silent have a duty to keep secrets. This duty itself is shared by all agents of the Administration… .”
“For those who remain silent, it is unique in that there is a ‘stone tablet punishment’ if they break their duty.”
The Tablet of Silence.
I got this information from Ryan, but Ryan himself has never seen the stone tablet and doesn’t even know where it is.
“Ari’s location itself still says it’s being searched.”
“Ari’s location? Honestly, what does that matter? Ari has her own dream kingdom. Normally, she would just come to us herself.”
As Grandfather said, as long as Ari has the Kingdom of Dreams, Ari’s location is not important.
The important point is why Ari can’t join us.
According to the vision shown by the owl, Ari is now on the body of an unknown strange god, and given the circumstances, it seems that the stone tablet is also unable to intervene in that location.
In other words, if Ari recklessly joins us, the stone tablet may kill Ari and us immediately.
“It’s the slab that’s the problem.”
“That boulder is the problem.”
“I feel like I should fire a final flash as soon as I find out.”
“Oh, uh, just don’t think about shooting a flash of lightning. I think-”
“Agent, I’m joking.”
After much deliberation, I summarized the above content appropriately – I completely hid the existence of the ‘Kingdom of Dreams’ – and delivered it to Ryan.
“What should I do with the stone tablet to save my comrade who has become silent?”
“Yes.”
He seemed surprisingly cooperative, and I think it was appealing that he was not just another colleague, but a ‘silent one’.
“If the silent ones join us, the conquest of the ark will be as good as a success.”
“Of course.”
So, you too, help rescue Ari.
“I don’t know what to do with the stone tablet, but shouldn’t we first find it?”
“yes.”
“Short story again – that’s enough. You said you’ve seen the stone tablet, right?”
“I didn’t see the slate, I saw the slate punishing its comrades.”
I saw a giant chain attacking the manager inside the dream kingdom and then trying to kill Ari.
“That might be possible….”
“What is possible?”
Ryan’s next words were truly unexpected.
“I have the best colleagues in the world who are good at finding things.”
“ah?”
“Blessed are you, the possessor of ‘Clairvoyance’.”
*
– Maze
I woke up in bed.
“… eww!”
Strange music is heard from somewhere.
The sound is so low I can’t hear it very well, the speaker must be far away.
“Get up.”
A pure white bed filled with soft feather duvets.
When I looked around, not only the bed, but the space I was in was extremely white.
“Miro, wake up.”
“…”
A person with a hood turned over.
The voice sounds like that of an older man, but I’m not sure.
“who is this?”
“Huh…! You said you lost most of your memories of the past. Is that really true?”
The man looked as if he was disappointed, then suddenly lifted his hood.
The figure under the hood was that of an Asian man in his late 30s to early 40s.
“I got the report, but I didn’t think you’d recognize me at all… I have a deep connection with you, and with your daughter as well.”
“Daughter? Ari?”
“I am the one who guided Ari.”
“Guide? Where?”
“It’s hard for me to say that. You are not one to be silent.”
“…”
“Isn’t it a joyous thing? Your daughter, your work has reached a greater realm than yourself.”
It feels like he knows me before I came to the hotel, and he’s the one who’s silent.
He even said that he met Ari.
“Relax. It’s already the ark. There’s nothing to worry about.”
At least on the outside, he treats me very kindly.
But don’t let your guard down!
Before I lost my memories, I concluded that I had to wipe out the entire leadership of the Administration Bureau?
“Come here. I have a favor to ask of you.”
*
As we walked down the long hallway, we were told that this was the inside of the ark.
The hallway is also completely white and dazzling. Is the entire ark like this?
After about a minute, the opponent suddenly stopped.
“Miro, you really got some great power from the hotel!”
“huh?”
“Are you not feeling anything at all?”
“Feel it? Are you talking about ticklish music?”
“Haha! Ticklish? Look around the maze.”
“Everyone is on their knees.”
“Everyone is praying.”
“pray?”
“It is to focus consciousness on one point.”
“Gather your consciousness? Why?”
“You still don’t understand even after hearing this far? Have you really forgotten everything?”
“…”
“I’m not bashing you. There’s no place in the world as dangerous as a hotel, so it’s a stroke of luck that you escaped. I can’t tell you how happy I am to hear that you came out.”
He’s so kind that it’s burdensome.
If this attitude is not acting, then perhaps this person regarded Maze as a colleague or loyal subordinate before entering the hotel?
“They all hear the voice of the ark.”
“Voice of the Ark?”
“The God who has not yet been born. The God who will soon be born. The hope and salvation of all.”
“…”
“But the voice of the ark does not reach you. Perhaps it is because of your heritage or blessing.”
Because it’s immutable!
According to the memories of the ghost story labyrinth, there is no information about the constant even in the management bureau.
This means that no one else has ever achieved immutability and escaped!
So, I am the only unchanging master of this world.
I am in a state of complete blessing, not weakened!
Somehow I felt better.
“Miro, do you know why the agent can withstand the loop?”
“I don’t know.”
“It’s complex, but the biggest reason is because the spiritual mass is large. It’s the same reason why hotel escapees become returnees. It’s because the soul becomes larger as you climb the hotel.”
“I see!”
“That’s why mortals sag in the loop. Their souls are too weak to withstand the waves of the apocalypse.”
“I understand.”
“Then, what if we gathered those weak souls together and made them strong?”
“what?”
“This is the fundamental principle of the ark.”
He casually told me a huge secret.
“The first ark was created in the process of studying the regressor.”
“what?”
“It’s the result of the research of those who were not chosen by those who were chosen.”
The unchosen and the chosen.
I felt suffocated as several ominous thoughts came to my mind.
I felt like I had heard a similar story in the past.
At that time, I discovered a strange fact.
Originally, this place was supposed to be normal because everyone had to lose their minds and pray because of the ‘Voice of the Ark’, right?
But why is this person okay?
“You? Are you okay?”
“It’s okay.”
“You have a blessing too? Oh, or a legacy?”
“blessing.”
“Can I ask what kind of blessing it is?”
I thought it was a sensitive question, but the other person answered kindly this time too.
“control.”
“…Where are we going now?”
“To meet the crazy Yeji.”