Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 612
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EP.612 Episode 612 – The Stolen World (27)
Episode 612 – The Stolen World (27)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 242
You are currently: Searching… .
Wise Man’s Advice: 3”
– Han Ga-in
Day 242.
Two days have passed since I was locked in the lab.
When Insight first discovered the existence of the ‘Control and Management’ item, did you think that a big achievement would be made within a few hours?
Wrong.
“4. Control and Management”
This is all I’ve found so far.
Given the circumstances, all materials dealing with controlling/managing soul assemblies would have been deleted by the moon.
I am guessing the contents of the deleted data through the remaining data.
This makes the work progress much slower than when I was looking for items 1-3.
While it’s important to find out what controls and management are involved, you also need to figure out ‘how to grow’ if you want to keep fooling the moon.
If there is no further progress, the moon may lose patience and consider the possibility of brain drain or soul extraction again, so time is running out.
If you look closely, you already know one of its weaknesses.
Soul ensembles are inherently vulnerable to mirrors, and the moon is no exception.
The methodology that came out of this was to extract the mirror from the Ark of the Management Bureau and destroy the moon together with the Marauders.
It is a methodology of the wisdom of our ancestors and also the so-called 30-point answer that I thought of before coming to the moon.
But if it was okay to this extent, wouldn’t a three-story hotel or school for the wisdom of the ancestors have appeared?
“…”
The reason the arks are vulnerable to mirrors is because they were built from the beginning to be split by mirrors.
The simple truth is that since it was made to be split, it is vulnerable to the means of splitting.
What about the moon?
The first thing I learned while reading the lab materials!
No word mirror or similar appears in any material.
The moon was not made to be split.
It was born during the process of research to create a god.
Therefore, the Moon is not as vulnerable to mirrors as other arks.
This may be the reason why the moon ends up being the ultimate winner in the future that Yeji saw.
“The biggest characteristic of the second stage soul cluster is the difficulty of control.”
If mirrors aren’t the answer, how else can you control a soul cluster of level 2 or higher?
— Bam!
I put down the pile of documents I was flipping through.
He completely leaned back and assumed a comfortable position.
“Let’s change direction.”
The progress of the research was halted because the data itself was edited by the moon.
There is currently no way to obtain the original material.
“…”
On the table were several sheets of paper with complicated numbers written on them.
Some people might think I’m focusing on that number, but I’m not.
The key is the blank space next to the number, the blurry illusion that only my eyes can see.
“I swore that my life, which began as a bug, would not end as a bug.”
A doodle I did in the distant past.
On it is written the following phrase:
“I realized this while examining ancient research materials in the basement of Quarantine Area C-213 on a stormy day.”
That I, too, studied this material in the past.
My past self must have seen the ‘original’ version that the moon hadn’t edited.
There is no way to retrieve the original material.
However, I can see what the judgment of the person who saw the original was.
What decisions did my past self make?
The boy, the prince of the first world that the administration had quarantined, was released.
Why did you free the prince?
Just by looking at the graffiti I left behind, I can vaguely guess what kind of person I was in the past.
It’s definitely not because I’m pitiful.
The prophet who observed me also said similar things.
Because the prince’s presence was essential to the plan I had in mind at the time.
“…”
But what happened to the prince in the end?
The Virgin Mary does not distinguish between the moon and the prince, but when you think about it, this is a bit strange.
It is said that the first human society served and called regressors ‘royalty’.
Not all returnees would soon become royalty.
Even today, the upper echelons of the Management Bureau are called the Silent Ones, distinguishing them from those below them, so it must have been similar in the past.
The prince is a human being who existed in the past.
The moon is a soul conglomerate formed by countless souls coming together.
Is the prince united with the soul corpus?
If one of the souls that make up the moon is the soul of a prince, then it is understandable that the moon and the prince are identified.
“Hmm….”
It may be a natural conclusion for the Virgin Mary, but it seems a bit strange to me, the possessor of the divine sun.
The total number of souls swallowed by the moon is not hundreds, not millions, but at least hundreds of billions.
Let’s say that the prince’s soul is mixed into this enormous soul.
If you drop a drop of black paint into the sea, will the sea become black?
It would be normal for there to be no trace of the personality of the prince anywhere in the completed moon egos.
But the prince’s ego is strangely clear.
Just looking at the way you treat me, it seems that way, and it seems that way to the Virgin Mary as well.
When the thought reached this point.
—Whoosh!
I heard thunder in my mind.
This feeling of realization hitting the back of your head like a bolt of lightning from the sky!
As the fragmented information quickly fell into place, one shocking conclusion suddenly emerged.
“…!”
The control means for the second stage of the ark prepared by the civilization that first created the soul ensemble!
There’s no way an ordinary human could touch something like this.
It’s royalty.
Only the royalty of the First World can obtain and control the controls of the Stage 2 Ark.
My past self knew this fact, so I liberated the royal family.
and!
The prince did not unite with the moon.
Right now, at this moment, I exist as one single human being.
The prince controls the moon as the silent ones control the ark!
When the thought reached here, insight finally came to me with the following sentence:
“4. Control and Management
According to T Albert’s AS 4731 study, the second stage of the Ark can also be controlled through the ‘Crown’.
This hypothesis was verified by the Mars experiment in AS 4738 –
crown.
I finally figured out what my ultimate goal here was.
*
– Maze
Two days passed.
Meanwhile, Gain never returned home.
I got incredibly depressed because of it.
Just in case, I’m not depressed because Ga-in isn’t by my side!
I’m not a child?
It’s not like we’re on a date or anything, I’m fighting the moon, so if I’m busy, I might not come.
So the reason I’m anxious is different.
What the hell am I supposed to do here?
Are you saying I should just laze around in my room and eat snacks?
Common sense tells you that this isn’t why you brought me here!
“What do you think? Isn’t it weird?”
‘Songi the Summoner’, who heard my worries, has been in a daze since a while ago.
“Isn’t that strange?”
“… I find it even stranger that my future self is already dead.”
“Eight! Don’t get hung up on such trivial matters!”
If you turn back time, you’ll come back to life anyway!
“They say that humans are microcosms, so now ‘Yoo Song-i’s’ universe has been destroyed… ”
Why is he so fixated on such a trivial matter?
“Ugh! That’s not helping!”
“Why did you summon me in the first place? You said you included Ariana Gain oppa’s time.”
“Ari said that it is dangerous to summon from the moon without caution. Also, Gain shouldn’t waste time.”
“Ari is in danger, and I need to save Oppa’s time, so am I the one left?”
“Yeah. Next is Eunsol!”
“Even if you say it like that, I still don’t get it. To begin with, I’m someone from a long time ago, right?”
“That’s true….”
“You said it was during a New Year’s party? I closed my eyes for a moment and when I opened them, I was suddenly on the inside of the moon. I was flustered.”
“Sigh… Well, there’s no way an ordinary high school girl like you could be of any help in deciding the fate of the world – Aaak!”
Suddenly Songi grabbed my balls and pulled them to both sides!
“He always acts like this whenever he gets a chance.”
“Ugh! If you keep doing this -”
“What should I do? There’s no Gain oppa or Ari nearby.”
“…”
“Wow~ The balls stretch out like mozzarella cheese!”
“…”
“Oh my! You’re not crying, are you?”
Songi lowered her hands in embarrassment and began to speak seriously.
“Ahem! I don’t think your brother brought you here just to eat waffles.”
“… Then what should I do?”
“Didn’t Gain give any specific instructions?”
“Just stay in this room. It might be dangerous to go out.”
Songi leaned against the wall for a while, thinking, and then said something unexpected.
“I think.”
“huh!”
“My brother knew with his insight that you had to do something important.”
So I gave you a living camera and an hourglass!
I know up to here.
“know.”
“But I don’t know exactly what that important thing is.”
“Oh, really?”
“So, don’t pay attention to my orders, oppa.”
Hey, is this really okay?
When Songi talks, I feel uneasy!
“What’s with those eyes? Are you nervous because I’m the one talking, not Arina Oppa?”
“…”
“Hey! If you’re going to ignore me even if I tell you, then you shouldn’t have summoned me in the first place!”
“…”
“Anyway, sometimes I feel frustrated when I see my brother and Ari.”
This sounds like gossip… .
“You’re both secretive. To be honest, don’t you sometimes find yourself making easy-to-solve problems difficult?”
“…”
“You too.”
“Huh?”
“That’s exactly what happened before. Oh! When I think about it like this, you’re the biggest problem.”
“Huh?”
“Your dark secrecy was inherited by Ariga and passed on to my brother! You are the problem.”
“…”
I felt it for a moment, but Songi seems to be secretly speaking according to the flow of her thoughts… .
There’s a big difference between talking to Arina Gain, who only conveys the most important words, and talking to Song.
“What does this have to do with my current situation?”
“That’s right! Holy Mother!”
“Suddenly the Virgin Mary?”
“I heard about the person named Seongmo for the first time today.”
“huh.”
“But, when I heard your explanation, it seemed strange.”
“what?”
“According to what you say, this place is like a ‘heaven’ created by the moon? The Virgin Mary serves the moon while dreaming of realizing heaven?”
“huh.”
“Absolutely not.”
“what -”
At that moment, for the first time, a ‘plausible’ story came out of Songi’s mouth.
“After gaining different perspectives, I can overcome information disruptions such as hallucinations, dreams, and delusions.”
“ah?”
“Miro, do you know what the surroundings are really like?”
“…”
“Let’s go see the Virgin Mary now.”
“…”
“Okay? Easy?”
“That, that’s a bit…”
“What’s the problem?”
“Gain told me not to go out of the house!”
Songi shook her head.
“I’m sorry, but I think I know this place better than ‘Gain Oppa,’ whom you trust so much.”
“When did I ever call you Ga-in oppa?”
Before I could even finish answering, Songi came rushing towards me and pulled me towards her!
“Whoa!”
“It’s light~! I’m a little jealous of this.”
Standing in front of the door with Songi, I felt like my breath was holding.
“Stop it! I told you not to go out -”
“why?”
“uh -”
“What, is this a nightmare or something? Or is it someone else’s imagination mixed in?”
Other people’s imaginations are mixed in.
I’ve never heard such strange words.
I don’t even know what you’re talking about.
“You didn’t even explain that much. As expected, you’re a secretive person! Just do it my way. You were just eating waffles in your room anyway, right?”
— Bam!
The door swung open without giving me a moment to breathe!
Outside the door –
“ah?”
— Clank! Clank!
“Hey, subway?”
What door did I open and a subway came out?
I opened my mouth wide in confusion for a moment, but then all the eyes of the people in the subway gathered in my direction!
“eww!”
An eeriness that cannot be expressed in words.
The vortex of eons, the endless suffering, the endlessly worn-out ghosts –
“Miro, why do you only think so much at times like this?”
“ah?”
“Was the subway not that great? Just close your eyes.”
The moment Songi stretched out her hand –
— Kookung!
Suddenly, the subway ceiling flew away and the sky opened up.
Even the ghosts that had been approaching with an ominous atmosphere looked up at the sky in surprise.
“Ah, ah, ah…!”
Now I don’t even know what’s what!
“What the heck is this!”
Songi’s simple answer.
“This is a kind of imaginary world. It happens as you think.”
“So, if I want to drink coffee now, will coffee come out?”
“You can’t do it.”
“why?”
“Because I’ve never made coffee that way before. Deep down, I know it’s impossible.”
“…How is that possible for you?”
At that moment, wings appeared behind Songi’s back.
Songi answered simply.
“I have always lived my life seeing what I wanted to see and feeling what I wanted to feel.”
An angel took my hand and flew into the sky!
“Hey, where are you going!”
“I told you earlier.”
“what -”
“Let’s go to the Virgin Mary. There’s something I really want to ask her.”
“What, what?”
“Do you really think this is heaven?”
“What is this place!”
“huge….”
“huge?”
“Human Ranch.”