Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 618
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EP.617 Episode 617 – The Stolen World (32)
Episode 617 – The Stolen World (32)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 226
You are currently: Searching… .
Wise Man’s Advice: 0”
– Han Ga-in
“Contact Grandpa and tell him to ‘get ready’ now.”
He spoke to Ari and made a coin flipping motion.
Because the wisdom of the past has shown such uncanny abilities, it seemed better to avoid the clear words like ‘one more chance’.
“… It’s okay for now. The ark isn’t finished yet.”
Ari nodded at my hand and called.
— Ring!
“Mukseong-ah.”
“Oh! Ari! Finally escaped -”
“Ting~!”
The sound of clicking one’s tongue.
Is this some kind of password that Ari and Grandpa made?
Grandfather answered without saying a word.
“I did.”
Now, the time has come for the return of One More Chance –
…
…
…
Ah, you’re back.
“let’s go!”
“…”
“What are you doing? I’m okay now.”
“…”
“Cain, even now there is a fight in the depths of the ark -”
“I’m already back.”
A moment of silence.
Soon, Ari opened her eyes wide and couldn’t hide her surprise.
“Surely not now -”
He pointed to the air with his hand.
This is because there were numerous notes left in the status window that were not there before.
“I already turned back time.”
“Then what should we do?”
“You call your grandfather back here and let him know that you understand the situation. Take care of Eunsol too.”
With those words, I ran alone towards the depths of the ark.
“you!”
I heard Ari’s voice from behind, but I didn’t have anything to say right away.
Because I hadn’t read the status window notes yet.
…
As time went by, I understood a lot of things.
The Moon, the Ravager, the Wisdom of the Ancients, the Virgin, the Prince, the Soul Coalition and the Crown.
I understood what kind of picture I was drawing of my past or future self.
I also vaguely thought I understood what the owl meant by ‘a game where everyone can win’.
My role has disappeared from the stage of getting information and making plans, and I think I’ve done a good job.
My role from now on is to make that plan come true!
— Doo doo doo doo…!
This is the sound of the wisdom of our ancestors appearing.
*
By the time they reached the center of the ark, the fighting between the two silent ones and their companions had already died down.
This is because a powerful being emitting tremendous magical powers has entered the scene.
“You came.”
A voice that is extremely calm.
“…”
The moment I made eye contact with the wisdom of my ancestors, my whole body froze for a moment.
A being that has united with the Ark and gained strength beyond the realm of the participants.
He finds reality empty and longs for the third floor of the hotel.
In addition, there were a lot of brief information about the other person, but seeing it in writing and experiencing it in real life were very different.
In reality, the wisdom of the previous generation was truly the owner of an absurd sense of intimidation.
…
Ha! What a sense of oppression!
Isn’t it written clearly in the status window?
It may seem great, but the wisdom of the past cannot even handle one tongue of the moon!
There is no reason for me, who is aiming for the moon, to be intimidated by the wisdom of my predecessors.
I gestured towards Seungyeop and Jincheol to buy some time to think.
The two, not understanding the situation, seemed bewildered, but nodded and stepped back.
“Hey, Gain hyung! The maze suddenly disappeared!”
“I know. Stay behind me.”
The maze suddenly disappears?
no.
It didn’t suddenly disappear, it just didn’t come back from the moon!
The maze is arranged for the most important moments.
First concern.
To what extent should we disclose this information to other powers?
The regression of space and time itself cannot be hidden.
Because the soul that has been swallowed by the evil spirit cannot be restored even with One More Chance.
The administration will soon realize that tens of millions of people have suddenly disappeared.
The moon must already be feeling strange because its stomach is full of food it has never eaten before.
The plunderers also believe that they will soon find out about the anomaly through the wisdom of their ancestors.
This situation is different from the multiple playthroughs of the Cursed Room that we have experienced in the past.
“…”
Currently, the wisdom of the past that is weighing down on everyone is silently observing me.
An attitude that feels like, ‘Do whatever you want’ or ‘I’ll do as you see fit.’
He must be cautious because he doesn’t know exactly what I saw on the moon.
Should we hide the fact that we turned back time from all other forces except for the wisdom of the past?
How can you profit from not knowing who turned back time?
No, this is a judgment that sees the other person as an idiot.
Although it is considered a kind of natural law that the next loop begins after the end, this and the space-time regression of One More Chance are clearly different phenomena.
The moon and the administration, here the plunderers or the wisdom of the past.
Even though they’ve been fighting in reality for a long time, time has never suddenly turned back.
It means that they themselves are well aware that they do not have the ability to turn back time in the universe.
In the first place, are you going to turn back the time of the universe?
There is only one place in the world where you can experience such an absurd miracle: a hotel.
As it turns out, everyone knows there was a recent escape party at the hotel.
If it’s a new force that’s joined, it could create variables that didn’t exist before.
conclusion.
It’s better to be outspoken that we’ve turned back time than to tell shallow lies.
Anyway, the exact information is only here!
When I raised my head, the wisdom of my ancestors gave me a meaningful look.
A feeling of, ‘Are all my worries over now?’
“Everyone, pay attention.”
Not only the silent ones who had been making expressions of curiosity since earlier, but also my colleagues and the wisdom of my ancestors gathered their gazes on me.
“I came back after seeing the future.”
His colleagues, who already knew of the existence of the wisdom of the ancestors and One More Chance through his status window, were not surprised.
“What the…!”
“What nonsense!”
However, Dom and Osdork could not hide their bewilderment.
“It’s true.”
The previous wisdom calmly agreed with what I said, but he is a man who cannot persuade the administration.
“Shut up! Mine, I don’t know what scheme you’ve come up with yet -”
“foolish….”
Just by looking at the eerily shining eyes of the wise ancestral spirit, I can tell what he is thinking.
I have a lot of questions myself, but I guess you want to beat some idiots to death and talk to them instead of wasting your time.
However, my plan also requires a management office.
“Dominant, I’ll give you about 30 seconds to report.”
“what -”
“Don’t you have a cell phone that can contact the outside world? It should be ringing right now.”
Although a significant portion of the central government of the Administration has gathered in the Ark, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some minor forces outside.
The lower-level officials who don’t even know that they’ve been abandoned will be diligently reporting to the management office.
Suddenly, tens of millions of people disappeared all over the world!
Do-ji, who took out his smartphone from his bosom with a stern expression, soon opened his mouth wide.
Osdork, who was watching the scene, also returned to his human body.
“What is this…?”
“Those people were eaten by the moon.”
The voice of a spiritless ruler.
“Even if time were turned back, those whose souls were eaten by evil spirits could not be saved.”
“You really turned back time? How in the world can you have such power…!”
“Do you know where I come from?”
“…”
Just by looking at his eyes, I could tell that Oswald had taken my words to heart.
Since you are also a former hotel participant, you probably think you can turn back time.
Why? Because I’ve experienced similar phenomena several times in the Room of Curses!
It wasn’t Osdork.
“Lies! Don’t be fooled, Oswald! By their frauds -”
“Then, die here.”
“Do you think I would give in to threats or something?”
“I’m not threatening, I’m just telling the truth.”
“what?”
“The moon will soon awaken, before the ark you trust and rely on is even completed!”
“what -”
“I told you, the moon has absorbed tens of millions of souls. Thanks to that, the awakening period has been accelerated.”
Osdork’s expression hardened for a moment.
He also thought that what I said made sense.
I deliberately said something loudly while looking at his wavering eyes.
“I don’t know if you know, but ‘Delight’ is already changing into ‘Pioneer.’”
Another shocking story.
Since this was information that could not be hidden anyway, I revealed it honestly and the people around me were in an uproar.
Even the wisdom of the ancestors, which was already known through the status window, shook its entire jade-colored body.
It must have been even harder for him to endure, as he had been pursuing the third level for eons.
“Osdork, if you don’t want to talk, then fine. We’ll just go back to Pioneer. It might be fun to watch the Moon’s victory from there, right?”
I was just thinking about this, is this really possible?
Is it possible to live in a hotel and ignore the end of the world?
Hmm… .
The hotel prepared an hourglass and one more chance for reality.
Also, consider that one of the 3rd floor challenge conditions is salvation from reality.
Hotels also want to solve real-world problems.
Alternatively, you may wish to discourage participants from avoiding the ordeal.
So, it seems unlikely that we will be able to avoid the problem by ignoring the apocalypse and running away to a hotel.
Oh, what do you think?
You can just make a bet since you never know what decision the hotel will make.
Indeed, the ruler stepped forward with his eyes wide open.
“Osdork! Don’t make matters worse! Young contestant, calm down. Osdork doesn’t come from a hotel background, so he has limited knowledge.”
“It’s strange. The person with the most eyeballs, who isn’t a human, is narrow-minded.”
I tried to check his attitude by making a slight sarcastic remark, but neither Dominion nor Osdork responded.
At this point, the initiative is definitely in my favor.
“Young contestant. If you’ve seen the future, you must have some kind of plan.”
“first.”
In an instant, the room became quiet.
“Let’s start by dismantling the ark that’s under construction. Is it still possible?”
This is a story that the administration cannot accept.
Indeed, Osdork, who had been cowering, was startled.
“You crazy kids! I knew this would happen! I-”
“Alien, shut up and think. What’s the point of an ark that can’t be completed before the moon wakes anyway?”
“…”
“The moon is trying to gather souls together so they can be eaten in one bite? Oh~! Is the purpose of building this ark perhaps a soul hamburger steak?”
While Osdork was at a loss, the ruler asked a question.
“Why are you dismantling the ark?”
“To pull out the mirror.”
“Why are you pulling it out?”
“Because mirrors are useful weapons against the moon.”
“…”
“You didn’t know this either? Or, you knew this far but didn’t want to give up the ark?”
“The power of the mirror… is not enough to deal with the moon.”
This is true.
“If there was just a mirror, that would be the case.”
“There are other means? Did you find out about them?”
“you’re right.”
“What is that?”
“Should I tell you? There are other nobles here who belong to different affiliations.”
When we point to the wisdom of our ancestors, even the rulers flinch.
Seondae Jihye chimed in as if she found this situation amusing.
“I’m curious too.”
“… I’ll hear the details later. Okay, as you wish -”
“Oh, Oswald! Are you really going to dismantle the ark like these guys want?”
“Is there anything wrong with what this man says? If the ark cannot be completed before the moon awakens, there is no reason to complete it. It would be more reasonable to dismantle it and use the mirror as a weapon.”
“The claim that the moon’s awakening has accelerated is just this guy’s claim!”
“It’s true that tens of millions of people disappeared. It’s also true that the moon ate them.”
“…”
Why the ruler was convinced by my words.
1. Mass disappearance of people
2. The moon’s awakening period is accelerated
3. The ark cannot be completed before the moon wakes.
Because I accepted the three-stage argument above.
But, has the lunar awakening really become faster?
Actually, I don’t know either.
In the previous episode, it is said that Sang-Hyeon Hyung’s laser instantly woke up the moon.
Without this special event, there was no indication in the status screen of exactly when the moon would wake up.
But, whether they knew it or not, it didn’t matter at the point when the ruling party felt that what I said was ‘plausible’.
“That’s a lie! Isn’t there a gap in logic? There’s no guarantee that the missing people were eaten by the moon, and even if they were, it doesn’t necessarily mean that their awakening will happen sooner -”
Osdork will be difficult to persuade.
The moment I was about to sigh, Doji looked at me and my ancestors with an eerie look in his eyes.
As if to say, ‘don’t waste your time’!
“Osdork, stay still.”
A strange rhyme that came out of the mouth of the ruler.
Osdork, who had not expected the surprise attack from his colleagues, was as hard as stone.
The attack of wisdom from the previous generations flew in as if it had been waiting.
— Kwajik!
This was enough for one dissenting being to become silent.
It really couldn’t have been anything other than a ‘democratic’ decision.
“If the moon’s awakening is imminent, there is no time. Go.”
At that time, the wisdom of the ancestors asked as if it was interesting.
“Domination, don’t you think that this kind of thing is subject to the judgment of the ‘Slate’?”
“Then, if I die, that’s it. Did you think I’d be as obsessed with ascension as you, regardless of whether the world ends or not?”
Did the rulers secretly guess the purpose of the wisdom of their predecessors?
For a moment, the Domination truly felt like the leaders of a secret organization that had been watching over the world from the shadows.
Just before moving to the place with the mirror, Dominion suddenly asked a question as if a thought had occurred to him.
“I’m curious about one thing.”
“Go ahead.”
“You said that the awakening was accelerated because the moon ate tens of millions of people before turning back time?”
“That’s correct.”
“If that’s true, then why did the moon wake up earlier than expected in the original time zone before the rotation?”
“…”
1. The moon woke up early in its original time zone.
2. The world was destroyed and the moon devoured a huge number of human souls.
3. Time has been turned back, but soul predation remains the same. The moon’s awakening period has also been accelerated.
Number 2 may be the cause of number 3, but it cannot be the cause of number 1.
So there must be another reason why the moon woke up early in its original time zone.
Actually, they are separate.
Sang-Hyeon Hyung shot the final flash into the basement.
“The wisdom of the past…! It’s because of the author’s magic! I can’t say anything more here!”
“Indeed! That monster has finally destroyed the world!”
“Am I the one…?”
The wisdom of the ancestors looked at me as if it was a puzzlement.
*
At the last moment, the young ark was more joyful than desperate.
He seemed relieved when I told him, ‘I will stop the apocalypse, it is not yet time for you to be born.’
I convinced the administration and got the mirror of the young ark.
Who would have thought all this would happen in just a couple of hours!
This is a moment when you realize once again how great the power to turn back time is.
“…”
The next force to be attracted to is the plunderers.
— Click!