Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 629
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EP.629 Episode 629 – The Oldest Wish (10)
Episode 629 – The Oldest Wish (10)
– Cha Jin-cheol
A thought I’ve had often.
For some people, their 20s may be the golden age of their lives.
For me, my twenties were a painful time filled with defeat and inferiority complex.
Do you know the pain of someone who is ‘slightly’ lacking in talent?
If I had been given nothing, I might have just given up.
A sturdy physique of over 180cm, strong bones, and outstanding strength!
It’s a body that makes me admire it even when I think about it.
When I first got into martial arts, everyone said:
‘I guarantee it! You will succeed in whatever sport you do.’
‘Hey! Brother, please sign this in advance. I think your autograph will be really expensive someday!’
I remember everyone’s praise, expectations, and envious looks.
I remember the process by which these things came back as regret, pity, and even a little laughter.
…
I’m not trying to confess my past inferiority complex again.
As with many worries, looking back now, it wasn’t much of a big deal.
Are there more than a few athletes in the world who haven’t had a good life?
However, the mindset I had back then is still a big piece that makes up ‘Cha Jin-cheol’.
I want to move forward.
I want to become something greater than I am now.
It’s not like I’m being childish and wanting to be stronger than Gain.
The object of comparison is always my past self.
I hope that today’s me is better than yesterday’s me.
I hope that tomorrow’s me will be better than today’s me.
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The tremendous presence of ‘contradiction’ like a swaying typhoon!
‘A cluster of egos, in which countless minds repeat the cycle of birth and annihilation.’
‘A being who feels two incompatible desires at the same time, and is unable to discuss what he truly desires.’
Is this what Ga-in thought about contradiction?
‘A divided mind.’
‘Small spirits that are constantly creating and destroying.’
‘Impulses radiating in all directions.’
‘Conflicting goals.’
‘Split desires.’
‘I want to spit out the water while drinking it.’
‘I want to walk forward and backward at the same time.’
‘I want to stay awake while sleeping, and I want to have life and death together.’
Ugh!
I always thought Gain was smart, but this is…!
As the sharing of consciousness took place, a considerable sense of alienation was felt.
I thought about that earlier while listening to the absurd speculation about the principles of the crown.
Gain isn’t just smart!
Cognition beyond the five senses, information I cannot interpret.
Strange conclusions reached through endless interpretation of unknown information.
Explosive outburst of spirit!
The output of the ego itself is strong.
Is this the result of long-term exposure to the blessings of wisdom?
Thanks to this, Gain’s ‘voice’ was heard very loudly in this space.
In other words, ‘my voice’ was very small.
At a point where I was staggering with sudden mental fatigue, a great voice was heard.
“What do I wish for?”
What does contradiction want?
My first thought was one of wonder.
It’s not that I didn’t understand the question, it’s just that it felt too easy.
So, the problem is that you want to go forward and you want to go back at the same time?
Then wouldn’t it be okay to just change one of your thoughts?
‘What the heck is this!’
‘He’s a god, he’s a madman, he’s crazy!’
After hearing the two wisdoms’ irritated reactions, I realized it belatedly.
The question of contradiction is not easy, but I interpreted it easily!
Because I’m the smartest person in the room?
no.
This is because it touches on the thoughts and contradictions I had while contemplating ‘Pieces of Stars from Another World’.
‘Time is running out, we need to get to the sanctuary quickly and avoid this crazy god!’
I came to a conclusion while feeling the anxious thoughts of the girl.
Now is the time for me to do something!
Trust me and don’t doubt me.
In this realm, confidence is directly related to the volume of your voice.
Soon, a voice loud enough to catch the attention of the great man rang out.
Does the researcher have to give that answer?
“It doesn’t matter who you are. That’s why I invited you all here.”
Well then, let me give you a very easy answer.
What a contradiction!
What is your problem?
It is a chaos caused by countless impulses that cannot coexist, by an endlessly divided mind.
I hope you overcome this confusion.
The answer to this is simple.
Giving up or destroying one of your contradictory desires!
“…”
Silent contradiction.
However, an intense ‘disappointment’ dominates this space.
Contradiction displeases me with my answer.
I think you don’t quite understand the nature of the problem.
but….
Sometimes seeing is believing!
Immediately afterwards – a misty, amorphous fluid that appeared above both hands.
The contradiction of seeing a mysteriously shining ‘dream’ also shows interest.
I held onto my dream and desperately hoped for it.
I pray earnestly to the person sitting at the highest seat in the hotel.
Please grant me the ultimate, even if only once.
Show me a glimpse of the greatness that can even acknowledge contradictions.
The tenth dream shines.
The brush of the one who sheds tears for the three thousand worlds has painted me.
Immediately afterwards – I felt a sudden surge of intense conviction and summoned the ‘Fragment of a Star from Another World’.
— Kwajik!
‘Eww! Brother Jincheol!’
A piece of star shattered my skull and lodged itself right in the center of my brain!
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What did I think about the otherworldly star fragment?
A legacy that cannot be properly utilized if one is confined within the framework of a human being.
It was a conclusion I reached while thinking about the original user who had turned into an ugly monster and twisted the entire world.
iced coffee….
I was mistaken about one important point.
Transcendence of the body is not required to properly use star fragments.
Becoming a hideous monster or something like that was the result, not the cause.
The true path to the ultimate is the transcendence of the mind and the manifestation of the distant self.
I see a huge whirlpool in my mind.
We see ‘Cha Jin-cheol’ turning into a surging whirlpool.
Can you use it while enduring the power of the star fragments with a strong mind?
Not at all.
Instead of enduring, ride the wave of chaos brought about by the star fragments!
…
I saw an interesting video on the Internet.
A fast-moving video of footage taken over several months by a camera placed near a vine in the Amazon rainforest.
What image usually comes to mind when people think of plants?
A being that lives by standing still on the ground and drinking sunlight and water.
A part of a pastoral and peaceful landscape, a still, motionless creature.
The image in the video played at high speed was completely different.
It is essential to spread out the wide leaves over the surrounding young plants to block them from receiving sunlight.
It was not uncommon for them to spread their wriggling roots and entangle other plants, or to destroy entire insect habitats by emitting strange toxins.
The plant in the video was a green tentacled monster that was constantly wriggling and crawling everywhere.
All of this ‘struggle’ happens at such a slow pace that humans don’t usually notice it.
In this way, speed makes the world look completely different.
Plants are so slow to human eyes.
Conversely, there may also be a viewpoint that considers people to be slow and static, like plants.
…
A spirit that burns like a flame.
A squirming vortex that never stops for a moment.
It’s not a concept of fast calculation speed.
The shifts and breadth of thought, the clash of longings, the rising and falling of desires – all the changes were so chaotic and violent.
Another spirit is that which regards the human mind as slow and monotonous, like a plant.
It’s like the mind of an alien creature.
It’s not their appearance that’s the problem, but their mental structure and way of thinking are so different from humans!
…
A confused mind that is constantly radiating in all directions and trying to take on countless possible forms.
He held the reins of the beast, and the name of the reins was ‘Moment’.
The feeling of controlling impulses that run wild at an incredible speed with reason that accelerates at a similar speed!
For a moment, I burst into laughter.
Since I couldn’t figure out how to use the star fragments on my own, I borrowed the power of ‘dreams’.
And so an incomprehensible beast awoke within me… .
The reins to control the beast were already in my hands, as if waiting for me?
What does this mean? The sponsor knew from the beginning that star fragments could be used in this way!
haha!
This is truly the ultimate realm guided by dreams!
At that very moment.
“Now you can answer my question.”
I feel the satisfaction of contradiction.
In the eyes of the contradiction, I was now a being who could answer the questions of the great one.
“I ask again. What do I wish for?”
Now I truly know the answer to the question.
Soon, the waves of change emitted by the star fragments engulfed the entire area!
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The ultimate end.
The spirit that had clumsily approached the great realm returns to the human realm.
I lamented and lamented again in my fading consciousness.
Can I, with my own strength, reach this realm again?
One thing I knew for sure.
Before I knew the great realm, I wouldn’t know, but once I experienced it… .
I will endlessly long to return to this realm until the day I die.
Therefore, today’s experience was both a blessing and a curse.
*
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 234
You are currently: Searching… .
Wise Man’s Advice: 0”
– Han Ga-in
— CLANG!
“Ugh, gasp! Euah…!”
“Let’s take a break!”
Already the second break.
During the process of building, destroying, and restoring the elevator, the Virgin Mary suffered great mental and physical deterioration.
Also, being exposed to Jincheol Hyung’s star fragments in the deepest sea seems to have been quite a blow.
A minor blow would not be a big deal to the Virgin Mary, who is close to immortal… .
The power that Jincheol Hyung had manifested earlier was different from the star fragments I had usually felt.
A feeling of dizziness, as if facing primordial chaos.
“… maze.”
He gestured to Miro while supporting the Virgin Mary who was panting wildly.
Miro carefully spread out both hands to show the number ‘7’, meaning that there were seven minutes left for the Virgin Mary’s time.
Fortunately, there isn’t much left until the sanctuary.
A moment of silence.
As the surroundings became quiet, I naturally recalled the shocking incident from earlier.
That’s why Jincheol hyung said….
“What happened just now?”
The voice of the ancestors.
“The problem of contradiction is, as the name suggests, the turbid spirit itself that cannot coexist.”
“Yes, it was.”
“Your colleague – Cha Jin-cheol asked you to get rid of some of the contradictory thoughts.”
“That would have been the wrong answer.”
“That’s right. I thought it was a contradiction.”
I think the first answer that Jincheol Hyung gave was wrong.
“The turbid mind is constantly arising and disappearing, and there is no end to it if you just strike out some of them.”
“If we get rid of it, another contradictory spirit will soon emerge.”
But what about another answer you might find after implanting a piece of star into your brain?
“What on earth did your colleague do?”
“… I don’t know.”
I really don’t know.
It’s just that waves that are so different from usual are emanating from the star fragment.
“I did something. I did something, and then the contradiction suddenly… .”
“…”
“I’ve reached a point where I can’t talk.”
“Yes, it was.”
“Before, minimal communication was possible, but now even that is impossible.”
Something that makes even the most minimal communication impossible.
If I had to put it into words, it would be a constantly changing whirlpool itself.
“…”
“…”
My ancestors and I felt an indescribable strangeness from that whirlpool.
“Is that the answer? Why is that the answer?”
“I don’t know. But….”
“…”
“Let’s leave this question aside and go meet the prince.”
“… Yeah, that’s right.”
Just before the elevator departs again.
Miro asked in a worried voice.
“Go, Gain… .”
“…”
“Is Jincheol dead?”
“I don’t know.”
Is he dead?
Or are you alive?
Or is it a strange state that cannot be expressed in that way?
I don’t know.
I couldn’t find out even with my colleagues’ location information.
— CLANG!
“We have arrived.”
Prince, Crown – The supreme realm where the final secret is hidden.
Arrived at the sanctuary.