Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 650
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EP.650 Episode 650 – Meeting, Exploration (1)
Episode 650 – Meeting, Exploration (1)
“User: Han Ga-in (Jihye)
Date: Day 1
Current Location: Tier 3, Lobby
Wise Man’s Advice: 0”
– Han Ga-in
All my colleagues’ dreams regarding ‘First Wish’ are over.
When I returned to the third floor lobby, I saw my colleagues sitting here and there on the soft sofas.
Judging by the abundance of snacks and drinks, it seems that the hotel’s characteristic generous treatment of food is still in place.
In the meantime, I saw that Eunsol had ordered something from HP Market, such as a whiteboard and marker pens.
“Brother, are you done now?”
“great job!”
A few of my colleagues waved lightly, but quite a few were lost in thought, not even noticing that I had returned.
They seemed distracted, each focused on their own memories and wishes rather than conversation.
At the point where I was about to lean lightly against the marble pillar, not wanting to disturb anyone.
— Beep!
A hotel notification window appeared in front of everyone.
The first sentence was a welcoming greeting.
“Why is the welcome greeting so late?”
“At first, it was just me and my grandfather who were awake.”
“Oh, so that’s why it’s hot now? Because everyone’s awake.”
*
“Contestant Han Ga-in, welcome back to Hotel Pioneer!
So, what kind of place is Hotel Pioneer?
Wouldn’t it be the best hotel in the universe, filled with kindness, consideration, love and happiness towards its customers?
Of course, we are aware of the malicious rumors about the hotel.
There are tales of violent guests, the dangers of events for free attendees, and mysterious watchers.
These are all just baseless rumors.
According to the hotel’s own investigation, there has never been a single fatality in Pioneer history.
Often times, the less skilled contestants just end up locked in the fridge.
Due to these false rumors, quite a few participants escape and never return.
It really is a disappointing sight.
If you were truly enlightened, you would know that the answer is not outside the hotel, but inside.
In that sense, ‘you’ are great!
On the third floor, you will find new challenges, mysterious secrets, and even more valuable rewards.
Of course, if you can overcome the ordeal.
We remember the moment you first arrived at Pioneer.
You back then were different from you now.
If you can reach the end of the hotel… .
The you at that moment will also be different from the you now.
Finally, let me say this again.
Contestant Han Ga-in, welcome back to Hotel Pioneer.
# P.S.: I will start my schedule tomorrow.?
*
After the notification window disappeared, my colleagues were momentarily speechless.
While reading my notification window, I glanced at other people’s notifications as well, and the content was the same, only the name was different.
This means that a notification window filled with absurd things popped up for everyone.
Unable to hold it in any longer, Eunsol opened her mouth.
“The best hotel in the universe, that kind of stuff…. Malicious rumors? They’re all true!”
Miro muttered with a slightly trembling voice.
“So what do you mean the internal investigation says there were no deaths? I died and came back to life?”
Ari answered with a bitter smile.
“That’s why I wrote it down below. From the hotel’s perspective, you’re not dead, you were just locked in the ‘refrigerator’ for a while because you lacked the skills.”
“If it were me, would my refrigerator be like an ice-cold hell?”
“yes.”
“That’s ridiculous! The resurrection ticket was used to wake me up in the first place!”
“Well, it must be a hotel joke.”
I opened my mouth, holding back a laugh.
“If you put aside the meaningless words, the postscript seems more important than the main text.”
Songi nodded.
“‘I’ll start my schedule tomorrow!’ That’s the key. How does it sound?”
Grandfather answered with a cold expression.
“They’re telling me to go into the cursed room starting tomorrow. They’ll let it slide until today.”
The most important of the many hotel rules.
Participants must, in principle, enter the Room of Curses, the Room of Missions, and the Room of the Gate every day.
The only days off are party time or irregular breaks.
“What time is it now? The time is – oh, there’s a clock on the wall. It’s near lunchtime?”
“There’s still some time until tomorrow.”
“So how should I spend the rest of my time today?”
Eunsol answered her grandfather’s words simply.
“Let’s start with a meeting. Did each of you have a dream related to your first wish? I think the content of it must be related to the Room of Curses.”
“That’s true, but shouldn’t we explore a bit? There are a lot of strange places.”
“Grandpa, I think you forgot because it’s been a while since you came back to the hotel, but you never did any exploring without Ga-in’s advice, right?”
“Hmm… That makes sense.”
Hotel exploration is more dangerous than you might imagine, and being suddenly exposed can leave you breathless and irreversible.
For example, there was a time when I tried to go underground but the event with the monster monkey wasn’t over yet and a warning popped up.
Also, the ‘mirror room’ that opens when you arrive at the second floor is also a place full of danger.
After much thought, I opened my mouth.
“Ariya, have you tried the blessing?”
Ari’s Blessing and Secret are useful for finding mysterious places in the hotel.
Ari scribbled silently on the whiteboard in the lobby.
1. Hidden NPC on the 3rd floor: ???, ???
2. Hidden room on the 3rd floor: ???, ???
“Same as downstairs. Two hidden rooms, two hidden NPCs.”
“There’s quite a bit to find. As you know, the number of advices is restored every day at midnight. Let’s just look at the simple structure once at midnight.”
Even if I search for hidden NPCs and rooms one by one, I think I need to figure out the basic structure of the third floor quickly.
“At midnight? Well, that would be better.”
It’s not a good idea to put off even the slightest exploration until tomorrow morning.
Due to the nature of the hotel, if you are exploring on a day when you have to enter the cursed room, a strange event will occur.
I wrote down the basic structure of the 3rd floor on the whiteboard.
“Those who just woke up in the lobby might not have seen it, but there is a sign like this.”
? Observatory
? Rooms
? ??? – Under construction.
Sang-Hyeon muttered as if he found it interesting.
“Observatory? I wonder what it’s for observing. The question mark area seems to be an area that’s still inaccessible.”
“I guess we’ll have to find out step by step.”
After the story about exploration, the conversation naturally turned to the story about wishes.
“Let’s talk about our individual wishes by this evening. It looks like the first wish is somehow related to the third floor.”
Sister Eunsol intervened.
“Okay, let’s start with the story of your wish. It’s better to do it while your memories are still vivid.”
The colleagues’ gaze naturally turned to Ari.
“Me first?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to say the wishes in the order in which they were confirmed?”
“That’s true, but… I don’t have much to say.”
Ari began to explain as she remembered.
“Let me start with my wish. While working as an agent, I encountered countless mysterious and far-off pieces of information. During that process, I naturally thought, I want to solve all the mysteries of the universe. Or, I want to know all the secrets of the world.
Ari’s first wish: To know all the secrets of the world.
“The background of the relevant memory is ‘the interstellar train that runs endlessly across the Milky Way.’ The management agency called it ‘the Milky Way train’ for short.”
Sister Eunsol wrote ‘Ari: Milky Way Train’ on the whiteboard.
“The train periodically appears here and there on Earth, replacing real trains or subways. It kidnaps people who board it thinking it’s a normal train, and then suddenly disappears.”
Here my sister asked a question.
“How did you know that you were running through the Milky Way when you suddenly disappeared? A tracking device?”
“Similar. When the related incidents kept happening, we selected places where the train would appear and deployed several agents. I was one of them.”
“and?”
“After that, special means – okay, since you all know it, I’ll just tell you. I found out with the help of clairvoyance.”
“Oh, so you tracked the agent with your telescope and found out that the train was running through space?”
“okay.”
Among Ryan’s colleagues, there was a participant named Jin Yeo-hwa, the owner of Clairvoyance.
At the time of receiving assistance, it seems that the management office was also able to contact Jin Yeo-hwa.
Well, Jin Yeo-hwa once married the Silent One, so she must have been a member of the Management Bureau at that time.
“Any other information? You said you boarded the train yourself.”
“That’s it. When I returned to reality, I lost all my memories of being on the train.”
“…”
“From what I vaguely remember… I think I fought with someone.”
Here the conversation stopped.
Because Ari couldn’t recall any more memories.
“Let’s move on to the next person. Jincheol hyung?”
“Uh, um… I’m sorry. I know less than Ari.”
As the saying goes, Jincheol really didn’t know anything.
After a few defeats, all I did was hang around the gym feeling depressed and have a drink of soju.
“Could there have been some supernatural element to it?”
“I know.”
“…”
“sorry.”
“No. Rather, it seems like Ari and I made a mistake.”
Ari also nodded.
“That’s right. Jincheol’s dream was right after mine, so Gain and I lacked the knack for it.”
Compared to the last dream with Elena, that time we both observed our surroundings diligently, put Elena in her room, and found the strangeness of the TV.
When it was Jincheol hyung’s turn, he was not able to do such active exploration because he was still lacking in the skills.
Cha Jin-cheol: Gym. No additional information.
“There’s no choice. Let’s go next time.”
As soon as it was Sang-Hyeon’s turn, Ari’s eyes lit up.
“Let’s skip the empty wish from Pioneer, since it’s a familiar story.”
“Okay, let’s do that. I’ve been sitting on the couch, just trying to remember all the alien planet stuff….”
“The background of Sang-Hyeon’s first wish was definitely not Earth.”
“It seems so to me, too.”
“It’s neither the moon nor Mars.”
“Yes. It’s an unidentified exoplanet. It’s probably not even our solar system.”
“Does that make sense? I mean, with the level of space exploration technology that humanity has, we’ll never be able to go outside the solar system.”
“… That’s right.”
Sang-Hyeon and Ari thought for a moment while they were silent.
Actually, based on what we found out in the Room of Curses, it’s a little different.
This is because human civilizations have expanded beyond the solar system and explored distant planets.
Refers to the human race of No. 203.
The problem is that no one knows when that loop happened.
An ancient civilization that discovered the secret of soul unification?
Or a loop that existed before that?
Is this a forgotten point in the countless loops that existed between the ancient civilization and the current loop?
As I thought about it, I burst out laughing for a moment.
Because of the hotel’s characteristics that transcend time and space, it seemed possible that it could be a loop of the future.
At this point, I stopped thinking about it because it was pointless.
“Miss Ari, this time I will ask. If it is the Administration, is it possible to colonize outer planets?”
“It’s impossible with science and technology.”
“That sounds like you’re saying that it’s possible using means other than science and technology.”
“Without going too far, think of the ‘Milky Way Train’ that came to mind in my wish. Among the paranormal phenomena, there are quite a few that float outside of Earth and through space.”
“her….”
“If we take advantage of that phenomenon, it might not be completely impossible to send people to an outer planet.”
“I understand.”
“At this point, my conclusion is this. As far as I know, with human technology, we cannot send you to an outer planet.”
“I think so too.”
“Of course, Sang-Hyeon, the loop you came from could be a space civilization beyond imagination -”
Like number 203, for example.
“No. It’s not much different from the 21st century you know.”
“Then there is only one answer.”
“…”
“The group that sent you to the outer planet is the Administration or some similar organization.”
“Could it be that I was caught up in some unidentified chaos disaster?”
“In my memory, you were wearing a spacesuit, right?”
“…”
“Does it make sense that you were walking down the street and happened to get caught up in a chaotic disaster, and you ‘happened’ to be wearing a spacesuit?”
“That’s true.”
At this point, everyone understood what Ari was saying.
The only organization that could send Kim Sang-hyun to an outer planet in a spacesuit is the Management Agency or a similar organization.
My sister muttered cautiously.
“Ari, you don’t know at all? Because you were the silent one… .”
“I have no idea. That’s why it’s strange. Well, given the nature of the management bureau, information on past loops is uncertain.”
Three questions.
1. Where is the outer planet where Kim Sang-hyun was in the past?
2. What on earth did you see there that made you so desperate?
3. Which organization or group sent Sang-Hyeon Hyung to the outer planets?