When Peter's lowered scream came from the communication, Schiller sighed. As a Holy Son, Peter is almost perfect. If there is any flaw, it is that his upper limit of sanity is a bit low, so
Even if it's full value, it's easy to lose it all.
Sanity is not courage. In fact, Peter does not lack courage, but he lacks the ability to turn some fantasy mysteries into rational thinking. If you give him a wooden stake, he can make a crackling sound, but if you blow a gust of wind at him, he will
There is no other way, Spider-Man is just not good at dealing with such mysterious enemies.
From Peter's slightly panicked description, Schiller knew that a man had just moved in in room 1904 across from him. He was a young man in a jacket, and before entering room 1905, he revealed a pervert who resembled an evil murderer.
smile.
It can be said that if this man rushed up and punched the door twice, Peter would definitely rush out and retaliate, but this man did not move at all and just stood at the door laughing. Peter was so frightened that he could not even open the door now.
Don't dare to open it.
As expected, it is impossible to expect such people to go out to explore. Schiller still has to do it himself, but before going out, he must first set a goal.
The best case scenario is that he can come to the lobby, get the guest list, and figure out what is going on. But in Schiller's opinion, this is difficult, so there must be a secondary goal to avoid leaving empty-handed.
Return.
Schiller's target was room 1900.
There is no need to explain why it is here. Please, this is a hotel. The rooms on which floor of the hotel do not start from 01. What is 00? It is not writing code!
There must be something weird about room No. 1900. It is the closest to the elevator in the corridor on the right. However, due to the angle problem, even if Schiller opens the door, only half of the door number can be seen through a crack. It cannot be like 1904 on the opposite side.
Room No. 1905 saw the traces in front of the door. To get clues, Schiller had to leave room No. 1905.
Schiller lowered his head and glanced at his watch. He checked in at about 10:00, and it was now 10:45. He suspected that something would change at midnight, so he still had about an hour and 15 minutes left.
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Schiller opened the door wider, and the lights in the corridor were still on. Even though the lights were a little dim, it was like this in most hotels, so there was no problem.
There was no sound of the elevator moving, which proved that there were no new residents on the floors above me and my building.
Very good, it's safe now. Schiller opened the door and walked out from the crack of the door. He took a flashlight, but didn't turn it on. He leaned against the wall on the right and walked quietly towards the elevator.
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The footprints at the door of Room 1904 are still there. Because the corridor is also bright, it is impossible to tell whether there is anyone moving inside through the light. There is no movement in Room 1903 next to Room 1905, and Room 1902 is also very quiet.
Just when Schiller arrived opposite room 1901, he suddenly heard a "bang".
Schiller's movements stopped immediately. He stood still against the wall and looked at Room 1901 where the sound came from. Then there was another bang, and then two bangs. It didn't sound like he was hitting the door.
, instead it seemed like someone threw something and hit the door.
Schiller approached as quickly as possible, leaned down, lay on the ground and looked through the crack in the door.
A pair of feet standing by the door.
The foot was very close to the door. If nothing else happened, the man's nose should have been pressed against the door panel.
What was that thing that broke the door?
Bang!
There was another bang, and suddenly a drop of liquid dripped down the door panel. Judging from the condition, it might be blood, but there was no smell of blood.
Bang bang!
His head was hitting the door, and Schiller immediately realized that it was definitely not a normal knocking posture, because there is a limit to how far a person's head could be tilted back, and just raising his head and hitting the door would not make such a noise.
Bang!
After making another noise, Schiller slowly stood up, because he judged that if he wanted to make such a noise in such a posture, the other party's head would probably no longer be on his neck.
Bang bang!
The sound became louder and louder, as if something was breaking down the door, but Schiller still had no intention of leaving.
If it were an ordinary person, he would have been scared and ran away, but Schiller on the magic side was a researcher, and they spent a lot of time pursuing supernatural phenomena in their previous life.
Others search for ghosts because they are afraid that ghosts will appear, but Schiller searches for ghosts because they are afraid that ghosts will not appear, because in his previous life, he searched for traces of ghosts everywhere just to prove that there is magic in the world, so that he can explain his own abnormal phenomena.
So every time he went to some rumored haunted places, he was full of hope, but of course he came back disappointed.
This resulted in Schiller not only not being scared when he saw a ghost, but he was also very excited, because in his previous life he had been looking for it for a long time but could not find it. To meet one so easily, isn't this the same as picking out a ghost?
However, Schiller does not think that the guy in the room is a ghost, because he has previously studied that the so-called ghost is actually a kind of abnormal brain waves, but no matter how abnormal the brain waves are, he will not take off his own head.
After all, this thing must have been affected by other supernatural factors.
Could it be Bruce Jr.?
Schiller did not lie down and look at the crack in the door again. He made a rather bold move, that is, he walked over and turned the door handle.
Quite unsurprisingly, it couldn't be unscrewed.
Schiller thought that if Peter's side was normal and his side was abnormal, then the hotel must be operating according to a certain pattern, otherwise he would not be able to check in smoothly.
But unfortunately, this is not like some weird rule games where the rules are posted directly on the door. You need to explore the hotel's rules yourself.
But in Schiller's view, the clues are actually very clear - this is a hotel, and hotels all over the world have some common rules, such as the door cannot be opened without a key card.
Schiller suspected that some of the outliers in the hotel now, such as the man in room 1901 who kept banging his head against the door, had to follow the hotel's rules, otherwise they would not be able to move around smoothly.
Now Schiller is outside without a key card and cannot open the door. This man who was affected by some supernatural phenomenon may not be able to open the door for some reason.
Schiller received the room card when he entered the room, so it is impossible for this man to enter the room without the room card. The only possibility is that he cannot use the room card now.
No, maybe it’s not just that he couldn’t use the room card. After all, Schiller didn’t swipe the room card when he went out. The door can be opened by just pressing the door handle. So this man probably just can’t press the door handle.
Why did you bang your head against the door?
Schiller thought for a while and came up with the answer. It must be because the only thing that can move is the head. If the hands can move, they would have opened the door and walked out.
In other words, the man standing in front of the door now may have his head controlled by something, such as a creature like a facehugger. This creature can only control the head, and may not have the concept of opening the door.
, if it wants to go out, it can only control the things it can control and keep hitting the door.
Schiller took a few steps back, turned around and left.
Why do you care if he can't get out? Just let him hit you, it's best if you knock yourself apart.
But after taking two steps, Schiller came back. He thought for a while, took out a note from his pocket, took out a pen from another pocket of his windbreaker, and wrote a sentence on the note.
"Do you need help?".
Passed it through the crack in room 1901.
He saw blood dripping on the note paper. Under the reflection of the white paper, Schiller could see clearly that the blood was not red, but black, and it looked too viscous, a bit like mud.
The blood slowly gathered on the paper into a sentence: "Help me open the door."
Can this thing actually communicate?
After confirming this, Schiller did not stuff the note paper in again, nor did he try to continue the communication. He put away the pen and paper and walked towards the elevator.
As soon as he walked over, he noticed something was wrong. The light at the elevator door was dark. Schiller walked over and pressed the button, but there was no response.
The elevator is broken?
Schiller pressed the button a few more times, but nothing happened. He looked down and saw that it was already 11 o'clock.
It is difficult to determine whether the elevator is broken or stops operating at 11 o'clock. Most hotel elevators in the United States and Europe do not operate 24 hours a day. Sometimes they are inspected in the early morning, and sometimes they are not operated at all at night.
, Schiller also encountered similar situations several times.
Then there is definitely no way to go down and get the guest sheet tonight, and everything will have to wait until tomorrow morning.
But it was still an hour before midnight, so Schiller decided to explore the situation on the 19th floor again.
He paused at the elevator, and then walked towards the left side of the elevator. He wanted to see if there was another room 1905 at the end.
After walking through, the first room is 1906, and then the opposite is 1907. There are double rooms on the left and single rooms on the right. There are the same 6 rooms as on the right side.
Schiller took a few steps forward and discovered something was wrong. The room at the end was not 1911, but 1913.
That is to say, the six rooms on the left are 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 and 13.
Both 5 and 13 are unlucky in Western culture. The number 5 is because the pentagram is a symbol of the devil, while 13 is because of religious factors. Judas who betrayed Jesus was the 13th disciple, and the last supper also happened to be 13.
day.
These two rooms are located at the end of the 19th floor, and they seem to have some hidden pattern.
Schiller arrived at the door of Room 13.
Suddenly, the door of Room 13 opened.
As if inviting Schiller in, the door gently opened a small crack. Nothing could be seen inside, and even the light of the flashlight could not penetrate the dense darkness.
Schiller turned around and left.
He would not be fooled by such an obvious trap. If there was someone in the room, a normal person would never open the door immediately when he heard the footsteps of someone approaching. If there was no one in the room, what would open the door?
Door?
At least this exploration made Schiller sure that at least there are not two rooms 1905 in the hotel where he is now, and Peter is definitely not at the end of the corridor on the other side. That is similar to his previous guess, the two of them have one
In parallel time and space.
Schiller returned to the corridor on the right again, this time he planned to see what was going on in Room 1900.