Chapter 288: Locust Tree Hotel 6
“What’s her room number?”
It was Wang Da Ni again.
Li Mingzhu’s smile twitched slightly. “She lives in… 8806. Little brother, what’s your name? Can we get to know each other?”
After getting the information he wanted, Lu Qingyuan ignored her, put down his cutlery, and walked out.
He headed straight for the elevator, but paused when he passed the front desk.
“Do you have a guest named Wang Da Ni here?”
“Sorry, we can’t disclose information freely…”
The front desk staff was about to refuse Lu Qingyuan’s inquiry, but froze the moment she saw his eyes. “Okay, sir, I’ll check for you right away.”
“After verification, we do not have a guest named Wang Da Ni here. There are a total of six guests with the surname Wang. Are any of them the person you are looking for?”
Lu Qingyuan looked at the images of people displayed on the computer; none of them were who he sought.
“Who is the guest in room 8806?”
He continued to ask.
The image that appeared was that of the woman from earlier.
Lu Qingyuan frowned slightly at the woman’s photo and directly ordered the staff to pull up all the information for the Hotel reviewers on the 8th floor. Finally, among several photos, he found the person he was looking for.
Her appearance, and her name.
“Chu Yian.”
He softly uttered her name, as if these three words had been spoken many times before, so familiar.
Lu Qingyuan wasn’t sure why he felt this way, but there was an inexplicable urgency within him… “Save her photo to my phone.”
He commanded the staff. When he received his phone with the ID photo saved, his lips seemingly casually brushed against the screen.
He wanted… to possess her.
Meanwhile.
Chu Yian, who had just returned to her room, found a brand new set of rules on the room’s table.
“Dear Hotel Reviewer, hello. Today is your first night at the Locust Tree Hotel. To ensure you have a wonderful and unforgettable night, you must immediately go to the Hotel Management Center on the second floor to collect the ‘Hotel Reviewer Manual 01’. Quantities are limited; first come, first served.”
Are these new game rules?
Chu Yian immediately rushed out of the room after seeing the last eight characters.
Because of her encounter with Lu Qingyuan, she was the first player to leave the restaurant. By the time she reached the Hotel Management Center on the second floor, she was the only one there.
Hotel Reviewer Manual 01 was placed on the table by the elevator exit, available in both green and yellow versions.
Chu Yian asked the staff member guarding the area, “Is there a difference between these two?”
“You may open the first page of both manuals to compare before choosing, but you are not allowed to open any content beyond the first page before making your selection.”
Upon hearing this, Chu Yian opened the first page of both booklets.
Green Manual:
“Dear Hotel Reviewer, hello. Today is your first night at the Locust Tree Hotel. To ensure you have a wonderful and unforgettable night, please be sure to follow the 10 rules that follow.”
Yellow Manual:
“Dear Hotel Reviewer, hello. Today is your first night at the Locust Tree Hotel. To ensure you have a wonderful and unforgettable night, please be sure to follow the 6 rules that follow.”
The only difference between the two books was the number of rules.
Chu Yian thought for only a second, then chose the green manual.
After choosing, she didn’t rush to read its contents. Instead, she counted the two types of manuals. There were 19 green manuals left and 26 yellow manuals left. This was roughly the number of players brought by the two buses. Everyone should be able to get a rule manual today, just different versions.
Should she wait here to see who chose the yellow manual?
Chu Yian lingered on the second floor for a moment, then decided to read the green one here for now, and later try her luck to see if any generous ‘big fools’ would publicly share the yellow version of the manual.
Hotel Reviewer Manual 01 (Green Version.)
“1. An internal telephone is provided in the room. The Hotel Management Center’s number is 4008820. You can call this number at any time. If the staff member who answers is male, you can directly state your request; if the staff member who answers is female, you need to inform them that there is a white pigeon in the room.”
“2. Before going to bed, please check if there are any mirrors in the room. Excluding the bathroom, if there are mirrors elsewhere, please have the Hotel Management Center remove them before 20:30.”
“3. The room has circulating air. If you smell a strange odor in the room, you need to immediately turn off the air conditioner and contact the Hotel Management Center. After confirming that someone is coming to deal with it, hide in the bathroom and only come out after the maintenance personnel knock three times.”
“4. The room is equipped with a television. You need to watch television for no less than 40 minutes and write down your viewing experience in Appendix 1 of the manual. But please remember, there are no channels 4.14.18 on the television. If these three channels appear, please immediately hide in the bathroom. Only come out when you hear the sound of pigeons flying outside, and switch the television to a normal channel.”
“5. Please write down your true feelings about using the Hotel mattress in Appendix 2.”
“6. The Hotel Management Center provides 24-hour service but will not proactively call you. If you hear the phone ring, do not answer.”
“7. After 00:01, all maintenance personnel will cease working. Do not open the door for anyone outside, and do not leave your room.”
“8. At 00:01, you need to enter the bathroom to test the water temperature and check if the drain is clear, and leave your true feelings in Appendix 3. Please do not look into the bathroom mirror, and always pay attention to the mirror in the room. If the mirror shatters, immediately leave the bathroom.”
“9. At 03:00, the room will experience a power outage. You need to use the Hotel’s provided camera to film inside the room, walking through all four corners of the room and the toilet bathroom. Please complete the filming before 03:10 and immediately get into bed. Please believe that there is no one else in the room besides yourself, and everything you see during this period is an illusion.”
“10. Between 00:01 and 03:30, sound insulation tests will be conducted randomly. You will hear sounds from all directions, but not from under the bed. If you hear sounds coming from under the bed, you need to close your eyes, tear off a corner of the manual, and hold it in your hand. Do not open your eyes or lose the manual during this time, until power is restored to the room.”
Chu Yian quickly read through the 10 rules above, especially the last three, which sent shivers down her spine.
Why is it another one of these eerie games?
And the kind where you die if you don’t clear it… Chu Yian slumped weakly onto the table, even feeling an urge to bang on it. Just then, voices came from inside the elevator…
