Chapter 289: Locust Tree Hotel 7
“Good thing Rongrong said she was going back to her room, otherwise we definitely wouldn’t have found the note in the room so quickly.”
The four of them chatted as they stepped out of the elevator, only to find someone who was even faster than them.
Chu Yian scanned the four of them: three men and one woman. The woman looked somewhat familiar, as if Yian had seen her somewhere before. However, the woman didn’t seem to recognize her; she glanced at Yian and then shifted her gaze elsewhere.
Maybe she just had a common face.
Chu Yian put away her manual and waited for them to choose.
These four people discussed the two types of manuals for a long time. In the end, two chose the green manual and two chose the yellow manual. They were about to go to the seating area to read their manuals, but the woman said something that made the other three look at Chu Yian warily before leaving.
Chu Yian wasn’t bothered by it.
She wasn’t too concerned about this; there were so many rule manuals left, she should be able to wait for a player willing to let her see the rules.
19:35
Many players also arrived, unsure how to choose the rules, so they just randomly grabbed a manual.
Someone opened it right away. A person with a yellow rule manual happened to be next to Chu Yian.
She shamelessly leaned closer.
“Dear sleep tester, hello. Today is your first night at the Locust Tree Hotel. To ensure you have a wonderful and unforgettable night, please strictly adhere to the 6 rules below.”
“1. The room is equipped with an internal telephone. The Hotel management center number is 4008820. You can call this number at any time. If the staff member who answers the call is male, you can directly state your request; if the staff member who answers the call is female, you need to inform them that there are white pigeons in the room.”
“2. There are no mirrors in the room except for the bathroom. If you find a mirror, please immediately ask the Hotel management center to remove it.”
“3. The room is equipped with a television. You need to watch TV 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 or 18 on the TV. 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 TV to a normal channel.”
“4. At 00:01, you need to enter the bathroom to test the water temperature and ensure the drain is clear. Please do not look in the bathroom mirror, and constantly pay attention to the mirror in the room. If the mirror shatters, immediately leave the bathroom.”
“5. At 03:00, the power in the room will go out. You need to use the Hotel’s self-provided camera to film inside the room, visiting 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; everything you see during this time is an illusion.”
“6. Between 00:01 and 03:30, soundproofing 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. Do not open your eyes during this time until the power is restored to the room.”
The content of the yellow manual and the green manual looked largely similar, but upon careful comparison, the yellow manual deleted too much important content.
For example, the yellow manual directly deleted rules 3, 5, 6, and 7 from the green manual.
Besides these, it also concealed the appendices at the back of the manual and some sensitive time points.
In a deadly game, an extra clue means an extra chance at survival.
Someone had already started borrowing pens from the Hotel to copy the rules of the green manual, only to discover a problem in the last rule that couldn’t be remedied by copying.
Green Version: [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 during this time, and do not lose the manual, until the power is restored to the room.]
Yellow Version: [If you hear sounds coming from under the bed, you need to close your eyes. Do not open your eyes during this time until the power is restored to the room.]
If one only looked at a single version, they certainly wouldn’t find any problems.
But comparing the two versions, it was clear that the green version could provide players with an extra layer of protection. This made the expressions of the players who were manually copying the manual, and the players who lent their green manuals, turn strange.
Chu Yian finally understood why it was first-come, first-served.
The atmosphere around her gradually became eerie, so she decided to leave first.
Back in the room, it was already 19:57.
Chu Yian couldn’t bother with anything else and hurriedly checked the room for mirrors.
Green Manual Rule 2: Before going to sleep, there are no mirrors outside the bathroom. Have the Hotel management center remove them before 20:30.
With only half an hour left, Chu Yian quickly searched carefully.
Tables, sofas, seats, on the bed, under the bed… she actually found several mirrors of different sizes and shapes.
She even treated overly smooth metal surfaces as mirrors, directly including nail clippers and mirrored water cups. Before half past eight, there was nothing in the room that could reflect a person’s shadow.
Although the mirror problem was dealt with, there were other important matters.
Checking the room’s circulating ventilation system, filling out the Hotel mattress experience, and filling out the viewing experience.
Chu Yian stood in the room for a few seconds, deciding to open her treasure box first. After all, if she saved it, she wouldn’t be able to open it until tomorrow.
Wish: I hope Grandpa Treasure Box can let me get an item that can protect me in this round of the game and prevent me from being killed for violating game rules.
She prayed in her heart, and the treasure box emitted a white light.
[A string of consecrated Buddhist prayer beads bracelet]
[Note: To be retrieved after this round of the game ends.]
[Good item’s inner thoughts: Grandpa can only guarantee that as long as the prayer beads are intact, nothing can temporarily take your dog’s life. The prayer beads are useless once broken.]
Wow!
Grandpa Treasure Box truly lived up to his name.
Chu Yian put the Buddhist prayer beads bracelet on her wrist, feeling the chill in the room dissipate somewhat. Striking while the iron was hot, she turned off the air conditioner and picked up the internal telephone to call the Hotel management center.
Hearing a man’s voice on the other end, Chu Yian blurted out the words she had organized in her mind, “Hello, I smell a strange odor in the room. Could you please send someone to fix it?”
“Can you provide the room number?”
“8808.”
After confirming, Chu Yian took the manual and a pen and entered the bathroom.
This was a requirement of Rule 3: If there is a strange smell in the room, immediately turn off the air conditioner and contact the Hotel management center. Hide in the bathroom while waiting for the maintenance personnel to fix it, until the maintenance personnel knock three times before coming out.
