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An Yi tentatively touched the door handle, and after making sure the temperature was acceptable, he slowly opened the door, trying not to make any noise.

Opening the door a crack, An Yi stuck his head out to check the situation in the corridor.

The corridor is the same one as the Goethe Hotel, but there are no windows for the sake of warmth.

Nourishes—

Before An Yi could see the layout of the corridor clearly, the lights in the Goethe Hotel suddenly flashed twice and then went out.

I don’t know if there was a power outage or someone turned off the switch, but the Goethe Hotel has lost power and the lights have become decorations.

The lighting is entirely provided by the kerosene lamps at the door of each room. The dim light flickers and can only barely illuminate the furnishings in the corridor.

An Yi looked around but did not find the owner of the footsteps.

"She's not here. Where did she go? Never mind. Let's find Ling Ke first..."

It’s not that An Yi didn’t try to contact Ling Ke using telepathy.

But for some reason, no connection was established between the two.

An Yi could only vaguely sense the environment in which Ling Ke was.

Moreover, the displayed image was very blurry, and one could only roughly guess that Lingke was in some kind of corridor, which was interconnected and just like a maze.

The light in the corridor was very dim, and you could hardly see your hand in front of you.

"A corridor? Where is this, Lingke? Is there a similar structure in the Goethe Hotel?"

An Yi began to explore each room.

During this period, the heavy footsteps appeared several times again, but An Yi managed to avoid them safely each time.

The most thrilling time was when the footsteps suddenly appeared behind An Yi.

It was also that time that An Yi saw clearly the appearance of the owner of the footsteps.

It was a tall figure wearing a winter coat and holding a sharp ice pick in his hand.

An Yi had no doubt about the lethality of the ice pick, but with her current little girl's body, she was afraid that she would not be able to withstand it at all.

The tall figure was covered with frost. Some of the frost began to melt, and the ice water flowed down its trouser legs, but new frost would soon condense.

It had the most ice crystals on its face, covering its entire face, making it impossible to recognize its appearance.

It is also because of this that its movements are somewhat stiff and slightly slow.

Only then was An Yi able to escape successfully.

However, even though its movements are slow, it is tall and one step of it is equivalent to several steps of a child.

An Yi almost performed a show of entering the cabinet in front of others.

In the narrow and dark cabinet, An Yi felt his heartbeat slowly calming down.

Start thinking about the pattern of its occurrence each time.

Every time it appears, there seems to be something in common, but it is difficult to grasp the pattern for the time being.

"There must be some pattern. Is it the sound?"

An Yi frowned, "No, I'm sure I didn't make any sound that time, but he also showed up, and more suddenly. If I hadn't hidden in the closet in time, I would have been caught."

"I must have missed some detail."

"The second floor is no longer worth exploring. We have to go to the first floor."

"But after searching the entire second floor, how come we didn't find any useful clues? We only found these candles..."

"Wait, candles..."

An Yi's heart suddenly trembled. He pulled the small bag to his chest, opened the bag, and checked the number of candles.

One, two...six, seven, eight...eight candles.

Among the eight rooms, there were three candles except the room where he woke up, and five more were found in the other rooms one after another.

Eight rooms; eight candles; eight matches.

Chapter 4: Eight Candles, Eight Chances (K -in-)

An Yi carefully opened the cabinet door and closed the door tightly.

He wanted to verify a guess in his mind.

It is not difficult to find out from the plot hints at the beginning that there is an information gap between the twin sisters.

The clues held by the two were unequal, and this feeling became stronger after An Yi explored the entire second floor.

This is obviously unreasonable because there is not a single clue on the entire second floor that helps advance the plot.

Therefore, it can be roughly concluded that in this mission, the responsibilities of the twin sisters were separated.

As the older sister, Lingke has most of the plot clues and can guide the action goals.

On your side, you are responsible for acting under the supervision of the supervisor, obtaining props, and completing the goals according to instructions.

The two people's tasks should be complementary and advanced, so communication between them is necessary.

This is also the meaning of the existence of "The Shining", but "The Shining" has become ineffective.

From this, it can be concluded that the activation of "The Shining" requires the assistance of some kind of props.

The most likely props are the coincidental number of white candles in various senses.

"Give it a try."

An Yi pulled out a white candle from his bag and lit it with a match.

By the way, these matches are very delicately designed. Each one comes with independent red phosphorus paper and can be used individually.

In the soft beating warmth, An Yi closed his eyes and tried to activate 'The Shining' again.

"Brother An Yi, is that you? I suddenly turned into a little girl, are you the same?"

Hearing the voice sent back by Lingke, An Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's me, Lingke. Where are you now? Can you identify your location?"

Ling Ke said hesitantly, "Location... I should have been in the corridor of the hotel at first, but the lights in the corridor suddenly went out, and then the corridor suddenly became narrow and long as if it was stretched, and there were many more forks. I could feel that it was still changing. My current position should be between rooms 203 and 204, but I'm not sure because I can't see the door now."

"Brother, should I go find a room and take a look?"

Lingke's words made An Yi feel something unusual. If Lingke was in the corridor outside and there was no place to hide in the corridor, it was impossible for him not to see a living person.

"No, find a door first, but don't go in."

An Yi stopped Ling Ke's action.

Although he had a bold guess in his mind about the situation the two had encountered, he had no concrete evidence and did not want Lingke to take the risk.

Because it seems that the environment on Lingke's side is even more bizarre and complicated, and the situation is still unclear, it would not be a wise decision to let her act rashly.

The corridor over there is still twisting and deforming, but this side is relatively normal, if we don’t mention that ghostly ice pick guy…

As he was thinking, An Yi suddenly felt a slight burning sensation on his hand.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that the white candle had burned most of the way.

This burning speed...

It seems that the limitation of using "The Shining" is the number of candles. After burning one candle, it is barely enough for the two to simply convey some information.

Eight candles mean that the key to solving the mission must be found within eight conversations.

An Yi took the time to make it short:

"Do you have any clues? What did the initial plot hint say?"

Ling Ke also realized that time was running out and began to repeat the initial information she had received.

The first part is basically the same as Anyi, but deviations begin to appear from the second half.

[This is a forgotten story. You are the older sister of a pair of twin sisters.]

【…】

[…That thing took over your father’s identity, but you pretended not to notice. Fortunately, you and your sister survived.]

[In the end, only you, your sister, and that thing survived to Beloberg.]

【Tonight, you stayed at the Goethe Hotel. 】

[At 7:30 p.m., you woke up from a nightmare. You dreamed that thing tore you and your sister into pieces at 12 o'clock tonight.]

[You decide to seek help from an adult. You leave your mother's hairpin in the room, hoping it can protect your sister from harm.]

[It is 7:50 pm now. You are in the corridor on the second floor of the Goethe Hotel. You finally decide to report the thing to the manager of Belloberg.]

[Residence: As twin sisters, you and your sister have a telepathic connection. Your inspiration is stronger than your sister's, and you can see farther and clearer images.]

"By the way, I have a diary with me, and it says..."

Before Lingke could finish her words, the candle burned out.

An Yi originally wanted to ask about the records in the diary, but the "flash" between the two of them had been interrupted.

It's a bit of a luxury to light another candle just for the information in a diary.

We don’t know what kind of emergency may occur, so we have to save money.

Thinking of this, An Yi had no choice but to begin to silently digest the information Ling Ke brought.

Sure enough, just as he expected, compared to his own innocent scenario of surviving the escape, the information on Lingke's side was much richer.

'That thing' replaced my father's identity, mixed into the team, and finally arrived at the Goethe Hotel together.

It brought the sisters into Beloberg simply to prove its identity.

Otherwise, he would have just been killed on the snowfield. Why would he go through the unnecessary trouble of saving him first and then killing him?

But if that thing wanted to hide its identity honestly, why would it kill the twin sisters at midnight?

Doesn't this just arouse suspicion?

And if that thing killed him because it found out that my sister was going to report him, that doesn't make sense.

Because there is a problem with the logical order.

Although the sister was aware of its true identity, she kept pretending that it was a snake until she dreamed of being killed by it and then decided to report it.

The sister predicted the tragic future through her psychic ability, but how did that thing know that the sister was going to report it?

Unless that thing had planned this all along, is there any way it could escape suspicion?

Thinking of this, An Yi was shocked:

It does have this method.

In later generations, no one in the Goethe Hotel knew about this bloody night.

The fact that no one knew about such a big thing is enough to illustrate the problem.

Could it be that the situation is really as I imagined?

That's a bit troublesome.

An Yi counted the seven candles and matches remaining in his small bag and decided to do a test.

An Yi opened the door and looked around at the situation in the corridor.

When you find that thing is not there, you can act with confidence.

An Yi first came to the door of Room 203 and placed a white candle and a match in the center of the door. After thinking for a while, he added another one. Then he squeezed toothpaste on the door panel and left eight words: "Emergency, Light, Shining".

Then An Yi went to the door of room 204 and did the same thing.

If his conjecture is true, then this operation will be of great help.

However, even if he was wrong, it didn’t matter. He could just come back and collect it later.

An Yi decided to go downstairs to explore the situation on the first floor and try to restore the power supply to the Goethe Hotel. The abnormal changes in the corridor near Lingke started with a power outage. If the power supply is restored, it is very likely that the abnormal changes can be stopped.

Through the blurry and fragmented Shining images, An Yi could tell that the corridor where Ling Ke was was turning into a complex giant maze.

If the mutation can be stopped early, perhaps the complexity of the maze can be reduced.