Chapter 2766

Now both of them were in Room 1905, but they couldn't see each other. There were several possibilities for this.

First, there were two Room 1905s in the hotel, one at the end of the corridor to the right and one at the end of the corridor to the left. This was also the most reasonable from a realistic level. Maybe this hotel just liked this number, so it specially built two rooms.

But now they couldn't verify it.

Because if they wanted to verify whether there was a Room 1905 on one side of every corridor, one of them would inevitably have to leave the room and walk into the corridor, but this was very dangerous.

Because if this wasn't the case, it meant that the hotel one of them was staying in was abnormal.

Leaving the room rashly without figuring out whose hotel was abnormal could lead to danger.

Now there were several clues. The first was that many things they encountered in the two hotels were opposite. The staff Shiler encountered in his hotel were very enthusiastic and professional, but the front desk staff Peter encountered were very impatient and tired.

Although their images were indeed quite different, Shiler didn't think the front desk staff who served him would show that kind of impatient attitude when seeing someone like Peter. At most, they wouldn't be that enthusiastic, and it wouldn't go so far as to not look at him straight.

Secondly, the manager didn't appear in the hotel where Peter was, but it was also very likely that Peter's appearance didn't look like an important person, so the manager stayed in the room.

Then there was the man who rushed out of the elevator. In the hotel where Shiler was, he was shouting that he wanted to check out, while in the hotel where Peter was, he was shouting that he wanted to extend his stay.

After getting out of the elevator, Peter's 1905 was to the left, and Shiler's 1905 was to the right.

Shiler directed Peter to explore the room again, and then he found that the structure of the room was also opposite. Shiler's Room 1905 was to push the door to enter the bedroom on the right after entering the living room, while Peter's was to push the door to enter the bedroom on the left after entering the living room.

In other words, assuming these were two hotels, then the structure of these two hotels was very likely mirrored.

So far, the most important clue was the anomaly Shiler saw when he took his phone to the window—another hotel was approaching rapidly, and the window of the other room was opposite the window of 1905 where Shiler was.

Could this be the 1905 where Peter was?

Shiler thought this was possible because Room 1905 was the room at the end on the right. If the structure of the hotel opposite was exactly the same as this hotel, then the windows of the two Room 1905s wouldn't match, just like when two people stood face to face, the positions of the two people's hearts wouldn't match, unless one of them was a mirror person.

To confirm whether this idea was correct, he had to go to the window again, but Shiler wasn't sure if meeting another person in another hotel in this way would trigger any reaction, but he had to try.

Shiler let Peter come to the window through the communicator, let him hold the phone and look for a signal in front of the window, and at the same time, his peripheral vision stared at the window. Soon, an exclamation came from the communicator side. Clearly, Peter also saw the approaching hotel.

Shiler held the phone and walked over at the same time, using his peripheral vision to glance out, but there was no one in the window opposite, just like before it disappeared last time.

Shiler frowned deeply. Countless possibilities swirled in his mind, and finally, he locked onto the few most likely ones.

Shiler on the magic side had done a lot of research in this area. Although the world he originally belonged to actually had no magic at all, nor did any supernatural events exist, after coming to the DC and Marvel worlds, these magic-side personalities had actually been studying things related to mysticism within the High Tower.

There were two most likely reasons for this situation of seeing each other but not knowing each other. One was a space problem, and the other was a time problem.

There was no need to say much about the space problem. Both of them might indeed be in 1905, but one of them was in 1905 in a parallel space. The two spaces were folded together, but because they were in different spaces, they couldn't see each other.

But this couldn't explain the hotel outside the window. If that hotel was a concretization of another space, then Shiler should be able to see Peter in front of the window.

Then the most likely result was time. They were both in Room 1905, but they were in different time periods, which would also lead to the two being unable to meet.

This could explain why Shiler didn't see Peter in front of the window because Peter hadn't come yet in this time period. The figure Shiler saw on the window before was the previous guest of this room.

But now what needed to be determined was who had mistakenly entered the wrong time. Everything was normal regarding the date on Shiler's side. He believed the same was true on Peter's side. There was no way to judge through this.

Making an assumption, Shiler thought he checked in at 10:00 PM on the 15th, but if this hotel had problems, then 10:00 PM on the 15th might not be 10:00 PM on the 15th. It might have become 10:00 PM on the 14th the moment he got off the elevator or entered the room, or it might have been the 13th, the 12th, or it might not even be this year.

Then if Peter came according to the agreed time of 10:00 PM on the 15th, Shiler should have checked out by this time, so the room was vacant, and Peter could successfully book and check in.

The reverse was also possible. Shiler came according to the scheduled time, but Peter mistakenly entered an earlier time.

To judge who was earlier, it had to be combined with all clues. Shiler saw a figure in the window of the hotel outside the window. Now this figure had disappeared. This might be the situation in the hotel where Peter was at Shiler's time point.

In other words, if Shiler's time point was earlier, then what he saw was the previous guest of Peter's hotel. If Shiler's time point was later, then what he saw was the current guest of Peter's hotel, and Peter had already left.

Investigating was simple. He just needed to go downstairs and look at the guest list. It would record which day someone checked in and which day they left. He just needed to see whose check-in time was earlier.

But it was still that problem. Now he couldn't determine why the hotel had become like this, so going out rashly was very stupid. Neither Nyarlathotep nor Peter had superpowers now. Daring to wander around in this hotel that clearly had problems would definitely lead to a big loss.

Although neither of them was afraid of death, time was the key. Little Bruce had clearly already run into problems. If they died and came back, the situation would definitely worsen.

Just when Shiler was thinking, he suddenly remembered that the toilet on his side was broken, and Peter also said that when he went to the bathroom, there was water around the toilet, so the toilet on his side might also be broken.

Shiler asked Peter to try the situation of the toilet. Peter pressed the flush button of the toilet, and very unsurprisingly, he was sprayed all over.

In other words, the toilets were broken at both of their time points, but the manager told him that a repairman would come around 10:00 AM tomorrow, so the toilet after 10:00 AM should be fine. If Peter's time point was after his, he couldn't have encountered a broken toilet.

Then was Peter's time point before his?

Was it Peter who mistakenly entered the wrong time?

No, it couldn't be determined yet. Shiler thought, the manager just said that a repairman would come, but what if he didn't come? What if the repairman never came because of the heavy rain or some other reason?

In that case, the toilet would always be broken, and it might be broken until next year, so there was no way to determine who was earlier and who was later.

It seemed that the figure of the hotel opposite that he saw would be the key. Should he go take another look?

Shiler held the phone and walked to the window again, his attention on the phone, his peripheral vision looking outside.

The hotel came again, but there was still no one in the window. It might be the worst situation, which was that this person had already checked out, and after that, this room might not be booked for a long time.

It seemed that he had to risk going out to explore, Shiler thought. There were too few clues in the room that could determine what was going on, and since he could successfully check in, it meant that the hotel he was in now followed a certain operating rule. As long as he didn't actively break this rule, the danger wouldn't come so quickly.

He comforted Peter a few words through the communication device, told him to stay in the room honestly, and never go out. He himself packed his suitcase and prepared to go out to take a look.

Only he could go out to explore. Although Peter had memorized a lot of knowledge related to mysticism, he really wasn't suitable for this job. If he were still Spider-Man, it would be fine, but this Peter had already given his ability to Bruce. Now he was also an ordinary person. Without Spider-Sense, he didn't have any advantages beyond ordinary people.

On the contrary, because he was originally Spider-Man, his fists were big enough, so he could ignore many small dangers, and instead, it was easier for him to act recklessly. He wasn't as good as Shiler, who had been an ordinary person for most of his life.

Shiler pushed open the room door. Only then did he carefully see that the odd-numbered doors in the corridor were on his side. 1905 was in front of 1903, and then 1901, while the even-numbered rooms were opposite him. 1905 faced 1904, then 1902, and finally 1900.

This was the room composition on the corridor on the right. Shiler hadn't seen the one on the left, so he wasn't sure if it was a larger or smaller number.

Before Shiler had completely pushed the door open, he found that there was half a footprint on the carpet of Room 1904 opposite him, or rather, a small half of a footprint that only printed the edge of the shoe. Therefore, he couldn't see the size of the foot, nor could he judge the body type, but he could see that this footprint was left not long ago.

Was there someone living in Room 1904?

Shiler didn't knock on the door rashly. It was hard to say what was behind the door knocked open in this kind of weird hotel.

But since there were traces, perhaps he could also determine it through Peter. Shiler immediately sent a message to Peter, asking Peter to stare at the peephole to see if anyone was entering or leaving Room 1904.

Peter came to the door and looked out through the peephole. As soon as he lay on the door, he heard movement outside the door. It seemed to be footsteps walking toward this side.

Peter swallowed and felt a bit scared. He actually wasn't afraid of criminals at all, but he was afraid of these supernatural events. When he was memorizing books at the black sun's place before, he saw too many investigators who died miserably in various files. Many were much better than him. Now he was just an ordinary person, and he wasn't sure he could surpass his predecessors.

"Doctor, I heard movement." Peter said, lowering his voice as much as possible. His greatest advantage was that he didn't try to be brave. If he couldn't figure it out, he would quickly call for people, "It seems to be footsteps. It sounds like two people."

"Are they walking toward your side?"

"Yes, getting closer and closer. Should I keep staring?"

Shiler also hesitated. Although it sounded like human footsteps, what came might not be human.

The horror of the old days lay in the fact that it could not be heard, spoken, or looked at directly. Peter's SAN value wasn't that high, but his spiritual vision was quite high. If he really saw something and fainted, then the clue would be broken.

Shiler recalled the experience Peter told before in his mind again. He felt that the rules on Peter's side shouldn't have been broken either. The hotel was still operating according to a certain rule. This proved that the danger hadn't come yet, and it should be able to last for a while longer.

"Stare at them, Peter." Shiler said so.

Peter had to endure the fear and look out from the peephole. Fortunately, what slowly walked into his field of vision were two people. In front was a tall and thin black man, and behind was a young man wearing a black jacket.

The black man in front took out a room card and opened the door, and the young man walked in. Peter breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that they were just guests checking into the room opposite.

But just at the moment of closing the door, the young man revealed a wide smile at Room 1905.