Chapter 2770

Interesting, Shiler thought.

He stood in front of the door of Room 1903, listening to the voice coming from inside the door. He could feel very clearly that the person speaking should be standing by the door, just like the man in Room 1901. Only if the nose was almost stuck to the door could such a sound be transmitted.

But he couldn't see feet from the crack of the door, which meant that the person in Room 1903 also had problems.

The person in Room 1901 hoped that Shiler would open the door for him, and the person in Room 1903 demanded that Shiler never open the door.

Ordinary people would make a choice between these two rooms. Many people would tend to Room 1903 because he indeed sounded like a normal person, but even if he saw legs and feet in the crack of the door, Shiler wouldn't easily believe the person in Room 1903.

Or rather, this person was even less trustworthy than the one in Room 1901 because both he and Peter had seen this person and heard him speak. Contradictory points appeared on him, which wasn't something ordinary people could do. It was only a matter of time before such a person had problems.

Now clues had appeared in Rooms 1900, 1901, 1903, and 1904, so only Room 1902 was left without providing any clues. Shiler walked to the door of Room 1902. He didn't believe that this room was just empty.

Shiler first raised his head to look at the room number. When he twisted the screws before, he had already confirmed that except for Room 1900, all the room numbers on the right hadn't been moved. The traces of the screws being twisted in only appeared once, so the problem shouldn't have appeared on the room number.

He couldn't see through the crack of the door, and he couldn't twist the door handle. There was nothing else on this door either. Shiler looked directly through the peephole.

Shiler saw another eye.

Because the peephole had the effect of magnifying and shrinking, he couldn't see very clearly, but he could determine that there was an eyeball full of red bloodshot eyes behind the peephole.

Knock knock knock!

Shiler knocked hard on the door of Room 1902. This even interrupted the guest in Room 1903 who was chattering.

Room 1902 had no response. When Shiler looked at the peephole again, that eye had already disappeared.

Very good, as long as there were clues, Shiler didn't intend to explore the corridor on the left for the time being. He returned to his room and started to organize the clues he had now and intended to connect them.

He didn't have much time left because if the elevator couldn't be used, he couldn't solve the basic survival materials. The hotel room was equipped with mineral water and a little food, but it could last for at most a week. In other words, if Shiler didn't find a way to lift the blockade within 7 days, he would also be trapped to death here like an ordinary person.

But he felt that it wouldn't take 7 days. Now he already had some ideas.

Looking at the corridor on the right alone would make one feel that the clues were many and messy, the hotel building approaching in the peripheral vision, the room numbers that had been moved, the sounds that appeared at midnight, the weirdly stopped elevator, and the neighbors with their own characteristics.

These clues looked completely unrelated to each other, but this was normal, Shiler thought. There were many clues that he couldn't use at this stage. It was very likely that they would be useful only after he could leave the 19th floor, so these clues shouldn't be added for consideration.

Then which clues might not be useful?

Shiler thought, it was everything except the neighbors.

The hotel building approaching in the peripheral vision might even contain the deepest secret of this hotel, which was why he and Peter went to two different time-spaces, as well as the state of the hotel now, and how the hotel became like this. This kind of clue wasn't something that could be considered at the current stage.

The sounds that appeared at midnight sounded exactly the same as the sound of the elevator moving. It seemed that to break through the 19th-floor limit, he had to study this sound, but Shiler thought this was the rule of the whole hotel, not just the 19th floor. In this way, it was useless for cracking the special situation of the 19th floor.

The stopped elevator also seemed to be an object that had to be studied, but it was just like the sound. Both of them were very likely one body, not operating only on the 19th floor, so they could also be put aside for the time being.

And the moved room numbers and neighbors belonged to the same category because it was impossible for the elevator to go and change the room numbers. Those who would do so were either monsters or living people, so it was fine to group them with the neighbors for research.

Then the idea of wanting to escape now was to study the supernatural phenomenon unique to the 19th floor, which was this group of neighbors who didn't save trouble.

The neighbors Shiler knew now were five.

The first one was the footprint at the door of Room 1904. Since he didn't know who it was, he would refer to it as footprint.

The second one was the person in Room 1901 who kept hitting the door with his head. Judging from Peter's side, it should be Tall. But since they were in different time periods, Shiler couldn't determine whether the person living in Room 1901 in the time period he was in was Tall, but he would temporarily use this nickname.

The third one was the person in Room 1903 who had been talking to Shiler. Because Shiler also saw him when he entered the hotel, and the voice was the same, Shiler could basically determine that he was the Short one Peter saw.

The fourth one was the eye full of red bloodshot eyes in Room 1902 that Shiler finally discovered, which could be referred to as eye.

The fifth one was the neighbor who suspected of moving the room number of Room 00. It might be one of the above four, or it might be one in the corridor on the left.

Among these five existences, the only ones with connection and intersection were the people in the doors of Rooms 1901 and 1903, which were Tall and Short. Tall seemed to have met with disaster and hoped that Shiler would open the door to let him out. Short demanded that Shiler not let Tall out.

Other neighbors were indifferent to the world, so they were the only pair of existences with contradictions in the corridor on the right.

Shiler considered himself a very fair person, and he was full of justice and happy to help others. Since the neighbors had contradictions, he had to mediate, but the process of mediation had to be fair, just, and open, and he couldn't favor either side at will.

Shiler let Peter in the other hotel find Short in Room 1903 and find a way to get the room card he carried on him.

Peter had heard Shiler talk about the situation on his side early in the morning. After hearing the terrible situation over there, he felt both shocked and scared and expressed his worry to this Dr. Nyarlathotep.

And after receiving the instruction from this Doctor, although Peter didn't really want to steal things, he still went because he also vaguely felt that something was wrong with the hotel. If things really worsened to the situation on Shiler's side, he had to prepare as early as possible.

Peter soon found Short and found a reason to climb up to talk to him. He looked at the appearance of this gentleman in a suit and leather shoes and guessed where his room card might be placed.

This actually wasn't too hard to guess because a suit didn't have that many pockets. Except for the two pockets on the pants, there were only the decorative pockets on the jacket. Generally, people without special hobbies wouldn't put things like room cards that were taken and used at any time into decorative pockets.

Then it should be in the pocket of the pants. Peter observed carefully again and found that Short's suit was very new, but the pocket on the right side of the pants was slightly larger than the left side, and it seemed to be used frequently recently.

And because Short was fatter, he supported the suit very full. Accompanied by his movements, he could occasionally see a small sharp corner protruding from the bottom of the left pocket. That should be the shape of the room card.

After determining the position, Peter had to think about how to get the room card. But the Doctor specifically warned him not to take violent means. It was best to get the other party's room card without attracting the other party's attention at all, which was a bit difficult.

Peter didn't know any pickpocket techniques and it was hard to take the room card away without anyone knowing. But since he couldn't do it without anyone knowing, he just had to make sure the other party didn't react at the time.

Soon the two separated. It looked like Short was heading to the coffee shop downstairs. He might be going to talk about business. Peter knew this was a good opportunity. He saw the coffee shop on the way over, and there were quite a lot of people there.

Not only one elevator could reach the coffee shop downstairs from the restaurant. Peter made a prompt decision and took another road to the coffee shop.

There were quite a lot of people in front of the coffee shop, and the door could be pushed and pulled, so many people crossed each other. Peter took this opportunity to bump into a tall man next to him, but used the other party's blind spot of vision to hide beside Short.

Although Peter didn't have spider power, he was an adult after all. With such a deliberate bump, the strong man was bumped into a stagger, and his front teeth almost hit the glass door.

He turned his head sharply, wanting to find out who bumped into him, but at this time everyone was entering one after another. As soon as he stopped, the people behind couldn't help but bump into him. Short was the first victim.

He bumped into the back of this tall man, and what was more unfortunate was that he just caught up with the man's action of turning his head. His elbow hit his cheekbone.

Peter saw the opportunity, pretended to enter, and squeezed beside Short. Short was hit by the elbow and groaned in pain and fell backward. Peter took the opportunity to support him, and his hand reached into his pants pocket.

He touched a hard card. Peter saw the opportunity and took it, put the room card into his own pants pocket. He was wearing sportswear, and the pants pocket was very loose, so nothing could be seen.

"My God, sir, are you okay." Peter hurriedly helped Short up, and the tall man wasn't trying to hit anyone either. After finding that he accidentally touched someone, he hurriedly turned around to apologize.

The two caused a mess at the door, but fortunately, it was resolved soon. Short seemed to be in a hurry to talk about business, rubbed his face, waved his hand, and didn't say anything, pushed the door and went in.

Peter also went in, but touching the room card in his pocket, he soon circled out again. Under the guidance of that Doctor, he headed to the 19th floor. He wanted to use the room card of 1903 to open the door of Short's room and go to his room for a stroll.

Peter took the elevator to the 19th floor at the fastest speed, opened the door of 1903 with the room card, and after entering, he quickly closed the door and scanned the room. The room was indeed empty.

Peter stepped toward the wardrobe. He opened the door of the wardrobe, but there was nothing inside. Immediately after, it was the second door, the third door, until all the wardrobe doors were opened, but he didn't find the alarm clock mentioned by that Dr. Nyarlathotep.

Peter kept searching in the room. He didn't know when the other party would come back, so his movements had to be fast.

The bed, wardrobe, and bedside table in the bedroom were all turned over by him, and the cabinets in the living room were also checked by him. He didn't find the trace of the alarm clock at all. Now only the bathroom was left to be searched.

Peter rushed into the bathroom, turned over the cabinet of the washstand, the trash can, and even the bathtub, but still didn't find anything. Suddenly, Peter had a flash of inspiration, and he reached out and opened the lid of the toilet water tank.

"Found you!"

A wet alarm clock was lifted out of the toilet water tank by Peter, and Shiler on the other side also received the news.

"Hidden in the toilet water tank?"