Mysterious Revival

Chapter 1178 - 1144: The Suddenly Transformed Room

Tong Qian observed a pattern: supernatural phenomena occur at the Kaiser Hotel at 10 PM.

At this moment, Yang Jian, Li Yang, and the others were prepared and waiting for the supernatural phenomena to appear. Only by confirming the situation here can they determine whether this hotel is dangerous.

Time passed little by little.

"It's almost 10 PM, 15 seconds left... time's up." Li Yang looked at his watch, keeping track of the time, and immediately reminded them when the time arrived.

As soon as he finished speaking.

The Kaiser Hotel, which was originally shrouded in darkness, suddenly lit up at this moment. All the lights here turned on, becoming incredibly bright. The sudden intensity of the light was a bit overwhelming for them, causing them to squint.

Then.

Astonishing changes happened all around them.

The Kaiser Hotel, which had been sealed for a long time and filled with dust and a dark, decayed atmosphere, suddenly became majestic and splendid.

Sleek and bright floor tiles, dazzling lights, spotless walls, brand-new carpets... everything seemed to have returned to the day the Kaiser Hotel just finished its renovations and officially opened.

Everything was so clean and tidy, completely unlike before.

"Is this the anomaly of the Kaiser Hotel?" Yang Jian squinted slightly, using his ghost eyes to peer through the illusion and seek out the real pictures.

However, in the view of the ghost eyes, everything still appeared the same, with no change.

This indicated that everything here was not an illusion but was real.

"This phenomenon will appear after 10 PM, not just in the lobby, but inside the rooms as well, transforming into the previous hotel arrangements. The bed, furniture, and decor will all look brand new, though only temporarily. As soon as daytime arrives, everything will revert back." Tong Qian said.

Yang Jian asked, "Will everything here end at 4 AM tomorrow morning?"

"Yes, that's correct." Tong Qian affirmed with a nod.

"Li Yang, have you discovered anything?" Yang Jian turned to ask.

Li Yang squinted slightly: "10 PM to 4 AM spans exactly six hours, but if we delay this period by two hours, we can discover a special timeframe from 12 AM to 6 AM, which somewhat resembles the Ghost Post Office's turning-off-the-light time period."

"Ghost Post Office turns off its lights at 6 PM and turns them back on at 6 AM," Yang Jian said.

"Captain, I feel this pattern is very similar. Suppose the correct timeframe here is turning on lights at 12 AM and off at 6 AM; does this change around the light-off signify a supernatural appearance?" Li Yang said, "Earlier, I looked through some archive materials in Dadong City, isn't there an old pendulum clock in Wang Chaling's family mansion?"

"That thing can manipulate time; I suspect the Kaiser Hotel's time was manipulated or influenced by something supernatural, bringing it back to a certain point in time from back then."

"An interesting hypothesis, the manipulated-time Kaiser Hotel? You believe the time here is inaccurate, and this imbalance is the reason?" Yang Jian asked.

"It's just a bold conjecture of mine."

Li Yang said: "Otherwise, how can we explain everything in the hotel becoming brand new and real? Didn't Tong Qian say before that she heard sounds of people eating and talking here, as if activities were going on?"

"These should be reminiscent sounds from when the hotel was operational, but the appearance of such phenomena also signals one thing: something has been running out of those rooms long ago, just trapped within the Kaiser Hotel at the wrong time, now continuously reviving or resetting, seeking a way out."

"There's some logic in that." Yang Jian said: "However, every supernatural occurrence has a source. Find it, and many things can be clarified."

"Come with me for a walk around the new hotel; I want to see what sets Kaiser Hotel apart at night."

The two nodded in agreement.

The three of them once again set out, starting from the lobby to explore the place. Thischapter'struesourceisMyVirtualLibrary

But there was no spiritual interference here; Yang Jian's ghost eyes saw everything as normal. However, after wandering around in circles, they found themselves again in front of the fourth-floor corridor.

Something inexplicable happened.

The door was gone.

The golden door Yang Jian used to seal off this supernatural passage had disappeared, leaving that eerie passage open again before their eyes.

They had reached a familiar location, yet didn't encounter familiar things.

"How is this possible? The supernatural can't affect gold; how could that door disappear?" Tong Qian was exceedingly shocked.

Yang Jian squinted his eyes: "Perhaps it's not the door that disappeared, but us. Li Yang's conjecture has some truth. Although we are still inside the Kaiser Hotel, we might no longer be in the familiar Kaiser Hotel. Therefore, the golden door should still exist, just not within this Kaiser Hotel."

"Were we reset? Or in a wrong time? Anything is possible; many supernatural phenomena I cannot explain myself."

"But if this is true, the passage can't be sealed, as there may be countless passages, each opened, all leading to the Kaiser Hotel and connecting outside. The outside blockage is just one of them."

Tong Qian said: "Like a book with countless pages? We are just on one page, each page can access the outside."

"Nicely described. I believe that's the case. Hang on; I heard something." Yang Jian suddenly gestured and swiftly turned to look around.

The corridor behind was empty, with only a passageway carpeted floor.

But footsteps were rapidly approaching.

"Just footsteps, this is a supernatural phenomenon of the Kaiser Hotel, quite normal, I've heard footsteps and voices many times, nothing special." Tong Qian said.

"Really? But I'm not referring to the footsteps outside, but the ones over there." Yang Jian gestured with his hand.

It was the bend at the corridor's end.

Three blurred footprints were left in the middle of that entrance, somewhat wet, yet partly darkened.

Yang Jian immediately headed over, yet as soon as he arrived, the footprints on the floor began fading away, seemingly unable to remain, the traces becoming blurry, but a cursory glance sufficed to identify the owner of those footprints.

"The footprints were left by that tall male corpse; only the footprints of that vengeful spirit are so uniquely dark and rotten, as if corpse water is continuously dribbling down."

Yang Jian's eyes moved slightly, immediately scanning around.

No one was around, nor was the vengeful spirit, no more footprints appeared on the floor.

"Though footprints are erased, they should remain for a while; now there are none, the only possible explanation is..." Yang Jian glanced at the nearest room.

Room 401.

This was a guestroom on the fourth floor of the Kaiser Hotel.

Li Yang immediately reacted, promptly reaching the room's door, extending a skinny, aged, eerie arm, somewhat stiffly grasping the doorknob, then looked at Yang Jian: "Captain, should I open the door?"

He wielded the door-opening curse.

Once the door is opened, anyone inside inevitably dies; even vengeful spirits face immediate suppression.

"Open the door," Yang Jian instantly responded.

Li Yang quickly invoked the sinister curse of the Door-Opening Ghost.

The next moment.

The calm room door quivered suddenly, the surrounding lights flickered, as if hindered by something preventing quick opening.

Li Yang widened his eyes slightly, his pupils involuntarily shrinking.

The curse of the Door-Opening Ghost, known for its peril, can be resisted.

But the resistance was momentary, only just past, the supernatural presence within the room faced suppression, the resisting sensation dwindling.

Then, the door opened.

Inside was completely dark, nothing could be seen.

But as the inner lights abruptly flickered, they could see inside finally.

It was an old-fashioned room, utterly out of sync with modern decor, simply furnished, bearing the feeling of time.

"A supernatural room..." Before Yang Jian could finish.

The room's lights flickered once more.

The old supernatural room vanished, turning back into a modern guestroom inside, no longer old and eerie.

"What happened? Was that just an illusion?" Li Yang ponderously looked at Yang Jian, then at Tong Qian.

Tong Qian said: "Not an illusion, I saw it too."