Chapter 296 "Stay Overnight" (1)

Chapter 296 "Stay Overnight" (1)

"Are you sure this is also one of the copies of the Guild Tournament?"

"Looking at the logo displayed above, it is indeed correct, but there is only one contestant participating, which is indeed unusual."

In the player lobby of the Infinite City, including the official live broadcast channel of the event copy, a large number of players are watching the latest game. This guild game is different from any previous game copy. First of all, there is only one guild participating in this copy, and the number of players in the guild is also only one.

Players and viewers were communicating with each other in the forum, player lobby, and live broadcast channel. They were all very curious about this guild competition copy.

"It's started, it's started!"

"It doesn't look like anything special right now, let's keep looking down."

Following the live broadcast perspective, players and viewers saw the contestants.

The player was a man wearing a light blue shirt, black casual trousers and a pair of basketball shoes. He looked like an office worker who had just got off work. He appeared to be around 30 years old and, at first glance, he looked very ordinary.

“Looking for the hotel manager.”

The first step of the man's main task was to find the hotel manager. It seemed that he was currently in a hotel. The man did not move in a hurry, but looked around.

He was not at the main entrance of the hotel, but in the lobby a little further forward from the main entrance. This seemed to be a side hall, not the main hall. He looked back and saw one of the hotel entrances behind him. Through the glass window on the door, he could see that it seemed to be dusk outside, with cars and pedestrians walking hurriedly on the street.

At present, this player cannot leave the hotel as there is an air wall blocking him at the door. It seems that the main area of ​​this copy is in this hotel.

He returned to his original position and continued to observe the layout around him.

On both sides of the porch leading to other places, there are some finely carved marble pillars that are used for bearing and decoration. In the middle of them is a wide porch. Every time you pass through a porch, you can see the crystal chandelier on the ceiling in the center of the room. On both sides of the marble pillars in the porch, there are some carefully trimmed bonsai for decoration. There are also some decorative paintings on the walls. The floor is made of the same material as the marble pillars, with a relatively warm tone, which makes the hotel look very warm and luxurious.

The man walked forward along the corridor under the doorway towards the reception desk given on the map. Before reaching the reception desk, the man noticed that some of the doorways were currently blocked by air walls and could not be passed through for the time being. However, he saw something behind it, as well as the location of the door and the lit prompt light, proving that they could actually be interacted with, but not now.

“I guess it will be gradually unlocked as the dungeon progresses.” said the man.

The front desk was not far away, and the man quickly arrived at the front desk. There were currently three people there, a man and a woman, two hotel guests, talking at the counter. The front desk manager who was responsible for checking in the guests was sitting on a chair behind the front desk.

"I want to book a room."

"Could you please wait a moment, I'll be right back."

"it is good."

The front desk manager seemed to have something to do suddenly and left the counter temporarily. The man was about to sit on the sofa in the lounge area opposite the front desk for a while, but at this time, he inadvertently overheard the conversation between the two guests standing next to the counter.

"Your beauty would put the angels to shame, my dear."

"You are really good at talking. I like listening to you. Say a few more words."

From the player's point of view, it is not easy to judge from the tone of the woman in the conversation whether she is flirting with the man she is talking to or being sarcastic.

"Your husband is so blind that he actually ignored a beauty like you."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's forget about him tonight... and your wife, of course."

It turned out that these two people were not the couple or husband and wife as the player had expected, but were actually a couple having an affair. The player, who had originally planned to stop eavesdropping on their conversation, was stunned at first, then found a posture that would not arouse suspicion, and continued to eavesdrop on their conversation while standing by the counter waiting for the hotel manager.

"Of course... By the way, dear, are you okay? Almost everyone in this town has nightmares every night. How about you? Are you also upset because of this?"

"Not anymore."

"That's good! Fortunately, you don't have nightmares anymore. Now we can..."

"Actually, I'm still having nightmares, but with the wine and your company... I'm not so bothered anymore."

"Don't worry my angel, tonight will be wonderful... Wait a minute dear, why is your nose bleeding?"

The woman who was talking seemed to have a nosebleed suddenly. Just when the player wanted to turn around to take a look, the hotel manager came back and greeted him a few times.

"Sir? Sir? Please come here for a moment!"

The player walked over and the manager nodded to him politely.

"Welcome to the Ningxin Hotel, how can I help you?"

"I need a room for the night."

"Okay, what's your name?"

"Names and such are not important, right?"

"But it would be wrong not to write something on the registration form. Are you hiding from someone?"

The player did not respond to the manager and the two fell into an awkward silence, but the front desk manager finally broke the silence.

"Okay, okay, don't worry, no one is paying me for information, our hotel welcomes everyone, um..."

The front desk manager looked around the counter and saw an unopened bag of cheese next to the computer. The brand on it was "Todd".

"Mr. Todd?"

The front desk manager pointed to the brand on the bag of cheese and the player nodded.

"Then the check-in process will take a minute or two. In the meantime, please allow me to introduce our hotel to you. Our hotel is extraordinary. The biggest highlight is the rooftop restaurant. We also recently opened a new swimming pool. You... you look a little strange? Is everything okay, sir?"

"It's okay, I just have a cold, please continue."

"Are you sure?"

"Ah."

"Okay, the elevator is not far ahead. Go through the doorway on the right and follow the corridor to the end. Your room is on the fourth floor, room number 402. You can contact the front desk, restaurant and security through the landline in the room. By the way, sir, this is your key card. Welcome to Ningxin Hotel."

At the end of the conversation, the front desk manager handed "Todd" an electronic card. The card was made with great care, and it seemed that the hotel did not skimp on any facilities.

"A key card that can be used to open room 402 on the fourth floor."

Todd took the card in his hand and observed it. The system also popped up a related prompt. At present, it seems that this is just an ordinary key card.

"Use the elevator to go upstairs."

The next step of the main task also appeared in the system's task bar. Todd put away the key card and prepared to leave the front desk. He noticed that the couple who had been having an affair had already left.

As he was leaving the front porch, he found a promotional card on one of the tables that said "Blues Night," which looked like a banquet, and the slogan read "She's waiting for you, she's in our restaurant."

Thinking that this might be some useful information, Todd put it in his pocket and started walking along the corridor towards the elevator. The decoration of this hotel seemed to be very much to Todd's liking, so he slowed down his pace and took a closer look. It was at this time that he saw a back figure at the end of one of the corridors. It seemed to be a woman. She had her back to Todd and was facing a window. Because the distance was far, Todd could only roughly see the outline. Since the air wall had not disappeared, Todd could not pass through for the time being.

Continuing forward, Todd came to the elevator. Opposite one of the elevators, there was a locked door. From the sign and slogan on the door, he could tell that it was the door leading to the hotel swimming pool. Todd tried several times but couldn't open it. The system didn't show any prompts for the time being. It seemed that he couldn't get through yet.

The elevator stopped at the first floor. After pressing the elevator button, the elevator opened. Todd walked in and pressed the button for the fourth floor. Just as the elevator door was about to close, a young woman's voice came from not far away.

"Wait! Don't close the door yet!"

A young girl ran over, and Todd subconsciously pressed the elevator door which was not completely closed yet. She had Gothic makeup on, and wore a T-shirt and miniskirt of the same style, boots, and many tattoos on both sides of her forearms. She wore earrings and an exaggerated necklace. At first glance, she was a rebellious Gothic girl.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my teeth?"

Todd thought that the young girl who suddenly stopped the elevator might be an important NPC in the dungeon mission, so he took a closer look. The girl seemed a little uncomfortable, so Todd shook his head and said sorry.

"Thank you, otherwise I will have to wait for the next elevator."

"You're welcome."

"Can you help me press the elevator? I live on the fifth floor."

Although the system prompt did not appear, Todd still pressed the elevator button for the fifth floor.

"By the way, although this question may be a little strange, I want to ask, do you know any fun places to go in this big city?"

The Gothic girl's question once again attracted Todd's attention. Generally speaking, the NPCs in the dungeon would not ask this type of question. This girl might be an important NPC for some side quest or hidden mission. Perhaps getting along well with her might be helpful for the next mission.

But Todd is a player, not a person in the dungeon, so he is not clear about the background story of the dungeon. But he cannot completely keep silent, as this may interrupt the conversation and lead to possible mission failure. So Todd gave a reasonable answer that avoided the question.

"I'm more of a homebody and don't go out often."

"Oh, I see. I see. It seems that our personalities are similar. If you were to choose, where would you like to go?"

When Todd was thinking about how to answer, he suddenly remembered that when he was at the front desk, he saw a movie ticket left on the sofa in the lounge area. However, he did not remember the name of the movie ticket, but this did not prevent him from thinking of a reasonable answer.

"Probably the cinema. That new movie will be released soon."

"Ah! Are you talking about that science fiction movie? Its trailer is very interesting, maybe it will be good. But I have never been to a movie theater before, so I will probably like to watch whatever is playing... Oh, it seems like we have reached your floor."

"Ding!"

As the Goth girl pointed at the elevator's prompt screen, the elevator opened, and outside was the fourth floor where Todd was going to live.

"Goodbye then, thanks for the suggestion, maybe I'll go see that movie."

The Goth girl in the elevator waved goodbye to Todd. As the elevator door closed, the elevator continued to rise. Todd stayed at the elevator entrance and observed for a while. The elevator did stop on the fifth floor and did not move to other floors. It seemed that the Goth girl did live on the fifth floor.

Leaving the elevator, Todd followed the porch to the corridor on the fourth floor. On the left was the corridor leading to Room 418 to Room 432, but this location was blocked by a luggage cart fully loaded with goods, so he couldn't get through for the time being. Todd looked to the right. The corridor here was normal. According to the sign hanging on the wall, this led to Room 401 to Room 417. His room should be on this side.

There are many classical paintings on the walls of the hotel for decoration. Although it is not uncommon, equally luxurious hotels would not hang so many decorations, but it does not look unusual.

Continuing forward along the corridor, there is a fork in the road ahead, with both sides leading to various rooms. On the left side stands a man who, judging by his dress, seems to be a priest. He looks to be in his fifties, but he is in high spirits. Apart from a few strands of white hair on his temples, he does not look old at all.

"Young man, do you live on this floor as well?"

The priest saw Todd and took the initiative to talk to him.

"Yes, Father."

The priest nodded, walked to Todd with a serious expression, and whispered in his ear,

"Be careful kid, this place is full of sin, it's best not to trust anyone, including me."

Todd didn't respond and looked at the priest. But the priest seemed to have something else to say. He returned to his original position, folded his arms, leaned against the wall, and continued to speak to Todd.

“Young man, do you trust people?”

"Most of the time."

"The only One to believe in is our true Savior, and you will soon understand that."

After saying this, the priest was no longer able to talk. Todd noticed that the priest's luggage was piled on the ground, blocking the corridor from room 414 to room 417. It seemed that he could not pass through for the time being. He could only go to the other side.

Todd's room 402 is located at the end of the corridor on this side. While walking in the corridor, Todd heard soothing music with a moderate volume that could relieve people's tension. But he didn't know if it was his illusion. Todd always felt that this corridor was a bit too long. However, after a few minutes, Todd came to the door of his room. Next to him was a wall at the end of the corridor with a decorative landscape oil painting on it. Across the corridor to his right rear was Room 401.

I took out the key card and opened the door of Room 402. A short corridor came into view. It seemed that this was a suite. After entering the door, the toilet and bathroom were on the right. Continuing forward, there was a living room for rest. Walking left from the living room, I reached the master bedroom. Although the room was not small, it was simply decorated. There was only a luxurious double bed and a bedside table in the master bedroom. On the side of the window, there was a dressing table. On the far left of the room was a built-in double-door closet. There was nothing in it except some clothes hangers. It was very clean.

The living room for rest is relatively simple, with only a sofa set and a wooden coffee table. Although the layout is simple, it can make guests feel a warm and relaxing atmosphere. There are windows in the living room and the master bedroom, and you can clearly see the street view outside. Todd looked outside and found that the view he saw was completely different from what he saw at the side door of the hotel just now.

There was a thick fog on the street. The number of pedestrians and vehicles on the street decreased several times. It took a long time to see a car passing by. There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, and soon there was no one. This was not right. From the time I booked the room to the time I entered the room, the time in between was definitely no more than fifteen minutes. The street that was originally bustling with traffic and people became deserted and foggy in just fifteen minutes. This could not be achieved in any other city.

The toilet and bathroom are integrated, and the layout inside is also very simple, with a washbasin, a bathtub, a matching shower, and a toilet, which is normal. However, the many red tiles made Todd a little strange. After all, no hotel would use red tiles to decorate the bathroom. Todd checked and found that there was no problem with the tiles. There was no blood stain on them. The tiles were very clean and their original color was red.

"Listen to the news."

The system's task was updated. Todd returned to the sofa in the living room, picked up the remote control, turned on the TV, and an urgent news report appeared on it. Judging from the announcer's tone and facial expression, the situation seemed very urgent.