In the dark old hotel, the indicator light on the electronic clock on the wall glowed with a red light.
Staring at the electronic clock on the wall and the beating numbers on it, Lin Mo was a little at a loss.
He suspected that the electronic clock itself was strange.
But it turned out not to be.
This is an ordinary electronic clock.
His next reaction was that the electronic clock was malfunctioning, because the time on Lin Mo's watch was normal.
But when he discovered something else, his original idea was completely overturned...
He wanted to wash his face in the toilet and calm down, but found that the water droplets on the ground were floating upward and got into the leaking faucet.
That scene felt like watching a replay.
Staring at the water droplets rising rapidly from the ground, Lin Mo was stunned.
A backwards clock, a reverse water drop.
These things went around in Lin Mo's mind for a few times, and finally an idea came to his mind.
Time is really going backwards.
"What happened?"
At this moment, a figure flashed past the toilet door.
Lin Mo hurriedly went over and took a look.
It's actually dad.
However, Dad was walking backwards at this time, and his expression was a little anxious. Apparently Dad's movements were also being replayed, which felt very weird.
Dad didn't notice him.
Lin Mo's heart moved at this moment, and he did not show up, but hid himself.
There are many things on his body that can hide his aura, and they come in handy at this time.
Because at this time, Lin Mo suddenly had a bold guess in his mind.
He wanted to confirm it.
If it was time going back, then what Lin Mo saw was actually something that had happened before.
Dad was so anxious because he entered room 8 but he didn't go in.
Why didn't you go in?
Lin Mo took a detour, went up another staircase to the second floor, and then hid in a corner.
He needs to confirm this.
The time on the electronic clock on the first floor is still going back, and the time on Lin Mo's watch is also increasing normally.
Time on both timelines is advancing simultaneously.
After a while, Lin Mo finally saw his father walking backwards to the door of Room 8.
What I saw next was a very artistic movement.
Dad seemed to be trying to break down the door, but it couldn't be opened.
He is shouting.
"Merlin!"
Not to mention the sound made when it is turned upside down, this scene is weird and funny.
At this moment, Lin Mo was completely sure that he was in a time regression mechanism. The reason why this happened was most likely because he entered Room 8.
There is definitely something wrong with this room No. 8.
Keep peeking.
Dad was struggling at the door for a long time, his expression slowly softened from the nervousness and anxiety at the beginning, and then Lin Mo saw a classic scene.
The door of Room 8 opened at this time, and then a person exited the room.
Lin Mo saw himself.
Myself on another timeline.
This surprised Lin Mo even more than seeing his father.
He exited room 8, corresponding to his previous actions when he entered the room.
Lin Mo was very familiar with what happened next, because he had experienced it himself. He closed the door, turned the key in the opposite direction, took out the key, talked to his father, kept talking, and then the two of them walked backwards that way.
It's time to go back to the room.
No, I was coming out of the room and going to room 8.
Everything has gone backwards.
Watching his other self and his other father walking backwards into Room 11, after closing the door, Lin Mo fell into deep thought outside.
Time is going back.
Why?
Because you entered room 8?
But why did the door to the room suddenly close after he entered, and why couldn't dad get in? Although it was a retreat just now, Lin Mo could see that dad had tried many times, but he just couldn't get in.
"In other words, only one person can enter Room 8."
Lin Mo came to this conclusion temporarily.
He stood in the corridor thinking, and time was still going back minute by second.
He went downstairs and checked the current time. It was already 1:25 in the morning.
During this time, I and my father were discussing in the house.
There was no one else in the entire hotel, so no one saw Lin Mo in the reverse time state.
He tried to walk to room 8 again and tried to open the door.
Can't open.
The door looks like it's welded shut.
There's obviously something weird in this door.
And the door panel is so hard that it can't even be knocked.
At this time, the door of Room 12 opened, and the murderer peeked out to take a look. Of course, this was also a backwards approach.
Lin Mo didn't dare to move and just stood there.
The murderer may have seen Lin Mo, but he didn't make any move and retreated.
He will definitely go back.
Because in fact, his entire action just now was reversed. The so-called opening the door was actually the action of closing the door after he looked at himself.
Lin Mo didn't know what would happen to him in reverse time, so he didn't move around at that time.
He was also curious, what would he look like in the eyes of others when he reversed time?
Lin Mo needs to sort out this matter, and he now has the keys to all the rooms in his hand.
Dad stole it before.
It just came in handy.
He opened a vacant room and walked in.
Because I am not sure what will happen if others see the consequences of going backwards in time, especially my father and my other self when they see the present self.
So to be on the safe side, Lin Mo hid here.
He has to figure things out. If there is no problem, he may knock on the door of room 11 and have a good talk with the other dad and the other himself.
This is so direct.
Suddenly, Lin Mo thought of a very critical question.
"No, when I just came out of Room 8, I didn't see my father or find him. Where did he go? Later, he seemed to appear suddenly."
Lin Mo thought carefully.
A sudden appearance in reverse time means a sudden 'disappearance' in the normal timeline.
"Normal dad disappears?"
Lin Mo's surprise was no small matter.
He thought about the message.
It was said that you must enter room 8, otherwise you will die.
In addition, Lin Mo deduced that his father suddenly disappeared, and the two were connected, and Lin Mo had an unknown premonition in his heart.
"I didn't disappear because I was in room 8, but dad didn't go in, so he disappeared."
Lin Mo murmured to himself.
In fact, there is other evidence that supports this conclusion.
That's what Professor Xie said, the members of the expert team who came to the hotel to investigate, the files said that they never came out from here again.
And the body in the real world also dies.
Then it is understood as death in battle.
But Lin Mo knew from actual experience that there was nothing terribly terrifying in this hotel that could threaten the members of the expert team.
Could it be that at 3 o'clock in the morning, these expert team members were 'erased' because they did not enter Room 8?
There is this possibility.
And it's big.
At this time, Lin Mo saw a stack of A4 paper on the table in this room.
There are also pens in the drawer.
"Let me go, did I really write that message myself?"
Lin Mo's heartbeat was also racing at this moment.
Because he discovered that the two previous hints, if viewed according to the theory of reverse time, might have been written by himself.
But it’s still the same problem.
"Why don't I just go straight to myself and dad and make it clear?"
"Why leave a message?"
"Besides, even if I have to leave a message, I should write it more clearly."
Lin Mo knew that he had not written those two messages yet, and since he had written it, there must be a reason, or in other words, he had to write it like this.
If that's the case, let's give it a try.
Lin Mo now had time. He sat on the table, picked up a pen, and started writing.
This is what he wrote.
"The secret of this hotel is in Room 8. Entering it will cause the external time to reverse..."
Not finished yet.
The words on the paper began to disappear.
The speed is faster than what Lin Mo wrote.
Lin Mo was stunned.
He also wrote: "I am Lin Mo, dad, and myself. You have to find a way to enter room 8..."
Swish, brush, brush!
It was as if an invisible hand was erasing the words above.
Gone again.
Lin Mo took a deep breath.
He understood why he wrote that kind of message.
Because any mention of reverse time or who he is will be erased by a mysterious force.
That power is everywhere.
There is no malicious intent.
It's just "rules" and fairness, but this is called terror, because when this kind of power comes, you have no way to resist it.
For example, Lin Mo deduced that if he did not enter Room 8, he would be 'erased' when the time comes.
With such a fierce presence as my father, it would be an understatement to say that he is a quasi-S-level master.
If it is so powerful and can be instantly wiped out, it is also impossible for those expert team members from the safe zone to resist.
"They must have not entered Room 8 without knowing it, and then they were wiped out, so no one went back."
Lin Mo felt that he was beginning to get closer to the truth.
This feeling is so exciting.
There is a refreshing feeling.
Still a little nervous.
It's more comfortable than playing the scariest horror games.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I'll take it easy first." Lin Mo calmed himself down and thought of a more important thing.
Lin Nan.
Lin Nan was the only person to leave this hotel alive.
And he also successfully obtained the curse of the undead.
"In other words, Lin Nan should have experienced everything I am going through now. How did he do it?"
"Seven terrifying nightmares live in Lin Nan's body. Those seven nightmares are not simple. They should have helped Lin Nan a lot."
"But according to the current investigation results of my father and me, there is no undead curse in the hotel at all. So where did Lin Nan get it?"
Lin Mo got up and walked around, then sat down again and drew a line on the paper with a pen.
Then on this line, several nodes were drawn.
One of the nodes was defined by Lin Mo as the time when he and his father entered the hotel.
After the line, he wrote a none.
Then, in the time period before they entered the hotel, they wrote a.
At the back, another big ‘question mark’ was drawn.
"The only explanation is that there was an undead curse in the hotel, but not after we came in, but before we came in. In other words, if you want to get the undead curse, you have to wait for time to go back to my father and I
Before coming to check in.”
This thing was completely 'deduced' by Lin Mo.
To be honest, the evidence and clues are not enough to support this conclusion.
But at least Lin Mo had a rough guess about the curse of the undead.
"In addition, after Lin Nan received the curse of the undead, he returned to the normal timeline, but he lost all the memories in the hotel. So what exactly did he experience?"
Lin Mo unconsciously drew question marks on the paper.
There is an unknown danger hidden here.
Danger, the unknown, is the scariest thing.
Now he is worried that he too will be deprived of his memory.
This is not the most important thing.
The most important thing is what to do with Dad.
According to the normal timeline, Dad was ‘obliterated’ by the invisible and powerful force in the hotel.
Of course, the dad in reverse time still exists.
Lin Mo knew that he had to find a way to let his father enter room 8.
In this way, Dad can also jump out of the normal timeline. There are two advantages. One is to avoid being 'erased' again; the other is that Lin Mo has an extra helper.
But room 8 seems difficult to enter.
Lin Mo had to figure out the secret of Room 8, otherwise it would still be trouble.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo looked at the time, opened the door and walked out of the room.
He planned to try again.
It's very quiet in the corridor. It's currently 12:15 in the morning.
Go to the door of room 8, insert the key, and open the door.
The door is open!
Lin Mo was stunned.
Is it really so easy to open it?
Lin Mo walked in.
It was still dark inside.
But this time Lin Mo discovered that he could exit the house immediately.
Close the door and open it again, but it won't open!
"Understood, there is a CD time for opening Room 8. After opening it once, it cannot be opened again for a short period of time!" Lin Mo calculated the time.
I feel like this 'short time' may be half an hour, but it won't be more than an hour anyway.
After figuring out the situation, Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
He ran downstairs and looked at the electronic clock, and was surprised to find that time was flowing in the forward direction again.
Lin Mo got a lot of clues this time.
"In other words, if you enter Room 8 again, the timeline will be restored..."
It's like a one-way switch.
Press once to reverse direction; press again to change to forward direction.
Now Lin Mo had a plan in mind.
First of all, the mysterious power here will prevent yourself from revealing clues about 'reverse time' to your other self, not even a single word will do.
All messages left will be erased, so if he tries to contact him head-on, Lin Mo guesses that he will most likely be 'erased'.
This cannot be attempted.
One failure and you're totally screwed.
So I can't meet my other self.
And you must let yourself and your father follow the original script.
In other words, the reminder of Room 8 must be sent out, and you must also let yourself enter Room 8.
Otherwise, there will be nothing to do next.
"What should dad do?"
Lin Mo thought for a while.
The time he entered Room 8 was a little after 1 o'clock in the morning, so there was enough time for Dad to enter again. In this way, Dad could be 'jumped out' from the normal timeline.
Wait with yourself to go back in time, to the time before your father and you entered this hotel, to the time when the curse of the undead once appeared.
Then be infected with the curse, and after success, enter Room 8 and let time flow normally.
Wait until the minibus brings you and your dad here during normal hours, then board the minibus and leave here safely.
The plan is perfect.
This is the ideal situation.
In actual implementation, it will definitely be difficult.
But now Lin Mo has no other choice.
"Pull dad out first."
This is the most important thing.
But how to get dad out?
Lin Mo thought about it for a while.
He remembered the murderer in Room 12, who had opened the door and saw him before.
The invisible rule was not triggered at that time.
In other words, any method can be used as long as it does not make people aware of the existence of 'reverse time'.
Lin Mo concluded that you cannot let yourself see yourself.
That can easily cause uncontrollable problems.
But if you just let your father see you, it won't be a big problem.
Lin Mo has an idea.
Next is the process of practice.
He continued to hide back in the house, waiting for time to pass.
He calculated that the time he entered Room 8 in the normal timeline was 1:17 in the morning.
There was still more than an hour before 3 a.m., and according to the half-hour rule for entering Room 8, Lin Mo needed to squeeze in time and enter Room 8 at 3 a.m.
Then we waited until around 2 a.m., when the CD time in Room 8 passed, and asked Dad to come in.
In this way, both Dad and himself can jump into 'reverse time', and the first step of the plan is achieved.
The most troublesome thing about this first step is to control the time. It cannot be more or less, because if you make a mistake and cannot get in, it will be a bad dish.
After checking carefully and finding no problems, Lin Mo began to wait quietly.
At around 1 o'clock in the morning, Lin Mo heard something moving outside. It was him and his father in the normal timeline who were going to explore room 8.
Then he entered the room, but his father was blocked outside.
Then continue to wait.
The time was around 2 o'clock in the morning.
You can hear dad's footsteps walking around outside, maybe he's thinking of something, maybe he's looking for himself.
At 2:55 in the morning, Lin Mo opened the door and walked out.
He had to waste time to enter room 8.
To be honest, Lin Mo is very nervous now because mistakes are most likely to occur during this time period.
For example, if someone else enters Room 8 and occupies the number of uses, both you and your dad will be finished by then, or your dad keeps trying and finds that Room 8 can be entered, which is also troublesome.
Once something goes wrong, everything is lost.
Fortunately, this didn't happen.
Dad was on the first floor. He seemed to have woken up Lao Lutou and was asking about something.
Lin Mo looked at the time, and at 2:59:50 in the morning, he opened the door of Room 8 and walked in.
Then exit immediately.
Try pushing the door open.
As expected, I couldn't push it away.
Lin Mo ran to the first floor and secretly saw his father and Lao Lutou talking, but they were talking backwards, and the electronic clock on the wall was going back in time.
It worked.
Then the next step is to guide Dad to let him in when room 8 is accessible.
Lin Mo waited quietly.
He saw Lao Lutou going from being full of energy to out of breath, then walking backwards back to the small room behind the counter, closing the door and turning off the lights.
Dad walked backwards and strolled up and down the first floor.
It's like watching a movie in reverse.
Feeling that it was almost done, Lin Mo took a deep breath and knocked on the wall, making a bang-bang sound.
Dad was immediately attracted, and a certain shadow appeared on his body, which seemed to conflict with his original behavior.
Fortunately nothing went wrong.
Dad saw Lin Mo in reverse time and walked over with a shocked look on his face.
He speaks.
But what Lin Mo heard was still read backwards.
But I can understand it.
It means asking you where this kid came from.
Lin Mo said nothing.
Because his words may make Dad realize that time is reversed. At that time, the invisible rules will either obliterate Dad or himself.
Lin Mo made a gesture to follow me, then went upstairs and stood at the door of Room 8.
Dad followed.
No matter what dad said next, Lin Mo would remain silent.
He is waiting.
Dad seemed to realize something and did not continue to ask. Instead, he looked at Lin Mo and waited.
Time passes minute by minute.
This period of time was very difficult, because Lin Mo was afraid that his inferences would be wrong, and he wanted to succeed, and his heart was full of expectations.
Finally, it was around 2 o'clock in the morning.
Lin Mo tried to open the door.
Thank God, it's open.
Lin Mo made a gesture to his father to come in.
Dad understands.
In other words, it is a father and son, and the father has no doubts about his son.
He walked in and walked out quickly.
Lin Mo didn't know if his father had entered 'reverse time', so he said, "Dad, please say something."
"What did I say?" Dad asked.
The word order was normal. Lin Mo's heart dropped to the ground. It was settled now!