Hospital 444
Chapter 580 - 5 Did you... laugh?

Chapter 580: Chapter 5 Did you... laugh?

The last rule.

If at any time during your stay at the hotel you hear laughter but do not see anyone laughing, please contact the hotel staff immediately, and they will handle the situation.

Of the seven rules for staying at the hotel, this was the one Dai Lin cared about the most.

Because it was the only rule that mentioned "hotel staff."

In China, searching for information about Oroñe Hotel mostly resulted in a 404 error. Therefore, Dai Lin had asked a doctor who had accessed the internet abroad about the seventh rule. There had been internet celebrities who entered the Oroñe Hotel wanting to see what would happen if the situation described in the rule—"hearing laughter without a source"—actually occurred, and how the hotel staff would react upon arrival.

However, when directly asking the hotel staff, their response was always, "If such a situation occurs, we will naturally handle it."

What was bizarre was that whenever the internet celebrities asked the staff this question, they would always get the exact same reply, word for word, obviously rote-learned.

One internet celebrity tried a tactic by falsely claiming to hear laughter in their room and requested the staff to check. But as soon as the staff reached the room, they would immediately realize that the celebrity was lying to them.

In fact, there were not many videos of Oroñe Hotel available online, and once a video’s views began to rise, it would promptly show up as 404 not found.

For these reasons, there was hardly any valuable intelligence to be found.

"It’s precisely because of the exam that I can’t learn the truth about this rule through the hotel staff’s hair," Dai Lin thought helplessly. But there was no choice; it was an examination regulation that he had to follow. The two chief examiners, authorized by the dean, could monitor him at any time, so he could not escape their supervision.

Afterward...

Dai Lin reached inside his clothes and pulled out a letter.

This was the letter that Han Ming had handed to Dai Lin.

To this day, Dai Lin did not know what the letter meant. But according to Han Ming, he wasn’t supposed to open it.

What on earth was in the letter?

Dai Lin would not indulge in unrealistic imaginations, fantasizing that Han Ming could be his own ’Ring Genie’, sending him cheats. Whether the letter was a blessing or a curse to him was unknown.

Previously, when Han Ming possessed Hai Yunlan and spoke to Dai Lin, he said.

"Dai Lin, the time for you to open this letter will soon arrive. When you open this letter, you will know most of the things you want to know."

"Do you mean all these things are written in the letter?"

But Dai Lin felt the letter was thin, most likely containing at most a single sheet of paper.

"No," Han Ming had said to Dai Lin, "There’s no letter inside this envelope."

"You’re saying that there’s actually no letter inside the envelope?"

"You’ll find out when you open it, Dai Lin. Now remember two things. First, don’t tell anyone that you have this letter on you. Remember, ’anyone but me’; second, no matter what happens recently, even when taking a shower, always carry this letter with you. Don’t worry, the letter won’t get wet."

Dai Lin had a faint feeling that Han Ming’s words were like instructions for a will.

He placed the envelope back on his person.

"What if... what if... Han Ming really is my Ring Genie, able to send me cheats?"

Dai Lin thought sardonically and turned his attention back to the television in front of him.

At that moment, a man and a woman were speaking on the TV. Just then, facing the woman, the man suddenly burst into laughter.

But something strange happened.

Although the man was laughing, Dai Lin could not hear any sound of laughter!

Soon after, the woman spoke, "What are you laughing at?"

The woman spoke while the man continued to laugh.

However, Dai Lin could only hear the woman’s voice and not the man’s laughter at all!

Dai Lin began to realize that something was amiss.

"What the hell..."

Dai Lin started to sense something was wrong.

As the man continued his uproarious laughter, suddenly, the television screen began to undergo a bizarre change.

The screen started to show numerous snowflakes, and the image became unstable, reminiscent of an old black and white TV from the last century. The man’s face also began to contort, with the upper and lower halves each twisting towards opposite sides of the screen, resembling a twisted doughnut.

The next moment, the television screen turned completely into a blizzard of static.

"Could it be... even the characters on the hotel TV, even just an animated character, cannot produce laughter?"

Dai Lin walked quickly to the telephone and began dialing a number.

"Hello... I’m a guest in room 909. There seems to be something wrong with my TV; could you send someone to take a look?"

The voice on the other end answered, "Yes, we will send someone right away. Could you briefly describe the problem with the TV?"

"The TV’s sound... there’s something wrong with it, and now, I can’t see the picture," said Dai Lin, his eyes fixed on the television screen.

At that moment, the television screen was still snowed out.

Dai Lin’s gaze stayed on the television screen.

His left eye began to activate.

Anything could happen now. If an ancient well appeared on the television screen and a ghost like Sadako crawled out, Dai Lin wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest.

"Guest, did you see... the person on the TV screen laughing?"

Dai Lin immediately replied, "Yes... yes, I did."

"Then please rest assured, there’s no malfunction with the TV, and it will be fine very soon."

"It will be fine very soon?"

"Just to be safe, may I ask you a question? While you were watching the TV show, you didn’t join in and laugh along, did you?"

Dai Lin slowly leaned his head back against the wall, his Devil’s Eye firmly locked on the television screen.

"No."

"That’s good then. I’ll proceed as if you indeed did not laugh."

Dai Lin clutched the phone receiver tight and asked, "Your words sound... as if you think I’m deceiving you?"

"I don’t care about that. As long as you didn’t hear laughter and then were unable to find the source, there is no problem."

Dai Lin hung up the phone.

At that moment, the television screen returned to normal. The animation had ended, and now the ending credits and the list of voice actors were being displayed.

"Who exactly are they?" Dai Lin looked at the telephone receiver in his hand, "Could they be an organization like Wumianhui?"

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