As soon as midnight struck, Schiller climbed back into the room through the window. The Alarm Clock rang right on time, but this time, only two rang in the entire right-side corridor, and only four rang on the whole 19th floor.
In other words, something had happened to one of the people in Room 1901 and Room 1903. They were no longer judged to be uncontaminated and had most likely been completely contaminated.
Which one was it?
But Schiller had no time to think about that for now. If his hotel was the past, then Peter's hotel was far more dangerous. Peter lacked the ability to handle it, so Schiller had to give him enough guidance. Otherwise, Peter would probably have a hard time surviving.
The only common point they had discovered between the two hotels was the Alarm Clock. Schiller had found one in his own room, while Peter had opened Room 1903 and found one inside the toilet tank.
Jerome had said that the Alarm Clock's ringing was a Detection Program. It would only ring when there was a living person staying in the room. But Peter had also spent a night in that hotel, and he said he had heard nothing at all. In other words, not a single one had rung on the 19th floor where he was.
That posed a problem. Besides Peter, Jerome was also alive on that floor. If the detection device was still working normally, there should have been at least two rings on the 19th floor. Even if there was something wrong with Jerome, the Alarm Clock in Peter's room should have rung.
Schiller told Peter to look for an Alarm Clock in his room. After getting some sleep, Peter felt fairly refreshed, so he followed Schiller's instructions and began searching