Artifact Report

Chapter 146 Fu Tai Lan Apartment nd Floor

When a person acts alone, there are of course endless advantages, but there are also disadvantages.

For example, after Fu Tailan took out his cell phone and took pictures of the residents' mailboxes with a few consecutive clicks, he stood alone in the silence and couldn't help but miss Remi a little.

If she were there, she would definitely say nice things like "You are worthy of being the supervisor", "You are so careful about the details", "Most people would not think of taking pictures", etc.; no matter whether she was sincere or not, it would sound nice to her anyway.

After all, the residents’ mailboxes all have their room numbers and names on them, so maybe they can be used next time?

Fu Tailan put away his phone, looked around, and felt a sense of regret that he was a famous actor but had no audience - no matter how professional he was, without someone to flatter him, wouldn't it be like walking in the night in gorgeous clothes?

Forget it. Although Remi is not here, there are still two future victims ahead. After I snatch the fake image, I will show the photo to them.

Fu Tailan turned his head and took a look.

The stairs were located at the other end of the apartment door; that is, he had to go through the first floor and every apartment door before he could reach the stairs - this was probably the deformation of the apartment that occurred in the nest.

Generally speaking, the design of a normal residential building does not require residents to walk through a row of other people's doors to get upstairs; not only is it inconvenient, but residents also have to endure unnecessary noise.

In comparison, the location of the "elevator" is correct - unfortunately, there is no elevator at the correct location.

Ever since Fu Tailan came in, every apartment has been quiet and it is pitch black under the door.

If you listen carefully, the only sound in the entire apartment is your own breathing, and you can't hear any movement from Mai Minghe and the other person upstairs at all; when you enter the door, the broadcast sound that repeatedly notified the apartment of renovations also dissipated, and silence returned, as if it had never happened.

Aren't they both going to die?

Fu Tailan walked towards the stairs step by step, trying to be as silent as possible; the corner of his eye was always fixed on the tightly closed apartment door next to him.

However, it seemed that his vigilance was unnecessary. Even when he successfully reached the stairs, the apartment on the first floor was still dead silent and nothing happened.

It seems that after entering the gate just now, I ignored the whispered call from behind the door of Room 103, which turned out to be the right thing to do.

Standing in front of the stairs, he took off his backpack, and while being alert to his surroundings, he reached into the backpack and rummaged around for a few times.

The Morgan family's allotment backpack was fully equipped.

After Fu Tailan took over the hunter affairs, he also added a "disposable cell phone" to the supply list - what he took out at this time was this kind of cell phone worth only a few dozen dollars and with simple functions.

He opened the ringtone settings, randomly selected a song, and the phone began to play the ringtone endlessly.

Like the guns, knives, signal transmitters, lighting tools and other equipment, the items in his backpack were all purchased by the Morgan family in the same model and style, and were handed over to everyone when entering the nest; after leaving, the remaining items had to be returned to the supplies department.

This is not because the Morgan family is stingy.

Because in this way, whether in terms of property rights or in name, the things they brought belonged to the concept of "Morgan family" rather than each person's personal belongings - he left the disposable mobile phone on the ground; even if there was no chance to get it back in the future, Fu Tailan did not have to worry about planting hidden dangers for himself.

Amidst the repetitive ringtone of poor quality, Fu Tailan tapped around with her toes before walking up the stairs.

After climbing two steps, he finally had to face up to his mistake.

...I really shouldn't have taken so many painkillers just now.

It was fine when walking on flat ground, but now as he climbed the stairs step by step, Fu Tailan felt a sense of regret: his legs were like two pieces of overcooked macaroni, not only soft but also seemed to want to slide under his hips; before taking each step, he had to work hard to hold them in place.

Never mind, there’s still plenty of time, he comforted himself, let’s just walk slowly.

At worst, the plan could be changed. From waiting for Mai Minghe on the sixth floor, to Mai Minghe waiting for him on the sixth floor. As long as she didn't find out, the result would be the same.

Fu Tailan suddenly turned her head.

The open space under the stairs was still dim and quiet.

The ringtone that was supposed to continue playing was interrupted at this moment.

He didn't climb very high, so he could see that the phone was still lying there, nothing unusual.

Fu Tailan hesitated for a moment, then walked down a few steps again. When he was about to return to the first floor, his cell phone suddenly rang again - he was startled and his mind became a little clearer.

You can't hear it if you climb up, you can only hear it if you come back...

So the sound on each floor is confined to that floor? The sounds of the upstairs and downstairs are isolated and cannot be communicated.

If this is the case, it can explain why Mai Minghe and the other man upstairs are so quiet; even if they are fighting with dinosaurs now, he still can't hear any sound.

Fu Tailan held the handrail and stared at the open space on the first floor for a few seconds.

…Why is it designed like this?
After a little thought, he came up with a not very optimistic guess.

No, wait, if this guess was true—how long had he been on the stairs?
We must take action immediately.

"Really, I can't relax at all,"

He complained slightly, turned around hurriedly, and used his noodle-like legs to climb up the stairs as quickly as possible - as he climbed, he looked back several times.

The first floor was completely quiet, with nothing unusual happening. Since there was no problem down there, what about the stairs up there?
Fu Tailan raised her head and was stunned.

All he could see was a flat ceiling, and there was no staircase to the upper floor as he had expected.

Strange, where did the stairs go?

As soon as this question flashed through his mind, Fu Tailan immediately had the answer.

He glanced at the stairs below him and said to himself, "Is he planning to take someone for a walk?"

The stairs on the first floor are located at the other end of the hall entrance, forcing people to walk through the entire first floor and every apartment - according to this idea, the stairs on the second floor are probably the same.

If the staircase from the first floor to the second floor is located on the east side, then the staircase from the second floor to the third floor would probably be located at the end of the west side...

This apartment building doesn't intend to give people the opportunity to go up and down the stairs. You have to go through every floor before you can reach the next staircase. This traffic flow design is more thorough than many museums. It doesn't want people to miss any crisis. It's really annoying.

Despite cursing, Fu Tailan quickened his pace and ran quickly to the second floor. When he stepped on the last step, he couldn't help but look back.

The staircase behind me was empty, and I couldn't even see the ground floor anymore; that cell phone was probably still dutifully playing its ringtone, right?
Fu Tailan took a step forward and went up to the second floor.

Almost at the same moment, his ears caught a very slight sound, like a power being turned on.

The next second, the sounds of people talking, footsteps, doors opening and closing, cutting vegetables and washing clothes, laughing, quarreling, snoring in class... and other noises poured out of the corridor like a tide and hit Fu Tailan.

He looked up and was slightly startled.

The doors of every apartment on the second floor were wide open.

Looking inside from the doors of the first few apartments, there is a TV standing a few steps away from the door.

The light and shadow on the TV changed, and the screen light illuminated the corridor. It seemed that some TV drama was playing - "How can I believe your promise?", "Xiaomei! Go open the door, your mother is home" and other fragments of conversation were mixed together in a mess.

It turns out that all the noises that suddenly rang out just now were coming from the TV.

This is a difficult problem... There are so many screens on the second floor?

Mai Minghe is not stupid. She must know that she has not given up and is still biting from behind.

She wouldn't abandon the sea reed and run away alone, would she?
In order to escape, she revealed the fact that the passage was a "screen"; and it seemed that it must be a large screen - at least 24 inches or more.

When Mai Minghe was escorted through the Morgan family's office, she passed by many computer screens along the way and had the opportunity to escape; but she ignored the computer screens and waited until she entered the reception room, then she bumped into the large TV on the wall that was playing advertisements - the biggest difference between the two, of course, was size.

Indeed, the screen is too small and it’s hard to imagine how a person can get in.

Things related to the nest always make sense in unexpected places.

The TV screens behind the apartment doors are all over 24 inches. If Mai Minghe wants to leave, he can definitely leave...

But she is a good person, so maybe she won't have the heart to abandon the injured sea reed and will go first?

To find out whether he has left or not, we have to go upstairs and look for him.

The staircase leading to the third floor was indeed located at the other end of the second floor, visible from afar. To go upstairs, one had to first walk through the corridors that separated the apartments, past one TV screen after another.

"Hey, young man, please wait a moment."

On the TV in Room 201, a woman in her fifties or sixties with drooping eyelids suddenly turned towards the corridor and called out to Fu Tailan outside the TV.

...Can she see me?

"I'm a very casual person. I like people based on first impressions. As soon as I saw you, I knew you weren't a good person," the woman said with an uncontrollable smile, "I like you very much."

I don't know if it's casual or not, but it's definitely impolite.

Fu Tailan did not respond, nor did she even look at the TV. She stood by the door of Room 201, pretending not to hear.

Unexpectedly, the next sentence of the woman on TV suddenly made him understand something.

Mai Minghe is still in this building.

Through these TVs, she was afraid that she would not be able to return to Blackmore City.

"I like you, that's why I want to tell you a secret." The woman on TV leaned in close to the camera, and her face suddenly became a shadow on the screen. "...The world on TV is the real world."

　I wrote 2600 words yesterday, and it was already late at night. I couldn't hold on any longer, so I decided to get some sleep. I took a melatonin pill before bed. The sleep I got was nothing. It was a deep, dark sleep, like the sun and moon were completely dark. If the cat hadn't been hungry and kept meowing, I think I could have easily slept through the whole day... Sorry for posting so late. The silver lining is that no one reads.

　　Don’t worry, it won’t affect the thank you chapter!

　　I saw a friend comment a while ago asking what to do if a bullet can't be retrieved after it's fired. I thought it was quite interesting, so I'll write about it in this chapter when I get a chance. Hunter World is full of details like this, accumulated over the years and the experience of dealing with nests. I think details are what really create a real world.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)