Artifact Report

Chapter 153 Mai Minghe: Anything can explode

The nest is really strange and seems not to be subject to the law of conservation of mass.

The place after the explosion was restored to its original state within a few minutes... Even the microwave oven that burned Mai Minghe after the initial explosion was now back on the table by the window, waiting for the next explosion.

Yes, returning to its original state means being able to explode again.

The third-floor apartment really didn't leave them any room at all; good things like "it becomes a safe zone after the things are blown up" would never happen.

What kind of person had to die to create such a sinister apartment in the lair?
If a good person dies, why wouldn't a paradise appear in the nest?
While Mai Minghe was lost in thought, he tapped the ground with his heels and limped towards where the sea reed might be.

The apartments on the right side of the corridor, from 302 to 310, were all merged into one huge apartment; only two doors remained as entrances, 302 and 310, which were located at the two ends of the corridor - as for the original apartment doors in the middle, they were all locked and could not be pushed open.

The same is true for 301 to 309 on the left side of the corridor.

Mai Minghe was in the plural apartment on the right side of the corridor, but Hai Luwei seemed to have run to the singular apartment on the left at some point.

If she wanted to find him, she had to go through the multiple-numbered apartments, exit from Room 302, cross the corridor, enter Room 301, and then go through the odd-numbered apartments again...

Wait, isn’t this logic the same as setting up a safe zone on the sixth floor?
We must expose people to risks to the greatest extent possible.

Mai Minghe lamented that he had been too old-fashioned and polite throughout his life, so that the curse words he thought of in his mind now always felt a bit unsatisfying and not cruel enough.

It’s better to leave quickly. She glanced at the microwave oven that had exploded on her once, and hurriedly walked past it, taking one step high and one step low.

As long as there is no object in front of you that has started the countdown, the faster you walk, the less likely you are to be injured by the explosion again.

Judging from the shape of the apartment, she should be in Room 304, which is the second apartment on the right after going up from the second floor. She still had to pass through one more apartment before entering the corridor. During this process, she didn't know who she would encounter -

A loud bang erupted from deep within the apartment.

After all, it was a small explosion, some distance away from her and separated by a wall, so it sounded like a lid was covering it, muffled. The ground shook for a moment and then calmed down.

All we can determine is that the explosion did not occur on the side of the multiple-numbered apartments, but in the odd-numbered apartment opposite.

Could it have exploded near the sea reed again?

When she thought of this, she quickly quickened her pace.

When Mai Minghe was about to leave the kitchen area, he looked back.

The time was displayed on the microwave oven. Even after being blown up and revived, the time still moved forward accurately - she didn't wear a watch, so she could only rely on objects in the apartment to determine the time.

The last time the microwave exploded was at 3:42 AM. They had just entered the third floor and had just figured out the rules. Mai Minghe happened to glance at the time just before the microwave exploded, so he remembered that scene very clearly.

The time displayed on the microwave oven now is 4:29 AM.

I don't know how long I have to stay on the third floor before I can leave...

Mai Minghe reached out and pushed open the kitchen door.

At the moment the door was pushed open, her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a long, thin, blood-red "2" that was stretched to the point of almost losing its original shape.

2? Where is it? Why is it directly 2——

1
She didn't have time to think deeply, nor did she care about her injured foot. She twisted her body and threw herself onto the kitchen floor behind her. The next second, a strong wind wrapped in high temperature, accompanied by a loud noise and flying wood chips, ignited the surrounding air in an instant.

Tile floors won't burn—

Mai Minghe couldn't stand up and didn't have time to do so. She used all four limbs to desperately crawl across the tile floor to get away from the fire caused by the explosion behind her. The kitchen was soon filled with thick smoke, which made her cough involuntarily.

How insidious, she thought, now understanding where the explosion had come from.

Who would have thought that the thing that turned into a bomb this time would be a door frame?

And it's not the door frame that can be seen from the outside; it's the door frame with the keyhole that is exposed after the door is opened.

In a place like this, even if there is a countdown number, who can see it in advance?
I don't know whether to say I was lucky or unlucky. I pushed the door open when the countdown reached 2. If I were to say it was unlucky, at least I had a few seconds to react and was not hit by the blast wave. But if I were to say it was lucky, I happened to catch up with the door frame exploding.

If you're really lucky, you should stay away from the door frame...

Ok?
Mai Minghe sat up from the thick smoke, lifted up the hem of his shirt and covered his mouth and nose; while waiting for the smoke to disappear, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

Why do most of the explosions that have occurred so far happen near people?
Isn't it said to explode randomly?
Mai Minghe put this idea aside for the time being; before analyzing it further, he had to find the sea reed first.

Just as objects will return to their original state, the burning caused by the explosion will not continue forever; both the fire and the smoke will gradually subside and disappear after a few minutes, and the kitchen will once again return to its state before the explosion.

This time, there were no unexploded bombs.

When he pushed open the door, Mai Minghe was still frightened and quickly glanced inside the door frame - the door frame pretended to be innocent, pure white.

...I'll go to hell with you, you big-headed ghost.

Walking out of the kitchen is the living room of Room 304; because there is no wall, you can directly walk into the living room of Room 304 from the living room of Room 302.

Mai Minghe opened the door to Room 302, stuck his head into the corridor, and took a look around. Well, there were indeed no sea reeds.

Her ears were filled with buzzing and it would have been difficult to hear clearly unless she was close or the sound was loud enough; but fortunately, the lights in the third-floor apartment were on, so at least she could rely on her vision.

Mai Minghe pushed open the door of Room 301 and took a quick look.

The structures of the apartments on both sides of the corridor are similar, so the living room of Room 301 is also connected to the living room of Room 303. At first glance, it seems very large and grand - it is quite convenient to find someone, as you can see everything at a glance.

She was stunned.

Why isn't the sea reed here?
When she pushed the door just now, she was already 301% to % sure that Hai Luwei was in Room - not only because the two of them had been having a conversation that was completely irrelevant just now - but now that she saw that he was not there, she was so stunned that she stood there for several seconds.

I clearly felt like he was in Room 301 just now... Hmm? Strange, why do I have this feeling?
I couldn't hear it clearly, and I couldn't see it before the door was opened. Hai Luwei never said anything like he was in 301... It must be an illusion, right?

"Hey, Sea Reed!"

She shouted - although it was in vain, the buzzing of flies in Sea Reed's ears could not be reduced at all.

The combined hearing of the two of them at this moment may not be as good as his own at the age of 86.

Mai Minghe limped through the living room connected to Room 301 and Room 303, and found sea reed in the bedroom at the end of Apartment 303 - to be more precise, he found the butt of a sea reed.

There were two feet under his buttocks, one was intact and the other was wrapped in a bandage.

I don’t know whether this posture should be called kneeling or lying on his knees; anyway, the rest of his body parts were stuffed under the bed.

Mai Minghe couldn't get within one meter of him; he shouted twice, but he seemed not to hear.

There was no other way, so she looked around, grabbed a handful of soil from a potted plant in the corridor, stood outside the door, and threw it at the sea reed.

There was a loud "bang" and a crash under the bed, as if the sea reed was frightened and hit its head against the bed.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Mai Minghe immediately took a deep breath for him, feeling rather embarrassed. This kid had really suffered a lot today. "Does it hurt?"

"What did you say?" Hai Luwei shouted muffledly from under the bed.

He shouted as he reversed the car and crawled out from under the bed covered in dust.

The two people were actually only one or two meters apart, but they had to shout, speak word by word, and make full mouth shapes - "What are you doing?" Mai Minghe asked while standing in the corridor.

"I was looking for an unexploded bomb. The wardrobe door suddenly exploded just now." Hai Luwei replied, pointing to the wardrobe.

He suddenly lowered his head, looked at the dirt around him, patted his pants a few times, and asked, "Wait, what did you throw at me?"

Eh, that’s not important, Mai Minghe waved his hand.

"Luckily, I saw the countdown in advance. But by then, it was too late to run out of the bedroom. I could only dive into the corner of the bedroom, which was how I managed to avoid the shock wave of the explosion and was not injured."

He wiped the dust off his face and frowned.

"The bedroom was filled with thick smoke, choking me and making me cough violently. Tears streamed down my face. But I thought I saw a round, dark shadow on the ground through the smoke... I wondered if it was finally an unexploded bomb. Unfortunately, the fire was so intense that I couldn't get a closer look. But when the room calmed down, I looked again and saw nothing on the ground. It was bare."

Mai Minghe understood and couldn't help but frown. "Do you think the unexploded bomb rolled under the bed?"

"Yes," said Sea Reed, rising unwillingly, "but I've looked everywhere, and it's not there."

There have been nine explosions in total, so there should be at least one unexploded bomb; but when I finally saw a sign, I didn't know if it was a mistaken shadow in the thick smoke, fire and tears.

If the probability of an unexploded bomb appearing is so low, how many explosions would it take to meet the conditions for opening the stairs?

It was possible that both she and Hai Luwei would be killed here before the stairs were opened.

"Weren't there two explosions in deserted areas?" Mai Minghe asked anxiously, hoping for a lucky break. "Do you know where they are? Maybe there were unexploded bombs in those two explosions."

Sea Reed made a bitter face and shook his head.

"One of them happened in the living room of Room 301. I went to check it out, but there was nothing there. The other one didn't happen in a no-man's land...it happened right next to me."

"You've been in five explosions already?" Mai Minghe was startled and looked him up and down hurriedly. "Are you injured anywhere?"

The sea reed's face wrinkled, and the bitterness seemed to be dripping with juice.

"My hands were burned, and my back was hurt by the flying objects... If this continues, I don't know if I can hold on until the first unexploded bomb appears."

Mai Minghe bit his lips, his anxiety like a weed seed about to burst his chest.

Nine times, not a single unexploded bomb was seen...

"Let's try to move together, but of course, keep at least a meter apart," she said. "You're more seriously injured than I am. If you find an unexploded bomb later, you'd better keep it on you, just in case."

"Huh? Is this okay?" Hai Luwei was stunned.

This kid is really a sincere person. It was clearly just a promise, but he was already grateful before he actually got the unexploded bomb: "Hold it for me, it won't explode and can't help open the stairs..."

Mai Minghe waved his hand and was about to tell him not to take it seriously, when suddenly the hairs on his back stood up—a tiny, elongated red light flashed before his eyes along with his hand.

What is it?
When she lowered her head and saw the source of the red light, she realized that she had discovered it too late.

There was still a little dirt on the fingernails of the hand that she had just grabbed a handful of dirt and thrown at the sea reeds, and she had not shaken it off.

At this moment, a tiny, sesame-sized "1" appeared on the little bit of dirt stuck between the fingernails.

　When I opened the app today, I almost fell off my chair at the surprise reward from Grandma Luanxi... Oh my god, this has to be the largest reward I've ever seen since I started writing! 10,000!! It's actually 10,000!!

　　Qidian is actually taking away 5,000!!!
　　I was grateful, frightened, heartbroken, and guilty. Can you imagine?
　　Is the fake image really that good? I'm so scared. Have the people who praised it been brainwashed and deceived by me? Did I accidentally become a shoe pedant?

　　Among them, Grandma Luanxu is the one who has been deceived the most so far?

　　I always feel that this is considered a telecommunications fraud. Will it be reported to the police in a few days?

　　Grandma Luanxiong, the surprise you gave me is so big, so big that I wonder if the fake image can really bear it!

　　How can I repay this kindness? I'll have to write several separate chapters. In addition, I'll send you my ID card and give you a cat. If you still think it's not enough, I'll make you 20 kilograms of dumplings...

　　We're all just ordinary people. Who would have thought that one day, I'd be treated like a livestreamer? How do livestreamers usually thank their big brother? Do they also make dumplings?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)