Artifact Report

Chapter 158: When the Fu Tai Lan exploded, the dawn of a clearing appeared

"...It's going to be quick, please step back a little."

Fu Tailan, like a traffic policeman, gestured to the other two to step back. Once they were both pressed against the wall, he covered his ears and said, "Find something to plug your ears. If you two continue to be deaf, it will become an inconvenience for me."

Since they couldn't hear her anyway, Fu Tailan kept mumbling, "Who still writes by hand these days? My hands are getting a little sore from writing that piece of crap just now."

The two understood what he meant and hurriedly started looking for something to plug their ears. The sea reed was clearly extremely worried about him, cutting the bandages and rolling them into balls while occasionally stabbing him—a completely pointless defense.

If he wanted to shoot and kill someone, would he be afraid of them watching?
Now that it has come to this, it would definitely be beneficial for everyone if we work together and leave early.

Fu Tailan slowly took out his earphones, which made a ding-dong sound and turned on the automatic mute function.

The silencer might not be enough to deal with the explosion, so he covered his ears with his hands and opened his mouth; anyway, he would just block as much as he could.

As if waiting for the three of them to be ready, the dustpan and broom by the wall were suddenly swallowed up from the inside out by a dazzling light without any warning.

A loud bang shattered a small area of ​​space, and then there was another cracking sound like thunder - the explosion occurred twice.

The broom and dustpan exploded, sending countless fragments and sparks flying outwards, as if suddenly transforming into a ball of furry, intense light. The wall shattered and collapsed into a large crater, with bricks and stones tumbling and smoke and dust rising everywhere. For a moment, it was impossible to open my eyes.

The three had been prepared for this explosion. They either huddled in corners or hid behind their backpacks, and they only had to endure the thick smoke and dust for a while. When the corridor returned to calm again, the three looked at each other from a distance and found that apart from being a little dusty, no one was injured.

"Have both unexploded bombs exploded?" Mai Minghe asked loudly.

She had indeed noticed something was amiss: "That's strange. The two unexploded bombs appeared at different times, right? They shouldn't have exploded at the same time, right?"

Before answering her—answering her would require writing a lot of words, and Fu Tailan really didn't have the energy—he walked over and picked up the broom that had been restored to its original state.

An unexploded bomb rolled out from the edge of the dustpan and was stopped by the broom.

"One didn't explode? No, that's not right..." Mai Minghe frowned. "There were indeed two explosions in quick succession..."

Fu Tailan thought that even if she didn't explain, she might still understand, which would save her trouble. But Hai Luwei shouted, "Hurry up and write it. Aren't you going to cooperate with us? Explain the situation."

I owe you?

You have a fuzzy and soft face, and look like a melting ice cream.

Fu Tailan gave him a sharp look from the corner of her eye, but still took out a pen and paper and wrote quickly:
There were indeed two unexploded bombs just now.
One of the unexploded bombs exploded at the right time.

When it exploded, it also detonated the unexploded bomb nearby that had not yet expired.
This is as I guessed.

You think, only unexploded bombs appear in the form of real "bombs", right? The name reflects it.

Why is it specially distinguished from ordinary items?
As a bomb, will it also be detonated when an explosion occurs around it?
This is what I wanted to test, and the results seem to be very promising.

Mai Minghe squinted his eyes and read the words on the paper, his face filled with admiration.

"You're an incredible kid! Your perspective is both ingenious and logical."

She even clapped her hands, exclaiming, "Indeed, the rules say that unexploded ordnance will only appear after an explosion. Ordinary objects exploding can't detonate an unexploded ordnance that doesn't exist yet. This gave us a blind spot, making us think that an unexploded ordnance wouldn't explode until the time came. But I couldn't fool you! This child is no ordinary person. He'll do great things in the future."

Fu Tailan felt as if basking in the spring breeze, his mood was cheerful and he became more motivated. After Hai Luwei had read it, he turned the paper over and continued writing.

Accelerating the explosion speed of unexploded bombs also increases the probability of unexploded bombs appearing.
Now the clearance conditions have been met 3/12, and there are only 9 steps left to open the stairs

Next, we need to create more explosions, collect unexploded bombs, and put them together.

"How to create more explosions?" Hai Luwei asked from a distance, still unable to get rid of the suspicion in his voice.

The old lady also cast a few glances at him - she seemed to have thought of that possibility as well.

To create more explosions, they still have to use Fu Tailan's previous discovery; that is, people with unexploded bombs on their bodies can increase the number of explosions around other people.

After reading this sentence, Mai Minghe and Hai Luwei both began to shake their heads.

The two of them were pretty good, and no one of them said, "Then you go and take the blame" - Fu Tailan had seen countless people whose faces changed once their positions were swapped.

He took out a new piece of paper and wrote:

Even if there are more explosions around others, there are ways to avoid getting hurt as much as possible.
We are lucky, there is a fourth unexploded bomb here.
The first step is for one of us to equip it

Then the armed person will clear out an area, such as a room, and all the items in the room, including tables, chairs, wardrobes and other large furniture, must be cleared out.

Then place a few small objects in a corner of the room, the smaller the better

Step 2: The person holding the bomb stands at one end of the room, and the other two stand at the other end.

More than one meter and less than two meters apart
In this way, the explosion probability around the other two people increases.
But instead of an endless supply of random objects that could explode, the options are narrowed down to the few small things we put down.
Once we know where the explosion is likely to occur, we can be prepared.
And with three pairs of eyes watching, you can find the countdown in advance, further reducing the possibility of injury.

"Theoretically, it is indeed feasible..."

Hai Luwei frowned and said loudly, "Then why not just do it in the corridor? There's no furniture in the corridor anyway."

Fu Tailan's hands were really sore, but she still had to write.

The biggest reason is that we don't know what's on the other side of the corridor wall.

The corridor is long and narrow, with limited hiding space

What if the wall you are standing behind happens to be a TV or a painting and it explodes?
We can't possibly clear out all the apartments behind the corridor.
Finding a room is the most reliable way, because the walls have been removed, we can confirm that there is nothing around the room that will explode and destroy everything.
"You're such a thoughtful person. I didn't have that kind of brain when I was your age."

A gentle smile lit up Mai Minghe's face. He said, "Also, most people tend to make mistakes when writing slogans, and the space becomes increasingly narrow as they write further. But look at your writing, it's like you've measured the spacing beforehand! Each word is neat and smooth, leaving just the right amount of space, using the largest font possible to fill the entire page."

Fu Tailan was stunned, and looked down at the paper he had written, and found that it was indeed like this - the old lady had a very good vision, and she could see the big picture from the details. Even he didn't expect to be praised from this angle.

Once he takes away the fake image from her, she will return to being an old lady...

Fu Tailan thought of an elderly couple who lived downstairs from him.

The old lady had her snow-white hair permed into a fluffy mess. Although her skin was dry, wrinkled and loose, she still put on lipstick every day. She went downstairs to walk her dog on a regular basis in the morning. When they occasionally met in the elevator, she would complain that she was old and her dog was still young. The dog ran very fast on four legs and she always had a hard time keeping up.

Although I feel a little embarrassed towards Mai Minghe...but I still have to do it when it’s time to do it.

He wants to win the Domination Game.

"I understand," Sea Reed cried, "but who should we let take care of the unexploded bombs? I'm worried about letting him go."

He still had doubts, but it wasn't difficult to convince him.

After all, Fu Tailan is the only one with good hands and feet who can push large pieces of furniture; what's more, as long as the two of them know his position, the person with the unexploded bomb will be at a disadvantage.

With only a few minutes left before the unexploded bomb exploded, the three finally reached an agreement - considering various factors, the efficiency should be considered very high - Fu Tailan grabbed the unexploded bomb, motioned for the two to follow, and entered Apartment 301 first.

He had just picked out a place because he had long thought that there might be a time when he would have to come to this.

In Apartment 301, there is a small room that is used as a home office. There are not many things in it. Next to it is the corridor between two apartments. It can be said that it is a half-empty place. Dragging away the desk is considered to have completed half of the work, and the room was cleared in no time.

The removal of the surrounding walls actually became a reassuring factor: even if someone wanted to rush over to someone, the latter would have no shortage of places to escape.

Of course, this is mainly to reassure Mai Minghe and Hai Luwei.

Fu Tailan was not afraid that the two of them would turn around and attack him - the two of them together could not even form three legs, and this place was not a corridor.

On his way into the house, he had already picked up several small things.

Fu Tailan placed some odds and ends like eye drops, chargers, and pens in a corner of the room, then stepped out. He waved to the two men not far away and shouted, "Alright, come in! The unexploded bombs are almost gone. Let's hurry and try to detonate them once or twice."

Mai Minghe and Hai Luwei walked into the house one after another and stood in place.

They were one meter apart from each other and kept more than one meter away from the row of little things; behind them, Fu Tailan also entered the house.

When the first small object - a black hairpin - exploded from the ground in a ball of bright fire with a "bang", the three of them cheered at the same time for the first time since entering the apartment.

"It's really okay," Mai Minghe said, almost moved. "It seems that if we control the number of objects in the surrounding environment, we can really get out of here smoothly!"

Yes, Fu Tailan thought, everything is going according to plan and very smoothly.

　Writing is a really strange thing. How you make the outline does not represent what your final result will be like. There are too many factors that will produce wonderful chemical reactions during the writing process.

　　For example, this part of the plot is indeed following the outline, but before I wrote it, I always thought it would be a tense and stressful plot - who would have thought that after these three people met, the atmosphere would become relaxed and lovely?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)