Artifact Report

Chapter 166 Mai Minghe: The lair of mercy?

…It’s not just the sense of direction that has changed.

Mai Minghe soon discovered that her basic perceptions of the size of the environment, body movements, etc. were all inaccurate.

When she opened her eyes, she turned into a college student sitting on the grass, lazily flipping through a book - but when had she ever sat down? Wasn't she always standing?

She stood up, stretched out her hands, and tried to feel around as she walked to see where the wall was.

The apartment was not big and the corridor was narrow. Logically, I should be able to touch the wall after a few steps. However, after groping for more than ten steps and changing directions several times, I felt that there was nothing everywhere.

Is it that my feeling about “walking” is inaccurate?
Think you're moving in a certain direction, but are actually standing still?

Mak Myung-ha couldn't even feel her injured foot; because of the role she played in the romantic comedy, her feet were not injured.

In other words... her perception of the surrounding environment and her own actions all became that of the supporting character in the film or TV series, and she could only act according to the plot.

Although Mai Minghe had reached a conclusion, she was still unwilling to give up. She stretched out her arms and took a few steps - the punishment for her attempt to circumvent the rules and escape from the trap was about to come.

"Classmates, be careful!"

Before she could turn around, a boy dropped from the sky, aimed at her, and jumped on her, as if Mai Minghe was an unattended American football - "There's a pit over there!"

She didn't even have time to scream out, and by the time she came to her senses, she had been knocked down by the boy, and her head hit the ground with a thud.

"Student, I'm sorry, I used too much force. Are you blind? Where's your cane? Do you need my help to take you home?"

...Before I even saw the faces of the male and female protagonists, the TV on my head had already been hit hard.

Mai Minghe didn’t know how many more collisions it could withstand, and the film and television world didn’t give any hints at all.

It had only been less than five minutes; at this rate, she probably wouldn't even live to see the hero and heroine's first date.

Even Mai Minghe, who was known for her good temper, couldn't contain her anger. She yelled at the man who appeared in the form of a boy and was the one who punished her from the nest, "Get out! You have a hole in your brain!"

...Huh? She had never cursed like that in her life.

It doesn't seem right. It's not that she can't control her anger; this character herself has a straightforward temper and speaks bluntly.

As expected, the initial explanation of the rules only gave a general idea. For example, the rules didn't include the fact that "the character's personality will affect the game."

There must be more subtle and complex rules waiting for me to figure out...

Mai Minghe didn't dare to touch or try anything else; however, the plot went on smoothly for the next ten minutes, and she became more and more dumbfounded.

Because she never knew who the male and female protagonists were.

Everyone regards themselves as the center of the universe; without the screening and attention of the camera language, Mai Minghe has no idea who is the real protagonist around her - not to mention that at this age when hormones are abundant, those around her are either in love or want to be in love.

In other words, the drama is unfolding somewhere she can't see?
How would she find a way out then?

Mai Minghe did not expect that he would spend the first thirty minutes of the film and television drama in a daze, like a headless fly, and still had no idea where the story was going.

If the world of film and television dramas also has transitions and does not advance at the normal speed of time, she might have used up the validity period of her "snake belt" and still not been able to find the protagonist. Because of several sudden scene switches, Mai Minghe screened the people present by finding intersections and found people who existed in every scene; and from these people, she locked on the man and woman who looked the best and most like the protagonist.

So the heroine is you, Mai Minghe thought.

The girl who got drunk late last night, holding a cat with a collar around its neck, and insisted that Mai Minghe go with her to secretly bring the cat into the student dormitory and give it a home... You have to say, she really has the style of a romantic comedy heroine.

"Mike!"

The next day, when Mai Minghe, the cat and the male protagonist met in the corridor of the apartment, the male protagonist was startled and strode towards the cat - yes, that's right, who else could the cat's owner be except him, the world revolves around the two of them.

"Mike, why are you here?" The male protagonist picked up the cat and looked at Mai Minghe next to him suspiciously.

Faced with this situation, no matter what I do, I won't die here, right?
Would giving the heroine away actually help their relationship progress faster?
Next, Mai Minghe experienced the domino effect; at the same time, he also discovered an unspoken rule implicit in the world of film and television.

She gave away the heroine who kidnapped the cat, but she didn't expect that the two seemed to be in the "love-hate relationship" stage and just couldn't stand each other.

The heroine thought she had done a good thing, but was scolded by the annoying man. She was furious and left, leaving Mai Minghe alone in the apartment.

...When you are away from both the hero and heroine, this world is no longer a romantic comedy.

At first, a strange phone call came in. The caller introduced himself as a classmate he met at a party and asked if Rachel was in the room because her cell phone was not reachable.

As expected of the heroine, she is so popular.

Mai Minghe sighed and replied, "No."

"only you?"

"Correct."

There was silence for two seconds on the other end of the phone, and after thanking him, he hung up.

After the fall, the wind has become a little cooler.

The female college student didn't know what to do for a moment, so she sat in the cool breeze and read a book for a while. When Mai Minghe felt cold, she stood up from the chair and was about to close the window. When she lowered her head, she saw a face lying under the window.

The strange man opened his mouth slightly, staring at her intently, without dodging or avoiding, and was breathing "ha, ha"; his pants fell to the ground, one hand was busy, and the other hand was holding a sharp knife.

Even though she knew that everything before her eyes was an illusion, Mai Minghe's hair still stood on end. For a moment, she felt so frightened and nauseous as if she had just swallowed a beetle, and countless tiny tentacles were scratching her stomach wall and esophagus.

For an ordinary female college student, her first reaction would naturally be to turn around and run.

Perhaps because he was too frightened, Mai Minghe fell to the ground - if he had not dodged the corner of the table in time, he would have hit his head again.

Where did the heroine say she was going?

Mai Minghe stumbled out of the room, trying hard to recall what she had said before she left.

Only by returning to the protagonist can the world return to being a romantic comedy where there are no dead and no one is scary - as long as this can be seen through in time, the trap of "film and television life" will not be fatal.

Fortunately, Mai Minghe was not destined to die. When he ran into the school parking lot, he met the male protagonist who had just put the cat in the car.

"Are you okay?" the male protagonist asked with concern, but he didn't forget to mention the female protagonist: "Isn't Rachel with you?"

As soon as the protagonist appeared, even the weather became clear. The sun was bright, making the air glow light golden, and everything looked bright as if it had just been scrubbed.

The on-site lighting and shooting style have returned to the style of romantic comedies.

"Yes, there is a pervert..." Mai Minghe gasped as he told what had just happened.

This character doesn't seem to have much physical strength.

"Did he realize you'd discovered him?" the male protagonist said seriously. Mai Minghe could only nod desperately.

As expected of a film intended for female audiences, the male protagonist acted both gentle and resolute, immediately saying, "Get in the car. We can't stay here any longer. That person might be looking for you. I'll take you to report the crime right away."

What is it like to ride in a car in movies and TV shows?

Am I sitting on the sofa in my apartment right now, pulling a non-existent seatbelt out of thin air and fastening it?
Mai Minghe sat in the passenger seat, turning his head to look out the window with a vague sense of uneasiness.

The heroine was standing on the road outside the parking lot, with a tall boy standing next to her. The boy was holding a photo printed on white paper. Although he looked anxious, he looked handsome. He was pointing at the photo and talking to the heroine.

The scene flashed by.

Mai Minghe was stunned as he looked at the road passing by outside the window.

...In the photo, it looks like a cat?

Wait a moment.

Is that guy looking for a cat? Is he looking for the cat in the back seat of the car?

Isn't it the protagonist's cat?
Coincidence? Has anyone else lost a cat?
No, no. The world of film and television dramas is limited, and the same element will not appear randomly multiple times. If two cats are missing at the same time, but they are completely unrelated, this plot will only confuse the audience.

If I think about it carefully, although the man next to me appears in every scene change... it is also possible that the male protagonist did not appear next to me in the first thirty minutes?
Just now, even the sky and the sunlight became gentle and pleasant again... Could it be because the heroine was standing nearby?

"Don't worry," the man beside her said to comfort her, "No matter what, I will definitely send you to the police station."

...This matter doesn't seem to be that difficult, right?

His tone didn't sound like he was comforting her; it sounded more like he was warning himself and making a secret resolution.

What? Was he tempted by another thought? Was it possible that he wouldn't send Mai Minghe to the police station?

Why, after all, did he pretend it was just his cat?

Oh, right, cell phone—

Mai Minghe, who transformed into an ordinary female college student, finally realized the importance of mobile phones; however, when she touched her body, she found that she had run out in a hurry and forgot to bring it with her.

Mai Minghe sat in the passenger seat, biting the inside of his mouth tightly, trying his best not to let any strange expression appear on his face.

...Anyone who steals someone else's cat is definitely not a good person.

"That man is truly brave," the former protagonist murmured, "In broad daylight, he was able to make up his mind and patiently wait for his opportunity under the target window..."

The word "brave" shouldn't be used for perverts, right?

What is he admiring?
The car stopped when it encountered a red light.

She put her right hand on the door handle, pointed her left hand toward the distant road on the driver's side, and screamed at the top of her lungs.

"It's that guy! Over there, he's following us!"

"What?" The former male protagonist turned his head immediately.

Mai Minghe took the opportunity to slap the car lock button with her left hand to unlock the car; she opened the door with her right hand and jumped up hurriedly - but was pulled back by the seat belt.

A non-existent seat belt can still hold people?

Mai Minghe was anxious and angry. Seeing that the former male protagonist had turned his head and reached out his hand to her, she quickly pressed the seat belt buckle and jumped out of the car door. The next second, she hit her head on the empty air.

She stood dazed between the wall and the car, not knowing whether to worry about the TV above her head or the man behind her who was grabbing her back.

Shouldn't I get out of the car? This man is suspicious, isn't he?
Mai Minghe spent a precious second or two in dizziness, and after being almost dragged into the seat by the former male protagonist, she suddenly realized that her way out, although very narrow, was actually right in front of her.

Isn’t there a narrow space between the invisible wall and the car that can barely accommodate one person?
She's standing right here.

Mai Minghe desperately shook off the hand in the car, turned sideways, and like a hurried crab, hurriedly walked sideways to the back. Her judgment seemed to be correct. The space seemed to be getting wider and wider. Before long, she could no longer touch the wall beside her and was jogging on the open road.

The car hadn't driven long, and she wasn't far from the school. After running for several minutes, Mai Minghe spotted the heroine in the distance walking in her direction—and the real hero beside her.

The moment I saw it clearly, my heart fell back into my stomach and my legs almost gave out and I sat down on the ground.

At this critical moment, the two of them were still able to exchange sharp words with each other, acting out a true love-hate relationship:

"Were you in that car just now?" the boy asked insinuatingly, "Let me guess, was it Rachel who handed you over to him?"

"I'm sorry, I thought it was a lost cat," the heroine said angrily, "Why didn't you put a tag on the cat?"

"Because I never thought anyone would use someone else's cat for charity."

"Go sit in the coffee shop next door and wait for me for a while," the heroine ignored the hero and said to Mai Minghe, "I'll come find you when I get the cat back."

…Romance comedy is such a terrible genre.

Within and outside the vision of the hero and heroine, there is a pervert in front and a potential pervert behind, but once the hero and heroine meet, in their bickering, accidental physical contact, and accidental eye contact... the world becomes bright and soft again, and the golden pink of love floats in the sunshine.

I'm afraid that by the time they find the cat scammer, there won't be any serious situation, but instead there will be a series of laughs, right?

Mai Minghe stared at the two of them and called a taxi.

Although she was reluctant to leave the safe area around the hero and heroine, she had to step aside a few steps because the hero was about to open the car door - her vision suddenly dimmed, and the sky, the road, and the hero and heroine all disappeared from her sight.

...It's over?

Mai Minghe felt that he couldn't catch his breath for a while, but his foot injury came back with a burning sensation.

It seemed like only forty minutes had passed... It didn't last the full 65 minutes. Did the Nest really show mercy?

As her eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, she found herself standing in front of the stairs leading to the first floor.

In the dim light nearby, was sitting Fu Tailan.

The TV on Fu Tailan's neck disappeared, and his face, so beautiful that people suspected it was a hallucination, returned to its original state.

"You made it out alive, too? Judging from the length, what you experienced was just like an episode of TV."

He greeted her lazily and smiled. "We only need one more sea reed, and then we can go downstairs. But... I don't know what has become of the first floor."

　Because it's not very relevant to the main storyline, I briefly mentioned this part when I went downstairs. After all, if I wrote about every dungeon in detail, I'm afraid the artifact report would take another nine years...

　　By the way, it seems that the official lottery for tickets to the Doomsday Paradise play has started today (?)!

　　The production team said it was difficult to satisfy the drama studio. They drew once, I drew once, and it seems that the Doomsday official Weibo will also draw once (to be confirmed)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)