Artifact Report

Chapter 183 Jin Xueli: The Moment Everyone Waited For

In the few seconds when we escaped from the door, there was chaos.

Under extreme tension, Jin Xueli saw a swaying mass of colors and limbs before her eyes. The air was filled with screams, collisions, and urgings from someone unknown... Although she didn't see anything, she knew that the resident behind her had woken up.

The fear of never being able to return to the world of the living if she was even half a second late was stronger than any other motivation. She pushed the bed out of the way and rushed out of the room, pulling Morando with her. However, her foot tripped over Chai Si and she tumbled into the corridor and fell back into the world of the living.

Morando fell beside her, and several human faces on his body suddenly screamed.

Jin Xueli looked up and found that she couldn't even see Morando's face clearly, because those faces were rapidly smoking, like effervescent tablets thrown into water, shrinking rapidly in the rolling white smoke.

Does this mean she'll be okay?
The Love Hunter rushed over with such momentum and speed that it was like a Cupid's arrow. She supported Morandao and asked anxiously, "Sister, are you okay? Does it hurt?"

Okay, she has someone to take care of her.

Jin Xueli turned around and found that the door of the ward had turned into a picture frame, framing the slender patient's face - its face had filled the entire door frame at some point, as if it wanted to squeeze in with its eyes wide open; but it was always a distance as wide as the width of a fingernail away from the human world in the corridor and could not get in.

"Molando——"

Before she could finish her words, the next second, the slender patient's face and the door frame it was tightly holding began to retreat and shrink rapidly, falling into the deep darkness - it seemed to be howling, but Jin Xueli heard nothing.

In the blink of an eye, the room behind the door was empty and turned into a strange private ward with an antechamber and an inner room.

"Okay," Morando said with a weak breath, "the connection was canceled...it can't come back."

Before Jin Xueli could nod, she heard Chai Si screaming with joy.

"I'm back! I'm back to Blackmore City, I'm back to the human world!"

"...Shiji?"

Jin Xueli screamed in surprise, only then realizing that Chai Si's eyes were still closed and he was unconscious - the woman in the straw hat had her back to her, bent down, and pinched open Chai Si's mouth.

A naked little man immediately popped up.

Its hands were no longer tightly clasped across its chest, as if it had long forgotten the false image; it looked around and found that the slender patient had disappeared, and immediately stepped one foot out from Chase's lower lip.

"I'm free, hahahaha. I escaped death and I'm back in the world. I want to find a wife. Hunters with my experience are rare among millions. Such rich life experience will be a treasure in the future. She will have many benefits in the future if she follows me."

For several seconds, no one in the corridor spoke, and they could only stare at it blankly.

The naked little man jumped off the floor, suddenly took a step, and ran towards the other end of the corridor while shouting - with every step, it grew a little bigger; when it ran into the empty waiting area at the end of the corridor, the naked little man had turned into a naked, normal-sized person.

But what should be there is still missing.

No one wanted to catch it - this was natural, as it was impossible to avoid it.

Jin Xueli watched in amazement as it disappeared around the corner, not knowing where it had gone. For a moment, she even suspected that she was the one who accidentally drank Ayavosca and had hallucinations.

A bump appeared on Chai Si's cheek.

"Isn't it... isn't it also a product of the nest? It should just disappear immediately like the human face on your body, right? This is the human world—"

Jin Xueli originally said these words to Morandao, but before she could finish her words, she suddenly realized something and could not continue.

...Isn't the corridor a bit too crowded?
The corridor in front of the ward entrance is now full of people.

Jin Xueli raised her head and looked around slowly.

The Love Hunter still held Morando's shoulders, but his other hand was tightly gripping the iron rod, as if ready to strike at any time.

Chai Si is unconscious, so we can ignore him for now; the woman next to him still has her head lowered, her face hidden by her black hair and straw hat - could she be the helper brought by Han Liuyue?
Surrounding them were a group of figures that Jin Xueli found somewhat familiar.

A tall, muscular security guard; a woman in a receptionist uniform; two nurses in light blue; a doctor.

No one spoke, no one moved, they just stood quietly with their backs to Jin Xueli.

Jin Xueli jumped up suddenly and suddenly remembered that there was someone who should be here, but she didn't see him.

"Who are you? Where is Han Liuyue? Han Liuyue!"

“…I’m right here.”

Jin Xueli followed the sound and turned her eyes blankly.

The woman, wearing a sun hat and with thick black hair like petroleum, was slowly turning away from her shoulders, revealing a snow-white, plump face bit by bit.

Black mosquito-like eye sockets and a pointed red mouth.

But compared to the first time I saw it in the parking lot, the face in front of me was not complete: it was like a broken mask, with several white patches missing from its chin, cheeks and forehead, revealing deep dark holes underneath.

...After a careful count, there were five pieces missing from the Noh mask-like face.

From that mouth came Han Liuyue's voice: "...You did a good job, Brother Chai Si is still alive."

Jin Xueli suddenly closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she might have woken up and found herself in her bedroom.

"You're still as energetic as last time. As for me, I've encountered a bit of a difficult problem."

Jin Xueli opened her eyes.

"Problem? You mean your face?"

The Noh mask with Han Liuyue's voice didn't respond to her, but continued, "Look, I was originally going to visit a friend. But after two days back in Blackmore City, I found that it's not easy to visit him..."

"Let's put that aside for now, let's talk about your face first, shall we?"

"The first problem is, I need someone to show me the way—"

"Have you looked in the mirror? I think you should see a doctor—or a carpenter."

Mo Landao couldn't help it and called her, "Jin Xueli."

She turned her head sharply towards Mo Landao, unable to control her voice for a moment: "What? She is not Han Liuyue at all!"

"...I know. Just listen to what she has to say first."

Morando's voice was soothing, even gentle. She glanced at the silent back of the hospital staff member next to her and said, "It seems she has something to do with the way these five people have become."

Jin Xueli took a deep breath.

"The first problem is relatively minor, the second is more troublesome."

Han Liuyue, who looked like a Noh-style monk, ignored them and continued to talk to herself, "Chase Monroe is really nosy. He once sold a defensive artifact to the friend I was going to meet. This makes it difficult for me to approach him... Really, why is he so inhospitable? Anyway, if there is anyone in the world who understands the limitations of that artifact and knows how to approach its owner, it can only be Brother Chase."

She still mixed some of Han Liuyue's tone and word usage habits, as if Han Liuyue was just a part of the material that formed her.

"Who are you going to meet?" Jin Xueli asked in a calm tone.

"Han Liuyue" turned a deaf ear and continued talking.

"Chai Si must wake up and regain consciousness before you can take me to see that friend. Aren't we in the hospital now? I don't care what method you use, just wake him up for me. I've decided to give you thirty minutes. If he doesn't wake up by then..."

"Wait, this person is a doctor."

Morandao pointed and said, "You seem to have him under control, right? Just let him go and treat Chai Si. I promise we won't stop you, isn't that enough?"

"Han Liuyue" didn't move, but the doctor seemed to have heard a silent command and slowly turned around.

He looked exactly like a normal person—no, or rather, he looked exactly like a normal person who was dazed and sleepwalking.

The only difference was that on his forehead near the hairline, there was a patch that was not human skin, but a small, hard, smooth, snow-white patch.

The edges and size fit perfectly with the missing piece of "Han Liuyue's" forehead.

"Unfortunately, no. Are there any extra doctors? Go find another one. This one is no longer useful."

Jin Xueli found herself subconsciously looking for the hammer - she found it in Morando's hand; but Morando stared at her and shook his head.

"Why doesn't it work?" The one who asked the question was the Hunter of Love.

As expected of a hunter, she immediately speculated, "Did you infect them? Will they slowly grow up to look like you? Will they then infect others?"

"Han Liuyue" seemed confused.

After two seconds, she spoke: "No. It's just that when I stuck my face into his forehead, the root accidentally got stuck in his brain. It seems to have gone in too deep, so it can't be used."

Roots? There are roots underneath this thing?

Wait, then Han Liuyue whose entire face is covered——

Just as Jin Xueli was about to speak, Chai Si, who was lying on the ground, let out a low, muffled groan.

　I suddenly remembered that a few years ago, I was commissioned by Wangzhe to write Miledy. After reading it, a male reader sent me a private message, criticizing me for not having a deep understanding of the West and telling me that I should learn more about Western society, or at least read more Western literature.

　　Well, besides being surprised (if you hadn't told me, I'd have thought Miledy was a fiction), I also thought: even British sociological researchers can't claim to fully understand the "Western society" they live in, so you can always criticize them for not understanding it enough. And of course, I'm even more of a nobody.

　　Similarly, if you tell anyone, "You should read more books," they won't have the courage to say, "I have read all the books in the world."

　　This ensures that this guidance is absolutely correct.

　　You can also see that there is no threshold for making such guidance, all you need is some confidence to make decisions.

　　I really need this thing. Where can I place an order?

　　PS: The reward game extra has been moved to the thank you volume before the main text. Welcome everyone who hasn’t read it yet to go and read it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)