Artifact Report

Chapter 117 Sea Reed: Feint to the East and Attack to the West Mai Minghe
Seeing Hai Luwei running towards him from afar like flying a kite, leading the resident Mai Minghe, the young man jumped up from the ground - his movements were so clean and neat that Hai Luwei suddenly felt hopeful.

The next second, the boy turned and ran away.

...Where are you going!
Weren't you very confident just now?

Hai Luwei really wanted to shout out what was in his heart; but he had already used up all his strength in running, and still could not shake off Mai Minghe who was chasing him relentlessly - he was really afraid that he would bite off his tongue as soon as he opened his mouth.

It’s okay, if you can’t shout, just run towards him.

The young man quickly ran across half the square, then looked back and saw that he had been chased by resident Mai Minghe. He even had the nerve to ask, "Why are you chasing me?"

Hai Luwei ran away with a bitter heart. "Aren't you the one who's looking for her?"
The boy jumped onto the back of the car with a "bang", ran to the roof, and shouted to Hai Luwei: "Don't come over here!"

Sea Reed was also furious, and finally found the time to shout, "Then where should I go?"

"how could I know?"

Even at this critical moment, the young man still put on his hood, his face still shrouded in shadows. "Why did she become like this?"

Didn't I tell you a long time ago? Why are you surprised?

Just when Hai Luwei was about to master the residents' way of thinking without any instruction, the young man suddenly shouted, "Be careful!"

Intuition suddenly illuminated his mind, and he bent his knees and squatted on the ground again as if he was familiar with the place.

It doesn’t take a lot of tricks, as long as they work.

A long shadow streaked across the night sky above his head, like a shark breaking through the black waves in search of prey, brushing past him and biting the void in front of him - he felt like he had become a small fish hiding at the bottom of the water, not knowing how long he could survive.

Resident Mai Minghe landed her feet on the ground in front of her, stirring up a light cloud of dust. She was clearly very unhappy.

"You haven't finished using this trick yet? How annoying, really annoying, really—huh?"

She was halfway through her high-speed repetition when she was interrupted by doubt.

Mai Minghe spotted the car in front of him.

She straightened her back, her neck gradually lengthened, and in a breath, she was face to face with the young man on the roof of the car - for some reason, he didn't seize the opportunity to run and was still standing on the car.

If he turned around and ran at this time, it would be too late, as he would be exposing his back to the car. For a moment, the boy could only stand stiffly on the roof of the car, motionless.

"...I've seen you before, not long ago." Resident Mai Minghe tilted his head and looked at him. "Hmm... let me think, the name just came to mind. What was it, um..."

Even if the boy's name was Jesus, Sea Reed would not be allowed to stay there for even half a second longer.

Seeing that Mai Minghe was distracted, it was a good opportunity to escape from the square; if he didn't run now, when would he run?
But just as Hai Luwei moved, he heard the young man in the car suddenly shout, as if hope had ignited, "Look, he's about to run away, aren't you going to chase him?"

Mai Minghe held his head high and remained motionless; his lower head suddenly twisted to his back.

...There are not many good hunters.

Hai Luwei knew that if he continued to run like this, he would eventually be unable to escape the Maiming River.

She had just become a resident and was not yet accustomed to this resident's body. She was at her weakest—of course, this "weakness" was relative to herself.

But if I let her chase me and warm up for a while, the situation would be difficult to predict.

"Etc., etc,"

He shouted at the first Mai Minghe head, "Why are you killing me? I was just trying to save you. You can't repay me, but you can't repay me with hatred. He's here to cause trouble for you. Go talk to him!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the second tall head suddenly turned around.

"You're the one who made me like this. You kept buzzing in my ear. It's your fault. I'm stuck. I'm going to kill you and use your blood as lube. Slip, slip ...

It is impossible to reason with the residents; aesthetics, logic and conscience are all things that no longer exist in the minds of the residents.

Hai Luwei had never been so angry that he wanted to cry in his entire life; now he was about to experience it for the first time.

"Wait a moment!"

Perhaps it was his destiny not to die. When Mai Minghe was about to pounce on her, a shout was heard to stop her - but it did not belong to the young man.

The sound came so unexpectedly that Hai Luwei, the boy, and Mai Minghe, a total of 3.7 faces, all turned towards the source of the sound.

It was a human body lying on the ground.

At first glance, the human body didn't seem to have a head, but it could speak, its voice muffled: "What's the point of killing him? He's just an ordinary hunter. There's no sense of accomplishment in killing him."

Hai Luwei was filled with gratitude and confusion. He was stunned for two seconds before he recognized that the person who was speaking was the dream screenwriter.

The reason why I didn't recognize it at first glance was because it had just been hit so hard by Mai Minghe; at this time, the dream screenwriter was lying flat on the ground, but his neck was bent over, his head was tucked under his back, and his face was pressed against the ground.

He is worthy of being a resident. He is still alive even though he is in such a bad state.

"Listen to me," the dream screenwriter said hurriedly, "Do you see the man in the car? He's so satisfying to kill! Kill him first, kill him, kill him. He's empty, fresh, sad, beautiful, and full of poison. He's delicious."

"You sound a bit annoying," the boy protested, but when Mai Minghe turned his head towards him, he shut up. Hai Luwei desperately held his breath and took a step back silently.

"Why on earth do I know you..." Mai Minghe stared at the boy and muttered, as if he hadn't remembered yet.

It was so good that she seemed to have forgotten herself for a moment.

Sea Reed took another step back.

Screenwriter Meng is quite understanding and considerate of Mai Minghe.

"You don't have to think about it, just kill him. You're very strong now, so killing him is easy. Kill him first, and let Dad keep this ordinary hunter for you. You can kill him later. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"

In a moment or two it had risen on its elbows like a reverse spider, its head still hanging on its back, and was crawling on all fours towards the sea reed, blocking his path.

...If I fight it, Mai Minghe behind me will take advantage of the opportunity, right?
The sea reed was trapped between two residents and his teeth were almost broken.

"A resident transformed from an entire human race is truly powerful. Even I'm a little scared of him."

The boy in the car was clearly nervous, yet he actually let out a quick laugh. "But I've already met Jonah... and I know the location of the artifact. I don't even need to fight you to get it."

"Jonah?"

Mai Minghe became confused, and tilted his head left and right.

"Sounds so familiar, I know this name, I know he has some kind of relationship with you. I have to find out. Do you think I would say that? Do you think I was distracted by him? You are so naive. The one I want to kill the most is you, only you, only you, my beloved Sea Reed——"

By the time Hai Luwei realized that Mai Minghe was just pretending to be distracted, her newly grown head had already hit his face.

The wind whipped his hair around him, shredding the darkness around his ears. A face that looked exactly the same as it had just an hour ago quickly devoured his vision.

A few steps behind him was the dream screenwriter who slowly straightened up, blocking his way.

"and many more,"

But the screenwriter Meng shouted anxiously. Instead of surrounding and killing him, he turned away from Hai Luwei and headed towards the rapidly approaching Mai Minghe. "We can't let Fu Tailan escape! He's already a contestant!"

A contestant? Fu Tailan? This name—

The meaning of this name was meaningless to Hai Luwei; because in front of the resident Mai Minghe, the dream screenwriter was like a dog holding a plate and could not provide any obstruction.

She seemed to have just waved her hand casually, and the Dream Writer once again flew high into the night sky and the lights of the street lamps.

Before Hai Luwei could even digest this information in his brain, his body was hit by a powerful force.

The concrete floor seemed to be crashing into him on its own accord, trying to shatter every bone in his body. Hai Luwei's eyes went dark, and he briefly lost consciousness.

When he came to his senses and regained his vision, he was lying on the ground.

Mai Minghe's two faces, one above and one below, were staring at him without blinking; her body was like a huge cover, pressing him in her shadow.

...It's over, it looks like today is really over.

"I'll slowly savor your death," Mai Minghe's two faces gulped together, the sound loud but almost gentle. "There must be very few people who harbor past wounds but still retain a modicum of kindness. I'm going to eat sparingly, just like I used to eat packaged pastries as a kid..."

How she was going to eat herself, Hai Luwei was in shock, blankness and despair, and could no longer think of it.

Perhaps it was a self-protection mechanism that cut off the perception in the mind in advance. Even though the body was shaking, the emotions were numb and he couldn't even squeeze out a cry for help.

Even if I could ask for help, so what?

At this moment, Fu Tailan was quietly walking towards Mai Minghe from behind, casting a long shadow on the ground. Could he really save him?
Fu Tailan didn't even look at him - his eyes were fixed on Mai Minghe's waist and abdomen.

I never thought that the last thing I saw before my death would be the two faces of Mai Minghe...

Just as Hai Luwei had this thought, he saw the eyes of the face below Mai Minghe turn slightly outward.

Before he could react, a lightning-like shadow suddenly appeared beside Mai Minghe.

By the time Hai Luwei realized that it was Mai Minghe's arm that was swinging towards Fu Tailan, even with Fu Tailan's skills, it was too late to dodge.

He stumbled backwards, barely avoiding the peak of force, but was still hit hard on the chest by her hand; the dull sound of his jaw being hit was so painful that it was almost heart-wrenching, as if the night had been covered with a mouth and broken.

"Don't think I don't know—"

Before Mai Minghe could finish his words, a burst of sharp and cheerful music suddenly sounded from the car radio not far away, which made everyone present shudder.

"Attention, now playing the emergency notice from the nest to Mai Minghe!"

An electronic baby voice, very excited, loudly announced in the night:

"Following Team Vesile and Team Futailan, the 'Nest Domination Game' is now recruiting Mai Minghe, a resident/human hybrid, to become the game's newest player! You possess unprecedented power! Sweeping power! This special privilege for residents requires some consideration! If you are determined to participate, please respond within 24 hours!"

　My routine, my routine, my routine
　　This chapter went relatively smoothly. I originally thought I could post it earlier, but ended up staying up all night again...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)