Artifact Report

Chapter 125 Jin Xueli's Fantastic Life

Jin Xueli felt that Chai Si was a person who lacked common sense.

Did this person really grow up in human society?

According to him, he even went to college? Could he get along well with ordinary people in school?

"I said, let's find a safe and private place to talk,"

She wanted to take a deep breath, but she subconsciously held it, not wanting to take in too much air. "Is this the safe and private place in your heart?"

"Who else would hear it except us?" Chai Si asked back.

Just as she was about to answer, Jin Xueli shuddered.

She had been wearing a plastic raincoat that looked like a garbage bag, which didn't keep out the moisture. Now that she was freezing, her muscles were trembling.

On the other hand, Chai Si's clothes had long been soaked by the rain, and his skin was as pale as solidified; one could see with the naked eye how low his skin temperature was, but he seemed not to feel the cold at all.

"Generally speaking, when a normal person is looking for a private place to talk, the first thing they think of is a body freezer, right?"

Jin Xueli compared the freezer in front of her, which was made up of one large drawer after another. Perhaps it was a psychological effect, but she always felt that cold air was coming out of each drawer.

"Can't you use the power to enter and exit the morgue at will for something else?"

"This is the ideal place for this conversation," Chai Si said with a straight face.

Perhaps because she hadn't been beaten yet, and didn't expect to be beaten in the future, Jin Xueli was no longer afraid of his expression. "Why?"

Chai Si stared at the corpse drawer above him, as if Jin Xueli was not sitting next to him, but lying inside the drawer. He said slowly: "...Yi, Uncle Kai is in this hospital, in the hospital building next door."

"Oh, you are afraid that the assassin will come again." Jin Xueli understood.

"I planned to stay anonymous until he was discharged, so I only had a few people outside his ward. If that made people think I wasn't around, that would be even better."

Jin Xueli had never thought that "ambition" and "loyalty" could coexist in one person at the same time - the look on Chai Si's face made her almost sympathize with the assassin.

Why did Morando go against him? I really don't understand.

How much would it cost... No, she looked different from me, not like someone who would be driven by money.

"What about two?"

"Safe and private," Chai Si said as a matter of course.

It was indeed quite safe... There were large corpse freezers on both sides of the room; the two men sat on the aisle floor in the middle of the cabinets, like two water ghosts who had just escaped from a drawer.

It's also quite private; there are no windows, so no matter who comes in, they can see it immediately.

"Are you cold?" Chai Si suddenly turned around and asked.

"Huh? Yeah," Jin Xueli was startled, "I didn't expect you could understand others—"

"That's perfect," he turned his head again. "You talked too much on the way here. Now that you're here, you should be able to get to the point."

Is this the third reason?
"You've been a bit of a troublemaker too," Jin Xueli said angrily, "It takes two to tango."

Before the topic could get too far off topic, she sighed and said, "Never mind. Fortunately, I'm not afraid of that. Where was I just now? Oh, yes, the vulture resident disappeared. When I woke up, I didn't have a wound on my shoulder, and I didn't have a hunting knife on me."

Although their partnership was a mixture of fear, desire, and interests, Jin Xueli discovered that no matter who the other person was, telling another human being about the experience in its entirety was a kind of comfort in itself.

No wonder psychologists usually just listen and don’t speak.

"...This matter has been weighing on my mind for a long time. It's really hard to bear."

After she poured out all her nightmarish experiences, she felt much lighter and let out a long sigh.

"The 'Candle Tears' are too big. I've seen it, and there's no way to fit it in. I guess it was generated directly in the exhibition hall on the basement floor? And it can't be cut off. Even if I took it out, it would be difficult to bring it back to Blackmore City. It's quite a headache..."

It would have been fine if she hadn't complained. Right from the start, she was furious and kept talking. "What a lousy candle! I couldn't even handle a stalker. In the end, I had to get another artifact myself and make him disappear after I came back—ah."

Jin Xueli was stunned for a moment and glanced at Chai Si from the corner of her eye.

She was so happy that she accidentally told him about murder...

However, Chai Si seemed not to hear it and was wondering what he was thinking.

"Well, that, when I say 'disappear', I don't mean what you think. It means——"

"Don't try to make amends," Chai Si interrupted her with a frown. "Killing someone is worth all the panic. The Kai family also runs a funeral home. Why do you think that's the case?"

"Amazing!"

Jin Xueli stood up straight in awe. "I use grape soda, which turns the person into soda... all it takes is a breath. Oh? See, you think it's convenient... Okay, I'll bring some for you next time I see it. How many cans do you want?"

She took out her phone, created a new note, named it "Shopping List," and solemnly wrote down "Grape soda, cheese, five cans, add three thousand."

Chai Si glanced back and saw it - for some reason he suddenly got angry.

"I can't even talk to you about anything serious, and you're just obsessed with this little money." It seemed like half of his anger was directed at himself, because he couldn't help but be led astray. "Tell me again, was it that vulture resident who transformed into your appearance and then touched Candle Tears? It thought it was you, so it's trying to change your history, too?"

Jin Xueli put away her phone and nodded.

"In other words, something that is not essentially human, as long as it takes the form of a specific character, can also present a person's timeline?"

"Maybe," Jin Xueli was a little confused. "So what?"

"So what?" Chai Si glanced at her, his eyes hard and heavy. "The fact that 'Candle Tears' can change the past isn't the point at all."

"Ah?" Jin Xueli was shocked.

Chai Si thought about it, then suddenly pushed himself up against the ground and stood up neatly.

"Get up, we should go. You can't do this alone. I can't leave tonight, so I'll find you a helper."

"Wait," she called out hurriedly when she saw Chai Si walking out, "What helper? What happened to 'Candle Tears'? You haven't explained yourself clearly yet, why do you seem to have a plan? I still want to sleep tonight. I haven't slept well these past few days..."

Chai Si stopped at the door and looked back at her.

Fortunately, there was no one else here - Chai Si, dressed in black and soaked, stood in the morgue, looking like the god of death who had just reaped lives on a rainy night.

But when this Grim Reaper spoke, he still had some patience: "...The vultures mutated because of Vesile. I have already told you that."

"Yes," Jin Xueli said hesitantly, "Thank you, thank you?"

“…No one is taking credit for it.”

Chai Si seemed to hold back his anger and said, "I've never figured out why he did this. There are still many mysteries about him. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's all more or less related to the 'Game of Domination'. If we can dig out his life experience and the truth——"

"Ah," Jin Xueli couldn't help but exclaimed slightly, "Your mind works so quickly!"

Chai Si looked away, his face still sullen, but he didn't look unhappy.

"This is the professional quality of a torture expert. Everything can be used to uncover the truth."

Jin Xueli became excited and clapped her hands a few times. "I've never thought of this before. It's indeed possible. If we bring Wei Xilai to the Candle Tears and press his hand on the candle, maybe... eh? Wait."

At this point, she finally came to her senses.

Even without a mirror, she could feel that her complexion was definitely getting worse.

...Who will take it?
Isn't it just her?
Next, she's going to jump off a building carrying a corpse?
"There is no cremation in Vesile,"

Chai Si watched her expression change, clearly having no intention of comforting her. He simply said matter-of-factly, "I'll find you a helper. Go back to the cemetery tonight, dig up his body, and bring it back to the lair. Record the reaction on Candle Tears for me."

Do you really want it?

"Wait a minute," Jin Xueli watched him as he was about to open the door, and quickly chased after him, saying, "Even if it's fresh, I won't say anything, but how many days has Wei Xilai been dead?"

"Don't worry, they usually go through embalming before burial," Chai Si said considerately, "it won't rot on you."

He had considered everything so carefully in just a minute or two, and Jin Xueli was caught off guard and didn't even know how to refuse.

"Digging, digging up the body is still a bit too..."

Chai Si patted her shoulders twice, and each pat seemed to knock her into the ground a little.

"I'll leave this to you," he said, smiling slowly at her. "You have to prove your worth to me, don't you?"

Two hours later, Jin Xueli was sitting in the cemetery again.

She watched a small excavator approaching from the distant meadow, and for a moment, she even felt a sense of unreality. This day, she had first been arrested, then experienced the Central Police Station covered by the nest network, received a call-up notice, and visited the morgue...

Now, she was going to dig up Vesile's grave late at night with Chai Si's men, whom she had never met before?

Where did her life begin to become so magical?

A small excavator stopped not far away.

Jin Xueli really couldn't muster much interest in this "very reliable helper" - he was a helper indeed, but the other party was probably more of a spy for Chai Si.

"Are you Jin Xueli? Sorry for the long wait. Thank you for your hard work."

A person stuck her head out from the excavator cab, and even in the dark, one could see the bright and white smile on her face.

This person, who seemed so sunny and healthy, was now in the dark cemetery, waving enthusiastically at Jin Xueli and saying, "I'm Han Liuyue. Brother Chai Si asked me to help you steal the body!"

　The digital army has appeared! Too bad it's not the heroine.

　　By the way, yesterday morning I was walking my dog, and for the first time in my life I saw two pigeons, standing face to face on a power line, their big wings flapping against each other... all four wings fluttering, the sound carried far into the air...

　　The two of them were fighting very seriously, neither of them was willing to surrender first. When they got tired of slapping each other, they would rest for a while, then suddenly slap the other side in the face...

　　It was so amazing that I was stunned. At my age (18), I watched the pigeon slapping for ten minutes on the roadside.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)