Artifact Report

Chapter 145: Fu Tailan: Waiting for the rabbit to come is also a skill
...These two have really entered an extraordinary place.

Fu Tailan was very unhappy. She stood under the dim yellow light bulb in the hallway and sighed silently.

If he had a choice, he wouldn't want to walk into this apartment building and ask for trouble.

Judging from the current intelligence, the fake image on Mai Minghe is undoubtedly the one that Vesile commissioned the Morgan family to find - in other words, it is very likely one of the seven targets of the Domination Game.

Even if it was not one of the seven targets, Fu Tailan felt that he had better get it.

Until Mai Minghe escaped, she had not yet successfully joined the "Nest Domination Game"; if she really wanted to join, the illusion would not be left in her hands - Mai Minghe, who had turned into an old lady again, naturally could no longer be considered a competitor.

Although her strength plummeted after she was no longer a resident, the fewer competitors she had, the better.

Faced with an old lady, maybe the nest's recruitment invitation will have to be withdrawn?

With this thought in mind, he had no choice but to follow in even though he knew it was dangerous - this apartment building was unexpectedly honest and did not hide the dangers inside at all, and it was clearly written on the notice outside the door.

Fu Tailan stood in the hallway, and after a moment of thinking, the notice appeared clearly before her eyes again.

notification
出于住户需求，本公寓将从2026年11月19日凌晨1:30AM开始，进行内部改造整修。

The renovation and refurbishment covers floors 1-5, and the 6th floor will remain in its original state for the time being.

During the renovation, some things in the building will inevitably become loose and free; dangerous areas of unknown types and contents will also be formed on the renovated floors. This will not be very friendly to those who are not willing to die for the time being. Please understand this while you are still alive.

改造整修将持续至2026年11月20日1:30AM为止，整修范围不包括楼梯。

The elevator will not be available during the renovation period.

Trust us, you won't want to use the elevator either.

After all, part of the reason we were doing the renovations was to stop residents from disappearing after using elevators that didn't exist.

If the residents do not have the ability to predict the future, or cannot change reality with hindsight, and accidentally walk in before this notice is posted, then we have no choice but to ask everyone to wait patiently until the renovation is completed before leaving.

（本通知张贴时间为2026年11月19日凌晨1:30AM）

For residents who have not yet moved into the apartment, we recommend that you try to find somewhere else to stay. For those sad residents who are too poor to go, please also be careful and pay attention to safety. Don't forget logic and common sense, such as not following suspicious people who disappear into dark garbage pipes.

Because there is no garbage pipe in this building.

In order to provide a more comfortable living environment in the future, the management office sincerely thanks you for your cooperation and apologizes for the inconvenience and risk of death you have had to endure.

What kind of luck is this? Fu Tailan couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Mai Minghe and Hai Luwei probably considered this apartment building as a safe long-term base, which is why they came straight here without hesitation. As a result, judging from the timing, as soon as they entered the building, a renovation notice was posted at the door, trapping them inside.

The timing was so fortuitous, it was as if the apartment building was waiting for them.

Before deciding to follow Mai Minghe and the others in, Fu Tailan finally remembered that he had a group of people in the nest, and he probably had to tell them about this matter first.

"Director, isn't the renovation finished until the 20th? We're almost done here, and we'll be able to leave and join you soon."

After he explained the situation, Remi's advice, which sounded hopeless, came from the intercom.

"When we get there, we can just wait outside the door. If she comes out alive, she'll fall right into our hands. If she dies inside the building, we might be safer waiting for the renovations to be over before going in and looking for artifacts."

"It won't be safer to go in after it's over than it is now," Fu Tailan replied while sitting under the announcement and setting up the signal transmitter.

Based on his understanding of the nest, once words like "renovation" or "project" appear that represent changes, there will definitely be no good things coming.

This place might not be usable in the future.

"Besides, it's only... well, it's only 4:30 in the morning."

Fu Tailan looked at his phone and said lazily.

"Waiting at the door for over twenty hours will still attract a lot of things... After we endure more than twenty hours, we still have to go in and take risks. Whether we go in early or late, we still have to—"

He stopped and couldn't help but yawning.

Reimi paused and asked, "...Boss, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay. I was injured just now. It hurts even when I yawn." Fu Tailan wiped his eyes and said.

Long Zhen probably didn't expect that even though she stopped Fu Tailan from bringing cigarettes into the nest, he would take five painkillers in one breath because he couldn't bear the pain.

At this moment, the effect of the medicine took effect. Not only did I feel weak, but even my bones felt loose, as if they were trying to find a direction and float away from my body.

As a result, my jaw still hurts a lot, and my mind seems to be covered with a veil - this world is really deceiving.

During his five-year hunting career, Fu Tailan had forgotten who had told him that if he cheered up, didn't touch anything, and acted seriously, he might become a far more terrifying hunter than he was now.

He couldn't say what kind of hunter he could become; but if he was asked to do nothing and live seriously, Fu Tailan felt that he might not live to the age of seventeen.

"Boss, you're not thinking waiting is too boring, so you want to go in alone first, right?" Ruimi suddenly asked.

"No, how could that be? Don't talk nonsense, I'm a professional."

This time, Remi's silence lasted a few seconds longer than before. "I really don't understand you," she sighed. "Safety is our number one priority, but for you, it's just a bonus... no, it's more like something you can't care about."

"I feel embarrassed when you praise me like that."

Rui Mi suddenly burst out laughing: "Who praised you! Forget it, I've been working with you for half a year, I'm almost used to it. Boss, if you want to go in, go in. Be careful, don't get yourself killed."

She thought for a moment and added, "If you die in there too, I might not be able to collect your body. If the lair is filled with more inhabitants born from you—the others should just retire early."

The hunters behind Ruimi seemed to have heard the conversation as well, and became uneasy; Fu Tailan pretended not to hear, and when she turned around to comfort people, she hung up the walkie-talkie.

He never thought that anyone would really stop him from going in.

Remi was very perceptive and knew that his reasonable statements were actually excuses; but she was wrong. He didn't want to go into the apartment building alone because he was afraid of being bored.

Fu Tailan doesn't like to be alone.

When he is alone, he is either not very clear-headed or has to do something.

He stood up, took one last look at the notice, and pushed open the door to the apartment building.

After entering through the front door, there is a very narrow foyer.

There was only a single dim yellow light bulb in the foyer; the last remaining light hung limply in the air, not illuminating the entire space, but casting countless dark shadows in every corner of the building.

The building is a standard rectangle. As you enter the foyer, there is a short staircase on the left that leads to the apartment on the first floor.

Looking up the stairs, you can see a row of dark brown wooden apartment doors, one after another, tightly closed, standing in the dim corridor.

On the right side of the hallway was a row of old metal mailboxes. On a blank wall next to the mailboxes, a piece of paper was stuck crookedly. Someone had written on it:

Welcome to use this elevator: D
No, I should say you must use this elevator, LOVE
XOXOXO
...Even if someone really wants to take the elevator, how can they use it?

Fu Tailan secretly reminded himself not to get close to this blank wall.

He turned his head and looked - at the other end of the hallway, almost facing the front door, was a staircase leading to the second floor.

The explosion occurred on the third floor; judging from its scale, it was not serious, and there was no uncontrollable fire after the explosion, so both of them should still be alive.

So, we have to go to the third floor, right?
Well...but there's still plenty of time.

Mai Minghe and the others must have discovered that this apartment is no longer safe; this notice may not only be left at the door, but people who are already inside the apartment should also be aware of the situation.

In the lair, there are some traps, scripts and rule areas that like to cover themselves with a layer of fairness, rationality and logic, and do things according to the rules. It seems that this apartment building is one of them. Since the notice mentions that there is a "management office", it is obviously more reasonable to assume that it will ensure that all "residents" receive the notice.

In this case, the reason why Mai Minghe and the others were on the third floor was very clear.

They must have discovered, just like me, that the sixth floor of this apartment building should be a safe area.

At least the sixth floor is safe until further rule changes come along.

"This apartment building is really mean..." Fu Tailan muttered, looked around, and decided to go to the stairs first.

The twenty-four-hour restriction period was carefully designed, right?

It is difficult for people to keep their nerves tense for such a long time. No matter who you are, you need a safe place to rest and relax.

This means that everyone who comes in will try to go to the sixth floor.

Running from the first floor to the sixth floor means that one has to experience all the dangers from the first floor to the fifth floor - it is still unknown whether one can reach the edge of the safe zone alive.

Even if someone successfully escaped to the sixth floor and hid in the safe area until the end of the maintenance period, in order to get out, he still had to walk down one floor at a time; by then, he might encounter a new round of deadly tricks.

No wonder the safe zone is set up on the sixth floor... No, I should say, no wonder a safe zone is set up.

Only by having a distant "shelter" can humans be exposed to danger to the greatest extent.

But even if we know this, what can we do?

The move with the apartment building is an overt conspiracy.

Mai Minghe and Hai Luwei didn't seem to be stupid; but even if they thought of this, wouldn't they still have to go up one floor at a time?
In this case……

Fu Tailan thought, then I should go up to the sixth floor and wait for them.

　Sorry, ladies, I really don’t know what the point of making an Excel spreadsheet to write an outline is…

　　I discovered yesterday that I had written the wrong date at the end of the previous chapter. I was so confused. How come everyone had already guessed that it wasn't Fu Tailan who took the vacuum cleaner when I hadn't even written the 20th yet?

　　After taking a closer look, I found that the date was wrong, it was written as the 20th.

　　When I shamelessly changed the date back to the 19th, just in case, I opened the outline again and immediately burst into tears...

　　There was actually a key point in Chai Si's part that I completely forgot to write!
　　Ahhhh, ahhhh

　　What is the point of writing this outline, my friends? Do I have to make some mistakes when writing a new chapter?
　　If I had to be wrong, I would have chosen the wrong chapter number...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)