Artifact Report

Chapter 198 Brianna: Mistakes Corrected by Fate
She remembers being six or seven years old, living in a high-rise apartment in the Bay Area, when her father was already wealthy and her mother was still alive.

To the young girl, the living room was as big as a football field.

The floor-to-ceiling windows are like a huge painting so beautiful that it takes your breath away - the most prosperous and dazzling city of Blackmore, reflected between the sky and the bay, forms a galaxy on earth.

She put her forehead against the floor-to-ceiling window and saw the vast night view outside; standing up straight, she could see her own reflection and the reflection of her parents behind her reflected in the window.

It is only a vague part, false and unreal.

"Don't take it out at home," said the mother warily.

As she spoke, her mother was standing far away, separated from her father by a sofa, a side table, and a whole carpet. "That thing is dangerous, isn't it? Brianna is still here."

Hearing her name, Brianna turned around subconsciously.

It was very strange. She was clearly right there, and her mother knew she was there, but at that time, her mother seemed to remember that she was at home and at the same time had forgotten her - perhaps it was because her mother's attention seemed to be involuntarily kidnapped by the thing in her father's hand, and she had no time to care about anything else.

"fine,"

Her father seemed to have truly forgotten her existence. He didn't react to her name at all. He just said without looking up, "If you don't activate it, it won't pose a danger to anyone."

"How...how do I activate it?" asked the mother, without moving closer.

"Speaking of its use...even the hunter who sold it to me didn't fully understand its use. Otherwise, I don't think he would have used it."

The father never took his eyes off the object in his hands, as if he was deeply fascinated by it. He answered the mother's question irrelevantly; in fact, whether the mother was there or not seemed to have no effect on his conversation with himself.

He said a few words afterwards, but Brianna didn't remember them. Only one sentence, which she didn't understand at the time, somehow remained in her memory - "Kaironen seemed to think that I could only input the instructions and observe the results..."

The mother listened for a while and seemed to say, "I don't understand this." The father shook his head and lost interest in continuing to talk to her.

"These things are dangerous, just don't get Brianna involved," she insisted.

"How can we let Juan get involved? How can we do that if she doesn't understand?"

My father suddenly sneered.

"She doesn't even have a brother. Maybe the empire I conquer will end up in her hands. This situation is bad enough. If she's like you, ignorant and afraid of the false image, I might as well donate all my wealth now."

The mother lowered her head and said softly, "I'm seeing a doctor too. It's just that at my age, it's really not easy to get pregnant again..."

At this moment, the father suddenly remembered Brianna, and as if on purpose, he called to her, "Bree, come here."

She walked over slowly and stood by the arm of the sofa.

Looking down, Brianna finally saw what her father had been holding in his hand. It was small, similar in size and shape to a child's Rubik's Cube; her father's hand could hold it completely.

The difference is that the block is pure black.

It's like a cubic black hole in which space has been broken, hollowed out, and collapsed; it has swallowed up a piece of space, but it is difficult to tell where its boundary is.

It seemed to have a kind of suction that could suck people's gaze and mind into it, making it impossible to pull them out; when she came to her senses again, it seemed that several minutes had passed.

"Is it fun? Come with me to the dock warehouse tonight. I'll try out a few ideas, and you can learn the basics of artifacts, such as basic operations and property classification."

Brianna glanced at her mother. She looked like she wanted to protest, but she said nothing.

"Okay, Dad." She would be more well-behaved than usual in front of her father, as if making up for the fact that she was not a boy.

Vesile nodded, but it was unclear whether he was satisfied or not.

At that time, he seemed to still have some hope for Brianna.

At that time, Brianna had not yet welcomed her half-brother and half-sibling, nor did she realize that she would not even be able to play the role of an "ordinary woman" in the future - at that time, it was still a long time before Vesile removed her from his will.

Brianna doesn't have many memories of spending time with her father as a child.

But she wished she had paid more attention when she went with Vesile to the dock warehouse to experiment with artifacts when she was six or seven years old, and had written down everything he did.

If she knew how Vesile used this black square, she would be more confident in getting rid of Chai Si tonight.

"He is indeed in 'Backlight Room,'" Morando said lazily on the phone. "I've asked someone to confirm it."

Brianna knew that she still had feelings for Chase.

When Morando first started working as a hunter, it can be said that Chai Si was half the guide in getting her into the field; Chai Si taught her some skills and tricks, some of which she still uses today.

After all, if Morandao was not a man who cherished old friendships, she would not have been able to force Morandao to kill Chai Si.

Brianna could imagine the struggles she'd face when dealing with Chase—after every major emotional swing, Morando would become sluggish like this. It seemed she couldn't be counted on tonight. "Can't you find another target?"

Morandao asked, "Your goal is to acquire a Hunter clan, right? Must it be the Kai clan? Even though his widow and those children are watching, you can still use the money needed to acquire a small clan, right?"

If you just want to digest a hunter family, then it doesn't necessarily have to be the Kai family.

However, Chai Si had to be killed.

As a veteran player in the "Live Domination Game," Brianna had previously completed a special action point; its reward was that she could occasionally receive game progress reminders from the Lair.

The most recent progress reminder was sent to her on the evening of the 19th. The content was simple, but it did not make her happy at all - after Fu Tailan, Chase Monroe had indeed become the third player to join the "Nest Domination Game".

It’s not really an accident.

Because she could see that the Nest seemed to hate Chase Monroe.

Since Brianna joined the "Nest Domination Game", she has seen the comings and goings of four players - one of whom was left with a lifelong disability and voluntarily withdrew from the game; one disappeared in the nest and never returned alive; and two others were eliminated by Brianna and Vesile together.

From her experience, contestants would only appear in the nest's progress prompts if they had made extremely significant breakthroughs.

For example, Brianna didn't know Fu Tailan had joined the game until he obtained a target artifact; however, she still didn't know what Fu Tailan had obtained - this information is currently only known to those who joined after Fu Tailan.

But only Chai Si, for some reason, hadn't even joined the game yet, but he was constantly tipped off by the Nest - sometimes he got the "tongue", sometimes he joined the game, as if he couldn't wait for Brianna to kill him as soon as possible.

Of course, her target is not just Chai Si.

The "Nest Domination Game" is like a meat grinder, and Fu Tailan and Chai Si are just a new wave of meat being fed in.

After Chai Si, there should be newcomers... because generally speaking, the number of participants is always between four and five. As long as no one collects all seven objectives, new ones will be replaced when they die.

She still hasn't received any notification about the fourth person participating in the competition. Is it because the fourth person doesn't exist yet?
Or is the nest unwilling to tell her?

"I go by my own,"

Brianna was distracted for a moment, and finally just said to Morando briefly, "I'll bring something and take care of him myself."

Without waiting for Morandao's reply, she spoke first, "Don't worry, I'm not angry with you even if you don't want to do anything tonight. Unless he's willing to withdraw voluntarily, I must kill Chai Si... Speaking of which, I feel a little sorry for you on this matter."

After a few seconds, Morandao whispered, "You...don't say that."

She let out a breath.

Brianna thought she smelled the tea aroma of the same refreshing candy she often ate.

"Even if he's ill right now, we must not take him lightly. Furthermore, as soon as he left the hospital, he immediately appeared in a crowded place like 'Backlight Room'. I strongly suspect this was a deliberate bait. If he has a backup plan, it's to lure you over..."

"It's time to strike him while he's weak, isn't it?" Brianna said. "Even if it's just bait, I'll take it. What I'm bringing isn't just some fake. I have faith in it."

She thought she had already recognized and accepted the fact; but until Morandao sighed and said, "Okay, then you must be careful," she suddenly felt a little disappointed - it turned out that Morandao really had no intention of taking action again.

It turned out that Morandao had really decided to let her deal with Chai Si on her own.

Really, she herself felt that her roundabout mentality was a bit annoying; she said one thing, but secretly expected something else in her heart.

The past relationship and the way they got along in the past can no longer be returned. She is still secretly making a fuss, like a childish girl who is testing how much her lover cares about her.

...I am really disgusting now.

Brianna thought almost numbly.

She was so lost in thought that she didn't notice the car had gradually slowed down and stopped at the entrance of a dim alley between tall buildings.

"We're here," the driver said respectfully, turning on the dome light. "The back door of the bar is just in front of this alley, Mr. Green."

Brianna looked up and saw part of her current face in the rearview mirror.

A thin, pale, disgusting, male face.

　I scratched my head a lot before writing this chapter, but I enjoyed it very much during the writing process. After I finished writing it, I felt that it was pretty good and I put my hands on my hips.

　　Although it’s a little late, but... well, good food is never too late... right...

　　Isn't it a bit shameless to say this?
　　I know a lot of people have guessed it to some extent. This chapter isn't exactly an earthquake-like surprise, right?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)