Artifact Report

Chapter 249 Mai Minghe: The Real Level

"...Not very pleasant."

When other hunters, especially the Kai family hunters, asked her about her experience after landing, this was the only answer Mai Minghe could remember.

Partly because she wasn't used to complaining to people.

For example, the burns on her feet never had a chance to heal. Whenever she thought the situation was calming down, Mai Minghe had to put all her weight on them, hitting the ground step by step, and relying on it to escape.

Fortunately, she had the foresight to put a sanitary napkin inside her shoe before entering the lair today to absorb the pus and blood from the wound; it also added a layer of cushioning, making it more comfortable than before - at least more bearable.

The other half of the reason was that she couldn't concentrate.

She kept warning herself not to look at the sixth face—no, after the three of them joined, it should be called the ninth face—but she couldn't help but glance at it. When the Kai family hunters asked about her experience like an interview, Mai Minghe could only answer absentmindedly.

…No one can see that face except her?
To call it a face is not quite accurate: it is more like someone hiding behind the air, deep in space, with only a head sticking out and a facial outline.

In an empty space, only when the light is occasionally right can one vaguely see the difference in space and the translucent folds left by the push-up; but when the "face" wanders behind the wall of a building or between the leaves, the originally solid and three-dimensional object seems to become a thin cloth, with the shape of facial features pushed out.

Mai Minghe secretly observed the face for a while. Apart from the fact that its nose and brow bones were high and hard, and the difference in height made the eye sockets look like a pair of deep black holes, he could not see anything else.

"...Yes, we escaped together just now." Li Sidan, who had completely recovered, was saying to the Kai family hunter.

As soon as he saw the hunter from the Kai family, he hesitated in his steps, as if he didn't want the other party to see that his limbs were still in disarray.

But when everyone inevitably reunited, there was basically no sign of him being hit - except for the belly button on the back of his neck, which was still sliding into the collar little by little, looking for its right place.

It wasn't a big deal; after Mai Minghe's warning, Li Sidan covered his neck with one hand, as if he was exercising his shoulder and neck muscles, and tried to cover it up.

"She took good care of us," Aimee nodded and said, "She's a hunter worthy of respect."

As for what Mai Minghe did specifically, both of them spoke very vaguely and briefly.

It's still an interview after all.

Telling the interviewer that you almost died and that you only made it to the interviewer alive thanks to your competitors is not a surefire way to win an interview.

"Did you lose your supply bags?" Tianxi noticed Mai Minghe's empty hands.

Mai Minghe also looked down at his hands. "Uh...it's a bit urgent. I used the supply bag as a weapon..."

Tianxi thought about it for a few seconds.

"Well, unexpected situations are inevitable... Our requirement is to keep the orange plaque. If you have achieved this, you will pass. After we get out, you can tell us the details in detail."

In fact, the nest is not interested in her listing; the nest is more interested in her life.

"When are we going out?"

Even though he knew it wouldn't end so easily, Mai Minghe couldn't help but harbor a glimmer of hope.

Just as the crowd couldn't see the face, the face also seemed unable to see them.

But it kept drifting left and right, sniffing, as if looking for something - it must not be her illusion, every time she opened her mouth, the face seemed to swim closer to her.

In order to avoid being hit in the face, Mai Minghe endured the pain in his feet and pretended to be stretching his legs and feet, turning back and forth several times.

"Everyone take a 30-minute break, then go into Annie's warehouse."

Tianxi had clearly made this impromptu decision after hearing about the ordeal the others had endured. "Once you've successfully escaped this stage, you can return to Blackmore City." As expected...inside Annie's warehouse lay the actual stage the Kai family had prepared for the hunter interviews.

Mai Minghe sighed in his stomach.

The goal of successfully sneaking into Kai's house and taking back the lipstick seemed to be getting further and further away from her as she tried harder. Every step she took added three steps to the distance, and now it was so far away that it made her feel uneasy.

I had to focus on what was in front of me, on——

Mai Minghe jumped back as if he had been electrocuted, tilted his head sharply, and his neck made a "crack" sound.

Everyone around turned their heads towards her.

"what happened?"

A face appeared through the air that was vaguely deforming before her eyes. Aimeili's appearance was also distorted by the air, but her alert expression was still clear. "What did you see?"

Mai Minghe slowed his breathing, took a step back, and created some distance between himself and the face beyond the space.

"Nothing... a bug landed on my face," she said, risking appearing to be making a fuss, patting her body with her hands. "I already swatted it away."

"This is a nest," complained the burly man named Robert. "Don't be so startled."

But some people did not accept her explanation - in addition to the three hunters from the Kai family, another female hunter was still looking at the air in front of Mai Minghe, as if trying to see through its disguise.

She was in her thirties, with the upper half of her hair tied into a bun and the lower half shaved short. Her hairstyle was quite strange - Mai Minghe really couldn't understand some of the trends among young people today.

Suo Beihua has a pointed chin and a thin and pale face; her eyes are always gentle, but this softness seems like layers of thin cotton gauze deliberately wrapped to cover the hard diamond underneath.

They had been waiting at the door for more than half an hour and had not noticed the face in the air. Now Su Beihua looked carefully again, but naturally could not see anything.

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why Mai Minghe decided not to mention the "transparent face" after hesitation.

Not only could the five people at the door not see the transparent face, but they had also been living in peace with it for so long. It was very likely that it was coming for Mai Minghe again and didn't care about anyone else. If they told everyone that there was a transparent face here, then everyone would definitely take action against it, and if they were not careful, the transparent face might even regard them as enemies.

Oh, forget it, I'll just let the battlefield be limited to me... Mai Minghe moved his gaze away from the transparent face and thought.

The current situation is in line with the typical old saying, "What you don't know can't hurt you."

"While everyone is resting, Chi Baili will briefly explain the traps in the warehouse."

Tianxi clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, then nodded to the young male hunter with platinum hair. Qi Baili took a step forward with a crooked smile on his face.

"I discovered this trap. Our faction has used it to test and screen many hunters."

The young man's face was not very symmetrical, his smile was always tilted, and his blue eyes were slightly narrower and longer than his other green eyes, but it could not be said that his appearance was not attractive.

"The first thing to remember is that when you step into a trap, you'll notice that your form changes. There's no need to panic; we all change.

"Your normal human appearance will briefly disappear, and what will appear within the trap space is the nest's summary of you."

Chi Baili glanced at the gate and then glanced at the crowd.

"Before someone joins the Kai family, we must understand what kind of person they are, what principles and beliefs they hold—or don't hold; and what their goals are."

　I can't take it anymore. There have been a lot of things going on at home these days. I'm busy and tired. Although it is the Spring Festival, I have no holidays or rest. Add to that my menstrual period, I'm almost fainting. As tomorrow is Saturday (although it seems meaningless during the Spring Festival), I decided to take another day off.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)