Artifact Report

Chapter 105: Chai Si: The Fourth Contestant
...the unknown game of nest domination?

Chai Si stood alone in the dim light after the night fell. After a few seconds, he couldn't help but look at the screen of his mobile phone again; the blue and white screen light illuminated his vision, but everything seemed even more unreal.

It turns out that while his hunters repeatedly entered and exited their lairs, risking their lives and shedding blood for the sake of money and profit, a plan was being orchestrated deep within the world...

This is also the reason why Fu Tailan wanted to take the "key" from Weisilai.

Human text only accounts for half of the notifications received.

The other half was clearly the nest text, like twisted and tumbling balls of ink, or as if deep holes had been knocked open in lines of human language. Even with his tenacious will, if he stared a little longer, he would seem to detect vague eyeballs peering back at him from the deep holes—he would have to look away immediately and take a moment to recover from the illusion.

However, even with only half of the human language, all the information he needed to know was clear.

The unknown nest domination game

Currently, two teams have joined. Chai Si, you are lagging behind.
Team 1: Team Vesile

Big setback! Artifacts scattered everywhere! Progress regressed to 2/7, and the lead was greatly reduced.

Brianna
Currently collected: Black cube (graphic), text editing software (graphic)

Uncollected
Old radio (graphic)

Key (graphic)
Time (text)
A tongue (graphic)

???

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Team 11: Futai Blue Team, joined on November 15th, progress 1/7
The title of "young genius" is well-deserved! In just four days, he achieved
Currently collected: Key (graphic)
Uncollected
Old radio (graphic)

Black cube (graphic)

Time (text)
A tongue (graphic)

Text editing software (graphics)
???

Now recruiting new competitors - Chase Monroe, the son of Cuckoo

Do you want to join? Do you want to join? As expected, even if you join,

This is a really disgusting notice.

Chai Si felt his tongue rise, push up his cheek, and slide across.

Putting aside the surprise and disgust about it, the situation is already roughly clear from this notice alone.

From the reading, it seems that Wei Xilai was the first person to learn about the "Nest Domination Game". He kept this news secret and worked secretly to win the right to rule. But after his untimely death, the artifacts he collected were scattered and lost. One of them had a key, which recently fell into the hands of Fu Tailan.

To win the "Nest Domination Game", it seems that you need to collect seven artifacts - this is the most critical main information, and although there are many other problems, they can be put aside for the time being.

...Is this notice considered as another piece of good luck given to him by God?
He has always hoped to bring the Kai family to the pinnacle of wealth and power in the world.

No matter who it was, this was a huge, chaotic goal that almost entirely depended on fate - but now, a road leading to the destination was spread out before him, incredibly clear and simple.

If someone has monopolized the nest, are they still afraid of not being able to control the world?

Of course, he didn't forget that he couldn't get into the nest.

But so what?
Other competitors chasing after the illusion can only stay in the nest for seven days at most, and will eventually return to the human world.

If the person who finally rules the nest is someone who doesn't even have a road... that would be unexpectedly pleasant.

When Chai Si was lost in thought, his cell phone buzzed. He looked down and found that it was a message from Jin Xueli.

"What's the address? I haven't received it yet."

Before I could reply, a row of floating dots appeared on the screen, indicating that the other party was typing; soon, another message came in. "Do you think $5,000 is a bit much?"

...It really leaves me speechless.

Didn't she claim to have no shortage of money? But when she spoke, she sounded more like someone who was used to being short of money.

Although there is another change on his hands, even if Chai Si participates in the "Nest Domination Game", it will not affect what should be done now - after all, the people who attacked Kai's family may be related to the "Nest Domination Game" or not.

In order to find out who is behind this, he has to continue searching for clues in the cemetery.

"Come to this address," he sent a message to Jin Xueli. "Be careful on the way here. If anyone follows you, tell me immediately."

After thinking about it, he felt a little worried, so he sent another message for the first time: "Can you find it?"

"You look down on me too much," Jin Xueli replied after a while, "I am a lone hunter. I have no family to take care of me, but I have survived well until now. I'm getting in the car. Forget about the meter fare. Let's make friends." There were actually people in Blackmore City who wanted to use taxi fare to make friends with him - it seems that if you live long enough, you will encounter all kinds of things.

Chai Si endured it for a moment, then pretended not to have seen the message and put away his phone.

The streetlights were on, like sleepy eyes just awakening. Beyond the hazy glow on the roadside lay the pitch-black earth and the shadowy tombstones in the distance.

Now there was no one to stop Chai Si from walking up the hill.

He chose a secluded spot and looked down at the path at the bottom of the hill from a high vantage point; from here, he could see Jin Xueli from a distance, and anyone who might be following her - he looked at the cemetery, and Damian's tombstone was also quietly looking at him not far behind him.

Chai Si didn't look back once.

Jin Xueli arrived much faster than he expected.

When Chai Si saw her again, she was wrapped in a light, thin, and poor quality plastic raincoat, which was obviously a temporary plastic raincoat sold to tourists on the street on rainy days. When she walked from a distance on the road, she looked like a big garbage bag looking around for someone.

He sighed inwardly.

As expected, Morandao did not send anyone to follow, perhaps because she thought Jin Xueli had served her purpose and no longer paid attention to her; or perhaps because the person behind the scenes had burned his hand and temporarily retreated, unwilling to come to this place of trouble again.

Not only was there no movement in the cemetery, but the people he left at the entrance also reported that they only saw a yellow taxi - the person who got out was Jin Xueli.

"do not worry,"

After the two met, Jin Xueli patted her raincoat and said, "I specially called a taxi from a place far away from home and bought this raincoat to cover my face. I'm sure no one followed me all the way."

Chai Si glanced at her.

The unhappiness she felt when she learned that the two were arrested because of Morando seemed to have disappeared without a trace at this moment, and there was no trace of it on her face.

It would be the most natural thing in the world for a girl to develop a crush on Morando - when he went out drinking with Morando before, Morando would have a stack of phone numbers before he even received a note - but he couldn't tell whether Jin Xueli was one of them.

"How do you know Morandao?" asked Chai Si.

"I borrowed some money from her when I was buying something at the Lair. When it was time to pay her back, we met at a hunter's bar. She happened to hear you were asking about vultures... When I contacted you, she was sitting next to me counting the money."

Jin Xueli's face remained expressionless. She let out a long breath and said, "I thought I'd run into a good guy... I should have known earlier that there aren't many good hunters out there."

"how about you?"

"Of course I'm not a good person either," Jin Xueli said frankly. "Look, if she sends someone to follow me to the cemetery again, with you waiting here, the stalker will definitely die. No good person would cooperate with you in doing something that would hurt someone's life for five thousand dollars, right?"

Chai Si couldn't help but crack a smile.

The fact that she was able to find Director Ashley showed that she was not stupid at all; she had plenty of time to think on the way here, so she could naturally figure out why he spent money to call her here.

"...Coincidentally, I'm not a good person either." Chai Si said slowly, "I have a suggestion, perhaps only people of my kind will agree to it."

"What proposal?"

"Molando doesn't know that we've communicated, let alone that you've discovered her actions," Chase whispered. "I hope you can continue to keep in touch with her, no matter what the reason. Make her think there's no contact between you and me... When I need you, you'll become a trap I've set for her."

Without waiting for Jin Xueli to reply, he continued, "Don't you wish to maintain your freedom while still having the support of your clan? If you agree to my terms, the Kai clan will become your backing. You won't be subject to the constraints and orders of your clan, yet you'll have its resources at your disposal. I doubt you'll ever have such an opportunity again."

"It seems like she really did something that made you very angry."

Jin Xueli tilted her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled and extended a hand to Chai Si. "Okay, no problem. Let's do it this way."

Chase looked at her hands.

Although shaking hands was meaningless, he still reached out to receive a big hand - it didn't look like a handshake, but more like a hand absorbing the hand - in the warmth and rain, the two's fingers and skin intertwined and pressed together for a short moment.

When the two hands separated again, Chai Si heard the buzzing of her cell phone.

"Hmm? An alarm?"

Jin Xueli lifted up her raincoat and took out a cell phone with a brightly lit screen.

Just as she lowered her head, her wrist snapped as Chai Si grabbed it tightly. He didn't use much force, but Jin Xueli gasped in pain and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Let me see too," Shibashi said, taking a step closer, his shadow looming over her. "...How is it?"

　OMG, I finally managed to post it before 12 o'clock! I didn't have time to read everyone's comments on the last chapter, I'll go check it out and reply...

　　
　
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