Artifact Report

Chapter 109 Mai Minghe·The truth of the first hundred chapters is revealed!

“Libraries are a very important kind of landmark.”

As the young guide climbed up the stairs, he looked back at the two people behind him from time to time.

Normally, a guide would look back to worry that the group members had gotten separated or lost; he looked back because he was worried that the two of them were walking too close to him. Whenever they walked too fast, he would remind them, "...pull back a little, stay away from me."

Mai Minghe turned his head and glanced at the girl.

The girl remained two or three meters away from her. When Mai Minghe turned around, she happened to be staring straight at her, unblinking, with no expression on her face. The light from the steps illuminated her chin, nostrils, and the area under her eyes—she looked more like a typical resident.

Their eyes met, and she suddenly asked, "What time is it?"

How should I know, Mai Minghe thought, I’m not wearing a watch, what a stupid girl I am.

"...It's not just the library. Any place like this, where a large amount of human thought and activity is gathered, is the most dangerous and deadly. However, as long as you know what to do, it is also the most orderly and rewarding place."

The guide had already stepped onto the ground in front of the library entrance when he spoke. He turned and gestured to the two people on the steps, "Alright, keep your distance from me, about four or five meters. Don't get too close. We're going into the library next."

"If the library is so dangerous, why are we coming up here?" the girl asked.

It's disguised so well, it sounds like a real person

"Because the way to identify the residents is in the library." The guide said, pushing open the door first.

The library is not big, with only three floors, and a sunken reading area is dug out in the center of the first floor.

The same library in Blackmore City was probably simple and comfortable in style—at least in the memory of the old lady in Mai Minghe, it was a modern-style building from the mid-twentieth century—but the version in the nest looked more like a ruin that had been abandoned for more than a decade.

As if their throats were soaked by the thick darkness and smell of rotten leaves in the library, the three of them fell silent at the same time.

Three pairs of feet walked among the garbage, branches, scraps of paper, and broken bricks, picking their steps. The sound of their footsteps rose and fell, echoing in the dim building.

...When did Mai Minghe die?

Looking back now, the old lady must have died in the hospital.

At the moment of a heart attack, her life hanging by a thread, a false image happened to walk in and not only saved her life but also brought back her youth. What are the odds of this dreamlike, novel-like thing actually happening to a person? One in ten thousand? One in a hundred thousand?

The old lady died in the nest ward without knowing anything, and gave birth to a young-looking resident who still thought he was a human - this was obviously the more likely thing to happen.

...Even she herself didn't know that she was a resident, so it was even more impossible for other residents and hunters to find out.

Ahhh, I really didn’t expect this.

Mai Minghe's life has finally come to an end.

After a trip to Blackmore City and completing a challenge in the restaurant, I thought a new life was about to begin... but unexpectedly, when I met the guide, I remembered a detail I had been deliberately ignoring...

Her intense resistance to losing the "snake belt" actually stems from her wanting this illusion so badly—it doesn't matter if it's useless, she just wants it so badly. The same goes for the slender patient.

How could a normal person be so persistent in finding someone to save Jonah? If Jonah hadn't shouted behind her when she crashed into the screen -

"If you call someone to rescue me, I'll give you half of the dead!"

How did Jonah figure it out? Clearly none of the other residents noticed. Perhaps it was because of his unique situation at the time: his inner core was a resident, his outer body was human...

Her outer body was that of a resident, but she thought her inner core was human...

When Jonah looked at her, it was probably like looking in a mirror, just the opposite, hahahahaha

That's why she keeps walking in Blackmore City!
From late at night to noon, I just want to find the Morgan family and let them send as many hunters as possible to the nest. The more the better, the better, the better, the better.
...Hey, I need to calm down. I can't completely abandon the identity of "Mai Minghe".

When she heard that she could have a hunter as a guide, she immediately agreed.

That woman's head is really something. Even if she gave me her fake image, I wouldn't want it. She has a possessive desire for the lipstick, but I don't have it. I haven't even looked at the lipstick since I got it. Would a hunter not read the instructions for its use?

It thought it was a human being and would definitely welcome any illusion... But compared to the illusion, the living, warm guide in front of it, who exuded the fragrance of salt, was much more precious!
He never dreamed of it, right?

There is no need to distinguish who is a resident and who is a human, because she and that girl are all residents, all residents, all residents, all residents.
Mai Minghe turned his head and smiled slowly at the girl in the darkness filled with the smell of rotten leaves and mildew.

This was the first human she had met since she woke up, and she would never let that girl succeed.

It turns out that digesting a human has so many benefits. Ah, she really can't help but fantasize about it. Would it be better to have a special ability or extend her life by fifty years?

No, no, before attacking the guide, she still had to pretend to be human and gain his trust. After she and the guide teamed up to repel that girl, she and the guide would be the only ones left in the library... At that time, she could do whatever she wanted to him...

"...What time is it?" the girl suddenly asked.

This time, she didn't lower her voice, and it drifted out into the darkness, causing the shadow of the guide in front to look back.

"Let me see," he said, raising his wrist.

He's a grown man, but he's still wearing a fluorescent watch. If I'm not mistaken, there seems to be a cartoon pattern on the dial. It looks really funny - it must be a children's watch prepared to cope with the lack of light in the nest.

The residents are really amazing. They can see the cartoon pattern on the dial from four or five meters away. It is as clear as if it is in front of them. I am really amazing.
"...F*ck, it's already the 19th." He sighed. "Being a guide for twelve hours... is too long."

what?
Mai Minghe tilted his head. What did he say? It was vague and he couldn't hear clearly.

"Speak louder, I can't hear you." She said in a normal tone. "What time did you say it was?"

"Oh, I said it's 12:20."

It's actually been so long... But counting from when I started looking for my face, it's almost midnight.

"Do you see that row of computers in front?"

The guide raised his hand and pointed to the other side of the first floor lobby. "It's a little dark. Let's go over and take a closer look."

There's no need at all - the residents' eyesight is not comparable to that of humans. Ah, maybe my eyesight is far superior to that of other residents and humans.

Anyway, she had a clear view of the computer area; on the table in each cubicle, there was a silent computer screen. That old lady Mai Minghe, at least she knew about computers.
"After each of you open a computer, I will give you a questionnaire."

The guide, still keeping a wary eye on the two, walked into a cubicle in the computer area and said, "The questionnaire contains questions that will help me identify the residents. As long as the residents don't believe they're human, the questionnaire will generally reveal their true identity."

He bent down and pressed something, and the low sound of the computer starting up was heard.

"Honestly, I never thought this method would actually be useful one day. After all, generally speaking, which residents would honestly cooperate with your questionnaire survey? But now that you two are so cooperative... Come to think of it, it's really strange."

He paused here.

The guide looked a little unhappy.

He didn't turn his head, but just rolled his eyes and secretly glanced at the two people from the corner of his eye - but in the light of the screen that had just turned on, this scene was captured by Mai Minghe.

Hey, we can't let him get on guard in advance.
"Hmm...it's impossible that both of them are residents," he muttered to himself, clearing his throat involuntarily, his voice a little tense. "No...it shouldn't be. After all, the punishment the lair gave me was to come to the library and serve as a guide for a young, short-haired female hunter..."

"Of course they can't both be residents," Mai Minghe said hastily. "Is this survey just asking questions? Can we identify residents that way?"

"This thing has a name: the 'Bending Truth Questionnaire.' I'll explain it to you step by step once you turn on your computer. You can turn on your computer now."

The short-haired girl walked into another compartment far away and bent down, and then a low running sound was heard from there.

Mai Minghe was stunned and suddenly realized a problem.

The old lady's experiences and memories before her death did not include any knowledge of computer operation... She had seen computers and had seen young people using them.

But how do I open it?

　OMG, I finally finished writing...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)