Artifact Report

Chapter 130 Jin Xueli Lightning Scene

...Could it be that the rain washed away the soil and caused the phone to slide into the pit?

Jin Xueli didn't think it was possible: because the phone was placed behind her feet, no matter how heavy the rain was, how could it go around her, slide around, and fall into the pit?
She groped around in the darkness; but the place where the phone was originally and the area around it were empty, and she couldn't feel anything.

"Hello, Han Liuyue,"

Jin Xueli searched everywhere but couldn't find it. She was anxious and angry. She wiped the rain off her face and said, "Come and help me look for it. It should be nearby."

"This... I'm afraid I can't do it."

"Ah?" Jin Xueli turned around and was about to question, but when she saw her appearance clearly, she was stunned.

Han Liuyue was moaning softly as she slowly slid down the excavator, sat on the ground, and curled up.

"I was lying down just now and didn't feel anything... After I stood up, I suddenly felt like vomiting."

"Feeling like vomiting?" Jin Xueli hurried back to the excavator, squatted down beside her, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling dizzy?"

"Yeah," Han Liuyue said, "I feel a little dizzy."

Oh no, I must have hit my head during the accident just now... As soon as I stood up suddenly, the symptoms came back.

Jin Xueli touched her head. Although she didn't feel any bleeding, she was still worried.

"We can't stay on the edge of the pit. If the collapse gets bigger, we'll be in trouble."

Although Han Liuyue was badly injured, she remained rational and said, "It's not safe to be near an excavator. It's best not to get close."

Jin Xueli put her arm on her shoulders and asked, "Can you still stand up?"

"Yes," Han Liuyue took a breath and replied, "It shouldn't be serious. I'll be fine after a short rest. I've experienced more serious collisions before."

Being a hunter is not easy.

"Okay, I'll hold you up, and you can go sit on the grave and rest for a while." Jin Xueli helped her up and warned her, "Don't vomit on me."

"I am hurt, I need warmth and tolerance,"

Han Liuyue weakly retorted, "Even if I spit on you, you can still comfort me with your tolerance."

"I'm sorry, I wasn't equipped with this at birth. You hit your head, but not your mouth?"

She supported Han Liuyue until they were far away from the excavator, then she helped her sit down on a platform in a cemetery.

Seeing that she seemed to be in a stable condition, Jin Xueli felt relieved and suddenly came up with an idea.

"You still have your phone with you, right? Give me a call and I'll go look for it."

"Yes, luckily my phone didn't fall out during the accident. Otherwise, it would be difficult to contact Kai's family later."

Han Liuyue took out her cell phone, entered the phone number she had reported, and turned on the speakerphone. The call tone rang soon, indicating that the phone still had power. However, Jin Xueli pricked up her ears and heard nothing except the sound of the rain.

so quiet……

I always feel that it shouldn't be so quiet... It's not just the ringing; there's a feeling like something is missing that lingers in my heart.

"Are you on mute?" Han Liuyue asked, bringing her attention back to the issue at hand.

Am I on mute?

Jin Xueli herself couldn't figure it out. "Well... sometimes I find the phone annoying, so I'll turn it on... I forgot if I turned it on today."

Han Liuyue glared at her, looking disappointed. "Hunters like you are quite rare. Even without the ringtone, the screen should still light up, right?"

"Oh, yes, let me see—"

Jin Xueli was reminded and turned around, but saw the rain curtain still growing endlessly in the darkness.

Perhaps because it was far away, the sky and the earth were dark and I couldn't see where the small cell phone light was.

If the phone is facing up, it will be even harder to find; but no matter what, you have to find the phone.

Qiao Xiyue was right, this was no different from losing a child; why not just hang it around your neck from now on.

"I'll go look for her. You stay on the line, sit still and don't run around." Jin Xueli instructed.

"Why should I run?" Han Liuyue said, "You, on the other hand, should be careful not to get too close to the excavator."

That being said, the place where a cell phone is most likely to appear is near an excavator.

Jin Xueli walked back to a place not far from the excavator, found a branch, and swept the ground with it like a blind person exploring the way. The place where the excavator collapsed was right in the middle of two rows of graves. She swept the ground as carefully as possible, which took a lot of time, but she didn't see the phone anywhere.

It's strange, there are only two people and one resident nearby.

When the cell phone disappeared, only Jin Xueli was able to move; Han Liuyue was trapped in the cab and Vulture was locked in the coffin.

Apart from anyone else, how could the phone just evaporate out of nowhere?
It seems I have no choice but to go back first...

After all, Han Liuyue couldn't keep the call going all the time.

In the current situation, it is impossible to pull the excavator out of the collapsed ground and continue driving it by manpower - someone from the Kai family must be called to help take away the coffin and the vulture.

Never mind. When they send someone over, they should also bring a flashlight. If they have a flashlight, they can search again. Maybe there will be a better chance. In that case, let Han Liuyue call Kai's house immediately. The rain is getting heavier. It seems there will be a thunderstorm. She has heard thunder rolling in the sky several times.

A flash of lightning split the dark night sky, and in an instant, the sky and the earth were covered in snow-white.

Jin Xueli suddenly stopped in her tracks.

The field of vision sank back into darkness; after a breath, I could vaguely make out the scenery again.

Han Liuyue originally rested on a grave about ten meters away from the excavator.

But at this moment, Jin Xueli squinted her eyes and looked through the darkness, only to find that the grave was empty.

...Where did she go? Isn't she dizzy?

No, wait, that's not right.

This is not the key point to consider now.

Jin Xueli slowly turned her head towards the excavator not far away from her.

The flash of lightning just now illuminated everything in detail, as if it had peeled off a layer of skin from the world.

She was just careless at the time, her eyes subconsciously stopped at the excavator...

The cab was not empty.

Where there should be people, there are no people; where there should be empty places, they are not empty.

Visibility was so poor and there was no flashlight, so it was not until the momentary blinding light flashed that Jin Xueli suddenly realized that under the driver's seat, in a place almost buried in the soil, there seemed to be someone... a person squeezed in.

She looked up.

The grave where Han Liuyue rested was still empty.

Jin Xueli walked towards the excavator step by step, remembering that Han Liuyue had just warned her not to get too close - was she afraid that the ground would continue to collapse?

She stretched out a branch and gently poked the shadow squeezed under the seat.

Judging from the touch, it does look like a person...

This person should have been under Han Liuyue, being pressed tightly by her.

There was a person lying under him, how could Han Liuyue not notice it at all - or even if she noticed it, she didn't say a word?
Accompanied by dull thunder, another flash of lightning struck across the sky, like a camera flash, capturing the illuminated image into Jin Xueli's field of vision.

"Han Liuyue?"

Her mind was in a mess for a moment, but she unconsciously lowered her voice, as if she was afraid of being heard. "You...are you back again?"

Having said that, she knew it was impossible.

Half of Han Liuyue's body was stuck under the seat. If you didn't look carefully, it would be hard to notice that there was someone hiding here.

She seemed to have lost consciousness and was motionless; one of the unnamed parts of the excavator seemed to have come loose and hit her, and was still pressing on her face.

"Wake up,"

Jin Xueli suddenly understood everything, and it felt like waves of colder water were hitting her body. She lowered her voice and pushed Han Liuyue's legs twice. "Wake up! It's a vulture—"

It was not until this moment that she finally understood why she felt everything was so quiet just now.

Thinking about it carefully, she realized that she hadn't heard the voice of "Wesile" for a long time.

Han Liuyue moaned softly, and finally there was movement.

"it hurts……"

Each of her movements was so heavy and slow that it made people anxious. Jin Xueli looked back frequently, fearing that when she slowly woke up, there would be someone else beside her.

"Have you been here all this time?" Jin Xueli asked in a low voice. "Never come out?"

She didn't know if it was because of the cold, fear, or the dark memories of the last attack that came flooding back, but her voice trembled with every word she spoke.

"Huh? What?" Han Liuyue seemed a little stunned. "Did I just... faint? What's wrong with the ground?"

"Come out first and talk later," Jin Xueli didn't dare to delay any longer, so she grabbed her hand and tried to pull her up - but this pull hurt Han Liuyue.

“I can do it myself, I can do it myself,” she gasped. “I’m stuck.”

In the vast darkness, Jin Xueli could only see her blurry figure. She seemed to be supporting herself with one hand on the ground, slowly struggling out of the ground and the space under the seat, and finally managed to sit up.

Han Liuyue sat in the narrow cab, but paused and stopped climbing out.

……What's wrong?
She seemed to be staring behind herself, trying to make out something in the darkness.

The noisy sound of rain invaded the space between heaven and earth, squeezing out other sounds, leaving almost no room for them to settle.

It was only after a second or two that Jin Xueli felt as if someone was standing behind her.

　My update schedule is just like my daily routine, it keeps slowly getting pushed back... but I finally finished it!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)