Artifact Report

Chapter 369 Kim Seol-ri: A Modern Woman on Television

"I can't do it, I'm afraid of heights!"

In the gusts of strong wind, Jin Xueli hung on the rope ladder, swaying with it like a leaf that might fall from the world at any moment—with each swing in the air, she had to desperately swallow her heart back down.

Her eyes were tightly closed, and her palms, neck, and back were covered in layers of slippery, cold sweat.

What if my hands are too slippery and I can't hold on...

The moment the thought crossed her mind, all the muscles in her body stiffened, and she couldn't move an inch; let alone climb up the swaying rope ladder in the strong wind.

However, Knight was still alive and hadn't given up on killing her—a bullet had just whizzed past her, and it seemed as if even the air currents it created could split Jin Xueli in two.

Are you afraid of dying?

As soon as Morando finished speaking, he fired several shots at the rooftop and angrily said, "How can you be afraid of heights with this kind of passageway?"

Yes, she won't die if she falls; but reason is reason, and fear is fear. If reasoning were effective, phobias wouldn't exist in the world.

"Please pull me up," Jin Xueli pleaded, her eyes tightly shut. "Please, I'll thank you for your immense kindness..."

“Joy,” Morandall seemed to call out as he turned around, “I’m holding Knight down, can you move her by yourself?”

Amidst the occasional gunfire and the roar of helicopters, this sentence was just a blurry fragment; it wasn't until Jin Xueli actually started to rise little by little that she dared to be sure that this wasn't just a fantasy she had in a moment of panic—thank goodness, there was actually a second person on the helicopter.

She was reluctant to describe the moment she climbed into the helicopter as "terrified," but to be honest, it wasn't far off the mark.

After finally escaping from the bullets and strong winds, Jin Xueli was weak all over and slumped on the cabin floor. Through her blurry vision with tears, she felt Qiao Xiyue come over and wipe her face.

"We meet again! Do you remember me? We met once at the vending machine in the lair," Qiao said with a smile. "I didn't realize you were so heavy to pull."

Having narrowly escaped death, Jin Xueli instinctively threw herself into her arms, unsure whether she was crying from lingering fear or mumbling thanks for saving her life; perhaps it was both.

"Gone,"

Morando slammed the cabin door shut, shouted to the pilot, and then turned to Shirley Kim and said, "That Knight won't die."

She waved her hand again in the cabin, including the pilot, and said, "Don't worry, they were all hired from the cleanup organization," which was her explanation.

"What's wrong with Knight? Did he use an illusion?" Jin Xueli wiped her face with her sleeve, gradually calming down. "You clearly fired so many shots..."

“First, he has ways to evade; second, I didn’t aim that accurately. If he really dies, it will cause endless trouble for both of us. The Knight family holds grudges. If I don’t handle this situation well, I’ll be in big trouble later.” Morando said, glancing at her. “Why aren’t you letting go of her? I rented the helicopter.”

“You don’t need to listen to her,” Qiao Xiyue said gently, patting Jin Xueli twice like she was patting a puppy. “She has no one to hold her.”

Jin Xueli still sat up somewhat awkwardly—she moved to the window, squinted through the dim rain, and looked for a while at the rooftop of the Luoshiqiu Building, which was gradually being left behind by the helicopter.

At the edge of the rooftop stood a small, indistinct figure, like a patch of color; the Knight family man seemed to be making a phone call while watching the helicopter disappear into the distance.

She must be reporting to her family that she ran away... Originally, her life should have ended without a doubt on that rooftop.

Kim Seol-ri turned around and met a pair of blue eyes.

"Um... how did you know I was here? How did you suddenly come to save me?"

Morando looked at her and smiled gently, then suddenly seemed a little embarrassed and lowered his eyes.

It's better to lower your eyes, Jin Xueli thought—if you looked into Morando's eyes, it would be like turning the world around you into a vacuum.

“You did save me once… though you probably don’t think so,” Morando said in a low voice, grabbing a baseball cap haphazardly and putting it on—more like trying to cover his face.

"Save me?" Jin Xueli was a little confused.

Could it be referring to the time she brought the distraught Morandau home? What kind of rescue was that?
It was just a few words of comfort... Moreover, for Jin Xueli, no matter how gentle, resonant, or pleasant the relationship was, once they broke up and she turned away, it lost its weight and could be forgotten.

When she went to rescue Chai Si, it was only because she thought it would be profitable, not because she had shared hardships with him.

This was the difference between her and Morandall—no, between her and truly sentimental people. She knew that no matter how charming she was on the outside, compared to someone like Morandall, she would always be missing a piece of her soul.

After all, she once—

Jin Xueli quickly stopped herself from thinking about it. Fortunately, Morando continued speaking.

“I was thinking you should be back from the lair a couple of days ago, and I was going to go find you to ask about the situation, but instead I found the Knight family downstairs at your apartment building. From that moment on, I knew you were in trouble, so I kept an eye on their movements. I found you by following them.”

She gestured towards the outside of the helicopter and said, "But you don't actually need to go to all that trouble. You know what? There's a hunter in the building next door who's been live-streaming the whole thing to you."

How could someone broadcast someone else's life in danger live? Kim Seol-ri was momentarily at a loss, unsure whether to blame the hunter or the times. "So, you...you saw everything?"

"When I found out, I was already in the helicopter, and I just happened to see you fighting against those four balloons. I missed the opening theme."

"Where did this opening theme song come from!" Kim Seol-ri protested. "I'm not a program... Where did you watch the live stream? Show me."

"I thought you'd fall into the nest after you clung to the balloon, so I sent the helicopter back. But halfway there, I found you'd gone back to the rooftop." Morando shook his head, found the now-stopped live stream, handed her the phone, and asked, "You have feelings for that rooftop?"

Out of consideration for the fact that she had saved her life, Kim Seol-ri tried her best to be obedient and said, "...No."

"She just loves to talk nonsense with girls," Qiao Xiyue said, trying to mediate. "Why are they chasing you?"

It makes me angry just thinking about it.

Jin Xueli briefly explained why the Knight family was hunting her down, then angrily pinpointed the culprit: "It's all Chess Monroe's fault! Doesn't he realize that now is not the time to be missing? Even the Kai family—oh, right."

She quickly pulled out her phone and glanced at it.

"Even the Kai family isn't replying to messages! Like father, like son; they have absolutely no sense of responsibility."

Twenty minutes have passed since I sent the message to Tianxi; it's still quiet, with no response whatsoever.

"Chai Si is missing?" Morando asked, taken aback.

Kim Seol-ri became suspicious of her savior. "That...it couldn't be you...um, if it is, I'll keep it a secret for you."

“It wasn’t me.” Morando turned his head to look out the window at the gloomy rain, and after a while, he said, “The reason to kill him… is gone.”

After a few seconds of silence, Morando broke the sudden silence in the cabin.

"Senior is probably just facing a difficult situation."

Jin Xueli nodded and handed the phone back to her. "So what do we do now? The Knight family doesn't seem like they'll let this go."

“Find a place to hide first.” Morando seemed to have thought things through carefully before rescuing the person. “After all, I spent some time with the Knight family, so I can say a few words. I can act as an intermediary and pass a message to them to see if there’s any room for negotiation. It’s just that the Knight family…”

She frowned, as if searching for a suitable adjective.

“Unreasonable, inhuman,” Jin Xueli added. “A heretic.”

“They certainly don’t have much of a human touch,” Morando chuckled abruptly. “Sometimes, the residents are more endearing than they are. So, you shouldn’t have too high expectations.”

Even just delaying the time would be helpful.

If all else fails, even if it means rushing to the Kai family's house and refusing to leave, Jin Xueli will force the Kai family to take responsibility for protecting her.

Suddenly, her phone rang with a long, sharp buzz; she was startled and realized that her phone, the only one in the cabin, was ringing the Amber Alert.

This also means...

[Artifact Report]

Only those who change the world should be qualified to advance
Kim Seol-ri, a contestant who is cute but also a femme fatale:

haven't seen you for a long time.

You and Chai Si completed the action point "Han Liuyue took him to see the mayor of Blackmore City" together, but after you received the "Illusion Report" last time, you sold it directly to Chai Si. How can that be right?
Don't you have any ambition at all? Don't you have any pursuits other than money?

Can the little money he paid you compare to the significance of the "Image Report"?
Don't you want to bring honor to modern women? Don't you want to turn the tables and trample Chai Si underfoot, ensuring he never gets a chance to be reborn?

Selling the "Phantom Report" is a tremendous insult to the "nest domination game".

Luckily you're so adorable, you got a second chance. Please cherish and make the most of it.

Below are the action points you need to complete to obtain the next "Artifact Report":

1. Regarding the acquisition of the Hunter family, the probability of the target artifact appearing in the next "Illusion Report" is 1.13% (hereinafter referred to as "Target Probability").

2. Kill Ashley Peige, Chief of Police of Blackmore City Central Police Station, 66% chance of success;

3.在12月5日夜晚11:30分，驾车前往黑摩尔市第102街与庇护港大道交界处等待下一步指示，完成指示后，目标几率92%。

Completing the third task, or completing either the first or second action point before December 7th, will earn you a corresponding "Illusion Report," marking a significant step forward in the Nest Domination game.

(End of this chapter)