Artifact Report

Chapter 93 Jin Xueli: Unexpected Trap
What tricked him?
The people who were really fooled were obviously themselves, who thought they could get a good price by using the "vulture" information.

It seems that what Mercury said was right. Whoever gets close to Chai Si will be unlucky - Jin Xueli's fate has taken a sharp turn for the worse since she met him this morning. She is in Blackmore City, but is about to face the way of death that only happens in the nest: death at the hands of the residents.

"Who is this?"

She was so angry at Chai Si that she could write a speech. However, Jin Xueli, who was running for her life, was breathing so fast that the second half of the sentence could only become a line of thick and heavy font in her mind - Do you think I have to rely on you to save my life?

If he hadn't seen the abilities of a professional hunter, he would probably have thought he was a piece of dough that could be molded or shaped at will.

As soon as she had an idea, she ran quickly through the aisle between two rows of shelves, holding a flashlight in one hand and reaching out with the other, knocking over every box, case and bag on the shelf. Countless pieces of evidence of various kinds rolled and fell to the ground behind her.

But they did little to slow Frye down.

Rather, it made the half-human, half-resident creature even more crazy and excited.

"You contaminated evidence, you broke the chain of custody—you must be punished—"

It screamed and strode on the evidence bag, still following Jin Xueli closely.

Because she walked hurriedly, the flashlight shook and swayed, dividing the originally dark and fragmented space into countless dizzying spots of light.

She had to pay attention to her feet, maintain her speed, and desperately sweep the evidence box to the ground. For a moment, she almost wanted to scream like the residents - fortunately, her luck did not seem to be completely sucked away, because at this moment, she finally overturned a life-saving box.

Jin Xueli's eyebrows jumped, and she immediately bent down, picked up the evidence that had just fallen from the ground, and pulled the transparent evidence bag off her body.

This time, she rushed to another aisle at top speed; just as she turned in, she suddenly stopped and turned around.

She slammed the phone onto the evidence shelf nearby; almost at the same time, Frye's face, no longer human, emerged from the darkness between the two rows of shelves.

Jin Xueli raised the mattock in her hand high.

...She was so anxious just now that she almost forgot this.

In the chaotic and dangerous city of Blackmore, how could the Central Police Department be without murder cases? Whenever there was a murder, there was a high probability that there was a murder weapon; and the murder weapon was also one of the most important pieces of evidence.

So since she is in the evidence room, does she need to worry about not having a weapon?

On the rows of shelves and in the cardboard boxes beside her, there were countless murder weapons, no matter how bizarre or powerful; if she wanted to protect herself, she only needed to get one of them.

Jin Xueli is very confident in her speed.

Frye probably didn't expect that she would suddenly have a weapon in her hand - when the heavy iron tip of the mattock accurately and deeply dug into a bunch of drooping eyeballs, the howl he made seemed to tear a person's eardrums.

"enough,"

Before she could pull out her mattock and hit it again, Jin Xueli heard someone whisper something above Fry's sharp screams.

Fry, a big and strong man, seemed to suddenly lose his weight when his feet left the ground.

The mattock was still shaking and biting its face; when its body drew an arc in the air and was smashed to the ground, the mattock fell to the ground with a "clang", splashing a sticky blood.

Chase stood behind Frye, a tower rising from the shadows.

"A resident, you're teasing him and he's addicted?"

Jin Xueli looked at him blankly, and for a moment she forgot what to say.

Chase placed his foot on Fry's neck and lowered his eyelids. He looked at the man, whose throat was crackling but who was struggling to escape, and said, "It's a bit hard to explain to Mercury... but you can't blame me for not being able to control this man."

This sentence...seems to be directed at the residents who invaded Frye.

"Why - why can't it control this man?" Jin Xueli blurted out the question.

Chase glanced at her.

"This is normal. They simply extended their tentacles into the human mind through the 'Nest Communication Network' and controlled the human body and mind."

He let out a soft laugh that practically made the hairs on your neck stand on end. "The purer, softer, and more sensitive a person's mind is, the easier it is to be invaded. As a police officer, you've witnessed a great deal of darkness, bloodshed, and violence. If you could dissect their minds, you'd probably find they're not much different from the residents. It's normal for someone to occasionally lose control."

Then...what will happen to the residents if we attack people?
It wasn't that she cared, she just wanted to know.

But before Jin Xueli could ask her doubts, she heard a "click" sound, and Chai Si's black leather shoe had cut deeply into the gap between the head and shoulder - the bones were crushed in the flesh and blood; the neck that should have connected the two seemed to have suddenly turned into a thin layer of rubber.

She couldn't help but shrink her neck, narrow her eyes, and took two steps back as if she was the one being stepped on.

However, even though its cervical vertebrae were broken and white stubble was sticking out of the twisted skin and flesh of its neck, "Fry" seemed to be still alive; when its intact eyes turned to Jin Xueli, it almost made her feel nauseous.

"What will happen to it next?" Jin Xueli asked in a low voice, "The residents won't die, right?" "It has lost its ability to move," Chai Si obviously didn't want to explain any further. After saying this, he turned around and left.

"Where are you going?"

Jin Xueli spoke too quickly and as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she immediately wanted to slap herself.

If he wants to leave, let him go. Wouldn't it be better if he left? Why are you being so curious? Look, he has stopped.

"Come too," Chai Si said as if she were his family's hunter. "At least you have a pair of eyes that you can use."

...It didn't sound sarcastic, nor did it sound sarcastic at all; it was hard to tell whether he really thought he was praising someone.

Jin Xueli walked around Frye on the ground and asked softly, "You just said you were tricked...what happened?"

She was a little wary when she asked this question.

Surprisingly, Chai Si didn't seem to think it was embarrassing to admit that he had been "tricked"; nor did he get angry or embarrassed about it.

He hummed naturally and said, "That director almost tricked me. Follow me and you'll know."

"Do you know where the director is?"

"No," Chase said as he walked out the door and strode down the stairs, "but I know who he is."

Jin Xueli was stunned.

"Didn't you already know this? You've even seen the photos." She knew she shouldn't be curious, but her body had already made up its mind. She followed him with a clattering clatter. "What do you mean? Why don't I understand?"

Chai Si was not one to enjoy idle chatter, just as he never acted without purpose. She asked her the question in various ways a dozen times, but he remained completely silent and unmoved. It was not until they reached the second floor that he suddenly shouted towards the skylight, "Mercury!"

This actually scared Jin Xueli.

In the Central Police Station, where communication tools were unavailable, the mercenaries seemed to have already divided up their locations. As soon as he finished speaking, Mercury's voice echoed from the lobby on the first floor: "What's wrong? I'm here."

"I'm afraid we've been tricked," Chai Si said loudly towards the first floor, "Bring out one of the people in the cell. I need to ask him something."

Since she couldn't get out anyway and her luck seemed to be almost exhausted, Jin Xueli followed Chai Si down to the first floor with the mentality of watching a TV drama and stopped at the door of a cell.

Shuiyin led someone up and gave her a meaningful smile before turning to Chai Si and saying, "This guy really values ​​his life and is very cooperative. He won't give me any chance at all."

Jin Xueli didn't ask her what "opportunity" meant.

"What do you want to ask him?" It seemed that Mercury was also curious: "How did we get fooled?"

"Do you remember where the director's half-length portrait is hung?" asked Chai Si.

Mercury's gaze drifted towards the center of the first-floor lobby. "Of course, hanging it in such a prominent place is like engaging in idol worship."

"Do you remember the director's name?"

"You always ask weird questions." Mercury laughed. "Isn't your name Ashley?"

Chase nodded, turned to the young policeman who had just been taken out of the cell, and made a request that Jin Xueli had never expected - "Describe the appearance of your Chief Ashley."

However, her surprise was just the beginning.

The young policeman's answer stunned Mercury.

"She's in her forties, with a long, thin face and dark skin." He carefully observed Chai Si's expression as he answered, "She has long black hair, which she always wears in a bun. She has thin lips..."

"Then who is this person?" Chai Si opened his mobile phone, pulled out the photo that Jin Xueli had seen, and asked.

"This...is our previous chief," the young policeman said. "The photo was changed when Chief Ashley took office."

　In fact, some of my readers, oh, they are a bit wrong in love. They said that I wrote three-dimensional characters, what's wrong with you (Chopper face).

　　But to be honest, I'm not satisfied with my character writing skills. Others who are really good at character creation can clearly establish several characters in the first few paragraphs of the first chapter, but I'm not at that level yet.

　　I just had to let the plot go on for a while and let the characters slowly stand out as the plot progressed... For example, it was only after I wrote the 80th chapter that I felt that Jin Xueli and Chai Si had their own uniqueness that satisfied me.

　　Hey, try harder... My hobby is telling stories.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)