President Wang said with some indignation: “Given your level of skill, shown by taking out Li Wang, I really can’t imagine what need there is for the likes of testing yourself in a B-level alien space.”
王总略带气愤地道：“以你能干掉李王的水平，我实在想不出还需要什么去B级异度空间那档子事儿。”
“Yeah, you see, if you’d known earlier, you might as well have sold us the Century Weapon!”
“对啊，你说你，早知道还不如把百年器卖给我们！”
After the Mysterious Person snatched the gun, not long after, they were besieged by a group of people. Helpless, they dropped the Chrono Weapon and fled.
那把枪被神秘人抢走后，没多久神秘人就遇到众人的围攻，无奈之下，那人将时序战器丢下逃跑。
The weapon had changed hands several times in the past two days. Many people ignored the headquarters’ kill ban. In the struggle, at least four or five died at the hands of the same faction, while others were ambushed by people from the monster faction.
这两天武器已数易其主，好些人无视了总部的禁杀令，争夺中至少四五人毙命于同阵营之手，还有几人是被怪物阵营之人所暗算。
Now, the area was in chaos; some people wanted to escape, while others wanted to enter.
现如今区域内已经很是混乱，有人想要逃走，有人想要进来。
[I, the Great Quadrilateral, have accepted the transit link.]
[我，伟大的四边形，接受到了中转链接。]
[Due to differences in the flow of time-phase, the mental communication link has failed.]
[因为时序流速的差异，心灵通讯链接失败。]
Just then, a telepathic voice echoed.
就在这时，一道心念声响起。
[I will not share the following content with any third party.]
[我不会与第三方分享以下内容。]
In the blurry scene, a pale-skinned man was kneeling on the ground, quietly making a wish in English. Yang Zicang listened to this man’s voice; it sounded like this person was praying to a statue.
模糊的画面中，一个白肤男子半跪于地，以英语低声述说着他的愿望。杨子藏听着这人的声音，这家伙像是在对雕像许愿。
Is that possible?
还能这样？
The information within the scene quickly appeared in his mind and became understood.
画面内的讯息快速出现在自己心中，并获得理解。
[The chosen one, Mori, wishes to acquire skills that can be learned quickly.]
[应选者莫里希望能够获得快速学会的技能。]
[Are you willing to grant this assistance?]
[你是否愿意进行此项帮助。]
[Yes!]
[好！]
Having roughly understood what the other party needed, Yang Zicang silently gave his response.
大概理解了对方所需的杨子藏内心回应道。
He hadn’t forgotten the lesson he’d learned from his own experience: to strive for the recognition and favor of as many council members as possible.
他可没忘记自己总结出来的经验，要尽力争取更多议员的认同与青睐。
[When you next enter the Mindscape, the Candidate, Mori, will simultaneously enter your world.]
[再次进入念境时，应选者莫里将会同时进入你所在的世界。]
[The Candidate, Mori, possesses an item that allows him to acquire skills, and has been granted permissions to utilize it within the Mindscape.]
[应选者莫里拥有获得技能的道具，并获得可以在念境世界运用的权限。]
“？？？”
“？？？”
He tried to understand the phrase: “The chosen candidate Mori… possesses… the item to gain skills?”
他努力理解着这句话“应选者莫里…拥有…获得技能的道具？”
Yang Zicang was stunned. Since you already have such a thing, why come to me?
杨子藏懵了，既然你都有这种玩意儿了，怎么还找上我的。
“Hey, you idiot! Are you even listening to me? At the very least, I’ve invested millennia in you, giving you the capital to defeat King Li!”
“喂，你这个家伙，有没有在听我说话啊，好歹我也是给你投资了几千年，让你有本钱打败李王的人啊！”
Wang Yu’an angrily came over and slapped the large wooden crate.
王育安气愤的过来拍了拍大木箱。
“You’re not chatting with someone in your mind, are you?”
“你该不会在心灵跟哪个家伙在交流吧。”
“Ah, I’m done. No more chatting.” Yang Zicang snapped back to reality.
“啊，结束了，没有交流了。”杨子藏恍然道。
“You!” Wang Yu’an took a deep breath.
“你！”王育安深深的吸了口气。
This despicable fellow had completely ignored him.
这个可恶的东西，自己完全被人给无视了。
……
……
The valley that this organization of the weak and decrepit needed to traverse was an abandoned Class B rift.
这只老弱病残的组织所要飞跃的峡谷是在一处被废弃的B级异度空间。
Over a dozen hours later, Yang Zicang, Luo Bin, and Liang Xi followed this team, moving under the hazy moonlight.
十几小时后，杨子藏和洛宾以及梁喜，跟着这只队伍行进在朦胧月光下。
Although many people had entered the area, the scarred city would not come to life even with ten times the number; thus, they encountered almost no one along the way.
虽然进来区域内的人多，但对于这千疮百孔的城市来说，再来十倍的人也无法让它充满活力，因此路上几乎没遇到什么人。
“The leader here was eliminated long ago, so no monsters have been born. But still, be careful inside. The terrain isn’t very good.”
“这里面的首领早就被人铲除了，因此没有再诞生怪物，但进去还是小心点，里面的地势不太好。”
“The terrain isn’t very good” was quite the understatement.
这里面所谓的地形不太好，根本就是个极其委婉的词。
Cliffs were everywhere, and visibility was poor, as if walking along Hua Mountain’s bird trail—without enhanced balance, someone would certainly fall.
到处都是崖壁，而且光线很差，仿佛是在走华山的鸟道上，如果没有加强平衡的能力，绝对会有人掉下去。
Below, rapids surged fiercely.
那下面是汹涌的激流。
Not long after.
不久后。
Wang Yu’an stared in shock at the crowd who were leaping across the massive canyon in a dense stream.
王育安震惊地看着密密麻麻飞跃过大峡谷的众人。
They traced graceful arcs in the air, bypassing countless knife-edged stone pillars shooting up into the sky, landing one by one steadily on the huge net left on the opposite side for years.
他们划过优美的弧形线路，绕过直插空中的刀锋般的无数石柱，一个个平稳地落在对面遗留数年的巨网内。
“Hehe, what do you think? My buddy’s skills are not bad, right?” Luo Bin said smugly.
“嘿嘿，怎么样，我兄弟的能力没话说吧。”洛宾显得很得瑟。
“This, this… actually being able to control over a dozen people to fly across the canyon at once!”
“这，这…尽然能同时控制十几人飞过峡谷。”
Wang Yu’an’s head was spinning, crossing it all at once… This was completely different from what he had imagined.
王育安脑袋晕乎乎的，一次性就过来了…这跟想象的完全不同。
The safely landed crowd chattered in excited exchanges; when they saw Yang Zicang approaching, they swarmed around him, offering a thousand thanks and ten thousand thanks.
平安落地的众人叽叽喳喳地兴奋交流，瞧见杨子藏走来，大伙儿一窝蜂围了上去，千个感谢万个感谢。
“What is there over here that all of you need to come over for?”
“这边有什么，你们这么多人非要过来。”
Yang Zicang glanced at the stubborn tag-along Luo Bin and Liang Xi, whom he had dragged along.
杨子藏看了看身旁非要跟过来的洛宾，以及被他拉来的梁喜。
“Follow me, and you’ll know. From now on, this place can also count as one of your hidden treasures.”
“跟我来就知道了，以后这儿也算是你的隐藏财富之一了。”
“Treasure?”
“财富？”
More than a dozen people followed Wang Yu’an down a narrow path, torches illuminating the dark road; several minutes later, they arrived before a stone door.
十几人随着王育安顺着小道往前走去，火把映照着黑暗的道路，几分钟后他们来到一扇石门前。
“The magic runes on the door have already been cracked, let’s just go straight in.”
“门上的魔纹已经被人破解过了，我们直接进入吧。”
Pushing the heavy door open with force, came the lively sound of spring water from inside.
用力推开沉重大门，里面传出阵阵活泼的泉水声。
“Could that be… an immortal tree?”
“那难道是…仙树？”
Behind the door was a small space, with the depths casting out a hazy brilliant sheen—it was an ancient, gnarled small tree radiating divine light.
门后是个小空间，深处有朦胧辉光映射而出，那是一只散发着宝光的古老苍劲的小树。
Its ashen trunk twisted like a coiled dragon, with bark flowing like gleaming jade. They grew vibrant, multicolored leaves resembling heart-shaped silhouettes.
它灰白的树干如虬龙般蜿蜒，表皮散发如玉流光，树枝上生长着五光十色的饱满树叶，如同一颗颗爱心般的剪影。
Everyone uttered sounds of admiration.
众人发出赞叹之音。
“What kind of treasure is this?”
“这是啥宝贝？”
“I call it the Longevity Tree.”
“我叫它延寿树。”
Yang Zicang and Liang Xi were somewhat curious. After all, hadn’t their time sequence already been extended with longevity?
杨子藏和梁喜有些好奇。说起来时序不是已经延寿了吗。
“Go up and place your hand on the trunk. After injecting one year of lifespan, you’ll know. But before that, everyone should first inject their own lifespan into the model. Each of you has only one chance, so don’t waste it.”
“上前去将手放在树干，注入一年的寿命后你就知道了。但是在去之前，大家先将自己本身的寿命注入模型之内。每人只有一次机会，别浪费。”
Luo Bin clearly knew what this was about. He stepped forward first, his body gradually aging to about sixty years old as he walked.
洛宾显然知道是怎么回事，他先走上前去，边走自己的身体边变得有六十来岁左右。
“This is all the vitality I have. Originally, I could only live for about sixty years at most.”
“这就是我的所有生命力了，原本我最多只能活六十年左右。”
He placed his hand on the tree, and many leaves lit up. A bright red fruit, about the size of a strawberry, quickly formed, growing to full size within seconds.
他将手放在树上，好些叶片亮了起来，一枚草莓大小的红彤彤果实快速诞生，几秒之间就长大。
Luo Bin plucked it and swallowed it whole. His skin began to ripple, quickly transforming him into a young man with sunken eyes.
洛宾将之摘下，一口吞入口中，他的皮肤开始蠕动，很快变成了个双眼下凹的青年。
Even the scar on his head had now faded considerably.
此刻他连头上的疤痕也淡了很多。
“Wow, the uncle’s turned into a big brother!” Liang Xi laughed.
“哇哦，大叔变成大哥了。”梁喜笑道。
“Watch it, or I’ll spank your bottom.”
“小心我揍你屁股。”
“Uncle, has the time sequence you injected into the model turned into extra time?”
“大叔，你注入模型内的时序是不是已经变成额外时序了？”
“You’ll know when you try it, you little brat.”
“你试过就知道了，臭家伙。”
Luo Bin stood up, and had taken only two steps, the tree shed a leaf that lost its luster and fell yellowed.
洛宾站起身来，没走两步，树上一片树叶失去光泽，枯黄掉落。
“Brother Yang, you go first.” Wang Chijian said.
“杨哥，你先吧。”王迟剑道。
This high school-aged young man was completely convinced. Yang Zicang’s ability was nothing like the force field overlap that outsiders imagined.
这个高中生一般的年轻人已经彻底服气，眼前这杨子藏的能力根本就不是外界众人想的那样跟力场重叠。
Being able to accurately guide so many people through those sharp rocks, which would split anyone who collided with them into two pieces in the dark, his ability was already an unheard-of level of strength.
能在黑暗中让这么多人精准的穿越过那些撞到就会被劈成两片的锋石，他的能力已经是闻所未闻的强了。
Yang Zicang nodded.
杨子藏点点头。
[I consumed 1N.]
[我消耗了1N。]
His skin quickly aging, Yang Zicang felt his body weaken, as though he had reached the end of his life.
皮肤迅速苍老的杨子藏感受着身体的虚弱，仿佛已经走到了生命的终点。
But the next moment, a gentle and warm force came from the tree his hand was pressing against.
但下一刻，手按住的树内传来温和亲切的力。
He looked up and saw that a fruit had grown at the treetop.
他抬眼看去，树梢诞生了枚果子。
“Quick, pick it, or it’ll go bad.”
“快摘下它，否则会坏掉。”
Yang Zicang promptly plucked the fruit, sniffed its light fragrance, then opened his mouth and swallowed it whole, closing his eyes to savor it.
杨子藏赶紧将果子摘下，嗅了嗅这清淡的香味后，张嘴将之一口便吞下，闭目细细感受。
[My lifespan has been extended by 10N.]
[我的寿命延长了10N.]
[I have replenished 87.2N.]
[我补充了87.2N]
It felt like warm water spreading through his body, filling every cell with a comforting warmth.
体内犹如一股温水扩散开来，暖洋洋地充斥每一个细胞。
Yang Zicang opened his eyes. He had just injected seventy-seven years of his lifespan into the model, leaving less than a year, but in return, he had replenished eighty-seven years.
杨子藏睁开眼，刚才自己注入了七十七年寿命到模型中，只留下不到一年寿命，但却补充了八十七年。
He looked at a leaf that was rapidly yellowing and dying on the branch. This tree had added ten years to his original lifespan, bringing it to eighty-eight years old.
他看向枝头快速枯黄的一片树叶，这棵树在原先的基础上，给自己增加了十年的寿命，达到了八十八岁。
No wonder these people sought out an intelligence broker like Luo Bin to recommend someone and insisted on coming here. For their team, this trip was considered a gain of over a hundred Nexuses instantly.
难怪这群人找洛宾这种情报贩子来介绍人，非要来此。对他们这个团队来说这一趟相当于凭空多了一百多年的时序。
President Wang’s capital pool has grown even larger.
王总的资金池更大了。
“Thank you. It’s a precious treasure, but what a pity—it can’t be brought back to Earth.”
“谢谢，很不错的宝贝，可惜呀，没法带回地球。”
Yang Zicang looked at these people. Even with just over a hundred extra years, they were still striving tirelessly, each one seeking opportunities to grow stronger.
杨子藏看向这些人，哪怕只多了一百多年，他们也如此努力，每个人都在争取变强的机会。
“It’s you who wants to go back, isn’t it?” Luo Bin asked.
“是你想回去吧。”洛宾问。
President Wang Yu’an walked over, hands on his hips, sighing with emotion: “Who doesn’t want to go back? If it could be taken back to Earth, every fruit it bears would be worth countless stacks of cash.”
王育安王总走过来，他叉着腰感慨地道：“谁不想回去呢。如果能将它带回地球，它的每颗果子，都是无数的钞票。”
The atmosphere among the three began to warm, as if after enduring hardship, a budding sense of mutual recognition for their friendship was taking shape.
三人的气氛开始融洽起来，仿佛历经艰辛后，互相开始认同彼此的友谊正在诞生。
“Yeah, if I were the richest person in the world, I’d spend hundreds of billions of dollars to buy one fruit and eat it just as I’m about to die.”
“是啊，如果我是世界首富，我会用百亿刀乐来买一枚果实，在我即将死去的时候把它吃下去。”
“Haha, it’s a nice dream.”
“哈哈，愿望是美好的。”
If a septuagenarian or octogenarian consumed it, they would be rejuvenated back to youth in minutes, gaining over ten more years of life in the process.
如果一位七八十岁的老人吃下它，几分钟后就能返老还童，并且还会获得比之前多十年的寿命。
If such a thing appeared on Earth, it would surely cause a sensation.
若在地球出现，必会引发轰动。
But unfortunately, it decays very quickly—not only is it impossible to bring it back through the distant chance of returning to Earth, but it can’t even be taken out of this other dimension.
可惜，它腐坏的速度极快，别说虚无缥缈的回地球的机会了，连这异度空间都拿不出去。
After three hours, everyone had become youthful young men. The scars on Liang Xi had faded a lot, with only the deepest wounds still showing some marks.
三小时后，众人都变成了年轻小伙，梁喜身上的刀疤消淡许多，只有几个最深的伤口还有些痕迹。
“Could it be transplanted away?” someone suggested.
“能把它移栽出去吗？”有人建议道。
“You can try snapping off its branch. If you succeed, I’ll give you all my temporal reserves.”
“你可以试试能不能掰断它的树枝，如果你成功，我把所有时序都给你。”
Wang Yu’an glanced contemptuously at that man, whose greed was written all over his face.
王育安不屑地看着那满目贪婪的人。
The divine tree was surrounded by a stream, whose waters also emitted a faint glow. It was unclear whether the tree nourished the water or the water nurtured the tree.
神树被溪水围绕，这水也散发着微弱的辉光，也不知是树养了水，还是水养了树。
Its roots ran deep into the entire mountain range. Some curious individuals even tried to chop at the roots with sharp tools, but they could not so much as disturb them.
它的根须深入整座山脉，还真有人好奇的拿利器去砍树根，却无法撼动它分毫。
“Pleasure doing business. Look me up next time you need something.” Wang Yu’an said to Luo Bin.
“交易愉快，下次有事我还找你。”王育安对着洛宾道。
“Shouldn’t you come looking for me directly?” Yang Zicang shot him a glance.
“你不应该直接找我吗？”杨子藏看了他一眼。
“Hahaha, I’m a stickler for contract spirit. Something like cutting the broker loose? I wouldn’t stoop to that.”
“哈哈哈，我可是很遵守契约精神的，跳单这种事情，我可不屑去干。”
Luo Bin puffed out his chest, waving grandly toward Yang Zicang:
洛宾挺了挺胸膛，对杨子藏大手一挥道：
“This time’s commission can be deducted from the remaining full-authority Timelines.”
“这次的报酬，就从剩下的全权时序中扣好了。”
“To offset the entire amount?”
“抵消全部？”
“How could there be such a cheap deal? You know damned well how few years of extra life everyone’s got in total.”
“怎么可能有那种便宜事，你又不是不知道大伙儿一共才增加了多少寿命。”
“Alright, then how much is the offset?”
“那抵消多少。”
“Mm, let me see… a fifth, say.”
“嗯嗯，我想想，五分之一好了。”
Yang Zicang wasn’t in the mood to haggle over this point with Luo Bin. He walked over to Wang Yu’an, pulled him aside, and pretending to be on familiar terms, draped an arm over the other’s shoulder.
杨子藏没心情跟洛宾在这个问题上纠结，他来到王育安身边，把他拉到一旁，佯装出很熟络的样子，将手搭在对方肩膀上。
“Mr. Wang, you’re an investor, right?”
“王总是搞投资的对吧。”
“Mm-hmm, that’s right.”
“嗯嗯，对对。”
Wang Yu’an glanced at the arm resting on his right shoulder. The model on his chest lit up, and a golden luster emanated from his body.
王育安看了眼右肩上耷拉着的手臂，胸前模型亮起，身上冒起金辉。
Simultaneously, a golden glow appeared on Yang Zicang.
杨子藏身上也随之亮起了金辉。
With that, both men forced a cheeky laugh at each other.
这下双方都才互相厚着脸皮笑了下。