Inside the main hall beyond the rust-caked small iron door.
锈迹斑斑小铁门后的大殿内。
Director Huang lay on the ground in a cold sweat, clutching his right arm from which blood gushed like a fountain—his right hand, holding the book, had been completely severed.
黄主任满脸冷汗地倒在地上，他左手握住自己鲜血喷涌的右臂，拿住书的右手已经被整个切下。
[I obtained the “Anonymous Origin Secret Treasure”]
[我获得“匿名本源秘宝”]
Yang Zicang caught the falling dark red book.
杨子藏接过坠落的暗红书籍。
[This Origin Secret Treasure is bound to its owner; I cannot grasp it.]
[该本源秘宝属于有主之物，我无法掌控。]
This book-like artifact began to twist, as if about to vanish from this world.
这本书一样的宝物开始扭曲，像是要消失于此世界。
Everyone in the area felt as though they had “landed” from a burst oversized bubble—chaotic air currents suddenly swirled around them, and the time-extending state dissipated.
区域内的所有人像是从一个破裂的大泡泡中“落地”般，霎时身边刮起混乱气流，时序扩展的状态消失了。
The figure in the book that had communicated with the Defender shattered the moment the hand was cut off.
那道与抵御者交流的书中人影，在被砍下手的瞬间已经散开。
Deeply hypnotized and at the final stage of containment, the Defender suddenly woke up, and the entire air of the hall burst into a metallic clang, with countless waves of sharp-edged qi radiating outward.
被深度催眠，处于收容最后的抵御者霎时清醒，然后整个大殿空气铖地爆发出金鸣，无数气浪般的刀气四射。
[Councilor No. 41 temporarily lifted the seal of the “Anonymous Origin Secret Treasure” for me.]
[41号议员为我暂时解除“匿名本源秘宝”封印。]
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
轰轰轰轰。
The hall exploded, the top of the entire nest was torn off, and an extra hollow pit erupted in the city like a volcanic eruption.
大殿爆炸，整座巢穴的顶被掀翻，城市中如同火山喷涌般多出了个多余的凹穴。
[Councilor No. 41 bought me 0.5 seconds—activating Bloodline Secret Energy “Temporal Turbulence.”]
[41号议员为我争取到0.5S，血脉秘能“时序之湍流”发动。]
Another force descended from above, forcefully suppressing the book that was about to disappear.
另一股力量从头顶降临，死死压制住这本即将消失的书册。
[Councilor No. 41 tossed me into the origin-zero timeline 43210N.]
[41号议员为我投入虚零时序43210N.]
The invisible blades surging in from outside instantly slowed down, as if a time barrier resembling a tornado had appeared before him.
外界涌来的无形刀锋瞬间变慢，身前仿佛多了道类似龙卷风般的时间屏障。
[Time expansion, range 4.32 meters, 10S remaining.]
[时序扩张，范围4.32米，还剩10S.]
Boom! The dense blades slammed into the surrounding walls.
轰！密集刀锋撞到四周墙上。
The hall instantly lost its shape, with countless otherworldly items inside shattering, but the blade aura beside him alone was still advancing slowly, yet to touch him.
大殿顿时失去形状，里面的无数异界物品碎裂，但唯独自己身旁的刀气还在缓慢前进，还未触碰到自己。
“What should I do?”
“我要怎么做？”
Yang Zicang said. He knew the Defender would be powerful but never expected it to be an enemy he could not contend with at all.
杨子藏道，他知道抵御者会很强，但没想到是完全无法力敌的存在。
The opponent could crush him with just a single finger.
对方只需要一个手指头就能捏爆自己。
At that moment, a collective voice of resolve echoed in the minds of everyone in the entire city.
整座城市的所有人在此刻出现道心念之声。
[Due to Silver Faction member Yang Zicang eliminating an enemy captor, the balance of the confrontation has been tipped anew.]
[因银白阵营杨子藏消灭敌方收容者，对抗天平已重新倾斜。]
[Councilor No. 41 has issued a special reward: “Calling Card for the Chosen One.”]
[41号议员颁布特殊奖励“应选者召唤名片”。]
A new tiny black hole appeared before Yang Zicang, from which a card emerged.
一个新的小黑洞展现在杨子藏身前，其中冒出现一张名片。
[7S remaining.]
[还剩7S.]
[Do you wish to use the Calling Card for the Chosen One to perform a “summon”?]
【是否运用应选者召唤名片来进行“召唤。”】
[Currently, four individuals in this city can be summoned.]
【当前该城可响应召唤者为4。】
Grasping it, Yang Zicang’s mind quickly received information about its usage.
捏住它的杨子藏心念中极速出现关于它的使用方法。
The voice of the review councilor sounded in his heart:
评议委员的声音响起心中道：
{This item can summon high-combat personnel who have left this city and belong to the council’s subordinate forces. My recommended list includes: Chen Haoya, Jian Shisan, Hei Yuan, Zhao Anlong.}
{这件物品可以召唤出这座城市曾离开过的，属于议会下属的高战力人员，我推荐的人员名单有：陈皓雅、剑十三、黑鸯、赵安龙。}
“Could all these people possibly…”
“这些人难道都能…”
{They have all grown strong enough to seal or kill the Defenders. Four seconds remain.}
{他们皆已成长到能封印或是击杀抵御者强度，还剩四秒。}
[Do you wish to use the “Summon” function of the Selected Manifest Card?]
【是否运用应选者召唤名片来进行“召唤。”】
The blank card in hand, as if possessing its own will, inquired once more with indifference.
手上的空白名片似有自己的思想般再次漠然询问道。
Even though time in this small area had been stretched, the Defender still appeared rapidly just a few meters away. It had already extended its arm, with a condensed red gleam forming at the tip of its finger.
哪怕这一小片区域的时间重新被延长，抵御者依旧高速地出现在几米外，它已伸出了手臂，指尖诞生抹凝聚的红芒。
Finally, the folded rays that had lingered outside the time barrier shot in.
早已出现在时间屏障外的折线终于射了进来。
{Yang Zicang, don’t kill Huang Zhong…}
{杨子藏，不要杀黄忠…}
{Have them contain him…}
{让他们收容…}
Yang Zicang raised the card and exclaimed:
杨子藏举起名片道：
“Zhao Anlong!”
“赵安龙！”
Time seemed frozen.
时间仿若禁锢。
The next moment, the ground shattered.
下一秒，大地崩碎。
BOOM!
轰！
Lightning burst in all directions. The humanoid figure suddenly appearing before him charged with the primal might of a ancient Tyrannosaur breaching through eons.
电光四射。突然出现在身前的人形生物仿若自远古冲撞而来的太古暴龙。
Flickers of fists danced, bearing clusters of dark, uncertain Energy that sliced through the air into shards of glass. They came shattering through space and time.
拳影闪烁晦暗生灭的一小团一小团能量，将空气割裂打出玻璃状。破碎时空而来。
The red gleam at the Defender’s fingertip was literally blasted away by one punch.
抵御者指尖的红芒被他一拳抽飞。
For an instant, Yang Zicang seemed to witness the profound cosmic tableau surrounding his fist.
这霎那杨子藏仿佛看到他拳头周围的宇宙深邃画面。
The Defender fiercely unleashed the light of swords and blades born from spatial compression, exploding within the nest like a hail of missiles.
抵御者悍然发动空间压缩出的刀剑光芒，它们就像数枚导弹般在巢穴内爆炸。
{Who are you!}
{谁！}
“It’s your father!”
“是老子我！”
Yet the suddenly emerged young figure, standing like the sovereign of the earth, withstood all this, and delivered a punch to its jaw.
然而那突然出现的少年身影依旧似大地的君王般硬抗着这些攻击，一拳打在它下颚上。
CRASH!
轰隆！
[100,000 Newtons annihilated.]
[100000N已湮灭。]
The billowing clouds scattered and vanished, revealing the moonlight sky.
浩荡流云扩散消泯，露出天际月光。
The long-tailed, scarlet-eyed being was sent hurtling toward the heavens like a missile from that punch.
尾巴修长的猩红复眼之人被这一拳如导弹般砸向苍穹。
Boom! Boom!
砰砰！
Two figures shot through the air from above.
空中两道身影疾射自天上。
Though clearly incapable of flight, he relied on the explosive power of his muscles, leaping off scattered rocks and steel fragments to ascend high into the air, one foot carrying a destructive storm as he kicked toward the other’s head.
他明明没有飞行能力，却靠着肌肉迸发的跳跃力借纷飞的岩石与钢管碎片窜入高空，一脚带起毁灭的风暴，踢向对方头颅。
The Defender, having reacted, turned into a blur and appeared behind Zhao Anlong, a red flash on its finger.
反应过来的抵御者高速化为残影出现在赵安龙身后，指头上红光一闪。
“Swish!”
“咻！”
A pellet-like energy orb shot out, striking Zhao Anlong on the back.
丸状能量球崩出，打在赵安龙背上。
His clothes quivered from the impact, the contact area twisting and deforming before bursting apart with a bang.
他身上的衣服一震，接触面扭曲变形，嘭地炸开。
Zhao Anlong spun his body, both hands discharging cracks of tremor, with a galaxy of stars shimmering.
赵安龙旋转身体双手排出震荡裂缝，星海闪耀。
{One who has strayed from the path of destiny.}
{自命运轨迹脱离之人。}
“That’s right, want such power? Accept my seal, become my slave.”
“没有错，想要这样的力量吗，接受我的封印，成为我的奴隶。”
{Presumptuous!}
{猖狂！}
A dark crimson glow gathered as the Defender’s hands swelled with a stronger energy ripple. Zhao Anlong stamped against a fragment, sprang up again, shrinking to a tiny dot.
暗红流光汇聚，抵御者手上出现更强的能量波动。赵安龙在爆起的碎片上一踏身影再次跃起，化为一个小点。
A white light flashed in the sky, followed by an orange-red burst.
天上白芒闪现，橙红光泽炸开。
{Your bloodline… contains destruction, doesn’t it.}
{你的血脉，蕴含着毁灭…是吗。}
Down below, the survivors, still breathing, had long been thrown off their feet; none could help but stare in awe at the scene, and Yangzicang was likewise stunned dumbfounded.
下方还没死的众人早已被掀翻，他们无不震撼的看着这一幕，杨子藏也目瞪口呆。
The sky had brightened considerably, and the energy sphere that exploded before fully forming had obliterated most of the Defender’s arms.
天上变得明亮了许多，那还未汇聚完毕就炸开的能量球将抵御者本身的双臂消去了大半。
[Time Reset.]
[时间归零。]
The book in Yang Zicang’s hand vanished, and a gale surged into this small space, hurling him backward. Fortunately, Zhao Anlong appeared; otherwise, even the blade aura alone would have been beyond his ability to withstand.
杨子藏手上的那本书消失了，狂风涌入这片小空间将他掀翻出去，还好赵安龙出现，否则光是那刀气就不是自己能抵御的。
Boom, boom, boom!
嘭、嘭、嘭！
The sky trembled like a drum being pounded.
天空宛若捶鼓般震动。
Bang, bang!
轰、轰！
The armless Defender was pummeled upward into the heights by the man from below. Countless magical patterns erupted from the Defender’s eyes, forming a circular cage that seemed ready to envelop both itself and its enemy.
失去双臂的抵御者被那人自下而上暴揍向高处。抵御者双眼爆发无数魔纹，似圆形囚笼要将自己与敌人一起笼罩。
“Destruction!”
“毁灭！”
The cage exploded instantly, but the summoned young man emerged from the blast slightly scorched and dirty, roaring angrily:
囚笼瞬间爆炸，但那被召唤而出的少年也被炸得有点灰头土脸，他恼怒地吼道：
“Seal!”
“封印！”
The surrounding wreckage had been completely reduced to dust; with no foothold left, the two figures plummeted rapidly.
周围的碎片已经被完全炸为泯粉，没有借力之处，两道身影快速坠落。
The battered Defender turned its head to look downward.
被打得残破不堪的抵御者转头看向下方。
The human, appearing as a youth opposite it, brought his hands together. Starlight flickered as a force field materialized in his hands.
与自己相对的少年般的人类正将双手合拢，星芒闪动，这人类手中出现道力场。
“Model Expansion!”
“模型展开！”
[Because I am the Great Quadrilateral!]
[因为我是伟大的四边形！]
[Thus I can give birth to a Cube!]
[所以我能诞生立方体！]
Zhao Anlong’s eyes blazed with divine light, and a circular ring appeared on his chest. The quadrilateral passed through the force field, extending four edges as if being three-dimensionally modeled, expanding outward to encompass the Defender.
赵安龙双目神光奕奕，胸前圆环浮现，四边形冲过力场后如同被三维建模般延长出四道边，扩散着向抵御者囊括而去。
{Your bloodline truly carries the aura of destruction… how nostalgic.}
{你的血脉里，真的有毁灭的气息，好怀念。}
The Defender, having lost both arms, seemed lost in memory.
失去双臂的抵御者似乎陷入了回忆。
Zhao Anlong said, “Then follow me.”
赵安龙道：“那就跟随我。”
The Defender revealed a scornful smile. It glanced at the rapidly extending barriers of energy walls, its body rapidly aging.
抵御者露出讽刺笑容，他扫了眼快速延长的立场能量壁垒，身躯快速变得衰老。
{Hah, a mere trash from Earth, daring to think of becoming my master.}
{呵，区区地球废物，也想成为我的主人。}
A mismatched ball of cyan-red energy condensed from the Defender’s body, lurching toward the force field, while it itself died naturally, having allowed itself only one more second of life.
自抵御者身上凝现的靑红光芒能量球歪歪斜斜撞上力场，而它本身则自然死亡，它只给自己留了一秒寿命。
The force field trembled. Zhao Anlong’s cube quivered before vanishing, while the terrifying figure that made the whole city uneasy became nothing but withered remains.
力场一震，赵安龙的立方体颤抖后消失，而那道让整个城市的人都为之不安的恐怖身影，已经成为一具枯槁残骸。
“That mongrel.”
“这个杂种。”
Zhao Anlong’s body traced an arc, landing lightly on the ground.
赵安龙身影带起弧线轻巧落在地面。
He waved a hand toward the sky. The various steel pipes, rocks, and clumps of earth still falling around him exploded with a rumble, turning into clouds of dust in the air.
他冲天际一挥手，周围还在降落的各式钢管、岩石、泥块轰隆隆爆炸，化为漫天尘埃。
The man—not very tall—walked over step by step, stood before Yang Zicang, and plucked the business card from the hand of the person half-sitting against the wall, glancing at it.
身材并不很高的男人一步步走来，站到杨子藏身前，从半坐在墙边的人手上拔下那张名片看了眼。
“Finally, someone here has grown strong enough to summon me back. Not bad, kid.”
“这里终于有人能成长到召唤我回来的地步了，不错，小子。”
“You… ahem… are you Zhao Anlong?”
“你，咳咳，就是赵安龙？”
Yang Zicang propped his body up.
杨子藏撑了下自己的身体。
Zhao Anlong’s medium-length hair swayed in the wind. His pupils seemed to contain constant stellar fusion and explosions, and his entire body radiated an aura comparable to a Defender’s. However, he restrained this imposing presence well.
赵安龙的中短头发随风摇摆，他的双瞳中似有恒星不断聚合爆炸，浑身散发堪比抵御者的气息，不过他很好的收敛了这气势。
Humans could actually grow to such a degree, even as if this was the power contained within his physical form. Yang Zicang was momentarily stunned.
人类竟然能成长到这种地步，这甚至像是他躯体蕴含的力量，杨子藏一时有点呆滞。
A beam of twisted light shot toward him but couldn’t touch Zhao Anlong, as an invisible barrier surrounded his body.
一道折线射来，却无法接触赵安龙，他身体周围被无形屏障隔绝。
“Don’t waste your strength. I can only communicate with this guy before me.”
“别浪费力气了，我只能跟眼前这家伙交流。”
Zhao Anlong sighed, unbuckled a sword from his waist, and threw it beside Yang Zicang.
赵安龙叹息，他自腰后解下把剑丢到杨子藏身边。
“Although this weapon is nominally given to you,”
“这武器虽然名义上是给你的。”
“To, me?”
“给，我？”
“The rules are like this. But I want you to hand it over to Flurry Zhao of the Monster Hunter Alliance. Tell her that I miss her fragrance. But tell her not to rush accumulating time damage rollover—stay here and learn some survival skills first. At least wait a year or two before coming over. It’s very dangerous over there now.”
“规则是这样。不过我希望你能交给猎怪者联盟的赵雪美，给她说我有点想念她的香味了。但让她别急着累积时序到一万年，躲在这里多学些保命的东西，至少一两年后再过来，那边现在很危险。”
“Okay, I’ll give it to her.”
“好，我会给她的。”
Yang Zicang’s hand touched this sword.
杨子藏手触摸到这把见。
[I have obtained the Chrono Weapon, which contains 500N.]
[我获得了时序战器，它蕴含500N.]
“This…”
“这…”
If his perception wasn’t wrong, this Chrono Weapon could inflict 500N per attack.
如果没有感知错误，那么这把时序战器能每击附带500N。
Stimulated by the combat aura, the faint image of White Shadow Thought-Dragon formed behind Yang Zicang, standing at ready at any moment. Zhao Anlong glanced at it.
受战斗气息的刺激，杨子藏背后浮现着白影念龙的隐约图像，随时出于待命状态，赵安龙看了眼它。
“This weapon is considered decent; back in my area, with some effort, you could get one. Hey-there, are you a newcomer from these past few months? It’s rare to see a Nen ability, and an offensive one at that. Not bad, not bad. Come over as soon as possible, and we’ll spar. Oh, right, what’s your name? The representative’s prompt just now mentioned something… Yang, was it?”
“武器嘛算是比较好的东西，在我们那边努努力还是能搞得到。喂，你是这几个月来的新人吗，竟然有难得一见的念能力，还是攻击性能力，不错不错，早点过来，到时候给我搭搭手。噢对了，你叫什么，刚刚议员的提示好像是…杨什么？”
“Yes, that’s my name. What kind of place is your area?”
“是的，那是我的名字。你们那边是什么样的地方？”
“Want to know?”
“想知道吗？”
Zhao Anlong revealed a malicious smile:
赵安龙露出不怀好意的笑容：
“If you listen to me, you’ll have to leave with me. Is that okay with you? A lot of people at headquarters are desperate to stay here and live in comfort.”
“如果听我说了，就要跟我离开哦，这样你也没关系吗？总部的好多人可是拼了命的想留在这边安逸度日的啊。”
“Then don’t bother.”
“那你还是别说了。”
Zhao Anlong nodded in relief. He swept his gaze around and heard the shouting of people in the distance.
赵安龙如释重负的点点头，他左右一扫，他听到了远处人们的大声叫喊声。
“Oh, you killed Lu Zhishen? Good, good. Two Chrono Weapons? That’s no small feat. When did our family produce a seedling like you?”
“喔，你杀了鲁智深？好好好，竟然有两把时序战器，不得了，我们家什么时候诞生了个你这样的苗子。”
Yang Zicang laboriously spat out mud scraps from his mouth, took a deep breath, and said, “It’s… okay.”
杨子藏吃力地吐出嘴里的泥屑，深抽口气道：“还…好吧。”
“He’s only been here for three or four days,” someone shouted from afar.
“他才来这里三四天。”远处有人喊道。
“He arrived on the fifteenth of this month.”
“他是这个月十五号来的。”
Zhao Anlong was stunned, carefully sizing up Yang Zicang, who was leaning against the edge of the mud pit.
赵安龙一愣，仔细打量起这倚靠泥坑边缘的杨子藏的面貌来。