第六章 百分之十八
{Attention, attention. A buried victim has been discovered in the East District.}
{注意注意，东区发现被掩埋者。}
Waves of people scattered across the land like swarms of ants, conducting rescues everywhere based on the distress messages received.
一波波的人在大地上如同四散的蚂蚁队伍般，到处按收到的求救信息来进行着救援。
{Understood, Haotian Canopy Excavation Team.}
{昊天大棚挖掘队收到。}
{Please inform the Qitian Canopy Search and Rescue Team of the specific location.}
{具体方位请告知齐天大棚搜救队。}
In the past, many ordinary people in the Forbidden Zone of Lost Frequencies were unaware of this existence, or had heard such a notification from well-known teams without knowing its use.
以前失频之地很多普通人不晓得名气的存在，或是从有名气的队伍听说过那种声音的告知，却不知晓有什么用。
But now they knew!
但现在他们知道了！
Who wouldn’t want to fly into the sky and become an immortal? The prerequisite is, you have to be famous.
谁不想飞上天当仙人，前提是你得出名。
Many teams, risking a 100% chance of falling ill, contacted the train through Deputy Town Chief Zhu Yin, hurrying back and forth across the Lost-Frequency Land to rescue those sending out desperate calls for help.
许多队伍冒着百分百生病的风险，通过副镇长逐银联系列车，在失频之地上到处穿梭赶路，拯救各处散发出的求救宣告。
The biggest beneficiary also emerged—the pharmaceutical suppliers represented by the drugstore “A-Dong-Pi-Hen-Duo-Lin” in Hub Town.
此间的最大受益者也随之出现——以枢纽镇“阿东匹很多林”药店为代表的医药供货商。
“Business… is just too good!”
“生意…真是太好了啊！”
In a small room, a youth of about seventeen or eighteen suddenly straightened up from a pile of medicine boxes, “Woof! Woof!” A large spotted dog with a white coat and black patches also poked its head out from a heap of goods.
一间小房屋中，十七八岁青年从一堆药盒中突然直起腰，“汪汪！”毛色白底黑斑的斑点大狗也从一堆货物中探出脑袋。
The youth tossed a pharmaceutical-type amnesia engine in his hand to it, which the dog caught firmly in its mouth.
青年将手中一个制药类失念引擎丢给它，被这条一口衔住。
“This time it’s a hemostatic and blood-regenerating engine. Yeah, put it on the second engine.”
“这次的是止血生血类的引擎，嗯，放到二号发动机上。”
“Woof.”
“呜汪。”
The spotted dog, carrying the engine in its mouth, ran to the room at the back, where two ancient engines were embedded in the ground, resembling large, primitive locomotive heads. They were dark-colored, emitting wisps of mist, with a small concave hole in the center.
斑点狗叼着引擎跑到房间后方的屋子内，这里有着两台镶嵌在地上的古老大发动机，如同某种大型的古拙拖拉机车头。它们色泽暗沉，散发着丝丝缕缕的雾气，最中间则是个小凹洞。
Inside, there was already a shattered lost-thought engine being shaken by a sieve-like base, breaking it into even smaller pieces that fell.
里面已经有一枚碎裂的失念引擎，正在被如筛子般的底座抖动着，让它们变得更碎的落下。
The new lost-thought engine was released into place by the spotted dog.
新的失念引擎被这条斑点犬松嘴放入。
“Click!” Like being drawn by a magnet, it automatically adjusted its position and fit firmly into the depression, becoming part of the large engine.
咔哒！它就像被磁铁吸附般，自动调转方位，稳稳当当嵌在了凹坑内，成为了大发动机的一部分。
“Brother Bing, the big client’s delivery team is here again!”
“丙哥，大甲方货队又来啦！”
A voice full of heartfelt joy came from outside the shop, and no sooner had it been said than the sound of wind howling was heard from outside.
一道充满发自内心喜色的声音自店外传来，刚刚说完，外界就传来风鸣声。
Upon hearing this sound, the spotted dog eagerly barked twice and rushed out wagging its tail.
斑点大狗一听这声音，迫不及待“汪汪”了两声，摇着尾巴就冲了出去。
Teacher Chen and Zuo Feixian walked out of the train’s wide-open door. Seeing the dog excitedly running up and lunging at her, Teacher Chen happily patted its head.
陈老师和左非闲从洞开的列车大门走出来，看到迫不及待的跑来往身上扑的大狗，陈老师高兴得摸了摸它的头。
“Good dog, good dog… Hey hey, stop licking, stop licking! Go roll around somewhere else.”
“好狗好狗，唉唉唉…别舔，别舔！滚一边儿去。”
“Runrun, come here.”
“润润过来。”
The youth ran out with a cheerful smile on his face.
青年喜笑颜开的跑出。
Teacher Chen, wearing a linen-textured matte casual suit, smiled warmly as she stepped forward to shake hands and said, “Boss Bing, we’re here to restock again. Have the new products been produced?”
身穿麻格磨砂休闲西装的陈老师笑吟吟上前握手道：“丙老板，我们又来进货了。新的货物生产出来了没有？”
“The store’s production capacity is through the roof—literally, in the physical sense.”
“店铺产能已经冒烟了，物理意义上。”
The shop owner then saw a young man with a lean face, looking quite composed, step down from the carriage, followed by several others on the carriage behind him.
随后店主便见到一个面容清瘦，显得比较沉稳的青年从车厢内走下，他身后的车厢上还跟着好几人。
“Teacher Chen, who is this gentleman?”
“陈老师，这位先生是？”
“My name is Li Mi.”
“我叫李弥。”
The lean young man turned sideways, raised his arm voluntarily, and pointed to the three large crates inside the carriage, introducing,
清瘦的青年侧身，主动抬臂指着车厢内的三口大箱子介绍道：
“I heard your store needs a large quantity of drug raw materials that haven’t yet turned into Demonic Nightmares. These are some of the drugs we’ve collected from our city, all arranged by Yang Zicang.”
“听闻贵店需要大量还未恶魇化的药物本品，这是自我们城市中收集到的部分药物。都是杨子藏先生授意的。”
“Good heavens, such big crates—you must have put quite some effort into this.”
“天啊，这么大的箱子，一定花了不少功夫吧。”
“Yes, this is the result of three teams that were dispatched over two days of collecting.”
“是的，这是我们派遣三只队伍在两天中收集的成果。”
“Only two days? That’s impressively fast.”
“才两天！好快。”
The young shop owner showed slight astonishment, realizing that this was probably an efficiency only possible for the leading team in City No. 41.
青年店主略显惊讶，看来这是41号城里属于主导队伍才能干成的效率。
Li Mi smiled. This was his first time entering the legendary Hub Town, and he carried important responsibilities.
李弥笑了笑。这是他第一次进入传说中的枢纽镇，而且还肩负重任。
He looked around at the somewhat quiet shops. Here, they were almost all businesses doing things like custom tailoring, weapon crafting, old appliance repairs, and equipment modding for Demonic Nightmares.
他看向周围略显冷清的店铺。这里都是做类似定制衣物、武器打造、旧电器修理与恶魇模器化之类的商家。
At that moment, the idle shop owners and employees, seeing the ghostly, shadowy phantom train parked there, gathered around.
此时闲来无事的店铺老板与员工们，见到幽影森森的虚幻列车停在这里，都围了过来。
To produce an item, the Waste Mind Engine didn’t necessarily have to use only non-Demonic-Nightmare materials as raw materials. Instead, it could use a small portion of supplies produced by other Waste Mind Engines, though that would lead to a decline in yield rate as the amount added increased.
失念引擎要制造一件物品，并非全部都必须要用未恶魇化的材料做原料。而是可以采用小部分其它失念引擎生产出的物资，只是那样会随着添加量的增多导致成品率的下降。
“Xiao Bing, need any help with production?”
“小丙，要不要我们帮帮忙生产啊。”
A few shop owners nearby said eagerly.
周围几个店铺老板心痒的道。
“Medicine that’s stored too long might become Demonic Nightmare—let’s help produce it together.”
“药品放久了说不定会恶魇化，我们一起帮忙生产吧。”
If all of this were turned into medicine, the output would be hundreds of times greater. These days, the Land of Shifted Frequency was in dire need of medicine, whether for treating the wounded or for sale—reputation and profit could both soar!
这要是全部生产成药物，那就是几百倍的产量。这两天失频之地急需药物，不论是救治伤员还是售卖，名与利都能大增！
Demonic Nightmaring was indeed a problem.
恶魇化的确是个问题。
Bing Zixian was about to say something, when he saw Zuo Feixian point at the box lid.
丙自仙正想说什么，却见左非闲指了指箱盖。
“Open it.”
“你翻开它。”
With Zuo Feixian’s directing gesture, the gazes of those around shifted over.
随着左非闲的指点动作，周围人目光都挪了过去。
Bing Zixian pushed the hand lifting the box lid, causing it to flip open completely, revealing some golden-thread patterns on it.
丙自仙将揭着箱盖的手一推，它就整个掀开过去，露出上面的一些金丝的纹路。
“What is this?”
“这个是？”
Everyone looked at the golden-thread lines on the box lid.
众人看向箱盖上的金丝线路。
Li Mi said calmly, “This magic pattern was acquired by a former strongman from our city. Its main function is to prevent the rapid Demonic Nightmaring of items stored inside. So as long as the lid is on, even if you don’t immediately use these materials to produce pharmaceuticals as a Demonic Nightmare Engine, they can be stored for a long time. It doesn’t even require magic crystals for energy, as it can automatically draw power from nature to maintain its operation.”
李弥淡淡地道：“这魔纹是我们城市曾经一位强者所获得。主要功能就是预防箱内储存的物品快速恶魇化。因此只要盖上它，哪怕你们不短时间内以这些药物为原料制造出药品类失念引擎，也不妨碍它长久储存。甚至都不需要魔晶提供能量，因为它能自动抽取天地间的能量维持运行。”
“What!”
“什么！”
An uproar immediately erupted among those around.
周围人一下喧嚣了起来。
“Hmm…” Li Mi rubbed his chin, “The ‘shelf life’ for stored items to remain free of Demonic Nightmaring…”
“嗯…”李弥摸了摸自己的下巴，“存入物品的非恶魇化‘保质期’，应该至少有一年左右吧。”
“This is a treasure, for sure!”
“这可是宝贝啊！”
Everyone marveled, and some people’s threads had already refracted outward. Someone suddenly clutched their head and nearly fell to the ground, this was caused by subconsciously trying to memorize the pattern of the magic lines.
大伙儿连连惊叹，一些人的丝线已经折射了出去。还有人突然抱头一下差点栽倒在地，这是下意识想要强行记忆魔纹的线路所致。
“Shopkeeper Bing, these three boxes are for you.”
“丙老板，这三口箱子送给你。”
“For… for me?”
“送，送给我？”
“Yes, including all the medicinal materials inside. You just need to provide the loss-of-memory model yourself, and it should be enough to earn you the time sequence of other large shops in Hub Town for over a year. This is a gift from Mr. Yang Zicang, to thank you for your help over these past two days.”
“是的，包括这里面的药物原料全部奉送。你自己出失念模型，应该够赚到枢纽镇其它大型店铺一年多的时序。这是杨子藏先生给你的礼物，用以答谢这两日你的帮忙。”
And also, to demonstrate our strength.
以及彰显我们的实力。
Li Mi silently added in his heart.
李弥默默在心中补充到。
Bing Zixian instinctively glanced at the back of his shop, piled high with various cardboard boxes of medicines.
丙自仙下意识看了眼身后的铺面内，堆积成山的各种药品纸箱。
If it weren’t for this Demonic Nightmare subway and the medicine orders from the main client goods team, he certainly couldn’t have completed such large-scale production and sale of various products in just two or three days.
如果不是这艘恶魇地铁以及大甲方货队的药物订货，自己想要完成这样大的品类生产与售卖，定然不是两三天内能做到的事情。
And over these two days, he wasn’t the only shop taking on this business. In general, he was just a small merchant responsible for peripheral medicine production.
而这两天接这单生意的店，不止自己一家，总的来说，自己只是个负责外围药品生产的小商家。
“This… This is too valuable. I’ve already earned enough over these two days.”
“这…这太贵重了吧。我这两天赚得已经够多了。”
Teacher Chen patted the young man on the shoulder and smiled familiarly:
陈老师拍了拍这青年的肩膀，很是熟络般的笑道：
“Look, for sales, we have our main client goods team and the Star Express, for raw material supply, we have the strong team from City 41, and in the future…”
“你看，售货有我们的大甲方货队和大明星列车，原料供给有咱们41城的强力团队，以后…”
Bing Zixian took a deep breath, feeling a chill go through his head.
丙自仙深吸了口气，感觉自己的脑袋一阵发凉。
This… this has to be his lucky break. He had an inkling.
自己…这是在走鸿运的节奏啊。他有了种猜测。
After a few seconds of excitement amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, the shopkeeper, calling himself Bing Zixian, met the eyes of Li Mi and Teacher Chen and said,
在众人羡慕的目光中兴奋了几秒后，自称丙自仙的店老板迎着李弥与陈老师的目光道：
“Are there any conditions?”
“有什么条件吗？”
“There are definitely conditions. We want some shares.”
“条件肯定是有的。我们想要一些股份。”
He took out a document and handed it over; as several heads craned in to look at it, Bing Zixian deciphered the handwriting on it.
他拿出一个单子递过去，在几个脑袋伸头看来的目光中，丙自仙辨认着上面的字迹。
“…” ‘Forty-first City branch, ‘Monster Hunters Camp Headquarters,’ holding fifteen percent of the shares, and responsible for supplying the raw materials and storage of the medic-alchemy engine?”
“…41号城…“猎怪者阵营总部”持股百分之十五，并负责提供药物引擎的原料与保存？”
The young man raised his head to look at Li Mi, who represented the Forty-first City; the other party nodded, and he felt a little dry-mouthed.
青年抬头看了眼前代表41号城的李弥，对方点点头，他感觉有点口干舌燥。
“‘Lost Frequency Land’s Big Client Goods Team holding sixteen percent of the shares and responsible for sales.”
“失频之地‘大甲方货队’持股百分之十六并负责销售。”
He looked at Teacher Chen beside him, who responded with an “Mm-hmm.”
他看向身旁的陈老师，对方“嗯哼”了一声。
The young man continued to look at the final sentence.
青年继续看向最后的这句话。
“Then the final eighteen percent thirty… belongs to the Forty-first City… Miss Mu Xiaoyu?”
“剩下的百分之十八…归41号城…沐小雨小姐所拥有？”
He and those around him all looked up at Li Mi in surprise.
他和周围的人都诧异抬头看向李弥。