第一百零五章 去好地方
Yang Zicang exhaled a nameless ghost fire from his chest and gut, saying:
杨子藏呼出口胸腹的无名鬼火，道：
“A desynchronized place—want to come? It’s wonderful here. Time is not deducted at the month’s end, and killing won’t cost you the target’s lifespan. As a result, conflicts are rare.”
“失频之地，想来吗。这里老好了，月末都不扣时序，杀人也不会收获对方的寿命，相应的，这里的厮杀很少。”
{There’s actually such a fucking good place!}
{竟然还有这样的好地方！}
The sound of beer being chugged came through.
喝啤酒的声音传来。
{What god-tier place is that? Is it the end of this world? Are Zhao Anlong and the others going there?}
{那是什么神仙地方啊，是这个世界的终点吗？赵安龙他们是不是就是去了那里。}
“Stop drinking. I still need you sober later.”
“你别喝了，一会还要靠你。”
“Alright, alright, I won’t drink, but spit it out already—I’m itching with curiosity inside. Ah! Don’t look at me.”
{好好好，我不喝，但你快说啊，我痒死了，心里。啊！你别看我。}
Yang Zicang roared, “Who’s even looking at you?!”
杨子藏吼道：“谁要看你啊！”
He really wanted to tip over the guy’s bathtub.
他真想把那家伙的浴缸给掀翻。
“Where do all your food and drinks come from?” Yang Zicang steadied his chest and asked calmly.
“你吃的喝的，都是哪里来的？”杨子藏抚了抚胸口，平心静气的道。
“These are all consultation fees from headquarters. Not many people in the whole city get this treatment.”
{这些都是总部给我的咨询费，全城没几人有我这待遇。}
Considering there were two to three thousand files in his box, this treatment wasn’t unreasonable.
想到他那箱子里有两三千份资料档案，有这待遇倒也没所谓。
Yang Zicang snorted coldly, “Do you know where headquarters gets their supplies?”
杨子藏冷哼道：“知道总部的物资是哪里来的吗？”
“Well… that would costs Sequence points. That’s A+ top secret.”
{这个嘛…这得花时序欸，这个是A+级绝密。}
“Forget it. Get ready quickly; head to our C-level zone. I’ll pick you up there in a bit.”
“我去你的吧。快收拾好，往咱们的那个C级区域去，一会我在那里接你。”
Hearing Yang Zicang’s words, Luo Bin fell silent.
听到杨子藏这话，洛宾显得有点沉默。
Sensing the hesitation on his end, as if hiding some unspoken difficulty.
感受到他那边的吱吱哎哎，像是有什么难言之隐。
“What’s wrong?”
“怎么了？”
“Well, leaving the house is dangerous right now, buddy. Several people have already died. Liang Xi’s even got me locked out—hearts are treacherous.”
{这个嘛，现在出门很危险啊兄弟，已经死了好几个人了。梁喜那边还把我排除在外，险恶啊人心。}
It seemed he was resentful over not being granted access to that area.
原来在怨自己不给他开放那边的进入许可。
Yang Zicang snorted inwardly. This guy, who kept claiming trust above all else, had sold out intelligence about him without a second thought—who would let him in?
杨子藏内心哼了哼，这嘴上口口声声说信任大过一切的人，转手就卖掉了关于自己的情报，谁敢让他进去。
“What happened—is it Lu Bu?” Yang Zicang deliberately avoided that topic and asked.
“发生了什么事，是吕布？”杨子藏故意不提那茬的问道。
{Anyway, a flash in the sky, and people on the ground are gone. Everyone’s panicked, all of them like startled birds. Now you want me to go out – I’m terrified I’ll get hit by one of these flashes. Boss Wang’s been cooped up with those guys the past couple of days, too scared to go out, nearly scratching his hair off. Lucky this month there’s Virtual Zero Sequence to make up for it.}
{反正，天上一闪，地上的人就没了，大家都很恐慌，人人皆是惊弓之鸟。现在你让我出门，我很害怕来上这么一着儿，王总这两天养着那帮子人不敢出去，头发都快噜秃了，还好这个月有虚零时序来抵扣。}
Indeed, Lü Bu had started his move. With Fangtian exposed, he was no longer hiding his power and had begun a major purge.
果然吕布开始行动了，暴露了方天的他不再隐藏实力，开始进行大清洗。
“I’ll come pick you up in a bit.”
“那一会儿我来接你。”
After more than ten minutes, Yang Zicang, controlling the train, appeared in a forest of rare and valuable trees. He looked up at the sky and finally caught sight of the starlight.
十几分钟后，杨子藏控制列车出现在名贵树木的树林中，他仰头看了眼天际，终于见到了星辰的影像。
But the calm sky had become a haven for death.
但平静的天空已成为死神的栖息之地。
Yang Zicang did not go in to greet his companions. The train quickly became ethereal again, heading toward where Luo Bin was.
杨子藏没有进去与伙伴们打招呼，列车再次快速变得虚无，向着洛宾所在的地方而去。
Amid the crowd of Boss Wang’s group gawking at him, Luo Bin was packing up supplies in large bags, looking like he was preparing to move.
洛宾在王总一群人的围观中，大包小包收拾着物资，像在准备搬家。
“Where are you going?” Wang Yu’an couldn’t help but ask.
“你这是要去哪儿？”王育安忍不住问。
“My buddy’s coming to pick me up soon. Yu’an, life’s hard here.. I’m heading out to take shelter, maybe a little vacation on the side. I’ll be back after a while.”
“等下我兄弟来接我，育安啊，这边的日子苦啊，我去避避难，顺便度度假，过段时间回来。”
“So you actually have a place to take shelter? Where is it?”
“你竟然还有能避难的地方，在哪？”
Luo Bin smiled without saying a word.
洛宾笑而不语。
Wang Yu’an glanced at the people around them, walked over to Luo Bin, and said in a low voice, “How much for this info? Name your price.”
王育安看了看身边的人，走过去洛宾身边，低声道：“这情报多少？我出。”
“Not selling today, sorry. This is top, top, top secret.”
“今天不卖，不好意思，这是绝绝绝秘。”
As he walked back under Wang Chijian’s cold gaze, Wang Yu’an gave him an awkward smile and nodded, then sat down on a small wooden crate, rubbing his hands on his trouser knees.
在一旁王迟剑冷漠的目光中，往回走去的王育安讪笑着对他点了点头，坐在小木箱上，双手搓着裤子膝盖。
Suddenly, a gust of wind swept through the confined space, and the roaring whistle of a subway train echoed around.
忽地，密闭的空间内荡起股狂风，地铁的驰骋风鸣回荡。
Boom! A train appeared abruptly, hovering in front of the stunned crowd of elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people.
轰！一搜列车轰然出现，悬停在目瞪口呆的老弱病残们身前。
The door opened, revealing Yang Zicang standing at the entrance. He wore a khaki coat, his face sharp as a knife, radiating an energetic spirit.
车门打开，穿着卡其外套，脸庞似刀削，显得精神奕奕的杨子藏出现在门口。
“That’s the Great God Yang.”
“是杨大神。”
“This is Ma Chao’s ride.”
“这就是马超的坐骑。”
{I am Ma Chao.}
{我就是马超。}
The evil demon’s voice rumbled through the hearts of these people, tremendously imposing.
恶魇的声音滚滚回荡在这些人心间，威势惊人。
{A ride is meant to be ridden. I am not one.}
{坐骑需要坐，我不是。}
Looking at the messy piles of bags on the ground, Yang Zicang jumped down silently and helped the burly man move them inside. At that moment, Wang Chijian and Wang Yu’an also came over to help, loading the supplies onto the train.
看着地上大包小包的东西，杨子藏无语的跳下去，帮胖子一起搬。这个时候王迟剑和王育安也过来帮忙，将这堆物资往上送去。
“So long, bros. See you in a while!” Luo Bin waved goodbye.
“再见咯，兄弟们，过段时间见！”洛宾挥手告别。
“Uh, Great God Yang, can you take us along too? It’s terrifying here right now.”
“那个，杨大神，能不能让我们也过去啊，这儿现在贼恐怖。”
Yang Zicang shook his head: “Sorry, but I have limited spots each time I make the trip. Unless…”
杨子藏摇摇头：“不好意思，目前我每次带过去的名额有限，除非…”
“Unless what?” The others’ eyes lit up with hope.
“除非什么？”这些人燃起希望的目光。
Yang Zicang grinned and said, “Unless you become a member of the train crew, then you can stay on it forever. Then I can take you anywhere.”
杨子藏咧嘴道：“除非成为列车的一员，就可以永远在车上了，到时随我去哪儿都可以。”
At once, everyone thought of the legend about Ma Chao. They unconsciously stepped back two paces, shaking their heads in unison.
大家立即想到了关于马超的传说，他们下意识后退了两步，纷纷摇头。
Now, even if they were allowed to board, these people wouldn’t dare set foot inside this train.
现在就算让他们上，这些人也不怎么敢踏上这车内了。
The train slowly started moving. Luo Bin, with a face full of delight and curiosity, looked around the carriage, nodding occasionally as if to say this place was really nice.
列车缓缓启动，洛宾满脸欣喜与好奇的打量着车厢内部，不时点点头，表示这地儿真不错。
Yang Zicang stared at Luo Bin, who was sizing up the train back and forth, and chuckled:
杨子藏盯着来回打量列车的洛宾笑道：
“Don’t you still have that good brother of yours? I haven’t seen him around for a while.”
“你不是还有位好兄弟吗，怎么一直没见过他。”
“Ah, oh, uh…”
“啊，哦，呃…”
“In such a dangerous time, it can’t be that he’s still out there gathering intel, can it?”
“这么危险的时节，他该不会还在外面收集情报吧。”
“Well, you know, with intelligence guys, you should stop prying into their whereabouts.”
“这个嘛，你知道的，情报人员的消息，你就少打听了。”
Yang Zicang responded with a snort from his nose, his expression saying he saw through it but chose not to call it out.
杨子藏拿鼻子回应了下他，一副看破不戳破的神色。
Luo Bin plopped down onto a chair and said:
洛宾一屁股坐在椅子上道：
“So, tell me, what tricky problem drove you to find your old buddy this time?”
“说说，这次找到老哥有什么难题？”
“The thing is…”
“事情是这样的…”
Yang Zicang recounted everything, going through all the events of the past few days, leaving out only the parts about the mercury refiner, the journalist, and his reputation.
杨子藏娓娓道来，将这几天发生的事全部讲述了一遍，除了关于逐银和记者以及名气这部分。
The wider Luo Bin’s eyes grew as he listened, until finally he stared at the young man across from him as if he were listening to some epic tale.
洛宾越听眼睛瞪得越圆，最后像是听天书般盯着对面座位上的年轻人。
“So, meaning, over there… you’re now a real big-shot maker?”
“也就是，你在那边，现在已经是个大制作家了？”
“Not bad. I guess you could say I inherited Ma Chao’s legacy. As long as you know the recipes and the production order, you can get the hang of one or two things pretty quickly too.”
“还好，算是继承了马超的遗产，只要知道配方以及制作顺序，你也可以很快上手一两样东西。”
“This is absolutely unbelievable.”
“简直不可思议。”
Luo Bin looked at the pile of supplies on the ground and suddenly couldn’t help but shiver.
洛宾看向地上那堆物资，忽然不由自主打了个寒颤。
“The beer I drank…”
“我喝的啤酒…”
“Yeah.”
“嗯。”
“And these chips too…”
“还有这些薯片…”
“Uh-huh.”
“嗯哼。”
“Aah—aah—aah—!”
“啊啊啊啊！”
Luo Bin clutched his head, nearly puking.
洛宾抱着脑袋，差点呕吐出来。
“Why did I have to know all these truths?”
“我为什么要知道这些真相啊。”
After a pause to collect himself, he began to organize YangZicang’s account, preparing for the upcoming intelligence gathering.
缓了缓，他开始将杨子藏说的事情捋顺，为即将到来的情报收集做准备。
“Someone stole the little engine you made, got you chased away as a thief, and then someone else came to the trade zone, impersonating your assistant to sell it.”
“一个人偷了你做的小引擎，导致你被当成贼赶走，然后另一个人来贸易区冒充你的助手卖了它。”
“Right.”
“对。”
“Then the thief yourself told you who the seller was, and revealed his own presence there as well, didn’t he?”
“接着这个偷的人也在那里告诉你，卖家是谁，并向你透露了自己的存在，对吧。”
“Exactly, that’s how it went.”
“没错，是这样。”
“In terms of probability, the three thieves, no, the two thieves, plus you, all showing up there at the same time is extremely unlikely.”
“从概率学上来讲，你们三个贼，呸，那两个贼，还有你，三人同时出现在那儿的概率非常小。”
“My being there was by chance. I guess the other two have known each other for a long time, trailing each other all the way there, happening upon me, the real owner coming to buy the Lost Memory Model inadvertently.”
“我去的确是凑巧，我分析他们两个应该是互相认识很久，两人是一前一后互相追踪而至，恰巧赶上我这个正主也去买失念模型。”
Luo Bin nodded.
洛宾点点头。
“Yeah, that’s what I figured too. After all, according to what you said, it’s the largest hub in a three-hundred-mile radius, and the only place with a big auction venue nearby. That’s the most logical spot to pawn off shoddy goods like hot goods’s worth — so, here’s the issue.”
“不错，我也这样推测。毕竟那儿按你说的，它是方圆三百里内最大的交易地，也是附近唯一有大型拍卖会场的地方。好东西销赃去那儿是最正常不过的，那么，问题来了。”
“What is it?”
“什么？”
“Why did that so-called Zorro pretend to be your assistant?”
“那个所谓的佐罗，为什么要冒充你的助手？”
“Well…”
“这个…”
YangZicang vaguely felt that Zorro might have deliberately angered Shi Qian, showing an intimate knowledge of Shi Qian’s every move, even the true owner of what he stole which belonged to those wares..
杨子藏隐隐觉得可能是佐罗故意气时迁，这表示他知道时迁的一举一动，连他偷的物品真正的主人是谁都清楚。
After voicing this guess, Luo Bin thought for a moment and said:
将这猜测说出来后，洛宾想了想道：
“That idea you hit on time’s is a possibility you hit about too; feeding your guess — that Zorro meant to bloody our foe new. Based on your guess, I think Zorro is trying to make enemies for Shi Qian, also cutting off any potential collaboration for you with whom the opp like have worked etc”.
“你想到的也是可能性的一种，按照你的猜测，我倾向于佐罗是在给时迁树敌，也是将对方与你的合作可能给斩断。”
“If it’s about making enemies, then…”
“树敌的话。”
YangZicang thought it over and considered It — felt could in indeed be involved target — come, exact possibility there,
杨子藏想了想，的确有这个可能。
Luo Bin chuckled: “You said it yourself, Shi Qian and he don’t see eye to eye. So if you hadn’t run into him, what do you think would have developed next?”
洛宾嘿嘿一笑：“你也说了，时迁和他不对付，那么要是你不碰到他的话，接下来会发展成什么？”
“If I hadn’t gone, I wouldn’t have witnessed this today. At most, I’d later know there’s someone impersonating my assistant to sell things. By then, if I found out who the thief was, I’d easily link the seller and the thief as the same person.”
“如果我不去，今天就撞不到这出，以后最多知道有个人冒充我的助手去卖东西。届时我若是知道当时偷东西的是谁，很容易会将卖家与小偷联系起来当成一人。”
“Yeah, after a while, he’ll definitely leak the news about Shi Qian stealing the well engine. That way, he stirs up enemies for the other and pins the blame on him.”
“嗯，过段时间他肯定会将时迁偷走水井引擎的消息放出来，这样既为对方树了敌，又将锅扣在了对方的背上。”
Thinking it over like this, Zorro seems to have made messing with Shi Qian his top priority.
这么一想，佐罗这是将恶心时迁当成了自己的首要任务。
Those two have quite the grudge between them.
这两人的梁子看来有点大。
“By then, even if Shi Qian comes to explain, you wouldn’t quite believe him. Besides, as a thief known by Shi Qian’s name, it’s unlikely he’d travel that far just to look for you and explain—that would be too beneath him.”
“到时候，哪怕时迁来解释，你也不怎么会信，而且作为一个顶着时迁名号的贼，想来也不可能跑那么远专门找你解释，那多掉价啊。”
“So based on that setup, in this contest of theirs, Zorro probably has the upper hand.”
“所以按之前的算计，这一次他们的比拼，应该是佐罗技高一筹。”
Whether it’s the maneuver of stealing the engine a second time like a mantis stalking the cicada, or pinning the subsequent blame on the other, it shows Zorro has won this round.
不论是螳螂捕蝉的将引擎二次盗走，还是将后续的锅扣在对方头上，都显示佐罗赢得了这次的较量。
“But hey, about Shi Qian—doesn’t his name sound like someone from the Xiongying Group? Belongs to our city?”
“但是嘛，时迁的话，这名字是不是雄英组的人啊？跟咱们一个城市的？”
Yang Zicang had already thought of this issue. Not just Shi Qian, but even that guy with the Zorro alias is highly suspicious.
杨子藏早就想到了这个问题，不光时迁，那顶着佐罗名号的家伙也很可疑。
{The Xiongying Group once had a Shi Qian, before I was born.}
{雄英组有过时迁，在我诞生之前。}
The train suddenly spoke.
列车突然说道。
“Oh?” Luo Bin grew curious and pressed the train for more.
“哦？”洛宾来了兴趣，追问列车。
{A long time ago—maybe seven or eight years ago, maybe ten—there appeared in the city a group of people who wanted to bring a peaceful life to humanity.}
{在很久以前，好像是七八年，又好像是十年前，城市中出现了想要带给人类和平生活的一群人。}
{They established the Xiongying group, primarily differentiating individuals based on three classic works, while a small number of foreigners used characters from their own classics.}
{他们成立了雄英组，主要以三部名著来区分不同的人，少量外国人则使用他们的名著人物。}
“Classic works?”
“名著？”
{Because some of them had gained certain deep-level knowledge of this world, likely related to matters of heroes and legends, they chose these code names and named the organization “Xiongying.”}
{因为他们的某些人得到过这个世界的什么深层信息，好像与英雄豪杰之类的事情有关，所以他们选择了这些代号，并取名为“雄英”。}
So that’s it, Yang Zicang thought to himself.
原来如此，杨子藏心中恍然。
{But due to the natural fragmentation of the human model, along with the instability of human emotions, the organization fell apart within a few years. A faction split off and established the Hunter Alliance.}
{但因为模型的天然分割性，加上人类的情绪不稳定，没几年这个组织就崩溃了。一部分人分离出去，成立了猎盟。}
“Our Hunter Alliance—so it broke off from the Xiongying Group after all,” Luo Bin murmured.
“咱们的猎盟啊，原来还是从雄英组分出来的。”洛宾喃喃道。
The Xiongying Group originally represented all the elites of the city, regardless of faction.
雄英祖最开始竟然代表城市里的所有精英，不分阵营。
“What happened next? And what does all this have to do with Shi Qian?” Yang Zicang asked the train.
“后来呢？这又关时迁什么事？”杨子藏问向列车。