第一百二十三章 来都来了
In Hub Town, Qiao Ming, unable to withstand the pressure from his captain, once again inquired about the progress with Zhuyin.
枢纽镇，乔明顶不住队长的压力，再次询问逐银进展如何。
You know, that’s the Chrono Weapon, the closest thing to a Century Weapon.
要知道那可是最接近百年器的时序战器。
The terrain aggregation at the Crimson Moon level can sometimes be extremely vast. Just crossing several mountains teeming with wild beasts within half a month is already a daunting task for ordinary people, let alone dealing with those “demons” brimming with bizarre abilities.
绯月级的地貌聚合有时非常广大，光是要在半个月内穿行几座野兽横行的山峦，对于普通人来说都是难事，更别说对付那些充满奇异能力的“妖魔”了。
With this weapon, stabilizing an A-class intersecting zone would naturally bring many benefits. The most direct effect would be saving a great deal of time on prolonging the recovery of the chronological principal.
有这武器，对于稳定A级交错地来说，无形中就会有诸多好处，最直接的作用就是节约许多时序本金的增幅恢复时间。
Outside a simply decorated wooden coffee shop, Zhu Yin sat by a round table, reading a newspaper, and said:
一间装修简约的木质咖啡厅外，圆桌旁的逐银看着报纸道：
“I’ve already found a formidable guy who’s willing to help you all search. Well, here’s some good news—those A-class mountains that fell into the Lost-Frequency Zone have already been located.”
“我已经找到了个厉害的家伙，他愿意出手帮你们寻找。嗯，告诉你个好消息，那几座跌进失频之地的A级山峦他们已经找到了。”
On the nearby chair, Qiao Ming, wearing a plaid shirt jacket, widened his eyes.
旁边椅子上，身穿格子衫外套的乔明瞪大了眼睛。
“You actually found them! Oh, thank heavens! Who is he? Can he make it inside there?”
“真找到了！噢，谢天谢地！他是谁，有把握进入那里吗？”
With the A-class mountain range that his city had sunk into within the vast Lost-Frequency Zone being found so quickly, Qiao Ming’s biggest worry was already alleviated.
能这么快在广袤的失频之地上找到自己城市跌落进去的A级区域，乔明心中最大的担忧已经缓解。
If luck sours in finding a lost-frequency twilight scene, it might take months—or longer—to locate. Over time, the vitality within those zones will wither, eventually turning into barren wasteland, gushing countless black springs and streams, rapidly collapsing the terrain. After that, finding any trace of it in the Lost-Frequency Zone becomes even more impossible.
寻找失频暮景，运气不好的话几个月都不一定找得到，而时间久了，那些区域的生机消泯，最后会成为一片荒芜，流出无数黑色的泉水溪流，让地形快速坍塌，那以后就更别想在失频之地找到它的痕迹了。
The quadrilateral model on Zhu Yin’s chest emerged, with a thin line refracting into the void.
逐银胸前四边形模型展现，一道细线折射进虚无。
“As it happens, he’s right nearby. How about you take a look for yourself?”
“正好，他就在那附近，要不你亲自看下吧。”
Then another broken line emerged from his chest, shooting toward Qiao Ming beside him.
随后他胸前又诞生一道折线射向身旁的乔明。
Vast dark clouds appeared in Qiao Ming’s sensory vision. In front of him, several mountain peaks towered, and a young man stood amidst a patch of forest beyond the mountains.
浩瀚的阴云出现在乔明感应视线中，前方几道山峦高耸，一个年轻人正站在山外一片树林中。
Upon seeing these mountains, Qiao Ming’s eyes lit up:
见到这几座山，乔明眼眸一亮：
“That’s it! This is where my teammate entered. I saw it when communicating with him! Let me think – the last place I spoke to him should be that mountain.”
“真是这里！我的队员就是进入的这里，我跟他交流时看到过！让我想想，最后跟他通话的地方应该是那座山。”
He slightly raised his finger, but to the sensory image, it was unclear which mountain he was pointing at.
他的手指抬了抬，但对于感应画面来说，根本不晓得他指的是哪座。
On the other side, Yang Zicang also caught an extra voice in the sensory image. It came from an unfamiliar young man seated beside Zhu Yin; his whole being radiated the sharp combat aura from scuffling through the swampland.
另一边的杨子藏也听到了感应画面中的额外声音，是坐在逐银身旁的一位陌生青年，浑身散发着在此世界摸爬滚打后练出的凌厉战斗气质。
{Are you referring to the third mountain from the inner left?}
{你说的是不是最里面左方第三座山？}
“Yes!” Qiao Ming nodded.
“对！”乔明点点头。
Yang Zicang’s heart sank. That was the mountain where the apparition had appeared.
杨子藏心中一沉，那就是出现幻影之人的山头。
{I just went there. What’s your teammate’s name? I’ll try to contact him through the model later.}
{我刚刚去过那边。你的队友叫什么名字？我等下展开模型试试能不能联系到他。}
“We call him Xue Lao’er. Since our city has ‘Cursmancers,’ everyone uses pseudonyms to address each other.”
“我们叫他薛老二，因为我们城市有‘咒师’，所以大家基本都用化名互相称呼。”
Curse practitioners? Yang Zicang thought of his own city’s elderly custom of using monikers, but now was not the time to ponder that. He briefly described his experiences over there, without revealing how he had entered.
咒师？杨子藏想到了自己城市中那些老人喜欢用化名的习惯，但此刻不是研究这些的时候。杨子藏大致将自己进入后的经历描述了下，只不过没有告知对方是以什么方式进去。
After hearing Elliptic’s account, Qiao Ming was stunned. “You’ve already been inside? That was so fast!”
听完讲述，乔明愣住了，“你都已经进去过了？竟然这么快！”
“That’s not the point of the issue. By the way, someone from my side has entered this mountain before, and they all said there were spirit-based illusion attacks inside. Did Xue Lao’er encounter such attacks at the time?”
{这个不是问题的重点。对了，我这边有人进去过这座山，他们都说里面有针对精神的幻境攻击，薛老二当时有遭遇过这样的攻击吗？}
“No, after they entered, they chose a scene with many beasts from several terrain scenarios. With our fake Century Weapon in hand, they stabilized quickly. It took about ten days for the terrain to undergo aggregation, and they hadn’t experienced any spiritual attacks before that.”
“没有，他们进入后从几种地形幕景中选择了野兽居多的幕景，有我们的伪百年器在手，他们稳定的速度很快，十来天就出现了地貌聚合，在那之前都没有遭到精神攻击。”
That is to say, the spirit-based illusion attacks indeed came from the final terrain that appeared. Once the illusions of the monsters or objects inside emerged, they covered an area of tens of square kilometers.
也就是说，针对精神的幻境攻击果然是来自于最后出现的地形。里面的怪物或者物品的幻境一出现，就覆盖了数十里平方公里的面积。
Yang Zicang took a deep breath. If he successfully obtained such an ability or item, it would be a treasure capable of covering nearly half the city.
杨子藏深深吸了口气，若是成功得到这种能力或物品，几乎是覆盖小半个城市的宝物。
Although Qiao Ming had never entered that A-grade gathering point, he had experienced many areas through his teammates’ Mental Link. Following his guidance, the two of them entered the mountain.
乔明虽未进入过那A级聚集地，但通过队友的心灵链接也体验过不少区域，当下两人按照其指点进入山中。
Not long into their deep advance, Yang Zicang felt his thoughts uncontrollably drift toward terrifying and gloomy places. He even began to hallucinate, sensing that the person beside him had ill intentions.
深入没多久，杨子藏便感觉自己的思想不由自主往恐怖阴森的地方去想，甚至还会出现幻觉，觉得身旁之人对自己不怀好意。
But at every such moment, the aroma emitted by the incense pellet in his pocket continuously interrupted his wild thoughts and kept him clear-headed.
但每到此时，衣服兜里的香丸散发的味道，都让他胡思乱想的念头不断被打断，并让人清醒。
“This incense pellet is truly a wonderful treasure.”
“这香丸真是个好宝贝。”
Luo Bin finally began to take this pellet seriously.
洛宾此刻终于正视起这颗丸子。
Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the grass and trees in the forest.
忽然，树林中一阵草木沙沙之身。
“Roar~”
“吼~”
A massive creature with cyan skin covered in thick, bulging veins and bloodshot eyes charged down the hillside like the wind, crashing through trees with loud cracks as it rampaged like a tank.
青色皮肤上爬满粗壮血管，眼睛通红的大型生物从山坡上如风般冲来，宛如坦克般横冲直撞，将树木咔咔撞断。
Swoosh!
嗖！
Before it could get close, the White Shadow Thought-Dragon dashed out in an instant and snatched its thought entity in one bite.
它还未靠近，白影念龙边瞬间冲出，一口将它的念力体叼了出来。
Bang! The cyan-skinned mutant beast immediately lost vitality, tumbling down the slope like a wrecked car, carving a trail of dirt until it stopped at the bottom, motionless.
嘭啪！青皮变异野兽瞬间失去活力，躯体如失事轿车般咕噜噜滚下山坡，划出着道土痕摔在坡底停止了呼吸。
[I harvested 43.7N.]
[我收获了43.7N.]
Qiao Ming saw the phantom suddenly appear behind Yang Zicang, causing the chair under him to creak incessantly.
乔明见到杨子藏身后突然出现的幻影，屁股下的椅子霎时咯咯直响。
He looked up at Zhu Yin in disbelief:
他不可思议的抬头看向逐银：
“This… could this be a thought entity nightmare?”
“这，这难道是念力体恶魇？”
“Uh-huh.”
“嗯哼。”
Zhu Yin casually picked up the coffee cup and took a light sip, acting as if nothing was amiss.
逐银若无其事的捏起咖啡杯，轻轻饮了口。
Qiao Ming swallowed hard. A silver-white model actually had its own thought entity nightmare. That meant that guy, after creating the model, had fully tamed another thought entity nightmare! How did he do it?
乔明喉咙艰难的动了下，一个银白模型，居然有属于自己的念力体恶魇。也就是说那家伙竟然在诞生模型后，又完全降服了个念力体的恶魇！他怎么办到的？
A few possibilities flashed through his mind, but they were all quickly dismissed. After thinking it over with no conclusion, he sighed softly:
他心中瞬间出现几种可能，不过又全部快速被否定。想来想去没有结果，只得微叹道：
“As expected of the deputy overseer. Even a friend from the lost-frequency zone possesses such formidable skills.”
“不愧是副镇，连失频之地里的朋友，都有这般强横的能力。”
“Haha, not bad, not bad.”
“哈哈，还好还好。”
Zhu Yin smugly gave a slight shake to the newspaper spread out in his gloved hand.
逐银臭屁的轻轻抖了抖手中展开的报纸。
Qiao Ming forced a strained smile. He wanted toask Yang Zicang how he had done it, but ultimately held back from voicing the question.
乔明吃力笑了笑，他有心想要请教杨子藏是怎么做到的，但最终没有问出口。
To probe someone’s deepest core secrets right off the bat would seem akin to challenging their status—how could anyone cooperate with you then? Better to find the sword first; that was the practical priority.
一上来就探寻别人的最核心秘密，岂不是有问鼎之嫌，这让人如何跟你合作。还是先把剑找到再说吧，那才是实在的。
Luo Bin glanced at the giant beast rolling down and twitched the corner of his mouth.
洛滨看了眼滚下来的巨兽，嘴角扯了扯。
A mutated beast of this level in the former crossing grounds would have definitely given anyone who entered a rough time, yet it was easily slain in Yang Zicang’s hands.
这种级别的变异猛兽在以前的交错地中，绝对能让进去的人狠狠喝上一壶，却在杨子藏手中轻易被击杀。
“Bro, next time for this kind of puny fry, there’s no need for you to step in—let me handle it.”
“哥，下次这种货色，哪需你出手，让小弟我来吧。”
“OK.”
“OK。”
After delving another two or three li deeper, Yang Zicang said to Luo Bin:
又深入两三里路后，杨子藏对洛宾道：
“Expand your model and see if you can find someone named Xue Lao’er.”
“你扩展模型看看，能不能找到个叫薛老二的。”
Far away in Hub Town, Qiao Ming grew tense upon hearing Yang Zicang’s words in the sensory image.
远在枢纽镇的乔明，听到感应画面中杨子藏的话后，心中也紧张起来。
Qiao Ming was now torn with contradictions—he both wanted to find Xue Lao’er and was somewhat afraid of finding him.
乔明此刻很是矛盾，既想找到薛老二，又有点害怕找到薛老二。
Qiao Ming thought silently to himself: Xue Lao’er, it’s not that I, Big Brother, don’t value your life—I just hope you can protect the Chrono Weapon and return it; otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless.
乔明心中默默想到：薛老二，不是哥哥我不心疼你的命，只希望你能保护好时序战器，将它还回来，否则就不能怪我心狠了。
Luo Bin expanded his model and broadcast the words he was about to speak.
洛宾展开模型将要说的话扩散了出去。
{Whoa, buddy, are you guys in that newly emerged mountain? You’re not insane—how are you protecting yourselves?}
{哇，哥们，你们是在那座新出现的山里吗，居然没疯，是怎么保护自己的？}
“Get lost. Xue Lao’er, where are you?!”
“滚一边去。薛老二，你在哪？！”
[An anonym invested 20N in me.]
[匿名者为我投资20N.]
{Brothers, can you let us invest a bit? We need to enter that Crimson Moon-level area and get a share of the time sequence.}
{这位兄弟，你们竟然能进入那片绯月级区域，能不能让我们投资点，分点时序啊。}
“Yeah, yeah, that’s right, kind-hearted fat brother, please have mercy. There should be plenty of maddened beasts in there—just help us kill some monsters and earn a bit of lifespan, okay?”
{对对对，这位胖兄弟，行行好呗，那里面应该有很多发疯的野兽，帮我们杀点怪物弄点寿元呗。}
[Renxiu has invested 100N for me.]
[仁秀为我投资100N.]
[Zhang Shanlu has invested 52N for me.]
[张山禄为我投资52N.]
Dozens of investments of varying amounts came in one after another.
几十道数量不等的投资陆续而来。
“What the hell is this!”
“什么玩意儿啊！”
Luo Bin quickly returned all these sequence time investments, but in an instant, several hundred years’ worth of new investments poured in.
洛宾赶紧将这些时序全部遣返，但又瞬间多出几百年的时序投资。
“Please, I beg you.”
{求你了。}
Luo Bin didn’t expect that in this backwater place, these people would be so enthusiastic, instantly investing two or three thousand sequences’ worth of time, insistent that he go kill a few maddened beasts before they’d be satisfied.
洛宾没想到在这穷乡僻壤的地方，这些人居然还如此热情，瞬间就投资了两三千时序，非要让自己去杀几只发疯的凶兽方才罢休不可。
Luo Bin turned his head to look at Yang Zicang beside him—no wonder the little bastard beside him didn’t come handle this himself.
洛宾扭头看向身旁的杨子藏，难怪身边这小混蛋不自己来。
“Damn it, are these guys all short-lifers? Should we kill a few for them?”
“妈的，这些家伙都是些短命鬼来的吧。要帮他们杀几只吗？”
“Since we’re here anyway.”
“来都来了。”
No sooner had Yang Zicang finished speaking than several muffled low roars sounded in the forest. With branches continuously snapping and breaking, several frenzied beasts resembling mad bulls with bloodshot eyes rushed out of the woods.
杨子藏刚说完，林中便响起几道沉闷的低吼。随着树枝的破碎声不断响起，几头类似眼眸带血的疯牛般的疯兽从林中冲出。
“I’m on it.”
“我去。”
Without waiting for Yang Zicang to say anything further, Luo Bin grasped Ma Chao’s Fen Yun Sword and charged forward.
洛宾不待杨子藏开口，就提着马超的纷云剑冲了上去。
The iron hooves of the frenzied bulls pounded the ground like thunder. Luo Bin charged straight at them, ducking low to evade the curved horns with a nimble roll, slipping beneath the rampaging bull’s belly and thrusting out his sword.
疯牛铁蹄撞动地面，轰然作响。洛宾直奔而去，面对弯角的撞击灵动地一矮身子，一个滚就窜到了狂暴无比的疯牛腹下，一剑递出。
Swoosh!
噗！
As he withdrew the sword, he instantly rolled away, dodging the spurting hot blood, then pushed off with his foot and rushed toward another frenzied bull behind.
收剑的当口又瞬间撤身滚开，避开飞洒的热血，脚下一蹬便冲向了后方另一头疯牛。
“Moo~”
“哞~”
The bull’s front legs gave way, collapsing to the ground and quickly withering.
疯牛前蹄失力，倒在地上快速变得枯槁。
[I obtained 32N.]
[我获得了32N。]
{Awesome, bro!}
{帅啊！哥。}
{Be careful of branches on the right scraping you—that could deduct several days of timing.}
{小心右边的树枝刮伤，应该会抵扣好几天时序呢。}
{One sword strike killed that fierce beast—impressive! Dude, how about that guy next to you? Should he invest? He hasn’t made a move yet?}
{一剑就杀死了那头好凶的野兽，厉害啊！哥们，你旁边那位要不要投资啊，他不出手吗？}
Yang Zicang stepped forward a few paces, keeping his fragrance close enough to Luo Bin.
杨子藏往前走了几步，保持香味离洛宾不会太远。
Luo Bin swiftly finished off three bulls’ lives, but the commotion from beasts further behind continued without cease. In these mountains, such beasts by the tens of thousands likely still lurked.
洛宾动作飞快的结果三头牛的生命，而后方野兽的动静却并未停止。这山里类似这样的野兽，不知还有几千上万头。
[I gained 38.2N—all thanks to me, the grand quadrilateral.]
[我收获了38.2N，这都是我，伟大四边形的功劳。]
[I got another 21.3N.]
[我又收获了21.3N。]
Yang Zicang watched Luo Bin’s movements quietly, showing no intention to intervene.
杨子藏静静看着洛宾的动作，没有丝毫要出手的意思。
But in the mind link, many—whether stunned by Luo Bin’s agility or eager to latch onto this powerful enforcer to continue earning their dividends from timing—couldn’t stop churning out sickeningly syrupy praise.
而心灵连接中，很多人不知是震撼洛宾的身手，还是想要抓住这位强大的打手，帮自己继续赚时序分润红利，让人腻歪的溢美之词不断响起。
{It’s rare to see such an agile fat guy in the mountains.}
{能在山里见到这么灵活的胖子，也是难得呀。}
{Bro, I’ll lend you another five hundred cycles! Hey, everyone, quickly transfer me some cycles. I have an investment opportunity, hurry up.}
{哥，我再借给你五百年！喂，哥几个，大家快给我转时序，我有投资，快快。}
{Good heavens, that’s at least one to two hundred cycles’ worth of time in a flash, isn’t it? Fatty Bro is truly incredible.}
{天吶，这都有一两百年的时序了吧。胖哥太伟大了。}
Yang Zicang shrugged nonchalantly while Luo Bin, basking in a sea of praise, eagerly plunged into the forest, seeking out the wild beasts deeper within. This worried Yang Zicang so much that he hurried after him, shouting, “Hey, have you lost your mind!” {where} suggests the starting man turns order word slightly altered—sticking with a closer structure.)
杨子藏掏了掏耳朵，而洛宾则在声声赞美中兴奋地主动窜入林中深处，寻找着后方的野兽，吓得杨子藏赶紧跟上，“喂，你要疯哇！”
{If only I could go in there, acquiring life-energy that fast would be incredible.}
{要是我能进去就好了，那里获得时序也太快了吧。}
{Don’t envy it. Even if you could enter, there’s no way you’d be able to eliminate those ferocious beasts as quickly as they do. Just one toss in the air, trampled by those stampeding cattle—how your few scraps of lifespan would stand up to that.}
{别羡慕了。就算你能进，也没办法像人家那样快速消灭那些疯兽啊。只要被顶飞，几头牛一起乱踏，就你那点寿元，顶扛住几下？}
That remark got straight to the heart of the matter.
这话算是说到了点子上。