第一百三十五章 山洞内的手术
Crimson Moon-level Grade-A alternating zones require the frequency crystals obtained monthly by quadrilateral model owners resonating with statues to open their entrances.
绯月级的A级交错地，都需要用四边形模型拥有者们，跟雕像所共鸣后，每月所获得的频晶来开启入口。
Those entering together not only need high strength but also rich experience; if they choose the wrong stable scenario, an unsolvable crisis may emerge for their own team, just like the team that stabilized the mountains ahead—their own fate unknown, the alternating zone disappearing from the city, appearing in the loss frequency place waiting for slow destruction.
一同进入者不光要实力高，还得经验丰富，如果选错稳定的场景，最后冒出来自己队伍无法解决的危机，就会像稳定眼前这几座山的队伍一样，自身生死不明，交错地也自城市消失，出现于失频之地等待缓慢毁灭。
“Sigh, I know, only top-tier experts get in.”
“唉，我知道，能进的都是高手。”
Lyu Zhi didn’t think such monsters could be killed by just anyone Someone like him, dreaming of taking advantage, wouldn’t even have a chance to be selected for entry.
吕志也不觉得这种怪物是随便什么人都能够击杀的，像自己这种妄想捡便宜的人，根本轮不到被选中进入。
Lyu Zhi crouched down, stroking the burly monster’s corpse: “What about this guy’s body? It looks pretty sturdy. Peeling the whole skin would be so impressive!”
吕志蹲下来，抚摸着魁梧的怪物身躯：“这家伙的尸体怎么办，看着挺魁梧的，整个剥皮多霸气呀。”
Before the words left his mouth, a faint outline of a carriage cab appeared beside him. As the now-real carriage door opened, a few people with blank expressions walked out.
话音未落，旁边就浮现出了一截若影若现的车厢，变得真实的车厢门打开后，里面走出几个表情呆滞的人。
“How… should… we… handle… this.”
“要、怎、么、处理。”
Yang Zicang observed these puppeteered members of the Desert Wagon Convoy. Wanting to test their intellect, he folded his arms and asked,
杨子藏看着这些被变成傀儡的荒车大货队的成员，他有心想试试这些傀儡的智商，抱着膀子说道：
“Got any bright ideas?”
“你们给个建议。”
The puppets all turned stiffly toward one man, who appeared to be their former convoy captain.
傀儡们僵硬转头看向其中一人，他像是个当时的货队长。
This tall, gaunt man with a haggard face stared blankly at the dead monster on the ground for a long time.
这瘦高之人面色枯槁，眼珠没有神色的看向地上的怪物尸首良久。
“Chop… chop… chop it…”
“得得得。”
Yang Zicang let out a sigh.
杨子藏叹了口气。
What was there to communicate with these puppets that had already lost all human consciousness? In a little while, they probably wouldn’t even know what species they were anymore.
跟这些已经失去人类思感的傀儡能有什么好说的，再过段时间，他们恐怕自己是什么物种都会不清楚。
Lyu Zhi felt a chill run down his spine as he watched them like walking corpses quickly hack the monster into two big chunks. With their haphazard chopping, whatever dignity or awesomeness the Forest Principal had was long gone.
吕志后脊发凉的看着它们如行尸走肉般将这怪物快速砍成两大块，经他们胡乱一砍，幕景主长得霸不霸气什么的都没用了。
“The door… is too small…” The puppets turned dully toward Yang Zicang.
“门太小。”几个傀儡呆滞转头看向杨子藏。
“Figure it out yourselves.”
“自己想办法。”
Thud, thud. A sickening series of cuts followed.
砰砰，又是一阵惨不忍睹的分割。
The savage beasts charging from the forest finally drew closer.
林中冲来的野兽们终于靠近。
Yang Zicang nonchalantly turned his head to look at the charging long-haired gray wolf. Then, as if a master assigning a disciple to train, he said to Lyu Zhi,
杨子藏淡然转头看向扑来的那只长毛灰狼。如同师父指派弟子接受训练般，对着吕志道：
“Go get some practice. Tell me when your Amplified Chrono runs dry.”
“去练练吧，增幅时序见底的时候告诉我。”
This time, Lyu Zhi quickly drew his sword and charged forward. The next second, he was already on the ground, with the wolves gripping his limbs and biting him relentlessly.
这次吕志迅速提剑冲了上去，然后下一秒已经在地上被狼群扯住四肢乱咬。
“Bro… I… can’t hold on anymore…”
“哥…我…不行了。”
Yang Zicang couldn’t bear to watch. He gave a gentle wave of his hand, and the long-awaited White Shadow Thought-Dragon immediately sprang into action.
杨子藏不忍直视的轻轻挥手，等待许久的白影念龙便冲了上去。
Before more beasts could arrive, the two stepped onto the train and vanished into the wind.
在更多野兽赶来之前，两人踏上列车消失在风中。
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Early the next morning, just as Yang Zicang woke up, he saw a large group of people approaching.
次日一早，杨子藏刚起床，便见到一大队人过来。
“Captain Zijian.”
“子间队长。”
Yuan Xuelin, at the head, walked over warmly and shook hands with Yang Zicang.
为首的袁学林热情走来，跟杨子藏握手。
“The shed master said he was worried you lacked experience, so he asked me to bring a few more people to help you out.”
“棚主说怕你经验少，让我再带点人过来帮衬你。”
Pointing at the modified little cart path in the distance, he added:
他一只手指着远处改造过的小车道：
“By the way, that’s the second batch of incense pellets over there, but not as much as last time. Don’t take offense, Captain Jia.”
“顺便那是第二车香丸，不过没上次多，甲队长可别嫌弃。”
Yang Zicang glanced at the cart covered with a tarp and chuckled:
杨子藏看了眼那被篷布盖住的车，笑道：
“How could I take offense? I’m more than grateful. I didn’t expect Captain Yuan himself to come this time.”
“哪里会嫌弃，感激还来不及。没想到这次是袁队长亲自来。”
“Haha, seems like Captain Yuan has been sent here for some field training.”
“呵呵，看来袁队长是被外放锻炼来了。”
Zuo Feixian, holding a bowl, walked over from a nearby tent, slurping his meat soup while teasing.
左非闲端着碗从旁边帐篷走来，变嗦肉汤边打趣。
Yuan Xuelin gave an awkward laugh.
袁学林尴尬的笑了笑。
“Yeah, I’m here to gain some experience alongside Brother Zijian. Protecting this place is a big achievement.”
“是啊，来跟子间兄弟历练历练，保护这里可是件大功。”
This kid had a sharp tongue, but he couldn’t lose his temper.
这小子嘴太贱了，自己还不好发作。
“Well then, I’ll count on you for the next few months.”
“那这几个月就有劳了。”
Yang Zicang didn’t refuse. As more and more people were drawn here, they truly did need a more professional guard to maintain order.
杨子藏并未拒绝，随着这里逐渐吸引很多人前来，的确需要更专业的护卫队来维持秩序。
Amid their banter, Xu Xiuchuan also came over with his bowl and patted Yuan Xuelin on the shoulder.
几人谈笑中，徐秀川也端着饭碗过来，拍了拍袁学林的肩膀。
A person of such high standing was someone they never could have rubbed shoulders with before. Now, cozying up a little put these two losers in a smug mood—hey, they were people of status too.
像这样身份的人，自己之前可是高攀不起的，此刻能占点便宜这俩衰货心中也是美滋滋的，咱也是有身份的人了。
With the help of the Wuyou Freight Team, the entire sales venue was orderly, with long queues even forming in areas that had previously seen frequent disturbances.
有了无忧货队的人帮忙，整个售卖现场井然有序，一些之前经常骚乱处也排起了长龙。
Aya led several newly arrived women in selling goods, while Shed Master Song and others acted as patrol guards. They continuously roamed the surroundings with Yuan Xuelin’s team, learning from the latter’s experience.
阿雅带着新来的几名女士进行着货物售卖，宋棚主等人则充当巡视护卫，跟袁学林的人不断巡视着周围，顺便学着对方的经验。
Not long after, the people sent by the Dugin Inn also arrived.
没多久，独频客栈派来的几人也赶了过来。
News also spread that the Dajiafang Freight Team was owned by the Dugin Inn’s board of directors. Those who had come to scout now had a clearer idea of Yang Zicang’s status: it turns out this kid had strong backing from both Wuyou and Dugin; no wonder he had been so low-key before.
大甲方货队属于独频客栈董事的消息也传了出去，好些来踩点的人对杨子藏的身份有数了起来，这小子背后居然有无忧和独频两大靠山，难怪之前能如此不显山漏水。
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In the cave, one could faintly hear the roar of beasts outside.
山洞中，隐约可以听到外面的兽吼。
Zhou Liren curled up in the damp crack of a rock crevice, the edges of gravel at his lower back having long scraped blood trails into his skin. Yet this pain now was what kept him from fainting—because the person who had gone into the mountains with him was being dissected by the man in front of them.
周立仁蜷缩在阴湿的岩缝里，后腰处的碎石棱角早已硌出血痕。但这份疼痛，此刻却成了让他不至于晕厥的原因：因为跟他一起进山的人，正在被眼前之人解剖。
The bandage-covered man standing beside the stone platform raised his hand to ask, “What piece is assembled wrong here…”
前方站在石台旁的绷带男抬起手，“哪里组装得不对…”
He held a tissue-thin piece of skin between his fingertips, examining it closely with his eyes.
他指尖拈着片薄如蝉翼的皮肤组织，正对着眼眸细看。
“Ah—!”
“啊！“
The person on the operating table suddenly convulsed, knocking over the container of blue-green liquid, and then went completely still. The liquid in the small square box meandered down the stone platform, corroding its surface into a pale gray-white vapor.
手术台上的人蓦地抽搐，打翻盛着蓝绿色液体的器皿后，再也不动了。小方盒里面的液体顺着岩台蜿蜒流下，在其表面腐蚀出淡淡灰白雾气。
Zhou Liren shrank in a corner with a grim expression, staring at the demon-like figure before him.
周立仁神色惨然的缩在角落，看着前方那道如魔鬼的身影。
His teammates, everyone who had come into the mountains with him, had all died, and all around the cave were their mutilated corpses.
他的队友，一起进山来的所有人，已经尽数身死，洞穴周围，全是他们支离破碎的尸首。
Was he next?
下一个，就是自己了吗！
He couldn’t help but despair, thinking that he really shouldn’t have come into the mountains at this time.
他不禁绝望的想到，自己真不该在这个时候进山来啊。
He had already earned two or three millennia of temporal sequence by bringing incense pellets into the mountains during this period. Why did he still have to compete with those newcomers by venturing deep into these mountains…
这段时间明明已经靠香丸进山来赚到了两三千年时序，为什么还要跟那些新人争，跑来这深山里啊…
Didn’t he know that the most dangerous things in this world were actually humans themselves?
难道自己就不知道，在这个世界，最危险的其实就是人类本身吗！
A gathering this bustling was sure to attract something terrifying! And he had encountered it!
这么热闹的集会，肯定会吸引恐怖的东西过来的啊！而自己，就遭遇到了！
The stench of blood filled this underground cave.
血腥味弥漫在这片地下洞穴。
But the upright figure seemed completely oblivious to these nauseating odors.
可那道直立的身影却像是丝毫感受不到这些令人作呕的气味似的。
The man standing before the stone platform, which resembled an operating table, turned his head and coldly looked at the trembling Zhou Liren. In his hand, he held a long, sharp tool with a dark red glow—a scalpel.
站立在如同手术台的石台前的男人转头，冷漠看向颤抖的周立仁。他的手中握着把暗红光芒闪动的修长利器，是柄手术刀。
“Come here.”
“过来。”
“Ah, no, please, spare me. I’m of no use to you, and besides, I’ve already told you the recipe for the incense pellets!”
“啊，不，求求你，放过我，我对你没有任何作用，而且，而且我已经把香丸的配方告诉过你了。”
But the man turned a deaf ear and took a step forward.
这人却聪耳不闻，他往前迈步。
Suddenly, a pained groan came from the stone platform.
忽地，石台上传来道痛苦呻吟。
Zhou Liren’s eyes widened. “Lao Li is still alive!”
周立仁瞪大了眼，“老李没死！”
The man holding the scalpel, his body wrapped in bandages below the throat, paused for a moment. He turned to look at the stone platform, then turned back and continued with his surgery.
握着手术刀，喉咙以下缠着绷带的这人也顿了下，男人转身往石台看去，随后转身回去，继续自己的手术。
“I can live a little longer.” Zhou Liren’s panicked pupils became dull.
“又能多活一会儿了。”周立仁惊慌的瞳孔变得呆滞。
At this moment, he felt only endless regret.
他此刻只有无尽的后悔。
He really regretted it, ever since he heard the broadcast announcement from the big client’s convoy that day; he had become impatient and even more furious.
他是真的后悔，自从那天听到大甲方货队的广播宣告后，他就急不可耐，也更为愤怒。
The incense pellets that the woman in the broadcast claimed could safely enter the mountains were clearly provided by the person who bought the formula from him three hundred years ago!
广播里女人所宣称的能够安然进入山林内的清神香丸，显然就是从自己手上300年买走香丸配方之人所提供！
Damn it, I sold the formula three hundred years ago, and he turned around and sold it two hundred years ago!
干啊，自己三百年卖掉配方，他转手两百年一个往外卖！
Zhou Liren thought of the two people he met that night… The people who bought the incense pellets never intended to use them to enter the mountains to hunt for treasure.
周立仁想到那个晚上遇到的两人…人家买香丸根本就没打算要靠其进山寻宝。
They were going to sell the incense pellets for entering the mountains!
他们是要售卖进山的香丸！
Mass production and sale!
大规模的制造和售卖！
Those who had seen the scene in the shed area all said that the timing units they earned every day were counted in the tens of thousands.
棚区里去看过的人都说，人家每天赚到的时序都是以“W”为单位的。
Zhou Liren regretted it so much that his heart and liver ached, but he also thought that originally, the shed master had strictly ordered confidentiality for the incense pellets, so everyone could secretly get rich without revealing anything. In the end, he just couldn’t resist the temptation of “three hundred years”…
周立仁悔得心肝都在疼，但他又想到，本来香丸也是棚主勒令严格保密的，大家悄悄的发财，泄露的不要。结果自己只是因为没忍住那“三百年”的诱惑…
“No need to worry, the surgery has been successful. You shouldn’t die.”
“不用着急，手术已经成功了，你应该不会死。”
Zhou Liren lifted his head and saw that the body on the stone platform was constantly making slight struggles, as if held firmly in place by an invisible force, leaving it only barely breathing with painful groans.
周立仁抬起头，只见石台上那道身体不断轻微挣扎，却像是被无形力量稳稳固定在石台上，只能气若游丝的痛苦呻吟。
“You, huh heh… in… my… huhuh heh… my belly, did you… put… haw… what…”
“你，嗬呃…在我的…嗬嗬呃…肚子里，放了…什…嗬…”
“That person who obtained the formula is really lucky. He came and naturally understood that thing. Hmm, the bleeding has stopped. Your friend is coexisting with your heart, and the bones are fine. I’ve figured it out; only two organs can be replaced, or it will fail.”
“获得配方的那人运气真好啊，来了就自然看懂了那东西。唔，血止住了。你的朋友在跟你的心脏共生，骨头也没问题。我差不多知道了，只能替换两种器官，否者会失败。”
Zhou Liren felt his whole body trembling.
周立仁感觉自己周身都在颤抖。