第一百三十六章 去安全的地方
Zhou Liren covered his ears with trembling hands. He dared not listen, feeling as if he might faint again.
周立仁双手颤抖捂着耳朵，他不敢听，感觉自己又要昏死过去。
Was he about to die… but he still wanted to continue living…
自己就要死了吗…可自己还想要继续活下去啊…
{Don’t be afraid, child.}
{不要怕，孩子。}
A gentle voice arose from within his heart, and a natural fragrance seemed to emerge from the depths of his soul.
温柔的声音自心间响起，自然的清香像是从心底浮现而出。
Zhou Liren looked up. A phantom-like female figure appeared before him, smiling warmly at him. In an instant, all his fear vanished, and he felt much calmer.
周立仁抬头，一道幻影般的女人身影出现在身前，她正含笑看着自己。周立仁感觉自己所有的恐惧瞬间消失，变得镇静不少。
A faint, elusive fragrance filled his nose. Zhou Liren noticed that the osmanthus flowers at the woman’s temple were moving without any wind. Their petals opened and closed, shedding barely visible, light golden specks like lost time made visible.
若有若无的清香漫入鼻腔，周立仁瞥见女子发簪上的木樨花竟在无风自动，花瓣开合间抖落肉眼可见的淡金色的，如同时序虚影所化的尘埃。
{Don’t make a sound. Someone will come to rescue you soon.}
{勿要出声，马上就有人会救你出去。}
[Soon? Who are you?]
[马上？你是谁？]
{The one who once gave you the formula.}
{曾给你们配方的人。}
About ten seconds later, the hands of the man bent over the operating table paused slightly. He cast a sidelong glance behind him. The figure on the ground had disappeared!
十来秒后，手术台前的男人的手微微一顿，他用余光瞟了眼后方。地上那道身影已经消失不见！
The scalpel in his grip flared red.
他握紧的手术刀瞬间亮起红芒。
“Invisibility? Seven, is that you!”
“隐身？七号，是你吗！”
There was no answer.
无人回答。
“Isn’t it No. 7 who just gained the invisibility model?” He squinted his eyes. “Who could it be?”
“不是刚获得隐身模型的七号？”他的眼睛眯了眯，“会是谁。”
Propped up on the stone platform, the newly awakened Li Zhinan felt his eyelids heavy and his mind drowsy as he looked at the figure holding a scalpel.
石台上，已经苏醒的李智南眼皮沉重，昏昏欲睡，他看向拿手术刀的人影。
“Who… are you?”
“你…是谁。”
“You can call me Bandage. Sleep now. When you wake up… go into the mountains for me and see what’s hidden there.”
“你可以称呼我，绷带先生。睡吧，睡醒后……替我去山里看看，那里面到底藏着什么。”
The man succumbed to sleep, and not long after, he felt as if he caught a faint, fragrant scent. Naturally, he snapped awake—but found himself in a dream.
男人睡去，没多久，他感觉自己像是闻到了清香，他自然的清醒了过来，却是在梦中。
Splintered fragments of information surged into Li Zhinan’s mind.
支离破碎的信息出现在李智南的心中。
“This is… information from another world? Wait, what is ‘another world’ all about?”
“这是…异界的信息？等下，异界是什么？”
The ethereal cave was surrounded by lush vegetation. Li Zhinan stepped outside and gazed up at a star-dotted, azure blue sky. Faint sunlight filtered down from between the stars onto the ground, as the forest teemed with chirping birds and fragrant blooms. It was an abandoned camp, yet the supplies appeared as if they had been placed there just moments ago.
梦幻的洞外花草丰盈，李智南走出来看向繁星点点的苍蓝碧宇。稀薄阳光自星间散落地面，森林一派鸟语花香。这是片废弃的营地，但上面的物资又像是刚刚才放在那儿似的。
Li Zhinan walked over and wiped his hand on a makeshift assembly of long spears and short swords.
李智南走过去，在长枪短剑上拿手抹了把。
He turned his head toward a basket filled with food and a chest stocked with armor, picking up an iron-framed glass mirror from a box of clothing. On its surface appeared the reflection of “Wang Chaoguang.”
他转头看向装着食物的篮子以及放有盔甲的箱子，从衣服箱子里拿起张铁边玻璃镜，上面映现着“王朝光”的面容。
Suddenly, those features rippled with change, shifting into his own face.
忽地那面容一阵变幻，变成了自己。
Abruptly, Li Zhinan jolted awake, and the mirror crashed to the ground.
李智南突然惊醒了过来，手中镜子落在地上。
Everything came back to him now: he had left Earth, arrived in a strange world… and now, the other occupant here hadalready been captured!
他想起来了，自己已经离开了地球，到了个奇怪的世界…而现在，自己已经被抓了！
The entire team had been dissected and met their deaths, and the very first among them was Wang Chaoguang—all because he had obtained the incense pill formula!
整个队伍的人都被人解剖然后死掉，当其冲的就是王朝光！只因为他得到了香丸配方！
And that bandaged figure, wrapped from the neck down in bandages, sliced Wang Chaoguang into countless pieces, even stuffing some parts into the bodies of the other companions traveling together…
而那个脖子以下缠绕着绷带的家伙，将王朝光切割成了无数份，甚至还将某些部位塞入同行的其他人体内…
“Why is my face Wang Chaoguang’s!”
“我怎么会是王朝光的脸！”
Li Zhinan slumped down to the ground, utterly shocked because a certain foreboding had already dawned on him.
李智南一下坐倒在地上，之所以震惊，是因他心中已有某种预感。
The world suddenly twisted, and a godlike or demonic figure stood in midair, sweeping down a palm that shattered the earth. Li Zhinan felt his very spirit torn into fragments, only to coalesce again as a fragrance.
天地骤然扭曲，一道神魔般的身影凌空而立，一掌挥下，大地崩裂。李智南只觉精神被撕裂成碎片，又化作香气重新凝聚。
The phantom frowned and muttered, “Wounded this badly, yet able to counteract my mental attack…”
幻影皱眉低语：“伤这么重，竟能抵消我的精神攻击……”
Back in reality, on the stone platform, Li Zhinan’s tightly-knit brows slowly relaxed.
现实中的石台上，李智南紧锁的眉头缓缓舒展。
……
……
Outside the cave, Zhou Liren, who was being hugged and quickly carried away, was startled to find himself floating about a meter off the ground, held by a faint, barely discernible silhouette; yet whenever it’s speed slowed down even a bit, he faced the risk of falling.
洞外，被人抱住快速逃离的周立仁吃惊的发现自己悬浮在离地一米左右的空中，不过有道若有若无的人形轮廓正抱着自己，但只要它的速度稍微慢一点自己就有坠落的可能。
After rapidly moving for a while, as the heel of Zhou Liren’s shoe brushed past a certain bush, he noticed leaves marked with a sign they had made when entering the mountain—had he really escaped?
疾驰好一会儿，周立仁的鞋跟擦过某处灌木时，瞧见叶片画着他们进山做的标记，自己这是真的出来了？
Shortly after, he felt himself being set down by the invisible entity. Beside him, a handsome figure materialized out of the surrounding air.
随后他便感觉自己被隐形人放到了地上。身边空气中，一道帅气身影浮现出来。
“Finally got you away from that terrifying freak,” the young man said, letting out a long sigh and smiling casually.
“终于从那恐怖的家伙手上把你给救出来了。”青年长吁了口气，轻松的笑道。
“Thank you, thank you.”
“谢谢你，谢谢。”
Zhou Liren nearly burst into tears. Someone had actually saved him! He immediately turned to kneel and bow in thanks, but was held fast by the young man beside him.
周立仁差点痛哭，真的有人救自己！他立即转过身准备扣头道谢，被身旁青年一把扶住。
“It’s nothing, no need to thank me. I just happened to pass by.”
“没事，不用谢我，我只是刚好路过而已。”
The young man crouched down: “Hah, lucky you didn’t make a sound when I touched you, or I wouldn’t have been able to get you out.”
青年蹲下身子：“呵，还好触碰你的时候你没出声，不然我也没办法把你救出。”
Zhou Liren wiped his eyes with his sleeve, looking tearful and puzzled.
周立仁拿袖子擦了擦眼睛，他眼泪婆娑的奇怪道：
“Wasn’t it you who used your ability to tell me not to make a sound?”
“不是你用能力告诉我不要出声的吗？”
“Huh? Me?”
“啊？我？”
The young man looked at him blankly, pointing a finger at himself. “No, I didn’t. Hey, you’re not scared out of your mind, are you?”
青年莫名其妙的看着他，拿指头指了指自己，“我没有啊，喂，你不会是吓疯了吧。”
“N-no, it’s just that someone told me not to make a sound back then, and then you picked me up and ran away. Uh, my name is Zhou Liren. May I ask who my great benefactor is?”
“没，没有，只是当时有人告诉我不要出声，然后你就把我抱起来跑掉了。呃，我叫周立仁，请问大恩人是？”
“That’s strange. Me?” The young man frowned, deep in thought. He hadn’t told anyone about his plan, so how did someone get wind of him.
“这么奇怪？我嘛，嗯…”青年皱眉想了想，自己的计划并未给人说过，怎么就被人给盯梢上了。
“Never mind. You can just call me Shi Qian.”
“算了，你还是叫我时迁好了。”
The young man smiled and patted the other’s shoulder. “Of course, I’m not the only one using the name Shi Qian. So you can call me by my current alias… Wuying.”
青年笑着拍拍这人的肩膀道：“当然，用时迁名号的不止我一个，所以你可以称呼我现在的化名…无影。”
Wuying stood up and looked into the distance. Half a mile away, flocks of birds were startled into flight. A hunting team must have drawn near after buying incense pellets from Yang Zicang and heading into the mountains.
无影起身看向远方，一里地外有无数鸟儿被惊起，应该从杨子藏手中买到香丸后，进山狩猎的某只队伍恰好靠近。
He thought of the young man he had once exchanged timelines with.
他想到了那个自己曾交换过时序的青年。
Never expected the other party to have caused such a stir in the Frequency-Loss Zone in such a short time—truly worthy of someone who could quickly boost his city’s ranking.
没想到对方短短时间就在失频之地上闹出了这么多动静，不愧是能将其城市排名快速提升的人。
“Looks like I need to find an informant to gather more intel on Yang Zicang. Maybe someone around him has some covert surveillance ability.”
“看来，得找情报贩子再收集点关于杨子藏的资料。或许他身边之人，还有什么隐秘的监视能力。”
“What are you saying?”
“你在说什么？”
Zhou Liren looked at the murmuring Wuying; the young man suddenly looked up and smiled:
周立仁看着低声嘀咕着的无影，青年一下抬头，笑道：
“Nothing much. We’re not far from outside now; just head out on your own. Yeah, for safety’s sake, don’t go back to your old shanty area.”
“没啥。这里已经离外面不远了，自己出去吧，嗯，为了安全你以后别回之前的棚区了。”
Zhou Liren was still pondering the “Shifts in Time” that Wu Ying had just mentioned — wasn’t that a name from the Water Margin?
周立仁还在想着无影刚刚所说的“时迁”，那不是水浒里的名字吗。
“Then where can I go now…”
“那我现在能去哪…”
Zhou Liren asked, his heart adrift like a child who had suddenly lost his home.
周立仁像是突然失去家的孩子般，心中无依的问道。
“For now, go to the safest place, of course.”
“眼下当然是去最安全的地方。”
“The safest…”
“最安全…”
“Also, don’t casually reveal information about that person just now, unless the person you’re looking for is very strong.”
“还有，不要随意透露刚才那人的信息，除非你找的人很强。”
Suddenly, the rustling of leaves sounded beside him. Zhou Liren looked back in fright, but it was just a running wild hare. Yet it reminded him that this place was not safe.
身旁突然响起树叶的摩擦声。周立仁惊恐的看了眼后，发现只是个跑过去的野兔。但这也提醒了他，此地并不安全。
“Very strong? How strong does he have to be? As strong as you?”
“很强？要多强才行，像你一样强的人吗。”
“I’m not that strong.” Wu Ying smiled, spreading his hands, then pointed in a direction: “Someone as strong as Manager of Cargo Team from Big Party, only then could he deal with that person.”
“我并不强啊。”无影笑着摊手后，指着个方向道：“像大甲方货队长那样强的人，才可能对付他。”
“You mean…”
“你是说…”
Zhou Liren opened his mouth vaguely but then shut it tight.
周立仁恍惚的开口又闭紧。
He already knew where he should go.
他已经知道自己该往哪里去了。
……
……
The next morning, Yang Zicang was contacting Boppoli.
次日上午，杨子藏正在与波波利联系。
“Is Moli still unconscious?”
“莫里还是没醒吗？”
In the perception image, the boy with curled yellow hair was also very anxious. By Moli’s bedside, two doctors were hooking him up with IV drips to replenish his energy.
感应画面中的卷曲着黄发的少年也很是焦虑。莫里的床边，站着两位医生正给他挂着点滴补充营养。
{No, he still hasn’t woken up until now.}
{没有，到现在都还没醒。}
These doctors couldn’t detect any issues either.
这些医生也检查不出什么问题。
I can only pray that Moli will be okay.
自己只能祈祷莫里没事了。
After severing the connection, Yang Zicang looked at the man who had just been brought into the tent by Luo Bin. He sat very awkwardly in the corner and was indeed an “acquaintance”—the very one who had sold him the formula three hundred years ago.
断掉链接后，杨子藏看向位刚刚被洛宾带进帐篷内的人。他非常局促的坐在角落，还是一位“熟人”，正是花三百年卖给自己配方的那位。
Yang Zicang pulled over a newly made chair, saying,
杨子藏拉过一把新做的椅子：
“I heard that Mr. Liren arrived near here early this morning. Is it about the formula?”
“听说立仁先生凌晨就来附近了，是因为配方的事？”
“No, no, no. Something like a formula, once sold, is sold.” Zhou Liren lowered his head, stammering.
“不不不，配方那种东西，卖出去就是卖出去了。”周立仁低着头支支吾吾。
To Yang Zicang’s surprise.
令人意外。
He took a few extra looks at him. From his expression, it was clear that the man seemed deeply frightened, having gone through an absolutely terrifying experience. His entire face was haggard to the point of being almost deformed.
杨子藏多看了他两眼，从其神色中看出对方像是受到过大的惊吓，而且是非常恐怖的经历，整个人的面容憔悴到近乎变形。
“What happened?”
“发生什么了？”
“I, many of my men died in the mountains. It wasn’t monsters that did it. It was humans,” he rambled incoherently.
“我，我们的人死了很多，在山里。不是怪物干的，是人。”他语无伦次的道。
After listening to Zhou Liren’s account of the terrifying experience in the cave, Yang Zicang patted him on the shoulder heavily.
听周立仁讲述完山洞里的恐怖经历后，杨子藏凝重的拍拍他肩膀。
“My condolences.”
“节哀吧。”
On this lost-frequency land, trouble was common. Running into someone like that only meant the poor bastards had it coming.
这失频之地上哪里不发生点事情，遇上这样的人只能怪对面的家伙自己倒霉。
However, this kind of twisted character was definitely worth guarding against. Clearly, the Shed Master Wuyou had rich experience in these matters. It seemed that Yuan Xuelin hadn’t come to assist him solely due to a demotion.
不过这样的变态人物的确值得堤防，还是无忧棚主的经验丰富，看来袁学林也不完全是被受贬才过来帮自己的。
“I’ll need to share more time-rewards with these uninvited helpers,” Yang Zicang thought.
“得多分润点时序给这些不请自来帮忙的人了。”
After a long sigh, the model on his chest lit up, and a broken line shot out toward Zhou Liren, who was still sitting primly on the opposite chair.
杨子藏长出了口气后，胸前模型亮起，一道折线冒出射向对面椅子上规矩坐着的周立仁。
“This is five thousand hours of sequence — consider it payment for buying out your formula. Don’t mention to anyone that you know this secret formula from now on; you can’t protect it.”
“这是五千时序，就当是我对你配方的买断吧，以后不要向别人提你知道秘方这件事了，你保不住它。”
Zhou Liren almost broke down in tears.
周立仁差点哭了出来。
Indeed, he had no strength to protect it.
自己的确是没实力保住它。
Ever since obtaining the formula, he’d only met two people who wanted it: one gave him sequence, the other cost his brethren their lives. If he blabbed and more people came after the formula, he truly couldn’t withstand it.
从获得配方后到现在，只遇到了两个想要配方的人，一个给了自己时序，另一个则要了兄弟伙儿们的命。这要是自己多嘴后，再来几个要配方的，可真抗不住了。
He no longer dared to mention knowing the formula, wishing with all his heart he could actually forget it.
他再也不敢提知道配方的事了，恨不得真的将其遗忘。
Yang Zicang got up, picked up his water cup from the cabinet, took a drink, and casually asked:
杨子藏起身从柜子上拿起水杯喝了口，随意道：
“You just said someone carried you as they ran out. Who was that, so fast? Did he also come over here?”
“你刚刚说有人抱起你跑了出来。什么人速度这么快，他也过来这边了吗？”
“No, no. He wasn’t that fast; he could simply turn invisible.”
“没，没有。他速度并不快，只是能隐身。”
“Invisible?” Yang Zicang’s hand, holding the teacup, paused.
“隐身？”杨子藏拿着茶杯的手一顿。