第一百五十二章 你要的黑夜
Cold sweat broke out on Yang Zicang’s forehead. The information in the manual was actually inaccurate—people from the Fantasy Realm Company really did take action against ordinary people in the Lost Frequency Land.
杨子藏冷汗直冒，手册里的信息竟然不准确，幻境公司的人真的对失频之地的普通人出手了。
Two assassination attempts had failed.
两次击杀失败。
On the chest of the gray-suited young man, now tinged with slight anger, a dark gold ring emerged. A thread shooting in from the void linked with the dark gold ring.
带着些微嗔怒的灰西装少年的胸前，浮现出暗金色的圆环。一道虚空中射来的丝线与暗金圆环链接。
{Executive Xiao, I hear you’ve discovered the Ring of Bloodline?}
{霄干事，听说你发现血脉之环了？}
Seeing the figure of the twin-tailed young girl in the induction screen, the young man nodded gravely.
见到感应画面中坐在车上的双马尾少女身影，少年沉着脸点点头。
[This Mr. Yang Zicang holds a muddy three-circle Ring of Bloodline.]
[这位杨子藏先生手上拥有浑浊的三环血脉之环。]
{Three circles? Good heavens—even a one-circle bloodline is a priceless treasure barely seen in the Lost Frequency Land. A three-circle one must not be lost; even if it’s muddy, I request the Editor-in-Chief to extract some pure bloodline energy from it.}
{三环？天啊，哪怕一环血脉都是失频之地几不可现的宝物，三环，千万不要丢失，哪怕是浑浊的，请求主编大人也能分离出些许纯净血脉能量。}
[Rest assured.]
[放心好了。]
Mr. Xiao calmed down.
霄先生情绪恢复平静。
He paced forward a couple of steps on the wheat field.
他在麦地上往前踱了两步。
Everyone looked at Yang Zicang. Under the weight of these gazes, he felt torn inside. He could certainly give the statue, but if he lost it, would the boy before him truly let them all go?
众人看向杨子藏，感受到这些目光，杨子藏心中纠结。一个雕像，自己当然能给，可若失去它，眼前之人真的会放过大伙儿们吗。
If the other party went back on his word, everyone here would be wiped out, leaving no further bargaining chips.
若对方反悔，这里所有人都会被清理，再无可谈的资本。
“You might as well put your money away,” the boy said, fixing his eyes on Yang Zicang. “Don’t think you can threaten to leave. Because, after all, I’ve long reached the point where I’m capable of leaving. So, I’ll make a bet with myself.”
“把你的钱币还是放起来把。”少年紧盯着杨子藏道：“别妄想以离开作威胁。因为啊，反正本人也早到了可以离开的实力了，那我就跟我自己打个赌吧。”
The mud-covered individuals looked at this person of terrifying strength.
泥土满身的几人看向这个拥有恐怖实力的人。
“Make a bet with yourself?”
“自己跟自己打赌？”
Xiao Gan-shi sneered. “Let’s bet if today marks the turning point where I will leave.”
霄干事冷笑：“赌一赌，今日是不是我离开的契机。”
Yang Zicang felt a sudden chill. This guy—was he willing to leave with him over a mere statue?
杨子藏感觉身上猛然一寒，这个家伙，为了个雕像居然不惜跟着自己离开吗？
“If you leave, I’ll follow you onto a new path of fate. How about it? Want to bet whether they and you will both die?”
“你离开，我也就跟你一起前往新的命运轨迹，如何？要不要赌一赌，他们和你会不会都死掉？”
With that, Xiao-shi actually turned around, and walked off into the distance, laughing.
说罢，霄先生居然笑着转身往远处走去。
“As the editor-in-chief’s Index Finger, I have the right to write my legend upon this land. To show some goodwill, I’ll grant you an entire day to think it over.”
“作为主编的食指，我有资格在这片大地书写属于我的传奇。为了表达我的善意，我将给与你一整天的考虑时间。”
Turning his back to the crowd, the boy raised his arm and extended his index finger as he walked.
背对着众人的少年抬起手臂，边走边竖起食指。
“By exactly noon tomorrow, if you don’t hand it over, every living soul here is eliminated. No matter where you run, it will make no difference at all.”
“明日中午十二点整，不交出，这里所有生命全部清除，不论你们跑到哪里，都没有丝毫作用。”
Standing beside him, the lady with the gentle demeanor remained where she was.
站于他身旁那位气质温和的女士还停留在原地。
Her voice warm and gentle, she smiled to the startled few and reminded them, “All life means, from ants to bacteria, not a single one left.”
她嗓音温润的对着惊颤的几人微笑提醒道：“全部生命是指，从蚂蚁到细菌，一个不留。”
The others also turned and followed Mr. Xiao.
几人也都转身跟着霄先生离去。
Yang Zicang thought, that is precisely the way the Single-Frequency Inn was destroyed.
杨子藏想到，那不就是独频客栈的覆灭方式。
The other party truly had the capability to do it.
对方真有能力做到。
Isn’t it just… that bloodline revered by the strong of the old world!
不就是…那个旧世界的强者们共尊的血脉而已吗！
Behind, Yang Zicang clenched his teeth and raised the statue.
后方的杨子藏紧咬着牙，将雕像举起。
“Since you want it, I’ll give it to you!”
“既然你要，我给你！”
I’m sorry, Qin Meng. He silently apologized to the half-kneeling flower statue in his heart, unable to protect you in life, nor after death. But this humiliation will be avenged in the future. He must grow stronger, and quickly!
对不起了，秦蒙。他在心底对着这半跪姿态的鲜花雕像道着抱歉，生前没保住你，死后也没保住。不过，今日之耻，以后必当讨回来。自己要更快的变强才行！
Hearing the voice of concession from behind, the boy, whose heart held a ball of rage, smirked with disdain and gloating satisfaction. He abruptly withdrew his hand behind his back and sneered without looking back:
听闻身后传来的服输声，心中蕴含着团怒火的少年脸上露出不屑又畅快的讥讽。他猛地收回手负于背后，头也不回的冷笑道：
“I’ve changed my mind. Tomorrow, I want to personally witness it being brought into my hands.”
“我改变主意了，明日我要亲自见证它进入我的手上。”
Before them, a vision appeared, an ancient palace city, splendid with gold but vaguely dark and gloomy.
他们身前浮现出一片幻境，里面是金碧辉煌却又透露暗沉光线的古老宫殿城市。
Everyone stared at the flickering dark gold quadrilateral pattern. Teacher Cheng exclaimed in shock:
众人看着那闪烁的暗金色四边形模型纹路，程老师惊道：
“A true descent, such a massive amount of directed energy.”
“是真实降临，这么大片的念能力。”
Yang Zicang’s heart was seething with rage, but he eventually suppressed it.
杨子藏心中怒火弥漫，但最终压制了下来。
When one lacks strength, anger is useless.
实力不如人，愤怒没有任何作用。
“Yes… Chief Editor!”
“是…主编！”
There was no information about the editor-in-chief in the handbook—it was likely that this figure had granted these people new authority, and their power was beginning to disturb the Lost Frequency Zone.
手册里没有关于主编的消息，恐是那位存在赋予了这些人新的权力。这些人的力量竟然开始干扰失频之地。
“Zicang-bro…”
“子藏哥…”
The others, grim and dusty, approached Yang Zicang.
灰头土脸的众人走过来，看向杨子藏。
The backs of a few people were about to vanish into the distant illusion.
几人的背影即将消失在远处那片幻境中。
Suddenly, the scene of their advance could no longer continue; a sharp, cold flash erupted from beneath the tree and torn through space in an instant.
忽然，他们前进的画面再也无法继续，冷峻的闪光自树下暴起瞬息划破空间。
Before everyone could react to what had happened, the bodies of Big Star Xiao and the others in front exploded and vanished.
众人还未反应过来发生何事，前方宵先生等人身躯瞬间炸灭。
Boom! The vividly manifested realm of thought collapsed, crumbling into dust.
轰！真实降临的念想世界轰然塌陷，化为粉尘。
“Heavens!”
“天啊！”
“What just happened?”
“刚刚发生了什么？”
Having sensed nothing at all, the others watched the ancient palace-like city before them suddenly shatter and collapse, spreading into ruin.
几人什么都没感觉到，前方出现的这片宫殿般的古老城市画面便瞬间崩坏，轰然塌陷扩散。
Big Star Xiao’s true form, always hidden within, emerged.
一直藏匿于其中的宵先生真实躯体浮现。
“Who is it!”
“是谁！”
The astonished boy immediately fixed his gaze on an azure finger bone.
惊异莫名的少年目光瞬间锁定了一截湛蓝指骨。
It was quietly suspended before the scattered chaotic energy.
它静静悬浮在这片崩散开的念能前。
A hazy cloud of dust formed a skeletal human shape, but only this jade-like knuckle appeared at the front, radiating an eerie, dazzling blue treasure light.
朦胧的灰尘组成如骸骨般的人身，仅有这节如玉石般的指节出现在前方，散发着妖异绚烂的蓝色宝光。
“Did this thing do it?”
“是这东西干的？”
Luo Bin and the others were greatly shocked, but even more so by the realization that the person they had just spoken to and fought with was merely a world formed from Xiao Gan-shi’s consciousness. Yang Zicang felt the gap between them keenly—this chasm was far greater than he had ever imagined.
洛宾等人大惊，他们同时惊讶的更是，刚才与自己对话甚至交战之人，仅仅只是宵干事念想而出的人物。杨子藏深切感受到了双方之间的差距，这差距比自己之前想得更大。
The finger bone suddenly emitted a faint radiance resembling scattered starlight.
指节忽然散发出阵阵细碎星辰般的光辉。
The moment Yang Zicang looked up, this radiance cut through the air with a sharp, sweeping force.
杨子藏抬头看去的瞬间，这道光辉横扫一切般犀利划破空气。
A look of shock flickered in Supervisory Officer Xiao’s eyes: “Chief Editor!”
霄干事目中闪过惊骇：“主编大人！”
Rumble!
轰隆隆隆！
The space above the grassland instantly exploded and collapsed, swirling like a galaxy gathering and dispersing.
草地之上的空间瞬息炸灭，如同聚散的银河旋转。
Under this terrifying might, the lush grass and countless tender leaves merely swayed in the fierce wind, unharmed, while Mr. Xiao had completely vanished from the world.
这骇然威势之下，茂盛的草地，无数嫩叶只是在疾风中摇摆，并未伤及分毫，而霄先生已彻底消逝于世间。
The hazy dust figure turned around, as if gazing at Zuo Feixian and Yang Zicang, and said:
那朦胧的灰尘人影转过身，似在注视着左非闲和杨子藏道：
{They have already determined that you are under my protection. There’s no escape. Go quickly and collect the other parts of my body.}
{他们已认定你们受我保护。跑不掉了，快去收集我身体的其它部分吧。}
Zuo Feixian’s throat trembled as he swallowed hard. Was this the being that had been able to communicate with him for the past two years? What terrifying strength.
左非闲喉头颤抖的滑动了下，这个东西就是这两年能一直与自己交流的存在吗？好恐怖的实力。
Yang Zicang stared blankly at the sudden change, then heard a few exclamations ring out at his ears.
杨子藏愣愣看着这瞬息间的变化，随后耳边响起几道惊呼声。
Xu Xiuchuan, Wang Chong, and Little Liu only then realized that the formidable enemy was now reduced to ashes.
徐秀川与王翀小刘等人，这才反应过来那可怕的强敌已经灰飞烟灭。
Yang Zicang looked at this hazy phantom and asked,
杨子藏看着这道朦胧幻影道：
“Excuse me, the crisis you mentioned that I couldn’t handle—does that refer to the Chief Editor?”
“请问，你，你指的我无法应对的危机，便是主编吗？”
Yang Zicang had roughly confirmed it in his heart, but he still found it hard to believe: a single stone possessed such formidable power, and it seemed that was just a finger bone.
杨子藏心中已经大概确认，但他只是还难以相信，一块石头就有这样强的力量，而且那似乎只是粒指节而已。
{That’s right. She is not someone you can defeat. Only I can—this is why I still exist. Hurry up; she has already sensed the death of her index finger, and she will likely arrive soon.}
{没错。她不是你能够力敌的，唯有我，这是我还存在的理由。快一点吧，她已经感知到其食指的死亡，应该要不了多久就会到来。}
Yang Zicang looked up at the sky. There were still ten hours until midnight, yet he hadn’t even collected a single bone from the remains. How could he possibly make it in time? Helplessly, he said:
杨子藏看了看天色，距离半夜还有十个小时，而自己连一节骨骸都还未收集，哪里来得及。他无计可施地道：
“My train won’t be able to move until midnight. I’m afraid I’ll have to wait for almost half a day.”
“我的列车，要半夜才能行动。恐怕还要等小半天才行。”
{No matter.}
{无妨。}
The phantom skeleton raised its hand, pointing its index finger to its own ethereal head, pausing at the position of the temple.
虚影骨骸抬手指向自己朦胧的头颅，食指在太阳穴的位置停顿。
As it moved, the sky darkened like a black curtain extending from the horizon upward. The temperature plummeted sharply.
随着它的动作，天际仿佛一道暗黑帷幕自地平线延伸往上，气温急剧减低。
On the Land of Frequency Loss, hundreds of thousands of people looked up to see the sky turning into a dark canopy slowly drawing shut.
失频之地的大地上，数以白千万的人抬头，看向天边如同暗幕缓缓拉起的苍穹。
“What’s happening?”
“发生了什么？”
In every shed area, countless people and creatures looked up in horror.
各大棚区，无数人与生物抬头观望，然后恐惧。
“Why is night coming so early?”
“夜晚怎么现在就来了？”
Countless fissures of lightning flickered across the region. Everyone scrambled for confirmation—was this anomaly visible only in their area or everywhere?
无数折线闪动在各处，大家纷纷求证是只有自己区域能见到异相，还是各处都能看见。
The Shed Master Wuyou, who was tallying goods, noticed the text on the paper in his hands fading. He walked to the window and saw the sky split into halves—one black, one white. The black half was steadily and unrelentingly spreading, devouring daylight.
正在清点货物的无忧棚主发现手上的纸张上文字逐渐无法看清。他走到窗边，看到空中一半黑一半白，黑的那半正匀速而坚定地不断延展，将白昼吞噬。
At the A-Class Crisscross Highland mountains, a group burying the Memory-Extinction Engine—their image reflected on the scorched earth—tilted their heads to look toward the sky.
A级交错山峦处，正将映现着焦黑土地的失念引擎，埋入灰黑大地的一队人仰头，看向天际。
“Holy cow.”
“我滴个乖乖。”
Lu Xiang, who was following Yuan Kun and his subordinates near the edge of the Lost Frequency Screen in search of isolated beasts, opened his mouth in shock.
跟着袁昆极其下属们在失频幕景边缘，寻找落单野兽的陆翔震撼的张开嘴。
Farther away, Shed Master Song and his crew, who were dismantling their sheds to relocate their entire camp closer to the mountains, paused their swinging hammers and saws and looked toward the sky.
更远地方，正在拆房准备将自己棚区举家搬迁至山峦附近的宋棚主们停下手中挥动的铁锤与木锯，看向天际。
“No… it can’t be…”
“不，不会吧…”
“What the hell is this world doing?”
“这个世界是闹哪样啊。”
Hub Town.
枢纽镇。
Boppoli, in a bad mood, had bought lunch and walked to his door, inserting his key into the lock. Suddenly, he noticed his shadow was gone.
心情不佳的波波利买回午饭，走至门口将钥匙插入锁孔，忽然他感觉自己的影子不见了。
He looked up at the sky. The sun was gradually being shrouded by a dark murky twilight.
抬头看向天上，太阳逐渐被一层阴暗暮色所笼罩。
On the streets, people were pointing at the sky and speculating whether it was a solar eclipse.
大街上，人们冲着天空指指点点的谈论这是否是日蚀。
Zhu Yin walked onto the balcony. “This… is…?”
逐银走到阳台上，“这…是？”
As the last glimmer of daylight faded, the already invisible phantom lowered its “hand.”
随着最后一点白昼的光芒消散，已经无法得见的幻影放下了“手”。
{This is the night you wanted. Go ahead.}
{这是你要的夜晚，去吧。}
Yang Zicang’s group was left speechless.
杨子藏一干人哑口无言。
Exhaling a breath, Yang Zicang closed his eyes. A faint, whistling wind seemed to echo from some ethereal corner.
吐了口气，杨子藏闭目，隐约一道呜呜风声自飘渺之处响起。
[Xingmiao intends to make an active investment for me.]
[星渺想要为我进行主动投资。]
[Xingmiao has invested 100,000N Void-Sequence Time in me.]
[星渺为我投资了100000N虚零时序。]
Yang Zicang opened his eyes and looked at the ring that had emerged on his chest. Within it, vaguely magnificent colors shimmered.
杨子藏睁开眼，看向胸前浮现而出的圆环，里面闪动着隐隐瑰丽的色泽。
{Use it to accelerate. These time sequences carry my aura, allowing your little Ma Chao to move faster across the Lost Frequency Land.}
{用它加速，这些时序蕴含着我的气息，可以让你的小马超在失频之地上更高速的前行。}
“Even you call it Little Ma Chao.” Yang Zicang forced a smile, a name the train itself didn’t approve of itself.
“连你都知道它叫小马超了。”杨子藏吃力的笑了笑，这个名字列车本身并不认同。
Suddenly…
忽然…
[Woo—]
[呜——]
The train’s shuttle sound approached rapidly. Usually, it took twenty to thirty minutes for the train to travel from the city across such a vast distance, but now the sound seemed to be echoing from nearby.
列车的穿梭声极速靠近，原本跨越如此遥远距离的列车每次从城市过来都要二三十分钟，但现在那声音已经像是在不远处响起。
[Woo—Woo—]
[呜——呜——]
“Woo—”
“呜——”
Everyone turned their heads toward the direction of the wind noise.
众人扭头看向传出风声的方向。
“So fast!”
“好快！”
Bang! The air exploded, churning and spreading out waves of air. Everyone raised their arms to shield their faces as their clothes fluttered wildly.
轰！空气炸响，卷动扩散出气浪，众人抬臂遮脸衣决偏飞。
{Huh, why am I so fast now?}
{咦，我怎么这么快了。}
{Because I’m here,} Xing Miao said.
{因为我在这里}，星渺道。
Yang Zicang glanced at the perplexed train, then at the faintly glimmering figure of a person, and said, “How about we go together?”
杨子藏看了眼迷惑的列车，又看了眼指节微微闪烁的人影，说道：“要不，我们一起吧。”
{Your train can’t carry me, or it’ll become a hearse forever. Let my main consciousness wait here. Go ahead quickly.}
{你的车不能承载我，否则它会永远成为灵车，我的主意识就在此等待，快去。}
After saying that, the phantom sat down cross-legged on the ground, its body growing slightly brighter.
说完后，虚影席地而坐，身躯光芒变强了些。
The train swooshed in a loop, materializing a door next to Yang Zicang.
列车嗖地荡了个圈，将门具现在杨子藏身旁。