第一百四十七章 手术刀
At this moment, Li Zhinan had already encountered the so-called mechanical monster spoken of by the vines. It was completely unlike Earth’s human robots; it was a puppet forged by another civilization using magic patterns and mana crystals, much like a war chariot.
此刻的李智南已经遭遇上了藤蔓口中那所谓的机械怪物，它跟地球人类的机器人完全不同，它是另一种文明利用魔纹与魔晶所制造的傀儡，如同是一辆战车。
Fortunately, it seemed someone had been there before; the hall was scattered with the remains of mechanical puppets and humans, with only one bloodstained large machine still operational.
还好的是，应该有人来过，大殿内到处散落着械傀和人类的躯骸，仅剩一架染血大机器还能活动。
Faced with these roaring, rolling mechanical constructs, Li Zhinan’s entire body trembled. In the past, he had at most encountered wild beasts like jackals—when had he ever witnessed such terrifying scenes in recent days? If not for the calming scent of flowers within him, this young man would have long since teetered on the brink of mental collapse.
面对这些发出轰鸣转动而来的机械造物，李智南浑身都在抖动。以前的他最多只是面对豺狼一类的猛兽，何时见过这几日的惊险情况，若不是体内花香安抚，这个年轻男人早已陷入精神崩溃的边缘。
{Don’t be afraid; I’m here.}
{不用害怕，有我。}
The bandage that had been mentally linked to him had just spoken when, with a squelch, the skin on Li Zhinan’s chest was pierced from within by a sharp blade.
一直与其进行心灵链接的绷带刚说完，噗地声，李智南胸前皮肤被利刃由内刺穿。
Looking down at his chest, Li Zhinan saw a scalpel with tiny red eyes extending its handle outward.
李智南低头看向胸前，长着小红眼睛的手术刀伸出了刀柄。
{Grasp it, and prepare to unfold your model to inject the Amplified Chrono.}
{握住它，准备展开你的模型注入增幅时序。}
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
轰隆隆隆！
The ground trembled. Li Zhinan’s Adam’s apple bobbed as his right hand, gripping the scalpel, was abruptly yanked upward into a raised position, facing the oncoming mechanical charge.
地面震动。李智南喉结蠕动，他握住手术刀的右手被猛地一带，拽成了高举的姿势面对着机械冲撞而来。
“M-my hand is numb.”
“我，我的手麻。”
The bandage chuckled and said:
绷带笑了笑说：
{Keeping the limb numb will better suit the conditions under which the sterile knife holds sway.}
{保持肢体麻木会更符合被无菌刀支配的条件。}
The foremost mechanical puppet closed in rapidly, its several spear-like, blade-arm limbs glinting coldly as they were raised.
最前方的械傀极速靠近，长如利矛的几只机械手臂闪烁着寒光扬起。
[Physician Bandage has invested 6000 N. into me.]
[绷带医师为我投资6000N.]
The scalpel suddenly moved, and Li Zhinan’s hand was naturally dragged by it forward. All timing was invested into the blade. When this terrifying machine approached within one meter, the scalpel abruptly jerked, dragging Li Zhinan out of its crushing range before shooting off and being released.
手术刀猛地一动，李智南的手自然被它拖着冲向前方。全部时序投入刀内。当这恐怖的机器靠近一米时，手术刀猛然一动将李智南拖离碾压范围，随后脱手射出。
Bang! Crack! Crack! Crack!
嘭！咔咔咔！
It precisely stabbed into the gaps of the machinery, producing several harsh screeches, and the machine crashed down with a roar.
它精确刺入机械缝隙，几声刺耳声响，机器轰然破碎。
A strange sound rang out from the shattered debris.
爆破开的碎屑中响起怪异的声音：
{The success probability of the surgery is 93%, the remaining 7% is considered the normal loss~ in other words, 100%!}
{手术成功概率93%，剩下的7%算是它本来的损耗~也就是说，百分之百！}
[I’ve gained 1000N.]
[我收获了1000N.]
{Come on, pick me up now.}
{还不快来捡起我。}
The scalpel, with its little eyes looking up, spoke as if giving orders to a servant.
小眼睛上瞟的手术刀如同对指示仆人般的道。
Li Zhinan took a step forward; suddenly, dazed, he stood still as a station platform emerged behind him.
李智南往前走了步，他忽地昏沉的站在原地，其背后浮现出一片站台。
“Woo~”
“呜~”
The surrounding hall rapidly twisted as energy surged forth.
周围大殿迅速扭曲着涌现出能量。
Having lost the Woodstem, energy flowers reappeared on Li Zhinan. He quickly opened his eyes from the daze, grabbed the Skull Hookup Scalpel, and rushed towards another stone staircase nearby.
自失去木茎后，李智南身上能量花朵再次浮现。他快速从昏沉中睁开眼，捡起恶魇手术刀的同时冲向不远处的另一道石阶。
“Who are you!”
“你是谁！”
Li Zhinan turned his head in terror, staring at the strange subway train that had materialized beside him.
李智南惊恐的扭头，看向身旁所浮现的这艘怪异地铁。
The Phantom and the small light cluster appeared in the air at the same time.
幻影人与小光团同时浮现在高空。
Starlight flickered in the Phantom’s eyes; as energy violently surged, the hall folded in on itself from the center, like a closing open book intent on crushing those within.
幻影双眸闪动出星芒，能量剧烈震荡中大殿自最中间折叠起来，如同合上敞开的书页般似要将人拍死在其中。
{Ah!}
{呀！}
The spirit within the small ball of light let out a tense shriek.
小光团内的精灵发出紧张的尖叫。
“This is just an illusion!”
“这只是幻觉！”
Yang Zicang yelled at Luo Bin, who was on the verge of losing himself, but the rotund man was already contorting his face as if in an epileptic fit, completely deaf to the words.
杨子藏对着已经快陷入迷失的洛宾吼道，但这胖子此刻已经如羊癫疯般扭曲起脸庞，根本听不进去。
With several incense pellets on him, Yang Zicang flashed a look of madness in his eyes. He pinched one pellet and shoved it into his mouth. As his lungs pumped, air surged in, carrying the fragrance into his viscera, abruptly clearing his mind.
带着好几颗香丸的杨子藏目光中闪过疯狂，他捏起块香丸就塞入嘴中，随着肺部的鼓动，空气涌入将香味也带入肺腑，他的精神立即清醒许多。
The train, on the verge of manifesting, became invisible once more.
即将显现的列车再次隐身。
Boom!
轰！
A golden radiance blanketed everything, cascading down from above.
金色辉光铺天盖地覆盖而下。
The sprinting Li Zhinan turned his head in despair, but suddenly a hand from the train yanked him up and flung him into the air. The next instant, Li Zhinan’s body involuntarily flew out, darting straight toward another stone staircase nearby.
跑动的李智南绝望的转头，忽地列车上一只手将他拽向空中抛起，下一瞬间李智南的身体不由自主飞出，直直冲向那石阶。
“You go up first; I’ll cover the rear.”
“你先上去，我垫后。”
As Li Zhinan swayed in midair, he saw—by the train door that kept flickering between nothingness and reality—the figure of the owner of that arm. Beside him, a massive white creature resembling a centipede surged forward with a red tide, charging at the phantom figure.
在空中晃动的李智南瞧见，不断在虚无与真实中切换的列车门前，那手臂的主人身旁，似蜈蚣的巨大白色怪物带起红潮冲向幻影人。
“In an A-class space, there can’t be anything invincible,” Yang Zicang bellowed, as if trying to convince himself. “Even if you’ve loosened some constraints by coming to the frequency-lost zone and grown stronger, you’re still beatable!”
“在A级空间，不可能出现无法战胜的东西，”杨子藏像是要说服自己般吼道，“哪怕你们来到失频之地解除一定的约束，实力变得更强，也依旧能够战胜！”
[Groar!]
[吼呃！]
In the white shadow that was the Ancestral Dragon Demon Seal, it was wrapped in a red phantom, fiercely gnashing and charging forth.
白影念龙被红色虚影包裹着撕咬而去。
“Illusion fade. Don’t think you can fool me!”
“幻境消退，别妄想骗我！”
Yang Zicang shouted, grabbing the train door and vanishing into the wind in an instant as the White Shadow Thought-Dragon sank its fangs into the body of the phantom.
杨子藏大喊，拽住车门瞬间消失在风中，白影念龙一口撕咬住了幻影的身体。
[I counteracted 2000N.]
[我抵消了2000N.]
The phantom dissipated.
幻影消散。
The nostrils of the White Shadow Thought-Dragon suddenly expanded fivefold.
白影念龙的鼻孔突然膨胀五圈。
Its eyes looked down — as the Thought-Dragon’s sharp teeth tore at the phantom, the fangs snagged onto half a tattered purple autumn shirt riddled with holes.
它眼眸向下，念龙利齿撕扯幻影时獠牙挂上了半截都被穿出洞洞的紫色秋衣。
Li Zhinan, who had just reached the top floor, saw that the illusionary figure had twisted into existence and stood before him, calmly and indifferently staring at him, exuding an aura of unmatched strength.
刚刚跑到最顶层的李智南发现，那道幻象身影已经扭曲着出现站在了前方，他正冷漠淡然的看向自己，浑身散发着强者气场。
{You managed to get here, good. How about we make a deal?}
{你能走到这里，很好，我们做个交易如何？}
By the black stone platform behind the phantom, a corpse already beginning to rot held in its hands a transparent crystal resembling a small pyramid, inside which was a humanoid figure like the one standing before him.
在那幻影身后的黑色石台旁，一具已经开始腐败的尸体双手抱着个如小金字塔般的透明晶石，里面是个如同眼前之人的人形。
But this figure in the crystal was not as domineering and imposing as the phantom; instead, he looked eager and impatient, his attire utterly ordinary, barely better than the ordinary people Li Zhinan often encountered entering this world.
不过晶石中的他，却没有幻影般看上去威武霸气，而是急不可耐，装束也普通得很，比自己经常见到的那些进入这个世界的普通人强不了多少。
[I’ve discovered the Chrono Weapon.]
[我发现了时序战器。]
Li Zhinan heard a voice inside his heart, “The Chrono Weapon?”
李智南听到心中出现了道声音，“时序战器？”
{There’s actually a Chrono Weapon here, how lucky. Hurry up and pick up those items; once you do, stick with me from now on.}
{居然还有时序战器，运气不错。快去捡起这些东西，回来之后你就跟着我好了。}
Hearing this, the normally calm, unwrapping bandage-like mouth finally carried a hint of joy, and Li Zhinan felt a spark of hope that he might finally escape from this hell.
听闻古波不惊的绷带口中终于带着些喜色，李智南升起丝终于要从地狱脱离的希望。
His gaze fell on the corpse’s waist, where a long, sharp-pointed object hung — that must be the Chrono Weapon!
他目光落在尸体腰间，那里挂着把长尖锥般的东西，那肯定就是时序战器！
{Ignoring me?}
{无视我？}
The phantom radiated an overbearing aura with a boom.
幻影身上轰然发出狂放的气息。
{Do you really think I can’t kill you useless things protected by the Lord Agent?}
{真以为我杀不死你们这些被香主保护的垃圾吗！}
Faced with the sudden outburst of powerful might, Li Zhinan was momentarily stunned. A sharp pain shot through his hand, and the red scalpel crawled up his arm like a parasite.
面对突然爆发出来的强大气场，李智南神情一呆。他手中一阵刺痛，那柄红色手术刀如寄生虫般顺着手臂往上。
“Ah!” Li Zhinan screamed in agony as he snapped back to his senses.
“啊！”清醒过来的李智南痛苦大吼。
“Woo—”
“呜~”
A gale swept in from behind.
一道狂风自身后卷来。
Li Zhinan was drenched in fragrance, a grimace twisting his face as he stepped forward.
李智南周身香气四溢，脸上狰狞着迈步。
“Such a waste. I’ll just take it myself.” From the ferocious Li Zhinan’s throat came a calm voice.
“真是个废物，还是我亲自来取好了。”狰狞的李智南喉咙中发出平静的声音。
The phantom finally showed an impatient, angry expression; it had clearly twisted his will, yet it still couldn’t force this human before it to kill himself.
幻影终于露出了略带焦急的愤怒神色，自己明明已经扭曲了对方的意志，却依旧无法控制眼前的人类杀死他自己。
{Get out of my way!}
{你们给我滚开！}
The pyramid crystal pulsed with fluctuating energy, stubbornly trying again.
金字塔水晶发出阵阵能量波动，它不死心的再次尝试。
A gale surged up from the stone steps, and a semi-transparent train sped toward the standing Li Zhinan.
狂风自石阶下冲来，半透明列车高速撞向站立的李智南。
Something seemed to wriggle up from Li Zhinan’s neck; suddenly, a golden-red phantom light burst from his entire body. With a faint smile, his chiseled face looked up as the train that sought to devour him passed through him instead.
李智南脖子处似有什么东西蠕动而上，忽地他全身发出金红虚芒，狰狞的脸庞露出丝浅笑抬头，看着想要将自己吞入腹中的列车从身上交错而过。
Little Ma Chao, who had intended to consume Li Zhinan, exclaimed in terror:
本想吞噬李智南的小马超惊悚地道：
“He has so many time threads, I dare not consume him.”
{他有好多时序，我不敢吃喔。}
Li Zhinan dashed towards the stone platform while quickly shouting to the phantom inside the crystal, “Stop the train! I’ll take you out and preserve your soul from perishing.”
李智南冲去石台的同时，快速对着晶体内的幻影吼道：“阻止列车，我带你出去保你灵魂不灭。”
The phantom, possessing power but unable to achieve anything, changed expression urgently.
空有实力却徒劳无功的幻影人脸色急变。
Though the other might be deceiving him, he had no choice. Even if he drove these people away tonight, without a physical form, remaining here would only mean the vine monster, which had already obtained permission to leave, would seize the treasure storing his soul.
虽然对方可能在骗自己，但他没得选。哪怕今夜赶走这些人，没有实体的自己留在这里也会被已获得离开资格的藤蔓怪物给夺走储存灵魂的宝物。
He could only take a gamble—first meet the controller behind this person when the time came, then find a way to escape.
只能赌一把，到时候见到眼前这人背后的控制者，再想办法脱身。
In an instant, he made a decision. He released Li Zhinan charging towards him and redirected all his energy to whirl against the crazily approaching train.
瞬间他做出决断，放过扑向自己的李智南，转而控制所有能量朝着疯狂靠近的列车卷去。
“Little Ma Chao, swallow the treasure!”
“小马超，吞掉宝物！”
“This crystal has no psychic entity, I can’t do it.”
{这块水晶没有念力体，我办不到。}
The train twisted and materialized in the illusion. The space ahead seemed stretched, and Li Zhinan, who had been thrown off, surprisingly surpassed the subway’s speed rapidly.
列车在幻像中扭曲着浮现，前方空间像是被拉长，眼看被甩开的李智南居然快速超过了地铁的速度。
Yang Zicang grew anxious and suddenly shouted, “Xue Lao’er!”
杨子藏焦急，猛地喊道：“薛老二！”
The surging energy stalled.
涌动的能量一滞。
Taking advantage of this brief pause, Luo Bin, who had a fragrant pill stuffed in his mouth, lunged out from the train doorway.
趁着这片刻的停歇，嘴中被塞入香丸的洛宾从列车门口扑了出去。
A gleam of sharpness flashed in Yang Zicang’s eyes. This Luo Bin was decisive indeed!
杨子藏眼中精光一闪，这洛宾好果断！
This fleeting moment was exceedingly short; the two hardly had time to communicate. But Luo Bin felt his body surge forward as Yang Zicang activated his model to alter the trajectory, sending him charging toward the small pyramid-like crystal perched on the stone ahead.
这片刻时间何其短暂，两人根本没空交流，但洛宾只觉得身体徒然加速，自己已被杨子藏发动模型调转轨迹，冲向前方石头上如小金字塔般的晶体。
But Li Zhinan was one step quicker; his fingers had already grazed the edge of the small pyramid, while Luo Bin was still over twenty centimeters behind.
但李智南的行动更快一分，手指已经触碰到了小金字塔的边缘，而洛宾还在二十几厘米之后。
Yet at this moment, the pyramid crystal before them suddenly rose from the stone platform and vanished without a trace.
但就在此刻，眼前的金字塔水晶突然离开石台而起，消失无踪。
The bandages controlling Li Zhinan’s body paused momentarily, then twisted his stumbling form to immediately grab at the Time-Controlling Artifact strapped to the corpse’s waist.
控制着李智南身体的绷带一愣，快要倒地的他将身体一扭，立即抓向尸体腰间的时序战器。
“Eighty years?” He exclaimed in disbelief.
“八十年？”他有点难以置信的惊呼。
Thud! Luo Bin slammed heavily into the stone platform.
彭！洛宾狠狠撞在石台上。
[Gravitational Arc Light!]
[引力弧光！]
A silver spear carrying a red glow suddenly shot out from a black hole that appeared spinning in midair, blasting Li Zhinan’s arm, which had been grasping the weapon, into pieces. At the same time, an Ability Sphere crossed a distance of several meters and landed in Luo Bin’s arms.
携带红芒的银色长枪自空中旋转出现的黑洞中突然射出，一枪将李智南握住战器的手臂炸得粉碎。同时一个能力球跨过数米距离落在洛宾怀中。
The bandages broke out in cold sweat as they watched the silver spear twist and retract into the black hole.
绷带冷汗直流的看着银色长枪扭曲着缩入黑洞内。
“What the hell is that!”
“这是什么东西！”
Utterly unprepared, he was stunned beyond measure. The severed arm scabbed over quickly, and Li Zhinan’s face displayed pain, yet his eyes immediately regained calm as he stepped back a few paces, a golden-red phantom aura flickering from his body.
毫无防备的他惊异无比。断裂的手臂快速结疤，李智南脸上露出痛苦的情绪，但眼中却立即恢复平静地后退几步，身上冒出金红虚影。
“Who else is here?” Li Zhinan said coldly. “Is it Wuying? Hand over the item.”
“还有谁在这里。”李智南冷酷的道，“是无影吗，把东西交出来。”
Luo Bin, clutching his stomach and gasping in pain, sat down against a stone platform. He had already reached out and grabbed hold of this Chrono Weapon, which packed 80N per strike.
洛宾捂着肚子口中抽着冷气靠石台坐下，他已经探手拽住了这柄蕴含80N每击的时序战器。
“Little Ma Chao,” Luo Bin said through clenched teeth.
“小马超。”洛宾呲牙咧嘴的道。
Wind stirred, and a car door appeared beside Luo Bin, with the fat man being pulled inside by Yang Zicang, who held a balm pill in his mouth.
风动，车门出现在洛宾旁边，胖子被含着香丸的杨子藏一把拉上车。
“Ah, I’ve finally got a weapon closest to a Century Weapon.”
“啊，终于得到了把最接近百年器的武器。”
As soon as Luo Bin sat down on the ground, the young man beside him handed him a balm pill.
洛宾刚一屁股坐在地上，身旁的青年就递来枚香丸。
“Quick, put the balm pill in your mouth.”
“快把香丸含住。”
“No hurry.”
“不慌。”
Gripping the Chrono Weapon, Luo Bin pressed his obsessed face against the ancient bronze patterns on the tapered sword: “Let me first savor the taste of time~”
握着时序战器的洛宾，将痴汉脸贴紧锥剑上的古铜纹：“先让我品一口时间的味道～”
Yang Zicang’s face twitched, and he turned his head to look at the young man beside the broken wall, muttering vaguely:
杨子藏脸上抽了抽，他扭头看着对面的断壁青年，含糊道：
“Should I call you Li Zhinan, or Bandage?”
“我该叫你李智南，还是叫你绷带？”
“Heh, in sixty years, this body of mine could restore his original consciousness. We have no deep grudges. Just let me leave, and the grudges between us this time will be settled.”
“呵呵，甲子间，我这具身体还能恢复他本人的意识。我们没有深仇大恨，只要让我离开，咱们这次的梁子就算了。”
Yang Zicang’s brows furrowed, “OK, but you’ll have to let Li Zhinan get in my car.”
杨子藏眉头拧动，“可以，不过得让李智南上我的车。”
“Hmph, that’s impossible. However…”
“哼，那种事情是不可能的。不过…”