Distant, noisy voices came from afar. A flustered group ran across the intersection ahead. The last person had already darted past, but suddenly doubled back and turned to look at the two.
远方传来吵杂的人声，一群慌张的队伍从前方的十字路口跑过。落在最后的人已经窜了过去，这人忽地折返回来扭头看向两人。
“It’s that guy!”
“是那个人！”
“Wow, he’s actually not dead.”
“哇，他居然没死。”
Several people were drawn by that man’s voice and turned back to see Yang Zicang’s tattered, shadowy figure at the other end of the street.
几人被那人的声音吸引，转回见到了街道另一头杨子藏衣衫破碎的身影。
“That spear in his hand is the rat monster’s weapon. Could it be something good?” Exclamations came from the crowd across the street. They all saw the bloodstains and ointment smeared on Yang Zicang’s chest.
“他手上那把枪是鼠人怪物的武器，会不会是好东西。”对面传来了人群的惊呼，他们都看到了杨子藏胸前的血迹与膏药。
“Don’t engage with them.” Yang Zicang, wearing a torn shirt, said gravely to Liang Xi, who was not far from his side.
“不要跟他们接触。”穿着烂衬衫的杨子藏凝重地对身侧不远处的梁喜道。
He hadn’t yet mastered this spear; he wasn’t yet its owner. As soon as anyone approached, the model would alert them that it was a Time Sequence battle artifact. The two of them ran off along the road beside the dilapidated buildings.
自己没有掌控这杆枪，还不是它的主人，只要有人靠近就会被模型提醒是时序战器。两人顺着破败建筑边的道路往侧边跑掉。
People in the distance shouted: “Don’t run! Come back! This area has been requisitioned by the ‘Reviewer’!”
远处的人喊道：”不要跑，你们快回来，这里的场地被’审议员’征用了。”
Only a fool wouldn’t run.
傻子才不跑。
Their figures quickly disappeared from the sight of that group.
两人的身影快速消失在那群人眼中。
A flickering ray of light came from the model.
模型闪动的光线传来。
[Luo Bin wants to make an active investment in me.]
[洛宾想为我进行主动投资。]
Refuse.
拒绝。
[Luo Bin wants to make an active investment in me, 100N.]
[洛宾想为我进行主动投资，100N。]
How did this person locate him?
这人是怎么定位自己的。
[Luo Bin wants to make an active investment in me, 100N full-authority Time Sequence.]
[洛宾想为我进行主动投资，100N全权时序。]
[Full-authority Time Sequence cannot be actively withdrawn. Within the time limit, it is freely at the Chosen One’s disposal. Time limit: one month.]
[全权时序无法主动撤回，在期限内由应选者自由支配。时限，一月。]
Although the model, under the influence of inner thoughts, could automatically ignore untimely financing requests, when faced with this kind of targeted active investment, it appeared far more excited than its owner.
模型虽然能在内心心念的作用下，自动忽略不合时宜的融资请求，但面对这种定向的主动投资，它显得比主人兴奋得多。
“Quadrilateral, I know you’re over there! I’m Luo Bin! I’ve noticed you for a long time!”
“四边形，我知道你在那边，我是洛宾！我老早就注意到你了！”
A figure in the distance, on an upper floor, a chubby silhouette with binoculars hanging around his neck, shouted.
远方楼上，挂着望远镜的胖胖身影喊道。
Vroom, vroom!
嗡嗡！
The sound of a car engine came from another direction in the distance.
汽车发动机的声音自另一边的远方响起。
“We’re in trouble!”
“坏事了！”
Behind them was that group chasing after them. Diagonally ahead was the person wanting to actively invest in him. The sound of the car from the other street was also getting closer.
身后是追来的那群人，斜前方则是想主动给自己投资的人，街道另一边的汽车声也越来越近。
No matter how fast he was, facing an encirclement from three directions, he couldn’t do much—especially against that car.
自己的速度再快，面对三个方向的包围，也起不了太多作用，特别是那汽车。
What to do? As soon as anyone got close, they would know about the existence of the Time Sequence battle artifact.
怎么办，只要有人靠近，就会知道时序战器的存在。
[Luo Bin wants to make an active investment in me, 100N full-authority Time Sequence.]
[洛宾想为我进行主动投资，100N全权时序。]
[I have gained 100N active investment.]
[我获得了100N主动投资。]
{Oh ho ho, finally, I’ve contacted you, friend.}
{哦呵呵呵，终于啊，联系到你了，朋友。}
“What do you want?”
“你想干嘛？”
Yang Zicang knew the other party could definitely hear him.
杨子藏晓得对方肯定听得见自己的声音。
{Help me do something, and I’ll give you ample compensation.}
{帮我干件事，我会给你充足的报酬。}
Yang Zicang crossed the road railing and ran to the opposite side. Liang Xi, who had little Time Sequence, ran to the other end.
杨子藏越过道路栏杆，跑向对面。没什么时序的梁喜则往另一端跑去。
The sun was setting. A mighty, crimson off-road vehicle sputtered and roared as it barreled in from the end of the road.
夕阳西下，威猛的赤红越野从道路尽头哼哧地奔来。
“Stop!”
“站住。”
The modified car screeched to a halt, skidding sideways across the road. Quite a few overloaded people in the vehicle were thrown around by the drift.
改装车一个急刹横停在路上，上面超载的不少人被漂移甩得晃来晃去。
“You actually really didn’t die.”
“你竟然真的没死。”
From the tone, Yang Zicang guessed that someone among that earlier group had broadcast the news of his survival.
听这语气，杨子藏估计刚才那伙人中有人广播自己存活下来的消息了。
The driver was about to say something when an uproar broke out from the vehicle: “Damn! A Time Sequence battle artifact!”
那司机刚想再说什么，车上喧哗起来：”好家伙，时序战器！”
One of the men, with a sharp gaze, swept his eyes over Yang Zicang:
其中一条汉子目光锐利直扫杨子藏：
“Haha, I knew it. Inside a lair that could be requisitioned by monsters, there’s definitely something good.”
“哈呀，我就知道，能被怪物征用的巢穴内，绝对有好东西。”
“What is ‘monster requisition’?”
“怪物征用是什么？”
Yang Zicang ran into a building and asked, looking toward the opposite side.
杨子藏跑进大楼内，看向对面问道。
“With all the commotion you caused, you still don’t know? Ha, you’ve done something good—but this good thing is for those on the red model side.”
“你闹出来的动静，居然还不知道？哈，你可是干了件好事啊，但这好事是对红模型那边的人来说的。”
The group was noisy and clamorous. One of them said loudly:
那群人闹哄哄的，其中一人高声说道：
“Don’t you know? You let the marked monster you found get away. Now those on the Xiongying Group side have the right to know of its existence. This place has already been requisitioned by them—time has been accelerated—to gestate that monster’s birth!”
“你不知道吗，你放过了发现的标记魔物。这下子雄英组那边的人有资格知晓它的存在了。这里已经被它们征用，时间被加速，用来孕育那个魔物的诞生！”
Yang Zicang was suddenly startled. No wonder the Review Committee member had initiated sanction against him. Now he finally understood the reason.
杨子藏倏然一惊，难怪评议委员要发起对自己的制裁，他终于知道理由了。
The crowd clamored as they got off the modified vehicle. That man squeezed to the front.
众人闹哄哄的从改造过的车上下来，那男人挤到最前方。
“How many years is your Time Sequence battle artifact? Fifty? Or more?”
“你的时序战器是多少年的？五十，还是更多？”
“Heh, for a weapon that allowed me to survive an attack, how many years do you think it has?”
“呵，你们觉得我能在攻击中活下来的武器，能有多少年。”
This rhetorical question somewhat calmed the excited guesses of the crowd.
这反问让众人激动的猜测缓和不少。
Yeah, this was just a newcomer who had just nurtured a Quadrilateral.
是啊，眼前这个刚孕育出四边形的新人而已。
“So that’s it. Just barely met the standard? Mm, still a very good weapon. Even our captain doesn’t have one.”
“原来是这样。只是刚达标吗？嗯，也是很好的武器了，我们队长都还没有。”
When that man said this, he felt a bit sheepish inside—because teams that had such weapons were all very strong. That his lousy boss didn’t have one was only natural.
那男人说这话的时候心虚了。因为有这种武器的都是很强的队伍，自己那叼毛老大没有是理所当然的。
“Hey hey, old boy, join our Red Iron Gang. This battle artifact can be owned by our team, no need to turn it over. How about it? From now on, you can use it anytime too.”
“嘿嘿，老小子，加入我们红铁帮，这战器就可以由我们团队拥有，不用上交。怎么样，以后你也随时可用。”
“You probably don’t even know that this kind of good thing has to be turned over, do you?”
“你恐怕还不知道这种好东西要上交吧。”
“Each team can keep one or two Time Sequence battle artifacts and model artifacts. As long as you join our Red Iron Gang, from now on, we’re all family. Naturally, you can use this weapon anytime.”
“每个队伍可以保有一两件时序战器和模器物品，只要老弟你加入我们红铁帮，以后大家就是家人了，这武器你自然可以随时使用。”
Yang Zicang sneered inwardly.
杨子藏内心冷笑。
A silver-white thread refracted over.
银白丝线折射而来。
{Don’t waste words with them. Based on the experience from recent years, after this place is requisitioned, many people from the monster camp might be driven here. People from Headquarters will also come. If they run into you, there’s no way you’ll keep that Time Sequence battle artifact.}
{不要跟他们啰嗦，按照前些年的经验，这里被征用后，可能会有许多怪物阵营的人被驱使而来。总部的人也会赶来，他们若撞见你，时序战器定会保不住。}
It was Luo Bin. Damn, he knew about the Time Sequence battle artifact from that far away? Did these people have nothing better to do than expand their models and use them as loudspeakers for fun?
是洛宾，好家伙，他那么远都知道时序战器了，这些人没事就喜欢把模型扩展着当喇叭玩吗。
Yang Zicang signaled to Liang Xi, who was hiding in a building, and turned to leave.
杨子藏给藏在建筑里的梁喜打了个眼色，扭头便走。
“Stop! I told you to come back, can’t you hear?”
“停下，我让你回来，听到没有。”
Yang Zicang turned his head. “Killing is not allowed here. That’s a rule from your Headquarters.”
杨子藏转过头，”这里不允许杀人，这可是你们总部的规定。”
“‘Your Headquarters?’ Oh ho, kid, you probably don’t know the second half of that sentence.”
“‘你们总部？’呵哟，小子，你恐怕不知道后半句。”
Even without that man shouting, a group of people rushed forward with a collective “oh yo yo,” like a disorderly rout.
还不用那人吆喝，一群人哦哟哟如溃军般哄了上来。
Facing a Time Sequence battle artifact that might deliver at least fifty years per strike, no one would let it slip away from under their noses.
面对可能是每击至少五十年的时序战器，没人会轻易让它从自己眼皮下溜走。
But Yang Zicang still felt a bit helpless. Shouldn’t everyone be focused on saving their lives right now? All for a spear that wasn’t even theirs to use?
但杨子藏依旧有点无奈。此刻大家不应该是逃命为主吗，就为了一把轮不到自己用的枪？
Yang Zicang quickly moved around a square concrete load-bearing pillar. With the help of the model’s ability, the long spear in his hands thrust out with incredible speed. With a flick of his wrist, the spear tip traced out two flower-like patterns.
杨子藏身子快速绕过根正方形的水泥承重柱，双手握住的长枪在模型能力的帮助下，刺出速度变得飞快，手腕一抖枪尖就抖出了两道枪花。
Yang Zicang displayed his spear momentum threateningly: “Who wants to be first? If you die, don’t blame me for breaking the ‘no killing’ rule.”
杨子藏展露枪势威胁道：”你们谁先来！死了可别怪我破坏不许杀人的规则。”
But the noisy, clamoring crowd didn’t care at all about the threat from the young man across from them.
但闹哄哄的人群根本不在乎对面年轻人的威胁。
Many people were egging each other on, laughing and joking, telling everyone to grab the spear and drag it over.
很多人笑嘻嘻的起哄，让大伙抓住枪拖过来。
Pfft!
噗！
The silver long spear flickered. The arms of three young men who had eagerly rushed forward were instantly punctured with several large, bloody holes.
银色长枪一晃，前方兴冲冲跑来的三个小伙子的手臂就瞬间被戳出了几个大血窟窿。
“Ah, this spear cost me a hundred years of lifespan!”
“啊，这枪打了我一百年寿命！”
“Me too. Damn it, I’d only prepared over sixty years of defense.”
“我也是诶，吗蛋，我只准备了六十多年防御。”
The holes in his arm were large, and blood flowed freely.
他手臂被洞穿的孔很大，血液直流。
As for the third injured person, it was as if he’d suddenly realized what he was facing. His head cleared with a sobering jolt.
至于最后受伤的那第三人像是突然想到了自己面对的是什么，脑袋嗡地一下清醒过来。
“Th-this, this…” He couldn’t quite believe it. In the end, he didn’t say that it might be a Hundred-Year Artifact. For him, a Hundred-Year Artifact was far too remote to appear in his own life.
“这，这…”他有点不敢相信，最终没有说出它或许是百年器这句话。对他来说，百年器离自己太过遥远，不应该出现在自己的生活中。
[Liang Xi wants to add 50N for me.]
[梁喜想为我追加50N。]
Bang, bang!
嗙嗙！
After Yang Zicang refused the young man’s new investment, he changed from stabbing to sweeping. A horizontal sweep of the spear knocked another person’s leg.
杨子藏拒绝了少年的新投资后，改刺为荡，一枪横扫，又是一人被这枪敲在腿上。
“Aaaah! This guy, his Time Sequence seems pretty abundant.”
“啊啊啊啊！这家伙，他的时序好像还挺多。”
That person clutched his leg and jumped up.
那人捂腿跳了起来。
Yang Zicang thought helplessly: sometimes, a motley crowd was the hardest to deal with. They simply didn’t understand the situation. They thought that more people meant more power, and didn’t believe the spear tip would really land on their own heads.
杨子藏无奈想到，有时候乌合之众反而是最难缠的。他们根本搞不清楚状况，自以为人多就是势众，也不觉得那个枪尖真会落到自己头上。
“I killed the rat-man leader. Guess how much Time Sequence I got.”
“我可是击杀了鼠人首领，你猜我获得了多少时序。”
Yang Zicang bluffed.
杨子藏虚张声势道。
Seeing that someone was really injured, several people ahead faltered and stopped in their tracks. Suddenly, two people were pushed aside, and a round-figured silhouette rushed over: “You bastard!”
见有人真的受伤，前方好几人心虚地停下了脚步，突地，两人被推开，一道拥有圆润体型的身影冲来，”你这混蛋。”
Yang Zicang aimed at the head of this man with the bristling, butchery-like eyebrows and thrust his spear.
杨子藏瞄准这横眉怒目，如同屠夫般男人的脑袋，一枪就戳了过去。
Swish! The spear, like a thunderbolt, passed by his ear. With a “bang,” blood splattered.
唰！这枪从他耳朵旁如惊雷横贯，嘭地声，血液飞溅。
Not just his ear—half the face of this aggressive man instantly shattered into a bloody pulp. He hadn’t protected not just his ear, but had only used a few dozen years on his face as well.
不光耳朵，这气势汹汹之人的半张脸皮都顷刻间碎成了血沫。他不光没保护自己的耳朵，连面部都只用了几十年而已。
“Aaah! You dare to kill!”
“啊啊，你竟敢杀人！”
“You’re not dead yet, are you? Get lost!”
“你不没死吗，滚！”
The silver spear struck his legs viciously. With two muffled “thuds,” the man’s kneecaps instantly exploded. The fat man’s whole body crumpled to the ground, screaming and wailing.
银枪狠狠敲在他双腿上，嘭嘭两声闷响，男人的双腿膝盖瞬间爆炸。胖子的整个身体一矮倒在地上惨叫哀嚎。
From a face full of murderous intent to one filled with despair took less than two seconds. This was a true brute, relying solely on his imposing manner to intimidate opponents.
从满脸杀气到充满绝望，只用了不到两秒。这是真正的莽夫，只想靠气势来震慑对手。
“Heh, of course I know the second half of the sentence. ‘By one’s own ability,’ right? Come on, then. My ability is speed. Let’s see whether I break your limbs faster, or you seize my weapon faster.”
“呵，后半句我当然知道，各凭本事，对吧。那就来吧，我的能力就是速度，我看我敲断你们四肢的速度快，还是你们抢走我武器的速度快。”
The effect of killing the chicken to warn the monkeys was achieved.
杀鸡儆猴的效果达到了。
The remaining few stood rooted in terror. No one dared to be the first to stick their neck out.
剩下几人胆寒地站在原地，再无人敢当出头鸟。
“He really doesn’t care at all about Time Sequence offset.”
“他真的完全不在乎时序抵消。”
“So this is the confidence that comes with having a Time Sequence battle artifact? Damn.”
“这就是拥有时序战器的底气吗，靠啊。”