[The Chosen One (应选者) has returned my investment and distributed 80% of the dividends to me, totaling approximately 206.8N.]
[应选者归还了我的投资，并分予了80%红利，共计约206.8N。]
Yang Zicang (杨子藏) was stunned for a moment. Fifty-six years?
杨子藏蒙了下，五十六年？
The final battle had taken place in the blink of an eye, and then the feedback had come.
这最后的战斗，只在电光石火之间，随后就感知到了反馈。
He had gained fifty-six years of extra lifespan just like that?
这就得到了五十六年额外寿命？
“That little brother is amazing. I actually got eleven years and three months! That’s insane. Is this real?”
“那个弟弟好厉害，我居然分到了十一年零三个月！太夸张了。这是真的吗？”
Mu Xiaoyu (沐小雨) beside him was a little excited.
身旁的沐小雨有些激动。
She had invested because she saw Yang Zicang choose to invest, never expecting to earn so much from just thirty years!
她是见杨子藏选择了投资，于是自己也跟着投，没想到仅仅三十年就赚了这么多！
Zhang Yang (张扬) said excitedly: “I also earned nearly four months! Ah, but that kid… I wonder what will happen to him next.”
张扬激动道：“我也赚到了接近四个月的时间！唉，就是那孩子，不知道后面怎么办。”
Seeing that Yang Zicang seemed to be thinking about something and didn’t respond, Zhang Yang looked at Liu Ming (刘明), whose hair had turned white.
见杨子藏似乎在思考什么，没回应两人，张扬看向身旁头发花白的刘明。
“An inch of time is an inch of gold. Now I truly understand.”
“一寸光阴一寸金，我算是明白了。”
“Damn.” The aged Liu Ming turned his face away.
“靠。”苍老的刘明将脸转到一边去。
“No wonder A Liang (阿梁) dared to go to a place like that. Despite the danger, just two rat monsters gave him so much Time Sequence (时序). What a profit.”
“难怪阿梁那小子敢去那种地方，虽然危险，但仅仅两只老鼠怪物就能获得这样多的时序，真是赚啊。”
“That’s because only we invested, and he was willing to give eighty percent of the Time Sequence as dividends. If others had joined in, even a few decades would have greatly reduced our dividends.”
“这是因为只有咱们投资，而且他又愿意分出八成的时序来分。要是有别人参与，随便来个几十年，咱们的红利就少得很了。”
“Still, he was badly injured. Who knows how much longer he can hold on.”
“不过，他受了那么重的伤，不知道还能坚持多久。”
Yang Zicang suppressed the urge to go and help. He still didn’t understand anything right now. Although Captain Luo Xin’s (罗鑫队长) words were harsh, he was right — in this world, the first thing to learn was rationality.
杨子藏忍住了心中的想要去帮助的想法，自己目前什么都还不懂。那个罗鑫队长的话虽然残酷，但他说的是对的，在这里，首先要学会的是理智。
But still…
不过…
[I choose long-term investment, lasting until the end of the month. Time Sequence decreased by 100N.]
[我选择了长期投资，时间直至月底，时序减少100N。]
Yang Zicang decided to give Liang Xi (梁喜) another hundred years of lifespan as a safety net — doing a good deed all the way.
杨子藏决定再给梁喜一百年的寿命保底，算是好事做到底吧。
Suddenly, the several people felt a cold aura spreading from a distant place, diffusing across heaven and earth.
忽然，几人感觉到一股阴冷气息自遥远地方弥漫开来，扩散天地。
The ground trembled faintly. The four turned their heads to look and, greatly alarmed, began running again with renewed panic.
地面隐隐震动，四人扭头看去，大惊的再次充满慌张情绪的奔跑起来。
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……
“Captain Yao (姚队长), I wonder if that person who gave birth to the Quadrilateral (四边形) Model will come.”
“姚队长，不知道那位孕育出四边形模型的人，会不会来。”
In a rock house as sturdy and thick as a fortress, a beautiful girl dressed in a small西装 (xī zhuāng) like a professional woman, holding a folder, looked at the road outside the door with some concern.
宛若堡垒般高大厚重的岩石房屋中，一位身穿小西装，打扮得宛若职业女性的靓丽女生抱着本文件夹，望着门外的道路，有些忧心的道。
“Flurry , you’ve asked that several times already. Sure, he’s a Quadrilateral, but do you really need to ask four times an hour? Or are you still thinking about that Zhao Anlong (赵安龙)?” A plump girl said, a little bored.
“雪美，你已经问了好几遍了.虽然他是四边形，但也不用一个小时问四遍吧。还是说，你还想着那个赵安龙？”一个胖女孩略显无聊的道。
“Enough. If Zhao Anlong can make it back successfully, he’ll be a tremendous help to us.”
“行了，赵安龙如果能成功回来，是我们的绝大助力。”
Yao Qiming (姚启明) stood up. His black pupils were as bright and smooth as ink jade, with sharp light gathering in them.
姚启明站起身来，他的黑瞳宛若墨玉般璀璨光洁，精光汇聚。
He said: “Surrounded by such powerful enemies, Chu Qiang (楚强) still dared to invest a thousand years of Time Sequence to express our goodwill. And that kid lived up to our high expectations — as expected of a Quadrilateral, born with one to two times the Time Sequence amplification of most people.”
他说道：“在那种强敌环绕的情况下，楚强还敢动用一千年的时序为他投资，就是为了表达我们的善意。那小子也没辜负我们的厚望，不愧是四边形，天生就比大部分人多一两倍的时序增幅。”
Flurry Zhao showed a contemplative expression:
赵雪美露出思索神色：
“Judging from his several choices, this person has decent character. Even if he doesn’t come, at least we’ll have formed a positive connection with him. Later, let Chu Qiang contact him more, tell him some ways to get stronger — maybe he’ll agree to go look for Anlong.”
“从他的几次选择看来，这人的人品还是不错的。哪怕不来，我们至少也会与他结下一个善缘。到时候让楚强多跟他联系联系，告诉他一些变强的方法，没准他会同意去探寻下安龙哥的下落。”
Before she finished speaking, the people in the room saw a pleasantly surprised expression appear on Flurry’s face.
话还没说完，屋中人见到雪美脸上露出惊喜的表情。
“Could they be here?”
“难道来了？”
Feng Cailin (冯彩琳) also stood up and looked out the door. Just as Chu Qiang had said, there were indeed four people. Yao Qiming breathed a sigh of relief — as long as the kid came, half the battle was already won.
冯彩琳也站起身到门口望了一眼，正如楚强所说的，果然是四个人。姚启明松了口气，只要这小子能来，就已经成功了一半了。
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Yang Zicang ran following the map of Zuo Ming Road (左明路) in his memory. Along the way, he saw many strange areas that didn’t exist on Earth — not far behind them was a pitch-black medieval high-rise building.
杨子藏随着记忆中的左明路地图奔跑而来。途中见到了许多地球上不存在的奇怪区域，就在身后不远处，便有栋漆黑的中世纪高楼。
Yao Qiming and the other two came out together to greet them.
姚启明等三人一起迎了出来。
“Is this the Mutant Hunter Alliance (猎怪者联盟)?”
“这里就是猎怪者联盟？”
Yang Zicang looked at the four-story building. On the second floor was a large balcony, and the stone parapet wall was built in the shape of battlements.
杨子藏望了眼这四层高的建筑，第二层有圈大阳台，岩石围墙还做出了城垛的形状。
“Welcome. Yes, this is our team’s base. Everyone else is out right now. Tonight we’ll celebrate together for you.”
“欢迎你们的到来。没错，这里是我们队伍的驻地。目前大伙儿都外出了。等晚上咱们一起为你庆祝庆祝。”
“Hey, before… celebrating…” Liu Ming moved his dry throat and said with effort: “Do you have… any water here…?”
“欸，在，庆祝，之前…”刘明划动了下干涩的喉结，吃力道：“咱们这儿，有没有，水…”
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Half an hour later, Yang Zicang saw a tall, thin young man coming down from the fourth floor on the second-floor balcony.
半小时后，杨子藏在二楼的平台见到了刚从第四层楼下来的瘦高青年。
“Finally meeting you — the one who could nurture a Quadrilateral Model.”
“终于见到了，能孕育出四边形模型的你。”
Although the young man was thin, his sinews and bones looked full of strength. His voice had a steadiness beyond his years, as if he had experienced many things.
这青年虽然干瘦，但筋骨看上去充满力量，声音有着不合年纪的沉稳，仿佛经历过许多事情。
“Hello, I’m Yang Zicang.”
“你好，我是杨子藏。”
“I’m Chu Qiang. Before coming here, I was a circuit designer. Now I’m the team’s logistics support.”
“我是楚强。在来到这里之前，是个电路设计师。现在是团队的后勤人员。”
The two shook hands.
两人伸出手握了下。
“As a newcomer, the fact that you’ve accomplished this much truly surprises me. If it weren’t for the constraints from headquarters, I really wouldn’t have withdrawn that thousand years of Time Sequence.”
“作为新人，你能做到这种程度才真是出乎我的意料。要不是因为总部的约束，我还真不会撤走那一千年的时序。”
“Headquarters?”
“总部？”
“The Mutant Hunter Alliance headquarters. Actually, heh… never mind, let’s not talk about that.”
“猎怪者阵营总部。实际上，呵呵，算了不说这个。”
Yang Zicang nodded. “You have your difficulties too. I understand. I didn’t actually kill him either.”
杨子藏点点头，“你们也有你们的难处，我知道的。我也没有真的杀掉他。”
As long as he wasn’t in an excited state, the negative emotions contained in the Model in his heart didn’t affect him too much.
只要不处于兴奋状态，心间模型所蕴含的负面情绪对自己的影响并不算太大。
But at critical moments…
但关键时候…
At this moment, Yang Zicang thought of the strong killing intent he had felt toward Bai Yuan (白鸳) and worried that in future battles, under that influence, he might do something irrational.
此刻杨子藏想到自己当时对白鸳的强烈杀意，也有些担忧以后战斗中被影响，做出不理智的事。
“What exactly is this place? Do you know?” On the balcony, Yang Zicang looked up at the distant sky. “On the way here, I saw many buildings and landforms that don’t exist in the city.”
“这到底是什么地方，你们清楚吗？”阳台，杨子藏抬起头看了眼远方苍穹，“我在路上见到许多城市中不存在的建筑，还有地形。”
“This isn’t really Earth anymore.” The man sighed. “As for where it is, we don’t know clearly, but I suppose the answer will gradually become clear in the future.”
“这里已经不算是地球了。”男人叹了口气，“至于是哪里，我们并不是很清楚，但应该会在未来逐渐知晓答案。”
“Why are you so sure we’ll gradually find out?”
“为什么如此肯定会逐渐知道？”
Yang Zicang敏锐 (mǐn ruì)ly caught the information in Chu Qiang’s words.
杨子藏敏锐的发现了楚强话中透露出来的信息。
“Heh, if you join us, I’ll share some information with you. There are also many things we can share — like large force fields, better weapons, healing items, and so on.”
“呵，如果你加入我们，我会给你分享些信息。而且还有很多东西可以与你共享，比如那种大力场，比如更好的武器，以及疗伤物品等等。”
His eyes burned as he looked at Yang Zicang, who hesitated slightly.
他眼神灼灼，望向杨子藏，后者有点犹豫。
“You can come and try them out with me.”
“你可以来跟我试用一下。”
With that, Chu Qiang pushed open a heavy metal door. Inside the room were rows of shelf-like structures, on which were placed all kinds of oddly shaped things — ores, trees, and monster scales.
说着楚强推开厚重的金属门，屋子中出现一排排货架似的东西，上面放置着各种奇形怪状的东西，有矿石、树木，还有怪物的鳞甲。
“Do you have a gun? I seem to be better suited to ranged weapons.” Yang Zicang looked at the琳琅满目 (lín láng mǎn mù) array of items.
“有手枪吗？我似乎比较适合远程武器。”杨子藏看着这玲琅满目的东西道。
To his surprise, Chu Qiang shook his head and smiled:
谁知楚强却摇摇头，他笑道：
“I saw you use a stone to one-shot ‘Zhang Fei (张飞).’ Probably because of the Quadrilateral — your Model’s ability is truly strong.
“我看见你用石子秒杀‘张飞’了，大概是因为四边形的缘故，你的模型能力真的很强。
“Ordinary subway station Models with two or three lines can at most speed themselves up or slow down their opponents. But yours can affect both objects and living beings — that alone makes it far more useful. However, if you expect bullets to achieve that same effect, you’ll probably be disappointed.”
“普通两三道线的地铁站模型，最多给自己加加速或是减速对方而已，你的却能影响物品与生物，光这一点就作用更大。但，如果你想用子弹达到那那种效果，恐怕会失望。”
Yang Zicang’s heart tightened: “Why?”
杨子藏心中一紧：“为什么？”
“I’ll bring you something — you’ll understand once you try it.”
“我给你拿个东西你试试就知道了。”
Chu Qiang walked toward a room further inside. He opened the door and took out a wooden bow and an ordinary-looking arrow with a blunt tip.
楚强往更里面的房间走去，他扭开房门进入后，拿出一副木制的弓箭，以及一根看上去非常普通的秃头箭苗。
“Have you used a bow before?”
“用过弓吗？”
Yang Zicang shook his head.
杨子藏摇摇头。
He was good at playing basketball, but as for bows — other than toy ones from childhood — he had never even touched a real one, let alone used it.
自己对打篮球很在行，但弓箭，除了小时候的玩具弓，真家伙别说摸了，见都没见过。
The thin, tall man handed him the half-human-length wooden bow and an arrow.
干瘦的男人将这柄半人长的木制弓箭递给他，并将一只箭苗递了过来。
“Try it.”
“试试它。”
Just as Yang Zicang was about to test the bow, Mu Xiaoyu and the others, carrying dried meat, were chatting and laughing with Yao Qiming and the others as they came up to the large balcony on the second floor.
杨子藏拿弓准备试箭时，沐小雨三人正拿着肉干，与姚启明等人有说有笑的转上这二楼的大阳台。
The three newcomers glanced inside and saw the piles of minerals and weapons. Liu Ming showed an expression of admiration.
三个新来的人瞥见屋内满堆满的矿物与武器后，刘明露出惊叹的目光。
“These stones even glow — amazing. Wait, they wouldn’t be radioactive, would they?”
“这些石头还会发光，好厉害。等下，该不会有辐射吧。”
Yao Qiming smiled and said: “Don’t worry. They’re all precious products of this world. To make many items, you need the energy they contain.”
姚启明笑道：“放心好了，它们都是这个世界的珍贵产物，制作好些物品都需要它们蕴含的能量。”
Flurry Zhao looked at Yang Zicang and said:
赵雪美看着杨子藏道：
“Mr. Zicang, are you going to try using a bow? This kind of weapon… isn’t very good.”
“子藏先生，你要试用弓箭吗？这种武器…不算很好。”
Since everyone said it wasn’t good… Yang Zicang’s expectations for ranged weapons like guns and bows had already lowered somewhat.
既然都说不好…对枪械与弓箭类的远程武器，杨子藏已经有些降低期待了。
“I’ll give it a try first.”
“我先试试。”
Yang Zicang went to the edge of the balcony, drew the bow, nocked the arrow, and aimed at the open space in the distance. There, vegetation was barren, scattered with some trash.
杨子藏来到阳台边缘，拉弓搭箭，瞄准了远方的空旷地形。那里草木荒废，散布着些垃圾。
[Allocate Time Sequence: 300 years.]
[分配时序，300年。]
[Because I am the great Quadrilateral, I can amplify Time Sequence by four times — 1,200 years!]
[因为我是伟大的四边形，所以可以四倍增幅时序，1200年！]
A faint golden phantom appeared on the arrow, like wavering mist or ethereal fire.
箭苗上冒出一抹淡金色的虚影，宛若晃动的雾气，又如虚火。
“Tsk tsk. A thousand years with just one arrow. So enviable.”
“啧啧，随便一箭都是一千年，真是羡慕啊。”
Everyone from the Mutant Hunter Alliance showed envious looks.
猎怪者联盟的几人就没有不露出羡慕眼光的。
Yang Zicang’s fingers tightened.
杨子藏的指头绷紧。
[Trajectory Dispatching!]
[轨迹调度！]
The instant his fingers released, the golden arrow streaked swiftly across the sky.
指头松开的瞬间，金色箭苗迅速划过长空。
People inside some nearby buildings seemed to sense something. They looked through their windows at the arrow’s afterimage, which turned from gold to black, and all let out sounds of amazement.
附近一些建筑内的人似有所感，他们透过窗户望向那道由金转黑的箭苗残影，都露出啧啧惊叹之声。
“Which guy is showing off their Time Sequence?”
“哪个家伙在显摆时序？”
“That’s so fast. Looks like someone from the Mutant Hunter Alliance.”
“这速度好快，好像是猎怪者联盟的人。”
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At that moment, behind the wall battlement, Yang Zicang had just loosed the arrow when he received perception information from his heart.
此刻，在墙垛后的杨子藏刚射出这道箭矢，便收到心间传来的感知信息。
He looked at the others in surprise.
他愕然转头看向几人。
“Truly a sharpshooter.” Chu Qiang smiled and said: “See? The Time Sequence came back, didn’t it?”
“真是神箭手啊。”楚强笑着道：“怎么样，是不是时序又回来了。”
Yang Zicang nodded thoughtfully: “It returned at less than thirty meters.”
杨子藏思索着点头：“不到三十多米附加的时序就返回来了。”
“Thirty meters exactly. And that’s with the help of this bow — otherwise, an arrow carrying Time Sequence would only reach twenty meters at most with its amplified energy.”
“应该就是三十米。这还是这把弓的帮助，否则这支携带时序的箭苗，最远只会带着增幅能量到达二十米的距离。”
“I see. So that’s how it is.”
“难怪，原来是这样。”
Yang Zicang looked at the wooden bow in his hand. It added ten meters to the range of his Time Sequence strikes.
杨子藏看了眼手上的这张木弓，它能增加十米的时序打击距离。
So his effective ranged attack range was only twenty meters.
所以自己的远程攻击范围只有二十米。
Back in the subway tunnel, he had really been gambling. Especially with the bus monster — it had been almost exactly at the edge of his range when it took his four-thousand-plus-year Time Sequence strike.
在地铁通道内的时候，自己还真的在赌啊。特别是巴士怪物，几乎就是贴着最远距离吃到了自己的四千多年时序打击。
“That makes sense. Otherwise, with tens of thousands of years of Time Sequence, anyone could shoot from a distance and eliminate any threatening opponent.” He murmured.
“也对，不然随便一发上万年的时序箭矢，就能远距离灭掉存在威胁的对手了。”他喃喃道。
Although he was unwilling, he soon sighed and accepted reality.
虽然很不情愿，但他还是很快就叹息着接受了现实。
“Haha, don’t be discouraged. Our main methods still have to rely on melee weapons. If you can get a gun later, it would be good to carry one — at close range, you’d be nearly invincible.” Chu Qiang said. “Though bullets aren’t easy to come by either.”
“哈哈，不用灰心。咱们主要手段还得靠近身武器。以后搞得到手枪的话，你配一把也是好的，在短距离内就近乎于无敌了。”楚强道，“不过子弹却也不好弄。”
Yao Qiming, standing by, also nodded. “Come, let me show you something good.”
一旁的姚启明也点点头：“来，我再给你们看个好东西。”
He turned and led the group inside the room.
他转身带着众人往屋子里走去。
Passing through a door, Yang Zicang and the others saw a curved blade placed on a stand made of dark iron like that of a halberd.
穿过扇屋门后，杨子藏一行人见到了摆放在玄铁般武器架上的一柄弯刀。
He took it down from the stand, held it heavily in his hand, and said solemnly: “This is a weapon awarded to one of our members by headquarters. You can feel it.”
他从架子上取下，拖在手上郑重地说道：“这是总部奖励给我们的一位队员的武器，你可以感受下。”
Yang Zicang took the curved blade, which weighed at least twenty jin — his hand sank with the weight.
杨子藏将这至少二十来斤重的弯刀接过后，手上一沉。
Holding it with both hands, he tried to inject Time Sequence into the blade, but failed.
双手拖起，杨子藏试着将时序注入刀身，却没有成功。
“Huh?”
“咦？”
[It doesn’t consider me its master. Damn it.]
[它不觉得我是它的主人，可恶啊。]
Yang Zicang swung the blade a few times with both hands on the handle. A message came back through his mind — this blade already contained fifty years of Time Sequence.
杨子藏双手握住刀柄挥了挥，心灵反馈中传来道讯息，这刀已蕴含五十年时序。
Every strike would produce fifty years of Time Sequence attack power — no extra Time Sequence needed!
它的每一击，都会产生五十年时序的攻击强度，不需要额外的时序补充！
A good thing!
好东西！
“This is truly a treasure.”
“这可真是宝物。”
There was no need to say more — he already felt its value.
不用多说，杨子藏已经感受到了它的珍贵。
He might claim to have thousands of years of Time Sequence, but it was all consumable. One collision earlier had cost several hundred or even a thousand years — three or four strikes and he’d be tapped out.
自己说起来有数千年时序，但都是打消耗，之前一次撞击就少几百上千年，三四下就见底了。
But with this blade, it was different.
可一旦有了这把刀就不一样了。
So what if the opponent had high Time Sequence? If one slash wasn’t enough, use ten.
对面时序高又算什么，一刀不够，就来十刀。
“Still, although this blade is precious, compared to the armor you obtained, it falls far short.”
“不过，这刀虽然珍贵，但和你获得的铠甲相比，就又逊色很多了。”
The group looked at the damaged armor, whose collar area was broken, that Yang Zicang had brought.
几人看向杨子藏带来的破损了领子部位的铠甲。
“Zhang Fei is quite famous. No one expected him to fall by your hand. Those Xiongying Group (雄英组) people are probably going crazy by now. Yang Zicang, you’ll need to be careful of their retaliation. Those are people who chose to side with monsters — their temperaments have already been influenced by the monsters.”
“张飞可是鼎鼎大名，没想到载在你的手上。估计雄英组那些人这会儿已经疯了吧。杨子藏，接下来你要小心他们的报复。那些人都是选择与怪物为伍的一批人，性情已经被怪物们影响了。”
“Ha. Back then, I almost thought I had traveled into some Three Kingdoms world.”
“哈，我那时候差点以为我穿越到了什么三国世界。”
The round-faced girl chuckled softly and said:
脸圆圆的女孩咯咯笑了声道：
“Those are a bunch of people who like to use code names instead of real names. They don’t just have Zhang Fei and Guan Yu (关羽) — they also have Lu Zhishen (鲁智深) and Little Red Riding Hood (小红帽). Their leader is called Lü Bu (吕布).”
“那是群喜欢用代号来代替姓名的家伙，不光有张飞、关羽，还有鲁智深、小红帽，他们的首领叫吕布。”
Little Red Riding Hood and Lü Bu… Yang Zicang felt a headache coming on.
小红帽和吕布…杨子藏感觉头有点疼。
“In any case, be careful of those Red Model (红模型) people. They don’t listen to headquarters.”
“总之，那些红色模型的人都小心点，他们可不听总部的话。”
The group looked at Chu Qiang, who had just spoken.
几人看向说话的楚强。
“So? Interested in joining us now? As long as you join our Mutant Hunter Alliance, good weapons like this will be given priority to you in the future.”
“怎么样，有兴趣加入我们了吗。只要你加入我们猎怪者联盟，以后再有这种好武器，会优先提供给你。”
Mu Xiaoyu and the other two looked at Yang Zicang expectantly.
沐小雨三人都期待的看向杨子藏。
“I…”
“我…”
Seeing the young man’s hesitant expression,Flurry Zhao grew a little nervous: “If you join us, we’ll give you the best treatment to help you grow.”
见到青年犹豫的神情，赵雪美有些紧张：“你要是能加入我们，我们会给你最优的待遇，帮助你成长。”
“I don’t understand anything yet. I want to think it over.”
“我还什么都不懂，我想再考虑考虑。”
The three who had come with him clearly hadn’t expected Yang Zicang to refuse.
跟他一起来的三人明显有些没想到杨子藏会拒绝。
This was a rare opportunity.
这可是难得的机会。
Liu Ming wanted to say something, but Zhang Yang gently tapped his wrist, signaling him not to meddle.
刘明想说什么，却被张扬轻轻拍了下手腕，眼神示意他不要多嘴。
Anyone with eyes could see that these people valued this young man highly.
明眼人都看得出来这些人很看重这小子。
The three of them were lucky just to be able to follow him. At a time like this, it was best to be as cautious as possible and not make decisions for others.
自己三人能跟着他一起，实属走运。这个时候能谨慎就尽量谨慎点，不要替别人做决定.
Zhang Yang and the others now understood that the man who could run upside down was actually very strong.
张扬等人现在才知道，那个能倒悬着奔跑的人，实际上非常强。
And Yang Zicang had crippled him with a single punch.
而杨子藏，却一拳就打废了他。
They had hit the jackpot — following him would definitely give them a better chance of survival.
真是撞大运，跟着他的活命机会肯定更大。
“How about this — you stay here temporarily for the next half month. After you understand our situation, you can decide.” Chu Qiang said.
“这样吧，这半个月你们先暂时住在这里，等你清楚我们的事情之后，再做决定也不迟。”楚强道。
Yao Qiming thought for a moment and also urged them to stay:
姚启明想了下也开口挽留：
“Every day for the next few days, we can invest more than five hundred years of Time Sequence in you. Friend, in other places, it’s really not this easy to get lifespan investment opportunities. You can think it over carefully.”
“这几天我们每天都可以给你五百年时序以上的投资。朋友，在其它地方，真没有这么容易获得寿元投资的机会，你可以好好考虑考虑。”
“Alright. Whether I join in the end or not, I will repay this kindness.”
“好。不论以后加不加入，我以后都会补上这份帮助的恩情。”
“Yes!” Mu Xiaoyu, who had been running for half a day, jumped for joy when she heard Yang Zicang finally relent.
“耶！”听到杨子藏终于松口了，已经跑了半天的沐小雨开心得蹦了起来。
If they didn’t stop here, she wouldn’t even know where to find dinner.
如果不在这里落脚，她都不知道去哪儿找晚饭吃。
The group looked around a bit more, listening to Yao Qiming explain various ordinary weapons and materials.
几人又在这里转了转，听姚启明关于一些普通武器与材料的讲解。
Just then, Chu Qiang seemed to receive some information and showed a grave expression.
正在这时，楚强像是接到了什么信息一样，露出凝重神色。
“What happened?” Yao Qiming looked over.
“发生了什么事？”姚启明看了过来。
“On the way back, Team Two encountered a very powerful Nightmare (恶魇) that cut off the road. No one nearby dares to invest in them. It seems the monster has some residual bloodline.”
“二组回来的路上，出现了只实力很强的恶魇，把路断掉了。附近没人敢给他们投资。似乎怪物蕴含着些许血脉残留。”
Yao Qiming said urgently: “What?! Has that Nightmare awakened its bloodline? I said we should have completely cleared out that异度空间 (yì dù kōng jiān) back then.”
姚启明急道：“什么？！那恶魇没觉醒血脉吧。我就说当时该把异度空间全部清理干净的。”
“Probably not — otherwise they wouldn’t have had time to contact us.”
“应该没有，不然他们根本来不及联系我们。”
Chu Qiang frowned. “Complaining won’t help at this point.” He looked at Yang Zicang, who was watching him. “Sorry, Zicang. I need to ask a favor of you. Right now, you’re probably the only one who can help us.”
楚强凝眉，“这个时候抱怨也没什么用，”他看向望过来的杨子藏，“不好意思，子藏，我想麻烦你件事，这会估计只有你能帮我们了。”
“What’s wrong?”
“怎么了？”
…
……
Soon, he found out.
很快他就知道了。
A perception perspective appeared before Yang Zicang’s eyes.
一道感知视角出现在杨子藏眼前。
It was a dark, long cave. Beneath a towering black stone bridge was an abyss so deep the bottom couldn’t be seen, from which faint, miserable roars rose up.
那是个黑暗的长洞窟，高耸的漆黑石桥下是深不见底的黑暗深渊，隐隐有惨烈的嘶吼传上来。
Four people carrying swords, knives, and longbows, along with about ten panicked men, women, and children, had gathered on a circular platform of about a hundred square meters.
四个背着刀剑与长弓的人，带着十来名神色慌张的男女与小孩，聚集在个近佰平的圆台上。
On the other side of the stone bridge before them was a worm-like monster, about ten meters long, that had crawled up from below. It had a huge mouthpart and was spewing a glob of corrosive green liquid onto the only path they could take.
他们身前的石桥对面，是一只从下方爬上来的十来米长的蠕虫般的怪物，长着巨大的口器，将一团充满腐蚀性的绿色液体喷到众人的必经之路上。
“Where is that?”
“那是哪儿？”
This scene didn’t look like anything that should exist in the normal world.
这场景根本就不像是正常世界该出现的东西。
“It’s called ‘Surplus World (多余的世界).’ Before it stabilizes, it’s called ‘Crossing Place (交错之地).’ After clearing out the main monsters inside, it’s called an ‘Alternate Dimension (异度空间).’”
“是被称之为‘多余’的世界，未稳定前被称之为‘交错之地’，清理掉里面的主要怪物后，就叫做异度空间。”
“Many places in this city have hidden,特殊 (tè shū) terrain. More than ten years ago, when people first started waking up here, they thought this place was Earth, so they called those places ‘Surplus Worlds.’”
“这座城市很多地方会出现隐秘的特殊地形。在十几年前，人们刚开始在这里苏醒时，将这地方当成了地球，因此他们称呼那些地方为‘多余世界’。”
Chu Qiang smiled, as if mocking himself.
楚强笑了下，像是在自嘲。
“Later they realized that the ‘surplus’ wasn’t those strange places — it was us.”
“后来他们才知道，多余的不是那些怪异地方，而是我们。”
“The surplus… is us?”
“多余的，是我们？”
“Perhaps the places overrun with monsters are the real face of this world. Our Earth cities are just some kind of模拟 (mó nǐ) image projected into here. However, since we’ve already been calling them that, there’s no need to change.”
“或许那些怪物遍布的地方才是这个世界的真实面。我们的地球城市，不过是投入这里的某种模拟形象罢了。不过，因为已经这样称呼它们了，也就没有更改。”
{Can he do it? That’s a B-class Alternate Dimension.}
{他能行吗，那可是B级异度空间。}
Chu Qiang received Yao Qiming’s telepathic perception from his heart. He glanced at Yao Qiming, who was right in front of him, and thought silently:
楚强心中传来姚启明的心灵感应画面。他看了眼就在眼前的姚启明一眼，心中默道：
[This is exactly the moment to see the true extent of Yang Zicang’s Model. Apart from his twenty-meter Time Sequence strike range, we know nothing else.]
[这正是可以看清杨子藏模型真正能力的时候。除了二十米时序打击范围，其它我们一无所知。]
On the balcony, Yao Qiming nodded to himself, then entered the next room and with effort lifted a man-high hard bow.
阳台上，姚启明暗自点头后进入旁边房间，吃力的举起把人高的硬弓出来。
“We really have to rely on you this time, brother.” He said to Yang Zicang.
“这次真是要靠你了，兄弟。”他对着杨子藏道。
The bow was covered in what looked like scales, exuding a strange aura.
这弓浑身犹如长着鳞甲般，充满怪异气息。
Just one glance, and Yang Zicang felt a trace of hatred appear in his heart.
仅仅只是看上一眼，杨子藏都感觉到一丝憎恨情绪出现在心间。