"Hello there! Are you all out-of-towners?"
“你们好!你们都是外地人吗?”
The one who spoke to us was a man on the wrong side of middle-age.
和我们说话的那个人是一个中年人，处于不利的一边。
The well-mannered Shin Yu-Seung stepped forward first and offered up a greeting. "We were on our way to the Western Regions to visit Buddha-nim."
彬彬有礼的申玉升首先走上前来，向他问好。“我们在去西域拜佛的路上。”
"Hoh, Buddha, is it? Unlike how you look, I see that you are high priests of Buddhism!"
“喂，佛祖，是吗?不像你看起来那样，我看到你是佛教的大祭司!”
Yi Gil-Hyeong saw how the middle-aged man was impressed by the revelation and began standing tall with his hands behind his back while going "Ahem!"
李吉衡看到这个中年男子对这个发现印象深刻，他开始高高地站起来，双手放在背后，说道:“咳咳!”
The older man studied both children with unreadable eyes before finally shifting his gaze in my direction.
那个年长的男人用一双难以辨认的眼睛看着两个孩子，最后把目光转向了我。
"In that case, the gentleman next to you is…. Hiiieeek?!"
“这样的话，你旁边的那位先生是......hiiiieek?!”
His complexion paled instantly as he stared at the [Murim dumpling] on my shoulder.
当他盯着我肩上的[穆林饺子]时，他的脸色立刻变白了。
"T-that, that's a [Murim dumpling]….!!"
“那个，那是[穆林饺子]......!!”
"Ah, this guy's just a doll. I like dumplings, that's why."
“啊，这家伙只是个玩偶。我喜欢饺子，这就是原因。”
"…I-is that so? You really surprised me there."
“是吗?你真的让我很吃惊。”
The middle-aged man patted his chest down, still looking somewhat freaked out. Judging from the armband slung across his upper arm like that, he must've been the supervisor of this factory.
那个中年男子拍了拍自己的胸部，看上去还是有点吓坏了。从他上臂那样挂着的臂章判断，他一定是这家工厂的主管。
Thinking that this was a fortunate turn of events, we decided to ask this man some questions.
考虑到这是一个幸运的转折点，我们决定问这个人一些问题。
"What is this factory, exactly? Why are you making lots of dumplings like that?"
“这个工厂到底是什么?你为什么做这么多饺子?”
"….Could it be that you came here without knowing anything?" The middle-aged man studied us with a troubled look on his face, before carrying on as a lengthy sigh escaped from his lips. "This is all the fault of that scary Yogoe."
“难道你来这里什么都不知道?”那个中年男子脸上带着不安的表情打量着我们，嘴里吐出一声长叹，然后继续说下去。“这都是那个可怕的Yogoe的错。”
"A Yogoe, you say?"
“一个瑜珈，你说?”
"Indeed. Originally, this place wasn't a factory."
“的确，这里原本不是工厂。”
According to the middle-aged man, this place used to be a peaceful little rural village.
据这位中年男子说，这个地方曾经是一个宁静的小村庄。
But on a certain day, a tall, hulking swine-type Yogoe with jet-black skin suddenly made his appearance, kidnapped every female in the village, enslaved all the men, and created this very factory.
但是在某一天，一个高大魁梧、皮肤乌黑的猪一样的Yogoe突然出现了，他绑架了村子里的每一个女人，奴役了所有的男人，并且创造了这个工厂。
"That bastard took my daughter and wife as his concubines and locked us up in this place! I'm sure you can tell that there's a strange supernatural power swirling around here and it prevents us slaves from leaving this factory. Not only that, that Yogoe devours so much, too…. We're forced to make dumplings all day long, but it seems to never be enough, you see."
“那个混蛋把我的女儿和妻子作为他的妃嫔，把我们锁在这个地方！我相信你能看出来，这里有一种奇怪的超自然力量在旋转，它阻止我们奴隶离开这个工厂。不仅如此，尤戈还吃了那么多..。我们被迫整天包饺子，但是你看，这似乎永远都不够。”
[The factory's manufacturing system is searching for the 'Supervisor'!] "D-damn it! I have to get going now."
(工厂的生产系统正在寻找“主管”!)“该死，我得走了。”
The middle-aged man hurriedly put on a pair of sanitary gloves and a face mask before rushing towards the conveyor belts.
中年男子匆匆戴上卫生手套和面罩，冲向传送带。
Before I could step up and say something, Shin Yu-Seung reached out and grabbed the middle-aged man first. "It's unfair for you ahjussis to perform slave labour like this. Not only that, you said that Yogoe even kidnapped females of the village too. We can't overlook this."
我还没来得及站起来说话，申玉升就伸出手，先抓住了那个中年男子。“你们这样做苦工是不公平的。不仅如此，你还说Yogoe甚至绑架了村里的女性。我们不能忽视这一点。”
As expected of my Incarnation.
不出所料，我的道成肉身。
Sure, we had to do this in order to advance the plot, but still….
当然，我们不得不这样做，以推动情节，但仍然..。
"We shall help you. Where can we find that Yogoe?"
“我们会帮助你的。我们在哪里可以找到那个Yogoe?”
"Even if it's you monk-nims, that Yogoe is…. Will you really help us?"
“即使是你们这些僧人，瑜伽也是......你们真的会帮助我们吗?”
"Of course we will."
“我们当然会。”
The middle-aged man kept rolling his eyes around for a bit but eventually told us the direction where we could find this Yogoe.
这个中年男子不停地转动着眼珠，但最终告诉了我们在哪里可以找到这个瑜珈。
"We leave it all up to you! Please, defeat that Yogoe!"
“我们把一切都交给你!请你打败那个瑜珈!”
We nodded our heads and walked in the direction pointed out to us.
我们点了点头，朝指给我们的方向走去。
(The Dumpling Yogoe was waiting at the end of this ⸢Dumpling Road.⸥)
(饺子山岳在这条饺子路的尽头等着。)
We walked alongside the so-called Dumpling Road, created out of the conveyor belts.
我们沿着传送带创建的所谓的饺子路走着。
As if he couldn't hold it any longer, Yi Gil-Yeong began picking up and chowing down dumplings every couple of steps. "….Hey, this is really tasty!"
好像再也忍不住了，李吉英开始每走几步就拿起饺子大快朵颐。”...嘿，这真好吃!”
Of course they were. These were none other than [Murim dumplings], after all. However, it seemed that the foremost expert on all things [Murim dumpling] was thinking a bit differently than us.
当然了。毕竟，这些不是别人，正是穆里姆的饺子。然而，似乎最重要的专家在所有的东西[穆里姆饺子]是想法有点不同于我们。
- The aroma is a little off.
香味有点淡。
'What?'
什么
- Hand me a dumpling.
给我一个饺子。
While walking behind the two kids, I cautiously picked up a dumpling and handed it over to, uh, the dumpling on my shoulder. And sure enough, watching one dumpling eat another one proved to be a rather grotesque sight.
走在两个孩子后面的时候，我小心翼翼地拿起一个饺子，递给了肩上的那个饺子。果然，看着一个饺子吃另一个饺子被证明是一个相当奇怪的景象。
- The combination of ingredients is wrong. It seems that he has not mastered the art of [Murim dumplings].
配料组合不对。看来他还没有掌握(穆里姆饺子)的艺术。
Murim dumpling number [999] formed a somewhat dissatisfied expression and began ordering me around out of the blue.
穆里姆的饺子号码[999]形成了一个有点不满的表情，并开始命令我周围的蓝色。
- Take half a spoon of the substance inside the green container and add that in.
-取半勺绿色容器内的物质，加入。
Since we still had a long way to go anyway, I decided to follow this little guy's orders and began adding the ingredients inside the dumpling skins.
因为我们还有很长的路要走，所以我决定按照这个小家伙的指示，开始在饺子皮里加入配料。
- You must familiarise yourself with the flames of True Samadhi Fire. Place the steamer so that the yellow flames are touching it in the middle and then, heat it.
你必须熟悉真三昧火的火焰。放置蒸笼，使黄色的火焰接触它的中间，然后，加热它。
This had to be some kind of a dream.
这一定是某种梦境。
To think, I was learning how to make dumplings from a dumpling while walking on the Dumpling Road.
想想看，我一边走在饺子路上，一边学着用饺子包饺子。
And so, how long did I walk on this dreamlike road?
那么，我在这梦幻般的道路上走了多久？
At the end of this 'road', I was rewarded with a packet of appetising [Murim dumplings].
在这条“路”的尽头，我得到了一包开胃的(穆里姆饺子)。
While looking at [999] nodding his head triumphantly, I began wondering what the hell I just did here.
当我看着[999]得意洋洋地点着头的时候，我开始思考我刚才究竟做了什么。
"Looks like that's our destination."
“看来那就是我们的目的地。”
I looked in the direction Shin Yu-Seong was pointing at.
我看了看申裕成指的方向。
There was a pathway at the end of the conveyor belt leading to large stone walls and a newly-built residential area. A handful of workers were delivering the packaged dumplings over there.
在传送带的末端有一条通道，通往大石墙和一个新建的住宅区。一小部分工人正在那里运送包装好的饺子。
It seemed that we had arrived at where the dumplings' consumer was.
我们似乎已经到达了饺子消费者所在的地方。
We walked closer, prompting the security guard to approach us.
我们走得更近了，这促使保安走近我们。
"Who are you people?"
“你们是什么人?”
Shin Yu-Seong grinned brightly and replied. "We are but humble monks on our way to the west to seek an audience with Buddha-nim and acquire the sacred texts. We coincidentally stumbled across this place during our journey. Will it be fine for us to enter?"
申裕成笑着回答。“我们只是谦卑的僧侣，正在前往西方寻求佛尼姆的接见，并获得神圣的经文。我们在旅途中偶然发现了这个地方。我们可以进去吗?”
"Ah, are you by any chance the 'party of the Tang Dynasty's monks'?"
“啊，你不会是‘唐僧会’吧?”
"That's correct."
“没错。”
I was dumbfounded by that conversation. It had been only a few days since this journey had begun, so there was no freaking way that the rumours of us would've arrived here already.
那次谈话使我目瞪口呆。这次旅行才开始几天，所以关于我们的谣言不可能已经到达这里了。
[You've learned of the Fable, 'Words Swifter Than Feet'!]
[你已经知道了这则寓言:‘文字比脚快!’]
Shin Yu-Seong whispered in my ear. "I heard that this is how it's like in the original."
申宇成在我耳边低声说:“我听说原版就是这样的。”
….Ah, so that's how it was?
原来是这样啊？
[A portion of the judges are impressed by the Scenario Master's high level of research.] [10 additional points are awarded for the excellent reflection of the original work!]
[一部分评委对情景设计大师的高水平研究印象深刻][10个额外的点数奖励优秀的反映了原来的工作!]
To think that they would judge us imitating the improbable timing as seen in the original as research…. How shocking.
想到他们会认为我们在模仿原作中看到的不可能的时间......多么令人震惊。
The gatekeeper spoke. "My apologies, but our village doesn't permit entry to any outsiders. I'm sorry that you had to walk this far to get here, but I implore you to turn ba…. Kek?!"
守门人说。“对不起，我们村不允许任何外人进入。我很抱歉你要走这么远才能到这里，但我恳求你回去..。凯克?”
Yi Gil-Yeong must've found the gatekeeper's explanation long-winded, because the boy punched the poor man in the belly and knocked him out flat. As if he was making an excuse, he quickly spoke. "Let's just rush inside and beat up that dumb Yogoe. Su-Yeong noona said that the audience members like speedy plot development."
李吉英一定是听到了守门人冗长的解释，因为这个男孩一拳打在这个可怜的男人的肚子上，把他打倒在地。他像是在找借口，很快就开口了。“我们冲进去痛扁那个愚蠢的Yogoe吧。苏荣诺娜说，观众喜欢快速发展的情节
Han Su-Yeong, that idiot. She seemed to have taught these kids something reaaaally nice.
韩素妍，那个白痴。她似乎教会了这些孩子一些真正美好的东西。
[A portion of the audience is satisfied by Tang Sanzang's decision.]
[一部分观众对唐三藏的决定感到满意]
[One additional point has been acquired!]
[已经获得了另外一个点!]
I looked at Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Gil-Yeong and spoke to them. "In that case, let's go in."
我看着申玉升和李吉英，对他们说:“既然这样，我们进去吧。”
"Nope. Ahjussi, you stay here and relax."
“不，大叔，你留在这里休息吧。”
"Excuse me?"
“你说什么?”
"We told you, Sun Wukong is supposed to ride the bus and that's it."
“我们告诉过你，孙悟空应该坐公共汽车，就是这样。”
"But…."
“但是......”
"Hah-ah…. I really didn't want to do this but seriously now."
“哈哈......我真的不想这么做，但现在我是认真的。”
Shin Yu-Seung held the rosary beads and began reciting something. "Prajna-paramita-hrdaya-KimDokJa. Don't-try-anything-unnecessary-and-stay-put-sutra….."
申玉升拿着念珠，开始背诵一些东西。“般若-波拉米塔-赫达亚-金多克迦。不要尝试任何不必要的东西，留在经文里......”
….Wha?
什么？
[Tang Sanzang has recited the 'Constrictive Sutra (緊箍咒)'!] [Item, 'Constrictive Headband (緊箍兒)' is reacting to it!]
[唐三藏背诵了‘缢缩经’!][《缢缩头巾》对此有反应!]
I was immediately overcome with pain akin to my head shattering into pieces and blacked out on the spot.
我立刻被疼痛折磨得筋疲力尽，当场晕倒。
*
….So, that must've been the 'Constrictive Sutra' that I had read about.
......那一定是我读过的‘约经’。
By the time I woke up, both Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Gil-Yeong had disappeared into the village. I looked to my side to discover a damn dumpling staring at me with a mocking leer.
等我醒来的时候，申玉升和李吉英已经消失在村子里了。我朝身边看去，发现一只该死的饺子正用嘲弄的眼神盯着我。
- What will you do now?
你现在要做什么？
'….Go after them, obviously.'
“当然是去追他们。”
Now normally, it should be fine to let those two kids be. They had become strong Incarnations that didn't require my help, after all.
现在，正常情况下，应该让这两个孩子。他们已经成为强大的化身，毕竟不需要我的帮助。
However, something felt off to me here.
然而，这里有些东西让我觉得不对劲。
(If Sun Wukong's gut feeling was right, then it was pretty obvious which creature they would encounter here.)
(如果孙悟空的直觉是正确的，那么他们在这里会遇到哪种生物就很明显了。)
I could think of someone when it came to all things Murim dumplings-related. But to think that idiot would use slaves to operate a factory, and even become a villain that kidnaps women…. I couldn't wrap my head around it.
当谈到穆里姆饺子相关的所有事情时，我能想起某人。但是想想那个白痴会用奴隶来经营工厂，甚至成为一个绑架妇女的恶棍..。我无法理解。
(It was then, someone discovered Sun Wukong.)
(就在那时，有人发现了孙悟空。)
"Kyahk! It's a Yogoe!"
“佳克!这是一个瑜伽!”
I turned my head to find several women standing over yonder.
我转过头，看到几个女人站在那边。
(Ladies who saw Sun Wukong's appearance were greatly shocked.)
(女士们看到孙悟空的样子都大吃一惊。)
They pointed to my pointy monkey-like ears peeking out from the golden hair and began backing away. But then, they spotted the dumpling on my shoulder and became rather chatty all of a sudden.
他们指着我尖尖的像猴子一样的耳朵，从金色的头发里探出头来，然后开始后退。但是后来，他们发现我肩膀上的饺子，突然变得相当健谈。
"He must like Murim dumplings…."
“他一定很喜欢穆里姆饺子......”
"….Does that mean he's a good Yogoe?"
“......这是否意味着他是一个优秀的瑜伽家?”
I wasn't sure how these ladies got to that illogical-sounding conclusion, but I figured that, what with things developing like this, I might as well exploit the situation a bit.
我不知道这些女士是怎么得出这个听起来不合逻辑的结论的，但是我想，既然事情发展成这样，我不妨利用一下这种情况。
"By any chance, are you the kidnapped villagers?"
“你们是被绑架的村民吗?”
My question caused the ladies to stare at each other, evidently confused about something.
我的问题使得女士们互相盯着对方，显然对什么事情感到困惑。
"….Kidnap? We've never been kidnapped, though?"
“...绑架?我们从来没有被绑架过，是吗?”
"But, I heard that a pitch-black-coloured swine-like Yogoe has kidnapped you all?"
“可是，我听说一个像约格那样的漆黑色的猪把你们都绑架了?”
"A swine….? No way… Are you perhaps talking about Zhu Bajie-nim?"
“猪......?不可能......你说的是猪八戒吗?”
…..Zhu Bajie "-nim"
朱八戒“尼姆”?？
"Sure, our Bajie-nim's skin is somewhat tan, but it's not to the point of calling it pitch black….."
“当然，我们八戒尼姆的皮肤有点黑，但还不至于说它是一片漆黑......”
"But, he does resemble a swine in some aspect, doesn't he? Like, his thick biceps, or those tough, strong thighs. But, that's not the same as being a swine…."
”“但是，他在某些方面确实像猪，不是吗？就像他那厚实的二头肌，或者那粗壮有力的大腿。但是，这和做一头猪不一样......”
Something was definitely going down the wrong direction here.
肯定有什么地方走错了方向。
With an excellent timing, a huge commotion broke out in the middle of the village so I quickly ran over there. It was pretty obvious who was behind that disturbance.
时间刚刚好，村子中间发生了一场大骚乱，于是我赶紧跑过去。很明显谁是那场骚乱的幕后主使。
"Stop right there!"
“站住!”
A boy's voice loudly resounded out. I pushed my way past the wall of women until I came face to face with the village's large plaza, a large litter in its middle, and the two children standing in front of it.
