['The 4th Wall' is reactivating!]
[“第四道墙”重新启动了!]
The light in the world flickered on and off several times. I felt the sensation of my body being sucked into somewhere, and within this half-awake consciousness, the friction noise of the train's wheel meeting the railroad tracks filled up my head.
世界上的灯忽明忽暗好几次。我感觉自己的身体被吸进了某个地方，在这种半睡半醒的意识中，火车轮子与铁轨相遇时发出的摩擦声充满了我的脑海。
I couldn't accept this.
我不能接受这个。
Even though I knew that this wasn't a matter requiring my acceptance, I still found it hard to swallow.
尽管我知道这不是一件需要我接受的事情，我还是觉得难以接受。
⸢Why did the 'Secretive Plotter' make such a decision?⸥
为什么“秘密策划者”会做出这样的决定
I couldn't forget his final expression.
我忘不了他最后的表情。
How could he make such a face? He didn't get to complete what he truly wanted, so how come… ⸢Wh at did Sec ret ive Pl otter re ally wa nt, th en?⸥
他怎么能做出这样的表情？他没有完成他真正想要的东西，那么为什么......为什么证券交易委员会知道他真的需要这个呢？
All of the memories regarding the Secretive Plotter flitted in and out of my head.
所有关于这个秘密策划者的记忆在我脑海里来来去去。
The story I got to learn through the original novel's texts - while enduring such a vast, indeterminable amount of time, what did Yu Jung-Hyeok hope to see at the end of this road?
我通过原著文本了解到的故事——在经历了如此浩瀚、无法确定的时间之后，余正赫希望在这条道路的尽头看到什么？
Just what was it exactly that he expected to encounter?
他到底想要遇到什么呢？
⸢[[Even if it's not a conclusion you wanted… Do not think of this world as a failed regression turn.]]⸥
[即使这不是你想要的结论......也不要认为这个世界是一个失败的回归过程]
Only those words remained stuck in my brain like a curse.
只有那些话像诅咒一样留在我的脑海里。
⸢Kim Dok Ja⸥
金道子
'The 4th Wall' warned me in a stiff voice as if to punish my arrogance.
“第四道长城”用一种僵硬的声音警告我，好像是在惩罚我的傲慢。
⸢Thi s not a pro blem y ou ca n ju dge⸥
这对你来说不是个问题
The wall was right. Even after that guy had left, I couldn't escape from being this damn 'Constellation'.
墙是对的，即使在那个家伙离开之后，我还是无法摆脱这个该死的‘星座’。
Under the brilliant radiance, the figures of 999th turn's Uriel, Yi Hyeon-Seong, Kim Nam-Woon, and Yi Ji-Hye scattered away.
在灿烂的光辉下，九九九年代的乌列、李贤成、金南云、李智慧等人物纷纷散去。
Could he really become happier with this?
他真的会因此而变得更快乐吗？
He made this choice himself, so was that his happiness, then?
他自己做了这个选择，那么这就是他的幸福吗？
He was a being born in the tragedy, so maybe, he wasn't aware of that choice being another tragedy?
他是一个在悲剧中诞生的人，所以也许，他没有意识到这个选择是另一个悲剧？
The Fables of the younger me and the 'Secretive Plotter' were getting further away.
年轻时的我和“秘密策划者”的寓言正在变得越来越远。
The man looking back in this direction for one last time was no longer Yu Jung-Hyeok from the 'Ways of Survival'.
最后一次回头看这个方向的人不再是《生存之道》中的余正赫了。
⸢Be ca use he's b orn in th e tra gedy ca n he fin ish th e tra gedy too⸥ ⸢"This place is the epilogue of that story."⸥
这个地方就是那个故事的尾声
The ancient tale I've been reading concluded, just like that.
我读过的那个古老的故事就是这样结束的。
[You have reached the ■■ of all the scenarios.] [You have now learned of the secret of the world.]
[你已经达到了所有情节中的■][你现在已经知道了世界的秘密]
The only remaining topic for us was on how to live the story's 'ever after'. The part of the story that the 'Ways of Survival' didn't tell me.
我们唯一剩下的话题就是如何过上这个故事的‘从此以后’。故事的这一部分，生存之道，并没有告诉我。
[The 'Most Ancient Dream' has ended.]
最古老的梦想已经结束
Abruptly, a certain thought popped up in my head. Something that had been forgotten after being swept up in the situation.
突然，一个想法出现在我的脑海里。被卷入这种情况之后被遗忘的东西。
The Dokkaebi King told me this: that this world was a dream of the 'Most Ancient Dream'.
多卡比国王告诉我:这个世界是‘最古老的梦’。
⸢In that case, what happens to the characters of the dream after the dream has come to an end?⸥
在这种情况下，梦结束后，梦中的人物会发生什么
The characters from the 999th turn and the 'Secretive Plotter' had all escaped from the role of 'Characters' and were freed from the dream through their own will.
第999回合中的人物和神秘的密谋者都已经脱离了人物的角色，通过他们自己的意志从梦中解脱出来。
If so, what would happen to other people, then?
如果是这样，那么其他人会怎么样呢？
After the dream was over, the people from the dream would…..
当梦结束后，梦中的人们会..。
[Final scenario clear reward has arrived.]
[最后一幕，明确的回报已经到来]
*
The noises of a cheek being slapped around resounded out; under the flickering subway lights, Kim Dok-Ja slowly opened his eyes.
打脸的声音回荡在地铁灯光下，金道子慢慢睁开了眼睛。
"Hey, you. You awake now?"
“嘿，你，你醒了吗?”
He saw Han Su-Yeong's face up close as she roughly held him by his collars.
他近距离地看到韩素妍的脸，她用衣领粗暴地搂着他。
"….What happened?"
“发生了什么事?”
"That's what I want to ask you."
“这就是我想问你的。”
Kim Dok-Ja massaged his head as if he was suffering from migraine, and stood up from his spot.
金道子按摩了一下头部，好像患了偏头痛，然后从原地站了起来。
"Where are we?"
“我们在哪里?”
"Inside the subway. Time for us to head back home, I guess."
“在地铁里。我想我们该回家了。”
Han Su-Yeong saying those words seemed rather refreshed, for some reason.
韩素英说这些话，不知怎么的，显得有些神清气爽。
The train clunked and shook around. The darkness outside the windows gently wavered about.
火车轰隆隆地转了一圈又一圈，窗外的黑暗慢慢地摇晃起来。
"Dok-Ja-ssi, are you alright?"
“Dok-Ja-ssi，你没事吧?”
His companions discovered him and walked in closer. Yu Sang-Ah, Yi Hyeon-Seong, Jeong Hui-Won, Shin Yu-Seung, Yi Gil-Yeong, Yi Ji-Hye, Jang Ha-Yeong…. and even Yu Jung-Hyeok, they were all here.
他的同伴发现了他，走近了他。余相雅，李贤成，郑惠元，申玉成，李吉英，李智慧，张夏英..。还有余正赫，他们都在这里。
⸢Everyone was alright.⸥
每个人都很好
Kim Dok-Ja slowly looked around him. There was no other presence within the subway. It was likely that this train was the same one they rode in earlier.
金道子慢慢地环顾四周。地铁里没有其他人。这列火车很可能就是他们之前乘坐的那列。
⸢Are we really safe now?⸥
我们现在真的安全了吗
"I've treated your injuries. Once we return to [The 4th Wall], we should entrust you to Seol-Hwa-ssi's care, but…."
“我已经治好了你的伤。一旦我们回到(第四道长城)，我们应该把你托付给Seol-Hwa-ssi照顾，但是......”
Yu Sang-Ah feeling for Kim Dok-Ja's pulse faintly smiled. His companions approached him one by one. However, even though their gazes were fixed on him, none of them managed to readily open their mouths.
余相娥感觉到金道子的脉搏微微一笑。他的同伴们一个接一个地走近他。然而，即使他们的目光都集中在他身上，也没有一个人愿意开口说话。
Unexpectedly, the first one to do so was Yu Jung-Hyeok. Rather than approaching Kim Dok-Ja like everyone else, he leaned against the subway's seat at an angle and glared outside the window.
出乎意料的是，第一个这样做的是余正赫。他没有像其他人一样靠近金道子，而是斜靠在地铁座位上，瞪着窗外。
The universe's Fable was coming undone on the outside. The once-tangled roll of thread was turning into dust and scattering away one strand at a time.
宇宙的寓言从外面开始破灭。曾经缠绕在一起的线团正在变成尘土，一股一股地散开。
"It's the <Star Stream>."
“这是星流。”
Fables existing in countless world-lines were illuminating the space by scattering their bright lights. The <Star Stream> they had been living in was right there. The world they cursed and resented, but still couldn't forsake, was slowly disappearing while emitting the most radiant light for the last time.
存在于无数世界线中的寓言通过散射明亮的光线照亮了空间。他们一直生活的星流就在那里。他们诅咒和憎恨的世界，但仍然不能放弃，正在慢慢消失，最后一次发出最灿烂的光芒。
As Kim Dok-Ja dazedly stared at that spectacle, Shin Yu-Seung tightly squeezed his hand.
当金道子目瞪口呆地看着这个场面时，申玉升紧紧地握住了他的手。
"It's over now."
“现在结束了。”
Overcome by a certain emotion, Yi Hyeon-Seong suddenly broke down in tears. The bear-like man who never showed a single drop of tears no matter what transpired began sobbing away uncontrollably. Jeong Hui-Won watched him and bit her lower lip as her nose tip began stinging, as well. Yi Ji-Hye raised her head, perhaps not wanting to shed her own tears.
抑制不住某种情绪，李贤成突然泪流满面。这个熊一样的男人，无论发生了什么，从来没有流过一滴眼泪，开始无法控制地哭泣。郑慧媛看着他，当她的鼻尖也开始刺痛时，她咬了下嘴唇。易智慧抬起头，也许不想流下自己的眼泪。
"It… really is over."
“一切......真的结束了。”
It was indeed over. This long and expansive tale had finally come to an end.
一切都结束了，这个漫长而广阔的故事终于结束了。
Kim Dok-Ja stared at the distancing meteor shower. He stared, and then, stared again.
金道子盯着远处的流星雨。他盯着，然后又盯着。
As if she knew what he was thinking about right now, Han Su-Yeong addressed him. "This isn't because you read that novel, you know? You also had no idea, right?"
韩素妍好像知道他现在在想什么似的，对他说。“这不是因为你读了那本小说，你知道吗？你也不知道，对吧?”
Companions nodded their heads. They were also aware; they knew that this event might not end like this.
伙伴们点点头，他们也知道，他们知道这件事不会就这样结束的。
It was just that, they were quietly staring at Kim Dok-Ja and his Fable.
就是这样，他们静静地盯着金道子和他的寓言。
⸢The world that couldn't be lived in, unless one read it.⸥
这个世界不可能存在，除非有人读过它
The child who had to read something, anything, if he wanted to live.
如果孩子想活下去，就得读点什么，什么都行。
They were saved many times over by such a child.
他们多次被这样一个孩子救了。
⸢Reading something in order to survive - that was the same story for everyone.⸥ "It would've been fine by just reading it, but Dok-Ja-ssi, you tried to change the story by yourself. I think that's more than enough."
为了生存而阅读——对每个人来说都是同样的故事。“如果你只是读一读就好了，但是Dok-Ja-ssi，你试图自己改变故事。我认为这已经足够了。”
Jeong Hui-Won said that.
郑慧媛表示。
The one who had never reached the end of this world, starting from the beginning of the 'Ways of Survival' all the way to its conclusion. She softly smiled and patted Kim Dok-Ja on his shoulder.
那个从未走到世界尽头的人，从“生存之道”的起点一直走到它的终点。她轻轻地笑了笑，拍了拍金道子的肩膀。
"So, what do you think? Is this the conclusion you wanted to see?"
“那么，你怎么想?这就是你想看到的结果吗?”
Kim Dok-Ja couldn't reply to her. He was too busy wiping away the tears clouding his vision to do that.
金道子不能回答她。他忙着擦去遮蔽他视力的眼泪，没有时间回答她。
⸢So that he could see with his own eyes the view of the world he established.⸥
这样他就可以亲眼看到他所建立的世界
Kim Dok-Ja slowly opened his eyes, and the subway's pitch-black windows were reflected in his irises. The faces of his companions could be seen mirrored on the glass. As if, that was a group photo with the universe serving as its background.
金道子慢慢地睁开眼睛，地铁漆黑的窗户映照在他的虹膜上。从玻璃上可以看到他同伴的脸。仿佛那是一张以宇宙为背景的集体照。
⸢The conclusion of this world that he so dearly wished to see.⸥
他如此渴望看到的这个世界的结局
"….I'm looking at it right now."
“我正在看呢。”
As if they were waiting for those words, Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Gil-Yeong began wiping away Kim Dok-Ja's tears. He tightly hugged both of the kids.
就好像他们在等待这些话语一样，申玉升和李吉英开始擦去金德子的眼泪。他紧紧地拥抱了两个孩子。
It was then, someone asked this question.
就在那时，有人问了这个问题。
"We'll be happy after this, right?"
“我们在这之后会很幸福的，对吗?”
Only the vibration of the train leaving the station resounded out within this silence like a pulse.
只有离开车站的火车的震动在这寂静中像脉搏一样发出回响。
Maybe, this train would never go back; they would never be able to visit that station, ever again.
也许，这列火车再也回不去了;他们再也不能去那个车站了，再也不能了。
They would forge ahead towards a brand new terminal.
他们将向着一个崭新的终点站稳步前进。
As everyone stewed within their own thoughts, quite unexpectedly it was Yi Ji-Hye who threw out a realistic question first.
当每个人都沉浸在自己的想法中时，出乎意料的是，易智慧首先抛出了一个现实的问题。
"….By the way, what will happen to the world-line we've been living in?"
“......顺便问一句，我们一直生活的这条世界线将会发生什么变化?”
When everyone gazed at her, she scratched her cheeks in embarrassment and continued on.
当所有人都注视着她的时候，她尴尬地搔了搔脸颊，继续往前走。
"You know, that thing. If the Dokkaebi King is to be believed, this world is merely a dream of the 'Most Ancient Dream', but if that dream is over, then…."
“你知道，那件事。如果多卡比王是可信的，这个世界只不过是‘最古老的梦’的一个梦，但如果这个梦已经结束，那么......”
For sure, the time flow of the world they were living in froze after the [Final Wall] was destroyed. In that case, even if they returned to that world by riding on this train… [It'll be fine. Our world is functioning normally.] "Aha, I see. That's a relief…. Ehng "
毫无疑问，他们所居住的世界的时间流在(最后的长城)被摧毁后冻结了。那样的话，即使他们乘坐这列火车回到了那个世界......也没关系。我们的世界运转正常“啊哈，我明白了。真是松了一口气..。呃?”
Yi Ji-Hye stared at Kim Dok-Ja, then at Yi Hyeon-Seong, and even at Jeong Hui-Won and Yu Sang-Ah. No matter who she looked at, though, they were all making the exact same expression as her.
李智慧盯着金德子，然后又盯着李贤成，甚至还盯着郑惠元和余尚雅。不管她看的是谁，他们的表情都和她一模一样。
"Who replied just now "
“刚才谁回答的?”
And then, everyone looked up at the air at the same time. A ball of fine fur was floating up there.
然后，每个人同时抬头看着空气。一团绒毛漂浮在上面。
[Ba-aht?]
[ Ba-aht? ]
The eyes of the companions narrowed down to slits.
同伴们的眼睛眯成了一条条小缝。
[Eh-ba-aht.]
[ Eh-ba-aht ]
Biyu began sweating buckets in the air, but eventually, sighed out grandly and spoke up.
碧玉开始在空中汗流浃背，但最终，她盛气凌人地叹了口气，大声说了出来。
[You knew something was up already anyway, so why are you so surprised?]
[反正你早就知道有事要发生，所以你为什么这么惊讶呢?]
*
The companions heard the explanation from Biyu.
同伴们听到了Biyu的解释。
The contents, when simplified, were like this.
简化后的内容是这样的。
[The world-line hasn't been annihilated yet. I don't know the reason, but…. the stopped time of the world is beginning to get written again, you see. Although the worldview shook around a lot after all the large Fables crumbled at the same time, it'll still take several thousands of years for the world to die naturally.]
世界航线还没有被消灭。我不知道为什么，但是..。世界的停止时间又开始被书写了，你看。虽然在所有大型寓言故事同时崩溃之后，世界观发生了很大的变化，但是世界仍然需要几千年才会自然死亡
The sights of the world they used to live in could be seen faintly just beyond the subway's windows. The frozen time of the world was beginning to move once more.
他们曾经生活过的世界的景象，在地铁窗户的背后隐约可见。世界上冻结的时间又开始移动了。
⸢Uriel was slowly opening her eyes within this devastation.⸥ ⸢The Black Flame Dragon was asleep, curled up into a ball. And…⸥ ⸢Wrapped up tightly within the Somersault Cloud, the Great Sage Heaven's Equal was staring up at the skies above.⸥
乌列尔正在这场灾难中慢慢睁开她的眼睛。黑焰龙睡着了，蜷缩成一团。而且...紧紧地包裹在筋斗云里，大圣天上的平等者正凝视着天空。
The Constellations were alive, too.
星座也是活的。
Even the Maritime War God, the Goryeo's Number One Swordsman… Everyone was still alive. Even though they had lost their previous lustre, they were still drawing breaths in this world-line.
甚至海战之神，高丽的头号剑客......每个人都还活着。尽管他们已经失去了以前的光彩，但他们仍然在这个世界线上呼吸着。
Biyu spoke up as she looked at those Constellations.
碧玉边说边看着那些星座。
[<Star Stream> still remains. The channel system has crumbled down, and Constellations can no longer wield as much power as they used to, but still, it was such a huge Fable that it'll take some time for it to completely crumble down.]
[星流仍然存在。通道系统已经崩溃，星座不能再像过去那样拥有那么多的权力，但是，这仍然是一个巨大的神话，需要一些时间才能完全崩溃。]
A couple of my companions sighed in relief. A sigh that they themselves couldn't really understand.
