I could only stare at the buck-naked man in sheer stupefaction.
我只能目瞪口呆地盯着那个一丝不挂的男人。
This situation was proving to be really difficult to comprehend.
事实证明，这种情况真的很难理解。
"I asked you whether you are the <<Big Brother>> or not."
“我问你是不是老大哥。”
"….No, hang on a minute. I'm the one with questions here. Just who are you? And what is this <<Big Brother>>?"
不，等一下。我才是有问题的人。你到底是谁？这个老大哥又是什么呢?”
"It seems that you are not the <<Big Brother>>. But, how did you break past the Time Fall and enter here? Besides, what is this train? A subway… Is this yet another type of Tower of Nightmares? How does it even operate?"
“看来你不是老大哥。但是，你是如何突破时间的陷阱进入这里的呢？另外，这是什么火车？地铁...这是另一种类型的噩梦之塔吗？它究竟是如何运作的?”
This guy, words were obviously not getting through to him.
这个家伙，他显然没有明白我的意思。
To think, he'd damage someone else's train and barge inside, only to start yapping on and on about his own stuff.
想想看，他会破坏别人的火车，闯进别人的车厢，然后开始喋喋不休地谈论自己的事情。
I activated the [Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint] right away. And then, bore witness to a message I had never seen before.
我马上启动了“全知读者视角”，然后见证了一个我从未见过的信息。
[Applicable individual is a 'Character' from a worldview you are not familiar with.] ….A 'Character' from a worldview I wasn't familiar with?
[适用的个人是一个来自你不熟悉的世界观的“角色”。]一个来自我不熟悉的世界观的“角色”？
Almost at the same time, bright light suddenly shone out from the naked man's eyes.
几乎就在同一时间，明亮的光线突然从那个裸体男人的眼睛里射出来。
[Someone is activating a power not registered with the system!]
[有人正在激活一个未在系统中注册的电源!]
Circular disks were vigorously spinning above his retinas.
圆盘在他的视网膜上活跃地旋转着。
[An existence of another dimension is spying on your true nature!] [Warning! This power cannot be fully blocked by 'The 4th Wall'!]
[另一个维度的存在正在窥探你的真实本性!]警告！这种力量不能被第四道墙完全阻挡!]
….Wha?
什么？
Tsu-chuchuchut!
楚楚！
Along with the sparks going wild in front of my eyes, all the Fables within me exploded forth as if to resist the opposition's power. The ones that reacted most viscerally were…
随着我眼前火花四溅，我内心所有的寓言都迸发出来，仿佛要抵抗反对派的力量。反应最强烈的是..。
[Stigma 'Regression's' essence is writhing.]
[耻辱’回归’的本质是扭动。]
[Fable, 'Hellscape of Eternity', is baring its fangs!]
[寓言《永恒的地狱之景》露出了它的尖牙!]
In an instant, a portion of subway's interior transformed into the view of the hellish landscape Yu Jung-Hyeok had lived through. The naked man looked at the world submerged in crimson hue and formed a stunned expression.
一瞬间，地铁内部的一部分变成了余正赫经历过的地狱般的景象。那个赤裸的男人看着深红色调的世界，脸上露出惊愕的表情。
"This 'inherent world' is… Could it be, you're a regressor?"
“这个‘内在世界’是......难道你是倒退者吗?”
….Inherent world?
内在世界？
I was about to throw a tackle, saying that that sounded like what Kim Nam-Woon might say. But then, the man's black sword suddenly began quivering with hatred.
我正准备铲球，说那听起来像是金南云会说的话。但是这时，男人的黑剑突然因为仇恨而颤抖起来。
"You are a bastard that turned his back on reality. So, die."
“你这个背弃现实的混蛋，去死吧。”
Just as the chilling light permeating within his blade edge moved towards me…
就像那刺骨的光芒渗透在他的刀刃上，向我袭来..。
[The train is re-entering its normal tracks.]
火车正在重新进入正常的轨道
[The authority of the 'Most Ancient Dream' is activating!] [The system is ejecting the foreign matter found within!]
[“最古老的梦想”的权威正在激活!][系统正在排出体内发现的异物!]
Along with the 'Shu-wuwuk!' noise, the man pointing his sword at me was rapidly sucked out towards the exit.
随着“嘘嘘嘘”的声音，那个用剑指着我的男人迅速被吸出了出口。
"You dare!"
“你敢!”
However, he stabbed his sword into the exit and held on, resolutely enduring the train's acceleration.
然而，他将剑刺入出口，坚持了下来，毅然忍受着火车的加速。
It was right at that moment that my body was transferred to another section of the subway.
就在那一刻，我的身体被转移到了地铁的另一个区域。
[Emergency combat system is activating!]
[紧急战斗系统启动!]
[A portion of the subway used in the ejection will be discarded.]
[用于弹射的地铁的一部分将被丢弃]
I looked back to discover the tail section of the train that naked man was clinging onto had separated from the rest and was now drifting away into the universe. And the furious man began dashing in my direction next.
我回头一看，发现那个裸体男人紧紧抓住的火车尾部与其他部分分开了，现在正飘向宇宙。接着，那个愤怒的男人开始朝我的方向冲过来。
That figure of the man, with the muscles in his entire body ballooning up, gave me this sense of inexplicable terror.
那个男人的身影，他整个身体的肌肉膨胀起来，给我一种莫名的恐惧感。
"Hurry up! That bastard is coming after us!"
“快点!那个混蛋在追我们!”
⸢Don t wo rry that g uy ca n't es cap e fr om the ti me a x is⸥
不要担心你不能从这个时候开始
That man chased after the subway at a frightening turn of speed, but was unable to climb aboard again. It was as if a transparent wall existed between him and the train. He continued to diligently run on the train tracks, but from a certain moment on, he stopped his pounding steps and glared quietly in this direction.
那个男人以惊人的速度在地铁后面追赶，但是无法再上车。好像在他和火车之间有一堵透明的墙。他继续在铁轨上孜孜不倦地奔跑，但从某一刻起，他停止了脚步，静静地盯着这个方向。
Only after that dude's figure had grown very far away was I able to breathe a sigh of relief.
直到那个家伙的身影离我很远，我才松了一口气。
"….Just what was that?"
“刚才是怎么回事?”
⸢But ch er of Mo nar chs Jae hwan⸥
但是莫纳的儿子在焕
….Butcher of Monarchs
君主的屠夫？
⸢A mon ster that tra ined for sev eral bil lion ye ars in the ti me ax is⸥
一个男人为了几百万英镑在时间的斧子里转来转去
I momentarily doubted my own hearing.
我一度怀疑自己的听力。
"How many years did you say?"
“你说多少年了?”
⸢I al so don t kn ow exa ctly he exi sted be fore I was cre ated⸥
我真的不知道在我受伤之前他是怎么死的
That guy was older than [The 4th Wall]? I was getting goosebumps just from the mere idea of that incredible length of time.
那家伙比第四道墙还老？仅仅是想到那段不可思议的时间，我就起鸡皮疙瘩了。
Could a human being endure billions of years without going insane? ….No, hang on a second. He didn't seem quite right in his head, actually.
一个人能忍受数十亿年而不发疯吗？不，等一下。事实上，他看起来有点不正常。
"Why was he trapped in there for billions of years, though?"
“不过，为什么他会被困在那里数十亿年呢?”
⸢To des troy the sy stem of the uni ver se he bel ongs to⸥ "We are not going to run into him again, are we?"
对特洛伊来说，大学的意义就在于“我们不会再碰到他了，是吗?”
Maybe [The 4th Wall] was too tired, as there was no reply. It must've been busy fixing the damaged train.
也许第四道墙太累了，因为没有回音。它一定是忙着修理受损的火车。
I dusted my coat, the one where the sword belonging to a crazy bastard named Jae-Hwan had brushed past a moment earlier. Now that was truly a gob-smacking Thrust, alright. No Constellation or Transcender I've met so far would be able to perform such a powerful stabbing attack.
我掸了掸外套上的灰尘，一把属于一个叫Jae-Hwan的疯子的剑刚刚擦身而过。这是一次真正的猛烈攻击，没错。到目前为止，我所见过的星座或者超越者都没有能力执行如此强大的刺伤性攻击。
Would billions of years leave a human in that wretched state?
数十亿年后，人类还会处于那种可怜的状态吗？
The restoration of the system must've been completed, as Fables from world-lines reappeared one by one on the train's windows. Yu Jung-Hyeok from the 1st turn shooting a terrifying glare at the heavens was among them. I quietly glared back at him for a little while, but suddenly grew scared of something.
系统的恢复工作一定已经完成了，因为世界线的寓言故事一个接一个地出现在火车的窗户上。在第一个转弯处，俞正赫向天空发出一道可怕的光芒，就是其中之一。我静静地瞪了他一会儿，但是突然害怕起来。
"The 4th Wall."
“第四道墙。”
⸢Wh at⸥
什么
"….How old is Yu Jung-Hyeok now?"
“......余正赫现在多大了?”
*
"We depart in a week's time."
“我们一周后出发。”
Finally, Yu Jung-Hyeok's Stigma finished its evolution. People who agreed to participate in the Project <Capture the Squid> began preparing for their departure.
最终，余荣赫的柱头完成了它的演变。同意参加捕获鱿鱼计划的人们开始为他们的离开做准备。
"Aileen-ssi, Bok-Sun-ssi, Yeong-Ran-ssi. We'll leave the Complex in your care."
“爱玲-西，博克-孙-西，荣然-西。我们将把这个大院留给你照顾。”
"I see. So you decided to go as well."
“我明白了。所以你也决定去。”
Yi Su-Gyeong smiled faintly as people bade them goodbye. "Yes."
当人们向他们道别时，易素京淡淡地笑了笑。“是的。”
However, not everyone decided to travel with them.
然而，并不是每个人都决定和他们一起旅行。
"We can't go."
“我们不能去。”
A portion of 'Team Anna', including 'Anna Croft' herself, chose to remain in this world-line.
“安娜团队”的一部分，包括“安娜·克罗夫特”自己，选择留在这个世界界线上。
"The system is gradually weakening, and this world is the closest to the conclusion that I'd been thinking of. That's why we'll remain in this world. However, there is someone who wishes to travel with you among our team, so… if it's not too much trouble, can you accept her, please?" Anna Croft asked.
“这个体系正在逐渐弱化，而这个世界是最接近我一直在思考的结论的。这就是为什么我们会留在这个世界上。不过，我们团队里有人想和你一起旅行，所以......如果不太麻烦的话，你能接受她吗?”安娜·克罗夫特问。
The sole person from Team Anna joining the <Capture the Squid> was none other than 'Selena Kim'. She smiled awkwardly and briefly explained that there was a debt she had to repay Kim Dok-Ja no matter what.
安娜队唯一加入捕获鱿鱼队的人正是塞琳娜·金。她尴尬地笑了笑，简短地解释说，无论如何，她必须偿还金道子的债务。
Han Su-Yeong confirmed for the last time. "Is there anyone else? Is this everyone from the Industrial Complex?"
韩素英最后一次证实，“还有其他人吗?工业区的人都到齐了吗?”
Rather unexpectedly, the person who hesitantly raised his hand was Han Myeong-Oh.
相当出乎意料的是，迟疑地举起手的人是韩明勋。
"What's this, ahjussi? You're obviously going, right?"
“这是什么，大叔?你一定要去，对吧?”
"I've raised my hand to tell you that I can't go."
“我举手告诉你我不能去。”
"…..What?"
“什么?”
She knew that the original relationship between Han Myeong-Oh and Kim Dok-Ja wasn't very amicable. However, she figured that, as they experienced the scenarios together, they would've gotten a bit friendlier, but this…
她知道韩明吴和金道子最初的关系不是很友好。然而，她认为，当他们一起经历这些场景时，他们会变得友好一些，但是这个.....。
"I can't go."
“我不能去。”
Only after hearing those words did Han Su-Yeong realise that he was holding the hand of a young girl.
韩素妍听了这些话，才意识到自己牵着一个年轻姑娘的手。
⸢In this regression turn, there were some people they simply couldn't travel with.⸥
在这个回归的过程中，有些人根本不能和他们一起旅行
Han Su-Yeong quietly looked into the girl's face. Outwardly, she seemed to be in her teens, but her mental age probably hadn't even reached five yet.
韩素英静静地看着女孩的脸。从表面上看，她似乎是十几岁，但她的心理年龄可能还没有达到五岁。
Children who were born after the scenarios began couldn't accompany them during the regression. Because, this child at least didn't exist back at the beginning.
场景开始后出生的孩子不能在回归过程中陪伴他们。因为，这个孩子至少在开始的时候是不存在的。
Han Su-Yeong shifted her gaze over to Han Myeong-Oh's aged face, before opening her mouth. "Got it. Ahjussi, you can stay."
韩素妍在张开嘴之前，把目光转移到韩明娥苍老的脸上。“明白了。大叔，你可以留下。”
"I'll leave Dok-Ja-ssi in your hands."
“我会把Dok-Ja-ssi交给你。”
"You worry about yourself first. And since you're going to stay behind, take care of the Complex's matters, too. You will run into a shortage of manpower after we leave. If I catch you playing video games in some dark corner somewhere, I'm gonna jump across the world-lines and kick your ass, got that?"
“你先担心你自己。既然你要留下来，那么也要处理一下大楼的事情。我们离开后，你会遇到人手短缺的情况。如果我抓到你在某个黑暗的角落里玩电子游戏，我会跳过这个世界，踢你的屁股，明白吗?”
It was then multiple vehicles rushed in from the distance. Waves of crowd jumped out of their black sedans and hurriedly crashed in like the incoming tide.
然后，多辆车从远处冲了进来。一波又一波的人群从他们的黑色轿车里跳出来，像潮水一样急匆匆地冲了进来。
"Representative Han Su-Yeong-nim! Please grant us an interview!"
“韩素宁议员!请给我们一次面试的机会!”
Han Su-Yeong frowned deeply.
韩素妍皱起了眉头。
"Is it true that you're planning a mass regression along with the Regressor?"
“你是否真的在计划与统计回归一起进行大规模的回归?”
The display panel in the plaza was broadcasting her face in real-time. The unmistakable letters 'LIVE' were stuck on the corner of the broadcast, too. Her mask was already being shown to the rest of the country without her consent.
广场上的显示屏正在实时播放她的面部表情。无误的字母‘LIVE’也被粘在了广播的一角。她的面具已经在未经她同意的情况下被展示给全国其他人看。
"We know that Representative Kim Dok-Ja-nim places importance on the current reality above all else. In that case, why did you make that kind of a decision?"
”我们知道，KimDok-Ja-nim议员把当前的现实看得比其他一切都重要。既然如此，你为什么要做出那样的决定呢?”
"What will happen to this world-line? Are you saying you'll abandon this world?"
“这条世界线会怎么样?你是说你要抛弃这个世界吗?”
Han Su-Yeong chuckled bitterly at these reporters attacking her as if she was the history's worst betrayer or some such. "Abandoning this world? Are we really? You think we own this world or something?"
这些记者攻击韩素妍，韩素妍笑得很苦，好像她是历史上最糟糕的叛徒之类的。“抛弃这个世界？真的吗？你认为我们拥有这个世界还是什么?”
"Representative-nim, you have a duty to this wor…."
“nim代表，你对这个世界有责任......”
"Does this world still need us, anyway? When the scenarios are over and done with?"
“无论如何，这个世界还需要我们吗?当这些情况都结束了，我们还需要我们吗?”
Right in that moment, the expressions on the reporters transformed. Their camera lenses shone brightly as if they caught the scent of a scoop, and began capturing Han Su-Yeong's face even closer. She confirmed her visage on the display panel and continued on.
就在那一刻，记者们的表情发生了变化。他们的相机镜头闪耀着明亮的光芒，仿佛捕捉到了勺子的气味，开始更近距离地捕捉韩素妍的脸。她在显示屏上确认了自己的容貌，然后继续前行。
"What will change if we stay here? You lot will simply come up with weird laws to try and control us. You think we don't know about Dong-Hoon doing his absolute best to block the legislation from being passed in the National Assembly? You people don't need us any more. No, you fear us, instead."
“如果我们留在这里，会发生什么变化？你们只会想出一些奇怪的法律来试图控制我们。你以为我们不知道东勋竭尽全力阻止立法在国民议会获得通过吗？你们不再需要我们了。不，相反，你们害怕我们。”
"However, we don't know when the scenarios will begin again! What if Dokkaebis reappear in the world….!"
“然而，我们不知道这种情况何时会再次发生!如果多卡比斯再次出现在世界上会怎样......”
Han Su-Yeong grinned refreshingly. Since things had come down to this, she figured that this was for the better. "Did you mean someone like her, right?"
韩素英笑得很清爽。既然事情已经到了这个地步，她认为这是为了更好。“你是说像她这样的人，对吗?”
Something resembling a huge hot-air balloon was floating in the location she was looking at. Reporters realising the identity of that mysterious thing all screamed out in sheer terror.
一个巨大的热气球似的东西漂浮在她所看到的地方。记者们意识到这个神秘的东西的身份时，都惊恐地尖叫起来。
[I am Biyu, the Dokkaebi King of this world-line.]
[我是碧玉，这条世界线上的多卡比王。]
She sounded so forceful, as if the scenarios were starting again, reminding them of the starting point of the terror that brought forth the destruction of this world.
她的声音听起来如此有力，仿佛这些场景又重新开始了，提醒他们恐怖的起点带来了这个世界的毁灭。
Biyu began chuckling as if she knew all about their fears.
碧玉开始咯咯笑起来，好像她知道他们所有的恐惧。
[Those that were born will eventually be destroyed. However, this planet will be fine. As long as there is no nuclear warfare, it'll last for tens of thousands of years without a problem. Well, you'll still have to occasionally dodge a few wayward asteroids that might come flying in your way, though.]
