It had been one year and two months since Yu Jung-Hyeok had left on his journey.
余重赫离开这里已经一年零两个月了。
The speed of the manuscript being updated started slowing down around the time the third part was nearing completion. Even though the manuscript was still being compiled diligently, there were just too many voids yet to be filled up.
在第三部分即将完成的时候，手稿的更新速度开始放慢。尽管手稿仍在不懈地编纂，但仍有太多的空白需要填补。
As the chapter number got higher and higher, stories Han Su-Yeong didn't know of seemed to also increase in number, as well.
随着篇数越来越多，韩素英不知道的篇数也似乎越来越多。
"This might prove to be helpful, at least by a little bit," said Aileen.
“这可能证明是有帮助的，至少是一点点，”艾琳说。
If she didn't extract Fable fragments from the sleeping Kim Dok-Ja, the work on the manuscript would've slowed down even further.
如果她没有从沉睡的金道子中提取出寓言的片段，手稿的工作将会进一步放慢。
[Fable fragment, 'Great adventure in the Dark Castle', has been successfully extracted.] [Fable fragment, 'Memories of 1863rd regression turn', has been successfully extracted.] [Fable fragment, 'Gourmet Association Story', has been successfully extracted.]
[寓言片段《黑暗城堡的伟大冒险》已经成功提取。][已成功提取寓言片段“1863年回归回忆”][已成功提取寓言片段《美食家协会故事》]
These fragments were stories too small to become Fables. Han Su-Yeong read these fragments and filled in the previously-lacking inside of Kim Dok-Ja. Even then, far too many parts remained empty. She didn't try to forcibly fill those voids, however.
这些片段太小了，不足以成为寓言。韩素英阅读了这些碎片，并填补了以前缺失的金道子的内心。即便如此，仍有太多的部分空着。然而，她并没有试图强行填补这些空白。
[Your Incarnation has logged into the 'Cloud System'.]
[你的道成肉身已经登录到“云系统”。]
Yu Sang-Ah asked. "It looks like Jung-Hyeok-ssi is doing well."
于相雅问道，“看起来郑耀西干得不错。”
"Well, he's probably busy scaring the living daylights out of the poor webnovel authors," replied Ham Su-Yeong.
“嗯，他可能正忙着吓唬那些可怜的网络小说作者的黎明杀机呢，”HamSu-Yeong回答。
"I'm curious about what other authors are like. Surely, not everyone is like you, Su-Yeong-ssi?"
“我很好奇其他的作家是什么样子的。当然，不是每个人都像你一样，苏映思?”
"Well, no, not everyone's like… Hey, did you come here just to grind my gears?"
“嗯，不，不是每个人都喜欢......嘿，你来这里只是为了磨我的齿轮吗?”
"The author in question may not even be a person when I think about it. It could be a highly-developed AI, or…."
“当我思考这个问题的时候，这个作者甚至可能不是一个人。它可能是一种高度发达的人工智能，或者......”
Han Su-Yeong reluctantly nodded her head. Indeed, the universe was vast and lots of writers existed out there. And also, writers who got a beating from Yu Jung-Hyeok should be plenty, too.
韩素妍不情愿地点了点头。事实上，宇宙是广阔的，存在着许多作家。而且，受到余正赫打击的作家也应该很多。
In any case - judging from how timely the revised manuscript was being downloaded, that dude must've been doing his job properly so far.
无论如何——从修改后的手稿被下载的及时程度来看，那家伙到目前为止一定做得很好。
But then…
但是后来..。
[Your Incarnation is revising the manuscript you have written.]
[你的化身正在修改你所写的手稿。]
"….What "
“什么?”
*
[….Captain, what are you doing ]
船长，你在干什么
"I'm fixing the incorrect portion."
“我在修正错误的部分。”
Yu Jung-Hyeok was in the midst of revising the updated file in real-time while logging into the [Cloud System]. Originally, it was impossible for an Incarnation like him to revise a file updated to the [Cloud System], but…
YuJung-Hyeok在登录[CloudSystem]时正在实时修改更新的文件。最初，像他这样的道成肉身是不可能修改更新到[云系统]的文件的，但是..。
[Your attribute's effects are activating.]
[你的属性的效果正在激活。]
[You can now revise the 'Cloud System's' manuscript.] [Revision of the already recorded contents requires a great amount of Probability!]
[你现在可以修改‘云系统’的手稿][修改已经记录的内容需要很大的概率!]
But, it became possible to do so from some time ago. He couldn't quite remember just when it started, but it might have been when the attribute related to writing sleeping inside him began manifesting its powers. Maybe it had bloomed into life after acquiring the Fables of the 'Outer Gods'.
但是，从前一段时间开始，这样做成为可能。他记不太清楚是什么时候开始的，但可能是在他体内睡着的书写特征开始显现出它的力量的时候。也许它是在获得了“外界诸神”的寓言之后开花结果的。
[….Won't Han Su-Yeong get really angry?] "Even if it's her, she wouldn't have known every story there is. Some parts especially were in a total mess."
韩素妍不会生气吗“即使是她，她也不可能知道所有的故事。特别是有些部分完全是一团糟。”
While saying that, Yu Jung-Hyeok tapped away on the holographic keyboard. Biyu seemed rather impressed by this scene and spoke up.
说到这里，余正赫一边敲打着全息键盘。碧玉似乎对这一幕印象深刻，大声说道。
[Oh… Captain, your grammar is better than I thought! Since you liked swinging swords around every single day, I figured you wouldn't even know the difference between a knight and a night but this….]
哦......船长，你的语法比我想象的还要好！既然你每天都喜欢挥剑，我想你甚至不知道骑士和夜晚的区别，但是这个......]
It was right at that moment that Yu Jung-Hyeok's cursor suddenly began jumping around all on its own.
就在那一刻，余正赫的光标突然开始自己跳来跳去。
[Constellation, 'Architect of the False Last Act', has revised the latest file.]
[Constellation，“伪最后行动的设计师”，已经修改了最新的文件。]
Strange words were suddenly typed over the space where Yu Jung-Hyeok's cursor had been just now.
刚才游标所在的地方突然出现了奇怪的字眼。
⸢Hey, you just messed with my manuscript, didn't you?! Do you really want to die that badly ⸥ ….So, there was such a way to communicate with her, then.
嘿，你把我的手稿弄乱了，是不是?！你真的那么想死吗？所以有这样一种方式可以和她沟通。
Yu Jung-Hyeok calmly typed the following sentence.
于重赫平静地输入下面这句话。
⸢This is because you failed to store the manuscript properly.⸥
这是因为你没有妥善保存手稿
⸢What bulldust are you spewing now ⸥
你现在吐的是什么东西
⸢There were incorrect parts in the manuscript. I've left my opinions on the file, so confirm them yourself.⸥
原稿有不正确的部分，我已经把我的意见留在文件里了，所以你自己去确认一下
After typing that, Yu Jung-Hyeok took another look at the parts he had changed.
打完这个之后，余重赫又看了一眼他修改过的部分。
⸢Yi Gil-Yeong wearing the black coat looked down arrogantly at the world with his star-like sparkling eyes and spoke up. "Hey, you sooty bastard. You're so weak." - Do you really think this part even makes any sense?⸥ ⸢Yi Ji-Hye emitting noble ripples of energy like rushing torrents of a massive river began swinging her sword. "Water the Sky Sword Door, True Body Deep Righteousness Slash Technique, Water the Sky Destroy the Emperor Slash!!" - There is no such sword technique in the Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship. Also, all the Hanja letters are incorrect.⸥
身穿黑色外套的易吉英用他那双星光闪闪的眼睛傲慢地向下看着这个世界，大声说道。“嘿，你这个乌黑的混蛋。你太软弱了。”你真的认为这部分有意义吗？易智慧散发出高贵的能量涟漪，就像一条巨大的河流奔腾而出，挥舞着她的剑。《浇天剑门》、《真身深义砍技》、《浇天杀帝砍》-《破天剑法》中没有这样的剑术。此外，所有的汉字字母都不正确。
Han Su-Yeong was silent for a moment there.
韩素英在那里沉默了一会儿。
⸢….What the hell, I don't remember ever typing these sentences before? Wait, these haven't been published yet, right?⸥ ⸢There are still some time left until the update, so fix them quickly.⸥
怎么回事，我不记得以前打过这些句子？等等这些还没出版对吧？离更新还有一段时间，所以要尽快修复它们。
Yu Jung-Hyeok could pretty much figure out what happened here.
余正赫基本上可以搞清楚这里发生了什么。
⸢Seriously, those two… With my notebook PC….⸥
说真的那两个...用我的笔记本电脑..
Undoubtedly, Yi Gil-Yeong and Yi Ji-Hye must've changed the scheduled update file without Han Su-Yeong's knowledge.
毫无疑问，在韩素妍不知情的情况下，易吉英和易智慧更改了预定的更新文件。
Biyu observed the sentences hurriedly being revised before their very eyes and spoke up. [Looks like you two have become quite close.] "We're merely communicating like this for the purpose of the mission."
碧玉看到这些句子在他们眼前匆匆地修改，就大声说了出来。看来你们两个关系很好“我们这样交流只是为了完成任务。”
Judging from how the revised version continued to be updated, Han Su-Yeong must've been hard at work trying to reconstruct Kim Dok-Ja's story in the most preserved, complete state.
从修改后的版本是如何继续更新的来判断，韩素英一定是在努力工作，试图在保存最完整的状态下重建金德子的故事。
This novel would become divorced from the reality they had to live through when more and more parts of it were filled up via dramatisation or imagination. As their goal was to recover Kim Dok-Ja, this story had to reflect the reality they had lived in.
当越来越多的部分通过戏剧化或想象被填满时，这部小说将脱离他们不得不经历的现实。由于他们的目标是找回金道子，这个故事必须反映他们所生活的现实。
[As long as this is a story, it's impossible to perfectly recreate something. Every story would be distorted by the narrator, after all.] "I'm aware of that. It'd be the same even if Kim Dok-Ja himself personally wrote it."
只要这是一个故事，就不可能完美地再现一些东西。毕竟，每个故事都会被叙述者歪曲“我知道这一点。即使是金道子亲自写的，也是一样的。”
Yu Jung-Hyeok thought about something related to that for a moment or two. If it was impossible to restore the complete 'Kim Dok-Ja' no matter which story you wrote, then just what was the existence called 'Kim Dok-Ja', in the first place?
于重赫思考了一会儿与此相关的事情。如果不管你写哪个故事都不可能恢复完整的“金道子”，那么首先存在的“金道子”又是什么呢？
Yu Jung-Hyeok shook his head.
于重赫摇了摇头。
Back then or even now, no one could know that. Well, no one in this world knew who they were exactly, after all.
过去甚至现在，都没有人知道这一点。毕竟，这个世界上没有人知道他们到底是谁。
He looked at Han Su-Yeong's manuscript. Those who had forgotten about themselves were probably reading her work right about now. They should be reading this sentence over here, then afterwards, read the one over there next.
他看了看韩素英的手稿。那些忘记了自己的人现在可能正在阅读她的作品。他们应该在这里读这个句子，然后再读下一个句子。
What Yu Jung-Hyeok and Han Su-Yeong wished from them was just one thing - wishing for a 'happy ending' that they didn't know to become real within someone's imagination.
于重赫和韩素英希望从他们身上得到的只是一件事——希望有一个他们不知道在别人的想象中变成真实的“幸福结局”。
Wishing for the world they had never witnessed before to safely exist somewhere out there in this universe.
希望他们从未见过的世界能够安全地存在于这个宇宙的某个地方。
[Constellation, 'Architect of the False Last Act', has revised the latest file.] ⸢By the way, Yu Jung-Hyeok? Just how many years have you been wandering….⸥ [Error has occurred in the 'Cloud System' due to incorrect usage!] [Due to the storm of Probability's aftermath, the Stigma will temporarily shut down.]
[Constellation，“伪最后行动的设计师”，已经修改了最新的文件。]顺便问一下，余正赫？你已经徘徊了多少年......[由于不正确的使用，“云系统”出现了错误!][由于可能性造成的后果，耻辱将暂时关闭。]
It seemed that using the manuscript in this fashion was pushing it a little too far.
用这种方式来使用手稿似乎有点过分了。
Yu Jung-Hyeok slowly raised his head and looked at his face reflected on the ark's window. He could see subtle little premature grey hair spots here and there on his head.
于重赫慢慢地抬起头，看着方舟窗上映出的他的脸。他可以看到他头上一些细微的早熟的灰色小斑点。
[Captain, it's not even 100 years yet.]
船长，还不到100年呢
"I'm aware."
“我知道。”
[The time moves really slowly, doesn't it?]
时间过得真慢，不是吗
Her voice passing them by indifferently caused Yu Jung-Hyeok to falter just a little. Biyu still in the form of little furball was staring at the passing scenery of the Dark Stratum outside with an unreadable expression on her face. Suddenly, he became conscious of her being Shin Yu-Seung in her previous life once more.
她的声音从他们身边无动于衷地擦肩而过，这使得余正赫有些动摇。碧玉还是那个小毛球的模样，脸上带着难以捉摸的表情，凝视着外面黑暗阶层经过的景色。突然，他再次意识到她是前世的申玉升。
⸢"Did you know, captain? Did you know that I had to endure incredibly difficult years so that I can grant your request?"⸥
”“你知道吗，船长？你知道吗，为了满足你的要求，我不得不忍受了难以置信的艰难岁月。”
She was an existence who had to wander the world-lines as a lost, forgotten being for thousands of years just to pass on the information to the past regression.
她是一种存在，她不得不像一个迷失的、被遗忘了几千年的存在一样，在世界的边缘徘徊，只是为了把信息传递给过去的回归。
Yu Jung-Hyeok's lips parted and closed several times. He eventually managed to squeeze some words out. "….It must've been difficult."
于重赫的嘴唇张开又闭上了好几次，最后终于挤出了几句话:“......一定很难吧。”
[Right. It was really tough. I resented you a lot too, captain.]
[是的。这真的很难。我也很讨厌你，上尉。]
The disaster of flood, Shin Yu-Seung. The Dokkaebi King Biyu used to have such a name once upon a time.
洪水灾难，申玉升。杜卡比王碧玉曾经有这样一个名字。
[Still, these days I feel relieved to have reincarnated. Because, I got to keep the promise I made with you back then.]
不过，这些天来，转世投胎让我感到如释重负。因为，我必须遵守当初对你的承诺
"The promise?"
“承诺?”
[Back when I was still Shin Yu-Seung, you promised me this, captain. You said, we'd go on a trip together after the scenario comes to an end.]
[当我还是ShinYu-Seung的时候，你答应过我的，船长。你说，我们会一起去旅行，在这个场景结束之后
While listening to Biyu's voice continue on, he began digging through 41st turn's memories. Maybe it was due to the memories given to him by the Secretive Plotter, he could just about barely recall some things about that day. Shin Yu-Seung, talking to him about what she wanted to do after the scenario had ended.
当听着碧玉的声音继续时，他开始挖掘第41个转弯的记忆。也许是因为秘密策划者给他的记忆，他几乎想不起那天发生的一些事情。申玉升(ShinYu-Seung，音译)，和他谈论在这个场景结束后她想做什么。
The 41st turn's Yu Jung-Hyeok couldn't keep that promise.
第41圈的余正赫没能遵守这个承诺。
⸢"Shin Yu-Seung, you're the last one."⸥
“ShinYu-Seung，你是最后一个。”
His companions died one by one, and during the final moments, he sent Shin Yu-Seung away to the outside of the world-line.
他的同伴们一个接一个地死去，在最后的时刻，他把申玉升送到了世界线的外面。
The memories from that day - just where did the moments from that day disappear to?
那一天的记忆——那一天的记忆消失到哪里去了？
He didn't know. They could have become the 'Nameless Ones'.
他不知道，他们可能会成为无名者。
"I…."
“我...”
[Let me say this right now. Don't apologise. The person who should apologise, and the person that apology is intended for, they don't exist in this world anymore.]
让我现在就说。不用道歉。那个应该道歉的人，那个应该道歉的人，他们在这个世界上已经不存在了
She was right. In a way, the person saying it and the person listening right now weren't exactly the right people. Yu Jung-Hyeok had lost the 41st turn's life, and he had forgotten most of the memories from that period of history ever since Biyu reincarnated. It was now just an old story that connected them. They thought about that story for a little while.
她是对的。在某种程度上，说这句话的人和现在正在听的人并不完全是正确的人。余重赫失去了第41个转世的生命，自碧玉转世以来，他已经忘记了那个时期的大部分记忆。现在只是一个古老的故事把他们联系在一起。他们想了一会儿那个故事。
[Shall we get going, then?]
那我们走吧
"Alright."
“好吧。”
All they could do for now was to complete this lengthy journey, and also, to find the suitable intermediary who could deliver their story.
现在他们所能做的就是完成这个漫长的旅程，同时找到合适的中间人来传递他们的故事。
"This time, the married couple writers over there look to be good candidates."
“这一次，那边那对已婚夫妇的作家看起来是不错的人选。”
More than likely, this trip would last for much longer.
更有可能的是，这次旅行将持续更长的时间。
But Yu Jung-Hyeok didn't feel that was such a bad thing.
但是余正赫并不认为这是一件坏事。
*
As the serialisation grew longer and longer in length, the number of episodes that couldn't be filled up only through Kim Dok-Ja's Fable fragments or interviewing the companions, happened more frequently.
随着连续剧的长度越来越长，那些不能通过KimDok-Ja的寓言片段或采访同伴来填满的系列长度，发生得越来越频繁。
Yi Gil-Yeong grumbled unhappily. "Can't we, like, just gloss over it like the last time?"
