Chapter 228: Episode 43 – Breaking the Sky Sword Saint (2) [Who is… the industrial complex’s… new master?]
第228章:第43集——破天剑圣(2)[谁是......工业复合体的......新主人?]
The colossal voice was heard and Yoo Jonghyuk and I simultaneously looked out the window. Judging by the noisy streets, the use of a true voice was quite tough. Yoo Jonghyuk muttered in a small voice, “A constellation of Papyrus.”
这个巨大的声音被听到了，柳永玉和我同时向窗外望去。从嘈杂的街道来判断，使用真实的声音是相当困难的。柳钟玉小声咕哝着:“一个纸莎草星座。”
“If it is the Last Pharaoh, it is probably that woman?”
“如果是最后一个法老，那可能是那个女人?”
A giant mummy with an old, golden crown. Everything was covered with bandages apart from the high nose. It was just like what I read in Ways of Survival. It was clear that the body belonged to Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Egypt.
一个巨大的木乃伊，戴着一顶古老的金色王冠。除了高鼻子以外，所有东西都用绷带包着。就像我在《生存之道》中读到的那样。很明显，这具尸体属于埃及最后一位法老克利奥帕特拉。
[Who… is… Yoo Jonghyuk?]
柳永玉是谁
Once again, the true voice rang out through the industrial complex. It was certainly great but neither of us were discouraged. Cleopatra was a great-grade constellation at most. Yoo Jonghyuk and I were no longer nervous regarding great constellations.
再一次，真正的声音在工业联合体中响起。这当然是伟大的，但我们都没有气馁。克利奥帕特拉至多是一个高级星座。柳永玉和我不再对大星座感到紧张。
“Yoo Jonghyuk. Can you win?”
“柳永玉，你能赢吗?”
It was an opponent I couldn’t afford to go against while I currently had story packs hanging from my body. Yoo Jonghyuk shook his head. “It is impossible right now. It will soon be time.”
这是一个我无法承受的对手，因为我现在身上挂着故事背包。柳钟玉摇了摇头。“目前这是不可能的。很快就是时候了。”
“Are you talking about the penalty? The one where you disappear for 10 minutes a day?”
“你是说罚款吗?每天消失10分钟的罚款?”
Yoo Jonghyuk didn’t answer. I accepted it as agreement and looked at Cleopatra. “Then that person…”
柳永玉没有回答。我接受了这个建议，然后看着克利奥帕特拉。“然后那个人......”
“She won’t do anything.”
“她什么都不会做的。”
“Why?”
“为什么?”
“The Demon King Selection hasn’t started yet.”
“魔王选择还没有开始。”
Naturally, the incarnation bodies of the constellations who weren’t part of the scenario were constrained by probability. As long as the giant story hadn’t opened yet, they couldn’t act freely. Even so… “Hey, have you already forgotten about Asmodeus?”
自然而然地，那些没有出现在场景中的星座的化身受到了概率的限制。只要巨人的故事还没有公开，他们就不能自由行动。即便如此......“嘿，你已经忘记阿斯莫德斯了吗?”
“Not everyone can act like Asmodeus.”
“不是每个人都能像阿斯莫德斯那样行事。”
I knew that much. It was because the demon kings had much fewer restrictions than the constellations in the Demon World. The problem was the constellations could consume extra probability to overcome these constraints.
我很清楚这一点。这是因为恶魔国王比恶魔世界中的星座有更少的限制。问题是星座可能消耗额外的概率来克服这些限制。
“Isn’t Cleopatra a member of Papyrus? If she borrows the probability of the nebula…”
“克利奥帕特拉不是莎草纸的一员吗?如果她借用星云的概率......”
“Kim Dokja. You have already forgotten what they have done.”
“KimDokja，你已经忘记了他们的所作所为。”
“What?”
“什么?”
Before Yoo Jonghyuk could answer, I heard Cleopatra’s voice in the air.
在柳钟玉回答之前，我听到空中传来克利奥帕特拉的声音。
[Tell the… new ruler of the industrial complex. He will surely die… if he participates in the Demon King Selection.]
[告诉......这个工业区的新统治者。如果他参加恶魔王的选择，他必死无疑。]
Cleopatra’s body started to disappear with these words. Like a massive sand castle collapsing, the body returned to dust.
克利奥帕特拉的身体随着这些话开始消失，就像一座巨大的沙堡坍塌，身体又化为灰烬。
[Keep this in mind… Papyrus will never… warn you twice.]
记住这一点...纸莎草纸永远不会...警告你两次
Then why are you leaving so gently? It was strange. Usually, she would leave after killing hundreds of incarnations.
那你为什么离开得这么温柔?这很奇怪。通常情况下，她会在杀死数百个化身后离开。
Yoo Jonghyuk opened his mouth like I was pathetic. “Have you forgotten? They forced fate on you.”
柳永玉张开了嘴，好像我很可怜似的。“你忘了吗?他们把命运强加在你身上。”
“Ah.”
“啊。”
That reminded me, there was such a thing. Papyrus, Vedas and Olympus used a massive amount of probability to force my fate on me. It was the reason why Cleopatra easily disappeared. They now lacked probability.
这提醒了我，确实有这么一回事。纸莎草纸，吠陀和奥林匹斯使用了大量的概率强迫我的命运。这就是克利奥帕特拉轻易消失的原因。他们现在缺乏可能性。
Yoo Jonghyuk spoke in his distinctive somber voice, “We’ve bought some time before the Demon King Selection.”
柳永玉用他独特的忧郁声音说:“我们在魔王选择之前争取到了一些时间。”
I nodded. At least for now, the constellations wouldn’t attack this side. I checked the message logs.
我点点头。至少现在，星座不会攻击这边。我查看了信息日志。
[The ‘Demon King Selection’ is currently being prepared.] [Remaining Preparation Time: 28 days, 17 hours and 12 minutes.]
[《恶魔王选集》正在准备中][剩余准备时间:28天17小时12分钟]
If my prediction was correct, the Demon King Selection would consume the 21st to 24th scenarios. It was a giant story so it was natural to eat the scenarios. I measured the time remaining and said, “The two of us alone isn’t enough.”
如果我的预测是正确的，恶魔王选择将会消耗掉第21到24个场景。这是一个巨大的故事，所以很自然地接受这些场景。我量了一下剩下的时间，然后说:“光有我们两个是不够的。”
“I know.”
“我知道。”
Once the Demon King Selection started, the constellations would start to flock here. A great-grade constellation might be lacking in strength but they were still much stronger than normal incarnations. Moreover, once many of them started to appear, it would be difficult for only Yoo Jonghyuk and I to deal with them.
一旦魔王选择开始，星座就会开始聚集到这里。一个伟大级别的星座可能缺乏力量，但它们仍然比普通的化身强大得多。此外，一旦他们中的许多人开始出现，就很难只有俞钟玉和我来对付他们。
“Do you have an idea?”
“你有什么想法吗?”
Yoo Jonghyuk shook his head. There was a way to bring colleagues from Earth but Lee Hyunsung and Jung Heewon still lacked the ability to fight against transcendents or constellations. They needed time to become stronger by alternating between personal scenarios and main scenarios. A full-scale power management would be possible when they entered the latter scenarios. I needed to find colleagues I could use right away.
柳钟玉摇了摇头。有一种方法可以把地球上的同事带来，但是李贤星和郑鹤元仍然缺乏对抗超验者和星座的能力。他们需要时间来变得更加强大，在个人情景和主要情景之间进行交替。当他们进入后一种情况时，就可以进行全面的电源管理。我需要马上找到我能用得上的同事。
“Have you gathered any colleagues here?”
“你在这里找到同事了吗?”
“Ah, there is…”
“啊，有......”
Speaking of which, where was Jang Hayoung? I twisted my sore body and looked around. “I told him to search for group members. It is time for some results…”
说到这个，张海英在哪里？我扭动着酸痛的身体四处张望。“我告诉他搜寻团队成员。现在是取得一些成果的时候了......”
“Be prepared. I’ll be leaving in a second.”
“做好准备，我马上就走。”
Before I could ask where he was going, Yoo Jonghyuk disappeared from my view.
我还没来得及问他要去哪里，柳荣玉就从我眼前消失了。
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I worked out my plan and left the treatment room after sorting out my bandages. Aileen said I should rest for two more weeks but my physical condition wasn’t that bad, perhaps because I was relaxed.
我制定了我的计划，在整理好绷带后离开了治疗室。艾琳说我应该再休息两个星期，但是我的身体状况并没有那么糟糕，也许是因为我很放松。
[The attribute ‘Lamarck Kirin’ has increased the recovery effect.] …Ah, it was due to the effect of the attribute. The alarmed Aileen rushed over as I stepped outside and stretched. I interrupted her before she could open her mouth. “Don’t worry. Rather, can you heal this?”
[属性‘lamarckkirin’增加了恢复效果。]...啊，这是由于属性的影响。当我走出去伸伸懒腰时，惊慌失措的爱玲冲了过来。她还没来得及开口，我就打断了她。“别担心。相反，你能治愈这种情况吗?”
Aileen received the Uriel doll and cocked her head. “…What is this?”
爱玲接过乌列娃娃，昂起头。“...这是什么?”
“A constellation’s symbolic body.”
”星座的象征身体。”
Aileen made the mistake of dropping the doll to the ground. She hurriedly picked up the doll again and asked me, “…Will I be punished for dropping it?”
爱玲犯了个错误，把娃娃扔在了地上。她又匆忙拿起洋娃娃，问我:“......我把它掉在地上会受到惩罚吗?”
“Don’t worry, she is a good constellation. Please firmly repair it.”
“别担心，她是一个很好的星座，请坚定地修复它。”
The constellation was nice. The words were strange to say but I was talking to Uriel, not other constellations.
这个星座很不错，说起来很奇怪，但我是在和乌列说话，不是和其他星座说话。
I said I would go for a short stroll and emerged onto the streets of the industrial complex. The streets of the industrial complex were bathed in a dim light and seemed different from before.
我说我会去散散步，然后走上工业园区的街道。工业园区的街道沐浴在昏暗的灯光下，看起来与以前不同了。
A few people recognized me and nodded lightly. I could see a vigour that I never saw before on their faces. Perhaps this was the expression of those who decided to live.
有几个人认出了我，轻轻地点了点头。我能从他们的脸上看到我从未见过的活力。也许这就是那些决定活下去的人的表达方式。
“Hey Yoo Jonghyuk! Did you wake up?”
“嘿，柳永玉!你醒了吗?”
I turned around and saw someone running over here. Jang Hayoung walked up to me and gave me a clumsy headlock. I tried to pull Jang Hayoung off me. “My name isn’t Yoo Jonghyuk.”
我转过身来，看到有人从这里跑过来。张海英走到我跟前，用一个笨拙的手锁住我的头。我试图把张海英从我身边拉开。“我的名字不叫柳钟玉。”
“Oh, now you want to reveal your real name?”
“哦，现在你想说出你的真名了?”
“…You know?”
“你知道吗?”
“Well, I’m not the only one using a pseudonym.”
“好吧，我不是唯一一个用假名的人。”
I stared at Jang Hayoung for a while before speaking in a meaningful manner. “My name is Kim Dokja.”
我盯着张海英看了一会儿，然后意味深长地说道:“我的名字是金杜佳。”
I spoke nice words but Jang Hayoung had a dazed expression. “It is a strange name. I seem to have heard it before…”
我说了些好听的话，但张海英的表情有些茫然。“这是一个奇怪的名字。我以前好像听说过......”
“…It’s fine. What were you doing?”
“没事，你在干什么?”
“Oh, I was chatting to a few people and got a tip about this area.”
“哦，我在和一些人聊天，得到了一条关于这个地区的消息。”
“A tip?”
“小费?”
“You don’t know because you have been sleeping? Interesting things have happened in the industrial complex in the meantime.”
“你不知道是因为你一直在睡觉吗?与此同时，工业园区发生了一些有趣的事情。”
I heard from Jang Hayoung about what happened in the past week. Of course, the most interesting thing was about Yoo Jonghyuk.
我从张海英那里听说了上周发生的事情。当然，最有趣的事情是关于柳钟玉的。
“He rejected the ruling rights?”
“他拒绝了裁决权?”
“That’s right. He said he would become the duke but he wouldn’t rule here. Thus, everyone was in an uproar.”
“没错。他说他要当公爵，但是他不会统治这里。于是，大家都骚动起来。”
The situation was clear. Maybe Yoo Jonghyuk was practicing his motto of ‘dominate but don’t rule.’ That’s what he said. The idea was good. However, the situation was bad.
情况很清楚。也许柳永玉是在践行他的座右铭“支配但不统治”他就是这么说的。这个主意不错。然而，情况很糟糕。
“The order of the industrial complex must be out of control. If the situation isn’t organized, that declaration would just create a security problem.”
“工业联合体的秩序必须失控。如果情况没有组织起来，这种声明只会造成安全问题。”
“That’s why the citizens are excited right now.”
“这就是市民们现在兴奋的原因。”
A powerful dictator had the power to control people’s desires. Since a dictator gave up his power, the piled up desires of the citizens would burst out at once.
一个强大的独裁者有能力控制人民的欲望。自从独裁者放弃了权力，公民们堆积如山的欲望就会立刻爆发出来。
「 “Do you think the darkness of the industrial complex will disappear if I die?” 」
「你认为如果我死了，工业园区的黑暗会消失吗?」
These were the words of Duke Syswitz in Ways of Survival. I once again thought he was right. The industrial complex wouldn’t suddenly change just because the ruler changed. Rather, the oppressive dictatorship had vanished and the people’s hidden desires would become even more exposed.
这是杜克·塞斯维兹在《生存之道》一书中的话。我又一次认为他是对的。工业联合体不会因为统治者的改变而突然改变。相反，专制的压迫已经消失，人民隐藏的欲望将变得更加暴露。
“Hey, give me that fragment!”
“嘿，把那个碎片给我!”
“I-I don’t want to. I picked it up.”
“我不想，我捡起来的。”
Voices burst out like they had been waiting and Jang Hayoung and I simultaneously turned our heads. A large number of people were lynching an incarnation in an alley. The situation was obvious. They were fighting over a story fragment that came from the Factory. I was about to move when
声音突然爆发出来，就像他们一直在等待一样，我和张海英同时转过头来。许多人在一条小巷里用私刑处死一个化身。情况是显而易见的。他们正在为一个来自工厂的故事片段而争吵。我正要走的时候
Jang Hayoung restrained me. “Wait. Just watch.”
张海英拦住了我，“等等，看着。”
“…What?”
“......什么?”
“I told you, there was a tip.”
“我告诉过你，有个线索。”
“What is the tip?”
“小费是多少?”
“The ‘Punisher’ will show up here.”
“‘惩罚者’会出现在这里。”
“Punisher?”
“惩罚者?”
I had never heard of such a position. There was no such position in the Revolutionary scenario or Ways of Survival. Jang Hayoung noticed my doubts and added. “It’s a nickname created by the citizens. A great beauty appeared a few days ago and has been maintaining the peace…”
我从来没有听说过这样的职位。在革命的剧本或者生存之道中没有这样的立场。张海英注意到了我的疑虑，补充道。“这是市民们起的绰号。几天前出现了一位大美人，一直维持着和平......”
At this moment, a man’s shout was heard from inside the alley.
这时，巷子里传来一个男人的喊叫声。
“Kill him and steal it!”
“杀了他，然后偷走!”
The men pulled out their weapons and it seemed to be a full-fledged lynching. I would rather move first instead of waiting for the punisher. The moment I moved my hand to the sword at my waist, a slender shadow appeared in the alley.
男人们拔出了他们的武器，看起来是一个全面的私刑。我宁愿先行动而不是等待惩罚者。我一把手放在腰间的剑上，一个细长的影子出现在巷子里。
“Stop.”
“停下来。”
A woman with a black cape covering her body was standing on the wall. I wasn’t sure about her equipment because of the cape but her face was very clear. It was a face that seemed to be on a different dimension from the world around it. I watched the woman’s waist-long hair flapping in the wind and moved slowly in great shock.
一位身披黑色斗篷的妇女站在墙上。我不确定她的装备，因为斗篷，但她的脸非常清楚。这张脸似乎与周围的世界有着不同的维度。我看着那女人齐腰长的头发在风中飘动，在极大的震惊中慢慢移动。
…Was there such a figure in Ways of Survival? All of a sudden, the meaning of every praise word became clear.
《生存之道》中有这样一个人物吗？突然之间，每一个赞美的字眼的意思都变得清晰起来。
Deep sultry eyes were set beneath neat eyebrows. All the standards that determined beauty in the world were collapsed at the same time. It was a face that couldn’t be described using the modifiers of a constellation. To my chagrin, there was only one way to express this face.
整洁的眉毛下面有一双深深的、闷热的眼睛。所有决定世界美的标准同时崩溃了。这是一张无法用星座修饰词来描述的脸。令我懊恼的是，只有一种方式可以表达这张脸。
「 There was no doubt it was a beauty that would slap Yoo Jonghyuk on the cheeks three times. 」 (Tl: In other words, put Yoo Jonghyuk’s beauty to shame by three times)
“毫无疑问，这是一位美女，她会在柳永玉的脸颊上连打三下。”(换句话说，柳钟玉的美丽要比他的美丽多出三倍)
There wasn’t such an expression in Ways of Survival. In Ways of Survival, Jang Hayoung was at most described as ‘two slaps on the cheeks.’ I was stunned with shock while the person who would slap Yoo Jonghyuk twice whispered, “She came. That person is the punisher.”
在《生存之道》中没有这样的表达。在《生存之道》(WaysofSurvival)一书中，张海英最多被描述为“脸上挨了两巴掌”我震惊得目瞪口呆，那个会扇柳钟玉两巴掌的人低声说:“她来了。那个人就是惩罚者。”
The men were overwhelmed by the woman’s beauty and belatedly woke up. Their lips moved and I knew what would emerge. Before their mouths could open, something moved. Then something fell. It was a little bit later that a man screamed. “U-Uwaaaack!”
男人们被这个女人的美貌所折服，姗姗来迟地苏醒过来。他们的嘴唇动了动，我知道会发生什么。他们还没来得及张嘴，什么东西就动了。然后有东西掉了下来。过了一会儿，一个男人尖叫起来。“uwaaaack!”
The man who had his arm cut off screamed terrible while the other people identified the situation and started fleeing. They noticed it was an enemy that couldn’t deal with. Even the rescued man was terrified and ran out of the alley. In an instant, only the man’s fallen arm and the woman remained in the alley.
当其他人认出情况并开始逃跑的时候，那个被砍掉手臂的男人尖叫得很可怕。他们注意到这是一个无法对付的敌人。甚至获救的人也吓坏了，跑出了小巷。刹那间，只有男人垂下的手臂和女人留在了巷子里。
Jang Hayoung watched the woman silently holding the sword and let out a burst of admiration. “Look, isn’t she really amazing? You told me to look for some useful people. I tried to talk to her yesterday but she just disappeared―”
