As I slowly regained my consciousness, I decided to activate [Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint].
当我慢慢恢复意识时，我决定激活[无所不知的读者视角]。
⸢Sooo, the method to clear the ‘Middle Island No.4’ is….⸥
所以，清理“中岛4号”的方法是..
After managing to master the ‘Fable Control’, Jeong Hui-Won had finally entered the Middle Island’s scenario and began massacring other participants.
郑慧媛成功掌握「寓言控制」后，终于进入中岛，开始屠杀其他参与者。
⸢….I dunno. Well, if they come at me, I’ll just kill them all.⸥ ⸢Our general is also a Fable-grade, you know? Don’t you look down on us!⸥
我不知道。如果他们来找我，我就把他们全杀了。我们的将军也是一个寓言级的，你知道吗？别瞧不起我们！
Jeong Hui-Won activated [Hour of Judgement], while Yi Ji-Hye activated [Demon Slaying] as they ran amok in their battlefield; around the same time, the kids began clearing the Middle Island’s scenario in their own clever way.
郑慧媛启动了[审判时刻]，伊智慧启动了[杀死恶魔]，他们在战场上横冲直撞，大约在同一时间，孩子们开始用自己聪明的方式清理中岛的场景。
⸢I’ve tamed the ‘Invisible Wisp’. Let’s steal that person’s Modifier using this guy.⸥ ⸢But, we can just send insects over there, though?⸥
我已经驯服了隐形精灵。让我们用这个家伙偷那个人的修改器。但是，我们可以把昆虫送过去吗？
What a crafty method of clearing the scenario. So much so that I didn’t need to help them out at all.
多么巧妙的清理场景的方法啊。以至于我根本不需要帮助他们。
⸢Keuh-euhk, keuheuk, groan…⸥
Keuh-euhk，keuheuk，groan..
Yi Hyeon-Seong found himself alone on a different Middle Island and was being severely beaten up by other Constellations and Incarnations. He was in a foetal position while glaring at his enemies with sorrowful eyes, but then, he suddenly roared out like a huge bear.
YiHyeon-Seong发现自己孤身一人在另一个中岛上，遭到其他星座和化身的毒打。他以胎儿的姿势，用悲伤的眼神瞪着敌人，突然，他像一只大熊一样大吼了出来。
⸢The one thing sadder then ending up all alone, is to get beaten up all by yourself!⸥
最让人伤心的事情莫过于孤独终老，那就是自己挨打
Powerful rays of light exploded out from Yi Hyeon-Seong’s body, causing the participants around him to explode en masse.
强烈的光线从李铉成的身体里爆发出来，使他周围的参与者集体爆炸。
I was familiar with that technique. That was one of the special techniques possessed by the ‘Master of Steel’, [Impact Release], that released all the accumulated damage at once.
我对这种技巧很熟悉。这是“钢铁大师”(冲击释放)所拥有的特殊技术之一，可以一次性释放所有累积的伤害。
As expected, the folks from the original storyline were truly cheat characters. In any case, I got to clearly see that Yi Hyeon-Seong had become stronger as well.
正如所料，原始故事情节中的人物都是骗子。无论如何，我清楚地看到，李铉成也变得更强大了。
⸢[Character ‘Jang Ha-Yeong’ has activated ‘Breaking the Sky Force Punch’!]⸥
[人物‘JangHa-Yeong’激活了‘打破天空武力冲击’!]
As for Jang Ha-Yeong, she was clearing the scenario while displaying overwhelming strength. To me, she seemed to be on the path to truly becoming the master of the ‘wall’ she possessed. Well, she was a talented person from the get-go, and was also capable of absorbing the techniques of others rather quickly, as well.
至于张霞琼，她在展示压倒性实力的同时，也在消除这种可能性。在我看来，她似乎正在成为她所拥有的“长城”的主人。嗯，她从一开始就是一个有才华的人，而且也能相当迅速地吸收别人的技巧。
⸢[‘Unidentifiable Wall’ is evolving!]⸥
(“无法辨认的墙”正在演变!)
Her ‘wall’ had become far more stabilised compared to before. She could chat to other Transcenders through her ‘wall’, and got to learn and understand their abilities. In a way, one could say there were some similarities between her method and me reading the book.
她的“墙”比以前稳定多了。她可以通过自己的“墙”与其他超能者交谈，了解并理解他们的能力。在某种程度上，可以说她的方法和我读这本书有一些相似之处。
⸢[‘Unidentifiable Wall’ has sensed your presence.]⸥
[“无法辨认的墙”感觉到了你的存在。]
My view was instantly filled with white noise.
我的视野立刻充满了白噪音。
[‘Unidentifiable Wall’ is staring at ‘The 4th Wall’.] [‘The 4th Wall’ is staring at ‘Unidentifiable Wall’.]
“无名墙”盯着“第四堵墙”“第四堵墙”盯着“无名墙”
The moment these two walls stared at each other, my view suddenly grew fuzzy, blurry.
就在这两堵墙互相凝视的那一刻，我的视线突然变得模糊起来。
[….The end of the world-line is approaching.]
世界末日即将来临
As my view crumbled away, I could hear an unknown voice.
当我的视线消失时，我能听到一个陌生的声音。
[Kim Dok-Ja, they shall come to find you.]
[金道子，他们会来找你的。]
*
Vrrr…
呜..。
The moment I regained my consciousness, I felt my smartphone vibrate. I switched the screen on without thinking too much about it, only to spot today’s date.
当我恢复意识的那一刻，我感觉到我的智能手机在震动。我打开屏幕，没有想太多，只看到了今天的日期。
February 15th….
2月15日。
As we weren’t on Earth, the local weather report didn’t appear. All I could confirm was the date. Even then, I couldn’t say it was an accurate one, either. The space-time indicator had long lost its meaning after I moved around different dimensions willy-nilly, after all.
由于我们不在地球上，当地的天气报告没有出现。我只能确认日期。即使在那时，我也不能说它是准确的。毕竟，在我不管三七二十一地在不同维度间穿梭之后，时空指示器早就失去了它的意义。
Everyone within <Star Stream> lived in a different time from the others. That was the case, but now…
星流中的每个人都生活在一个与其他人不同的时代。确实如此，但现在..。
15th of February, is it?
2月15日，是吗？
I fell into a bit of thought regarding this date, before giving up and placed the phone down. My head was in a disorganised mess, and almost every part of my Incarnation Body was aching painfully, too.
关于这次约会，我陷入了一些思考，然后放弃了，放下了电话。我的头脑一片混乱，我化身身体的几乎每一部分也痛苦不堪。
I blinked several times while looking down at my upper torso to find bandages tightly wrapped around my chest area.
我眨了几下眼睛，同时向下看着我的上半身，发现绷带紧紧地缠绕在我的胸部。
….Where am I now?
我现在在哪里？
The surroundings slowly filled my view. Firstly, the clean, white bedsheets, followed by the elegant Oriental décor of the room I was in.
周围的景色慢慢地映入我的眼帘。首先是干净的白色床单，然后是我所在房间优雅的东方风格的装饰。
A certain someone leaning against the window and looking outside threw a question at me. “You awake now?”
有个人靠在窗户上向外面看，向我提了个问题:“你现在醒了吗?”
“You….?!”
“你...?!”
Her eyes arched in a mischievous manner. “Ahh, so this is how it feels like coming back to life after dying.”
她的眼睛睁得圆圆的，淘气的样子。“啊，这就是死而复生的感觉。”
“But, didn’t you die…..”
“可是，你不是死了吗......”
“I did?”
“是吗?”
Seeing Han Su-Yeong snicker like that, the inside of my head grew even more complicated. I immediately recalled the sight just before blacking out; the events of her dying at Yu Joong-Hyeok’s sword, me fighting against him, and then, passing out from his attack, and finally, sharing a conversation with Yu Sang-Ah inside the Library….
看到韩素英那样窃笑，我的内心变得更加复杂。我马上想起了昏迷前的情景，她死在余重赫的剑下，我与他搏斗，然后在他的攻击下昏过去，最后在图书馆里与余相娥交谈。
Han Su-Yeong approached the bed before I noticed it and pinched my cheek. “In any case, Kim Dok-Ja. You can be really adorable sometimes.”
韩素英还没等我注意就走到床边，捏了捏我的脸颊。“无论如何，金道子。你有时候真的很可爱。”
Only then did I realise that she played me for a sucker. I took a closer look and found a small IV needle stuck in her arm, too.
直到那时我才意识到她把我当傻瓜耍。我走近一看，发现她的手臂上也插着一根小小的静脉注射针。
“….Where are we?”
“......我们在哪里?”
“The waiting room of the Main Island. The place where that ‘guy’ and his castle is.”
“主岛上的候车室。那个‘家伙’和他的城堡就在那里。”
It was then, I abruptly remembered something else.
就在那时，我突然想起了另一件事。
[‘Master of the Island’ is calling out to Incarnation ‘Yu Sang-Ah’.]
[“岛主”呼唤道成肉身“余相雅”]
Back then when that guy was taking Yu Sang-Ah away, there was another message popping up in front of my eyes, as well.
那时候，当那个家伙把余相娥带走的时候，另一条信息也突然出现在我的眼前。
[‘Master of the Island’ is inviting you.]
[“岛主”在邀请你。]
The King of Reincarnators. The third protagonist of the book ‘Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World’ had summoned us to their territory.
转世之王。这本书的第三个主人公“在毁灭的世界中生存的三种方法”把我们召唤到了他们的领地。
“But, I’m pretty sure that I failed to clear the scenario? Don’t I need to clear the Middle Island’s scenario in order to get here, so how…..”
“但是，我非常肯定我没有弄清楚这种情况？为了到达这里，难道我不需要清除中岛的情况，所以怎么......”
“Nope, you did clear it.”
“不，你确实清除了它。”
I quickly confirmed the message logs.
我很快确认了消息日志。
[You have cleared Hidden Scenario - ‘Snatching Modifiers’!]
[你已经清除了隐藏场景-“抓取修饰符”!]
[Reward handout is currently on standby.]
[奖励讲义现在处于待命状态。]
It’s true.
这是真的。
“But, how? I hadn’t collected the syllable ‘Vil’, so how…..”
“但是，怎么会这样呢?我还没收到‘Vil’这个音节，所以......”
Han Su-Yeong wordlessly pointed at the necklace hanging around my neck.
韩素英一言不发地指着挂在我脖子上的项链。
[Devil of Lust and Wrath]
[欲望与愤怒的魔鬼]
The completed necklace of Modifier was emitting a soft glow. Something like this couldn’t happen, though. One of the syllables should’ve been missing on my necklace.
修改者完成的项链发出柔和的光芒。不过，这样的事情是不可能发生的。我的项链上应该少了一个音节。
Han Su-Yeong spoke. “Yu Joong-Hyeok gave it to you before leaving, saying that it’s a leftover.”
韩素英说:“余重赫临走前给你的，说是剩下的。”
….Yu Joong-Hyeok did?
是于重赫吗？
But, why?
但是，为什么呢？
My thoughts were getting messy again. The things he said at the final moments rang vividly in my head.
我的思绪又变得混乱起来，他在最后时刻所说的话在我的脑海里清晰地回响。
– Yu Joong-Hyeok, a former Regressor.
ー余重赫，前统计师。
Not the Regressor Yu Joong-Hyeok, but a former Regressor.
不是回归者于重赫，而是前回归者。
What was he thinking about when he told me that?
当他告诉我这些的时候他在想什么？
“Where is he now?”
“他现在在哪儿?”
“The next scenario.”
“下一个场景。”
The sense of emptiness and relief brushed past me simultaneously when I heard her. He again went ahead before everyone in order to clear the scenario.
当我听到她的声音时，空虚和解脱的感觉同时掠过我的身边。他又一次在所有人面前走了过去，以便弄清楚这个场景。
“….Who was his target, anyway?”
“他的目标到底是谁?”
“You just woke up, but you’re already so full of questions. How annoying.”
“你刚刚醒来，但你已经充满了问题。真烦人。”
I sat on the bed, eyes blinking like an idiot. She pointed to my chest again. Upon taking a closer look, there were two [Modifier Necklaces] hanging around my neck. One of them was Asmodeus’s Modifier, [Devil of Lust and Wrath], while the other one was….
我坐在床上，像个白痴一样眨着眼睛。她又指了指我的胸口。仔细一看，我的脖子上挂着两条“修饰项链”。其中一个是阿斯莫德斯的修饰语，[欲望和愤怒的魔鬼]，而另一个是..。
[□□ of □□]
[□ of □]
The places where my Modifier should’ve been were replaced by empty holes, instead.
我的修改器应该放在的地方被替换成了空洞。
“No way?”
“不会吧?”
“Yes, way.”
“是的，有可能。”
Well, at least he did leave behind ‘Of’. That son of a bitch.
好吧，至少他留下了“Of”，那个狗娘养的。
“It’s my turn to ask questions now. Is Yu Sang-Ah still inside you?”
“现在轮到我问问题了，余相娥还在你肚子里吗?”
“….King of Reincarnators already took her.”
”...转世之王已经把她带走了”
“….Did she say anything else before going?”
“走之前她还说了什么吗?”
I unsteadily rose up from the bed and walked over to the window. While standing next to Han Su-Yeong, I stared at the unfolding cityscape.
我摇摇晃晃地从床上站起来，走到窗前。站在韩素英身边，我凝视着展开的城市风景。
Reincarnators were busy roaming the streets that possessed the unmistakable ancient Chinese vibe. Beings from other worlds were here; beings that had chosen to live a new life in this place, along with different names and different faces.
转世者们正忙着在明显带有中国古代氛围的街道上漫步。来自其他世界的存在就在这里，他们选择在这个地方开始新的生活，有着不同的名字和面孔。
“She said, let’s meet again in the next life.”
“她说，我们下辈子再见吧。”
To me, it’d still be this life but to Yu Sang-Ah, it’d indeed be the next life. She’d earn a new body, a new life, through the power of the ‘King of Reincarnators’.
对我来说，还是今生，但对余相娥来说，的确是来生。通过“转世世王”的力量，她将获得一个新的身体，一个新的生命。
She’d get to live a new life in this world, in other words.
换句话说，她将在这个世界上开始新的生活。
Han Su-Yeong and I stared at the streets below without saying anything. It was as if we were searching for Yu Sang-Ah hiding somewhere within these nameless streets.
韩素英和我盯着下面的街道，什么也没说。我们仿佛在寻找隐藏在这些无名小巷里的余相娥。
Han Su-Yeong abruptly opened her lips to speak. “It’s snowing.”
韩素英突然张开嘴说:“下雪了。”
She was right; bits of snowflakes were descending from the sky.
她是对的，一点点雪花从天而降。
Originally, this particular world didn’t have any snow. Yet, it was doing precisely that.
最初，这个特殊的世界没有任何雪，然而，它正是这样做的。
Snow fell like starlight. And beyond the tall skies where snowflakes continued to fall, Constellations were watching my tale. No indirect messages reached me, but I could still feel that they were looking at me. Probability they had gathered bit by bit until now was scattering gently in the skies.
雪花像星光一样飘落。在雪花纷纷落下的高高的天空之外，星座们正在观看着我的故事。我没有收到任何间接的信息，但我仍能感觉到他们在看着我。可能他们已经一点一点地收集到现在是轻轻地散布在天空中。
I turned my head to the side to find Han Su-Yeong studying me. She grasped my [Modifier Necklace] and grinned. “I guess you’re no longer the [Demon King] of [Salvation]. Shouldn’t you get yourself a brand-new Modifier now?”
我转过头，发现韩素英正在研究我。她抓住我的(修饰语项链)，咧嘴一笑。“我猜你不再是(救赎)的(魔王)了。你现在不是应该给自己买一个全新的修改器吗?”
I began recalling the days I spent as ‘Demon King of Salvation’ while listening to her talk.
听着她的演讲，我开始回忆起自己作为‘救恩魔王’的日子。
It hadn’t been that long, but those days were the most brilliant moments in my life.
虽然没过多久，但那些日子是我生命中最美好的时刻。
As my vision grew wetter and blurrier, I could see Han Su-Yeong giggling away.
随着我的视线越来越模糊，我可以看到韩素妍咯咯地笑个不停。
“Should I make one up for you, then? Mm…. What will sound nice on you, I wonder. How about ‘I Pass Out Too Often-Man’? Or, ‘Miraculous Piehole’…. Eh? H-hey, you are… crying?”
”“那么，我应该给你做一个吗？嗯..。我想知道你穿什么好听。“我经常晕过去”怎么样？或者，‘神奇的皮奥尔’.....。嗯？嘿，你...哭了?”
My face was reflected in her irises, her eyes widening in surprise.
我的脸映照在她的虹膜上，她惊讶地睁大了眼睛。
Actually, I wanted to ask her, an author.
事实上，我想问她，一个作家。
As she was a writer, maybe she’d be able to tell me straight.
既然她是个作家，也许她可以直接告诉我。
Tell me that I did good until now - whether I made the wrong choices or not, whether I would get to see the desired conclusion when I reach the end of this story or not.
告诉我到现在为止我做的都是好事——不管我是否做了错误的选择，不管我在故事结束时是否能得到我想要的结果。
“Hey, why are you crying like that? I get it, okay? I get it, so stop. There, there.”
“嘿，你为什么哭成那样?我明白了，好吗?我明白了，所以别哭了。好了，好了。”
She must’ve thought up something, as she began rummaging through her pockets next. Soon afterwards, something sweet and slightly sour entered my mouth.
接下来她开始翻口袋的时候，一定想到了什么。不久之后，一种又甜又酸的东西进入了我的嘴里。
“Why are you crying on a nice day like today? I mean, it’s even snowing, too…. I promise to think up a nice Modifier later on, okay?” Said Han Su-Yeong, before avoiding my gaze to stare into the far-off distance.
“你为什么在今天这么好的天气里哭？我是说，甚至还在下雪..。我保证以后会想出一个不错的修改器，好吗?”韩素英说着，才避开我的目光，凝视着远方。
Today was the 15th of February.
今天是2月15日。
That’s what the smartphone said. However, the time of this place and that of Earth weren’t the same, therefore this indicator was simply an ‘error’. It was a coincidental date, with no meaning behind it.
智能手机就是这么说的。然而，这个地方的时间和地球的时间是不一样的，因此这个指示器只是一个“错误”。这是一个巧合的日期，没有任何意义。
Even then, what if there was some kind of a miracle and this date was indeed true?
即便如此，如果有某种奇迹发生，而这个日期确实是真的呢？
Then, today would be my birthday.
那么，今天就是我的生日。
Han Su-Yeong rubbed her eyes as she spoke. “I want to see the others already.”
韩素妍揉了揉眼睛说:“我已经想看看其他人了。”
I summoned up every ounce of my strength to make my reply. “….Yeah, me too.”
我竭尽全力回答:“......是的，我也是。”
As if those words became the signal….
仿佛这些话成了信号。
[Revised text has completed its update.]
[修订文本已完成更新。]
A gift sent by someone arrived at my doorstep.
