„This is a safe place, at least in the past 50 years, the Cold Frost authority never knows their are hiding such secret,” Nimmo Wilkins enters this deep buried below the safe house, have turned around to with Duncan and the others said that in the tone brings the obvious pride, „ these ancient sewers spread across, “这是个安全的地方,至少在过去的50年里,寒霜当局从来不知道他们脚下隐藏着这样的秘密,”尼莫・威尔金斯走进这座深埋地下的藏身处,转过身对跟着走进来的邓肯等人说道,语气中带着明显的骄傲,“这些古老的下水道纵横交错, Most regions have abandoned, thus dry security, other branch roads to upper-level pipeline system, but all connection mouths are very safe, even some such 1-2 were found, the city hall is unable to search entire underground structure —— they simply not to have so many manpower. ” 大部分区域已经废弃,因而干燥安全,另有一些岔路通往上层的管道系统,但所有的连通口都很安全,即便有那么1-2被人发现,市政厅也无法搜索整个地下结构——他们根本没那么多人手。” This „tavern boss” is saying, 这位“酒馆老板”说着, Also arrives by a nearby cement wall, rotated the valve on some pipeline, transmitted weak air current fizz —— to have more gas lamps to shine from the far convenience immediately, 又来到附近的一处水泥墙壁旁,转动了某根管道上的阀门,从远方便传来微弱的气流嘶嘶声——顿时有更多的瓦斯灯亮了起来, But these maintained the long bright gas lamp also become brighter. 而那些原本就维持长明的瓦斯灯也随之变得更加明亮。 „ In fact, the present Cold Frost city hall can maintain the basic operation of city is quite good, “事实上,现在的寒霜市政厅能维持城市的基本运作就已经相当不错了, ” He has turned around, ”他转过身, Grins, on the lanky face leads to ridicule, 咧开嘴,瘦长的脸上带着一丝嘲弄, „What in sewer half a century ago is hiding? That perhaps only then the past years was the senior artisans who Frost Queen gave loyalty to explains.” “半个世纪前的下水道里藏着什么？那恐怕只有当年为寒霜女王效忠的老工匠们才说得明白了。” „...... Is this facility that the queen years leaves behind?!” Vanna guesses correctly the truth from the spoken language of opposite party immediately, she opens the eye in surprised slightly, „how these underground waterways...... do you are hide them?” “……这是女王时代留下的设施？！”凡娜立刻从对方的言语中猜到了真相,她在惊讶中微微睁大眼睛,“这些地下水路……你们是怎么把它们隐藏起来的？” Nimmo shrugs: „ I have not experienced half century ago that confusion, 尼莫耸了耸肩:“我没经历过半个世纪前的那场混乱, But my grandfather talked over half a lifetime —— he to tell me with me, 但我的祖父跟我念叨了半辈子——他告诉我, Frost Queen once built the huge underground structure for entire City-State, 寒霜女王曾为整座城邦打造了庞大的地下结构, At first to deal with the land pressure as well as is the City-State long-term development lays the foundation, these underground structures including at that time the place bottom waterway, power conduit, electric power network as well as one set of transportation system leading entire world, 最初是为了应对土地压力以及为城邦长远发展奠定基础,这些地下结构包括在当时领先全世界的地底水路、动力管道、电力网以及一整套交通系统, But your present ‚sewer’ is deepest —— strict, it should be named as ‚the second waterway’, 而你们眼前的‘下水道’是其中最深的一个——严格来讲,它原本应被命名为‘第二水路’, Because also has the first waterway on this, 因为在这上面还有个第一水路, At present Cold Frost the sewage system of using. 就是目前寒霜在用的下水道系统。 „ After big rebellion, “大叛乱发生之后, Freely afterward what City-State actually did not have first downcast —— the rebel army foreign propaganda to say was they ‚in then disintegrated the insane queen final guard of extremely in a short time thoroughly’, but the actual situation was, 城邦其实并没有第一时间陷落——尽管后来叛军对外宣传说的是他们‘在极短时间内便彻底瓦解了疯女王最后的卫队’,但实际情况是, Is present Civic Center is also attacked and occupied in Banteay Srei —— in the later entire 72 hours, the fight has been conducted, keeps the loyal faction in city to change over to from the ground underground, in the spreading across underground station and in the power conduit net, everywhere is person who slaughters. 在女王宫——也就是如今的市政中心被攻占之后的整整七十二小时内,战斗都一直在进行,留在城内的忠诚派从地上转入地下,在纵横交错的地铁站和动力管道网中,到处都是厮杀的人。 „ Captures the rebel army of town center to announce the victory, the newspaper in the publication political power alternate news, the resident hides at home uneasy, the underground station blocked, people lie in tube well nearby ground, listening to under the remote deep place to broadcast various discomforting sounds. “攻入市中心的叛军在宣布胜利,报纸在刊登政权交替的新闻,市民躲在家里惴惴不安,地铁站封锁了,人们趴在管井附近的地面上,听着下面遥远的深处传来各种令人不安的声音。 „ All these have continued to executing —— sea cliff avalanche of that day thundered to shock the entire city, eventually ended the underground final resistance. “这一切一直持续到处决那天——海崖崩塌的轰鸣震撼了整座城市,也终于结束了地下的最后反抗。 „After that the queen guard blew up all shafts to second waterway, and closed the strobe that and between the first waterways connected, in addition , the off and on small scale conflict and artificial collapsing, finally, the entire second waterway and upper layer divided completely.” “在那之后,女王卫队炸毁了通往第二水路的所有竖井,并关闭了和第一水路之间连通的闸门,再加上之后断断续续的小规模冲突和人工坍塌,最终,整个第二水路和上层完全分割开来。” Nimmo Wilkins is saying, looked up above one that heavy/thick vault, 尼莫・威尔金斯说着,抬起头看了一眼上方那厚重的穹顶, The vision as if must penetrate the steel, cement and the stone that matter level, 目光仿佛要透过那层层的钢铁、水泥和石头, Takes a fast look around street that above City-State heavy traffic. 扫视上方城邦车水马龙的街头。 „ In fact, “事实上, The new government that the rebel army established afterward does not know nothing about this piece of sewer, they know Cold Frost underground world how has —— but this to be able? They also know its existence. 叛军后来建立的新政府并非对这片下水道一无所知,他们知道寒霜地下世界的存在——但这又能怎么样呢？他们也只是知道它的存在罢了。 „ Sea cliff crashed, the city is seriously battered, civil war later Cold Frost used for dozens years to recover, but Boiling Gold became the economic pillar that this city only remained, once Cold Sea first City-State only has magnificence on the history book now, until today, this city also the pipeline system that uses the queen to keep. “海崖崩塌了,城市遭受重创,内战之后的寒霜用了几十年才恢复元气,而沸金成了这座城市仅剩的经济支柱,曾经的冷冽海第一城邦现在只剩下历史书上的辉煌,直到今天,这座城市还在用着女王留下来的管道系统。 „In this case, who also has huge Dawang who the ability searches the City-State underground deep place to say? Opens the shaft and reorganizes the cost of second waterway to the new government is not acceptable —— Cold Frost that moreover reduced regarding the post-war population and scope of large cities, there is previous ‚the first waterway’ is sufficient.” “在这种情况下,谁还有能力去搜索城邦地下深处的庞大网道？重新开启竖井和整顿第二水路的成本对新政府而言是不可接受的——而且对于战后人口和城市规模都缩减的寒霜而言,有上一层的‘第一水路’就已经够用了。” „Since sufficient, that is assembling using.” Vanna remembered Morris once to say suddenly some time ago a few words, whispered subconsciously in a soft voice. “既然够用,那就凑合着用。”凡娜突然想起了不久前莫里斯曾说过的一句话,下意识轻声嘀咕道。 „Right, the sufficience is assembling using, this city is tattered and torn, really could not undergo waged a war again,” Nimmo said with a smile, „, moreover regarding such big city, even if in the sewer deep place hid some ‚moss’ is not being the matter at the worst, the heresy worship, the darkness incited the lifeform, the curtain of night shadow, lost the out of control abnormal thing —— to hide in the thing of in the sewers are many are, which let the authority and Church headache compared with our worth.” “没错,够用就凑合着用,这座城市已经千疮百孔,实在经受不起再一次大动干戈了,”尼莫笑着说道,“况且对于这么大一座城市而言,哪怕下水道深处里藏着些许‘苔藓’也不是什么大不了的事情,异端崇拜,黑暗滋生物,夜幕阴影,遗落失控的异常物——藏在阴沟里的东西多得是,哪一个都比我们更值得让当局和教会头疼。” Duncan had not spoken, but is listening to this silently „informer” verbose narration, at this time opened the mouth suddenly: „Such huge underground installation, moreover I thought that here also has the gas and electric power supply —— possibly does not maintain by your one person?” 邓肯一直没怎么说话,只是默默听着这位“线人”絮絮叨叨的讲述,这时候才突然开口:“这么庞大的地下设施,而且我看这里还有瓦斯和电力供应——不可能是靠你一个人维持的吧？” „Naturally is impossible,” Nimmo Wilkins smiled, „we also calculate some manpower, is distributed in various city places, even distributes in the certain departments of city hall, majority was past queen the later generation of guard, for example I, some there adopted the test in General Tyrian, was confirmed loyal reliable brothers and sisters —— they were not suitable to make an appearance.” “当然不可能,”尼莫・威尔金斯笑了起来,“我们还算有些人手,分布在城市各处,甚至分布在市政厅的某些部门里,其中大部分都是当年女王卫队的后人,比如我,还有一些则是在提瑞安将军那里通过了考验,被确认忠诚可靠的兄弟姐妹——不过他们并不适合露面。” „...... Tyrian said that he placed some in Cold Frost ‚informer’, he may be really modest enough,” Duncan cannot bear shake the head, „that boy buried such a big strength in Cold Frost unexpectedly......” “……提瑞安说他在寒霜安插了一些‘线人’,他可真够谦虚的,”邓肯忍不住摇了摇头,“那小子竟然在寒霜埋了这么一大片力量么……” Nimmo heard Duncan when the name that mentioning Tyrian uses, the expression on this middle-aged face obviously was stiff, but anything has not said. 尼莫听到了邓肯在提到提瑞安时用的称呼,这位中年人脸上的表情明显僵硬了一下,但什么都没说出来。 When several people talked, Morris have a relish is always observing this underground world, his vision swept the vault that has stood tall and erect and abandoned pipeline that spread across from the upper air, as well as on nearby wall many obviously were the valve and pipeline that leg the later period installed, after a while asked suddenly: „The you present is also controlling the entire second waterway?” 在几人交谈的时候,莫里斯则始终在饶有兴致地观察着这个地下世界,他的目光扫过那高耸的穹顶以及从高空纵横交错的废弃管道,以及附近墙壁上许多明显是后期安装上去的阀门和管道支路,过了一会才突然问道:“伱们现在还控制着整个第二水路么？” „Strict, is only a small part,” Nimmo shakes the head regrettably, „, although I want to say that the entire underground kingdom is completely controlling, but we every are limited, the scale of entire second waterway is above imagines —— now under only then about 1/5 abandoned sewers control situated in us, other regions either because of collapsing, but isolates and abandons mutually, either was covered by the toxic sewage, some places were corroded by the strength of danger, are hard to enter.” “严格来讲,只是其中一小部分,”尼莫遗憾地摇了摇头,“虽然我很想说整个地下王国尽在掌控,但毕竟我们人手有限,整个第二水路的规模则超乎想象——现在只有大约五分之一的废弃下水道处于我们控制下,其他区域则要么因坍塌而相互隔绝、废弃,要么被有毒污水覆盖,还有一些地方被危险的力量侵蚀,难以进入。” „Does dangerous strength corrode?” Nearby Vanna knits the brows immediately, the occupation sensitive cell starts bang bang the beat. “危险的力量侵蚀？”一旁的凡娜立刻皱了皱眉,职业敏感细胞开始砰砰跳动。 „Sometimes, captured illegal Transcendent will astray the sewer, they die under this, will then cause the pollution of wide scope, but in more situations, is dark it is multiplying the monster,” Nimmo said, „this after all is the huge underground world, we gas gas that meets secretly from above managing Michihito may be unable to maintain the illumination of entire second waterway, when the brightness is insufficient...... some places go black, then went black forever.” “有时候,被追捕的非法超凡者会误入下水道,他们死在这下面,便会造成大范围的污染,但更多情况下,是黑暗本身在滋生怪物,”尼莫说道,“这毕竟是个庞大的地下世界,我们从上面的管道井偷偷接进来的瓦斯气体可无法维持整个第二水路的照明,而当亮度不够的时候……一些地方陷入黑暗,便永远陷入黑暗了。” Vanna is staring, suddenly does not know unexpectedly should say anything, only felt that a little suffocates. 凡娜瞪着眼睛,一时间竟不知该说些什么,只感觉有点窒息。 From prosperous prosperous Pland, is in itself the protector of City-State order, she is really hard to imagine a city to allow such matter to have the —— wide scope the underground installation to be at the dark condition unexpectedly for a long time, even has started to multiply the shadow, unable to purify, is this also good? 来自繁荣兴盛的普兰德,本身又身为城邦秩序的保护者,她实在难以想象一座城市竟允许这样的事情发生——大范围的地下设施长期处于黑暗状态,甚至已经开始滋生阴影、无法净化,这也行？ However the present fact proved that this is truly good, moreover Cold Frost person already such live half a century, as if also has no important matter to happen. 然而眼前的事实证明了,这确实行,而且寒霜人已经这么活了半个世纪,似乎也没什么大事发生。 „Does not remove to contain errors occasionally into underground unlucky egg into thin air, or Guardian surpassed other City-State in the night dying in battle rate/lead, but everyone was also used.” “不排除偶尔会有误入地下的倒霉蛋人间蒸发,或者守卫者们在夜晚的阵亡率超过其他城邦,但大家也都习惯了。” Nimmo saw the astonished expression on Vanna face obviously, he had judged that at present these are „stranger”, naturally knows the opposite party in surprised anything. 尼莫显然看出了凡娜脸上的惊愕表情,他已经判断出眼前这几位都是“异乡人”,自然知道对方是在惊讶什么。 „Cleans up the first waterway and several hazardous locations of subway branch every several years, regularly toward underground pours into fumigates with incense with the Saint bone ash, enhanced points the Guardian dying in battle pension again, making Gatekeeper usually run two, most average people on also live good...... this is very good aspect.” “每隔几年清理一下第一水路和地铁支线的几个危险地段,隔三差五往地下灌入熏香和圣骨灰,再把守卫者们的阵亡抚恤金提高一点,让守门人平常多跑两趟,大部分普通人就还活的不错……这已经算是很好的局面了。” Saying, this „tavern boss”, had been turning the head with a smile: „Believes me, where most City-State actually very to go, where from ancient to present also very to goes.” 说着,这位“酒馆老板”顿了顿,笑着转过头:“相信我,大部分城邦其实都好不到哪去,从古至今也好不到哪去。” Duncan several people look at each other in blank dismay suddenly, does not know that should say anything, but after short and awkward silence, Vanna first opens the mouth —— she to look to nearby Morris, asked: „Your judgment how?” 邓肯几人一时间面面相觑,也不知该说些什么,而在短暂且尴尬的沉默之后,还是凡娜首先开口——她看向旁边的莫里斯,问道:“您的判断如何？” „Does not have the cognitive disturbance sign, the thought and memory should be clear.” “没有认知干扰迹象,思维和记忆应该都是清晰的。” Morris was replying the Vanna issue, the vision actually drops down on Nimmo Wilkins, but in the eyeground of this senior scholar, wipes the pale silver glow to dissipate gradually. 莫里斯回答着凡娜的问题,目光却一直落在尼莫・威尔金斯身上,而在这位老学者的眼底,一抹淡银色的辉光正在渐渐消散。 Nimmo blinks, on the face shows the puzzled expression: „What are you...... saying?” 尼莫眨了眨眼,脸上露出困惑的表情:“你们……在说什么？” Duncan has transferred the line of sight, calmly is gazing at the opposite party: „Mr. Nimmo, congratulates you, you have not come under the influence of cognitive disturbance.” 邓肯转过视线,静静地注视着对方:“尼莫先生,恭喜你,你并未受到认知干扰的影响。”