18 - The Labyrinth

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SIGN    -The Mourner's Eyes-
[01:31] sign
    Episode 18
[01:36] Lu Mingfei OS
    Brother went into the subway alone,
[01:39] Lu Mingfei OS
    and I don't know where he is.
[01:42] Lu Mingfei OS
    I have to find him.
[01:44] Lu Mingfei OS
    No matter what,
[01:46] Lu Mingfei OS
    we must complete this mission together.
[02:10] Lu Mingfei
    Anyone with the slightest
    amount of common sense
[02:12] Lu Mingfei
    would know not to get on this ghost train.
[02:22] Lu Mingfei OS
    If I follow the game's plot,
[02:25] Lu Mingfei OS
    I should probably follow
    this ghost train now.
[02:31] Lu Mingfei OS
    It's so dark.
[02:35] Lu Mingfei OS
    It feels like I'm the only one
    alive in this creepy space.
[02:42] Lu Mingfei
    A bird?
[02:43] Lu Mingfei
    How can there be...
[02:56] Lu Mingfei
    These are...
[03:00] Lu Mingfei
    Wind Devils?
[03:04] Lu Mingfei
    These Wind Devils...
[03:06] Lu Mingfei
    are corpses?
[03:24] Su Enxi
    We haven't been able to see him
    since he went into the subway.
[03:26] Su Enxi
    What should we do with our bunny?
[03:29] Su Enxi
    The boss said that the first guardians
    after entering Nibelungen are Wind Devils.
[03:33] Su Enxi
    We sent him to slay the dragon,
[03:35] Su Enxi
    not to be Wind Devil food!
[03:37] Sakatoku Mai
    No big deal. I prepared for this.
[03:40] Sakatoku Mai
    I put a special scent on his clothes.
[03:43] Sakatoku Mai
    Wind Devils hate that scent.
[03:45] Sakatoku Mai
    It makes them sick,
     like garlic to vampires.
[03:49] Su Enxi
    So the Wind Devils won't feed on his blood?
[03:52] Sakatoku Mai
    The males won't,
[03:54] Sakatoku Mai
    as long as he doesn't do something
    stupid to attract their attention.
[03:59] Lu Mingfei OS
    Light! I'm the only light source
    in this tunnel! Maybe...
[04:15] Lu Mingfei OS
    They're gone.
[04:18] Lu Mingfei OS
    They really attacked me
    because of the light.
[04:21] Lu Mingfei OS
    These Wind Devils are everywhere.
[04:24] Lu Mingfei OS
    If I don't deal with them, I can't move.
[04:28] Lu Mingfei OS
    Maybe this'll work!
[04:32] Lu Mingfei
    Come! Come! There's light here!
[04:35] Lu Mingfei
    Come! Come! There's light here!
[04:41] Lu Mingfei
    They're coming from the front! And behind...
[05:10] Lu Mingfei OS
    I got lucky! It worked!
[05:14] Lu Mingfei OS
    Before more Wind Devils arrive,
[05:15] Lu Mingfei OS
    I need to get out of here.
[05:17] Su Enxi
    Males? What if a female shows up?
[05:20] Sakatoku Mai
    Wind Devils are mostly male.
[05:22] Sakatoku Mai
    Females look different from the males.
[05:24] Sakatoku Mai
    They're huge.
[05:26] Sakatoku Mai
    It's like the relationship
    between queen and worker ants.
[05:29] Sakatoku Mai
    There's only one female among
    tens of thousands of males.
[05:32] Sakatoku Mai
    He can't be that unlucky, right?
[05:37] Su Enxi
    Well, let's just pray our bunny
    doesn't run into a female.
[05:44] Lu Mingfei
    This is...
[06:57] Lu Mingfei OS
    I actually survived.
[07:01] Lu Mingfei OS
    It looks like I have no choice this time.
[07:03] Lu Mingfei OS
    To avoid these Wind Devils,
[07:05] Lu Mingfei OS
    I have to get on the train.
[07:15] Lu Mingfei
    It's so dark.
[07:17] Gao Mi
    Finally, a newcomer.
[07:21] Lu Mingfei
    Are you alive or a ghost?
[07:23] Wan Boqian
    Want to join us for a card game?
[07:25] Wan Boqian
    Do you know how to play cards?
[07:28] Lu Mingfei
    G-Ghosts! Ghosts...
[07:31] Wan Boqian
    We're not ghosts. We're alive.
[07:34] Gao Mi
    I'm Gao Mi, from alchemy and mechanical
    engineering, Cassel College,
[07:36] Gao Mi
    currently a specialist
    in the execution bureau.
[07:39] Gao Mi
    I'm Wan Boqian, from the medical department.
[07:42] Lu Mingfei
    From the College?
[07:44] Lu Mingfei
    Classmates?
[07:46] Lu Mingfei
    Hello, I'm also from Cassel College.
[07:48] Lu Mingfei
    I'm Lu Mingfei.
[07:49] Lu Mingfei
    You're... really not ghosts?
[07:51] Gao Mi
    We're both alive.
[07:53] Gao Mi
    A few days ago, the College sent us to
    investigate clues about the Dragon Emperor.
[07:58] Gao Mi
    The investigation led us here,
     and we got trapped.
[08:01] Lu Mingfei
    A few days ago?
[08:03] Lu Mingfei
    So you've... been stuck here for a long time?
[08:07] Gao Mi
    Yeah...
[08:08] Gao Mi
    The worst rule here
[08:12] Gao Mi
    is that you can't die.
[08:15] Lu Mingfei
    Rule?
[08:17] Lu Mingfei
    What are the rules here?
[08:18] Lu Mingfei
    Can you give me some pointers?
[08:20] Wan Boqian
    How's your math?
[08:22] Lu Mingfei
    I'm always on the verge of failing.
[08:25] Gao Mi
    Then it's over. You're stuck here, too.
[08:28] Gao Mi
    I was ranked second in math
    at the College back then.
[08:32] Gao Mi
    Who was ranked first?
[08:34] Wan Boqian
    I think his name was Finger Von Frings.
[08:39] Lu Mingfei OS
    Wow, I never realized
    that useless guy was a math genius.
[08:43] Gao Mi
    There are many things here you can't imagine,
[08:46] Gao Mi
    but you'll see soon enough.
[08:49] Gao Mi
    What I can tell you is that
[08:50] Gao Mi
    this is probably an alchemically
    constructed labyrinth,
[08:53] Gao Mi
    like the mythical Labyrinth of Minos.
[08:57] Lu Mingfei
    The Labyrinth of Minos?
[08:58] Wan Boqian
    All Minoan labyrinths in history
    were constructed through alchemy.
[09:02] Wan Boqian
    And such labyrinths must have
    gatekeepers enforcing their rules.
[09:06] Lu Mingfei
    Then who's the gatekeeper here?
[09:08] Wan Boqian
    You'll find out soon.
[09:10] Wan Boqian
    The defining feature of
    an alchemical labyrinth
[09:12] Wan Boqian
    is that it must have a
    rule that allows escape.
[09:14] Wan Boqian
    This is the very foundation of its creation,
[09:16] Wan Boqian
    and not even the gatekeeper can violate it.
[09:18] Lu Mingfei
    Like a Yanling?
[09:20] Gao Mi
    Yes, you've guessed it.
[09:23] Gao Mi
    This is a marvel built
    with dragon technology,
[09:25] Gao Mi
    a labyrinth beneath Shangdu.
[09:29] Gao Mi
    Here, even without food and water,
[09:32] Gao Mi
    you won't age or die.
[09:35] Gao Mi
    You'll simply wither away.
[09:42] Wan Boqian
    Unless you defeat the
    gatekeeper using the rules,
[09:44] Wan Boqian
    no one can leave this place.
[09:47] Lu Mingfei
    So the rules are...
[09:49] Wan Boqian
    Texas hold 'em.
[09:50] Lu Mingfei
    Ah. No wonder you asked if
    I knew how to play cards earlier.
[09:53] Wan Boqian
    Right. We're heading toward
    the gatekeeper now.
[09:57] Wan Boqian
    You have 45 minutes to learn.
[09:59] Lu Mingfei
    What are the stakes in this card game?
[10:02] Wan Boqian
    This train you're on is
    constantly moving forward.
[10:06] Wan Boqian
    As it moves forward, your stake increases.
[10:10] Wan Boqian
    The more you endure the torment of
    loneliness, the more your stake increases.
[10:14] Wan Boqian
    The deeper your sorrow and despair,
    the greater your stake becomes.
[10:18] Wan Boqian
    But you will never die,
[10:21] Wan Boqian
    because your stake is your loneliness.
[10:26] Su Enxi
    Bunny #2 should have
    entered Nibelungen by now, too.
[10:31] Su Enxi
    He must be one of those "can't live
    without being cool" types, right?
[10:34] Su Enxi
    The look on his face before
    entering the subway was like,
[10:37] Su Enxi
    "Ah, I'm just here to catch the train."
[10:40] Sakatoku Mai
    Yeah, the train should be arriving
    soon, based on the schedule.
[10:44] Su Enxi
    Huh? How do you know?
[10:46] Su Enxi
    Do you control the subway in Nibelungen?
[10:48] Sakatoku Mai
    No.
[10:49] Sakatoku Mai
    It's actually quite strange,
[10:51] Sakatoku Mai
    but Nibelungen isn't some kind of illusion.
[10:54] Sakatoku Mai
    It has its own set of rules.
[10:57] Sakatoku Mai
    Each Nibelungen is different,
[10:59] Sakatoku Mai
    but this one miraculously follows
    a set of rules called the
[11:03] Sakatoku Mai
    "Shangdu City Traffic Safety Management
    and Operation Regulations."
[11:06] Su Enxi
    Is Nibelungen controlled
    by the city government?
[11:10] Sakatoku Mai
    No, it means it copies
    some rules from reality.
[11:13] Sakatoku Mai
    It's a distorted reality,
[11:16] Sakatoku Mai
    with interfaces different
    from those in the real world.
[11:23] Sakatoku Mai
    See? It's that simple.
[11:40] Su Enxi
    In that case, our bunny #2 has
    probably boarded the train by now.
[11:46] Su Enxi
    Do you think Chu Zihang, the hidden
    ace specialist of Cassel College,
[11:51] Su Enxi
    will really act according to our plan?
[11:55] Sakatoku Mai
    People like him always operate
    on the fringes of plans.
[11:58] Sakatoku Mai
    Even Renata said that if
    Chu Zihang went all out,
[12:01] Sakatoku Mai
    she might not necessarily win.
[12:03] Su Enxi
    But he's the only one who can
    deal Fenrir a fatal blow.
[12:06] Sakatoku Mai
    Exactly.
[12:08] Sakatoku Mai
    So without him, how else would we
    pave the way for our Lu Mingfei?
[12:22] Chu Zihang OS
    Walking alone in this cold
    rain feels absolutely awful.
[12:27] Chu Zihang OS
    There's no one here,
[12:29] Chu Zihang OS
    and the carriage is dead silent.
[12:31] Chu Zihang OS
    The feeling of being charged to full power
    with no visible opponent is just as terrible.
[12:35] Chu Zihang OS
    Cracks? Looks like the tunnel can't
    withstand the water erosion and is collapsing.
[12:40] Chu Zihang OS
    I'll go check it out.
[12:59] Chu Zihang
    Death Servitors!
[13:04] Chu Zihang
    I know you can't understand me,
[13:07] Chu Zihang
    but all these years...
[13:09] Chu Zihang
    I've longed to see you again!
[13:13] Chu Zihang
    From the heights of Babylon,
[13:16] Chu Zihang
    burn like the sun!
[13:20] Chu Zihang
    Yanling: Ruler's Flames!
[13:39] Chu Zihang
    There's more?
[14:11] Chu Zihang OS
    These things seem completely
    unafraid of death.
[14:14] Chu Zihang OS
    There's no end to them.
[14:16] Chu Zihang OS
    I can't go on like this.
[14:18] Chu Zihang OS
    Looks like I'll have to...
[14:20] Xia Mi
    Yanling: Wind King's Eyes!
[14:27] Xia Mi
    Brother!
[14:29] Chu Zihang
    You...
[14:29] Xia Mi
    Quick! Maximize your domain!
[14:32] Xia Mi
    Spirits inhabiting within, dance with me.
[14:34] Chu Zihang
    From the heights of Babylon,
[14:36] Chu Zihang
    burn like the sun!
[14:38] Xia Mi
    Yanling: Wind King's Eyes!
[14:38] Chu Zihang
    Yanling: Ruler's Flames!
[15:03] Chu Zihang
    Looks like we finished them all off.
[15:05] Xia Mi
    No way! I'm still alive!
[15:09] Xia Mi
    Y-Your clothes?
[15:12] Chu Zihang
    It's fine.
[15:13] Chu Zihang
    They got burned when I used Ruler's Flames.
[15:16] Chu Zihang
    Why are you here?
[15:17] Xia Mi
    I...
[15:18] Xia Mi
    I texted you last night and you didn't reply.
[15:21] Xia Mi
    On a whim...
[15:22] Xia Mi
    I checked your location.
[15:28] Chu Zihang
    How could you check my location?
[15:31] Xia Mi
    The last time I played with your phone,
[15:33] Xia Mi
    I secretly signed up for a location
    tracking service with your carrier!
[15:40] Xia Mi
    All right, all right! It's embarrassing!
[15:43] Xia Mi
    I admit it, so what?
[15:44] Xia Mi
    I saw that you were at Oriental Plaza,
[15:46] Xia Mi
    but it should've been closed by then, so I...
[15:51] Xia Mi
    I suddenly remembered that
    subway legend you told me about...
[15:56] Xia Mi
    You weren't answering your phone,
[15:58] Xia Mi
    and I was worried something
     had happened to you,
[16:00] Xia Mi
    so I came over.
[16:04] Chu Zihang
    Those services are usually
    used by housewives
[16:07] Chu Zihang
    to monitor their husbands.
[16:10] Xia Mi
    What are you laughing at?
[16:11] Xia Mi
    If it weren't for me,
    you'd still be in danger!
[16:13] Xia Mi
    I rushed over in such a hurry.
[16:15] Xia Mi
    Look, I'm still wearing slippers!
[16:23] Chu Zihang
    Thanks.
[16:26] Xia Mi
    By the way, why is the
    subway running this late?
[16:30] Xia Mi
    Where exactly are we?
[16:32] Chu Zihang
    Nibelungen, otherwise known
    as the Land of the Dead.
[16:36] Chu Zihang
    The speculation has finally been confirmed.
[16:38] Chu Zihang
    The true realm of the Dragon Raja
    doesn't exist in reality.
[16:42] Chu Zihang
    It's located in a strange
    dimension called Nibelungen,
[16:45] Chu Zihang
    a self-contained territory built by alchemy.
[16:48] Chu Zihang
    If I'm not mistaken, the City of Bronze that
    Lu Mingfei visited is also a Nibelungen.
[16:53] Chu Zihang
    Once inside, you'll find that it's a lot
    bigger than it appears from the outside.
[16:57] Chu Zihang
    Lu Mingfei said that
    everything inside looks new.
[17:01] Chu Zihang
    This is because time doesn't
    flow within a Nibelungen.
[17:05] Xia Mi
    Then... what are these
    things that attacked us?
[17:09] Chu Zihang
    Death Servitors.
[17:10] Chu Zihang
    Hybrids consumed by dragon bloodlines,
[17:13] Chu Zihang
    somewhere between human and
    dragon, between life and death.
[17:17] Chu Zihang
    They've lost consciousness.
[17:19] Chu Zihang
    They're like wandering spirits.
[17:22] Chu Zihang OS
    I'll probably end up like them...
[17:26] Xia Mi
    But these bones are shaped like birds.
[17:29] Xia Mi
    Bird-shaped Death Servitors?
[17:36] Chu Zihang OS
    So it was just those strange
    birds attacking me tonight,
[17:41] Chu Zihang OS
    not them...
[17:43] Chu Zihang OS
    It was me... unable to let
    go of my inner demons.
[17:47] Xia Mi
    If this is Nibelungen, then the
    Dragon Emperor should be here, too.
[17:52] Xia Mi
    It's a shame we blew up the subway,
[17:54] Xia Mi
    otherwise it would've led us
    to the Dragon Emperor, right?
[17:57] Chu Zihang
    It's fine. We can still follow the tracks.
[18:03] Chu Zihang
    Help me carry this.
[18:03] Xia Mi
    Hey! Brother, are you kidding me?
[18:07] Xia Mi
    I came to save you, wearing
    slippers with no socks!
[18:09] Xia Mi
    And you want me to carry your stuff?
[18:11] Xia Mi
    Have you no humanity?
[18:12] Chu Zihang
    I mean, carrying this box
    is inconvenient for me.
[18:15] Xia Mi
    And it's more convenient for me to carry?
[18:17] Chu Zihang
    What I mean is, if you're not
    comfortable walking in slippers.
[18:20] Chu Zihang
    I can carry you.
[18:27] Lu Mingfei
    We've stopped?
[18:29] Wan Boqian
    Yes, the duel of rules with the
    gatekeeper is about to start again.
[18:37] Gao Mi
    This is the gatekeeper,
    the dealer for the game.
[18:46] Lu Mingfei
    It's... the Wind Devil Queen that
    attacked me in the tunnel!
[18:51] Wan Boqian
    Don't worry. The dealer won't hurt you.
[18:53] Wan Boqian
    If you attack it, it won't retaliate.
[18:55] Wan Boqian
    Just treat it as a machine.
[18:59] Female Wind Devil
    Now, distributing the chips.
[19:10] Lu Mingfei
    Huh? No way.
[19:13] Lu Mingfei
    My chip is just a bottle cap?
[19:15] Lu Mingfei
    I know I'm new and haven't
    accumulated much negativity yet,
[19:17] Lu Mingfei
    but go easy on me, and give me two coins!
[19:21] Gao Mi
    Bottle caps are the highest value chips here,
[19:23] Gao Mi
    each worth 1,000 dark gold coins.
[19:25] Lu Mingfei
    Huh?
[19:26] Wan Boqian
    Not every newcomer gets that many chips.
[19:29] Wan Boqian
    When Gao Mi and I arrived,
[19:31] Wan Boqian
    we only got one coin each.
[19:33] Wan Boqian
    The dealer reads your state of mind.
[19:35] Wan Boqian
    The more lonely you are,
    the more chips you'll get.
[19:38] Wan Boqian
    Those who lose everything
    must leave immediately,
[19:40] Wan Boqian
    get on a different subway line and
    wander alone in this labyrinth
[19:44] Wan Boqian
    until the next round starts.
[19:47] Lu Mingfei
    No way!
[19:50] Lu Mingfei
    Hey! Am I really that miserable?
[19:52] Female Wind Devil
    Now, let me explain the rules.
[19:54] Female Wind Devil
    Each player is dealt two hole cards,
    and there are five community cards.
[19:58] Female Wind Devil
    The five community cards are
    dealt face up in three stages.
[20:01] Female Wind Devil
    Three cards in the first stage,
    and one card in the next two stages.
[20:03] Female Wind Devil
    Finally, each player selects
    five from the seven cards,
[20:06] Female Wind Devil
    two hole cards and three of
    the five community cards.
[20:09] Female Wind Devil
    The player with the best poker hand wins.
[20:11] Female Wind Devil
    Now... let... the... game... begin.
[20:19] Gao Mi
    Four Queens, I win again.
[20:21] Gao Mi
    Lu Mingfei, it's your turn to
    reveal the cards next round.
[20:24] Lu Mingfei
    Sure.
[20:26] Lu Mingfei OS
    My hole cards are a 3 and a 6.
[20:28] Lu Mingfei OS
    The three dealt community
    cards are a 9, Jack and King.
[20:32] Lu Mingfei OS
    I'll never make a good hand
    with such crappy cards.
[20:39] Lu Mingfei OS
    What's he doing?
[20:40] Lu Mingfei OS
    He looks so angry.
[20:41] Lu Mingze
    This guy's trying to escape with
    his girl by trampling on your back.
[20:48] Lu Mingfei
    Y-Y-You...
[20:49] Lu Mingze
    Of course it's me.
[20:51] Lu Mingze
    I said we should go together,
    but you ignored me.
[20:54] Lu Mingze
    Did you go to the wrong place?
[20:55] Lu Mingze
    Want to switch places?
[20:57] Lu Mingze
    I'll open a portal and get you out.
[20:59] Lu Mingfei
    No thanks.
[21:02] Lu Mingze
    I only taught a few thugs a lesson,
[21:04] Lu Mingze
    and didn't actually kill them.
[21:06] Lu Mingze
    You're treating me like a bad guy.
[21:08] Lu Mingze
    Brother, you can't get
    out of here by yourself.
[21:12] Lu Mingze
    That Gao Mi is really good at math,
[21:14] Lu Mingze
    and he outplayed you.
[21:16] Lu Mingfei
    What do you mean?
[21:18] Lu Mingze
    Let's put it this way.
[21:19] Lu Mingze
    Gao Mi actually wants to beat
    both you and the dealer,
[21:21] Lu Mingze
    and save up enough chips to
    take his girlfriend away.
[21:25] Lu Mingze
    He's actually very happy you came here
[21:27] Lu Mingze
    because you can replace him.
[21:30] Lu Mingfei
    Crap!
[21:31] Lu Mingze
    But don't worry.
[21:32] Lu Mingze
    With me here...
[21:34] Lu Mingze
    With me here, you're invincible.
[21:39] Lu Mingze
    Now go all in!
[21:41] Lu Mingfei
    Do you know how to play cards?
[21:43] Lu Mingfei
    I've only got one dark gold
    chip left, and a crappy hand!
[21:46] Lu Mingfei
    All in, my ass!
[21:48] Lu Mingze
    One chip is like a root.
[21:50] Lu Mingze
    A tree will stay alive as
    long as its roots survive.
[21:53] Lu Mingze
    Some say if you go to Las Vegas with
    a single An dollar and win 28 times,
[21:58] Lu Mingze
    you'd win the entire city.
[22:00] Lu Mingze
    Brother, trust me.
[22:02] Lu Mingze
    Not only will you win the whole city,
[22:06] Lu Mingze
    but you'll win the whole world!
[22:09] CREDITS
    Translator:
    Timer:
    Editor:
    QC:
    FQC:
[22:09] CREDITS
    Henry Lin
    Henry Lin
    Zachary Carlysle
    S. Bilyeu
    David Saylor