# 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**
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**[22:09] CREDITS**
Henry Lin
Henry Lin
Zachary Carlysle
S. Bilyeu
David Saylor