sì hū suí zhe shí jiān de liú shì ， zhè kuài suì shí yě shī qù le tā yuán běn yōng yǒu de wēi néng 。
似乎随着时间的流逝，这块碎石也失去了它原本拥有的威能。
As time passed, the broken stone seemed to lose its original power.
lǐ fán tíng dùn le piàn kè ， zhī hòu bǐng zhù hū xī ， huǎn huǎn kào jìn 。
李凡停顿了片刻，之后屏住呼吸，缓缓靠近。
Li Fan paused for a moment before holding his breath and slowly approaching.
zhí zhì zǒu dào suì shí qián ， dōu méi yǒu gǎn dào zì shēn yǒu rèn hé de biàn huà 。
直至走到碎石前，都没有感到自身有任何的变化。
Until he reached the broken stone, there was no change in him. However, Li Fan's vigilance did not wane.
bù guò lǐ fán xīn zhōng de jǐng tì yī rán méi yǒu fàng xià 。
不过李凡心中的警惕依然没有放下。
This place was filled with various strange phenomena; one could not be careless here.
cǐ chù mí yù ， chōng chì zhe gè zhǒng guǐ yì de xiàn xiàng ， jué bù néng diào yǐ qīng xīn 。
此处迷域，充斥着各种诡异的现象，绝不能掉以轻心。
He did not touch the broken stone but instead observed it from a distance again.
méi yǒu qù chù mō nà kuài suì shí ， zhǐ shì gé zhe yī duàn jù lí ， zài cì zǐ xì guān chá qǐ lái 。
没有去触摸那块碎石，只是隔着一段距离，再次仔细观察起来。
The stone was half buried in the ground and roughly square-shaped, about as wide as a man's outstretched arms. Its edges showed clear signs of fracture, as if cut from a larger whole.
suì shí xiǎo bàn jié shēn zi chā jìn tǔ lǐ ， zhěng tǐ dà zhì chéng zhèng fāng xíng ， yī rén zhǎn bì zhǎng kuān 。
碎石小半截身子插进土里，整体大致成正方形，一人展臂长宽。
"Perhaps there are other characters before and after '乱'."
tā de biān yuán ， yǒu zhe míng xiǎn de duàn liè de hén jì 。
它的边缘，有着明显的断裂的痕迹。
Unfortunately, only "乱" remained, with no trace of the surrounding characters.
sì hū shì cóng mǒu kuài wán zhěng de shí tou zhōng fēn gē chū lái de yī yàng 。
似乎是从某块完整的石头中分割出来的一样。
"This broken stone doesn't seem to have naturally fractured; it looks more like someone deliberately cut it."
“ luàn ” zì de qián miàn yǔ hòu miàn ， yīng gāi hái juān kè zhe xiē qí tā de zì 。
“乱”字的前面与后面，应该还镌刻着些其他的字。
"乱."
kě xī qià hǎo shì dān dú de “ luàn ” fēn kāi ， qián hòu zì fú de bǐ huà de sī háo hén jì dōu méi yǒu kàn jiàn 。
可惜恰好是单独的“乱”分开，前后字符的笔画的丝毫痕迹都没有看见。
"Could the strange phenomena centered around this circular pit—such as disorientation and even human mutation—be related to this word?"
“ kàn zhè suì shí de yàng zi ， bù shì tiān rán duàn liè 。 fǎn dào xiàng shì bèi rén kè yì qiē duàn yì bān 。”
“看这碎石的样子，不似天然断裂。反倒像是被人刻意切断一般。”
"If indeed one character triggers all these anomalies..."
“ luàn 。”
“乱。”
"What is the connection between this '乱字石' and Heavenly Medicine?"
“ yǐ zhè yuán xíng jù kēng wèi zhōng xīn de qū yù ， fāng wèi cuò luàn 、 nǎi zhì yú rén tǐ yì huà de guǐ yì xiàn xiàng ， shì fǒu gēn zhè ge zì yǒu guān ？”
“以这圆形巨坑为中心的区域，方位错乱、乃至于人体异化的诡异现象，是否跟这个字有关？”
Li Fan pondered for a moment before deciding not to focus on it. Instead, he scanned his surroundings for any signs of an exit.
“ ruò shì zhēn de yī zì yǐn dòng zhū duō yì xiàng ……”
“若是真的一字引动诸多异像……”
Unfortunately, at the bottom of the circular pit, apart from the unknown sticky substance covering the ground, there was only this broken stone.
“ zhè 【 luàn zì shí 】， gēn tiān yī yòu yǒu shén me guān xì ？”
“这【乱字石】，跟天医又有什么关系？”
"Given that these monsters act purely by instinct now, they shouldn't deceive me."
lǐ fán chén yín piàn kè ， jué dìng zàn qiě xiān bù qù guǎn tā ， ér shì chá kàn zhōu wéi ， shì fǒu yǒu “ chū kǒu ” cún zài de jì xiàng 。
李凡沉吟片刻，决定暂且先不去管它，而是查看周围，是否有“出口”存在的迹象。
After some thought, Li Fan returned to the broken stone and used his spirit energy to lift it out of the ground.
kě xī de shì ， yuán xíng jù kēng dǐ bù ， chú le biàn dì de nián hú zhuāng bù míng wù zhì wài 。
可惜的是，圆形巨坑底部，除了遍地的黏湖装不明物质外。
Unlike a precious material or ordinary stone, its weight was similar to a regular one. After removing it, no hidden exit appeared beneath it.
jiù zhǐ shì zhè kuài luàn zì shí le 。
就只是这块乱字石了。
"Strange..."
“ fǎn zhé guài wù rú jīn zhǐ píng běn néng xíng shì ， yīng dāng bù zhì yú hū yōu wǒ cái shì 。”
“反折怪物如今只凭本能行事，应当不至于忽悠我才是。”
Li Fan put down the broken stone and rubbed his chin. With time running short, he did not search for other possibilities but instead focused on the stone, trying to determine where the exit might be.
xiǎng le xiǎng ， lǐ fán huí dào suì shí páng biān ， cuī dòng líng lì ， jiāng qí cóng dì miàn zhōng bān qǐ 。
想了想，李凡回到碎石旁边，催动灵力，将其从地面中搬起。
With little time to spare, Li Fan extended a finger and shot out a black light at the stone.
bù xiàng shì shén me tiān cái dì bǎo ， hé xún cháng shí tou yì bān zhòng 。
不像是什么天材地宝，和寻常石头一般重。
As he retreated, he observed how the Black Sword of Annihilation interacted with the broken stone.
ér qiě bá chū zhī hòu ， suì shí zhī xià yě méi yǒu qī dài zhōng bèi zhèn yā de chū kǒu xiǎn xiàn 。
而且拔出之后，碎石之下也没有期待中被镇压的出口显现。
The black sword light flew swiftly towards the stone.
shén me yì cháng qíng kuàng dōu méi yǒu fā shēng 。
什么异常情况都没有发生。
Just before colliding, the black light suddenly distorted. Under Li Fan's watchful eye, three familiar energies separated from it: madness, darkness, and swirling vortexes—representing Heaven's Defiance, Ink's Carnage, and the Five Elements' Power.
“ qí guài ……”
“奇怪……”
Under the influence of the broken stone, the black light gradually faded away. However, these energies that should have been under Li Fan's control began to fight each other.
lǐ fán jiāng luàn zì shí fàng xià ， mō le mō xià bā 。
李凡将乱字石放下，摸了摸下巴。
Simultaneously, an unknown wave erupted from the broken stone, sweeping across the circular pit.
shí jiān suǒ shèng wú duō ， lǐ fán yě méi yǒu zài qù xún zhǎo qí tā de kě néng 。
时间所剩无多，李凡也没有再去寻找其他的可能。
Li Fan was caught off guard and could not dodge in time as it passed through him.
ér shì jǐn jǐn dīng zhe miàn qián de shí tou ， sī kǎo zhe chū kǒu cáng zài hé chù 。
而是紧紧盯着面前的石头，思考着出口藏在何处。
His expression changed abruptly, thinking he had been tricked.
méi yǒu tài duō de shí jiān kě yǐ làng fèi ， piàn kè zhī hòu ， lǐ fán shēn zhǐ ， suí shǒu cháo zhe tā shè chū yī dào hēi guāng 。
没有太多的时间可以浪费，片刻之后，李凡伸指，随手朝着它射出一道黑光。
However, contrary to his expectations, this wave was mostly a show of thunder without much rain. He felt an itching sensation all over his body but quickly suppressed by the circulating spirit energy.
shēn xíng hòu tuì de tóng shí ， guān chá zhe jì miè jiàn hé luàn zì shí pèng zhuàng fā shēng de biàn huà 。
身形后退的同时，观察着寂灭剑和乱字石碰撞发生的变化。
Li Fan stared at the broken stone, deep in thought.
hēi sè jiàn guāng ， shùn xī fēi dào suì shí miàn qián 。
黑色剑光，瞬息飞到碎石面前。
"The '乱' character has vanished; it's just a shell with no essence."
jiù yào hé tā pèng zhuàng qián de yī chà nà ， hēi guāng hū de yǒu xiē niǔ qū qǐ lái 。
就要和它碰撞前的一刹那，黑光忽的有些扭曲起来。
"Even so, it can still affect my Black Sword of Annihilation."
zài lǐ fán de zhù shì xià ， sān tuán tā jí wéi shú xī de néng liàng ， cóng hēi guāng zhōng jiě xī chū lái 。
在李凡的注视下，三团他极为熟悉的能量，从黑光中解析出来。
...
fēng diān 、 qī hēi 、 xuán wō liú zhuǎn ……
疯癫、漆黑、漩涡流转……
Li Fan glanced towards where the three energies had纠缠在一起.
zhèng shì gòu chéng dà wǔ xíng jì miè jiàn de sān zhǒng lì liàng ： tiān shā 、 mò shā 、 wǔ xíng zhī lì 。
正是构成大五行寂灭剑的三种力量：天煞、墨杀、五行之力。
In the wave's wake, they had already fought to nothingness. The last black death talisman on his body was nearly invisible.
zài luàn zì shí de yǐng xiǎng xià ， hēi guāng zhú jiàn tùn qù 。
在乱字石的影响下，黑光逐渐褪去。
It seemed like it would collapse at any moment.
ér hòu ， zhè xiē yuán běn yīng dāng shòu lǐ fán kòng zhì de néng liàng ， què hù xiāng wèi dí 、 gè zì dòu le qǐ lái 。
而后，这些原本应当受李凡控制的能量，却互相为敌、各自斗了起来。
If anyone else were in this situation, they would likely be overwhelmed with anxiety and unable to think clearly.
tóng shí ， yī dào mò míng de bō dòng zì luàn zì shí shàng měng dì bèng fā 。
同时，一道莫名的波动自乱字石上勐地迸发。
But with the foundation of Truly Real Technique, Li Fan remained calm.
cháo zhe yuán xíng jù kēng wài héng sǎo ér guò 。
朝着圆形巨坑外横扫而过。
Without worrying about his own peril, he continued to ponder. After many attempts, when the black death talisman finally broke apart, the surrounding white fog no longer restrained him and began to consume his lifespan.
lǐ fán cù bù jí fáng ， lái bù jí duǒ bì ， jiù bèi qí chuān shēn ér guò 。
李凡猝不及防，来不及躲避，就被其穿身而过。
In just a few breaths, Li Fan's age on the True Real panel jumped from 51 to 52.
miàn sè dǒu biàn ， yǐ wéi zì jǐ bèi yīn le 。
面色陡变，以为自己被阴了。
Though much of his 51st year had already passed, it was clear how quickly the spirit-sapping white fog consumed one's life span.
rán ér chū hū tā yì liào zhī wài de shì ， zhè bō dòng chún cuì léi shēng dà 、 yǔ diǎn xiǎo 。
然而出乎他意料之外的是，这波动纯粹雷声大、雨点小。
Despite this, Li Fan remained calm as his lifespan approached a century. Suddenly enlightened, his eyes brightened as he leaped towards the broken stone and traced the "乱" character with his hand.
zhǐ gǎn jué tǐ nèi gè chù mǎ yǐ pá guò shì de sū yǎng ， bù guò líng qì yóu zǒu yī quān hòu ， hěn kuài jiù bèi zhèn yā le 。
只感觉体内各处蚂蚁爬过似的酥痒，不过灵气游走一圈后，很快就被镇压了。
He wrote each stroke meticulously, the dragon-like script forming instantly in a weak golden glow.
lǐ fán lèng le lèng ， dīng zhe luàn zì shí ， ruò yǒu suǒ sī 。
李凡愣了愣，盯着乱字石，若有所思。
The "乱" character on the stone seemed to regain some luster.
“ luàn zì xiāo sàn ， kōng yǒu qí xíng ér wú qí shén 。”
“乱字消散，空有其形而无其神。”
What shocked Li Fan was that when the character reappeared, all the spirit energy within him suddenly vanished.
“ bù guò jí biàn rú cǐ ， yě néng yǐng xiǎng wǒ de wǔ xíng jì miè jiàn 。”
“不过即便如此，也能影响我的五行寂灭剑。”
If not for the Ninefold Golden Core sensing danger and replenishing his depleted body with continuous spirit energy, he would have been drained dry.
“……”
“……”
Even so, Li Fan felt a blackness before his eyes and nearly fell to the ground.
lǐ fán piē xiàng yuán xiān sān tuán lì liàng jiū chán zài yì qǐ de dì fāng 。
李凡瞥向原先三团力量纠缠在一起的地方。
Fortunately, after absorbing all his spirit energy, the broken stone underwent an inexplicable change.
zài gāng gāng de bō dòng zhōng ， tā men yǐ jīng zài hù xiāng zhēng dòu zhōng yān miè le 。
在刚刚的波动中，它们已经在互相争斗中湮灭了。
The characters seemed to come alive, emitting a heart-chilling aura that made the entire stone appear ethereal and glowing in a dreamlike light. Even the spirit-sapping white fog was pushed back by this light, creating a vacuum around it.
shēn shàng pèi dài de zuì hòu yī kuài hēi sǐ fú ， guāng máng yǐ jīng wēi ruò dào jǐ bù kě jiàn de dì bù 。
身上佩戴的最后一块黑死符，光芒已经微弱到几不可见的地步。
Seeing this, Li Fan quickly retreated into the light to avoid further loss of his lifespan.
sì hū xià yī miǎo jiù huì chè dǐ bēng kuì 。
似乎下一秒就会彻底崩溃。
Perhaps because the broken stone had absorbed his spirit energy during its activation, Li Fan did not feel any effect from it after approaching.
ruò shì páng rén ， yù dào zhè zhǒng jué jìng ， dìng rán zǎo yǐ jīng xīn luàn rú má 、 wú fǎ lěng jìng sī kǎo le 。
若是旁人，遇到这种绝境，定然早已经心乱如麻、无法冷静思考了。
However, constant creaking sounds echoed around him as the sticky substances beneath the ground seemed to come alive and began to twist and move in strange ways.
rán ér yǒu zhe 【 hái zhēn 】 zuò wéi dǐ yùn ， lǐ fán què shì yì diǎn dōu bù huāng 。
然而有着【还真】作为底蕴，李凡却是一点都不慌。
Li Fan also noticed that the mutated corpse standing motionless in the circular pit was trembling, as if about to spring back to life.
wán quán bù bì kǎo lǜ zì shēn wēi jī ， lǐ fán sī xù jí zhuǎn ， jì xù sī suǒ zhe 。
完全不必考虑自身危机，李凡思绪急转，继续思索着。
As the instigator of all this, Li Fan felt a chill run down his spine.
yòu shì tàn le xǔ duō bù tóng fāng fǎ hòu ， dāng hēi sǐ fú chè dǐ pò miè kāi lái zhī hòu 。
又试探了许多不同方法后，当黑死符彻底破灭开来之后。
"This is not a place to linger."
zhōu shēn wú chǔ bù zài de bái wù méi yǒu le zhì yuē ， kāi shǐ tūn shì lǐ fán de shòu yuán 。
周身无处不在的白雾没有了制约，开始吞噬李凡的寿元。
Observing the flickering broken stone, Li Fan sensed something like an open door he could enter at any time.
jǐn jǐn jǐ gè hū xī guò qù ， lǐ fán hái zhēn miàn bǎn shàng de shēng lǐ nián líng ， jiù cóng 51 tiào dòng zhì le 52。
仅仅几个呼吸过去，李凡还真面板上的生理年龄，就从51跳动至了52。
His spirit senses did not detect any danger ahead; the only hope lay within.
suī rán yǒu 51 suì yǐ jīng guò qù dà bàn yuán yīn ， dàn yě kě jiàn shì yuán bái wù tūn shì shòu mìng de kě bù sù dù 。
虽然有51岁已经过去大半原因，但也可见噬元白雾吞噬寿命的可怖速度。
Without hesitation, Li Fan flew towards it. As expected, the stone seemed non-existent as he passed through it.
shēng mìng yǐ ròu yǎn kě jiàn de sù dù fēi sù liú shì ， bù jǐn méi yǒu ràng lǐ fán biàn dé huāng zhāng ， fǎn ér ràng tā tóu nǎo yù fā lěng jìng 。
生命以肉眼可见的速度飞速流逝，不仅没有让李凡变得慌张，反而让他头脑愈发冷静。
Before his eyes, endless white fog filled the space.
dāng lǐ fán de shòu mìng yǐ jīng lái dào yì bǎi de shí hòu 。
当李凡的寿命已经来到一百的时候。
Li Fan finally left that eerie maze and returned to the normal white fog barrier.
As time passed, the broken stone seemed to lose its original power.
Li Fan paused for a moment before holding his breath and slowly approaching.
Until he reached the broken stone, there was no change in him. However, Li Fan's vigilance did not wane.
This place was filled with various strange phenomena; one could not be careless here.
He did not touch the broken stone but instead observed it from a distance again.
The stone was half buried in the ground and roughly square-shaped, about as wide as a man's outstretched arms. Its edges showed clear signs of fracture, as if cut from a larger whole.
"Perhaps there are other characters before and after '乱'."
Unfortunately, only "乱" remained, with no trace of the surrounding characters.
"This broken stone doesn't seem to have naturally fractured; it looks more like someone deliberately cut it."
"乱."
"Could the strange phenomena centered around this circular pit—such as disorientation and even human mutation—be related to this word?"
"If indeed one character triggers all these anomalies..."
"What is the connection between this '乱字石' and Heavenly Medicine?"
Li Fan pondered for a moment before deciding not to focus on it. Instead, he scanned his surroundings for any signs of an exit.
Unfortunately, at the bottom of the circular pit, apart from the unknown sticky substance covering the ground, there was only this broken stone.
"Given that these monsters act purely by instinct now, they shouldn't deceive me."
After some thought, Li Fan returned to the broken stone and used his spirit energy to lift it out of the ground.
Unlike a precious material or ordinary stone, its weight was similar to a regular one. After removing it, no hidden exit appeared beneath it.
"Strange..."
Li Fan put down the broken stone and rubbed his chin. With time running short, he did not search for other possibilities but instead focused on the stone, trying to determine where the exit might be.
With little time to spare, Li Fan extended a finger and shot out a black light at the stone.
As he retreated, he observed how the Black Sword of Annihilation interacted with the broken stone.
The black sword light flew swiftly towards the stone.
Just before colliding, the black light suddenly distorted. Under Li Fan's watchful eye, three familiar energies separated from it: madness, darkness, and swirling vortexes—representing Heaven's Defiance, Ink's Carnage, and the Five Elements' Power.
Under the influence of the broken stone, the black light gradually faded away. However, these energies that should have been under Li Fan's control began to fight each other.
Simultaneously, an unknown wave erupted from the broken stone, sweeping across the circular pit.
Li Fan was caught off guard and could not dodge in time as it passed through him.
His expression changed abruptly, thinking he had been tricked.
However, contrary to his expectations, this wave was mostly a show of thunder without much rain. He felt an itching sensation all over his body but quickly suppressed by the circulating spirit energy.
Li Fan stared at the broken stone, deep in thought.
"The '乱' character has vanished; it's just a shell with no essence."
"Even so, it can still affect my Black Sword of Annihilation."
...
Li Fan glanced towards where the three energies had纠缠在一起.
In the wave's wake, they had already fought to nothingness. The last black death talisman on his body was nearly invisible.
It seemed like it would collapse at any moment.
If anyone else were in this situation, they would likely be overwhelmed with anxiety and unable to think clearly.
But with the foundation of Truly Real Technique, Li Fan remained calm.
Without worrying about his own peril, he continued to ponder. After many attempts, when the black death talisman finally broke apart, the surrounding white fog no longer restrained him and began to consume his lifespan.
In just a few breaths, Li Fan's age on the True Real panel jumped from 51 to 52.
Though much of his 51st year had already passed, it was clear how quickly the spirit-sapping white fog consumed one's life span.
Despite this, Li Fan remained calm as his lifespan approached a century. Suddenly enlightened, his eyes brightened as he leaped towards the broken stone and traced the "乱" character with his hand.
He wrote each stroke meticulously, the dragon-like script forming instantly in a weak golden glow.
The "乱" character on the stone seemed to regain some luster.
What shocked Li Fan was that when the character reappeared, all the spirit energy within him suddenly vanished.
If not for the Ninefold Golden Core sensing danger and replenishing his depleted body with continuous spirit energy, he would have been drained dry.
Even so, Li Fan felt a blackness before his eyes and nearly fell to the ground.
Fortunately, after absorbing all his spirit energy, the broken stone underwent an inexplicable change.
The characters seemed to come alive, emitting a heart-chilling aura that made the entire stone appear ethereal and glowing in a dreamlike light. Even the spirit-sapping white fog was pushed back by this light, creating a vacuum around it.
Seeing this, Li Fan quickly retreated into the light to avoid further loss of his lifespan.
Perhaps because the broken stone had absorbed his spirit energy during its activation, Li Fan did not feel any effect from it after approaching.
However, constant creaking sounds echoed around him as the sticky substances beneath the ground seemed to come alive and began to twist and move in strange ways.
Li Fan also noticed that the mutated corpse standing motionless in the circular pit was trembling, as if about to spring back to life.
As the instigator of all this, Li Fan felt a chill run down his spine.
"This is not a place to linger."
Observing the flickering broken stone, Li Fan sensed something like an open door he could enter at any time.
His spirit senses did not detect any danger ahead; the only hope lay within.
Without hesitation, Li Fan flew towards it. As expected, the stone seemed non-existent as he passed through it.
Before his eyes, endless white fog filled the space.
Li Fan finally left that eerie maze and returned to the normal white fog barrier.