所以南洋的黄昏草案 只是一个实验
“[Nanling] [Chuhan] [Guangchuan] [Changxiang] So the Twilight Grass incident in Nanyang [Xucheng] [Jilanna] was merely a trial run.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是这儿
“they lead here.”
所以南洋的黄昏草案 只是一个实验
“[Nanling] [Chuhan] [Guangchuan] [Changxiang] So the Twilight Grass incident in Nanyang [Xucheng] [Jilanna] was merely a trial run.”
“Looks like he's ready to do it for real on the mainland now.”
“This means their real, horrifying plan hasn't even begun yet.”
Beginning a turn with '所以' (suoyi) is a standard rhetorical device in Chinese mystery and thriller genres to summarize emerging evidence before delivering a dramatic revelation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
was merely an experiment / just a test run
Used to minimize the finality of a prior event, revealing it was only a trial for something larger.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“strange things happen all the time in Nanyang anyway.”
“It seems the South Seas are full of strange tales.”
“All the strange cases we've handled in Nanyang lately— turn out they're all caused by people.”
“I've been looking up information on the Twilight Grass all these years, but with no results.”
“what are you doing in Nanyang? Are you here to see us?”
“As far as I know, only those who have been exposed to Twilight Grass”