And farther west on the upper reaches the place of the monstrous town was still marked ominously on the sky, a brooding gloom in sunshine, a lurid glare under the stars.

• 再往西，在河段的上游，这座庞大的城市所在的地方仍不详地映照在天际，夕阳中的一团阴霾，星星下的一片血红光亮。