Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.24 第24章 时序战器诱惑初显 –3
第24章 时序战器诱惑初显 –3
Chapter 24: The Temptation of Chronos War Technology Begins to Surface – 3
「千，千哥。」 人群扭头后望，「这家伙是个刺儿头。」
“Qian, Brother Qian.” The crowd turned their heads to look behind. “That guy’s a tough nut to crack.”
此刻一直在后方，指挥队员往前冲的那男人冷笑声走出，手上多出了把从车上摸出的染血长砍刀。
At that moment, the man who had been in the rear, commanding the team to charge forward, let out a cold laugh and stepped out. In his hand, he now held a bloodstained long chopping knife he had retrieved from the car.
被称为「千哥」的男子握著砍刀，看了眼双腿曲折、在地上乱滚的胖子。
The man called “Brother Qian” gripped the cleaver and glanced at the fat guy writhing on the ground with bent legs.
「我给你报仇。 来，大家给我投资寿元。 老子今天不把他削成人棍，我就不姓杨。」
“I’ll avenge you. Come on, everyone, Invest your Lifespan for me. If I don’t whittle you down into a human stump today, then my last name ain’t Yang.”
杨子藏表情古怪，他道：
Yang Zicang wore a peculiar expression as he said:
「行，那么我们打个赌如何。 我输了，我就跟你姓，你输了，就给我一百年时序，怎么样？」
“Fine, in that case, how about we make a bet. If I lose, I’ll take your last name. If you lose, you give me a hundred years of Chronos. Deal?”
「好啊，跟我赌，呵，我杨千倒要看看，你能有多少时序。」
“Alright, tempting me with a bet, huh. Heh, Yang Qian would like to see just how much Chronos you have.”
杨千用刀上带血的长布缠绕在手上，死死打了个结。
Yang Qian wrapped the bloodstained long cloth around his hand from the blade, tying a tight knot with it.
随著三角形Moexl展开，杨千心中无数投资反馈涌来。
As the triangular Moxel unfolded, countless investment reversals surged into Yang Qian’s mind.
杨子藏道：
Yang Zicang said:
「男子汉大丈夫，咱们的赌局可是说了便算数，要是反悔，以后就是人见人嘲的孬种，你现在拒绝还来得及。」
“A real man stands by his word. If either of us reneges on our bet, we’ll be branded a coward for life, laughed at by everyone. It’s still not too late for you to back out.”
「少他娘的废话，老子今天还怕你这个愣头青。」
“Less of your damn nonsense, man. As if I’m scared of some greenhorn like you today.”
「这么说是同意了。」
“So, you agree then.”
「你就做好改姓的准备吧。」
“Just get ready to change your last name.”
[杨子藏为我投资了 0.1R。]
[Yang Zicang has Invested 0.1R for me.]
这个低到令人发指的时序投资反馈让握刀的杨千愣了下。
The outrageously low feedback from ChronosInvest left Yang Qian, who was gripping his spear, momentarily stunned.
「待会你就用这份投资给我超额反馈时序好了。」
“Later, you can just use this investment to give me a surplus feedback on Chronos.”
察觉被戏弄的杨千被气笑了。
Realizing he had been toyed with, Yang Qian scoffed in fury.
「好好好，畜生，敬酒不吃吃罚酒，来吧！」
“Fine, fine, you fucking scoundrel — toast thrown away for penalty. Come on then!”
「看枪！」
“Draw your spear!”
杨子藏化为道残影，携枪高速冲出，势若惊鸿。
Yang Zicang dissolved into a blurred afterimage, thrusting forth like a comet with his spear in a blazing, lightning-fast surge.
嘡！ 千钧一发之际，杨千双手合掌，星芒闪动间拉开道力场。
Clang! In the nick of time, Yang Qian clapped his hands together. Starry radiance flickered as he conjured a force field.
挡下了这枪的同时，力场却宛若防弹玻璃似的稳固立在原地。
While deflecting the attack, the force field jutted stalwartly in place, like a pane of bulletproof glass.
「跟老子玩花样。」
“You think you can fucking play tricks on me?”
杨千露出不屑的笑容，单手支撑力场还能不慌不忙扬起长砍刀。
Yang Qian flashed a contemptuous smile, casually propping up the force field while unhurriedly raising his long chopper.
杨子藏脚尖轻点挪动身形，双手握住的长枪瞬间戳出数个枪花。
Yang Zicang shifted his stance with a light toe tap, the lance in both hands instantly sketching multiple blossom-like thrusts.
当它在两秒多时间中第四次戳在力场上后，力场喀嚓声碎裂成光芒碎片，消失不见。
After it struck the force field for the fourth time in just over two seconds, the field shattered with a crackling sound into fragments of light before vanishing.
力场的防御力是五百年！
The force field’s defensive power lasted exactly five hundred years!
果然跟老鼠的力场防御时序是一样的。
Just as expected, it was the same as that mouse’s Chronos force field defense.
在杨千诧异的目光中，第五枪直刺他的右掌。
As Yang Qian stared in shock, the fifth thrust shot straight toward his right palm.
砰！ 触碰到皮肤的枪尖并未次入。
Bang! The tip of the lance touched his skin but failed to pierce through.
杨千的手臂被这力道击得摆动，让砍出的刀势偏斜，但距离受伤还很遥远。
Yang Qian’s arm was jolted by the force of the blow, skewing the intended arc of his strike, yet still far from causing injury.
「你为什么每击都只用一百年，是嫌自己的时序多吗？」
“Why do you only use a hundred years for each attack? Is it that you have too much Chronos to spare?”
嘲讽完这句话的杨千脸色突变，他反应了过来这是为什么。
Yang Qian’s expression shifted sharply after taunting those words as the realization struck him.
「不对，我们能听到Moexl的反馈，说明你还没有掌控这时序战器，你应该还不是它的主人。 这，这是…」
“No, that can’t be—we can hear Moxel’s feedback, which means you haven’t mastered this Chronos weapon yet. You’re probably not even its owner. This, this is…”
周围原本狐疑的人赫然反应了过来！
The surrounding onlookers, initially skeptical, suddenly snapped to awareness!
时序战器若未被掌控，则无法注入额外时序，只能靠它本身能力进行战斗。
If a Chronos weapon remains unmastered, no external Chronos can be infused into it; it must rely solely on its inherent capabilities for battle.
「百年器！」
“Cent-Arms!”
「这是百年级时序战器！」
“This is Cent-Arms, a Century-level Chronos weapon!”
反应过来的人群哄然，这是稀少无比的百年器！
The crowd erupted in realization—this was the incomparably rare Cent-Arms!
「啊！」
“Ah!”
杨千霎时疯狂了。
Yang Qian was instantly driven to madness.
他手上的刀锋携带金色虚影不要命似的砍来。
The blade in his hand swept down relentlessly, trailing a phantom of golden light, as if he had given up all care for his own life.
杨子藏拿枪尖直刺，汀嘡一声，长刀被震开，三道枪花点在对方头上。
Yang Zicang thrust his spear straight forward; with a sharp clang, the long blade was knocked aside, and three spear blossoms rained down toward his opponent’s head.
哪怕拥有时序进行防御，这位红铁帮二当家依旧被本能所吓得下意识扭头躲避。
Despite possessing Chronos for defense, this second master of the Red Iron Gang was still startled by primal instinct into instinctively twisting his head to dodge.
就这一个动作的时间，杨子藏运用高速在他身上连点三下，同时手上乘其不备自衣兜里摸出粒石子藏在手心。
In that single moment, Yang Zicang used his high speed to tap him three times on the body, while simultaneously, seizing the opportunity, he fumbled a ZiCang stone from his pocket into his palm.
[楚强想为我进行主动投资。]
[Chu Chiang wants to perform Pro-Invest for me.]
[安吉秀想为我进行主动投资。]
[Angiexiu wants to perform Pro-Invest for me.]
楚强？ 他没有运用团队的时序投资吗。
Chu Chiang? He didn’t use the team’s ChronosInvest.
杨子藏直接忽略了安吉秀，不过楚强的投资意愿他也没有确认。
Yang Zicang directly ignored Angiexiu, but he also did not confirm Chu Chiang’s Invest intention.
无数折线射来。
Countless segmented rays shot forth.
这下子都知道自己手上有好东西了。
Now everyone knows he’s got something good on him.
｛啊哈哈哈，居然是百年器。｝
{Ahahaha, it’s actually a Cent-Arms.}
洛宾略疯的声音传来。
Robin Lo’s slightly unhinged voice rang out.
[洛宾想为我追加投资。]
[Robin Lo wants to add Invest for me.]
[洛宾为我追加了 300N。]
[Robin Lo added 300N for me.]
基本上杨子藏每攻击三四下，杨千才有机会砍出一刀，他要么闭眼躲枪影，要么就是手脚被长枪抵住挥动轨迹。
Basically, for every three or four attacks Yang Zicang made, Yang Qian could scarcely land a single slash; he was either forced to shut his eyes to evade the streak of the lance’s shadow, or his limbs were pinned by Lance’s rhythm, disrupting the arc of his swings.
很快，这个拥有近六千年增幅时序的男人就露出满脸恐惧的神色。
Soon, the man enhanced by nearly six thousand years of Chronos power wore a mask of sheer terror on his face.
这一小会，已经少了快一千多年，而手上的刀却始终砍偏。
In that fleeting moment, nearly a millennium had already been lost, yet the blade in his hand kept veering off target.
「啊啊！」
“Aaargh!”
每次都挥空，杨千急得窝火。
Striking empty air every time, Yang Qian simmered with raging frustration.
他怒火中烧的干瞪著对面身形飘忽的青年，稍不注意就会挨上一闷棍。
Blazing with fury, he could only glare helplessly at the elusive youth before him, knowing that one moment’s inattention would earn him a brutal strike from that cudgel.
周围的人看到这样奇怪的速度，根本不敢上前。 此刻他们倒是学会了，不再做出头鸟。
Those around him were too intimidated by such strange speed to dare step forward. At this moment, they had finally learned not to be the first to stick their necks out.
「现在求饶我就放过你。」
“Beg for mercy now, and I’ll let you go.”
杨子藏把枪舞得跟棍子似的道。
Yang Zicang twirled his spear like a club as he spoke.
「我靠！ 有种你等著。」
“Damn it! If you’ve got the guts, just wait right there.”
杨千扭头往车的方向跑去，心中愤怒的想到，自己的手到底是怎么了！
Yang Qian turned and ran toward the car, fuming inwardly as he wondered what the hell was wrong with his hand!
「撞死他！」 杨千冲汽车大喊著。
“Run him over!” Yang Qian shouted at the car.
杨子藏追了几步，在其背上运用巨力戳出三四枪，让杨千脚步踉跄，顿时少了数百年时序。
Yang Zicang gave chase for a few steps and drove his spear into Qian’s back with monstrous force three or four times, sending him staggering and draining hundreds of years of Chronos in an instant.
这真是在被恶鬼索命。
It was as if he was being hunted by a vengeful demon.
沥青马路上，汽车轰鸣，高速冲来。
On the asphalt road, a car roared and sped toward him at breakneck speed.
连滚带爬跑远的杨千边跑边转头，露出残忍笑容：
Yang Qian, having scrambled away on all fours, turned his head while running, a cruel smile spreading across his face:
「撞不死也给我撞倒！ 我还有四千多年增幅时序，老子等下要给他吃个大的。」
“Even if it doesn’t run him over, it’ll knock him down! I still have over four thousand years of Chronos amplification left—just you wait, I’ll hit him with something massive.”
如果真被高速撞倒，哪怕有时序防御，面对如此冲击的内脏也会受到不少伤害。
If he were truly hit at such high speed, even with Chronos’s defense, the internal organs would suffer considerable damage from the immense impact.
除非被撞者能用时序保护自己每一寸皮肤，每一份内脏。
That is, unless the victim could use Chronos to shield every inch of his skin and every internal organ.
杨千挥动著手上的长刀，那金色虚影急剧浓烈，只要自己能砍上两刀，这小子绝对玩完。
Yang Qian brandished the long blade in his hand, while the golden phantom swiftly grew denser. One more slash, or two, and this kid would be completely done for.
｛老弟，需要投资吗，要就开口，哥哥我马上给你到账。｝
“Bro, need an Investment? Just say the word, and I’ll transfer it to your account right away.”
洛宾心念传递道。
Robin Lo transmitted the thought.
[给我一千年全权时序。]
[Give me full authority over Chronos for a thousand years.]
杨子藏看向那冲来的改装汽车，神色肃然。
Yang Zicang watched the modified car charging toward him, his expression solemn.
跌落十几米的内伤冲击，需要抵扣同等的修养时长。 那若是原本被车撞死的伤害，需要多少时序去抵消呢。
The internal injury from a fall of over ten meters requires an equivalent duration of recuperation to offset. If that were the lethal damage from a car crash, how much Chronos would be needed to counteract it?
是剩余的寿命时长吗？
Would it be the length of one’s remaining lifespan?
[给我一千年全权时序，我保证给你办好那件事。]
[Give me a thousand years of Full-Fledged Chronos, and I guarantee I’ll get that done for you.]
杨子藏心中默道。
Yang Zicang murmured inwardly.
隔壁街道上那群人已经熙熙壤壤的奔来。
On the neighboring street, the crowd had already swarmed over noisily.
｛你还真敢开口啊。｝
{You really dare to ask for it.}
「那就再见，别来烦我。」
“Then farewell, and stop bothering me.”
[我，伟大的四边形，返还了投资者洛宾的 100N 全权时序。]
[I, the Great Quad, return to Investor Robin Lo their 100N of Full-Fledged Chronos.]
银色丝光折射而来。
A silver filament of light shimmered, refracted.
[洛宾想为我进行追加投资，1000N 全权时序。]
[Robin Lo wishes to make an additional Investment to me: 1000N of Full-Fledged Chronos.]
[我收获了 1000N 全权时序。]
[I have received 1000N of Full-Fledged Chronos.]
杨子藏诧异对方真的愿意给自己一千年全权时序的投资。
Yang Zicang was astonished that the other party was truly willing to give him a thousand years of Full-Fledged Chronos through an Investment.
这实际上不是个好消息，这说明对方有大麻烦。 而自己何德何能？
This was actually not good news—it meant the other party was in deep trouble. And what virtue or ability did he possess to deserve this?
但他还是接受了。
Still, he accepted it.
「放心好了，我以我的人品保证，会给你干好那件事。」
“Rest assured, I guarantee on my character that I’ll get that done for you.”
既然有这一千年，就不需要等下表演高难度杂技了，那种动作自己也没太大的把握。
Since he had this thousand years, there was no need to perform that high-difficulty stunt later—such a move wasn’t one he had much confidence in anyway.
汽车轰鸣，杨子藏站在原地看著它越来越近。 众人纷纷喝骂，让司机加大油门。
The engine roared, and Yang Zicang stood rooted to the spot, watching it draw closer. The crowd cursed and yelled, urging the driver to floor it.
这些人已经疯了，他们根本不再属于文明社会。
These people had gone mad—they no longer belonged to any civilized society.
杨子藏内心的某些道德屏障在喝骂声中碎裂。
Some moral barriers within Yang Zicang shattered amid the torrent of shouts and curses.
三十米，二十五米，二十一米…
Thirty meters, twenty-five meters, twenty-one meters…
杨子藏的脚动了，他举枪跨步做出投掷动作。
Yang Zicang’s foot moved; he raised the spear and took a stride, making a throwing motion.
周围人看得发笑。
The people around him laughed at the sight.
「哈哈，居然不跑，难道妄想凭那杆枪来对付汽车吗，哈哈哈哈。」
“Haha, he’s not even running—does he really think he can take on a car with that spear? Hahahaha!”
如果这枪是被完全掌控的百年器，他们还会担心下，但此刻却显得很是滑稽。
If this were a fully controlled Cent-Arms, they might have been worried, but right now, it just looked utterly ridiculous.
这就像是原始部落的猛士，想靠投掷标枪来打败近在咫尺的悍马 h1。
It was like a fierce warrior from a primitive tribe, trying to defeat a Humvee H1 at close range by hurling a javelin.
胸前光芒亮起，闪动的四边形自圆环内展现。
A light gleamed on his chest as the shimmering Quad emerged from the ring.
杨子藏的面容变得成熟稳重，仿若饱经风霜的战士！
Yang Zicang’s face turned mature and steady, like a battle-hardened veteran!
[4100N！]
[4100N!]
长枪自手中脱落，坠向后方。
The Lance slipped from his hand and fell backward.
一粒闪烁著金色虚影的石子从手上抛出，它高高扬起后坠落，在空中却划过无数波纹似的弧线，窜进十几米外的汽车底盘。
A pebble flickering with a golden phantom shadow was cast from his palm. It rose high and then descended, yet in the air, it traced countless rippling arcs before darting into the chassis of a car over ten meters away.
「轰！」
“Boom!”
气浪如爆破的龙卷风扩散。
The shockwave spread like a detonating cyclone.
[我收获了 150N。]
[I have gained 150N.]
突然，劲风中出现突兀的割裂气息。
Suddenly, a sharp tearing presence appeared within the gust.
杨子藏双目一凝，身体快速旋转，双手拽住被未知力量卷起想要拖走的银色长枪。
Yang Zicang’s eyes narrowed; his body spun swiftly, his hands seizing the silver Lance being wrapped and dragged away by an unknown force.
有人偷袭！
Someone was ambushing him!
「谁！」
“Who’s there?!”
长枪的尖端出现引力的微弱迹象，这不是自己发动的，那人好似在摸索试验这能力。
At the tip of Lance, faint signs of gravitational pull emerged. It wasn’t triggered by himself; this person seemed to be groping and experimenting with the ability.
杨子藏大惊！
Yang Zicang was startled!
对方已经发现了枪蕴含的能力，试图控制。
The opponent had already discovered the power contained in the gun and was trying to control it.
这是几根射来的风筝丝线。
It was a few flying kite strings.
[初次开辟「引力空间」需要时序 1000N。]
[Initial opening of “Gravity Space” requires 1000N of Chronos.]
[我投入了 1000N。]
[I’ve invested 1000N.]
偷袭者还没搞清楚这枪的状况，趁此时机，杨子藏不再等待。
Before the assailant could make sense of the situation with the spear, Yang Zicang seized the moment without hesitation.
开始掌控引力空间的瞬间，由缠绕枪身的丝线所灌入的另一股力量被排斥开来。
The instant he began to take control of the Gravitational Space, a surge of power forced its way in through the silk threads wrapped around the spear, only to be repelled.
[引力空间共鸣度10%]
[Gravitational Space Resonance 10%]
好险！
That was close!
这偷袭之人或是不足千年时序，又或是被枪的信息反馈所震慑。
Either the attacker was less than a millennium’s worth of Chronos, or was shaken by the information feedback from the spear.
对方没有料到成为它的主人并不是要掌控这杆枪，而是与引力空间共鸣。
The opponent had not anticipated that becoming its master wasn’t about seizing control of the weapon, but resonating with the Gravitational Space instead.
反正，其未第一时间投入千年时序。
At any rate, he failed to invest a millennium’s worth of Chronos right away.
[引力空间获得他人一千年时序注入。 我，伟大的四边形，速度自然不会低于它。 当前共鸣度15%]
[Gravitational Space obtained another’s infusion of a thousand years of Chronos. I, the great Quad, naturally won’t be slower than it. Current resonance level 15%.]
好样的，四变形果然就比三角形壮实点啊！
Nice, so a quad-pede is actually just a bit more sturdy than a triangle!
烟尘中，杨子藏死死拽住枪。
Through the dust, Yang Zicang tightly gripped the gun.
大家都是土老帽进大观园，第一次摸这种好东西，有点心理误差是很正常的。
We’re all just country bumpkins visiting the Grand View Garden for the first time, touching something this good. A bit of psychological misalignment is perfectly normal.
但就晚了这么一两秒而已，对方痛失了获得长枪的机会。
But just being a mere second or two late, the opponent had missed the chance to obtain Lance.
在四变形的快速掌控下，对方越来越绝望。
Under Four-Deformation’s swift control, the opponent’s despair grew deeper with every passing moment.
灰尘四溢中，丝线闪动，将空气切割。
Amidst the billowing dust, threads of silk flickered, slicing through the air.
无数人想要看清杨子藏在干嘛，却被汽车翻滚爆炸的气浪涌来覆盖。
Countless people strained to see what Yang Zicang was doing, only to be engulfed by the surging wave of heat churned up by the rolling and exploding cars.
[引力弧光发动。]
[Grav-Arc activated.]
杨子藏长腿滑地，银枪被拖得一抖，茶杯大小的黑色漩涡转动著出现于枪刃接头处，引力将空气中绵延的丝线吸入。
Yang Zicang’s long legs slid across the ground, the silver lance trailing with a shudder. As a teacup-sized black vortex spun into existence at the joint of the blade, the force of gravity sucked in the strands of silk lingering in the air.
蹦蹦蹦！
Snap! Snap! Snap!
震动的丝线们缠绕著崩断，在引力弧光中消失不见。 它们的每次颤动，都是一百年时序的抵消。
The vibrating threads, entangled, snapped apart one after another, vanishing into the Grav-Arc. Each tremor they produced signified a century of Chronos being neutralized.