Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.27 第27章 提问与「**这不可能**」
第27章 提问与「这不可能」
Chapter 27: Questioning and “This is Impossible“
杨子藏语气变得冷漠：
Yang Zicang’s tone turned cold:
「如果投资双方在投资结束的十二小时内互相击杀，胜方并不会获得任何时序，反而还会有扣除投资额度的惩罚，对吧。 这是第一次差点杀人时，Moexl传递给我的资讯。」
“If both parties involved in an investment kill each other within twelve hours of the investment’s conclusion, the victor will not earn any Chronos. Instead, there will be a penalty deducting from the investment limit—correct? That was the information Moxel relayed to me the first time I nearly killed someone.”
杨子藏站起身来，注视向洛宾略带迷糊的双眼。
Yang Zicang stood up, fixing his gaze on Robin Lo’s slightly dazed eyes.
「所以，告诉我，你想让我帮什么忙。 若再不说，这次约定我就单方面作废了。」
“So, tell me—what favor do you want me to do? If you don’t speak now, I’m canceling this agreement unilaterally.”
[我返还了投资人 300N，并分予红利 25N。]
[I returned 300N from the invested parties and distributed a bonus of 25N.]
「啊等等。」
“Ah, wait.”
洛宾感受到杨子藏返还给自己的三百年普通投资，顿时头有点大。
Robin Lo, feeling the three hundred years’ worth of ordinary investment that Yang Zicang had returned, suddenly felt a headache coming on.
这臭小子打算跑路了。
This damn brat is planning to bolt.
还生怕自己不知道投资双方互相攻击会造成损失似的，专门提醒自己一句。
And he even made a point to remind me, as if I didn’t know that mutual attacks between investing parties cause losses.
洛宾有些好笑，老子什么情报不知道。
Robin Lo found it somewhat amusing—what intelligence could I possibly not know?
杨子藏见这虚胖的家伙还在犹豫，心中虽在打鼓，但脸上却做足了气势。
Yang Zicang saw this pudgy guy still hesitating; his heart was pounding, but his face radiated full intimidation.
「再见！」
“Goodbye!”
「喂喂，等下，别走。 我是想请你帮我们飞跃一个大峡谷，这对你来说很简单。」
“Hey hey, hold on, don’t leave. I was just going to ask you to help us leap across a great canyon—it’s easy for you.”
「仅仅只是这样？」
“Is that all?”
杨子藏转头，根本不信洛宾口中的哪怕一个字。
Yang Zicang turned around, not believing a single word that came out of Robin Lo’s mouth.
就像外面王育安所言的，自己也不是他们预想中的首选物件。
Just as Warren Wang had said outside, he was not their preferred candidate either.
洛宾咬了咬牙：
Robin Lo gritted his teeth:
「如果你能告诉我，你的Moexl还有个最重要的能力的话，那一千年全权时序中的一半，现在就属于你。」
“If you can tell me that your Moxel has one more crucial ability, then half of the full Chronos of a thousand years will belong to you right now.”
杨子藏的眼皮掩了下。
Yang Zicang’s eyelids drooped slightly.
「你为何如此看重我Moexl的全部能力。」
“Why are you so fixated on the full extent of my Moxel’s abilities?”
「不是对你的Moexl能力看重，而是…」
“It’s not that I value your Moxel’s abilities themselves, but…”
洛宾犹豫了好几秒，才狠下心继续道：
Robin Lo hesitated for several seconds before steeling himself to continue:
「我获得了次升频Moexl能力的机会，关于它的大部分提升条件我去年末就已完成，但却还差最关键的一条。」
“I obtained a chance to upgrade my Moxel ability. I had already completed most of the prerequisites for its enhancement by the end of last year, but there’s still one crucial condition left unfulfilled.”
「Moexl能力的提升？」
“An upgrade to the Moxel ability?”
杨子藏抬头看向洛宾。 是跟自己提升格位类似的意思？
Yang Zicang looked up at Robin Lo. Was this similar to his own rank advancement?
洛宾略紧张道：
Robin Lo said, slightly tense:
「我已经透露给你了最重要的消息。 这原本是我打算在后续给你的报酬，就当提前支付好了。 所以，能请你回答我的问题吗？ 不要马上告诉我答案。」
“I’ve already revealed the most important information to you. This was originally meant to be part of your compensation later; consider it an advance payment. So, could you please answer my question? Don’t tell me the answer right away.”
「呵，哈，原来如此，那么来吧。」
“Ha, haha, I see. Then go ahead.”
杨子藏吐了口气，他打算暂时应付这人。
Yang Zicang exhaled, deciding to humor this man for now.
转身走回坐在这个大木头箱子对面，青年冷静的看著另一边的糟鼻头蓝帽子。
Turning around, he walked back to sit across from the large wooden crate. The young man calmly observed the blue-hatted man with the bulbous nose on the other side.
此刻洛宾的神色也变得郑重，不再一副酒鬼的吊儿郎当的模样，不过这故作郑重的表情看上去有点滑稽。
At this moment, Robin Lo’s expression also turned serious, no longer bearing the disheveled demeanor of a drunkard; however, that forced solemnity looked somewhat comical.
三年的酗酒生涯已彻底重塑了他的气质，将其蜕变成了一个满身酒气、略显油腻的中年大汉形象。
Three years of heavy drinking had completely reshaped his temperament, transforming him into a greasy, middle-aged man soaked in alcohol fumes.
这也是他故意保持的年岁。 或许，更年轻的容颜配上这酒鬼外貌，反而让人更为添堵吧。
This was also the age he deliberately maintained. Perhaps a more youthful face paired with this drunkard’s appearance would only be more off-putting.
洛宾努力摆出审问架势道：
Robin Lo tried to put on an interrogating posture and said,
「你当时没有运用额外技能？」
“You didn’t use any extra skills back then?”
「没有。」
“No.”
「你既然不是风场能力，那么是什么？」
“Since you’re not a wind-field user, what is it then?”
「不是说不能直接告诉答案吗？」
“Didn’t you say the answer can’t be given directly?”
杨子藏强压想要回答的欲望说道。
Yang Zicang forcibly suppressed his urge to reply and said.
洛宾清了清嗓子：「嘿嘿，我』提问『后就可以了，这算是我的情报收集结果。」
Robin Lo cleared his throat: “Heh heh, after I ‘ask,‘ it’s fine; this counts as my intelligence-gathering result.”
「那刚才不也是你在问？ 喔，难道乞求不算收集情报？」
“Then wasn’t that you asking just now? Oh, are you saying begging doesn’t count as gathering intelligence?”
「现在是我问你！」 洛宾恼怒道，他差点拿手拍了下大木箱。
“I’m the one asking you now!” Robin Lo snapped angrily, nearly slamming his hand on the big wooden crate.
酒气薰来，杨子藏觉得鼻孔有点痒。
The reek of alcohol drifted over, making Yang Zicang feel an itch in his nose.
「是变幻轨迹。」
“It’s the shifting trajectory.”
「哦，还是变轨…」洛宾砸吧了下嘴，脑袋有点懵。
“Oh, still the shifting trajectory…” Robin Lo smacked his lips, feeling a bit dazed.
变幻轨迹是自己已经晓得的情报啊。
The shifting trajectory was already information he knew.
「什么意思？」 洛滨抬头问道。
“What does that mean?” Luo Bin looked up and asked.
「其实你刚开始那个问题已经无限切近答案了。」
“In fact, your initial question was already infinitely close to the answer.”
「嗯？」
“Hmm?”
「我说了，还是变幻轨迹，只不过是三万多爆闪碎石的轨迹变动。」
“Like I said, it’s still about shifting trajectories, just over thirty thousand burst shards’ trajectory changes.”
「哦，三万多…」洛宾差点没坐稳，「你在说什么？」
“Oh, over thirty thousand…” Robin Lo nearly lost his balance. “What are you talking about?”
「数量啊，我变换轨迹的数量不止一个，有很多个。 这不是你引诱我回答后获得的资料吗？ 你不信？」
“The quantity. The number of trajectories I shift is not just one—there are many. Isn’t this the data you tricked me into revealing? Don’t you believe me?”
「可是，那跟气场…」
“But, that and the aura…”
洛宾的大脑终于有点像是要搞清楚原因的迹象了，他霎时觉得浑身的皮肤有些燥热。
Robin Lo’s brain finally seemed to be grasping the cause, and in an instant, he felt a scorching heat prickle all over his skin.
「近三万个轨迹的调转，以及它们相互碰撞后所诞生的，那些新的碎石们的轨迹。」
“The shifting of nearly thirty thousand trajectories, along with the trajectories of new fragments born from their collisions.”
杨子藏大声道：「前后总共三四秒，累计四十多万道的轨迹变化，这，就是我Moexl的能力，也就是你们口中的风盾！」
Yang Zicang exclaimed loudly, “In total, three to four seconds, accumulating over four hundred thousand trajectory changes. This is the power of Moxel—what you call the Wind Shield!”
哗啦！
Crash!
嘭的声沉响，洛宾一屁股摔倒地上的同时，手上的啤酒洒了一地。
A dull thud sounded as Robin Lo collapsed onto the floor, spilling the beer in his hand everywhere.
他矫健地撑地爬起身，「这不，不可能。」
He adeptly pushed himself up, firming his stance. “This… this can’t be possible.”
这胖子整个人有点神神颠颠，「无论如何都不可能啊… 你，你真没骗我？」
That stout man seemed utterly dazed. “No matter what, it just can’t be… you, you’re not lying to me, are you?”
刚说完，愣然的洛宾胸前的圆环自行浮现。
Just as he finished speaking, the shocked Robin Lo’s chest ring manifested on its own.
缓慢旋转的银白三角形出现在其中，它们比头发还细的白色线条多出了丝银辉色泽。
Within it, a slowly rotating silver-white triangle materialized, its thread-like white lines, finer than a strand of hair, now shimmering with a silvery luster.
[我，神秘三角形收集了足够数量的合理情报，我开始挖掘埋于其中的深层隐秘。]
[I, Mysterious Triangle, have gathered a sufficient quantity of plausible intelligence. I begin to excavate the deeper secrets buried within.]
[最后【升频】已开始。]
[The [Up-Freq] process has now commenced.]
洛宾呼吸急促起来。
Robin Lo’s breathing grew rapid.
「我收集到了合理情报，我的能力要提升了，你最好没骗我。 但怎么会那么多… 等等，如果是提升格位。」
“I’ve gathered the plausible intelligence. My ability is about to evolve. You’d better not be lying to me. But why so much… Wait, if it’s elevating my level of existence…”
杨子藏略显不好意思，实则低调炫耀道：
Yang Zicang feigned a slight embarrassment, subtly flaunting his achievement:
「恰好获得了议员的临时说明，用一种叫‘虚零时序‘的暂时提升了格位至万位。」
“I happened to get temporary assistance from an Alderman. Using something called ‘Void Zero Chronos,‘ I temporarily jacked up my level into the tens of thousands.”
洛滨只觉得脑袋轰地下，一种原来如此的畅快自心中升起！
Robin Lo felt his mind spin; a surge of sudden realization and exhilaration ignited within him!
「你，你，啊！ 你的格位是增加数量？ 狗屎啊！ 为什么不是速度、范围或者其它什么乱七八糟的格位属性，偏偏是数量？ 快回答我，是不是！」
“You, you, argh! Your upgraded aspect is quantity? Bloody hell! Why isn’t it speed, or range, or some other damn attribute—why of all things, quantity? Answer me quickly, is it, or isn’t it!”
「还需要回答吗？」 当胸抱臂的杨子藏挂著淡淡的笑容悠闲道。
“Is an answer even necessary?” Yang Zicang, arms crossed over his chest a nonchalant smile playing on his lips.
Moexl升级事关重大，洛宾太过担忧，因此不住确认想要万无一失。
Moxel upgrades were grave matters, and Robin Lo, gripped by worry, kept seeking confirmation to ensure no margin for error.
随著杨子藏的肯定，虚胖男胸前旋转的三角形Moexl忽地一顿。
With Yang Zicang’s affirmation, the spinning triangular Moxel on the plump man’s chest suddenly came to a halt.
洛宾胸前小光迹突地炸开，扩散进空气中消失不见。
The small light trail on Robin Lo’s chest suddenly burst open, dispersing into the air and vanishing without a trace.
「这是怎么了？」
“What’s happening?”
杨子藏将手放下来，他感觉洛宾似乎出现了什么问题。
Yang Zicang lowered his hand, feeling that something seemed to be wrong with Robin Lo.
「天啊！ 蒙骗了大众，无人得知的四边形完美级情报！」
“Oh my god! Quad perfect-level intelligence, concealed from the public and known to no one!”
洛宾抱头惊呼。
Robin Lo clutched his head and exclaimed.
「它触发了，将Moexl的… 提升，我终于也要成为，四变形了！」
“It’s been triggered, elevating the Moxel… I’m finally about to become, a Quad-Transformer!”
杨子藏瞳孔一缩。
Yang Zicang’s pupils constricted.
原来这才是洛宾毫不犹豫对自己投资千年全权时序的真正原因。
So this was the real reason Robin Lo had unhesitatingly invested the millennium-long Chronos into him.
「升频是这个意思！」
“So that’s what Up-Freq means!”
不愧是在这里混了三年都没死的人。
No wonder this guy had survived for three years here without dying.
这胖子三年来，光是累积所交的每个月三百年时序抵扣，就已经是无人能直视的绵长时间。
Over the past three years, the mere cumulative monthly deduction of three hundred years of Chronos that this fat man had paid amounted to an unfathomably prolonged span of time.
洛宾的神情变得万分紧张，数秒后，一道道长短不一的银色线条若从虚无处射来的利箭，刺入他胸前环形之内。
Robin Lo’s expression turned extremely tense. Seconds later, streaks of silver lines of varying lengths, like arrows shot from the void, pierced into the circle on his chest.
一根，两根，三根。
One, two, three.
三根线并没有组成三角形，而是一个带有缺口的四边形。
The three lines did not form a triangle but a Quad with a gap.
「啊！ 一定要晋升成功啊！」
“Ah! I must succeed in this promotion!”
洛宾喉咙里低吼道：「要是假情报，我就完蛋了。」
Robin Lo growled from his throat: “If this is false intelligence, I’m done for.”
那缺口处闪烁出一点微弱的光点。
A faint speck of light flickered at the gap.
「第四根线诞生了！」
“The fourth line has been born!”
洛宾吃惊的叫道，他喜极而泣的吼了嗓子：
Robin Lo cried out in astonishment, roaring with a voice choked with tears of joy:
「我淦啊！ 咦咦嘻，居然真是完美级情报，我他娘的也是四边形了，啊，妈耶。」
“Holy shit! Hee-hee, no way, it’s actually a perfect-grade intel. I’m a Quad now too, oh my damn, mother of God!”
他又是喜，又是难以置信。
He was both overjoyed and in disbelief.
光点拉长为线，补上了缺口，形成了四边形。
The point of light stretched into a line, filled the gap, and formed a Quad.
洛宾翻过大木箱跳过来，一把抱住杨子藏大喊大叫著，抱得年轻人胆战心惊。
Robin Lo flipped over a large wooden crate, jumped over, and grabbed Yang Zicang in a tight hug, shouting and hollering, squeezing the young man so hard he flinched in sheer panic.
被杨子藏推开后，洛宾低头看著胸口的四边形轻微旋转，在圆环内变为菱形后隐没消失不见。
After being pushed away by Yang Zicang, Robin Lo looked down at the faint rotating of the Quad on his chest; it transformed into a diamond shape within the ring before fading and disappearing.
「哈哈哈。」
“Hahaha.”
手舞足蹈半饷的洛宾翻滚到地上狂笑。
After flailing and dancing around for a while, Robin Lo tumbled to the ground in wild laughter.
「我成功了！」
“I made it!”
杨子藏无语的跑远几步看著他，略带嘲讽的道：
Speechless, Yang Zicang ran a few steps away, watching him, and said with slight sarcasm:
「我看你在以前，恐怕职务也不算高。 你没看过那个动漫吗，排除一切不可能后，所剩下的不就是真相？ 明明资讯摆在眼前，却还需要我数次三番告知你关键点是『数量』，而且说了还不信。」
“I can tell you weren’t exactly high-ranking back then, were you? Haven’t you seen that anime? Once you eliminate all impossibility, whatever remains—no matter how improbable—must be the truth? The information was right before your eyes, yet it took me repeatedly telling you the key was ‘quantity’ for you to get it—and even then, you didn’t believe me.”
杨子藏皱了下眉，自己此刻心情激动，Moexl的情绪也立即跟著开始有点影响到自己了。
Yang Zicang furrowed his brow. In his own excitement at this moment, Moxel’s emotions began to subtly affect him as well.
「你懂个蓝子。」
“You don’t know jack squat.”
洛宾明显心情舒畅很多，口中虽是骂骂咧咧的，却是好哥们之间才有的语气。
Robin Lo was obviously in a much better mood. Though his words were still full of curses, the tone was unmistakably that of close buddies.
「但是，这次真的感谢你，呵呵，请你为我保密，接下来我要努力做个隐藏在幕后的大佬。」
“But really, thank you for this. Heh, please keep it secret. From now on, I’m going to work hard to be a big shot lurking behind the scenes.”
「是成天躲著喝啤酒的大佬吧。」
“More like a big shot who hides away drinking beer all day.”
杨子藏笑道，他心中也是很激动：「不过，居然还能晋升Moexl，这倒是个重要情报。」
Yang Zicang said with a smile, his heart also racing with excitement: “Still, the fact that one can actually advance to Moxel—now that’s crucial intel.”
这个世界有没有五边形？ 他终是郑重对自己问出这个问题。
Does this world have a pentagon? He finally asked himself this question in all seriousness.
在所有人都对新人不太友好的情况下，想要探听到这些情报，真是很难。
In a place where everyone is less than friendly toward newcomers, digging up such information is really tough.
「每个人都能晋升Moexl吗？」 杨子藏看向他。
“Can everyone advance to Moxel?” Yang Zicang looked at him.
「切~这是我运气好，收集到了完美的个人情报，否则大概率是不会晋升Moexl的。」
“Pfft~ I got lucky and gathered perfect personal intel; otherwise, I probably wouldn’t have advanced to Moxel.”
「这次能晋升的关键点，在于你的重要能力让上千人产生误会，因此你的能力被隐藏得很深。」
“The key to this promotion is that your important ability misled over a thousand people, so its true nature remains deeply hidden.”
「而且我不光知道了你的Moexl真正能力，连格位的扩展属性也被发掘，甚至还有关于议员的消息！ 只因我是第一个发现的人！ 天呐，你知道这得多难吗！」
“And not only did I discover the real ability of your Moxel, I also unearthed the expanded properties of your slot—not to mention news about the Councilman! Because I was the first to find out! Geez, do you have any idea how damn hard that was!”
这么听上去，的确不容易。
“Sounds like it really wasn’t easy.”
「啊，亲一口！」
“Ah, give me a kiss!”
「死吧！」
“Die already!”
嗙！ 杨子藏一脚踢倒扑过来的油腻男。
THUMP! Yang Zicang kicked the greasy man who’d lunged at him flat to the ground.
「有点激动，不好意思。」
“Got a little carried away. Sorry about that.”
洛宾振奋的爬起身走向附近一个箱子将它打开，拿出里面的几个厚如砖块的档案册。
Robin Lo got up excitedly, walked over to a nearby box, opened it, and pulled out several thick, brick-like file folders.
「这里每一页的正反面都是某个人，或者某种怪物，又或者是某些地形的情报资料。」
“Every side of each page here holds intel on some person, some monster, or some types of terrain.”
杨子藏眼睛都直了：「这真是夸张，你在这里上班吗？」
Yang Zicang’s eyes widened: “That’s insane. Do you work here?”
洛宾没好气的瞪了他一眼。
Robin Lo shot him a sullen glare.
「你知道我这两年收集这些有多累啊，它们就是晋升Moexl能力的部分条件。」
“You have no idea how exhausting it was collecting all this over the past two years. They’re part of the conditions for upgrading the Moxel.”
「而且，这种晋升Moexl的机会也不是每个人都能获得，它只在 b 级交错地内偶然出现，概率很小，我嘛，纯粹就是运气使然。」
“Besides, not everyone gets a shot at upgrading a Moxel like this. It only shows up randomly in B-rank entanglements, with a very low probability. As for me, well, it was pure luck.”
说罢，洛宾重新指了指自己的脑子。
With that, Robin Lo pointed to his head again.
「就为了这个机会，呵呵，曾经的好哥们，唉，不说也罢。」
“Just for this opportunity, well, once-good brothers… sigh, forget it.”
交错地内，原来还有这样的好东西。
So within the entanglement, there were such treasures after all.
「当前那些四边形Moexl的拥有者们都有自己的队伍，我根本无法靠近，更别说去探寻他们不知道隐藏了多少的底牌。 那跟找死没区别。」
“The current QuadMoxel owners all have their own teams. I couldn’t even get close to them, let alone dig into how many hidden cards they’ve got up their sleeves. That would be nothing but suicidal.”
杨子藏想到，如果我获得提升Moexl的机会，要去哪里找另一个五边形？
Yang Zicang pondered: if I got the chance to upgrade the Moxel, where would I find another pentagon?
「已有的四边形Moexl们所流传于公开渠道的情报，很多人都知道。 对我提升Moexl的成功没有太大说明。」洛宾开心的、喋喋不休的道。
“The intelligence that the existing QuadMoxels have circulated through public channels is well known to many. It won’t be of much help to my successful ascension to Moxel.” Robin Lo said cheerfully, chattering away.