Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.31 第31章 百年器成功被抢-2
第31章 百年器成功被抢–2
Chapter 31: The Cent-Arms Successfully Snatched – 2
洛宾从稳固后的「交错幕景」来到杨子藏身旁。
Robin Lo approached Yang Zicang from the stabilized Interwoven Scene.
「怎么样，有没有好东西。」
“What’s it like? Anything good?”
「有张弓好像还不错。」 杨子藏从缝隙处抬头道。
“There’s a bow that looks decent.” Yang Zicang raised his head from the gap.
哪怕是普通的弓，没有手艺也做不出像样的，这张硬弓明显做得还比较精良。 只是在时序的世界不知能有多大作用。
Even a mediocre bow requires skill to be passable, and this hard bow was clearly crafted with care. But in Chronos’s world, its usefulness remains uncertain.
两人合力撬开了门，里面除了弓与斧，床下还有两个木箱。
The two pried open the door together. Inside, apart from the bow and axe, there were two wooden chests under the bed.
拉出来一看，洛宾手上的木箱内是御寒的被褥和两件大衣。 而杨子藏手中的另一只木箱，则是一箱沉重的矿物。
They dragged them out. Inside Robin Lo’s chest were cold-weather bedding and two coats, while the other in Yang Zicang’s hands was a chest full of heavy ore.
「这矿石，可以在总部那边换点东西。 哈哈，咱们运气不错。」
“This ore can be traded for something at the base. Haha, we’re in luck.”
……
带著几样东西回到梁喜那边时，老远就闻到了烤肉的味道。
Carrying the items back to Liang Xi, the smell of roasted meat wafted over from afar.
虽然味道不怎么样，但在这样的环境下吃烤肉，几人还是感觉别有番风情。
Though the flavor wasn’t great, eating barbecue in such a setting still felt oddly enjoyable for them.
「这个时候要是有啤酒就好了。」 洛宾哈哈笑道。
“Would be great if we had beer right now,” Robin Lo laughed.
两个小时后，一脸雀跃的梁喜背著硬弓，跟著手持染红长枪的杨子藏从破烂衣柜中出来。
Two hours later, Liang Xi, beaming with joy, emerged from the tattered wardrobe, a hard bow slung over his back, following Yang Zicang who held a Lance now stained red.
「哇哇哇，好轻松就有接近八年时序！」
“Wow, wow, wow! Nearly eight years of Chronos, just like that!”
「有时序战器在，一个 c 级交错地居然三四个小时就搞定了。」
“With a Chronos War Device, a Level C Cross-Zone was completed in just three or four hours.”
洛宾从裂缝中满意的走出。
Robin Lo stepped out of the rift with satisfaction.
「不愧是百年器，平时大伙儿光是等时序重新增幅就很花时间。」
“No wonder it’s a Cent-Arms; usually, everyone wastes a ton of time just waiting for the Chronos to recharge.”
「是啊，一把时序战器的确节约非常多时间。」
“Yeah, one Chronos War Device really saves a boatload of time.”
洛宾抛著手中的一块表面坑坑洼洼的粗糙球形水晶石，里面映现著森林的模样。 这是彻底稳固所有的区域后，出现在正中心的物品。
Robin Lo tossed a rough spherical crystal stone with pitted surfaces, within which a forest’s image shimmered. This was the object that emerged at the very center after all zones were fully solidified.
它里面蕴含著完整的地形外貌，以及 20N 时序。
It housed complete geographical features and 20N Chronos.
在三人都出来没多久，这裂缝内的光芒就变得暗淡，最终回归普通的黑暗。
Shortly after all three emerged, the light within the rift dimmed, eventually returning to ordinary darkness.
「它以后可以作为我们的备用据点。」
“It can serve as our backup stronghold from now on.”
洛宾道，说罢他在如同荒废十数年的房间内翻找起来。
Robin Lo said, as he began rummaging through a room that looked like it had been abandoned for over a decade.
在消灭恶魇之卵后，屋内物品大多都变得及其陈旧，如同垃圾堆。 它们都缺失了某种精气。
After the Nightmare Larva was destroyed, most of the items in the room had become extremely aged, resembling a heap of trash. They had lost some essential essence.
杨子藏在一旁感受著这次的收获，共计 15N。
Yang Zicang paused to sense this haul, totaling 15N.
相比于 b 级交错地它显得很少。
Compared to a Level B Cross-Zone, it seemed pitifully small.
但这比在老鼠巢穴内，面对铺天盖地的怪物们来得轻松多了。
But this was far easier than facing the swarms of monsters back in the rat’s nest.
「所以 c 级交错地是所有人的最爱。 它的频晶价值也是最稳定的，基本都是二三十年时序换一枚。 运气好，还能收获些异界的奇异物品。」
“So C-class anomalies are everyone’s favorites. Their frequency crystals hold the most stable value, essentially trading one for twenty to thirty years’ worth of Chronos. With luck, you can even harvest some bizarre items from other realms.”
说到这里，刚从衣柜抽屉找到个陈旧首饰盒的洛宾面色古怪的抬头，看向正琢磨著什么的梁喜。
Saying this, Robin Lo, who had just found an old jewelry box in the wardrobe drawer, looked up with an odd expression, directing his gaze at Liang Xi, who seemed to be dwelling on something.
「你上个月的 c 级频晶呢？」
“Where’s your C-class frequency crystal from last month?”
「古队长拿走了。」 少年略带失落的叹息道。
“Captain Gu took it.” The young man sighed with a faint hint of disappointment.
他也才知道 c 级频晶价值居然这么高，弱也有弱的好处啊。
Only now did he realize just how valuable the C-class frequency crystal was—there were perks to being weak after all.
只是这个月的频晶，应该又已经送到了古队长那里。
Yet this month’s frequency crystal had likely already been delivered to Captain Gu too.
将根金项链揣进兜的洛宾走来拍拍少年肩膀。
Robin Lo shoved a gold chain into his pocket, walked over, and patted the young man on the shoulder.
「没事，后面你重新共鸣个队伍就行。」
“It’s fine. Just resonate with a new team later.”
四边形Moexl快速展开，几秒后，洛宾转头笑道：「走，去下一个地方。」
QuadMoxel quickly unfolded, and seconds later, Robin Lo turned his head with a grin. “Come on, let’s head to the next place.”
梁喜变得振奋起来，洛宾这进化后的Moexl，简直就是神技。
Liang Xi’s spirits lifted—Robin Lo’s evolved Moxel was literally a divine skill.
……
夕阳虽已坠入地面但天色还很亮堂，夜幕的真正到来还要很久。
Although the sun had already dipped below the horizon, the sky was still fairly bright, and true nightfall was a long way off.
越来越多的人聚集到老鼠的怪物巢穴附近，他们务必要使一个蚊子也飞不进去才好。
More and more people gathered near the mouse monster nest, determined to ensure that not even a single mosquito could slip inside.
众人交流，据说曾参与过上次类似战斗的人正在从总部赶来。
Word among the crowd was that someone who’d participated in a similar battle last time was currently en route from headquarters.
……
疲惫的三人再次从一个裂缝中走出来的时候，梁喜瘫软倒在地上。
When the exhausted trio emerged from yet another rift, Liang Xi collapsed weakly onto the ground.
他脚上有好几处伤口，撕下衣服所包扎的伤口处，布料被鲜血染红。
Several wounds adorned his feet, and the fabric torn from his clothes to bandage them was stained crimson with blood.
洛宾小心拆开这孩子的「绷带」，伤口已经结疤。
Robin Lo carefully unwrapped the boy’s “bandages,” revealing scars forming over the injuries.
「真的已经好了？」
“Are they really healed already?”
刚才一进入交错地就天旋地转，只因梁喜所站立的平地在变换后，成为了个大洞。 离开两个四边形较远的梁喜，没有维持幕景显现的能力，只有两根线的他很快随变动的幕景地消失。
The moment they entered the tangled land, the world spun out of control—because the flat ground Liang Xi had stood on shifted and turned into a gaping chasm. Far from the two Quads, Liang Xi lacked the ability to sustain the projection of his Scene. With only two threads left, he quickly vanished along with the shifting landscape.
「刚才吓死我了。」 杨子藏道。
“You scared the hell out of me just now,” Yang Zicang said.
「问题不算大，过会它们就会恢复。」
“No big deal. They’ll recover in a little while.”
梁喜指了指自己已经结疤的部分伤口。
Liang Xi pointed to part of his wound that had already scabbed over.
「我指的是这个吗！」 杨子藏无语看向这小少年。
“Is *that* what I’m talking about?!” Yang Zicang shot the young lad a helpless look.
梁喜身上满是伤痕，就像被无数刀、枪、抓挠、撕扯后所留下的痕迹。 事实也是如此。
Liang Xi’s body was covered in scars—marks left behind as if they’d been slashed, pierced, clawed, and torn by countless blades, guns, and claws. And indeed, that’s exactly what had happened.
「唉呀，可惜你的能力了，只能给自己用。」 洛宾啧啧称奇。
“Ah, what a shame your ability is wasted like this—can only be used on yourself,” Robin Lo clicked his tongue in wonder.
他们都已经知道，阿梁之所以敢一个人进入怪物巢穴，就是因为他自己拥有稀少的，治疗伤势的Moexl。 这Moexl甚至能止饿。
They had all come to understand that the reason A-Liang dared to charge alone into monster nests was because he possessed a rare Moxel that could heal injuries. This Moxel could even stave off hunger.
这已经算是很稀有的能力了，却只能对自己使用。
It was an exceptionally rare ability, yet it could only be applied to himself.
「对不起…」少年道，「可能是Moexl等级太低了。」
“I’m sorry…” the young man said, “It’s probably because Moxel’s rank is too low.”
「笨蛋，两根线又不是你的错，你道什么歉。」
“Idiot, double stings aren’t your fault. Why are you apologizing?”
梁喜势弱的道：「我听说，Moexl的诞生等级好像还是跟人的精神力有关。」
Liang Xi spoke weakly, “I’ve heard that Moxel’s birth level is still related to a person’s mental strength.”
他的Moexl只是来自一个小医务室，那还是阿梁和他父亲运气好，上个月在一个屠宰场内部偶然找到的小屋子。
His Moxel came from a small medical room, which Ah Liang and his father were lucky to find last month—a tiny chamber hidden inside a slaughterhouse.
屠宰场里被忽略的小灶间，被锅碗瓢盆挡住的架子下，还有著急救用的医疗物品。
In the neglected little kitchen within the slaughterhouse, medical supplies for emergencies were tucked under shelves blocked by pots and pans.
梁喜意外获得了隐藏的医务室能力。
Liang Xi had unexpectedly gained the ability of a hidden medical room.
在这个怪异的城市，大型医院，乃至诊所，早就被人瓜分了。
In this bizarre city, large hospitals—even clinics—had long been divided up by others.
想要在那些地方孕育Moexl，要么花非巨大的代价——材料、金银或时序，要么就只能硬抢，或是等待新区域的诞生。
To nurture a Moxel in those places would either cost a huge price—materials, gold and silver, or Chronos—or one would have to forcefully seize it or wait for a new area to emerge.
因此梁喜的运气不能说不好。
So Liang Xi’s luck couldn’t be considered bad.
「没关系，以后制作成能力球就行了，就是代价大点。」
“No worries, we can turn it into an ability sphere later. It’ll just cost a bit more.”
洛宾笑呵呵的安抚，随后看向大汗淋漓的杨子藏。
Robin Lo chuckled soothingly, then turned to look at Yang Zicang, drenched in sweat.
「还能坚持吗？」
“Can you still hold on?”
年轻人脸色潮红，他点点头。
The young man’s face was flushed, and he nodded.
开玩笑，刚才为了赶时间，两人各自进入不同交错幕景区域，马不停蹄的击杀著里面的猛兽。 最后以「地貌聚合」，才让带著梁喜消失的幕景地重新出现。
No joke. Just now, to save time, the two of them entered different interleaving scene areas, frantically slaying the beasts within. Finally, using “terrain convergence,” they made the scene area where Liang Xi had vanished reappear.
因此他都快脱力了。
As a result, he was almost completely exhausted.
但这趟分配下来，每人也收获了二十年时序。
After splitting the haul this time, each person gained twenty years of Chronos.
「休息休息，我们继续，唉呀，今天真畅快。 要是每天都这样顺当就好了。」
“Rest a bit, and we’ll continue. Ah, today was really exhilarating. If only every day could be this smooth.”
……
第三处 c 级空间在附近一个小型公园。
The third C-level space was located in a small park nearby.
远处六七人正进入裂开的地面。
Seven or eight people in the distance were entering the split-open ground.
「这其实是最保险的人数。 而且就算如此，普通人也可能受伤甚至死人。 我们去下个入口吧。」
“This is actually the safest headcount. But even so, ordinary people could get injured or even die. Let’s head to the next entrance.”
就在三人转身离开时，远处一个眼尖的道。
Just as the trio turned to leave, one sharp-eyed person shouted from afar.
「老大，刚刚那个人好像是杨子藏。」
“Boss, that guy just now seemed to be Yang Zicang.”
「杨子藏？ 那个有百年器的家伙？」
“Yang Zicang? The one with the Cent-Arms?”
花园缝隙旁，走在最后的曹茂典和小队长余晨停下脚步。
Beside the garden fissure, Cao Maodian, who was at the back, and squad leader Yu Chen stopped in their tracks.
「就是他手上那把枪，那可是百年器啊老大。」
“It’s that gun in his hand, boss. That’s a Cent-Arms.”
「总部的人应该在关注他吧。」
“Headquarters should be keeping an eye on him, right?”
「看样子他们在找交错地，嘿嘿。 总部的关注能有什么用，等他们进入交错地，只要他不展开Moexl，咱们不就有机会。」
“Looks like they’re searching for interleaved spaces, heh. What good would Headquarters’ surveillance do? Once they enter an interleaved space, as long as he doesn’t activate Moxel, don’t we get our chance.”
曹茂典的心脏砰砰直跳，满脑子都是那把枪。
Cao Maodian’s heart pounded wildly, his mind filled entirely with that gun.
余晨眯了眯眼：「得好好研究下，如果有人一直跟他心灵通话，在交错地内应该可以一试。」
Yu Chen narrowed his eyes and said, “We need to study this carefully. If someone’s been mentally communicating with him, there might be a chance to try it in the Cross-point.”
已下行几步进入裂缝斜坡，背著行囊的青年回过头：
Having already descended a few steps into the crevice slope, the youth carrying a backpack turned his head back:
「真是他？ 何必那么麻烦。 像上次那样，我们只要不让人认不出来不就行了，而且此刻跟外面可是有时差，外面那些人应该不好进行连接。」
“Is it really him? Why make it so complicated. Like last time, we just need to make sure no one recognizes us, that’ll do. Besides, there’s a time difference from the outside now—those people out there shouldn’t be able to connect easily.”
真是天助我也，几人同时想到。
“Heaven helps us,” they all thought simultaneously.
「对诶，这里面又人人自危，谁敢把自己的寿命交给那被人追杀的家伙。」
“That’s right. In here, everyone is paranoid. Who would dare entrust their lifespan to a guy who’s being hunted down?”
「到时候随便找个顶包的出来认领抢劫，我们再说从抢劫犯手上帮忙找回了百年器就行了。 老大，咱们可要抓紧机会。」
“We’ll just find a scapegoat to take the blame for the robbery, and then we’ll say we helped him retrieve the Cent-Arms from the robbers. Boss, we need to seize this chance.”
余晨几番思索后道：
After pondering several times, Yu Chen said:
「曹老弟你说得对。 这样搞，哪怕总部要，我们也有理由优先购买。 而且我们队伍还没有时序战器，这枪我们可以作为队伍武器直接留下。 走，跟著他们。」
“Brother Cao, you have a point. If we pull this off, even if headquarters wants the item, we’ll have the grounds to purchase it first. Besides, our team still doesn’t have a Chronos Weapon—we can just keep this gun as a squad weapon. Let’s go. Follow them.”
就在这片加速区域的边缘，一辆改装成房车的卡车中。
Inside a truck converted into a camper van, at the edge of this acceleration zone.
——「这枪… 留下… 走，跟著他们。」
—”This gun… keep it… let’s go, follow them.”
小电视的喇叭中传来略带背噪的交谈声。
A conversation with slight background noise came from the speaker of the small TV.
画面显示著三个正在 c 级交错地入口旁讨论抢劫方案的人。
The screen showed three people discussing a robbery plan at the entrance of the C-level “Interweave Zone“.
沙发上，男人一脸古怪的看著前方的小巧电视萤幕。
On the sofa, the man looked at the small TV screen in front of him with a strange expression.
「既然他们知道在‘多余世界‘外，我们能有方法远距离关注某人，那为什么还要在外面讨论？」
“Since they know that outside the ‘Surplus World’, we have ways to monitor someone from a distance, why are they still discussing out there?”
黑色制服的他扣了扣脑袋。
He, dressed in the black uniform, scratched his head.
「这些家伙是傻鸟吗？」
“Are these idiots brainless?”
「估计是，认为你还没进来时间加速区域吧。」
“Probably. They think you haven’t entered the time acceleration zone yet.”
将头凑过来的男孩子闪动著大眼睛道：
The boy, who had leaned his head over, blinked his big eyes and said:
「而且他们虽然知道我们能远距离关注某人，但又有谁会晓得你的能力是，连被关注者接触过的角色也可以暂时看到呢。」
“And besides, even though they know we can monitor someone from a distance, who would have guessed that your ability can even temporarily see those who have been in contact with the target?”
曹、余等数人兴致勃勃的从交错地出来，快速实施著方案，看来他们很有经验。
Cao, Yu, and a few others excitedly emerged from the Interweave Zone and quickly implemented their plan. They seemed quite experienced.
但这些人忘一件事。
But these people forgot one thing.
他们没有在交错地讨论这次的抢劫方案，时间上更是在杨子藏刚离开不久。
They hadn’t discussed this robbery plan within the Interweave Zone, and timing-wise, it was right after Yang Zicang had just left.
「呵，希望这些蠢货动作快点，我对杨子藏的关注时间已经只剩不到两小时了。」
“Heh, I hope these fools hurry up. I only have less than two hours left of my monitoring time on Yang Zicang.”
「燕哥你继续投资咯。」 少年往口中丢了块小坚果。
“Brother Yan, you keep investigating.” The youth tossed a small nut into his mouth.
[配角故事演绎告一段落。]
[The side character storyline ends here.]
燕逸胸前Moexl闪动了下。
The Moxel device on Yan Yi’s chest flickered.
小萤幕的画面中，自动切回了杨子藏的现场，三人正聊著天穿过片异域风情的圆形红砖广场。
The small screen automatically switched back to Yang Zicang’s live feed, where the three were chatting as they walked across a round red-brick plaza adorned with an exotic atmosphere.
「今天杨子藏还没有展开过融资Moexl，希望到时候他能再次融资。」
“Yang Zicang hasn’t activated the Moxel financing yet today. I hope he can do it again this time.”
这位看上去十五六岁，精神奕奕的少年从大沙发上跳了下来，插著腰道：
The spirited teenager, who appeared to be fifteen or sixteen, jumped down from the large sofa and said with hands on his hips:
「反正没多少时间了，让我去吧。」
“There’s not much time left anyway. Let me go.”
「这… 那好吧，你小心点别暴露。」
“Well… alright, but be careful not to get exposed.”