Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.58 第58章 完结的契约与实验 -4
第58章 完结的契约与实验 –4
Chapter 58: The Completed Contract and the Experiment –4
海底，时间壹年年过去。
At the bottom of the sea, years passed one by one.
杨子藏有些昏沈的躺在熔岩上，他心中出现获得契约书的提示，可现在的他根本没有丝毫听进去。
Yang Zicang lay drowsily on the lava, a prompt in his mind indicating the receipt of a contract, but at this moment, he could barely register a single word.
白影念龙的身躯壹半在外面扭曲晃荡，另壹半则在他脑袋里。
Half of the Paleshade Wyrm’s body twisted and swayed outside, while the other half was lodged within his head.
他的头颅变形，这巨大的虫子像是要从其脑袋中冲出，又像是要进入生根，这样的状态他已经持续了壹百多年。
His skull had become deformed; this enormous worm seemed about to burst from his brain, yet also seemed to be taking root, a state he had endured for over a hundred years.
又是下壹个「甲子间」。
Then came the next “Jiazi Term.”
与杨子藏又融入了几十厘米的白影念龙若有所感的擡头，自海底望向斜上方。
Yang Zicang had melded several dozen centimeters further, and the Paleshade Wyrm, as if sensing something, raised its head, looking diagonally upward from the seabed.
[呜吼…]
[Mooan…]
……
微风习习，绿草如浪波动。
A gentle breeze rustled, green grass rippling like waves.
绝美的男孩手捧著束花朵站在坟墓前。他将花放下后开心地转了个圈，随后看向壹旁草坡顶端的古老的，暗红色的岩石城堡。
A breathtakingly beautiful boy, holding a bunch of flowers, stood before a grave. After laying them down, he twirled joyfully and then looked toward the ancient, dark-red stone castle atop the grassy hill nearby.
「妈妈，我也能像父亲那样吗。」
“Mom, will I be able to become like Father one day?”
他扑到旁边女人怀中。
He threw himself into the arms of the woman beside him.
「已经没有人能成为圣赐者，不过妳父亲那里…」
“No one can become a Saint-Blessed anymore, but over there at your father’s place…”
这位面目白皙，轮廓分明的女人看著城堡，想到的却是那枚散发著微光的金币。
This pale-faced, sharp-featured woman gazed at the castle, yet her thoughts drifted to that faintly gleaming gold coin.
那样的金币，这位伟大的战士共计拥有过八枚，其中许多都被使用掉了。
Such gold coins—the great warrior had once possessed eight in total, many of which had been spent.
而现在还剩下壹枚。
Now, only one remained.
如果可以，她好希望那枚金币能给自己的儿子。
If possible, she dearly wished that coin could be given to her son.
忽然马蹄声阵阵自青葱的草地边缘传来，她回头看去，远方出现了壹队队身披铠甲，高扬著旗帜的军队。
Suddenly, the sound of hoofbeats rumbled from the edge of the lush green pastures. She turned to see squadrons of armored troops advancing in the distance, their banners held high.
壹丝警惕中，女人的瞳孔内倒映著几只划破寂静空气飞来的箭矢！
In a glint of alertness, several arrows pierced the silent air, their silhouettes reflected in her pupils!
「武鸣！」
“Wuming!”
身材窈窕的长发女人壹把保住身前孩子，将身体壹扭护在怀中。
A slender, long-haired woman tightly embraced the child in front of her, twisting her body to shield him in her arms.
嘭！
Bang!
在这数只箭矢刺入她背后的瞬间，壹道威武身影出现在她身后。
The moment those arrows pierced her back, a majestic figure appeared behind her.
「父亲。」男孩透过肩膀转头上望，瞬间感受到心安，这挡住天空般的身影带给他无限的安全与信奈之感。
“Father,” the boy looked up over his shoulder and instantly felt a sense of peace; this figure, as if blocking the sky itself, brought him boundless safety and trust.
可…这样伟大的人，他的头发也开始白了。
Yet… even such a great man was starting to see his hair turn white.
「不要躲在那里，走出来，看清楚我是如何战斗的。」
“Don’t hide over there. Step out and watch how I fight.”
魁梧男人将手中长著数只泪眼的黑色长剑壹提，脚下猛地踏出，在男孩眼中，身形瞬间化为旋风冲入那边的军阵。
The towering man raised the black longsword, which bore several weeping eyes on its blade, and stamped fiercely beneath his feet. In the boy’s eyes, his form instantly transformed into a cyclone hurtling into the military formation up ahead.
「射！」
“Loose!”
黑压压的暗红箭矢带著潮汐般的呼啸之声射来。
A jet-black mass of dark red arrows came crashing forth, carrying a tidal howl.
轰隆！
BOOM!
仿佛开天辟地般，男人壹拳打出，「爆风！」
As if splitting heaven and earth, the man threw a punch, “Gale Force!”
狂放的大风将箭矢倒卷，他奔出两步黑剑自下而上被魁梧手臂带动划出，烈火如浪拔地而起！
A wild gale swept the arrows back. He took two strides, the black sword drawn from below to above by his brawny arm, flames surging like a wave rising from the ground!
壹声沈闷的喊叫。
A muffled cry.
「啊啊啊！」
“Ahhh!”
前方军阵数十人惨叫，最前方的骑士们快速地在这呼啸的烈焰之风中坠马倒下。
Dozens screamed in the front phalanx. The foremost knights quickly fell from their horses amid the roaring blaze.
面庞白净的女士转头看向那道奔向军阵的身影。
The woman with fair features turned to look at the figure rushing toward the formation.
这些年来抢夺金币的人越来越多。
In recent years, more and more people came to snatch gold coins.
刚开始还有冠冕堂皇的理由，但两百年过去，现在的人连借口都不找了。
At first, they had high-sounding excuses, but two centuries had passed, and now people didn’t even bother finding excuses.
「战士们啊，考验妳们忠诚的时候到了，」远方远远传来有些陌生口音的粗鲁嗓音，」我们要收回圣物，就在今日，就在现在，就在此刻，就在当前！杀啊！」
“Warriors, this is the time to test your loyalty,” a rough voice with a foreign accent rang out from afar. “We will reclaim the holy relic—today, right now, this very instant! Charge!”
「收回圣物！」
“Reclaim the holy relic!”
大地略微的，连续不断的震动，更多穿著暗红铁甲的骑士们疯狂冲出。
The earth rumbled with ceaseless, low tremors. More knights in dark red armor madly surged forward.
他们悍不畏死，哪怕眼前之人用掉了也无所谓，因为有生命之环的诞生，触之则继承寿命。
They feared no death; even if the one before them fell, it mattered not, for the Ring of Life was born—touch it and inherit the lifespan.
可这些跨越遥远土地寻找至此的骑士们瞧见。
Yet these knights, who had crossed vast distances to reach this place, saw…
那道在两百多年间流传著的，曾与不死之王共同战斗过的身影在青草地上壹步迈出，他似缓实急地出现于混乱人群中，策马的骑士们难以置信扭头。
That figure, passed down through over two hundred years, the one who once fought alongside the undead king, took a single step across the green field. Moving at a deceptive pace that seemed slow but was swift, he emerged amidst the chaotic crowd, while the knights reining their horses beneath them shook their heads in disbelief.
这道高大勇猛的中年男人身影，如游鱼般出现在了军阵后方。
This robust and valiant figure of a middle-aged man, like a slippery fish, appeared at the rear of the military formation.
「妳…怎么可能！」后方被数人擡著的大帐中人高声喊道。
“You… how is this possible!” shouted the man within the large tent, carried among several bearers at the rear.
「因我是武正。」
“Because I am Wu Zheng.”
轰！这群衣衫单薄的指挥者们头颅高高扬起。
Boom! The heads of these flimsily clad commanders lifted high.
血液飞洒，面色不改的武正手中，黑刃再次痛饮鲜血后，其中壹只呆滞般的眼眸忽地转动了下。
Blood spilt freely. In Wu Zheng’s unflinching hand, the black blade thirstily drank again. Only then, one of his dull eyes suddenly twitched.
武正眼珠侧视而去，剑上的眼眸则也斜著往握住它的主人望去。
Wu Zheng’s eye shifted sideways, and the eye on the blade also slanted toward the master who gripped it.
｛妳，好。金，币，血液里渴望的，圣赐金币，是，什么？｝
{You. Are. Gold, coin? In the blood, craving, holy-gifted gold coin, what. Is. It?}
武正的目光猛然震动！
Wu Zheng’s gaze trembled fiercely!
这是直接出现于心底的声音？
This was a sound appearing directly in his heart?
他的眼珠定住，头颅转动地仔细看向自己手上的漆黑武器，壹只红艳的眸子正望向自己。
His eyes froze. He slowly turned his head to scrutinize the pitch-black weapon in his hand, where a scarlet-pupiled eye gazed back at him.
「封印的恶魔苏醒了？！」
“The sealed demon has awakened?!”
犹如闪电于心中巨震他，在万军崩溃混乱中，神情恍惚了下。这是从未发生过的事，难道是因为杀戮过多？！
Like a thunderbolt jolting his heart, he stood amidst the chaos of the crumbling army, briefly lost in a trance. This had never happened before—was it because of the excessive slaughter?!
壹些身影冲来，长矛和武器向著自己后背丢来。武正选择将巨剑噌地插入泥土，他随手操起旁边敌人的武器回身壹扫，挡掉攻击，大开杀戒，将这群讨伐者打得落花流水，可是他心中却急不可耐。
Several figures charged at him, hurling spears and weapons toward his back. Wuzheng chose to thrust his great sword with a sharp clang into the earth, casually grabbed a nearby enemy’s weapon, and swept around to block the attack. He then went on a killing spree, routing this group of punishers. Yet, despite his violent efficiency, urgency churned in his heart.
恶魔竟然会重新苏醒！
The demon was awakening once more!
这可是大事，要赶紧报告给不死之王或者侍者大人，可…他们已经很多很多年没有出现过了。
This was a catastrophe—a matter that must be reported at once to the Undying King or the Attendant Lords. But… they had not appeared for so many, many years.
……
海底。
The seabed.
这已经跟漂浮海水中的杨子藏漂浮两百多年时光的白影念龙，像是彻底的失去了晃动的姿态，变得更为淡薄，且与青年身影更为融合。
It was as if the Paleshade Wyrm, which had drifted aimlessly in the seawater alongside Yang Zicang for over two centuries, had completely lost its swaying posture, becoming fainter and more merged with the figure of the youth.
……
十几年后，武鸣在壹座新坟前放上了束鲜花。
Over a decade later, Wu Ming placed a bouquet of fresh flowers before a newly dug grave.
俊美的青年背上，黑色巨剑眼睛转动，瓮声瓮气的幻音出现在他心间。
On the handsome young man’s back, the black greatsword’s eye swiveled, and a deep, resonant mental voice manifested within his mind.
｛想复活妳的父亲吗。｝
｛Do you wish to resurrect your father?｝
武鸣凶恶的目光猛然壹转，暴怒斜视向后方，身上爆发出惊人杀气。
Wu Ming’s ferocious gaze snapped sharply sideward, his brow tilting in rage as he cast a fiery glare backward, a shocking bloodlust exploding from his body.
「恶魔，再敢蛊惑人心，我必将妳融化！」
“Demon, if you dare to beguile another soul, I shall melt you down!” Wu Ming snarled, his voice seething with killing intent.
｛呵呵呵，哈哈哈哈，没有人能抵抗这种诱惑，妳好好想想，否则妳为何要带上我呢。｝
{Heh heh heh, hahaha… No one can resist this temptation. Think carefully—otherwise, why would you have brought me along?}
剑柄上的独眼转动目光，看向男人胸前的金币吊坠。
The single eye on the sword hilt swiveled, its gaze falling on the gold coin pendant hanging from the man’s chest.
｛把它喂给我吧，我会给妳更强的力量。｝
{Feed it to me, and I’ll grant you even greater power.}
「我的家族会世世代代封印妳，别妄想从我这里获得任何好处。」
“My clan will seal you for generations to come. Don’t think you’ll get any favors from me.”
｛真是个小气鬼，才50年而已，跟什么好宝贝似的。｝
{What a tightwad. It’s only been fifty years—not like it’s some priceless treasure.}
……
废墟城市交错幕景地中。
In the layered backdrop of the ruined city,
梁喜接到洛宾的心灵链接后，眉头皱得很深。
Liang Xi frowned deeply after receiving the Syn-Link from Robin Lo.
「这可怎么办。」他看向草垫上躺著的青年。
“What are we going to do?” He glanced at the young man lying on the straw mat.
已经二十多个小时了，可这人似乎没有苏醒的迹象。
Over twenty hours had passed, yet there were still no signs of him waking up.
不过子藏哥身上数次发出阵阵或炎热、或寒冷的波动，想必是在梦中获得了更强的武技。
Still, Brother ZiCang had emitted waves of scorching heat and piercing cold several times—likely gaining stronger battle skills in his dreams.
「应该快了，如果有很强的武技的话，那些人应该能被大哥打跑的吧。」
“It should be soon. If he’s got some powerful techniques, those guys won’t stand a chance against him.”
他自言自语的道。
He muttered to himself.
杨子藏身上再次散发出微弱的热浪，紧接著又是阵阵寒意，这已经是这壹天中第四次出现了异状。
Yang Zicang once again radiated a faint heat wave, followed by bursts of chill—this was the fourth strange occurrence that day.
他缓慢睁开眼。
He slowly opened his eyes.
「哇，大哥妳醒了。」
“Whoa, big brother, you’re awake!”
「什么时候了。」
“What time is it?”
「嗯，时间跟上次差不多。」
“Hmm, about the same as last time.”
杨子藏思索了下，随后感觉头有点晃悠，他拿手捂了捂，几秒后感觉好了很多。
Yang Zicang thought for a moment, then felt his head sway a bit. He pressed a hand to it, and after a few seconds, he felt much better.
[我获得新的额外能力‘真实降临：白影念龙。‘]
[I have acquired a new additional ability: ‘True Descent: Paleshade Wyrm.‘]
梁喜道：「大哥，我感觉妳好像有很多变化，可又说不出来哪里有点不同。」
Liang Xi said, “Brother, I feel like you’ve changed a lot in many ways, yet I can’t quite pinpoint what’s different.”
随著杨子藏心念壹动，壹片海底世界般的幻影浮现，在其身后出现条形似念龙但有近十米长的怪兽身影。
As Yang Zicang’s mind stirred, a phantom like an underwater world materialized, and behind him emerged a monstrous shadow that resembled a Mind Dragon but was nearly ten meters long.
「这次我很幸运，在里面搞到了很多好东西，比如这个。」
“I was really lucky this time. I snagged a lot of good stuff in there, like this.”
说完，梁喜感觉周围空间像是忽然变大了般。
As he finished speaking, Liang Xi felt as though the space around him had suddenly expanded.
他目瞪口呆的看到，在杨子藏身后出现壹条模糊的，弓起身形，长著威武头颅的、难以形容的淡白色透明怪物。
He watched in stunned disbelief as a blurry, coiling, imposing-headed, indescribably pale white shape of a translucent monster appeared behind Yang Zicang.
但梁喜还没看清楚，这东西就又消失不见。
But before Liang Xi could get a clear look, it vanished into thin air again.
「好，好可怕，刚刚那是什么。」
“G-g-goosebumps… What was that just now?”
「新朋友，‘白影念龙。‘」
“A new friend, the ‘Paleshade Wyrm.‘“
杨子藏说罢，感受了下Moexl，里面储存著十份代练契约书。
After saying this, Yang Zicang sensed Moxel, which held ten proxy training contracts.
这些都是在梦中陪伴自己几十上百年的人，而如今他们的经历，都化为壹张薄薄的「纸张」储存。
These were people who had accompanied him through dreams that spanned dozens or even hundreds of years, and now their entire experiences had been distilled into a thin, stored “piece of paper.”