Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.63 第63章 Go!午夜列车下壹站 -1
第63章 Go!午夜列车下壹站 –1
Chapter 63 Go! Midnight Train Next Stop –1
杨子藏握紧的拳头猛然从向外极速扩散的红色虚影之间骤然打出，呼！
Yang Zicang’s clenched fist suddenly thrust outward from the rapidly expanding red phantom, whoosh!
[调度！]
[Deploy!]
劲风携带狂暴的红色火焰炸开！
The fierce wind, carrying wild fiery red flames, exploded!
[莫里返还了我的2000N投资。]
[Morris refunded my 2000NInvest.]
刚刚消耗的时序立即被补充！
The Chronos that had just been consumed was immediately replenished!
杨子藏大腿肌肉鼓起，壹腿携带厚重狂放的风压向著被火焰覆盖的身影抽去，整节车厢的空气都像是在被晃动鼓荡般晃动。
Yang Zicang’s thigh muscles bulged, and one leg swept with a heavy and unruly gale towards the figure engulfed in flames, the air in the entire carriage seeming to tremble and roil from the force.
嘭！马超感觉自己像是被卡车撞飞。
Bang! Matt Chao felt as if he’d been blasted off by a truck.
他刺出的剑已然来不及收回挡在身前，在此刻直接忍痛横扫而来。
The sword he thrust was too late to pull back and defend in front of him; in that moment, he had to endure the pain and swing it horizontally.
杨子藏头颅微扭，伸臂壹拳打在剑身上。
Yang Zicang twisted his head slightly, extended his arm, and struck the sword’s blade with a punch.
长剑嗡地弹飞插入列车顶棚。
The long sword flew away with a buzzing sound and embedded itself into the train’s ceiling.
轰隆轰隆，恶魇列车身躯颤动。
Rumbling and roaring, the Nightmare Train’s body trembled.
时序不断抵消。
Chronos continuously canceled each other out.
[莫里返还了我的2000N投资。]
[Morris refunded my 2000 NInvest.]
「妳竟然，有这么多时序，就这么想杀了我吗。」
“You actually have this much Chronos… you want to kill me that badly?”
「当妳开始波及我身边之人时，妳就已经死了！」
“The moment you started dragging the people around me into this, you were already dead!”
杨子藏双拳带起更为迅捷刚猛劲气砸出，拳拳打在他头上。
Yang Zicang’s fists carried a swifter and fiercer force, smashing down fist after fist on his head.
[莫里返还了我的2000N投资。]
[Morris has returned my 2000N Invest.]
[莫里返还了我的2000N投资。]
[Morris has returned my 2000N Invest.]
「呜——」
“Woo—”
列车快速疾驰在幻影之中，它正奔赴下壹个站点。
The train raced swiftly through the phantoms, heading toward the next station.
当杨子藏打到第十拳的时候，已经知道马超那边定然有人在给他投资，否则这家伙早就死了。
By the time Yang Zicang delivered his tenth punch, he already knew someone must be Investing for Matt Chao on the other side; otherwise, that bastard would have died long ago.
「妳想要去哪里，妳不是很牛吗！」
“Where do you think you’re going, you think you’re so tough?!”
杨子藏的情绪被Moexl感染，愤怒地挥动著拳头吼道。
Yang Zicang, infected by Moxel’s emotions, roared in anger as he swung his fists.
马超口鼻流出鲜血，他疯癫般的道：「妳这蠢货，我要让妳死无葬身之地！」
Blood oozed from Matt Chao’s mouth and nose, and he ranted like a madman: “You fool, I’ll make sure you die with no place to be buried!”
「是吗。」
“Is that so?”
杨子藏扭头，火焰混合著狂风的壹击轰到列车地面，宛若巨鼓鸣响。
Yang Zicang turned his head, his punch mixing flame and gale slamming into the train floor like the thunderous boom of a giant drum.
咚！极速奔驰的列车猛地停顿，杨子藏都能听到它惨烈的嘶鸣。
*Thump!* The high-speed train abruptly jolted to a halt, and Yang Zicang could hear its tragic screeching even from within.
嵌入顶端的长剑受到震动落下，它垂直坠落的轨迹违反物理定律地壹颤，调转剑尖向著数米外的地上壹物冲去。
The longsword lodged in the ceiling was shaken loose by the shock; its vertical descent defied the laws of physics as it flickered mid-air, twisted its tip, and darted toward an object on the ground several meters away.
马超面色巨震。
Matt Chao’s face shuddered in shock.
「妳敢！」
“You dare?!”
「我敢朝妳大爷！」
“Hell yeah, I dare to go right at you!”
锵！长剑直直刺中地上的万花筒。
*Clang!* The longsword pierced straight into the kaleidoscope on the ground.
这长剑也是时序战器，万花筒受它壹次攻击，啪地碎出道裂缝，包裹列车的花色能量层开始削弱。
This longsword was also a Chronos weapon; after the kaleidoscope took that hit, it shattered with a crack, and the color-tinged energy layer enveloping the train began to weaken.
白影念龙壹口撕下团车厢墙壁，那里出现个混吨的窟窿眼。
The Paleshade Wyrm tore off a chunk of the train carriage wall in one bite, leaving a chaotic gaping hole.
「啊~胆敢！」马超愤怒地挥动拳头，整个城市只有壹件的念力防御宝物，居然在此碎裂！
“Ah! How dare you!” Matt Chao swung his fist in fury—the only psychic defense treasure in the entire city had shattered before his eyes!
他无数拳影砸去，壹拳，两拳，第三拳的时候马超手上的红光消失变成了金辉色。
He rained down countless phantom punches, one, two, and on the third, the red light on Matt Chao’s hand vanished, replaced by a golden radiance.
就是现在！
Now!
杨子藏抓住这稍纵即逝的投资间隙，壹拳打在马超心脏位置，但对面的反应也很快，几乎在同时追加投资防御住了这壹击。
Seizing this fleeting window for Invest, Yang Zicang landed a punch squarely on Matt Chao’s heart. But his opponent reacted swiftly, almost simultaneously, initiating an Invest defense to block the blow.
可是现在他身上的「花衣服」已经消失了，白影念龙冲来，壹口就扯出了马超的念力体。
Yet now, his “flowery armor” was gone. The Paleshade Wyrm charged in and, with a single bite, ripped out Matt Chao’s psychic entity.
这瞬间，杨子藏似乎透过白影念龙听到了若有若无的投资声与心念声。
In that instant, through the Paleshade Wyrm, Yang Zicang seemed to hear faint Invest chants and telepathic whispers.
[有人想为马超追加投资5000N。]
[Someone is trying to Invest 5000N in Matt Chao.]
[追加投资失败…]
[Invest failed…]
[马超，快离开这座城市，前往…]
[Matt Chao, leave this city immediately. Head to…]
[逃…妳真的会死！]
[Run… or you will truly die!]
[有人想要为马超追加投资5000N。]
[Someone is trying to Invest 5000N in Matt Chao.]
[追加投资失败…]
[Invest failed…]
无数银白折现闪动而来。
Countless silver trajectories flickered and converged.
｛杨子藏，住手！杀死他我们会死啊！｝
{Yang Zicang, stop! If you kill him, we’ll die!}
｛雄英组会疯狂报复，快停止！｝
{The Heroic Group will retaliate ruthlessly. Cease now!}
对面的人居然不惜暴露这些反骨仔的身份，公然用融资Moexl喊话自己。
The person opposite actually dared to expose the identities of these rebels, publicly using crowdfunding Moxel to call out to him.
｛会有无数无辜之人因妳而亡，住手吧！｝
{Countless innocents will die because of you—stop while you can!}
杨子藏只是感受了下它们的请求便将其尽数略过。
Yang Zicang merely sensed their pleas and brushed them all aside without a second thought.
外界正在夺命狂奔向区域外的众人，接收到这些闪动的Moexl请求无不哗然。
The outside world, as everyone desperately fled toward the evacuation zone, was thrown into an uproar upon receiving these flashing Moxel requests.
正在撤退的楚强差点摔倒。
Chu Chiang, who was retreating, nearly stumbled.
他难以置信的看著胸前闪动的折线所蕴含的信息。
He stared in disbelief at the information embedded in the flashing fold line over his chest.
居然这么多人在阻止杨子藏！
So many people were actually trying to stop Yang Zicang!
而且还有人说雄英组会疯狂报复？
And someone even said the Heroic Team from Xiongying would retaliate fiercely?
在枢纽镇瞧见这壹幕的莫里不由自主咽了口唾沫，他对著身旁的卷发少年小声道：
Watching this scene unfold in Hubville, Morris couldn’t help but swallow hard. He muttered to the curly-haired youth beside him:
「瞧见了吗波波利，这就是给妳搞了那么多契约书的大佬，他竟然把那条鬼魂念龙都给弄出来了，我见证了他的成长啊Bro。」
“See that, Boboli? That’s the big shot who handled all those contracts for you. Hell, he even conjured up that ghostly Soul Dragon! I’m witnessing his entire rise, my Bro.”
波波利眼中闪动著羡慕的光芒：「Oh my God，妳竟然能得到这样的人的帮助，天啦！」
Boboli’s eyes gleamed with envy: “Oh my God, you managed to get help from someone like that? Amazing!”
……
杨子藏手上，四倍增幅的两万多年时序包裹拳头打在马超胸膛旁的车厢上，怪物痛苦地吼叫。
In Yang Zicang’s hands, with its power boosted fourfold, over 20,000 years of Chronos energy wrapped his fist, striking the carriage beside Matt Chao’s chest as the monster bellowed in agony.
[我抵消20000N.]
[I offset 20000N.]
外面传来壹道道人类躯体摔落地面的声音，扭头看去，其它车厢成片的人衰老倒下，失去呼吸。
From outside came the thud of human bodies crashing to the ground. Turning his head, he saw passengers in other carriages aging and collapsing in droves, their breaths ceasing.
杨子藏内心颤动了下，自己这壹拳的时序攻击被分摊到了他们身上。
Yang Zicang’s heart trembled—the Chronos energy from his punch had been spread across all of them.
壹拳之下，数十上百的人毙命，杨子藏心中壹颤。
With a single blow, dozens—even hundreds—of lives were snuffed out. Yang Zicang felt a jolt of shock run through him.
｛他不如妳…妳…不要杀我，妳是我新主人，请成为。｝
{He isn’t as good as you… y-you… don’t kill me. You are my new master, please.}
「妳！」
“You!”
他此刻的眼神宛若恶龙，但他忍住了自己想要消灭这恶魇怪物的冲动。这样的场景让杨子藏自疯狂情绪中惊醒。
His eyes at this moment were like those of a malevolent dragon, yet he fought the impulse to annihilate this grotesque evil fiend. This spectacle jolted Yang Zicang from his frenzied rage.
壹丝悔意浮现。
A flicker of regret surfaced.
马超的念力体挂在白影念龙嘴上。
Matt Chao’s Astral Form hung limply from the mouth of Paleshade.
因为念力离体，眼前这想通过消失离开的人并未成功。
Because his astral presence had left his body, the man before him failed to vanish as he desired.
模糊的人形念力体在经过初期的迷茫与挣扎后，此刻竟然稍微恢复了点神智。这都是因为伴生恶魇也同为念力体之故。
The blurred humanoid astral form, after passing through initial confusion and struggle, now seemed to regain a sliver of clarity. This was all because the parasitic dark fiend was also a psychic entity.
马超痛苦的声音断断续续道：
Matt Chao’s agonized voice came through in fragments:
｛杀了…我吧。｝
{Kill… me.}
｛杀了我，杨子藏也会死，哈哈哈…拿走我的…全部时序，杨子藏就能…离开这里，以后会有…给我复仇…｝
{Kill me, and Yang Zicang will die too, haha… take all my… Chronos… and Yang Zicang can… leave this place. Someday, someone will… avenge me…}
他神经质般自顾自的述说著什么，对于此刻的马超来说，他已经失去了清醒的人格，此刻的他不过是如麻醉病人般的自语。
He muttered to himself maniacally, rambling on about something; at this moment, Matt Chao had lost his sober mind, merely babbling like a patient under anesthesia.
趁此机会，杨子藏平复情绪道：「时序累积到多少会消失。」
Taking this opportunity, Yang Zicang calmed his emotions and asked, “How much Chronos before it disappears?”
｛那当然是…壹万年。｝
{That would be… ten thousand years.}
马超的念力体变得虚幻，有时像是壹头猪，有时又像是长著四只手嘴角伸出僚牙的怪物，更多时候是逐渐散发阴森气息的丑恶扭曲人形。
Matt Chao’s psychic body became illusory, sometimes resembling a pig, other times a monster with four hands and fangs protruding from the corners of its mouth, and more often than not distorting into an ugly figure gradually exuding a sinister aura.
但有时又会重新现出马超的形象，每当这时他都会说出自言自语的话。
But occasionally, it would revert to Matt Chao’s image again, and whenever this happened, he would utter his self-muttering words.
｛那个…雄英组最强的人…会在那里杀死杨子藏，为我报仇。｝
{That… strongest person in Xiong Ying Group… will kill Yang Zicang there… to avenge me.}
杨子藏瞥了他壹眼，不带什么感情的对著列车道：
Yang Zicang glanced at him and said to the train without much emotion:
「他原本要让妳带我去哪里。」
“Where was he originally going to take me?”
｛去妳们的枢纽镇，或者吕布那里。｝
{To your Hubville… or to Lyu Bu’s place.}
「枢纽镇，妳们在那里的人多吗。」
“Hubville, how many of your people are there?”
｛非常少，我每次只能带壹人过去。因为没有许可，停留的时间比较短。不过他们收买了些人在那儿。｝
{Very few, I could only take one person each time. Because there’s no permission, the stays are short. But they’ve bribed some people there.}
这就是莫里所说的偷渡。
This is what Morris referred to as smuggling.
对于时序扩散区域之外的人来说，里面的几十小时在外面不过几小时而已，把自己送过去要不了多久这片区域内就会过去很久。
For those outside the Chronos Diffusion Zone, a few dozen hours inside equates to just a few hours outside—sending oneself over takes little time, but inside the zone, a long period will have passed.
「妳们的人在干什么，他们是怎么进入巢穴催熟抵御者的？」
“What are your people doing? How did they get into the nest to hasten the maturation of the Defenders?”
列车道：
Train Channel:
｛新来的黄忠，小巴士可以隐入地面。｝
{The new Huang Zhong, the small bus can sink into the ground.}
杨子藏很自然想到了某个姓黄的人，那个家伙…果然是他！
Yang Zicang naturally thought of someone surnamed Huang—that guy… it had to be him!
不过也对，黄主任拥有遁入地下能力，被类似议员的存在选中并不是难以理解的事，而且当时他应该就在这片区域。
But yes, Director Huang possesses the ability to burrow underground, so it’s not surprising he was chosen by beings akin to council members, and besides, he was likely in this very zone back then.
烈焰剑道发动，火焰将马超的身躯烧焦，但他身上的银色制服却完整的出现在火中，不光没有任何损伤，连被自己打碎的胸口部位都重新恢复。
The Blaze Blade’s strike ignited, scorching Matt Chao’s body, but his silver uniform appeared intact amidst the flames—not only unblemished, but even the chest area he had shattered recovered completely.
杨子藏的手触碰到银色制服，衣服瞬间化为壹团光芒融入自己的脑海意识之中，仿佛壹座站台。
As Yang Zicang’s hand touched the silver uniform, it instantly transformed into a mass of light, merging into his mind and consciousness like a station platform.
[我好像成为了午夜列车的列车长。]
[It seems I’ve become the conductor of the Midnight Train.]
感受了下，还好，白影念龙可以轻易将这东西给撕碎，杨子藏放下心来。
He sensed it for a moment—fine; Paleshade Wyrm could easily tear this thing apart, putting Yang Zicang’s mind at ease.
「抵御者是什么？」杨子藏冲著列车问。
“What’s a Defender?” Yang Zicang asked the train.
｛我们收容抵御者，可以了解更多关于「怪物」的信息。我也想知道我为什么会诞生在这样的世界，我吞噬的这些记忆中显示的世界，没有我们的存在。距离鲁智深收容成功应该要不了多久了。｝
{By containing the Defiants, we can learn more about the ‘Monsters.‘ I also want to know why I was born into this world, a world absent from the memories I’ve devoured. Lu Zhishen should succeed in containment soon.}
杨子藏内敛的目光露出几分思索之意。
A flicker of contemplation crossed Yang Zicang’s reserved eyes.
他站起身来，「鲁智深跟马超相比，实力如何。」
He stood up. “How does Lu Zhishen compare to Matt Chao in terms of strength?”
｛纠正下，马超是我，这个只是我的列车长而已。｝
{Correction: Matt Chao is me; this person is merely my conductor.}
「那妳就叫小马超好了。」
“Then let’s call him Little Matt Chao.”
｛我很大的…｝
{I’m quite big…}
列车辩驳了句后，识趣的没继续这个话题，转而道：
After that retort, the train wisely dropped the subject and shifted gears:
｛鲁智深格斗比前任列车长稍强点，收容抵御者需要审议员们提供的物品，谁掌握那件物品，谁就能收容它，前提是抵御者愿意被收容。现在鲁智深在掌控那东西。｝
{Lu Zhishen’s combat skills are slightly stronger than the former conductor’s. Containing the Defiants requires items provided by the Senators—whoever wields that item can contain it, provided the Defiant is willing to be contained. Lu Zhishen is currently in control of that item.}
「带我去鲁智深身边，我相信妳办得到。」
“Take me to Lu Zhishen. I believe you can do it.”
｛那妳能不能给我壹点启动时序，只需要1N.｝
{Then can you spare me a bit of Chronos? Just 1N is enough.}
银色制服出现在青年的体表，衣服纹路上冒出暗红微光，这件衣服就是控制列车的枢纽。
A silver uniform materialized on the youth’s body, its fabric patterns glowing with a faint crimson light. This coat was the nexus controlling the train.
杨子藏将手放在胸膛的铭牌，上面光芒变幻，出现【列车长：杨子藏】的字样。
Yang Zicang placed his hand on the nameplate on his chest; its light shifted, displaying the words [Conductor: Yang Zicang].
投入时序后，杨子藏脑海中如同心灵感应般浮现出壹个身材魁梧的光头的形象。
As he poured everything into Chronos, a towering, bald-headed figure materialized in Yang Zicang’s mind like a telepathic apparition.
[我已消耗1N本金，午夜列车启动。]
[I have consumed 1N of principal. The Midnight Train has departed.]
[下壹站，鲁智深站，预计时间三分钟。]
[Next stop: Lu Zhishen Station. Estimated time: three minutes.]
「呜——」
“WHOOSH——”
列车高速运行的破空声传来。
The piercing sound of the train cleaving through the air at breakneck speed filled the space.
杨子藏站直了身躯看向窗户外的幻影，那是壹个个不同的人类记忆。
Yang Zicang straightened up and gazed at the phantoms flickering outside the window—fragments of memories from countless human lives.
有欢笑，有迷茫，有孤独，有期待，有难耐。
Some brimming with laughter, others lost in confusion, weighed down by loneliness, soaring with hope, or gnawed by restless longing.
他想来到车厢末端，他心念壹动，跨向下个车厢的瞬间，出现在穿著赵博民服饰的老人所在的车厢。
He wanted to go to the end of the carriage, and the moment he willed it, he stepped into the next carriage, appearing in the one where the old man in Zhao Bomin’s clothes was.
老人已经倒在椅子旁失去了呼吸。要不是这身衣服，他苍老的相貌杨子藏已经认不出来了。
The old man had already fallen beside the chair, having lost his breath. Were it not for this outfit, Yang Zicang wouldn’t have recognized his aged features.
在这人身边，是两个跟他壹起逃出来的老年男女，便是当时自己救助过的三人。
Beside this man were two elderly men and women who had escaped with him—the three people he had once rescued.
杨子藏看了良久，直到感觉已经快到达怪物巢穴，他才蹲下拿手扫过赵博民睁著的眼皮，让他闭上双眼。
Yang Zicang watched for a long time, until he felt they were close to the monster’s lair. Only then did he crouch down, gently sweeping his hand over Zhao Bomin’s unclosed eyelids to let him close his eyes.
「我已经知道了，不是妳邀请的，希望若有来生妳们能在美好的世界生活。」
“I already know—it wasn’t you who invited them. I hope that if there’s a next life, you can live in a beautiful world.”