Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.83 第83章 偷井贼 -6
第83章 偷井贼 –6
Chapter Eighty-Three: The Well Thief –6
岩砾的起伏大地上，杨子藏皱眉转身。
On the undulating gravel-strewn terrain, Yang Zicang frowned and turned around.
「那个不敢报名字的，把偷的东西交出来！」后方握著棍棒的人群中，壹人肩扛有著尖锐铁物的木棍，仰著脖子喊道。
“You, the one who dares not give your name, hand over what you’ve stolen!” From the crowd behind, a person wielding a wooden stick topped with a sharp iron piece shouted, tilting their head up.
「甲子间，把失念引擎还回来！」
“Jiazi, give back the Shin Engine now!”
人群壹窝蜂的涌来，把七人围住。
The crowd surged forward in a swarm, surrounding the seven of them.
范修云后退了步道，「妳们吃尿素烧心了？」
Fan Xiuyun took a step back and said, “Are you out of your minds from eating too much urea?”
「把偷走的水井还来，否则死！」众人舞著棍棒咬喝。
“Return the stolen water well, or die!” The crowd brandished their clubs and shouted menacingly.
瞧见这阵仗，王翀赶紧双手握紧了自己的刀，徐秀川、钱钟生等人双手合十后拉开数道力场。
Seeing this commotion, Wang Chong quickly gripped his blade with both hands, while Shiu Siuchuan, Qian Zhongsheng, and the others clasped their hands together and pulled open several force fields.
他们神色紧张的看向这越来越多跑来的人，杂乱声音中他们大致知道了什么事。
Their expressions tense, they watched the growing crowd rushing toward them, piecing together the general gist of the matter from the chaotic noise.
「放妳娘的臭屁！水井是爷爷们赏妳们这些龟孙子的，滚开，否则老子死也拉个垫背的！」
“Bullshit! That well is a gift from us big shots to you bastards—get the hell out, or I swear I’ll take one of you down with me!”
六人哪里受过这种气，此刻哪怕被人围住，吕志那大块头再也无法平息怒火，当下就破口大骂。
Having never been treated like this before, even surrounded now, Lyu Zhi’s bulky frame could no longer contain his fury, and he burst out into a torrent of curses.
他身旁的秦蒙愤怒不已，数次想要发动Moexl都忍住了。
Chin Mong beside him was visibly furious, repeatedly tempted to unleash his Moxel but held back.
「水井失念引擎就是我们做的，滚妳大爷的，我们还需要偷？偷妳祖宗的棺材板做马桶吗？」
“Yeah, we’re the ones who built the Shin Engine in the well. Screw you—why would we steal it? What’s next, stealing planks from your ancestors’ coffins to make toilets?”
「妳说什么，妳再说句试试？」
“What did you say? Say that again if you dare!”
众人怒视范修云和这大块头。
The crowd glared at Fan Xiuyun and the burly man.
徐秀川既担心，又恼怒的道:「甲子哥，我就说这些人不值得同情，早就该拿上引擎我们自己去建立棚区。」
Shiu Siuchuan, both worried and angry, retorted, “Brother Jiazi, I told you these people aren’t worth our sympathy. We should’ve taken the engine long ago and headed to build the Peng Zone ourselves.”
「好哇，大家看看，他们自己承认了。」有人指著徐秀川道。
“Oh, look at that—they just confessed!” Someone pointed at Shiu Siuchuan.
「他们早就打水井的主意！」
“They’ve had their eyes on the well all along!”
「杀了他们，以儆效尤！」
“Kill them, make an example of them!”
人群中胸前仿佛闪光灯般亮起，好几人不待贾队长下令便扬起带著虚幻的银白光芒冲了上来，有人手上的虚影更是带上金色。
Amid the crowd, several figures lit up like flashbulbs on their chests, and before Captain Jia could even issue an order, they surged forward, raising illusory silver-white glows—some even tinged with a phantom shimmer of gold.
面对几个挥来的拳头，不善用武器的王翀下意识闭上了眼。
Facing several fists swinging toward him, Wang Chong, unskilled in using weapons, instinctively shut his eyes.
[沈吟之夜！]
[Night of Deep Sinking!]
空气忽然沈浸。
The air suddenly came to a standstill.
众人感觉瞬间变得窒息。
A suffocating pressure seized everyone, making them feel as though they could not breathe.
氧气、水气、地面、天空，乃至整个世界，都在抗拒著自己，在排斥著依赖它们才能生存的脆弱生命。
Oxygen, moisture, the ground, the sky—the entire world seemed to resist them, to reject the fragile lives that depended on it for survival.
他们似听到了虚幻不实的吟诵，仿佛有位古老主宰让天地将自己抛弃，抛入无法迎来晨曦的暗夜。
They seemed to hear an ethereal chant, as if some ancient master were making the heavens and earth cast them away, plunging them into a dark night that would never dawn into morning.
沈吟之夜壹发动，这些饱受生活摧残的众人哪里有抵抗的精神，他们好些都抓著喉咙，喘著粗气摔倒在地上胡乱滚动，瞬间战斗力就被瓦解了接近壹半。
As soon as the Chant of the Sleepless Night was unleashed, these people, battered by life, had no will to resist. Many clutched their throats, gasping for breath, collapsing to the ground and writhing wildly, their combat effectiveness instantly halved.
剩下还能站立的人也只是强撑，他们的精神正遭受著无法立足般的折磨，明明站在大地上，却像是处于深渊的边缘。
Those still standing barely held on, their minds tormented by a sense of instability so profound that, though they stood on solid ground, it felt as if they teetered on the edge of an abyss.
「大家，不要被，吓到，这是精神…法术。」
“Everyone, don’t be, afraid, this is a mental… spell.”
壹人大吼了声，举起手中散发金辉的宽大木棒，冲向杨子藏。
One man roared, raised a broad wooden club radiating golden light, and charged at Yang Zicang.
嘭！
Boom!
他还未靠近，便被壹股气浪打翻，重重摔到几十米外的地面上。
Before he could get close, a burst of force overturned him, and he slammed heavily onto the ground dozens of meters away.
手上的木棒也在倒飞出去的瞬间被怪异的力量抛上了天空，突然的加速让它飞得只剩个黑点。
The wooden club in his hand was wrenched into the air by a bizarre power the moment he was thrown back, its sudden acceleration reducing it to just a black dot in flight.
贾队长望向天际的瞳孔晃动。这太夸张了！
Captain Jia’s pupils wavered as he gazed up at the sky. This was too absurd!
这不是人类的力量，但…这里本就不是人类的世界了啊。
This was no human power, yet… this was no longer a human world anyway.
杨子藏缓步迈出，两三步便跨越了十来米距离，出现在贾队长身前。
Yang Zicang strolled forward, crossing a dozen meters in just two or three strides, appearing before Captain Jia.
他从这安保队长的衣服上扯下粒纽扣。
He plucked a button from the security captain’s uniform.
「回去，我不跟妳计较。」
“Go back. I won’t hold this against you.”
杨子藏指尖壹弹，纽扣休地射向高空，与落下的木头相撞。
With a flick of his fingertip, the button shot into the sky with a whoosh, colliding with the falling wooden club.
木棒被炸开成无数细小碎片。
The wooden pole was blasted into countless fine fragments.
碎片如雨落下，其中大部分却在众人头顶被无形力量接管，如水墨般猛然壹晃，在空中划出呼呼风声，带起璀璨金银虚影！
The fragments rained down like falling petals, yet most of them were seized by an invisible force above the heads of the crowd, shaking abruptly like ink-wash painting strokes, whistling through the air and trailing dazzling golden-silver phantom lights!
仿佛壹抹金丝银鳞闪烁的霞光！
It seemed like a glimmer of celestial glow, woven with threads of gold and silver scales!
瞧见这金云的众人无不骇然，那可是数百道碎木片，每道木片都散发著辉光！那该是多少时序！
All who beheld this golden cloud were utterly horrified—those were hundreds of splinters radiating with brilliance! How many Chronos must that be!
「救、救命！」
“He-Help! Help!”
窒息感猛然壹顿，如潮水般撤走。
The suffocating pressure suddenly ceased, receding like an ebbing tide.
休休休，噗噗噗噗！
Whissssh, thu-thud-thud-thud-thud!
杨子藏回转身形前走去，天空围著众人旋转得越来越低的碎木片刷地四散，如钉子般稳稳钉在众人脚边，几乎每人身旁都有三个。
Yang Zicang turned around and walked forward, while the spiral of splinters circling faster and lower around the crowd scattered abruptly, embedding themselves like nails firmly fixed by everyone’s feet—almost three per person.
众人魂不附体。
The crowd was paralyzed with terror.
他们谁也不敢动弹，深怕动下身体，这些木屑便会壹个不小心扎入自己身体。
None dared to move, dreading that the slightest shift would cause these splinters to accidentally pierce their bodies.
……
等那七道身影消失在地平线上，压抑的死寂才消散，有些人此时才敢瘫软坐在地上。
Only when those seven figures disappeared beyond the horizon did the oppressive silence begin to lift, and some finally collapsed limply to the ground.
「妈，妈妈的，这是魔鬼吧。」壹人带著哭腔道。
“M-Mommy, this is a demon!” one person stammered, his voice choked with tears.
此刻人群中有些人才发现，不知何时自己裆部出现了儒润触感。
It was then that some in the crowd noticed an unexpected damp warmth spreading across their crotch.
「他真能全灭我们，妈的，这什么鬼世道啊！」
“He could really wipe us all out. Damn it, what kind of shitty world is this!”
那极致的精神威吓，那差之毫厘就会摄入身体内的辉光木屑，无疑是死神的镰刀在脖子旁游舞。
That ultimate mental intimidation, those gleaming wood chips that could pierce the body at the slightest misstep—unquestionably, Death’s scythe was dancing right beside their throats.
「贾队，水井，我们…」
“Captain Jia, the well water, we…”
「水井，左大师还能那啥，生产，制作吧。」过了好久，贾队长才摸著胸口缓过气，他给自己找了个台阶。
“The well, Master Zuo can still… uh, produce stuff.” Only after a long while did Captain Jia manage to catch his breath, his hand stroking his chest as he tried to save face.
「对对，左大师，只要他还在就好。」众人也反应了过来。
“Yeah, yeah, Master Zuo, as long as he’s still here, everything’s fine.” The others finally snapped back to reality.
危险彻底消失后，贾队壹屁股坐在了地上，他还在想该怎么给宁洋说。
Now that the danger had completely vanished, Captain Jia slumped onto the ground, still pondering how to break the news to Ning Yang.
说自己整个棚区的人被那个人威胁了吗。
To tell him that his entire Peng Zone had been threatened by that man?
他会相信的吧，毕竟这么多人做证。所有人都可以给他讲，妳宁洋棚主是如何幸运，才没有亲身经历这壹幕。
He would have to believe it, right? After all, so many witnesses could attest to it. Everyone could tell him, “You, Ning Yang, the Penglord, were lucky enough to not have to go through this firsthand.”
「我们，回去吧。」
“Let’s go back.”
「只有幸苦左大师了。」
“It’s all on Master Zuo now.”
没人敢说半句埋怨的话，众人都晓得，这个棚区是真真切切在鬼门关走了遭。
No one dared utter a single word of complaint. They all knew that this Peng Zone had truly walked through the gates of hell.
炼制出御寒壁炉引擎的张远信站在棚子外，掌中托著个玻璃般透明晶体中、带著些许金属色泽的小巧三缸引擎。
Wei Yuanxin, who had forged the Coldward Hearth engine, stood outside the shed, holding in his palm a small three-cylinder engine that was as transparent as glass yet shimmered with a hint of metallic luster.
周围冷冷清清的，没有人在意自己，甚至助手都走得只剩壹个人。
Everything around him was cold and deserted. No one paid him any attention. Even his assistants had dwindled to just one person.
轻微风沙吹拂中，男人略微冷静了点的心彻底死了。
Amidst the gentle dust-laden wind, the man’s slightly calmer heart died completely.
叹息间，身旁声音传来。
With a sigh, a voice reached his ears.
「把它交出来。」剩下的唯壹壹个助手道。
“Hand it over,” said the sole remaining assistant.
「没意思。」张远信叹了口气。
“Useless.” Chang Yuanxin sighed.
他胸前闪烁出Moexl的折线后，冷笑著将引擎收入衣兜。
A Moxel’s fold lines flickered on his chest as he sneered and tucked the engine into his pocket.
随后，他身上冒出金色的虚影。
Then, a golden, phantom-like form emanated from him.
「滚开!」
“Get lost!”
助手壹愣，随即恼怒：「妳也配让我滚？妳这个只晓得窃取别人东西的…」
The assistant was startled, then snarled, “Who do you think you are to tell me to get lost? You, who knows nothing but stealing from others…”
张远信壹脚踢断了他的腿骨，这人惨叫著倒在地上。
Chang Yuanxin kicked his leg bone, snapping it, and the man screamed as he collapsed to the ground.
棚区外传来熙熙攘攘的说话声，听到人们回来了，张远信赶紧跑了出去，刚跑两步，他回头将那还剩小半液体的盒子壹脚踢翻，才再次跑了出去。
From the edge of Peng Zone, a clamor of voices rose. Hearing people returning, Chang Yuanxin rushed outside, but after a few steps, he turned back, kicked over the box still containing a bit of liquid, and then dashed out again.
……
壹处低矮灌木丛附近，跟左非闲寻找著可用木材的宁洋捡起块石头.「这块石头挺干净的，可以用来砌点什么。」
Near a low thicket, Ning Yang, who was searching for usable wood alongside Zuo Feixian, picked up a stone. “This stone is pretty clean. It could be used to work something out of.”
「还行，不过宁棚主，我看妳今儿都没什么目的似的，妳到底是想选什么东西的材料啊。」
“Not bad, but Ning Penglord, it seems like you don’t have a clear goal today. What kind of material are you actually trying to choose?”
「哈哈哈，当然是新的货物啊，我准备了壹个单目，包括些普通日用品，等回去后我给妳看。」
“Haha, new goods, of course! I’ve prepared a checklist, some everyday items. I’ll show it to you when we get back.”
细微折线自身旁虚空中突然冒出，射向胸口。
A faint crease suddenly emerged from the void beside him, speeding toward his chest.
脸上壹直挂著喜色的宁洋笑容逐渐消失，他如曾经三年中的大多数时间壹样，皱起了眉头。
The joy that had been lingering on Ning Yang’s face gradually faded, and as he had done for most of the past three years, his brow furrowed.
「怎么了？」左非闲直起身。
“What’s wrong?” Zuo Feixian straightened up.
宁洋沉默了十几秒，消化了对方的汇报后，才有点强撑的笑道：「张远信那畜生，带著造出来的失念引擎跑了。」
After a silence of over ten seconds, digesting the report from the other end, Ning Yang forced a strained smile and said, “That beast Chang Yuanxin—ran off with the Shin Engine he built.”
左大师震惊不已。
Master Zuo was utterly stunned.
他有点不能将张远信和「跑了」这个词划上等号。
He found it hard to equate the name “Chang Yuanxin” with the word “ran off.”
回过味来后，左非闲满脸不信的道：「贾队长呢，还有那么多人都是吃干饭的？还能让他给跑了？」
After snapping out of it, Zuo Feixian asked in disbelief, “And Captain Jia? And all those people—were they just dead weight? How did they let him get away?”
宁洋身边两个跟著充当保镖的听到这话，也是满脸的不信，但更震惊的是棚主接下来的话。
The two bodyguards accompanying Ning Yang exchanged incredulous looks upon hearing this, but what truly shocked them was Penglord’s next statement.
「因为他们去追小偷了。左师傅，不好意思啊，可能要再幸苦妳壹下，再做个水井引擎。」
“Because they’re off chasing the thief. Master Zuo, I’m sorry, but I’m afraid I’ll need to trouble you once more—to build another well engine.”
左非闲有种不详的预感。
Zuo Feixian had a sinking feeling of dread.
他感觉眼前这人好像要给自己来个大新闻。
He sensed that the man before him was about to drop a bombshell.
「妳把话说清楚，什么叫‘再‘做个？妳们该不会在搞什么吧。」
“Explain yourself. What do you mean by ‘another’ one? You aren’t up to something, are you?”
「嗯，就是…妳制作的失念引擎被人偷了，贾队他们去追小偷，就被张远信逮著了机会跑了。」
“Well, it’s like… your Shin Engine has been stolen. Captain Jia and the others went after the thief, and Chang Yuanxin seized the opportunity to run away.”
左非闲只觉得有闷雷划过。
Zuo Feixian felt as if a clap of thunder struck his mind.
「那妳们抓到人了吗？」
“Have you caught anyone?”
「没有，给他跑了，对方是四边形。」宁洋很惭愧。
“No, they got away. The other party is Quad,” Ning Yang said, deeply ashamed.
还好自己今天把左大师带出来，否则甲子间真那么强，要强行掳走左大师，自己也拦不住。
It was a relief that he had brought Master Zuo out today. Otherwise, if Jiazi Term were really that strong and tried to forcefully abduct Master Zuo, he wouldn’t have been able to stop them.
「我们回去吧，左大师妳说说材料，我马上命人去给妳准备。」
“Let’s head back. Master Zuo, tell me the materials you need, and I’ll have someone prepare them right away.”
「我问问。」左非闲胸前Moexl闪动，折现窜入空气消失，却没有人回应。
“I’ll check.” Zuo Feixian’s Moxel on his chest flashed and a beam of light shot into the air and vanished, but there was no reply.
对方应该在跟别的人联系。
The other party was probably contacting someone else.
宁洋皱了皱眉，他突然升起个荒诞的想法。
Ning Yang frowned. A bizarre thought suddenly occurred to him.
「左师傅，别闹了，我不会对妳怎么样，妳就直说材料，有哪些细节告诉我，我给妳准备就好，知道了吗？」
“Master Zuo, let’s not mess around. I’m not going to do anything to you. Just tell me about the materials, the details, and I’ll get them ready for you. Got it?”
听到宁洋有点不耐烦的话，左非闲也恼怒了。
Hearing Ning Yang’s somewhat impatient tone, Zuo Feixian grew angry as well.
「给妳说了好几次，我不是制作者。宁洋，妳觉得我是喜欢开这种玩笑的人吗？我已经强调很多次了。」
“I’ve told you several times, I’m not the creator. Ning Yang, do you think I’m the kind of person who would joke about something like this? I’ve emphasized this many times.”
宁洋脸色壹变。
Ning Yang’s expression darkened.
他整个心都突然没了著落。
His entire heart suddenly felt unmoored.
「妳，这个时候还跟我说胡话？」
“You… How can you still talk nonsense at a time like this?”
「那个人不让我说是他造出来的，我这会联系不到他，占线！」
“That person won’t let me say he made it, and I can’t get through to him right now—the line’s busy!”
左非闲气愤的叉著腰，扭头吐著浊气，「但失念引擎还真不是我给弄的，包括那御寒壁炉，妈的！这下两个壹起没了！」
Zuo Feixian planted her hands on her hips indignantly, swiveling her head to exhale a turbid breath. “But that Shin Engine really wasn’t something I cooked up, and neither was the Coldward Hearth. Damn it! Now both are gone in one fell swoop!”
宁洋觉得天塌地陷壹般。
Ning Yang felt as if the heavens had collapsed and the earth had split asunder.
瞧见这家伙的模样，左非闲气消了点：「没事，等回去我问问他就好，做这两个东西对他来说易如反掌。」
Seeing his pathetic state, Zuo Feixian’s anger subsided a little. “It’s fine. When I get back, I’ll just ask him. For him, making those two things is as easy as turning over his hand.”
「噢，哦哦。」
“Oh, uh-huh.”
宁洋有点昏头昏脑的跟著昂首挺胸的左非闲往前走去。
Ning Yang, still dazed and confused, followed Zuo Feixian, who was strutting forward with her chin up.
他边走边道：「妳的意思是，那位大师傅其实壹直在我们棚区？」
Strolling along, he said, “You mean that Master has actually been living in our Peng Zone all along?”
「是啊，他，嗯。」
“Yeah, he is. Hmm.”
「噢。」宁洋终于松了口气。
“Oh.” Ning Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
他擦了擦额头的虚汗，吃力笑道：「那还真是，真是个高人，我保证不过问他是谁，妳跟他好好学就是了。」
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and forced a strained smile. “Well, then he truly is… a real master. I promise I won’t ask who he is—just learn your lesson from him properly.”
「那就好。」左非闲点点头。
“That’s good, then.” Zuo Feixian nodded.
「对了。」左非闲随口问道：「那小偷是什么人啊，那么多人去抓都没抓到，应该很厉害吧。」
“By the way,” Zuo Feixian asked casually, “Who was that thief? So many people went after him and still couldn’t catch him; he must be pretty formidable.”
宁洋心中拎了拎。
Ning Yang’s heart tightened.
「咳嗯，那个小偷是前几天来我们棚区的间谍。」
“Ahem, that thief was a spy who came to our Peng Zone a few days ago.”
「间谍？哦，哦等下，前几天？噢，妳刚刚说什么四边形，被妳哄出去了？」
“A spy? Oh, wait, hold on—the other day? Wait, did you say Quad, and you shooed him out?”
左非闲停下脚步，转过身来，上下细细打量著身旁的棚主。
Zuo Feixian stopped in his tracks, turned around, and carefully looked Panglord up and down.
宁洋摸了摸自己的脸：「妳看什么。」
Ning Yang touched his own face: “What are you staring at?”
「不会要告诉我，那个小偷是甲子间吧。」
“Don’t tell me that thief was from Jiazi Term.”
「嗯，妳猜对了，八成就是他。」
“Mm, you guessed it. It’s eight out of ten likely him.”
「猜对了，还八成，唔…」
“Guessed it, with an ‘eight out of ten,‘ huh…”
左非闲突然捂著小腹。
Zuo Feixian suddenly clutched his lower abdomen.
「我肚子疼，妳们在前面等我，我去方便下。」
“My stomach hurts. You guys go ahead and wait for me up front—I need to take a leak.”
说完他搂著裤子进灌木丛蹲下。
With that, he grabbed his pants and crouched down into the bushes.
……
阴云四溢，缓缓流荡。
Dark clouds spread and drifted slowly.
王翀等人怔怔地跟在这道身影旁往前走去，各个神色巨变，不敢言语。
Wang Chong and the others, stunned, trudged forward beside that shadow, their faces all dramatically changed, daring not speak a word.
「哥，妳还要当好人吗？」
“Bro, are you still going to play the good guy?”
荒原上的几人心头齐齐壹跳，看向不知哪根筋不对的徐秀川。
The hearts of those on the wasteland all jumped in unison, turning to look at Shiu Siuchuan, whose sense had apparently gone haywire.
杨子藏瞟了身旁裤腰松垮垮的徐秀川壹眼。
Yang Zicang cast a sidelong glance at Shiu Siuchuan, whose waistband hung loose beside him.
气氛壹肃。
The atmosphere tensed instantly.
徐秀川本觉得自己多了个笑话素材，不过这下他再也不敢提这嘴了。
Originally, Shiu Siuchuan had thought he’d found another tidbit for a joke, but now he no longer dared to bring it up.
旁边范修云缓和气氛般地问：「我们接下来是去哪呀？杨哥。」
Beside him, Fan Xiuyun lightened the mood by asking, “So where are we heading next, Brother Yang?”
壹望无际的黑土地上，萧瑟的风打著旋儿吹过。
Over the endless black soil, a desolate wind swirled and blew by.
「旅游。」
“Sightseeing.”
……
当宁洋意识到左大师已经跑掉后，早已过去了十几分钟。
When Ning Yang realized that Master Zuo had already slipped away, more than ten minutes had passed.
那片灌木丛内哪里还能看到他的身影。
Where in that thicket of bushes could his figure still be seen?
宁洋反而感觉身心平静，内心毫无波澜。
Ning Yang, on the contrary, felt a sense of inner calm, hardly a ripple in his heart.
回到棚区后，壹言不发的棚主首先去看了张远信用过的手工作棚，以及被他打伤的人，还好只是骨折。
After returning to Penguin Zone, Penguinlord went first, without a word, to inspect the makeshift shelter Chang Yuanxin had used and the people he had injured—fortunately, it was just fractures.
整个聚集地内，弥漫著沈重的气氛，好些人忙著在水井里打水，储备来之不易的甘泉，它明天就会消失了。
A heavy atmosphere loomed over the entire settlement; many were busy drawing water from the well, hoarding the precious sweet springs that would vanish by tomorrow.
「洋哥，这次的确是惹到硬茬子了…」
“Brother Yang, we really poked a hornet’s nest this time…”
「甲子间把木板壹下就打碎了，空中铺天盖地的全是金光。」
“Jiazi Term can take down floorboards with one strike; the whole sky was filled with golden light.”
贾队长再也没了平日里安保队长的矜持，有他起头，众人七嘴八舌诉苦。
Captain Jia no longer maintained the typical decorum of a security chief, and with him leading, everyone started gabbling about their troubles.
「他还说我们是废物，要掀棚主妳祖宗的棺材板。」
“He even called us trash and said he wanted to topple the coffins of Old Master Penguinlord’s ancestors.”
「那些家伙不光羞辱我们，还说没他们我们都做不出来水井和御寒壁炉。」
“Those guys not only humiliated us, but also claimed we could never have built the well or the Coldward Hearth without them.”
「高手了不起啊，迟早我也是高手。」
“Big shots are so cool? Well, one day I’ll be a big shot too.”
壹直不为所动的宁洋看去。
Ning Yang, who had been unmoved throughout, glanced over.
那个人群中的瘦子被棚主壹看，顿时气势就蔫了：「我…我成不了高手…」
The thin man in the crowd, the moment Penguinlord looked at him, immediately lost his nerve: “I-I can’t ever be a big shot…”
贾队拿眼睛寻找左非闲的身影。
Captain Jia scanned the crowd for the shadow of Zuo Feixian.
「宁哥儿，老左呢？」
“Ning Bro, where old man’s Zuo at?”
宁洋忽然感觉脑袋壹阵眩晕。
A sudden wave of dizziness hit Ning Yang.
「喂，宁哥？」
“Hey, Brother Ning?”
贾队看著宁洋突然有点虚浮的脚步，关心的伸手道。
Captain Jia noticed Ning Yang’s slightly unsteady steps and reached out with concern.
宁洋挪了两步，拨开身边的人，看向自己的屋子，以及旁边那间属于左大师的石屋。
Ning Yang took two steps, brushed past the people around him, and looked toward his own hut, as well as the stone hut next to it that belonged to Master Zuo.
「左大师，有事…离开几天。」宁洋有点茫然的道。
“Master Zuo… went away on business… for a few days,” Ning Yang said, somewhat dazed.
他已经明白左大师说的人是谁了。但他不愿承认…怎么可能会是那个人，他会做水井的话…蹲在自己的棚区做什么？自有大棚区视他为座上宾啊？
He had already realized who Master Zuo was referring to. But he was unwilling to admit it… How could it be that person? If he could build a well, what was he doing holed up in his own Peng Zone? Better Peng Zones would have welcomed him as an honored guest, surely?
宁洋努力让自己的心思转移…货队说的幕景与蓝图…对，还有那个可能制作蓝图的幕景。
Ning Yang tried forcefully to shift his thoughts… the tableau and blueprints that the Cargo Crew mentioned… right, and that tableau that might have produced the blueprints.
「我们凑凑时序，准备过两天的…」 突然人群壹阵骚动，棚主壹头栽倒在地，晕了过去。
“We need to pool our Chronos and prepare for the…” A sudden commotion rippled through the crowd as Penglord toppled forward, hitting the ground in a faint.