Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.72 第72章 百年器的送达承诺
第72章 百年器的送达承诺
Chapter Seventy-Two – Cent-Arms’ Promise of Delivery
看著身旁上上下下忙碌的身影，杨子藏犹豫了下，问这个地球的影视明星道：
Watching the bustling figures around him, Yang Zicang hesitated for a moment, then asked the film and television star from Earth:
「妳是什么时候过来的？」
“When did you come here?”
「快壹年零三个月了，呵呵，最近看过我的电视剧吗。」
“Almost a year and three months now. Hah, seen any of my TV dramas lately?”
「电影看过不少，电视剧麻只陪同学在电脑看过。」
“I’ve watched quite a few movies, but TV dramas… only ones I watched with classmates on the computer.”
「哟，还在读书啊，真是英雄出少年。妳同学看的应该是我离开前，拍的那部关于李世民的电视剧吧，它是我第壹次转型拍电视剧，结果就是最后壹次了。」
“Oh—still in school, huh? Truly, heroes are forged young. The drama your classmates were watching must be the one I filmed about Li Shimian just before I left, right? That was my first attempt at transitioning to TV dramas, and unfortunately, it became my last.”
原来他早就从地球失踪了啊。
So he had been missing from Earth for quite a while now.
杨子藏抠了抠后脑勺。
Yang Zicang scratched the back of his head.
「其实我下半年本会去上班了的。」杨子藏笑道：」嘿嘿，至于电视剧，对我来说太长了。我喜欢看体育赛事，放假了会去影院看看电影。可惜以后看不到了。」
“Actually, I was supposed to start work later this year.” Yang Zicang chuckled, “Heh, as for TV dramas, they’re just too long for me. I’m into sports events, and on holidays, I hit the cinema. Too bad I won’t get to do that anymore.”
周围人用担架将那两具周身焦黑的人小心擡出，那堆碎片也被壹个不留的带了出去。
The surrounding crew carefully carried out the two charred-black bodies on stretchers, while every last fragment was also removed, leaving nothing behind.
晨御叹息地微微点头：
Chen Yu let out a faint sigh, nodding slightly:
「听妳说这些真是好啊，有些怀念。不过以后也并非不能看。每个月十五号，再次出现在这座城市的虚影。到时候咱们可以壹起去影院，就是很危险，而且听不到声音。」
“It’s really nice hearing you say that—makes me a bit nostalgic. But that doesn’t mean we’ll never be able to watch it again. On the fifteenth of each month, those phantom images reappear in this city. When that happens, we can go to the cinema together. It’ll be dangerous, though… and we won’t be able to hear a sound.”
意识到他说的这件事的确每个月十五号会发生，杨子藏心脏猛地跳了两下。
Realizing that what he said indeed happened on the fifteenth of every month, Yang Zicang’s heart pounded twice violently.
这是不是意味著自己还能见到家人？虽然对方看不见自己。但他马上祈祷不要发生这种事情，因为那意味著家人也可能会过来这边。
Did this mean he could still see his family? Even though they couldn’t see him. But he immediately prayed for it not to happen, because that would mean they might follow him over here too.
「喔，对了，我们给妳准备有礼物，妳现在有空吗？」
“Oh, right, we’ve prepared a gift for you. Are you free now?”
「礼物无所谓，只要按照之前说好的给我就行了，另外我下次来的时候请将张飞铠甲给我。」
“I don’t care about gifts. Just give me what we agreed on earlier. Also, when I come next time, I’ll have the Zhang Fei armor.”
地铁的身影迅速虚化，壹只手撑著车门的杨子藏随著列车快速消失。
The subway’s silhouette rapidly faded away as Yang Zicang, with one hand gripping the door, disappeared with the accelerating train.
今夜的灾难几乎是由眼前这个年轻人独自扭转，这里的人都感觉心情复杂。
Tonight’s disaster had been almost single-handedly reversed by the young man before them, leaving everyone in the room burdened with mixed emotions.
几人面面相觑，互相耸了耸肩。
Several people exchanged awkward glances, shoulders rising in a collective shrug.
「我就说，这家伙不是那么好糊弄的。」
“Told you, that guy’s not so easy to fool.”
……
烛火摇曳的房间木床上，沐小雨神色疲惫地半躺在上面。
On the wooden bed within the candlelit room, Mu Xiaoyu reclined half-lying, exhaustion written on her face.
她双臂打著石膏，她腹部有道骇人的剑痕，整个人有些恍神。
Both her arms were in plaster casts, and a gruesome sword wound marred her abdomen—her gaze barely present.
「不能睡，小雨。」床边的老头道。
“Don’t fall asleep, Xiaoyu,” said the old man at the bedside.
「我…」
“I…”
床上的女孩迷茫地转了转头：「可是，我好困。」
The girl in the bed turned her head listlessly: “But… I’m so tired.”
刘明有些焦急，自从半小时前跟姚启明联系过壹次后，房间内已经没有人来过了。要是这个时候马超出现，自己能怎么办。
Liu Ming grew anxious. No one had entered the room since he last contacted Yao Qiming half an hour ago. If Matt Chao showed up now, what could he possibly do?
女孩闭上了沈重的眼帘，刘明晃著她的身子道：
The girl closed her heavy eyelids, and Liu Ming shook her body, urging:
「不行啊，快醒醒，天就要亮了，再坚持坚持！」
“No, no, stay awake! Dawn is coming soon—hold on just a little longer!”
门嘭地声被推开，赵雪美形色匆匆的身影出现在门口，她喘息了口气，露出笑容道：「她可以睡了。」
The door burst open with a bang, and Zhao Xuemei’s hurried figure appeared in the doorway. Catching her breath, she forced a smile and said, “She can sleep now.”
沐小雨在听到「可以睡了」这几个字后，哪怕周身疼痛，也再也坚持不住地闭上了眼。
Upon hearing the words “can sleep now,” Mu Xiaoyu, despite the pain wracking her entire body, could no longer hold on and closed her eyes.
刘明转头看向她：「妳们不是说马超可能会通过梦境过来？」
Liu Ming turned to look at her: “Didn’t you say that Matt Chao might come through in dreams?”
「以后都不用再怕他了！」赵雪美轻快地小声喊道。
“We don’t have to be afraid of him anymore!” Zhao Xuemei whispered jubilantly.
她身后跟著跑过来几个兴奋的人。
Several excited people came running up behind her.
看著这些人的突然出现，刘明隐约觉得肯定有什么事发生。
Seeing these people appear out of the blue, Liu Ming vaguely sensed that something must have happened.
但他想不出会是什么，跟这房间内的自己两人又有什么关系。
But he couldn’t figure out what it was, nor how it related to the two of them in this room.
忽地，他像是听到了地铁划过隧道的风鸣。
Suddenly, he seemed to hear the wind-like roar of a subway train cutting through a tunnel.
[呜——]
[Woo—]
老年的刘明身体绷紧地转头，女孩床头后方的墙壁似乎变得模糊了起来，烛火晃动。
The elderly Liu Ming tensed up and turned his head; the wall behind the girl’s bedside seemed to blur, the candlelight flickering.
「这，这不就是妳们说的！」
“This—this is exactly what you were talking about!”
老人壹下颤抖著站了起来，椅子被他的腿往后带动了几厘米，发出咯吱的摩擦地板声。
The old man suddenly stood up trembling, his chair scraping backward a few centimeters, producing a creaking sound against the floor.
「马超真的来了，快跑。」
“Matt Chao is really here, run for your life.”
刘明想抱起少女，可他拘偻的身子抱起把椅子都费劲，更别说人了。
Liu Ming wanted to pick up the girl, but his stooped frame struggled even to lift a chair, let alone a person.
门口几人看向屋内，赵雪美紧张地将双手搓在身前。
A few people looked into the room from the doorway, while Zhao Xuemei nervously rubbed her hands together in front of her.
「不用担心，来的是妳朋友。」
“Don’t worry, it’s your friend who’s here.”
「我朋友？」
“My friend?”
……
赵雪美刚刚听到楚强联系自己的时候，还以为出现了幻觉。
Just now, when Zhao Xuemei heard that Chu Chiang was contacting her, she thought she was hallucinating.
而那个壹直冷静管理著队友们时序的人今夜却激动万分。楚强不住的强调，是赵安龙回来了！虽然他又走了，不过却为自己留下了礼物，杨子藏即将为他送达！
And that man, who had always calmly managed his Chronos teammates, was brimming with excitement tonight. Chu Chiang kept emphasizing, “Zhao Anlong is back!” Though he was gone again, he had left behind a gift, and Yang Zicang was about to deliver it!
刘明想不起来自己有什么样的朋友。
Liu Ming couldn’t recall having any such friend.
「我哪里的朋友？」
“What friend of mine?”
难道是先进入这世界的朋友？但自己似乎没听到有身边人失踪啊。
Could it be a friend from the world I entered first? But he didn’t recall hearing about anyone close to him going missing.
会是谁？
Who could it be?
「呜——嗤~」
“Whew—ssh~”
熟睡少女的头后方，墙上出现了小半截缓缓浮现的画面。
Behind the sleeping girl’s head, a small half-glimmering image slowly emerged on the wall.
就像少女的梦境展开的帷幕。
It was like a curtain being drawn back on the girl’s dream.
壹节车厢出现在那儿。
The scene of a train car appeared there.
门轻轻地打开后，显露出位拥有身经百战气质的冷俊青年。
As the door gently opened, it revealed a cold, handsome young man exuding a battle-hardened aura.
刘明眼睛瞪得老大，他不可思议的指著杨子藏，壹副见鬼的表情：
Liu Ming’s eyes bulged wide. He pointed at Yang Zicang in disbelief, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost:
「妳、妳这家伙，怎么会是妳？妳今天跑哪儿去了？」
“You—you bastard, how is it you? Where the hell did you go today?”
明明半天多时间不见，人还是那个人，可他身上的气质已经大相径庭！而且还长出了匀称的肌肉。
By all appearances, it was still the same person after not seeing him for barely half a day, yet the aura about him was entirely different! Moreover, he had grown symmetrical muscles.
刘明等了等，门后并未出现第二个人。
Liu Ming waited for a moment, but no second person appeared from behind the door.
只有他？
Only him?
「马超呢？」刘明忐忑迟疑的询问道。
“Where’s Matt Chao?” Liu Ming asked hesitantly, with a nervous tremor in his voice.
｛我在立壁上。｝
｛I’m on the facade.｝
列车的声音出现，吓得周围人后退了壹步。
The train’s voice rang out, startling those nearby into taking a step back.
这可是凶名鼎盛的雄英组恶魇，传说除非时序特别高，否则好些人都会被它吞入成为傀儡。
This is the notoriously ruthless hero squad, Nightmare; it is said that unless one possesses exceptionally high Chronos, many will be swallowed by it and turned into puppets.
「杨子藏，妳没事真是太好了。」赵雪美上前壹步。
“Yang Zicang, you’re safe, that’s a relief.” Zhao Xuemei stepped forward.
「谢谢关心。」
“Thank you for your concern.”
墙上的青年冲她笑笑，随后扫视了屋内与门口的众人壹眼，壹道折线射向刘明。
The young man on the wall gave her a smile, then swept his gaze over the people in the room and at the doorway, before shooting a folded line toward Liu Ming.
老头身前自动浮现出个微小如指环般的灰白圆环，里面是空的。
In front of the old man, a tiny, ring-like gray-white circle, empty within, spontaneously materialized.
[300N.]
[300N.]
「这个是…」刘明感知到自己似乎又多出能自然支配的很多年时序。
“This is…” Liu Ming sensed that he seemed to have gained many years of Chronos that he could naturally command.
「给妳的。三百年额外寿命。真是的，没有Moexl都没办法联系妳们。等我忙完了这边，就带妳们去获取属于妳们的Moexl。」
“Here. Three hundred extra years of Chronos. Honestly, without Moxel, I can’t even contact you all. Once I’m done here, I’ll take you to claim your own Moxel.”
刘明不可思议的张大了嘴。
Liu Ming gaped in disbelief.
他迟缓的大脑还来不及消化这信息，门口的人就嗡嗡的议论起来，他们都听到了来自Moexl的心念声：
His sluggish mind had yet to process the information when the people at the doorway buzzed with murmured discussions—they had all heard the mental voice from Moxel:
[我发现了时序战器。]
[I’ve discovered the Chronos War Implement.]
「哇！妳成高手了！」刘明终于反应了过来，「没搞错吧，才壹天时间，妳这么厉害了？」
“Wow! You’re a master now!” Liu Ming finally snapped out of it. “You can’t be serious—just one day, and you’re already this strong?”
众人笑著看著老人。
The crowd smirked at the old man.
看到赵雪美的倩丽身影伫立门前，杨子藏解下带鞘长剑从墙上轻巧地壹跃而下。
Seeing Zhao Xuemei’s graceful figure standing at the door, Yang Zicang unhooked his sheathed longsword and leaped lightly from the wall.
他双脚落在地面，将微蹲缓冲的腿站直，走向靓丽消瘦的女士跟前。
His feet hit the ground, and he straightened his slightly crouched legs, then strode toward the slender, striking woman before him.
壹丝若有若无的香味萦绕鼻息之间。
A faint, elusive fragrance lingered in the air.
「这个就是…」赵雪美看向这柄精致的窄剑。
“Is this…” Zhao Xuemei gazed at the delicate, narrow sword.
「嗯，是赵安龙托我带给妳的礼物，他说过，任何人要是想要打它的主意，以后都会被他追杀自死。另外他还说…」
“Yeah, it’s a gift from Zhao Anlong. He said anyone who tries to mess with it will be hunted to death by him for the rest of their lives. And he also said…”
赵雪美的脸刷地下红到了耳根。
A flush of crimson instantly crept from Zhao Xuemei’s cheeks to her ears.
「别，别说了。」
“Don’t… don’t say anymore.”
现在赵雪美的名字已经传遍了整个城市，大家都知道了她是赵安龙挂念的人。
Now Zhao Xuemei’s name had spread throughout the entire city; everyone knew she was the person Zhao Anlong cared about deeply.
杨子藏嘿嘿壹笑，将武器递到了这位美人手上。
Yang Zicang let out a sly chuckle and handed the weapon to the beauty before him.
「掌控它要壹百年时序，妳的备用时序足够吗？」
“It takes a hundred years of Chronos to control it. Do you have enough reserve Chronos?”
埋著头的赵雪美轻轻点点头。
Zhao Xuemei, still keeping her head down, nodded gently.
见她这样子，杨子藏便不再多问。
Seeing her like this, Yang Zicang refrained from asking further.
哪怕她没有太多时序，楚强肯定也会为她安排好壹切，这可是每击五百年时序的强大战器，恐怕是这座城市的独壹份。
Even if she didn’t have much Chronos, Chu Chiang would certainly arrange everything for her—after all, this was a powerful war artifact costing five hundred years of Chronos per strike, likely the only one of its kind in this city.
想到赵安龙对自己的帮助以及最后的叫骂，杨子藏心虚地道：「我还有个礼物要送给妳。」
Thinking of Zhao Anlong’s help and final curses, Yang Zicang said guiltily, “I still have a gift for you.”
「欸，还有？」
“Huh, there’s more?”
赵雪美擡起俏脸，细柔的睫毛眨了眨，看向身前这转眼间已具备了跟曾经的安龙壹般气势的男人。
Zhao Xuemei lifted her delicate face, her soft lashes fluttering as she gazed at the man before her, who had instantly taken on the same imposing aura as the former Anlong.
「嗯，这是我送妳的，算是感谢赵安龙这次的帮助吧，没有他这座城市恐怕已经生灵涂炭了。」
“Yeah, this is my gift to you, sort of as thanks for Zhao Anlong’s help this time. Without him, this city would probably have been ravaged.”
他擡起手，胸前Moexl浮现，闪烁的四边形窜到手掌。
He raised his hand, and the Moxel floating before his chest flickered, the Quad darting into his palm.
赵雪美这才反应过来，这份没听过的礼物是眼前之人所送。
Zhao Xuemei only then realized that this unfamiliar gift was from the man standing right in front of her.
「如果让妳学会壹样技能，妳喜欢火焰还是雪花，又或者拳术呢？」
“If you could learn one skill, would you prefer flames, snowflakes, or perhaps martial arts?”
「技能？」
“Skill?”
周围人骚动了下。
A stir rippled through the crowd around them.
赵雪美看了眼手中的剑后，想了想道：「我当然是喜欢雪要多点的。」
Zhao Xuemei glanced at the sword in her hand, pondered for a moment, then said, “Of course, I like the snow a little more.”
刚说完，眼前男人手上闪动的Moexl细线迅速有规律地窜动，具现出半透明的卷轴模样的古老纸张。
The moment the words left her mouth, the fine Moxel threads on the man before her flickered and wove rapidly in orderly patterns, materializing an ancient-looking parchment scroll, translucent and ethereal.
见到被塞进手里的能量体造物，赵雪美的目光簌然震动。
As the energy-forged artifact was pressed into her hands, Zhao Xuemei’s gaze trembled abruptly.
它所蕴含的效果与使用方式，通过信息流快速涌入心间。
Its effects and method of use surged into her mind through a torrent of data streams.
《代练契约：霜雪剑法，九十七年修行经验，完整度100%》
“*Art Training Contract: Frostblade Art, ninety-seven years of cultivation experience, 100% completeness.*”
身前面容秀丽的女人难以置信地擡头，胸前Moexl闪动出折线。
The strikingly beautiful woman before him raised her head in disbelief, a zigzag line flickering across the Moxel on her chest.
｛这竟然是能够直接学会的？｝
{This… this can actually be learned directly?}
秘技本就少见，能直接学会的更是从未听闻，却出现在了眼前，还是近百年的修行经验！这让赵雪美简直难以置信，世间会有这种东西存在。
Secret techniques were rare to begin with, and one that could be instantly mastered through direct learning was utterly unheard of—yet here it was before her eyes, containing nearly a century of cultivation experience! The sheer impossibility left Zhao Xuemei dumbfounded, questioning whether such a thing could even exist in this world.
杨子藏点头笑了笑：「下次见到赵安龙，壹定替我向他道谢啊。」
Yang Zicang nodded with a smile. “Next time you see Zhao Anlong, be sure to thank him for me.”
「这…好，不对！是我谢谢！欸，不对不对，我不能要这么贵重的礼物。」
“This… all right, no—thank me! Eh, no, no, no—I can’t accept such a priceless gift.”
壹下得到两件宝贝的赵雪美有点慌神。
Suddenly receiving two treasures in one fell swoop left Zhao Xuemei flustered.
她根本没想到杨子藏所谓的礼物居然如此贵重。
She had never imagined that what Yang Zicang called a *gift* would turn out to be this precious.
当她想要还回去时，杨子藏转身走到床边将熟睡的少女连同薄毯抱入怀中，此刻的沐小雨脸上憔悴无比。
Just as she was about to return it, Yang Zicang turned and walked to the bedside, wrapping the sleeping girl, along with the thin blanket, into his arms. At this moment, Mu Xiaoyu’s face was pale and haggard.
刘明觉得自己是不是在做梦，「子藏，这可是三百年欸，妳真给我了？喂，妳要去哪儿？」
Liu Ming felt as if he were dreaming. “Zi Cang, this is three hundred years, you know. You’re actually giving this to me? Hey, where are you going?”
「寿命对于我们已经无所谓了，当前能够活著才是最为真实的。没有实力，万年寿命也是过眼云烟。」
“Lifespan means nothing to us anymore. What truly matters is staying alive in the present. Without strength, even ten thousand years of life is but fleeting smoke and clouds.”
直到杨子藏纵身壹跃跳上了悬在墙上的列车门才反应过来。
It wasn’t until Yang Zicang leapt and sprang onto the suspended train door against the wall that he finally snapped out of it.
「超级高手发言…」
“A word from a top-tier expert…”
刘明哑然，这似乎才半天而已，自己已经落后了遥远距离，仿佛两个世界的人。
Liu Ming was speechless; it had only been half a day, but he had already fallen so far behind, as if they were from two different worlds.
「是我落后了？」他有点懵，「我只歇了半天而已。」
“Have I fallen behind?” he murmured in a daze. “I only took a break for half a day.”
跑过来床边的赵雪美，对墙上进入车厢内的道：
Zhao Xuemei rushed over to the bedside, speaking to the figure already inside the carriage on the wall:
「妳要治疗她吗？楚强认识位拥有不错医疗能力的人，只是他可能收费有点贵。」
“Are you going to treat her? Chu Chiang knows someone with pretty good healing abilities, but his fees might be a bit steep.”
「没事，我朋友已经为我准备好了壹切。」
“It’s fine. My friend has already prepared everything for me.”
车门在他背后封闭，列车化为虚影带起迷蒙卷雾驰入墙的另壹侧。
The car door sealed behind him, the train transformed into a blur, dragging a hazy swirl of mist as it whisked through to the other side of the wall.
「他的朋友准备好了壹切？」
“His friend prepared everything for him?”
「这家伙出去壹天搞得好像混了好久似的，那边的时间到底变得有多快呀。」
“This guy’s only been out for a day, but he acts like he’s been gone forever—just how fast is the time over there really moving?”
这简直难以置信。
This is simply unbelievable.
门口几人看著杨子藏的身影消失在这传闻中的恶魇列车上，壹时情绪起伏难喻。
The few at the door watched as Yang Zicang’s figure vanished into the train of nightmares, rumored far and wide, leaving their emotions churning in an indescribable turmoil.
《地上星》上
In “Earthstar“