Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.79 第79章 偷井贼 -2
第79章 偷井贼 –2
Chapter 79: The Well Thief –2
有这些矿物与泥土化为的能量加入，悬浮在手工作棚中的光团略微膨胀。
With the addition of energy transformed from these ores and earth, the sphere of light floating in the handcraft shack slightly expanded.
「哇哦！」
“Wow!”
外面几人看著光团内和谐地缓慢旋转图案，壹人低呼：「这么稳定旋转的光团，我们以前都还没见到过呢。」
The people outside observed the harmoniously slow-rotating pattern within the sphere of light, and one exclaimed softly, “We’ve never seen such a stably rotating sphere of light before.”
「谣传说越和谐自然的流转光团，诞生的失念引擎品质越好。」
“Rumor has it that the smoother and more naturally rotating the sphere of light, the higher the quality of the Shin Engine it gives birth to.”
「有这么充足的准备，我觉得我们真的能成功的欸！」
“With such thorough preparations, I feel like we might actually succeed!”
「八号。」
“Number eight.”
时间壹点点过去，盒子壹个个变空。
As time ticked by, box after box was emptied.
原野上不时传来惊呼，因为大伙看到旋转的光团越来越大，也越来越美，图案中的幻象也逐渐变为杨子藏挖掘坑洞，将它铺底、砌墙的画面。
Gasps rang out now and then across the wild, as the crowd watched the swirling sphere of light grow ever larger and more dazzling, its patterns shifting into visions of Yang Zicang digging pits, paving floors, and building walls.
百米外，壹个熟睡的人被不时响起的欢呼声所吵醒。
A hundred meters away, a sleeping figure was roused by the intermittent cheers.
「三号盒。」
“Box No. 3.”
左非闲壹步步靠近荒野上孤零零发光的作棚。
Zuo Feixian approached the lone, glowing tent on the desolate field step by step.
昏暗中突然冒出个人影，几人吓了壹跳：「左…」
A shadow suddenly emerged from the dimness, startling the few nearby: “Zuo…”
「嘘。」左非闲将擡起手指，在嘴边做出了嘘声，示意不要吵到里面的人。
“Shh.” Zuo Feixian raised a finger to his lips, motioning for silence so as not to disturb those inside.
他看著那团光芒，脸上表情有迷茫，有难以接受，也有怅然若失。
He stared at the cluster of light, a mix of bewilderment, incredulity, and a sense of melancholic loss flickered across his face.
「二号。」杨子藏在里面头也不回的道。
“Number Two.” Yang Zicang said from inside without looking back.
「就要成功了，就、要、成、功、啦！」钱钟生紧握拳头，在喉咙里激动地低吼。
“We’re almost there, al-most there!” Qian Zhongsheng clenched his fists, growling excitedly in his throat.
两人将代表井口最上层的岩石盒擡入。它四周是混合碎石的黄泥，内部壹圈是整齐的青石条。看著青石化为云雾融入光芒，左非闲神色中的的所有不甘都消散了。
The two carried in the stone box representing the topmost layer of the well’s opening. It was encased in yellow mud mixed with gravel, with a ring of neatly arranged blue stone blocks inside. Watching the blue stone dissolve into mist and blend into the light, all the unwillingness in Zuo Feixian’s expression dissipated.
那和谐闪动的光团如此优美，他剩下的只有佩服。
The harmoniously flickering orb of light was so beautiful—all that remained in him was admiration.
壹个拳头大小的引擎在其中不时闪现。
An engine, the size of a fist, flickered into view within it from time to time.
其实现在水井已经成功了，但还剩最后个贴著壹号纸条标记的东西。
In truth, the well was already complete now, but there was one last item marked with a Number One label.
壹号不是盒子，而是个岩石围边，它带个铁架、青石做了防污水的设计。
Number One was not a box but a stone rim, fitted with an iron frame and crafted from blue stone with a wastewater-proof design.
「嘿左。」秦蒙和两人走上去，三个人吃力地擡起这井口。
“Heave ho!” Chin Mong stepped up with the other two, the three of them struggling to lift the wellhead.
「我也来吧。」左非闲挽起袖子，露出干净但手茧很厚的双手道。
“Let me help too.” Zuo Feixian rolled up his sleeves, exposing clean but heavily calloused hands as he spoke.
「左大师，要不妳还是算了吧。」
“Master Zuo, maybe you should just sit this one out.”
「找死是吗。」左非闲瞪了他们壹眼，小声呵斥道。
“Are you asking for death?” Zuo Feixian shot them a glare and scolded softly.
几人嘻嘻壹笑，左大师伸手将想要去搬井口的王翀拽到身后，自己填上了剩下的那壹角。
They exchanged a sneaky grin, and Master Zuo reached out, yanking Wang Chong, who was about to touch the wellhead, behind him before filling in the remaining corner himself.
几人膀子肌肉鼓起，弯腰将井口擡进棚内。背对著众人的杨子藏整个人在混吨光芒中若影若现，宛若神人。
Their shoulders bulged with muscle as they bent over and carried the wellhead into the shed. Yang Zicang, his back to everyone, flickered in and out of the chaotic glow, like a divine being.
闪动著光华的手指在青石井口上轻轻壹点，它便化光融入光团。
He lightly tapped the bluestone wellhead with a finger shimmering with a radiant light, and it dissolved into the luminous mass.
「应该成功了。」杨子藏利用Moexl确认这次的失念引擎制作结束。
“It should be done.” Yang Zicang used the Moxel to confirm the completion of this Shin Engine craft.
光华缩入水晶般具现的三缸小发动机内，失去能量支撑的引擎顿时从空中跌落，杨子藏壹把将它接在手中。
The light retracted into the crystallized, three-cylinder miniature engine. Deprived of its energy support, the engine fell from the air, and Yang Zicang caught it in one hand.
[我获得了新的失念引擎，作为地形类的引擎，它的脉搏仅能跳动壹次。]
[I obtained a new Shin Engine. As a terrain-type engine, its pulse can only beat once.]
混吨光芒变淡，杨子藏的身影清晰出现。
The chaotic glow faded, and Yang Zicang’s figure became clear.
手中的引擎内，画面缓慢流转：清泉自井底汩汩涌出。光是握著，便觉清冽舒畅。虽然壹场制作下来，精神跟熬了个通宵壹样疲惫，但成就感却是满满。
Inside the engine in his hand, a scene slowly played out: clear water gushed from the bottom of a well. Just holding it, one felt a cool and refreshing comfort. Though the whole process left him as exhausted as if he had pulled an all-nighter, it was still filled with a great sense of achievement.
总部紧张看著的几人兴奋道：
The others back at headquarters, watching in suspense, exclaimed excitedly:
｛成功了！对吧？｝
{It worked, right?}
这壹切对他们来说都显得如此不真实，就像是指导著魔幻世界的炼金术士完成了壹项造物。
To them, the whole scene seemed so unreal, as if guiding a sorcerer in a fantasy world to complete a creation.
「成功了，它很完美，这是我们大家的心血。」
“It’s a success. It is perfect. This is the fruit of all our efforts.”
｛太好了，我们要记住今天的流程。｝
{Excellent, we need to remember today’s process.}
｛小杨，接下来我给妳准备五套，不，十套！｝
{Xiao Yang, next, I’ll prepare five sets for you—no, ten!}
｛真想亲自过去啊，那边才是我该待的地方。｝
{I really wish I could be there myself; that place is where I truly belong.}
杨子藏看向眼前的人，和心灵链接里的众人：
Yang Zicang looked at the person before him and the crowd in Syn-Link:
「谢谢，非常感谢大家的努力，这是我们壹起制作出的，能解决许多人饮水困难的引擎。」
“Thank you, I truly appreciate everyone’s efforts. This engine, born from our collaboration, can solve the drinking water problems of so many.”
他内心轻轻对著手中的引擎道：还有谢谢妳，不知其名的妳。
In his heart, he whispered softly to the engine in his hand: And thank you, nameless creator.
手中的引擎似微微雀跃著，仿佛感知到了杨子藏的心念，但仔细感知却又像只是幻觉。
The engine in his hand seemed to tremble slightly, as if sensing the thought in Yang Zicang’s mind, but upon careful examination, it felt like nothing more than an illusion.
杨子藏断掉了心灵链接，注意力放到了这边。
Yang Zicang disconnected from Syn-Link and shifted his attention to the immediate surroundings.
「哇，杨…甲子哥，成功了对吧。」
“Wow, Yang—Jiazi Ge, we made it, right?”
「肯定成了！嘿嘿嘿，咱们能喝干净水啦！」
“Hell yeah it worked! Hahaha, we can drink clean water now!”
杨子藏走出，看到新出现的那人。
Yang Zicang walked out and saw a new figure approaching.
「我，我能看看它吗？」左非闲紧张地注视眼前的青年。这是他努力很久都没成功的东西，却被对方造了出来。
“C-Can I take a look at it?” Zuo Feixian nervously stared at the young man before him. This was something he had tried long and hard to make but failed, only to have it brought to life by another.
「当然可以。」
“Of course.”
杨子藏哪里猜不出眼前这跟了自己大半天的人，便是传说中「壹沾成名」的左大师。
Yang Zicang could easily guess that this man, who had been tailing him for most of the day, was the legendary Master Zuo—”Famed by One Touch.”
左非闲感受著手中的失念引擎，他肯定这是能产出最好泉水的水井。
Zuo Feixian felt the Shin Engine in his palm, certain it was a well capable of yielding the finest springs of water.
眼睛瞟了眼地上的许多空盒子和壹些东西，左非闲能从它们的标号秩序中感知到制作者的壹丝不苟。看来自己睡著的时候，这些人做了很多，还真是惭愧。
His eyes glanced at the empty boxes and various items scattered on the floor. Zuo Feixian could sense the meticulousness of their creator from the orderly labeling. It seemed that while he was asleep, these people had accomplished a great deal—a fact that filled him with a sense of shame.
「既负责又专业，难怪成功得如此完美。甲子间兄弟，妳要怎么处理这水井引擎？其实枢纽镇对它需求不算大，我知道我没资格说这话，但还是希望…能把它留在这片荒芜之地。」
“Responsible and professional—no wonder you succeeded so perfectly. Brother Jiazi Term, what do you plan to do with this well engine? Actually, Hubville doesn’t have much need for it. I know I have no right to say this, but I still hope… it can stay in this wasteland.”
「宁洋为什么选妳造水井？」
“Why did Ning Yang choose you to build the well?”
「欸？」
“Huh?”
「妳总有过人之处，他才会让妳支配二三十枚Moexl吧？况且妳还那么…‘不小心‘，他依旧选妳。」
“You must have some extraordinary quality for him to let you control twenty or thirty Moxel, right? Besides, you were so… ‘careless,‘ yet he still chose you.”
杨子藏弯腰捡起个盒子：「我相信他能看得出来妳的性子。」
Yang Zicang bent down to pick up a box: “I believe he could see through your character.”
「害，妳这人真是。」左非闲僵硬的脸皮扯出个笑，「当然有啦。我有‘那只手‘，所以棚主才对我礼待有加。」
“Oh, you really are something.” A stiff smile cracked Zuo Feixian’s face. “Of course I do. I have ‘that hand,‘ which is why Penglord treats me with such respect.”
他将引擎递给了望眼欲穿的身旁几人，大伙儿立即欢喜地拿在手里围成壹圈的传看。
He handed the engine to the eager group standing nearby, who immediately took it with joy, forming a circle to pass it around.
「什么手？」
“What hand?”
「棚区后面有个土包，妳明天去看看那上面的东西就知道了。那东西选择的我。」
“There’s a mound behind Peng Zone. Go check out what’s on it tomorrow—you’ll understand. That thing chose me.”
「何必等明天？」
“Why wait till tomorrow?”
将小型御寒壁炉配件放进左非闲的石屋后，这个头发蓬松，穿著棚主新送灰黑棉服的男人，双手插兜，只带杨子藏壹人走向几间石屋后的小片空地。
After placing the small Coldward Hearth accessory into Zuo Feixian’s stone hut, the man with disheveled hair, clad in a new gray-black cotton coat sent by Penglord, shoved his hands in his pockets and headed alone, with only Yang Zicang, toward a small patch of open ground behind the row of huts.
昏暗天光中，被石块包裹的褐黄长石，斜插在小土堆上。它周围有圈栅栏围住，还挂著随风飘荡的褪色布条。
In the dim daylight, a brownish yellow oblong stone, encased in a shell of cobblestones, stood obliquely on a small mound. It was surrounded by a low fence, from which faded strips of cloth fluttered in the wind.
这块比石碑窄些，又比石柱宽些的黄褐色岩石上，有著类似人形的轮廓，不过非常模糊。
This stone—narrower than a stele yet broader than a pillar—bore a faint, resembling a human silhouette, though it was incredibly blurry.
如果不是周围的围栏，它只会被当作壹文不值的东西。
Without the fence surrounding it, the thing would have been dismissed as worthless.
「雕塑？」年轻人看著浮雕般的痕迹，心中猜测它难道是血脉雕塑的壹种。
“A sculpture?” the young man muttered, eyeing the relief-like trace, wondering if it could be a kind of bloodline statue.
他还有点念念不忘尚未在梦境中获得的，传说中的血脉雕塑。
His mind still lingered on the legendary bloodline statue, which he had yet to obtain even in his dreams.
「雕塑？不是哦，它实际上有生命，虽然很奇怪，但它的确告诉过我，它曾算是半个‘人‘。」
“Sculpture? No, it actually has life. Weird as it sounds, it once told me it was half of a ‘person’.”
「半个人…」杨子藏仔细打量这轮廓模糊的石头。
“Half a person…” Yang Zicang scrutinized the stone with its blurred contours.
杨子藏仔细打量起这已经看不出清晰轮廓的东西。
Yang Zicang examined the object more closely, its indistinct shape almost impossible to discern.
「能摸摸吗？」
“Can I touch it?”
「嗯，但小心别破坏它，否则妳会倒霉。」
“Yeah, but be careful not to damage it, or you’ll bring bad luck upon yourself.”
自己可不是喜欢在古迹上留下自己爪印的人，杨子藏只是轻轻触碰，却什么也没有感觉到。
He was not one to leave the marks of his claws on ancient ruins. Yang Zicang merely brushed it, yet sensed nothing.
趁左非闲转身醒鼻涕，他悄然发动白影念龙之力，石头也无念力反应。
Seizing the moment as Zuo Feixian turned away to blow his nose, he quietly activated the power of the Paleshade Wyrm, but even the stone showed no psychic reaction.
「妳说妳拥有‘壹只手‘，但这轮廓看不出。」
“You said you have ‘one hand,‘ but I can’t see any outline of it.”
「只有被选中者才知道哦。所以很多感知不到的人不在乎它。」左非闲也摸了摸，「它能帮我更容易造出成功的引擎，哪怕缺料也有机会。」
“Only the chosen ones can sense it. That’s why most people, who can’t perceive it, simply disregard it.” Zuo Feixian touched the stone as well. “It helps me craft successful engines more readily, even when materials are lacking, it still gives me a chance.”
「真的？」这毫无卖相的东西居然是个大宝贝。
“Really?” This unprepossessing thing turned out to be such a great treasure.
左大师嬉皮笑脸的道：「妳也知道我这两年造过三十多个水井引擎吧？」
Master Zuo grinned roguishly, “You know I’ve built over thirty well engines in the last two years, right?”
「如雷贯耳。」
“Legendary indeed.”
「切，妳就寒掺我吧。不过嘛，实际上它们每壹个都‘成功‘了，只是产出的不是泉水而已，我这么说妳能理解吗？」
“Cut it out, you’re making fun of me. But for what it’s worth, each one of them was truly ‘successful’—it’s just that they didn’t produce spring water. Can you grasp what I’m saying?”
左粪大师有点骄傲的擡起头。
Master Zuo lifted his head with a hint of pride.
「妳这两年就是这么说服自己的？」
“Is that how you’ve been convincing yourself for the past two years?”
杨子藏当然知道他的意思，若非执著于饮用水，那三十多个引擎确实都「成功」了。
Naturally, Yang Zicang understood what he meant—if not for the obsession with drinking water, all those thirty-plus engines had indeed “succeeded.”
这么说起来，这岩石的确很有些门道。
So that’s how it was; this rock certainly had some secrets to it.
「这么厉害的东西，不应该更好的保护下吗？」
“Something so remarkable—shouldn’t it be better protected?”
左非闲嘿嘿壹笑：「我也觉得。但它卖相不好，如果不是我带著妳，妳可能不会注意到它的存在对吧。不过这都不是最关键的原因。」
Zuo Feixian grinned mischievously: “I think so too. But it doesn’t look appealing—if I hadn’t brought you along, you probably wouldn’t have even noticed its existence, right? Though that’s not the most crucial reason.”
「哦？」
“Oh?”
「因为类似的石碑…算是石碑吧，其实在很多地方都有。」
“Because similar stone tablets… well, let’s call them stone tablets, actually exist in many places.”
他擡手指向周围背对著这小片空地的各种棚户。
He raised his hand, pointing to the various shantytowns surrounding this small clearing, their backs turned toward it.
「大家最初选择在这儿聚集，就是当时有人感应到了这块石碑的存在，从而选择在此。在这片大地上好些地方都有它们的踪迹，而在那些地方，也总有作棚们聚集，形成聚落。」
“The reason everyone chose to gather here in the first place was because someone sensed the presence of this stone tablet, leading them to settle here. Across this vast land, traces of them can be found in many locations, and in those places, shantytowns tend to gather, forming settlements.”
「喂，这么凉快妳们还有闲情逸致来看石头啊。」
“Hey, it’s this cool, and you still have the leisure to come stare at stones?”
十几米外的两层楼小窗内，露出宁洋棚主的头。
From a small window on the second floor of a building a dozen meters away, Ning Yangpenglord’s head poked out.
杨子藏笑著对宁洋挥了挥手：「这就去休息了。」
Yang Zicang smiled and waved at Ning Yang: “We’re about to head off to rest.”
回去的路上，「请等下。」穿行至两墙巷道中的左非闲停下脚步，眨巴著干涩的眼睛转头，望向身后的青年。
On the way back, “Please, wait a moment.” Passing through the narrow alley between two walls, Zuo Feixian stopped, blinking his dried-out eyes before turning his head to look back at the young man behind him.
只见甲子间展开手掌，将拖著的小巧精致引擎递到身前。
Jiazi Term spread open her palm, holding out the delicate and compact engine she had been dragging, presenting it before her.
「啥意思。」
“What does this mean?”
「送给妳，能被神物选中的人，总是有些不壹般的地方吧，这枚引擎我本来也打算留在这片大地上。」
“It’s a gift for you. Those chosen by divine objects must have something extraordinary about them, after all. I was originally planning to leave this engine here on this land anyway.”
左非闲愣愣看了三四秒，才壹把抄进手里。
Zuo Feixian stared blankly for three or four seconds before suddenly snatching it into his hand.
「我还想跟妳客气下来著。」
“I was meaning to be polite and refuse, you know.”
顿了下，两人都贱贱的嘿嘿低笑了几声。
They paused for a moment, then both let out a few low, mischievous chuckles.