Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.141 第141章 山与光
第141章 山与光
Chapter 141: Mountains and Light
杨子藏看向往后退了两步的李智南。
Yang Zicang looked at Lee Zhinan, who had taken two steps back.
「不过什么？」
“But what?”
「只要你让他活著出去，我可以把得到的催生植物秘技分给你一份。 要不是那秘技，你以为我在意他的死活吗？」
“As long as you let him walk out alive, I’ll share with you the plant-catalyzing secret technique I obtained. If not for that secret technique, do you think I’d care whether he lives or dies?”
见杨子藏露出思索神色，洛宾猛地睁眼冷笑著蹦起，冲著车外道：
Seeing Yang Zicang deep in thought, Robin Lo suddenly jerked upright, sneered, and sprang to his feet, shouting outside the vehicle:
「这家伙毫无人性，不能让他走，控制别人身体肯定有代价，要消弱他的力量。」
“This bastard is utterly inhuman—don’t let him go. Controlling someone else’s body must come at a cost; we need to weaken his power.”
「可…」
“But…”
噗！ 洛宾手上捏爆个能力球，杨子藏给自己备用的那把低级时序战器已经带著红芒激射而出，李智南的头颅瞬间爆炸。
Plop! Robin Lo crushed an ability sphere in his hand. The low-grade Chronos War Artifact that Yang Zicang had kept as a backup shot forth with a trail of crimson light, and Lee Zhinan’s head exploded instantly.
叮咚！
Ding-dong!
一柄红色手术刀落在古老的暗沉石板上。 它轻微颤动了下，在地上似散发著恐惧的看向列车。
A red scalpel fell onto the ancient, darkened flagstone. It quivered slightly, seemingly radiating fear as it stared at the train.
「唉。」
“Alas.”
杨子藏心中一震，随后叹息了声。
Yang Zicang’s heart jolted, and then he let out a sigh.
幻影带来的能量影响骤然消失。
The energy interference brought by the phantom suddenly vanished.
「力量减弱了，那宝物里的灵魂就是薛老二对吧，」洛宾的小眼睛左右看著，」看来时迁跟里面的薛老二的灵魂已经谈妥，你可以把嘴中含著的玩意儿吐了。」
“His power has weakened. The soul inside that treasure is none other than Old Xue, right?” Robin Lo’s small eyes darted back and forth. “Looks like Shi Qian has already struck a deal with Old Xue’s soul inside. You can spit out whatever you’ve been holding in your mouth.”
「呸！」 杨子藏吐出香丸扫视了周围一圈，「无影，出来！」
“Pah!” Yang Zicang spat out the aromatic pill and swept his gaze around. “Shadowless Yueyingyueying, come out!”
静悄悄的，没有回应。
All was silent—no answer came.
洛宾也在车门口不死心的吼道：「时迁，那东西跟你没什么大用，不如给我们，我可以跟你做个结拜兄弟。」
Robin Lo, still at the carriage door, yelled relentlessly, “Shi Qian, that thing’s not much use to you! Give it to us, and I’ll swear brotherhood with you.”
下一秒一道折线射向杨子藏。
The next second, a zigzag line shot toward Yang Zicang.
[无影想为我进行主动投资。]
[Wuying wants to perform Pro-Invest on me.]
[无影为我投资了1N。]
[Wuying invested 1N in me.]
｛那柄时序战器真的是八十年的？｝
{That Chronos War Artifact—is it really eighty years old?}
「没错。」
“That’s right.”
｛二十万时序，外加那把武器，我给你这东西。你不会不明白这是个友情价。｝
{Twenty thousand Chronos, plus that weapon, and I’ll give you this thing. Surely you understand this is a friend’s price.}
杨子藏眯了眯眼。
Yang Zicang narrowed his eyes.
他在犹豫，按理来说那宝物的价值几十万时序都不算贵，但这个交易还是让他本能有点抗拒。一下花掉二十年，想要购置枢纽镇商户的时间不知得多久以后，但如果错过这宝物，想要再获得就难了。
He hesitated. By all reckoning, a treasure like that wouldn’t be overpriced even at tens of thousands of Chronos, yet something instinctive recoiled against the trade. Spending twenty years at once meant it would take who-knew-how-long before he could afford to purchase time at a Hubville merchant. But if he missed this treasure, obtaining another like it would be a far harder task.
「无影他说二十万时序外加那把八十年的时序战器，就卖给我们幻象宝物。」
“Wuying says he’ll sell us the Mirage Treasure for twenty thousand Chronos plus that eighty-year Chronos War Artifact.”
「他娘的。」
“Bloody hell.”
洛宾大骂，自己只差一两秒而已，他跳下车去，一锥子顶在恶魇手术刀上，将它变成了废铁。
Robin Lo cursed, furious he’d come just a couple seconds too late. He leaped off the carriage, his pickaxe slamming into the Nightmare Scalpel and turning it into scrap metal.
突然，整座山发出颤抖，杨子藏脸色一变。
Suddenly, the entire mountain trembled. Yang Zicang’s face turned pale.
「是那藤蔓，我们走！」
“It’s the vines—let’s go!”
洛宾快速冲上前，列车迅速化为风消散。
Robin Lo surged forward, and the carriage dissipated into the wind in an instant.
轰！在他们刚刚离开，地面突然崩裂，无数藤蔓顶破了地板长出，树藤疯狂舞动。
Boom! The moment they left, the ground suddenly split apart, countless vines burst through the floorboards and grew, the tree vines writhed wildly.
「把那东西存在的消息通知出去，山里暂时不能再让普通人进入了。」
“Notify the news that this thing exists; no more ordinary people should be allowed into the mountains for now.”
这处山巅迅速长出翠绿瀑布，它左右扫视了眼，盯向了某个树枝摇曳的方向。
This mountain peak quickly gave rise to an emerald waterfall. It glanced left and right, then stared at a direction where branches swayed.
一道折线射来，逐银的声音在心间咆哮般响起：
A trajectory lashed in, and Ju Yin Chase’s voice roared in their minds:
｛这种级别的怪物出现，你们有办法吗？｝
{Can you deal with a monster of this level?}
「不用担心。」
“Don’t worry.”
｛不用担心？子藏，不是我不相信你，是它如果跑出去后快速扩大自己，恐怕以后半个失频之地都会成为人类的绝地，后果不堪设想！如果你们处置不了，我恐怕要申请调动枢纽镇的安保队。｝
{Don’t worry? ZiCang, it’s not that I don’t trust you, but if it gets out and rapidly expands itself, half of the Shibin Wastes might become a death zone for humans. The consequences would be disastrous! If you can’t handle this, I may have to request reinforcements from the Hubville security team.}
列车拼命狂奔，但上方的青年却露出自信面容。
The train raced madly, but the young man above it wore a confident expression.
「我已有应对之策，相信我吧！」
“I already have a plan. Trust me!”
轰！树林震动，藤蔓怪物如同潮水般卷动了过去，但很快这藤蔓前方的森林中就出现了零星火把。
Boom! The forest quaked; the vine monster surged forward like a tide, but soon sporadic torches appeared in the forest ahead of those vines.
数道丝线闪过。
Several threads flashed by.
｛子间队长，汽油已经准备好了，继续烧吗？｝
{Captain Robin Lo, the gasoline is ready. Should we keep burning?}
｛全部点燃！｝
{Ignite it all!}
轰轰轰！
Boom! Boom! Boom!
大山深处，快速燃烧起一道又一道巨大的篝火，火焰在林中快速扩散。
Deep within the mountains, one massive bonfire after another blazed to life, flames rapidly spreading through the forest.
……
「阿唔，嗯…」
“Ugh, mm…”
左非闲刚睡醒，接替王翀继续守夜的时候，忽地听到了远处似有喧嚣。
Just as Zuo Feixian roused from sleep to relieve Wang Chong on the night watch, he suddenly heard a distant clamor.
他伸了个懒腰扣着屁股走出门，忽地听到了远处似有喧嚣，定眼一看，夜色中似有点点星光在山中若影若现。
Stretching his arms and scratching his backside as he stepped outside, he heard the distant uproar once more. Focusing his eyes, he spotted what seemed to be faint sparks of light flickering amid the mountains in the darkness.
「山里有那么多人？」
“So many people in the mountains?”
他皱了皱眉，往前走去想要细看，却因太远看不清。
Frowning, he walked forward to get a closer look, but it was too far to make out clearly.
「哪些采集队这么拼命。」
“Which gathering team is putting in so much effort.”
此刻，列车化为旋风穿梭在山林中。
At that moment, the train transformed into a whirlwind, darting through the mountain forest.
[暴风拳！]
[Storm Fist!]
[烈焰剑道！]
[Blaze Blade Way!]
携带着火光的劲风轰然炸开，点燃山林草木。
A gust of wind laden with flames exploded with a roar, igniting the forest’s vegetation.
刚刚停下，一道藤蔓疾射而来。
No sooner had it stopped than a vine came hurtling in.
黑洞旋转着刺出长枪，嘭嘭嘭！枪在空中与藤蔓快速冲刺碰撞。
A black hole spun as it thrust out the Lance, crackling with impacts! The spear clashed rapidly midair with the vine.
洛宾看着远处闪动的金光，「小心爆炸！」
Robin Lo caught the golden gleam flashing in the distance and shouted, “Watch out for the explosion!”
「马上就走。」
“We’re leaving right away.”
杨子藏手上木棍轰地绽放出火花，随后将其丢入茂林中，早已喷洒过油汁的密林瞬间轰地扩散出火焰，噼里啪啦燃烧起来。
Yang Zicang’s wooden staff burst into sparks with a whomp, then he tossed it into the thicket. The dense woods, already drenched in oil, immediately erupted in a roaring sea of flames, crackling and blazing fiercely.
在藤蔓魔物冲过火焰扑来前，列车与黑洞都再次化为风消失。
Just as the vine monster lunged through the flames before the train, both the train and the black hole dissolved into the wind and vanished once more.
随着各处火花的点燃，不久整座山附近都燃起了熊熊火光。
As sparks ignited in every direction, soon a roaring blaze engulfed the entire vicinity of the mountain.
无数野兽疯狂往其它地方奔腾。
Countless beasts stampeded wildly elsewhere.
｛想靠火来围杀我？｝
“You think you can trap me with fire?”
一道剑光砸在地上，打出凹坑，同时茎块跨过火焰落入坑中，又有藤蔓将捕获的小型野兽击杀丢入坑中，它快速生长了起来。
A sword-light slammed into the ground, leaving a crater in its wake. At the same time, a chunk of roots hurdled over the flames and landed inside the pit. Another vine struck down and tossed the carcasses of the captured lesser beasts into the crater, and it began its rapid growth in response.
「靠，这是打算遍地开花啊。」
“Damn, this thing wants to blossom everywhere, doesn’t it?”
列车在另一个山头出现，居高临下望向之前的凹谷。洛宾看着那藤蔓生长的速度觉得骇然，这玩意儿真可能不到一天就覆盖整座山林。
The train materialized on another mountaintop, looking down upon the previous ravine from above. Robin Lo gasped in alarm at the speed at which the vine was growing; the thing might well cover the entire forest in less than a day.
远处传来阵阵怒吼：
A continuous roar echoed from afar:
｛等我成为这山林之主，定要让你们这些人类全部成为我的肥料。｝
“Once I become the master of this mountain, I’ll make sure all you humans turn into my fertilizer.”
见它这愤怒模样，杨子藏倒是觉得这火应该对其有克制效果。
Seeing its fury, Yang Zicang instead felt that the fire must indeed have a suppressive effect on it.
「哪怕不能靠火击杀它，也要灭掉它的养分来源。」
“Even if we can’t kill it with fire alone, we should at least cut off its nourishment supply.”
忽地，周围山林一阵扭曲。
Suddenly, the surrounding woods began to warp.
只见天上浮现出道人形幻影，它双手一荡，汹涌能量就向着山林覆盖而去。
A phantom humanoid silhouette emerged in the sky. With a sweep of both hands, its surging energy rolled dense waves toward the forest.
无影的声音传来：
The Wraith’s voice reached them:
｛你们去点火，我来困住它。｝
“You start the fires; I’ll keep it confined.”
杨子藏深深注视了那道变得狂放许多的青年身影，他虚立高空如同神魔。
Yang Zicang gazed intently at the youth’s figure, which had grown far more wild, standing tall in the void like a god or demon.
「多谢。」
“Thanks.”
有人减少干扰，杨子藏和洛宾两人纵火效率更高。
With fewer distractions, Yang Zicang and Robin Lo worked together to set fires more efficiently.
几道小光团浮现在头顶。
A few small orbs of light appeared above their heads.
｛好好玩呀。｝
{So much fun!}
粒粒牙出现在杨子藏肩膀旁，杨子藏笑了笑：
Lili Fang appeared beside Yang Zicang’s shoulder, and he chuckled:
「知道好玩，都现在才来吗。」
“If you knew it was fun, why did you only show up now?”
｛在睡觉觉嘛，我也想玩。｝
{I was napping, you know. Want to play too.}
小光团内的精灵伸出小手，向杨子藏讨要手上刚燃烧起来的的木条。
The spirit within the small orb stretched out tiny hands, reaching for the burning stick Yang Zicang was holding.
不断使用烈焰剑道的杨子藏气息乱窜，已经非常难受。他运转琉璃感知平复着体内窜动的劲气，看着小东西无奈道：
Constantly wielding the Blaze Blade Art, Yang Zicang’s energy surged uncontrollably, leaving him deeply uncomfortable. He activated Lucid Sense to calm the churning force within him, looking at the little creature helplessly:
「你拿得动吗？」
“Can you even lift it?”
｛不要小看我喔。｝
{Don’t underestimate me!}
杨子藏将木块递给它。
Yang Zicang handed the wooden stick over to it.
咻咻！
Swoosh! Swoosh!
几道光团一起飞了下来，拽住了木棍。
Several orbs of light darted down together, grabbing hold of the stick.
它们根本不怕火焰，有些抬着、有些吊着将这燃烧的木棍歪歪斜斜带向远方不断与幻影征战的藤蔓主干。
They were utterly unafraid of fire, some lifting, some dragging as they carried the blazing stick haphazardly toward the distant vine trunk warring endlessly with phantoms.
「啊，它们。」洛宾揉了揉眼。
“Ah, those things…” Robin Lo rubbed her eyes.
只见小精灵们真的将燃烧的木棍被抛入一处藤蔓中。
And just like that, the little spirits actually tossed the burning stick into a cluster of vines.
轰的声，那里迅速燃烧起来，小纵火犯们呼啦飞动向高空悬浮。
With a *whoosh*, the vines ignited rapidly, and the little arsonists buzzed upward, hovering in the air.
杨子藏轻笑了声，随后看向洛宾道：「围困计划执行得很好，接下来就是清理了。」
Yang Zicang let out a soft chuckle, then turned to Robin Lo and said, “The encirclement plan has been executed perfectly. Now it’s time for cleanup.”
洛宾振奋地点点头：「嘿嘿，虽然拥有比月影还强的恐怖实力，但它既然已经进入我们的世界，那就要遵守这里的时序规则。」
Robin Lo nodded enthusiastically. “Heh heh, even though it possesses terrifying strength beyond the Moon Shadow, since it has already entered our world, it must abide by the Chronos rules here.”
「而只要有时序，就有抵消完毕的那一刻。」
“And as long as Chronos exists, there will come a moment when it is fully depleted.”
杨子藏胸前折线扩散出去。
A line of folds spread outward from Yang Zicang’s chest.
「袁昆队长，你准备好了吗？」
“Captain Yuan Kun, are you ready?”
感应画面中的袁昆显得又是兴奋，又是紧张，像是要迫不急待抓住这个表现的机会。
In the sensory image, Yuan Kun looked both thrilled and nervous, as if he couldn’t wait to seize this opportunity to shine.
｛从甲老板吩咐的那一刻开始，我就已经全力着手准备了。现在我有八杆射程三百米的长枪，五把接近百米距离的手枪，以及一门火炮。当然，那玩意儿开一炮都要很久。｝
{From the moment Boss Five gave the order, I’ve been preparing with all my might. Right now, I have eight lances with a three-hundred-meter range, five pistols effective at nearly a hundred meters, and one mortar. Of course, that thing takes a while just to fire one shot.}
如此远的距离，可不是增幅时序能做到启用的。想到即将耗费的大把时序，杨子藏略显肉疼的道：
Activating such a long-distance barrage was far from feasible with ordinary Chronos amplification alone. Thinking of the massive amount of Chronos he was about to spend, Yang Zicang said with a hint of reluctance:
「已经很可以了。我们开始吧，全力将那魔物的时序压下去，否者等它跑出火焰区域可能快速恢复时序。」
“That’s already good enough. Let’s begin. We need to suppress that monster’s Chronos with all our strength, or else it might recover quickly once it escapes the flame zone.”
一夜过去。
A whole night passed.
次日，早起的元龙打着哈欠看着帐篷前。他的几名手下正互相用眉毛示意对方上前。
The next day, Yuan Long, up early, yawned as he looked in front of the tent. A few of his subordinates were silently signaling each other with their eyebrows to step forward.
「怎么了？」元龙有点疑惑的问道。
“What’s going on?” Yuan Long asked, a bit puzzled.
有人掀开了帘子，元龙愣在原地的看向远方。
Someone lifted the curtain, and Yuan Long froze in place, staring into the distance.
只见前方几座山上，火光冲天，甚至已有两座山早被烧得光秃秃的，无数条黑烟冒向天际，烟尘与阴云融为一体。
Ahead, on several mountains, flames soared into the sky; two peaks had already been scorched bare, countless trails of black smoke twisting upward, merging with the overcast clouds.
「啊…我的木场…」
“Ah… my timber yard…”
与此同时，远远的几里地外。
Meanwhile, several miles away.
口干舌燥，仿佛乞丐的陆翔拄着木杖看着前方燃烧的山林，喘着粗气道：
Parched and exhausted, Lu Xiang, looking like a beggar, leaned on his wooden staff and panted heavily as he gazed at the blazing forest ahead:
「我，终于，到了…」
“I… finally… made it…”
……
佐罗在为一处因害怕被打劫而远离枢纽镇，跑往了无人烟身处的棚区众人送上三块地貌引擎后，在十来人的感谢与注视中离开。
After handing out three terrain engines to a group who had fled far from Hubville into the desolate depths of Peng Zone out of fear of being robbed, Zorro left under the thanks and stares of a dozen people.
阴云下，摩托车「突突」奔跑在原野上，忽地它划出半弧停下，男人伸腿撑着车仰头看向天际。
Beneath the dark clouds, the motorbike sputtered across the wilderness, then suddenly arced to a halt. The man stretched out a leg to steady the bike and looked up at the sky.
一道金色斜阳从散开的阴云中落下，露出片碧蓝苍宇。
A golden ray of slanting sunlight pierced through the scattered clouds, revealing a patch of azure sky.
小红马好奇的感受着这散落在身上的热量。
Little Red Horse curiously felt the warmth settling on its body.
｛咦，奇怪的感觉…这就是阳光吗？我好像见过，很多年前。｝
{Huh, a weird sensation… Is this sunlight? I think I’ve seen it before, many years ago.}
前方的地平线上，几道朦胧身影在蚀影中向前，没多久出现在这片阳光的边缘。
On the distant horizon, a few blurry figures moved forward amid the shadowy erosion, soon arriving at the edge of this patch of sunlight.
「您好，罗素先生，我们是遗失幻境公司，星光幻境的干事。」
“Hello, Mr. Zorro, we are executives from the Lost Illusions Corporation, specializing in the Starlight Mirage.”
佐罗微有错愕的看著这些穿著干净靓丽办公室制服的人。 一名气质沉稳男士走出道：
Zorro paused in slight surprise at these people in their clean, crisp office uniforms. A man with a composed demeanor stepped forward and said:
「有鉴于您在失频之地上的付出，我们诚邀您加入我们的公司，成为我们的一份子。」
“In recognition of your contributions in the Shibin Wastes, we sincerely invite you to join our company and become one of us.”
男人身旁走出位容貌娇柔的女士。 她发出悦耳的声音，笑问道：
Beside the man stepped a soft-featured woman. Her voice melodious as mountain springs, she chuckled softly and asked:
「请问，您愿意吗？」
“If you would like, would you?”
「我？ 我没什么名气。」
“Me? I’m nothing renowned.”
「但您是真正的筑荒人。」
“But you are a true wasteland-builder.”
这话让佐罗精炯的目光柔和了下去。
Those words softened Zorro’s sharp, intense gaze.
阳光散落在这小片地方，空气中漂浮的灰尘与枯叶缓缓飘荡。
Sunlight spilled over the small patch of ground, with drifting dust and withered leaves slowly floating in the air.
｛遗失幻境公司？ 我想去看看。｝
{Lost Illusions Corporation? I’d like to see it.}
恶魇摩托雀跃的道。
The Nightmare Motorcycle chimed in excitedly.
佐罗抬手看著被照得莹莹发白的双掌。 感受这久违阳光的照射后，男人摘下眼罩，让眼旁与额头上的丑陋疤痕也能晒到这金阳。
Zorro lifted his hands, looking at his pale-glowing palms. Feeling the long-absent warmth of the sun, the man pulled down his eye patch, letting the crude scars around his eyes and forehead bathe in the golden light.
他冒出了胡渣的嘴角露出笑容。
A smile crept across his stubble-lined lips.
「当然，这是我们俩的荣幸。」
“Of course. This is an honor for both of us.”