Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.146 第146章 棚区夺石 -1
第146章 棚区夺石 –1
Chapter 146: Peng Zone Steals the Stone –1
洛宾从一旁拿起根锄头道：「我也去吧。」
Robin Lo picked up a hoe from the side and said, “I’ll go too.”
「还有我，那地图我已经背熟了。」 左非闲也往前一步。
“Count me in too; I’ve already memorized that map,” Zuo Feixian stepped forward as well.
小刘也走过来说道：「我也去吧，毕竟是石头，我可以搭把手抗。」
Xiao Liu also walked over and said, “I’m coming too. After all, if it’s stone, I can lend a hand carrying it.”
车上实际有著数十傀儡，不过杨子藏没有阻止这三位，毕竟那些已经没有意识的家伙做事毛手毛脚的。
The vehicle actually held several dozen puppets, but Yang Zicang didn’t stop these three, since those unconscious creatures were clumsy and unreliable.
「行，你们上来吧。 其他人带著吕志先离开。」
“Alright, come on board. Take Lyu Zhi and the others away first.”
四人踏上列车。
The four stepped onto the train.
[调度！]
[Dispatch!]
列车瞬息间冲出老远，还未隐形成功便已经在数百米开外。 不过这速度在很快变慢，因为它离星渺越来越远。
In an instant, the train shot off into the distance, already hundreds of meters away before even finishing its stealth transformation. Yet the speed quickly slowed, as it distanced itself further and further from Xingmiao.
「小马超速度暴涨啊。」
“Kid Matt Chao’s speed sure skyrocketed,” someone remarked.
洛宾看著窗外极速后退的风景：「第一站是哪里。」
Robin Lo gazed out the window at the rapidly receding scenery: “Where’s the first stop?”
左非闲和杨子藏相视一笑。
Zuo Feixian and Yang Zicang exchanged a knowing smile.
「自然是我们的老朋友，宁洋先生。」
“Our old friend, naturally—Mr. Ning Yang.”
矗立在荒原上的小棚区中，星星点点的灯火逐渐亮起。
In the small Peng Zone standing on the desolate plain, scattered lights gradually flickered to life.
「好好的白天，怎么突然就黑了。」
“The day was fine just a moment ago; how did it suddenly turn dark?”
「棚主，不会是有妖怪吧。」
“Penglord, you don’t think there are monsters, do you?”
宁洋白了身旁新来的人一眼，正当他小心翼翼地点亮了手中的火把，将周遭黑暗驱散之时，一阵突如其来的强劲风声伴随著轰鸣而来。
Ning Yang cast a sidelong glance at the newcomer beside him. Just as he cautiously lit the torch in his hand, dispelling the darkness around them, a sudden gust of fierce wind accompanied by a thunderous roar came rushing in.
他身旁，身穿棕色皮夹克的男子顿时心惊缩头，一把抓紧了宁洋的手臂。
The man in the brown leather jacket next to him flinched in fright, instinctively grabbing Ning Yang’s arm.
「棚主，真有妖怪！」
“Penglord, there really are monsters!”
「这风声…」
“This wind…”
宁洋的声音中带著一丝惊喜和疑惑，「咦？ 难道杨子藏又来了？」
A mix of surprise and doubt laced Ning Yang’s voice. “Huh? Could it be Yang Zicang is here again?”
这风声大得如同远古巨兽的喘息，猛然间打破了荒野的寂静。
The wind was as deafening as the breath of an ancient beast, abruptly shattering the silence of the wilderness.
「这次的声音怎么这么响。」
“Why is it so loud this time?”
话语未落，那道劲风声已在他简陋石屋的后方出现。
His words had barely faded when the sharp sound of wind appeared behind his shoddy stone hut.
宁洋正想去后方打招呼，忽地一道折线射来。
Ning Yang was about to head around back to greet them when suddenly a linear beam shot toward him.
｛老宁，这块石头借我一用。｝
{Old Ning, I’ll borrow this stone for a bit.}
举着火把快步跑过去的宁洋脸色一变。
The moment Ning Yang picked up a torch and dashed over, his expression changed drastically.
只见洛宾与左非闲两人已默契十足的动手，一人扬起锄头一人顶着撬杆，正合力将那块被宁洋视为珍宝的条石，从稳固的干硬地面猛然掀起。
To his disbelief, Robin Lo and Zuo Feixian had already moved in perfect sync—one swinging a pickaxe, the other hefting a crowbar, jointly prying up the prized slab of stone that Ning Yang had been guarding, rupturing it from its strong, dry grip against the hard ground.
轰隆一声，石头应声倒地，尘土飞扬。
With a thunderous crash, the stone slammed to the earth, dust exploding into the air.
「喂！你们这是在做什么？」
“Hey! What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
「后面跟你解释。」洛宾简短的回答道。
“I’ll explain later.” Robin Lo replied briefly.
与此同时，车上的杨子藏已经敏捷地接过了这块被「劫持」的石头，左非闲两人身形一闪，轻巧地撑掌跃上了列车。
Meanwhile, Yang Zicang on the train had deftly caught the “hijacked” stone, while Zuo Feixian and his companion flickered their figures, lightly bracing their palms to vault onto the train.
伴随着一阵低沉且充满力量的轰鸣，列车仿佛头觉醒的巨兽，猛然间撞破了空间的束缚，一头扎进了茫茫夜色之中，一秒也不愿多留地化为虚影消散。
Accompanied by a deep, power-laden roar, the train, like an awakened beast of legend, slammed through the shackles of space, plunging headlong into the vast darkness, vanishing into a void without a second’s lingering.
火把的光影在宁洋脸上跳跃，他一脸的愕然后，面色复杂的摇摇头。
The firelight flickered across Ning Yang’s face; his initial shock gave way to a rueful shake of his head.
「我就晓得，唉，这三万时序分得没那么容易。」
“I knew it. Sigh, these thirty thousand Chronos points aren’t so easy to earn.”
……
突然降临的黑暗让所有生存于、依赖于这片大地之人的心亦如这翻转的昼夜，陷入黑暗恐慌之中。
The sudden darkness cast the hearts of all who lived off and depended on this land into a panic as deep as this inverted day and night.
大地，昼夜，寒暑往来，古往亿万岁月载，日日夜夜从未有过变更，是根深植入所有人内心的认知。
Earth’s day and night, the rotation of seasons—over a billion years, its march had never faltered. This was a truth deeply ingrained in everyone’s mind.
天地本就如此。
The very nature of heaven and earth was so.
哪怕在这荒芜的地方，气候萧条，大地荒芜，但根本上的昼夜规则不应改变。
Even in this desolate place, with the land barren and the climate harsh, the fundamental rule of day and night should have remained unchanged.
现在人们终于晓得这只是自己的一厢情愿。
Now, people finally realized this was merely their own wishful thinking.
「点燃火把，男子汉们都给我出来，大家准备好时序，万一有强大魔物出现。」
“Light the torches, all men, come out now. Prepare the Chronos in case a powerful monster appears.”
「真可能有魔物吗？」
“Could there really be monsters?”
「怪物不是早就出现了吗，连我们的寿命都拿来当武器了，还有什么不可能发生的。」
“Haven’t the monsters already appeared? Even our lifespans are used as weapons now—what more could be impossible?”
「拿寿命做武器，或许…就是这个世界神灵对我们的仁慈。」
“Using lifespans as weapons… perhaps that is this world’s god showing us mercy.”
这处棚区中，人们喃喃自语，哪怕这里是其他人口中的大型作棚聚集地，可此时这里的人依旧恐慌万分。
In this Peng Zone, people muttered to themselves. Even though this place was called a large Workpen Settlement by others, the people here were still gripped by panic.
这片大地没有政权，没有国家，没有军队，有的只有自己手中的铁棍和生命。
This land had no government, no nation, no military—only iron rods and their own lives in their hands.
一道笔挺的身影站在夯实的土广场正中央，周围围绕着举着火把的棚区民众。
An upright figure stood in the center of the compacted earthen square, surrounded by Peng Zone citizens holding torches.
这道仰天凝视的笔挺身影旁，一人道：
Beside this upright figure, who was gazing up at the sky, someone said:
「天翻地覆不外乎于此吧。」
“This is nothing short of a world turned upside down, isn’t it?”
身穿灰白中山装的男人猛然转头，面容不怒自威。
The man in gray-and-white Zhongshan suit abruptly turned his head, his face exuding authority without anger.
「不要扰动民心，无外乎身死而已，妖魔鬼怪也是我人类所变，何足为惧。」
“Do not disturb the people’s morale. At worst, we die. Demons and monsters were once human too—why should we fear them?”
「是，孙棚主，」这人面露愧色，「对不起，我说错话了。」
“Yes, Sun Penglord,” the man said, his face showing shame. “Forgive me, I misspoke.”
孙道孺转过身，胸前红色圆形光芒浮现，一道四边形扩散而出。
Sun Daoru turned around. A red circular glow emerged on his chest, and a Quad radiated outward.
「能在这世界存下片瓦之地已是艰险重重，但正因如此，我们也没什么好失去的。」
“To have carved out a patch of land in this world is already fraught with danger. But precisely because of that, we have nothing left to lose.”
这道红色四边形划过附近数十人身躯。
This red Quad swept across the tens of people nearby.
他们都觉得自己身上多了一层淡淡的波纹，波纹不断散发着细微声浪，犹如不断低吟的吵杂细语。
Each felt an extra layer of faint ripples enveloping them, the ripples emitting subtle audible waves like unceasingly murmuring, nagging whispers.
「有孙棚主在，应该没事。」
“With Sun Penglord here, it should be fine.”
众人窃窃私语中，忽地听到自远方冲来的风声。
Amidst the hushed chatter, the crowd abruptly heard a rushing wind whipping in from afar.
[呜——]
[Woooosh——]
「来了！」
“It’s here!”
「真有怪物！」
“There really are monsters!”
棚区内一阵骚乱。
Chaos erupted within the Peng Zone.
「准备战斗！」
“Prepare for battle!”
轰！劲风自空气中撞出，一道虚幻般的赤黄地铁从黑暗中显现，快速冲向棚区深处的一处重地。
Boom! A blast of gale-force wind collided through the air as a phantom-like Crimson-Yellow Subway materialized from the darkness, hurtling straight towards a critical stronghold deep inside the Peng Zone.
「是念力型恶魇！」
“It’s a Psychokinetic-type Nightmare!”
线条闪烁扩散而来。
Radiant streaks flickered and spread outward.
｛我们是大甲方货队，借你们的神石一用，以应对天变。｝
{We are Big-Fleet Side, the Cargo Crew, and we wish to borrow your Divine Stone to brace against the coming upheavals.}
听到要拿自己棚区的岩石宝物，众人大惊，可他们想阻止已经办不到了。列车已从建筑群中直接穿透而过，撞向后方数百米外的建筑，对众人的严正以待视若无物。
Hearing about taking the prized rock from their Peng Zone, the crowd was greatly alarmed. Yet stopping its advance was already an impossibility. The train passed straight through the cluster of buildings, slamming into the structures hundreds of meters beyond, completely disregarding the forbidding forces they mustered.
孙棚主略一思索就想起了这个前段时间听过的名字。
Having briefly pondered, Sun Penglord remembered the name he’d recently heard from a short while ago.
「大甲方？」
“Big-Fleet Side?”
这筑货队突然间声名鹊起，甚至传言其队长就是仅靠几人灭掉荒车大货队之人，而且最近似乎还在远方某地做出了特别的事迹。
The Chuo Cargo Crew had suddenly shot to fame, with whispers that their captain once wiped out the Wild-Chariot Big-Cargo Crew with just a few people, and rumored to have recently accomplished extraordinary feats in a distant land.
孙道孺怒道：「真是你们？抢我们棚区的神石是何意？」
Sun Daoru bellowed furiously, “So it was you? What do you mean by stealing the divine stone from our Peng Zone?”
红色声浪随着他的怒喝卷动，铺天盖地汹涌而去。无数实质化的声波浮现，仿佛千军万马在这声波浪潮之中，冲向远处移动的狂风。
A crimson wave of sound rolled with his roar, surging overwhelmingly like a tidal wave. Countless solidified sonic ripples emerged, as if an army of thousands was charging through the sound waves toward the distant gale.
｛好难听。｝
{What a horrible noise.}
小马超速度更快冲向最后方的大殿。
Little Matt Chao sped even faster, charging toward the innermost hall at the rear.
黑暗的石殿内岩石矗立，当列车的幻影从它身上浮现而过，洛宾三人已跳了下来，一秒时间他已扬起锄头，左非闲非常配合地一棍子抵入石缝下方。
Inside the dark stone hall, rocks stood tall. As the phantom of a train flashed across them, Robin Lo and his two companions had already leaped down. In a single second, he raised his pickaxe, while Zuo Feixian, perfectly in sync, struck a rod into the crevice beneath the rock.
嘭！一锄头挖下，小刘一个助跑以铁山靠的姿态撞向岩石，这块半人高的石头瞬间倾倒。
Bang! With a swing of the pickaxe, Little Liu used a running start to slam into the boulder with a Iron Mountain Lean posture, toppling the waist-high stone instantly.
「住手！」
“Stop!”
外面众人凌乱跑来，人未至，声波已然出现。
The crowd outside scrambled in disorderly panic. Though they had yet to arrive, sonic waves had already appeared.
[沉吟之夜。]
[Chime Night.]
在黑暗中，沉吟之夜效果更胜，外面冲来的上百人中至少一半齐齐惊恐起来。
In the darkness, Chime Night was even more potent, and out of the hundred-plus charging outsiders, at least half were seized with terror.
他们心中本就有的狐疑、惊慌在此刻瞬间放大，仿佛一个个情绪炸弹，好些人当场失控。
The suspicion and panic that had already festered in their hearts magnified in that moment, like emotional bombs ready to explode—many lost control on the spot.
这些失控者大多是孙棚主的Moexl未覆盖之人。
Most of those who lost composure were the ones whose Moxels had not been overridden by Sun Penglord.
车门口的杨子藏一愣，他都没想到效果这样强。看来天地换色对这里的人来造成了大恐慌。
At the car door, Yang Zicang was startled; he hadn’t expected such a powerful effect. It seemed the drastic shift in the sky and earth had plunged everyone here into sheer panic.
「诸位别慌，我们不是抢，而是要靠这东西来抵御危机。」
“Don’t panic, everyone. We’re not here to rob you; we need this to fend off the coming crisis.”
说罢，三人已经扛着岩石递向了杨子藏。
With that, the three men had already hoisted the boulder and handed it to Yang Zicang.
「我让你们住手，大甲方，你是要跟我们鼎石大棚成为敌人？！」
“I told you to stop. Big Jia’s side, are you trying to become enemies with our Dingshi Greenhouse?!”
外面走出几道散发森然气息的身影，这些都是鼎石大棚能够存在的砥石。
Several figures exuding a chilling aura emerged from outside; these were the bedrock powers that sustained Dingshi Greenhouse.
那魁梧汉子从身旁之人手上接过杆长枪，他胸前银白Moexl闪动，时序注入其中。
The burly man took a Lance from his companion, the silver-white Moxel on his chest flickering as Chronos poured into it.
「你就是甲子间？听闻你可以控制轨迹，来吃我一枪试试。喝啊！」
“You must be Jiazi Term? I hear you can control trajectories. Try to dodge my spear strike. Drink, ha!”
轰！枪影瞬息爆裂为无数幻影射出，不知哪个是真哪个是假。
Boom! The spear’s silhouette shattered instantly into countless projections, striking forth—none could tell which was real, which was fake.
刚抬上大石，正在往离地一米的车上爬的三人，顿时被这些枪影所笼罩。
The three men had just lifted the heavy stone and were climbing onto the vehicle, which sat a meter above the ground, when they were immediately overwhelmed by these spear afterimages.
「没空跟你废话。」
“I don’t have time for your nonsense.”
杨子藏手一抬，众人眼中，一道小黑洞形状的不明黑影徒然出现在枪影正前方。
Yang Zicang raised a hand, and in everyone’s eyes, an unknown dark silhouette in the shape of a small black hole abruptly materialized right before the spear’s projections.
叮！
Ding!
枪尖对枪尖！
Spearhead against spearhead!
黑洞中直射而出的银白长枪稳稳刺中射来的枪影，巨大的力道将其挑飞，嘭地声插在那人身前脚下的地面。
The silver-white Lance, shot straight out from the black void, precisely struck the incoming spear shadow. The immense force sent it flying, and with a *thump*, it embedded into the ground at the feet of the man in front.
枪尾发出嗡嗡颤音。
The tail of the spear emitted a buzzing tremor.
「怎么可能！」
“How is that possible!”
这人大惊，自己已经将格位提升至了99，刚才一枪射出就出现了几十道幻影。
The man was astounded. He had already elevated his level to 99, and with that single thrust, dozens of afterimages had appeared.
只要主体不坏，这些枪影就不会消散，可对方只是刹那间就找到了自己射出的主体所在！
As long as the main entity remained unharmed, these spear shadows would not dissipate—yet the opponent had instantly found the main strike he had launched!
杨子藏也心中暗自庆幸，还好第一时间用出了沉吟之夜，周围所有物体都能跟自己拥有信息反馈，找人找物更是不在话下。
Yang Zicang breathed a silent sigh of relief, thankful that he’d used Chime Night at the very first moment. Now, all objects in the vicinity could provide him with feedback information; finding people or things was no challenge at all.
「棚主，这人不简单，大家一起上。」
“Penglord, this guy is no ordinary foe. Let’s all go in together.”
几人身前Moexl闪动，忽地后方一道喊声传来：「不要，不要攻击他！」
Moxel flickered before a few of them, when suddenly a shout rang out from behind: “No, don’t attack him!”
刚赶来的孙棚主转头望去，呼喊之人是自己棚区那位得到神物岩石所青睐之人，唯有他能偶尔跟这岩石沟通。
Sun Penglord, who had just arrived, turned to look. The one shouting was the man in his Peng Zone who had gained the favor of the divine stone—he alone could occasionally communicate with it.
他为棚区制作了已经不知是几百还是上千的失念引擎，功劳巨大。
He had crafted what must have been hundreds, if not thousands, of Shin Engines for Peng Zone, making his contributions immense.
「为什么。」孙道孺严肃的道。
“Why?” Sun Daoru demanded, his tone stern.
来人气喘吁吁地拿双手抵着膝盖：「神石，告诉我，它要离开了。这些人，是它请来接它走的。」
The newcomer, panting heavily, planted his hands on his knees: “The sacred stone told me… it’s leaving. These people—they’re the ones it brought to take it away.”
一句话出口，前方恐慌的众人瞬间觉得心中惊慌消散，他们看向列车上的四道或蹲或立的身影。
As soon as the words were spoken, the panicked crowd ahead felt their fear instantly dissipate as they gazed at the four figures either crouching or standing on the train.
是杨子藏收回了秘技。
It was Yang Zicang who had withdrawn his secret technique.
他们面面相觑。
They exchanged glances with each other.
「它选择离开。」孙棚主呢喃了句，看向岩石，又看向列车上的青年人，「真的？」
“It chooses to leave.” Sun Penglord murmured, looking at the rock, then at the young man on the train, “Really?”
已经收回沉吟之夜的杨子藏冲着众人点点头。
Yang Zicang, who had already retracted the Chime Night, nodded to the crowd.
列车进入风中。
The train entered the wind.
越来越多赶来的人看着那道风穿过石殿，快速消散在黑夜中。
More and more people arriving witnessed the wind cutting through the stone hall, quickly dispersing into the darkness of the night.
｛下一站…｝
{Next stop…}
「昊天大棚。」
“Haotian Greenhouse.”
嗖，列车犹如鬼影在大地上迅捷地疾驰。
Whoosh—the train raced across the land like a phantom, swift and silent.
拥有两块岩石的它虽未变成鬼气森然的午夜列车，但已经有了几分这样的姿态。
Despite possessing two rocks, it hadn’t yet transformed into a grim midnight train but had already taken on some semblance of that aura.
左非闲拿手轻轻触摸著身旁的岩石，他感觉自己似乎能察觉到岩石不断散发出的某种能量，正在协助列车更快速地穿梭在大地上。
Zuo Feixian gently touched the rock beside him, feeling as if he could sense the energy it continuously emitted, assisting the train to travel faster across the land.
「非闲，你是什么时候来的失频之地？」 小刘闲著无事问道。
“Feixian, when did you arrive at the Shibin Wastes?” Little Liu asked idly.
「我？ 嗯，好像有两三年了。 往事如梦，我快记不清了，呵呵，不要惊讶，我只是不愿去想而已。」
“Me? Hmm, seems like it’s been two or three years. The past is like a dream; I can barely recall it now, heh, don’t be surprised—I just don’t want to dwell on it.”
小刘也叹了口气，像是想到了自己的经历。
Little Liu sighed as well, as if reminded of his own experiences.
「没事，我理解。」
“It’s okay, I understand.”