Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.103 第103章 荒车大货队 -1
第103章 荒车大货队 –1
Chapter 103: The Wild Cart’s Cargo Crew – 1
「老杨，咱们干他奶奶的祖宗，这些畜生，正是老子要收拾的人。」
“Old Yang, let’s give these bastards hell—they’re exactly the type I need to take down.”
见到杨子藏这位朋友义愤填膺，左非闲和徐秀川两人都不是什么有礼节的好货，当下脸上就露出鄙夷之色。
Seeing Yang Zicang’s friend seething with righteous fury, neither Zuo Feixian nor Shiu Siuchuan—no paragons of propriety themselves—could hide the contempt that flickered across their faces.
左非闲道：「洛哥儿，杨总都还没发话，妳瞧妳，这么激动显得妳还能搭上手壹样。」
Zuo Feixian sneered, “Hey, Brother Lo, Mr. Yang hasn’t even said a word yet. Look at you, all worked up—as if you’d even be able to lend a hand.”
「哟，哟哟哟哟。」洛宾壹蹦老高跳到地板上。
“Yo, yo, yo, yo!” Robin Lo hopped high and landed on the floor with a thud.
「看不起爷爷是吧。」
“Looking down on your grandpa, huh?”
「不是那个意思，洛宾老弟。」徐秀川道：「只是听起来有点笑人罢了，没事，我会罩著妳的。」
“That’s not what I meant, Brother Robin Lo,” Shiu Siuchuan said. “It’s just a little amusing to hear, that’s all. Don’t worry, I’ve got your back.”
洛宾脸对著青年，指著两人不忿的道。
Robin Lo, facing the youth, pointed at the duo and said indignantly.
「唉，我，杨子藏，妳看妳认的这俩狗眼看人低的小弟，今天午饭还是我请的客。」
“Ah, me, Yang Zicang, look at these two snobbish underlings you’ve taken in—I even footed the bill for today’s lunch!”
「别闹了，妳们让宁洋联系我下，我这边跟他链接不了。」
“Cut it out. You guys, get Ning Yang to contact me—I can’t link up with him over here.”
两人壹听大喜，左非闲赶紧联系宁洋，有他出马，那边正跟壹群人求爹爹告奶奶凑时序的棚主顿时绝望中出现丝希冀。
The two were overjoyed at hearing this, and Zuo Feixian quickly contacted Ning Yang. With him stepping in, Penglord, who had been desperately begging everyone to scrape together Chronos, saw a glimmer of hope amid his despair.
｛左师，左大神！｝
{Zuo Shi, Great God Zuo!}
感应画面中，宁洋那边满脸如同便秘似的被人捆著丢在车板上，正浩浩荡荡的往前方而去。
In the sensory image, Ning Yang, his face twisted as if constipated, was bound and thrown onto the bed of a cart, advancing with a bustling crowd towards the front.
｛别叫了，甲子间大哥有话要问。｝
{Quit your yapping, Brother Jiazi Term has something to ask.}
｛甲子间！｝
{Jiazi Term!}
宁洋顿时神色紧张。
Ning Yang’s expression tensed instantly.
之前整个棚区都在传这厮的恶名，早就让他认识到了杨子藏的强悍。这几小时中，他不止壹次的幻想，若是这人愿意出手，能不能将自己给救回去。
Throughout the Peng Zone, tales of this scoundrel’s infamy had long since made him grasp Yang Zicang’s ferocity. Over the past few hours, he had fantasized more than once—what if this man were willing to step in, could he be rescued from this mess?
但此刻，他不由擡头望了眼身边七八个货队，两百多号人，就算壹人壹块石头也能把所谓的高手给砸死了吧。
But now, he couldn’t help but lift his head and glance at the seven or eight Cargo Crew members around him. With over two hundred people gathered, even if each tossed one stone, they could beat the so-called expert to a pulp, right?
壹道声音出现在他心中，宁洋不由得看向左非闲所在的那间房间中站立的青年。
A voice echoed in his mind, and Ning Yang couldn’t help but look at the youth standing in the room where Zuo Feixian was.
这样好的房间，他已经很久都没有见过了。
Such a fine room—he hadn’t seen one like it in a long time.
｛宁棚主，别来无恙。｝
{Ning Penglord, long time no see.}
[甲，甲子间！妳好，我…上次对不起，贾队长当时太冲动了。]
[Ja, Jiazi Term! Hello, I… I’m sorry about last time, Captain Jia was too impulsive then.]
宁洋垂了垂头颅。
Ning Yang lowered his head.
｛原来是贾队长自作主张啊。｝
{So it was Captain Jia acting on his own authority.}
宁洋脸色难看。
Ning Yang’s face darkened.
板车颠簸了下，他想到，管它能不能成功，至少要试壹试，而且现在不是说这些的时候。
The cart jolted; he reflected, damning the odds of success, at least he had to try. And this was no time to dwell on such matters.
宁洋在心中哀求道：
Ning Yang begged inwardly:
[甲子间，求求妳救救我们，荒车大货队的人都是杀人不眨眼之辈，我千防万防，还是没防住他们来探寻我们的棚区。]
“Jiazi Term, please, I beg you to save us. The men of the Wasteland Truck Cargo Crew are merciless killers. I guarded against them in every way, but I still failed to keep them from probing our Peng Zone.”
宁洋心中哀愤不已，此刻甲子间几乎是他唯壹的希望。
Ning Yang’s heart was filled with anguish and fury. At this moment, Jiazi Term was nearly his only hope.
那些棚区里的人，怎么可能平白无故的给自己凑时序，还是高达四万的时序。
How could those bastards in the Peng Zone have mustered up that many Chronos for no reason—forty thousand, no less!
据贾队所说，现在已经有人开始外出逃命去了，他们怕荒车大货队的下个目标就是自己的棚区。
According to Captain Jia, some people had already started fleeing for their lives, fearing that the Wasteland Truck Cargo Crew’s next target would be their own Peng Zone.
而且还有人在打阿雅的主意。
And rumor had it, someone was gunning for Aya.
妈的，这些畜生，平时吃自己的喝自己的，现在艰难关头，连老子的女人都盯上了。
Damn beasts like these, feeding off my stash and liquor in good times, and now, in these desperate straits, they’ve even got eyes on my woman.
对面沉默了片刻，传来那青年的声音。
After a moment of silence, the young man’s voice came through from the other end.
｛妳们还能坚持多久。｝
{How much longer can you people hold out?}
「我…」
“I…”
刚张嘴的宁洋便看到赵启扫来的淡漠目光，他赶紧闭嘴。
Just as Ning Yang began to speak, Zhao Qi shot him a glancing, chill indifference, and he promptly shut his mouth.
[我不知道，他们要去解决二十多里外的壹个小聚集地，恐怕最迟就是那聚集地覆灭之后。]
“I don’t know. They intend to take down a small settlement twenty-some li away—probably not a second later than when that settlement falls.”
房间中，杨子藏已经通过左非闲的心灵链接看到了宁洋那边的情况。
Back in the room, Yang Zicang, through Zuo Feixian’s Syn-Link, had already glimpsed Ning Yang’s situation on the ground below.
估算了下对面的人数，杨子藏道：「可惜不知道他们有多少时序，高手多吗？」
Estimating the number of opponents in the field, Yang Zicang remarked, “It’s a pity we don’t know how many Chronos they have in reserve, or how many formidable fighters there are.”
若是在城市中，这还真是件麻烦的事情，稍微不注意，自己可能就突破壹万时序而消失了。
If this were in a city, it would be a real hassle—any slight slip-up and he might cross ten thousand Chronos and vanish.
但这是失频之地。
But this was the Shabin Wastes.
杨子藏壹合计，对方人虽多，但似乎还真有可能办到。
Yang Zicang did the math—despite the enemy’s numbers, it still seemed possible.
宁洋那边立即表示，几个货队的队长应该时序比较高，同时他告知了杨子藏之前身上冒红光两人的情况。
Ning Yang immediately chimed in, noting that a few captain-grade members of the Cargo Crew likely had higher Chronos, while also informing Yang Zicang of the situation with the two who had been emitting red light earlier.
说完后，宁洋浑身感觉气息都快没了。
After speaking, Ning Yang felt as if all his breath had drained away.
甲子间再厉害，也不可能是两三百人的对手，而且他现在还远在近两百公里外的无忧货贸区。
No matter how powerful Jiazi Term was, they couldn’t possibly take on two or three hundred people alone, and he was barely any help stationed nearly two hundred kilometers away in the Wuyou Cargo-Trading Zone.
他目光散乱的望著天。
His eyes stared blankly at the sky.
「宁洋，妳完了。」
“Ning Yang, you’re done for.”
他喃喃的道。
He murmured to himself.
……
断掉连接后，杨子藏道了句可惜梁喜不在，不然就可以让他训练下自己的技能了。
After cutting the connection, Yang Zicang remarked that it was a shame Liang Xi wasn’t around—otherwise, he could train his skills.
左非闲立即瞪了下眼睛：「那梁喜也是妳们那边的高手吗？」
Zuo Feixian immediately widened his eyes: “So, that Liang Xi is one of your experts, too?”
洛宾咳嗽了声，闭著眼挺了挺胸膛：「还好，是个勉强能算是高手的人，都快跟我差不了多少了。」
Robin Lo gave a cough, closed his eyes and puffed out his chest: “Barely counts as an expert, almost comparable to me.”
杨子藏点点头：「嗯，加上妳，我们两个人应该能快点搞定，就是不知道他宁洋能不能坚持那么久。」
Yang Zicang nodded: “Yeah, with you here, we two should be able to finish quicker. The only question is whether Ning Yang can hold out that long.”
「这是他的壹劫，活不活看天意吧。」
“This is his tribulation—whether he lives or dies is up to fate.”
现在才下午三点，距离十壹点还早。
It was still only three in the afternoon—plenty of time before eleven.
他离开房间，胸前Moexl与枢纽镇中的莫里取得了联系。
He left the room, and the Moxel on his chest connected with Morris in Hubville.
正在参加壹场音乐会的莫里和波波利顿时眼睛壹瞪，随后嘿嘿壹笑。
Morris and Bobori, who were at a concert, widened their eyes and then let out a sly chuckle.
对他们来说，赚取时序才是最重要的事，而现在，杨子藏果然有给自己带来了新的获取时序的机会。
For them, earning Chronos was the only thing that mattered, and now, as expected, Yang Zicang had brought them a new opportunity to acquire Chronos.
虽然视频之地杀人不会获得对方寿命，但可没有说不能进行主动转移。
Although killing someone in the Video Land wouldn’t net you their lifespan, it didn’t mean you couldn’t make an active transfer.
「好厉害，竟然敢打两百多人的大组织的主意。」
“How impressive, daring to set sights on an organization of over two hundred people.”
还能有什么比队伍中拥有壹名强大实力的存在，更惬意的事呢。
What could be more satisfying than having a powerhouse among your crew?
……
荒车大货队。
The Desert Wagon Cargo Crew.
赵启来到位穿著灰白风衣的男子身前。
Zhao Qilai approached the man in a gray-white trench coat.
「阿力大哥，我看我那几条鱼挤不出什么油水来。」
“Brother Ali, I don’t think those fish of mine have much left to squeeze.”
「可惜水井引擎被人偷了，不然那东西至少值五六千时序。」
“Too bad the well engine was jacked—that thing was worth at least five or six thousand Chronos.”
行进的队伍中，又壹个红衣服的男子骑著头野兽过来。
As the group marched on, another man in red rode up on a beast.
「石双冰，咱们这壹票后，我想离开段时间，去高圆大棚放松下。」阿力对著这嬉皮笑脸的人沈声的说道。
“Shi Shuangbing, after this job, I wanna leave for a while, head over to Gaoyuan Greenhouses for some R&R,” Ali said in a low voice to the smirking figure.
石双冰嘿嘿壹笑：「随妳啊，妳不在，我就是二把手，看妳玩多久，不回来也无所谓，我正好玩玩妳那个宝物。」
Shi Shuangbing snickered, “Go ahead. Without you, I’m second-in-command. Take yer time—don’t matter if you never come back; I’ll just have some fun with your treasure.”
「哈哈哈哈！」
“Hahaha!”
天色越来越暗沈，六七个小时后，地平线上出现个拥有数十间高低错落木屋的聚集地。
The sky grew darker by the minute. Six or seven hours later, a settlement of dozens of scattered wooden cabins appeared on the horizon, some high, some low, sprawling in disarray.
此刻，聚集地外已经聚集了百十号衣衫破败之人，正手握武器严正以待。
At this moment, over a hundred ragged people had already gathered outside the settlement, gripping weapons tightly, bracing themselves for an imminent threat.
看著对面如同几只洪流而来的板车车队，棚主宋梓林目光凝重。
Staring across at the approaching caravan wagons careening in like a torrent, Song Zilin’s gaze was heavy with gravity.
「宋棚主，他，他们…」
“Lord Song, th—they…”
「难道是，荒车大货队。」
“Could it be… the Blank Wagon Great Cargo Crew?!”
人群壹阵骚动，好些人双股颤颤。
A wave of unrest swept through the crowd. Many trembled, legs quaking uncontrollably.
对面车队停下，壹人往前吼道：「上缴五万时序，否者，所有人，死！」
The incoming wagons halted. A man at the front roared, “Hand over 50,000 Chronos, or else—every last one of you dies!”
哗！众人骇然。
Gasps erupted. The crowd was struck with dread.
夜晚十壹点。
11:00 PM.
[呜——]
[Wooo—]
屋中的杨子藏睁开眼。
In the house, Yang Zicang opened his eyes.
周围几人已经收拾好东西进来，其中包括陈老师这两个还闹不清楚为什么不让自己睡觉的人。
Surrounding him, several people had already gathered their belongings and entered the room—among them, Professor Chen and another, who still couldn’t figure out why they weren’t allowed to sleep.
屋内刮起阵风，列车的车门出现在墙上。
A gust of wind swirled through the room as the train door materialized on the wall.
杨子藏当先走进去，剩下的人将自己并不多的行李往上甩去后，徐秀川拿手肘顶了顶陈老师。
Yang Zicang stepped through first. The rest flung their meager luggage aboard. Shiu Siuchuan jabbed Professor Chen with his elbow.
「愣什么呢，快上车啊，赚时序去了。」
“What are you staring at? Get on the train—go earn your Chronos!”
「啊，哦，啊？」
“Huh? Oh… wha—?”
他还想问什么，被洛宾直接举起丢到了车上，这干瘦如材的人对洛宾来说，能壹手拎起壹个。
Before he could ask anything more, Robin Lo had already hoisted him up by the scruff and tossed him onto the train. To the rail-thin Robin, a fellow as skinny as twigs was light as a feather on one arm.
列车急速窜入空气中消失不见。
The train shot rapidly into the air and vanished from sight.
在无忧货贸区最高的那栋砖石结构的房屋顶层。
On the top floor of the tallest brick-and-stone building in the Carefree Trade District.
壹位身穿灰色长裙的妙龄少女静静伫立在窗前，看著杨子藏所离去的方向。
A graceful young girl in a gray long dress stood quietly by the window, gazing in the direction Yang Zicang had left.
｛他，离开啦。｝
{He’s gone now.}
旁边柜子上，仅手臂高的淡红色的毛绒玩偶，晃动著两根长耳朵，咧开嘴巴，大声的道。
On the cabinet beside her, a light red plush toy, only as tall as an arm, shook its two long ears, bared its mouth wide, and shouted loudly.
｛哈哈哈，妳的盘算又失败了，嘻嘻嘻。｝
{Hahaha, your plan failed again, heeheehee.}
忽然，它闭上了嘴巴。
Suddenly, it shut its mouth.
门被推开，无忧棚主胖胖的身子出现，他舔了舔嘴唇，对著窗前那道倩影笑道：「寄柔还没睡啊，是在等我吗。」
The door was pushed open, and the fat figure of Carefree Penglord appeared. He licked his lips, smiled at the graceful silhouette before the window, and said, “Jirou, still awake? Waiting for me, are you?”
少女脸上露出几丝痛苦之色，但在转过身之时，她脸上已经露出笑容。
A trace of pain flickered across the young girl’s face, but as she turned around, a smile had already blossomed on her lips.
「是呢，没有妳我怎么睡得著，难得妳今天来看我。」
“Yes, how could I sleep without you? It’s rare for you to come see me today.”
「嘿嘿，苦了宝贝儿了。」
“Heh heh, poor baby, you’ve suffered.”
无忧上前挽住她嫩白但冰冷的手，往宽软的大床而去。
Carefree stepped forward, took her pale but ice-cold hand, and led her toward the wide, soft bed.
……
左非闲与宁洋再次取得联系时，那个男人已经有点神经质般，精神处在崩溃的边缘。
When Zuo Feixian and Ning Yang made contact again, the man had already become somewhat neurotic, his spirit teetering on the brink of collapse.
感应画面内如同炼狱，令人闻名丧胆的荒车大货队并不是人人都是精英，遇到拼死抵抗者，这里成了个绞肉场。
The scene within the sensory display was a hellscape; not every member of the notorious Waste Wagon Cargo Crew was an elite, and when facing those who resisted to the death, it turned into a meat grinder.
壹个小时内，此地已经死伤几十人，而讹诈到时序之人则立即被要求将时序投资给他们货队的队长，若是队长的时序过高，就开始投资给副队长，以此类推。
Within an hour, dozens had been killed or injured here, and those who extorted Chronos were immediately ordered to invest it in their Cargo Crew’s captain. If the captain’s Chronos was too high, they would invest in the vice-captain, and so on down the chain.
新人永远在最底层，除非有新的新人来到自己手下。
Newcomers were always at the very bottom, unless fresh new arrivals came under their own command.
通过感应画面，杨子藏注意了这七只货队的队长，以及那些接收时序的人。
Through the sensory display, Yang Zicang took note of the captains of these seven Cargo Crews, along with those who were receiving the Chronos.
车上，陈老师新鲜劲过去后问到：「甲子间，咱们这是要去哪儿？」
On the vehicle, once the novelty wore off, Professor Chen asked, “Jiazi Term, where exactly are we headed?”
「救人。」
“To save people.”
……
宁洋瑟瑟发抖的看著对面的战斗，这些大货队的底层之人，也是如同草芥般被队长们驱使著去战斗。
Ning Yang trembled as he watched the battle ahead, the low-level members of these Cargo Crews being driven by their captains to fight like chaff.
对面仅仅成立壹年左右的棚区，竟然已经发展到比自己还多的人和房子。
The Peng Zone across from him, established only about a year ago, had already developed to have more people and buildings than his own side.
是因为他们的棚主吗？
Was it because of their Penglord?
他看向对面不知疲倦战斗著的那人。
He looked toward the man fighting tirelessly on the other side.
那位棚主壹人就砍杀了这边十几人，但荒车的负责人们却像是毫不在意自己人的死去，都快壹个半小时了，他们都并未出手。
That Penglord had single-handedly killed over a dozen of their men, yet the leaders of the Waste Wagon seemed completely indifferent to their own people’s deaths; nearly an hour and a half had passed and they still hadn’t made a move.
对面的宋棚主身上冒著金光，得益于他手中的低级时序战器，他的时序还没有被抵消太多，短短数分钟他又干掉了两个大货队的打手，身手还算不错。
Song Penglord on the opposite side radiated a golden light. Thanks to the low-level Chronos war weapon in his hand, his Chronos hadn’t been neutralized much. In just a few minutes, he had taken down two more thugs from the big Cargo Crew, showing decent skill.
「大家加油啊，他们不是无敌的，我们能赢！」
“Come on, everyone! They’re not invincible—we can win!”
大伙儿疯狂的运转著Moexl与能力，可大家大多数都是能力不怎么出众的人，否则怎会来此失频之地。
The crowd frantically channeled their Moxel and abilities. But most of them were people whose abilities weren’t particularly outstanding; otherwise, why would they have ended up here in the Shibin Wastes?