Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.109 第109章 手伴礼，小乌龟
第109章 手伴礼，小乌龟
Chapter 109: Souvenirs, a Little Turtle
这片空间外，茂密的别墅林区中，几道人影自名贵树木间穿过而来。
Outside this space, within the lush villa district, several figures passed through the gaps between the precious trees.
当先那人胸前闪出折线射入虚空。
The leading figure’s chest emitted a shimmering light that shot across the void.
杨子藏得到连结后一看，是那位负责跟自己对接的年轻人。
Yang Zicang connected to the link and saw it was from the young man responsible for liaising with him.
「李弥？ 这么晚有什么事吗。」
“Li Mi? What’s the matter at this hour?”
｛杨先生，你难得回来一次，我趁著这个时候来看看你，顺便给大家带来了些物资。｝
{Mr. Yang, you seldom return; I thought I’d come visit you and bring along some supplies for everyone.}
杨子藏的确见他手上像是拎著什么东西，于是将他放了进来。
Yang Zicang indeed noticed he was carrying something in his hand, so he let him in.
李弥身旁两人留在了外面，只有自己一人提著两个大包进入。
The two people beside Li Mi remained outside, leaving him to enter alone carrying two large bags.
「让他们也进来吧，外面不安全。」
“Let them come in too. It’s not safe outside.”
李弥笑道：「不用担心，现在已经没事了。」
Li Mi smiled and said, “Don’t worry, everything’s fine now.”
沐小雨好奇的看著李弥手上的一个小笼子，如同鸟笼似的，上面还搭著黑布。
Mu Xiaoyu looked curiously at a small cage in Li Mi’s hand, reminiscent of a birdcage, covered with a black cloth.
「你手上那是什么，好像会动。」 沐小雨指著它。
“What’s that in your hand? It seems to be moving.” Mu Xiaoyu pointed at it.
「哦，这个啊。」
“Oh, this?”
李弥抬起手将黑布截开，露出里面一只扭头望来的小乌龟。
Li Mi lifted his hand and pulled aside the black cloth, revealing a small turtle inside that turned its head to look around.
瞧见几人看它，长得敦实的青黑小龟又将脑袋转过去趴下。
Upon seeing a few people gazing at it, the sturdy, dark-green little turtle swiveled its noggin back and settled down.
「好可爱，是小乌龟诶。」
“So adorable, it’s a little turtle!”
梁喜一脸蒙：「这是要来给我们做乌龟煲吗。」
Liang Xi looked confused: “Are you planning to make turtle soup for us?”
沐小雨气鼓鼓的瞪了这小子一眼。
Mu Xiaoyu glared angrily at the kid.
杨子藏心念一转，意识到了这可能是做什么，不过他稍微有点迟疑。
Yang Zicang’s mind turned, realizing what this might be for, but he hesitated slightly.
「难道你们，打算靠这个小家伙来威慑吕布？」
“You’re not planning to use this little guy to intimidate Lyu Bu, are you?”
李弥一脸郑重的点点头。
Li Mi nodded solemnly.
「没错。」
“That’s right.”
「……」
「……」
几人齐齐陷入沉默。
Everyone fell into silence.
梁喜想了半天才想出乌龟为什么能让卢布不敢攻击他们。
Liang Xi thought for a long time before figuring out how a turtle could stop Lyu Bu from attacking them.
「这…听上去挺不可思议的，吕布能被吓到？反正这鬼东西换做是我我肯定不信。」刘明擦着冷汗道。
“This… sounds unbelievable. Would Lyu Bu really be scared? Anyway, if it were me, I sure wouldn’t believe that crap,” Liu Ming said, wiping cold sweat.
「由不得他不信。」
“He has no choice but to believe it.”
李说完这话后，没继续提这茬，而是将包里的东西介绍给大家。
After Li said this, he didn’t dwell on the topic any further, and instead introduced the stuff in the bag to the group.
这些物资种类比杨子藏几人的日用品更精细些，包括创口贴、小刀、指甲剪、挖耳勺都有，可以说方方面面都想到了，而且还给每人配了只拥有变异怪兽血统的小乌龟。
The supplies were more detailed than the everyday items Yang Zicang and the others had, including band-aids, small knives, nail clippers, ear picks—everything you could think of—and each person was also given a little turtle with the bloodline of a mutated monster.
杨子藏接过包，「我们去里边说吧。」
Yang Zicang took the bag. “Let’s talk inside.”
「等等。」
“Wait.”
李弥转头对着洛宾：「请您出去下。」
Li Mi turned around to face Robin Lo. “Please step out for a moment.”
「我？」洛宾指了指自己：「我是这里的主人诶。」
“Me?” Robin Lo pointed at himself. “I’m the host here, you know.”
李弥静静看着他，没有重复第二次。
Li Mi stared at him silently, without repeating himself.
洛宾欲言又止，最后切了声，往外走出。
Robin Lo seemed to hesitate, opening his mouth as if to speak, but in the end he just clicked his tongue and walked out.
路过李弥身边的时候，顺手将他的小乌龟夺过，「好小子，竟然不相信爷爷我。」
As he passed by Li Mi, he snatched his little turtle, saying “Good kid, you actually don’t trust your ol’ gramps here.”
李弥看向梁喜：「请你跟我的队员进行心灵链接。」
Li Mi looked at Liang Xi: “Please perform a Syn-Link with my team member.”
他指向异度空间外露出个腿影的人。
He pointed to a shadow of a leg outside the alternate space.
梁喜拿指头指了指李弥，但下一秒心灵链接已经射向了他。
Liang Xi pointed a finger at Li Mi, but the next second, the Syn-Link was already speeding toward him.
「现在我们去上面说话吧。」李弥道。
“Now, let’s go upstairs and talk,” Li Mi said.
刘明吐了吐舌头，这里到底谁是老大。
Liu Ming stuck out his tongue. Who on earth was the boss around here?
回屋彻底封闭这空间后，杨子藏问道：「你到底有什么事？」
After sealing the space by returning indoors, Yang Zicang asked, “So, what is it you’re after?”
一道心灵链接射向自己，发动者自然是身前之人。
A Syn-Link shot straight toward him—the one initiating it was naturally the person in front of him.
「我想借三位一段时间，这些时间内的月末时序扣除，由我承担，预估时间应该不会太长。」李弥道。
“I’d like to borrow your time for a while. The Chronos deductions at the end of these months will be my responsibility. It shouldn’t take too long,” Li Mi said.
「你想做什么？」
“What do you want to do?”
「制作些东西。」
“Make something.”
杨子藏想了想：「你们想对付吕布？」
Yang Zicang thought it over: “You’re gunning for Lyu Bu, aren’t you?”
「没错，确切的说，是天上的那个。所以要保密，而现如今，我不信任任何拥有Moexl之人能够保密，当然，杨先生你除外。」
“That’s right. More exactly, the one up in the sky. So it has to be kept secret. Right now, I don’t trust anyone with a Moxel to keep quiet—except for you, Mr. Yang, of course.”
原来李弥打的是这三位没有Moexl之人的主意。
So that was Li Mi’s plan: making use of these three who had no Moxel.
「那我就不问了。」
“Then I won’t ask anything more.”
「没关系，杨先生，我们想做的是热气球，很多很多的热气球。这个计划，我管它叫做天灯。」
“No harm done, Mr. Yang. What we want to build are hot air balloons. Many, many hot air balloons. I call this project ‘Sky Lanterns.‘“
天灯计划是李弥成功威慑住吕布后，所提交上去的续案。
The Sky Lantern Project was a follow-up proposal submitted by Li Mi after successfully deterring Lyu Bu.
总部几位高层并不看好这个提案，不过他们对于李弥所提议的，招募批可以信任的、没有Moexl的普通人的建议感兴趣。
Several top executives at headquarters were not optimistic about this proposal, but they were interested in Li Mi’s suggestion to recruit trustworthy ordinary people without Moxel.
这个时候，某些董事已经意识到保密的重要性。
By this time, certain board members had already realized the importance of confidentiality.
如果自己身边的秘书和侍者是没有Moexl之人，那么保密工作将能更好的展开，虽然他们依旧能接收到Moexl的融资广播，那至少是被动的，有迹可循的。
If the secretaries and attendants around them were people without Moxel, then confidentiality work could be carried out more effectively. Although they could still receive Moxel’s financing broadcasts, those were at least passive and traceable.
「热气球打卫星？」
“Hot air balloons attacking satellites?”
刘明感到不可思议：「坐热气球能打卫星？」
Liu Ming found it incredible: “You can attack satellites by riding hot air balloons?”
他很想问有没有搞错，但忍住了。
He wanted to ask if something was wrong, but held back.
跟左非闲混了好几天的杨子藏，很是舒心的看了眼刘明。
Yang Zicang, who had been hanging out with Zuo Feixian for several days, gave Liu Ming a rather soothing glance.
「的确很难，在地球，AX-7级热气球最高能到达一万五千米的高度，只是勉强到达低轨道卫星的最低值而已，而它的最高值却是最低值的百倍以上，更不用说中高轨道的卫星了。」
“It’s indeed tough. On Earth, the AX-7-level hot air balloon can reach a maximum altitude of 15,000 meters, barely hitting the lowest threshold of low-orbit satellites. Yet its highest value is more than a hundred times that lowest value, let alone medium- and high-orbit satellites.”
李弥看向几人：「但我们要对付的毕竟不是真正的卫星，而是卫星所化的恶魇。而且通过现如今的观察数据来看，它的离地距离在卫星中并不算很高。」
Li Mi looked at the others and said, “But after all, what we have to deal with isn’t a real satellite, but a nightmare incarnated from satellites. Moreover, based on current observational data, its distance from the ground isn’t particularly high among satellites.”
张扬看向杨子藏：「子藏，有你的加速能力，恐怕也让气球够不到它。」
Chang Yang looked towards Yang Zicang: “Zicang, with your acceleration ability, I’m afraid even a balloon would never reach it.”
「这个嘛，如果是在空中，马超的列车冲出去的话，不知道会不会掉下来。」
“Well, if it’s in the air, when Matt Chao sends his train rushing out, I wonder if it would fall off.”
杨子藏也在思考可行性，但目前来看几乎为零。
Yang Zicang was also pondering the feasibility, but for now, the likelihood was close to zero.
「那我们要去哪里做你说的那东西？」
“So where should we go to make that thing you mentioned?”
「不用去哪里，我想将这里做成一个分会场，只是可能要让梁喜暂时离开，由我们接管这里，可以吗。」
“No need to go anywhere; I want to turn this place into a sub-venue. It’s just that Liang Xi might have to leave temporarily, and we’ll take over here—would that be alright?”
李弥对着杨子藏客气的询问道。
Li Mi politely asked Yang Zicang.
「主要看三位。」
“It mainly depends on the three of them.”
三人想了想，都点点头。
The three of them thought it over for a moment and then nodded in unison.
「那就没问题了。」
“Then it’s settled.”
谈妥这件事后，李弥又跟杨子藏聊了会儿，他再次邀请杨子藏前往总部，至少可以先去共鸣石像。
After finalizing this matter, Li Mi chatted with Yang Zicang for a while longer and once again invited him to the headquarters—or at least to try visiting the Resonance Sculpture first.
但杨子藏想到邮汇世界，他担心万一只能共鸣一种类似的雕塑，便婉拒了李弥的邀请。
However, Yang Zicang thought of the Stamp World; worried that he might only be able to resonate with one similar sculpture, he declined Li Mi’s invitation.
外面的人进入，大家开始了这顿还算丰盛的聚餐，当洛宾给每人都倒上了杯啤酒时，忽然一个小光团落在了杨子藏肩膀上。
People from outside came in, and everyone began a rather hearty meal. As Robin Lo poured a glass of beer for each person, a small orb of light suddenly landed on Yang Zicang’s shoulder.
众人或愣然或目瞪口呆的看着能量幻化出来的小东西。
The others were either stunned or stared wide-eyed at the tiny thing formed by condensed energy.
杨子藏侧首看着肩膀上的小可爱。
Yang Zicang turned his head to look at the little cutie on his shoulder.
「你竟然连这里也能到达？」
“You actually managed to reach even this place?”
｛你是名人呀，记者跟随记录名人，就能出现，嗯，是这样没错。｝
{You’re a celebrity, so reporters follow and document celebrities, and that’s how they can show up—hmm, yeah, that makes sense.}
「这是什么，子藏哥，是你的小宠物吗？」
“What’s this, Zi Cang? Your little pet?”
沐小雨满眼小星星的问道，满口的溺爱口吻。
Mu Xiaoyu asked, stars practically shining in her eyes, her tone dripping with affectionate coddling.
这可是真人芭比娃娃呀，五官如童话人物般精致，光芒化现的皮肤粉嫩白皙，比塑料的可爱不知多少倍。
This was a real-life Barbie doll, with features as exquisite as a fairy-tale character, skin glowing and appearing pale pink and delicate—many times cuter than any plastic version.
｛呀呀呀，坏死了，哼，这里味道好难闻，粒粒牙要走了。｝
{Aiya, aiya, so mean, hmph! It stinks here, Lilili-tooth is leaving!}
光团内穿着蓬蓬小裙子的精灵翻过身，撅着屁股爬上杨子藏肩头，唰，光团冲上天际消失。
The fairy in the puffball skirt inside the light orb flipped over, wriggled her butt, and crawled onto Yang Zicang’s shoulder. Swoosh—the orb shot into the sky and vanished.
李弥深深看了眼天上。
Li Mi glanced meaningfully at the sky.
他对名人和记者之类的事情根本没听说过，看来杨子藏在失频世界的际遇也不简单。
He had never heard anything about celebrities or reporters—seemed Yang Zicang’s encounters in the Lost Frequency World were no small matter either.
聚餐完毕。回去时，李弥拎着小乌龟行走在路上，往模器汽车而去，他身旁的人佩服的道：
The gathering ended. On the way back, Li Mi walked along the road holding his little turtle, heading toward the adaptive car. The person beside him spoke with admiration:
「李哥，你真厉害，这两天雄英组真的没有跟疯狗似的攻击我们了。」
“Brother Li, you’re amazing. These past two days, the Xiongying Group really hasn’t come biting at us like rabid dogs.”
「嗯。」
“Mm.”
「李哥你下一步打算做什么？」
“Brother Li, what’s your next move?”
李弥转过头看向此人：「你是谁介绍进组的。」
Li Mi turned to look at the person: “Who brought you into the group?”
「呃，我？」
“Uh… me?”
那随口一问的人顿时支支吾吾不敢再说话。
The one who had casually asked suddenly stammered, not daring to speak again.
李弥轻笑了笑：「没关系，我又不是什么都怀疑的精神病患者，只是了解下你的情况而已。」
Li Mi let out a light chuckle. “It’s fine. I’m not some paranoid schizophrenic who doubts everything. I was just trying to get a sense of your background.”
「哦哦，我，我是李董事推荐的。」
“Oh, oh, I—I was recommended by Director Li.”
闻听此言，李弥拍了拍他肩膀：「好好干，李董事很照顾我。」
Hearing this, Li Mi patted him on the shoulder. “Work hard. Director Li has always taken good care of me.”
坐在车的后座上，李弥心中想了想自己的那个草案。
Riding in the back seat, Li Mi mulled over his draft proposal in his mind.
天灯计划，呵。
Project Sky Lantern. Ha.
灰褐色的车停在栋石头房屋前，李弥走了下来。
The grayish-brown car pulled up in front of a stone house, and Li Mi stepped out.
这是总部前两天为自己分配的小屋子。它的石材蕴含了魔晶的力量，能有效延长其中来自地球物品诞生恶魇的时间。
This was the small cottage assigned to him by headquarters two days ago. Its stone was infused with the power of magic crystals, effectively prolonging the time it would take for items from Earth to spawn nightmares within it.
李弥的手触碰到门把手，扭动前他停顿下动作，像是在想什么，几秒后才将门推开。
Li Mi’s hand touched the door handle. Just before turning it, he paused, as if lost in thought, before pushing the door open after a few seconds.
——「主人，欢迎您的回家，我为您准备了您喜欢的《邀舞》，请您欣赏。」
—”Master, welcome home. I have prepared your favorite piece, ‘Invitation to the Dance.‘ Please enjoy.”
黑暗中亮起道缓慢闪缩的呼吸灯，柱形小音箱内音乐声缓缓响起。
In the darkness, a slowly pulsing breathing light flickered to life, and the notes of music began to drift softly from the column-shaped speaker.
修长的手指伸出，按向墙上仅靠根电线跟灯相连的开关，啪嗒，35W的钨丝灯泡亮起，灯泡发出略带橙色的光泽。
A long, slender finger reached out, pressing a switch on the wall connected to a lamp by a single wire. With a click, the 35-watt tungsten filament bulb flickered to life, casting a faint, orange-tinted glow.
客厅不大，他将小桌上随意摆放的音响插头挪到一旁放下小龟与外套，随后迈动沉稳的步伐来到另一堵墙旁的洗手台。
The living room was small; he moved the speaker plug randomly placed on the small table to one side, set down the little turtle and his coat, then strode steadily to the washbasin against another wall.
扭动水龙头，里面流出了清澈的自来水。
He turned the faucet, and clear tap water flowed out.
洗完手后，他甩了甩手上的水迹，随手拿过个小盆接在水龙头下，手在悬挂于墙上铁挂钩的毛巾上擦拭干净，转身走向卧室房门。
After washing his hands, he shook off the excess water, casually took a small basin and placed it under the faucet, dried his hands on a towel hanging from an iron hook on the wall, and turned toward the bedroom door.
这是个一室一厅一卫的小套间，没几步就穿过了客厅，李弥的手指触摸到卧室门的电子锁上，锁屏按键发出莹莹辉光。
This was a compact unit with one bedroom, one living room, and one bathroom—just a few steps took him across the living room. Li Mi’s fingers touched the electronic lock on the bedroom door, and the lock screen button emitted a soft glow.
输入密码后，门锁发出「梭娑」马达转动声，李弥推开门，随手按向门旁墙上的卧室电灯开关，卧室内黑暗消泯。
After entering the password, the lock made a “swishing” motor sound. Li Mi pushed the door open, casually reached for the bedroom light switch on the wall by the door, and the darkness in the bedroom vanished.
哗哗，水盆中的水即将溢出脸盆，随著卧室门碰上，自龙头流出的水霎时减少，一秒后它已经完全停止，只剩一两滴还悬挂著，蕴量著滴落的余势。
The water in the basin was about to overflow as the bedroom door clicked shut. The flow from the faucet instantly diminished, stopping completely a second later, with only one or two drops still hanging, poised to fall.
钨丝灯泡滋滋闪烁了下，顿时熄灭。
The tungsten filament bulb buzzed and flickered once, then went out abruptly.
屋内陷入一片黑暗，未插电的音响音乐声中断，客厅陷入死寂的沉默。
The room was plunged into darkness, the unplugged speaker’s music ceased, and the living room fell into a dead silence.
滴答，一粒水落在水盆中，发出轻微涟漪波动声。
Drip—a single drop of water fell into the basin, emitting the faint sound of rippling waves.
门的另一端，李弥冲著没有床的卧室墙垂下眼帘，双手握拳至胸前缓声道：
On the other side of the door, Li Mi cast her eyes downward toward the bedroom wall devoid of a bed, clenching her fists at her chest as she spoke slowly:
「母亲… 我今天杀了个人。」
“Mother… I killed someone today.”
墙上挂著副朦胧女性身影的手绘. 画像前的玻璃罐头瓶内插著支盛放的白花儿，它的边缘已经略有枯萎。
On the wall hung a hand-painted portrait of a blurry female figure. Inside the glass jar in front of the painting was a blooming white flower, its edges slightly withered.