Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.114 第114章 山前探查
第114章 山前探查
Chapter 114: Reconnaissance Before the Mountains
八字胡小矮子搓搓干瘦手指笑了笑，说道：
The short man with the handlebar mustache rubbed his dry fingers, gave a smirk, and said:
「如果阁下真的是逐银副镇长在这边的货队长，那么我可以邀请阁下成为我们的高级会员。」
“If you truly are the Cargo Crew chief of the Ju Yin ChaseFutown stationed here, then I can invite you to become one of our premium members.”
「你们还有会员制？」
“You have a membership system too?”
「当然咯。 有任何稀有情报，不论是新出现的失频幕景、走出的怪物、失频之地上的棚区和强者们的新动态都会低价给会员一份。」
“Of course. Any rare intelligence—whether it’s a newly emerged off-frequency screen scene, a monster that’s crawled out, the Peng Zone on the Shibin Wastes, or the latest moves of the powerhouses—will be provided to members at a discount.”
他嘿嘿两声，伸长脖子压低声音：
He chuckled twice, craning his neck and lowering his voice:
「相应的，甲子间阁下，作为高级会员，你要负责维护我们客栈的生意，毕竟高级会员就算是股东了。」
“Likewise, Mr. Jiazi Term, as a premium member, you’ll be responsible for maintaining our inn’s business. After all, being a premium member is basically being a shareholder.”
杨子藏觉得自己心境已经比较厉害了，但第一次遇到这种故事中才会出现的好事，还是难免让其心中澎湃——这就是高手的待遇吗，果然有实力的人在哪都受欢迎。
Yang Zicang felt his mental fortitude was already formidable, but encountering such a stroke of luck, the kind usually reserved for stories, for the first time inevitably stirred a surge of emotions—so this is the treatment of a master? Indeed, a capable person is welcomed wherever they go.
庄老板正说著，一个小光团出现在杨子藏肩膀旁，庄老板顿时把嘴紧闭。
As Boss Zhuang was speaking, a small orb of light appeared beside Yang Zicang’s shoulder, and Boss Zhuang immediately clamped his mouth shut.
杨子藏扭头道：
Yang Zicang turned his head and said:
「已经新的一周了，我又不是名人，你来干什么。」
“It’s a new week already. I’m no celebrity, so why are you here?”
粒粒牙挥了挥小手，抱在胸前道：
Lili Ya waved its little hand, crossed its arms, and said:
｛这里好玩，路过不行吗。｝
{It’s fun here. Can’t I just pass through?}
「去去，我们在谈事情，这会别来凑热闹。」
“Scram, scram. We’re discussing business, don’t come meddling now.”
杨子藏早已通过逐银知道，小记者们记录名人时的视角枢纽镇里有人能看见，因此立即将它给轰走了。
Yang Zicang learned through the Ju Yin Chase that in Hubville, someone could see the perspectives journalists captured when recording celebrities, so he immediately drove it away.
光团飞出一段路后飘忽著转头，对著杨子藏吐了吐舌头。
After flying a short distance, the orb of light swiveled its head and stuck its tongue out at Yang Zicang.
｛大坏蛋在装样子。｝
{Big bad guy is just putting on a show.}
记者消失后，庄老板用拇指顺了顺自己的胡子。
Once the reporter vanished, Boss Zhuang smoothed his beard with his thumb.
「我都忘了，你之前是个名人。」
“I almost forgot—you used to be a celebrity yourself.”
庄老板转头看向瞪著眼注视自己的洛宾。
Boss Zhuang turned to look at Robin Lo, who was staring at him wide-eyed.
「哎呀，至于你的问题嘛，嗯，我跟人打赌打输了，如果我不完成她订下的事，她会知道，就这样。」
“Ah, as for your question, well, I lost a bet. If I don’t fulfill what she set for me, she’ll know. Simple as that.”
「自动扣时序？」
“An automatic deduction of Chronos?”
「当然没那种事，我只是愿赌服输而已。」
“Of course not—I just pay up and accept defeat.”
一个赌注就让这位情报站老板甘愿履行，也不知是对方太强，还是这人只是单纯的不愿意违背赌约。
Wondering whether the other party was just that formidable, or if this man simply refused to break his word, a single bet was enough to make this intelligence station boss willingly comply.
杨子藏拿着册子起身道：
Yang Zicang stood up with the booklet in hand and said:
「我晓得了，看来庄老板是位视诚信如黄金的人，这个任务我试着做下吧。只是失踪者的尸体是带到你这里吗？」
“I see. looks like Boss Zhuang is a man who values trust like gold. I’ll give this mission a try. But do you want me to bring the missing person’s corpse here?”
「随便你，能弄出来就行。你带回来的话，我就用来烧锅炉。」
“Whatever, just as long as you can retrieve it. If you bring it back, I’ll use it to stoke the boiler.”
「有多少天了？算了，不管失踪几天，我想你都应该给我准备一身防水服，以及一副棺木。不然我只有就地火化了。」
“How many days has it been? Forget it—no matter how many days they’ve been missing, I think you should prepare me a set of waterproof gear and a coffin. Otherwise, I’ll have to cremate the body right where I find it.”
「他运气好，不到三天就遇到了你。现在野外这温度应该不会给你造成太多困扰，算了，我这就让人给你准备个大点的酒桶。」
“He’s lucky to have encountered you within three days. At this temperature out in the wild, it shouldn’t cause you too much trouble. Never mind, I’ll have someone prepare a big wine barrel for you right now.”
杨子藏和洛宾两人抬着没顶的大啤酒桶从门口走了出来，外面守着的几人立时非常客气的上来帮忙。
Yang Zicang and Robin Lo carried a massive beer barrel that towered over them out the door, and the few people guarding outside immediately stepped in to help with great courtesy.
「咱们什么时候去？」洛宾摩拳擦掌的道。
“When are we heading out?” Robin Lo asked, rubbing his hands together eagerly.
失踪的家伙最后去的地方，就是那处跌落进这里的A级交错空间啊。副镇长可是表示了，那里有可能获得念力型能力，自己怎能错过。
The last place the missing guy went was that A-level Crosspace where he fell into this spot. Mayor Futown had hinted that a psychic-type ability might be obtained there—how could I miss this chance?
瞧瞧身旁这小子，在完整邮徽世界获得了念力型能力后，现在拽得跟二五八万似的。自己要是也获得，还不得一飞冲天。
Just look at this kid beside me—after getting a psychic-type ability in the complete Yore-Realm, he now struts around like he owns the place. If I could get one too, I’d soar to the skies for sure.
杨子藏一只手提着桶道：「我一个人去就行了。」
Yang Zicang, holding the barrel with one hand, said, “I’ll go alone, just me.”
「别啊哥，我能帮上忙，万一我要是获得了念力型能力，不就更是你的得力干将了吗。」洛宾姿态非常的低。
“Don’t say that, bro, I can help out. If I happen to get a psychic-type ability, won’t I become an even stronger right-hand man for you?” Robin Lo lowered his posture completely.
「我想留给小雨。」
“I want to save it for Xiaoyu.”
「啊，你怎么老想着那个妹子，你真觉得你们俩合适吗。」
“Ah, why do you keep thinking about that girl? Do you really think you two are a good match?”
杨子藏转头静静看向洛宾。
Yang Zicang turned his head and stared silently at Robin Lo.
「她担心我死掉，甘愿冒风险出来想将她的寿命投资给我，这样的人，我怎么能不给她留点好东西呢，毕竟我迟早会离开的。」
“She’s worried that I might die, willing to take a risk and come out to invest her lifespan in me. For someone like that, how could I not leave her some good things? After all, I will leave sooner or later.”
「你，唉，我还不打算走，这样，你把这次机会给我，接下来半年我踏遍整个失频之地给她找新能力，怎样？」
“You… sigh, I’m not planning to leave just yet. How about this: give me this opportunity, and for the next six months, I’ll scour the entire Shibin Wastes to find a new ability for her? What do you say?”
「这可是你说的。」
“That’s a deal.”
……
趁着天色还未明亮，两人乘着列车来到了手册上所画的地方：以客栈为原点，西南方向二百八十公里。
Taking advantage of the pre-dawn darkness, the two boarded the train and arrived at the location marked on the manual: two hundred and eighty kilometers southwest of the inn as the origin point.
没有念力站台，这段路程几乎花费了整晚时间。
Without a telekinetic platform, this journey took almost the entire night.
远处群山林立，有些山峰高耸入云，一看就是险要之地。
In the distance, mountains rose in clusters, some peaks piercing the clouds—clearly perilous terrain.
「A级区域真大啊，半个月能稳定一座A级区域是非常强的队伍才能做到的。」洛宾感叹的说道。
“An A-rank area is truly vast. Stabilizing an A-rank area within half a month is something only the strongest teams can accomplish,” Robin Lo remarked with a sigh.
每个月月底，已经进入过人但未成功稳定的交错幕景，会尽数来到这里。
At the end of each month, all the Intersecting Landscapes that had been entered by people but not yet successfully stabilized would converge here entirely.
杨子藏点点头：「小心点，绯月级的交错地里怪物都异常强大，从B级开始稳定的交错地内都会继续诞生怪物，听逐银说那里面的怪物不少。」
Yang Zicang nodded: “Stay cautious. The creatures in Scarlet Moon-rank Intersection Grounds are exceptionally powerful. Starting from B-rank, Intersection Grounds that have been stabilized will continue to spawn monsters. According to Ju Yin Chase, there’s no shortage of them in there.”
「我倒是觉得，要是能搬回去块土地就好了，哈哈哈。」
“For my part, I think it would be great if we could haul back a chunk of land, hahaha.”
遇到普通失频幕景的话铲点地皮回去到也不是不行。
If they came across an ordinary Dis-freq Scene, shoveling off a patch of ground to bring back wasn’t entirely impossible, either.
但想将这里的山揹回去，杨子藏自信这里没有任何人能够做到，那都是神话中的人物才能办成的事情。
But as for carrying these mountains back, Yang Zicang was confident that no one here could accomplish it—such feats could only be achieved by figures in myths and legends.
他突然想到，不知那个旧的异界中，有没有那样能够移山填海般的人物。
He suddenly wondered if, in that old, forgotten otherworld, there might exist individuals capable of moving mountains and filling seas.
「我先进去转一圈，你就在此地不要动。」
“I’ll go in and take a look around. You stay right here and don’t move.”
「行，我就不跟上了，鸡蛋不能放一个篮子里。」
“Alright, I won’t follow. Can’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
列车化为风消失，冲向远处的群山。
The train dissolved into wind as it surged toward the distant mountains.
洛宾长叹口气坐到地上，这些山的轮廓让他想到了地球的桂林，眼中出现了回忆般的温情。
Robin Lo let out a long sigh and sat down on the ground. The silhouettes of these mountains reminded him of Guilin on Earth, and a nostalgic warmth filled his eyes.
「独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。如果没记错，再过几个月就是孔乙己欠钱一百三十周年了吧。」
“A lonely stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family all the more on festive days. If my memory serves me right, in a few months it will mark the 130th anniversary of Kong Yiji’s unpaid debt.”
他看向这片暗沉的大地。
His gaze swept across the somber earth.
「不过这边老乡也很多。」
“But times aren’t so bad—many fellow brothers and sisters are here too.”
说罢，洛宾起身拍了拍屁股上的灰尘，走向一旁像是被巨兽摧毁过的山林，它的边缘接壤处有具尸体。
With that, Robin Lo rose to his feet, dusted off the dirt on his pants, and walked toward what looked like a mountain forest ravaged by a giant beast. At its outer edge lay a corpse.
列车的速度相对于几座山的面积来说很快，十几分钟已经横穿了这片区域。
The train’s speed was swift relative to the expanse of the mountains; in just over ten minutes, it had cut across the entire region.
忽然恶魇列车停顿在一座山峰前。
Suddenly, the Nightmare Train halted before a single mountain peak.
杨子藏抓住敞开的车门看上天际，一个半透明男人的身影站在天空注视着自己。
Yang Zicang grabbed hold of the open door, gazing into the sky. A translucent man’s silhouette stood midair, staring down at him.
｛你比之前那些人类强了不少，总算来了个能看的了。｝
“You’re tougher than the humans before you. Finally, someone worth looking at shows up.”
「人类？你不是人类吗。」
“Humans? You’re not a human, then?”
｛哼。｝
“Hmph.”
类似念力体的男人平静的注视着杨子藏，随后他抬起头看向另一端。
The man, seemingly formed of psychokinetic energy, calmly watched Yang Zicang, then raised his head to peer into the distance.
｛又有人类来了，这里还真是吸引你们，可惜没有人能从这里获得他们期望的好处。｝
“More humans are coming. This place does attract you, doesn’t it? Pity no one can ever take the rewards they hope for from here.”
杨子藏琢磨不透这是什么，按照洛宾的说法，若在「多余世界」见到人形生物，那就代表这种生物非常危险。
Yang Zicang couldn’t make sense of this being. According to Robin Lo, if you come across a humanoid creature in the “Surplus World,” it signals extreme danger.
｛速速离去，这次我就当你没来过。｝
“Leave at once. I’ll pretend you were never here this time.”
在灰暗光线中只有个轮廓的念力人在天空转身，走入群山的阴影内消失，杨子藏的目光落在它附近那座最高的山尖之上。
In the dim light, the silhouette of the psychokinetic man turned in the sky and vanished into the shadows of the mountains. Yang Zicang’s gaze settled on the tallest peak nearby.
这样的山峰，如果是在念力世界的自己攀爬起来只需要二十多分钟，现在的自己纯凭体力也不会超过大半个小时，
A peak like that—in the Psychic World, he would’ve climbed it in just over twenty minutes. In his current state, relying purely on physical strength, it wouldn’t take more than half an hour.
他隐隐感觉这座山跟其它山峦有些不同之处，这是修习沉吟之夜后，与周围环境自然自然而然的交流所得。
He vaguely sensed that this mountain carried something different from the others—an impression gained from practicing Chime Night, a natural communion with the surrounding environment.
[沉吟之夜。]
[Chime Night.]
年轻身上一股气浪扩散开去，方圆六七百米内的环境自然浮现，无数呓语响起，仿佛是树木、泥土、花草、水气在跟自己交流。
A surge of energy radiated from the young man, and the environment within a radius of six to seven hundred meters naturally unfolded. Countless whispers arose, as if the trees, soil, flowers, grass, and moisture were communicating with him.
｛救我…｝
｛Save me…｝
｛救救我们…｝
｛Save us…｝
无数恐惧的心念声音出现在心中。
Innumerable fearful voices echoed within his mind.
杨子藏猛然抬头，幻影般的画面铺天盖地涌来，那是一具具身体扭曲，面容狰狞痛苦的虚幻人影。
Yang Zicang abruptly lifted his head, and phantasmal images flooded toward him like a deluge—twisted bodies, contorted faces etched in pain and horror, drifting as ethereal apparitions.
在它们背后一道如神似魔般的身影座于山巅黑岩石椅。
Behind them, a figure like a god or demon sat atop a black rock throne on the mountain peak.
他睁开双眼，眼中五角星缓缓旋转，向着杨子藏扫来。
He opened his eyes, and within them, a pentagram slowly rotated, sweeping toward Yang Zicang.
如同帷幕般的压力笼罩虚空，似要囊括一切。
A pressure like a heavy curtain enshrouded the void, as if to encompass everything.
「五角？！」
“Pentagram?!”
列车轰地冲向这片山林边缘。
The train roared as it charged toward the edge of this mountainous forest.
杨子藏感觉自己像是进入了神仙的乾坤袖般，精神世界的天地卷曲般旋转。
Yang Zicang felt as though he had been pulled into a deity’s cosmic sleeve; the heaven and earth within his spiritual realm twisted and churned as if rolled up.
[轨迹调度！]
[Trajectory Dispatch!]
列车呜地扭曲着化为狂风从变得不断拉伸的山峦中以弧线冲出。
The train howled, contorting into a gale, and burst out in a curved arc from the ever-stretching mountain ranges.
离开这片区域的瞬间，杨子藏感觉仿若从水泡中冲出，转头看去，那片世界没有任何异状，刚才的经历只像是场梦。
The moment he left that region, Yang Zicang felt as if he had burst out of a bubble of water. Turning back to gaze, that world showed no sign of abnormality—the previous experience felt ony like a dream.
小马超略显惊讶的道：
Little Matt Chao said with slight surprise:
｛是幻境场，吕布经历过类似的交错空间。｝
{“It’s an Illusionary Field. Lyu Bu has experienced a similar Crosspace.”}
听到列车的话，心情平静些的杨子藏问道：
Hearing the train’s words, Yang Zicang, now slightly calmer, asked:
「吕布是怎么应对的，刚刚如果我们不离开会发生什么。」
{“How did Lyu Bu handle it? And what would have happened if we hadn’t left just now?”}
｛我要先回答你两个问题中的哪个。｝
{“Which of your two questions do you want me to answer first?”}
「第二个吧。」
{“The second one.”}
｛不知道。｝
{“I don’t know.”}
「……」
「……」
车门口的杨子藏无语了下，顿了顿他道：
Yang Zicang, standing at the train door, was speechless for a moment, then paused and said:
「那你说说幻境场是怎么回事。」
{“Then tell me what an Illusionary Field is all about.”}
｛根据他们收集的资料，有些幻境场只是吓唬你; 有的能让人迷失、或是将同伴当成敌人; 有的幻境场会真实的同化精神频率，让人认为自己真的受到伤害，从而失去生命。 这种也叫做念力场。 小白影就是第三种。｝
{“Based on the data they’ve collected, some Illusionary Fields are just meant to scare you; others can make people lost or mistake companions for enemies; some Illusionary Fields can actually assimilate mental frequencies, making someone truly believe they’re hurt, causing them to lose their lives. This type is also called a Psychic Field. Little White Shadow is the third kind.”}
其实你也算是啊…
In fact, you could be considered one too…
「小白影？」 杨子藏随口道：「你们在精神世界到底交流了些什么啊。」
{“Little White Shadow?” Yang Zicang said casually. “What exactly have you two been chatting about in the spiritual world?”}
｛什么都聊，从祥云路23号到茜草公园是他聊得最多的，我们是精神上的交流。｝
{“We talk about everything, from No. 23 Xiangyun Road to Xicao Park—he’s talked about those the most. Communication happens on a spiritual level.”}
杨子藏本只是随口一问，随后脸色有点难看。
Yang Zicang had only asked casually, but then his expression turned a bit grim.
那不是自己小时候去外婆家经常走的路吗。
Wasn’t that the route I used to take to my grandmother’s house when I was a kid?
甩甩头，他看向身后的那座山。 此刻看上去并不算高，跟周围没什么区别，之前察觉的异样只是近距离后才能感知到的气息。
Shaking his head, he looked toward the mountain behind him. At this moment, it didn’t appear particularly tall, no different from its surroundings—except that the strangeness he had sensed earlier could only be felt as a presence when up close.
「竟然有五角星，五边形吗，到底是真的还是假的。」
“A five-pointed star, a pentagon? Is this real or fake?”
｛如果是真的，那个被你敲坏的万花筒能够防御念力攻击。 快离开吧，我今晚离轨的时间快到了。｝
{If it’s real, the kaleidoscope you broke can ward off psychic attacks. Get out now. My window to deviate tonight is almost up.}
杨子藏当然知道那个万花筒是个非常珍贵的宝物，可惜他问遍了总部和枢纽镇，也没有人能修彻底损坏的模器。
Yang Zicang was well aware that the kaleidoscope was an incredibly precious treasure. Unfortunately, after inquiring everywhere—from Headquarters to Hubville—no one could repair such a completely damaged simulator.