Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.12 第12章 前往与…救助 …
第12章 前往与…救助 …
Chapter 12: Heading to… Rescue…
「准备好，我开始了！」
“Get ready, I’m starting!”
男人双臂暴起粗筋，大喝一声后双手握住将杨子藏双腿，原地转圈荡了起来。
The man’s arms bulged with thick veins as he let out a thunderous roar, gripping Yang Zicang’s legs with both hands and swinging him full circle on the spot.
对面平台上正经历生死危机的几人瞥见对面那两人在危桥上的操作，顿时无比惊恐。
The people on the opposite platform, trapped in a life-or-death crisis, caught a glimpse of the pair’s stunt on the treacherous bridge, their terror instantly spiking through the roof.
那可是不知多高的悬崖，他们居然敢这么做，真是两个不知死活的混蛋啊！
That was a cliff of god-knows-what height, yet they dared to pull such a move—truly a pair of reckless bastards who had no idea how to die!
[10 位匿名者撤资 157.4N，并分走了红利。]
[10 anonymous investors withdrew 157.4N and took their share of the dividends.]
「哈啊！」
“Haah!”
姚启明一声怒吼，手上已经荡起惯性势力的杨子藏瞬间飞跃而出，冲向这暗淡深邃的巨大溶洞空间高处。
With a fierce roar, Yao Chiming’s momentum surged as Yang Zicang instantly leaped up, charging toward the high reaches of this dim, profound, and vast cavern space.
一束阳光划过他如飞鱼般的身躯，耳心的失重感快速消退，随即便是呼啸的风声。
A beam of sunlight skimmed across his fish-like silhouette, the weightlessness in his ears rapidly fading, followed by the howling of the wind.
[轨迹调度！]
[Trajectory Deployment!]
杨子藏的身躯突兀加速，从高空俯冲而下。
Yang Zicang’s body abruptly accelerated, diving down from the heights in a steep descent.
那正吞掉了个女人的蠕虫仰起头，望向远处坠落而来的生物。 杨子藏双手握住的金色光芒对它带来了浓烈的威胁。
The worm that had just devoured a woman raised its head, gazing toward the distant creature plummeting toward it. The golden glow gripped in Yang Zicang’s hands exuded an intense threat.
怪物即刻如眼镜蛇般弓起身子，口器对准那道身影喷出一口暗绿脓液。
The monster immediately arched its body like a cobra, its mouthparts spewing a stream of dark green pus at the figure.
液体划破长空，在平台外二三十米的高空分散开来。
The fluid split across the sky, dispersing dozens of meters beyond the platform.
[安吉秀撤资 500N，并分走了红利。]
[Ang Xiuxiu withdrew 500N and divided the profits.]
手上的时序顷刻间少了两千年。
In an instant, the Chronos on his hand lost two thousand years.
杨子藏胸前只有自己能看到的数字瞬间暴跌，注入手上武器。
The number visible only to Yang Zicang on his chest plummeted, injected into the weapon in his hand.
他的身体在接触这铺散开的绿幕液体前，诡异地划出道 s 形！
Before his body touched the dispersing curtain of green liquid, he eerily traced an S-shape!
｛卧槽！｝
{What the hell!}
[安吉秀想为我追加投资 500N。]
[Ang Xiuxiu wants to reinvest 500N for me.]
[赵闽元想为我追加投资 20N。]
[Zhao Minyuan wants to invest 20N for me.]
[詹姆斯想为我追加 21.5N…]
[James wants to invest Another 21.5N…]
无数反馈爆瀑似的涌来。
A torrent of feedback flooded in like a dam breaking.
「去你娘的！」
“Screw this!”
杨子藏的身影在接触那竖立的怪物口器前时，身躯违反物理轨迹般的拉出平行残影，转而落在它的背部。
As Yang Zicang’s figure closed in on the upright monster’s mouthparts, his body defied physics, pulling out a parallel afterimage and swiftly landing on its back.
「噗！」
“Pfft!”
金色断刃狠狠刺破蠕虫皮肤，一道绿色汁液喷涌而出。
The golden broken blade pierced the worm’s skin with a savage force, and a jet of green fluid burst out.
哗啦，矫健的身影带著无匹气势快速顺著它的脊柱划拉而下！
Splash! The agile figure, exuding unparalleled momentum, slashed down along its spine!
嘭噗噗噗！
Bam, splat, splat, splat!
金色断刃如同削铁如泥的神兵，顷刻间从怪物头顶一路滑到尾。
The golden broken blade, like a divine weapon that could slice iron as if it were mud, slid from the monster’s head all the way to its tail in an instant.
剑上虚焰由金转银。
The false flames on the sword shifted from gold to silver.
落地瞬间，杨子藏脚下一蹬飞也似的窜出，汁液自头顶落下。
The moment he landed, Yang Zicang leaped up and shot away like a rocket, just as the fluid rained down over his head.
「跑！」
“Run!”
仅剩三人的猎怪者联盟的人一人拉起一名新人，往怪物对面的空地跑去。
The last three members of the Monster Hunters Alliance each grabbed a newcomer and sprinted toward the open ground opposite the monster.
「嘭嘭嘭！」
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
怪物背脊从上至下炸裂开来。
The monster’s spine burst open from top to bottom.
溶洞内响彻它惨叫的回声。
The cavern echoed with its agonized screams.
怪物倒在台上挣扎，正在奔跑的几人感觉自己的速度突然提升了至少一倍，并且更为稳健的冲向了那断桥。
The monster collapsed onto the platform, writhing in struggle. The fleeing few felt their speed suddenly double, at least, and they charged toward the severed bridge with steadier strides.
吸了口毒气的四名新人瞬间就变得苍老，其中一人在吸第二口气时直接在跑动中化为枯槁人形断裂倒下。
The four newcomers who had inhaled the toxic gas instantly aged rapidly. One of them, while inhaling a second time, crumbled into a withered, skeletal form mid-stride and broke apart as he fell.
剩下的人脑袋早就懵了，此刻只是在凭本能行事。
The minds of the remaining few had long since gone blank; now, they were running purely on instinct.
但这不妨碍他们看到这落下的疯狂身影时，用仅剩的微弱理智得出结论，杨子藏是能拯救自己的超人。
But that didn’t stop them from seeing the descending, maniacal figure, piecing together with their last shred of sanity that Yang Zicang was a superhuman who could save them.
｛哥，刚才对不起，你下次挑战这种级别的怪物是什么时候。｝
{Bro, I’m sorry about earlier. When’s your next challenge against a monster of this level?}
[滚！]
[Fuck off!]
七人在狭窄的桥面奔跑著，身后的毒气被远远丢在了后面。
The seven ran across the narrow bridge, leaving the toxic gas far behind.
那儿一段时间内都不能步入了，这些怪物的身体所溃烂的地方就是死地。
That area would be unapproachable for some time—wherever these monsters’ decaying bodies spread is a dead zone.
跑出几十米后，几人速度慢了下来。
After running dozens of meters, their pace slowed.
「姚队说得没错，你果然跟… 那个男人一样的强，甚至比他更疯狂。」
“Captain Yao was damn right. You’re really just as strong as… that man. Maybe even crazier than him.”
「那个男人？」
“That man?”
满足了心里嗜血欲望的杨子藏稍微平复了点心情，他看向身前那名猎怪者联盟的成员。
Having sated his bloodthirsty craving, Yang Zicang calmed down a little. He looked at the member of the Monster Hunters Alliance before him.
「就是我们之前的队长，赵安龙，你应该听过他的名字吧。」
“It was our former captain, Zhao Anlong. You should have heard his name.”
「抱歉，没听说过。」
“Sorry, I’ve never heard of him.”
来到之前那怪物喷吐腐蚀黏液附近后，几人停下了脚步。
After arriving near the spot where the monster had previously spewed corrosive mucus, the group came to a halt.
一停下来，三名新人就蹲在桥上，不敢站立起来，其中那名老妇人捂住脸呜咽的痛哭。
The moment they stopped, the three newcomers crouched on the bridge, not daring to stand up. Among them, the old woman covered her face and wept bitterly.
「哭吧，能哭说明你还没疯掉。 至少这是个好消息。」
“Cry. If you can still cry, it means you haven’t gone mad yet. At least that’s good news.”
队伍里背著剑，扎著马尾辫的女人坐在桥边，悬著腿大口大口的喘著气。
The woman with a ponytail and a sword strapped to her back sat on the bridge’s edge, dangling her legs, gasping heavily.
[我收获了72.1年]
[I harvested 72.1 years]
脑袋刺痛的杨子藏感受著聚集于光环内的数位，657.3N！
Yang Zicang, his head throbbing with pain, sensed the number condensing within his halo: 657.3N!
最后破开其尾部区域时，怪物已经调转了许多时序聚集在那里。 最后用光了增幅时序不说，本金还被抵消掉了九十年。
By the time he finally broke through the monster’s tail area, the creature had already redirected many Chronos, gathering them there. In the end, not only was all the Amplified Chronos used up, but the Principal was also wiped out by ninety years.
仅仅只是一秒而已，九十年就没有了，还好已经彻底破开了大这只蠕虫怪物的脊背。
In just a single second, ninety years were gone. Fortunately, the back of that massive worm-like monster was already completely torn open.
杨子藏已经恨透了那几个关键时刻撤资的人了。 特别是名为安吉秀的家伙，已经上了他的黑名单。
Yang Zicang had come to loathe those who pulled their investments at the crucial moment. In particular, a certain guy named Ang Jixiu was now firmly on his blacklist.
「谢谢你，你是新加入我们联盟的人吗？」
“Thank you. Are you someone who just joined our alliance?”
「不，我之前得到了你们的帮助，刚才是被姚队拉来帮忙的。」
“No, I received your help before. I was just pulled in by Captain Yao to lend a hand.”
三人看了眼杨子藏。
The three of them glanced at Yang Zicang.
帮忙，仅仅只是帮忙！
Help—just helping, nothing more!
这个男人的表现也太舍生忘死了。 他明明可以在猎杀一只怪物后就离去，但他选择了冲过来。
This man’s performance was far too self-sacrificing. He could have left after hunting down a single monster, but he chose to charge in.
谁能做到这点。
Who else could do that?
｛你的表现令人惊叹。｝
｛Your performance is astonishing.｝
是罗鑫的声音。
It was Luo Xin’s voice.
｛你叫子藏吗，如果以后有机会，希望我们能够痛饮一场，好久没见到像你这样的人了。｝
｛Your name is Zicang, right? If there’s ever a chance, I hope we can have a good drink together. It’s been a long time since I’ve met someone like you.｝
[还好。 与痛饮相比，我更希望那个孩子得到拯救，他只是努力想活下去而已。]
[That’s fine. But rather than a drink, I’d prefer that child be saved. He’s just trying his best to survive.]
｛哈哈哈，原来是你投资的梁喜，难怪。 好好，你如果想要帮他，就来我这边吧，来让我看看，你有没有在这个世界拯救他人的资本。 你如果得到了我的认同，我就陪你去带他回来。｝
｛Haha, so you’re the one who Invested in Liang Xi. No wonder. Fine, fine. If you want to help him, come over to my side. Let me see if you have the capital to save others in this world. If you earn my approval, I’ll go with you to bring him back.｝
[罗鑫想将对我的临时投资转变为全权时序投资，仅需分予他每月百分之十所赚取的红利。]
[Luo Xin intends to convert his temporary Invest of me into a full Chronos Invest, requiring only a monthly share of ten percent of the dividends I earn.]
「我拒绝。」 杨子藏在心中默道。
“I refuse.” Yang Zicang muttered in his heart.
没有人选择在这个时候撤资，此刻在附近几十里内的某些投资人，已经闹翻天了。
No one chose to withdraw their investment at that moment, but some investors within tens of miles nearby were already in an uproar.
「这家伙好厉害，要是每次他出战都能联络到就好了。」
“This guy is really impressive. It would be great if we could contact him every time he goes into battle.”
「可是他的能力只是风盾，很弱诶。 你确定要把赚来的寿命交给这种疯子？ 换做是我，想都不会去想这种事情。」
“But his ability is just Wind Shield—pretty weak, you know. Are you sure you want to entrust the life you’ve earned to a lunatic like that? If it were me, I wouldn’t even think about such a thing.”
「今年我们这儿多出了个这种家伙，说不定可以在这明年排名提升呢。 争取下早点让他进入那个地方…」
“Having someone like him appear in our area this year might boost our ranking next year. Let’s try to get him into that place sooner…”
有些离得近的已经开始动身往这边赶来了。
Some who were closer had already set off to hurry toward him.
他们携带著诸如梯子、绳索、木板之类的东西来帮忙，以此想与这个男人混个脸熟，更多的了解关于他的一些资讯。
They brought along things like ladders, ropes, and planks to help, aiming to get familiar with this man and learn more about him.
「他好像是风场能力，可惜了，跟力场屏障的重合度很高。」
“It seems his ability is Wind Field—what a shame. It overlaps heavily with Force Field Barriers.”
「但好歹是四边形，再怎么样也比普通三角形要好吧。」
“But still, he’s a Quad, after all. That’s better than an ordinary Triangle, no matter what.”
众人感知中的画面逐渐暗淡，并获得时序回馈。
The images in everyone’s perception gradually faded, with Chronos sending feedback.
杨子藏主动结束了这轮时序融资。
Yang Zicang voluntarily ended this round of Chronos financing.
……
回到了驻地已经是天黑了，人数变多的众人围了上来，驻地内喧嚣不已。
It was already dark when he returned to the base camp. The growing crowd swarmed around him, the camp buzzing with noise.
几番欢迎感谢过后，杨子藏饮下沐小雨贴心送来的低浓度盐糖水，进入大澡堂泡澡。
After several rounds of welcome and thanks, Yang Zicang drank the low-concentration salt-sugar water that Mu Xiaoyu thoughtfully brought over and then entered the large bathhouse to soak.
能在这样危险的世界泡个澡轻松下，真是舒服无比，让身心疲惫的他都差点直接睡去。
Being able to soak in a bath and relax in such a dangerous world was incredibly comfortable, nearly lulling his exhausted body and mind to sleep on the spot.
姚启明和另一位刚回来的队员也换了浴巾进来，三人就这样靠在池子边缘。
Yao Chiming and another team member who had just returned also wrapped towels around themselves and joined him, the three of them leaning against the edge of the pool like that.
「那些被怪物拖下去的人，真的就放弃了吗？」
“Are we really giving up on those people who were dragged away by the monsters?”
靠在泳池边缘的杨子藏望著岩石天花板道。
Yang Zicang, leaning against the edge of the pool, gazed at the rock ceiling and said.
他此刻内心的情绪波动还是很大。
The emotional turmoil inside him was still raging at this moment.
「下面是怪物巢穴。 那些人对怪物来说，利用完后就没有价值了，哪怕我们去救，应该也来不及了。」
“Down there is the monsters’ lair. Once those guys have been used by the monsters, they’re worthless. Even if we tried to save them, it should be too late.”
杨子藏已经知道，没有培育出Moexl的人对于恶魇们，只是种稀缺资源，他们散发的某种气息可以促进恶魇的诞生速度。
Yang Zicang already knew that for the Nightmares, anyone who hadn’t cultivated a Moxel was just a scarce resource; the certain aura they emitted could speed up the Nightmares’ birth rate.
就像鸡蛋如果只是摆放在那里，并不会生出小鸡，但是一旦有合适的条件开始孕育，它就会迅速诞生新生命。
It’s like how an egg just sitting there won’t hatch into a chick, but once appropriate conditions for incubation are in place, it rapidly gives birth to new life.
沉思了下，姚启明继续道：
After a moment’s thought, Yao Chiming continued:
「这些怪物实际上是被故意留下来的，用来不断产生时序，但… 前队长消失后，我们已经没能力清理干净它们了。」
“Those monsters are actually left here on purpose to constantly generate Chronos, but… after the former leader vanished, we had no ability left to completely clean them up.”
「……」
「……」
无语了下后，大浴池里有些尴尬与沉默气氛蔓延。
After leaving a speechless pause, some awkwardness and silence spread through the large bath.
「每天都有很多人诞生在这个世界？」 杨子藏问道。
“So many people are born into this world every day?” Yang Zicang asked.
「不，每个月只有今天，因为今天是满月。 不好意思，这个说法并不准确，我们只是习惯地球的叫法罢了，准确的说，今天是月中，五月十六日。」
“No, only once a month, on this day—because today is the full moon. Sorry, that’s not quite accurate either; we’re just used to calling it by Earth’s terms. Precisely speaking, today is the mid-month, the sixteenth day of May.”
「满月也没错，毕竟这里的月亮从来不会缺牙儿。」 另一人补充道。
“Full moon isn’t wrong, though—after all, the moon here never loses a single tooth.” Another person chimed in.
杨子藏在水中坐直后看向他们。
Yang Zicang, now sitting upright in the water, turned to look at them.
「它永远都是圆的，并且全是莹白，没有环形山。」
“It’s always round, a flawless pure white, with no cratered shadows.”
……
一只只队伍在破败的城市中穿梭，拯救出一个又一个茫然、惊恐、绝望的生命。
One squad after another threaded through the shattered city, rescuing life after bewildered, fearful, desperate life.
「各小队注意，月影级恶魇即将从 A 级异度空间破界而出！」
“All units, be advised: a Moon-Shadow-Class Nightmare is about to break through from the A-level alien dimension!”
轰隆隆。
Boom—rumble.
大地颤抖，一只甲壳虫般的巨大怪物破开楼层，飞上天空，带起狂放的风势。
The ground quaked as a colossal beetle-like monster burst through the building, soaring into the sky, whipping up a fierce gust of wind.
但没几秒，数道身影以奇异的方式跃上高空，那是黑夜中一辆辆从百米高的楼顶弹射而起的摩托。
Yet within seconds, several figures vaulted into the air in bizarre ways—motorcycles launched from hundred-meter-tall rooftops in the pitch darkness.
「哈！ 看老子的。」
“Ha! Watch this!”
圆月之下，额头系著蓝色汗巾的青年从摩托车后屈腿一蹬，射向高空。
Beneath the round moon, a youth with a blue sweatband tied across his forehead kicked off from behind the motorcycle, shooting into the heights.
他双手拔出背后长剑，金辉挥舞插入甲壳虫怪物身躯。
He drew the longsword at his back, golden radiance slashing and plunging into the carapace-beast’s body.
同时，其它摩托车上数道钢索穿刺而上，钉入甲壳虫侧翼之下的身躯，如同攀跃移动山峰般，他们顺著绳索快速而上。
Simultaneously, several steel cables shot up from other motorcycles, piercing into the beetle monster’s body beneath its flank. Like climbers scaling a shifting mountain, they quickly ascended along the ropes.
骑手们所丢弃的摩托车们呈抛物线落下地面的途中，类似降落伞般的东西哗啦声张开。
The discarded motorcycles were falling in parabolic arcs towards the ground when something like parachutes burst open with a rustling sound.
「Moexl展现！」
“Moxel is deployed!”
[我获得先锋集团投资…]
[Obtained from Pioneer Group: Invest…]
[我获得山民组投资时序…]
[Obtained from Mountain Folk Group: InvestChronos…]
[我获得奥铃分座时序投资…]
[Obtained from Aoling Legion: ChronosInvest…]
轰轰！
Boom! Boom!
巨大甲壳虫没挣扎几下，便从高空坠落。
The colossal beetle barely struggled before plummeting from the sky.
这些身影从它的身躯一跃而下的同时，拉开后背上的包裹，滑翔折叠翼哗地张开。
As these figures leapt off its body, they pulled open the packs on their backs, and gliding foldable wings snapped open with a whoosh.
「又一只恶魇，消灭！」
“Another nightmare beast—eliminate it!”
「呜嚯！ 我们空骑队是无敌的，哈哈！」
“Whoo-hoo! Our air cavalry is invincible, haha!”
嘭！ 甲壳虫坠落在地的瞬间，所有精气汇聚，虫腹裂口处一道猩红射线穿越空间射向那几道身影。
Bang! The instant the beetle crashed to the ground, all its vital essence converged, and a scarlet ray shot from the crack in its abdomen, piercing space toward those figures.
「啊，小心！」
“Ah, watch out!”
高空如大伞般的力场展开。
High above, a force field unfolded like a giant umbrella.
但在力场之外的两人还来不及反应，顷刻间便化为灰飞。
But the two people outside the force field had no time to react and were instantly reduced to ashes.
无数类似的战斗在这片地形不断变化的城市各处上演。
Countless similar battles were unfolding across various parts of this ever-changing city.