Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.121 第121章 大甲方！ 清神香丸！ -4
第121章 大甲方！ 清神香丸！ –4
Chapter 121: The Big Spender! The Mind-Cleansing Fragrance Pill! –4
听闻此话，附近这几人都点点头，一人附和道：「对啊，两百年一份，若是效果不佳可怎么办，要能退货吧。」
Hearing this, a few people nearby nodded. One chimed in, “Yeah, two centuries for one dose. What if it doesn’t work well? We should be able to get a refund.”
左非闲笑道：「几位帅哥看我们这架势，也不是在这待一天两天，若卖假货我们不是自毁名声吗。」
Zuo Feixian laughed, saying, *”Gentlemen, looking at our setup here, we’re not just staying for a day or two. If we were selling fakes, wouldn’t that ruin our own reputations?”*
香丸色泽深邃，托在左非闲的大手上犹如枚毛躁的墨玉珠，看得人忍不住想要呵护抚摸。
The deep, lustrous hue of the pill, resting in Zuo Feixian’s broad palm, resembled a rough, unpolished ink jade pearl, compelling viewers to reach out and caress it with care.
这可是小刘费了好些功夫一个个搓出来的卖相。
This was Xiao Liu’s handiwork, polished one by one after immense effort to achieve such an inviting appearance.
后荒男孩中有人提议：「要不我们两个队合买一份，先进山试试？」
One of the Wildland boys suggested, “How about we pool our money from both crews and buy one portion to try our luck in the mountains?”
左非闲转头望向杨子藏。 杨子藏对桌边几人使了个眼色，陈老师会意，放下碗起身离开。
Zuo Feixian turned to look at Yang Zicang. Yang Zicang shot a glance at a few people by the table, and Professor Chen caught the hint, setting down his bowl and rising to leave.
「不行，我们还未开卖，若想买，下礼拜再来吧。」
“No can do. We haven’t started selling yet. If you want to buy, come back next week.”
「不卖？ 难道是怕被拆穿吗？」
“Not selling? Afraid of being exposed, are you?”
袁昆嘴角翘了翘，故意错报来路道：「我们是东边一百五十里的黄昏大棚的货队，黄昏大棚之名，几位可听过？」
Yuan Kun curled his lips and deliberately misstated the origin, saying, “We’re the Cargo Crew from the Sunset Greenhouse, a hundred and fifty miles to the east. Have you folks heard of the Sunset Greenhouse?”
「什么黄昏绿昏的，没听过。」
“Sunset or dimset, never heard of it.”
「操，你找事是吧？」 袁昆身旁一人厉声喝道。
“Fuck, you’re looking for trouble, aren’t you?” A man beside Yuan Kun shouted harshly.
「哎，别动气。」 袁昆摆手制止，语带讥讽：」不过连黄昏大棚都没听过，还想在这片做生意？ 我劝你们早点收拾收拾。」
“Hey, don’t get hot.” Yuan Kun raised a hand to stop him, his tone dripping with sarcasm: “But if you’ve never even heard of the Dusk Lynx Greenhouse, you’re trying to do business around here? I’d advise you to pack up and leave while you still can.”
话音未落，他忽然转头望向远处沙地。 一条银环腹蛇正蜿蜒前行。 袁昆右手在腰间一拨，暗红色手枪瞬间出鞘，在他指间灵巧一转，瞄准射击。
Before his words faded, he suddenly turned his gaze to the sandpit in the distance. A silver-ringed pit viper slithered forward in winding curves. Yuan Kun’s right hand brushed his waist, and a dark red pistol swept from its holster in a flash, twirling deftly between his fingers before leveling and firing.
砰！
Bang!
二十多米外的蛇头应声炸开，蛇身痛苦扭动几下后迅速干枯，如同自然走到了生命尽头。
The viper’s head exploded over sixty-seven feet away. Its body writhed painfully for a few moments before shriveling rapidly, as if naturally reaching the end of its life span.
「哇哦，厉害啊，你的射程这么远。」 后荒男孩几人羡慕的看向枪。
“Whoa, nice one! That’s some serious range.” The boys from Backcrest Crag stared at the gun with envy.
「哼哼，咱们大棚内，这种射程的武器可是不少。」
“Heh heh, out in our sheds, firearms with firepower like that are nothing special.”
棚子这边的众人齐齐色变。
The group back by the awning all tensed up, their faces turning pale.
威胁之意谁都听得出，若是来一队这样的人马，对普通棚区来说就是灾难。
The threat hung thick in the air. A crew armed like that descending on an ordinary Zone Penguin settlement spelt a knockout blow.
「老板，他们有枪。」人群窃窃私语。
“Boss, they’ve got guns.” Whispers murmured through the crowd.
杨子藏表情平静，还没开张，就有人来下马威了。
Yang Zi’s expression was calm as a lake. Before they’d even sold a single box, someone comes for the shutout kill.
左非闲收起香丸：「要验证可以，但得先付一百年时序的验证费。」
Zuo Feixian put away the incense pellet: “Proof is doable, but it costs one hundred-year of Chronos as a deposit for verification.”
箜山货队一人嗤笑：「笑话！买东西还要我们付验证费？」
One of the shippers at Mount Lattice let out a dry laugh: “What a joke! Pay a verification fee to buy your goods?”
袁昆眯起眼，手枪在指尖旋转：「甲子间，我们是诚心来做生意的。给一枚香丸试货，否则别怪我们大棚来‘打假‘。」
Yuan Kun squinted, the pistol spinning on his fingertip. “Jiazi Term, we’re here to do business in good faith. Give us one incense pill for testing, or don’t blame us for coming to the shed to ‘call you out on fakes.‘“
「对，应该给我们试用，谁知道你们是不是骗人的。」
“That’s right, you should let us try it. Who knows if you’re scamming people?”
但就在他们扯皮的功夫，后荒男孩这边一人沉思起来。
But while they were bickering, one of the boys from the backlands began to ponder to himself.
「甲子间，我好像在哪听过这名字。」
“Jiazi Term… I feel like I’ve heard that name before.”
看到杨子藏露出的笑容，左非闲忽然坏笑道：「要试用，给一百年，就让你们体验。你们所有人都可以试用哟。」
Seeing Yang Zicang’s smug smile, Zuo Feixian suddenly flashed a wicked grin. “Want a trial run? Pay up a hundred years, and we’ll let you have a taste. Every single one of you can give it a whirl.”
后荒男孩几人眼睛一亮。
The eyes of the backlands boys lit up.
「这位袁队长，其实这生意做得啊，一百年我们所有人都可以进去使用。」他的眉毛挑了挑，劝道。
“Captain Yuan here, this deal is actually a go. For a hundred years, all of us can go in and use it.” He raised an eyebrow, trying to coax him.
敢开这口，少说也要给自己两队各一枚香丸才行。
Daring to make such a demand, he’d at least expect to get one incense pill for each of his teams.
只要能提前进山，谁还管你是试用的还是卖的。
As long as you could enter the mountain ahead of time, who cared if the pills were for trial or sale?
袁昆眼睛眯了眯。
Yuan Kun’s eyes narrowed slightly.
「你说的是真的？一百年就让我们试用，不需要额外付费？」
“Are you serious? A hundred years lets us trial it, with no extra charge?”
「看来这位货队长还是识趣的嘛。」
“Looks like this Cargo Crew head is a man who knows the score.”
远处的杨子藏点点头，「当然，只需要一百年，你们所有人都可以验证这香丸的真伪。」
In the distance, Yang Zicang nodded. “Of course, just a hundred years, and all of you can verify the authenticity of this incense pill.”
箜山货队和后荒男孩几人脸上露出满含深意的笑容。
The Kongshan Cargo Crew and the boys from the backlands exchanged meaningful smirks.
「那行，我们各自出点时序。」
“Alright then, each of us chips in some Chronos.”
两边队伍很快凑齐时序，左非闲收到后咧嘴一笑，「老板，到账了，开工吧。」
Both sides quickly gathered the Chronos. Upon receiving it, Zuo Feixian grinned. “Boss, the payment’s in. Let’s get to work.”
左非闲挥了挥手。宁洋等人默契地一窝蜂跑得老远。
Zuo Feixian waved his hand. Ning Yang and the others, with tacit understanding, bolted far away in a swarm.
见左非闲也要跑，袁昆忽地一伸手想要抓住对方，却突然失手，只是从肩膀衣服旁划过。
Seeing Zuo Feixian about to run too, Yuan Kun suddenly reached out to grab him, but missed, his hand merely brushing past the shoulder of his shirt.
「靠。」
“Damn it.”
丢了个脸，袁昆若无其事的道：「这位兄弟，不给我们几枚香丸吗。」
Having shown himself up, Yuan Kun said nonchalantly, “Brother, not going to spare us a few incense pills?”
「干嘛给你们香丸，现在又没开卖。」
“Why would I give you incense pills? There’s no sale going on now.”
「操你丫的！」
“Go fuck yourself!”
「你们想耍赖？」
“You trying to welch on the deal?”
「妈蛋，玩老子几个。」袁昆顿时恼羞成怒，举枪指向左非闲手腕：「把时序还来！否则扫平这里！」
“Fucking hell, you’re jerking me around.” Yuan Kun, now furious and humiliated, raised his gun and aimed at Zuo Feixian’s wrist. “Give back the Chronos! Or I’ll wipe this place clean!”
对方瞬间剑拔弩张。
Tensions instantly escalated between them.
袁昆恼怒的往前一步，胸前Moexl闪动，指尖旋转的手枪突地指向前方左非闲跑动的手腕。
Enraged, Yuan Kun took a step forward, the Moxel on his chest flashing, the pistol that was spinning on his fingertip suddenly drawn and aimed at Zuo Feixian’s moving wrist.
「你当老子是大善人，去你丫的！」
“You think I’m some damn philanthropist? Screw you!”
砰！
Bang!
阿雅捂住耳朵一声尖叫。
Aya covered her ears and let out a scream.
出膛的子弹带着劲风划过金色弧线，袁昆的眼睛缓缓张开，这颗子弹仿佛拥有了自己的意识般，旋转着，扭曲着。
The bullet blasted from the barrel cut through the air with a gust of wind, tracing a golden arc. Yuan Kun’s eyes slowly widened. This bullet seemed to possess a will of its own, spinning and twisting.
突然，它猛地掉头冲向自己！
Suddenly, it pivoted and shot straight toward him!
「啊！」
“Ah!”
来不及喊叫，千钧一发之际，袁昆身体表明浮现金辉，与自己射出的这粒子弹相接触。
Before a cry could escape, at that moment of dire crisis, a golden radiance glimmered on Yuan Kun’s surface, colliding with the bullet he had fired.
啪！
Snap!
[我抵消了我自己的1500N.]
[I neutralized my own 1500N.]
噔噔，他不由自主后退了两步。
Staggering, he involuntarily stepped back twice.
「你们…」
“You…”
袁昆后脊一阵发麻的望向自己的枪，随后又抬头看向远方有恃无恐的众人，羞怒无比。
A chill raced up Yuan Kun’s spine as he glared at his own gun, then lifted his head to gaze at the unfazed crowd in the distance, seething with shame and fury.
自己的子弹被拐弯了！
His own bullet had been turned!
他后面的话还未说出口，忽然只觉突然间心中慌乱。
Before the rest of his words could leave his lips, a sudden turmoil churned in his heart.
地面、阴云，天地万物瞬间像是拥有了自己的意志。它们在舍弃自己，在排斥自己，哪怕站在广袤的大地上，他也像是站在了世界的边缘。
The ground, the overcast clouds—all of heaven and earth seemed to stir with a will of their own. They were forsaking him, rejecting him. Even standing on the vast land, he felt as though he teetered on the edge of the world.
自己是如此渺小…像是坠入更大的深渊。
He was so insignificant… like plummeting into an even deeper abyss.
身旁几人东倒西歪，他们不由自主张大嘴巴想要大口吸气，有人拿手卡住了自己的脖子，要将自己的皮肤往外扯，这样才能让气管通更多的气流。
The few by his side reeled; some involuntarily gasped, mouths wide as if craving a deep breath. One clutched their own throat, scrabbling to peel back their skin, desperate for more airflow through their windpipe.
「老左，五秒后给香丸，五…」
“Lao Zuo, give me the fragrant pill in five seconds, five…”
「什么五秒。」
“What five seconds?”
这几人艰难的支撑着身体，有人胸前Moexl闪动，还有人吃力举起背后的武器，惊慌看向前方这伙人。
These few strained to prop themselves up. On one, a Moxel flickered across their chest; another struggled to raise the weapon slung over their back, panicked eyes fixed on the group ahead.
「四。」
“Four.”
「是精神，攻击…」
“It’s a mental, an attack…”
「黑店，杀了他们…」
“Black shop… kill them…”
「我，们，快逃。」几人手忙脚乱，仿佛溺水。
“W-We have to run.” Several scrambled desperately, as if drowning.
「三。」
“Three.”
砰！砰砰！
Bang! Bang, bang!
慌乱中，袁昆发狂般胡乱射着枪中的子弹，但这些子弹都像是有自己的思想，离膛的它们如获得自由的精灵，在空中悠扬地翩翩起舞。
In the chaos, Yuan Kun went berserk, firing wildly, but the bullets seemed to have a mind of their own—once freed from the chamber, they turned into liberated sprites, elegantly waltzing through the air.
后荒男孩两人眼睛上翻，他们感觉呼吸越来越困难，似乎置身幽深海底。
The two wilderness boys rolled their eyes, their breaths growing tighter, as though sinking into the depths of the abyssal sea.
「啊啊！」
“Ahhh!”
「二。」
“Two.”
咚，两三人倒在地上，其他人哪怕站立也很吃力。
Thud. Two or three collapsed to the ground; even those still standing barely kept their footing.
这么近距离，沉吟之夜的覆盖范围又如此之小，这些人瞬间遭受的精神压力非常浓烈。而且杨子藏还偷偷让白影念龙在背后浮现，让逼仄窒息的压力更为浓重。
At such a close range, and with Chime Night’s coverage so compact, they were instantly hit with an overwhelming surge of psychic pressure. And Yu Zicang had quietly summoned the Paleshade Wyrm behind him, making the stifling, smothering intensity even heavier.
「一。」
“One.”
左非闲有点害怕的将手中香丸冲这群疯癫发狂者一下抛出。
Zuo Feixian, somewhat afraid, tossed the incense pellet out towards the raving, frenzied group.
墨玉色的香丸啪叽落在几人身边的地上，香气瞬间四溢着进入几人鼻息之中。
The jet-black pellet plopped softly onto the ground by their feet, and its fragrance instantly burst forth, flooding their nostrils.
「呃啊！」
“Ughhh!”
「咳，咳咳。」
“Cough… cough, cough…”
呼吸困难的几人霎时长长吸了口气，有几人剧烈咳嗽起来。
The gasping few suddenly took long, deep breaths, some of them hacking violently.
袁昆一下倒在自己队友身上。
Yuan Kun slumped onto the back of his own teammate.
背后那人直接就趴到了地下，「老大，你，你压着我了。」
The person behind him directly fell to the ground. “Boss, you… you’re crushing me.”
此刻的袁昆哪里有心情回复他的话，满头大汗的健硕男人只觉得如梦初醒，粗着脖子伸着舌头咳嗽着翻身半跪在地，握住枪的手已经因巨力而握出了靑筋。
At this moment, Yuan Kun was in no mood to respond to his words. The burly, sweat-drenched man felt as if waking from a dream. He turned over, half-kneeling on the ground while coughing roughly, his neck bulging and tongue sticking out. The hand gripping the gun had already bulged with veins from the immense force.
「你，你们！」
“You… you all!”
缓过劲的后荒男孩的队长起身愤怒盯着杨子藏，但他此刻还是觉得心慌意乱，只是精神不会特别难过了。
The captain of the Rear Desert Boys, having recovered from the shock, stood up and glared angrily at Yang Zicang. But even now, he still felt flustered and unnerved, though his spirit was no longer particularly pained.
「香丸的效果怎么样。」杨子藏笑着道。
“How was the effect of the incense pill?” Yang Zicang said with a smile.
这话一出口，前方几人齐齐怔住。
The moment these words were spoken, the people up ahead were all stunned together.
「这是试用？」有人面色变得极其难看。
“This was a trial?” someone said, their expression turning extremely grim.
地上的袁昆难以置信的扭头看向青年，他额头皮肤震颤了几下。
Yuan Kun, who was still on the ground, turned his head in disbelief to look at the young man, the skin on his forehead trembling a few times.
「这，这是你说的验证？！」
“This… this is what you meant by verification?!”
「我他么。」 众人一愣，随即面色铁青。 他们瞬间明白了这所谓的「验证」是什么意思。
“What the hell!” Everyone was stunned for a moment, then their faces darkened ashenly. They instantly understood the meaning of this so-called “verification.”
袁昆猛地扑过去，一把抓起沾满泥土的香丸。
Yuan Kun suddenly lunged over and snatched up the dirt-covered incense pill.
左非闲哈哈大笑道：「怎么样，这一百年花得值了吧！」
Zuo Feixian let out a loud, hearty laugh and said, “So? Wasn’t that hundred years well spent!”
袁昆身后，众人情绪各异的看著杨子藏，敢怒不敢言。
Behind Yuan Kun, the crowd looked at Yang Zicang with mixed emotions, bursting with anger but too afraid to speak out.
杨子藏抬手，对著袁昆手上抓著的覆满泥土的香丸道：
Yang Zicang raised his hand, pointing at the soil-caked incense pellet clutched in Yuan Kun’s grip, and said,
「这枚丸子就送给诸位好了，我们是在这地方来正经做生意的，有时序大家赚，几百年寿命，进山兜一圈也就回来了，没必要伤和气。」
“This little pellet is yours to keep, sirs. We’re here on legitimate business, and where there’s Chronos, there’s profit for all. A few hundred years of life—just a stroll through these hills, and you’ll have it back. There’s no need to spoil the goodwill between us.”
「老大。」 周围几人看著袁昆，等待他的话。
“Boss.” The men around him fixed their eyes on Yuan Kun, awaiting his word.