Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.127 第127章 倒楣的队伍 -2
第127章 倒楣的队伍 –2
Chapter 127: The Unlucky Team –2
「吼~」
“Roar~”
伉伉伉！
Klang! Klang! Klang!
茂密幽深的森林之中，树冠们突然摇曳起来。
In the dense, shadowy forest, the canopies suddenly began to sway.
「救命啊，谁在附近吗？！」
“Help! Is anyone nearby?!”
无数细微丝线在林间闪动，若不是同样拥有Moexl，谁会注意到它们，只会当成若有若无的蛛丝。
Countless fine threads flickered through the woods—so faint that without a Moxel, no one would notice them, mistaking them for cobwebs at best.
忽然间浓烈的金辉光线闪动出去。
Suddenly, a brilliant golden ray of light flashed through the forest.
「啊，是四边形！」
“Ah, it’s Quad!”
「有人来了，我们快过去。」
“Someone’s coming! Let’s move over!”
急促而慌乱的脚步声从林间传来。 一支狩猎队正不顾一切地向山外奔逃，他们的脸上原本充满恐惧与绝望，但在见到扫过森林而来的那道光线后，立即转为兴奋。
Hasty, panicked footsteps echoed through the trees. A hunting team was desperately fleeing toward the mountain exit. Their faces, once filled with terror and despair, instantly lit up with excitement at the sight of the beam sweeping through the forest.
叫苦了近半小时，终于遇到了赶来的高Moexl之人了。
After nearly half an hour of lamenting their misfortune, they had finally encountered a high-level Moxel user.
「救命啊高手！」
“Help, master!”
「不要慌，直接过来便好。」
“Don’t panic, just come straight over here.”
居然事大甲方筑货队的队长！
It was actually the captain of the Da Jiafang Cargo Crew!
几人瞬间既惊又喜！
Everyone was both shocked and thrilled!
他们疯狂奔跑，因为几人身后的林中，一头前所未见的怪兽正横冲直撞地奔来。 它那庞大的身躯在树影间若隐若现，林间树叶被震得索索作响。
They sprinted wildly, because behind them in the woods, an unprecedented beast was charging forward, crashing through everything in its path. Its massive form flickered in and out of view among the shadows, sending leaves rustling violently in the trees.
「快散开，‘幕景主‘来了！」
“Spread out! The ‘Scener Master’ is coming!”
轰隆！
BOOM!
两只大树树干轰然断裂，无数碎片纷飞，它们都携带著淡淡银白色的虚光。
Two massive tree trunks snapped with a thunderous crash, countless fragments flying wildly, each carrying a faint, silvery-white phantom light.
「幕景主。」 杨子藏谨慎看著那道身影。
“The Scene Master.” Yang Zicang stared cautiously at that figure.
这就是幕景主，除了那只被议员改变的老鼠，自己也是第一次见到它们。
This was the Scene Master. Aside from the rat that had been altered by the Council member, this was the first time he had encountered them himself.
这些怪物的每次攻击如同时序战器一般，自然携带不低的时序，这不需要耗费它们的生命。 毕竟怪物也不知道什么叫做时序增幅，它们根本没有Moexl。
Every attack of these monsters was akin to a Chronos artifact, naturally imbued with a considerable amount of Chronos at no cost to their lifespan. After all, these creatures knew nothing of Chronos amplification; they possessed no Moxel at all.
但这也是它们可怕的地方。
Yet that was precisely what made them so terrifying.
「啊啊，这么快就来了，我的时序都见底了！」
“Ah, they’re here so soon, and my Chronos is almost bottomed out!”
众人惊慌转头。这样的生物，光是靠近就充满恐惧，若是被碰上一下，一脚就能将人踢飞十数米，身上装束都会被撕成粉碎，根本连出招机会也没有。
The crowd turned their heads in panic. The mere proximity of such a being filled them with dread. If anyone were grazed by it, a single kick could send them flying a dozen meters, their clothing torn to shreds, leaving no chance even to strike back.
[调度。]
[Dispatch.]
[格位展现，十位。]
[Position manifests, ten units.]
咻！几人感觉自己的身体速度变得快了一倍，瞬间冲过爆破的主要范围。只有些许碎片落在身上，被抵消了数小时乃至数天时间。
Whoosh! Several people felt their speed double in an instant, rushing past the main blast zone. Only a few fragments landed on them, canceling out hours or even days of time.
「吕志。」杨子藏轻喊了声。
“Lyu Zhi,” Yang Zicang called out softly.
吕志充满压力的点点头，他逆着众人举起手中长剑。
Lyu Zhi nodded under immense pressure, turning against the tide of the crowd as he raised the longsword in his hand.
「啊啊啊！」吕志鼓足勇气大吼着准备向前，但脚下纹丝未动。
“Aaaaah!” Lyu Zhi mustered his courage and roared, bracing himself to charge forward, but his feet remained firmly rooted to the spot.
「你干什么？」
“What are you doing?”
吕志紧张的抬头看向杨子藏，「子藏哥，我…」
Lyu Zhi looked up nervously at Yang Zicang. “Brother Zicang, I…”
吕志露出哭还难看的表情，缓慢抬起脚步。怪物可不等人，已经轰隆隆冲来，瞧见那巨大的凶猛身影，吕志吓得差点把剑插进自己脚面。
A face uglier than tears crept onto Lyu Zhi. He took a slow, hesitant step. But the monster waited for no one—it was already thundering toward him. Catching sight of that massive, ferocious figure, Lyu Zhi was so terrified he nearly drove his sword into his own foot.
「你又怎么了？」
“What’s wrong with you now?”
「我，我这是在蓄力…」吕志带着哭腔道。
“I-I’m… charging up my strength…” Lyu Zhi said, his voice thick with tears.
杨子藏一脚踹在他屁股上。
Yang Zicang delivered a swift kick to his backside.
吕志闭着眼哇哇大叫冲了上去，看得逃命的几人脸上一呆。
Lyu Zhi squeezed his eyes shut and charged forward with a wail, leaving the fleeing onlookers momentarily stunned.
「好有…舍身取义的气势。」
“What a… spirit of self-sacrifice.”
「电视里大侠慷慨就义时都没这么悲壮！」
“Even a chivalrous hero in those dramas doesn’t look this tragically heroic when facing death!”
要不是这人是杨子藏带来的，几人已经绝望了。
If it weren’t for the fact that this guy had been brought here by Yang Zicang, a wave of despair would have already washed over the others.
砰砰，啪啪。
Thump, thwap.
不到三秒，吕志身上的金红的辉光就变到了淡金色。
In less than three seconds, the golden-red radiance on Lyu Zhi’s body had faded to a dull pale gold.
「唉。」
“Sigh.”
杨子藏摇摇头。
Yang Zicang shook his head.
原本他觉得这小子的体格若是修习秘技，以后应该能够成材，有心想为团队再栽培个高手。
He had originally thought that this kid, with his physique, could become something if he trained in secret arts—he’d felt a flicker of hope for cultivating another expert for the team.
「救命啊！」
“Help!”
吕志比先前几人喊得更大声。
Lyu Zhi’s scream was even louder than that of his predecessors.
看来让人不借助代练契约而成为高手，短时间内看来是没可能了。
It seemed that, without relying on a training contract, becoming an expert in such a short time was utterly impossible for now.
体型庞大的怪物目中怒红，它带着悍然气概疯狂碰撞而来，就在吕志闭眼强压恐惧直面这怪物的千钧一撞之际，杨子藏的身影从后方迅速接近，如疾风轻盈。
The massive monster, his eyes blazing red with fury, charged madly with a ferocious aura. Just as Lyu Zhi closed his eyes, forcing himself to suppress his terror and brace for the monster’s thousand-pound collision, Yang Zicang’s figure approached rapidly from behind, as light as the wind.
「杨哥。」吕志扑了过来。
“Brother Yang.” Lyu Zhi rushed over.
「甲队长。」
“Captain Jia.”
林中稀稀拉拉的几人，惊叹看着杨子藏的前进身姿。
The few scattered figures in the forest gasped in awe as they watched Yang Zicang’s advancing form.
这位大甲方的货队长居然根本没有动用Moexl！
This head of the Cargo Crew from Major Client Jia hadn’t even used a Moxel!
他仅凭身体步伐，便快速超过被撞飞的队友，眼神锐利的直视这幕景之主的同时，轻巧夺走飞过的吕志手中的长剑！
Relying solely on his body and pace, he quickly overtook his knocked-back teammate and, with sharp, piercing eyes fixed on the Lord of this Sight, deftly snatched the longsword from Lyu Zhi’s hands mid-flight!
咻！靠近瞬间，杨子藏如陀螺般在怪物水桶粗的覆满鳞甲的爪下旋转而过，金黄色长剑一剑砍在怪物大腿上。
Swoosh! Nearing the monster, Yang Zicang spiraled like a top beneath the beast’s bucket-thick, scale-clad claw. With a golden longsword, he slashed at the monster’s leg.
[我抵消了1500N！]
[I canceled out 1500N!]
怪物大腿折断，晦暗光线中红血飞溅，却只是从青年肩头和腋下飞过，它们的轨迹被改变。
The monster’s thigh snapped, and red blood splattered in the dim light, but it merely flew past the young man’s shoulders and armpits—its trajectory had been altered.
「这怪物居然这么长命？」几人惊异。
“Is this monster that long-lived?” the few men exclaimed in astonishment.
杨子藏也暗叹，自己用两千年时序攻击，仅仅腿上一剑就抵消了一千五百年，这头幕景级怪物周身遍布的时序果然是至少万年。
Yang Zicang also sighed inwardly. Using two thousand years of Chronos in his attack, just one sword on the leg had offset fifteen hundred years. The Chronos that blanketed this Scenery-level monster’s body was indeed at least ten thousand years.
「吼呜！」
“Roar!”
怪物惨然嘶吼，但它依旧威风凛凛，冲向自以为安枕无忧的吕志，一头撞飞后轰然倒在颗大树躯干上，又转头疯魔般怒视起杨子藏。
The monster let out a miserable howl, yet it still dashed majestically toward Lyu Zhi, who thought himself safe. It rammed him flying, then crashed heavily onto the trunk of a large tree, before turning back to glare madly at Yang Zicang.
「啊！为什么还要来撞我！」
“Ah! Why are you still coming for me!”
嘭！这道刚站起来的大块头身躯，如同破布般再次被撞飞出去，看得人心惊胆颤。
Bang! This massive, just-risen body flew out again like a rag, a sight that made one’s heart throb with dread.
吕志翻滚在林间，树枝不断抽打着身体。
Lyu Zhi tumbled through the woods, tree branches whipping relentlessly against his body.
「慢慢来吧，」杨子藏在远方说，「这种罪我可是受了很长时间，才琢磨出了身法。」
“Take it slow,” Yang Zicang called from afar. “I endured this kind of torment for a long time before I finally honed my physique technique.”
说罢，他身体一扭，如同风中翩叶躲过这幕景主的撞击。
With that, he twisted his body swiftly, evading the Scenery Lord’s charge like a leaf dancing in the wind.
「什么，甲子哥你是这样锻炼出来的吗？」
“What?! Brother Jiazi, is this how you trained?”
吕志啃了一嘴泥，呲牙咧嘴的看着杨子藏鬼魅般的身法道。
With a mouthful of dirt and teeth bared in pain, Lyu Zhi stared at Yang Zicang’s ghostly movements.
[张傲想为我进行投资。]
[Chang Ao wants to Perform an Invest on me.]
吕志感受了下这突然到来的主动投资，选择了接受。
Lyu Zhi noticed the sudden Pro-Invest and chose to accept it.
[张傲为我投资了100N。]
[Chang Ao has Invested 100N in me.]
｛兄弟，你们那儿还招人吗？｝
{“Hey bro, is your team still hiring?”}
吕志立即变得警惕：「啥意思？」
Lv Zhi immediately became cautious: “What do you mean?”
｛兄弟如此朴素的身手，都能进大甲方货队，我想我应该也可以，我吃得还很少。｝
{“A bro with skills as ordinary as yours could land a spot in Cargo Crew, a major client. I think I should be able to too, and I eat very little.”}
「你滚。」
“Get lost.”
……
「这甲子间队长好厉害。」
{“This Term Captain Jiazi is so formidable.”}
林中逃命几人看着青年左右翻飞，每一次挥剑都伴随着剑鸣，他不断利用地形和怪兽体大难转的弱点，游舞着就逐渐将怪物的四肢废掉。
The group fleeing through the forest watched as the young man leaped and spun, each swing of his sword accompanied by a metallic hum. Exploiting the terrain and the monsters’ weakness of being large and hard to turn, he danced around, gradually disabling the creature’s limbs.
伴随巨震，这怪物终于倒在了地上。
With a massive tremor, the monster finally crashed to the ground.
「甲，甲队长，竟然这么轻松就击败了A级幕景地的幕景级怪兽！」
{“Jia, Captain Jia, actually defeated an A-level Scene Mist zone monster so effortlessly!”}
几人围了上来，苏芳灰头土脸的脸蛋上满是震撼，她身旁几人也好不到哪儿去，全是羡慕之色。
They crowded around, Su Fang’s grimy face filled with awe. The people beside her weren’t much better off, all wearing expressions of envy.
拥有这种实力的人在队伍里，大家的生存率会直线提高。
Having someone with this level of strength in the team dramatically boosted everyone’s survival rate.
幕景怪物还未身死，但已经没法对人造成威胁。
The Scene Mist monster wasn’t dead yet, but it could no longer pose a threat.
「它长得好魁梧。」
{“It looks so bulky.”}
「一下老了很多呢。」
{“It aged a lot all at once, huh.”}
B级与A级以上的交错空间，不需要击杀全部拥有生命的怪物，只需要消灭其中拥有那片幕景内特殊元素气息的怪物就行，这便是幕景主。
Across B-grade and above Crosspace zones, you don’t need to kill every living monster—you only need to dispose of the one that carries the distinct elemental energy of that Scene Mist. Therefore, it is the Scene Mist Lord.
特别是A级交错地这种大面积区域，若全部清理里面的生物，半月时间根本不可能办到。
Especially for large-scale zones like A-Class Crosspaces, clearing all living creatures within half a month is utterly impossible.
但只要击杀每个幕景的幕景主，那些被其说是窃取也好，还是掌控的能量也罢，就会重新归这小片幕景空间，暮景地也就完全稳定了。
But eliminate the Tabula Master of each scene, and the energy—whether stolen by it or controlled by it—will revert to the small scene space, fully stabilizing the Tabula Land.
「杀了它得是多少时序啊。」
“Kill it, and that’s how many Chronos we’d get?”
几人眼馋的窃窃私语。
The few of them muttered greedily to one another.
「甲子大神这样玩，应该耗掉了它不少的寿命。」
“Playing Jiazis’ trick like this must have drained a good chunk of its lifespan.”
「若一击毙命，赚到的时序应该更多。」
“If one strike finishes it, the Chronos earned should be even more.”
地上，随著怪兽哀鸣。 山林中兽吼不断，仿佛受到召唤从远方赶来。
On the ground, the beast whimpered. From the mountain forest, continuous roars echoed, as if summoned from afar.
跟莫里联系未果的杨子藏看向几人道：
Yang Zicang, having failed to contact Morris, looked at the others and said:
「这里面的怪物都发疯了，它们在冲来，大家快出去吧。」
“The monsters inside have gone mad; they’re charging right at us. Let’s get out of here fast!”
「好，我们快走，兽潮很可怕，无人能挡。」
“Alright, let’s move quickly—a beast horde is terrifying, and no one can hold it back.”
吕志一瘸一拐的过来，杨子藏示意他来结果这幕景主的性命。
Lyu Zhi limped over, and Yang Zicang gestured for him to deliver the fatal blow to the Tabula Master.
噗！ 长剑刺入心脏，怪兽的热血涌出。
*Thud!* The long sword stabbed into its heart, and the beast’s hot blood surged out.
[我抵消了2300N.]
[I’ve earned back 2300N.]
[我收获了1750N.]
[I’ve gained a reward of 1750N.]
「甲队长，你们不出去吗？」 队伍中一位女士道。
“Captain Jia, aren’t you leaving with us?” a lady from the team asked.
「我们的速度更快，留下断后，你们先走吧。」
“We move faster. We’ll stay behind to cover the retreat; you all go ahead.”
等人离去，吕志如小孩子得到压岁钱似的，兴奋的扭头看向杨子藏：
After the others had left, Lyu Zhi turned his head excitedly toward Yang Zicang, like a child who had just received New Year’s money:
「哥，杨哥啊，这一下子就获得了一千七百年的时序，稳定个A级交错地，恐怕能赚一两万吧。」
“Bro, Yang-ge! We instantly got 1,700 years of Chronos! Stabilizing an A-Class Cross—land could probably earn us ten to twenty thousand!”
杨子藏笑了笑：「可惜没那么多四边形Moexl给你同频交错地。」
Yang Zicang smiled slightly. “Too bad we don’t have that many QuadMoxel for you to resonate with the Cross–land.”
在城市中，A级交错地几乎不可能自然出现。
In the city, an A-Class Cross–land can almost never appear naturally.