Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.132 第132章 车队
第132章 车队
Chapter 132: The Convoy
没有莫里帮助轮换时序，杨子藏不敢乱接受别人的投资，也不敢乱用自身的时序。
Without Morris’s help to alternate Chronos, Yang Zicang dared not rashly accept others’ Invest or recklessly use his own Chronos.
他看著前方的藤蔓，冷冷道：
He gazed at the vines ahead and said coldly,
「每两三秒恢复五十年虚零时序… 那就用时序战器把你耗死好了。」
“Recovering fifty years of void Chronos every two to three seconds… Then I’ll just exhaust you to death using the Chronos Weapon.”
坚实有力的大手一抬，旋转的黑洞中一杆银色长枪出现。
With a firm and powerful lift of his hand, a silver Lance emerged from the spinning black vortex.
上方那人看著杨子藏手中突然出现的武器，口中发出略显羡慕的自嘲笑声。
The man above looked at the suddenly appearing weapon in Yang Zicang’s hand and let out a self-mocking laugh tinged with envy.
「不愧是… 能够白手起高楼的甲子老板，居然有这样的好东西！ 咳…」
“As expected of a Jiādōng Boss who built his success from scratch—having such a fine treasure! Cough…”
另一边的庄老板，以及通过庄老板看到这一幕之人，瞧见突然出现的武器，心中都出现「价值不菲」四个字。
On the other side, Boss Zhuang and those watching through him beheld the sudden weapon, and the phrase “priceless” sprang into their minds.
｛原来兄弟你还有这种宝物，是储物空间吗。｝
{So, brother, you still have such a treasure—is it a storage space?}
空间类物品本就稀有，这样随身的空间宝物更为难得，价值不可估量。
Spatial items were already rare, and such a portable spatial treasure was even more precious, its value immeasurable.
「是这把枪自带的存储空间，其它任何东西存进去就会损毁。」
“It’s the storage space inherent to this spear. Anything else stored inside will be destroyed.”
杨子藏身形快速前冲。
Yang Zicang’s figure charged forward swiftly.
拥有两把武器的青年手上快速挥动，这些藤蔓刚开始还汹涌如潮水般攻击人，但没多久就不敢造次，它将在外的藤蔓缩回全部用于防御。
The young man wielding two weapons moved his hands rapidly. Initially, the vines surged forward like a tide to attack, but before long, they dared not overstep and retracted all outward tendrils, using them solely for defense.
「本金也就三四万时序，不过就是几百次的攻击而已。」
“The principal amount is only thirty to forty thousand Chronos, just a few hundred attacks.”
杨子藏追著它打，嘭嘭声中，火花飞溅。
Yang Zicang pursued it, striking blow after blow, sparks flying amid the thumping sounds.
一个小光团出现在坑洞顶端，穿著漂亮小红马甲的精灵人影飘忽地注视著下方。
A small orb of light appeared at the top of the pit, where the ethereal figure of an elf in a cute little red vest drifted, gazing downward.
｛呀呀，想骗人的坏坏杨好厉害嘛。｝
{Hehe, the tricky liar Yang is pretty impressive, huh.}
「不要干扰我。」
“Don’t disturb me.”
｛好凶呀。｝
{So fierce.}
小光团飞下来，在青年肩膀附近一惊一乍的躲避著藤蔓的攻击。
The small orb flew down, jerking around near the young man’s shoulder, startled as it dodged the vine’s attacks.
杨子藏的动作飞快，藤蔓很快被燃起了一小片，洞内的黑暗都被驱散一空。 他也逐渐靠近墙壁，这里的枝干更为粗壮，但还是扛不住两把时序战器的飞快攻击。
Yang Zicang moved with lightning speed. Soon, a small patch of the vines caught fire, dispelling the darkness inside the pit. He gradually closed in on the wall, where the branches were thicker and sturdier, yet still couldn’t withstand the rapid strikes of the two Chronos weapons.
[我的剑抵消了好多个50N。]
[My sword neutralized so many 50N forces.]
[我的枪抵消了很多个100N。]
[My spear neutralized so many 100N forces.]
[不愧是我，伟大的四边形！Moexl！]
[As expected of me, the great Quad! Moxel!]
「真强啊。」原本以为无法活命的那人看着下方的动作，重新燃起了生的希望。
“So strong.” The one who had thought he wouldn’t survive watched the actions below, reigniting a spark of hope for life.
嗖！银枪突然消失，出现在这人身旁，轰地声附带红色虚影的长枪就刺破了捆住他的这条藤蔓主干。
Whoosh! The silver spear suddenly vanished, reappearing beside this person. With a thunderous roar, the Lance, trailing a crimson afterimage, pierced the main vine binding him.
被吊住的人坠落在地，他的身躯全是大大小小的洞，很多血管已经被植物所取代，整个人还能活着已经是奇迹。
The suspended man crashed to the ground, his body riddled with holes large and small. Many of his blood vessels had been replaced by plant matter; it was a miracle he was still alive.
「谢，谢谢。它的增幅时序，应该快见底了，只有不到三万了。」
“Th-thanks. Its augmented Chronos should be nearly exhausted—less than thirty thousand left.”
闻言，杨子藏胸前Moexl闪动，手上动作更快。然而就在此时，地下一震，树干开始往下窜动逃离。
Upon hearing this, the Moxel on Yang ZiCang’s chest flickered, and his hands moved faster. But just then, the ground trembled, and the trunk began to bore downward, trying to flee.
「它想逃。」地上的人虚弱的激动道。
“It’s trying to run,” the man on the ground said, weak but agitated.
「果然是能跑动的植物系怪物。」
“So it really is a plant-type monster that can move.”
杨子藏更快速的戳动，他不再节约增幅时序，扩散时序后一枪戳去。
Yang ZiCang thrust even faster, no longer conserving augmented Chronos. He spread Chronos out and then drove the spear in a single strike.
轰！
Boom!
[我抵消了33732N！]
[I’ve offset 33,732 N!]
坑洞墙壁轰然塌陷，露出后面不大的深洞。
The pit’s walls collapsed with a roar, exposing a deep, narrow cavern behind them.
杨子藏感觉到一阵牙酸般的肉疼。
Yang ZiCang felt a visceral ache, as if his teeth were grinding in pain.
通过售卖香丸，听上去赚了二十来万仿佛很多，但面对如此敌手，这艰难赚到的时序，抵扣起来一眨眼就少了二十分之一。
By selling incense pellets, he had seemingly earned over two hundred thousand—sounds like a lot. But faced with such an foe, the Chronos he had toiled so hard to acquire vanished in the blink of an eye by one-twentieth.
他立即使用了怀中准备的一枚小小钱币，补充蕴含在上面的5000N。
He promptly used a small coin he kept on hand, replenishing the 5,000 N it held.
｛坏坏杨干得好呀！｝
｛Bad Yang, well done!｝
小光团内的小红马甲精灵跟杨子藏一起靠近墙壁。里面原本树干的部分已如同朽木，幽冷的气流往里涌。
Within the small cluster of light, the little red-vested spirit approached the wall alongside Yang ZiCang. The original trunk portions inside had decayed like rotten timber, with chilling currents of air surging inward.
墙边，小光团里的陌生精灵记者和他都伸着脑袋往里瞅。
By the wall, the unfamiliar spirit journalist within the light cluster and Yang both craned their necks, peering inside.
｛里面有啥呀？｝
｛What’s in there?｝
「要不你进去看看？」
“Why don’t you take a look inside?”
｛…可恶的家伙，想让我以身犯险。｝
｛…Damn bastard, trying to send me into harm’s way.｝
「你又不会受伤，喂，你还学会成语了。」
“You won’t get hurt, will you? Hey, you’ve even picked up a Chinese idiom now.”
漂浮着的小家伙胸膛一挺，仿佛在说自己很厉害。
The floating little creature puffed out its chest, as if boasting about its own cleverness.
里面即便有东西坠落得也很深，一时半会儿掏不出来。杨子藏转身拿出逐银给的治疗能力球，对着地上重伤的人使用后，浑身皮肤破败的男人伤势肉眼可见的愈合，但距离恢复则还要修养很久。
Even if something was down there, it had fallen too deep, and retrieving it wouldn’t be a quick job. Yang ZiCang turned around, pulled out the healing ability sphere given by Ju Yin Chase, and used it on the severely wounded man lying on the ground. The man’s torn and broken skin visibly healed before their eyes, though it would still take a long time for him to fully recover.
「货队长，我获得了一些额外的记忆…关于这怪物的。」
“Cargo Crew Chief, I’ve gained some extra memories… about this monster.”
「是什么内容？」
“What’s in them?”
杨子藏边问，边联系那位骑手，让他进来帮忙。
Yang ZiCang asked as he contacted the rider, instructing him to come assist.
「有人带我，不对，是带这树来到这里，是个…能进入幻影人所在那座山的人…那里有个隧道，里面有植物的主体…」
“Someone brought me—no, brought this tree here. It’s someone… who can enter the mountain where the Phantom stays… There’s a tunnel there, and inside it is the main body of the plant…”
说完这句，他就晕了过去。
After speaking those words, he fell unconscious.
「幻影人。」
“Phantom Man.”
那座山早已不是秘密，就连普通人也早已知晓那里有幻影人会攻击靠近者的消息。
That mountain was no longer a secret; even ordinary people had long known that a Phantom Man could be found there to attack anyone who approached.
长发男人屁滚尿流般提着灯跑了进来。
The long-haired man scurried in with a lantern in hand, fleeing in utter panic.
「甲队长~」
“Captain Jia~”
他哭喊般的冲来，一个滑跪就倒在了地上，面带震撼地惊异叹呼道：
He rushed in with a wail, sliding into a kneel on the ground, his face filled with shock as he cried out in astonishment:
「啊，队长，你居然这么快就消灭它了！我对你的崇拜犹如黄河之水…」
“Ah, Captain, you managed to eliminate it so quickly! My admiration for you flows like the waters of the Yellow River…”
小光团围着他的肩膀转悠了圈，杨子藏看着这在精灵面前丢人的东西，叹了口气赶紧道：
A small orb of light circled around his shoulder. Yang Zicang, looking at this disgraceful display before an elf, let out a sigh and quickly said:
「别给我整这出，快帮忙抗人。」
“Don’t start that crap with me, just help me carry him.”
「喔。」
“Oh.”
……
半天之后，当这人醒来时，他发现自己已经在帐篷内的单人床上。
Half a day later, when the man awoke, he found himself lying on the single bed inside the tent.
外界已经天黑了，自己的一个队友在趴在床头桌子上呼呼大睡。
The outside world had already fallen into darkness; one of his teammates lay slumped over the bedside table, sound asleep.
他刚半坐起身，就瞧见帐篷布突然被撞出个人形轮廓，随后旁边帘布被掀开，左非闲拿着副素描图急匆匆钻进了帐篷内。
As he had just sat up halfway, he saw the tent fabric suddenly bulge into a silhouette of a human shape, followed by the side curtain being flipped open. Zuo Feixian burst in hastily, clutching a pencil sketch.
「喂，你记忆中从隧道带出来树藤的那个人，这上面有没有？」
“Hey, is the person who brought the vine out of the tunnel from your memory, in this drawing or not?”
伤员盯着画像，眼角抽了抽，「这是谁画的，这能认出来人吗？」
The wounded man stared at the portrait, the corner of his eye twitching. “Who drew this? How can anyone identify anyone from it?”
「啧。」左非闲拿手指搓了他肩膀一指头，然后指着画上一个个扭曲豪放的人脸线条。
“Tch.” Zuo Feixian poked his shoulder with a finger, then pointed at the twisted, unrestrained lines of faces depicted one by one in the portrait.
「这个是不是，这个呢？」
“Is this one? And this?”
当他的手指挪到某个画得极其奔放的肖像上时，伤员看着这眉毛与嘴巴，以及脸上那颗痣，迟疑道：
When his finger moved to an exceptionally wild portrait, the wounded soldier looked at its eyebrows, mouth, and the mole on its face, hesitatingly said:
「好像有点像这个人。」
“It kinda looks like this person.”
「真的！」左非闲一喜的看向自己指着的人像，它左边有个名字，王朝光。
“Really!” Zuo Feixian cheered as he looked at the portrait he was pointing to; to its left was a name, Wang Chaoguang.
「王朝光？淦！老子就说这法子能行！」
“Wang Chaoguang? Damn! I knew this method would work!”
左非闲扭头就跑了出去。
Zuo Feixian turned and rushed out.
……
庄老板跟几人通讯过后，亲自将关于杨子藏的资料写好，收入自己的背后的书柜内。
After communicating with several people, Boss Zhuang personally wrote down the information about Yang Zicang and placed it into the bookshelf behind him.
「这甲子间手上的枪，恐有可能是个百年器。」
“The gun this Jiazi Term holds might very well be a Cent-Arms.”
桌子对面，一位银色软发的美女转着手上的钥匙。
Across the table, a silver-haired beauty twirled her keys in her hand.
庄老板深吸了口气的对着她道：「看来要真的把他拉拢才行，据说这家伙真的干掉过一个抵御者。」
Boss Zhuang took a deep breath and said to her, “It seems we truly need to win him over. Apparently, this guy has actually taken down a Deterrent.”
「抵御者？那是什么。」
“A Deterrent? What’s that?”
「那是…」
“It’s…”
面容倩丽的女人抬起下巴，白皙的脖子细腻柔软。这一下，庄老板看得痴了，都忘记了接下来想讲的话。
The woman with the exquisite features raised her chin, her white, delicate neck supple and soft. Seeing this, Boss Zhuang was lost in a daze, forgetting what he was about to say next.
她放下手指，将双手手肘撑在宽大厚实的桌上，粉拳顶着下巴笑道：
She lowered her fingers, resting her elbows on the broad, sturdy table, and propped her small fists under her chin with a smile.
「亲爱的，今天你输了喔，给我一千年时序。」
“Darling, you lost today. Give me a thousand Chronos.”
庄老板一下蹦了起来，撑着桌子道：「今天是你把门给锁上了。没有人能进来！不算！」
Boss Zhuang sprang to his feet, leaning on the table as he said, “You locked the door yourself today. No one could get in! That doesn’t count!”
女孩将头前伸：「哼哼，怎么，你不愿意我们独自相处吗。」
The girl leaned her head forward and scoffed, “Hmph, what, aren’t you glad we’re alone together?”
庄老板有点害羞起来。
Boss Zhuang blushed, a little embarrassed.
「可你老是只跟我打牌。」
“But you always play cards with just me.”
「怎么，你不愿意？哼哼，我就知道你图谋不轨，不过是想考验考验你，没想到一考就把你的问题给考出来了。」
“What, aren’t you willing? Hmph, I knew you had ulterior motives. I was only testing you, but one test was all it took to expose your flaws.”
「我我我愿意。」
“I—I—I am willing.”
一队豪华车队停在独频客栈的围栏门口之外。
A fleet of luxurious cars came to a halt outside the fence gate of the Unique Frequency Inn.
守门几人疑惑的看着它们的出现。
A few guards at the entrance watched them with puzzled eyes.
侍者拉开一尘不染的深色车门后，从车上下来位十四五岁的双马尾少女，几人围在她左右。
After an attendant pulled open the spotless, dark-colored car door, a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old girl with twin-tails stepped out, flanked by several people around her.
气质卓然的侍者口吻平和的道：「此地便是失频之地的主要信息交换点之一。」
An exquisitely composed attendant said in a calm tone, “This is one of the primary information exchange points in the Shibin Wastes.”
灰尘飞扬。
Dust swirled in the air.
少女看向前方，露出小虎牙：「如果是在大脑里，这些组织就叫做，神经元了，对吧。」
The girl looked ahead, revealing her sharp little canines: “If this were inside a brain, these clusters would be called neurons, right?”
「是。」
“Yes.”
侍者轻轻埋了埋头后又挺直，眼睛一直虚着，似只看得清脚下三步。
The attendant gave a slight bow before straightening up, his eyes fixed vaguely ahead, as if he could only see the three steps directly before him.
「诸位，是要住店吗。」
“Honored guests, are you looking for lodging?”
门口几人不敢怠慢的起身走了过去。
The few at the door dared not be negligent, rising and walking over without delay.
能在这鬼地方拥有这么多没有恶魇化的豪车，想也知道是不得了的大人物。
To own so many luxury cars untarnished by nightmare corruption in this godforsaken place, one must surely be an extraordinary figure of immense power.
「不，我们来有别的事。」
“No, we’ve come for another purpose.”
「是什么，我们能帮上忙吗？」
“And that would be? Can we be of assistance?”
「当然。」
“Certainly.”
少女举起个小宝石魔方，看向这几人：
The young girl raised a small gemstone Rubik’s cube and fixed her gaze upon these men:
「这里的影响力所诞生的名气太过污浊，我们是顺道来作清理的。你们最好的帮忙，就是化作大地的养分。」
“The influence here breeds a reputation far too tainted, so we’ve stopped by to cleanse it. The best help you can offer is to become nourishment for the earth.”
几人瞬间瞪大双眼，他们胸前红的白的Moexl快速亮起。
Instantly, their eyes flew wide open, the red and white Moxel lights on their chests flickering rapidly.
少女双目闪动出道圆环。
A glowing ring flickered into sight in the young girl’s eyes.
[晦光毁灭，第一环：未听。]
[Obscured Radiance Annihilation, First Ring: Unheard.]
紧接着，在这道圆环内是第二道环，将之前的圆环顶开扩散。
Immediately following, within this ring emerged a second ring that pushed the first outward, expanding its reach.
[晦光毁灭，第二环：未见。]
[Obscured Radiance Annihilation, Second Ring: Unseen.]
魔方宝石闪动了下。
The gemstone cube pulsed once.
前方的建筑半透明后瞬间爆炸，连爆炸声音也被摧毁。
The building ahead turned translucent and then exploded in an instant; even the sound of the explosion was obliterated.
它们化为泯粉，成为最原始的能量，在方圆四五十米的空间内闪动出如同破碎宇宙般的靓丽景象。
They disintegrated into fine dust, reverting to raw energy, shimmering within a forty-to-fifty-meter radius in a spectacular vision like a shattered universe.
少女的身影微微晃了晃。
The young girl’s figure slightly wavered.
「已经提纯了血脉，还是有点吃力呢，它们收集的血脉情报真的没问题吗？」
“Even with purified bloodlines, it’s still quite strenuous. Could there be a problem with the bloodline intelligence they gathered?”
「虎干事，您做得已经很棒了。」
“Executive Hu, you’ve done exceptionally well already.”
少女身旁，另一位身材高挑的女侍者道：
Beside the girl, another tall, slender attendant spoke:
「根据收集的旧世界情报显示，提纯血脉是正确的道路。 您以后会更强的，介时不借用主编大人的秘宝，也能让一二环血脉秘能达到如此威力。」
“According to collected intelligence from the old world, purifying bloodlines is the correct path. You’ll grow stronger in the future, reaching such power with first and second-circle bloodline mysteries without borrowing the chief editor’s treasure.”
「唔，希望吧。」
“Mm, I hope so.”
她扭转纤细摇曳的身姿往敦实厚重的宽大轿车上走去。 坐上座位后，少女看向那片什么都没有的空间内缓缓诞生的白的与红的圆环。
She twisted her slender, swaying figure and walked toward a sturdy, heavy, spacious sedan. As she took her seat, the girl gazed at the space void, where slowly emerged rings of white and red.
漂浮的圆环里面有著微微闪动的数位。
Within the floating rings, faintly shimmering digits sparkled.
320N、2152.3N、45N、12Y、8700N…
320N, 2152.3N, 45N, 12Y, 8700N…
「这些命环能在现在就接触它们，是旧世界之人曾求之而不得的事情。 你们分了吧。」
“These Life Rings—being able to access them now was something the old world’s denizens could only dream of. Divide them among yourselves.”
「谢谢虎干事的赏赐。」
“Thank you for your gracious gift, Executive Hu.”