Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.140 第140章 猩红的手术刀
第140章 猩红的手术刀
Chapter 140: The Scarlet Scalpel
此刻的李智南已经遭遇上了藤蔓口中那所谓的机械怪物，它跟地球人类的机器人完全不同，它是另一种文明利用魔纹与魔晶所制造的傀儡，如同是一辆战车。
At this moment, Lee Zhinan had encountered the so-called mechanical monstrosity the vines had mentioned. It was utterly unlike the robots of Earth’s humanity; it was a puppet crafted by another civilization using magic runes and crystals, akin to a war chariot.
还好的是，应该有人来过，大殿内到处散落著械傀和人类的躯骸，仅剩一架染血大机器还能活动。
Fortunately, it seemed someone had been here before—the great hall was strewn with shattered mechanical puppets and human remains, leaving only a single, bloodstained mechanical giant still operational.
面对这些发出轰鸣转动而来的机械造物，李智南浑身都在抖动。 以前的他最多只是面对豺狼一类的猛兽，何时见过这几日的惊险情况，若不是体内花香安抚，这个年轻男人早已陷入精神崩溃的边缘。
Confronted by these roaring, rotating mechanical constructs, Lee Zhinan’s entire body trembled. In the past, his greatest trials had been facing wild beasts like jackals; he had never witnessed such perilous scenes as those of the past few days. Were it not for the soothing scent of flowers within him, this young man would have long since teetered on the verge of mental collapse.
｛不用害怕，有我。｝
｛Don’t be afraid. I’m here.｝
一直与其进行心灵链接的绷带刚说完，噗地声，李智南胸前皮肤被利刃由内刺穿。
No sooner had the bandage—which had been in Syn-Link with him—spoken than, with a *pfft*, a blade pierced through the skin on Lee Zhinan’s chest from the inside out.
李智南低头看向胸前，长著小红眼睛的手术刀伸出了刀柄。
Lee Zhinan looked down at his chest, where the scalpel’s hilt, adorned with small red eyes, extended outward.
｛握住它，准备展开你的Moexl注入增幅时序。｝
｛Grasp it. Prepare to infuse your Moxel, Channeling Chronos for enhancement!｝
轰隆隆隆！
BOOM! RUMBLE!
地面震动。 李智南喉结蠕动，他握住手术刀的右手被猛地一带，拽成了高举的姿势面对著机械冲撞而来。
The ground quaked. Lee Zhinan’s Adam’s apple bobbed as the right hand holding the scalpel was suddenly yanked into a raised posture, confronting the charging mechanical beast head-on.
「我，我的手麻。」
“My, my hand’s numb.”
绷带笑了笑说：
The bandage chuckled and said,
｛保持肢体麻木会更符合被无菌刀支配的条件。｝
{Maintaining limb numbness will better suit the conditions of being dominated by a sterile scalpel.}
最前方的械傀极速靠近，长如利矛的几只机械手臂闪烁著寒光扬起。
The foremost mechanical behemoth rushed in at breakneck speed, several of its mechanical arms, long as sharp spears, gleaming with a cold light as they rose.
[绷带医师为我投资6000N.]
[The Bandage Doctor Invested 6000N in me.]
手术刀猛地一动，李智南的手自然被牠拖著冲向前方。 全部时序投入刀内。 当这恐怖的机器靠近一米时，手术刀猛然一动将李智南拖离碾压范围，随后脱手射出。
The scalpel jerked violently, and Lee Zhinan’s hand was naturally dragged forward by it. All of the Chronos were poured into the blade. When the terrifying machine closed in to within a meter, the scalpel abruptly jerked again, dragging Lee Zhinan out of the crushing range before releasing itself to shoot forward.
嘭！ 咔咔咔！
Boom! Crack, crack, crack!
它精确刺入机械缝隙，几声刺耳声响，机器轰然破碎。
It precisely pierced the gaps between the machine’s parts. With a few grating sounds, the machine exploded into pieces.
爆破开的碎屑中响起怪异的声音：
From amidst the bursting debris came a strange voice:
｛手术成功概率93%，剩下的7%算是它本来的损耗~也就是说，百分之百！｝
{Success probability of surgery is 93%; the remaining 7% counts as its inherent attrition~ In other words, one hundred percent!}
[我收获了1000N.]
[I have gained 1000N.]
｛还不快来捡起我。｝
{Now hurry up and pick me up.}
小眼睛上瞟的手术刀如同对指示仆人般的道。
The scalpel, its small eye looking upward, spoke as if commanding a servant.
李智南往前走了步，他忽地昏沉的站在原地，其背后浮现出一片站台。
Lee Zhinan took a step forward, then suddenly stood dazed in place as a platform materialized behind him.
「呜~」
“Woo~”
周围大殿迅速扭曲着涌现出能量。
The surrounding hall rapidly twisted, surging with energy.
自失去木茎后，李智南身上能量花朵再次浮现。他快速从昏沉中睁开眼，捡起恶魇手术刀的同时冲向不远处的另一道石阶。
Since losing the wooden stem, energy flowers had reappeared on Lee Zhinan’s body. He quickly snapped awake from his stupor, grabbed the nightmare scalpel, and charged toward another stone staircase not far away.
「你是谁！」
“Who are you!”
李智南惊恐的扭头，看向身旁所浮现的这艘怪异地铁。
Lee Zhinan turned his head in terror, staring at the bizarre subway that had materialized beside him.
幻影人与小光团同时浮现在高空。
The phantom figure and the small light orb both appeared high in the sky.
幻影双眸闪动出星芒，能量剧烈震荡中大殿自最中间折叠起来，如同合上敞开的书页般似要将人拍死在其中。
The phantom’s eyes flickered with starlight, and as energy violently trembled, the grand hall folded in on itself from the center, like a book closing its pages, seemingly intent on crushing anyone trapped within.
｛呀！｝
{Ah!}
小光团内的精灵发出紧张的尖叫。
The spirit inside the small light orb let out a nervous shriek.
「这只是幻觉！」
“This is just an illusion!”
杨子藏对着已经快陷入迷失的洛宾吼道，但这胖子此刻已经如羊癫疯般扭曲起脸庞，根本听不进去。
Yang ZiCang roared at Robin Lo, who was on the verge of losing himself, but the fat man’s face was already contorting like a seizure victim, utterly unable to hear anything.
带着好几颗香丸的杨子藏目光中闪过疯狂，他捏起块香丸就塞入嘴中，随着肺部的鼓动，空气涌入将香味也带入肺腑，他的精神立即清醒许多。
Yang ZiCang, carrying several incense pills, flashed a hint of madness in his eyes. He grabbed a pill and shoved it into his mouth. As his lungs expanded, the air surged in, carrying the fragrance deep into his organs, instantly sharpening his mind.
即将显现的列车再次隐身。
The looming train vanished again.
轰！
Boom!
金色辉光铺天盖地覆盖而下。
A golden radiance cascaded down from the sky, covering everything.
跑动的李智南绝望的转头，忽地列车上一只手将他拽向空中抛起，下一瞬间李智南的身体不由自主飞出，直直冲向那石阶。
As he ran, Lee Zhinan turned his head in despair. Suddenly, a hand from the train yanked him into the air and threw him. In the next instant, his body flew uncontrollably, hurtling straight toward the stone steps.
「你先上去，我垫后。」
“You go first. I’ll hold them off.”
在空中晃动的李智南瞧见，不断在虚无与真实中切换的列车门前，那手臂的主人身旁，似蜈蚣的巨大白色怪物带起红潮冲向幻影人。
Lee Zhinan, swaying in the air, saw that at the door of the train flickering between nothingness and reality, beside the owner of that arm, a massive white monster resembling a centipede surged forward, bringing a crimson tide toward the Phantom Man.
「在A级空间，不可能出现无法战胜的东西，」杨子藏像是要说服自己般吼道，」哪怕你们来到失频之地解除一定的约束，实力变得更强，也依旧能够战胜！」
“In an A-rank space, nothing appears that is unbeatable,” Yang Zicang roared, as if trying to convince himself. “Even if you’ve come to the Shibin Wastes to relax some restraints and grown stronger, you can still be defeated!”
[吼呃！]
[Roar!]
白影念龙被红色虚影包裹着撕咬而去。
Paleshade Wyrm was cloaked in a red phantom as it lunged forward, biting ferociously.
「幻境消退，别妄想骗我！」
“The illusion is fading. Don’t think you can fool me!”
杨子藏大喊，拽住车门瞬间消失在风中，白影念龙一口撕咬住了幻影的身体。
Yang Zicang shouted, grasping the train door and vanishing into the wind in an instant. Paleshade Wyrm sank its jaws into the body of the phantom.
[我抵消了2000N.]
[I’ve neutralized 2000 N.]
幻影消散。
The phantom dissipated.
白影念龙的鼻孔突然膨胀五圈。
Paleshade Wyrm’s nostrils suddenly swelled to five times their size.
它眼眸向下，念龙利齿撕扯幻影时獠牙挂上了半截都被穿出洞洞的紫色秋衣。
Its pupils shifted downward as Duskrend Fang rippled. Its fangs caught on the phantom while its canines trapped half a torn pair of purple undershirt, full of holes, hung upon them.
刚刚跑到最顶层的李智南发现，那道幻象身影已经扭曲着出现站在了前方，他正冷漠淡然的看向自己，浑身散发着强者气场。
Having just reached the topmost floor, Lee Zhinan discovered that the phantom figure had twisted into existence, standing before him. It looked down at him with cold indifference, radiating the aura of a formidable expert.
｛你能走到这里，很好，我们做个交易如何？｝
{You’ve managed to get this far—good. How about we make a deal?}
在那幻影身后的黑色石台旁，一具已经开始腐败的尸体双手抱着个如小金字塔般的透明晶石，里面是个如同眼前之人的人形。
Beside the black stone platform behind the phantom, a corpse had already begun to rot. Its hands clutched a transparent crystal shaped like a small pyramid, inside which was a humanoid figure resembling the one before him.
不过晶石中的他，却没有幻影般看上去威武霸气，而是急不可耐，装束也普通得很，比自己经常见到的那些进入这个世界的普通人强不了多少。
But the figure inside the crystal wasn’t as awe-inspiring and domineering as the phantom; instead, he appeared impatient, dressed in ordinary rags—hardly any better than the other ordinary people he often saw entering this world.
[我发现了时序战器。]
[I’ve discovered the Chronos Weapon.]
李智南听到心中出现了道声音，「时序战器？」
A voice rang through Lee Zhinan’s mind: “The Chronos Weapon?”
｛居然还有时序战器，运气不错。快去捡起这些东西，回来之后你就跟着我好了。｝
{So there’s a Chronos Weapon here—lucky break. Go pick those things up, and after you return, just follow my orders.}
听闻古波不惊的绷带口中终于带着些喜色，李智南升起丝终于要从地狱脱离的希望。
For once, the unyielding voice from the bandaged mouth carried a hint of delight, sparking in Lee Zhinan a glimmer of hope that he might finally escape this living hell.
他目光落在尸体腰间，那里挂着把长尖锥般的东西，那肯定就是时序战器！
His eyes fell on the corpse’s waist, where something like a long, sharp awl hung—it was definitely the Chronos Weapon!
｛无视我？｝
{Ignoring me?}
幻影身上轰然发出狂放的气息。
The phantom’s figure erupted with a burst of unrestrained aura.
｛真以为我杀不死你们这些被香主保护的垃圾吗！｝
{Do you truly believe I can’t kill scum like you, mere trash protected by the Fragrant Lord!}
面对突然爆发出来的强大气场，李智南神情一呆。他手中一阵刺痛，那柄红色手术刀如寄生虫般顺着手臂往上。
Faced with the sudden eruption of an overwhelming aura, Lee Zhinan was stunned. A piercing pain shot through his hand as the red scalpel crawled up his arm like a parasite.
「啊！」清醒过来的李智南痛苦大吼。
“Ah!” Lee Zhinan snapped back to reality, screaming in agony.
「呜~」
“Woo—”
一道狂风自身后卷来。
A gust of wind howled from behind him.
李智南周身香气四溢，脸上狰狞着迈步。
Lee Zhinan’s body was adorned with red scales, his face twisted in a vicious scowl as he stepped forward.
「真是个废物，还是我亲自来取好了。」狰狞的李智南喉咙中发出平静的声音。
“What a waste. I’ll just take it myself.” The voice emanating from the snarling Lee Zhinan’s throat was eerily calm.
幻影终于露出了略带焦急的愤怒神色，自己明明已经扭曲了对方的意志，却依旧无法控制眼前的人类杀死他自己。
Illusion finally revealed a hint of frustration behind its anger—he had already twisted the human’s will, yet still couldn’t force him to kill himself.
｛你们给我滚开！｝
｛Get out of my way, all of you!｝
金字塔水晶发出阵阵能量波动，它不死心的再次尝试。
The pyramid crystal pulsed with waves of energy, refusing to give up as it tried again.
狂风自石阶下冲来，半透明列车高速撞向站立的李智南。
A gale surged up from the bottom of the stone steps, the semi-transparent train hurtling toward the standing Lee Zhinan at full speed.
李智南脖子处似有什么东西蠕动而上，忽地他全身发出金红虚芒，狰狞的脸庞露出丝浅笑抬头，看着想要将自己吞入腹中的列车从身上交错而过。
Something seemed to writhe up from Lee Zhinan’s neck. Suddenly, his whole body radiated a phantom gold-red glow. The grimace on his face faded into a faint smirk as he raised his head, watching the train attempt to devour him by hurtling through his figure.
本想吞噬李智南的小马超惊悚地道：
Little Matt Chao, who had intended to engulf Lee Zhinan, recoiled in shock.
｛他有好多时序，我不敢吃喔。｝
｛He’s packed with Chronos galore! I dare not devour him, not one bite.｝
李智南冲去石台的同时，快速对着晶体内的幻影吼道：「阻止列车，我带你出去保你灵魂不灭。」
Lee Zhinan charged towards the stone platform while shouting quickly at the phantom within the crystal: “Stop the train, and I’ll take you out and ensure your soul doesn’t perish.”
空有实力却徒劳无功的幻影人脸色急变。
The phantom, whose power was futile, changed expression in alarm.
虽然对方可能在骗自己，但他没得选。哪怕今夜赶走这些人，没有实体的自己留在这里也会被已获得离开资格的藤蔓怪物给夺走储存灵魂的宝物。
Though the other might be deceiving him, he had no choice. Even if he drove these people away tonight, without a physical form, he would remain here, and the vine monster, which had already obtained permission to leave, would seize the treasure that stored his soul.
只能赌一把，到时候见到眼前这人背后的控制者，再想办法脱身。
He could only gamble—wait until he saw the mastermind behind this man, then find a way to escape.
瞬间他做出决断，放过扑向自己的李智南，转而控制所有能量朝着疯狂靠近的列车卷去。
In an instant, he made his decision: ignoring Lee Zhinan lunging at him, he instead channeled all his energy toward the crazily approaching train, rolling it back.
「小马超，吞掉宝物！」
“Little Matt Chao, devour the treasure!”
｛这块水晶没有念力体，我办不到。｝
{This crystal has no psychic entity; I can’t do it.}
列车在幻像中扭曲着浮现，前方空间像是被拉长，眼看被甩开的李智南居然快速超过了地铁的速度。
The train twisted and emerged within the illusion, the space ahead seeming stretched. Lee Zhinan, seemingly left behind, rapidly caught up and surpassed the subway’s speed.
杨子藏焦急，猛地喊道：「薛老二！」
Yang ZiCang grew anxious and shouted suddenly: “Xue Laoe!”
涌动的能量一滞。
The surging energy stalled.
趁着这片刻的停歇，嘴中被塞入香丸的洛宾从列车门口扑了出去。
Seizing this momentary pause, Robin Lo, with the aromatic pill forced into his mouth, lunged out from the train door.
杨子藏眼中精光一闪，这洛宾好果断！
A gleam of sharpness flashed in Yang ZiCang’s eyes. This Robin Lo was incredibly decisive!
这片刻时间何其短暂，两人根本没空交流，但洛宾只觉得身体徒然加速，自己已被杨子藏发动Moexl调转轨迹，冲向前方石头上如小金字塔般的晶体。
This brief moment was so fleeting that the two had no time to communicate, but Robin Lo only felt his body suddenly accelerate—Yang Zicang had activated the Moxel to alter their trajectory, hurtling them toward the small pyramid-like crystal perched atop the stone ahead.
但李智南的行动更快一分，手指已经触碰到了小金字塔的边缘，而洛宾还在二十几厘米之后。
Yet Lee Zhinan moved even faster, his fingers already brushing the edge of the small pyramid, while Robin Lo lagged over twenty centimeters behind.
但就在此刻，眼前的金字塔水晶突然离开石台而起，消失无踪。
But at that instant, the pyramid-shaped crystal abruptly left the stone platform and vanished without a trace.
控制着李智南身体的绷带一愣，快要倒地的他将身体一扭，立即抓向尸体腰间的时序战器。
The bandages controlling Lee Zhinan’s body stiffened in shock, twisting just in time to snatch the Chronos War Device from the corpse’s waist as he stumbled backward.
「八十年？」他有点难以置信的惊呼。
“Eighty years?” he exclaimed in disbelief.
彭！洛宾狠狠撞在石台上。
Bang! Robin Lo slammed violently into the stone platform.
[引力弧光！]
[Grav-Arc!]
携带红芒的银色长枪自空中旋转出现的黑洞中突然射出，一枪将李智南握住战器的手臂炸得粉碎。同时一个能力球跨过数米距离落在洛宾怀中。
A silver Lance wreathed in crimson light shot out of a swirling black void that materialized in midair, blasting Lee Zhinan’s arm—still gripping the War Device—to shreds. Simultaneously, an ability sphere crossed several meters to land in Robin Lo’s embrace.
绷带冷汗直流的看着银色长枪扭曲着缩入黑洞内。
The bandaged figure broke out in a cold sweat, watching the silver Lance twist and shrink back into the black void.
「这是什么东西！」
“What the hell is that?!”
毫无防备的他惊异无比。断裂的手臂快速结疤，李智南脸上露出痛苦的情绪，但眼中却立即恢复平静地后退几步，身上冒出金红虚影。
Caught completely off guard, the being was stunned. Gasps escaped Lee Zhinan as his severed arm scabbed over rapidly—though he resumed a calm composure in his expression, backing away while a crimson-gold phantom aura shimmered forth from his body.
「还有谁在这里。」李智南冷酷的道，「是无影吗，把东西交出来。」
“Who else is here?” Lee Zhinan said coldly. “Is it Wuying? Hand over the item.”
洛宾捂着肚子口中抽着冷气靠石台坐下，他已经探手拽住了这柄蕴含80N每击的时序战器。
Robin Lo, clutching his stomach and breathing in sharp gasps, sat down against a stone platform. He had already reached out and grabbed hold of this Chronos weapon, which delivered 80N per strike.
「小马超。」 洛宾呲牙咧嘴的道。
“Little Matt Chao,” Robin Lo said through gritted teeth.
风动，车门出现在洛宾旁边，胖子被含著香丸的杨子藏一把拉上车。
The wind stirred as a car door appeared beside Robin Lo; the fatty was yanked into the vehicle by Yang Zicang, who was holding an incense pellet in his mouth.
「啊，终于得到了把最接近百年器的武器。」
“Ah, I’ve finally obtained the weapon closest to the Cent-Arms.”
洛宾刚一屁股坐在地上，身旁的青年就递来枚香丸。
As soon as Robin Lo plopped down on the ground, the youth beside him handed over an incense pellet.
「快把香丸含住。」
“Quick, put the incense pellet in your mouth.”
「不慌。」
“No rush.”
握著时序战器的洛宾，将痴汉脸贴紧锥剑上的古铜纹：「先让我品一口时间的味道~」
Gripping the Chronos weapon, Robin Lo pressed his lecherous face close to the ancient bronze patterns on the cone-shaped sword: “Let me first taste the flavor of time~”
杨子藏脸上抽了抽，他扭头看著对面的断壁青年，含糊道：
Yang Zicang’s face twitched. He turned his head to look at the youth standing by the broken wall and said vaguely:
「我该叫你李智南，还是叫你绷带？」
“Should I call you Lee Zhinan, or should I call you Bandage?”
「呵呵，甲子间，我这具身体还能恢复他本人的意识。 我们没有深仇大恨，只要让我离开，咱们这次的梁子就算了。」
“Heh, Jiazi Term, this body of mine can still recover its original consciousness. There’s no deep-seated grudge between us; let me leave, and we’ll call this feud settled.”
杨子藏眉头拧动，「可以，不过得让李智南上我的车。」
Yang Zicang furrowed his brow. “Fine, but only if Lee Zhinan gets into my car.”
「哼，那种事情是不可能的。 不过…」
“Hmph, that’s impossible. However…”