Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.147 第147章 棚区夺石 -2
第147章 棚区夺石 –2
Chapter 147: The Peng Zone, Taking the Stone – Part 2
昊天大棚，这样的名字无疑能够自然吸引进入此地的国人目光。
The Haotian Greenhouse—a name that naturally drew the attention of any fellow countrymen who set foot here.
早些年好多人知晓其名后，互相打听这处大棚的详细情况，了解到此地没有苛刻时序赋税也没有硬性的每月上缴失念Moexl的规矩，都不远千里冒险赶来，想要加入棚区。 虽不是每人都能如愿加入，但此地人口依旧因此而众多，有近万人遍布在此地各种暗沉色泽的石屋与木屋中居住。
In earlier years, many who heard of it went out of their way to inquire about the details of this greenhouse. When they learned that there were no harsh Chronos taxes or the rigid monthly rule of submitting the Moxel of Oblivion here, they braved long journeys to come, hoping to join the Peng Zone. Though not everyone succeeded in being admitted, the population still swelled as a result, with nearly ten thousand people scattered across this place, dwelling in stone and wooden houses of various muted shades.
当杨子藏一行人到达的时候，吃惊的发现这里的人已经举著火把将石头搬了出来，放在了棚区正中心的广场上。
When Yang Zicang and his companions arrived, they were astonished to find that the locals had already lifted the stone out of its place with torches and moved it to the central square of the Peng Zone.
几个小光团出现在高空。
Several small glows of light appeared high in the sky.
一人走出，对著浮现的列车道：
One figure stepped forward, addressing the emerging train tracks:
「你们就是大甲方货队的人了对吧。」
“So you’re the people from the major Cargo Crew, right?”
「对，我们是。」
“Yes, we are.”
这位棚主拍了拍手下的淡橙色岩石，感慨地道：「这些年，它帮了我们很多，嗯，拿去吧。」
This Penglord patted the pale orange rock beneath his hand and said with a sigh, “Over the years, it’s helped us a lot. Well then, take it.”
杨子藏和洛宾左非闲等人对视了眼。
Yang Zicang and Robin Lo exchanged glances with Zuo Feixian and the others.
「谢谢。」
“Thank you.”
洛宾和小刘两人跳下车，将岩石扛上去。
Robin Lo and Xiao Liu jumped off the train and hoisted the rock onto their shoulders.
列车启动，前往下一个棚区。
The train set off, heading to the next Peng Zone.
「挺顺利的。」
“Pretty smooth.”
「三个了，还有二十多个棚区，要是都这样顺利就好了。」
“That’s three. There are still over twenty Peng Zones left. If only they could all go this smoothly.”
「我看很难。」
“I doubt it.”
接下来，又顺利回收两块岩石之后，当到达一座中型棚区时，这里静悄悄的。
After smoothly retrieving two more rocks, they arrived at a medium-sized Peng Zone, which lay eerily silent.
黑夜中微风荡漾，杨子藏皱眉看著外界空荡荡的棚区。
A gentle breeze rippled through the darkness. Yang Zicang frowned, gazing at the empty Peng Zone outside.
「没有石头？」
“No rocks?”
列车围著棚区转了圈，也没将它找到。
The train circled the Peng Zone but still couldn’t find it.
杨子藏无奈发动了沉吟之夜，立即就发现这处棚区的下方有个地下室，里面正躲了一堆人。
Left with no choice, Yang Zicang activated the Chime Night, and immediately discovered a basement beneath this Peng Zone, where a group of people were hiding.
棚区的地下室中。
Inside the basement of the Peng Zone.
众人在沉吟之夜的精神影响下惊慌一片。
The crowd panicked under the mental influence of Chime Night.
「大家不要出声，这些鬼东西很快就会离开。」
“Everyone, stay quiet. These damned things will leave soon.”
那显然是棚区首领的家伙对着众人道。
The man, clearly the leader of the Peng Zone, spoke to the crowd.
说罢，他目光瞟向自己背后的这堵墙。墙后的小隔间中，被黑布覆盖的岩石静静存放于此。
As he finished, his gaze flickered toward the wall behind him. In a small compartment behind the wall, a rock covered by black cloth lay quietly stored.
忽地这间屋子的墙壁扭曲起来，幻影浮现又迅速凝固成型，是扇金属大门。
Suddenly, the walls of the room twisted, illusions flickered and quickly solidified into shape—it was a metallic door.
哗啦——
Clang—
车门洞开，洛宾叉着腰哼哼一笑：
The carriage door flung open as Robin Lo stood with his hands on his hips, letting out a sneer:
「嘿嘿嘿，藏在这里。」
“Hehehe, hiding in here.”
左非闲笑呵呵的跳下车，轻松将石块抗上了车。
Zuo Feixian chuckled as he hopped off the train, effortlessly hauling the rock onto the vehicle.
离开前，杨子藏想了想，跳下去将一块失念引擎放在了这密闭小屋子地上的黑布里。
Before leaving, Yang Zicang thought for a moment, then jumped down and placed a Shin Engine inside the black cloth on the floor of this sealed little room.
令人心慌的森然气氛悄然消散，但地下室的几十人根本不敢出声，他们只觉得上方是否有吃人性命的妖魔在搜寻着人，刚才的心慌气息就是那未知存在的路过。
The unsettling, eerie atmosphere quietly dissipated, but the dozens of people in the basement didn’t dare to make a sound. They only felt as if some man-eating demon was hunting for someone above, and that earlier sense of panic was just that unknown entity passing by.
「刚才好可怕，呜呜呜…」
“That was so scary, wuwuwu…”
「不要出声。」
“Don’t make a sound.”
「等它们走远…」
“Wait for them to go far away…”
又是两三小时过去，藏匿的众人都感觉空气有点浑浊了，一些人实在忍不了了后，才对着棚主开口道：
Another two or three hours passed, and the hidden crowd all felt the air growing a bit stale. After some could no longer bear it, they spoke to the Penglord:
「那怪异感早就没有了，那可怕东西应该离开了吧」
“That strange feeling is long gone. That terrifying thing should have left by now.”
这棚主转头看向身边的一人：
The Penglord turned to a person beside him:
「神石大人有没有说，那些家伙什么时候会再来啊。」
“Sacred Stone, did you say when those guys would come again?”
「棚主不是不愿意交出去吗。」
“The Penglord isn’t willing to hand it over, is he?”
这棚主一呲牙的怒道：
The Penglord bared his teeth and snarled angrily:
「怎么可能交出去，你疯啦，我只是确定他们来几次而已。」
“How could I possibly hand it over? You’re crazy! I’m just trying to confirm how many times they’re coming.”
「我也不晓得，神石又不是活人，不是想对话就能对话的。」
“I don’t know either. The Divine Stone isn’t a living person; you can’t just have a conversation with it whenever you want.”
又等了会，棚主忍不住起身顺着几人的后背挪动，去往隔间的小门口。
After waiting a while longer, the Penglord couldn’t stand it and rose, moving along the backs of several people to get to the small door of the side room.
咔哒，木栓拨动。
With a click, the wooden bolt slid open.
这人将小木门推开往里看了眼，随后就愣在了原地。
This person pushed open the small wooden door and looked inside, then stood there frozen in place.
黯淡光线下，高耸的黑布早已塌陷，一个晶莹的小引擎正静置于其上，散发着朦胧辉光。
Under the dim light, the towering black cloth had long collapsed, with a crystalline miniature engine quietly resting atop it, emitting a hazy glow.
「啊——」
“Ah—”
地下室传来杀猪般的叫声。
The basement echoed with a blood-curdling scream.
……
轰轰轰！
Boom boom boom!
碎石广场上人仰马翻。
On the gravel square, men and horses were thrown into chaos.
「大甲方，你们这群强盗！」
“You big shot bastards, you bunch of bandits!”
「崽种！」
“Curse your spawn!”
「闭嘴，再闹我们就不留情了。」
“Shut up! If you keep stirring, we won’t show any mercy.”
这群人惊怒，眼睁睁看着列车化为幻影冲向棚区后方的「祠堂」区域，那里有牌位、匾额，但其中最关键的神石，已经被人挖倒在地，即将成为对方的囊中之物。
This group stood stunned and furious, watching helplessly as the train blurred into a phantom, charging toward the “shrine” area behind Peng Zone—home to spirit tablets and plaques, but where the crucial sacred stone had already been toppled onto the ground, about to fall into their hands.
「你们会遭天谴的啊！」
“A heavenly punishment will strike you all!”
「去你大爷的。」
“Go screw yourself.”
洛宾颇有恶人风范，扛起这块略小的石头故意昂首挺胸往车上走去。
With the air of a true villain, Robin Lo hoisted the slightly smaller stone, deliberately squaring his shoulders and striding tall toward the vehicle.
杨子藏正要接过，忽地一道玲珑身姿冲来，眼中带着伶俐且冷静的目光。
Just as Yang ZiCang reached out to take it, a lithe figure suddenly surged forward, her eyes gleaning with sharp, composed cunning.
是个十四五岁的俊俏小姑娘，她身形飘忽，手上拽着两把剑刃，颇具英气之姿。
She was a dashing young girl, fourteen or fifteen years old, her form blurring as she brandished two sword blades, exuding heroic valor.
「小璃！」后方被白影念龙掀翻在地的众人惊呼，「不要去，你不是他们对手。」
“Xiao Li!” The crowd sprawling behind after being flipped by Paleshade Wyrm cried out in alarm. “Don’t go! You’re no match for them.”
「坏人就该死！」
“The wicked must die!”
女孩嫉恶如仇般的喝到，手上剑刃划破空间，带着她的小身子瞬息间出现在杨子藏身前。
The girl cried out with vehement hatred, her sword slicing through the air as her petite figure instantly appeared before Yang Zicang.
嘡！杨子藏伸指一弹，她手上的短剑被巨力弹飞，落在车内。
Clang! Yang Zicang flicked his finger, and the short sword in her hand was sent flying by the immense force, landing inside the carriage.
「呀！」女孩惊叫，嫉恶如仇的小脸上顿时变成了惊怯之色。
“Ah!” The girl gasped, her face, once burning with righteous fury, instantly turning pale with fright.
杨子藏一手搂住女孩的软嫩腰肢，另一只手将她左手手腕一震，两把短剑全部缴械。
Yang Zicang wrapped one arm around her soft, slender waist while with his other hand, he shook her left wrist, disarming her of both short swords.
「你！」小璃软糯的身躯在他怀中挣了挣。
“You!” Little Li’s soft, supple body struggled slightly in his embrace.
门口的青年一松手，将其丢向外面，嘭地一屁股坐在地上。
The young man at the door released his grip, tossing her outside, where she landed with a thud on her bottom.
「哎哟。」
“Ouch…”
杨子藏看着她冷静地道：
Yang Zicang looked at her and said calmly:
「不错的能力，好好修炼吧，以后你会很强。」
“Not a bad ability. Train hard, and you’ll become very strong in the future.”
能瞬移一段距离，虽然没有当时总部那位女士的远，可她的瞬移也没有不能动的副作用。
She could teleport a short distance—though not as far as that lady at headquarters back then, her teleportation also lacked the immobilizing side effect.
「不错啊，叫小璃是吧，要不要跟我们走。」
“Impressive. Your name is Little Li, right? Want to come with us?”
扛着石头走来的洛宾一眼就看出这样的能力是多么的宝贵。
Robin Lo, carrying a stone, immediately recognized how precious such an ability was.
如果说无影的隐身能力算是S级，那么这能力至少算是A级的Moexl能力。
If Wuying’s invisibility ability was S-level, then this at least ranked as an A-level Moxel ability.
这是他为自己所收集的情报所打的分，而杨子藏的改变轨迹的能力，最开始在他那里只是个C级而已，在之后才不断调整为B+。
He graded the information he had collected, and Yang Zi Cang’s ability to alter trajectories was initially only a C-rank in his estimation, but was later adjusted to B+.
不过，这种评价方式，别人是不会晓得的就是了。
However, others would not know of this method of evaluation.
一屁股摔在地上的小璃顿时呜地声哭出了声，「杨叔叔。」
Xiao Li, having fallen hard on the ground, instantly began to cry out, “Uncle Yang.”
杨子藏差点就答应了。
Yang Zi Cang almost agreed.
结果后方赶过来的那人「欸」了声。
Then the person catching up from behind let out an “Eh.”
杨子藏叹了口气。
Yang Zi Cang sighed.
外界人群赶来却不敢靠近祠堂内。
The crowd outside rushed in but dared not approach the ancestral hall.
「走吧，不要浪费时间。」
“Let’s go. Don’t waste time.”
列车驶入风中，女孩抬头看着它远去。
The train sped into the wind, and the girl looked up as it disappeared into the distance.
忽地，一粒散发微光的东西从远去的劲风中极速射来。
Suddenly, a tiny, faintly glowing object shot rapidly out of the receding, fierce wind.
｛送给你，如果遇到危险，使用它后你会离开这里，但前路渺茫，谨慎使用。这是我为天才的投资。｝
{“For you. If you encounter danger, use it to leave this place, but the road ahead is uncertain. Use it wisely. This is clever Invest for you.”}
小璃慌忙拽住想要拉起自己的那位青年的手，两人一闪出现在几米外，那射来的小东西「叮当」声落在之前地面上。
Xiao Li frantically grabbed the hand of the youth who was trying to help her up, and the two vanished in a flash, reappearing a few meters away. The shooting thing clattered onto the ground where they had just been.
「这是什么。」杨棚主走来捏起这枚散发莹莹辉光的古钱币。
“What is this?” Yang Penglord walked over and picked up the ancient coin, which now emitted a soft, glimmering light.
[寿命银行：9999N.]
[Life Bank: 9999N.]
[我可以运用额外的9999N。]
[I can utilize an extra 9999N.]
他霎那间呆滞当场。
He was instantly frozen on the spot, dazed.
「这是那人给我的？」小璃起身拍拍屁股走了过来。
“Is this from that man?” Xiao Li got up, patting off the dust as she walked over.
杨棚主反应过来，他内心挣扎了下，缓慢将手上的东西递给女孩：「最好不要用，否则你可能会消失。」
Yang Penglord snapped back to reality, hesitated for a moment, then slowly handed her the object: “Better not use it, or you might disappear.”
「消失？是会死吗。」
“Disappear? As in die?”
「不知道，我们只晓得，很多拥有好些时序的人，或者很厉害的人，突然就销声匿迹了。所以，你千万小心，这是宝物，也是毒药。」
“I don’t know. All we know is, many people with a good amount of Chronos, or some really formidable folks, suddenly vanished without a trace. So be extremely careful—it’s both a treasure and a poison.”
小璃接过散发着莹莹辉光的钱币，她小鼻子皱了皱，秀气的眉毛纠在一起。
Xiao Li took the faintly glowing coin, her dainty nose twitched, and her delicate brows furrowed slightly.
「大甲方货队，杨哥，他叫什么呀？」
“Big Contractor of the Cargo Crew, that guy—Yang-ge, what’s his name?”
「好像叫？我问问。」等了几秒，跟其他棚主联络过的杨棚主道：「他叫甲子间，据说真名也姓杨，他真的好强。」
“Seems like it’s called? Let me ask.” After waiting a few seconds, Yang Penglord, who had been in contact with other Penglords, said, “His name is Jiazi Term. They say his real surname is also Yang. He’s really something else.”
「哦。我就说嘛。不过，应该叫甲子藏吧。」
“Oh. I knew it. But I think it should be Jia Zi Cang.”
「啥？」
“What?”
「你看。」女孩嘟着嘴将铁币举起来翻了翻。
“Look.” The girl pouted, flipping the iron coin in her hand.
杨棚主细看了下，顿时再次呆滞，随后哭笑不得的接过钱币细看起来。
Yang Penglord examined it closely, froze again in astonishment, then laughed helplessly as he took the coin and inspected it more carefully.
圆钱内，方孔四周分别四个苍劲复古的大字：物华天宝。
Around the square hole in the round coin were four bold, archaic characters: Nature’s Bounty, Heaven’s Jade.
转过一看：子藏元年。
Turning it over, it read: Zi Cang, First Year.
车厢内，左非闲有点迷糊地依靠在这几块石头旁。
Inside the carriage, Zuo Feixian leaned groggily against a few rocks beside him.
「你怎么了。」
“Are you alright?”
「我感觉，心跳有点快，就像喝了吗啡一样。」
“I feel… my heart is beating a little fast, like I’ve taken morphine.”
「……」小刘一时不知该不该纠正这家伙的用词。
“…” Xiao Liu momentarily didn’t know whether to correct this guy’s choice of words.
「我那只手，不对，是神石之灵提醒我，接下来要去的大棚区，应该也不会配合我们。而且那里的人很厉害，有人隐藏有念能力。」
“That hand of mine—no, the Spirit of the Stone—warned me that the upcoming Big Zone probably won’t be cooperative either. And the people there are formidable; some are hiding Nen abilities.”
念能力。果然好运者不止自己一个。
Nen abilities. So he wasn’t the only lucky one.
「看来战斗无法避免了。」
“Looks like a fight is inevitable.”
……
枢纽镇，大厅内人挤人，他们低声讨论着失频之地上的异变。
Hubville, the hall was packed, and people whispered among themselves about the anomalies on the Shibin Wastes.
小记者们转播视角的房间中，已经聚集了枢纽镇内的大多数有职务者。
In the room where the junior reporters transmitted their perspectives, most of the Hubville officials had already gathered.
「他在收集那种石头，多少个了？」
“He’s collecting those stones—how many has he got now?”
「好像七个了。」
“Seems like seven.”
「这么快？」
“That fast?”
「恶魇列车的速度提高了三四倍不止，而且还在继续提升。」
“The Nightmare Train’s speed has increased by three or four times or more, and it’s still rising.”
「副镇，那神秘岩石是不是在收集自己的身躯？杨子藏不会释放出恶魔吗。」
“Futown, is that mysterious rock collecting its own body? Isn’t Yang ZiCang going to release a demon?”
雇员们冷汗直流的盯着荧幕上，现在大半的荧幕都已经浮现出了带着隐隐虚影轨迹的列车。
Cold sweat trickled down the employees’ faces as they stared at the screens. Now most of the monitors displayed the train, faintly silhouetted within a trail of blurry afterimages.
装了七块石头的列车已经无法完全隐形，出现模糊轮廓。
The train, loaded with seven stones, could no longer turn completely invisible, its vague outline now discernible.
这些岩石所散发的能量正在影响着小马超的念力状态，似让它更接近幽灵一般，被荒芜腐败气息所感染。
The energy emanating from these stones is affecting little Matt Chao’s psychic state, making it seem more ghost-like, infected by a desolate and decaying aura.
小记者们从天上看去，列车在荒芜大地上有着隐约轨迹，宛若魔鬼射出的利箭。
From the sky, the young reporters could see the train tracing a faint trajectory across the barren land, like a demon’s arrow shot forth.
逐银捏著雇员的椅背道：「肯定有大事发生，我们还是像往常一样，不要干扰失频之地为好。」
Ju Yin Chase grabbed his employee’s chair back and said, “Something big is definitely happening. Let’s stick to the usual—no interference in Shibin Wastes.”
「他们去往的是黑龙山聚集地吧，那里的棚主可不是普通人。 杨子藏应该有麻烦了。」
“They’re heading for the Black Dragon Mountain stronghold, aren’t they? That Penglord there is no ordinary man. Yang Zicang should be in trouble.”
「唉，若神石蕴含著恶魔，他就此止步也是件好事。」
“Alas, if the divine stone harbors a demon, him giving up here would be a blessing.”
「静观其变吧。」 保持著老人形象的米天禄也在一旁道。
“Let’s just wait and see how things unfold.” Mi Tianlu, who maintained the appearance of an old man, added from the side.
所有人都关注著这场突然的行动。
Everyone’s attention was fixed on this sudden operation.