Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.151 第151章 花屏
第151章 花屏
Chapter 151: Flower Screen
「原来如此，我还以为是什么Moexl能力化现的呢。 话说我看他用的是能力球，拥有这样强悍的时序储存能力，是谁啊？」
“So that’s it. I thought it was some kind of Moxel ability manifestation. By the way, I saw he used a capability sphere with such powerful Chronos storage. Who is he?”
屋内之人都表示不知情。
No one inside the house knew.
大殿内。
In the great hall.
玫瑰女王听著外面声音渐渐平静，那怪异的精神折磨也消失好一会儿。
Rose Queen listened as the noises outside gradually quieted, and the bizarre mental torment had faded for a while.
「他走了。」
“He’s gone.”
层层围著徐爱媛牵手保护她的众女孩，终于敢松手抬起头来。
The girls, who had tightly encircled Shiu Aiyuan, holding hands to protect her, finally dared to let go and lift their heads.
被钱币砸到的那位面容稚嫩的女孩，眼泪婆娑地捡起那枚萤光闪动的钱币。
The young girl with a baby face, hit by the coin, tearily picked up the glowing coin.
其上蕴涵的信息出现在心中。
The information carried by it appeared in her mind.
[寿命银行：100N.]
[Life Bank: 100N.]
[我可以使用额外的100N.]
[I can use an extra 100N.]
她身体轻微颤抖了下，然后抬头看向目光柔和注视著自己的大姐头。
Her body trembled slightly, then she looked up at the big sister who gazed back at her with a tender expression.
「只有一百年。」
“Only a hundred years.”
她有点不好意思的小声的道。
She murmured softly, feeling a bit embarrassed.
拥有时序，面容可以返老还童，但稚气未脱的气质却难以伪装。 徐爱媛看向身前的女孩外貌，这应该就是她本身的年纪，却愿意奋不顾身来保护自己。
With Chronos, one’s face could regain youth, but the naive temperament clinging to her was hard to disguise. Shiu Aiyuan looked at the girl’s appearance before her—this should be her true age, yet she was willing to rush recklessly to protect her.
这一刻，玫瑰女王心中出现些许慰藉。
At this moment, Rose Queen’s heart felt a touch of solace.
她接过钱币，上面一如既往的铸印著「子藏元年」四个字。
She took the coin, which was imprinted with the usual four characters: “ZiCang First Year.”
[我可以使用额外的100N.]
[I can use an extra 100 N.]
美目扫过远处的地面，露出隐光的炭火块四周，这种劣质工艺品地上到处都是。
Her beautiful eyes swept across the distant ground, where chunks of charcoal faintly glowed around—these shoddy trinkets littered the earth everywhere.
徐爱媛拂过腿后旗袍坐到椅子上，眸光流转中将铁币握在掌中：「这个家伙。」
Shiu Aiyuan brushed her hand over her leg, settling her qipao before sitting down. With a glint in her eyes, she clasped the iron coin in her palm: “That guy.”
凌乱的脚步声自殿外传来。
A clatter of messy footsteps came from outside the hall.
众女望向殿外，刚才那人已然消失无踪。
The women looked toward the entrance, but the man who was just there had vanished without a trace.
……
黑夜。
Night.
列车以更高的速度飞驰。
The train hurtled at even greater speed.
偶尔路过有人的地方，当他们见到黑暗中那散发阴森鬼气的幻影列车如子弹头般自棚区中穿过，吓得四散而逃。
Occasionally, passing through places inhabited by people, they caught sight of that eerie ghost-train, as chilling as a bullet-head streaking through the Peng Zone—scattering the onlookers in panicked screams.
「十二个了。」
“That’s twelve.”
又在附近拔出了一个，车上小刘像是松了一口大气，已经快接近一半。左非闲有点心虚的看了车厢中众人一眼，他到现在也不知道自己做的到底是对是错，若错，恐怕整个大地上的人类都可能遭受巨大灾难。但他没得选。
He pulled out yet another from nearby. Little Liu on the train let out a deep sigh of relief—they were already nearly halfway. Zuo Feixian glanced guiltily at the rest of the crowd in the carriage; even now, he wasn’t sure whether what he’d done was right or wrong. If it was wrong, perhaps every human on this earth might face catastrophe. But he had no choice.
杨子藏拿出地图，在上面用笔划掉了几个圈住的地方。
Yang ZiCang unfurled the map and crossed out several marked circles with a pen.
「那位神秘存在给我们的地图上，标注的神石一共也就不到三十份。」
“On the map that mysterious being gave us, there are less than thirty spirit stones marked.”
「根据刚才小东西们给我们看的画面，似乎大地上并不只有三十份神石。」
“Judging by the images those little ones showed us just now, it seems there aren’t just thirty spirit stones on this earth.”
杨子藏想了想，看向身前的几人：
Yang Zicang pondered for a moment, then looked at the few people before him:
「我想应该是只需要这么多就能应对…」
“I think this much should be enough to handle it…”
箜咚！列车像是撞破了平静湖面般卷起巨大风声，窗外如同窜越山洞般更为深邃幽暗，它在突破一条山脉。
Rumble! The train burst through a mountain range, churning up a deafening roar as if smashing through a tranquil lake, while outside the window plunged into a deeper, heavier darkness, like hurtling through a cave.
洛宾谨慎的道：「再往前好些都是红Moexl的棚区，我们不可大意。」
Robin Lo said cautiously: “Further ahead, much of it is still Red Moxel’s Peng Zone; we can’t afford to be careless.”
「之前他们运送去玫瑰溪的那块神石，或许就是周边棚区的。地图上标记离玫瑰女王最近的有两个神石，我们现在去的地方若是没有，就立即去往更远的地方。」
“That piece of Godstone they were transporting to Rose Creek earlier—it was probably from a nearby Peng Zone. The map marks two Godstones closest to Rose Queen. If the place we’re heading to now has none, we’ll head straight to the farther one.”
「好。」
“Alright.”
列车呜地冲过山脉与原野，前方一座破破烂烂的聚集地轮廓出现，那里的喧嚣声几乎没有。
The train whooshed through mountains and plains, and the outline of a dilapidated settlement appeared up ahead, its noise sparse, almost silent.
忽地，一个小光团飞下来。
Suddenly, a small gleaming cluster of light flew down.
是个陌生的小家伙，看上去有点拽。
It was a strange little creature, looking rather cocky.
｛名人注意哦。｝
{Listen up, big shots.}
「怎么了？」
“What’s wrong?”
杨子藏看向他，这小东西落在块大神石上，侧躺着撑着脑袋一挥小手，淡淡的力场将这里隔绝。
Yang Zicang turned to look at him. The tiny creature landed atop a massive Godstone, lounging on its side, propping its head on one hand, and flicked its tiny palm—a faint force field sealed off the area around them.
｛前面的区域我们记录不了。｝
{We can’t record the area any further ahead.}
「记录不了。」
“Can’t record it.”
几人心间齐齐一震，这样的情况只有一种可能。他们瞬间想到了霄干事出现时的异状。
A tremor ran through the hearts of the group. There was only one explanation for such a phenomenon. Instantly, they were reminded of the anomalies that arose in Chief Xiao’s presence.
「前面…？」
“Ahead…?”
杨子藏紧张地道：
Yang Zicang said nervously:
「难道你指的是，那里有类似…」
“Are you saying that there’s something like…”
｛我已经算违规啦！反正小心点，最好直接离开。｝
{I’m already breaking the rules! Anyway, be careful, it’s best to leave right away.}
说罢，这个报信的小家伙身上突然冒出一阵电火花。
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of electric sparks suddenly erupted from this little messenger’s body.
噼啪噼啪！
Crackle, crackle!
小东西全身顿时如同被雷击过，小脸黑黑的，头发也胡乱的烧焦炸了起来。
The little guy’s entire body instantly looked as if struck by lightning—his face was blackened, his hair singed and frazzled, and it stood up in all directions.
他瞪着两个小眼珠子看了杨子藏一眼，然后起身化为带着烟雾的光团，歪歪斜斜穿过车厢飞上虚空。
He glared at Yang Zicang with his tiny eyes, then got up and transformed into a ball of light wreathed in smoke, wobbling erratically as it flew out through the carriage and into the void.
「小记者在冒着危险帮你。」
“That little reporter is risking danger to help you.”
「马超，绕过前面的棚区。」
“Matt Chao, go around the Peng Zone ahead.”
列车早已听到这提醒。
The train had already heard this warning.
在即将靠近那座分外安静的棚区前，它忽地拐弯划出道幅度，从棚区周围冲向黑暗中。
Just as it was about to approach that eerily silent Peng Zone, it abruptly swerved and cut a great arc, charging from the edge of the Peng Zone into the darkness.
这座棚区里，一座如小山般的轮廓坐在宽大精美的毛摊上，这轮廓跟房屋一般高。
Inside this Peng Zone, a silhouette as massive as a small hill sat on a broad and exquisite blanket of fur; this silhouette was as tall as a house.
那竟然是个人的躯体。
It was the body of a human being.
他手上捏着块被锁链捆住的岩石，周围是片人类尸首。
In his hands, he clutched a rock bound with chains, surrounded by the corpses of humans.
还活着的十来人慑慑发抖地蹲坐在地上，不断在身前的纸张上写着什么。
More than a dozen survivors were huddled on the ground, trembling in fear, constantly scribbling something on the paper in front of them.
「竟然拐弯走了。」
“So it swerved and went away.”
这人站起身来，身高近十米，如同放大版的相扑选手，身上短袍无风自动，上面有着变换的山雾与海洋的刺绣画面。
This man stood up, nearly ten meters tall, like an oversized sumo wrestler. The short robe on his body rustled without wind, adorned with embroidered scenes of shifting mountain mist and ocean waves.
「发现我在这里了，定然是记者告密。他们难道不打算认同主编吗。」
“Since they’ve found me here, it must be because the reporters informed on me. Are they unwilling to acknowledge the editor-in-chief or what?”
「山干事。」
“Secretary Shan.”
周围两道身材矮小的怪人恭敬地看向他：「要追那个名人团吗。」
Around him, two dwarfish, bizarre figures looked at him with deference: “Should we pursue that group of celebrities?”
「当然，不能让这些无知的东西集齐灵骇。」
“Of course, we can’t let those ignorant beings gather the spiritual wraiths.”
他俯首看向下方，看向因其说话而慑慑发抖的几人。
He looked down at the several people trembling in fear from his words.
「你们继续写你们的生平，关于地球的信息，多写点，那个世界似乎很有意思。」
“You, keep writing your autobiographies, everything about Earth. Write as much as you can—that world seems quite intriguing.”
那身材矮小的人笑呵呵补充道：
The short, strangely grinning outsider added cheerfully:
「可惜只是诞生数千年的文明而已，这些人的故事充其量个当小说看的调味剂，不如伟大的您所经历的瑰奇绚丽十分之一。」
“Too bad it’s just a civilization born mere millennia ago. Their tales are nothing more than seasoning you read like novels, not even one-tenth the magnificent, twisted wonder you’ve lived through, oh great one.”
「但也是不可多得的佐味剂，毕竟我们经历的岁月更多只是念力幻境而已。我先去了。」
“Still, it’s an irreplaceable flavor on its own. Besides, most of all, us experiencing such ages is just mental illusion, to us. I’ll be heading off now.”
山干事盘坐于巨型地摊上，随着身上能量涌动，这张巨大的花毛毯离地悬浮了起来。下一秒它嗖地冲向远方。离去两三秒后一道轰鸣炸响，远处出现音爆。
The secretary Shan sat cross-legged on the giant street stall. As energy surged within his body, the huge, shaggy, flowery blanket lifted and hovered off the ground. The next second, it whooshed into the distance. Two to three seconds after blasting off, a sonic boom echoed throughout the distance.
轰！
BOOM!
扰动的空气将众人的衣衫与纸张，还有地上的血迹掀翻，那侍者般的尖鼻矮小人物忽地转头，眼中闪过狠戾。
The disturbed air flipped the clothes, papers, and the bloodstains on the ground. The sharp-nosed, short figure like a waiter suddenly turned his head, a flash of cruelty in his eyes.
「畜生们，这些纸若丢失，你们就跟着去赔命吧！」
“You beasts, if these papers are lost, you’ll pay with your lives!”
众人一片惊慌，胡乱的抢着纷飞的纸张。
Everyone panicked, scrambling frantically to grab the flying papers.
列车高速行驶于空气。杨子藏若有所感，他扭头望去，从半透明的暗影车厢看向后方。
The train sped through the air. Yang Zicang felt something and turned to look inside, gazing backward from the semi-transparent shadow carriage.
一个小黑点速度奇快地从地平线上的暗光中冲来。
A small black dot charged from the faint light on the horizon at an astonishing speed.
「有东西在追我们。」
“Something is chasing us.”
几人转头看去，那个小黑点缓慢变大。
The others turned to look, and that small black dot was slowly growing larger.
无形的压迫力迎面而来。
An invisible pressure surged towards them.
「那是什么！」
“What is that?!”
「不管是什么，小马超，快加速！」
“Whatever it is, Matt Chao, hurry up!”
呜——
Whoosh—
列车速度似加快了些，但很快拉远的距离又不断缩减。
The train seemed to pick up speed, but soon the distance that had widened began to shrink again.
一分多钟后，小刘几人已经能看到有个漂浮的大花毯上，承载着道魁梧壮汉的身躯。那人挽着髻头，身穿拥有宽大袖口、露出胸膛与肚皮的雅致短袍，双目如龙似虎，散发着山岳般的气势。
After just over a minute, Xiao Liu and the others could already see a colossal floating carpet adorned with exquisite patterns, bearing the massive frame of a burly man. His hair was tied in a topknot, he wore an elegant short robe with billowing sleeves, baring his chest and belly, his eyes fierce as a dragon or tiger, exuding an aura thick as a mountain.
轰轰轰！
Boom! Boom! Boom!
绵延的音爆惊起方圆数十里人的注意。
A series of sonic booms rippled out, astonishing people for miles around.
远方黑暗中有人站在起伏的山坡顶端望来。
In the distant darkness, someone stood atop an undulating hillside, gazing into the distance.
「那是什么？」
“What is that?”
他们瞧见荒芜大地上幽灵列车极速前行，后方一道巨大身影如同出膛炮弹追逐而去，越来越近。
They saw a ghostly train racing across the barren land, with a colossal figure trailing behind like a cannonball shot from a barrel, drawing closer with each passing moment.
「前面的应该就是大甲方货队，后面的…」
“The one ahead should be the big shot, Cargo Crew from the C-grade leagues—and the one behind…”
「难道是月影怪物？」
“Could it be a Moon Shadow Monster?”
山坡上人们疑惑地看着两道轨迹高速消失。
On the hillside, the onlookers watched in perplexity as the two tracks vanished at breakneck speed.
枢纽镇内。
Inside Hubville.
一直负责杨子藏几人屏幕的那位雇员没忍住，伸手拍了拍那台花屏的凸屏显示器。
The employee who had been monitoring Yang Zicang’s group finally lost restraint, reaching out to slap the monitor that was flickering wildly on a convex CRT screen.
周围人震惊的看着他的动作。
Those around him stared in shock at his movement.
「你干嘛！」
“What are you doing!”
「想死啊，这是能拍的吗。」
“Trying to get yourself killed, huh? That’s not something you just hit.”
这小子一下反应过来，「啊对不起各位老师，信号老是断。」
The kid came to his senses at once. “Oh, sorry, everyone! The signal keeps dropping.”
有人不确定的分析道：
Someone voiced an uncertain analysis:
「没事，那应该是小记者们在注意别的事情，或许它们看腻了列车赶路吧。」
“Don’t worry, probably those little reporters are too focused on something else. Maybe they’ve gotten bored watching the train chase.”
观测室内的众人望向其它屏幕，反正失频之地上到处都在或扯皮或征战，好些以前不注意的人物，此时在荧幕中爆发出真正实力，让人看得暗叹不已。
With that, the crowd in the observation room turned their gazes to other monitors—after all, everywhere on the Shibin Wastes, alibis were being fabricated and hostilities were brewing. Many figures who had been overlooked before were now erupting with real strength on the screens, captivating the audience with silent amazement.
那片大地上还是有很多隐藏的珍贵能力者的。
The vast land still harbored many hidden individuals of precious ability.
只是他们或许自己不知道，或是身边的人发掘不了，今夜的突变倒是让他们崭露头角。
It was just that they themselves were unaware of their potential, or those around them failed to uncover it—but tonight’s upheaval finally let them step into the spotlight.
「那个荧幕信号也断了。」
“That screen signal is also lost.”
一人指向左上方高处的一个雪花画面。
One person pointed to a grainy image in the upper left corner.
「那棚区不是正打得热闹吗。」
“Isn’t the Peng Zone in the midst of heated battle right now?”
「到处都在打，小记者看腻歪了吧。哦哟，杨子藏的画面回来了。」
“Fighting’s breaking out everywhere. Little reporter must be sick of it all. Whoa, Yang ZiCang’s feed is back.”
众人目光齐聚那些荧幕，里面的列车正在提速，但没几秒又断掉了。
Everyone’s eyes converged on those screens. Inside, the train was picking up speed, but within seconds, it cut out again.
这次，四五个关注着杨子藏的荧幕齐齐断掉转播视角的画面。
This time, four or five screens focusing on Yang ZiCang all simultaneously lost their broadcast feeds.
「不对劲。」逐银一只手叉腰，一只手撑着实木桌台的边缘，眼色严肃地看向前方。
“Something’s off.” Ju Yin Chase rested one hand on his hip and braced the other against the edge of the solid wood desk, his gaze sharp as he stared ahead.
他刚说完，这些断掉的画面又齐齐出现列车奔驰的景象，不过小记者们似乎默契的一起拉近了距离。
No sooner had he spoken than the severed feeds all flickered back, showing the train racing along—yet the little reporters seemed to have silently zoomed in closer in unison.
但没过两秒，这已经拉近的画面再次断掉！
But within two seconds, the zoomed-in feed disconnected again!
「靠！肯定有问题。」
“Damn it! Something’s definitely wrong.”
「有什么东西在干扰记者的转播？」
“Is something interfering with the reporters’ broadcast?”
不需逐银提醒，大家都发现了怪异之处。
Without Ju Yin Chase’s reminder, everyone had already sensed the anomaly.
房间内气氛骤变。
The atmosphere in the room shifted abruptly.
这是不是就是白昼变黑夜的原因？
Could this be the reason day turned to night?
若说失频之地有什么神奇的地方，那绝对就是这些无人知晓来历的小家伙们，它们无忧无虑，任何伤害都无法真正伤到它们，近乎于无敌。
If the Shibin Wastes are truly remarkable, it would have to be these mysterious little beings of unknown origin—carefree, immune to any real harm, nearly invincible in their existence.
可现在有未知的东西能够干扰到它们，而且这些东西在追逐著那幽影列车。
But now, something unknown can interfere with them, and those things are chasing the phantom train.
「列车几次提速，肯定是在逃跑，它已经错过好几个棚区了。」 众人有些心急的道。
“The train has accelerated several times—it must be fleeing. It has already missed several Peng Zones,” said the group anxiously.
「我问问怎么回事。」 逐银胸前浮现出Moexl。
“Let me ask what’s going on.” A Moxel emerged from Ju Yin Chase’s chest.
「副镇，今晚杨子藏或许是导火索，你出面询问真的没问题吗。」
“Futown, Yang Zicang might be the trigger tonight. Are you sure it’s okay for you to step in and ask?”
「管不了那么多了。」
“No time to care about that now.”