Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.153 第153章 昼与夜的相语
第153章 昼与夜的相语
Chapter 153: A Dialogue Between Day and Night
昼与夜的较量 –1
A Clash of Day and Night –1
轰隆！
Boom!
所有车厢瞬间被山力士掌中挥出的巨力撕裂成无数碎片，化为漫天念能碎片消散。
All the train cars were instantly torn apart by the tremendous force from Sans Force’s palm, shattering into countless fragments of psionic energy that dissipated into thin air.
但自己几人毫发无损。
But none of us were harmed.
杨子藏冲到视窗，惊异的看到另一辆列车的碎片自下方的空中爆开坠落。
Yang Zicang rushed to the window and saw in astonishment the wreckage of another train exploding and falling through the sky below.
「血脉之环… 双生？」
“Bloodline Ring… Twin?
他连一环血脉都没见过，更别说第五环，这是他不曾听闻过的资讯。
He hadn’t even seen a single-ring bloodline, let alone a fifth-ring one; this was information he had never heard of.
也是在这瞬间，自己所在的这艘真正的列车已经出现在了十多里的高空，正极速倾斜著往下。
And at that very moment, the real train they were on had already soared over ten miles into the sky and was rapidly tilting downward.
刚刚碎裂的车厢，是由左非闲突然创造出来的复制体。
The shattered car were copies that had been instantly created by Zuo Feixian.
「你还好吗。」
“Are you okay?”
杨子藏看向一下就变成皮包骨的左非闲。
Yang Zicang looked at Zuo Feixian, who had suddenly turned into a bag of bones.
从秦蒙的情况来看，普通人类身体使用这样的能力，是非常大的负担。 而他看上去比秦蒙当时更为严重。
From Chin Mong’s case, it was clear that using such an ability with a normal human body exacted a heavy toll. But he looked even worse than Chin Mong at that time.
左非闲强笑著靠在石头上：
Zuo Feixian forced a smile and leaned against a stone:
「我… 有点不妙，要吃好吃的才能复原。」
“Me… I’m in trouble. I need something good to eat to recover.”
小刘扶著他，拿手顺著他瘦骨嶙峋的胸膛道：「好好，回去我就给你做好吃的，红烧排骨你看好不好。」
Xiao Liu supported him, rubbing his gaunt chest reassuringly: “Fine, fine. As soon as we get back, I’ll cook you a good meal—braised spare ribs, sound good?”
「我，我要一起吃两顿。」
“I… I need to eat for two meals at once.”
「行行，两碗就两碗。」
“Alright, alright, two bowls it is.”
左非闲嘴角扯了扯，他双目缓缓闭上，胸口如风箱扯动的道：
The corners of Zuo Feixian’s mouth twitched. He slowly closed his eyes, his chest heaving like a bellows, and said:
「回去吧，星渺大神说… 数量差不多了… 那边还有我们更多的神石。」
“Go back. Starfarer Xingmiao said… it’s about enough… there are more of our divine stones over there.”
「好！」
“Okay!”
只要进入月台间的穿梭，速度就不可同日而语了。
Once they entered the shuttle between platforms, speed would be a different matter altogether.
[我将耗费1N本金启动午夜列车。]
[I will expend 1N principal to activate the Midnight Train.]
[午夜列车下一站，王翀站。]
[Midnight Train’s next stop: Wang Chong Station.]
车厢即将开始念境窜梭。
The carriage is about to begin traveling to the Near Realm.
轰！车厢突然再次被掀翻，那张巨大的毛毯已经覆盖而来。上面的大汉目中光环浮现，粗壮指尖尘土汇聚，交融成磨盘大的巨型尖锥。
Boom! The carriage was flipped over once again as the massive blanket descended upon it. A halo flickered in the eyes of the giant man standing on top. Coarse dust gathered on his thick fingers, coalescing into a millstone-sized giant spike.
面对这避无可避的一击，车厢内众人露出骇然与绝望之色。
Facing this unavoidable blow, the occupants of the carriage revealed expressions of terror and despair.
｛唉。｝
{Sigh.}
一声轻轻叹息。
A soft sigh.
这声叹息响彻附近数十里。
This sigh rang out for dozens of miles around.
车厢内所有神石齐齐闪动，那高空的山力士脸色一变。
All the divine stones in the carriage trembled simultaneously, and the mountain-force being high in the sky changed expression.
咻！附带不知多少万时序的尖锥射来，同时毛毯如风帆般一竖，在空中飘出个半圆弧调转身型，极速逃向远方。
Swoosh! The spike, imbued with countless Chromosories, shot forward, while the blanket, standing upright like a sail, traced a semicircular arc as it turned its shape, fleeing at breakneck speed into the distance.
杨子藏突然感觉到，一具质地坚硬的玉石般的骸骨手掌在零点零零几毫秒间缓缓搭在肩头，无数难以言喻的能量瞬间涌入身体。
ZiCang Yang suddenly felt a skeletal palm, hard as jade, lightly rest on his shoulder within zero point zero zero zero several milliseconds as countless indescribable energies surged into his body instantaneously.
｛我想与你签订临时支配协议。｝
{I wish to sign a temporary domination agreement with you.}
[星渺想于我签订临时支配协议。]
[Xingmiao wishes to sign a temporary domination agreement with me.]
｛来自异邦的英雄，请接受。｝
{Hero from a foreign land, please accept.}
[我已接受协议，持续时间100S.]
[I have accepted the agreement, duration 100S.]
杨子藏下意识举起手臂，如之前的左非闲般指向远方。
ZiCang Yang subconsciously raised his arm, pointing into the distance like Zuo Feixian had done earlier.
这道笔挺竖直的臂膀，就连在空中剧烈翻滚的列车也无法让自己晃动分毫。
This straight, upright arm remained steady, unshaken even by the train tumbling violently through the air.
无论怎样翻滚自己的手指都牢牢锁定了远处那道身影。
No matter how it rolled, his finger locked firmly onto the figure in the distance.
[我获得了星渺的星元代理权。]
[I have obtained Xingmiao’s Star Element proxy rights.]
[我获得了星渺的虚零时序追加投资。]
[I have obtained Xingmiao’s Void Zero Chronos follow-up Investment.]
[我获得了星渺的格位暂借权。]
[I have obtained Xingmiao’s Position Temporarily Transferred Right.]
[我感受到了血脉的解放。]
[I have sensed the liberation of the bloodline.]
[我获得了璨境血脉暂借使用权。]
[I have obtained the temporary borrowing right of Canjing Bloodline.]
心灵交感中，这一切在顷刻间完成。
In the psychic exchange, all of this was completed in an instant.
[额外格位展现，千万位，格位压制成功。]
[Additional positions displayed, millions of positions, successful position suppression.]
[调度。]
[Deploy.]
呜嗡~
Whoosh~
高速射来的红焰岩石尖锥划过微弱幅度，撞向地面。
The red-flame rock spike shot at high speed as it curved slightly and crashed into the ground.
[格位展现，个位。]
[Position displayed, single units.]
[额外格位压制，千万位，格位压制成功。]
[Additional digit suppression, approximately one trillion. Digit suppression successful.]
轰隆！
BOOM!
大地震荡，那里如同山崩地裂般出现道裂开的大坑，无数碎块闪动，崩向天际。
The earth trembled, and a massive chasm split open as if the mountains had cracked and the ground had shattered, with countless debris flashing and hurtling toward the sky.
远方高速离开的毛毯突然划过道幅度，竟然转了回来。
In the distance, the swiftly retreating rug suddenly swerved and actually turned around.
嗖~黑暗苍穹顶端，自远方荡开无数扩散的暗金波纹。仿佛有人在天际投下石子，激起黑暗云层的金色涟漪，铺天盖地，不知几万里。
Whoosh— From the dark zenith afar, countless ripples of dark gold radiated outward, spreading endlessly. It was as if someone had cast a stone into the sky, stirring golden ripples atop the dark clouds, sprawling across heavens stretching for tens of thousands of miles.
这样浩瀚威势中，清洌如冰的女声传来。
Amid such overwhelming majesty, a female voice came through, crisp and icy as frost.
｛你已断我一指，星渺，你真的要这样做吗！｝
{You have already broken one of my fingers, Star Vast. Do you truly intend to see this through?!}
大地之上，所有人抬头看去，他们都听到了这道如同神灵般的心念声。
On the earth below, everyone looked up—they all heard this psychic voice, like that of a deity.
撞向列车的毛毯上，山力士一咬牙，他从摊子上跳了下去，轰地声撞入大地。
Beside the rug crashing toward the train, Mountain Strength gritted his teeth, Leaped down from the stall, and slammed heavily into the ground with a resounding boom.
毛毯如同狂风吹袭的大布撞到了翻滚坠落的列车上，哗啦抖动着。
The rug *fluttered messily*, striking the tumbling, falling train like a massive cloth tossed by a violent gale.
它还蕴含的漂浮能力让列车整体下落的姿态一缓。
Its remaining levitation capability briefly slowed the train’s overall descent.
天际的波光闪动着消散。
The shimmering light in the sky flickered and dissipated.
「这声音，她就是主编？」
“That voice… is she the Chief Editor?”
杨子藏吃力的控制自己的情绪，如有实质的威压刚才一直笼罩着自己。
Yang Zicang struggled to suppress his emotions; the near-palpable oppressive force had been bearing down on him all this while.
｛正是。｝
{Indeed it is.}
自神石透出的声音在车厢内响起。
The voice emanating from the divine stone echoed through the carriage.
｛这飞毯就当作我对你们的谢礼吧。毕竟这列车以后，恐怕不是活人能够乘坐的了。｝
{Consider this flying carpet my thanks to you. After all, from now on, this train may likely be beyond the reach of the living.}
残缺的玉石骸骨身躯转过去，将仅有的左臂一抬，飞毯瞬间出现在车厢内自动层层裹在它身上。
The broken skeletal body of jade and stone turned around, raising its lone left arm; in an instant, a flying carpet materialized within the carriage, automatically wrapping itself layer by layer around it.
红的、白的、暗金的光芒化为魔纹一闪而逝，大毯子化为轻纱般坠落在车厢中。
Radiant lights of red, white, and dark gold transformed into magical runes, flashing by in a blur, before the enormous carpet fell, gauze-like and weightless, onto the floor of the carriage.
「这就，解除那家伙对宝物的掌控了？」
“So this is, what it takes to break that guy’s hold over the treasure?”
左非闲震惊不已，在他的认知中，这样的模器被掌控后，除非主动花时序解除，就只有人身死才可以重新易主。
Zuo Feixian was deeply shaken—in his understanding, once a modder of this kind was under control, unless one voluntarily spent Chronos to break the connection, only the death of its owner could cause it to change hands.
不愧是这样强的存在。他都不知道对方到底是几边形Moexl，难道是传说中的五边，甚至是六边形？
Was this truly the caliber of such a formidable being? He could not even determine what polygon Moxel the entity was—could it be the legendary penta-, or even a hexagon?
破败的骸骨人形拾起轻纱，轻轻地道：
The skeletal, tattered figure retrieved the gauzy veil, speaking softly:
｛这是我主人曾经的披肩，所以我能解除。｝
{This belonged to my master once; it was his cape. That is why I can unbind it.}
杨子藏只是看了眼。此刻不是讨论这些的时候。
Yang Zicang merely glanced at it. Now was not the moment to discuss such matters.
「马超，你还行吗？」
“Matt Chao, are you still good to go?”
他已消耗了一枚钱币，为列车做了时序补充。
He had already consumed one coin to replenish the train with a Chronos infusions.
｛我，变短了，也很虚弱。｝
{I’ve been shortened. I’m very weak.}
「再坚持下，趁着我还有时间，刚才那块神石我们去带回来吧，说不定还能获得其它部分的神石。」
“Hang in there. While I still have time, let’s go back and retrieve that divine stone. We might even obtain other fragments of it.”
｛喔…｝
“…Ah…”
此刻列车感知着体内那神秘气息，虽然受到大创伤，但自己也体会到了更高层次的力量，这对自己颇有益处。
At this moment, the train felt a mysterious aura within its body. Though critically wounded, it had also experienced power of a higher echelon, a benefit not to be taken lightly.
能不能载人，从来不是它考虑的事情。
Whether it could carry passengers or not was never a point of consideration for it.
列车二话没说调转身形向之前逃离的棚区穿梭了回去。
Without a word, the train turned around and shuttled back toward the Peng Zone it had previously fled from.
有这骨骸在自己身体内，它高速出现在了已经开始逃离的车队后方。
With that carcass now inside its body, it materialized at high speed to the rear of the fleet that had already begun its retreat.
天际波纹再次闪动，这次那道女声没有任何话语，但无数能量波纹海潮般涌向东方，那里的地平线上亮起一抹微光。
Ripples shimmered across the sky once more. This time, the female voice offered no words, but countless energy ripples surged eastward like an ocean tide. At the horizon there, a faint glimmer of light arose.
｛不好。｝
“Bad.”
箜隆隆…
Boom… Crash…
列车顿时化为实体坠进荒野，如同脱轨般激荡起长长烟尘，在大地上划出近百米车痕，发出震耳轰鸣。
The train instantly materialized into solid form and crashed into the wilderness, striking the ground with the force of a derailment. It stirred up a long trail of dust and blasted across the earth, carving a path nearly a hundred meters long while issuing a deafening roar.
悬浮在车厢内的星渺立即抬起手臂，指向自己由岩石灰尘构建的虚影头颅，此刻它的脑袋部分已有一片碎骨漂浮。
Xingmiao, suspended within the carriage, immediately raised its arm, pointing at its own phantom head composed of rocky dust. A fragment of shattered bone now floated beside that cranial area.
随着它指向太阳穴的动作，东方刚刚亮起的微光再次黯淡。
With its gesture toward the temple region, the faint light that had just risen in the east dimmed back into darkness.
世界再次回归午夜。
The world once again returned to midnight.
大地各处的众人无不哗然。
Figures scattered across the land erupted into uproar, one and all.
他们哪里看不出来刚才那道神灵般，扩散整个失频之地的女性声音正在与另一股力量角逐，它们在争夺天际的昼夜显现。
They could clearly tell that the divine, feminine voice that had just spread across the entire Shibin Wastes was contending with another force, vying for control over the sky’s cycle of day and night.
「星渺肯定就是那个把白天变成黑夜的人！」
“Singmiao must be the one who turned day into night!”
笼罩天空的波纹扩散出的质问之声，早已将星渺这个名字印入大地上每一个生灵的心间。
The querying ripples that swept across the heavens had already engraved the name Singmiao deep into the hearts of every living being on earth.
此刻他们都在谈论，那所谓的星渺，到底是谁，大甲方货队又是如何找到了那种强横无比的存在，居然引出了如此恐怖的对手。
Now, everyone was talking about who this so-called Singmiao was, and how Cargo Crew, the big client, had managed to find such an unfathomably powerful existence—one that had drawn out such a terrifying opponent.
「大甲方货队是不是知道谁是星渺。」
“Does Cargo Crew, that big shot, know who Singmiao is?”
「肯定啊，那家伙绝对在给星渺办事！」
“No doubt! That son of a bitch must be working for Singmiao!”
「天啊，这是大神之间的战斗吧。」
“Heavens, this is a battle between gods!”
还在抢夺神石的人中，至少一半立即溜之大吉。
Among those still scrambling for the divine stones, at least half immediately fled stealthily.
当力量在自己的认知范围内，哪怕是新认知，那也是自己可以试着去接触的。但当它明显与自己有着天地之差，那这样的争夺就显得可笑了。
When power remained within the scope of one’s understanding—even if it was something new—they could still try to engage with it. But when it was clearly on a scale as vast as the gap between heaven and earth, such a struggle became laughable.
很多试着收集神石之人很是干脆的放弃，有的甚至直接丢到了野外，深怕与这两尊连面都还没见过的神秘存在有丝毫干系。
Many who had been trying to collect the divine stones gave up outright, some even casting them into the wilderness, terrified of having even the slightest connection to these two mysterious, unseen deities.
豪华车队奔驰在旷野上，它们的速度远不如列车和飞毯。
A luxurious convoy raced across the wilderness, its speed far inferior to that of a train or flying carpet.
但每当幻影列车要将其追上的时候，天际就涌现出晨曦般的黎明之光。如同黑暗帷幕被抬起道缝隙，高速前行的列车也就立即摔进荒野之中。
But each time the phantom train was about to catch up, a dawn-like morning light surged from the horizon. As if a gap had been lifted in the veil of darkness, the high-speed train immediately tumbled into the wilderness.
「不行了，老是追不上，协议时间快到了。」
“No good, we can never catch up—the agreement time is almost up.”
星渺轻叹：
Xingmian sighed softly:
｛你自己去！｝
{Go yourself!}
地上轻纱一卷，主动裹向前方的杨子藏。
A swirl of fine gauze on the ground rolled up, bounding autonomously toward Yang Zicang ahead.
它包裹着青年直接撞破幻影冲出列车，随后呼啦一声旋转着展开成巨大如房屋面积的花毛毯。
It wrapped around the youth, crashing through the phantom and out of the train, then with a *whoosh* spun open into a floral blanket as vast as the area of a house.
巨毯将坠落的杨子藏接住后，快速冲向前方地平线上的车队。
After the giant blanket caught the falling Yang Zicang, it surged swiftly toward the convoy on the horizon ahead.
天际波纹再次扩散闪动。
Ripples in the sky spread and flickered once more.
高天的波纹中心，混白的扩散波纹正中心，黑暗与金色两种光圈震荡着出现，如同好几道扩散而出的光环。
At the center of the high heavens’ ripples—the very heart of the spreading, milky-white undulations—rings of darkness and gold oscillated into view, like multiple halos radiating outward.
一道拥有紧致曲线的朦胧白色身影自道道光环正中缓缓下坠。
A hazy white figure, its form taut with elegant curves, descended slowly from the middle of those rings of light.
她抬臂一指：
She raised an arm and pointed:
｛滚回去。｝
{Go back.}
不容置疑的声浪卷起精神世界的狂风。
An unassailable surge of sound whipped up a tempest in the spiritual world.
杨子藏惊慌四望。
Yang Zicang looked around in alarm.
大地瞬间变为鬼域一般，无数风沙漫天飞舞，残破的人类与城市虚影出现，数以万计身躯破败之人张牙舞爪浮空围杀过来。
The land instantly turned into a ghostly realm, with countless sandstorms swirling in the sky, revealing broken phantoms of humans and cities. Thousands of fragmented beings screeched and floated, surrounding in a siege.
星渺似乎出现在身边，差点陷入其中的杨子藏清醒过来，这只是幻影。
As Starwoo seemed to appear by his side, Yang ZiCang, who nearly fell into the mirage, shook his head awake—it was just an illusion.
轰！气浪翻滚，将附近数百米内的异像摧毁。
Boom! The shockwave rolled and tore through the anomalies within hundreds of meters.
｛先灭掉眼前这只笔。｝
{First, I have to destroy that pen before me.}
远处车上，听闻这如魔鬼般心声响起的虎干事，小嘴紧闭地转头看向远处漂浮的黑点。
On the distant vehicle, Secretary Hu, having heard this devil-like inner voice, clamped her lips shut and turned to gaze at the drifting black speck in the distant sky.
只见天空飘荡的毛毯正由停顿摇晃变得加速接近。
The blanket drifting in the sky was no longer swaying in place but rapidly closing in.
她扭过头对司机道：「快，再快点。」
She turned her head and said to the driver, “Hurry, faster.”
「虎干事，被人注视，我们没办法突破以太之壁，进入亚以太场。」
“Secretary Hu, if we are being watched, we cannot break through the Wall of Ether and enter the Sub-Ether Field.”
「那就跟山力士一样，咱们不要车了…快停下，我要离开！」
“Then forget the car like Shunra… stop quickly, I have to get out!”
巨大的压迫感靠近。
A suffocating sense of pressure closed in.
司机神色一变：「不行，车上有那么多灵骸，绝对不能落在它手上，否则主编大人…」
The driver’s expression shifted: “No, there are so many spiritual remains in the car—we absolutely cannot let it fall into their hands, or else Chief Editor…”
毛毯越来越近。
The blanket drew closer and closer.
「不管了！」
“To hell with it!”
虎干事脸上露出慌乱神色。
A flash of panic crossed Secretary Hu’s face.
少女目光由飞毯落在身后的几辆车上。
The girl’s gaze shifted from the flying carpet to the few cars behind them.
「分开跑！」
“Split up and run!”
她咬着小虎牙抬起了手上的秘宝魔方，对准了天上。
Biting her small canine teeth, she raised the secret treasure cube in her hand, aiming it at the sky.
轰隆！
Rumble!
在她双目爆闪出光芒之前，一道毁天灭地的波纹涌来，车队瞬间陷入爆炸之中，数道被金色铁链缠绕的神石摔落满地。
Before a glint burst from her eyes, a devastating wave surged in, engulfing the convoy in an explosion, with numerous divine stones wrapped in golden chains scattering across the ground.
魔方光芒一闪，将冲来的能量毁灭，少女一口鲜血吐出。
The cube flashed, annihilating the incoming energy, as the girl coughed up a mouthful of blood.
褐黄暗沉的荒野冒起巨鸣与烟尘翻滚的大爆炸。
The brownish-yellow, dim wilderness erupted with deafening roars and a rolling explosion of smoke and dust.
一辆灯光飘忽的黑色厚重轿车歪歪斜斜冲出烟尘，高速驶向前方，剩下的车辆尽数毁灭。
A heavy black sedan with flickering lights veered crookedly out of the smoke and dust, speeding forward, while the remaining vehicles were completely destroyed.
飞翔的毛毯坠落向地面，在即将摔在地上时它突地一缓，轻轻坠地。
The flying carpet plummeted toward the ground, but just before it hit, it suddenly slowed and gently touched down.
协议时间结束了。
The agreement time was over.
杨子藏感觉自己体内强大的力量被抽离，身子一阵空虚，差点倒下。 他强撑著运转琉璃感知贪婪自虚空汲取著某种修复身形的能量，深呼吸两口才够睁眼，看向散落于周围的那些被链条包裹的神石。
Yang Zicang felt the powerful force within him drain away, leaving his body hollow, and he nearly collapsed. Struggling to stay upright, he activated Lucid Sense, greedily drawing a certain energy from the void to repair his form. After taking two deep breaths, he managed to open his eyes and look at the divine stones wrapped in chains scattered around.
两个小光团飞了下来。
Two small orbs of light flew down.
｛坏坏杨厉害。｝
{Badass Yang is formidable.}
｛不愧是双百分的大人物！｝
{True to a big shot with double full marks!}
杨子藏看向天际，波纹消失，刚才看到的可能是真实降临的念想人物，也可能只是针对自己的精神攻击。 若是前者，不知是不是主编的几只笔之一。
Yang Zicang looked toward the sky. The ripples had vanished. What he had just seen might be a manifested thought entity from reality, or perhaps a mental attack aimed directly at him. If it were the former, it could be one of the Editor-in-Chief’s several pens.
不论哪种，那幻影都已经被星渺的力量所化解。
Regardless, the illusion had already been neutralized by the power of Xingmiao.
他从大毛毯上迈步而出。
He stepped out from beneath the large blanket.
这里的轿车全部损毁，成为渣滓，但神石却没什么大伤。
Every car here lay wrecked, reduced to useless scraps, yet the Divine Stones had sustained little to no damage.
「一二，三四… 五。 他们已经收集了五块神石！ 呼~」
“One, two, three… four… five. They already gathered five Divine Stones! Phew~”
得益于链条缠绕，没费什么功夫就认出了这些石头，将它们捡到了一起。
Thanks to the chain wrappings, he identified these stones with little effort and gathered them all together.
杨子藏心中放松了不少，这一下就节约了许多时间。
Yang Zicang felt a wave of relief wash over him; this alone had saved him a great deal of time.
此刻后方赶来的列车才「跌跌撞撞」地在地上划出痕迹停了下来。
Only then did the approaching train from behind “stumble and careen” to a halt, scraping gouges into the ground.
几个光团在半空注视著下方。
Several spheres of light hovered in midair, watching the scene below.
枢纽镇的萤幕墙内。
Inside Hubville’s screen wall.
一小半的画面都在转播著这在地上滑出长痕的幽灵列车，仿佛报导车祸的新闻画面。
Over half of the monitors were broadcasting live footage of this ghost train carving long marks across the ground—like a news report on some violent accident.