Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.19 第19章 惩戒者的融资
第19章 惩戒者的融资
Chapter 19: The Punisher’s Financing
城市中。
In the city.
废弃倒塌的一片建筑区域内，余霏和两名戴著帽子的队员来到了处背光之地。
In a collapsed and abandoned area of buildings, Yu Fei and two teammates wearing hats arrived at a shadowy, sheltered spot.
踢踏脚步声中，对面的阴影中走出穿著白色修身西裤的窈窕倩影。
With the sound of shuffling footsteps, a slender silhouette in white fitted trousers emerged from the shadow ahead.
「今天来的是周貂，还是周蝉？」
“Are you Zhou Diao today, or Zhou Chan?”
清淡香风袭来，余霏这边几人看著那秀美的脸庞，不由自主咽了口唾沫。
A subtle, fragrant breeze wafted over. Yu Fei’s group stared at the strikingly beautiful face before them, involuntarily swallowing their saliva.
这女人果然美艳不可方物，此刻即便穿著男人的衣裤，也散发著诱人魅力。 余霏身旁的三人已经想入非非，据说，这是一对双胞胎姐妹共用了貂蝉的代号。
The woman was undeniably exquisite beyond compare. Even in men’s clothing, she exuded an irresistible allure. The three men beside Yu Fei had already run wild with their imaginations. Rumors said this was actually a pair of twin sisters sharing the codename Diao Chan.
「你们的 A 级频率晶石，果真已经到手了吗？」
“Have you really obtained the Class-A frequency crystal already speaking?”
气质俏媚的美女微扬下巴，目光落在对面三人身上。
The charmingly coquettish beauty lifted her chin slightly, her gaze landing on the other three.
余霏将手上的盒子打开，露出里面散发著红色微光的水晶。
Yu Fei opened the box in his hand, revealing a crystal inside glowing with a faint red light.
「不错嘛，几位哥哥。」 周蝉双目灵动四扫后道：「铠甲呢？」
“Not bad, big brothers.” Zhou Chan’s lively eyes darted around, then added: “What about the armor?”
「铠甲还没到手。」
“The armor isn’t ours yet.”
余霏将装频率结晶的木盒合上后道：
Yu Fei closed the wooden box containing the frequency crystal and said:
「还有三天，如果它的本身拥有者没有反馈完整的 A 级交错之地的报告，我们就可以通过它进入 A 级交错之地了。」
“Three days remain. If the actual owner hasn’t submitted a complete report on the Class-A Crossing Ground by then, we can use this to enter it.”
又一修长身影从女人身后走出。
Another slender figure stepped out from behind the woman.
他全身笼罩在帅气的漆黑盔甲之下，背上背著把大剑。 男人瓮声瓮气地开口：
He was entirely clad in a handsome suit of pitch-black armor, with a greatsword strapped to his back. The man spoke in a deep, gruff voice:
「你们太注重那所谓的总部命令了，这个世界，哪还有什么家国概念。 呵，不要因为它是地球上出名的人所创办的，就将之当成金科玉律。 这里已经不是地球，过去的身份，不论是明星还是企业家，又或是精神领袖，都只是梦幻泡影。」
“You all place too much importance on so-called headquarters’ orders. In this world, what concept of home or nation even remains? Hah, don’t treat it as an unbreakable rule just because it was founded by someone famous from Earth. This is no longer Earth. Past identities—whether a star, an entrepreneur, or a spiritual leader—are nothing but fleeting illusions.”
男人说完后，周蝉道：
After the man finished speaking, Zhou Chan said:
「今晚便进入罢，我们已经调回了好几名强力人员。 马超，鲁智深，彼得潘都会来，只可惜张飞了。」
“We’ll enter tonight. We’ve already recalled several powerful personnel. Matt Chao, Lu Zhishen, and Peter Pan will all be coming. It’s just a pity about Zhang Fei.”
「不行。」
“No.”
余霏心情略差的道：
Yu Fei spoke with a slightly downcast mood:
「我们的人还没到齐。 这两天是给新人培育Moexl的好时候，新区域的两家医院我们必须搞到手。 所以还是三天后吧。」
“Our people haven’t all arrived yet. The next two days are the perfect time to cultivate Moxel for the newcomers. We must secure the two hospitals in the new zone. So it’s still three days from now.”
「嗯唔~」
“Mm-hmm~”
女人略带撒娇的轻哼声落在三人耳中，宛若有只嫩滑小手在轻轻捏住自己的心脏抚摸按压般，让人紧张迫切，血液沸腾。
The woman’s faint, coquettish hum fell upon the three men’s ears, like a delicate little hand gently gripping and stroking their hearts—evoking urgency and setting their blood ablaze.
忽地，她接收到某个赤红的细微Moexl连结。
Suddenly, she received a faint crimson Moxel link.
｛马超离开驻地了，探索银白的 A 级交错地在即，不容有失。 你去留住他。｝
{Matt Chao has left the base. Exploring the silver Grade-A overlapping zone is imminent, and there’s no room for error. You go and hold him back.}
「嗐，行吧~」周蝉扭腰转身，侧脸扫了几人一眼后，行入建筑阴影之中。
“Ah, fine~,” Zhou Chan twisted her waist and turned around, glancing sideways at a few of them before stepping into the shadow of the building.
香风散去。 无形的诱惑气场也随之散去。
The fragrant breeze dissipated. The intangible aura of temptation faded with it.
「这娘们，真…」
“That woman, really…”
「嘘。」 余霏竖起根手指，「人未走远，不要触怒她。」
“Shh.” Yu Fei raised a finger. “She hasn’t gone far. Don’t provoke her.”
忽地，几人接受到根心灵画面的转接，瞬间呆愣在地。
Suddenly, a mental image transmission was relayed to them, leaving them stunned on the spot.
「什么？ 怪物的融资！」
“What? That monster’s financing!”
一人喉咙中挤出难以置信的声音。
A voice squeezed out from one of their throats, laced with disbelief.
余菲不可思议的看著连接到的画面。
Yu Fei stared at the connected image in astonishment.
「它要消灭的是杨子藏！」
“It wants to eliminate Yang Zicang!”
……
身材匀称高大的罗鑫正看著一个新人从变得破败的诊所内出来。
Luo Xin, with his well-proportioned and tall build, was watching a newcomer emerge from the now-ruined clinic.
「还好，是三角形。」 旁边人说道。
“At least it’s a triangle,” someone beside him said.
罗鑫抬手示意他闭嘴。
Luo Xin raised a hand, signaling him to shut up.
「什么能力。」
“What ability does it have?”
「是，是…」这人扭捏不已。
“It, it is…” The man stammered awkwardly.
看到罗鑫身边那位吃人般的目光，这青年才赶紧的道：「是加倍输液，能在人体内储存两倍于血液的液体。」
Seeing the predatory look in Luo Xin’s companion’s eyes, the young man quickly blurted out: “It’s double-rate infusion, allowing the storage of liquid twice the volume of blood inside the body.”
两人失望的叹了口气。
The two let out disappointed sighs.
「也还好，至少有你后，出门可以不用带那么多水了。」
“That’s still fine, at least with you, we don’t have to carry so much water when we go out.”
「不过，好像还有个附属能力。」
“But, it seems there’s also an attached ability.”
罗鑫抬头：「是什么？」
Luo Xin looked up: “What is it?”
他没想到这个三角形Moexl居然拥有两个能力，这种概率可能四五十人才会出现一个。
He never expected this triangular Moxel to possess two abilities—a probability that occurs in only one out of forty or fifty people.
「是… 在水中聚合出低浓度的葡萄糖，可以恢复精神，补充体力。」
“It’s… being able to aggregate low-concentration glucose in water, restoring mental clarity and replenishing physical strength.”
罗鑫身旁那人咬牙切齿的看了诊所一眼。
The person beside Luo Xin gritted their teeth and shot a glare at the clinic.
几人身前空气中延生出道发丝般的曲折细微白线。
In the air before them, a thin, twisted white line like a strand of hair extended and curled.
「啊，罗鑫队长，你接收到这个了吗？」
“Ah, Captain Luo Xin, did you receive this?”
「我在跟别人通话，怎么？」
“I’m talking to someone else, what’s wrong?”
这名队员赶紧让罗鑫断掉心灵连结，接受这个Moexl的融资场景。
This team member quickly urged Luo Xin to sever the mental link and accept the Moxel’s financing scene.
罗鑫照著做后，脸色大变。
After Luo Xin followed the instructions, his expression drastically changed.
只见感应画面中，一道人影蹲坐在延伸出深渊般墙壁的大型金属管道边缘。
In the sensory scene, a figure was squatting on the edge of a large metallic pipe that extended like an abyssal wall.
而在第三视角般的周围，是密密麻麻，疯狂冲著上面嘶吼的老鼠怪物。
Around them, in a third-person perspective, were countless rat monsters crazily screeching upward.
「队长，你说这么多鼠怪，那家伙是怎么过去的。」
“Captain, with all these rat monsters, how did that guy get over there?”
「是他！」 罗鑫只是看了眼，便将杨子藏认了出来。
“It’s him!” Luo Xin recognized Yang Zicang with just one glance.
罗鑫作为这片区域的地头蛇，当然知道那上面管道的存在。
As the local boss of this area, Luo Xin naturally knew about the pipes above.
却因为老鼠怪物会疯狂攻击到达那里的人，一直未曾有机会上去过。
But because the rat monsters would crazily attack anyone who reached there, he had never had a chance to go up.
但此刻，这家伙不光已经去到了怪物巢穴之中，甚至还在数百上千怪物的围攻中到达了那个难以企及的区域。
Yet at this moment, this guy had not only already infiltrated the monster nest but had also, amidst the siege of hundreds or even thousands of monsters, reached an otherwise inaccessible zone.
但这还不是令其吃惊的。
But that wasn’t what truly startled him.
吃惊的是，此刻在他感应画面中的视角主人，是一只人立而起的老鼠怪物。
What stunned him was that the perspective host in his sensory imagery was a rat monster standing upright on its hind legs.
这怪物不光如同人类般站立著，还用闪动著青寒光芒的钢铁爪子抓著杆银白色的长枪武器，它身前还有著一道力场形成的光盾。
This monster not only stood like a human but also wielded an icy, gleaming silver lance with its steel claws, while a shimmering energy shield formed by a force field floated before it.
怪物居然在进行Moexl融资？ 这是闻所未闻的事情。
Was the monster actually engaging in Moxel financing? Such a thing was utterly unheard of.
｛吾受轨迹之上，评议委员之委任，欲消灭懦弱者，清除隐患。｝
“I bear the commission of the Trial Council, within the bounds of the trajectory, to eliminate the weaklings and clear hidden dangers.”
鼠人惩戒者抬起左爪，竖立四厘米长的尖锐指甲，指向上方杨子藏的身影。
The ratman Punisher raised its left claw, unsheathing razor-sharp fingernails four centimeters long, pointing upward at the figure of Yang Zicang.
｛为吾投资时序达 500N 者，可分得其后一刻钟内此地所有逝者之完整时序，无论是否抵消。｝
“To those who InvestChronos and reach 500 N in me shall be granted the complete Chronos of all who fall here in the following quarter-hour, regardless of any offset.”
众人哗然，连消耗的时序都能分发给投资者，这太恐怖了！
The crowd erupted in uproar. Even the consumed Chronos could be distributed to investors—this was utterly terrifying!
「评议委员？」
“The Trial Council?”
无数人念叨著这个奇怪的称呼，杨子藏是惹到了这样的存在？
Countless voices murmured this strange title. Had Yang Zicang provoked beings of such dread?
咚！ 怪物将右爪的武器重重杵在地上，发出沉闷嗡鸣，将众人思绪拉回。
Thud! The monster slammed the weapon in its right claw heavily onto the ground, emitting a dull, ringing tremor that snapped everyone back to their senses.
这武器，只听其声便知是件好宝贝。
One could tell from the very sound of this weapon that it was a prized treasure of exceptional quality.
怪物刚说完，高处一道微光划动，在前方的死角处弧线转弯直冲而来。
As soon as the monster finished its words, a faint gleam traced through the air from above, curving sharply at their blind spot and hurtling straight toward it.
砰！ 这散发著金色虚影的光芒炸在力场上，终于将之砸碎开来，而那粒石子也粉碎。
Bang! The light radiating a golden phantom exploded against the force field, finally shattering it into pieces—while the speck of gravel, too, was pulverized.
这说明两者时序旗鼓相当。
This shows that the two are evenly matched in Chronos.
[女神兄弟盟为惩戒者提供 500N 投资。]
[The Sisterhood of Deities provides 500N Invest to the Executors.]
所有接收到这画面的人都感知到了这个反馈。
Everyone who received this visual feed registered the feedback instantly.
附近的人都听过这个名字，算是活动在右街的一股不弱的势力。
All those nearby had heard the name—they were a force to be reckoned with on Right Street.
这队伍尽然毫不犹豫就选择给怪物进行投资。
The team didn’t hesitate for a moment, deciding outright to Invest the monster.
[山民组为惩戒者提供 501N 投资。]
[Mountain Folk Group provides 501N Invest for Executor.]
老鼠惩戒者身前出现两个如同简约指环般的银色光圈，它用手将之捏住，侧头看向身旁一只体型如狗般硕大的老鼠。
Before the Rat Executor, two silvery rings, like simple bands, materialized. He pinched them in his grip and tilted his head toward a giant rat beside him, as large as a dog.
钢指一弹，银白光圈进入这老鼠体内，它「呜嗷」嘶吼，身体霎时膨胀开来，黑雾弥漫如同铠甲包裹这快速成型的魁梧人形体魄。
With a flick of his steel fingers, the silvery-white ring shot into the rat’s body. It let out a guttural cry as its frame swelled in an instant. Black mist erupted, cloaking it like armor and rapidly shaping it into a towering, muscular humanoid form.
另一道光环也被它一弹，进入另一只老鼠体内。
Another ring of light was flicked by him, entering the body of another mouse.
周围老鼠像是收到了指令，纷纷嘶吼声后奔跑，它们争先恐后冲出断裂管道。
The surrounding mice seemed to receive instructions; after screeching, they ran, rushing frantically out of the broken pipe.
这两个体型硕大的鼠人速度飞快在这些不顾生死冲出铁管的老鼠背上一踏，身体就跃起。
These two massive ratmen stepped swiftly on the backs of the mice that were recklessly charging out of the iron pipe, launching their bodies into the air.
看者无不骇然，这些家伙居然毫不顾忌死亡，也要冲上去杀死那个男人。
The onlookers were horrified—these creatures showed no regard for death, willing to rush forward to kill that man.
那家伙到底做了什么，令这些老鼠如此愤怒？
What on earth had he done to make these rats so enraged?
高处的杨子藏冷汗直冒，他手掌挥动。
From a high vantage point, sweat dripped down Yang Zicang’s forehead as he swung his hand.
砰砰砰！
Boom! Boom! Boom!
几道闪烁著金银色的虚光精准命中如虎豹般跃出的老鼠头𫠆，只听嘭的声响，几道身影还在半空就爆炸开来。
Several flickering streaks of silver-golden phantom light precisely struck the rat heads leaping out like tigers and leopards; with a series of booming sounds, the figures burst apart midair.
「好家伙，连最基本的武器都没有，这是完全用时序去压制啊。」
“Wow, not even the most basic weapons—it’s pure suppression with Chronos.”
「他是野人吗！」 外界众人道。
“Is he a savage?!” the onlookers outside exclaimed.
在这些人眼中，杨子藏在拿石子当散弹枪。
In their eyes, Yang Zicang was using pebbles as shotguns.
如果只是用超过对方不多的时序攻击，那么受打击者会受到普通程度的伤害。
If an attack uses only slightly more Chronos than the opponent, then the recipient suffers ordinary-level damage.
一般那种程度的对抗，就如同在地球的对打。
A conflict of that degree is akin to a standard fight back on Earth.
比如那些被困在大巴内，想要摧毁铁门的人，哪怕用超过三十年寿命砸门，也仅砸出凹坑罢了。
For instance, those trapped inside the bus and attempting to destroy the iron door would only dent it, even if they spent over thirty years of their lifespan smashing against it.
但如果超过其防御时序的两倍，就会造成严重的伤害。
However, if the attack’s Chronos exceeds the door’s defense by twofold, it would cause severe damage.
三倍以上，那便会对该部位造成毁灭性的伤害，便如同杨子藏一拳就将张飞双臂打得灰飞烟灭，就是用出超过张飞附著于手臂三倍的时序。
At threefold or higher, the inflicted damage would be devastating to that part, much like how Yang Zicang’s single punch reduced Zhang Fei’s arms to ashes—he used more than three times the Chronos layered on Zhang Fei’s arms.
此刻对于这些老鼠怪物来说，其寿命也就是十来年，哪怕被增幅，也仅仅是翻两三倍，几十年而已。
As for these rat monsters now, their lifespan is merely a dozen years. Even with amplification, it only doubles or triples—a few decades at best.
遇到杨子藏这种随便一粒石子就附著百年时序的攻击，它们本就脆弱的躯体会被放大收到的冲击，如同被炮仗炸过似的。
When facing Yang Zicang, whose attacks—like a single pebble—carry a century’s worth of Chronos, their already fragile bodies magnify the impact they receive, exploding like firecrackers.
但此刻，消灭这几道身影的杨子藏没有获得对方的时序反馈。
Yet, after annihilating these silhouettes, Yang Zicang did not receive any Chronos feedback from them.
而且，在人们看不见的画面中，这些失去生命的老鼠们，身上冒出一道道黑雾窜上通道，从杨子藏身旁划过，进入后方那洞穴内。
Moreover, in a scene invisible to others, wisps of black smoke rose from the dead rats, streaking up the passage, brushing past Yang Zicang, and flowing into the cave behind him.
它们穿过被敲碎锁的铁门那不甚严实的缝隙，汇聚到大殿内那道身影的肚内。
They slipped through the gaps in the iron door whose lock had been broken, converging into the belly of the figure inside the main hall.
「杀死怪物没有时序，这就是惩罚吗？」
“To kill a monster without Chronos—is this the punishment?”
正在杨子藏诧异中，两道健硕身影已经轻盈落在通道口。
As Yang Zicang was caught in astonishment, two burly figures had already lightly landed at the entrance of the passageway.
那些牺牲生命为它们垫脚的老鼠，让它们成功来到了这里。
Those rats, which had sacrificed their lives to serve as stepping stones for them, had allowed them to successfully arrive here.
「吼！」 它们胸口光环闪烁出三角形，身影快速冲来！
“Roar!” Triangles flickered from the halo on their chests, and the figures charged forward swiftly!
呼呼！
Whoosh! Whoosh!
两道钢爪以差之毫厘的距离从自己身旁划过。
Two steel claws brushed past him by a hair’s breadth.
杨子藏的眸子圆睁，身体如风中草絮般在这两人攻击中飘摇。
Yang Zicang’s eyes were wide open, his body swaying like a blade of grass in the wind amidst the attacks of these two men.
「大哥你坚持住啊！」
“Big Brother, hang in there!”
梁喜焦急的宾士在这已经变得空旷的怪物巢穴内。
Liang Xi hurriedly dashed through the now empty monster lair, a look of anxiety plastered on his face.
收到心灵连结的梁喜心中暗自焦急，没想到杨大哥居然遇到这样危机的情况！
Through their mental link, Liang Xi felt an inner sense of urgency, never expecting that Brother Yang would encounter such a dangerous crisis!
感知画面中，那握著银白长枪的鼠人已经走到通道断裂处，往上空看去。
In his sensory vision, the ratman gripping the silver lance had already stepped to the broken edge of the passage, gazing up into the sky.