Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.29 第29章 宾哥，借点寿
第29章 宾哥，借点寿
Chapter 29: Brother Bin, Lend Me Some Life
纸张上除了这最后的警告内容，还有关于去总部报导的好处。
Besides the final warning, the paper also listed the benefits of reporting to headquarters.
自登记开始，每个月有免费低保物资; 那里有安全的秘能道具交易场所; 可花时序购买到更好的生活物资与食物。
From the moment of registration, basic subsistence supplies were provided monthly for free; there was a secure market for trading mysterious items; and Chronos could be used to purchase better living supplies and food.
乃至于其它只能在总部获得的特殊东西。
It even mentioned certain special items that could only be obtained at headquarters.
比如「力场」能力的共鸣，比如四边形Moexl所对应的绯月级频率晶石的凝现，它们的诞生都只能在那所谓的总部进行。
For instance, the resonance of the “Force Field” ability, or the crystallization of Crimson-Moon-Level frequency gems corresponding to QuadMoxel—these could only be born at what they called headquarters.
听上去好处倒是有不少，但 A 级交错地内，会诞生百年器吗？
It sounded like there were plenty of perks, but could Cent-Arms truly emerge within a Class-A Intersection Zone?
看完它的杨子藏当场将纸张撕成了碎片。
After reading it, Yang Zicang immediately tore the paper into shreds on the spot.
这些人还是在妄图打自己枪的主意，方式比抢稍微好那么点。
These people were still scheming to get their hands on his gun, their methods just slightly less blatant than outright robbery.
「力场能力是要在总部共鸣才有的对吧。」
“So the Force Field ability can only be attained through resonance at headquarters, right?”
杨子藏边撕边说道。
Yang Zicang said while tearing the paper apart.
「嗯嗯。」
“Mm-hmm.”
梁喜存心想表演一番。
Liang Xi deliberately put on a little show.
一道力场哗地展现，薄薄的悬浮在身前。
With a whoosh, a force field materialized, hovering thinly in front of him.
「它最高能投入一百年时序来进行防御。」 梁喜道。
“At its peak, it can invest a hundred years’ worth of Chronos for defense,” Liang Xi said.
杨子藏转头吃惊的看向他：「你说一百年？ 它能增幅到五百年吗？」
Yang Zicang turned his head and looked at him in shock: “You said a hundred years? Can it be amplified to five hundred years?”
「虽然没试过，但应该没问题，因为我投入十年就有五十年，很舒服，要是我的Moexl也能这么高增幅就好了。」
“I’ve never tried, but it should be possible—because when I invest ten years, I get fifty, which feels great. I only wish my Moxel could be amplified this much.”
竟然是如此。
It turned out to be so.
五倍增幅！
Fivefold Enhancement!
「哥，这个是雕像给我们所有人的能力，只要和它共鸣，都能展现力场。 它非常非常大，跟山一样高，在一座大大的神庙中。」
“Bro, this is an ability granted to all of us by that statue. Anyone who resonates with it can unleash a force field. It’s incredibly huge, as tall as a mountain, and located inside a massive temple.”
居然那么大，那不就是乐山大佛了吗。
That big? It must be like the Leshan Giant Buddha.
不过那尊大佛可不在神庙中，所以那雕像是这个世界的东西？
But that big Buddha isn’t inside a temple, so this statue belongs to this world?
「长期占据著那里的那群人，就是我们口中的‘总部‘。 他们中有些人在地球的时候，就是大人物，有明星，有大公司董事长，还有科学家，学者。 但也有很多拥有厉害Moexl的普通人。」
“The group that’s been occupying that place for a long time—we call them ‘Headquarters.‘ Among them, some were big shots back on Earth: celebrities, chairmen of major corporations, scientists, and scholars. But there are also plenty of ordinary folks with powerful Moxels.”
杨子藏呼了口气，他觉得全身有种酥麻感。
Yang Zicang let out a breath, feeling a tingling numbness spread through his body.
什么总部他并不关心，此刻杨子藏所在意的是力场最高仅一百年时序的投入，却能达到五百年的时序增幅度。
He didn’t care about whatever Headquarters was. What interested Yang Zicang right now was that, with a force field input of Clockwork at most a hundred years, the amplification could reach five hundred years of Clockwork increase.
那雕像，是五边形能力者所留下的？ 这个世界，果然还有更多线条的Moexl！
Was that statue left behind by a pentagonal ability user? This world really had Moxels with even more edges!
他默默感受了下四边形Moexl内蕴含的资讯。
He quietly sensed the information contained within the QuadMoxel.
[初级尸跳，剩余使用次数1。]
[Basic Corpse Leap, remaining uses: 1.]
[邮徽。]
[Mail Emblem.]
杨子藏眼角眯了眯，看向雀跃著将光盾挪过来挪过去的梁喜。
Yang Zicang narrowed his eyes slightly, shifting his gaze to Liang Xi, who was gleefully shifting the light shield around.
「阿梁，你知道邮徽吗？」
“Ah Liang, do you know about the Mail Emblem?”
梁喜转头茫然的望向他。
Liang Xi turned her head and looked at him blankly.
杨子藏感受著这枚邮徽，当注意到它后，邮徽传递来些许模糊的资讯：可以定位想要去到的念境。
Yang Zicang felt the postal emblem, and upon noticing it, the emblem conveyed some vague information: it could locate the desired Near Realm.
没说能获得技能的事。 同理，它肯定还有许多隐藏资讯。
It didn’t mention anything about gaining skills. Likewise, it likely held plenty of hidden information.
……
远远望著一片废弃花园的洛宾将望远镜收回。
Robin Lo, gazing from afar at a desolate garden, retracted his telescope.
「为什么没人，明明就是这儿才对。」
“Why is there no one? This is definitely the place.”
他的眉头皱了皱。
His brow furrowed.
[我，伟大的四边形确定，关键人物就在附近，我没错，没错！]
[I, the great Quad, affirm that the key figure is nearby. I’m not wrong, not wrong!]
「…….」
「…….」
[我真是个废物。]
[I’m such a waste.]
「你大爷的。」
“Damn you.”
当他离开后，旁边不远处的建筑顶端走出道身影俯视著下方。
After he left, a figure emerged on the rooftop of a nearby building, looking down from above.
那是如同小巨人般高大的光头、宽肩身影。
It was a towering, broad-shouldered figure with a shaved head, like a little giant.
黑色长筒裤在他粗壮的双腿上被一阵风吹得哗哗作响。
A gust of wind rustled his black long pants against his thick, sturdy legs.
……
破败长街上。
On the dilapidated street.
「对面的，你是谁？」
“Hey there, who are you?”
「总算在这堵住了你们，呵，明明遇到难得的拉长时间的际遇，干嘛往外跑呢。」
“Finally cornered you here. Ha, when you chance upon a rare extended moment of time, why bother trying to flee?”
王育安看著前方一群落难般，拎著寒酸行李步行的人。
Warren Wang watched the group ahead, trudging along like refugees with shabby belongings in hand.
杨千排众而出：「你想干嘛？」
Yang Qian stepped forward from the crowd and said, “What do you want?”
「我？ 呵，作为职业投资人，当然是给你送财来了。」
“Me? Ha, as a professional Investor, of course I’m here to deliver fortune to you.”
「职业投资人？」 这些人面面相觑。
“Professional Investor?” These people looked at each other in bewilderment.
王育安不理会这些人，上前把杨千拉到路边，手搭在这人肩膀上背著众人低语。
Warren Wang ignored them, stepping forward to pull Yang Qian aside, his hand resting on the man’s shoulder as he whispered lowly away from the group.
「你想投资我？」 杨千倒是听过这种人的存在。
“You want to Invest me?” Yang Qian, however, had heard of such people’s existence.
「给你个投资机会。」
“I’m giving you an Investment opportunity.”
「要我投资你？」
“You want me to Invest in you?”
「在我规定的时间，给一个人投资。 呵，你之前的战斗场景我匿名看过了。 真的，一塌糊涂。 职业和非职业的区别就在这里。」
“Within the time I set, invest in one person. Ha, I watched your previous combat scenes anonymously. Really, a complete mess. This is the difference between a professional and an amateur.”
王育安潇洒的拿手指戳了戳自己脑袋。
Warren Wang tapped his head confidently with a finger.
「什么？」
“What?”
「就在这一念之间。」
“It’s all within this thought.”
杨千嫌弃的斜视他。
Yang Qian squinted at him with disdain.
「到时候我会给你至少五千时序。 你全部拿去按我做的投资给那个人。 但我要收走百分之九十五的时序。」
“I’ll give you at least five thousand Chronos. Pour it all into investing in that person according to my plan. But I’ll take away ninety-five percent of the Chronos.”
「收走那么多！ 才给我百分之五。」
“Taking away that much! That leaves me with only five percent.”
「多？ 怎么会多呢。 你会获得百分之五的时序收益，以及那个人给你的承诺，一个四边形的友谊，千金不换才对啊。」
“Too much? How could it be too much. You’ll gain the five percent Chronos profit, plus that person’s promise—the friendship of a Quad. That’s priceless, isn’t it?”
杨千浑身一震。
Yang Qian’s whole body trembled.
「你该…」杨千左右看了眼，压低声音急道：「该不会是让我投资那个杨什么的家伙吧！」
“You couldn’t be…,” he said, glancing left and right and lowering his voice urgently, “asking me to invest in that, that Yang guy, could you?”
「没错。 你是最好的人选，否则他反应过来的话，不会接受这么大笔时序。」
“That’s right. You’re the best choice—otherwise, if he catches on, he won’t accept such a huge amount of Chronos.”
王育安拍了拍他肩膀：
Warren Wang patted him on the shoulder:
「你是唯一被他邀请的人。 真是不知道走什么运，居然会有机会让我来再次提醒你把握投资，这大概是你祖宗在保佑你啊！」
“You’re the only one he invited. I really don’t know what kind of luck you’ve stumbled upon that gave me the chance to remind you again to seize the Invest—this must be your ancestors blessing you!”
「可是…」
“But…”
「还有什么好可是的。」
“There’s no point in ‘buts.‘“
「我都拒绝他了。」
“I already rejected him.”
「你不会有什么心理障碍吧？」
“You don’t have some mental block, do you?”
「那多丢脸啊！」
“How embarrassing that would be!”
「你说得对，脸面最重要。」
“You’re right, saving face is the most important thing.”
王育安深吸口气，搭在肩膀上的手轻轻拍了拍，强笑道：
Warren Wang took a deep breath, gently patted the hand on his shoulder, and forced a smile:
「你就当是赏我个脸，委屈下自己好了。」
“Just think of it as doing me a favor and humoring yourself for a bit.”
「那，那能不能再给我多分点。 要不就… 百分之… 六？」
“Then, then can you give me a bigger share? How about… six percent?”
正说著的杨千像是突然开窍般想到了什么问题，他声音压得更低：
As Yang Qian was talking, it seemed he suddenly caught on to something, and he lowered his voice even further:
「你为何如此看好他，还专门到这来堵我。 该不会是被他最后的那番话给说动了吧。」
“Why do you think so highly of him that you’d come all the way here to corner me? Don’t tell me you were swayed by that final speech of his.”
「作为职业投资人，我怎么会如此感情用事。 我只看数据说话的好不好。」
“As a professional investor, how could I be so sentimental? I only rely on the data, you know.”
王育安笑道：「呵，想知道为什么吗？ 价值一千年时序的最新情报，仅需五百年我就出售给你，如何。」
“Hmph,” Warren Wang laughed. “Want to know why? The latest intel worth a thousand years of Chronos— I’ll sell it to you for just five hundred. How about that?”
「啊，呃，算了。」
“Ah, uh, never mind.”
…..
胡乱耍了几趟枪的杨子藏收到了洛宾的心灵连结。
After fumbling through a series of moves with his spear, Yang Zicang received a telepathic link from Robin Lo.
「正好，我想问问关于邮徽的事。」
“Perfect, I wanted to ask you about the Emblem Post.”
｛邮徽？ 哈，你果然在昨天获得了它。 那跳跃技能的确是很配你，这就是邮徽的能力，虽然是随机梦境，但实际上获得的能力都是很适合你的。｝
{Postmark? Ha, I knew you’d get it yesterday. That jumping skill really suits you—that’s the power of the Postmark. Although it’s a random dreamscape, the abilities it grants are always tailored to you.}
杨子藏往楼下走出，笑道：「能否告诉我多些关于它的消息？」
Yang Zicang walked downstairs, chuckling as he asked, “Can you tell me more about it?”
另一端的洛宾同样笑呵呵的看著杨子藏。
Robin Lo on the other end also smiled warmly at Yang Zicang.
｛情报不是免费的，你知道吧。｝
{Information isn’t free, you know.}
「不是吧哥，我才刚刚…」
“Come on, man, I just… I just…”
｛别急，我只是让你知道它们的价值。 没错，这种情报，价值都是十年起。 不然你以为我的时序是怎么赚来的。｝
{Easy there, I’m just letting you know their value. That’s right, this kind of info is worth at least a decade. What, you think I earned my Chronos any other way?}
感情这位是个情报贩子。
So this guy’s an information broker.
杨子藏不怀好意的仔细打量了下感知场景中的对方，不知道自己的情报在这家伙手里能值多少时序。
Yang Zicang sized up the other party in his perceptive scene with ill intent, wondering how much his own intel would be worth in Chronos to this fellow.
不过，洛宾应该不会卖的吧，至少不会这么快。
But Robin Lo probably wouldn’t sell it, at least not anytime soon.
似受到自己的心念注意，感知画面中的洛宾形象放大了些，主要画面都聚焦到了他身上。
As if sensing his thoughts, Robin Lo’s figure in the perceptive view grew larger, the main frame all on him.
｛如果你某日，每小时获得超过一百年以上的时序，那么就可以在当日获得残缺邮徽。 同时，如果你连续三天获得残缺邮徽，就能得到枚完整的…｝
{One day, if you earn more than a hundred years’ worth of Chronos per hour, you’ll get a fragmented Postmark on that day. And if you get fragmented Postmarks three days in a row, you’ll earn a complete one…}
洛宾背诵课文似的说著，杨子藏赶紧打断了他。
Robin Lo recited it like a textbook, and Yang Zicang quickly cut him off.
「残缺和完整，有什么区别？」
“What’s the difference between fragmented and complete?”
｛嘿，又是十年，这下子我算是免费给了你两个十年的情报咨询费了。 我这还是便宜的，毕竟这里十之八九都是短命鬼，买不起贵的资讯。｝
“Hey, another ten years gone—basically, I’ve given you two decades worth of consulting fees for free. And I’m being cheap here, since most folks in this place are short-lived and can’t afford expensive info.”
「别废话，我的时间很紧。」
“Cut the crap—I don’t have time to waste.”
回去路上，梁喜在旁边看著杨子藏好似自言自语似的说著话。
On the way back, Liang Xi watched as Yang Zicang seemed to murmur to himself like a solitary speaker.
｛很紧？ 你知道又能有什么用，完整邮徽是很难获得的。｝
“Pressed for time? What would knowing do you any good anyway? A complete Postmark is no easy thing to get.”
还在博物馆边缘的洛宾一一介绍起完整邮徽的作用来。
Still lingering on the edge of the museum, Robin Lo launched into an explanation of the complete Postmark’s functions.
这下杨子藏才知道，除了可以主动定位梦境场，还有一定概率在那些梦境中获得神秘的新能力。
Only then did Yang Zicang grasp that, besides actively locking onto Dreamscapes, there was also a chance to acquire mysterious new abilities within those dreams.
以及最重要的，那就是可以用时序在里面延续停留的时间。
And the most crucial point—that you could use Chronos to prolong your stay inside them.
这个情报，杨子藏虽已有猜测，但能在这里确认是最好不过的。
Though Yang Zicang had already guessed this bit of info, confirming it here was the best possible outcome.
他心中暗叹，还好没有贸然进入，自己根本没什么额外时序。
He breathed a silent sigh of relief, glad he hadn’t rushed in rashly—after all, he had no extra Chronos to spare.
双方边通过心灵连结聊天，边回到了房间内碰头。
Chatting through their mental link, the two returned to the room and met up.
微光中，洛宾一到就开了罐啤酒，看了杨子藏一眼：「要来一罐吗？」
In the faint haze, Robin Lo cracked open a beer as soon as he arrived and shot Yang Zicang a glance: “Want one?”
「不用。」
“I’m good.”
咕咚。
Gulp.
「好小子，打完整邮徽的主意？ 呵，这世界可真是神秘，我知道有两个人突然之间就变得很强，我个人猜测他们或许获得过完整邮徽。」
“Clever kid, eying that complete Postmark? Hah, this world is full of mysteries, you know. I remember two guys who suddenly got incredibly strong—my bet is they’d nabbed a complete Postmark or two.”
咕咚咕咚咕咚，嗝。
Gulp, gulp, gulp… burp.
「嘿，你要是能有这方面的完美情报，可以卖给我。 据说完整的邮徽可以交易，不知道是不是真的，这只是个小道消息。」
“Hey, if you could get perfect intel on this, you could sell it to me. I heard intact mail insignias can be traded—not sure if it’s true, just a rumor.”
啪嗒，又一罐啤酒打开。
Click, another can of beer was popped open.
「你这样喝酒，不怕喝坏身子？」
“Drinking like this, aren’t you afraid of ruining your health?”
杨子藏搓了搓手看向他，关怀了句。
Yang Zicang rubbed his hands together as he looked at him, showing a bit of concern.
「总部那边，路边上有大把诞生治疗能力，但没什么战斗力的人。 他们眼巴巴等著老爷我去换他们的能力球呢，我这是为给他们冲销量做准备。」
“Over at HQ, there are loads of people on the streets with healing abilities but no combat power. They’re itching for me, their ‘lord,‘ to trade for their ability orbs. I’m just prepping to boost their sales volume.”
「……」梁喜默默喝了口矿泉水。
“…” Liang Xi silently took a sip of his mineral water.
折线光芒闪动。
A flickering gleam of light darted by.
洛宾微醺地看著对面两人身前，一道丝线将这两个家伙相连。
Robin Lo, slightly buzzed, watched the two across from him—a fine thread visibly linking them.
梁喜心中给杨子藏道，这个是假消息。
Liang Xi mentally passed a message to Yang Zicang: This is fake news.
治疗能力者是被各种组织抢著要的，待遇很好。 蕴含强效治疗能力的物品也是很贵的。
Healers were hotly sought after by all sorts of organizations and treated well. Items with potent healing abilities were also expensive.
杨子藏没有拆穿洛宾，反而搓了搓手的道：
Yang Zicang didn’t call Robin Lo out on it; instead, he rubbed his hands together and said:
「那个… 宾哥。」
“Um… Brother Bin.”
说出这俩字的杨子藏都被自己恶寒到。
Yang Zicang cringed at himself the moment those words left his mouth.
梁喜诧异扭头看向自己的杨大哥。
Liang Xi turned his head in surprise to look at his big brother Yang.
洛宾眉毛一跳，警惕的注视对面神情扭捏的年轻人。
Robin Lo raised an eyebrow, his gaze sharp and wary on the unnaturally fidgety young man across from him.
「那个，我能借点寿… 时序吗？ 我可以给你打欠条。」
“Um, could I borrow some Life… Chronos? I can give you an IOU.”
「滚蛋。」
“Get lost.”