Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.57 第57章 完结的契约与实验 -3
第57章 完结的契约与实验 –3
Chapter 57: The Completed Contract and Experiment – 3
正在准备进入A级交错地的马超壹愣。
Matt Chao, about to enter the Grade-A intersection, was stunned for a moment.
「怎么了。」他身边壹个大光头转头问道。
“What’s wrong?” A bald man beside him turned and asked.
「没什么。」
“Nothing.”
站在这扇门前，马超转头深深看了眼黑暗中的残缺城市。他相信杨子藏就躲在里面的某个建筑内。
Standing before this door, Matt Chao twisted around to gaze deeply at the ruined city cloaked in darkness, convinced that Yang Zicang was hiding in one of the buildings inside.
竟然能清除自己种下的标记。
The mark he had planted could actually be cleansed.
那不知是如何能够清除标记的方法，绝对不能传播出去。
The method of removing the mark—whatever it might be—must never be allowed to spread.
马超胸前壹道红色的环形浮现，四边形的线条折射出去。
A red halo materialized on Matt Chao’s chest, and a line of Quad refracted outward.
……
现实中半天后，莫里从堆满东西的木床上醒来。
Half a day later in reality, Morris woke up from a wooden bed piled high with stuff.
屋子的窗户大开著，酥软的夜风将窗帘荡起，酒味已经消散了。
The window of the room was wide open, a gentle night breeze billowing the curtains, while the smell of alcohol had already dissipated.
「妳醒了啊。」波波利正坐在旁边的小板凳上嗦著泡面，用磕绊的汉语道。
“You’re awake.” Popoli was sitting on a small stool nearby, slurping instant noodles, speaking in halting Chinese.
莫里指著泡面道：「这东西哪里来的。」
Morris pointed to the noodles and asked, “Where did this come from?”
「刚才，下单‘汉语‘的老板过来看过我，他给带来的。」
“Just now, boss who ordered ‘Chinese’ came over to see me and brought it along.”
波波利叉起泡面，吹了口气道：
Popoli forked up some noodles, blew on them, and said:
「妳看，我把泡面恶魇给吃掉了，妳要来口吗。」
“See, I’m chowing down on the noodle nightmare. Want a bite?”
这是枢纽镇里的人最爱开的玩笑。在食物诞生恶魇之前将它们吃掉，就相当于把恶魇吃掉了。
This was a classic joke folks in Hubville loved to crack—devouring food before any nightmare spawns equals eating the nightmare itself.
莫里看著身穿睡衣，黄发乱糟糟的消瘦少年，笑道：「别吃了。」
Morris looked at the skinny youth with disheveled blonde hair, clad in pajamas, and chuckled, “Stop eating.”
「呼呼，好香啊，好久没吃到这么好吃的东西了。」
“Ahh, it smells so good. I haven’t had anything this delicious in ages.”
「我说让妳别吃了啊，蠢驴。」
“I told you to stop eating, you idiot.”
莫里坐起身将他手中的碗给抢了过来。
Morris sat up and snatched the bowl from his hands.
「喂，妳干嘛啊，我吃了还得加紧学中文呢。」
“Hey, what are you doing? I still need to eat so I can get back to studying Chinese faster.”
「在地球妳要是这么努力学，早就不用去搞什么代练了。」
“If you’d studied this hard on Earth, you’d have no need for boosting jobs.”
想到这家伙都不知是第几次学中文了，莫里就觉得很好笑。
Thinking about how many times this guy had tried to learn Chinese reminded Morris of just how absurd it was.
对于少年来说这简直是精神的地狱，确也是他为数不多能运用能力的地方。
To the youth, it was sheer mental hell—yet still one of the few places he could truly put his abilities to use.
波波利的学习速度越来越快，还好进入这里的其它国家的人总是会出现，否则波波利这家伙早就饿死了。
Popoli’s learning speed was increasing rapidly. Fortunately, people from other countries always appeared in this place, or else this guy Popoli would have starved to death long ago.
波波利脸上露出些怒气。
A hint of anger flickered across Popoli’s face.
「好啊，妳是名牌大学的讲师，但妳现在又怎么样，比我这蠢东西好太多了是吧。妳会中文，我让妳帮忙学中文的方言妳都不肯，这会却来抢我的泡面。」
“Oh yeah, you’re a lecturer from a prestigious university, but look at you now—so much better than a fool like me, right? You know Chinese, but when I asked you to help me learn a Chinese dialect, you refused. And now you come to snatch my instant noodles.”
「不是不肯，是我当时在忙，妳又不是不知道。而且差距大的方言他们又不买，差距小的又不作数。」
“It’s not that I refused; I was busy at the time, and you know that. Besides, they won’t buy dialects with huge differences, and those with small differences don’t count.”
「忙？呵，还不是给骗了。傻子，蠢货，流浪汉！」
“Busy? Ha, you were just getting conned. Idiot, moron, tramp!”
波波利伸手去拿碗，却被莫里壹把按住手腕。
Boboli reached for his bowl, but Morris grabbed him by the wrist.
「我说别吃了，待会我们去吃大餐。」
“I said stop eating. We’re going out for a feast later.”
波波利擡头看向他：「什么意思，妳发财了？那会才坑了我几百年的时序。这个月我要是死了，房租妳就壹个人付去吧！」
Boboli looked up at him: “What do you mean? You hit the jackpot? You scammed me out of hundreds of years of Chronos just a while ago. If I die this month, you can pay the damn rent yourself!”
莫里轻哼了声，露出神秘的笑容。
Morris gave a soft snort, a mysterious smile curling at his lips.
他胸腔前Moexl闪动，手上出现壹本光线具现而成的，闪动著半透明幻影的契约单。
The Moxel on his chest flickered, and a contract sheet materialized in his hand—a shimmering, translucent apparition of light.
波波利露出震惊的神色，他在床上壹扫而过，那些能力球壹个都没有见少。
Boboli’s face twisted in shock as he swept a glance across the bed—not a single ability orb had disappeared.
「妳什么时候。」
“When did you—”
「刚刚。」
“Just now.”
莫里将这幻影契约单丢在床上，随后手掌对著床单，光芒壹闪，几十份类似的契约单哗哗落下。
Morris tossed the phantom contract onto the bed, then opened his palm over the blanket—with a flash of light, a cascade of similar contracts showered down with a soft rustling.
「天啊！」
“Holy shit!”
波波利扑倒床边半跪在地上将这壹堆东西搂在怀里，他慌忙抓起来壹份契约单壹看。
Boboli dove toward the edge of the bed, dropping to one knee as he gathered the pile into his arms, snatching up one contract to scan it.
《代练契约：沈吟之夜，八十二年修行经验，完整度100%》
*Boosting Contract: Night of Whispers, 82 Years of Cultivation Experience, Completion Rate 100%*
「啊！」
“Ah!”
男孩慌忙将另壹张抓在手里。
The kid frantically grabbed another one.
《代练契约：霜雪剑法，壹百零八年修行经验，完整度100%》
*Boosting Contract: Frostblade Art, 108 Years of Cultivation Experience, Completion Rate 100%*
《代练契约：烈焰剑道，九十四年修行经验，完整度100%》
“Commission Contract: Blaze Blade Dao, ninety-four years of cultivation experience, completion rate 100%.”
「啊？这…这是我的‘代练契约‘能干成的事情吗？！」
“Huh? T-this… can my ‘Commission Contract’ really do this?!”
少年感到浑身气血涌动，让皮肤都燥热。这是自己的能力，这就是自己能力的结晶！
The young man felt his blood surging, leaving his skin hot and parched. This was his power, the crystallized essence of his own ability!
波波利蒙圈了。
Popoli was completely dumbfounded.
这些书不是几个小时前才在镇上紧急收来的吗，这，这到底是怎么回事？
Weren’t these books hastily collected from town just a few hours ago? How, how in the world…?
「上帝啊，妳干了什么，这是真的还是假的。」
“My God, what have you done? Is this for real or what?”
莫里哼哼壹笑，恨不得将胸膛挺到天上去。
Morris let out a smug snort, practically sticking his chest all the way up to the sky.
「这都得多亏我找到了个强大的人。」
“All thanks to me finding a powerful person.”
「谁？」
“Who?”
「壹个叫杨子藏的奇怪家伙。」
“A weirdo named Yang Zicang.”
波波利现在的注意力全在这些折线化现的纸张上。他在这壹摞单据里不断翻看。
Popoli’s entire attention was now fixed on these paper slips that seemed to leap into focus. He flipped frantically through the stack of documents.
每本书都有好几个对应的代练契约。
Each book had multiple corresponding commission contracts.
「为什么这两本书这么多呀。」
“Why are there so many for these two books?”
波波利拿起《沈吟之夜》和《琉璃感知》。
Popoli picked up “The Night of Murmurs” and “Lucid Sense.”
「说起这个，还好我们收到了这两本书。」
“Speaking of which, I’m glad we got our hands on these two books.”
莫里的神色变得郑重，他低声道：「妳知道魔法师吗？」
Morris’s expression turned serious as he whispered, “Do you know what mages are?”
波波利目光腾地下就亮了。他怎么可能不知道魔法师。
Popoli’s eyes lit up instantly. Of course he knew what mages were.
「妳是说，这是记载了魔法的书？」
“Are you saying these books contain records of magic?”
「不算，不过对精神力的帮助很强。比如这《沈吟之夜》。妳猜怎么著，最早修习这本书的那家伙，他只是坐在屋子里，方圆两公里内的动静都能清楚感知，闭上眼也能如常人般走动。」
“Not exactly, but it greatly aids mental strength. For instance, take this『Still Night』. Guess what? The first person to practice this book just sat in his room and could clearly perceive every movement within a two-kilometer radius. Even with his eyes closed, he could move around as effortlessly as an ordinary person.”
「哇！感知魔法？那跟‘沈吟‘有什么关系。」
“Wow! Perception magic? What does that have to do with’Still Night’?”
「沈吟指的是。他能与万物深入沟通。虎狼豺豹乃至树木花草，而且他能让万物屏蔽他想屏蔽掉的人。」
“‘Still Night’ means he can communicate deeply with all things—tigers, wolves, jackals, even trees and flowers—and he can make all things block out those he wishes to shield.”
莫里没细说的是，在与恶魇的战斗中，修行这功法者，集中精力壹人就能屏蔽数十上百米区域内低级恶魇的感知，让低级恶魇成为无头苍蝇。
What Morris didn’t elaborate on was that, in battles against nightmares, a cultivator of this technique could concentrate alone to block the perception of lower-level nightmares within a radius of dozens or even hundreds of meters, rendering them as aimless as flies with no heads.
波波利想了下。
Popoli pondered for a moment.
「修习这功法的人若是带兵打仗，肯定是个常胜将军。那这本《琉璃感知》呢，我觉得刚才那本书才应该叫什么‘感知‘才对。」
“If someone practicing this technique led an army into battle, they’d surely be an invincible general. And this one,『Lucid Sense』? I think that other book should really be called something like’Perception’.”
「这本书的名字的确有点困惑，不过它的能力还是很强的，妳看看它们的信息应该能知道点。」
“The title of this book is indeed a bit confusing, but its ability is still very powerful. You should be able to get a sense of it from looking at their details.”
波波利拿起几份《琉璃感知》扫了眼，立即就明白了莫里的意思。
Popoli picked up a few copies of『Lucid Sense』and glanced over them, immediately grasping Morris’s meaning.
《代练契约：琉璃感知，壹百零四年修行经验，完整度100%》
“Training Contract: Lucid Sense, 104 years of practice experience, completeness 100%”
《代练契约：琉璃感知，壹百壹十年修行经验，完整度100%》
“Boosting Contract: Lucid Sense, One Hundred and Ten Years of Training Experience, 100% Completion“
《代练契约：琉璃感知，壹百零七年修行经验，完整度100%》
“Boosting Contract: Lucid Sense, One Hundred and Seven Years of Training Experience, 100% Completion“
手上的六分琉璃感知，全部都是壹百年以上的寿命！
All six portions of Lucid Sense in hand were over a hundred years of lifespan!
「太棒了，这都是我的功劳！」
“Perfect! It’s all thanks to me!”
波波利觉得自己幸福死了。
Popoli felt utterly blissful.
「小傻子，妳看这份。」
“You little fool, take a look at this one.”
莫里笑著将手壹伸，手上多了份光芒凝现的契约。
Morris grinned as he stretched out his hand, where a contract materialized from condensed light.
《代练契约：琉璃感知，烈焰剑道，壹百二十年修行经验，完整度100%》
“Boosting Contract: Lucid Sense, Blaze Blade Path, One Hundred and Twenty Years of Training Experience, 100% Completion“
「这，这是…同时练了两部？」
“Th-this is… training two arts at once?”
「在那里，很多人六七十年后就已经修炼得比较好了。可是让他们再练第二部则太过辛苦，有些人反而将之前的荒废，于是大多都只是练壹部。」
“Back there, many would master one art after sixty or seventy years. But forcing them to tackle a second was too grueling—some even regressed in their original training. So, most just stuck with one.”
莫里感叹：
Morris sighed:
「能连两部的都是天资很不错的人才能完成，这个人就是如此，修行《琉璃感知》的他，受到非致命伤后身体都能复原。当然，缺胳膊断腿可长不出来。」
“Only those with exceptional talent could pull off mastering two arts at once. This person here—he cultivated ‘Lucid Sense,‘ which allowed his body to regenerate from non-lethal wounds. But losing a limb? No, that takes more to regrow.”
「妳和那位强大的家伙到底干什么了啊！」
“What in the world did you both do to that powerful fellow?!”
波波利张大了嘴的擡起头看向莫里：「妳到底是怎么办到的，就睡了壹觉？」
Popoli stared up at Morris with her jaw dropped: “How did you pull it off—just by sleeping?”
「还记得我从那倒霉蛋手中，低价收购的心愿护符吗。我使用了它，进入了那位的邮徽世界。反正这次我们发达了。从这些里面选份奖励给妳自己吧。」
“Remember the Wish Amulet I bought cheaply from that unlucky bastard? I used it to enter that person’s Yore-Realm. Anyway, we’re set for life now. Pick a reward for yourself from these.”
波波利激动的蹦了起来，「原来如此！」
Boboli jumped up excitedly, “So that’s how it was!”
莫里手中出现五份蕴含两部功法的契约单。
Five contract sheets, each containing two techniques, materialized in Morris’s hand.
「哇哦，我看看。烈焰的攻击性虽然更高，但霜雪的效果应该能在更多的时候运用。」
“Whoa, let me see. While Flame excels in aggression, the effects of Frost and Snow could be applied in more situations.”
波波利迫不及待的就选择了同时蕴含《霜雪剑法》和《琉璃感知》的契约单。
Boboli didn’t hesitate and chose the contract sheet containing both 《Frostblade Art》 and 《Lucid Sense》.
[我开始使用代练契约书。]
[I begin using the Training Proxy Contract.]
少年握紧了契约单用力壹捏，无须运用Moexl能力，这份契约单就化为光芒融入手中。
The youth gripped the contract sheet and squeezed it hard; without needing to activate any Moxel ability, the contract dissolved into light and merged into his hand.
无数额外的信息如同本能般扎根于身心之中。
Countless streams of extraneous knowledge rooted themselves into his being like instinct.
波波利感觉到壹股苍茫幽远的古老气息笼罩自己，他的思想开始混吨撕裂又融合。
Boboli felt a vast, ancient aura envelop him, his thoughts churning, splitting, then fusing together.
晃动著各种剑招的身影，与剑齿虎，与水桶粗的大蛇，与成群犀牛般的怪物，甚至与霸王龙般如山魁梧的史前猛兽，与铺天盖地宛若地狱降临般的魔影所战斗的各种经历传递自意识深处。
Shaking figures performing various sword strikes, battles against saber-toothed tigers, snakes as thick as buckets, herds of rhinoceros-like monsters, prehistoric beasts towering like mountains—even Tyrannosaurus rex—and swarming demonic shadows descending like hell itself, all poured into his consciousness.
他的肌肉开始轻微鼓起，心脏泵动的血液也变得豪迈许多。
His muscles began to swell slightly, and the blood pounding from his heart became far more vigorous.
[当前同步熟练度为5%，已消耗精神力90%]
[Current synchronization proficiency: 5%, Mental energy consumed: 90%]
几分钟后波波利张开眼，他看向开合的五指，胸间豪情激荡，壹爪抓出。
After a few minutes, Bopoli opened his eyes. He gazed at his opening and closing fingers, flames of ambition seething in his chest, and struck out with a claw.
嘭啪！
Bang!
这张床顿时从中断裂，坐在上面的莫里哐当下摔下床来。
The bed snapped in two at once, and Morris, who had been sitting on it, crashed to the floor with a clatter.
「啊…」
“Ah…”
莫里知道自己该怎么做才能避开这壹招，但他根本用不出来自己苦练了数百年的各种武技。
Morris knew exactly how to avoid that strike, but he simply couldn’t execute any of the martial arts techniques he had honed for centuries.
「妳要死啊，这是房东的床！」
“Are you trying to kill us? That’s the landlord’s bed!”