Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.66 第66章 Go!午夜列车下壹站 -4
第66章 Go!午夜列车下壹站 –4
Chapter 66: Go! Midnight Train Next Stop –4
「快呀，他又没时序了，碰到就成灰飞！」波波利紧张的站起身吼道。
“Hurry! He’s out of Chronos again—grazed by him, and you’ll scatter to ash!” Boboli rose nervously, shouting.
「闭嘴！我正在计算。」
“Shut it! I’m calculating.”
莫里撇了眼身旁的几张散发微光的钞票，心中想到，这些够用几秒？
Morris glanced at a few faintly glowing bills beside him, wondering, *How many seconds can these buy?*
[杨子藏返还我9999N.]
[Yang Zicang refunds me 9999N.]
[我为杨子藏投资9999N.]
[I invest 9999N in Yang Zicang.]
白影念龙壹直叼著马超的念力体在下方，那砸下的巨型蓝宝石时间囚笼果然没伤到它分毫。
The Pale Shade Wrym had been holding Matt Chao’s psychic essence below, the massive sapphire Time Cage crashing down indeed not scratching it in the slightest.
……
与鲁智深心灵链接之人紧张的看著另壹边的情况。
The man Syn-Linked with Lu Zhishen gazes tensely at the other side.
「还好恶魇念龙好像在消化马超，没空理鲁智深，先别投资让他消失。再等看看。」
“Good thing the Nightmare Emanation Dragon’s distracted digesting Matt Chao and ignoring Lu Zhishen. Don’t invest in him yet to erase him. Wait and see.”
「混蛋啊，这个杨子藏，竟然已经成长到了如此地步。」
“Damn it, this Yang Zi Kang! He’s already grown to such heights.”
这人恶狠狠地道。
The man spat out bitterly.
壹道威武挺拔的身影站到他跟前，跟赵云般戴著鸭舌帽的男人淡淡地开口：
A tall, dignified silhouette stood before him, the cap-wearing man who was like Zhao Yun spoke indifferently:
「这个世界就是这样，安逸的生活可能在旦夕间翻天覆地，趁著杨子藏还没有打算进来这A级交错地，我们提前展开行动吧。」
“That’s just how this world works; a peaceful life can turn upside down overnight. While Yang Zicang hasn’t yet set foot into this A-level Crossing zone, let’s move ahead with our plan.”
「吕布，妳的伴生恶魇已经进来了？」
“Lyu Bu, your symbiotic Nightmare Emanation—is it here already?”
名为吕布之人转头看向交错幕景内的曹匹诺和周瑜。
The man named Lyu Bu turned to look at Cao Pi-no and Zhou Yu within the intersecting scene.
「嗯，通知大家，三次倒计时后同时动手清理干净怪物，然后杀死周恒。」
“Alright, notify everyone. After three counts, simultaneously eliminate all monsters, then kill Zhou Heng.”
周瑜点点头，胸前红色光芒扩散而出。
Zhou Yu nodded, and a red light radiated outward from his chest.
「三、二、壹。」
“Three, two, one.”
嗡嗡！
Buzz, buzz!
随著雄英组同时消灭怪物，A级交错地内荒原的地形霎时扩大了十几倍！
As the Xiongying Division wiped out the monsters in unison, the terrain of the barren wilderness within the A-class intersection expanded more than tenfold in an instant!
这些地块如同拼图展现在各处。
These terrain fragments spread out everywhere like puzzle pieces.
地貌开始聚合！
The landscape began to converge!
……
[燕逸想为我进行主动投资。]
[Yan Yi wishes to conduct a Pro-Invest for me.]
[燕逸想为我进行主动投资。]
[Yan Yi wishes to conduct a Pro-Invest for me.]
[燕逸想为我投资全权时序10N。]
[Yan Yi wishes to invest Chronos 10N under my authority.]
跟鲁智深数秒内互相抵消了大量时序的杨子藏眉头皱了皱，这不知什么人在不断请求与自己联系，肯定是想跟自己通讯。
Yang Zicang, having engaged Lu Zhishen in an instant where a large amount of Chronos neutralized each other, frowned. He had no idea who kept requesting to contact him, clearly trying to communicate.
可自己正在跟莫里配合，若是断掉心灵链接，恐怕下个瞬间就会被鲁智深秒掉。
But he was currently cooperating with Morris; if he severed the Syn-Link, he might be killed by Lu Zhishen in the next instant.
白影念龙在下方浮动，它若冲来，对方则可能会立即获得超过万年时序离开这里。
The Paleshade Wyrm floated below; if it surged forward, the opponent might instantly gain over ten thousand years of Chronos and leave this place.
「杨子藏，总部的人说，雄英组的精英们全部都在A级交错地内与总部的高手对战！」
“Yang Zicang, the headquarters says that all the elites of the Xiongying Division are clashing with the headquarters’ experts inside the A-class intersection!”
燕逸的投资请求消失后，下方人群中有人当传声筒般喊道。
After Yan Yi’s Invest request vanished, someone in the crowd below shouted like a voice-transmitting trumpet.
杨子藏壹枪挥过，鲁智深后压腰部躲过这壹击，他从刚开始的硬碰硬到现在也以躲避为主。
Yang Zicang swept his spear across, and Lu Zhishen leaned back at the waist to evade the strike. From the initial clash of force, he had now shifted to relying on dodges.
[我返还了莫里5000N投资。]
[I have returned Morris’s 5000N Invest.]
[我获得莫里5000N投资。]
[I have obtained Morris’s 5000N Invest.]
万幸啊，自己睡了个觉就催生了个大财主。
What a relief—he’d simply taken a nap and spawned a major mogul.
嗙！
Bang!
杨子藏瞅准时机壹枪打在鲁智深大腿上。
Yang Zicang seized the moment and struck Lu Zhishen’s thigh with his spear.
这数千年时序本金的增幅再次被尽数抵消，但巨力也将鲁智深抽翻在地。
The millennia-long boost to Chronos’s principal was once again entirely nullified, but the sheer force still sent Lu Zhishen sprawling to the ground.
……
另壹边的莫里满头大汗手心湿润地关注著感知画面中的战斗，波波利在他身旁轻声的自言自语般道：
On the other side, Morris was drenched in sweat, his palms clammy, fixated on the battle unfolding in his perception. Boboli, whispering beside him, almost mumbled to himself:
「嗯嗯，对，这次出售两本，喔三本也是可以的，您别管我有多少。」
“Mm-hmm, right, sell two copies this time. Oh, three works too—doesn’t matter how many I’ve got.”
「嗯对，马上就要，不行，不赊账，嗯嗯，您快点。」
“Yeah, right now it’s urgent. No, no credit. Mm-hmm, move it along.”
「您应该清楚它们的价值，嗯嗯，全部都是上百年训练经验，用掉马上成为大宗师，什么五万？五万太少了，妳再浪费我时间我挂了。」
“You know full well what they’re worth, mm-hmm. All decades of training experience packed in. Use them and become a Grandmaster instantly. Five thousand? That’s way too little. Keep wasting my time, and I’m hanging up.”
……
A级交错地内。
Inside the A-Class Crisscross Zone.
进行投资的狼奶奶已经汗流浃背。
Granny Wolf, executing the Invest, was already drenched in sweat.
「杨子藏背后有投资高手！」
“There’s an Invest guru backing Yang Zicang!”
狼奶奶身旁冒著红光的计算器无奈地张开眼睛四处打量，任凭这人的手指在自己身上乱按。
Beside Granny Wolf, the calculator emitted a red glow, irritated, opening its eyes to scan the surroundings, resigned to letting the human’s fingers scramble all over its keys.
「没完没了，怎么打，我们也还要时序去战斗。」狼奶奶近乎咆哮地道。
“There’s no end to this. No matter how we fight, we still need Chronos for battle.” Grandma Wolf spoke almost with a roar.
「那个杨子藏的时序就像是个无底洞壹样，他背后肯定有有个大时序财团！」另壹人恨道。
“That Chronos of Yang Zicang is like a bottomless pit. There must be a huge Chronos consortium behind him!” Another person cursed bitterly.
「大家准备，再次融资。可恶啊！」
“Everyone, prepare. We’re refinancing again. Damn it all!”
「要不，把老鲁送走？」
“How about we… send Old Lu away?”
几人边试探性战斗，边互相交流的道。
The group exchanged words while probing the enemy in their tentative fight.
「那马超呢？」
“What about Matt Chao, then?”
「妳还不明白吗，那家伙根本就不在乎报复，他是在用马超吊著鲁智深！」
“Don’t you get it yet? That guy doesn’t care about revenge at all. He’s using Matt Chao as leverage to dangle Lu Zhishen!”
「马超完蛋了。」
“Matt Chao is done for.”
「真要送走鲁智深吗，可是好不容易有个收容抵御者的机会，他走了抵御者怎么办。」
“Are we really going to send Lu Zhishen away? But it was so hard to finally get a chance to take in a Resistance Fighter. If he leaves, what do we do about the Resistance?”
周瑜扛著电风扇般的恶魇愤怒地道：
Zhou Yu roared in fury, carrying the fan-like Nightmare Entity:
「明明计划得天衣无缝，好不死不死出现个杨子藏！老吕，我就说别给我什么周瑜头衔，诸葛多好啊，再不济，叫孔明灯也行啊。妳瞧这多坏事儿。」
“Our plan was flawless, perfect, and then Yang Zicang has to barge in out of nowhere! Old Lu, I told you not to label me Zhou Yu. Zhuge would’ve been so much better. If worse came to worst, could’ve gone by Kongming Lantern. Now look what a mess this title has made.”
轰轰，大地震颤，对面四边形闪动，竖起壹道堡垒般的厚重墙壁。
Boom… boom… The earth quaked. Across the field, the Quad flickered and raised a towering wall like a fortress.
吕布走出来道：「周恒，出来受死。」
Lyu Bu strode out and said: “Zhou Heng, come out and face your death.”
「我死，所有人就别活了，」远远的声音自墙后传来，」我会全力帮助杨子藏毁掉妳们的收容，失控的抵御者会摧毁这座城市！壹只飞蛾、壹只蚂蚁都不会活下来！」
“If I die, no one else lives either,” a distant voice came from behind the wall. “I’ll go all out to help Yang Zicang destroy your containment. The out-of-control Defenders will level this city! Not a single moth or ant will survive!”
「那也不至于。」童文奇在周恒身边小声撇嘴道。
“That’s a bit much,” Tong Wenqi muttered softly beside Zhou Heng, curling his lips.
吕布沉默的盯著对面，周身气息如潮水般沈缓。
Lyu Bu stared silently at the opposing side, his aura heavy and sluggish like the ebb and flow of the tide.
「还在考虑什么，每壹秒都是数千年时序被消耗。」周恒补充道。
“Still thinking it over? Every second costs us millennia of Chronos,” Zhou Heng added.
杨子藏那边正在跟鲁智深进行著令人头皮发麻的时序战争。
Over on Yang Zicang’s side, he was locked in a hair-raising war of Chronos with Lu Zhishen.
每壹次的攻击都是以万年为单位，那是普通人不敢想的数量，真不知道那才来几天的小子是怎么办到的。
Each attack spanned tens of thousands of years, a quantity ordinary people dared not imagine. It was baffling how that guy, who had only shown up a few days ago, managed it.
鸭舌帽下的吕布表情坚毅，他呵呵壹笑嘲讽地开口：
Under his cap, Lyu Bu wore a resolute expression and let out a contemptuous laugh as he spoke:
「妳周恒也有说这话的壹天，能看到妳这幅模样，这次也没白浪费精力。」
“So even you, Zhou Heng, get to say something like that one day. Seeing you in this state makes this whole trip worthwhile.”
双方都在擦枪走火的边缘，周恒选择不回应此话去激怒对方。毕竟是跟恶魇供生的家伙，壹个不小心情绪就会爆炸。
Both sides were teetering on the edge of open conflict, but Zhou Heng chose not to rise to the bait and provoke the enemy. After all, they were dealing with someone who coexisted with nightmares; the slightest misstep could set off an emotional explosion.
此刻杨子藏竟不知不觉，成为了两方阵营维持最后平衡的交点。
At this very moment, Yang Zicang had unknowingly become the fulcrum maintaining the fragile equilibrium between the two factions.
周瑜在吕布的眼神示意下，扛著电风扇道：「让杨子藏离开，我们给妳们频晶。」
With a glance toward Lyu Bu, Zhou Yu hoisted the electric fan and said, “Let Yang Zicang leave, and we’ll give you the frequency crystals.”
总部壹人哼了声，却也没挑衅。
Someone at headquarters scoffed but refrained from provoking further.
……
很快有人在下方高声给杨子藏报著总部给予的待遇，A级交错地名额、枢纽镇长期独间住房、三人名额的每个月时序扣除抵消、装备优选、来自地球的食物与享用物。
Soon, a voice from below called out to Yang Zicang, listing the benefits the headquarters would offer: an A-level intersecting zone slot, a long-term private residence in Hubville, monthly Chronos deductions offset for three people, priority equipment selection, and food and luxuries sourced from Earth.
几乎每壹件都是这里所有人做梦都想要拥有的东西。
Nearly every single item was something everyone here dreamed of possessing.
「滚！」
“Get lost!”
杨子藏再次壹剑刺中鲁智深，这已经是第十八还是第十九剑！
Yang Zicang struck Lu Zhishen with his blade once more—this was already the eighteenth or nineteenth thrust!
下方人们发抖的急道：「收容失败，抵御者将不再有交流可能，他会屠杀壹切，为了数万生命，停下吧，杨子藏！」
The people below trembled and urged, panic-stricken: “Containment has failed; the defender will no longer be open to communication. He will slaughter everything. For the sake of tens of thousands of lives, stop, Yang Zicang!”
杨子藏的眸光已经被疯狂所占据。
Yang Zicang’s gaze had been consumed by madness.
[我返还了莫里5000N.]
[I returned 5000N to Morris.]
[莫里为我投资了2340N.]
[Morris invested 2340N for me.]
「冷静点，这对大家都好。」鲁智深不断闪避，试图拉开距离。
“Calm down—this is for the best for everyone,” Lu Zhishen said, dodging continuously as he tried to create distance.
杨子藏内心壹紧，他已经习惯了返回多少又立马收到多少，可此时却没有获得同样的时序。
Yang Zicang’s heart tightened. He had grown accustomed to receiving the same amount back as soon as he returned it, but this time, he didn’t gain the same Chronos in return.
莫里的时序也见底了。
Morris’s Chronos had also run dry.
这样大的消耗，能支撑到现在已实属不易。
To have sustained such immense consumption up to now was no small feat.
杨子藏看了眼头顶，他感觉议员正在注视著自己。
Yang Zicang glanced overhead, feeling as though the Assessor was watching him.
这场战斗赢不了了吗。
Was this battle unwinnable?
然而此刻，他看到后退了两步的鲁智深身上，那气浪甲胄不堪重负地碎裂！
Yet at that moment, he saw Lu Zhishen, who had retreated two steps, as his aura Armor shattered under the unbearable strain!
他的模器防御没有了。杨子藏心中再次升起了杀意。
His Core’s defense was gone. Once again, killing intent surged within Yang Zicang.
突然整个巢穴阵阵抖动，抵御者深沈恐怖的嗓音出现在所有人耳边。
Suddenly, the entire nest rumbled violently, and the Resistor’s deep, terrifying voice echoed in everyone’s ears.
[杀死他！]
[Kill him!]
通过心灵感知，所有人在都知道「他」代表的是谁。
Through psychic perception, all knew exactly who “him” referred to.
杨子藏露出如魔鬼般的笑容，他看了眼自己手上的武器。
A devilish smile crept onto Yang Zicang’s face as he glanced at the weapon in his hand.
[谢谢了，莫里。]
[Thanks, Morris.]
｛等等，时序应该马上就好，波波利正在拍卖。｝
{Hold on, Chronos should be ready soon—Bobo Li is auctioning it.}
[没事，我还有点后备的。]
[It’s fine, I still have some reserves.]
密布巢穴的红色幕影之下，光头大汉警惕地看向对面的年轻人。
Beneath the cascade of red shadows blanketing the nest, the bald giant warily eyed the young man across from him.
见到杨子藏真顿住了攻击，鲁智深还以为他是在考虑自己的提议，便也停住了手上的动作。要不是不收容成功，抵御者会灭城。
Seeing Yang Zicang genuinely pause his assault, Lu Zhishen assumed the young man was reconsidering his proposal and thus halted his own movements. If this containment failed, the Resistor would raze the city.
实在不行的话…男人扭头看了下通道下方，那里混战的人至少三四十人。
If it really came to that… the man turned his head, glancing down the passage where at least thirty to forty people were locked in chaotic combat.
杨子藏断掉跟莫里的链接，突然，他手上长剑挥动，没有任何增幅地冲鲁智深刺了出去。
Yang Zicang severed the connection to Morris, and suddenly, with a swing of the longsword in his hand, he thrust it straight at Lu Zhishen without any enhancement whatsoever.