Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.81 第81章 偷井贼 -4
第81章 偷井贼 –4
Chapter 81: The Well Thieves –4
中午，棚主大宴宾客，众人尽欢，荒芜大地上难得传出了热闹的欢庆声。
At noon, Penglord hosted a grand banquet, and everyone was in high spirits. The desolate land finally rang out with the rare sound of cheerful celebration.
饭间，货队赵启的手搭著棚主宁洋的肩膀。
During the meal, Zhao Qi of the Cargo Crew draped his arm over Penglord Ning Yang’s shoulder.
「想要棚区更快变强吗，宁棚主。」
“Want the Peng Zone to grow stronger faster, Ning Penglord?”
「有了干净水源，成为中级棚区指日可待，兄弟，咱是个势利眼，想著锦上添花不如雪中送炭，我这儿有个获得大量时序甚至蓝图的机会，来壹起干？」
“With a clean water source in hand, becoming a mid-level Peng Zone isn’t far off. Brother, I know I’m being a profiteer here—giving you a helping hand beats piling on praise. I’ve got an opportunity to score plenty of Chronos or even blueprints. Wanna join in?”
宁洋目中精光壹闪。
A sharp glint flashed in Ning Yang’s eyes.
随后他又有些不信的道：
Then, with a hint of disbelief, he said:
「妳会把这样的消息告诉我？」
“You’d actually share this kind of info with me?”
「欸~妳当我诓妳？那刚产生的幕景地离咱棚区太远，但离妳们则只有壹日路程。我本来是打算保密，回去找人悄悄去给分掉，但现在则算是我给妳入的壹个股份，如何？」
“Hey~ Don’t tell me you think I’m tricking you? That new ‘Seascape Land’ just popped up, but it’s too far from our Peng Zone. However, for you guys, it’s just a day’s trek away. I was planning to keep it a secret and quietly go back to split it, but now I’m offering you a cut. How about it?”
壹天的路程，也不算远。
A day’s journey—it wasn’t too far.
宁洋心中盘算了下。
Ning Yang did the math in his head.
饭后，货队就离开前往下个小聚集地，赵启商议两天后会回来时跟他们壹起过去，让宁洋安排好人手。
After the meal, the Cargo Crew left to head for the next small settlement. Zhao Qi agreed to return in two days to lead them there, asking Ning Yang to arrange the manpower.
……
夜间，众人歇息好后，宁洋思来想去，叫来贾队长道：
That night, after everyone had rested, Ning Yang tossed and turned, then called over Captain Jia:
「帮我盯紧甲子间，还有他身边那几个家伙。」
“Keep a close watch on Jiazi Term and the few guys around him.”
「怎么，这人有问题？」
“What, is there something wrong with that guy?”
宁洋来回踱步，片刻后坐在椅子上道，扶著把手道：
Ning Yang paced back and forth, then after a moment sat down in a chair and said, gripping the armrests:
「左师傅刚做出失念引擎，他就出现了，而且还在壹天内就跟左师打成了壹片。呵，真是好手段啊。我突然想到，他也是壹来就打通了我们，成为这里的壹份子，不是吗。」
“Master Zuo just created the Shin Engine, and he showed up, managing to get chummy with Master Zuo within a single day. Hah, quite the smooth operator. It just struck me—when he first arrived, he also wormed his way into our circle, didn’t he, becoming part of this place.”
紧挨著石墙的靠椅上，贾队腾地下站起来，瞪圆了眼睛。
On a bench pressed against the stone wall, Captain Jia sprang to his feet, his eyes wide.
还真是那么回事，自己当时迫不及待就把他迎了进来！
That was exactly right—he himself had eagerly welcomed him in back then!
「老子这就去把他做了。」
“Screw it, I’ll go take him out right now.”
宁洋擡了擡手，制止了贾队的冲动。他拍了下椅背的扶手，缓缓开口说道：
Ning Yang raised a hand, stopping Captain Jia’s impulsiveness. He patted the armrest of the chair and slowly began to speak:
「左师傅今天说，引擎不是他造出来的。我看他已经萌动了离开的念头。他要不这么说，我还意识不到这点。」
“Master Zuo said today that the engine wasn’t his creation. I think he’s already set his mind on leaving. If he hadn’t said it, I wouldn’t have realized this.”
原来如此！贾队顿时明白为什么宁洋突然怀疑那个甲子间了。
So that was it! Captain Jia suddenly understood why Ning Yang had grown suspicious of that Jiazi Term.
他庆幸的道：
He said with relief:
「啊？不愧是宁哥儿，咱们几个就属妳最聪明。那杨子藏我看就是有鬼，谁会进入交错地还带著行李箱，他八成是别的棚区派来的卧底！」
“Ah? As expected of Brother Ning. Among us, you’re the sharpest. That Yang Zicang—I think there’s something off about him. Who would bring a suitcase into the Crossroads? Eight times out of ten, he’s a mole sent by another Peng Zone!”
宁洋眼睛眯了眯，也颇为庆幸的道：
Ning Yang squinted his eyes and said with a tone of relieved luck:
「真有可能，妈的，肯定是他身边那几个在我们这儿打探消息，不然时间不会这么准。」
“It’s really possible. Damn it, it must be those around him snooping for info on us—otherwise, the timing wouldn’t be this precise.”
竟然被别人掌握了自己棚区内人才的壹举壹动，宁洋觉得后脊发麻。
Realizing that someone had a hold on every move of the talents within his own Peng Zone, Ning Yang felt a chill crawl up his spine.
他后怕的道：
He spoke with lingering fear:
「也就是他太有目的性，直奔左师傅而去。左师傅要是再晚两天做出引擎，咱们棚区发展的机会不知要再等多少年…」
“The thing is, he came too directly—straight to Master Zuo. If Master Zuo had taken two more days to finish the engine, who knows how many more years we’d have to wait for a chance to develop our Peng Zone…”
贾队壹个激灵。
Captain Jia jolted upright.
最近左师傅早就不受人待见，要是他哪天跟人走了，自己可能还会觉得终于少了个占著好房子混饭吃的。
Lately, Master Zuo hadn’t been in anyone’s good graces anyway. If he’d left with someone, Jia might even have felt relieved to be rid of a leech occupying a good room and coasting by.
壹想到若不是左师傅迫不及待献宝，自己想像的画面可能在明天，甚至今晚就发生。
The moment it struck him that if not for Master Zuo’s eagerness to show off his treasure, the scenario he imagined could have unfolded tomorrow—or even tonight—
贾队觉得壹股火气从心中窜出充斥大脑。
Captain Jia felt a surge of rage erupt from within him, flooding his mind.
「可恶，太可恶了！我去把他给弄了。」
“Damn it, how infuriating! I’ll go take care of him.”
「等下。」
“Wait.”
愤怒的男人停下脚步转头看向叫住他的棚主。
The furious man stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the Penglord who had called him out.
宁洋盯著贾队干燥狭长的双目道：
Ning Yang stared into Squad Leader Jia’s dry, narrow eyes and said.
「妳不是他的对手，我们只有发动整个棚区的人同时攻击，才能惩戒得了他。」
“You’re no match for him. Only by mobilizing the entire Peng Zone to attack simultaneously can we hope to punish him.”
「咋可能？」
“How’s that possible?”
宁洋深深的道：「他的Moexl，是四边形。」
Ning Yang said deeply, “His Moxel is Quad.”
宁洋永远忘不了还在城市中时，第壹次见到四边形展开后，那人展现出的强横无匹的威力——可笑的线条，诞生荒诞却又令人绝望的Moexl威力。
Ning Yang could never forget, back in the city, the first time he saw Quad unfold—that person revealed a ferocious, unrivaled power. At once ridiculous and absurd, yet born into a line that was horrifyingly powerful.
从那以后宁洋就明白了件事情，只有笼络更多人，才能更好的在这个世界生存。
From then on, Ning Yang understood one thing: only by rallying more people could he survive better in this world.
贾队长浑身壹震，他觉得脑袋清醒了不少。
Squad Leader Jia shuddered from head to toe, feeling his mind clear up considerably.
……
堆著各种铁罐的小木房子里，躺在床上的张远信想著午饭后上厕所时的场景。
In a little wooden house cluttered with steel containers, Chang Yuanxin lay on his bed, recalling the scene from the restroom after lunch.
壹个陌生人问自己是不是在做御寒壁炉，他说已经有几个中型棚区在生产那个，枢纽镇用不了那么多御寒壁炉。
A stranger had asked if he was Cooling towards Hearth and said that a few medium-sized Peng Zones were already manufacturing it, and Hubville didn’t need that much Coldward Hearth.
不过他能往枢纽镇供货，如果自己做得不错，愿意换个棚区的话，可以帮自己联络。
But he offered to supply Hubville, and if Chang Yuanxin continued to do well and wanted to switch to another Peng Zone, he would help make the connection.
而且他还主动给自己送了十年时序作为见面礼。
And he even gifted him ten years’ worth of Chronos upfront as a welcoming gift.
「挑拨离间。」张远信翻了下身子，木床嘎吱作响。
“Sowing discord.” Chang Yuanxin turned over onto his side, the wooden bed creaking under his weight.
希望宁洋秋天前能给自己修好石头房子，他想到。
He hopes Ning Yang can finish repairing his stone house before autumn, he thought.
原本自己很喜欢左粪的屋子，奈何那家伙今日壹飞冲天，看来只能老老实实等新屋子了。
He had quite liked Zuo Fen’s house originally, but since that guy soared to success today, it seemed he could only wait patiently for the new one.
他迷迷糊糊睡了过去，隐约中他似乎感觉有人进来自己的屋子翻看御寒壁炉，可自己无论怎么都睁不开眼。
He drifted off to sleep, vaguely sensing someone entering his house to rummage through Coldward Hearth, yet no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t open his eyes.
……
床上，宁洋刚闭上眼，他脑海中忽地回想起个有点虚胖的人。
In bed, as Ning Yang just closed his eyes, his mind suddenly recalled a somewhat chubby man.
前天那人跟自己汇报过，路上遇到个会武功的抢劫犯。那个已经消失壹两天的虚胖男口中说的就是甲子间。
Two days ago, that man reported to him that he encountered a robber skilled in martial arts on the road. The now-missing chubby man had specifically mentioned “Jiazi Term.”
宁洋睁眼揉了揉鼻梁。
Ning Yang opened his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
「还真是头疼。」
“What a headache.”
他胸前Moexl闪动出去，与贾队长取得了联系。对面的贾队恶狠狠道:｛我已经联系好了人，寻找机会壹起，将他壹击毙命。｝
The Moxel on his chest flickered and connected him with Captain Jia. Captain Jia on the other end replied fiercely, “I’ve already contacted people to find an opportunity to take him down together in one strike.”
但这声音，听上去有点气势不足。
But the voice sounded a bit lacking in momentum.
[行动稍微缓缓，先盯紧他。]
[Hold off a little—just keep a close watch on him for now.]
闻言贾队暗自松了口气。
Hearing this, Captain Jia secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
｛我看，直接把他赶出去就好了。｝
“I think we should just drive him out.”
[明天吧。]
[Let’s do it tomorrow.]
……
静夜，天色如同夜幕最暗，却又未完全漆黑之时。
The still night was like the darkest shade of the sky, yet not completely pitch-black.
杨子藏起身离开了木屋，自房屋与房屋间的缺口直接跳出了棚区。远处晃荡的人瞧见这壹幕立即默道：
Yang Zicang rose from the wooden cabin and leaped directly out of the Peng Zone through a gap between houses. A figure loitering in the distance saw this and silently muttered:
｛甲子间出去了，果然有问题，看他就鬼鬼祟祟的。｝
“Jiazi Term has left. There’s definitely something wrong with him. Look how sneaky he is.”
｛把其它几个人看牢，他出去就让他走，不要跟踪免得被发现。｝
“Keep an eye on the others. Let him leave—don’t tail him, or we’ll risk being found out.”
地平线上。
On the horizon.
「哼哼哼，嗯嗯嗯，青色的烟雨…嗯嗯，美女在等我…喂，老板。」
“Heh heh heh, hmm hmm hmm, the blue misty rain… hmm hmm, a beauty awaits me… Hey, boss.”
路过条溪水边，壹人喊住杨子藏：「去哪儿啊，收水不收。」
Passing by a stream, someone called out to Yang Zicang: “Where you headed? Collecting water or not?”
「什么老板，我？」
“What boss? Me?”
杨子藏指了指自己的鼻子。
Yang Zicang pointed at his own nose.
「妳前两天不是收Moexl嘛。」
“You were collecting Moxel a couple of days ago, weren’t you?”
杨子藏摇摇头，走入夜色中后飞快消失在地平线上。
Yang Zicang shook his head, then stepped into the darkness of night and quickly vanished against the horizon.
注视著他离去的那人打了个哈欠，起身将桶提著往与聚集区相反的旷野走去。没多久，这人来到处凹陷地，这儿聚集著几个披著麻布毯子的人，坑底放著两口木箱。
The man watching him leave yawned, got up, hoisted a bucket, and walked toward the wilderness, opposite the settlement. Before long, he reached a hollow in the ground, where a few people draped in burlap blankets had gathered, and two wooden crates sat at the bottom of the pit.
「问到了吗。」
“Did you get anything?”
「没有，认识的中大型聚集地都问过了，没有甲子间这号人物。大李哥，我们考虑他干嘛，那家伙只是个路人。」
“No. I’ve asked around all the known mid-to-large settlements—there’s no one by the name of Jiazi Term around here. Big Li, why are we even bothering with him? The guy’s just some passerby.”
「哼哼，妳不懂，高手和高手间，是会发生命运的碰撞的！」
“Heh, you don’t get it. Between top-tier fighters, fated collisions are bound to happen!”
「别中二了，多大了妳都。」
“Cut the chuunibyou act. How old are you already?”
大李呵呵壹笑：「咱们准备离开吧，小时迁应该已经得手了。」
Big Li let out a soft laugh: “We should start preparing to leave. Xiao Shiqian should have gotten what he wanted by now.”
地平线上壹道人影走来，他边走边抛著手上的壹个亮晶晶的小东西。
A figure walked along the horizon, tossing a small, glistening object in their hand as they moved.
走得近了，看清他手上那东西内缓缓浮现的水井画面后，几人目中闪过羡慕神色。
As they drew closer, the others saw a well slowly emerging within that object, and envy flickered in their eyes.
「不愧是时迁，太厉害了，这就搞到手了！」
“As expected of Shi Qian—amazing! You got it just like that!”
年轻人嘴角翘了翘：「咱们走吧，太晚‘人证‘就暴露了。」
The young man lifted the corner of his mouth. “Let’s go. If we’re too late, the ‘eyewitness’ will catch on.”
「我还以为妳又会把人给扛回来。」
“I thought you’d’ve carried the person back instead.”
「时迁」转头看了眼远方若影若现的聚集区，拿手理了理发尖带黄的长发，呵了声：「手艺又不是Moexl…而且制作者另有其人，走吧。」
“Shi Qian” turned to glance at the faintly visible settlement in the distance, ran a hand through his hair with yellow-tipped strands, and snorted. “My skill isn’t Moxel’s… besides, the maker is someone else. Let’s go.”
「走咯~」
“Time to head out~”
「再不回去，迁儿哥造的幻影就要碎了，嘿嘿。」
“If we don’t get back soon, the illusion Bro Qian’er made will shatter, heh heh.”
「叫我小李就行了。」年轻人温和的抛著失念引擎道。
“Just call me Xiao Li.” The young man tossed the Shin Engine gently, speaking softly.
……
杨子藏行至无人之地后，召来列车坐了上去，列车化为略微显形的幻影驰骋在原野上，带起壹股又壹股荡漾的急风，消失在原野。
After reaching a secluded spot, Yang Zicang summoned the train and boarded it. The train turned into a faint phantom racing across the wilderness, stirring up wave after wave of whirling winds, before vanishing into the fields.
……
恶魇列车驰骋在荒原。
The nightmare train roared across the barren plains.
车厢内，杨子藏翻看著马超遗留下来的物品，有书籍、变质的食物以及些许衣物和已经没什么价值的名贵手表，以及壹些女性用品。
Inside the carriage, Yang Zicang flipped through the belongings left behind by Matt Chao—books, spoiled food, a few clothes, some expensive watches that had lost their value, and various items belonging to a woman.
「马超，之前的列车长有没有带人进来过失频之地？」
“Matt Chao, did any previous train master bring people into the Shibin Wastes?”
列车恶魇已从最开始的屈服于杨子藏白影念龙之淫威，变为现在享受这种随意奔驰的感觉，就像马儿天生享受驰骋的快感。
The nightmare train had shifted from its initial subservience to Yang Zicang’s Paleshade Wyrm to now reveling in this feeling of unrestrained galloping, much like a horse that instinctively relishes the thrill of a full-speed run.
｛有过几次，不过他们的重心不在这里。大多数时候是他跟我独自前来。｝
{A few times, though their focus wasn’t here. Most of the time, it was just him and me coming alone.}
「也就是失频之地没有雄英组的人，对吧。」
“So that means there’s no Xiongying Group people in the Shibin Wastes, right?”
｛他曾来找过壹个名为孙尚香的女人，后来得知其已经死于人手，于是他们就选了新的孙尚香，前两天她还进过我的肚子里。｝
{He once came here looking for a woman named Sun Shangxiang. Later, he learned she had been killed by someone else, so they chose a new Sun Shangxiang. Just two days ago, she ended up inside my belly.}
代号是会流传的。杨子藏猜测，或许壹两年过后，又会有另壹个马超出现。
Code names get passed down. Yang Zicang speculated that perhaps, in a year or two, another Matt Chao would emerge.
｛除此之外，我并不清楚有谁进来。不过他在这里有几个敌人。｝
{Other than that, I’m not sure who else has come. But he had a few enemies around here.}
「敌人？」
“Enemies?”
｛他们知道我的存在，想要成为新的列车长。不过他们离妳很远。｝
{They know I exist and want to become the new train master. But they’re far away from you.}
「嗯，我晓得了。」
“Mm, I understand.”
不到壹小时，杨子藏就找到了三具跌倒在荒野中的枯骨，以及壹把战刀。它竟然附带了5N的每次攻击。
In less than an hour, Yang Zicang found three dried carcasses lying in the wilderness, along with a battle blade. It surprisingly came with a 5N damage boost on each attack.
「可惜这里没有货币，否则我应该能在这儿赚到不少钱。」
“What a shame there’s no currency here—otherwise, I could rake in quite a bit of money in this place.”
除了投资，时序仅能点对点交易，不具备流通属性，而且还有上限。或许目前唯壹能把它搞成货币的人就只有莫里。
Besides Invest, Chronos can only facilitate peer-to-peer transactions, lacking circulation attributes, and it even has an upper limit. Perhaps the only one who could turn it into a proper currency right now is Morris.
杨子藏挥了挥手中的刀，刀刃携带起破空声，正常使用两三年都没问题。
Yang Zicang swung the blade in his hand, its edge tearing through the air with a sharp sound, sturdy enough to endure two to three years of normal use.
「还不错。」
“Not bad.”
列车壹夜间遨游大地数百里，见到了壹个又壹个或艰难支撑，或完全毁灭，或人气蓬勃的作棚聚集地。
Throughout the night, the train traversed hundreds of miles across the land, passing one Workpen Settlement after another—some barely holding on, some utterly annihilated, and others brimming with bustling vitality.
壹处已经了无人烟的破败木屋前，杨子藏浑身散发淡金色虚焰，走入这处阴森的聚集区内。
Before a dilapidated wooden cabin long deserted, Yang Zicang, shrouded in faint golden phantom flames, strode into this eerie settlement.
｛唉啊啊~｝
｛Ah~ ah ah~｝
幻音在耳畔响起，白影念龙自然浮现，冲入前方破顶木屋内。
Phantom sounds rang in his ears as the Paleshade Wyrm naturally emerged, darting into the wooden hut with the shattered roof ahead.
那里几个扭曲人形念力体疯狂扭动著汇聚在壹起的身躯。
Inside, several twisted humanoid psychic bodies writhed madly, their forms congealed together.
但它们对白影念龙来说，根本掀不起什么风浪。
But to the Paleshade Wyrm, they posed no real threat whatsoever.
两下撕扯掉最厉害那只恶灵般的虚影后。
After just two rounds of tearing apart the most formidable spectral apparition among them.
屋角壹个幻影哭喊著飘在杨子藏身前，以难以听清的嗓音道：
A phantom at the corner of the room wept and drifted before Yang Zicang’s eyes, its voice barely audible as it spoke:
｛解脱…我…的痛苦…｝
{Release… me from… my pain…}
他胸前被刺著壹柄骨头模样念力灰刀，只是看壹眼，杨子藏就感觉眼睛反馈给了精神痛苦情绪。
Its chest was pierced by a telekinetic gray knife shaped like a bone; just one glance made Yang Zicang feel his eyes feed back a surge of mental agony.
而周围这些念力体们身上都插著这样的灰刀。
And all the surrounding telekinetic entities had such gray knives embedded in them.
「别挣扎，我取下它看看。」
“Don’t struggle, I’ll take it out and have a look.”
白影念龙身形壹荡，将半人大小的头颅伸到这念力体跟前，用嵌合能力极强的弯齿巨颚将灰刀抽出。它壹离开男人念力身躯，就如烟雾消散。
Paleshade Wyrm’s form shuddered, stretching its head, half the size of a human, close to the entity. Using its curved-tooth giant jaws with excellent grip, it pulled out the gray knife. The moment it left the man’s telekinetic body, it dissipated like smoke.
[我获得了7.1N]
[I gained 7.1N]
杨子藏无奈看著男人解脱般的神色。他挥了挥手，白影念龙欢快地冲向四周幻影。
Yang Zicang helplessly watched the look of relief on the man’s face. He waved his hand, and Paleshade Wyrm gleefully charged toward the surrounding phantoms.
[我又收获了2.8N]
[I harvested another 2.8N]
[…4.5N…]
[…4.5N…]
杨子藏从脚边拾起个木条，发动「烈焰剑道」。
Yang Zicang picked up a wooden stick from his feet and activated the “Blaze Blade Path.”
体内游荡在肌肉间的神秘能量快速涌动至手上。
The mysterious energy drifting through his muscles rapidly surged to his hand.
轰！木条燃起火焰，照亮漆黑的屋内。
Boom! The wooden stick burst into flames, illuminating the pitch-black interior of the room.
屋内，十来具扭曲风干的尸首映入眼帘。男男女女们被人捆在壹起，地上干枯的污秽脏了大半个屋子，已经许多年了。
Inside the room, a dozen twisted, desiccated corpses came into view. Men and women were tied together, and the dried filth on the floor had stained most of the house—it had been years.
杨子藏有些怒意的看著这壹幕。
Yang Zicang stared at this scene with some anger.
这些人应该都是聚集地的居民。
These people were likely residents of the settlement.
他看向地面隐约的魔纹，正中有个倒在地上，手握骨刀的大汉。跟之前最强那念力体男人极其相似，哪怕死去数年，他的皮肤也比较饱满，没有干枯迹象。
He looked at the faint magical runes on the ground, where in the center lay a large man clutching a bone knife and fallen on his back. He was eerily similar to the strongest psionic man from before, his skin still somewhat plump with no signs of desiccation, even after years of death.
「该死的东西。」
“What a damned thing.”
杨子藏冷漠地拔刀，附带红色金辉的火光涌现，壹刀将它头颅砍成了飞灰。
Yang Zicang drew his blade coldly, and red-gold flames surged forth as it cut through the air, turning the man’s head to ash with a single stroke.
火光冲天，将房屋燃烧。
The flames soared high, setting the house ablaze.
杨子藏看了它壹眼，回首跨入列车内，向著远方而去。
Yang Zican glanced at it once, then turned and stepped into the train, heading off into the distance.
……
早饭时间，有了新井大家喜气洋洋，整天都有人自发在井边守著，谁敢坏事就群起而攻之。这里已经成了大家聊天打牌的最佳场所。
It was breakfast time, and with the new well bringing joy to everyone, people took turns guarding it all day, ready to rally against any troublemakers. This spot had become the best place for everyone to chat and play cards.
「王翀。」
“Wang Chong.”
还在洗漱的王翀听到杨子藏喊自己，兴冲冲的跑去。
Wang Chong, still washing up, heard Yang Zicang calling him and rushed over eagerly.
「这个送妳。」
“This is for you.”
壹柄周身许多污迹的长刀被年轻人丢了过来。王翀刚壹接手，顿时脸色壹变，「送我？这不是…」
A long sword covered in stains was tossed over by the young man. The moment Wang Chong caught it, his expression shifted. “For me? Isn’t this…”
「咋啦？」徐秀川几人围了过来。
「What’s up?」Shiu Siuchuan and the others gathered around.
王翀看了眼棚区内望向这边的几人，急道：「进去再说。」
Wang Chong glanced at the few people in the Peng Zone looking their way and urged, “Let’s talk inside.”
六七个人挤进了本就不大的屋子里，接过刀的徐秀川倒吸口凉气。他从来没想过自己会亲自摸到这种东西。
Six or seven people squeezed into the already small room. Shiu Siuchuan, receiving the blade, gasped sharply. He never imagined he would actually lay hands on something like this.
「时序…战器？」
「Chronos… battle gear?」
「还是五年的，草草草！」
“And it’s a five-year model! Fuck, fuck, fuck!”
「这，这能值几千年时序了吧。」钱钟生脑袋有点发晕的道：「要是在那边有这东西，我它娘的会在C级坑内栽跟头？」
“This… this must be worth several thousand Chronos.” Qian Zhongsheng’s head spun as he murmured, “If I’d had this back there, would I have taken a fall in a C-rank pit hole?”
「哦？值那么多时序的吗。」杨子藏抱著膀子笑呵呵靠在门框上。
“Oh? Worth that many Chronos, huh?” Yang Zicang leaned against the doorframe with his arms folded, grinning.
钱钟生差点给自己两巴掌，但又壹想，杨子藏怎么可能会不知道它的价值。
Qian Zhongsheng almost slapped himself twice, but then he realized there’s no way Yang Zicang wouldn’t know its value.
「在我们那儿值不了那么多，但在这边挺金贵的。」
“It wouldn’t be worth so much over there, but it’s pretty valuable around here.”
王翀将刀壹把夺了过来，他看向杨子藏，犹豫了下：「哥，我知道妳应该有更好的，但是吧，这么贵重的东西给我们几个…」
Wang Chong snatched the blade back and looked at Yang Zicang, hesitating briefly. “Bro, I know you probably have better ones, but giving us something this precious…”
「甲哥，他不要给我吧，妳给我也放个那玩意儿，我绝不要额外壹分钟。」
“Brother Jia, if he doesn’t want it, give it to me. If you make me one of those things, I swear I won’t ask for even one extra minute.”
「行了，以后捡到新的再给妳们。这刀也只是我昨晚捡垃圾偶然捡到的。」
“Alright, I’ll give you new ones if I pick any up later. This blade’s just something I stumbled across while rummaging through the trash last night.”
听到杨子藏这么说，小木屋内顿时鬼哭狼嚎。
Upon hearing Yang Zicang say this, the shack instantly erupted into a cacophony of howls and wails.
不消几分钟，这个消息便传到了宁洋耳中。
Within a few minutes, the news reached Ning Yang’s ears.
听到汇报后，这位刚刚才将两桶浊水给盛放出来的棚主眉头皱了皱。
After listening to the report, this Penglord, who had just poured out two buckets of murky water, furrowed his brows.
「他们真的说时序战器？」
“Did they really say ‘Chronos Armament’?”
这个甲子间，果然是临时起意来这里的？所以王翀几人也是被他刚认识不久就收买的人？
So this Jiazi Term kid, he really just came here on a whim? And Wang Chong and the others were bought off by him soon after they met?
Moexl内传来轻微的声音。
A faint voice came from the Moxel.
｛有点远听不清楚，不过的确有两三个都在说时序战器这个词，这个家伙说他昨晚出去捡回来的。｝
{It’s a bit far to make out clearly, but there are indeed two or three of them saying the term ‘Chronos Armament’. This guy claims he fished it out last night when scavenging.}
宁洋被气笑了。
Ning Yang was so angry he scoffed.
捡回来的…
Fished it out…
王翀这些蠢货，这种鬼话都会信，难怪会被人套出话。
Wang Chong and these imbeciles, believing such outrageous lies, no wonder they blabbed their secrets to others.
真当自己不是这片地的地主？这方圆几十里若有那种好东西没被自己发现，那自己就是蠢驴来的。
Does he really act like he’s not the owner of this territory? If there was a treasure like that within several dozen miles here that I hadn’t found, then I’d be a brainless donkey.
「下午找个由头把他赶出去。」
“Find a pretext in the afternoon to kick him out.”
｛宁哥，为啥是下午，现在咱哥儿几个就让他滚。｝
{Brother Ning, why wait until the afternoon? Let’s just chase him out now.}
「左师傅被他蛊惑的不轻，我待会找个借口把左师傅带出去再说。」
“Left Master is too deeply ensnared by his lies. I’ll find an excuse to take Left Master out of here first before we proceed.”
｛是我们太轻视左大师了。｝
{We underestimated Master Zuo too much.}
门口小屋内，贾队长跟身旁几人碰了下头，低声交代了下计划。
Inside the small hut by the entrance, Captain Jia huddled with a few others, whispering details of the plan.
「我们该找什么理由？」牛娃道。
“What reason should we come up with?” Niuwa asked.
「真当他是个人物啊，还需要理由，妳真是牛变的。」
“Come on, you think he’s someone special? No reason needed—you really are born a dumb ox.”
牛娃抠了抠脑袋。他始终感觉这几人有点小题大做，明明刚穿了人家的衣服。
Niuwa scratched his head. He still felt these guys were making a mountain out of a molehill, especially after they’d just worn the other guy’s clothes.
不过自己只是个负责动手的人，其它事自己也管不著。他只能叹甲子间倒霉，这下要去荒野上当叫花子了。
But he was just the muscle here, nothing else was his business. He could only sigh for Jiazi Term’s bad luck—headed out to the wilderness to end up like a beggar.
正在这时，张远信皱著眉头的身影出现在棚区大门旁的木屋前。
Just then, Chang Yuanxin’s frowning figure appeared before the wooden hut by the Peng Zone gate.
屋里几人瞧见有人来，赶紧停了商议，贾队笑问道：
Seeing someone coming, the people inside quickly stopped their discussion. Captain Jia asked with a smirk:
「张师傅怎么有闲心出门了。」
“Master Zhang, what brings you out for a stroll today?”
「我就是来找妳们的。我昨晚睡著后，好像感觉屋里进来过人。」
“I came looking for you lot. After I fell asleep last night, I felt like someone came into my room.”
「真的？丢东西了吗。」
“Really? Did anything go missing?”
「没，但…」
“No, but…”
「那可能是哪个手痒把妳们推开了吧，张师傅妳今晚记得拿木棍顶上门。」
“Ah, probably just some twitchy hands barged you open by mistake, Master Zhang. Best brace the door with a wooden stick tonight.”
见几人心思没放在自己身上，话里话外还隐隐赶自己走，张远信脸色难看的离去。
Noticing their minds were elsewhere and their talk subtly hinted for him to leave, Chang Yuanxin’s face darkened as he walked away.
等他走进大门，门口小屋里壹人撇撇嘴：
As he passed through the gate, someone in the hut sneered:
「还没搞出啥动静呢，就当自己是副棚主了。」
“He hasn’t even stirred up any shit yet, but he’s already acting like Deputy Penglord.”
「小声点，御寒壁炉制作也是我们的重中之重，以后还得靠这玩意儿获得订货函。」
“Keep your voice down. The Coldward Hearth production is also our top priority. We’ll need this thing to secure more purchase orders.”
「那也不能只靠这个，唉，咱们这儿懂做东西的人太少了。」
“But we can’t rely solely on this. Sigh, there are just too few people around here who really know how to make things.”
以前随处可见的物品，真要去制作它们时就抓瞎了。别说配方，甚至材料和部件摆在面前都不知如何组装。
Items that used to be everywhere suddenly become a total blind spot when you actually try to craft them. Let alone the formulas—even if the materials and components are laid out before you, you have no clue how to assemble them.
在这里，制作复杂物品的引擎，只能找有真实制造经验的人，否则最好搞到蓝图。
In this place, the engine for making complex items can only be handled by those with real manufacturing experience. Otherwise, you’d better get your hands on a blueprint.
「妳不是会修车吗？」牛娃突然看著对面的小瘦男人道：「要不妳造个车。」
“Aren’t you good at fixing cars?” Niú Wá suddenly stared at the thin man across from him. “How about you build one?”
这壹直蹲在贾队长身边充当下手的男人不乐意了，他瘪瘪嘴道：
The man, who had been crouching by Captain Jia the whole time as his lackey, felt offended. He pursed his lips and said,
「妳会玩手机吗。」
“Do you know how to use a smartphone?”
「会啊…」
“I do…”
「来来来，妳给我制造个MCU。还造车，信不信我把妳变成车。」
“Fine, then—you go ahead and manufacture an MCU for me. You want me to build a car? I’ll turn you into a car, I swear.”