第一百六十章 昼与夜的较量 -1
Boom!
轰隆！
All the carriages were instantly torn into countless fragments by the immense force swung from the Mountain Strongman’s palm, disintegrating into a myriad of mental energy fragments that scattered in the air.
所有车厢瞬间被山力士掌中挥出的巨力撕裂成无数碎片，化为漫天念能碎片消散。
Yet, the few of them were completely unharmed.
但自己几人毫发无损。
Yang Zicang rushed to the window, astonished to see pieces of another train bursting and falling from the sky below.
杨子藏冲到窗口，惊异的看到另一辆列车的碎片自下方的空中爆开坠落。
“Ring of Bloodline… Twins?”
“血脉之环…双生？”
He had never even seen a first-ring bloodline, let alone a fifth ring—this was information he had never even heard of.
他连一环血脉都没见过，更别说第五环，这是他不曾听闻过的信息。
At that same instant, their own actual train had already soared over ten li into the sky, tilting sharply downwards.
也是在这瞬间，自己所在的这艘真正的列车已经出现在了十多里的高空，正极速倾斜着往下。
The carriages that had just shattered were copie bodies suddenly created by Zuo Feixian.
刚刚碎裂的车厢，是由左非闲突然创造出来的复制体。
“Are you okay?”
“你还好吗。”
Yang Zicang looked at Zuo Feixian, who had instantly become nothing but skin and bones.
杨子藏看向一下就变成皮包骨的左非闲。
Judging from Qin Meng’s condition, using such an ability in an ordinary human body placed a tremendous burden. And he looked even worse off than Qin Meng was then.
从秦蒙的情况来看，普通人类身体使用这样的能力，是非常大的负担。而他看上去比秦蒙当时更为严重。
Zuo Feixian forced a weak smile as he leaned against the stone:
左非闲强笑着靠在石头上：
“I… I’m not doing so well. I need some good food to recover.”
“我…有点不妙，要吃好吃的才能复原。”
Little Liu supported him, smoothing down his gaunt chest with his hand: “Alright, alright, when we get back, I’ll make you something delicious. How about braised spare ribs?”
小刘扶着他，拿手顺着他瘦骨嶙峋的胸膛道：“好好，回去我就给你做好吃的，红烧排骨你看好不好。”
“I… I want to have two helpings.”
“我，我要一起吃两顿。”
“Fine, fine, two bowls it is.”
“行行，两碗就两碗。”
Zuo Feixian’s lips tugged slightly. His eyelids slowly drooped, and his chest heaved like a bellows as he said:
左非闲嘴角扯了扯，他双目缓缓闭上，胸口如风箱扯动的道：
“Go back. Star Miao said… there’s enough now… There are more of our divine stones over there.”
“回去吧，星渺大神说…数量差不多了…那边还有我们更多的神石。”
“Got it!”
“好！”
Once they entered the corridor between platforms, the speed would be incomparably faster.
只要进入站台间的穿梭，速度就不可同日而语了。
[I will spend 1N principal to activate the Midnight Train.]
[我将耗费1N本金启动午夜列车。]
[Next stop of the Midnight Train: Wang Chong Station.]
[午夜列车下一站，王翀站。]
The carriage was about to begin an ether-space shuttle.
车厢即将开始念境窜梭。
Boom! The carriage was overturned once more as the enormous blanket came down over them. Rings of light appeared in the massive man’s eyes, and dust coalesced from his thick fingers, mingling into a giant spike the size of a millstone.
轰！车厢突然再次被掀翻，那张巨大的毛毯已经覆盖而来。上面的大汉目中光环浮现，粗壮指尖尘土汇聚，交融成磨盘大的巨型尖锥。
Facing this unavoidable strike, the people inside the carriage showed expressions of horror and despair.
面对这避无可避的一击，车厢内众人露出骇然与绝望之色。
{Sigh.}
{唉。}
A soft sigh.
一声轻轻叹息。
This sigh resounded for dozens of li around.
这声叹息响彻附近数十里。
All the divine stones inside the carriage flickered in unison. The mountain force in the sky changed expression.
车厢内所有神石齐齐闪动，那高空的山力士脸色一变。
Swoosh! The conical spike, attached to who knows how many magnaseconds of force, came flying over. At the same time, the blanket stood upright like a sailcloth, tracing a semicircular arc in the air, turning around, and fleeing into the distance at extreme speed.
咻！附带不知多少万时序的尖锥射来，同时毛毯如风帆般一竖，在空中飘出个半圆弧调转身型，极速逃向远方。
Yang Zicang suddenly felt a hand, like a jade-hard skeleton, rest gently on his shoulder in a fraction of a millisecond, and countless indescribable energies surged into his body.
杨子藏突然感觉到，一具质地坚硬的玉石般的骸骨手掌在零点零零几毫秒间缓缓搭在肩头，无数难以言喻的能量瞬间涌入身体。
{I wish to sign a temporary domination agreement with you.}
{我想与你签订临时支配协议。}
[Xingmiao wishes to sign a temporary domination agreement with me.]
[星渺想于我签订临时支配协议。]
{Hero from afar, please accept.}
{来自异邦的英雄，请接受。}
[I have accepted the agreement, duration 100S.]
[我已接受协议，持续时间100S.]
Yang Zicang instinctively raised an arm, pointing into the distance just like Zuo Feixian had done before.
杨子藏下意识举起手臂，如之前的左非闲般指向远方。
This straight, upright arm remained unwavering, unaffected even by the violently tumbling train.
这道笔挺竖直的臂膀，就连在空中剧烈翻滚的列车也无法让自己晃动分毫。
No matter how much the train turned, his fingers firmly locked onto the distant figure.
无论怎样翻滚自己的手指都牢牢锁定了远处那道身影。
[I have obtained the proxy rights to Xingmiao’s Stellar Nodes.]
[我获得了星渺的星元代理权。]
[I have received an additional investment of Void Zero Chronos from Xingmiao.]
[我获得了星渺的虚零时序追加投资。]
[I have been granted the temporary lending rights to Xingmiao’s Throne.]
[我获得了星渺的格位暂借权。]
[I feel the liberation of my bloodline.]
[我感受到了血脉的解放。]
[I have obtained the temporary usage rights to the Canjing bloodline.]
[我获得了璨境血脉暂借使用权。]
In the psychic communion, all this was accomplished in an instant.
心灵交感中，这一切在顷刻间完成。
[Additional Throne manifested: Ten-thousand-rank, Throne suppression successful.]
[额外格位展现，千万位，格位压制成功。]
[Deploy.]
[调度。]
Whooom~
呜嗡~
The high-speed incoming crimson flame rock spire veered slightly, crashing into the ground.
高速射来的红焰岩石尖锥划过微弱幅度，撞向地面。
[Throne manifested: One-rank.]
[格位展现，个位。]
[Additional Throne suppression: Ten-thousand-rank, Throne suppression successful.]
[额外格位压制，千万位，格位压制成功。]
Boom!
轰隆！
The earth trembled violently, cracking open into a chasm as if mountains had shattered and the ground had split apart, countless fragments flickering as they shot toward the heavens.
大地震荡，那里如同山崩地裂般出现道裂开的大坑，无数碎块闪动，崩向天际。
The flying carpet that had sped away into the distance suddenly veered in an arc, turning back.
远方高速离开的毛毯突然划过道幅度，竟然转了回来。
Whoosh! Countless dark golden ripples spread from the far reaches of the vault of darkness, as if someone had cast a stone into the sky, stirring golden ripples through the dark clouds that blanketed heaven and earth for millions of leagues.
嗖~黑暗苍穹顶端，自远方荡开无数扩散的暗金波纹。仿佛有人在天际投下石子，激起黑暗云层的金色涟漪，铺天盖地，不知几万里。
Amid such overwhelming might, a female voice cold and clear as ice sounded out.
这样浩瀚威势中，清洌如冰的女声传来。
{You have already broken off one of my fingers, Xing Miao. Do you truly want to do this?}
{你已断我一指，星渺，你真的要这样做吗！}
All across the land, everyone looked upward, hearing this divine mental voice.
大地之上，所有人抬头看去，他们都听到了这道如同神灵般的心念声。
Sunny gritted his teeth as the rug hurtled toward the train; he leaped from the stall, slamming into the ground with a resounding boom.
撞向列车的毛毯上，山力士一咬牙，他从摊子上跳了下去，轰地声撞入大地。
Like a tarp whipped by a fierce gale, the rug crashed into the tumbling, plummeting train, flapping with a loud rustle.
毛毯如同狂风吹袭的大布撞到了翻滚坠落的列车上，哗啦抖动着。
The levitation ability it still held eased the train’s descent slightly.
它还蕴含的漂浮能力让列车整体下落的姿态一缓。
The glittering ripples at the horizon shimmered and faded away.
天际的波光闪动着消散。
“That voice… she’s the chief editor?”
“这声音，她就是主编？”
Yang Zicang struggled to control his emotions; an almost tangible oppressive pressure had been bearing down on him just moments ago.
杨子藏吃力的控制自己的情绪，如有实质的威压刚才一直笼罩着自己。
{Indeed.}
{正是。}
The voice emanating from the Divine Stone echoed within the train car.
自神石透出的声音在车厢内响起。
{Take this flying carpet as my thanks. After all, this train likely won’t be fit for the living to ride from now on.}
{这飞毯就当作我对你们的谢礼吧。毕竟这列车以后，恐怕不是活人能够乘坐的了。}
The broken skeleton of jade turned its body, raising its only remaining left arm—in an instant, the flying carpet appeared within the car and automatically wrapped itself around it in layers.
残缺的玉石骸骨身躯转过去，将仅有的左臂一抬，飞毯瞬间出现在车厢内自动层层裹在它身上。
Crimson, white, and dark gold lights shimmered as magical runes flickered and vanished. The large carpet then fell gently, like a gossamer veil, upon the train floor.
红的、白的、暗金的光芒化为魔纹一闪而逝，大毯子化为轻纱般坠落在车厢中。
“So, just like that, he’s been released from that guy’s control over his treasure?”
“这就，解除那家伙对宝物的掌控了？”
Zuo Feixian was utterly stunned. In his understanding, for orbed meters being controlled, the only ways to reclaim an artifact were through manual un-binding—spending one’s time sequence—or the death of its holder.
左非闲震惊不已，在他的认知中，这样的模器被掌控后，除非主动花时序解除，就只有人身死才可以重新易主。
No wonder she was such a formidable existence. He couldn’t even guess how many facets her model had. Could it be that legendary fivesides, or even six?
不愧是这样强的存在。他都不知道对方到底是几边形模型，难道是传说中的五边，甚至是六边形？
The decrepit skeleton figure picked up the gossamer, speaking softly:
破败的骸骨人形拾起轻纱，轻轻地道：
{This was once my master’s shawl—that’s why I could un-bind it.}
{这是我主人曾经的披肩，所以我能解除。}
Yang Zicang only glanced at it. This wasn’t the time for such discussions.
杨子藏只是看了眼。此刻不是讨论这些的时候。
“Ma Chao, can you still hold on?”
“马超，你还行吗？”
He had already consumed one coin to replenish the train’s temporal sequence.
他已消耗了一枚钱币，为列车做了时序补充。
{I’ve… shortened, and I’m very weak.}
{我，变短了，也很虚弱。}
“Hang in there—while I still have time, let’s go retrieve that divine stone we left behind. We might even get hold of other pieces.”
“再坚持下，趁着我还有时间，刚才那块神石我们去带回来吧，说不定还能获得其它部分的神石。”
{Ah…}
{喔…}
At that moment, the train sensed the mysterious aura within itself. Though severely wounded, it had also touched upon a higher level of power, which was highly beneficial.
此刻列车感知着体内那神秘气息，虽然受到大创伤，但自己也体会到了更高层次的力量，这对自己颇有益处。
Whether it could carry people was never a concern.
能不能载人，从来不是它考虑的事情。
Without hesitation, the train turned around and shuttled back toward the shantytown they had previously fled.
列车二话没说调转身形向之前逃离的棚区穿梭了回去。
With the skeletal remains within its body, it sped up and appeared behind the convoy that had already begun to escape.
有这骨骸在自己身体内，它高速出现在了已经开始逃离的车队后方。
The ripples on the horizon flickered once more. This time, that female voice uttered not a single word, but countless energy waves surged like a tide toward the east, where a faint glimmer illuminated the horizon.
天际波纹再次闪动，这次那道女声没有任何话语，但无数能量波纹海潮般涌向东方，那里的地平线上亮起一抹微光。
{Not good.}
{不好。}
Rumble…
箜隆隆…
The train instantly materialized into a solid form and crashed into the wilderness, like a derailed locomotive churning up a long dust trail, carving a track nearly a hundred meters long across the ground amid a thunderous roar.
列车顿时化为实体坠进荒野，如同脱轨般激荡起长长烟尘，在大地上划出近百米车痕，发出震耳轰鸣。
Xingmiao, floating inside the carriage, immediately raised an arm, pointing it at her own illusory head made of rubble and dust. At that moment, a piece of broken bone hovered near her head.
悬浮在车厢内的星渺立即抬起手臂，指向自己由岩石灰尘构建的虚影头颅，此刻它的脑袋部分已有一片碎骨漂浮。
With her directing the gesture toward her temple, the faint glimmer that had just lit up in the east dimmed once more.
随着它指向太阳穴的动作，东方刚刚亮起的微光再次黯淡。
The world plunged back into midnight.
世界再次回归午夜。
The crowds scattered across the land boiled over with astonishment.
大地各处的众人无不哗然。
How could they not see that the divine-like, ethereal female voice that had spread across the entire Lost Frequency Domain was in a contest with another force, their battle determining the appearance of day and night across the horizon.
他们哪里看不出来刚才那道神灵般，扩散整个失频之地的女性声音正在与另一股力量角逐，它们在争夺天际的昼夜显现。
“Xingmiao must be the one who turned day into night!”
“星渺肯定就是那个把白天变成黑夜的人！”
The questioning voice, rippling across the sky’s dome, had already imprinted the name “Xingmiao” into the heart of every living being on the ground.
笼罩天空的波纹扩散出的质问之声，早已将星渺这个名字印入大地上每一个生灵的心间。
Now, they were all talking about who this so-called Xingmiao was, and how the First Party Freight Team had managed to find such a supremely powerful entity, even drawing out such a terrifying opponent in the process.
此刻他们都在谈论，那所谓的星渺，到底是谁，大甲方货队又是如何找到了那种强横无比的存在，居然引出了如此恐怖的对手。
“Does the First Party Freight Team know who Xingmiao is?”
“大甲方货队是不是知道谁是星渺。”
“Of course! That guy is definitely working for Xingmiao!”
“肯定啊，那家伙绝对在给星渺办事！”
“God, this must be a battle between gods, right?”
“天啊，这是大神之间的战斗吧。”
Among those still scrambling for the divine stones, at least half immediately cut their losses and fled.
还在抢夺神石的人中，至少一半立即溜之大吉。
When a power is within one’s cognitive range, even if it’s a new concept, it’s something one can try to engage with. But when it is clearly separated by a chasm of difference from one’s own abilities, such a contest becomes laughable.
当力量在自己的认知范围内，哪怕是新认知，那也是自己可以试着去接触的。但当它明显与自己有着天地之差，那这样的争夺就显得可笑了。
Many who had tried collecting the divine stones gave up outright, some even tossing them into the wilderness, terrified of having any connection at all to these two mysterious entities whose faces they had yet to even see.
很多试着收集神石之人很是干脆的放弃，有的甚至直接丢到了野外，深怕与这两尊连面都还没见过的神秘存在有丝毫干系。
The luxury fleet sped across the open plains, far slower than trains or flying carpets.
豪华车队奔驰在旷野上，它们的速度远不如列车和飞毯。
But every time the Phantom Train was about to catch up, a dawn-like light would surge forth from the horizon. As if a gap were lifted in the dark curtain, the high-speed train would instantly crash down into the wilderness.
但每当幻影列车要将其追上的时候，天际就涌现出晨曦般的黎明之光。如同黑暗帷幕被抬起道缝隙，高速前行的列车也就立即摔进荒野之中。
“It’s no use, we can’t catch up, and the agreement’s time is almost up.”
“不行了，老是追不上，协议时间快到了。”
Xingmiao sighed softly:
星渺轻叹：
{You go ahead!}
{你自己去！}
A lightweight gauze scroll suddenly swept across the ground, actively wrapping forward toward Yang Zicang ahead.
地上轻纱一卷，主动裹向前方的杨子藏。
Enveloping the young man, it burst through the phantom train, then unfolded with a whoosh, spinning out into a massive floral blanket the size of a house.
它包裹着青年直接撞破幻影冲出列车，随后呼啦一声旋转着展开成巨大如房屋面积的花毛毯。
The giant blanket caught the falling Yang Zicang and quickly sped toward the convoy on the horizon ahead.
巨毯将坠落的杨子藏接住后，快速冲向前方地平线上的车队。
Ripples on the horizon spread and flickered again.
天际波纹再次扩散闪动。
At the center of the ripples high in the sky, amid the spreading hazy white waves, two halos of darkness and gold pulsed into existence, like multiple diverging rings of light.
高天的波纹中心，混白的扩散波纹正中心，黑暗与金色两种光圈震荡着出现，如同好几道扩散而出的光环。
A blurry white figure with a tight curve slowly descended from the very center of those halos.
一道拥有紧致曲线的朦胧白色身影自道道光环正中缓缓下坠。
Raising an arm and pointing, she said,
她抬臂一指：
{Get back.}
{滚回去。}
An undisputed soundwave stirred up a ferocious gale in the spiritual world.
不容置疑的声浪卷起精神世界的狂风。
Yang Zicang looked around in panic.
杨子藏惊慌四望。
The land instantly turned into a ghostly realm, with countless sandstorms flying wildly, and images of broken humans and cities appearing. Tens of thousands of people with mutilated bodies, gnashing claws, hovered and charged over to encircle him.
大地瞬间变为鬼域一般，无数风沙漫天飞舞，残破的人类与城市虚影出现，数以万计身躯破败之人张牙舞爪浮空围杀过来。
Starshimmer seemed to appear by his side just as Yang Zicang was about to fall into it, snapping him awake. It was only an illusion.
星渺似乎出现在身边，差点陷入其中的杨子藏清醒过来，这只是幻影。
Boom! Surging waves of air destroyed all anomalies within a few hundred meters nearby.
轰！气浪翻滚，将附近数百米内的异像摧毁。
{First, eliminate the pen ahead.}
{先灭掉眼前这只笔。}
On the distant vehicle, hearing that devil-like mental voice, Cadre Hu, with her small lips tightly shut, turned her head to gaze at the floating black dot in the distance.
远处车上，听闻这如魔鬼般心声响起的虎干事，小嘴紧闭地转头看向远处漂浮的黑点。
In the sky, the drifting blanket that had paused and swayed was now accelerating.
只见天空飘荡的毛毯正由停顿摇晃变得加速接近。
She turned to the driver and said, “Faster, go faster.”
她扭过头对司机道：“快，再快点。”
“Cadre Hu, being watched, we can’t break through the ether wall and enter the sub-ether field.”
“虎干事，被人注视，我们没办法突破以太之壁，进入亚以太场。”
“Then, like the mountain warrior, abandon the vehicle… Stop quick, I’m getting out!”
“那就跟山力士一样，咱们不要车了…快停下，我要离开！”
An immense pressure bore down on them.
巨大的压迫感靠近。
The driver’s expression shifted: “No, there are too many spirit remains in the car. It must never fall into its hands, or Chief Editor will…”
司机神色一变：“不行，车上有那么多灵骸，绝对不能落在它手上，否则主编大人…”
The flying carpet was approaching rapidly.
毛毯越来越近。
“Forget it!”
“不管了！”
Cadre Hu’s face betrayed a look of panic.
虎干事脸上露出慌乱神色。
The young girl’s gaze shifted from the flying carpet to the cars behind.
少女目光由飞毯落在身后的几辆车上。
“We split up and run!”
“分开跑！”
Biting her small tiger-like teeth, she raised the secret treasure cube in her hands, aiming it at the sky.
她咬着小虎牙抬起了手上的秘宝魔方，对准了天上。
Boom!
轰隆！
Before her eyes could flash with light, a cataclysmic ripple surged in, engulfing the convoy in a sudden explosion. Several divine-stones wrapped in golden chains scattered all over the ground.
在她双目爆闪出光芒之前，一道毁天灭地的波纹涌来，车队瞬间陷入爆炸之中，数道被金色铁链缠绕的神石摔落满地。
The cube flashed, nullifying the incoming wave of energy, and the girl spat out a mouthful of blood.
魔方光芒一闪，将冲来的能量毁灭，少女一口鲜血吐出。
The brown-yellow, gloomy wilderness erupted with a thunderous roar and a massive explosion sending dust and smoke high into the air.
褐黄暗沉的荒野冒起巨鸣与烟尘翻滚的大爆炸。
A single heavy black car, its lights flickering, lurched out of the smoke and sped into the distance, while the rest of the vehicles were completely destroyed.
一辆灯光飘忽的黑色厚重轿车歪歪斜斜冲出烟尘，高速驶向前方，剩下的车辆尽数毁灭。
The flying carpet dove toward the ground, but just before impact, it slowed and landed gently.
飞翔的毛毯坠落向地面，在即将摔在地上时它突地一缓，轻轻坠地。
The pact period was over.
协议时间结束了。
YangZicang felt the immense power within him being drained, leaving him with a sense of emptiness, and he nearly collapsed. Forcing himself upright, he activated his Crystal Perception, greedily drawing from the void a certain energy to repair his form. After two deep breaths, he managed to open his eyes, looking at the divine stones scattered around, still wrapped in chains.
杨子藏感觉自己体内强大的力量被抽离，身子一阵空虚，差点倒下。他强撑着运转琉璃感知贪婪自虚空汲取着某种修复身形的能量，深呼吸两口才够睁眼，看向散落于周围的那些被链条包裹的神石。
Two small glowing orbs descended.
两个小光团飞了下来。
{Bravo, a badass Yang.}
{坏坏杨厉害。}
{As expected of a big shot with double perfect scores!}
{不愧是双百分的大人物！}
Yang Zicang looked at the sky; the ripples had vanished. The sight he had just witnessed might have been a real descent of an imaginary entity, or perhaps just a mental attack targeted at him. If it were the former, he wondered if it was one of the pens controlled by the editor-in-chief.
杨子藏看向天际，波纹消失，刚才看到的可能是真实降临的念想人物，也可能只是针对自己的精神攻击。若是前者，不知是不是主编的几只笔之一。
Regardless of which, that phantom had already been resolved by Xingmiao’s power.
不论哪种，那幻影都已经被星渺的力量所化解。
He stepped out from the large blanket.
他从大毛毯上迈步而出。
All the cars here were completely destroyed, reduced to debris, yet the divine stones sustained little damage.
这里的轿车全部损毁，成为渣滓，但神石却没什么大伤。
“One, two, three… four, five. They’ve collected five divine stones! Phew~”
“一二，三四…五。他们已经收集了五块神石！呼~”
Thanks to the chains wrapped around them, it took no effort to identify these stones and gather them together.
得益于链条缠绕，没费什么功夫就认出了这些石头，将它们捡到了一起。
YangZicang felt much more relieved; this had saved a great deal of time.
杨子藏心中放松了不少，这一下就节约了许多时间。
The train that had arrived from behind now “staggeringly” came to a halt, scraping marks across the ground.
此刻后方赶来的列车才“跌跌撞撞”地在地上划出痕迹停了下来。
Several clumps of light hovered in mid-air, gazing down below.
几个光团在半空注视着下方。
Inside the screen wall of the Hub Town.
枢纽镇的荧幕墙内。
A small fraction of the screens were broadcasting the ghost train that had carved long trails along the ground, much like a news report of a car accident.
一小半的画面都在转播着这在地上滑出长痕的幽灵列车，仿佛报道车祸的新闻画面。