第一百五十八章 花屏
“So that’s it. I thought it was some manifested model ability. By the way, I saw him using an Ability Sphere, with such powerful temporal-storage capacity—who is he?”
“原来如此，我还以为是什么模型能力化现的呢。话说我看他用的是能力球，拥有这样强悍的时序储存能力，是谁啊？”
Everyone in the room expressed ignorance.
屋内之人都表示不知情。
Inside the main hall.
大殿内。
Queen Rose listened as the sounds outside gradually quieted, and the strange mental torment had ceased for some time.
玫瑰女王听着外面声音渐渐平静，那怪异的精神折磨也消失好一会儿。
“He’s gone.”
“他走了。”
The girls who had surrounded Xu Aiyuan in tight circles to protect her finally dared to let go and lift their heads.
层层围着徐爱媛牵手保护她的众女孩，终于敢松手抬起头来。
The girl with a youthful face, struck by a coin, tearfully picked up the glowing speckled coin.
被钱币砸到的那位面容稚嫩的女孩，眼泪婆娑地捡起那枚荧光闪动的钱币。
The information contained within it emerged in her mind.
其上蕴涵的信息出现在心中。
“[Life Bank: 100N.]”
[寿命银行：100N.]
“[I can use an additional 100N.]”
[我可以使用额外的100N.]
Her body trembled slightly, then she looked up at the gaze of the big sister figure, who watched her with a gentle smile.
她身体轻微颤抖了下，然后抬头看向目光柔和注视着自己的大姐头。
“It’s only a hundred years.”
“只有一百年。”
She spoke in a small, somewhat embarrassed voice.
她有点不好意思的小声的道。
Possessing Time Sequence allowed her face to appear rejuvenated, but her innocent, childlike temperament was hard to feign. Xu Aiyuan looked at the girl before her—this was likely her actual age, yet she had fearlessly protected her.
拥有时序，面容可以返老还童，但稚气未脱的气质却难以伪装。徐爱媛看向身前的女孩外貌，这应该就是她本身的年纪，却愿意奋不顾身来保护自己。
At that moment, a hint of comfort welled up in the heart of the Rose Queen.
这一刻，玫瑰女王心中出现些许慰藉。
She took the coin, which bore the usual stamped characters: “Xi-Cang First Year.”
她接过钱币，上面一如既往的铸印着“子藏元年”四个字。
[I can use an additional 100N.]
[我可以使用额外的100N.]
Her beautiful eyes swept over the ground in the distance, revealing scattered charcoal pieces glowing faintly nearby—a cheap, widespread craft item on the floor.
美目扫过远处的地面，露出隐光的炭火块四周，这种劣质工艺品地上到处都是。
Xu Aiyuan smoothed the qipao over her legs and sat down on a chair, then gently clasped the iron coin in her palm. “That scoundrel.”
徐爱媛拂过腿后旗袍坐到椅子上，眸光流转中将铁币握在掌中：“这个家伙。”
Haphazard footsteps came from outside the hall.
凌乱的脚步声自殿外传来。
The women looked toward the hall’s entrance, but the person from before had vanished without a trace.
众女望向殿外，刚才那人已然消失无踪。
……
……
The night.
黑夜。
The train raced onward at breakneck speed.
列车以更高的速度飞驰。
Occasionally passing inhabited areas, onlookers spied the ghostly, eerie phantom train, bulletlike as it tore past above the shantytown, fleeing in all directions.
偶尔路过有人的地方，当他们见到黑暗中那散发阴森鬼气的幻影列车如子弹头般自棚区中穿过，吓得四散而逃。
“Twelve of them now.”
“十二个了。”
Another one had been pulled out nearby. The young man on the train, Little Liu, seemed to let out a huge sigh of relief; they were nearly halfway there. Zuo Feixian felt a bit uneasy as he glanced at the others in the carriage, still uncertain whether what he was doing was right or wrong. If it was wrong, it might bring catastrophic disaster to all of humanity on the face of the earth. But he had no choice.
又在附近拔出了一个，车上小刘像是松了一口大气，已经快接近一半。左非闲有点心虚的看了车厢中众人一眼，他到现在也不知道自己做的到底是对是错，若错，恐怕整个大地上的人类都可能遭受巨大灾难。但他没得选。
Yang Zicang took out a map and crossed off several circled locations on it with a pen.
杨子藏拿出地图，在上面用笔划掉了几个圈住的地方。
“On the map given to us by that mysterious being, there are only about thirty pieces of the Sacred Stones marked.”
“那位神秘存在给我们的地图上，标注的神石一共也就不到三十份。”
“Based on the scenes those little ones showed us just now, it seems there are more than thirty pieces of the Sacred Stones on the earth.”
“根据刚才小东西们给我们看的画面，似乎大地上并不只有三十份神石。”
Yang Zicang thought for a moment, then looked at the group of people in front of him:
杨子藏想了想，看向身前的几人：
“I imagine only this many are needed to handle the situation…”
“我想应该是只需要这么多就能应对…”
Boom! The train surged through with a roar like breaking through a calm lake’s surface, whistling outside as it plunged into darkness deeper than a mountain tunnel—it was breaking through a mountain range.
箜咚！列车像是撞破了平静湖面般卷起巨大风声，窗外如同窜越山洞般更为深邃幽暗，它在突破一条山脉。
Luo Bin said cautiously, “Further ahead, there are many encampments under the Red Model; we must not be careless.”
洛宾谨慎的道：“再往前好些都是红模型的棚区，我们不可大意。”
“The Sacred Stone they transported to Rose Creek earlier might have come from nearby encampments. The map marks two Sacred Stones closest to Rose Queen Guo Juan. If what we’re looking for at our current destination isn’t there, we’ll head straight to the more distant one.”
“之前他们运送去玫瑰溪的那块神石，或许就是周边棚区的。地图上标记离玫瑰女王最近的有两个神石，我们现在去的地方若是没有，就立即去往更远的地方。”
“Good.”
“好。”
The train whooshed through the mountains and plains. The outline of a ragged settlement emerged ahead—almost no bustle or noise there.
列车呜地冲过山脉与原野，前方一座破破烂烂的聚集地轮廓出现，那里的喧嚣声几乎没有。
Suddenly, a small ball of light flew down.
忽地，一个小光团飞下来。
It was an unfamiliar little creature, looking quite cocky.
是个陌生的小家伙，看上去有点拽。
{Famous person alert.}
{名人注意哦。}
“What’s wrong?”
“怎么了？”
Yang Zicang looked at him. The little creature landed on a large divine stone, lay on its side propping its head with one hand, and waved the other, setting up a faint force field to isolate the area.
杨子藏看向他，这小东西落在块大神石上，侧躺着撑着脑袋一挥小手，淡淡的力场将这里隔绝。
{We can’t record the area ahead.}
{前面的区域我们记录不了。}
“Can’t record it.”
“记录不了。”
The group’s hearts trembled in unison. There was only one possibility for such a situation. They immediately thought of the strange scene when Xiao, the officer, appeared.
几人心间齐齐一震，这样的情况只有一种可能。他们瞬间想到了霄干事出现时的异状。
“Ahead…?”
“前面…？”
Yang Zicang said nervously:
杨子藏紧张地道：
“Are you saying that there’s something there like…”
“难道你指的是，那里有类似…”
{I’ve already broken the rules, alright! Just be careful—it’s best to leave immediately.}
{我已经算违规啦！反正小心点，最好直接离开。}
With that, a burst of electric sparks suddenly erupted from the little messenger.
说罢，这个报信的小家伙身上突然冒出一阵电火花。
Crackle! Crackle!
噼啪噼啪！
The little creature’s whole body was immediately struck as if by lightning, its face blackened, its hair scorched and standing on end.
小东西全身顿时如同被雷击过，小脸黑黑的，头发也胡乱的烧焦炸了起来。
It glared at Yang Zicang with its tiny eyes, then got up, transformed into a glowing ball with trails of smoke, and flew crookedly through the carriage up into the void.
他瞪着两个小眼珠子看了杨子藏一眼，然后起身化为带着烟雾的光团，歪歪斜斜穿过车厢飞上虚空。
“The little reporter is risking danger to help you.”
“小记者在冒着危险帮你。”
“Ma Chao, bypass the settlement ahead.”
“马超，绕过前面的棚区。”
The train had already heard the warning.
列车早已听到这提醒。
Just as it was about to approach the unusually quiet settlement, it suddenly swerved in an arc, charging into the darkness away from the surroundings.
在即将靠近那座分外安静的棚区前，它忽地拐弯划出道幅度，从棚区周围冲向黑暗中。
In this settlement, a silhouette as tall as a hill sat on a wide, exquisite blanket, its height matching the houses.
这座棚区里，一座如小山般的轮廓坐在宽大精美的毛摊上，这轮廓跟房屋一般高。
That was actually the body of a person.
那竟然是个人的躯体。
In its hand, it held a rock bound by chains, surrounded by human corpses.
他手上捏着块被锁链捆住的岩石，周围是片人类尸首。
The dozen or so survivors crouched trembling on the ground, continuously writing something on the papers before them.
还活着的十来人慑慑发抖地蹲坐在地上，不断在身前的纸张上写着什么。
“It actually turned and left.”
“竟然拐弯走了。”
This man stood up, nearly ten meters tall, like an oversized sumo wrestler. His short robe rippled without wind, adorned with embroidered images of shifting mountain mists and oceans.
这人站起身来，身高近十米，如同放大版的相扑选手，身上短袍无风自动，上面有着变换的山雾与海洋的刺绣画面。
“He must have discovered I’m here—the reporter must have snitched. Are they not planning to acknowledge the editor-in-chief?”
“发现我在这里了，定然是记者告密。他们难道不打算认同主编吗。”
“Secretary Shan.”
“山干事。”
The two oddly shaped, short figures beside him looked up with reverence and asked, “Should we chase that celebrity tour?”
周围两道身材矮小的怪人恭敬地看向他：“要追那个名人团吗。”
“Of course—we can’t let these ignorant fools gather the Spirit Haunts.”
“当然，不能让这些无知的东西集齐灵骇。”
He looked down at the people below, trembling from his words.
他俯首看向下方，看向因其说话而慑慑发抖的几人。
“You keep writing your life stories, especially about Earth. Write more—that world seems quite interesting.”
“你们继续写你们的生平，关于地球的信息，多写点，那个世界似乎很有意思。”
The short figure added cheerfully:
那身材矮小的人笑呵呵补充道：
“What a pity it’s just a civilization born a few thousand years ago. These people’s tales are at best a seasoning to be read as fiction, not even a tenth as magnificent as what Your Greatness has experienced.”
“可惜只是诞生数千年的文明而已，这些人的故事充其量个当小说看的调味剂，不如伟大的您所经历的瑰奇绚丽十分之一。”
“But they are invaluable seasoning nonetheless, since most of our time has been spent in psychic illusions. I’ll be off now.”
“但也是不可多得的佐味剂，毕竟我们经历的岁月更多只是念力幻境而已。我先去了。”
Secretary Shan sat cross-legged on the enormous rug, his body surging with energy. The large floral carpet floated off the ground. In the next second, it shot off into the distance. A few seconds after he left, a thunderous boom echoed as a sonic boom rippled through the distance.
山干事盘坐于巨型地摊上，随着身上能量涌动，这张巨大的花毛毯离地悬浮了起来。下一秒它嗖地冲向远方。离去两三秒后一道轰鸣炸响，远处出现音爆。
Boom!
轰！
The disturbed air overturned their clothes, papers, and the bloodstains on the ground. The servant-like, sharp-nosed little man suddenly turned his head, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.
扰动的空气将众人的衣衫与纸张，还有地上的血迹掀翻，那侍者般的尖鼻矮小人物忽地转头，眼中闪过狠戾。
“You beasts! If these papers are lost, you’ll pay with your lives to make up for it!”
“畜生们，这些纸若丢失，你们就跟着去赔命吧！”
The group panicked, scrambling frantically to catch the flying papers.
众人一片惊慌，胡乱的抢着纷飞的纸张。
The train raced through the air at high speed. Yang Zicang sensed something and turned to look through the semi-transparent dark carriage toward the rear.
列车高速行驶于空气。杨子藏若有所感，他扭头望去，从半透明的暗影车厢看向后方。
A small black dot was zipping toward them at incredible speed from the dark glow on the horizon.
一个小黑点速度奇快地从地平线上的暗光中冲来。
“Something is chasing us.”
“有东西在追我们。”
The others turned to look as the small black dot slowly grew larger.
几人转头看去，那个小黑点缓慢变大。
An invisible pressure met them head-on.
无形的压迫力迎面而来。
“What is that?!”
“那是什么！”
“Whatever it is, Little Ma Chao, speed up!”
“不管是什么，小马超，快加速！”
Whoosh—
呜——
The train seemed to pick up a little speed, but the distance it had gained quickly began to shrink again.
列车速度似加快了些，但很快拉远的距离又不断缩减。
After about a minute, Little Liu and the others could already see a huge, floating floral rug bearing the figure of a sturdy, imposing man. He had a topknot, wore a delicate short robe with wide sleeves that bared his chest and belly, and had eyes like those of a dragon or a tiger, radiating a mountain-like aura.
一分多钟后，小刘几人已经能看到有个漂浮的大花毯上，承载着道魁梧壮汉的身躯。那人挽着髻头，身穿拥有宽大袖口、露出胸膛与肚皮的雅致短袍，双目如龙似虎，散发着山岳般的气势。
Boom! Boom! Boom!
轰轰轰！
The relentless sonic booms drew the attention of people for dozens of miles around.
绵延的音爆惊起方圆数十里人的注意。
In the distant darkness, someone stood on an undulating hilltop and looked over.
远方黑暗中有人站在起伏的山坡顶端望来。
“What is that?”
“那是什么？”
They saw the ghostly train racing at top speed across the barren land, with a huge figure chasing after it like a shot from a cannon, drawing closer and closer.
他们瞧见荒芜大地上幽灵列车极速前行，后方一道巨大身影如同出膛炮弹追逐而去，越来越近。
“The ones up ahead should be the main supply convoy, and the ones behind…”
“前面的应该就是大甲方货队，后面的…”
“Could they be the Moon-Shadow Monsters?”
“难道是月影怪物？”
People on the hillside watched the two streaks disappear at high speed, puzzled.
山坡上人们疑惑地看着两道轨迹高速消失。
Inside Pivot Town.
枢纽镇内。
The employee responsible for the screens monitoring Yang_Zicang and his group couldn’t hold back—he reached out and patted the flickering curved-panel monitor.
一直负责杨子藏几人屏幕的那位雇员没忍住，伸手拍了拍那台花屏的凸屏显示器。
Those around him stared in shock at his action.
周围人震惊的看着他的动作。
“What do you think you’re doing!”
“你干嘛！”
“Courting death, are you? At something like that?”
“想死啊，这是能拍的吗。”
The young man suddenly came to his senses. “Ah, sorry, everyone—the signal keeps dropping.”
这小子一下反应过来，“啊对不起各位老师，信号老是断。”
Someone speculated uncertainly:
有人不确定的分析道：
“It’s fine. Probably the little journalists got distracted with other matters. Maybe they’ve grown tired of watching the train race along.”
“没事，那应该是小记者们在注意别的事情，或许它们看腻了列车赶路吧。”
Everyone in the observation room turned their attention to the other screens. After all, all across the Disrupted Frequency Zone, there was either conflict or debate; many figures who ordinarily wouldn’t merit notice were now unleashing their true abilities on the monitors, drawing silent admiration from the viewers.
观测室内的众人望向其它屏幕，反正失频之地上到处都在或扯皮或征战，好些以前不注意的人物，此时在荧幕中爆发出真正实力，让人看得暗叹不已。
There were many hidden ability users of great potential across that land.
那片大地上还是有很多隐藏的珍贵能力者的。
Only, they might not know it themselves, or those around them couldn’t tap into it. Tonight’s sudden upheaval, however, had brought them into the spotlight.
只是他们或许自己不知道，或是身边的人发掘不了，今夜的突变倒是让他们崭露头角。
“That screen signal has dropped too.”
“那个荧幕信号也断了。”
One person pointed at a snow-covered feed in the upper left corner.
一人指向左上方高处的一个雪花画面。
“Isn’t that shelter area in the middle of a lively fight?”
“那棚区不是正打得热闹吗。”
“There are clashes everywhere… the little journalists must be bored. Oh! Yang_Zicang’s feed is back.”
“到处都在打，小记者看腻歪了吧。哦哟，杨子藏的画面回来了。”
All eyes gathered on those screens. Inside, the train was picking up speed, but it went out again in just a few seconds.
众人目光齐聚那些荧幕，里面的列车正在提速，但没几秒又断掉了。
This time, four or five screens focusing on Yang Zicang all simultaneously cut off the broadcast perspective.
这次，四五个关注着杨子藏的荧幕齐齐断掉转播视角的画面。
“Something’s wrong.” Zhuyin faced forward with a serious look, one hand on his hip and the other propping himself against the edge of the solid wooden table.
“不对劲。”逐银一只手叉腰，一只手撑着实木桌台的边缘，眼色严肃地看向前方。
No sooner had he spoken than these disrupted screens all simultaneously displayed the rushing train again. However, the little reporters seemed to have tacitly zoomed in together.
他刚说完，这些断掉的画面又齐齐出现列车奔驰的景象，不过小记者们似乎默契的一起拉近了距离。
But within two seconds, the image that had already zoomed in went out again!
但没过两秒，这已经拉近的画面再次断掉！
“Damn! Something must be up.”
“靠！肯定有问题。”
“Is there something interfering with the reporters’ broadcasts?”
“有什么东西在干扰记者的转播？”
Without needing Zhuyin to point it out, everyone had noticed the peculiarity.
不需逐银提醒，大家都发现了怪异之处。
The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed.
房间内气氛骤变。
Could this be the reason for day turning into night?
这是不是就是白昼变黑夜的原因？
If there was anything extraordinary about the Lost Frequencies Territory, it would absolutely be these little creatures of unknown origins. They were carefree, and no harm could truly hurt them. They were almost invincible.
若说失频之地有什么神奇的地方，那绝对就是这些无人知晓来历的小家伙们，它们无忧无虑，任何伤害都无法真正伤到它们，近乎于无敌。
But now, something unknown could interfere with them, and these things were chasing that shadowy train.
可现在有未知的东西能够干扰到它们，而且这些东西在追逐着那幽影列车。
“The train has sped up several times. It’s definitely trying to escape. It’s already missed several shed areas.” The crowd said anxiously.
“列车几次提速，肯定是在逃跑，它已经错过好几个棚区了。”众人有些心急的道。
“Let me ask what’s going on.” A model emerged from Zhuyin’s chest.
“我问问怎么回事。”逐银胸前浮现出模型。
“Deputy Town Head, tonight, Yang Zicang might be the fuse. Are you sure it’s okay for you to step in and ask?”
“副镇，今晚杨子藏或许是导火索，你出面询问真的没问题吗。”
“There’s no time to worry about that.”
“管不了那么多了。”