Chapter 129: Chainsaw Golden Centipede

第一百二十九节：锯齿金蜈

Translator: Skyfarrow Editor: Skyfarrow

When Fang Yuan woke up, it was already noon of the second day.

方源一觉醒来，已经是第二天的中午。

His headache was gone, and the intense pain had vanished completely.

头已经不疼了，剧痛已经消失。

He touched his ear subconsciously, the sense of touch no different from before. It was as if the cutting of his ear never happened last night.

他下意识地摸了摸自己的耳朵，触感和先前别无二致。仿佛昨夜的割耳的事情根本就没有发生的一样。

He climbed down from his bed, finding a mirror to look at himself.

他从床上爬起身来，首先是寻了镜子，照了一下。

In the mirror, a young man’s face was shown; he was not handsome, but his dark abyss-like iris, made him stand out from mortals, showing a special unique coolness and charisma.

镜子中，显露出一个少年的面目，并不英俊，但是一双漆黑深幽的眸子，却让他脱于凡俗，泄露出一丝不同寻常的冷酷魅力。

The young man’s ears were the same as any others.

少年的双耳一般大小，别无二致。

Last night, when he planted the Earth Communication Ear Grass, Fang Yuan’s right ear was plump and big, his ear drooping till it nearly reached his chin. But now it was completely normal from appearance, there was nothing different.

昨晚刚刚种下地听肉耳草时，方源的右耳又肥又大，耳垂几乎已经抵到了下巴。但是如今却变得普普通通，从外形上看去，根本就发现不了异常。

This is because his body and the Earth Communication Ear Grass had gotten used to each other.

这是因为身体和地听肉耳草已经相互适应了。

Fang Yuan’s thought moved, and from his aperture a little red steel primeval essence flowed along his body, moving up towards his right ear.

方源心中一动，从空窍中调出一股些微的赤铁真元。真元顺着他的身体，一路往上，最终流入到右耳当中。

At once, his hearing improved multiple times, and numerous footsteps could be heard.

顿时，他的听力暴涨数倍，无数人的脚步声都传入他的耳中。

Although he was on the second floor, he had a feeling of stepping on earth.

他虽在二楼，但是却有一种脚踩大地的错觉。

Fang Yuan paid attention and listened as his primeval essence continued to be used, and his hearing improved as well. In the mirror, roots started to grow out of his ear.

方源用心倾听，真元继续催动，听力也随之增强。在镜子中，他的右耳也慢慢地生长出了根茎。

These roots were like the roots of a thousand year ginseng, extending from his ear towards the outside, constantly growing longer and moving towards the ground.

这些根茎，像是千年老参的参须，从耳廓处向外延展，稀稀疏疏，不断地变长，垂向地面。

At the same time, his right ear had the notion of becoming fatter.

同时，右耳也有一种要变大变肥的迹象。

Fang Yuan stopped using the Earth Communication Ear Grass, and a second later, the roots growing out of his ears retracted, and his right ear became normal again.

方源试着停止催动地听肉耳草，一秒之后。耳廓向外生长的参须全部缩了回去，右耳也变成了普通形状。

Of course, his hearing also went back to its initial state.

当然，听力也回落到原先的状态。

“This way, I have a recon-type Gu.” Fang Yuan wore his upper shirt, taking out a water basin from under his bed.

“这样一来，我就有了侦察之蛊。”方源穿上衣衫，从床底下取出水盆。

Last night, the bloody water had turned into blackish dirty water due to the charcoal tossed in. The bloody towel submerged within was the same as well. There was still some white in the red colour initially, but now it was all covered by the black soot. It was easy to make people assume that it was a cloth for wiping grease in the kitchen.

昨晚殷红的血水，因为投入进去的煤石，已经化成了一片黑沉的污水。浸泡在其中的血巾也是如此。原先的血红

This basin when brought out, even if it was poured in front of someone, nobody would notice.

还有白色的底色，都被黑灰色遮盖。让人很容易地就联想到，厨房间里沾染油污的抹布。

Summer was coming, and many clansmen were trying to clean the stove that they used in winter. Often they would end up with a basin of dirty water just like this.

这盆水端出去。就算是当着其他人的面倾倒出去，也不会露出马脚。

While the iron was still hot, Fang Yuan entered the rock crack secret cave again.

夏天就要到了，许多族人都要擦拭清洗用了一个冬季的火炉子。经常会清洗出这样的一盆污水。

This time, he did not enter empty-handed, but caught a deerling outside and tied its four limbs together. He used a steel contraption to bind its mouth, and then used the Stealth Scales Gu to hide his presence and brought it to the rock door.

趁热打铁，方源再入石缝秘洞。

这次他没有空手而来，而是在野外捉到一头幼鹿，用麻绳捆住四蹄，用铁罩套着嘴，再用隐鳞蛊隐没身形，带到了石门前。

He did not open the door in a hurry, but activated the Earth Communication Ear Grass.

他没有忙着推门，而是首先催动了地听肉耳草。

The roots extended from his ear, and his hearing ability amplified.

参须从耳廓周边延展而出，他的听力顿时得到了数倍的增幅。

Dongdongdong……

咚咚咚……

Firstly, he heard a light sound, the sound of slow heartbeat.

首先，他听到一阵阵轻微的。缓慢的心跳声。

As the roots grew longer, the heartbeat became louder, and the sources of sound also increased.

随着参须越来越长，心跳声也越来越响，同时声源数量也在增加。

Fang Yuan did not need to think to realize that these heartbeats were coming from the jade eye stone monkeys in the rock forest.

方源几乎不用思考就知道，这些心跳声都是来自后方石林的玉眼石猴。

His shut his eye and he could imagine in his head, the owners of these sounds hiding in their caves, curling into a ball and sleeping.

他闭上双眼，脑海中就能想象出。这些奇特的声音蜗居在自己的石洞中，盘缩着身躯，沉眠的景象。

But this was not what he wanted to find out.

但这些并不是他想要感知的。

He continued listening, his right ear already becoming slightly fat, the ginseng limbs growing out of his ear almost half a metre long, the roots having sentience. They extended to the rock door, and stabbed in rather shallowly.

他继续倾听，右耳已经变得有些肥大了，耳廓上的参须足有半米的长度，根须有灵性的。都蔓延到石门上，扎进去一个很浅的深度。

At this moment, Fang Yuan felt that his hearing had a gigantic boost.

在这一瞬间，方源感到自己的听力得到了一种巨大的提升。

With him as center, he could hear the numerous noises of a three hundred step radius!

以他为圆心，他感知到方圆三百步的范围内的无数声音！

This was the Earth Communication Ear Grass’ true usage; what he did in the village was merely a test.

这才是地听肉耳草的真正用法，先前在山寨中只不过是浅尝辄止。

If the Earth Communication Ear Grass’ roots did not touch the ground, for a Rank two recon Gu, it was at a very average level. But once the roots are in the ground, its range would drastically improve.

地听肉耳草的参须若不接触大地，侦测范围在二转蛊虫中，只能说是普通水准。但是一旦参须扎根在土地里，它的侦察范围就能得到质的提升。

This was understandable.

这点很好理解。

On earth, the theory was that sound travels at a speed related to its intermediary. Sound in the earth or in water, the speed of transmission was far greater than through air.

用地球上的理论，声音的传播速度和介质有关。声音在大地，在水中的传播速度，要远远大于空气中的传播速度。

In ancient China, some soldiers in war when sleeping, would use a wooden quiver as their pillow. Once any cavalry attacks, the soldiers would hear the noise from the earth and be awakened in time. If they waited for sound to travel by air, they would not have time to react.

在中国古代，一些打仗的士兵，在睡觉的时候，都会枕着木制的箭囊。一旦有骑兵奔袭，士兵们透过大地传来的声音，就能及时地被惊醒。若是单靠空气传播，根本就反应不及。

The roots grew into the rock door, and Fang Yuan could instantly hear the commotion behind it.

参须扎根石门，方源顿时感到石门后的动静。

It was a very scrambled and confusing noise, but very frequent. Compared to this noise, the stone monkeys’ heartbeat was like the sound of drums.

那是一阵阵稀稀疏疏的声音，很是细微繁芜密集。和这种声音相比，石猴的心跳声就宛若敲击大鼓的鼓声。

If a newbie was using this Earth Communication Ear Grass for the first time, upon hearing this they would be thinking of all the possible guesses. But to Fang Yuan, this noise was expected, and he only listened for a while before frowning.

换做新人第一次用这地听肉耳草，恐怕听到这里，就要费尽思量的揣摩猜测。但这声音亦在方源的意料当中，只是他听了一阵后，眉头渐渐皱起。

He pushed open the rock door.

他索性推开石门。

The rock door was heavy, but with his strength of two boars now, it was easy.

石门沉重，但是他如今有二猪之力，却是毫不费劲。

The rock door opened, and a dark long tunnel appeared in front of him, stretching on at a straight line, towards the unknown.

石门洞开，展现在他眼前的是一个幽深黑暗的甬道，一直水平地延伸出去，通向未知和神秘。

Fang Yuan untied the deer he had caught, and tossed it into the tunnel.

方源将捉来的幼鹿解开绳套，抛向前方的甬道。

The deerling was very smart. Sensing the dangers of the dark path ahead, it did not dare to move forward. Its huge eyes stared at Fang Yuan, showing fear and a begging intention.

幼鹿灵性十足，在冥冥中感应到前方黑暗中的危险，不敢前进。它大大的双眼看向方源，似乎流露出恐惧和哀求之色。

Fang Yuan snorted and threw a moonblade.

方源冷哼一声，甩手一记月刃。

This moonblade was controlled to be small, slicing vertically and inflicting a light wound on the deerling’s body.

这月刃被方源控制的威力不大，斜斜一切，在幼鹿的身躯上，划出一道浅浅的血口。

The blood gushed out from its wound, and under the pain, the deerling’s fear towards Fang Yuan won and it rushed into the dark tunnel.

血液涌现出来，疼痛下，幼鹿对于方源的恐惧顿时占了上风，它慌乱地就向黑暗的前方奔去。

Darkness soon engulfed it.

黑暗很快就将它吞没。

Fang Yuan activated the Earth Communication Ear Grass again, this time the roots grew into the walls.

方源再催地听肉耳草，这一次参须都扎根在身侧的墙壁上。

His hearing amplified, and first he heard the deerling’s footsteps, its heartbeat, and some other noise.

听力得到暴涨，首先方源听到的是幼鹿急窜的脚步声，它的心跳，然后是骤然而起的稀疏声潮。

Golden Centipede’s cave is precarious, Earth Communication is the way to avoid the disaster……

金蜈洞中杀身祸，可用地听避凶灾……

Fang Yuan knew in his heart that these noises were the movement sound of a centipede.

方源心知肚明，这些稀疏的声潮便是一只只蜈蚣在爬行的声音。

In his ear, he could hear the deerling’s cries.

耳中，忽然传来幼鹿的惊嘶。

Evidently, it had gone into the cave and met the centipede.

显然它闯入了虫穴，遭遇了蜈蚣。

Fang Yuan could see the image in his mind, the flustered deerling attacked by a centipede swarm, completely engulfing it. The deerling turns around in fright, and as it kicks its young hooves it felt the sense of death approaching and gave cries for help.

方源的脑海中顿时想象出一个画面来：幼鹿惊慌失措，蜈蚣群如潮水般涌来，包围了它。幼鹿在原地惊惶地打转，踏着幼蹄，感受到死亡的气息而发出哀鸣。

Uncountable number of centipedes climbed onto its body, and the deer laid on the ground, rolling and struggling.

密密麻麻的蜈蚣攀上了它的身躯。幼鹿倒在地上，满地打滚，剧烈挣扎。

Only after a while later, its heartbeat stopped.

只是过了一小会儿，它的心脏就停止了跳动。

The centipede army started to consume the deerling meat on its body.

蜈蚣群覆盖在它的身躯上，开始啃噬幼鹿的血肉。

Fang Yuan’s gaze shone as he heard a special sound.

方源目光突地一凝，他忽然听到了一个特别的响声。

This sound was like a buzzing, like the turning on of a chainsaw; it was full of arrogance, dominance, and wildness.

这声音嗡嗡嗡的，就像是电锯开动起来一样，充斥着张狂、蛮横、粗野的气息。

If a newbie heard this, they would be confused. But with Fang Yuan’s experience, he could guess the identity of this sound at once.

若换做新手听来，必定要疑惑万分。但是方源凭借着丰富的经验，却在第一时间猜中了这个声源的身份。

Rank three wild Gu worm — Chainsaw Golden Centipede!

一只三转的野生蛊虫——锯齿金蜈！

This was the worm king in the centipedes, the true killer in the centipede cave.

这是蜈蚣群的虫王，金蜈洞中的真正杀机。

Fang Yuan could completely imagine: A metre over in length, the breadth of two fists, coiling and slithering around the cave.

方源完全可以想象出来：有着一米多长，双拳之宽的金色大蜈蚣，忽然由静转动，蜿蜒爬行起来。

On the two sides of its body, there is a row of sharp saw-like teeth. As it moved, the chainsaws also moved around rapidly, just like an electric chainsaw.

蜈蚣的身躯两侧，是一排锐利的银边锯齿。随着它的爬行，这些锯齿也在急速地转动，仿佛是电锯一般。

The Chainsaw Golden Centipede’s arrival caused the centipede army to quieten.

锯齿金蜈的到来，顿时让蜈蚣群一静。

It came ferociously, and wherever it went, the centipedes gave way, showing the half-body remains of the deerling.

它汹汹而来，所到之处，蜈蚣群无比辟易四散，露出还剩下大半的幼鹿身躯。

It climbed to the deerling’s body, opening its mouth and consuming the deer blood and deer meat, and when it got to the bones, it coiled its body up and used the chainsaws to lightly grind against the bones, turning it into powder easily.

它爬到幼鹿的身躯上，张开狰狞的口器，汲取鹿血，吞食鹿肉。遇到鹿的骨架，它就卷起身躯，利用银边锯齿轻轻一绞，就将骨头轻而易举地搅成骨粉。

“Even the White Jade Gu’s defense cannot endure this Chainsaw Golden Centipede’s attack. It seems that the Flower Wine Monk’s intention is to make me use this Earth Communication Ear Grass and avoid the centipede. But I have the Spring Autumn Cicada, so to subdue this Chainsaw Golden Centipede, it is not impossible!” Fang Yuan had a thought in his head.

“就算是白玉蛊的防御，也吃不住这锯齿金蜈的一阵锉锯。看来花酒行者的意思，就是让我用这地听肉耳草，避过这只锯齿金蜈。不过我有春秋蝉，要收服这只锯齿金蜈，也不是不可能！”方源脑海中，一个念头萌生出来。

He was overjoyed at this prey.

他是见猎心喜了。

The Chainsaw Golden Centipede was an outstanding Gu worm. If it was his to use, it would be another strong method of attack.

锯齿金蜈也是较为优秀的蛊虫，若是纳为己用，必定是一个强力手段。

Only that, in order to subdue this Chainsaw Golden Centipede, even a Rank four Gu Master would have to expend a lot of effort.

只是要在地底，收服这样的一只锯齿金蜈，恐怕就算是四转蛊师也得大费周章。

Catching and killing are two things, the former is way harder than the latter.

捕捉和围杀完全是两码事，前者的难度要远远高于后者。

Wild Gu worms were all crafty, and if the Chainsaw Golden Centipede saw something amiss, it would burrow into the ground and escape. If a Gu Master did not have a burrowing method, how can he give chase?

野生蛊虫大多很是狡猾，锯齿金蜈见机不妙，就会地遁而走。蛊师若没有地遁的手段，怎么追击？

But Fang Yuan had the Spring Autumn Cicada, thus as long as he caught this Chainsaw Golden Centipede and released a hint of the Spring Autumn Cicada’s aura, he would make the Gu worm cower and not dare to move.

不过方源有着春秋蝉，只要抓住这只锯齿金蜈，泄露一丝春秋蝉的气息，必定能使得这虫畏缩万分，不敢有丝毫的动弹。

Spring Autumn Cicada was a Rank six, its aura was extremely powerful against Rank one to Rank four Gu worms. But against Rank five, it had less effect, and towards other Rank six, there was no deterrence force in it.

春秋蝉高达六转，它的气息对于一转到四转的蛊虫，都有强烈的震慑效果。但是对于五转蛊虫，效果就不大了。对于同级别的其他六转，就更无一丝威慑效果。

This phenomenon is very interesting, but actually human society is just the same.

这个现象很有意思，其实想想，人类社会也是如此。

Towards someone outstanding, people would envy, worship and admire. But to someone who is only slightly better performing, they would dare to offend, and was mostly competition and jealousy.

面对异常优秀的伟人，人们常常会敬佩、羡慕和崇拜。但是对于只优秀自己一点的人物，就敢于冒犯了，因此通常都是竞争和嫉妒。

“I am only at Rank two middle stage now, hence to subdue this Rank three Chainsaw Golden Centipede, it is possible but still too early.” Fang Yuan assessed.

“只是我现在才是二转中阶，现在要收服三转的锯齿金蜈，虽然也不是不可以，但这时机却有些过早了。”方源沉吟起来。

Rank two Gu Masters should use Rank two Gu worms which is the most appropriate, and most useful. Of course, Rank two Gu Masters can also own Rank three or even Rank four Gu worms.

二转蛊师，当然用二转的蛊虫最合适，也最趁手。当然，二转蛊师们也照样能拥有三转、甚至四转的蛊虫。

But this was not common.

只是这个现象并不常见。

Firstly, the higher rank the Gu worm, the more expensive it is to feed it. Secondly, they become harder to use and require more cost when activating. Like a baby trying to wield a large hammer, if it forcefully tried to, it might pull a muscle due to the hammer’s weight and smash its own leg.

一来蛊虫越是高级，喂养的费用就大大增加。二来越是高阶，蛊虫用起来就越不方便，需要付出一定的代价。就好像是婴儿挥舞大铁锤，强行舞动的话，很有可能被铁锤的重量拉伤筋肉，砸中自己的脚。

“The deerling has already alerted the entire colony, it would take ten days to half a month for these centipedes to calm down. After my testing, the thought in my heart has been affirmed, but I have no chance to strike yet. Why don’t I slow down and give it some time, this matter cannot be rushed.”

“幼鹿已经惊动了整个虫群，恐怕得有十天半个月，才能让这虫群真正的平静下来。现在一番试探，已经验证了我心中的猜想，但却并非接着探索的良机。不如先放一放，缓一缓，这事情不能太着急。”

Fang Yuan left his thoughts here and closed the rock door again. He then left using the Stealth Scales Gu.

方源想到这里，便重新关上了石门，利用隐鳞蛊退了出去。

《蛊真人》中英文对照版 第一百二十九节：锯齿金蜈

《蛊真人》中英文对照版第一百二十九节：锯齿金蜈