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又是那個夢。115Please respect copyright.PENANAsHsS8mCGyH
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「我」低下頭,映入眼簾的是翠綠的甲殼,屬於昆蟲的四肢。115Please respect copyright.PENANAUfNBv4tm1r
「我」顫抖著,從四面八方湧入的資訊、情緒、以及強烈的預感支配著「我」的思考──115Please respect copyright.PENANA6yDxGRoYOn
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有某件可怕的事情就要發生了,「我」不知道那是什麼,但「我」隱約記得那是什麼。115Please respect copyright.PENANAl2qKXBBPNs
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這顆星球在數百年前也面臨過同樣的困境,「我」的族人們都還記得,記得外來者對「我=我等」做了什麼。115Please respect copyright.PENANACsXGkvuTA9
恐懼與憤怒與不安與徬徨在「我」的腦海中奔流,既是「我」也不是「我」的無數思緒爭執不休,沒有結論。115Please respect copyright.PENANAEdKFuEuEFQ
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無法取得共識的「我等」轉而徵詢「主腦=我」的意見。115Please respect copyright.PENANA5tEXgKXkPf
然而,「主腦=我」知道得實在太少了,根本無從判斷。115Please respect copyright.PENANAzcP2uVOfx7
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「我」不知如何是好。115Please respect copyright.PENANAiIxqNfmqtc
就在這個時候──門外的守衛通報說,那個孩子回來了。115Please respect copyright.PENANAqkylwCgHic
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那個孩子說,他想見「主腦」。115Please respect copyright.PENANAHC9xFBl3ZC
「我=主腦」首肯了這個要求。115Please respect copyright.PENANA727VCTy67i
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那張歷盡風霜的熟悉面孔走了過來,他說──115Please respect copyright.PENANA2tp7PtTrJa
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「──我把我經歷過的一切帶來給你。」115Please respect copyright.PENANAwHGTVN8vzb
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而後是無數的畫面、思緒、感情,蜂擁而入。115Please respect copyright.PENANAOFp0RurdUr
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被敵人所俘虜的「我」被送進長青市圍牆的另一側,面容緊繃的民兵眼神中參雜憎惡與害怕,走進牢房的少女卻眨動著她明亮的藍眼睛,臉上始終帶著明媚的笑。儘管狹窄機甲內的一切都在劇烈地晃動,「我」卻清晰地想起了同胞的計畫,與此同時,「我」看見少女的眼神染上些許受傷與控訴。望著她緊繃的側臉,「我」掙扎於族人們犯錯的可能性而說出了族人的計畫。「我」知道這意味著什麼。「我」失去了回到故鄉的資格。但當「我」走出牢房,看見長青市的天空、碰撞的酒杯,和平的光景。115Please respect copyright.PENANA47Zurn258r
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被拯救的人,未能被拯救的人,被遺棄於牆外的人,為此奔走不歇的人──115Please respect copyright.PENANAFWOEnGPL9T
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而異鄉的醫者在這無數的意義、思緒、感情、畫面中看見了自己的臉。115Please respect copyright.PENANAt2XENWVRLr
他的思緒從「我等」之中脫落,跌在了床上,他睜開眼望向自己的手。115Please respect copyright.PENANALRhlJuNqBG
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映入眼簾的是人的手。115Please respect copyright.PENANAMO9YKelg3p
但他仍舊記得夢中的所有感觸、畫面、以及感情。115Please respect copyright.PENANAfjUd56AoRk
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屬於蟲子的。115Please respect copyright.PENANA8y4NmYbwPI
屬於那個年輕人的。115Please respect copyright.PENANAQopRGaqAAu
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……一度也屬於他的。115Please respect copyright.PENANAFk1mo3sBGx
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『撐著點,援軍在路上了。』115Please respect copyright.PENANA1LXsuiRE2t
『我就知道你辦的到的。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAPWn1WSTtam
『我想你該睡了,晚安。』115Please respect copyright.PENANALynCjl3udr
『晚安,伊森。』115Please respect copyright.PENANA2d1KfbUWIn
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昨晚,瑪莉耶在半夢半醒間感覺到通訊器在黑暗中亮了起來,是伊森的好消息。115Please respect copyright.PENANA5CAsnsjGLv
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她揉著眼睛,第一時間便傳了回訊。隨之而來的第二段文字簡潔無溫,她卻彷彿能看見伊森有些彆扭的表情,聽見他嘮叨的話語。噙著一絲甜蜜的竊笑,瑪莉耶恍恍惚惚地又沉入夢鄉,那時的她仍深信自己能夠力挽狂瀾──115Please respect copyright.PENANA8aTbLp1RNx
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但一早的警鳴聲擊碎了她的美夢。115Please respect copyright.PENANAjbyd5JX3fC
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『放下武器投降吧,聯盟會給予人道的待遇。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAFnor6CoSTe
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人群的喧嘩、響亮的警報與機械的耳語塞滿了井底酒吧的大廳。跑下樓梯的瑪莉耶飛快地跑向不知所措的雅各與徹底失控的「機會」,在意識到機會身上發生了什麼事的時候,她抿緊了唇,感覺指尖變得冰涼了些。115Please respect copyright.PENANAkrLNmNp9sv
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機會的優先次序被徹底改寫了,顯然地──正是在剛被重置的時候。115Please respect copyright.PENANAWcUi3dddwo
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是了,重置的NHP會失去儲存點後的大量資料,即使被改寫,也難以自行察覺異狀。115Please respect copyright.PENANAhJKK5KKMVk
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「我們太大意了,沒想到那個訊號對剛重置的NHP最具威脅。」事到如今只能先強行關閉機會,瑪莉耶深吸一口氣,「這下我們能確定靜絕對已經被操控了。」115Please respect copyright.PENANAlyMzIdObfw
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反入侵程式還差一點就能完成,瑪莉耶拿起通訊器,正想著要聯絡卡斯特盡快來酒吧進行最後收尾,青鳥的聲音卻不期然地先傳了出來。115Please respect copyright.PENANAjhlt3MMjbP
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『──不好了,瑪莉耶。』NHP的聲音仍舊平靜,加快的說話節奏卻添了幾許倉促,『我追蹤到一道從長青市發出的訊號,接著就發現軌道砲正在修正座標──它正在準備發射。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAe4XXE48Rpx
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怎麼可能──瑪莉耶剛想這麼說,下一秒卻意識到她思考的盲點。115Please respect copyright.PENANAaoJMWv1F0H
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機械此刻全都集結在長青市,但它們的目標從來不只長青市一個。115Please respect copyright.PENANAgkgYN7h8ov
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「你剛剛說那道訊號是從長青市發出去的,有辦法追蹤並破解它嗎?」115Please respect copyright.PENANAaNlvJrmTtj
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『是的,但你會需要我在場。我已經在前往妳的路上,瑪莉耶。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAzdSyToc3Nj
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是的,他們會需要機甲吧──此時此刻,無比迫切地。115Please respect copyright.PENANA6dRyJGiNbC
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她的同伴們在她忙著檢查機會時早已跑出了井底酒吧,瑪莉耶交代完雅各反入侵程序的事情才跟了上去。115Please respect copyright.PENANABVam7Z5K6K
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方踏出室外,首先映入眼簾的,便是那枚正緩慢旋轉著的商標──115Please respect copyright.PENANA3ybqzDkAxH
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屬於星際地標公司的商標於偌大的螢幕牆上閃現,街上的市民都正抬頭仰望著。115Please respect copyright.PENANArKJtk2o3hV
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靜昨天說過的,早上會公布新的政策方針。115Please respect copyright.PENANAqkh774SExA
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瑪莉耶看也不用看就知道,自己的通訊平板上肯定也出現了一樣的標記。115Please respect copyright.PENANAqY08yTOdBP
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『早安,各位市民們。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAUAmjkSUgYU
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緊接著響起的,是靜那一如往常的沉穩聲線。115Please respect copyright.PENANA6Frxxt639i
從螢幕牆上、從無數路人的平板、從瑪莉耶自己的通訊器中──靜的聲音傳了出來。115Please respect copyright.PENANAcGDGObEVBa
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『我相信你們很多人最近都感到不安,首先,我想向你們保證,已經沒有危險了。至今為止,我們已經採取了一連串的對應的措施,包括實施宵禁、增設仿生人副官,加強城市的周遭巡邏──』115Please respect copyright.PENANAyMLcW99Mk9
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『瑪莉耶。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAV90J6f0dyr
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──在靜細數著她的新政策時,流星淑女──青鳥來到了她的面前。115Please respect copyright.PENANAWUBbl3b16p
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瑪莉耶不假思索地便跳上了流星淑女的手,順著滑入她的駕駛席上。儀表板上是已經就緒的破解程式,卡桑德號的最新鎖定的座標,似乎在長青市以北方的某個點──115Please respect copyright.PENANAzRxFzoEub7
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「要入侵軌道砲,我和海克力斯恐怕派不上用場,我們直接去總督農莊看看狀況。」115Please respect copyright.PENANAGy2DOGisk3
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「──好,拜託你們了。」115Please respect copyright.PENANAzYHRiQ8Lgz
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小玉和海克力斯沒等她回應就出發了,瑪莉耶將還在不停傳出靜說話聲的平板與機甲連線,邊深呼吸邊接通了伊森的頻道。115Please respect copyright.PENANAS0z52POBjH
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『怎麼了?』115Please respect copyright.PENANADBXB14HTiu
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「我有兩個壞消息:我確定靜被乞丐一號操控了,然後,卡桑德號有動靜了。你們行軍是在地下嗎?有辦法避開這個座標嗎?」115Please respect copyright.PENANA8ii0Rr2TZB
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『──幹!』115Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1RcMtmlwK
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她剛將座標傳了出去,伊森氣急敗壞的咒罵聲就在機甲內盪了開來。瑪莉耶來不及多想,只是反射性地急切追問:「你們在那附近嗎?」115Please respect copyright.PENANAtAfV7dOEs2
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『那是我們的家!』115Please respect copyright.PENANAzty2hbnTty
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──是最壞的狀況。115Please respect copyright.PENANAPRLQiEvylB
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瑪莉耶一瞬間感覺全身發冷,與此同時,靜還在闡述著進一步的戒嚴的必要性,她溫聲要求所有市民在接下來的時間都配合政策待在家裡。是那個手環害的嗎?是靜──是可能更久以前就在與乞丐一號暗通款曲的靜害的嗎?115Please respect copyright.PENANA9rK3qUx8ve
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「我會想辦法搞定軌道砲。」不行,她沒時間感到害怕與內疚,「我得專心了,你自己小心。」115Please respect copyright.PENANA4jBh3Sa6zG
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丟下這句話,瑪莉耶逕自切斷了頻道,將注意力放在眼前的儀表板上──但她對靜來說似乎已經成了礙事的東西。115Please respect copyright.PENANAf4u4Esvbph
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瑪莉耶看見這段時間本該在街上巡邏的仿生人副官,她原先的戰友此刻朝著她的機甲聚了過來──毫不留情地發動攻擊。所幸剛剛桑德斯選擇留下來,一直守在她身邊,讓她省下分心料理敵人的功夫。115Please respect copyright.PENANAn15kxfHLsQ
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她得把握軌道砲發射前的一小段空檔,把軌道砲的目標轉移到更無害的地方──像是──對,像是海洋。115Please respect copyright.PENANAVNQU5J4e3c
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瑪莉耶深吸一口氣,和青鳥分工破解卡桑德號的安全授權。115Please respect copyright.PENANACwzAKB4kdV
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──漫遊於數據之海。115Please respect copyright.PENANAYDOE5v1wly
這是她從很小、很小的時候就一直在練習的事情。115Please respect copyright.PENANA6vNj7jKJ4A
她可以做到的,她非做到不可。115Please respect copyright.PENANAqGHmiSz6wq
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『與此同時,盟軍的支援已經在不久前抵達,容我向各位介紹──長青市新的保安官。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAgnANL6nK2Q
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──然而,瑪莉耶眼角的餘光覷見了「那個」的模樣。115Please respect copyright.PENANAAiP41o874b
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那是個體型頎長高聳的軍事用仿生人副官,肩上別著寬大的聯盟藍軍袍,以及彰顯其軍銜的勳章。它仿效人類軍官的姿態昂首闊步,筆直走上講台,生硬陳舊、無法好好仿效人類表情的臉孔正對著螢幕前的觀眾,開口。115Please respect copyright.PENANAPA47pj2v7g
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『市民們好,這裡是乞丐一號。』他發聲的方式很吃力,笨拙的聲調像是許久未曾使用過聲帶的人正摸索著如何重拾聲音,,『根據聯盟2-CN-204-4504聯合協議,我已全面接管戰區控制權。城市已經在聯盟的保護下,你們已經安全了,聯盟就在這裡。』115Please respect copyright.PENANANmDi0L7cu1
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乞丐一號輕拍了兩下手,只見另一個仿生人從畫面一角拖著巨大的──屍骸般的暗影到了螢幕前──那是──115Please respect copyright.PENANASh6shN06kz
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一具闔靈族的屍體。115Please respect copyright.PENANAR2dogxTYBE
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『我知道你們經歷了許多死亡,犧牲了太多的生命,我在此展示你們的敵人。』115Please respect copyright.PENANArJ1PHzY3yj
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看上去死去已久,身上甲殼被炸得慘不忍睹的闔靈族屍骸被乞丐一號高高舉了起來。115Please respect copyright.PENANA4sTNcUJHKs
瑪莉耶知道她沒有資格分心,血氣卻逕自衝上腦門,伴隨情緒不受控制地劫持她的杏仁核,阻礙著她的數據溯游。115Please respect copyright.PENANA2GctBLDAuW
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『這是一位幼年闔靈族的戰鬥形體。』乞丐一號把手放在闔靈族承載記憶的頭部紋路上,『他們是集體意識的存在,這條白線,是牠們的戰紋,野蠻的印記。即便牠的肉身在戰鬥中死去,意識也能傳回母巢,回歸主宰之處。而這──讓我們成功追蹤到了母巢的位置。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAdVPFDulq9A
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──母巢。115Please respect copyright.PENANA8bha5OlBgM
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是的、是的、她沒有時間浪費在──無濟於事的憤怒上──只差一點了,她無論如何都不能讓那個東西落在伊森的故鄉。她走了這麼久的路才總算走到這裡,終於讓伊森的族人對長青市放下戒心,願意與她合作,她絕不能──讓長青市發出的訊號毀滅闔靈族的巢穴──115Please respect copyright.PENANAaTCD3z09lM
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『注視者認為你們需要這個,注視者很優秀。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAYWy6f5nU8Y
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倒數計時即將告罄之際,一則訊息跳出在她的儀表板上,示意著軌道砲的著地點的圖示開始瘋狂地晃動亂轉,就此偏離了原始的軌跡。115Please respect copyright.PENANAhRns4L7jnL
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『以我戰區指揮官的身分──』本不須換氣的乞丐一號刻意揚高音調,那怪誕的嗓音聽在瑪莉耶耳中突然變得遙遠。115Please respect copyright.PENANAYTzZ7wFBe4
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瑪莉耶意識到,自己終究來不及將軌道砲的目標對準大海。115Please respect copyright.PENANA7KPGuXH8E9
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偽神的權杖注定得落在北方的某處大地上,她正這麼想,一時間竟望見儀錶板的地圖上浮現無數光點,分別匯聚於山頭與森林的彼端。沒來由地,瑪莉耶知道──那是智慧生命留下的軌跡。115Please respect copyright.PENANA6Hy8e5BPEA
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憑藉著不可思議的幻視與直覺,瑪莉耶在倒數計時歸零之前送出了修正的訊號。115Please respect copyright.PENANAMgP70w50uG
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落點座標一路朝著三百公里外的歐姆拉湖挪去。在行至湖泊時,軌道砲發射了。115Please respect copyright.PENANA8RgXW6g8f8
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平板的轉播影像從長青市切換到了湖泊上空,映照出疾馳的閃光──115Please respect copyright.PENANAF4ETS7z9nx
只見如殞石般直墜入湖面的光柱掀起了劇烈的風暴、高聳的海嘯──115Please respect copyright.PENANA8vw5aTV0QJ
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──令再次承受重創的海西尼亞發出了祂的哀泣。115Please respect copyright.PENANAm22893mVrz
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接連不斷的地鳴連幾百公里之遙的長青市都感覺得到。115Please respect copyright.PENANAPgLtHulp64
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瑪莉耶和青鳥所有的心思都在卡桑德的防護系統上,沒能來得及穩住機體,流星淑女重重地摔了一跤,匍匐於地。115Please respect copyright.PENANAFXZ6oifVyk
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『……此刻,我們最大的敵人已經被殲滅。』115Please respect copyright.PENANAQtbhfwDJIC
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在不斷起伏的餘震中,瑪莉耶聽見乞丐一號滲入了一絲困惑的聲音──115Please respect copyright.PENANANlgyiZe5zO
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機械在遲疑中說完了它的最後一句台詞。而下一秒,靜的聲音隨即響起──115Please respect copyright.PENANAIkHbJAV3T4
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『我沒有給予你們進入這裡的權限──』115Please respect copyright.PENANAxvwSMooN6R
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『去你媽的權限!』『誰管你啊!』115Please respect copyright.PENANA1GstpmrZUq
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這次是小玉與海克力斯的聲音,而轉播瞬間一暗。115Please respect copyright.PENANAgg6Nq4N6yy
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她最最可靠的同伴已經成功殺進去了,會順利的。115Please respect copyright.PENANAT7lDyROofV
瑪莉耶有些虛脫地想著,一邊試圖想接上伊森的通訊頻道,卻始終只聽到雜訊。115Please respect copyright.PENANAPS9EbpT1kL
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