呼⸺嘶⸺338Please respect copyright.PENANAkAnOpMtIH8
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鐵製的狹窄空間被緩衝材和電路零件環繞,兩名身穿厚重太空裝的人聽著自己呼吸,避免意識跟窗外的無盡黑暗融成一體。338Please respect copyright.PENANAGsbvS1AOnv
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噴射裝置的細微震動傳遍艙體。太空人依照標準流程戳了幾下操縱面板,再摸向頭盔的通訊開關。338Please respect copyright.PENANAL9wwTLkdWF
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「倒數120秒……阿烈,撐得住吧?第一次的宇宙旅行。」338Please respect copyright.PENANAv3IuRFM8wX
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遮光面罩隱藏臉孔,但那沉穩語氣確實就是空身在說話。陽烈抬起雙手,比出拇指,把暈眩感吞下肚子才開口。338Please respect copyright.PENANAGRuD2vZJKx
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「從來都沒想過……有生之年會上宇宙……還能到月球。」338Please respect copyright.PENANAQs3q7AdfxP
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一片純白抹過深空,他們終於能夠分辨方位。下方,就是這艘小型宇宙船的終點、ERA的任務目標⸺寧靜海月面都市。338Please respect copyright.PENANAdLjVpHMR6X
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「哈……我也沒想過,至少這次甦醒之後沒有……要觀光只能趁現在囉!你等等要在船上支援我。」338Please respect copyright.PENANAZIKCL2pQjv
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空身讓輔助電腦載入自動降落程序。陽烈閉上眼,回想任務摘要:今天,各大國幕後金主、權貴富豪都會聚集在此,商討地球局勢,順便進行那些奢華的社交活動。兩人必須潛入核心,一舉取得所有政要名單,揪出體制之惡的建構者。338Please respect copyright.PENANAttp9i3Q51t
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灰白平原佔據視野,起落架撞擊地面。空身解開安全帶,輕盈跳向後艙。338Please respect copyright.PENANA2lh4wV4MDN
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「這些傢伙……不惜重本把空氣跟水般上來,躲在宇宙以操弄戰爭金融為樂……要不是為了知己知彼,我還真不想跟他們變成一夥,一秒都不行。」338Please respect copyright.PENANA9gfOeL7hdv
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「放心,您凝視深淵這麼久,深淵都會害怕。」陽烈確認船身滑進建築內部、機庫氣密閘門關閉,才脫下太空裝、搬出行李貨櫃,「您的衣服……在這。」338Please respect copyright.PENANAoHMgSGz22w
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「結婚之後就沒穿過這麼正式了。」空身讓頭盔下的臉孔見光。年齡、膚色、五官位置,都跟過去的他完全不同⸺基因等級的不同。這次的複製體為了特殊任務而調整,能通過生化檢測,徹頭徹尾偽裝成另一個人類。338Please respect copyright.PENANAjIRigfMCfc
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陽烈拿起一副眼鏡對著判若兩人的領袖,手邊的薄型電腦隨即顯示出攝影機畫面。空身看著自己的影像打理行頭,戴上智慧眼鏡、拉轉把手,跳出了船艙。338Please respect copyright.PENANAMwGZK9HZWJ
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『測試、測試……Do you copy?像電影台詞哦,嘿嘿。』338Please respect copyright.PENANAF7UDFt1hml
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「Copy……我看到了,直走左轉就是宴會廳。好好享受吧,歐洲貴族『詹姆士先生』。」338Please respect copyright.PENANA03fQwJ6ABu
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古典音樂飄過宮廷式華美長廊,磁吸鞋跟固定在運輸走道上,強化玻璃壁面與月面景色一起緩緩橫移。空身保持微笑、飄向大門,讓安檢人員掃描假造ID,瀟灑地混進富麗堂皇的人群。338Please respect copyright.PENANAcjJeNvvfoH
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挑高天井、鑲金梁柱、水晶吊燈目不暇給。外頭是漆黑天空與亮白岩石的明顯對比,裡面卻是遊走於灰色地帶的邪惡笑聲。陽烈從遠端影像看見許多男孩、女孩,天真無邪地在美食佳餚旁跳來跳去、被父母抱進懷中。338Please respect copyright.PENANAektL8QVY0e
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似乎有那麼一瞬間,他好奇,如果生在不同時代,自己是否也能擁有這些際遇。338Please respect copyright.PENANAcJQNqm1GMK
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『在如此環境長大,價值觀只會慢慢扭曲……必須讓後世有面對癥結的機會,才能造成改變。阿烈,別忘記,我們不是來濫殺無辜。』338Please respect copyright.PENANAqqSMJgjZ7d
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「無辜?出生到這個世界……就不再是無辜的。」338Please respect copyright.PENANAdCa7bm5bR5
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『哼……』畫面中,空身用手把玩著餐桌上的玻璃球,裡面的香檳飲料搖曳金光。附近的貴族耳語依稀傳進收音器。338Please respect copyright.PENANAoMtP2cdETr
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『不曉得政府在搞什麼?連一個恐怖分子都抓不到……』338Please respect copyright.PENANAO4I1pqFRAp
『還好那群窮人上不來,不然又要汙染環境。』338Please respect copyright.PENANAdK2wFN1GeY
『好久沒下去度假,懶得運動,身體都快散掉了,呵呵呵。』338Please respect copyright.PENANAKLYtMyV1vv
『你們有聽說那個無痛器官更新……』338Please respect copyright.PENANAZt1QZb0CP8
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咚。338Please respect copyright.PENANA4atVQ3k1AP
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雜音被關在廁所門外。空身進到安靜個室裡面,站上馬桶,用皮帶扣內藏的螺絲起子試著打開通風孔蓋。338Please respect copyright.PENANAcZkClaXN1W
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『的確……一出生,就要背負上個時代的遺產,不論好壞、不論善惡……加入ERA之後,你好像變得文謅謅了哦?新兵陽烈。』338Please respect copyright.PENANA1LTTilBI9H
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「跟各位夥伴學到很多啊……對了,老大,我想問……為什麼要核心成員要維持八個呢?」338Please respect copyright.PENANAL6ORxEZtZB
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『呃……太多太少也不好辦事吧?不是有個說法:團隊超過九個人,效率就會低下,之類的……』338Please respect copyright.PENANAeCrusjhkIW
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「那為何不要九個人?偶數常常表決不過啊。」338Please respect copyright.PENANACTFcQgaWhD
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空身想了想,把鐵蓋輕聲放下。玻璃窗外,一艘清潔公司標誌的太空梭緩緩飄過,拉住抗軍領袖的視線不到幾秒就消失了。338Please respect copyright.PENANAUXlS24e3BZ
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『表決沒過,才能繼續討論,直到某個成員願意改變想法……畢竟,要少數服從多數,然後又要群體來服從中心,不是隨隨便便就能決定的……哎!來點輕鬆話題吧?我接下來可是要跟蟑螂一起爬管子。』338Please respect copyright.PENANAR2ChwLWGU0
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大男人奮力鑽進小洞,攝影機啟動夜視模式。陽烈拿起線路圖,引導空身來到剛才經過的走廊上方,往另一端裝滿賓客資料的機房前進。338Please respect copyright.PENANArYuRYAzEao
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「對了,您跟莎萊莎小姐……是不是……」338Please respect copyright.PENANAPP23T0Isi0
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『我的天,輕鬆話題是這種哦?』338Please respect copyright.PENANACcdTdMT8a8
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空身在管路裡垂下頭,苦笑著說:「也是啦,這麼明顯……明明跟我這種人在一起只會受傷、明明對作戰沒有幫助,她還是……我也……每次復活之後,都想說不應該再繼續,結果,還是改不了。」338Please respect copyright.PENANAReXIk8NYbG
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『情不自禁……嗎?我沒有那種經驗……』338Please respect copyright.PENANAaFOOizQj5t
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「你會有的,年輕人,只要戰爭結束……在那之前,我得先想辦法把下個複製體的性慾消除啦,哈。」338Please respect copyright.PENANAffD0QpXlBE
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空身正想移動時,突然從縫隙之間看到下方異狀。338Please respect copyright.PENANAwQk3RUKJSF
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安檢人員兩隻腳被磁鞋吸在地面,上身像洩了氣的皮囊一樣癱倒。兩名清潔工戴著卡通角色面具,手中握著類似槍枝的物體,心懷不軌地飄向宴會廳門口。338Please respect copyright.PENANASj5bjpRbOP
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「糟糕……烈!有辦法關閉保全攝影機嗎?」338Please respect copyright.PENANA7tdgalt6sX
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『呃……不能關太久,怎麼回事?』338Please respect copyright.PENANA3y0uEJQ9ed
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不知哪來的勢力也選今天行動。如果觸動警報,不僅任務失敗,連ERA繼承人都可能被逮捕。空身咬緊牙根,不假思索就蜷縮身體、踢破孔蓋,直接撲到持槍歹徒頭上。338Please respect copyright.PENANAOLMzuCbxx7
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『老大!敵人是誰?』338Please respect copyright.PENANAJWS3d8CbPD
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無暇回應,空身與其中一人在地上彈跳、扭打,好不容易找到機會鑽到他身後擒抱手臂,把衝鋒槍扭到旁邊、用力踢開。338Please respect copyright.PENANAtY92KvpJAD
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另一名清潔工舉著槍不知所措,害怕打到同夥。激烈纏鬥讓面具飛到半空,空身難掩錯愕,因為他們用來遮掩身分的廉價玩物,就是模仿當紅恐怖分子⸺空身自己的臉孔而造。338Please respect copyright.PENANAlBeAhKJVZO
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「ERA萬歲!」歹徒用後腦杓猛撞擋路者,殊不知那人就是他們景仰的救世主,「去吧!不要管我,相信你自己的力量,執行制裁!殺光那群畜生!」338Please respect copyright.PENANAihCIpcTIWZ
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無政府起義、最小化組織的弊端,就是沒有統整的攻勢,這缺陷在關鍵時刻成了空身的絆腳石。他想起身追上去卻被拉倒在地、勒住喉嚨,只能眼睜睜看著另一名歹徒衝進大廳。338Please respect copyright.PENANAmKd2uLhZiJ
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「等等、等等!」338Please respect copyright.PENANAzITagEkdWC
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閃光、轟音噴出門口,接著就是無數慘叫、哀號。338Please respect copyright.PENANA0gGy1mDsod
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「住手!那是我的名號啊……」空身難過地用基因強化的雙臂掐住追隨者,看著他逐漸斷氣。338Please respect copyright.PENANAB2OaHGkcY7
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「你是……怪物……新時代……是屬於我們的……」338Please respect copyright.PENANATYroAcFzWd
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歹徒笑著死去。空身把屍體推開,踉蹌站起。想要逃向出口時,照明燈瞬間轉成紅色。警鈴驟響,防災隔板也開始降下。338Please respect copyright.PENANAToEbIt7wy9
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「老大,保安出動了,快回來!」船艙內的陽烈把手伸向緊急升空按鈕,卻遲遲壓不下去。他知道保命要緊,但還是無法下定決心見死不救。338Please respect copyright.PENANAULiUmmLWYA
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知道空身的秘密、知道他背負的重擔之後,每次行動、每次死亡,都讓繼承者的「憐憫」不斷增長,早就大過「尊敬」。338Please respect copyright.PENANApTkQ47Cv04
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『任務失敗了,烈,你快走……我還有複製體。』338Please respect copyright.PENANAtyHjrdaix3
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畫面中,革命領袖用自己的視角進入屠殺現場。他看見男男女女的軀殼在低重力下飄動;看見幼童失去靈魂的瞳孔浸泡在滿地鮮血之中。338Please respect copyright.PENANA9sQNKG2rv0
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堪稱人間煉獄。338Please respect copyright.PENANAS8TsrOQkMn
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「革命成功!我是新時代的先鋒!」面具歹徒高聲大吼,轉過身來朝著自己太陽穴扣下扳機。空身造型的英雄面具被轟出大洞,但他的精神會永遠流傳,連同他所種下的因與果。338Please respect copyright.PENANAjgTBTyxenr
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目睹這一切的始作俑者低下頭,看向沾滿罪孽的雙手。這一生,甚至連原本面容都不能擁有,卻要承受這麼多煎熬,何必呢?338Please respect copyright.PENANAlBleIYFx9H
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有那麼一瞬間,他放棄了崇高使命、放棄身為革命領袖的意志。最讓他感到痛心的,是拋下所有東西的自己竟然鬆了口氣。338Please respect copyright.PENANAs4RvKKNsel
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陽烈不斷用無線電叫喚。眼看氣密閘門就快鎖死,空身卻跪在原地,顫抖地拿起歹徒的槍,確認膛室內還有一發子彈。338Please respect copyright.PENANAcgQuihFwMt
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「老大、老大……我知道你很怕!你每次都這麼怕、這麼難受……一出生就被強迫接棒,沒辦法有自己的人生,還要把深愛的女人讓給下一個你,那個只有基因跟你一樣的陌生人……根本不合理啊?拜託!不要放棄希望,不要再離開……離開我們了……」338Please respect copyright.PENANA7It0UaT8DT
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雜訊逐漸增強,腳步聲全面包圍廳堂。空身利用斷訊前的最後一絲電波,對只有苦難的人生,還有他最信賴的繼子道別。338Please respect copyright.PENANAhRBfaHryOh
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『我的希望……只剩你了……活著回去,想辦法拯救下個我,陽烈。』338Please respect copyright.PENANAkc9nM7I0pn
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滋⸺338Please respect copyright.PENANAMZCwbu1Cby
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通訊對象消失,青年士兵用力垂下開關,趴在船艙壁面上喘息。338Please respect copyright.PENANAk6GAjxZMYE
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他的喉嚨只能發出野獸般的咕囔、眼睛瞪得不能再大、眉頭不知該怒還是該哭。每次都是這樣,一個人犧牲、一個人醒來,複製技術明明有更好的用法,不該再讓空身受這麼多苦才對。338Please respect copyright.PENANAiz9n5Tk7Qe
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「下一個你……再下一個你,絕對會繼續掛著那個自信笑容,隱藏心中所有恐懼吧……為什麼?都已經有我們這些家人了,還要把所有責任給自己承擔?為什麼?為什麼不願意跟我分享,一起往未來前進……」338Please respect copyright.PENANAw5WMCznHfh
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這樣下去不行,他必須付諸行動。338Please respect copyright.PENANAZpOoI3j8hF
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噴射裝置開啟,起落架收合。太空船少了一半重量,加速飛入無垠的孤獨。338Please respect copyright.PENANANHQBoZhEDQ
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寂靜。338Please respect copyright.PENANAoMcudayrSU
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陽烈扶著壁板,回到駕駛座上扣緊繫帶,讓心跳恢復平穩。338Please respect copyright.PENANAavXovq0RFu
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最理解ERA、最能改革ERA的地球之子,豪無畏懼地盯著母星後方升起的日冕,終於體認到那個無窮光芒的溫度,與其蘊含的神蹟力量。338Please respect copyright.PENANAyTLzmEOQcd
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「沒錯……真正的永恆生命……就是我們的救贖。」338Please respect copyright.PENANACRMfIGaFbs
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任務失敗,血卻燃得更旺。宇宙第一起恐攻事件,成為更大規模戰爭的導火線。抗軍領袖一如往常地死而復生,承認屠殺是自己的犯行。338Please respect copyright.PENANAMrnyzxXBW2
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不知何時開始,他想要打造的那個世界,已經不再是原本樣貌。
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