遷歷(Migration Century)元年。
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地球宙域。453Please respect copyright.PENANAzsbc5Q3qbu
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「歡迎收看火星新聞網,為您帶來太陽系最新消息……」453Please respect copyright.PENANAMEzs5tuhU9
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播報員的伶俐口齒傳遍小型艦橋。身穿新式軍服的兵員各司其職,不時瞄向觀景窗外的母星。蔚藍中帶著些許腥紅的她,已經不再那麼令人嚮往。453Please respect copyright.PENANAYet89meN5L
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「……聯合軍與昂天帝國的爭端,在前所未見的大滅絕、強迫終戰的情況下,已經過了十個月。信望點數崩盤、基因病毒汙染等等災難,使人類文明倒退一大截。不幸中的大幸是,因糧食供應源轉移,火星尚能擔綱全星系的經濟重鎮。產業重組與建設推動,得仰賴政府的強制執行能力。布麗姬特總統靠著鐵腕策略排除萬難,卻也難免招來部份人民不滿,其中一項最常被質疑的,就屬『移民保護協約』……」453Please respect copyright.PENANAOGhmB8WNin
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「報告!目標進入雷達範圍!」453Please respect copyright.PENANAr3D8gbB9wE
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「唔嗯?二級戰備!」艦長被組員叫醒,趕緊拉直椅背、切換廣播,戴上頭盔發號施令。宇宙空間中,十幾艘火星政府護衛艇排成圓陣,開始警備任務。如此陣仗,都是為了避免努那運輸船遭逢意外。453Please respect copyright.PENANA7dmSdPIE0W
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「『拉薩路號』識別ID確認!主動式掃描完成,附近沒有可疑活動。」觀測員執行標準程序後,小聲對旁邊的同僚說:「記者都在拍,感覺這樣有點……浪費公帑?」453Please respect copyright.PENANAC5TFO07MTX
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「禁止閒聊!你各位的畢業證書都還給奧林帕斯了?」艦長不耐煩地指點新兵,老生常談道。453Please respect copyright.PENANApkCqohFl9B
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「故意搞大動作,激進份子才不敢亂來啊。現在,只剩努那還持有高性能AI,也只剩他們能研發疫苗。不管民間怎麼反對,政府都要弄好邦交……」453Please respect copyright.PENANA2IDipHgSrZ
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「報告!目標即將脫離協防宙域,轉進降落軌道。」453Please respect copyright.PENANA0mZgwmRzWW
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萬眾矚目下,運輸船緩緩通過疆界,閃著代表感謝的燈號,駛向藍紅暈染的星球。453Please respect copyright.PENANAls0hDkWLNT
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地表,南極莊園的改建區塊內,守在停機坪的人們也能看見那道光輝。453Please respect copyright.PENANAsx56QBFQJX
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「艾嘉!他們來了!」453Please respect copyright.PENANAMdscZsTkX4
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前任船醫透納難掩興奮。前艦長則是緊握望遠鏡,嘴唇微微顫抖。453Please respect copyright.PENANAO1kjpMEwPe
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「真的來了,第一批長距離移民……準備好體能評估與治療設備,同胞們適應低重力環境,不曉得會有什麼後遺症……」453Please respect copyright.PENANAE8gBbv3Rpx
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反覆交代,只為排解緊張。艾嘉‧斐南迪看向營區裡自己的房間,育嬰室的花俏壁紙透露出溫暖色澤。那場激戰過後,少年把元星地基的控制碼交給領航者號,讓留下來的隊員重建生活機能。托他的福,地球上首位努那嬰兒,也順利誕生了。453Please respect copyright.PENANA71eEVq2i85
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背負數十億生命的孩子,未來究竟會變成什麼樣貌?身為母親的女子感到惶恐,呼吸漸漸急促。453Please respect copyright.PENANASSDvnBjYq5
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「妳做的,都是為了努那,別懷疑……」透納看著她,安撫道:「我們還活著,就能記取教訓,導正一切。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAemCPv0hg4n
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艾嘉點點頭,鼓起勇氣,仰望微暗的天空。住在彼端的人類是敵是友,還得看她們往後的作為。453Please respect copyright.PENANAyG90gmLOFu
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從內環到外環,太陽系遠比努那來得龐大。453Please respect copyright.PENANAQBJQJvWNvR
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戰爭結束後,薩邁爾的遺體很快就被送回木衛四寢宮。就算舉辦了盛大葬禮,他的慷慨與遠見,似乎也沒有留在民眾心中太久。453Please respect copyright.PENANASvhQm1qrTA
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瓦迪馬家族的末子桑德斯依照兄長遺囑,將新月軍閥解散,卻受有心人士慫恿,建立木星圈首長國,另起爐灶。帝統的餘火在卡利斯托尚未熄滅,與外環居民的領土衝突可想而知。453Please respect copyright.PENANAEaJcOPY13d
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目前,諸國還能維持表面的和平,要歸功於射程廣泛的金星光子炮,以及握有其使用權,由馬卡錫塔率領的中立監督組織「蜂后」。此為實質上的OBU武裝強化,補完了勢力平衡的一腳,達到抑止效用。453Please respect copyright.PENANAX8ysZVYW3b
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海王星太空站,現在是外系航道的交通樞紐,因而累積不少財富。札廣留下的造紙技術已經普及,街區中貼滿「賽蓮鯨巡迴演唱 ft. AI歌手朵魅」的鮮豔海報,跟低俗的塗鴉形成一種和協的紊亂。453Please respect copyright.PENANAaDpMJx8Cqn
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今日,底層文化的推手們多數聚集在星際碼頭,只為一睹商會頭領「狼刃」幫某位貴賓送行。453Please respect copyright.PENANAjT1ih62otB
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「保重啊,茵坦。」面具底下是烏霸的聲音。453Please respect copyright.PENANAi2H7zAkHiM
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女複製人是燃料貨船的額外乘客。雖知道她的強悍,狼刃還是有點不安,453Please respect copyright.PENANAFvCdvAgse9
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「衣服有帶夠嗎?我的故鄉,比妳想像中寒冷許多。」453Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y3h3MSLgZ
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「放心,我只是要趁氣候惡化前觀光一下,沒有打算久留。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAQoUhTqiSKs
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「那麼,妳一定不會失望。對了,如果遇到燧石商隊,可不可以跟他們說,我現在……」453Please respect copyright.PENANAR5CU6dwoTE
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「自己的事,自己去講。永遠都有時間留給家族,不是嗎?」453Please respect copyright.PENANAcjVCaoOKib
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「唉,也對……好吧!祝妳一路順風。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAzmN5gQrrvF
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「後會有期!」女複製人對感慨的異鄉領袖行禮致意,獨自走進艙內。老舊的宇宙船在人群目送下離開太空站,啟動躍進航行,踏上一千光年的旅程。453Please respect copyright.PENANAbAjpnCYYcC
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窗外是被拉長的星光。茵坦凝視著自己的倒影,靜靜感受引擎的顛簸。突然,竟有一股溫熱爬上喉頭,害她忍不住摀住嘴巴。453Please respect copyright.PENANAalozHhtWE3
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「嗚……這是……」453Please respect copyright.PENANAiBY9kPbC2T
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「妳暈船了嗎?」453Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0ZWbLGzkY
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稚嫩的聲音從背後傳來。女複製人轉頭一看,瞥見莎拉‧赫克托的臉龐。453Please respect copyright.PENANAn2U2R3aoH0
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過了一秒,她才理解那是幻覺。對自己搭話,遞出瓶裝水的,是船艦組員的小孩。453Please respect copyright.PENANAa4gqk8ljnj
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「啊……謝謝。」接過女孩的好意,茵坦疑惑地撫著胸口,「奇怪,以前都沒這樣過。」453Please respect copyright.PENANA0wzTooR6Ae
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「姐姐,體質變了吧?人生說短不短,沒有不會改變的傢伙……我老爸講的。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAcqIUzrFFt8
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「改變了……哼哼,也許是這樣沒錯。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAe8ZJSpzm2F
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與女孩談笑著,茵坦想起元帥薩邁爾,以及要在努那尋求的未知事物,覺得身體充滿暖意。這時的她尚未明瞭,孕育生命的徵兆,已經悄悄出現。453Please respect copyright.PENANAMhgZ1Tzq5b
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同一時刻,K62星系。453Please respect copyright.PENANAq19PwLRJas
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衰亡的恆星光輝依舊。來自安加雅與努那的接駁船圍繞著通訊站堡壘,為史無前例的大遷移做準備。它們的縮影,點綴了雪星的天空。453Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZxXUYnRda
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朝陽灑落樹葉間隙。位於山林深處的巨石墓碑前方,少年與機械人偶低頭禱告,給那些素未謀面的姓名獻上花束。453Please respect copyright.PENANAqxdMuu5DGi
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「這些都是妳和爺爺刻上去的?好壯觀……」儀式結束後,齊波尼亞繞著威爾斯的「遺作」走了一圈。藏在石碑後方,就是被偽裝布包裹的納沃D型。453Please respect copyright.PENANAheVsYsE3NE
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將它封印在此,是少年的想法。對現在的文明來說,高次元粒子太過危險。要是將來,有生命不惜踏入永久凍土,也要尋求力量時,他們首先就會看到那些名字,看到那麼多人為了爭奪而犧牲。453Please respect copyright.PENANA9pAT2mzgoT
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「這些,是我們活過的痕跡……留給後代的事物,必須帶有省思。」德爾芬用指尖的結露潤濕花朵,從口袋中取出少年請她製作的物品。453Please respect copyright.PENANAbuh4BTbrtw
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「通訊機裡面有AI的初始程式,可以多重複製,從零開始再次學習……其實,要是你希望,我也可以直接重現妮瓦的性格……」453Please respect copyright.PENANAzYql66sW78
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「不了,這樣就好。」齊波接過裝置,更加珍惜那份失去的情誼。453Please respect copyright.PENANAsnaq6YCSRy
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「有很多比我還需要它們的人,我的『計畫』,就是分享。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAdEfnJoJDrJ
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「『撲滅孤獨計畫』,很有你的風格……造訪不願離開的居民,提供詳細諮詢,提供AI陪伴與照護。光是目前確認到的就有數萬戶,要在期限內完成,是個大挑戰。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAtXW9cmC4AT
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「沒錯,很難……所以才應該去做。我也能趁這次機會,好好認識這顆星球。」453Please respect copyright.PENANABMToQn6fy5
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少年的笑容帶著使命感。漸漸接近的機車引擎聲,都蓋不過他的宏願。453Please respect copyright.PENANAhOqqN4vuEW
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「啊!嘉娜莉探完路了,確定不用送妳一程嗎?」453Please respect copyright.PENANAm51gDwxaEW
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「不了,這樣就好。有需要的話,我的主體隨時都在。」453Please respect copyright.PENANARoy9UnGuUr
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德爾芬與少年少女道別,將資訊傳回宇宙通訊站後,繼續守在石碑旁。有朝一日,這具人偶也會失去動力,與所有靈魂一起沉眠,直到永恆盡頭。453Please respect copyright.PENANAiCzh8JUvlL
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積雪飛揚,針葉林呼嘯而過。女孩催動油門,男孩放大音量,跟她聊著曾經、現在,與將來。453Please respect copyright.PENANAgqYWUETvNK
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「嘉娜莉!這邊右轉有個老奶奶,過去看看吧?可能是我們的第一個客戶喔!」453Please respect copyright.PENANAir5BIPXPzS
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「好呀!應該來得及回去,晚上伯母要跟左鄰右舍聚餐,別忘了!」453Please respect copyright.PENANAL3C5MJOWqa
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兩人二話不說,投入在他們能做的善舉。忙碌的一天,很快就過去。453Please respect copyright.PENANAPrfxMzdKAN
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工廠市市區,烈南德家宅附近聚集了不少人。親友們把握最後時光,利用遷移之前的最後機會團聚。其中,包括復合的夫妻,以及與年輕英雄同一所學校畢業的孩子。453Please respect copyright.PENANAkN95khN7GN
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「嘿,輟學的探險家。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAXmkCBT7xQO
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「阿蕭,你也來啦?」在戶外透氣時,齊波尼亞看到舊識,很自然地打招呼。453Please respect copyright.PENANAnLipv6dx4y
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「你那邊應該很忙,不是嗎?政府機要秘書唉,厲害喔。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAV3BgVKHn13
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「還好還好……多虧藏在地下倉庫的歷史文獻,才知道我以前多傻……跟你們這趟的遭遇比起來,血統之爭實在沒意義……先不講這些了,難得偷閒,來點起勁的啊?」453Please respect copyright.PENANAojrALPJpUj
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阿蕭蹲到路邊,挖起積雪握在手中,打開一瓶威士忌倒在上頭。接著,又呼朋引伴共襄盛舉。453Please respect copyright.PENANAMBBOx8Enwp
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俗語說,大人打雪仗總是帶著酒香。齊波半信半疑地照做,跟大家一起把染成金黃的冰沙高舉上天,同聲喊道。453Please respect copyright.PENANAbILLS2Ojqn
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「敬努那!乾杯!」453Please respect copyright.PENANAHDxc5bj0mU
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歡欣鼓舞的子民被極光眷顧,豐衣足食,一夜皆好眠……453Please respect copyright.PENANAsOuzfne0md
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除了那位寄宿著黑暗的少年。453Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fzt50RX1E
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深夜時分,齊波尼亞又在噩夢中驚醒。453Please respect copyright.PENANAxIRF9AE4Yc
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要等晨光照進房間,他才能確定手上沒有沾滿鮮血。要聽到隔壁的打呼,才能確定爸媽沒有慘死。那些景象,是出自於心底的罪惡與愧疚,少年必須永遠壓抑,努力不讓「陽烈」滲透到現實。453Please respect copyright.PENANAIJTmRhQW9X
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我早就說過,你會被我反噬。453Please respect copyright.PENANAOoLYv8uXHe
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「你已經會講話了?老天……每天聽你囉嗦,我真的會瘋掉。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAIyOysYk5DZ
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齊波揉著黑眼圈,試著忽略邪惡的聲音。換完衣服,來到客廳時,母親伊露雅剛作完早餐,笑著抱了他一下。453Please respect copyright.PENANARzHisBzZtM
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「這麼早起?今天要出任務,對嗎?」453Please respect copyright.PENANAs9yPzCje3i
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「對啊……東西我帶著吃就好。嘉娜莉要忙孤兒院的事,我一個人,不會跑太遠。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAP1E10IQyT8
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背起行囊、打開大門,少年若有所思地佇足。看到半身被陰影遮蔽的兒子,伊露雅難掩擔憂地提醒。453Please respect copyright.PENANAwvvTfkm4ot
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「寶貝……注意安全,別迷路了。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAeqPTzZiqK2
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「謝謝媽……」453Please respect copyright.PENANAcWrHNH8xxS
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你以為,做那些好事,就能忘記犯下的過錯?453Please respect copyright.PENANAYZabVCSgt1
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他決定轉身回去抱著母親,默默在心中反駁。453Please respect copyright.PENANA3NjFAvoQeo
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你要如何判斷?說不定,那些選擇又會導致某種錯誤。453Please respect copyright.PENANA2YSyYiIPUw
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很簡單吧……我腦中的惡魔,你就是我的反指標。
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「謝謝媽,我沒問題的。」453Please respect copyright.PENANAwcb76CjkGW
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調整情緒後,少年再次跨出家門。453Please respect copyright.PENANAMcrzhHTGSR
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碧綠瞳孔的他,在陽光普照的雪地上深深吸氣,對著最鍾愛的世界立下誓言。453Please respect copyright.PENANAeNKxqe37G5
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「我一定!一定會找到正確的路!因為,你可知道?太陽系的朋友都這樣叫我呢⸺」
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感謝所有讀者、社團同好、參與創挑的蕉友。極光系列在此完結,但將來還會有設定集、外語翻譯,改編遊戲等計畫,敬請期待!⸺ LiCh
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