三日後，辛菲已獨自來到陸景珩提過的那座山谷。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYB6admhXZ
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那地方離京城不遠，藏在城郊數里外的山腳下，若非刻意尋找，尋常人根本不會注意。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxaSy0TQ24
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她將自己包得嚴嚴實實，口鼻覆著這兩日親手縫製的布罩，雙手也戴上皮手套，只露出一雙冷銳的眼睛。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkDFnDwbAE
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山林蓊鬱，萬木繁盛，耳邊是鳥鳴清脆，溪水潺潺，風裡甚至還混著淡淡花香，若不是心中有事，這裡倒真稱得上一處踏青賞景的好地方。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk8fXPwY7i
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辛菲望著眼前景色，騎馬的速度不自覺慢了一點——她已經很久很久沒有見過還保有生氣的人間山野。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWyAEixNwA
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末世裡的植物，早已不是植物。被污染侵蝕後，花不像花，樹不像樹，原本扎根泥土的東西，最後大多都變成會蠕動、會尖叫、甚至會吞食血肉的怪物。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTIt7KjPcx
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別說什麼郊外踏青，末世的人類若非逼不得已，根本不會往山裡靠近一步。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XMZtVZRzj
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想到這裡，辛菲眸色微沉。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx15KdxIjr
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眼前山色越是靜好，越讓人覺得不安，像是一幅被精心描繪的畫卷裡，偏偏藏著不該存在的腐爛之物。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAswWReBrO
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她收斂思緒，繼續往深處前行。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzI7SF6ocs
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山路越來越窄，到後來連馬都難以通行，她索性翻身下馬，牽著踏雪慢慢往前。起初路上還偶爾能看見幾個進山採藥、砍柴的百姓，可越往裡走，人煙便越少，直到最後，只剩下森林過於安靜的呼吸聲。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWaGTifO4w
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鳥鳴被襯得格外清晰，腳下枯枝碎裂的聲音，也顯得異常刺耳。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTB9UZWjnkI
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忽然——踏雪猛地停下腳步。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0O0T8BX1M
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牠高高抬起頭，耳朵繃直，鼻息急促地朝前方低鳴，整匹馬都顯得躁動不安。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCApI5wu0R
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辛菲立刻察覺異樣，伸手輕撫牠的鬃毛安撫，可踏雪依舊焦躁地刨著地面，喉間不斷發出低低鼻音。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFus3mus1ni
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辛菲眸光微凝，因為她也聞到了…51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSklUCxF9g
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空氣裡，多了一絲極淡、卻令人熟悉到骨子裡的腐臭味。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRUByoqIdQ
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「踏雪，你也感覺到了，是嗎？」51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw90hwwUCTb
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她握著韁繩的手微微收緊。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhl8bElS9J
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那不是普通腐味，而是屬於末世的味道。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFlUzqUSQT
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辛菲沉默片刻，最後還是停下腳步，她摸了摸踏雪的額頭，低聲道：51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweIKjghK9n
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「你留在這裡等我，別亂跑。」51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHwxxDdtCm
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踏雪卻像聽懂了似的，不安地用腦袋蹭她掌心，怎麼都不願鬆開。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eQjEisJG9
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辛菲忍不住笑了一下，「聽話，接下來的東西不是你能應付的。」51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9mWVTto8C
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踏雪依舊焦躁，她只能耐著性子又安撫幾句。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmrsq08yCg
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「放心，我很快回來。」51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh4H6DnWRt
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說完，她轉身獨自往深處而去。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFkSTBefuv
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約莫一炷香後，前方視野驟然開闊，那是一座山谷，而那股腐臭味，也在此刻變得濃烈…辛菲幾乎瞬間便確定：這裡，就是陸景珩提過的地方。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOkYTcKWxx
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她沒有貿然靠近，而是貼著山壁無聲前行，動作輕巧得幾乎不像人，反倒像某種在黑暗中穿梭的獵食者。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98YIvcvLu0
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沒多久，她便看見山壁深處藏著一座洞穴，洞內垂滿鐘乳石。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0De0Rsm3t
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明明外頭還是白日，裡面卻陰冷昏暗，而那股腐臭味，正源源不絕從洞內湧出。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5JBT2Dxum
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辛菲眼神微冷，找到了！51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4pqpnwEzt
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她放輕呼吸，無聲潛入，越往裡走，味道便越濃。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfc6vjmD9Fs
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直到下一瞬間，眼前豁然一亮。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJJFZUrILP
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洞穴深處，赫然盤踞著一株巨大而詭異的東西。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKJlDXRBEP
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牠像枯木，卻又不像，漆黑又血肉色的枝幹表面覆滿黏稠液體，整體更像某種巨大肉囊，微微鼓動著。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDCLq8ygNF
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最中央的位置，則掛著一顆不斷蠕動收縮的孢子囊，每一次收縮，都會散出細微灰霧。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHE6Qx7FPhR
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辛菲瞳孔微微一縮！51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZdXGtYkPz
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她沒有認錯。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeISSRCW01
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那東西，正是骨枯散。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dxaHWCggB
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它本體其實是一種寄生菌絲。一旦察覺威脅，核心孢子囊便會劇烈收縮，像箭矢般瞬間噴出大量肉眼難辨的細小孢子。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2koA5FMDE
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人若吸入，起初只會以為是尋常灰塵入肺，可那些孢子，會在人體內生根發芽。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCoEebDgHE
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它們寄生血肉，以宿主養分為食，感染者會越來越消瘦，無論吃多少東西，都永遠感覺飢餓，到了後期，甚至會餓到發狂。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYd5mvUcvV
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然後，它還會傳染。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygKA7iFxLK
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咳嗽、口沫……都足以讓孢子蔓延。末世初期，不知多少聚落因此崩潰，人們活活餓死，瘋死，甚至易子而食。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3keYzmPgA
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那段日子，整整持續了近一年，直到特效藥問世，局面才終於被控制。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB71xuEXs03
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可那是在末世，在這個時代，這東西幾乎等同死疫。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw6mG2RFNa
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辛菲眼神一沉，沒有再停留，她迅速退出洞穴，動作快得幾乎沒有發出半點聲響，不到半個時辰，便重新回到了踏雪身邊。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKDvlApAGa
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踏雪一看見她，立刻高興地湊過來蹭她，像是在確認她有沒有受傷，辛菲揉了揉牠的腦袋，原本緊繃的神情也微微鬆了幾分。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjqcS1VlHP
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「好了，回去了。」51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwO6k6IDK6
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一人一馬很快離開山谷。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP6kMcb1GI
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回到客棧後，辛菲仔細洗漱數遍，連外衣都直接燒掉，直到深夜，她才靠坐在床邊，靜靜整理思緒。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbDp4WYJCn
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骨枯散、魚獸，還有時空裂縫。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrS9x5CIJv
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一切終於慢慢串了起來。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hrvLNdLpQ
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五十多年前，那場裂縫開啟時，顯然不只掉進來一隻魚獸；骨枯散恐怕也是當年被拋進這個世界的東西之一。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU48RfkYMx0
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只是牠為何如今才出現？51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfmAtNUank
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辛菲閉上眼，迅速回憶骨枯散的特性。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V7v18w89b
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這東西本就有長期潛伏的習性，一旦環境不適，便會進入近似休眠的狀態，深埋地底，降低活性。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdk6p6qNCT
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而這個時代的天地環境與末世截然不同，或許正因如此，它才沉睡了整整五十多年。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZUcVO2Zd1
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直到最近。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwfZDOwVjh
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裂縫再次出現，那股熟悉的污染波動，重新刺激了牠，於是沉眠半世紀的怪物，再度甦醒。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHdYrAMGu2
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想到這裡，辛菲胸口悶堵…因爲她又想起當年骨枯散第一次爆發時的景象…滿街瘦骨嶙峋的人，餓到雙眼發紅的百姓；有人啃樹皮、吃泥土，最後甚至開始吃人…那一年，人間像地獄。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzItGCWpYe6
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而如今，骨枯散顯然還停留在幼生期，否則京城現在的情況，絕不只是消瘦與飢餓這麼簡單。真正進入成熟期的骨枯散，會讓感染者徹底失去理智，餓到發狂，甚至活活把自己與旁人逼成怪物。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17HnakLRct
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可也正因為牠現在還在幼生期才更不能拖！一旦傳染範圍擴大，等孢子徹底成熟，整個京城都會失控。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU61RQOtApu
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而現在，正是牠最脆弱的時候，趁牠還沒長成就得先把牠弄死！可同時，幼生期的骨枯散，也是活性最高的藥材。51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSizNDX3m8k
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辛菲眼底寒意漸深：「既然你以人血肉為食……」51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM4bTE5WVu
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她低低開口，「那你的血肉，便拿來做解藥吧！」51Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDcGSGMOMX
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房內燭火微微晃動，少女坐在昏黃燈影裡，眸色冷靜而鋒利，她已經決定，要親手把骨枯散斬草除根！
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