明知沒有流動數據信號,路易依然點開了手機上的臉書程式。最新的帖子已是三個月前,他只好把早就背個滾瓜爛熟的動態牆再看一次。446Please respect copyright.PENANAx33z0TCxsD
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他曾向軍方提議架設局域網,還遞交了一份十厘米厚,全部手寫的計劃書,由架設伺服器到架設內聯網都由他一手包辦。卻被軍方以危險行動為由禁止。446Please respect copyright.PENANAWw6zZ0ogZq
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軍裡都是一群不懂電腦的大猩猩,他浪費唇舌解釋了老半天,結果他們連內聯網和互聯網的分別都弄不清。446Please respect copyright.PENANANIsSsGgAqB
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手提風扇停止轉動,帳幕裡的空氣立即升溫。路易為其接上新的便攜式充電器,他把風扇強度調到最低,這樣應該能撐過今晚。446Please respect copyright.PENANAUDMZZ2i4Ak
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被倖存者名為機械神審判的大災難已經過了三個月,事情的成因依然不清不楚。路易知道的不比其他人多,就是某一天,互聯網發瘋,像是故事中的『機械降神』情節一樣來得突然,很多人死了,城市機能癱瘓,最後政府以停電的方式制止了災禍漫延。446Please respect copyright.PENANAc7ieG8glzb
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之後二次災害便來了,醫院裡仰賴維生設備的病患全部死亡。乘搭地下鐵的群眾,因為走不出黑暗的隧道而被活生生餓死。有人被困升降機內悶死。飛機因為沒有控制塔的支援而無法安全降落。社會架構崩潰,匪徒到處燒殺搶掠,要不是軍方積極介入,差一點便由科幻懸疑演成世紀未救世主傳說。446Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1RN92Jep8
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軍方封鎖了城市,將一幢社區中心改建成難民營,數百倖存者在裡頭築起帳幕,靠救援物資苟且偷生。每人每天能獲發兩個5000mAh的便攜式充電器,和跟體重成正比的乾糧和食水。除了經常網癮發作外,老實說,比一堆災難電影要好過多了。446Please respect copyright.PENANAWAv5vMUdAj
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人影在帳幕外晃動,路易看過去,有位女性蹲在帳幕門口。446Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3SYy63DkM
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「是路易嗎?」
聲音很熟悉,但他剎時間想不起是誰。他拉開帳幕拉鏈,蹲在外頭的是一個穿著衛衣的美麗女性。446Please respect copyright.PENANAYqAh3jZSoj
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「你是……蘿恩,不,蘿倫?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAMUwFERBAVt
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「席維亞。」她白眼,「威爾大學的同學,轉角街口麥當勞的同事,兼前度女友。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAEbscv94nc6
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「抱歉。」路易爬出帳幕,他站起來伸展僵硬的四肢。外頭的空氣比帳幕內要悶熱十倍,四周擠滿大大小小的帳幕,僅有的光源來自那些帳幕裡的燈光,形成一片幽幽的光海。「之前沒見到你,難道是從城外來的嗎?外面的情況如何?還有多少倖存者?」446Please respect copyright.PENANApBgJaB71Es
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席維亞舉手阻止連珠砲發的問題,「時間無多,我就問你一句:要留下來,還是跟我們走?」446Please respect copyright.PENANA7G58muVCtX
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「哇哇,等等。」路易頓了一下,「你們需要工程師嗎?」446Please respect copyright.PENANA1BrjNij24H
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「急需。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAY0Hmd25AMw
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「我跟你走。」路易鑽回帳幕裡執拾。446Please respect copyright.PENANA0uy9UienIf
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「只準帶能塞進口袋的東西,雙手空出來。」446Please respect copyright.PENANALyESNQXrma
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「不過--」446Please respect copyright.PENANA4wg1SkHVis
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「不準說不過,也不要說如果,我給你十秒。」446Please respect copyright.PENANA1IGi1PLBME
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「真嚴格。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAeyIjqIbrxa
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路易把手機和便攜式充電器帶上,拉起帳幕的拉鏈便跟席維亞走出了社區中心。446Please respect copyright.PENANAMadcrA37Hk
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室外的空氣舒爽太多了。今晚天情,抬頭向上可以觀賞到由天琴座的織女星、天鷹座的牛郎星、天鵝座的天津四組成的夏季大三角。漫天繁星的醉人美景底下,以往五光十色的城市如今一片死寂,強烈的襯托令人不寒而慄。446Please respect copyright.PENANAhZ8561OEIP
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每當燈光從街道遠方接近,他們便躲在巷子之中或掩體之後,等軍車或巡邏士兵經過才繼續前進。軍方人手嚴重不足,加上夜色的掩護下使他們的逃脫行動更加容易。席維亞帶他走進地下鐵路站,又回到了空氣悶熱的室內空間。
黑暗的鐵路站非常陰森恐怖,這裡換由路易帶路,以前他每天都要出入此站,熟練得摸黑也會走,亦能把電筒的電池省下。經過被洗劫一空的店舖,走下停頓的電梯,被廣告牌上的人臉嚇一大跳,終於到達了月台。446Please respect copyright.PENANA05r6QZOne8
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剛好有兩個士兵在巡邏,要不是路易拉住她,就會和他們迎面碰個正著。幸好兩人沒有開啟電筒,不然光芒立即就會被士兵看到。446Please respect copyright.PENANA2TxDsox5Sr
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「看來要溜過去並不容易。」路易說,「還有其他路線嗎?或許我們去另一個車站試試看。」446Please respect copyright.PENANA5VuIeUJ5R1
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「交給我。」席維亞說罷大刺刺的走向兩名士兵,「可以勞煩兩位兵大哥嗎?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAL3vLfZ0o40
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他們注意到席維亞,眼神充滿了警戒。446Please respect copyright.PENANAiW9wJACtud
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她不小心左腳絆右腳,向前摔倒,士兵們伸手去扶,剛好一左一右抓住她的手臂。兩人的眼睛變得散渙無光,席維亞順著手臂向上摸,直接觸碰他們的太陽穴。446Please respect copyright.PENANAidc9436Fpg
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「今晚一切正常,一切正常。」席維亞說。她放手,兩人眼睛重新聚焦,轉身往月台的另一頭離去。446Please respect copyright.PENANAovnUgdTSjf
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「剛才那是甚麼?」路易立即走過來說。446Please respect copyright.PENANAO025l0WDEx
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「瞞著你真是抱歉呢,其實我是異能者。」446Please respect copyright.PENANATw5HizQ4OZ
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他們爬下月台,沿路軌行走,搭上一架吉普車,開著車頭燈,在能見度只有十米的隧道中行駛。446Please respect copyright.PENANAMWKoOsz2dV
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一路上,席維亞把事情娓娓道來,關於自己的一切,和機械神審判的詳情。446Please respect copyright.PENANA0BWgyJaD0r
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一種名為True Sky Blue的病毒程式侵佔了互聯網,並將所有圖片和影片置換成一幅含有模因危害,檔案名TSB.gif的藍天白雲動態圖,任何看到TSB.gif的生物都會轉化成不滅屍,連蟑螂都不例外。
和Bird的靜態圖不同,TSB.gif能夠重覆生效,可以說,Bird只是True Sky Blue的小型測試版,就像線上遊戲上架前的Beta封測一樣。446Please respect copyright.PENANAN9yhis7c5f
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「表網在一夜間被攻陷了,首當其衝是Google和Yahoo,接著是Facebook、Youtube、Twitter、Instagram、Amazon、Penana、bilibili、Niconico、百度、PTT、巴哈姆特、Imgur、Steam,連Pornhub和Xvideos等都無一例外遭到感染。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAk2ogp7n992
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「紙言沒有圖片,應該沒影響吧?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAAZiYpc4IzY
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「它有很多廣告。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAqAN5msxqvx
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「喔,對。難道就沒有網站能倖免於難?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAKRuUeUR1xV
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「有個網站隔了兩天才被感染。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAmJ9h5pDuO2
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「那麼厲害!?是FBI還是CIA?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAyatkjjuH7G
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「是Bing,它好像被忘記了。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAVXPvD7Y49S
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粗略估計全球七成人口因機械神審判而死亡,一星期內所有發電站停止供電,人們想要用電就只能靠柴油發電機。446Please respect copyright.PENANAvkgDd0I39K
雖然表網撤底淪陷,但為其五百倍之大的暗網感染速度非常緩慢,於是一部份倖存者於暗網中進行交流,組成一個名為獵鷹的團體,對抗True Sky Blue,試圖奪回表網,和拯救被轉化成不滅屍的人。
黑客們解密出大量機密文件,發現政府曾有一個名為星門計劃的研究。內容包括開發念動力之類在漫畫中常見的超能力,但全部都以失敗收場。唯獨一個範疇的實驗結果有可疑,那就是關於模因危害的研究……
「我們到了。」席維亞停車熄匙。446Please respect copyright.PENANAfAzdrXUm6C
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他們還在隧道之中,路易不明所以,開口問道:「這裡就是你們的基地嗎?」446Please respect copyright.PENANA8r52ZAI9ay
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「是基地沒錯。」席維亞開啟電筒,她推開一道藏在牆壁上的暗門,電筒照進去,光芒落在一個倒轉的V字標記上。446Please respect copyright.PENANA8G99pQawPS
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「歡迎來到星門計劃的研究基地。」