極北「冰牙荒漠」,終年晝短夜長。此地本無衡光降雨,但近日卻有黑霧倒湧,疑似未被衡光同化的「黑宿星骸」覺醒。33Please respect copyright.PENANAIiYSCvm6Eu
少年與同伴乘冰航車,跨穹風至極北基地。營帳空無一人,唯餘碎裂筆記:「黑宿非九宿,乃星河背面遺骸;暗噬衡光。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAsaUWaYxbU0
深夜,營外冰原突冒黑影,似星沙倒流,化成狼狀巨獸。冰鳳劍起雪舞,燕清霜一招「鳳翼回霜」,斬落黑狼半身卻見傷口自癒。33Please respect copyright.PENANAiUbAzSUdBr
顧離塵書陣「曜」,黑沙僅暫停;淨因佛火亦只逼退。祝焰侯驚呼:「黑宿侵蝕,尋常星力被吞!」33Please respect copyright.PENANAlskMIPdprJ
少年祭出衡星核,核光遇黑霧迴避,如遇天敵。黑狼吼聲凄厲,退入冰裂谷。眾人尾隨,見谷底開一幽深渦洞,洞壁滿佈黑色結晶。33Please respect copyright.PENANAbqIPk1Pmxq
蘇翎翻筆記:「古冊《外星殘錄》說,星河斷墜時,有『殘宿』墮極北,被萬古冰封。今衡光復甦,它們也復甦,要奪衡引路。」33Please respect copyright.PENANAR4dDVluU0h
少年將九宿燈火融入核心,核光化作「衡極星網」,覆洞壁。黑晶噴射鐵芒,似萬箭穿網,卻被星網自動解析,化為銀絲反刺回源。33Please respect copyright.PENANAzNQ8YjURim
整座渦洞黑光全滅,只餘中心殘骸:一塊黯灰晶核,與九宿紋路相反,似「反衡」。少年嘗試觸碰,核身滲出冰冷心念——若衡光彰公,黑宿則彰私;若衡光扶弱,黑宿吞弱強恆。33Please respect copyright.PENANAl0jHnR29DW
他將黯核封進劍鞘暗格,對同伴說:「衡光帶來進步,也喚來陰影。黑宿或許不只這一枚。」33Please respect copyright.PENANATdD8j19ZHR
冰牙荒漠升起曙光,氣溫破天荒回暖一度。少年遠望朝霞,卻感肩頭更沉——33Please respect copyright.PENANAbZBvleJXUE
九宿尚須巡衡,碎者仍需指引,而黑宿之影正蠢蠢欲動。