「將軍,K62駐軍已經照您交代,針對妮黛兒的殘黨進行拷問。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAjwzgPt9riN
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率領新月艦隊浩蕩出征的爾哈特,正與幕僚在忉利天要塞的閱兵廣場上聽取報告。161Please respect copyright.PENANAxDYKQKWJhE
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「那個星球,不斷出現各種異象,很可能有『感知者』存在……」161Please respect copyright.PENANAnzjZfnSIRi
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討論到一半,私人通訊器響起鈴聲,「失禮,接個電話。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAZOMY3ILdkd
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忉利天艦長微笑鞠躬,讓將軍享受離開太陽系之前最後的私人空間。161Please respect copyright.PENANAyKWfIiJNpl
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「嘿,我的小山姆!對呀,爸爸正經過天王星,等等拍照給你看!超過這邊就不能即時聯絡了……放心啦,一定可以趕上你的生日,這樣吧……我帶K62的土產當禮物,好不好?嗯……我也愛你們,記得照顧媽媽,掰掰。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAi63ot4ZdHR
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爾哈特慈祥道別,關上通訊器。艦長翻開電子書,面對同為人父的領袖,「公子薩邁爾近來可好?」161Please respect copyright.PENANAsYh6XsJ7Sd
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「很懂事,剛滿五歲……艦長,你的兒子,普勞德?聽說他也從軍了?」161Please respect copyright.PENANAoO9W2BFVQv
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「是的,多虧有他,我們才能吸收軍官學校的有為青年。」161Please respect copyright.PENANA1NEX1JWZt0
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「源隆家族也是虎父無犬子,我被部下眷顧著呢。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAUnsTKWZjFZ
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航宙要塞頂層裝甲緩緩開啟,兩人抬起頭,看向天窗。161Please respect copyright.PENANARLPmAFm9sm
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宇宙星辰映入眼簾,爾哈特用通訊器拍下天王星的美麗輪廓,還有遠方的環形殖民地。161Please respect copyright.PENANAJHrChLydkV
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「人類擁有家庭,家庭讓我們堅強……守護它,是男人的義務,話雖如此……生日禮物該送什麼好呢?」161Please respect copyright.PENANACZ6UQB7gu9
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「那個星球的特產,在下只想到電塑金屬。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAy62sP0xUG8
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「跟感知者相輔相成的素材……能自由運用這個力量,拿下地球本土都不難。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAcKCNuW6k2s
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彷彿察覺爾哈特的野心,一艘中型艦艇橫行飛越要塞。箭型輪廓、墨綠塗裝的飛燕級巡洋艦,屬於惡名昭彰的「玄武隊」。161Please respect copyright.PENANAXgcFXp54Zh
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「居然派阿巴頓來……蓋連那傢伙,擺明是要添亂。」爾哈特想起肥滿的三兄弟嘴臉,以及他們身邊的受虐仕童。玄武私兵只顧殺人享樂,毫無德性可言。161Please respect copyright.PENANAqYZeJwfcnP
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「將軍,我擔心蓋連艦隊受天地衛指使,會在K62出手。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAyivSDSslJT
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「和平重工送去的曲速傳輸設備,可以好好活用……如果蓋連出手,太陽系的同志就會收到消息,把資訊全數公開,讓人民知道本土作風多難看。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAfUUdZl3UQF
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傳送最後一張天王星照片,爾哈特告別故鄉,往野心的起點前進。161Please respect copyright.PENANAsAVw6XVWmN
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航宙要塞收起集光板,啟動巨大的曲速引擎,瞬間,整支艦隊就把太陽系拋在遠方。
部分復原的「感知者」文獻161Please respect copyright.PENANAq5654ZBaxM
推定年代:昂天前3年161Please respect copyright.PENANAKlImr0Ly4w
原題:「發生於被驗體周遭的物理干涉現象,實驗報告與假說。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAorL3BZOB1N
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實際操作。可以確認到四維空間的直接介入,包括:一,造成他人幻覺、幻聽,讀心術等,類似俗稱的心電感應;二,對未來事項的預知、數秒單位的提前反射動作;三,不經過實際接觸,就能對物質產生作用力……161Please respect copyright.PENANAOfXd6Y2BbJ
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此現象並非不可解的魔法,而是能靠實驗分析,找出定理的新學問。也許,被驗體已經進化出獨特的感官系統,能讀取普通人無法感知的訊號……161Please respect copyright.PENANANCOZCZLBqt
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附件:161Please respect copyright.PENANAuAPfUtVSL0
腦部斷層造影,頭骨表面發現多處細微裂縫。
努那,工廠市近郊高原。貨運列車剎停,輪軸發出尖銳聲響。持槍的戰士們把民眾擋在遠處,因為車上戴的就是敵國俘虜:妮黛兒與她的部下。161Please respect copyright.PENANAIw0JmhOUTf
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士兵依序用上銬的雙手攀進卡車,女將跟在後方,突然,一顆小石頭朝她直直飛來。161Please respect copyright.PENANAKih9qo2nLX
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一聲悶響。被石頭打中的不是她,而是叛逃的複製人。威爾斯背對著激憤人群,不顧額頭上的紅腫血痕,「快上去。」161Please respect copyright.PENANApmOxmLgqsE
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妮黛兒在掩護下坐進位子,看向身邊的前帝國士兵,「你不用這樣做,石頭……比不上我造成的傷害。」161Please respect copyright.PENANALPwKrBFPSq
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「貴重的情報來源,被打暈就麻煩了。」拿起紙巾擦拭傷口,威爾斯找了個藉口:他要問出鳳仙的背景資料。但其實,驅使他親自面對二軍團將領的,還有另一個理由。161Please respect copyright.PENANABHs5Uul8oz
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與那位女士兵的神奇經歷、在幻覺界域內看到的真實。他覺得必須向妮黛兒傾訴。他必須尋求另一個觀點,一個能夠紓解心中糾結的話語。161Please respect copyright.PENANA4rhfO65hZD
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「……她讓我看到,妳改變了她的命運,妳救了她……為什麼?對貴族階級來說,複製人應該微不足道。」161Please respect copyright.PENANA7X3Yi3VwX4
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「的確……謝謝,願意告訴我這些……」女將領別過頭,讓自己的脆弱神情面對窗外,「為什麼呢?好像也沒有特別原因。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAHG6zckoF3G
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追本溯源。當妮黛兒還不到十歲時,在火星首都鬧區不小心走散,誤打誤撞晃進黑暗的下水道。在那邊,她看到好幾個跟自己差不多大的孩子,灰頭土臉、服飾破爛。她感到害怕,還是鼓起了勇氣,跟那群孩子問路。161Please respect copyright.PENANA7fIBtzxzDC
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「然後,他們用小石子在水泥牆上畫地圖,講話不太標準,還是很有耐心,幫我找到回家的路……幾天之後,我拿了一些零食去下水道,他們就消失不見了。」161Please respect copyright.PENANA2eRsv3MjuO
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看到新聞她才知道,那些孩子就是逃脫的複製人。妮黛兒再也沒有找出他們,卻一直看見外貌與他們神似的「物品」被四處拋售、濫用。161Please respect copyright.PENANAfKoQjVtJiT
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「明明不講就分不出差別,為什麼會受到這麼不平等的待遇?也許……我從來沒有得到滿意的解答,只好照自己的意願行事……我爬到軍部高層,還是一樣,看到有人被凌虐施暴就會心生厭惡……我想要做出改變,那是很自然的感情……」161Please respect copyright.PENANAb6XHzi5TMA
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無止盡的鬥爭,卻讓純粹的心變得混濁。妮黛兒思念著藍髮女士兵的雙眸,做出結論,「順從真心吧……抱歉,只有這麼籠統的答案。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAqtw1SitngJ
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「真心……」卡車停止,威爾斯晃了幾下。戰鬥的理由也許總是這麼簡單,他起身開門、點頭道別。161Please respect copyright.PENANA1fuCXZbxFR
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「威爾斯‧弗利德曼。」161Please respect copyright.PENANAGirM2D9gDC
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離開卡車之前,妮黛兒用堅定口吻叫住了士兵,「能不能拜託你,幫鳳仙她……立個墓碑呢?」161Please respect copyright.PENANA80Yy0SMAdM
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太陽落下、夜色漸深。飄逸的極光照著努那大地,又平等、又溫柔。