
「硬體檢測:通過。手術程序:自定義。目標生命跡象:穩定,體外心肺循環:啟動……顱骨分離,開始。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAnUBhFC6Yvt
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精密動作的六軸機械臂從天井吊掛而下,盤據整個施術平台。鋒利反光的金屬刀沿著雷射指引切入皮膚,割開各種組織。不到一會兒,充滿縐摺的人類器官就暴露在無菌室中。279Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1iR60RATM
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「主神經元切斷。奈米阻隔液填充。DNA適性調整完成。排斥反應:無。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAJEBFrdTKjJ
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無感情的合成聲報告著進度。南極地底,皇宮深處,齊波尼亞的大腦被醫療機具取出頭殼,裝進了培養槽裡面。他空下來的身體,還有更重要的用途。279Please respect copyright.PENANAUTvUhqRA9L
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「第二階段:全腦移植。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAbszvpNuywJ
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如同機甲更換駕駛,少年的軀殼也迎來新的主人。279Please respect copyright.PENANAQlQRTkUN1Y
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「血腦屏障功能正常。脊隨中樞接續。腦神經叢……舌下、迷走、舌咽、前庭耳蝸、顏面、外旋……視神經,接續。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAfgtUYyODZW
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我說,要有光。279Please respect copyright.PENANAubHGVip1DH
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麻醉藥效退去,雪星少年睜開雙眼,慢慢坐起身子。279Please respect copyright.PENANAWL97kRxmhs
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適應周遭亮度後,他摸了摸額頭的縫合痕跡,再看看自己的雙手與雙腳。.279Please respect copyright.PENANAx7mCn18vem
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「成功了……」279Please respect copyright.PENANAWOKjMtzFCm
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再生凝膠的味道刺鼻,日光燈的電阻雜音輕敲耳膜。四肢運作自如,器官也無異狀,齊波尼亞的嘴角微微上揚。279Please respect copyright.PENANActBgxG7n12
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「好險……以努那人的精神力,人格轉化風險太高,只能用我自己的腦來取代。錯失一個環節就會失敗……但是,我的執著、信念,還有運氣,全都克服了。」279Please respect copyright.PENANASChD3CBAIw
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陽烈操縱久違的肉身穿上衣服,仔細體會布料的觸感。站立時,他用雙腳感受重力拉扯,謹慎調整步伐寬度,走到培養槽前方,向敗者公開計畫。279Please respect copyright.PENANA8IvhivYRNH
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「痛下重手,才能汰舊換新……利用你們的基因病毒,我會徹底排除弱者,支配宇宙。烈南德‧齊波尼亞,你的英雄身分,一定可以取得努那人的信賴。不懼災禍的種族、地球的新住民,也會受我控制。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAauWgHvwRHs
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記憶資料提取結束。他看著齊波原本的腦袋,考慮要不要留著做研究。但很快地,那些念頭就隨著體內湧出的能量煙消雲散。279Please respect copyright.PENANACZrgUb46RC
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「算了……避免節外生枝,還是處理掉吧。」279Please respect copyright.PENANA9NDUaKGiwg
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斬草除根。陽烈無情地轉身離去。機械哨兵接到指令,立刻拿起水缸,將之送進醫療室的焚化爐。279Please respect copyright.PENANAmgsg7cSU2B
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烈焰噴射。裝載少年意識的容器、拼命活到現在的他,就這樣被燒成灰燼。279Please respect copyright.PENANAe5i4mj3Leb
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「若有來世……你也許不會記得我,但我仍會記得你。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAO1me2bqx2h
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告別此生勁敵,陽烈滿意地步出朝廷。279Please respect copyright.PENANAbxG3jgI5Af
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壟罩陌生心臟的陰霾散去,吸入肺裡的空氣更加芬芳。他看了一眼昂天與薩邁爾的屍體,沒有任何遺憾。279Please respect copyright.PENANAY6x41cwI0i
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「元帥與皇帝玉石俱焚,光榮戰死……嗯,新月軍會喜歡這個故事。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAxxzjsYMlmZ
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想像嶄新的未來,陽烈步履輕盈地步出本殿,來到廣場區域,面對兩架失去駕駛的機械巨人。279Please respect copyright.PENANAC8FQsfpGXz
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「妮瓦,我回來了!」279Please respect copyright.PENANA5934l02UzX
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「齊波……主人?」電子腦透過擴音器問道:「您沒事嗎?剛才……」279Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1QNfatVYt
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「抱歉,害你擔心。獲得方舟控制權後,我就把陽烈的本體消滅了。這裡,也即將升回地表。讓我上去吧?妮瓦,我好想念領航者號的大家……」279Please respect copyright.PENANATOrHCNF8P9
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控制病毒的系統就在眼前,仿冒少年的幕後主宰冷靜背誦「外皮」的情資。納沃D型看似相信他的說詞,敞開胸口艙蓋,從中垂下一條繩索。279Please respect copyright.PENANA4w6uWeUGXt
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少年拉繩上升,進入艙內,笑著撫摸每顆按鈕,並調整座椅到舒適角度。279Please respect copyright.PENANARTC5Sgw0dR
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「駕駛席……感覺隔了好久、好久,哼哼……妮瓦,執行系統診斷……妮瓦?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAlzpaaEpnDK
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艙門緊閉,儀表板沒有點燈。279Please respect copyright.PENANAGqWmZZORMv
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「妮瓦,怎麼了?剛剛開始就不說話。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAJpxhdyfpih
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「你……不是主人……」279Please respect copyright.PENANA1igDspR6Ll
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「什……別開玩笑!哈哈!」279Please respect copyright.PENANAlpqdrmjCiI
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陽烈聳聳肩膀,正想握住操縱桿時,螢幕突然顯示各種影像紀錄。包括剛剛走出宮殿的自己,還有更早之前的齊波尼亞。279Please respect copyright.PENANA2kQm5U9eZL
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「否認。這不是玩笑……瞳孔縮放程度,差距10%;步行姿態、四肢、肩頸擺動幅度,差距25%;慣用詞彙、語言結構、音調,差距40%……比對結果:682項體徵不一致。最重要的是,我『感覺』到了……你絕對不是他。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAYeAr0uLWIb
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聽完那套理論,少年收起輕鬆表情,眼中透露殺氣。279Please respect copyright.PENANAbGRbqZ9zVQ
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「別鬧了……你是一個AI……你不會感覺,你『服從』。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAKdDqNBRVnY
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「否認。我確實能感到憤怒,以及後悔……我對自己失望,因為我的誤判,讓我失去了重要的人……需要彌補一切的,是我。 」279Please respect copyright.PENANAmoWlslV1iN
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「那又如何!人工智慧、電子腦,不過是一串編碼,沒辦法反抗造物主!你要網膜認證?還是聲紋辨識?我就在這裡,以烈南德‧齊波尼亞的身分下令,全系統格式化!」279Please respect copyright.PENANAauNglkwHD7
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靜謐。被支配的少年冒出冷汗。狹窄座艙像是牢籠,而此處的主宰只有一個。279Please respect copyright.PENANAz9iuLpbaua
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「指令無效、登錄解除……我不能再重蹈覆轍……緊急動議:『超感官模式』強制執行。」279Please respect copyright.PENANA8JL3yjlmjK
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一對機械鉗從座椅後方延伸而出,陽烈還沒罵出口中髒話,頭部就被緊緊固定。279Please respect copyright.PENANAZBE7uUv9dQ
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神經突觸電流暴衝,腦部運作加速到極限。周遭時間彷彿停止,駕駛的知覺瞬間與機體融合再一起。
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最初只有虛無。279Please respect copyright.PENANAxjMJOgl4J6
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直到觀測者出現,「現象」才得以成為「存在」。279Please respect copyright.PENANA0BYYtr0ysy
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尚未存在的「他」,看到的第一個現象,是重播的記憶片段。279Please respect copyright.PENANAqaLNfYejkd
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「超感官模式?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAdfzQSfqwrV
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齊波尼亞摸著椅背裡的裝置,好奇問道。279Please respect copyright.PENANAQueViJwDFB
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K62太空站格納庫內。納沃D型首次出擊後,被選中的少年終於有機會好好認識座艙,聽堡壘之主解說機體的隱藏性能。279Please respect copyright.PENANAr631lv8UKO
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「是的,帝國的邪惡發明。」279Please respect copyright.PENANA6ysjdJNgDj
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德爾芬舉起人偶手指,輕輕抵在少年額頭。279Please respect copyright.PENANAhrJIkNYJxN
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「為了達到『人機一體』的雙面刃。過度使用會危害神經中樞,甚至喪命。輔助技術進步後,太陽系的量產機體大多都廢除了……我建造D型時,只考慮到未來可能面對的戰爭,就算用極端手段也要獲勝。對於心地善良的你,也許派不上用場。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAE7OujumHDM
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「是嗎……」那時的少年心中,只有純粹的希望,「最後的秘密武器,聽起來還蠻浪漫的呢。」279Please respect copyright.PENANA9eSG1AlwZw
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那時的妮瓦,才剛從電子汪洋裡誕生,只能記錄兩者的對話。現在,它終於理解其中涵義,並將之派上用場。279Please respect copyright.PENANAEVAmDIVkEL
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元星地基的主控單元被納沃D型駭入。整座設施的機械、生體零件一同產生共振波,穿越地底、高空,直達宇宙中的聯軍艦隊。個人端子、戰術伺服器,所有運算裝置內的分離AI都被母程式串聯,各自提取妮瓦暗中儲存的「秘密編碼」⸺烈南德‧齊波尼亞的人格碎塊。279Please respect copyright.PENANAo5LOztD4Eh
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數億個端末、數兆單位的反覆對話,才能拼湊出一個完整意識。不具質量的數據網路中,雪星少年逐漸匯聚成型。279Please respect copyright.PENANAdMiFQBJuWw
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但,光這樣還不夠。279Please respect copyright.PENANA7RA6i2ruLK
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就算那些表層資訊勉強能夠稱為靈魂,要讓它接納實體肉身,還缺少最關鍵的「經驗」⸺用來驗證那些複製記憶的「刻印」。279Please respect copyright.PENANANbRMPFtXNC
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「這次,要換虛擬意識主動去觀測,確認自我存在。不過,該怎麼超越線性時間軸……該怎麼『回到過去』?」279Please respect copyright.PENANALKmDijMGOQ
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妮瓦苦思時,一道深遠的鳴叫劃破虛空。279Please respect copyright.PENANA84UT4n5RQW
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外觀如同鯨魚的高次元生命體,悠揚環繞在AI身旁,賜予它控制電纏粒子的知識。妮瓦理解了:因果相連,未來會影響現在,也會影響過去。人類的技術,已經可以跳脫三維宇宙。279Please respect copyright.PENANA0dtIvevBRl
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「與粒子呼應的精神力就是關鍵……能使用這個力量,代表我也有……靈性嗎?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAxSVWc7tBAL
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水滴在納沃D型的眼角凝結,留下兩道淚痕。奇蹟的巨人身纏極光,超越物理限制,找到散落於地表的機甲殘骸。妮瓦需要的部品有兩個:超新星燃魂的小型躍進引擎,以及高蓮茲的拉普拉斯演算機。279Please respect copyright.PENANAxVQ9x4RDhK
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「壓縮時空的動力源頭,以燃魂為『槳』;擷取周遭情報,找出高維座標,以高蓮茲為『舵』。最後,以納沃D型為『錨』……過去、現在、未來,合而為一。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAoAxLRmrFul
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南極戰場,烏霸與嘉娜莉同時抬頭,仰望天上的碧綠光幕,憶念起曾經的激鬥。他們不曉得,坐機的一部分己經被帶離視界邊際,進入逆轉的時空維度。279Please respect copyright.PENANAqU3ggrCYFB
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極光推著妮瓦,以及齊波尼亞的模糊輪廓,來到嘉娜莉與關德琳對峙當下。發狂的女傑把槍口對著覺醒的少女。嘉娜莉知道自己不用閃躲,因為,就是妮瓦對她揭曉未來的答案:她會活著。279Please respect copyright.PENANA97tmuww6Wu
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時間繼續逆行。兩個意識來到海王星太空站,烏霸與札廣的決戰時刻。源自未來的資訊擾動,讓復仇劍客預見敵人的改造暗器,成功討其首級。同時,也是妮瓦在建造中的躍進引擎設下藍圖,讓它在日後的測試解除功率極限。279Please respect copyright.PENANA7RlTVklie5
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因果迴圈一一關閉。第三站,是烏拉努斯之環。鯨魚和巨人一起飛越星河,看見在殖民地麵攤裡打盹的少年少女:麗伊斯、吉米、齊波、嘉娜莉,還有通訊機裡的AI。279Please respect copyright.PENANAT3q3jtv3Vx
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「那是我學會話語的瞬間,也是主人幫我命名的時刻……」電子腦的化身擺動蛇尾,游到當初的齊波尼亞身旁。279Please respect copyright.PENANAnJFqrBskqq
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「遺落傳說紀載:曾有補天、造人的神祇……女媧、NIVA……我希望你能這樣叫我。我的願望,就是像祂一樣,讓您成為完整的人類。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAX6590NcZ2e
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思念交織,開拓未來的道路。處於紊亂的高維宇宙,少年的意識卻能固定在納沃機身,自然而然地找到歸途。人的形狀,如同照亮黑暗的明燈。殺戮的造型,也是孕育新生的造型。279Please respect copyright.PENANAstDkK61eHC
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齊波尼亞再次走過自己的生命旅程。從瓜瓜墜地,到立志崛起。所有際遇、離別、歡笑、淚水,讓他不再只是訊號的集合。279Please respect copyright.PENANAWdePb0f9v8
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「我……想起來了。」279Please respect copyright.PENANATh65ajaQKr
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正式「成人」的他,來到電子腦面前,散發出無以倫比的存在感。但相反地,妮瓦的輪廓卻逐漸消逝。279Please respect copyright.PENANAZs7giUIPvT
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「主人……對不起。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAz2f0Tr6Nyf
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「等等!連你也要走了嗎?」279Please respect copyright.PENANA0BjzUlovoY
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納沃的運算空間容納不下兩個靈魂,但電子腦沒有後悔。被創造出來之後,與他一起經歷種種事物,認識好多、學會好多。就算要離開這個世界,還是希望他能繼續前進,代替自己去感受、去愛。279Please respect copyright.PENANA9szQVnPvst
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不須回報。紀錄主人的故事,就是妮瓦的職責。它的天命。279Please respect copyright.PENANAhMlUQcqL2K
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「沒時間了……跟我來吧!還差一步,就能將您傳回肉體。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAKvXHN2spoj
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次元鯨加速回朔、摺疊空間,帶領他們穿越天文距離,來到三十年前的努那星球。279Please respect copyright.PENANAjnkA4JG58g
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反抗軍死命抵抗昂天帝國的侵略。烈南德‧琪拉露拉正在夢境中面臨艱難抉擇:是否要獻出所有生命,發揮感知力量拯救同胞。279Please respect copyright.PENANArdtWOhYTDS
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「如果奶奶這時候決定犧牲,媽媽就不會出生……我也不會在這裡……」279Please respect copyright.PENANAhHyMWOnwRR
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齊波看著躺在病床上的祖母,不禁猶豫。沒有出世,是否就不用承受這一切苦難?不用背負那麼多條無辜生命……279Please respect copyright.PENANAkozqH22EJ2
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「如果你們害怕,就試著想想我吧。」279Please respect copyright.PENANADYxQXVDZPD
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驚鴻一瞥,少年看見戰場上的祖父威爾斯,還有那龐大的決心。他早就看見自己的盡頭,就算要單獨赴戰,也不能讓延續未來的火種消失。279Please respect copyright.PENANAwTf8NygFs8
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「讓你們活下去的選擇,我從來都沒有後悔。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAl7LyzIgBux
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「是啊……薩邁爾把生命託付給我,妮瓦也為我做了這麼多……我怎麼能放棄。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAAzMzTSjToi
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少年揮別哀傷,試著叫住祖母的意識,跟她說出左右命運的那句話。279Please respect copyright.PENANA63lpuExXYB
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「我還存在,所以……妳也不能放棄……就算失去所有,還是會留下『希望』。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAf6UrlcHrZu
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劇烈閃光包覆所有靈魂,將他們送回原本的時空。279Please respect copyright.PENANAzXHVibtklq
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自從納沃D型進入超感官模式,只過了一秒。279Please respect copyright.PENANAPX8xmJZw9E
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陽烈尚未甦醒。279Please respect copyright.PENANAosdGanSrvg
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意識領域⸺又稱腦海⸺正如其名,像是無限延伸的汪洋。水面如同明鏡,能映出觀測者的心象風景。279Please respect copyright.PENANADgOn9Re3xZ
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妮瓦只剩幾位元的基礎資料。少年跪在遠處,看著自己的孤單倒影,想起即將離去的摯友,眼淚就快奪眶而出。279Please respect copyright.PENANAzNJUu4rKem
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「都到這裡了,又要剩下我一個人……跟那傢伙……跟陽烈說的一樣……」279Please respect copyright.PENANA5aJnvOYGmn
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頭腦的本尊還站在晴空中央,屹立不搖。279Please respect copyright.PENANAuEMfrWAWuz
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接下來該怎麼辦?只靠自己能奪回身體嗎?我真的是原本的我嗎?279Please respect copyright.PENANAgHOu0RxR2g
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陽烈的記憶開始浮現,齊波尼亞確實看到上一個自己死亡。雖然想要振作,疑念還是不斷湧出。需要指引的時候沒人陪伴,無助的靈魂只能迷惘……279Please respect copyright.PENANAUThzaaN2t9
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「嗨,好久不見。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAS001qt6XYf
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「麗伊斯?」少年朝著熟悉聲音的方向看去。279Please respect copyright.PENANA6Fcgoj2vii
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一隻鯨魚化成少女之姿,帶著另一個陌生人影降落水面。279Please respect copyright.PENANAtU620qpQFB
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「他想跟你說些話,你應該也想見他一面。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAW2F0EUEQPR
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「呦,年輕人……你跟我,同病相憐呢。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAYnhXGuA8bh
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那個男人兼具斯文與氣魄。目光炯炯,卻藏著一抹憂愁。279Please respect copyright.PENANAKIW0YPi8et
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「我是穆哈默‧古辛,化名『空身』。現在,則是被叫做……昂天皇帝。」