灰域的风带着铁屑与焦油的气味,像是一场永远没停下的战争.The wind in the Gray Zone carried the scent of iron and tar—as if the war had never really ended.
零点塔的蓝光在远方跳动,静得诡异,像在等待.The blue glow of Zero Point pulsed in the distance—too still, too patient, as if it were waiting.
焰队的车队停在一片断壁前.六人下车,风从他们的战甲缝隙钻过.Team Flame's convoy halted before a broken wall.The six stepped out, wind threading through the seams of their armor.
"北翼防线确认."莱恩低声报告,目镜中闪着红光,"炮塔两座,哨机三架.""North wing perimeter confirmed," Ryan murmured,red light reflecting in his scope. "Two turrets. Three drones."
苏黎在旁边调试探测仪,冰蓝的频谱在屏幕上跳动.Su Li adjusted her detector, frost-blue waves rippling across the screen.
"防御节点仍在供能.要进去,就得熄掉这层网.""The defensive nodes are still active. If we want in—we cut the grid."
凯恩摩擦着指尖,电光在掌间跳跃.Kane rubbed his fingers together, lightning dancing in his palm.
"那就开始停电吧.""Then let's black them out."
这时,耳机中传来一道沙哑的女声.A coarse female voice came through their earpieces.
——「这里是灰鸦.我们已抵达西侧高地.」——"Gray Crow here. We're on the west ridge."
伊莎的声音冷静,利落.It was Isa, calm and sharp as ever.
——「我们会吸引外围机群.三分钟内制造干扰.」——"We'll draw the drones' attention. You'll have a three-minute window."
苏黎抬头,看向远处的地平线.那里有一道光在闪,随后——爆炸照亮半边夜空.Su Li lifted her gaze toward the horizon.A flash—then an explosion lit up half the sky.
"灰鸦动手了."凌焰轻声说."Gray Crow's on it," Ling Yan murmured.
"好."苏黎点头,"那我们也该动了.""Good," Su Li said. "Let's move."
他们分成两列,借着风沙的掩护前行.They split into two lines, moving beneath the cover of drifting sand.
凯恩走在最前,电弧闪烁的刹那,巡逻机甲从黑暗中升起.Kane led the way. Sparks flared as a patrol mech rose from the dark.
"交给我.""Mine."
雷光炸裂.Lightning burst.
那机甲瞬间瘫痪,倒下时发出闷响.The mech convulsed, collapsed in a thud.
"干净."莱恩笑着低语."Clean," Ryan whispered, smirking.
他们继续推进.They kept advancing.
风越来越重,塔的防御墙在地平线上显形.The wind thickened; the defense wall of the tower took shape ahead.
尤娜低头看仪表.光线在她掌心弯折."能量频率上升.灰鸦的干扰奏效,他们在重组防御阵列."Yuna checked her readings, bending light around her hand."Energy frequency spiking. Gray Crow's jamming's working—they're recalibrating the grid."
"那我们快一点.""Then we move faster."
他们刚越过一处塌陷的护墙,地面忽然震动.As they crossed a collapsed barricade, the ground quaked.
蓝色能量脉冲从沙下亮起,一道光圈环绕他们脚下——The sand flared blue, a pulse spreading beneath their boots—
"陷阱——!"苏黎低喝."Trap—!" Su Li shouted.
雷声炸裂.凯恩的手掌闪光,电弧瞬间撕碎能量网.Thunder cracked—Kane's palm flared, lightning shredding the trap.
"防御系统启动."莱恩冷静汇报."Defense system's online," Ryan said evenly.
炮塔升起,机枪声在夜空中爆鸣.Turrets rose from the sand, spitting metal fire into the dark.
凌焰抬起双臂,火焰轰然升腾.Ling Yan raised both arms—fire roared upward.
烈焰化成屏障,挡下第一轮炮火.Flame solidified into a blazing shield, absorbing the first volley.
苏黎伸出手,冰雾瞬间沿着火墙蔓延,封锁侧翼炮塔的散热口.Su Li swept her hand outward—frost spread along the flame wall, sealing the turrets' vents in ice.
"凯恩!""Kane!"
他立刻回应.闪电如蛇,在空气中咬向目标.He responded instantly—lightning snapped through the air like fangs.
一座炮塔爆炸.另一座随之失灵.One turret exploded. The other died in sparks.
与此同时,灰鸦小队的远程炮火从数公里外的山脊掠过.At that same moment, Gray Crow's artillery firestreaked across the ridge kilometers away.
他们的爆炸声在夜空中如同雷鸣,把巡逻机群全部吸引过去.Their explosions rolled like thunder,pulling the drone swarms off course.
"外围压力下降."尤娜报告."外圈防御只剩内层节点.""Outer perimeter weakening," Yuna reported."Only inner nodes remain."
"那就进去."凌焰沉声道."Then we go in," Ling Yan said.
他们穿过破碎的防御线.六人像暗影一样消失在塔下的风尘中.They slipped through the broken line,six silhouettes swallowed by the storm beneath the tower.
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战场的另一端,灰鸦小队仍在高地上作战.On the far ridge, Gray Crow fought on.
伊莎透过瞄准镜,看见远方那一抹火光.Isa watched through her scope—the faint blaze in the distance.
"焰队已突破外环."副官汇报."Team Flame's inside," her second reported.
伊莎放下狙击枪,在爆炸的余光下低声道——Isa lowered her rifle, voice quiet under the explosions—
"祝他们好运.那不是人能回来的地方.""Then may luck be with them. No one's ever come back from there."
——
塔的内部,空气冷得像冰,却带着电.Inside the tower, the air was cold as frost—and alive with static.
苏黎在前方抬手,蓝光在她掌心涌动.Su Li lifted her hand, blue light pulsing in her palm.
"防御网已熄.前方通路畅通.""Barrier's down. Passage ahead is clear."
他们一步步走进那道光里.They stepped into the light.
火光反射在每个人的眼中.The firelight reflected in each of their eyes.
没人说话,只有风,金属,和心跳.No one spoke.Only wind, metal—and the sound of hearts beating.
"这只是开始."凌焰低声."This is only the beginning," Ling Yan murmured.
苏黎抬头,目光冷静.Su Li looked up, calm and steady.
"那我们就开始.""Then let's begin."