灰雾吞没了光.The gray fog swallowed the light.
焰队缓缓深入地底.Team Flame moved deeper underground.
脚下的金属地面在震,像有东西在底下呼吸.The metal floor trembled—as if something was breathing beneath it.
苏黎走在最前,目光始终盯着仪表.Su Li walked in front, eyes on her device.
仪表闪烁着杂乱的信号.The readings flickered erratically.
"磁频乱了,"她低声说,"这层地下构造不是固定的.""Magnetic flux is unstable," she murmured."The structure below us… is shifting."
凯恩靠在通道壁上,掌心雷光跳动.Kane brushed the wall; lightning glimmered faintly from his palm.
"像活的一样.""Feels alive."
莱恩走在最后,狙击枪半抬,眼神扫过每一个阴影.Ryan covered the rear, sniper rifle half-raised,eyes scanning the dark.
"我不喜欢这地方.声音都在回头.""I don't like this place. Even the echoes sound wrong."
尤娜轻声接话:"回声不止一个."Yuna murmured, "Because it's not just an echo."
众人停下.Everyone froze.
她闭上眼,精神集中,感知的波纹像无形的风在四散.She closed her eyes, extending her perception outward—a silent wind moving through metal and shadow.
几秒后,她睁开眼.After a moment, she opened them.
"有很多'意识点'在附近.""There are many consciousness signatures around us."
"人?"凯恩皱眉."People?" Kane frowned.
"不是人."尤娜摇头."No. Not anymore."
前方的灰墙突然塌陷,机械臂从雾中伸出.The wall ahead collapsed,mechanical arms thrusting from the mist.
"战斗阵型!""Combat formation!"
凌焰第一个出手,火焰自掌中爆发,燃出一道弧.Ling Yan moved first—flames burst from his hands, cutting a fiery arc.
苏黎抬手,冰盾接连升起,折射出火光.Su Li followed, conjuring a barrier of frost,reflecting the blaze in mirrored light.
凯恩的雷电劈下,轰碎了最前排的两台机兵.Kane's lightning tore through the front line,crashing into two mechs at once.
莱恩趁势精准狙击,子弹带着风切声钻进敌核心.Ryan's shots followed—the wind hissed around his bullets,each one finding a target.
尤娜在后方监测战况,喊道:"三点钟方向还有两组!"Yuna called from behind,"Two more clusters at three o'clock!"
艾琳娜展开治疗场,薄薄的绿色光幕笼罩所有人.Elena opened her healing field,a soft green light washing over them.
火,雷,冰,风,光——五种元素在狭窄的通道中交织.Fire, lightning, ice, wind, and light—five elements tangled in the narrow corridor.
十秒钟后,敌人被彻底歼灭.Ten seconds later, the corridor fell silent.
战斗结束.Silence again.
但没人放松.No one lowered their guard.
空气太静,静得反常.The air was too quiet—unnaturally quiet.
艾琳娜忽然听见了一个声音.Then Elena heard a voice.
她怔住.She froze.
那声音不是来自通讯频道.It didn't come from the comms.
"...艾琳娜.""…Elena."
那是一个她以为永远不会再听见的声音.It was a voice she never thought she'd hear again.
柔和,温暖,却透着系统的失真.Soft. Warm. But glitched—like a voice through static.
"为什么回到这里?""Why did you come back here?"
艾琳娜的手指发抖,徽章在掌心发出微弱的光.Elena's fingers trembled—the badge in her hand glowing faintly.
"玛莉安..."她低语."Marian…" she whispered.
凯恩转身,警觉地看她.Kane turned, alert.
"怎么了?""What is it?"
"她...她在说话.""She's… talking to me."
"通讯干扰."苏黎立刻上前检查."Signal interference," Su Li said quickly, checking her terminal.
"不是干扰."艾琳娜摇头,眼神发直."It's not interference," Elena murmured, eyes unfocused.
"那天你让我逃...我走了,可你没出来.""That day you told me to run… I did. But you didn't."
通道的光开始闪烁.The corridor lights began to flicker.
"你长大了.""You've grown."
声音在空气中徘徊,像是有人在金属管道里呼吸.The voice lingered—as if someone was breathing through the walls.
尤娜的感知一瞬间混乱.Yuna staggered, clutching her head.
"有意识波动!不是我们发出的!""There's a consciousness pulse—external!"
凌焰抬头,火焰在掌中亮起.Ling Yan raised his hand—flames igniting in his palm.
"准备防御.""Get ready."
墙壁的光突然成形,一张女人的面孔缓缓浮现.The wall's light shifted—forming a woman's face.
半透明,破碎,却带着熟悉的温柔.Translucent, fractured—yet undeniably gentle.
玛莉安.Marian.
"艾琳娜...""Elena…"
"你不该回来.这里已经不是世界了.""You shouldn't have come. This place isn't the world anymore."
艾琳娜的泪滑落.Elena's tears fell.
"那你呢?你还活着吗?""Then what about you? Are you alive?"
短暂的沉默.A pause.
"不.我只是被系统保留的'残像'.可我还记得你.""No. I'm just what the system preserved.But I still remember you."
通道的光一点点暗下.The light began to fade.
"谢谢你...活着.""Thank you… for living."
声音消失.The voice vanished.
通道陷入一片死寂.The corridor fell into deathly silence.
只有艾琳娜的呼吸声在回荡.Only Elena's ragged breathing remained.
她愣愣地站着,眼神空白,手里的徽章仍在发光.She stood frozen,eyes blank, the badge still glowing faintly in her hand.
"艾琳娜."苏黎轻声唤她."Elena," Su Li called softly.
艾琳娜没有回应.Elena didn't answer.
那一刻,她终于崩溃了.And then—she broke.
"为什么——""Why—"
她的声音嘶哑,泪水从脸上滑落,却没有哭声.Her voice cracked,tears running down without a single sob.
"为什么她要留在那种地方?为什么我逃了?""Why did she have to stay?Why was I the one who ran?"
徽章从她手里滑落,落在地面,发出一声轻响.The badge slipped from her fingers,clinking softly as it hit the ground.
她跪下,双手撑地,肩膀在发抖.She fell to her knees, hands on the cold floor, shoulders trembling.
"她说她还记得我...可那根本不是她了!""She said she remembered me…but that wasn't really her!"
凯恩走上前一步,却没有说话.Kane took a step forward—but said nothing.
莱恩抬起头,神情阴郁.Ryan glanced away, eyes shadowed.
尤娜慢慢靠近,她的手放在艾琳娜的背上,感知那混乱的情绪波动.Yuna approached quietly,resting a hand on Elena's back,feeling the chaos trembling through her aura.
"她还在你心里.""She's still inside you," Yuna whispered.
艾琳娜抬起头,泪眼通红.Elena lifted her head, eyes red.
"不...她被系统囚禁.她活着,可她不自由.""No… she's trapped in the system.She's alive, but she's not free."
苏黎走上前,冰霜沿着她的手指滑过徽章边缘,冷却了那微微闪烁的光.Su Li came forward,frost running along her fingers, cooling the faintly glowing badge.
"那我们去救她.""Then we'll free her."
这句话,让所有人都停了一瞬.The words froze everyone for a moment.
连凯恩都抬起头,看着苏黎.Even Kane looked up,eyes meeting Su Li's.
艾琳娜缓缓站起,擦掉泪水.Elena rose slowly,wiping her tears.
"我不会再逃.哪怕她只剩数据...我也要带她回去.""I won't run again.Even if she's just data—I'll bring her home."
凌焰点头,火光在他指尖微微闪动.Ling Yan nodded,flames flickering faintly at his fingertips.
"那我们走.""Then let's move."
他们再次整队,穿过那道闪着蓝光的门.They regrouped,passing through the gate of blue light.
灰雾在他们身后合拢,像世界将秘密重新封印.The gray mist closed behind them,as if the world itself were sealing its secret.