吉普車停在烈日照射的沙漠中,空身與陽烈走進地下碉堡。416Please respect copyright.PENANA3SSbZNkOtC
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「在ERA之前,我就當過領袖……專攻生體複製技術的科學團隊,那項研究到達前所未有的境界,記憶寫入、高速培養,試驗體能夠直接在成人狀態甦醒……兩個毫無差異的生命,法律、道德、宗教都跟不上那種概念……」416Please respect copyright.PENANAkP0CkCKjDk
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厚重艙門層層開啟,兩人進入最深處的空間。碧綠波紋映入眼簾,陽烈上前確認。巨大水缸中有個男人,面容跟空身一模一樣。416Please respect copyright.PENANA0bvg9UHmUQ
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「您……複製了自己?」416Please respect copyright.PENANAUCHX79cpDH
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「對,簡單來說就是備份……當我死掉,他就會醒來,用我準備的意識誘導語音理解我們的責任。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAdM8HZW1Tu2
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空身看著水缸中的自己,語氣顫抖,「那些大國想得太簡單,他們逼我交出技術,我都拒絕了……這是危險的力量,依照現在局勢,他們一定不會遵守倫理道德……」416Please respect copyright.PENANAlEr8kzkoCh
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「一定會被用於大量製造殺戮兵器……可是,您一個人要怎麼阻擋強權?」416Please respect copyright.PENANApj3WEPDS7N
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「我失敗了……應該說,最早的我……他眼看妻小被凌虐致死,再跟屍體一起被丟進海底……然後,他秘密製作的備用複製體甦醒了⸺來不及寫入死前記憶,與家人共度的幸福時光卻都存在腦海……明明什麼都沒擁有過,卻要承擔失去的痛苦……第二代的我決定要對這個世界復仇,接下來每一代,都是如此。」416Please respect copyright.PENANA7TQDphbr9W
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「您每一次死亡,都是千真萬確的事實嗎?」416Please respect copyright.PENANA5w3ZEs1TWi
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「沒錯,相信我不久之後也會死於作戰行動,腦晶片訊號停止,下一個我就會甦醒,接續使命。」416Please respect copyright.PENANApcqxXM7wIQ
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「要是下一個你沒有甦醒……」敬佩與不安湧上心頭,陽烈激動揮舞雙臂。「要是他不打算繼承,怎麼辦呢?」416Please respect copyright.PENANAME4LeLnL8E
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「哼哼,的確……我試過讓另一個我甦醒,看能不能共同作戰,他一開始假裝合作,結果,很快就逃跑了……也許,就算兩個人的DNA一模一樣,同時存在就會產生意識差異……他害怕繼承我的責任;我也害怕……害怕他能過得比我更好……唉,你說得對,這是個充滿缺陷的計畫……」416Please respect copyright.PENANApjNqNcUrcZ
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「要是天和鉄平改變心意,不支援這些裝置設備,怎麼辦?您的生命,全被握在別人手中啊!」416Please respect copyright.PENANAvjpsVYxyfe
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「烈!」空身緊緊抓住青年肩膀,用堅定眼神打斷懸念,「所以,我才需要你!」416Please respect copyright.PENANAnanvCyjuZz
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「我?我……」416Please respect copyright.PENANAOGeJfsmUmL
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「沒錯,你能夠成為空身的接班人,作為我意外死亡,無法接續遺志的保險,你,才是ERA真正的領導者。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAVRxFD0ncGW
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「我很榮幸……但是……」416Please respect copyright.PENANAs3SKdafQsr
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「你有我缺乏的狠心、革命的覺悟……你不一定要跟我一樣複製自己,這個秘密,我只會對信任的人公開……」416Please respect copyright.PENANA1tE7nfVaKl
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說著說著,空身落寞地低下頭,「抱歉,我還說不想讓後代背負責任,不知不覺,卻把你當作兒子了……」416Please respect copyright.PENANA9RrkUvCscb
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「我……我……」416Please respect copyright.PENANAmFcjUx2fNC
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陽烈熱淚盈眶,斗大瞳孔更加閃耀。他抱住改變一生的啟蒙者,充滿感激地立下誓言。416Please respect copyright.PENANAmYJ8ne3oy6
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「謝謝你……父親。」416Please respect copyright.PENANAsZy0NBFug4
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我願意接下重擔。是說出口的承諾,但是,埋藏在心中的悲願,也刻下牢牢印記。416Please respect copyright.PENANAL4h9f51MFQ
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但我真正想要的……是跟你一起見證革新的世界。416Please respect copyright.PENANAVvEbdgSHKB
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空身先行搭車離開,後照鏡上是如釋重負的淚顏。他給了繼承者沉重使命,也給了一些考慮時間。416Please respect copyright.PENANAv4ph6hCZvh
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陽烈看著複製人水缸發呆,手機螢幕亮了好久才被按下。名為「生科研:腦部置換術」的文件,透露出分歧之道路。