下城區的咖啡館又漲價了。158Please respect copyright.PENANAlkaEHJALhJ
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我看了一眼遠超預算的帳單,再看了一眼臉上掛著專業微笑的店員小姐,得出此一結論。158Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZWlxOskHp
我倆保持著同樣的表情對視著,在旁人看來,就像是一對情侶。158Please respect copyright.PENANAg2B8RLMpJ8
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她的微笑自然而可人,一方面是因為她練習已久,另一方面是因為帳單不是她付。158Please respect copyright.PENANAqtTVN4jLQ4
而我不管笑多久,應該都不會有人為我付帳。158Please respect copyright.PENANA5AJKZizCtN
158Please respect copyright.PENANAxp5DcXh0X2
「這是怎麼回事?」158Please respect copyright.PENANAXbexEvewkd
眼見再這樣下去,她能笑到下班走人;我只好主動打破僵局。158Please respect copyright.PENANA9nleEvrEtb
158Please respect copyright.PENANAgVjID4E3ir
「因應供貨問題,我們的飲品費用有所調整。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAFhocu6aWAk
「那麼重要的資訊,是不是應該要在我下單前提醒一聲?」158Please respect copyright.PENANAHX8WybHo9n
「畢竟先生您是不看菜單的熟客,我想就不必唐突了。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAlrip42J2FH
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熟客比較好宰是吧。158Please respect copyright.PENANAceShG38JfV
我尚待爭辯,但她的手已經放在通知混成騎士團的警鈴上了。158Please respect copyright.PENANA2EqBwDp1ra
158Please respect copyright.PENANAFIQd7aNO2L
於是這個月房租又沒了著落。158Please respect copyright.PENANA79moEnmwtt
正當我思考又要從哪兒省出來錢的時候,店員小姐叫住了我。158Please respect copyright.PENANA6yJvXEXnD2
158Please respect copyright.PENANA4QYsrSr2qO
「先生,我記得您是登記在冊的冒險者對吧?」158Please respect copyright.PENANA9VkvPW0Ag5
她朝任務委託板指了指。158Please respect copyright.PENANAnCR9wb3g8j
158Please respect copyright.PENANAuCL6hZzzQ7
當年為了能隨意進出上城區,我也曾裝模作樣地在行會大樓(ギルド元宮)登記了自己的職業。158Please respect copyright.PENANAnjUiIcvNGX
可是,我是為了安寧才定居下城區的。野外的冒險生活早已不在我的規劃裡了。158Please respect copyright.PENANAFZMXKkkuQi
……說得好像我有規劃過一樣。158Please respect copyright.PENANAhT4Y5CUc3g
158Please respect copyright.PENANAILYZIPjkjb
「是又怎樣,不是又怎樣?」158Please respect copyright.PENANA9PMxIs2UFG
「如果您確實是冒險者,那這個報酬不菲的委託也許能助您解決燃眉之急。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAXJFp8WjfPU
158Please respect copyright.PENANA72JR5daP4d
看著她一如既往的微笑,我就知道定非好事。158Please respect copyright.PENANA12bEMknq0j
158Please respect copyright.PENANAKFnlXmvcU4
「前往阿伊恩薩烏斯南部地牢B3F,為礦工們運送換洗衣物並帶走他們的舊衣服。」158Please respect copyright.PENANA4JQWeZkeRD
「沒錯。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAjE2XMJtMek
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「首先我要冒著鐵火山的火山灰和中暑的風險,前往那個什麼阿伊恩薩烏斯(アイアンサウス),也就是我們俗稱的南國。」158Please respect copyright.PENANA0mKZZJNCb8
「沒錯。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAyRRJCVbWfT
158Please respect copyright.PENANA7dt424QAct
「然後我要深入危險的礦洞,躲開高速行駛的礦車,穿過潛伏在黑暗中的魔物群和掉進去的話轉眼就能把人融成骨渣的鋼水。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAcJpum43LvF
「沒錯。」158Please respect copyright.PENANA909vZYxSrr
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「最後我要找到一群臭烘烘的礦工,取回他們滲滿煤渣和汗水的衣服,原路踏穿地牢返回地面。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAcPkHt8u0bz
「沒錯。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAA10bu6Pd2I
158Please respect copyright.PENANAxL0azuTiXt
「妳還有什麼想對我說的嗎?」158Please respect copyright.PENANA5f6ktntThB
「十四萬G。」158Please respect copyright.PENANALdJKusYPAf
「現在付嗎?」158Please respect copyright.PENANAzqYcF9FxEA
「不。舊衣服拿回來了才會付帳。」158Please respect copyright.PENANASwgjumQd8E
158Please respect copyright.PENANAlHXrytRZ59
店員小姐以一貫的微笑結束了我們的交鋒。158Please respect copyright.PENANAdLsRFRw2x1
158Please respect copyright.PENANAKTYsfwkNaz
* * *158Please respect copyright.PENANAWjgbD4JLLp
158Please respect copyright.PENANAo7YgJUftjk
南國的路況是四國之中最為惡劣的。158Please respect copyright.PENANAqfEKA6SmgU
越過南方海角,就能聞到濁重的空氣中混著遠方飄來的火山灰。158Please respect copyright.PENANAjZcKTT0A9V
呼吸不暢不說,氣侯炎熱也不說;這兒的魔物還他媽一點都不怕人。158Please respect copyright.PENANA4jdt4cUyDA
盤踞在鐵火山的大鷹,城外築巢的爬蟲,甚至還有莫名其妙的熱帶飛魚。158Please respect copyright.PENANAXmRZTzlqwO
我在阿高普路斯就沒有見過一個出身南國的冒險家是想回鄉的。158Please respect copyright.PENANACh54rtE2BN
158Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ1shYe1iT
路過鐵火山,看見一男一女兩個冒險者正在喘著粗氣。158Please respect copyright.PENANAfC2PjbVb7k
我問你們兩個活寶怎麼挑了這麼一片福地打野戰,他們卻說這是在轉職。158Please respect copyright.PENANALy0oYEX8c5
158Please respect copyright.PENANAm1Vwk4rbCJ
南國旅遊發展局要求,每個戰士系的冒險者要轉職都要為國家無償掃蕩鐵火山上的魔物。158Please respect copyright.PENANA1dcEq0nKr8
據說這跟在南國街道上剝海膽並列為最受歡迎的旅遊項目。158Please respect copyright.PENANADhtUihUhnJ
158Please respect copyright.PENANAMtKtJffQJs
要不是他們提起,我還真不知道南國還有旅遊發展局這檔事。158Please respect copyright.PENANAfdjGOdgFid
想來跟西國的勞工保障局一樣,是官僚帶薪休假的所在。158Please respect copyright.PENANAH3AwoseRFP
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閒談一輪,他們又要拖著疲勞的身軀去打熔岩皮露露了。158Please respect copyright.PENANAiAHwbyvyza
我說你們別去了,沾一身火山灰然後回去回報任務算了,反正世上也沒人看得出鐵火山的魔物有沒有減少過。158Please respect copyright.PENANANXRRhEGaZk
他們一聽有理,便找了間鐵皮小屋纏綿去了。158Please respect copyright.PENANAvUY9wfgf4i
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* * *158Please respect copyright.PENANARrk2ixPHyJ
158Please respect copyright.PENANAO35V5TI2QJ
南國的咖啡館遠沒有阿高普路斯下城區的熱鬧。158Please respect copyright.PENANAzet3Ic79PX
櫃檯接待是個沒勁的小哥。他有氣沒力地從我手上接過委託海報,然後指了指旁邊一個同樣有氣沒力的女孩子。158Please respect copyright.PENANAYrzlK1ZWhF
我這才知道,原來專業微笑的難度不比當冒險者低。158Please respect copyright.PENANAnXHAWWWyLL
158Please respect copyright.PENANAykrAfe83ek
「妳是委託人?」158Please respect copyright.PENANAXmvULA0E8U
我朝女孩問道。158Please respect copyright.PENANAfkxT3HgWj2
158Please respect copyright.PENANAWgyg3jYDCr
「不,我是遊客。158Please respect copyright.PENANAGjxAevh1pq
委託人是南國旅遊發展局。158Please respect copyright.PENANAT2l5LHPO4p
換洗衣物在這。去吧。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAe6xPz4YLld
女孩頭也不抬,甚至都沒有移動過目光。158Please respect copyright.PENANAvYXV6nBLIk
158Please respect copyright.PENANAOxXMjzQ9iU
「所以這他媽就是魔法系冒險者的轉職要求嗎?」158Please respect copyright.PENANAZZ9kKPTXUU
看著她魔法師的裝束,我好像懂了什麼。158Please respect copyright.PENANA500Xk52tAx
158Please respect copyright.PENANAK0xwnTUr5C
「不是。我早就轉了。158Please respect copyright.PENANADzhA43H56Q
你去還是不去?」158Please respect copyright.PENANAAJIUrs66Hy
女孩毫無生氣的眼神打消了我繼續聊天的意願。158Please respect copyright.PENANA3LMYWiO5F7
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* * *158Please respect copyright.PENANAv8rhQACxtY
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南國旅遊發展局真是一個神奇的部門。158Please respect copyright.PENANAQDtOsG3v63
在閃躲鐵軌上飛馳的礦車時,我如此想著。158Please respect copyright.PENANA88AJXVDK2Z
礦車的前端貼著南國旅遊發展局的標誌。如無意外,這會是被礦車撞上的冒險者生命中最後看見的影像。158Please respect copyright.PENANAJSoWuNzcZf
158Please respect copyright.PENANAa0vc8eSwux
南部地牢也被旅遊發展局作為RX系列工程機器人的廢棄場所。158Please respect copyright.PENANAbato0akIjj
然而當局的廢棄標準也相當獨特,每一台廢棄的RX機器人都會在廢棄的一段時間後暴起傷人,沒有例外。158Please respect copyright.PENANAvfkbZ4lkOc
說不定我該旅居此地,把這個部門的事跡結集成書,也許以後就不需要再幹外送專員了。158Please respect copyright.PENANAHEimjfdlGh
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在越過南國當局設置的警戒線,踏進下一層地牢的一刻,一切有趣的見聞都戛然而止。158Please respect copyright.PENANAZToyPDegOV
人類的活動足跡被拋在了身後,只剩下自己的腳步聲和鋼水沸騰的聲音。158Please respect copyright.PENANAyBt1MNXSgP
158Please respect copyright.PENANAOp3kwp2rMc
穿過一個窄道時一個不慎,與一頭魔物打了個照面。158Please respect copyright.PENANAjsbLznkDPs
身手果然不如往日了,警覺性也比顛峰時期差的不是一點半點。158Please respect copyright.PENANA3yzviVJGaB
我緊張地掏出了多年不用的短劍,但魔物卻悠然地走開了。158Please respect copyright.PENANAZcu5ouEplB
牠不怕人。我甚至感覺到牠的目光有一絲輕蔑。158Please respect copyright.PENANAKRUrEElOwE
我想了想,覺得挺有道理的。即使牠什麼都沒有說。158Please respect copyright.PENANAlBCslB6H36
158Please respect copyright.PENANA9hKDo2Mirf
我加倍小心,緩緩前進。158Please respect copyright.PENANAwBaYITTSFj
彷彿又回到了當年作為冒險者的時光。158Please respect copyright.PENANAU1fehtGILF
為了一點酬勞走遍險地,偶爾有人作伴,但更多時候都在自己消化孤獨,或讓孤獨消化自己。158Please respect copyright.PENANAS8093Qd5w1
最後也沒賺到什麼錢,連下城區的房子也沒買上,一點變故就能讓我重操舊業。158Please respect copyright.PENANA8op1EXLwpE
158Please respect copyright.PENANAKKadImjM7D
曾經我也嚮往冒險,嚮往變強,也一度癡迷於上城區的生活。158Please respect copyright.PENANAzgoC2HgN3I
擁有過自己的飛空城,每天睜眼就朝北國圖書館(エンシェントアーク)跑,一頁頁的傳奇故事不說倒背,至少也能默寫出來。158Please respect copyright.PENANAOUsdH1JcLI
158Please respect copyright.PENANAf8st3XNUDh
但原來我不曾認識自己。158Please respect copyright.PENANA5Nx8BWvKTI
次元鯨魚的到來,使我跟過去的一切匆匆道別。158Please respect copyright.PENANApftJ0pjWzu
現在我不過是自己生活中的過客。158Please respect copyright.PENANANm5JHUmKT5
別說再次橫穿三界,憑現在的實力,也許跟這兒的魔物放對都可能翻車。158Please respect copyright.PENANAvJOIQ0ykWu
158Please respect copyright.PENANAICJSD8dRMo
踏過機械時代的遺物,總算是到達了最底層。158Please respect copyright.PENANA83hhEOS6TS
說實話,我很佩服在這兒工作的礦工。158Please respect copyright.PENANAbvyGX87lWf
對於冒險者而言都有點嚴荷的環境,他們竟能數十年如一日地堅持工作。158Please respect copyright.PENANAf87bBcOaoU
158Please respect copyright.PENANAsNCwms3R9G
礦工的位置並不難找。158Please respect copyright.PENANAsvvsyHcZeH
挖掘的聲音就在不遠處,人造光源反映出的微光也是肉眼可見。158Please respect copyright.PENANAznilCsMMy1
158Please respect copyright.PENANAy8S5Fa53FA
「換洗衣物到囉,南國旅遊發展局向您問好。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAqQOmBN9AYK
我模仿店員小姐的語氣打趣道。158Please respect copyright.PENANA7wLmLjfSrt
158Please respect copyright.PENANAgPflWjaKYX
「辛苦了。一路上不簡單吧?158Please respect copyright.PENANAynNqarv53k
坐下休息一下吧,我們有多餘的水和食物。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAZWHLyeGvJb
一名礦工放下了工具,回頭向我說道。158Please respect copyright.PENANArhycOyLbOH
我也就不客氣,找了張簡易椅子坐了下來。158Please respect copyright.PENANAKsVRjOxold
158Please respect copyright.PENANA8B8sO8iasG
「你以前也是冒險者吧。」158Please respect copyright.PENANACm4SMO40NY
我沒頭沒尾地問道。158Please respect copyright.PENANAxxDVFB6gFi
158Please respect copyright.PENANAVZWH9c8NNz
「你怎麼看得出來?」158Please respect copyright.PENANASMVAKtPcNb
礦工搔了搔頭,點頭認可。158Please respect copyright.PENANAMAN6SY9I7m
158Please respect copyright.PENANAZMHDLg59iK
「在這兒工作可不簡單。」158Please respect copyright.PENANA1AsNF5JU8C
我盯了盯光照不及的黑暗。158Please respect copyright.PENANAdbkXM4ApAz
雖然眼睛看不見,但不懷好意的魔物氣息撲面而來。158Please respect copyright.PENANASti8Z0FJAN
158Please respect copyright.PENANAqoKWbeF1ss
「是啊。偶爾還要打一架驅趕築巢的魔物。158Please respect copyright.PENANAD8zcq20Ve4
別看我這樣,以前的一點本事還是沒忘的。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAAG1agloBfo
礦工秀了秀自己的肌肉。158Please respect copyright.PENANAMMxSgpC2Zg
158Please respect copyright.PENANAGUymgp0K6N
「你以前是幹什麼的?為什麼現在能耐住這種生活?」158Please respect copyright.PENANA4EH75eHzoG
其實這種問題沒什麼好問的,可我就是忍不住。158Please respect copyright.PENANAYhfc9PjDzX
我以前不也在北國圖書館裡樂此不疲嗎?現在還不是在這臭烘烘的礦坑裡。158Please respect copyright.PENANA0YHMn1Jkmz
158Please respect copyright.PENANAkOYubqkTH2
「哈哈,說來慚愧,我以前雖說是個冒險者,但其實更貼切的稱呼應該是……戰士們的零件。158Please respect copyright.PENANAtTuHG7Y11H
你聽過火焰之心(フレイムハート)嗎?鐵匠們代代相傳,能引出薩拉曼達之力的秘術。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAAA90iPONxc
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我點了點頭。不但聽過,還時常借用。158Please respect copyright.PENANACQwdJrN5Y8
戰士系的哪能缺了這個。158Please respect copyright.PENANA7gzqYxMQ6K
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「那你也知道我的「冒險」生活都是怎麼渡過了吧。158Please respect copyright.PENANAUSn4TXbVMt
憑依在某個人的身上,不停地引出薩拉曼達之力,往往不知道怎麼回事,一天就過去了。158Please respect copyright.PENANAS6pNJuBVll
也不是說有什麼不好……首先,這讓我不懼怕機械性的勞動。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAT9DvBLFqmw
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我看了看他擱在一旁的鐵鎬表示理解。158Please respect copyright.PENANACSsSRPS6ir
158Please respect copyright.PENANAYPVCvntZn7
「只是有一天,感覺冒險沒什麼意思了而已。158Please respect copyright.PENANAKxBKghtmg6
我回到了家鄉,也就是這阿伊恩薩烏斯。158Please respect copyright.PENANAU4izpkngsM
正好南國旅遊發展局在招人,感覺自己幹得來,就去應徵了。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAvuNUGy0QBA
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我揚了揚眉毛,不掩飾自己的驚訝。158Please respect copyright.PENANAmUgc65j5na
158Please respect copyright.PENANA0Eg6KhDQmQ
「竟然真有人在阿高普路斯待過之後還想回來。」158Please respect copyright.PENANACLPNBHFxOs
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他笑了笑,不知道是同意還是不同意。158Please respect copyright.PENANAy2jXu44743
158Please respect copyright.PENANAOUAZkRdQBK
「別這樣說嘛。說實話,這個地方我挺喜歡的。158Please respect copyright.PENANA5q3d7yZvCD
每天結束工作後,都能聽到上層區傳來的笛聲。158Please respect copyright.PENANAK2n5hkfQNb
配合大工坊不時響起的機械音,其實還挺有韻味的。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAo4E7MFT2Qv
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原來如此。158Please respect copyright.PENANA94Xt7Zt0p0
那笛聲我也聽過。不知何處而起,又往何處而去。158Please respect copyright.PENANA2y9kNiKxuN
158Please respect copyright.PENANAWtpn0Gt0Qe
「而且喜歡這地方的不只我一個。158Please respect copyright.PENANAX2bvjleNgd
把衣物交給你的那個潔癖小姑娘,她也是南國出身。158Please respect copyright.PENANAG9Ldg7bzDi
雖然她老是抱怨,但她從未離開。即使她本來有能力想走就走。158Please respect copyright.PENANAqtaR6R4c9f
有幾次我還看見她在上層區練笛呢。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAFWA2DVEXpA
158Please respect copyright.PENANAVQ3wUQmU7G
這世上冒險者真多。158Please respect copyright.PENANAU747rMclEC
送貨的是冒險者,挖礦的是冒險者,洗衣服的也是冒險者。158Please respect copyright.PENANAFVwP0bI1wd
說不定我該找台 Thank Object 拆開看看,說不定裡面也是個冒險者。158Please respect copyright.PENANARFpJbfTd3F
158Please respect copyright.PENANAOsTVPMs0Oj
多年前,席捲三界的次元鯨魚事件落幕後,很多冒險者選擇了退役。158Please respect copyright.PENANAbZHOETJbC5
波瀾壯闊的故事到了尾聲,世界得到守護,生活也趨於平靜。158Please respect copyright.PENANA0QEykdEd6g
不過,很多人仍在尋找能讓內心安寧的故鄉。158Please respect copyright.PENANAlbeWlMZCqw
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「其實我能看出來,你仍是個冒險者。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAbZ8PW1CMng
礦工大哥忽然來了這麼一句話。158Please respect copyright.PENANA8TSmAkq3Ln
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「哦?怎麼說?」158Please respect copyright.PENANAG1WyHMmL8C
我不置可否。158Please respect copyright.PENANAAfvE7g7R33
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「因為你和她一樣,仍舊在以自己的方式幫助他人。158Please respect copyright.PENANAhdOSrcLTIY
告訴你個秘密,南國旅遊發展局非冒險者不招的。158Please respect copyright.PENANAn50GshJrrS
因為這群呆子,見到事情決不會袖手旁觀,永遠對世界充滿熱愛。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAC2u9Mvu7jx
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礦工大哥人是不錯,但汗腺不免也發達了點。158Please respect copyright.PENANA7nJc9pGEX9
掩著鼻子走到咖啡館的途中,不但旁人紛紛避讓,連地牢的魔物都自覺退開。158Please respect copyright.PENANAia9nP0lk97
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「唷,動作挺快嘛。158Please respect copyright.PENANATIOgCqyYA1
這是報酬,拿去吧。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAUr8Z5cEzfy
委託的女孩雖然仍然冷淡,但面不改色地接過了令途人側目的臭衣服。158Please respect copyright.PENANAhowRHVU6vf
在礦工大哥那邊得知內情後,她身旁的笛子以及清潔乾淨的換洗衣物令人感到親切。158Please respect copyright.PENANAZtsgDpGkgQ
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「能問個事情嗎,前冒險者小姐?」158Please respect copyright.PENANAGDR89EoOm5
面對我突然的提問,女孩有點吃驚,臉上的表情也沒之前那麼令人難以接近。158Please respect copyright.PENANANrcfCNhkdD
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「……看來是有人多嘴啊。158Please respect copyright.PENANAsgUDKAbxxE
問吧。能答的就答,不能答就不答。」158Please respect copyright.PENANAttmWRdYoh3
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「妳當年的冒險生活有什麼輝煌事跡嗎?」158Please respect copyright.PENANA8YdJjHfkZV
和礦工大哥聊過之後,我開始對退休冒險者的生涯感興趣。158Please respect copyright.PENANAMDBWuLrHAz
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「說白了也沒啥。也就是某次在圖書館打出來一件魔法道具,賣了十來億G之後提早退休回鄉了而已。」158Please respect copyright.PENANA8R8SKfM0le
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看來前冒險者之間還是有差距的。158Please respect copyright.PENANAmlBvNnmCob