The avalanchejust likes the high sea, the front surfaceoverwhelms, butthatsilvermonsterhas opened the pair of wings, vibrateslike the dragonfly the silverwingequallyfast, thentakeoffs.
雪崩恍若怒涛,迎面盖下,但那银色的怪物已经张开双翼,将银色的翅翼如同蜻蜓一样快速振动,然后离地而起。Thatsilvermonsterdashes to cometoher, Freyadoes not needto calculate can also see, at the avalanchepresentspeed, the opposite partyalmostcan certainlyavoid.
那银色的怪物向她直扑而来,芙蕾雅不用计算也能看出,以雪崩现在的速度,对方几乎一定能避开。Thatflashhertrain of thoughtflashes throughlike the electricity, is almost subconscious, the young girlmade the decision. The goldenlightwingrisesinherbehind, shesimilarlyis the lift-off, thenthrewtothatsilvermonstersuddenly.
那一瞬间她思绪如电般闪过,几乎是下意识般,少女就作出了决定。金色的光翼在她身后一涨,她同样是离地而起,然后猛然向那银色的怪物扑了过去。At that moment——
那一刻——Thatsilvermonsterdoes not haveon the face of facial features, twisted the mouth sidewiseto just like the happy expression in the crescent moongeneralbig mouthridiculingto solidifyfinallyon the face.
那银色的怪物没有五官的脸孔上,咧开犹如弯月一般的大嘴上嘲弄的笑意终于凝固在了脸上。„Youwere insane!”
“你疯了!”Itis frightenedscreams.
它惊惶地尖叫道。Freyaseems like a goldenmeteor, the front surfacehitsto the silvermonster in midair, ifthatmonstershapewields the silverbladecrazily, wantsto compelher. Butsheremains unmoved, does not evadedoes not let, was still delimitedlower abdomen——Half Plate of the Wind Empressalmostto seem like a flimsyby the bladefrontundersuchattack, pulls open a longopeninginstantaneously, the rosybloodsprays, but——young girlactually a waistborder that hitsto the silvermonster, ittoboosting.芙蕾雅像是一颗金色的流星,迎面撞向半空中的银色怪物,那怪物状若疯狂地挥动银色的刀刃,想要将她逼开。但她不为所动,不避不让,仍由刃锋划过小腹——风后半身甲在这样的攻击之下几乎像是一层薄纸,瞬间拉开一条长长的口子,玫瑰色的鲜血喷洒而出——少女却一头撞向银色怪物的腰际,将它生生向后推去。Herstrengthis far less than the opposite party, butdoes not needto make the life and deathat this timeagainabundantly, butis the hindrance of flash, has been ableto decidea lot.
她的力量远不如对方,但这个时候已经不需要再作生死相博,只不过是一瞬间的阻碍,就已经可以决定很多事情。„Not——”
“不——”Rising trend of silvermonster, the avalancheperson who can be trustedcovered the faceto poundslightly, everythingappearedunder the natureunapproachablestrengthbase and lowlike the dust, flashes of Freyaandthatsilvermonsterin the snowwave, have vanishedslightlydo not see.
银色怪物的上升之势不过稍微一顿,雪崩扑头盖脸地砸了下来,凡物在大自然无可匹敌的力量之下显得卑微有如尘埃,芙蕾雅和那银色的怪物在雪浪之中不过微微一闪,就已消失不见。
......
……Incanyonanotherend.
在峡谷另一端。
The fight of youngstersandpalechild of Swordbreaker Knightgroupis enteringto the stage of superheating, depends upon the direction of war flagFreyainserts, a Knightsstock transmissiongathersfinally, theirstrengthis as goodthesedemon, evenhasvictoryit, but the palechilddepended upon the advantage of surprise attackandquantitygot the winning sidefor a while.折剑骑士团的年轻人们与苍白之子的战斗正进入到白热化的阶段,依靠芙蕾雅插下的战旗的指引,骑士们终于一股股汇合起来,他们本身实力就不逊于这些魔物,甚至更有胜之,只是苍白之子依靠突袭与数量的优势一时占据了上风。When the Swordbreaker Knightgroupgathers, butGiant Wolf in another sideforestlostthatsilvermonstercommand. The warchangesimmediately, Knightsstarts the warcanyonsituationnarrowfavorable position, resists the attack of winterwolfin a planned way. Afterboth sidespaid a bigloss, thisfightalsomade into the positional warfare of deadlockby a surprise attackwar.
而当折剑骑士团集合起来,而另一边森林中的巨狼又失去了那银色怪物的指挥。战局立刻改变,骑士们开始战局峡谷地步狭窄的有利位置,有计划地抵御冬狼的进攻。在双方都付出了不小的损失之后,这场战斗也由一场突袭战打成了僵持的阵地战。Thisregardingfalls into the disadvantagedat firsthumanis a goodnews, butpalechild'sattackswave after wavemakethemrun aboutto deal with, after BrundeAlleasandNemesissnatch, had fallen into the stupor. Nemesiswantsto retrieveFreya, butfalls intoduring the numerousencirclements of wolf pack unable to withdrawwith others for a short timeobviously.
这对于起初陷入劣势的人类来说算是一个好消息,但苍白之子一波接一波的攻击还是让他们疲于应付,布伦德被阿莱亚与尼玫西丝抢回来后,早已陷入了昏迷之中。尼玫西丝有心要去寻回芙蕾雅,但和其他人一起陷入狼群的重重包围之中一时半会显然也无法脱身。Xapelobrought back toRollotand the othersfromanother sideactually, theirlosswith the sideis more serious, almosteveryoneis wounded, particularlyafterchasing of over night, at this momenteven if most tenaciousKirrlutzian. Could not bearsomewhatpants.小佩洛倒是从另一边带回了罗洛等人,他们拿边的损失更加惨重,几乎人人带伤,尤其是经过一夜的追逃之后,此刻哪怕是最坚韧的克鲁兹人。也忍不住有些气喘吁吁了。Everyonecomplexionsome are not quite good.
所有人脸色都有些不太好。ButRollois actually somewhat staring atanother side of the canyonnervously.
但罗洛却有些神经质地盯着峡谷另一边。„What did youhear?”Xapelosees his look, immediatelyasks, heknows that Rollocomesmountain people, amongeveryonehere, only thenhisPerceptionis keenest.
“你听到什么了吗?”小佩洛看到他这个神色,立刻问道,他知道罗洛出身山民,在这里的所有人当中,只有他的感知最为敏锐。„Ihearto have the sound of explosionprobably.”
“我好像听到有爆炸的声音。”OnRolloforehead is the cold sweat, this is becauseStaminaconsumes the excessivereasonto create, hispupilis somewhat gloomy. But after listening respectfully toone, somewhatrepliedweakly.
罗洛额头上全是冷汗,这是因为体力消耗过度的原因造成的,他的眸子有些灰暗。但聆听了一阵之后,还是有些虚弱地答道。„Isreinforcements?”Has the peoplesoundto ask.
“是援军吗?”有人大声问道。„Onlyfears not possibly, isMissCommandermakes.”Xapeloshakes the head, replies.
“只怕不可能,是指挥官小姐弄出来的吧。”小佩洛摇摇头,答道。Nemesisfrowned, sheknows that onFreyahasto explodecrystalwith the matter of thatrubyring, Freyaleavesminimumhas the time of quarter of an hour, stilldoes not have the message, butthatmonsterhas not turned head. Disparity of herveryclearFreyaamongwiththatmonsters, even ifFreyaopened the Valkyriemark, thatmonstermustcope withhernot to compareto cope withAlleasandBrundedifficultmany.尼玫西丝皱了皱眉头,她知道芙蕾雅身上有爆炸水晶与那枚红宝石戒指的事情,芙蕾雅离开起码已经有一刻钟的时间,至今了无音讯,而那怪物也没回头。她很清楚芙蕾雅与那怪物之间的差距,就算是芙蕾雅开启了女武神印记,那头怪物要对付她也不会比对付阿莱亚与布伦德难多少。Thatat all is notfight in a strengthlevel.
那根本不是一个力量层级上的战斗。„Ithought that youfirstcaredone's ownis good,” the Alleaswhole bodyis the blood, sitsis breathing heavilysideBrunde. Onhimnewly the wound of increasewhenrescuingBrundestays behind, the wound that if the palechildleft behindtohimyesterday eveningonlycalculates that doesissmallcommemorating, thenthislittle whileheit can be said thatwononetonmedal.
“我觉得你们还是先关心一下自己的好,”阿莱亚浑身是血,坐在布伦德身边喘着粗气。他身上新添加的伤口是在救出布伦德时留下的,如果说昨天晚上苍白之子给他留下的伤只算做是一个小小的纪念的话,那么这会儿他就可以说是获得了一枚一吨重的勋章。Alleashad completely lost the battle efficiency. If the Swordbreaker Knightgroupmustevacuateat this time, heandBrundehas tostay here.阿莱亚已经完全失去了战斗力。如果折剑骑士团这个时候要撤离,他和布伦德就不得不留在这里。Buteven so, cannot changehistemper——loathfulas always.
但即使如此,还是改变不了他的性子——一如既往的惹人讨厌。Thisfellowjinx of as always, however the this timedevelopmentis not as he expected. SuddenlyfrontKnightsends outoneto call out in alarm. Xapeloas iffeelsanything, immediatelyseparated the human wallto walk, henoticed that a marvelous sightis performingin front ofeveryone.
这家伙一如既往的乌鸦嘴,然而这一次事情的发展却未如同他的预料。忽然之间前面的骑士发出一阵惊呼。小佩洛仿佛感到什么,马上分开人墙走了出去,他看到一幕奇景正在所有人面前上演。Sees onlytheseswarmingpalechildren, suddenlyswaystoppedon the path of attack, theyare drunkto be the same probably, thenfalls down, then the bodyemits the black smoke, as ifevaporatesunder the daytime, is reduced to asheslittle, finally is only left overdarkManacrystalin the snowy area.
只见那些远远近近的苍白之子,忽然摇摇晃晃地在进攻的道路上停了下来,它们好像是喝醉了酒一样,一头接着一头倒在地上,然后身上冒出黑烟,仿佛在白日之下蒸发,一点点化为了灰烬,最后只剩下一枚枚黑沉沉的魔力水晶在雪地之中。Thisnot only happened insomehead, orisonsomecrowd of Giant Wolf, butisswarmingseveral hundredpalechildat the same timefalls deadthenchanges to the black smoketo dissipate, such magnificentscene, almostshockedeachKnighton the scene.
这一幕不仅仅是发生在某一头,或者是某一群巨狼身上,而是远远近近数百头苍白之子同一时间倒毙然后化作黑烟消散,这样壮观的景象,几乎惊呆了每一位在场的骑士。„Thesedemonreallyallaresummoned creature,”Xapelorespondedimmediately: „OurCommanderit seems likehandledsomeseriousthings.”
“这些魔物果然全是召唤生物,”小佩洛马上反应了过来:“我们的指挥官看来做了一些不得了的事情。”Hehas turned head, looks atNemesis.
他回过头,看着尼玫西丝。ButonFemale Knightfaceactuallynotslightlygratified, sheputs outcommunicationcrystalfrom the collarslowly, a communicationcrystalgloominess, representativeFreyathatend, not, becauseshepours intoMana, but since is bright.
但女骑士脸上却没有丝毫欣慰,她缓缓从领子里拿出通讯水晶,通讯水晶一片灰暗,代表芙蕾雅的那一端,并没有因为她注入魔力而亮起。
......
……Howeverin the canyon, Freyascatterscommunicationcrystalbyonepile of snow drifttrulyto shineone light and one dark, thisexpressed that somepeopleare attemptingthrough the net and the necklaceLawsmake the contact, butpitifully, the owner of necklaceis not atsideit.
然而在峡谷之中,芙蕾雅散落在一堆雪堆旁的通讯水晶确实是在一明一暗地放着光,这表示有人在试图通过法则之网与项链建立联系,但可惜,项链的主人却并不在它身边。Freyaalmoststrugglesto crawlfromanother sidesnow.芙蕾雅几乎是挣扎着从另一边的积雪之下爬出来的。Shemoaned a condition of ——bodyto missin a low voiceis aboveherimagination, the blood that the whole bodybruising and abrasion, the wound of lower abdomeninfiltrated was almost incarnadine the armedclothing/taking under armor;Onherbreastplatehashugehollow, under the splitslitinfiltratesto bleedunceasingly, the corner of the eye, the nose and corners of the mouthare also bleeding.
她低声呻吟了一声——身体的状况差得超乎她的想象,浑身瘀伤与擦伤,小腹的伤口渗出来的血液几乎染红了盔甲下的武装服;她胸甲上有一处巨大的凹陷,裂开的缝隙下面不断渗出血来,眼角,鼻子与嘴角也在流血。Shecoughedgentlyseveral. When the luckyavalanchepoundsshewiththatmonsterinupper layer, butshewhenthatmonster, buttwo peoplewere involved in the snow, shesees with one's own eyesthatmonsterwithrollingunder the snowby the vortexinspirationcrushed stone, butsheescapes from a lifeby luck.
她轻轻咳嗽了几下。万幸雪崩砸下来时她与那怪物都在上层,而她又更在那怪物上方,但两人被卷入积雪之中时,她亲眼看到那怪物被涡流吸入碎石与滚雪之下,而她自己则侥幸逃脱一条性命。Howeverso, maintainsfor a short time, Freyacanfeeloneselfare injuredseriously. The mortal wound came from the sword cut of hitandlower abdomen of chest, the excessive loss of bloodmakesherdizzy, the hands and feetalsosomewhatfeels cold, particularlyundersuchenvironment.
不过既如此,也不过是多维持一时半刻而已,芙蕾雅可以感到自己受伤有多严重。致命伤来自于胸口的撞击与小腹的剑伤,失血过多让她头昏昏沉沉,手脚也有些发冷,尤其是在这样的环境之下。Mostmakes the young girlfeelthe one whois filled with the distressis, shediscovered that shethought of the holy potionbelt-bagto losein the avalanche.
最让少女感到满心苦楚的是,她发现自己装着圣水的腰包在雪崩之中遗失了。‚Was this dead......?’
‘这就是要死了吗……?’Shehas rolled over, calmlylies downin the snowy area. Calmlylooks at the sky. HerveryclearherefromNemesistheyfar, Kirrlutzianmisses certainly, shefelt that has startedto lullherbody and heartcoldly, the sleepinessandwearyalsoraided.
她翻过身来,静静地躺在雪地之中。静静地看着天空。她很清楚这儿距离尼玫西丝他们有多远,克鲁兹人一定赶不及的,她感到寒冷已经开始麻痹她的躯体与心脏,睡意与疲倦也一波波袭来了。‚Is goodnot to have the failure.’
‘好在没有失败。’InFreyaheartslightlysighed, thisisshehas made the boldestdecisionfor a lifetime and craziestaction, butsheafter all is notthatperson, only thenthistime. Alsoislast time.芙蕾雅心中微微叹了一口气,这是她一辈子做过最大胆的决定和最疯狂的举动,但她终归不是那个人,只有这次。也是最后一次。Shecloses the eye, during a pieceis jet blackseems likesomeinnumerableluminous spots, theseluminous spotone by onegather, appears the shadow of Bucce'shills, thengathersthatpersonappearance.
她合上眼睛,一片漆黑之中好像有无数光点,这些光点一一汇聚起来,浮现出布契的群山的影子,然后又汇聚成那个人面貌。‚Brando......’
‘布兰多……’In the Freyaheart a peace, calmlywaits forthat momentarrival, butascends the skyas if not wantto give the young girlthisgreat honor, whileshegathers the upper eyelidslightlytime. In the snowy areatransmits a kǎ cā lightsoundsuddenly.芙蕾雅心中一片安宁,静静等待那一刻的降临,但上天似乎并不想要给予少女这份殊荣,正当她微微合上眼睑的时候。雪地之中忽然传来卡擦一声轻响。Thissoundmovesis not big, butin the Freyahearnot less than startling thunderclap. Sheopens the eyesfiercely, has turned the headstrenuously, reallysaw that under the snowextends a gloomyarm.
这声响动并不大,但在芙蕾雅听来不啻于惊雷。她猛地睁开双眼,吃力地转过头,果然看到积雪之下伸出一只灰暗的手臂来。
‚ Howpossibly......
‘怎么可能……In the Freyaheartshoutedonelowly, underthissnow driftexcept forthatmonster, will not have the secondpersonto exist. Hersubconsciouslyputs out a handto gripLion Heart Sword, butthatmonsterresponseactuallycompared withherquickeronestep.芙蕾雅心中低叫一声,这雪堆之下除了那怪物,就不会有第二个人存在。她下意识地伸手去握住狮心剑,但那怪物反应却比她更快一步。Rumbles a loud sound. As if a tremendousstrengthexplodesfrom the snow deposit, a shadowcoerces the innumerablesnowendto projectfrom the snow drift, suppressedFreyainstantaneously, a thatsilvermonsterhandblocked the neck of Freya. A handsuppressesherto shake the hand of sword.
轰一声巨响。仿佛一股巨大的力量从雪层下爆炸开来,一道黑影裹挟着无数雪末从雪堆之下射出,瞬间就压住了芙蕾雅,那银色的怪物一只手扼住了芙蕾雅的脖子。一只手压住她握剑的手。Itlowers the head, coldlywill gaze atthisto dohumanlittle girlin an extremely difficult situation.
它低着头,冷冷地注视着这个将自己搞得狼狈不堪的人类小姑娘。Comescompared withFreya, itindeedcould sayismore distressed, at this momentit the previousscenery, the backwingonlyhas no longer hadonepiece, the mercurysamebodyalsono longer has no timesmoothly, butcovered entirely the bumpyscar, the skin of silvery bright, becomescannot withstandnowgloomily, almostformedirongrey.
比起芙蕾雅来,它的确说得上是更加狼狈,此刻它早已不复先前的风光,背后的翅翼只剩下一片,水银一样的躯体也不再是光滑无暇,而是布满了坑坑洼洼的伤痕,原本银亮的皮肤,现在变得暗淡不堪,几乎形成了铁灰色。ThiscolorFreyahad also once seeninlast nightfight, oftenfightsthisdegree, thismonsterwill choose a Vitalityquantity of drawsperson, this explained that onceitbe atthiscondition, perhapsfromdeathalsoonly thenseparation.
这种颜色芙蕾雅在昨天夜里的战斗中也曾见过,往往战斗到这种程度,这头怪物就会选择去抽取一个人的生命力量,这说明一旦它处于这种状态下,恐怕距离死亡也只有一线之隔了。„Really was...... was a pity......”
“真是……可惜了……”Freyasomewhatthinksweak,shecanobviouslyfeel the Vitalityquantity that oneselfsurviveis passingby way of the hand of thatmonsterslowly, previouslyshe can also narrow the eyeto stare atthisfearfulmonster, butis quick, shefelt that evenbreathedsomewhatto be strenuous.芙蕾雅有些无力地想到,她可以明显地感到自己残存的生命力量正在经由那怪物的手缓缓流逝,先前她还能眯着眼睛盯着这头可怕的怪物,但很快,她就感到连呼吸都有些吃力了起来。Breath of Freyagraduallyrapid.芙蕾雅的呼吸渐渐急促了起来。
The silvermonsteris actually sneering: „Yourthisclan, andseveral thousandyears ago is equally sly, does not havetwoto send.”Itsquats downsideFreya, thenone a neck that is dragging the young girlraisedher, as ifmustappreciateFreyacarefullybecause of the oxygen deficit, but the appearance of death.
银色的怪物却在冷笑:“你们这一族,和数千年之前一样狡猾,一无二致。”它在芙蕾雅身边蹲下,然后一把拖着少女的脖子将她提了起来,仿佛要仔细欣赏芙蕾雅因为缺氧而死的样子。Butthismovement, makesFreyahitthatflagstone‚’inbelt-bagto fall. The silvermonsteris startledslightly, itseesthatflagstone, seems somewhat surprised: „What is this? Wait, thisis......”
但正是这个动作,却让芙蕾雅撞在腰包中的那块石板‘啪嗒’一声掉了下来。银色的怪物微微一怔,它看到那石板,似乎有些惊讶:“这是什么?等等,这是……”Itssubconsciouslypicks upthatflagstonewithanotherhand, when butitloosensFreyashakes the hand of sword, waited for a long time the young girlimmediatelyto exhaust a finalstrengthto exudeonelowlyto drink: „Monster!”
它下意识地用另一只手去捡起那石板,但正当它松开芙蕾雅握剑的手时,等待多时少女立刻用尽最后的一点力气发出一声低喝:“怪物!”Herboth handsgrasp the sword, a swordthornto the lower abdomen of thatmonster.
她双手握剑,一剑刺向那怪物的小腹。
The silvermonsterordetected the Freyaaction, orhas not expectedcompletely, madethisswordsubmergeinitsabdomendirectly. Itslightlyonesurprised, raises headcomes, somewhatlooks at presentthishumanlittle girlstrangely:
银色的怪物或者察觉了芙蕾雅的举动,或者完全没有预料到,就让这一剑直接没入了它腹部之中。它微微一愕,抬起头来,有些古怪地看着眼前这个人类小姑娘:„Youdo not think that thistype of junkcaninjuretome, the attacks of yourmortal, do not have the slight effect on me.”
“你不会以为这种破铜烂铁能伤到我吧,你们凡人的攻击,对我是没有丝毫效果的。”Itridiculedto pat the cheek of young girlgently: „Ignorant.”
它嘲弄地轻轻拍了拍少女的脸蛋:“愚昧。”In the eye that Freyanarrows is only left over the flaminganger.芙蕾雅眯起的眼睛里只剩下熊熊的怒火。Shestares atthatmonsternot to have the face of facial features, looks that crescent moonrevealsbig mouth that sneersgenerally, wishes one could itselfto be able a swordto kill the opposite party.
她盯着那怪物没有五官的面孔,看着那张月牙一般露出冷笑的大嘴,恨不得自己能一剑杀死对方。Howeverthe next moment, herhopeinsome not well-knowndeitiesby the darkness seemed to be heard, suddenly, thatsilvermonstercrescent moongeneralbig mouthdrooped.
然而下一刻,她的祈求似乎被冥冥之中某个不知名的神祗所听闻,忽然之间,那银色的怪物月牙一般的大嘴耷拉了下来。Thatlooks like an exceptionallypainfulexpressionto appearonitsface.
那就像是一个异常痛苦的表情出现在它的面孔上。Itscreamedonesuddenly, put asideFreya, is covering the wound, draw backwentcrazily. Sees onlyinsertsLion Heart Swordonitslower abdomenemits the flamingroaring flamesuddenly, thisroaring flamealongthatwound, is burningitswhole body.
它忽然尖叫一声,一把将芙蕾雅丢开,捂着伤口,疯狂地向后退去。只见插在它小腹上的狮心剑忽然冒出熊熊的烈焰,这烈焰正沿着那道伤口,烧遍它全身。„This...... is impossible!” The monsterwailsis kneeling downin the ground: „DamnWar Goddessmark...... Aaah!”
“这……不可能!”怪物哀嚎着跪倒在地面上:“该死的战争女神印记……啊啊啊啊!”Thatsilvermonsteralmostchanged intoonegroup of hotgroupsin an instant, butpitifullyFreyaanddoes not realizeto appreciateto the one's ownvictory, whenshewas losttogroundat the same moment, shefelt that blazingflamestartsto spread the whole bodyfrom the heartspot, instantaneouslyheras forhugepain.
那银色的怪物几乎是转眼之间化为了一团火团,但可惜芙蕾雅并未能如愿欣赏到自己的战果,就当她被丢到地上的同一刻,她感到一股炽热的火焰从心脏部位开始遍及全身,瞬间将她至于巨大的痛苦之中。ButFreyadid not say a word, ineyeinsteadfullinconceivable.
但芙蕾雅一言不发,眼中反而只有满满的不可思议。Becausesheunderstands that thismeansanything.
因为她明白这意味着什么。
The flame of gold, was lit.
黄金的火焰,被点燃了。Butnearbyher, thatfalls the flagstoneinsnowy area, at this momentalsoblooms the mostdazzlingray.
而在她一旁,那块落在雪地中的石板,这一刻也绽放出最耀眼的光芒。
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……Excited, forgotto say the name. The smallblackbook titleisdisasterhardshiparrives, pushes. Todayto the list, everyonehelpssupport. Hasanythingto recommendto lose~!( To be continued. Ifyoulikethiswork, welcomeyouto come the beginningto cast the recommendationticketandmonthly ticket, yoursupport, isIbiggestpower. Mobile phone userwelcometoreading.)
兴奋了,忘了说名字。小黑的书名是灾厄降临,强推。今天冲榜,大家都去帮忙支持一下吧。有什么推荐都丢过去~!(未完待续。如果您喜欢这部作品,欢迎您来起点投推荐票、月票,您的支持,就是我最大的动力。手机用户请到阅读。)
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