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世事鮮少有道理可言,它總是就這麼發生了。429Please respect copyright.PENANAoxz8zwOYYg
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華燈初上,魔都上海的夜景如珠寶盒般奪目耀眼,儘管致命疫病如影隨形,都會男女並未停止入夜後的娛樂,他們追尋感官刺激,藉此忘卻緊緊壓在身上的生活重擔,此間卻有另一群人――429Please respect copyright.PENANAUqEyx7prGX
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他們追求的,是完全不同的物事。429Please respect copyright.PENANAVGyL5H7ES8
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汪緯伸手從香檳塔上取過一杯 Moet香檳,晃了晃水晶杯,細緻的泡沫由杯底浮起。429Please respect copyright.PENANA8iq5g8PF2i
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X酒店自去年開幕以來,憑藉炫麗的外觀和豪奢的消費型態,迅速成為外灘最火紅的去處。汪緯此刻正在酒店頂樓泳池畔,參加一場私人生日宴會,泳池四周閃耀五彩燈光,濕潤的空氣中迴盪悠揚的樂聲,衣著光鮮的賓客談笑風生。429Please respect copyright.PENANAbCYcCj4AFS
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周圍賓客大多和他一樣,家族擁有取之不竭的財富,攫取世上任何事物都易如反掌,譬如此刻站在池畔向他微笑揮手的幾名新聞女主播,只要他勾勾手指,她們就會迫不及待地跳上他的床。太容易了。429Please respect copyright.PENANAGrTunYUqiT
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容易到令人生膩。429Please respect copyright.PENANAR2LKW4Jh7U
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他想來點刺激的。429Please respect copyright.PENANASP77J28bFg
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「想甚麼呢?」429Please respect copyright.PENANAC3AftgseZi
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汪緯回過頭,來者是他的損友路宗,他與路宗,還有另兩名頂端富二代,合稱魔都四少,當這稱呼出自特定媒體――例如娛樂版記者――總帶著幾分嘲諷。429Please respect copyright.PENANAo5BEcAwowt
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「想這疫情真是令人鬱悶哪,」汪緯假裝不經意地問,「疫苗生產的進度如何?」429Please respect copyright.PENANAFIOYeBwVvZ
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路宗家族經營生技研發產業,與政府高層關係良好,常獲官方特許獨家生醫產線,不久前才研製出治療新型肺炎的疫苗,據傳短期內就會先為特權階級施打。429Please respect copyright.PENANA1AsqbRc8yA
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「快了,剛完成境外三期臨床試驗,應該五月就會開始陸續供貨。」路宗瞇著眼睛,目光瞄向前方的巨型生日蛋糕塔,還有幾名不停互拍和自拍的女模。429Please respect copyright.PENANA2tpcvMSRUo
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「五月?挺快的,只要疫情平息,就能解除境管,」汪緯忍不住嘴角上揚,「外國的妞兒可有趣多了。」429Please respect copyright.PENANAR9fhsnZesx
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「即使有了疫苗,未必就能抑止疫情。」路宗淡淡地說,臉上的笑容逐漸消退。429Please respect copyright.PENANAxiSAE8Jx8R
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「怎麼說?莫非……」汪緯挑起雙眉,「境外勢力還有其他的陰謀。」429Please respect copyright.PENANAThYpmViNfQ
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「別胡說!」路宗連忙摀住汪緯的嘴,警覺地向四周張望。429Please respect copyright.PENANAfjcOyGbbD3
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汪緯的好奇心全給勾了起來,他從未見過路宗如此緊張,很不尋常,這下非得問到底不可。429Please respect copyright.PENANAirbFRb3QTF
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「你要是知道甚麼不為人知的機密,好歹透露給自個兒兄弟,」汪緯鍥而不捨地追問,「這病毒是不是從實驗室外洩的?」429Please respect copyright.PENANAjgnGEjUtn6
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「不是。」陸宗十分堅定地搖頭。429Please respect copyright.PENANAweb32Dq2dx
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「那麼是美軍的生化武器?」汪緯追問,就是不肯讓好友忽悠過去。429Please respect copyright.PENANAiMDSuEeUAt
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「我現在說的,」路宗嘆了口氣,「是國防等級的機密,絕不能對外洩露。」429Please respect copyright.PENANA5aT9fW6ctn
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路宗點上煙,深吸一口,緩緩吐出灰色的煙圈,把汪緯的沉默當作同意。
「你知道武漢的磨山吧?」路宗問。429Please respect copyright.PENANArglxsdGfQL
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「魔山,出現過飛碟的地方?」429Please respect copyright.PENANAonca1IOeyE
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磨山位於武漢市洪山區的東湖畔山北有座楚文化景區,但是最出名的還是關於飛碟的傳聞。429Please respect copyright.PENANAsUeG3JYF88
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當地人口耳相傳,在 1999 年 6 月,一團白雲自東湖升起,迅速移至山坳,700株大樹或被連根拔起,或被攔腰折斷,共有兩公頃林地遭毀。期間有人目擊三枚飛碟在磨山上空盤桓,也有人看見外星有光照耀磨山,目擊者言之鑿鑿,說是外星來客摧毀山林,因此磨山又被戲稱為「魔山」。429Please respect copyright.PENANAp9szdUXdcz
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「這類傳聞總是眾說紛紜,當作茶餘飯後的閒話便是。」汪緯哼笑。429Please respect copyright.PENANAUSbM2zCqPh
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路宗一臉嚴肅,「疫情開始前,曾有人在磨山看見不尋常的景象,先是夜空出現強光,逼得人睜不開眼,待到視力恢復,幾個當地人冒險靠近現場,只見一具屍體橫躺在眼前。429Please respect copyright.PENANAbGsV6l0Wr0
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「武漢公安局接獲報案,派員前去調查,死者是楚文化景區的巡邏員張某,當日排的夜班,死因是心臟麻痺,死時表情猙獰,像是受了極大的驚嚇。因為現場沒有任何外力襲擊的痕跡,判定是內因性暴卒。」429Please respect copyright.PENANAbAYMalAjE0
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「被外星生物嚇死的?所以,」汪緯語帶嘲諷,「肺炎病毒是外星人散布的?」429Please respect copyright.PENANAjbOt3X4cj1
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「別開玩笑,後來國際醫療組織到武漢去調查病毒的源頭,我司的公關部前去接待,還是高層單位特別下令監視他們。後來醫療組織不知怎的聽說了這事,透過關係,從家屬那兒拿到巡邏員的手機,該員在死前留下錄像……」429Please respect copyright.PENANAxYW6Ag5ll4
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「真拍到外星人了!」汪緯驚呼。429Please respect copyright.PENANAQDHWr6rNia
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「不……」路宗猛搖頭,「那錄像我看過,不知要如何形容,或說,是惡魔。」429Please respect copyright.PENANAnzYSk91mVu
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「甚麼?」汪緯不知該哭還是該笑。429Please respect copyright.PENANAGNeng6vFKY
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「巡邏員側錄,他在值夜時,天空突然出現奇異的藍光,於是他上前查看,」路宗猶豫片刻後說:「異相從天而降,一個黑影,騎著超乎常識的巨大白馬,黑影朝天展開雙手,口裡低語著:『sacrifice……redemptio……』隨即有數以萬計的蝙蝠憑空飛出,一時之間,連天空都被遮蔽……」429Please respect copyright.PENANAFA3ZY7JT2j
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「有人在拍鬼怪電影吧?」汪緯打岔。429Please respect copyright.PENANATDpeEIuW2k
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「肺炎病毒的起源不就是蝙蝠?那群蝙蝠就是病毒的宿主!」路宗突然激動起來,「醫療組織派來的調查員中有人是天主教徒,他看完錄像當場下跪,口裡不停懺悔,他事後才說那黑影是天啟四騎士中的瘟疫,它將帶來疾病和死亡,sacrifice和redemptio,是拉丁文的犧牲和救贖,你還不懂嗎?要先有人犧牲,其他人才能獲得救贖,世界末日就要降臨了。」路宗一口氣說完。429Please respect copyright.PENANA5pZoFeYtPX
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「呃,但也有可能是外國勢力的陰謀,刻意要在國內引起恐慌。」汪緯才不相信這等悖離常理之事,他往周圍望了望,要是有人聽見這段話,肯定當他們是神經病。429Please respect copyright.PENANASTe7DpgOl6
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幸好眾人都耽於眼前逸樂,沒人側聽兩人對話。429Please respect copyright.PENANA28fhVbtA95
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路宗深呼吸了幾回,一口乾掉杯裡的香檳,情緒逐漸平穩。429Please respect copyright.PENANAXaCrU8expM
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「若世界末日要來了,不更應該即時行樂嗎?呵呵,」汪緯乾笑幾聲,「恐怖故事用來嚇妞兒肯定管用。」429Please respect copyright.PENANA4hOHDwJTbO
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悠揚的樂聲驀然響起。429Please respect copyright.PENANAoa0XuoA1qs
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四周迴盪著生日快樂歌的旋律。429Please respect copyright.PENANASSvrrgmYBT
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汪緯與路宗兩人也跟著唱和,他們和宴會的主人算不上有甚麼深情厚誼,來赴宴不過是為了打發另一個無聊的夜晚。429Please respect copyright.PENANAftLCXp1tQ5
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「Happy Birthday。」賓客高聲歡呼,一同舉杯慶賀。壽星愉快地乾杯,一一接受賓客們的祝福。樂手奏起輕快的舞曲,男女相擁著翩翩起舞,端了 Dom Perignon香檳和切片蛋糕的服務生穿梭來去,無論是病毒或是他國陰謀,都不足以影響此時氛圍。429Please respect copyright.PENANA7BjNAJMhy4
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「路少,要不要游泳?」池邊一群二線女星對著路宗揮手。429Please respect copyright.PENANA4fzLbyvMgU
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「好,我馬上就來!」路宗瞬間恢復平日瀟灑倜儻的模樣。429Please respect copyright.PENANAKbTTC6seD0
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神色轉換如此迅速,有時汪緯懷疑,眾人光鮮亮麗的皮囊底下,包裹著怎樣的靈魂?429Please respect copyright.PENANApQKG3zLC68
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他想起了聊齋故事中的「畫皮」,披著人形的怪物就混雜在人群中,難辨真假。429Please respect copyright.PENANAYQD10tovuW
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池畔賓客正高聲談笑,渾然忘我之際,突然有人被推進泳池,水花四濺,女人全都像母雞一般咯咯傻笑。429Please respect copyright.PENANALcLpPsqhcA
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沒錯。汪緯心想。429Please respect copyright.PENANAP1pboDG3A9
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大多數人都是行屍走肉的蠢蛋。429Please respect copyright.PENANAzgNjo6bpaB
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「別說我不夠朋友,」不知何時,路宗悄悄挨近,並順手將裝有不明錠劑的藥袋塞進汪緯口袋裡,在他耳邊低聲說道:「新玩意兒,加在飲料裡,妞兒喝下以後,三分鐘內不省人事,醒來時,記憶一片空白,被誰睡過都不曉得,完事後只需拍拍屁股走人,不用面對哭哭啼啼的女人。」429Please respect copyright.PENANAKfCjVO5yoC
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汪緯瞪大眼睛看著他,說到尋樂,路宗真是方方面面都能操辦妥當。429Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4LEDXXjpg
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「好好玩兒。」路宗揮了揮手,逕自向池邊那群美女走去。429Please respect copyright.PENANAEJENZuNDKF
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汪緯在原地停頓,環顧四周,穿著華服男男女女就像求偶季的孔雀一般,忙著展示自己羽毛。429Please respect copyright.PENANAWGe5mGkvJf
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真是無趣。429Please respect copyright.PENANAsWE52AwRNb
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他想狩獵,自行送上門的獵物怎能滿足獵人的渴望?429Please respect copyright.PENANAjaHjukaG0c
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不如往別處碰碰運氣。
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