The City of Dark Erosion

我通过防沙面罩的过滤器吸入了最后一口干净的空气,而我的军用级夜视镜在沙尘暴中闪烁着微弱的绿色光芒.三百米外,电磁屏障忽隐忽现,犹如一道脉动的蓝色闪电."卡里姆,你确定这次突破会持续三分钟吗?"我按下听筒,用我的液压手套敲击我的腰部.经过改造的金属接头发出低沉的嗡嗡声,就像一群在狂风中垂死的蜜蜂."够骆驼穿过针眼的了,我的朋友."一个沙漠商人标志性的沙哑笑声从通讯中传来."但要小心维克多的猎狗.他们最近在突破口安装了心跳传感器..."还没等他说完,地面就剧烈地颤抖了起来.我本能地向一条生锈的输油管道俯冲,这时一个阴影划过了我战术背心的陶瓷板.六对深红色的复眼在暴风雨中亮起——卡车大小的节肢动物从地面上冒出来,它们的甲壳上布满了发光的蓝色粘液."妈的!爬沙者!我翻滚躲避一把扫过的钳子,它下面的混凝土路面像晶片一样碎裂.我改良的右眼虹膜扫描仪分析了目标:成人标本.甲壳厚度:2.7 厘米.弱点:第三关节内侧.当我乘着沙尘暴的势头跳到这个生物的背上时,我手套中的液压泵发出尖叫声.当我指关节护罩上镀有钻石的尖刺插入几丁质的缝隙时,铁锈的金属味充满了我的肺.野兽发出高频的尖啸,突然拱起身体,撞上了一座废弃的冷却塔.钢梁的啪啪声像世界末日的丧钟一样响起.在撞击前的一瞬间,我从腰带上掏出一枚 EMP 手榴弹,把它卡进了骨折的甲壳里.随着蓝光的引爆,臭氧的恶臭与这些生物的腐烂气味混合在一起,涌入我的鼻孔.黑市帐篷在沙尘暴中摇曳,煤油灯像古老的洞穴壁画一样将骆驼商队的阴影投射在画布上.Karim 把玩着他从我这里交易的病毒样本瓶,发光的蓝色液体在他深棕色的虹膜中旋转."你闻起来像扔进焚化炉的医疗废物,"他突然说道,他的镶金牙齿上闪过一丝笑容."血清 X 的副作用?或者也许..."他粗糙的手指在我左脸颊上的烧伤疤痕上划过."来自你过去火焰的吻?"外面传来了孩子的尖叫声.当我掀开帐篷门的那一刻,一阵夹杂着血腥味的沙子袭来.五只少年爬沙兽正在撕碎运输队的尸体,它们刚刚蜕皮的甲壳仍然柔软,在月光下闪耀着珍珠质的光泽."带上灰爪走!"我把那个流浪的孩子推向骆驼,转过身来,按下了手套上的过载开关.当改装后的火焰喷射器喷出五米长的火焰时,沸腾的液压油冒泡在金属接头中回荡.第一个少年向我扑来,却蜷缩在火焰中,像一个哭泣的婴儿一样尖叫.然后,爆炸从下方隆隆作响.我知道我犯了一个错误.一只成年的爬沙者从地面冲出,冲击波掀翻了三个帐篷.它缺少的第三对腿证实了这一点——它是我们之前的老朋友.发着生物发光的蓝色脓液从甲壳的裂缝中滴落,在腐蚀下面的沙子时发出嘶嘶作响的声音."小扳机!把声波诱饵扔到冷却塔上!我对躲在集装箱后面的男孩大喊,把我最后的两枚 EMP 手榴弹绑在一起.当蜂群转向诱饵刺耳的尖啸时,我看到了一个幽灵般的白色身影——一只流浪狗,就是我三个月前在隔离区外看到的那只.它现在蜷缩在一辆翻倒的净水器卡车下面.当日食女王的爪子刺穿我的防弹背心时,我荒谬地想着早上是给灰爪喂肉罐头还是肉干.那个生物从阴影中出现的方式就像死亡华尔兹——她破烂,腐烂的婚纱扫过大地.从她指尖滴落的发光蓝色液体在沙子上绽放,就像婚礼上散落的星尘一样."Good dog, come here." I staggered, fumbling for the Serum X injector, but Graypaw suddenly darted past me toward the Queen's back. Following its frantic barking, I saw Little Trigger pinned beneath a collapsed metal frame, his right leg twisted unnaturally backward.The Queen's second lunge carried the scent of rotting roses. I raised my gauntlet to block, sparks flying as metal clashed against bone claws. As her fangs sank into my shoulder, I drove the injector into her neck. The virus-laced suppressant surged between us, and suddenly, fragmented memories exploded across my retinas—A burning slum, a woman's screams, my trembling fingers pressing a detonator...Graypaw's barking yanked me back to the present. In the moonlight, the Queen was dissolving, melting away like a snowman under the midday sun.As my night vision goggles sparked and short-circuited from the electromagnetic pulse, I was dragging an unconscious Little Trigger toward the Sky District. The howls of Energy Leeches closed in from three directions, their skin glowing with circuit-like bioluminescence. I fumbled for my last canister of nano-med spray and hastily doused my wounds—the scent of blood immediately drawing more approaching footsteps."This way!" A hand suddenly yanked me into a ventilation duct. The cold emergency light illuminated a woman's sharp features, the flame emblem on her gas mask marking her identity—Irene Walker of the Lighthouse Alliance.Above us, the entire shopping mall erupted with air raid sirens as every light simultaneously blacked out.Then, as the first explosion rumbled from deep underground, I caught a sight I would never forget through the vent's grating—what used to be the food court was collapsing, and a luminescent fungal web slithered up the fissures like a living entity, outlining a massive subterranean entrance. A rhythmic, pulsating sound echoed from the abyss, as if the entire city was awakening.