()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10227</BGM><黑点2><SE1>AVG_Explosion</SE1><BIN>485</BIN>:[Kaboom–]+[The dust thrown up by the cannonfire blends with the fog floating through the Black Zone, obscuring their forms.]
Narciss(2)<Speaker>娜希斯</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:<size=50>Son of a bitch– No! No no no no no!</size> +<size=50>No running around!!!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Explode</SE1><震屏3>:boom!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:[Using the black dust clouds that fill the air for cover, Mona and the others steadily pull away from Narcissus.]+[As she watches her enemy flee, Narcissus relentlessly deploys the floating blades around her.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh</SE1><震屏3>:[Whoosh–!]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh</SE1><震屏3>:[Whooshwhoosh–!]+[However…with no way to pinpoint the targets, the floating blades can do nothing but return empty-handed, despite their power.]
Narciss(2)<Speaker>娜希斯</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1>:<size=50>GOD DAMMIT!!!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[Narcissus explodes in anger and is just about to give chase when a hoarse voice calls out from behind her.]
NPC-grig(3)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:…Don’t chase them, Narcissus.
Narciss(2)<Speaker>娜希斯</Speaker>||:…Who gave you permission to speak to me, trash? +You have some nerve daring to speak after getting beaten up like that, can you even call yourself a combat-type?+And you’re trying to give me orders too? What gives you the right?
NPC-grig(3)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:…That’s not what I meant.+They’ve been hurt badly enough that it’ll take them some time to get over it. Rather than hunting them down, we still have other things we need to do.+Morridow… Big Sister Morridow needs you. She’s been hurt very badly. Don’t you want to see her soon?
Narciss(1)<Speaker>娜希斯</Speaker>||:……
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[Narcissus tilts her head, like she’s thinking of something. Perhaps Grig’s words have swayed her, but she stops trying to set out after them.]
Narciss(1)<Speaker>娜希斯</Speaker>||:If it wasn’t for Big Sis…
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[Annoyed, Narcissus turns around and picks up Grig, grumbling as she heads back toward the listening post – she needs to find a new flying machine there.]
Narciss(1)<Speaker>娜希斯</Speaker>||:If it wasn’t because I was returning you to Big Sis… I wouldn’t…
NPC-grig(3)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:Ugh…
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[After roughly tossing the heavily-wounded Grig into the flying machine, Narcissus climbs in right after her and into the piloting cabin.]+[Her eyes glance in the direction where the Dolls fled, and the flames of wrath surge in her eyes again.]
Narciss(2)<Speaker>娜希斯</Speaker>||:Next time… Next time I’ll slaughter every last one of you!!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Button_Click</SE1><SE1>AVG_Jet_Speedup</SE1>:[Narcissus slams down a lever like she’s taking her anger out on it, and then she pilots the flying machine into the foggy sky…]
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><BIN>485</BIN><SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:[...Elsewhere, after verifying that the enemy isn’t pursuing them, Nitrogen and Iron Element finally stop their mad dash.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10254</BGM><SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:[Gager immediately begins repairing herself.]
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:That firepower was hard to handle.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:…What kind of scary fighting strength was that!
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:She doesn’t use her brain while fighting either, so how come she’s so much stronger?
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:Yeah... <size=55>Hey, I understood that one! You're taking a shot at me, aren't you?!</size> +Wait a minute, I'm not a combat type!
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Is everyone alright?
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:I’m okay, just a little hurt.
QBZ191(5)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:No big deal. It won’t affect the mission.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:<size=50>Hey! You lost the bunny ears on your head!</size>
QBZ191(5)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:Those are my signal tracers… They can disguise my signal when needed.+When we passed that flying machine just now, I figured they’d use it to return to their hideout, so I put one inside.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:Then what about the other one?
QBZ191(5)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:The other one… Well, because of style requirements I had to take it off too.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Style requirements?
QBZ191(5)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:Stop asking so many questions!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:[Click– the meeting room channel broadcasts a hail tone again.]
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:This is… An emergency contact signal?
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>486</BIN><黑点2><SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1><BGM>GF_21summer_intro_DemonVariation</BGM>:[...After quietly capturing the listening post.]+[RO635 and UMP45 connect to the listening post’s database and search it for info.]
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:Their security system went down in one hit, it’s like they’re giving the info to us.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Their security system went down in one hit, it’s like they’re giving the info to us.
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:Hang on.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[XM8 and RO635 begin connecting lines on the map.]+[Many lines originate from all the listening posts, extending into the blank expanse.]+[Eventually, the lines intersect.]+[And the place with the most intersections is–]
RO635Mod(5)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:We’re close… We’re very close to this point…
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[RO635’s finger lands on that inky black point.]+[Her voice trembles, but there’s no way to tell if it’s from excitement or nervousness.]
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:We’ll go to this point.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>485</BIN>:[...RO635 and company follow the map to the intersection in that blank expanse.]+[However, there is nothing there.]+[No listening post, no other structures, no Paradeus.]
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker>||:How come there’s nothing here?
RO635Mod(3)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:……
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:XM8, did you make a mistake somewhere?
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:XM8, did you make a mistake somewhere?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[The groups’ worried voices echo across the open plain.]
UMP9Mod(6)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Could it be an underground base? Like that Paldiski Sub Base…
RO635Mod(2)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Could it be an underground base? Like that Paldiski Sub Base…
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:RO stomps the ground. The surface here is pretty much covered in hard bedrock.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:Are we going to search the surroundings?
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:It’s too spacious. If the enemy passes by, we’ll be forced into a disadvantageous battle.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Let me contact Mona–
RO635Mod(3)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:What's wrong, SOP2?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[Just as RO635 is about to make a call, she notices SOP2 has been squatting beside a shiny green puddle.]
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker>||:The water here’s darker than usual.
UMP9Mod(6)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Could it be because of a difference in pollution intensities?
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker>||:But when you look at it from a different angle, the black stuff in the water moves too.
RO635Mod(3)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Let me see.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[Just as SOP2 said, the color of the water in this area is definitely darker.]+[But that’s not because the water itself has changed, but because–]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:[Because of what is reflected in it.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[RO635 reflexively looks up.]
RO635Mod(3)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:...?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[SOP2 looks at her vacant expression, and then she looks up as well. Her eyes look at the heavens in confusion.]+[And then–]
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:<size=50> wow ... wow, wow!!!</size>
RO635Mod(3)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_3</BGM>:What…IS that?
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:Is it a myth? Or an urban legend, maybe?
()||<白屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>456</BIN><白屏2>:[As the group begin to look up, they can see that a massive horn seems to be hanging out of the sky.]+[It is a tower.]+[To be precise, it is a pair of black towers, linked at the base]+[They float high in the sky, in flagrant disregard of gravity, and their metallic-looking surfaces radiate an oppressive air even from this distance.]+[The moon’s faint light leaks out from between the two towers. Not even birds flying in the air would be visible against this light.]
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker>||:It's so beautiful ...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[SOP2 mutters her awe as she gazes at this sight, which cannot be adequately described by the word “wonder”.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:[Then, as though waking from a dream, RO635 immediately sends out the emergency contact signal.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><BGM>GF_22W_BGM_2</BGM>:[Beep…]+[Nitrogen Squad has connected…]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_Error</SE1>:[Unable to contact the Commander.]
RO635Mod(3)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:…Oh no.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:What's wrong?
RO635Mod(2)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:I can't contact the commander ...
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker>||:Is Dandelion causing trouble again?!
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:…Hang on, let me check.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:[UMP45 verifies the network status and the communication situation.]
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_Error</SE1>:Our connection to the outside world has been cut off, but currently, the Aeneas meeting room’s signal is stable.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Mona, can you guys hear me?
()<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:<color=#00ccff>We’ve been here all this while, but what do you mean by losing communication?</color>
()<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:<color=#00ccff>…That sounds bad. Were we exposed?</color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:If we were exposed, I believe we’d have hundreds of Paradeus units after us by now.
()<Speaker>计量官</Speaker>||:<color=#00ccff>Are we changing our plan? It would not be wise to go any further without leadership.</color>
UMP9Mod(2)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Wait, don’t panic!
RO635Mod(2)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:……
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[RO falls silent for a while, and then she turns to address the group before resolutely shaking her head.]+[Her gaze faces forward and meets Mona’s,]
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:We’re continuing the op.
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(0)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker>||:Yup, that’s right!
()<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:<color=#00ccff>I’m not afraid or anything, but are you sure this is wise?</color>+<color=#00ccff>If the Commander doesn’t know about our situation, then there won’t be any rescue for us if something goes wrong.</color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Paradeus has chosen to activate their signal jamming now, which means we’re very close to our destination, and that our existence is a threat to them.+If we withdraw now, it’s likely that we’ll be intercepted by Paradeus forces. Also, if we want to enter this place again we’ll only end up having to pay a higher price for it.
()<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:<color=#00ccff> ...... </color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Besides, there’s no way we can hope to expect reinforcements and rescue.
()<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:<color=#00ccff>Looks like we’re destined to wake up in a repair tank after all.</color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:It might sound cruel, but we should all have expected this before we set out…
()<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:<color=#00ccff>I can feel your determination. We need to continue the mission.</color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:That’s right. We don’t have the luxury of trying things out. Everything is riding on one big bet.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[After that, the Aeneas meeting room channel falls silent, as though everyone is thinking about the consequences of RO’s decision.]
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:Well, let’s leave all this talk of death and rescue aside for now. What bothers me is–+How are we going to get up there?
RO635Mod(2)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:……
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:If we’re going to continue the mission, we’ll need a way to climb that tower, right?+But it’s floating in the air…
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[XM8 points to the massive tower floating in the sky. It’s high enough that climbing it won’t be easy.]+[Also, the only thing connecting the tower to the ground is a thick pipeline.]
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker>||:We’ll just climb it then! There’s tons of pipes anyway!
UMP9Mod(2)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Eh– I can’t!
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:Is that… A power conduit? Things are going to be very bad if we wreck it while we’re climbing it!
RO635Mod(3)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:A power conduit?
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:Yeah, didn’t Papasha accidentally cut one while she was operating her construction mech?
RO635Mod(3)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:……
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker>||:So it was Papasha who did it…
XM8MOD(0)<Speaker>XM8</Speaker>||:Uh, did I say something wrong…
RO635Mod(5)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Not at all, Chess Queen.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[The long-suppressed light in RO’s eyes blazes once more, and she thumps XM8’s shoulders heavily.]
RO635Mod(5)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:I know how to climb the tower.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_1</BGM><common_effect>%%code=CJ_WC_piaofu%%</common_effect><黑屏2><BIN>459</BIN>:[...In Avernus’ main hall.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:[Grey and Morridow tumble inside, trailed by wisps of dirt that have been churned up by the air.]
NytoWhite(0)<Speaker>？？？</Speaker><Position>0,50</Position>||:Ah.. Big Sister Grey, Big Sister Morridow.+You have returned.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[A Nyto stands in front of the door, but despite her polite language, her tone is very calm.]+[She regards the grievous injuries on their bodies and stands perfectly still.]
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:What are you doing here?
NytoWhite(0)<Speaker>？？？</Speaker><Position>0,50</Position>||:I have just activated the signal jammer… Big Sister Nemhran says it is time to perform pest control.
NPC-Morridow(11)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:…Nemhran called you here? What’s your name?
NytoWhite(0)<Speaker>艾希礼</Speaker><Position>0,50</Position>||:I am Ashley, Big Sister Morridow.
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:…Grig is still outside the tower. She needs help.
NytoWhite(0)<Speaker>艾希礼</Speaker><Position>0,50</Position>||:……
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:…Didn’t you hear me?
NPC-Morridow(11)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:Don’t worry… Grey.+Nemhran always has backup plans when she does things.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[There is a dangerous look in Morridow’s eyes as she looks at Ashley before her.]
NytoWhite(0)<Speaker>艾希礼</Speaker><Position>0,50</Position>||:Allow me to send you to the repair room, Big Sister Morridow.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=0.5%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:[Just as Ashley walks up to help Morridow up, she is gently pushed away.]
NPC-Morridow(11)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:I want to see Father.
NytoWhite(0)<Speaker>艾希礼</Speaker><Position>0,50</Position>||:What…?+…I’m sorry, but I have not received orders to that effect.
NPC-Morridow(11)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:…Tell Nemhran.+I saw “that Big Sister”. Only I can provide information regarding her.+It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand what I’m saying as long as you relay my exact words. Remember this is extremely important to Father.
NytoWhite(0)<Speaker>艾希礼</Speaker><Position>0,50</Position>||:...Please stand by.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[Ashley bows courteously, then leisurely turns around.]
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>9</BIN>:[As she looks at her back, Morridow bites her lip out of tension and to curb herself, struggling to keep her trembling body under control.]+[Morridow knows that her own life is now on the gambling table, and the winner takes all.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<关闭蒙版>:[And she has no choice but to go all-in.]
()||<黑点1>: