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第169章 不合适的潜艇

Penulis: R.J. Sterling
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-08-02 12:18:55

所有人都纹丝不动。

然后莎拉说:“进入潜艇。”

她声音里的权威如此清晰,以至于幸存者们在意识到自己已经不再属于任何人之前,都会服从她。

玛拉用一只胳膊挡住了他们。

“WHO?”

这始终是个问题。

达米安已经进入潜艇内部,打开舱门,读取氧气数值,鲜血从他的袖子流到舱底。

“埃琳娜。莎拉。科尔。两名肺部受损的幸存者。玛拉,如果她能维持秩序的话。”

他头也不回地指着什么。

“咳血的女人,嘴唇发紫的男孩,但胳膊骨折的男人不用管,他可以等等。”

手臂骨折的男子像被人扇了一巴掌似的,身体猛地一颤。

达米安看到了这一切,但他并没有心软。

“手臂骨折消耗的氧气比肺部积水消耗的氧气少。”

“你一直都这样说话吗?”托万问道。

“当我是对的时候。”

莎拉推开他,亲自去查看那女人的情况。她听了听女人胸口湿漉漉的喘鸣声,然后又听了听男孩的呼吸声。

“该死的,”她说。“那两个人。”

玛拉的嘴角扭曲了一下。

“其他人呢?”

“第二周期。”

莎拉看着海湾外的压力表。

“可能不会有第二轮选举。”

“我知道。”

投降的战士托万笑了,但笑声里没有一丝幽默。

“莫顿数学。”

达米安背叛了他。

“是的。”

这句话就像一记耳光
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