第一章：世界末日(4)
（阿尔乔姆不再辩驳，眼神迷离于远处的隧道口和舞动的篝火，双手紧紧地抓着自己的枪。）
想象着这深埋在七百米以下的隧道，阿尔乔姆害怕得直哆嗦。光是想想就很可怕，没有人有这胆子穿过这深渊去往北方。曾有军队去到上层五百米处，在那儿用地铁的车灯做了边界标记便匆匆返回，自认为依靠那几盏破灯就能够震慑住那些恶徒的进犯。甚至那些经验老到的前海军陆战队的侦察兵，据说也在六百八十米处停下了脚步。每每谈起，他们便用凹陷如碗的手掌掐灭叼着的烟，紧紧抓着挂在胸口的夜视仪沉默不语，站在一边。若再追问，他们便一言不发，头也不回地走开，看都不会再看那隧道出口一眼。
It made Artyom shudder to imagine the tunnel beyond the seven-hundredth metre. It was horrifying just to think about it. No one had the guts to go beyond the seven-hundredth metre to the north. Patrols had made it to the five-hundredth, and having illuminated the boundary post with the spotlight on the trolley and convinced themselves that no scum had crossed it, they hastily returned. Even the scouts - big guys, former marines - would stop at the six hundred and eightieth metre. They’d turn their burning cigarettes into their cupped palms and stand stock-still, clinging to their night-vision instruments. And then, they’d slowly, quietly head back, without taking their eyes off the tunnel, and never turning their backs to it.
想象着这深埋在七百米以下的隧道，阿尔乔姆害怕得直哆嗦。光是想想就很可怕，没有人有这胆子穿过这深渊去往北方。曾有军队去到上层五百米处，在那儿用地铁的车灯做了边界标记便匆匆返回，自认为依靠那几盏破灯就能够震慑住那些恶徒的进犯。甚至那些经验老到的前海军陆战队的侦察兵，据说也在六百八十米处停下了脚步。每每谈起，他们便用凹陷如碗的手掌掐灭叼着的烟，紧紧抓着挂在胸口的夜视仪沉默不语，站在一边。若再追问，他们便一言不发，头也不回地走开，看都不会再看那隧道出口一眼。
It made Artyom shudder to imagine the tunnel beyond the seven-hundredth metre. It was horrifying just to think about it. No one had the guts to go beyond the seven-hundredth metre to the north. Patrols had made it to the five-hundredth, and having illuminated the boundary post with the spotlight on the trolley and convinced themselves that no scum had crossed it, they hastily returned. Even the scouts - big guys, former marines - would stop at the six hundred and eightieth metre. They’d turn their burning cigarettes into their cupped palms and stand stock-still, clinging to their night-vision instruments. And then, they’d slowly, quietly head back, without taking their eyes off the tunnel, and never turning their backs to it.
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