╗ ╚ 【書名】：Mortal Kombat 真人快打 【作者】：[美] Jeff Rovin 傑夫·羅文 【類型】：電影原著、奇幻 【簡介】： 由格鬥街機遊 戲，變成真人武鬥電影，瘋魔美國、歐洲多地觀眾—— [yt]JHIfHL5UgFs[/yt] “Are you asking to mock me, or because you wish to learn?” 「你是想嘲笑我，還是想學習？」 “What's it to you?” Kano said. “If you don't tell me, I'll radio back an' have Moriarty turn Chin's head cheese into Swiss cheese.” 「關你什麼事？」加納說，「你要是不告訴我，我就用無線電通知莫里亞蒂，讓他把秦的腦袋變成瑞士奶酪。」 Kung Lao shook his head. “The strong always persecute the faithful… and always lose, in the end. But I'll tell you, Kano. The Order of Light is a faith some twenty centuries old.” 空佬搖了搖頭。 「強者總是迫害信徒……最終總是失敗。但我告訴你，加納，光明教團的信仰已經有兩千多年的歷史了。」 “That's two thousand years!” Schneider shouted. 「那可是兩千年啊！」施萊德大喊。 “Thanks, Einstein,” Kano shouted back. 「謝謝你，愛因斯坦！」加納大聲回應。 Kung Lao continued, “We believe that the basic lights are knowledge, love, and art, and that there are many lesser lights, including experience, sacrifice, charity, labor, and denial. We teach that these lights contribute to a good and holy soul, and that such a soul can withstand all evil.” 空佬繼續說：「我們相信，最基本的光明是知識、愛和藝術，還有許多次要的光明，包括經驗、犧牲、慈善、勞動和克己。我們教導說，這些光明有助於形成善良聖潔的靈魂，而這樣的靈魂能夠抵禦一切邪惡。」 “So yer sayin',” said Kano, that if Schnides, here, put a gun to your back and pulled the trigger, bullets'll turn yer heart to paste but you won't die?” 「所以你的意思是，」加納說，「如果施奈德斯用槍指著你的後背扣動扳機，子彈會把你的心臟打成肉泥，但你不會死？」 “Of course I'll die,” Kung Lao said. “But death does not change the quality of the life that has ended, nor the legacy I will have left behind.” 「我當然會死，」空佬說。 「但死亡並不能改變已逝生命的質量，也不能改變我將留下的遺產。」 “But you'd still be deader than Abe Lincoln.” 「但你還是會比亞伯拉罕·林肯死得更慘。」 “Yes,” Kung Lao agreed. “But the Order of Light is not so much concerned with the individual life. Rather, we are interested in the stream of lives, the great parade of human souls that are part of the vast soul of the god P'an Ku. We believe that if these souls are all made virtuous, perhaps humanity as a whole can approach the greatness that was manifested in this seminal god.” 「是的，」空佬同意道，「但光明教團並不太關注個體生命。我們更關注的是生命之流，是構成盤古神浩瀚靈魂的無數人類靈魂的偉大遊行。我們相信，如果這些靈魂都能變得德行高尚，或許整個人類就能接近這位始祖神所展現的偉大境界。」 “Jeez,” said Kano. “I'm sorry I asked.” 「哎呀，」加納說，「真不該問這個問題。」 “And I am sorry you didn't hear,” Kung Lao said. 「很遺憾你沒聽到，」空佬說。 Kano fell back and walked beside Schneider. “Did that guy just dis me?” 加納退後一步，走到施萊德身邊。 「那傢伙剛才是在羞辱我嗎？」 “I think you dissed yourself,” Schneider said, “but what do I know?” He tapped the side of his head with an index finger. “Everything in this temple I learned from watching movies. If Charlton Heston or Victor Mature didn't say it, I don't know it.” 「我覺得你貶低了自己，」施萊德說，「但我又懂什麼呢？」他用食指敲了敲自己的太陽穴。「我這身打扮都是從電影裡學來的。如果查爾頓·赫斯頓或維克多·馬特沒說過，那我肯定不知道。」 Kano shook his head and dropped farther back. “I don't believe this, Gilly,” he said, walking beside the woman and Jim Woo. “I'm startin' t'think I'm the only sane one here.” 加納搖了搖頭，往後退了退。 「吉莉，我真不敢相信，」他邊說邊走到女人和金伍身邊。「我開始覺得這裡只有我一個人是清醒的。」 “That is scary,” she said, picking up speed so that she didn't lose sight of Kung Lao as he entered a glen where the fog was shoulder-high and thicker than before. Dense clouds rolled in front of the gibbous moon. 「真可怕，」她說著，加快了腳步，以免跟著丟空佬走。他正走進一個山谷，那裡的霧氣齊肩高，比之前更濃。厚厚的雲層在凸月前翻滾。 The crackling of dried twigs and crisp foliage underfoot was amplified by the fog and darkness. 腳下乾枯樹枝和樹葉的劈啪聲，在霧氣和黑暗的映襯下顯得格外響亮。 “Hey, Lao!” Kano yelled as the light became a hazy blur in the thickening fog. “Just remember — lose us, and you lose Chin.” 「喂，老！」加納喊道，此時濃霧越來越濃，光線變得模糊不清。 「記住－－丟了我們，你就丟了秦。」 “I have promised to lead you to the mountain, “Kung Lao said, “and I will keep my word… for as long as I'm able.” 「我已經答應帶你們上山，」空佬說道，「我會信守諾言……只要我還能做到。」 “What's that supposed to mean?” Kano asked. “You'll be able to lead for as long as I —” 「這話是什麼意思？」加納問。「只要我還在——」 Kano swallowed the rest of his words as sheet lightning exploded above them. The fog rolled away like smoke caught by a brisk wind, the sky was festive with stars — and the Thunder God Rayden stood on the thick limb of a tree, gazing down at the travelers. 加納嚥下了剩下的話，只見一道閃電在他們頭頂炸開。濃霧像被疾風捲起的煙霧般散去，繁星點點的夜空璀璨奪目——雷神雷電站在一棵粗壯的樹枝上，俯瞰著這些旅人。 “You will not take another step!” he roared. 「你休想再往前走一步！」他咆哮道。 Kano and the others looked up. 加納和其他人抬起頭來。 “Holy manifestations,” Schneider said, his lower jaw hanging loosely. 「神聖的顯現，」施萊德說道，下巴微微下垂。 Kano reached over to his dumbstruck aide and tore the carbine from around his arm. He raised the barrel toward Rayden and fired: each bullet was met by a flash of lightning from the tip of the Thunder God's finger, and vanished in an explosive burst. 加納伸手從目瞪口呆的助手手中奪過卡賓槍，舉槍指向雷電，扣下板機。每一顆子彈都與雷神指尖迸發的閃電交鋒，隨即化為爆炸的碎片消失無蹤。 Throwing the M44 down in disgust, Kano whipped out his knife and threw it with deadly accuracy; Rayden caught it in front of his chest and it vanished in a magnesium-bright flare. 加納厭惡地丟下 M44，拔出匕首，精準地擲了出去；雷神在胸前接住了匕首，匕首瞬間化作鎂光閃耀的光芒消失了。 “Enough,” Rayden said, his eyes icy-white beneath the brim of his pyramid-shaped straw hat. There was another flash of lightning and then the Thunder God was standing beside Kano. His fists were at his side, tiny bursts of electricity crackling around each of his fingers. “You have come where you are not welcome,” Rayden said. “You will leave your weapons here and go.” 「夠了。」雷電說道，他那頂金字塔形草帽帽簷下的雙眼冰白如雪。又是一道閃電劃過，雷神雷電出現在加納身旁。他雙拳緊握，指尖閃爍著細小的電流。「你來到了不歡迎你的地方。」雷電說道，「把你的武器留在這裡，趕緊離開。」 There was another flash then, though it was not like the previous ones. This burst was a deep, deep red, and it didn't so much rip through the sky as push the darkness aside in a fat, jagged shape, and hold it that way for a long moment. Two figures stepped from within, one tall and slender, the other much taller and more powerful. 隨後又一道閃光，但與之前的閃光截然不同。這次閃光是深邃的深紅色，它並非撕裂天空，而是將黑暗推開，形成一個肥碩而鋸齒狀的形狀，並保持了許久。兩個身影從中走出，一個高挑纖細，另一個則更高大威猛得多。 出版年：1995年 Finally, in this all-new, original novel, the unknown origins of your favorite heroes and villains — the brave Liu Kang, the lethal Sonya Blade, and the vile Shang Tsung. 最後，在這部全新的原創小說中，我們將揭開你最喜歡的英雄和反派的未知起源——勇敢的劉康、致命的索尼婭·布萊德和邪惡的尚宗。 Now their stories can be told: who they are, where they came from, what secrets they hide. 現在，他們的故事可以講述了：他們是誰，他們來自哪裡，他們隱藏著什麼秘密。 And how they fought for a mysterious amulet that held the key to their future. 他們為了爭奪一件掌握著他們未來命運的神秘護身符而戰。 The future of… MORTAL KOMBAT ! 《魔宮帝國》的未來… |
