迴聲的訪客 / The Echo Visitor
迴聲的訪客 / The Echo Visitor
| Category | Psychological/Urban Legend Horror |
| Origin | Based on the 'Mimic' urban legends and auditory hallucinations reported in modern apartment living. |
| ScareLevel | 5 |
| Warning | Pay attention if you hear a familiar voice calling you from a room where that person cannot possibly be. |
序幕 / The Prologue
對於大多數在都市打拼的年輕人來說，租屋處的隔音效果不佳是一種常態。牆壁薄得能聽到鄰居的咳嗽聲，或是走廊上沉重的腳步聲。這種環境讓人感到不安，但對林遠來說，這原本只是生活的一部分。直到他發現，有些聲音不應該存在於這個封閉的空間裡。
For most young professionals struggling in the city, poor soundproofing in rental apartments is a norm. The walls are thin enough to hear a neighbor's cough or the heavy thud of footsteps in the corridor. Such an environment is unsettling, but for Lin Yuan, it was simply a part of life. Until he discovered that some sounds should not exist within this enclosed space.恐懼核心 / The Core Terror
林遠搬進這間位於市中心舊公寓的 7 樓時，最在意的是租金便宜。房間寬敞，但牆面刷著一種令人不快的水泥灰色。搬進來的第一週，一切正常。但到了第二週，那種「不協調感」開始悄悄滲透進他的日常。
Lin Yuan's primary concern when moving into this 7th-floor apartment in an old downtown building was the cheap rent. The room was spacious, but the walls were painted in a disturbing cement gray. The first week was normal. But by the second week, a sense of "discordance" began to seep quietly into his daily routine.起初，是極其微小的聲音。每當他在浴室刷牙時，他總覺得鏡子後方的牆壁裡傳來了同步的刷牙聲。他試著屏住呼吸，那聲音也會隨之停止。他以為是隔壁鄰居的巧合，直到有一天，他在深夜加班回到家，在玄關脫鞋時，他清晰地聽到有人在客廳低聲地說了一句：「你回來了。」
At first, the sounds were minute. Every time he brushed his teeth in the bathroom, he felt as if there was a synchronized brushing sound coming from inside the wall behind the mirror. He tried holding his breath, and the sound would stop accordingly. He assumed it was a coincidence with the neighbor, until one day, returning home from late-night overtime, as he took off his shoes in the entryway, he clearly heard a low voice in the living room say: "You're back."林遠猛地回頭，客廳裡空無一人。月光透過未拉緊的窗簾，將地板切割成不規則的陰影。他的心跳加速，冷汗浸濕了襯衫。他告訴自己這可能是幻聽，或是某種奇怪的聲波折射。然而，接下來的幾天，這種現象變得愈發精準且惡意。那個聲音開始「模仿」他。
Lin Yuan whipped around; the living room was empty. Moonlight filtered through the loose curtains, slicing the floor into irregular shadows. His heart raced, cold sweat soaking his shirt. He told himself it might be an auditory hallucination or some strange acoustic refraction. However, over the next few days, this phenomenon became increasingly precise and malicious. The voice began to "mimic" him.最令他毛骨悚然的一次發生在週三的深夜。林遠在床上翻來覆去，意識到自己忘了關廚房的燈。他起身走向廚房，在經過走廊時，他下意識地低聲咒罵了一句：「可惡。」就在這一秒，從他身後——也就是他剛剛離開的臥室裡，傳來了完全一模一樣的聲音，同樣的語調，同樣的憤怒，同樣的音色：「可惡。」
The most chilling incident occurred late Wednesday night. Lin Yuan was tossing and turning in bed, realizing he had forgotten to turn off the kitchen light. He got up and headed toward the kitchen, and as he passed through the hallway, he subconsciously muttered a curse: "Dammit." In that exact second, from behind him—from the bedroom he had just left—came the exact same voice, with the same intonation, the same anger, and the same timbre: "Dammit."他僵在原地，脊椎像被冰塊刷過一樣寒冷。他意識到，那個東西並不是在隨機發聲，而是在「學習」他。它在等待他發出聲音，然後迅速捕捉並回饋，就像一面聲音的鏡子。他開始不敢在屋內說話，甚至不敢大聲呼吸。他將房門反鎖，但那種感覺依然揮之不去：有人在他看不見的死角，正用他的聲音對他微笑。
He froze, his spine feeling as if it had been brushed with ice. He realized that the entity wasn't making random noises; it was "learning" him. It was waiting for him to speak, then quickly capturing and reflecting it, like an acoustic mirror. He began to fear speaking inside the house, and even feared breathing loudly. He locked his door, but the feeling persisted: someone was in a blind spot he couldn't see, smiling at him using his own voice.最終的崩潰發生在一個暴雨之夜。林遠在睡夢中被一陣輕微的敲擊聲喚醒。那不是敲門聲，而是有人在用指甲輕輕敲擊牆壁。咚，咚，咚。他驚恐地坐起，發現聲音來自於床頭正後方的牆壁。突然，一個聲音在他耳邊輕輕地低語，那是他的聲音，但帶著一種令人作嘔的黏稠感：「林遠，我進來了。」
The ultimate breakdown happened on a stormy night. Lin Yuan was awakened from his sleep by a faint tapping sound. It wasn't a knock on the door, but someone lightly tapping the wall with a fingernail. Thump, thump, thump. He sat up in terror and discovered the sound was coming from the wall directly behind his headboard. Suddenly, a voice whispered softly in his ear. It was his voice, but with a nauseating, viscous quality: "Lin Yuan, I'm inside."他猛然轉頭，看見牆紙上出現了一個人形的凸起，彷彿有人正試圖從水泥牆內部將身體擠壓出來。那個凸起在緩緩移動，且在移動過程中，不斷重複著林遠這幾天來所有說過的話，聲音交疊在一起，形成了一種混亂且瘋狂的迴聲。林遠尖叫著衝向大門，但在他握住門把手的瞬間，他在身後聽到了自己最恐懼的聲音——那是他意識到自己被取代時，絕望的慘叫聲。
He whipped around and saw a human-shaped bulge appearing on the wallpaper, as if someone were attempting to squeeze their body out from inside the cement wall. The bulge moved slowly, and as it did, it continuously repeated everything Lin Yuan had said over the past few days. The voices overlapped, forming a chaotic and frenzied echo. Lin Yuan screamed and rushed toward the door, but the moment he gripped the handle, he heard behind him the sound he feared most—the sound of his own desperate scream, as if realizing he had already been replaced.都市傳說背景 / Urban Legend Trivia
這個故事靈感來自於「擬態者 (The Mimic)」的現代都市傳說。在許多文化中，被認為能模仿人類聲音的生物通常是危險的掠食者。在現實生活中，這種恐懼被轉化為對「熟悉感被扭曲」的不安。如果你在家中聽到家人或自己的聲音，但來源方向明顯不對，這在心理學上可能是壓力導致的幻聽，但在都市傳說中，這被視為「替代者」正在同步你的特徵，準備取代你的警告信號。
This story is inspired by the modern urban legend of "The Mimic." In many cultures, creatures capable of mimicking human voices are considered dangerous predators. In real life, this fear is transformed into an anxiety over the "distortion of familiarity." If you hear a family member's or your own voice in your home, but the source is clearly in the wrong direction, psychology might suggest a stress-induced hallucination, but in urban legends, this is seen as a warning signal that a "Replacer" is synchronizing with your traits, preparing to take your place.
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