还从来没有人 能从里面活着出来
“no one has ever come out of there alive.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过这么久以来
“But in all this time,”
还 从来没有 人 能 从 里面 活着出来
“no one has ever come out of there alive.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Citing past absolute fatalities is a typical dramatic trope in Chinese narrative pacing to emphasize peril right before daring action.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
never before / never once
Placed before verbs to express an unbroken historical negative condition.
come out alive / survive
A common dramatic collocation indicating survival from extreme danger or a deadly trial.