In 2052, the full-scale confrontation between the Eastern and Western blocs, led by China and the United States respectively, concluded through a negotiated settlement. Even extraterrestrial forces from various races orbiting Earth intervened to prevent a large-scale nuclear conflict.
2052年,以中国和美国为首的东西方阵营的全面对抗,最后以协议的方式结束了全面冲突,就连一直环绕地球轨道的各种族地外力量也介入以防止大规模核冲突.
Ten years later, weighed down by prolonged arms races and wars, the federal government of the United States ceased to exist. Artificial intelligence technology models replaced the original bureaucratic institutions, completely liberating the free market and technology.
十年后,由于长期军备竞赛和战争的拖累,美国的联邦政府已经不再,转而由人工智能科技模型取代了原有的官僚机构,彻底解放自由市场和科技.
Across the ocean, China has also leveraged artificial intelligence to streamline its bloated bureaucracy. However, guided by a different governance philosophy, it places greater emphasis on timely human intervention and maintaining social balance and stability.
大洋彼岸的中国也利用人工智能精简了臃肿的官僚机构,但是秉持着不同的治理理念,更强调适时的人为介入和社会平衡稳定.
After navigating life's many trials, Lin Yuhui seemed to be nearing the end of his journey. Lying in his bed, he reflected on his daughter—his only remaining relative—whose path had been fraught with difficulties. Though he understood that hardship could forge character, the inability to support his child left him with a lingering sense of regret.
走过一生的坎坷,林语晖似乎就快要走到自己的人生终点,躺在自己的床上,唯一的亲人,女儿的人生并不顺利.虽然他也理解,苦难的磨练可以让人成长,但是没能帮助到自己的孩子总是令人些许遗憾.
She followed her mother's path in life, yet Lin Yuhui understood her child well. She was somewhat enigmatic, like her mother, but her inner sensitivity and attachment mirrored her own. Yet she lacked her mother's rebellious streak and individuality. As a woman, she inevitably bore a heavier burden than both herself and her mother.
她复制了她的妈妈的人生道路,但是林语晖了解自己的孩子,她有些不明,像她的妈妈,但是内心的细致和依恋却像自己,可是她又没有自己的叛逆与特立独行,作为女性,难免比自己,比她的妈妈都要承受更多.
"Do you visit the child often?" Lin Yuhui reminded her, hoping the child would offer her some comfort after he was gone. Yet he knew deep down that if their daughter had a close bond with the child, she would have brought the child along today.
"有经常去看看孩子吗?"林语晖提醒她,希望自己走了以后,孩子能给她一些安慰.可是他心里也明白,如果女儿跟孩子的关系好,今天她就会带孩子来了.
"Yes, I go there often."
"是的,我经常去,"
"Children have their own paths in life. He's grown up now, so don't interfere too much."
"Yeah, I know."
"孩子有他自己的人生道路,他也长大了,你也别干涉太多,"
"嗯,我知道,"
Lin Yuhui paused, saying no more. He had suggested many times when she was young that she live with him, but she had been blinded by those around her. By the time she understood the truth of this world, it was already too late.
林语晖停下来,不再说什么了,自己在她小的时候也曾多次建议她和自己一起生活,只是她被周围的人蒙蔽了,当她明白这个世界的真相以后,一切都晚了.
How he wished his daughter could have trusted him unconditionally from the very beginning, that he could have paved an easier, happier path for her life—rather than leaving her with such profound regret when she looked back on her journey.
他是多么希望自己的女儿能够从一开始就无条件地信任自己,能够给她安排一个更容易,幸福一些的人生道路,而不是当她回首人生才如此遗憾.
"Dad," the daughter sat at his bedside, reluctant to leave, and took his hand.
"爸,"女儿坐在他的床前,有些不舍,拉住了他的手,
Lin Yuhui wanted to take his daughter's hand, just as he had when she was little—to guide her, to protect her. But the impulse only traveled from his shoulder to his elbow before stopping, and his hand remained perfectly still in hers.
林语晖想要拉住女儿的手,就像她小时候那样,带领她,保护她,可是,这样的冲动只是从自己的肩头传到肘弯,便停止了,而自己的手在女儿的手里却丝毫未动.
还有什么放心不下呢?人各有命,她已经选择了自己的人生道路,那就是她自己的人生课程.只是到了现在,什么嘱托和惦念都已经是于事无补.还不如绝情以对,省得自己走了以后女儿更伤心.
In the silence, her own indifference felt like an arrow piercing her heart. Lin Yuhui didn't want her daughter to feel such pain, so she spoke softly,
沉默里,自己的无动于衷仿佛箭入心扉,林语晖不想女儿也感受这样的痛苦心情,便轻声说,
"I'm fine, you go back. I won't die anytime soon," she said, recalling all those years she'd been forced apart from her child. By the time she understood everything, it was already too late. Ah, that's the price of youth.
"我没事,你回去吧,我不会很快就死掉,"说着,想起自己这些年被迫和孩子分别的日子,当她明白一切的时候都已经晚了,唉,这就是年轻的学费.
Lin Yuhui couldn't understand either. If her connection to him was so faint, why did she come to be his daughter? Was it merely because he owed her a debt? Yet throughout this life as plain as water, he hadn't offered her any help. Could it be to sever the ties between them?
林语晖也不理解,如果她与自己是这么淡薄的缘分,那她为什么要来给自己做女儿呢?难道只是为了我有债要还给她?可是,这淡泊如水的一生,自己也没给她什么帮助,难道是为了了断我与她的缘分?
Dad, I'll head back now and come over again tomorrow.
"爸,那我回去了,我明天再过来,"
"Mhm," she replied, noticing her daughter had already turned away and was quietly weeping. Lin Yuhui reached out and took her hand.
"嗯,"答应着,见女儿已在经转身啜泣掉泪,林语晖拉住了她的手,
"Daughter, don't cry. Haven't I told you before? People have souls, and souls never die. If you wish, you can come back as my daughter in the next life."
"女儿,不哭,我不是跟你说过吗,人是有灵魂的,灵魂是不死的,想要的话,下辈子你再来做我的女儿."
Hearing her father say this, the daughter who had already turned to leave could no longer hold back her tears. She spun around and threw herself into Lin Yuhui's arms, crying out "Daddy!" as she sobbed uncontrollably.
听到爸爸这么说,已经要转身离去的女儿再也忍不住泪水,转回身扑在林语晖胸前,嘴里喊着爸爸失声痛哭.
Lin Yuhui closed his eyes, gently stroking his daughter's hair to comfort her as tears rolled down his cheeks. This was the first hug his daughter had given her father since she grew up.
林语晖闭着眼睛,轻轻抚摸着女儿的头发安慰她,泪珠从眼角滑落,这是女儿自从长大之后给爸爸的第一个拥抱.
In the special operations intelligence room of a starship orbiting Earth's low orbit, Liana was assigning tasks:
"Extract him tonight. Replace his body with the prepared clone. Then extract his consciousness and connect it to his existing clones aged 15 to 80. Block historical memories beyond the physical age of the host clone. Dispatch surface agents to contact his daughter. Arrange for their ages to be reversed to 20 when they join our surface front company. Use his age-appropriate consciousness to control his surface clones, but prohibit access to his lifetime historical memories."
地球的低轨道上,星舰的特种作战情报室里,莉安娜正在布置任务,
"今晚提取他,用准备好的克隆体替代本人尸体,然后导出他的意识连接到他现有15到80岁的克隆体,根据身体年龄阻断超出年龄的历史记忆.派地表特工接触他的女儿,安排他们的逆转年龄到20岁的时候,到我们的地表合作公司任职,使用他相应年纪的意识支配他在地表的克隆体,但是禁止访问他这一生的历史记忆."
After speaking, he scanned the room with his gaze.
"The rest of the details remain as previously planned. Any questions?"
说完用目光巡视了一遍在场人员,
"其他细节如同之前计划,还有什么疑问吗?"
"No,"
"没有,"
"Alright, we can proceed according to plan."
"好,可以按照计划执行了."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"是,女王陛下."
After finishing work for the day, I returned to the living quarters. Passing by Lydia's room, I found the door open. She was bent over, rummaging through her toy bin, with various toy cars scattered on the floor and several open toothpaste tubes lying about.
结束了一天的工作,回到了生活区,走过莉迪娅的房间,发现房门开着,她正撅着屁股翻找自己的玩具桶,地上扔着不同的玩具车和几个打开的牙膏盒.
Liana was curious about what she was doing, so she walked in and asked,
"What are you doing?"
莉安娜很好奇她在做什么,便走进去问,
"你在做什么?"
Lydia turned to see her sister approaching and replied,
"Just hanging out."
莉迪娅回头一看是姐姐来了,便回答,
"玩啊,"
"What are you playing at? Making such a mess?" Liana wondered what was going through her mind again.
"玩什么?弄得这么乱?"莉安娜很好奇她的脑子里又在想什么,
"Find the wheels," Lydia said without turning back, continuing to rummage through things on her own.
"找轮子,"莉迪娅这次没有回头,只是自顾自地翻找,
Liana didn't ask any more questions either. She just sat beside her, watching as they chatted casually.
莉安娜也没有再问,就坐在一边看着她,一边闲聊,
"You said he wouldn't go with you—what exactly happened?"
"你说他不肯跟你走,具体是怎么样的?"
Lydia didn't look back either.
莉迪娅也不回头,
"Oh, I found out when he passed away—I went ahead and visited him early," he said, rummaging through things with a clatter before pulling out an old wind-up toy car to examine.
"哦,我找到他过世的时间,提前就过去了,"一边哗啦哗啦翻腾着,拿出一个旧的回力玩具车看了看,一边说,
At the time, other entities also came to take him away, but I stopped them all. Yet he didn't believe me.
"当时也有别的实体去接他,都被我拦住了,但是他不相信我,"
"Why doesn't he believe you?" Liana asked. I think he cares about you too.
"他为什么不相信你?"莉安娜问,我觉得他也挺在乎你的,
He simply doesn't trust anyone. He says even if he saw my true self, he wouldn't believe it. He fears being subjected to sensory projection. He claims he's never died, so he doesn't understand anything about this side and won't believe it.
"他就是不相信任何人,他说别说他没见过我的真实面目,就是见过他也不会相信.他怕自己被投射感官,他说他从来没死过,所以不了解这边的一切,也不会相信."
"Oh,"
"哦,"
"Sis, did you extract it from him? Before he died?" Lydia asked as she sat down at the table with a toy car, a used ballpoint pen refill, and some tape.
"姐,你提取他了吗?在他死之前?"莉迪娅一边问一边拿着玩具车,用过的圆珠笔芯,胶带坐在了桌子旁,
"Yes, tonight."
"是的,今晚,"
Lydia glanced at Liana and smiled at her.
莉迪娅看了莉安娜一眼,朝她一笑,
"He waited a long time," Lydia muttered to herself as she cut open the toothpaste tube with scissors.
Liana smiled softly but said nothing.
Liana smiled softly, saying nothing.
"他等了很久啊,"莉迪娅一边用剪刀剪开牙膏盒,一边自言自语地说,
莉安娜轻轻一笑,没说什么,
Lydia cut two slits along the right angle of the toothpaste box, then pushed it inward to form a wheel arch. She cut a section of an empty ballpoint pen refill, removed one wheel, and threaded the axle through it. Finally, she secured the front wheel in place with tape. For the rear wheel arch, Lydia didn't use the same method; instead, she cut a hole to create a hidden wheel hub design.
莉迪娅在牙膏盒直角边剪了两个口,然后向里一推,把它当成了轮拱,然后剪了一段空的圆珠笔芯,卸下一个车轮把车轴穿了过去,最后用胶带把前轮固定到位,莉迪娅没有用同样的方法做后轮拱,而是掏了个洞,做成了隐藏轮毂的模式.
Next, she cut open the other side of the toothpaste tube, folded it, and shaped it into a car seat.
接着她又把牙膏盒的另一面剖开,折叠了一下,做成了汽车座椅的形状.
Liana watched from the side, smiling. Lydia glanced up at her but said nothing, simply continuing to play on her own. Then she ran over to the toy bin, fetched the LEGO engineer and Barbie doll, and placed them in the car.
莉安娜在旁边边看边笑,莉迪娅抬头看看她,也不说话,只是继续自己玩.接着又跑去玩具桶,找来乐高积木的工程师和芭比女孩儿,放在了车里.
"Oh," Lydia pondered for a moment, then dug out two more cups from the LEGO blocks. She stared at them thoughtfully, plucked a strand of her own hair, cut it off, threaded it through the cups, tied them together, and hung the contraption on the back of the car.
"哦,"莉迪娅想了想,又从乐高积木中找出了两个水杯,看着又想了想,用手捋出自己的一根头发,剪下来,把两个杯子串起来绑上,然后挂在了车的后面.
Seeing this, Liana smiled and said,
看到这莉安娜笑着说,
"I extracted him only to understand human behavioral patterns."
"我提取他只是要了解人类的行为模式,"
"Oh..." Lydia drew out the syllable, glancing at her sister before mimicking the sound with her own mouth, "Woo-woo," playing at driving.
"哦..."莉迪娅拉长了声音,看了姐姐一眼,然后又用自己的嘴配着音,"呜呜,"地玩开车,
After circling a few times, the car came to a stop. The male and female protagonists got out and stood facing each other.
转了几圈,车子停下,男女主人公下车,面对面站立,
At that moment, Lydia seemed to think of something else. She reached into the toy bin and pulled out a LEGO lawyer figure, placing it in front of the two dolls.
这时莉迪娅又想到了什么,去玩具桶里找了一个乐高律师出来,放在了两个人偶面前,
Then began the process of dubbing for him.
然后开始为他配音,
Groom, do you take the woman before you to be your lawful wife?
Saying this, he lifted the engineer with his hand.
"I do. I promise I won't let myself hurt her feelings."
"新郎,你愿意娶你面前的女子为妻吗?"说着用手拿起了工程师,
"我愿意,我保证不会让我自己伤害她的感情,"
Upon hearing this, Liana burst out laughing and said,
"You... you stole his lines!"
听到这,莉安娜哈哈笑了起来,说,
"你,你抢了他的台词,"
Lydia picked up the Barbie doll again, her eyes fixed on Liana.
莉迪娅这时又拿起了芭比女孩儿,眼睛望着莉安娜,
Under her gaze, Liana gradually let her smile fade.
被她的眼光注视,莉安娜渐渐收起了笑容.