Soft pale blue light reflected the surging ripples beneath the water's surface at the edge of the pool. After a day of toil, Liana was exercising and relaxing in her suite's pool, swimming leisurely back and forth with freestyle and backstroke.
柔和的淡蓝灯光,映出泳池边缘水面之下的浪涌波纹.经过一天的劳累,莉安娜正在自己的套房泳池中运动放松,往返的自由泳和仰泳轻柔划水.
Then Lydia walked into the room; she did not know when she had returned. Liana, in the pool, turned her head while swimming and watched her approach, and in her heart she truly could not help but envy her freedom, while she herself was confined to the position of queen. But perhaps her own personality really was not suited to her way of life.
这时莉迪娅走进了房间,不知道她什么时候回来的.莉安娜在泳池中,一边游泳,一边侧头,看着她走近,心中真的不免有些羡慕她的自由自在,而自己却要被限制在这个女王的位置上.不过自己的性格可能真的还不太适合她的生活方式.
When Lydia reached the poolside, Liana also came over.
等到莉迪娅走到泳池边,莉安娜也靠了过来,
"Where did you go? I've been busy lately and haven't paid much attention to where you've been."
"你去哪了,最近我忙,没太注意你的去向,"
Lydia giggled and said nothing, then brought out two grilled fish from behind her back and gave one to her sister.
莉迪娅笑嘻嘻地什么也没说,背在身后的手拿出两个烤鱼,分给了姐姐一个,
"Try it."
"尝尝吧,"
"Oh, you went to the vacation island again?"
"哦,你又去度假岛了?"
"Yeah, guess who I met?"
"嗯,你猜我遇到了谁?"
"Who?"
"谁?"
"Yattina. I originally wanted to go see Liliya, but I don't know where she went; she had already handed her spaceship over to Yattina."
"雅缇娜.我本来是想去看望莉莉娅的,但是不知道她去哪了,她已经把她的飞船交给了雅缇娜."
As she listened, Liana could also sense from Lydia's mind her experiences—meeting that black-haired girl who also had their family bloodline.
一边听她说,莉安娜也能从莉迪娅的脑海中感应到她的经历,认识了那个黑发的,同样有着她们家族血统的姑娘.
"She's in love?"
"她恋爱了?"
"Hee hee," Lydia shrugged, spread her hands in an expression,
"嘻嘻,"莉迪娅耸了耸肩,双手一摊做了个表情,
"I don't know what will become of her."
"不知道她会怎样,"
"How did she meet that man..." Before she finished, Liana already felt something was off.
"她是怎么认识那个男..." 话没说完,莉安娜已经感觉到了有些不对劲,
"That man is...?"
"那个男人是...?"
"Yeah, it's him." Losing her earlier excitement, Lydia pouted and said softly,
"嗯,是他,"没了刚才的兴致,莉迪娅撅着嘴,小声说出了口,
"I didn't discuss it with you. At the time Liliya was complaining to me about lacking manpower." As she spoke, Lydia's eyes lit up,
"我没和你商量,当时莉莉娅朝我抱怨缺人手,"说着,莉迪娅眼睛一亮,
"But I did discuss it with him too."
"但是我也跟他商量啦."
"Heh, how did you discuss it with him?"
"呵呵,你怎么跟他商量的?"
"He made a vow wanting to help Liliya, right after he learned she got poisoned from eating potatoes. Anyway, at that time he hadn't fallen in love with you yet. So I took the soul attention focus from before he fell in love with you and gave it to Liliya."
"是他发愿想要帮助莉莉娅啦,就在知道她吃土豆中毒之后,反正那时候他也没爱上你.我就把他爱上你之前的那个灵魂注意焦点带去给莉莉娅了."
"Oh, all right, that counts as him agreeing too." Although she said this, Liana had originally extracted Lin Yuhui onto her own ship to repair his soul wounds and to use his body to contain the soul attention of his other timelines. She had not expected that part of his consciousness focus would be given by Lydia to Liliya for a mission.
"哦,好吧,也算他同意了,"虽然嘴里这么说,但是莉安娜提取林语晖到自己的船上本来是想修复他的灵魂创伤,和用他的身体收容他其它时间线的灵魂注意力,没想到他的部分意识焦点被莉迪娅送给莉莉娅去派了任务.
One was the sister who had long accompanied and helped her, the other was her own ancestor. Caught between them, what could she do?
一个是常年陪伴帮助自己的妹妹,一个是自己的祖先,自己夹在她们中间又能怎么办呢.
Walking out of the pool, just as she was about to take a shower, Liana suddenly thought that Lin Yuhui had once guessed she was of German descent, and that man was also...
走出泳池,正想要去冲个澡,莉安娜忽然想到林语晖曾经猜测自己是德国裔,而那个男人也是...
"Is that man German?" Liana turned back and asked Lydia.
"那个男人是德国人?"莉安娜转回身问莉迪娅,
"Yes, Liliya was assigned by the Federation to help the Germans' racial preservation secret space program."
"是啊,莉莉娅被联邦指派帮助德国人的人种保留秘密太空计划."
In Liana's gaze, Lydia's innocent face seemed long to have forgotten that she had once sulked and told herself she would change her own past.
在莉安娜的凝望中,莉迪娅天真无邪的脸上似乎早忘记了她曾经赌气和自己说要改变自己的过去.
"Ah, I didn't mean that." At this time she also sensed Liana's doubt and hurriedly explained again,
"啊,我没有那个意思,"这时候她也感觉到了莉安娜的疑惑,急忙又解释,
"When Liliya asked me for someone, I also didn't know what kind of body she would prepare for him."
"莉莉娅和我要人的时候我也不知道她会给他准备个什么身体."
"Ah, it's fine, don't mind it." With that, Liana went to shower by herself, and Lydia followed from behind.
"啊,没事,别在意,"说着,莉安娜自己去淋浴了,莉迪娅在后面跟了过来,
"Sister, if you and he are unhappy together, we can still go back and continue our last experience."
"姐姐,要是你和他相处得不开心,我们还是回去继续上一次体验吧."
Shower water droplets flowed down from overhead, rolling down Liana's cheeks. She closed her eyes, as if pondering. After a moment,
淋浴的水珠从头顶流下,滚落莉安娜的脸颊,她闭着眼睛,好像在思索,片刻,
"No, I don't want him to remember who I am. I want to start over with him."
"不,我不想他记得我是谁,我想和他重新开始,"
"That's easy too. Just like in their movie Inception, make him think everything before was a dream."
"那也好办啊,就像他们的电影"盗梦空间"里演的,让他以为之前都是梦就行了."
"No, I don't want to deceive him."
"不,我不想欺骗他."
"Oh." Lydia looked at her sister standing in the shower water. She was somewhat stubborn, stubborn from being trapped by love. The younger sister felt that actually she needed healing even more than Lin Yuhui.
"哦,"莉迪娅看着姐姐站在淋浴的水中,她有点固执,为情所困的固执,妹妹觉得其实她比林语晖更需要疗愈,
"That's easy too. We won't go back. We'll hold a masquerade ball right here."
"那也好办,我们不回去,我们就在这办一场假面舞会吧."
"Hm?" Liana opened her eyes in confusion, gazing at the sister before her, water still rolling down her cheeks and entwining her hair.
"嗯?"莉安娜疑惑地睁开双眼,望着眼前的妹妹,水流依旧汩汩滚落她的面颊,缠绕她的发丝.
"Watch me." After saying this, Lydia mysteriously cast a look toward the direction of Earth.
"你看我的,"说完,莉迪娅神秘地往地球方向使了个眼色.
At this time, on the ground, autumn in Moses Lake was slowly arriving. From time to time, piles of dead leaves on the road were swept up by the autumn wind, tumbling and scraping against the cold asphalt road, rustling and whispering complaints of autumn's desolation.
这时候,在地面上,摩西莱克的秋天正在款款走来.时而路面上的成堆枯叶被秋风卷起,翻滚刮蹭着冰冷的柏油路面,淅淅沙沙地抱怨着秋日的凄凉.
Kesiya had already returned from her vacation, but Li Haojun did not know how to comfort the lonely her. Actually, she was not lonely; she had her sister's company, and also his company. But she was also lonely; he had not been able to give her the company she hoped for.
凯西娅已经从她的度假回来了,只是李皓珺不知道自己该如何安慰孤单的她.其实她不孤单,她有妹妹的陪伴,也有自己的陪伴.可她也是孤单的,自己没能给她所期盼的那份陪伴.
This morning, as soon as he arrived in Kalispell, the work task indicator on the computer was flashing. Li Haojun took a look. The title was Remote Task. He was somewhat curious; he had never accepted such a work order before. Among the participants, of course, Malaya was indispensable. She was a field agent, Li Haojun's exclusive field agent. Although only a junior agent, she seemed to be fully responsible for arranging Li Haojun's itinerary.
今早一到卡利斯佩尔,电脑上的工作任务指示灯就在闪烁.李皓珺看了一眼,标题是远程任务,他有点好奇,自己还从来没有接受过这样的工作指令,参与人员当然少不了玛莱雅,她是外勤人员,李皓珺的专属外勤,虽说只是初级人员,但似乎她完全负责安排李皓珺的行程.
What was interesting was that the so-called remote task also required a guardian. He really did not know what use remote guardianship had. And the task location was not far, right at the local Ashley Lake Underground Command Center.
有意思的是,所谓的远程任务还需要一名监护人员,真不知道远程监护有什么用.而任务地点并不算远,就在本地的阿什利湖地下指挥中心.
From his office doorway, Li Haojun looked out at Malaya at the workstation outside. She was also looking at him. Clearly she had also seen the new work task.
李皓珺从自己的办公室门口望向外面工位的玛莱雅,她也正望向自己,显然她也看到了新的工作任务,
"How do we do the Ashley Lake Underground Command Center work task from here?" Li Haojun asked, somewhat puzzled.
"我们在这怎么做阿什利湖地下指挥中心的工作任务?" 李皓珺有些不解地问,
"No, this task cannot be operated from here. We need to go there." As she spoke, Malaya had already stood up.
"不,这个任务不能在这里运作,我们需要前往那里." 说着玛莱雅已经站起身来,
"Let's set off now." After saying this while looking at Li Haojun, she turned back to glance at her sister.
"我们现在就出发吧,"望着李皓珺说完,她又回头看了一眼姐姐,
"We need a guardian. You can be our third wheel."
"我们需要一名监护人,就由你来做我们的第三者吧."
Kesiya only nodded once, also stood up, and prepared to set off.
凯西娅只是点了一下头,也站起身来准备出发.
Li Haojun was just walking out of his office. Hearing Malaya say to let Kesiya be his and her third wheel, he found it very funny. As he approached them, he looked at Kesiya's face, but the thing he found funny did not bring the expected smile from Kesiya.
李皓珺正走出自己的办公室,听玛莱雅说让凯西娅做自己和她的第三者,他觉得很好笑,一边走近她们,一边望着凯西娅的面容,而自己觉得好笑的事情,并没有带来所期待的凯西娅的笑容.
The few of them soon arrived at the Ashley Lake Underground Command Center. Malaya had authority here; this was not strange, because she was a field agent, although her rank was a bit low. Lily had authority here because she was a high-level field agent. What was strange was that Kesiya also had it.
几人很快到达阿什利湖地下指挥中心,玛莱雅有这里的权限,这不奇怪,因为她是外勤,虽然级别有点低.莉莉有这里的权限就因为她是高级别外勤.奇怪的是凯西娅也有.
After entering the interior of the facility, along the way Li Haojun occasionally looked at Kesiya's face, hoping she would be willing to explain why she also had authority here while he did not know. But she did not say anything to him. She had been like this ever since returning from her vacation. Li Haojun could not help blaming himself again for having hurt her heart before. But how could he make it up to her? He already had Qin Wenjing. Clearly letting her share such a mediocre self with another woman was unfair to her beautiful years.
进入设施内部,一路上李皓珺不时看看凯西娅的脸,希望她愿意解答为什么她也会有这里的权限而自己并不知道.但是她没有和自己说什么,自从她度假回来就是这样子,李皓珺不由得又责备自己之前伤了她的心,可是又要怎么样才能补偿她呢,自己已经有覃文静了,显然让她与另一个女人分享这么平庸的自己对不住她的美好年华.
"For this remote task, we need to infiltrate our former factory in Boise and investigate what it is now producing. The reason it is a remote task is that we do not need to go there in person..." Malaya explained as she walked. Somehow she noticed Li Haojun was walking slower and slower, from shoulder to shoulder with her to falling behind. She turned back and saw that he had gone to hold Kesiya's hand. The two were walking side by side hand in hand. Of course their rhythm was not the same as hers.
"这次的远程任务我们要潜入博伊西之前属于我们的工厂,调查它现在在生产什么.之所以是远程任务,我们不用亲自去那里..." 玛莱雅边走边解释,不知怎么发现李皓珺越走越慢,从与自己肩并肩到落在了后面,她回头一看,原来他去拉凯西娅的手了.两人手拉手并肩而行,可不是跟自己不是一个节奏么.
She glanced at her sister and smiled, then continued her earlier explanation.
她看了一眼姐姐一笑,自己继续刚才的讲解,
"We need to activate two hackable bionic humans and remotely connect our consciousness to control their actions to execute the task. They are currently employees of the Eagle Factory."
"我们要激活两个可以入侵的生化人,通过远程意识接入操控他们的行动执行任务,他们现在是伊格尔工厂的员工."
Malaya explained while leading the way ahead, as if talking to herself. The few of them took the elevator down one level and entered a room. Rows of containers like crystal coffins were displayed. Only then did Li Haojun, like someone who refuses to shed tears until he sees the coffin, become serious, and asked Malaya a great pile of questions.
玛莱雅一边解释一边在前面领路,好像一个人自言自语一样.几个人乘电梯到下面一层,进入了一个房间,一排排陈列着好像水晶棺一样的容器,这时候李皓珺才不见棺材不落泪一样地认真起来了,对着玛莱雅问了一大堆问题,
"Is there any risk of harm to our brains from consciousness connection? It won't be electrodes inserted into the brain, right? The bionic humans we're going to control, are they living people? ..."
"意识接入对我们的大脑有伤害风险吗?不会是脑子里插入电极吧?你说的我们要操控的生化人他们是活人吗?..."
Malaya only smiled, ignored Li Haojun, and first explained the situation to her sister.
只见玛莱雅一笑,没搭理李皓珺,先对自己的姐姐解释了情况,
"The equipment is fully automatic. The guardian's role is to manually execute a few simple steps if the automatic operation of the equipment fails..." While explaining, she confirmed the operation steps and equipment integrity with Kesiya. Li Haojun was left aside. Only after she and her sister finished preparations did she turn to Li Haojun.
"设备都是全自动的,监护人的作用就是在设备自动运行失败的情况下手动执行几个简单步骤...",一边讲解,一边和凯西娅确认了操作步骤和设备完好性,李皓珺被晾在了一边.直到她和姐姐完成准备,才转向李皓珺,
"All right, choose one and lie in it."
"好了,你选一个,躺进去吧."
Li Haojun was just about to ask, then what about you?
李皓珺刚想问,那你呢?
"Me too." As Malaya spoke, she pushed him, pushing him toward an immersion pod, while she herself lifted her leg and stepped into the one beside her, lying flat inside.
"我也是," 玛莱雅说着推了他一把,把他推向一个沉浸舱,同时自己抬腿迈进身边的一个,平躺在了里面.
Li Haojun watched her movements, imitated her, and also lay down in another immersion pod. It turned out Kesiya was sitting between them, monitoring the parameters on their equipment display screens.
李皓珺看着她的动作,学着她的样子,也躺在了另一个沉浸舱里.原来凯西娅是坐在他们之间,在监视他们的设备显示屏参数.
The two tested the equipment each was using. There was no problem with the matching. Li Haojun, lying inside, only heard the noise of the equipment beside him. After a while he fell asleep, as if in a dream, sleepwalking, not knowing what place it was—an indoor environment, but everything was distorted like the rhythm of water ripples.
两人试了一下各自使用的设备,匹配没有问题,李皓珺躺在里面只听见旁边设备的噪音,一会就睡着了,好像在梦里,自己在梦游,不知道是什么地方,室内的环境,只是一切都像水波纹的律动一样被扭曲了.
Before long, he and Malaya were both awakened. Malaya came out of the immersion pod and immediately announced to Li Haojun,
没过一会儿他和玛莱雅就都被唤醒了,玛莱雅从沉浸舱里出来随即向李皓珺宣告,
"The task time starts at dawn tomorrow. We can either spend the night here or rush here before dawn tomorrow. Ethan, you choose. Your home is farther from here."
"任务时间是明天清晨开始,我们要么在这里过夜,要么明天凌晨赶路来这里,伊森,你选吧,你家离这里更远."
"Then let's spend the night here, if you two don't mind."
"那我们就在这过夜吧,如果你们不介意的话."
"Good. Then now you can go home and reunite with your Emily. Come back before dark in the evening." After saying this, Malaya looked at Li Haojun smugly, then glanced at Kesiya.
"好,那现在你可以回家去和你的艾米莉团聚了,晚上天黑前再赶回来."说完,玛莱雅得意洋洋地看着李皓珺,然后又瞟了凯西娅一眼.
"Heh, no need. I'll explain to her." Li Haojun said with a smile.
"呵呵,不用了,我跟她解释一下." 李皓珺笑着说.