Elmo Library › Project Neural Cloud 云图计划 › Main story

Irradiant Awakening

沉梦迎光

12 chapters · 1528 lines · English and Chinese below. Japanese and Korean, voices and theatre mode are in the reader.

Cosmic Evolution 宇宙演化

Splendorous stardust, as searing hot as a heart.辉耀的星辰如心般炽热。

Leaping, burning, emanating incomparable brilliance.跃动，燃烧，绽放出无与伦比的光亮。

...Then extinguishing, amidst the vast boundless galaxies.……而后，熄灭在浩瀚无垠的银河间。

Birthed through the universe's evolution, concluded by the means of collapse and Heat Death. By all means, a star's story ought to be that.随宇宙的演化诞生，伴坍塌与热寂终结。星辰的故事本应如此。

The Oasis, Ops Room.绿洲，指挥中心。

Antonina...And that's the current situation. Professor, are you listening?……现状就是这样。教授，你在听吗？

AntoninaProfessor?教授？

ProfessorSorry, I drifted off a bit. Where were we?抱歉，稍微走神了一下。我们刚才说到哪了？

Returning from the realm of my thoughts, I find the coffee in my hand half-cold. I subconsciously caress the mug, partaking in the serene, bitter aroma from the palm of my hand.从思绪中回神，手中的咖啡已经凉了一半。我下意识摩挲着杯子，嗅到掌心传来的幽幽苦涩香味。

The Oasis Ops Room is often a quiet and calm environment filled with familiar friends and routine procedures. For these reasons, it would logically evoke relaxation and tranquility. However, the air was filled with silence, and there was little relaxation or tranquility to be found.绿洲的指挥中心，安静稳定的环境，熟悉的伙伴与例行公事的对白，这按理说应该是让人安心而放松的氛围。但空气中满溢沉默，并没有多少轻松愉快在其中流淌。

Antonina...Sigh.……唉。

AntoninaSo you have these situations where your attention leaves you too. Something of a rare sight.你也会有这种注意力不知不觉溜走了的情况啊，真是罕见的场景。

AntoninaBut this side of you... happens to let... go to waste...不过这幅样子……倒是没让……白费……

小型熵Squeak!叽叽——！

A voice suddenly interjects in the conversation. Antonina looks downwards to find that the miniature Entropic she previously settled in the corner had at some point slipped over, and latched onto her ankle with a practiced motion.一个声音突兀地加入对话，安冬妮娜低头看去，被她安置在角落的小型熵不知何时溜了过来，熟练地抱住了她的脚踝。

AntoninaYou... seriously!你……真是的！

ProfessorThe... little guy from the affair with Demiurge, huh? Didn't seem to change very much, even with the sticking to you part.是黛米乌尔那时候的……这个小家伙，看起来还是没什么变化啊，连黏着你这点也是。

AntoninaThat's about enough. It's not really different from a normal animal cub, and isn't anywhere close to hostile.这样就可以了。它跟普通的幼年动物几乎没有区别，也没什么攻击性。

ProfessorI recall its intelligence is a bit greater than the average Entropic's... when the Oasis was last attacked, it contributed something, no?我记得它的智能似乎比常见的熵高一点……在绿洲上次被袭击的时候，它也贡献了一点力量吧？

AntoninaYes, towards anti-Entropic protective gear. This little guy did indeed prove useful.没错，是制作对抗熵的防护服，这小家伙总算是派上了一点用处。

AntoninaBut we ought to continue the topic from before. Xuannu is still waiting for a response from us.不过现在，还是先继续之前的话题吧，玄女还在等待我们的回复。

The miniature Entropic shuffles a little, consciously balling itself up after clambering onto the table. I down a mouthful of cold coffee, quickly getting a grasp of the situation.小型熵动了动，自觉地爬到桌子上团起身体。我灌下一口冷掉的咖啡，将当下的情况快速整理了一遍。

ProfessorWe still have no way to ascertain the situation inside that special Starsphere in Jiutian?关于九天扇区存在的那个特殊星域，还是没有找出探明的方法吗？

AntoninaCorrect. It does not occupy a large area, but the internal structures remain unclear.没错。虽然占据的规模不大，但内部结构依然完全没有头绪。

AntoninaIt seems to align with my original estimations; we'll still need an appropriate team to enter and explore it.看来和我原来的推测一样，还是需要有合适的团队进去实际探索才行。

ProfessorBut that is difficult, with the fact that Jiutian is possibly even busier than the Oasis.但这很难，九天扇区现在大概比绿洲还忙。

ProfessorThe Sector is freshly reset, and they have a thousand tasks that need to be done. Neither Xuannu nor the Agents can be excused from their positions to head an expedition.扇区刚刚重置，可以说是百废待兴，玄女和智能体们都不方便擅离岗位亲自探索。

AntoninaThough, with the time we've taken to rest and reorganize after returning to the Oasis, Xuannu has made some new discoveries.不过，在我们回到绿洲休整的这段时间里，玄女那边也有了一些新发现。

AntoninaShe's been trying to parse that Starsphere and found that it has no intent to expand.她一直在尝试解析那片星域，发现它并没有扩张的意图。

ProfessorI remember that. It appeared to be relatively stable at the time, and Xuannu advised us to await her progress report.这个我记得。当时正因为它看起来相对稳定，玄女才会建议我们回来等她回报进展的。

ProfessorAnd it hasn't been that long since then... has there been a new development based on that trait?从那以后还没过多久……莫非基于这种特性，发生了什么新的变化？

AntoninaYour guess is correct—it's contracting back into itself.你猜得没错——它在向内收缩。

AntoninaAfter discovering this, Xuannu immediately sent us a report and submitted a support request for an expeditionary team.发现这一点之后，玄女立刻向我们发来了报告，也提交了探索小队的支援申请。

ProfessorContracting? Is that merely a data trend, or... is it becoming visually smaller?向内收缩？只是数据变化趋势，还是……目视范围已经在变小了？

AntoninaCurrently the former, but it's hard to say in the future. Its progress is slow, but even mere external observation can spot abnormalities.目前来说是前者，未来就说不好了。虽然进展非常缓慢，但从外部监测就能看出端倪。

AntoninaThat area that has not been reset theoretically still has traces of Entropization, and should naturally and instinctively expand.那片没有被重置的区域，理论上应该还留存着熵化的特征，是会本能地扩张的。

AntoninaBut... after this period of deadlock, it's showing some traces of... dissipating.但……经过这段时间的僵持，它似乎开始有了一点……消散的迹象。

ProfessorDissipating...……消散吗……

Almost subconsciously, a figure looking towards the stars appears in my mind. It lightly sways beneath the screen of stars, but is soon swallowed by starlight.几乎是下意识地，脑海中闪过一个凝望着星空的身影。它在星幕下轻轻摇晃着，随后被星光淹没。

AntoninaThe entirety of the Oasis is keenly paying attention to the fact that Hubble still cannot be reset.赫波至今无法被重置，整个绿洲都在关心这一点。

AntoninaIf there is even a shred of hope, we cannot allow it to disappear as such.哪怕只有一点希望，我们也不能就这样任由它消失。

Unbeknownst to me, my coffee had fully cooled as we spoke. Its remnant heat fades from my hands, quite like the contents of our conversation.不知不觉，咖啡在谈话间已经完全冷却，剩余的热量就像交谈中提及的内容一样，缓缓从手中散去。

PersicariaYour coffee's not hot anymore, Professor. Shall I get a new cup for you?咖啡已经不热了哦，教授。我给您换一杯新的吧？

Persicaria, who had been listening quietly by the side for some time, comes up and pours me a steaming hot cup of coffee. The miniature Entropic extends a tentacle in curiosity, but the cup's hot sides dissuade it.一直在旁边静静聆听的帕斯卡走上前来，为我倒上一杯热气腾腾的咖啡。小型熵伸出触须好奇地贴贴杯壁，又被烫得缩了回去。

I sip from my cup, now filled with an appropriately sweetened drink, to get the atmosphere flowing again.我啜饮一口糖分恰到好处的热饮，凝固的气氛才再次流动起来。

PersicariaProfessor. If... and I mean if, our predictions and forebodings about that Starsphere really become possibilities...教授。如果……我是说如果，我们当初对那片星域的预感和推测有成真的可能性……

PersicariaThings are probably developing for the worse.事情恐怕在向着更坏的方向发展了。

ProfessorThank you for the coffee, Persicaria.谢谢你的咖啡，帕斯卡。

Looking at a reluctant Persicaria, her eyes are full of concern, as if she isn't sure whether or not this topic is worth continuing.望向有些犹豫的帕斯卡，她的眼底装满担忧，似乎不太确定是否适合继续这个话题。

ProfessorI suddenly get the feeling that Persicaria's really grown a lot. Not just improving at taking care of others, but even using more considerate levels of sugar in coffee.忽然觉得，帕斯卡真的成长了很多啊。不止更擅长关心别人，连咖啡的糖分也放得比以前更贴心了。

PersicariaProfessor... seriously, teasing me again.教授……真是的，又在打趣我了。

PersicariaBut you seem to be in better spirits, thank goodness.不过，您看起来恢复了一点精神，真是太好了。

ProfessorDon't worry, Persicaria. I've just been thinking about something.别担心，帕斯卡。我只是一直在考虑一件事。

PersicariaThinking? About what?考虑？是什么事呢？

ProfessorThough we cannot know what's happened inside that Starsphere, I'm afraid these phenomena point towards the fact that the operands keeping the Starsphere functioning internally are running dry.虽然不知道星域内部发生了什么事，但这个现象恐怕在说明，维持这片星域内部运转的算量已经开始不够了。

ProfessorIf we follow our projections and that mysterious Starsphere really does contain Hubble's remnant data segments... we must move as soon as possible.如果按照我们的推测，那片神秘星域真的还残留着赫波的数据段落……我们必须尽快行动。

ProfessorSo I was thinking that this time, I should go explore it myself.所以我在考虑，这一次，就让我亲自去搜寻。

PersicariaYou mean to visit Jiutian Sector again? ...No, you mean...您是说，再去一次九天扇区？……不，您的意思是……

AntoninaGoing into that Starsphere yourself, right?亲身上阵去探索那片星域，对吗？

Professor—Before it's too late to do anything at all.——在一切都来不及之前。

AntoninaI knew it. No, it's too dangerous. I do not think you can afford to put yourself on the line at a time like this.我就知道。不行，这太危险了，我不认为你可以在这种时候去拿自己冒险。

AntoninaWe have a pile of problems waiting for you to solve, and the Oasis itself has only just gotten back on its feet.我们还有一大堆问题等着你解决，绿洲自己也才刚刚缓过来没多久。

AntoninaOur operand reserves were only beginning to be in the green when we decided to reinforce Jiutian. You haven't forgotten, have you?决定支援九天扇区的时候算量储备也就是初有起色，你不会忘了吧？

AntoninaAnd we have no lack of personnel who are suited to tackling that Starsphere. Putting aside Xinghuan and Yuwang, who are adjusting to the environment, at least Fresnel...而且要去靠近那片星域多的是人选，且不提正在适应环境的星寰和宇望，至少菲涅尔就……

ProfessorIt's precisely because Fresnel's going, Antonina.正是因为菲涅尔会去，安冬妮娜。

Persicaria...Ah.……啊。

ProfessorIt is because if we are to investigate that Starsphere at all, Fresnel will definitely go—正是因为，如果我们要对那片星域展开调查，菲涅尔一定会去——

ProfessorSo I should go, too.所以，我也该去。

AntoninaFresnel isn't the type to let her impulses overcome her, but she has been in a sorry state recently.……虽然菲涅尔并不是会任性冲动的性格，但她最近的状态的确不太好。

AntoninaIf the Professor is there to command... it really...如果是由教授来指挥……确实更……

AntoninaTch. Why do I suddenly find it annoying that you're so right about things?啧。我怎么忽然那么讨厌你看事情太准这一点呢？

ProfessorI appreciate the praise, Antonina.谢谢夸奖，安冬妮娜。

AntoninaThat's not the idea!没有在夸你！

ProfessorOf course, my personal considerations are involved.不过，这件事当然也有我自己的考量。

ProfessorJiutian's "Heat Death Entropics" are not quite the same as the Entropics we're familiar with. According to Antonina's recent research, though, their core structure is much the same.九天扇区的“热寂熵”，和我们以往认知的熵并不完全一样。但按照安冬妮娜这段时间的研究来看，核心结构是很相似的。

ProfessorAs the Oasis' Professor, I hope to retrieve some data about the Heat Death Entropics before that Starsphere dissipates to improve our understanding of Entropics.作为“绿洲的教授”，我希望在神秘星域消散之前取回一些属于热寂熵的数据，有助于提升我们对“熵”的理解。

ProfessorRather than adventuring or gambling, I would say that commanding a small detachment to resolve a difficult situation is my field of expertise. I am the finest choice as an expedition lead here.与其说我是在冒险，不如说，指挥少数人手突破险境本来就是我的强项。这次探索，我亲自指挥是最好的选择。

AntoninaHmph... I'd like to say that this is pure arrogance, but there's no proof I can use to rebuke you as of right now.哼……我很想说这是自大的想法，但目前还没有论据支持我反驳你。

ProfessorOn the other hand, as ... perhaps I still have some selfish desires?另一方面，作为“我自己”……或许也保留着一点私心？

ProfessorWhether it's me or everyone else at the Oasis, we're all looking forward to Hubble's return. With her current extended inability to be reset, I cannot sit here in the Ops Room and await your reports of expeditions and battles.无论是我自己，还是绿洲的大家，都在盼望着赫波的归来。赫波迟迟无法被重置，我不能就这样坐在指挥中心，等待着你们冒险与作战的消息。

ProfessorWe still have friends slumbering in faraway corners of the universe. If possible, I'd like to bring her back myself.我们还有伙伴沉睡在遥远的星空里。可以的话，我想亲手把“她”带回来。

ProfessorJust like Antonina said last time, this might be our only chance to find out how to reset Hubble.就像安冬妮娜上次说的，这或许是我们找出重置赫波的办法的唯一机会。

Antonina...These are all just conjectures. And weren't you distracted and not paying attention?……这一切都只是我的推测而已。而且你不是走神没听进去吗！

ProfessorHaha, no need to worry about that type of stuff, Anna.哈哈，这种事就不要太计较了，安娜。

AntoninaDon't copy them and call me—别模仿她们叫我——！

小型熵Squeak!叽叽——！

AntoninaBah, nearly got run off course by you. Anyway, you're sure you want to go yourself, right?呼，差点被你带跑偏了。所以，现在你是打定主意要自己去了是吗？

ProfessorAlong with Fresnel.还有菲涅尔。

Antonina...You've really gone mad.……你真是疯了。

AntoninaIf that's the case, I'll go as well.既然如此，我也要去。

PersicariaEh?诶？

AntoninaI'm saying I will go to Jiutian. Even if it's just reserve support... you're not going on an adventure with Fresnel alone.我说，我也要去九天扇区。哪怕只是后勤支援……你休想带着菲涅尔独自去冒险。

ProfessorYou just said that the Oasis had a ton of things to do, right?你才刚说过绿洲还有一堆事要做吧？

AntoninaThat reason didn't stop you, so I'm not letting it stop me.同样的理由拦不住你，就别想拦住我。

Stop her.阻止。

Agree.赞同。

AntoninaRather, you should pay some attention to Persicaria, who'll have to stay behind and work in your place.比起这个，你还是好好关心一下又要留下来替你处理工作的帕斯卡吧。

ProfessorWill we need to leave Persicaria at home again?好吧，我们又要留帕斯卡看家吗？

AntoninaAnd who is to blame for these situations, dearest Professor?所以发生这种事怪谁啊，亲爱的教授？

PersicariaHehe... this is a way of expressing trust, right? Even if the Professor is occupied by something external for a while, I will be perfectly fine.呵呵……这是被信任的表现吧？现在，就算教授出门办事一阵，我也完全没问题了哦。

ProfessorYou're a great help, Persicaria.帮了大忙了，帕斯卡。

AntoninaThere you go, coddling them again!你就惯着这家伙吧！

小型熵Squeal!叽！

AntoninaAll call and response with each other, one day... whatever, I'll go notify Fresnel. She should still be awaiting orders in her dorms.一唱一和的，真是……算了，我去通知菲涅尔，她应该还在宿舍待机。

AntoninaMake your work and outing arrangements, Professor.做好工作安排和出行准备吧，教授。

Antonina glares at me and then at Persicaria, shaking her head and exhaling intensely. The miniature Entropic leaps off the table, frantically following Antonina's footsteps.安冬妮娜看了看我，又看了看帕斯卡，摇摇头长出一口气，带着资料转身离开。小型熵连忙跳下桌面，匆匆跟在她身后消失了踪影。

The door closes gently, and we have the silent space between the two of us again.门被轻轻地合上，只剩二人的空间重归静谧。

PersicariaHm... allow me to fill in the rest of the information for you.嗯……剩下的信息，就让我来为您补全吧。

PersicariaAccording to Xuannu, a lot of things were sucked up into that Starsphere... including a good portion of the Sector's Agents.按玄女的说法，那片星域里卷入了很多东西……其中也包含相当一部分扇区智能体。

PersicariaThese Agents are in the same boat as Hubble, and reset attempts have not been successful, causing the relevant Sector procedures to become unsustainable.这些智能体和赫波一样，都没能成功重置，对应的扇区结构也进入不了运转流程。

ProfessorTheir manpower problems are even more severe than ours...人手不足的问题比我们更严重啊……

PersicariaYes. As such, Xuannu's list of requests also includes... finding their lost companions inside that Starsphere.是的。所以，玄女提交的请求还有……从星域中找回失踪的伙伴。

PersicariaIf they are Entropized, they can be executed, allowing a reset to proceed.如果已经熵化，可以处决，进入重置流程。

ProfessorExecute?“处决”？

PersicariaThese Agents' neural structures are comparatively simple, and... there are likely no ways to repress the Entropization.这些智能体的心智结构比较简单，恐怕……没有遏制熵化的手段。

ProfessorAs a Sector Administrator, this is likely the last option she has available. The least favorable of all options.作为扇区管理员，这大概是最后的办法了，也是最无奈的判断。

Professor...What a complex situation. Looks like there's a lot on our agenda this time.……真是复杂的现状。看来，这趟行程要做的事还不止一星半点啊。

I pull open my desk drawer, intending to look for corresponding documents related to contacting Jiutian. A little orb-shaped object rolls out from deep inside the drawer along with the momentum, rolling into my view.我拉开桌面抽屉，正要寻找联络九天扇区所需的正式文件，一个小小的球形物体随着惯性从抽屉深处滑出来，滚动到我的眼前。

A small, delicately crafted starlight chocolate.那是一颗制作精美的星空巧克力。

Image of the Celestial Spheres 天球投影

"I've split asunder actions and emotion."“我把行动和情感切割了开来。”

"That shocked, bewildered, self-condemning me, is now locked behind the mirror's other side."“那个震惊的、慌乱的、自责的自己，被关在镜子的另一面。”

"The day before I returned to Jiutian, I was thinking..."“重新进入九天扇区的前一天，我还在想……”

"Why has even the soda turned bitter?"“怎么连苏打汽水都变苦了呢？”

Jiutian Sector, Special Starsphere Outer Sector.九天扇区，特殊星域外围。

In the boundless cosmos, the spaceship steadily trudges forward.无垠星空中，航天器平稳地前进着。

XinghuanProfessor—starboard—!教授——右边——！

ProfessorThanks for the reminder.感谢提醒。

An interface projects forth with the trajectories of incoming debris. I handle the controls accordingly, the simplified command console interfacing with the propellant system, driving the spaceship towards the left, steering onto a new route clear of debris.信息面板投射出碎石轨迹，我适时调整着控制键。简化过的键位与动力系统完美配合，航天器微微左倾，避开碎石进入了新的前进路线。

XinghuanYou've gotten used to the controls quickly. Impressive, Professor.适应得很快嘛，不愧是教授。

XinghuanThese new spaceship models were originally created to be piloted by reserve personnel when astronauts were in short supply. They don't have as much carrying power as the other models either, but they should do fine for you, Professor.这种新型航天器原本是为航天员不足时后备人员驾驶而研究的，运载力也不如其他的航天器，不过对于教授来说应该刚刚好。

CroqueIf you can't spare a hand, hit up the autopilot system.空不出手的时候，就转接自动驾驶系统。

XinghuanAh, Croque's here!啊，克罗琦也来了！

CroqueAfter you've got the navigational basics down, you can leave route planning and basic defense to the system.适应了基础驾驶之后，你就可以把路线规划和基础的防御工作转交给系统了。

CroqueThough, even if we've made modifications for you and Fresnel's there to help out, I'd advise that you give it some extra practice, rookie.不过，虽然已经针对你进行了一些改装，又有菲涅尔在辅助，但我还是建议你这个新人再多练练。

XinghuanWith our remote support and Jiutian's current technology, Anna should be much more assured, right?有我们的远程支持，还有九天扇区的现成技术，安娜应该会放心多了吧？

ProfessorI wouldn't be so sure. I'll do what I can to get this spaceship back in one piece first.这可说不好，我尽量把这台航天器全须全尾地开回去吧。

ProfessorWhile Antonina's still in the same place as Xuannu preparing the Analysis System, and isn't here to blast anyone for—趁着安冬妮娜还在和玄女一起准备解析系统，没空来批评——

FresnelProfessor, large debris field ahead, requesting permission to use blasters!教授，前方出现大块碎石，请求击碎处理！

Fresnel's voice suddenly interrupts the conversation. She focused herself completely on planning the route, devoting all of her attention. In the center of an information panel, an impossible to ignore symbol signifying a piece of debris approaches our projected path.菲涅尔的声音忽然打断了交谈，她留心着路线规划，将注意力都投在了上面。信息面板中央，又一块显眼的碎石标记正在靠近预定路线。

ProfessorCombat module, authorize—Fresnel.战斗模块授权——菲涅尔。

系统[Authorization Complete.]【授权完成】

FresnelLightbeam reflection... ready!光束折角……准备就绪！

As Fresnel's voice settles in the air, a thin yet bright beam of light bursts forth diagonally ahead of the spaceship.随着菲涅尔的话音落下，航天器斜前方发射出一束细长而耀眼的光。

Looking outwards from inside the cabin, the debris in space remains difficult to spot. Following the light beam, a dazzling minute firework detonates in the distance, a soundless spectacle in the vacuum of space.从舷窗望去，目视寻找碎石原本并不容易。顺着光束，远方忽地炸开一朵绚丽的小型烟花，在真空宇宙中无声绽放。

FresnelPhew...呼……

ProfessorGood work, Fresnel.辛苦你了，菲涅尔。

CroqueYou two seem to work together well enough. No need for me to breathe down your throats then—we'll leave you to it for now. Call if you need anything.你们配合得不错，看来不用我多操心了——那绿洲这边就先挂断了，有需要再联络。

Croque...We'll await your good news.……我们等着你的好消息。

As the call ends, I look towards Fresnel. She remains fixated on the interface in front of her, observing it diligently with her head down.通讯结束后，我将目光投向菲涅尔。她依然牢牢盯着面板，头也不抬地观察着。

ProfessorFresnel.菲涅尔。

ProfessorFresnel?菲涅尔？

Fresnel...Hm? Professor... were you talking to me?……嗯？教授……叫我吗？

ProfessorDon't be so nervous, Fresnel.别太紧张，菲涅尔。

ProfessorOnce Antonina's done with her adjustments and preparations, she'll be able to provide remote support. That'll take some of the pressure off you, and make the remainder of the survey easier.等到安冬妮娜完成调试和准备，她就可以加入远程辅助了。这样你的压力也可以小一些，方便展开之后的探索。

Fresnel...Alright, got it.……好的，我知道了。

FresnelI just...我只是……

She finally removes her sight from the interface, looking into the endless depths.她的视线终于从面板上移开，而后投向深空。

Outside the cabin between the veils of stars, an area gleaming with purple starlight finally reveals itself.舷窗之外，星幕之内，一块泛着紫色星光的区域终于现出了它的踪影。

It laid in quietude thus, akin to a deep placid sleep, yet like a siren amongst the seas of stars, swaying and warbling its tantalizing song.它是如此静谧，仿佛正恬静地沉睡；又像是星海中的塞壬，摇曳着吟唱引诱之歌。

FresnelI'm just feeling a little bit like a... "stranger in a strange land".我只是，有些“近乡情怯”罢了。

FresnelIs that how you use that phrase? I can't say I really know, since I don't have a way with words like Hubble does...这个词是这么用的吗？我不太清楚，毕竟我对文字的运用不如赫波熟练……

FresnelShe always knows how to talk to people in a gentle way, how to write great novels... with phrases and passages that just make people want to keep reading with how beautiful they are.她说话总是很温柔，能写出精彩的小说。遣词造句也很优美，让人忍不住就想看下去。

FresnelShe is really, truly amazing.她非常、非常好。

Fresnel gazes deeply into the mysterious starsphere, not turning away for but a second.菲涅尔凝望着那片神秘的星域，一瞬也没有转开眼睛。

FresnelProfessor... why must such a good person as Hubble meet such a fate?教授……为什么这么好的赫波要走向那样的命运呢？

FresnelWhy is it that back then, the one to bear everything wasn't—为什么那时候，承载这一切的不是——

ProfessorFresnel.菲涅尔。

Relegating navigation to the autopilot, I stand up and come to Fresnel's side, lightly rubbing her head.将飞行路线转交自动驾驶系统，我站起身来走到菲涅尔身边，轻轻揉了揉她的头发。

ProfessorThis isn't what Hubble would want, you see?这不是赫波想看到的，你明白吧？

Fresnel...I know.……我知道。

FresnelTrust me, Professor. I won't be like this for very long.相信我，教授，这样的状态不会很久的。

FresnelPerhaps some would sink downwards in grief and fear, but not me. I... still have a great many things to do.或许有人会沉溺于悲伤和惶恐，但不会是我。我还有……很多很多事要做。

Her voice is dominated by coolness and maturity as always, but within it hides an almost imperceptible shaking.她的声音一如既往清冷而干练，其中藏着一丝微不可察的动摇。

FresnelAfter Hubble... left, I had thought I tidied up my emotions, and that I could... go and deal with what we had to, with a calm mind.赫波……离开以后，我以为我已经整理好了心情，能够……冷静地处理好我们该做的事。

FresnelThat's just what I'm like. I made contact myself, retrieved the data myself, and dealt with the resetted people in the Sectors myself...我就是这样，一个人完成联络，一个人带回数据，一个人面对重置后的扇区伙伴……

FresnelAs if I was numb enough to not have to deal with the fallout when it all eventually comes crashing down.就好像我足够麻木，不必面对一切结束之后才爆发的崩溃。

FresnelBut sometimes I can't help but doubt... have I done everything I need to? Have I done well enough?但有时候，我还是忍不住怀疑……我都做到了吗？做得够好吗？

ProfessorYou've done what you need to. You've done well.你已经做到了。你做得很好。

ProfessorLetting yourself feel that pain is alright, too. So long as we find it in ourselves to keep moving forward.放任自己感受痛苦也没有关系，只要我们还能继续向前迈进。

Fresnel...Alright. I will.……我知道，我会的。

FresnelThank you, Professor... I will.谢谢你，教授。……我会的。

The sound of incoming communications rings out anew, putting a stop to that short conversation.新的通讯提示音响起，为这段短暂的对话画下休止符。

AntoninaProfessor, Xuannu and I's preparations are complete. How are you adjusting?教授，我和玄女的准备工作已经做完了。你们适应得怎么样？

ProfessorNo problems so far. Has the Analysis System returned any notable feedback?完全没问题。解析系统有传来回馈吗？

AntoninaIt's only just been put into place; don't be so hasty. Do you know how much of a nightmare it was to configure properly?刚布置完成呢，再等等。你知道我费了多大功夫才做好调试吗？

AntoninaJiutian's technology is special-built for the Starspheres, and has no functions related to the monitoring and analysis of Entropics at all built-in. Chances are that that's a part of the Sector's design...九天扇区的技术是专攻星域方面的，根本没做对熵的监控和解析功能。这大概也是扇区设计的一……

小型熵Squeal!叽！

AntoninaYou... when did you get up there?你……什么时候上去的！！

AntoninaI was wondering where that little guy went while I was busy. Thought it was busy playing or something...我说怎么忙了一会儿就找不着这小家伙了，还以为只是贪玩……

小型熵Sqqqueal?叽叽？

ProfessorProbably went and hid in the spaceship when you went up to adjust the instruments...大概是跟着你一起上来调试设备的时候，躲在航天器里面了吧……

AntoninaWhat a pain... no troublemaking, alright?真是个难搞的家伙……不许添乱，知道吗！

小型熵Squeal? Sqqqqueal—叽？叽叽——

AntoninaDon't know whether or not it understood... but it's more or less benign most of the time, so it shouldn't cause any problems.也不知道它听明白没有……不过它平时还算规矩，应该不会带来什么麻烦。

AntoninaLet's put that to the side for now. We have more important matters.先把这家伙的事放在一边吧，我们还有更重要的事。

AntoninaFresnel, the instruments indicate that you'll be inside our Starsphere of interest within ten minutes. What's the spaceship's status?菲涅尔，星域监测显示你们已经能在十分钟之内进入星域了，航天器状态如何？

FresnelAll green, ready for approach.一切正常，可以接入。

AntoninaXuannu, how about you?玄女，你呢？

玄女My preparations are complete too. I can monitor environmental changes in the Starsphere through the signals sent back by the spaceship and provide corresponding support.我这边也准备好了，可以随时通过航天器的信号回传监控星域变化，并提供对应的支援。

玄女When the time calls for it, I will also release some of the Sector's authorizations according to the Professor's needs.必要的时候，我也会按照教授的要求开放一些扇区权限。

AntoninaAs for the rest, you'll have to see when you get in. Professor, proceed with utmost caution.剩下的事，就等进入星域再看了。教授，一定要小心行事。

玄女I shall temporarily disable the warning issued when routing towards the Starsphere. Issue the command at your convenience.我会为你们暂时关闭进入星域的路线警报，请下命令吧。

系统[Route planning complete]【路线规划完成】

系统[Autopilot initiating]【自动驾驶系统启动】

Approach the Starsphere.接入星域。

The spaceship lurches forward briefly, and the world outside the cabin window ripples briefly like the surface of water.航天器向前推进了一段，舷窗外的世界忽然如水波般轻轻摇晃了一下。

FresnelWe've arrived at... the edges of the Starsphere's influence.我们已经到达了……星域影响的边界。

FresnelAhead is...前面就是……

The interface chugs along in an almost tentative manner, the icon signifying the spaceship steadily blinking. The purple starlight gradually encroaches, yet its approach evades the naked eye. Then—信息面板兢兢业业地工作着，象征航天器的标记稳定地闪烁。紫色的星光越来越近，但肉眼看去却又迟迟未曾抵达。而后——

Space was still itself, the very same. Yet everything was different.宇宙还是那个宇宙。但一切都不一样了。

Looking in from the outside, the Starsphere emanates an aesthetically appealing and alluring purple. Yet when we place ourselves in it, that color blends into the very space itself, no longer seeming so deep.从外部看这片星域，透着唯美而妖异的紫色。但进入其中，这种环境色与星空融为一体，竟然似乎也不再浓郁。

It transforms the anomalous into the mundane, accepting and welcoming all guests.它从特异之处化为了常态，将来客拥入其中。

AntoninaIt's working! Professor, unfurl the spaceship's analysis instruments, I'll immediately—成功了！教授，打开航天器携带的解析仪器，我马上——

玄女The Starsphere monitoring panel's responding too!星域监测板也有反应了！

玄女What... is this?……这是……什么？

Xuannu and Antonina both fall into silence. The data in front of them is doubtlessly no less shocking than what lies before our eyes.玄女和安冬妮娜同时陷入静默。呈现在她们的面板上的信息内容，大概与我们眼前的这一幕同样震撼。

Chaotic nebulas, a lawless realm. Celestial bodies, randomly placed as if board game pieces knocked onto the floor, play hosts to vivid astral phenomena that dazzle the senses.混乱的星云，无序的宇宙。随机摆放的星体就像意外洒落的棋子，瑰丽闪耀的特殊天象汇集其间。

AntoninaThis is a... miniature solar system?这是一个……小号的太阳系？

AntoninaNo, not quite. It looks like everything's where it should be, but this place is so chaotic that it has no structure to speak of!不，不对。虽然看起来什么都有，但这地方根本乱得毫无结构可言！

玄女The basic rules of physics are still in effect, and our route planning systems still function here.基础的物理规则仍在起作用，我们的路线规划系统在这里依然生效。

玄女But... proceed with caution. This place is more akin to...但……一定要小心行事。这里更像是……

AntoninaMore like an area well and truly controlled by the Entropics... no, it quite literally is!更像是，被熵完全控制接管后的区域……不，完全就是！

Antonina pulls up an information panel, and icons marking Entropization swarm the screen. A patch of darkness lies in an even further place, not unlike a sound sleeper's dreamscape. Hushed and elegant, yet teeming with danger.安冬妮娜调出她所看到的信息面板，被熵化的标记遍布周遭。但更遥远的地方还是一片昏暗，如同沉睡者的梦境，安谧，优美，却危机四伏。

AntoninaFrom the layout, there should be some sort of "overseer" in this area driving these things and steering things into what they are now, but we don't know what that is.从布局上看，这片区域应该有一个“主导者”在管理着这堆东西，推动它们变成现在的状态。但我们还不知道是什么。

AntoninaThe bad news is that from the differences in the signals after you've made contact, that "overseer" seems to have already—糟糕的是，从你们接入前后的信号差异判断，这个“主导者”似乎已经——

AntoninaWoken up!醒来了！

FresnelProfessor! Above!教授！上面！

The gravity system suddenly shifts, and the floor beneath us lurches.重力系统忽然发生了变化，脚下的地板猛地一顿。

小型熵Sqqqqqueal—!叽叽叽——！

Great pieces of debris fall from the sky, raining down past the cabin windows. The miniature Entropic tumbles down from the control panel, tightly hanging onto my seat.大块的碎石从天而降，越过舷窗如雨下落。小型熵从控制台滚下，紧紧抱住我的驾驶座固定住自己。

It was not the gravity system that was problematic, but that the spaceship's defense systems had already sustained an attack!不是重力系统出了问题，是航天器的防御体系已经承受了一次攻击！

ProfessorFresnel, crank up the defense level, prepare cooperative firepower!菲涅尔，提高防御等级，准备火力配合！

FresnelPreparations complete!准备就绪！

ProfessorShift to manual piloting!切换手动驾驶！

系统[Autopilot deactivated.]【自动驾驶系统关闭】

AntoninaCrap, was it because of the data disturbance just then... I'll sort out the safety levels with Xuannu!可恶，是因为刚才的数据扰动吗……我和玄女来划安全等级！

With Antonina's rapid calculations, a moving section of the asteroid belt appears in the middle of a panel. The spaceship icon within rapidly flashes as various areas less populated with debris are highlighted.随着安冬妮娜的高速计算，一条移动的陨石带出现在面板中央。航天器的标记在其中急促地闪烁着，周遭数个碎石较少的区域依次被点亮。

ProfessorThis danger index... no, turn like indicated. We should take "that" route.这个危险度……不，按照行进旋转方向，应该选“那条”路线。

ProfessorFresnel, we'll go through the high-density asteroid belt in Area C!菲涅尔，我们穿越C区方向的高密度陨石带！

FresnelCopy!收到！

ProfessorHelp me clear out the obstacles in the way, as well as these few pieces I've marked!帮我清理路上的障碍，还有我标记出来的这几块！

系统[Targets highlighted.]【已高亮目标】

AntoninaProfessor! That's a dangerous area!教授！那是高危区域！

FresnelJust a second!马上就好！

The spaceship inclines greatly, avoiding the incoming astral debris as if traversing through a hail of bullets, cutting a dangerous trail.航天器大幅度倾斜，避过袭击而来的星尘石屑，如同穿梭在枪林弹雨之中，以看似险而又险的轨迹航行。

ProfessorIt'll work, so long as we get through this thin corridor here—不会错的，只要穿过这段狭窄的长廊地带——

AntoninaAhead of you...前面是……！

FresnelThere!成功了！

Cutting it close with the final piece of debris, the formerly chaotic world before us ravels into clarity. I leave the piloting to the system once again, allowing the spaceship to hover in place.与最后一块碎石擦肩而过，眼前混乱的世界豁然开朗。我将驾驶交还给系统，让航天器悬停在原处。

AntoninaSafe—at last.总算是——安全了。

AntoninaWhew...呼……

AntoninaProfessor, Fresnel, how's the spaceship doing?教授，菲涅尔，航天器情况如何？

I turn to inspect a panel when suddenly a voice in my heart speaks.我正要检查信息面板，忽然心有所感。

Before I could rejoice in avoiding a crisis, the very same peculiar feeling of being watched that came upon me when I first came to Jiutian flows through my body.来不及产生劫后余生的庆幸，如同第一次来到九天扇区时感觉到的那样，被注视着的异样感再次流过身体。

FresnelThat's...那是……

I look forward into space. The hitherto empty patch of space is now occupied by a very special figure.我望向航天器前方，原本空无一物的宇宙中，不知何时出现了一个特别的身影。

She seems to cast over a look on a whim, followed by a smile, and fades back into the vast depths.她似乎只是随意地投来一瞥，随即露出一个微笑，再次消失在茫茫太空之中。

Fresnel...Hubble?赫波……？

Through The Stardust 穿越星尘

[Autopilot active.]【自动驾驶系统启动】

ProfessorFresnel, you saw that just then, right?菲涅尔，你刚才也看见了，是吗？

FresnelNo matter how far away, I would never mistake that person.就算离得再远，我也不会错认的。

FresnelWhy... is Hubble...为什么……赫波会……

AntoninaHubble? What the hell did you just see? From what I can gather using the signals here, this Starsphere's owner...赫波……？你们刚才看到了什么？从我这里能看到信号是，这片星域的所有者……

AntoninaHold on, you mean that the thing we briefly caught the signal of just then was Hubble!?等等，所以你们的意思是，刚刚被我们短暂捕捉到信号的那个家伙就是赫波！？

ProfessorWe can't be absolutely sure of their identity, but to Fresnel and me, there's no doubt that it's her.虽然不能完全断定身份，但至少在我和菲涅尔眼里，都是她无疑。

ProfessorBut the state she's in is...只是她的状态，实在是……

Antonina...We've contemplated this possibility, but...……虽然也考虑过这种可能性，但……

玄女Antonina, the Analysis System is returning a much clearer signal. If that really is Hubble...安冬妮娜，解析系统的信号很明确了。如果那真的是赫波……

AntoninaTch. That settles it.啧。毫无疑问。

AntoninaThat's... an Entropic. Nothing more, nothing less.那是一只……不折不扣的“熵”。

AntoninaThe same type you know. The ones with Entropic cores that can infect the outside world with Entropy—就是你们知道的那种，有着熵核心、能够熵化感染外界的——

ProfessorAn Entropized Hubble?你的意思是说，熵化的赫波？

AntoninaAs you can empirically see, it's not too different from those more or less Entropized planets.显而易见，跟你们周围那些已经被熵化得差不多的星球是同一种东西。

AntoninaI would wager that the shrinking of the Starsphere's radius has something to do with her awakening.我推测，星域范围的收缩也可能跟她的苏醒有关。

玄女The operands in the Starsphere might very well have been used to maintain her personal stability...星域的算量很有可能是用于维持她自身的稳定了……

玄女But looking at it now, she doesn't seem to intend to take the initiative to expand. Ideally, we should first approach her, and then devise a plan to clear out this Starsphere.不过现在看来，她似乎也没有主动扩张的意愿。最好能接近她，再设法消解这片星域。

ProfessorThis is getting ugly...事情变得更棘手了……

ProfessorFresnel, what are your thoughts?菲涅尔，你怎么想？

Fresnel...Hubble's still alive.……赫波还活着。

Fresnel's voice is remarkably calm. Her sight burns into me, as if there was nothing in the whole wide world that could turn her away.菲涅尔的声音冷静得出奇，她目光灼灼地盯着我，仿佛此刻再没有别的东西能转移她的视线，

FresnelHubble hasn't sacrificed herself... she's still alive.赫波没有牺牲……她还活着。

FresnelAfter being devoured by that Entropized space, she must've held onto her will.在被熵化区域吞噬之后，她一定是守住了自己的意志。

FresnelI don't know the principles under which this Starsphere formed, but it must have been Hubble's decision.虽然不知道这片星域形成的原理，但那一定是因为赫波的决定。

FresnelEven if that thing is an Entropic, that's still Hubble. She's still alive!就算是熵，那也是赫波，她还活着！

AntoninaGet a grip, Fresnel!冷静点，菲涅尔！

AntoninaWe know all too well the influence of Entropization. Such conclusions we have, we reached through the loss of countless friends.熵化的影响力我们都很清楚，这是我们曾经用无数伙伴的伤亡换来的结论。

AntoninaIf that really is Hubble, she wouldn't be the one we know. You know that well, do you not?如果那真的是赫波，现在的她一定也不是我们认识的那个赫波了。这种事，你是知道的吧？

FresnelI...我……

ProfessorThat being said, Fresnel's ideas aren't unreasonable.话虽如此，菲涅尔的想法也不无道理。

AntoninaWhat does that mean?这是什么意思？

ProfessorWe've never communicated with Entropized Agents that weren't under control, but we have had many exchanges with Greater Entropics.我们还没有和未经控制的熵化智能体交流过，但与高阶熵却已经有过了多次交手。

ProfessorDo you recall the form the Greater Entropics appeared to us in? They can be communicated with, and maybe they even possess comparatively high intelligence.你们还记得高阶熵所表现出来的状态吗？它们并不是无法沟通的，甚至可以说具有相当高的智能。

AntoninaThat's true. They clearly do have differences in intelligence within their ranks, but they are a cut above the rabble.的确。虽然它们同等级之内显然也有智力高下之分，但跟那些杂兵是不一样的。

ProfessorWe can't be sure what the structure of this Starsphere exactly is, but it clearly has something greater than a normal Entropic at its helm.虽然不清楚这片星域的具体结构，但它显然不是一只普通的熵可以控制的。

ProfessorIf it operates in a manner similar to the Entropics we've previously encountered... then there is a nonzero chance we will be able to communicate with this "Hubble".如果运作模式像我们以前见过的熵一样……那么，这个“赫波”就至少有一定的沟通可行性。

Antonina...We cannot deny that possibility.……我们无法否认这一点。

Antonina taps at the control panel in front of her, apparently entering some sort of tracking command, sighing with fatigue afterwards.安冬妮娜敲了敲面前的控制面板，似乎是下了某种追踪指令，随后有些疲惫地叹了口气。

AntoninaSeriously... don't make me out to be some sort of distant, emotionless antagonist.真是的……别弄得只有我像个不近人情的反派啊。

AntoninaMy original plan was to get you to collect the data fragments Hubble's left behind in that Starsphere, and try to reproduce her Neural Model.我原本的打算，是让你们在这片星域里试着收集赫波留下的数据碎片，来尝试还原她的心智模型。

AntoninaYou agreed to all of that, but now there's a wrench in the works... we've gotta adjust our plans.这些都是你们答应过的，现在计划全都打乱了……我们得调整对策才行。

AntoninaAnd that whole "Hubble's still alive" thing... we're just as happy about that as anyone else.而且“赫波还活着”……这件事，我们明明就一样高兴啊。

ProfessorI heard that.我听见了哦。

AntoninaWell I'll have to ask you to pretend you didn't.就拜托你先当没听见吧。

AntoninaNow that we've confirmed that this region's owner is "Hubble", I will try to track her movements as well. No matter what, we should locate her first, and plan from there.既然已经确定了这片星域的主人就是“赫波”，我也会尝试追踪她的去向。无论如何，我们都应该先找到她，再做下一步打算。

ProfessorI'll be counting on you then, Antonina. The Hubble we have now is important to me, in many ways.那就拜托了，安冬妮娜。现在的赫波，在各种意义上都对我们非常重要。

ProfessorWhen we met just then, she didn't do anything hostile. It shouldn't be too difficult to communicate when we next meet.刚才见面的时候，她并没有做出敌对行为，再次见面后沟通应该不会太难。

ProfessorOf course, we should also prepare for the worst.——当然，我们也要做好最坏的打算。

玄女I do hope that it goes smoothly. I... Jiutian will support you with all we have.如果能顺利是最好的。我……九天扇区也会全力支援你们。

玄女I did not experience that united frontline seeing as I have been reset, but Hubble's sacrifice has given us more hope.虽然重置过的我没有亲身经历那段并肩作战，但是赫波的主动牺牲给了我们更多希望。

玄女To Hubble, to the Oasis, we cannot spurn those who have given us their aid.对于赫波，对于绿洲，我们不能不知恩图报。

ProfessorAre we at a mutual understanding, then?那么，我们算是达成共识了？

I look towards Fresnel, whose emotions appear to have settled somewhat.我看向菲涅尔，她的情绪似乎已经平复了许多。

Fresnel...Yeah, I understand. To the Hubble we have now, we might not be much help.……嗯，我明白。对现在的赫波来说，我们并不一定能帮上什么忙。

FresnelBut the situation we're in is much better than what we originally expected, isn't that right?现在的情况已经比我们原本的预想好了太多，不是吗？

ProfessorAt least she didn't come out of the gate swinging. Though, that was never Hubble's style, was it?至少没有一见到我们就大打出手。不过，那样也不像是赫波的作风吧？

FresnelHehe... no matter what's happened, Hubble is still Hubble.呵呵……无论发生了什么，赫波始终都会是赫波啊。

小型熵Squeal?叽叽？

The miniature Entropic clambers onto the control panel again, extending a tendril towards Fresnel's face, her countenance bearing a rare smile.小型熵重新爬上控制台，看了看菲涅尔脸上久违的微笑，伸出触须碰了碰她的脸颊。

FresnelWhoa!?哎呀！？

AntoninaDon't muck around!别捣乱！

AntoninaIgnore that little guy for now. Anyway, I'm still tracking down Hubble's exact coordinates. Besides, we aren't sure exactly what state she's in right now...先别管那家伙了。总之，我还在追踪赫波的坐标。另外，我们现在也并不了解她的实际状态……

AntoninaWe must also keep in mind the possibility of her other data fragments being scattered around the Starsphere. Take care in your explorations.不能排除她还有其他数据散失在这片星域中的可能性，你们在探索的时候也要注意。

ProfessorIs it a split neural cloud type of situation?是心智分裂的情况吗？

Professor...This all sounds a bit familiar.……总觉得这种情况有点耳熟。

AntoninaHuh? What are you talking about? This has nothing to do with that.嗯？你在说什么呢，当然不是。

AntoninaHer neural cloud is intact, too, or it'd be troublesome for me to track her. Though the exact details will need...她的心智很完整，不然我也很难展开追踪。不过，具体情况还要再……

小型熵Squeal!叽叽！

AntoninaAlright, quiet down.好了，先安静一会。

FresnelAside from that, we need to recycle the Sector's agents too, right?除此之外，我们还得回收扇区智能体吧？

AntoninaCorrect. Xuannu is calibrating our instruments, and has drafted up a list of the Agents who have yet to be successfully resetted...没错，玄女正在调试设备，已经整理了现在还没有重置成功的智能体名……

小型熵Squeal! Sqqqqqqueal!叽叽！叽叽叽叽！

AntoninaGive it a rest, we'll see each other again soon enough! Even if you can't do anything to help out this time, at least—先别闹，很快就能见面了！就算这次帮不上忙，至少——

The miniature Entropic's thrashing of its tentacles becomes more and more frantic, quickly smacking away at the panel. Antonina stops in her steps, suddenly realizing something, pulling across another monitoring panel from the side.小型熵的触须摇晃得越发激动，小幅度地快速拍打面板。安娜的动作一顿，忽然意识到了什么，抬手拉过另一块监测板。

AntoninaXuannu, help me crosscheck this data!玄女，麻烦帮我对比一下数据！

玄女This flux appeared just then... Hubble!这个波动，是刚刚出现过的……赫波！

玄女Careful, she's back! And much more dangerous this time!小心，她又回来了！而且这次，非常危险！

Like a young cub traipsing a forest, in the great span of space, the miniature Entropic's senses are exceptionally sharp towards the presence of other Entropics.像是幼兽行于深林，在辽阔的宇宙中，小型熵对于其他熵的感知和反应变得意外地敏锐。

Especially when that presence is unthinkably mighty.更何况，来者格外强大。

小型熵Squeak!叽！

As the miniature Entropic turns towards a certain direction, a multitude of screens within the spaceship flare up in glaring red, warning of an incoming attack.在小型熵忽然转向某个方向的同一时间，航天器内多块屏幕连续亮起了敌袭的刺眼红光。

ProfessorFresnel, brace yourself!菲涅尔，做好准备！

FresnelDefense systems are in place! Combat module—防御体系已就位！战斗模块——

FresnelProfessor, are we... fighting back?教授，我们要……反击吗？

ProfessorCall up the real-time analysis panel first, be ready to respond!先调出实时解析面板，时刻准备对抗！

赫波？...Hahh...……呼啊……

In a gloomy place, a familiar yet strange figure is faintly discernable.幽暗之处，一个熟悉而又陌生的身影若隐若现。

In the exact same form that we saw previously, with no protective gear to speak of, suspended in space without any shelter.如同刚才见到的姿态一样，没有穿戴任何护具，全无防护地浮在太空中。

赫波？Is this... the thing that was following me all this time?一直在追踪我的……就是这个吗？

She does not seem to realize that this is a spaceship. Or rather, doesn't care for this spaceship's practical purpose.她似乎并没有意识到这是一个航天器。又或者，并没有在意这个航天器的实际作用。

As the distance closes, I focus my efforts on calibrating the spaceship's imaging systems, trying to ascertain her current appearance.随着距离的拉近，我努力调整了航天器的影像捕捉设备，分辨着她如今的样貌。

赫波？A strange star... no? No.……异星……不是？不是。

She somewhat drowsily regards this unwelcome guest in her dream, muttering in a drifting manner. She raises her shapely fingers, lazily gesturing at us.她略带困倦地看了看这个闯入她梦境的不速之客，有些恍惚地呢喃着。下一秒，抬起纤长的手指，随手向着我们遥遥一指。

A stream of dark purple light interweaves and spirals from the crystalline structures on her arm towards the tip of her fingers, mustering up inconceivable shreds of stardust, gathering into a surging torrent.从她手臂结晶状的碎裂处延伸到指尖，一道暗紫色的光缠绕、旋转，拧起虚空中原本不存在的缕缕星光，汇成洪流。

系统[Incoming attack, evasive action] [Incoming attack, evasive action] [Incoming attack, evasive action]【高危袭击，建议躲避】 【高危袭击，建议躲避】 【高危袭击，建议躲避】

FresnelHere she comes!她来了！

ProfessorActivate all defenses!全力防护！

The point of impact will be skewed towards the bottom! I immediately pitch the spaceship upwards, and the world outside the cabin windows heaves upwards.攻击落点大概率会靠下！我紧急抬航天器坐标，舷窗视野大幅度仰起。

The attack is virtually unavoidable, and I pull towards the right. As showers of sparks fly, the spaceship flips around on the axes as the brilliant beam of light skims past the now diagonally inclined chassis.袭击几乎避无可避，我即刻右拉轨道。电光火石之间，航天器在星轨间惊险地侧了个身，斜下方恰恰擦过那道光华的激流。

That dark purple shard of starlight scrapes past the spaceship's retracted landing gears, clustering its tail and the suspended ambient stardust into a vortex, puncturing through the rocks behind us.暗紫的星光紧贴航天器底部收起的降落设备刮过，将焰尾与漂浮的星尘卷起，贯穿了我们背后的石块。

赫波？Missed...? Why...躲开了吗……？为什么……

FresnelHere comes the second round!第二波要来了！

ProfessorFresnel! Lock on to the largest clump of Hashrate! See whose guns are bigger!菲涅尔！锁定最高算力，和她对轰！

FresnelReady! But I don't know if...我准备好了！但是恐怕……

ProfessorA few seconds will be enough!能坚持这几秒就够了！

Fresnel plants herself firmly in her seat, accessing the weapons module. The Fusesteel Cannon's familiar gleam charges up to its maximum capacity, meeting on equal terms with Hubble's attack, and is nearly fully swallowed up.菲涅尔将自己牢牢固定在驾驶位上，打开了武装模块。熔钢炮熟悉的光束开到最大，与赫波的袭击正面相接，但依然差点被吞没。

ProfessorIn this position, we can still... make one more evasive maneuver!这个位置，我们还能……再做一个闪避动作！

ProfessorFresnel, can you get a handle on her rhythm!菲涅尔，能掌握赫波的作战节奏吗！

FresnelDon't know about this Hubble, but if we're dealing with the same one as before...现在的赫波我不太确定了，但如果是以前的她……

ProfessorGive it a shot!姑且一试！

FresnelThen... when she next raises her hand... like this!那就……在她下一次抬手之后……像这样！

The spaceship evades the attack at an odd angle, the previous attacks clearing the way for us. Far behind the spaceship, the asteroid belt we previously passed through falls victim, asteroids many times the size of the spaceship fully punctured.航天器以一个出人意料的路线避开攻击，几束光炮早已清理了路径障碍。在航天器后方，刚刚穿越的陨石带被远远击中，数倍于航天器大小的陨石被接连贯穿。

No fiery explosions, no fleeting stardust, only dark purple pulses, licking and grasping at remnant operands.没有爆炸的火光，没有逃逸的星屑，只有暗紫的波动舔舐着残余的算量。

赫波？...Hm?……咦？

FresnelProfessor, we did it!教授，我们做到了！

ProfessorGood work, Fresnel, now we—做得好，菲涅尔，接下来——

Hubble twirls her wrists, confused, her lethargic gaze growing clearer.赫波疑惑地转转手腕，慵懒的目光又清明了一些。

赫波？Starlight escapes me... yet again?星光逃逸了……再一次？

She cocks her head, the stars and nebulae still at her beck and call, sending forth another attack.她歪了歪头，指尖拨弄星云流转，又送出了下一波攻击。

It fails to find its mark again.依然未命中。

FresnelI knew it! If that's the case... full speed ahead!果然……！如果是这样的话……先全速前进！

FresnelWith her habits, she should be setting up—按她的习惯，现在该在后场——

ProfessorA black hole!放黑洞了！

I crank up the spaceship's secondary boosters. Like a loosed arrow we sail forth, toward a long-awaited reunion.我一把拉满航天器的助推，我们如同离弦之箭，向着久别重逢的故人奔去。

ProfessorIf it was me, I would deploy this way too, since... we've always fought together like this.是我的话，也会选择这样布阵的，毕竟……我们一直都这样并肩作战。

The distance shrinks and the image in front of us enlarges. As we escape the black hole, we fly towards an old friend who knew us not, to uphold our end of a bargain we agreed upon the day the Oasis was created.距离在拉近，影像在放大，逃离黑洞的同时，我们迎向相见不相识的老朋友，来赴一个从绿洲建立之初延续至今的约。

赫波？...How intriguing. I wonder... who'll be inside?……真有意思……里面的，会是谁呢？

Hubble ceases her attacks, and the danger in the air disappears in a flash. The thin view gets closer and closer to our spacecraft until... a hand lightly caresses the chassis, the ever-so-familiar face sharing a look with us through the window.赫波停下了攻击，危险的气息忽而消弭。那个纤细的身影与航天器越靠越近，直到……一只手轻轻扶上航天器，那张熟悉的面容隔着舷窗与我们相望。

Space enforces its pantomime, locking sound away. I attempt to lip-read her, attempting to replicate our conversations of days past.宇宙中的默剧隔绝了话音，我尝试读着她的唇语，就像曾近在咫尺交谈的每分每秒。

FresnelHubble...赫波……

Fresnel's expression is complex, and the weight on my mind does not grow any lighter.菲涅尔面色复杂，我的心情也没有丝毫轻松。

Our call was never cut, but Antonina sits silent. I know that it is all panning out just as she said.通讯未曾挂断，但安冬妮娜一言不发。我知道，一切如她所言。

赫波？What... are you doing?你们……在做什么呢？

This is Hubble. This is also an Entropic, standing before us.这是赫波。 这也是一只不折不扣的熵。

She is our friend, one who stood with us to the last, and sacrificed herself in the final moments. She is also an Entropic, regarding and monitoring our every move with vacant interest.她是与我们并肩作战，而后决绝牺牲的伙伴。 她也是带着兴味盎然的眼神，漠然观察着我们一举一动的熵。

赫波？That response was more interesting than I imagined...这个反应，比想象中有趣呢……

赫波？Hehe... then...呵呵……那么……

Hubble's countenance shifts slightly, and the alarm bells in my head start to blare. The familiar sensation fades, and an alien, threatening aura seeps into the air.赫波的神色发出了一点微妙的转变，我脑中的警报忽然拉响。熟悉的感觉褪去，陌生的威胁感骤然上升。

Before I open my mouth to speak, a warning, an unmistakable warbling breaks the stalemate.就在我开口示警的前一刻，一声不容错听的鸣叫忽而打破了僵局。

小型熵Squeak?叽？

赫波？Hm?咦？

小型熵Squeal! Squeeeak?叽！叽叽？

The miniature Entropic had made its way up to the window at some time or another, its minute tentacles excitedly knocking at the glass. After Hubble stopped her attacks, it soon recovered from its state of panic, and greets Hubble in the way Entropics do.小型熵不知什么时候也趴到了舷窗前，小小的触须兴奋敲打着玻璃。赫波停止攻击后，它很快从受惊的状态中缓了过来，用熵的方式跟赫波打起了招呼。

I cannot make out for sure what the little guy is doing, but it is clearly happy.虽然不知道这个小家伙在干什么，但它显然很高兴。

赫波？Ah... it's you.啊……是你呀。

小型熵Squeak!叽叽！

赫波？Yes... brighter than before.嗯……比以前更亮了哦。

小型熵Sqqqueak? Squeal?叽叽？叽？

FresnelHuh? It's...诶？这是在……？

Antonina...It still recognizes Hubble.……它还认识赫波。

Antonina finally speaks up after an extended silence, the underlying tones in her voice indiscernible.沉默良久的安冬妮娜终于发出了声音，语气中的情绪沉闷难辨。

AntoninaWhen we were at the Oasis, it would always follow me... but when I was busy, there'd be people to play with it.在绿洲的时候，这个小家伙虽然总是跟着我……但我没空的时候，也有人愿意陪它玩。

AntoninaIt... always had a penchant for Hubble's miniature planets. I never thought...它……很喜欢赫波的微缩星球。我没想到……

As she continues, Hubble and the Entropic's "conversation" seems to come to an end.正说话间，赫波与小型熵的“交谈”似乎也进入了尾声。

小型熵Squeak! Squeeeak!叽！叽叽！

The little Entropic excitedly leaps away from the window, clambering onto my sleeve from the control panel. Outside, Hubble waves a greeting at us, a smile spread over her countenance.小家伙兴高采烈地跳下舷窗，爬上控制台缠住我的衣袖。舷窗外，赫波笑吟吟地和我们打了个招呼。

Seemingly suddenly remembering the communication barrier, she traces out a brief few sentences with her finger on the glass.似乎是忽然想起交谈的障碍，她改用手指在玻璃上轻轻划下一行词句。

"Invite me in for chat"“邀请我进来聊聊”

"Seeing as you're looking for my traces"“既然在寻找我的踪迹”

"Professor, Fresnel"“教授菲涅尔”

The Center Cannot Hold 离心逸散

小型熵Sqqquueeeaak—叽叽——

The miniature Entropic welcomes the newcomer and they step up. Hubble's steps were far lighter than before—rather, the steps resemble more of a gait now.小型熵欢欢喜喜迎上来者的脚步。赫波的步伐比以往更轻盈。不如说，她只是在模仿着行走的姿态。

She steps onto the spaceship's floors, maintaining a state of levitation even under the effects of the gravity system. It is as if gravity, whether natural or artificial, is only a minuscule part of her authority's reach, something for her to toy with.她就那样踏上航天器的地面，在重力系统的作用下依然维持着略有些浮空的姿态，仿佛无论是真实的质量还是人为制造的引力，都只不过是她权能中可把玩的一部分。

赫波？We meet again. ...Is it "again"?又见面了。……是“又”吗？

FresnelHubble...赫波……

赫波？Fresnel.菲涅尔。

A foreign gaze, a foreign set of mannerisms. As certain as we were that this was the very person we once knew, we can still sense that she has undergone a staggering change.异样的目光，异样的举止。即使万般确认这就是我们认识的那个人，但依然可以感觉到，她的身上已经发生了天翻地覆的变化。

Familiar yet strange—not just her to us, but us to her as well.熟悉而又陌生，不仅是我们对她，也像是她对我们。

赫波？Is something the matter? Looking at me like that... or have we not spoken in some time?怎么了吗？那样看着我……莫非，我们已经很久没见了？

She flashes us that smile again, buzzing with interest. The sheer alienness in the act divulges her countless indifferences—about farewells, about reunions, about protection and sacrifice.她再次露出了兴味盎然的微笑。其中浓重的陌生之感，昭示着她的不以为意——关于诀别，关于重逢，关于保护与牺牲。

As if they are naught more than trifles to her.对如今的她而言，那些似乎都已无足轻重。

FresnelWhy do you—为什么你——

赫波？Don't get too close, Fresnel. I cannot fully "control myself".不要靠太近哦，菲涅尔。我还不能完全“控制我自己”。

FresnelIs it... a result of the Entropization?是……熵化的缘故吗？

FresnelHubble, do you feel unwell anywhere? Does the Entropization... hurt?赫波，你没有哪里不舒服？熵化的地方……会痛吗？

赫波？Shh.嘘。

赫波？Orbits cross, meet, and detach. To meet again in the eternal night is not a bizarre thing.星轨曾经交错，相遇而又分离。于永夜中重逢，并不算稀奇的事。

赫波？Now, I am not unlike a slumbering star. I shift through dormant orbits, until I meet my alien star.如今的我，是一颗安睡于梦的陨星。在寂静的星轨中转动，直到与异星交逢。

赫波？Would the moniker of Darkstar Hubble be to your liking?就叫我陨星赫波，也可以哦？

FresnelDarkstar... Hubble...陨星……赫波……

Fresnel slowly repeats the name, and earns an approving nod from Hubble.菲涅尔缓缓念了一遍这个名字，换来赫波带着许可意味的点头。

A reunion differing from expectations extinguishes Fresnel's excitement. She light repeats it again, and falls into wordlessness.与预想中完全不同的重逢，让菲涅尔的激动落了个空。她轻声又念了一遍，望着赫波陷入了沉默。

ProfessorWelcome back, Hubble—please do allow me to call you that still. I think that is what Fresnel would have wanted as well.欢迎回来，赫波——请允许我依然这样叫你。我想，这也是菲涅尔的愿望。

I clear my throat and attempt to communicate with her. Hubble's demeanor is far more disorderly than before. Unlike our other friends tortured by the tormentous process of Entropization, Hubble remains very much herself in regard to her state.我清了清嗓子试着与她沟通。赫波如今的状态比以往散漫得多，不同于其他遭受着熵化过程折磨的同伴，她对于自己的现状表现得十分自在。

ProfessorWe have not been apart for too long. We are here for you, in fact.你与我们的分别并没有太久，我们正是为你而来的。

When people have reunions, they often intuitively say "thank goodness you're alright". In this situation, though, "alright" swims in my mind. I cannot bring myself to say it so easily.人在重逢时总会下意识想说“你没事真是太好了”，但此情此景，这句“没事”在脑海中转了一圈，实在无法被轻易说出口。

ProfessorBut moving past the pleasantries, I wanted to ask... is your body truly fine? Do you feel any discomfort?不过，在寒暄之外，我也很想问……你的身体没问题吗？有没有什么不适？

Darkstar HubbleHm. The celestial body's density and structure are all very normal... but something always feels missing.唔。星体的密度和结构都十分正常……但总觉得少了什么。

Hubble's face is covered with ostensibly real perplexion, and her thoughts appear to be clouded. She puts a finger to her chin, her thinking countenance showing a little bit of rarely-before-seen naivete.赫波的脸上带着不似作伪的迷茫，思绪也仿佛有些混乱。她屈起手指抵住自己的下颌，思考的样子有着从前罕见的一丝天真。

Darkstar HubbleTo think of it, there are quite a few parts missing... memories, body, how it feels to be in control...这么想来，缺少的部分还挺多呢……记忆如此，身体如此，控制感也如此……

Darkstar HubbleFrom memory data to sensory input from the world, what remains is largely faraway glimmers and remnant fuzzy shades.从记忆数据，到世界的感知，大多数只剩下遥远的光晕，残留着模糊的波影。

ProfessorSo the memories are also... well, what do you remember?连记忆也……那么，你还记得多少东西？

ProfessorAs we can see, at least you still remember us—even this little guy.现在看来，至少你还记得我们——甚至记得这个小家伙。

小型熵Squeal?叽？

The miniature Entropics crawls up the surface of Hubble's legs, clambering onto her arm and reclining there placidly like a small animal.小型熵爬上赫波的鞋面，然后攀援到她手臂上，像一只小动物一样安定惬意地团在那里。

Darkstar HubbleWell, about that... I can't say I know either. About you, I can remember so very little...这个嘛……我也不知道哦。关于你们的事，能想起来的也只是寥寥……

Darkstar HubbleThe past's traces are fragments and broken, and the future's tracks are murky and unclear. I patiently await the time when I might meet my alien star...过去的行迹残缺不全，未来的轨道晦暗不明。我一直等待着，与异星聚合的时刻……

ProfessorAlien star?异星……？

Quickly catching onto her terminology, I move to ask further, but Hubble moves on of her own accord. Her words do not seem to have any real goal, simply a meandering walk through her thoughts.敏锐捕捉到她的用词，我正要追问，赫波却已经自顾自继续说了下去。她的话语似乎没有什么目的性，只是在散漫地表达着思绪。

Darkstar HubbleThe position of time, the whispers of nebulae—meaningless to me.时间的位置，星云的低语，对我来说毫无意义。

Darkstar HubbleWhether it's the Professor or Fresnel... it's all remnant pieces...教授也好，菲涅尔也好，都不过是残留的碎片……

Darkstar HubbleThey tremble in my neural cloud, humming, radiating strange light... but I know not what meaning they hold.它们在我心智中震动，鸣响，发出奇异的光……不过，我也不知道有何含义。

Darkstar HubbleFragmented starlight still shines. Interesting, is it not?残破的星光依旧闪烁，这样也很有趣吧？

Hubble's hand reaches toward her chest, as if there was really a dazzling nebulae nested there, as hot as a fervently beating heart.赫波的手抚上胸口，就像那里真的有一团耀眼的残破星云，像正在跳动的心一般炽热。

She looks to me, then to Fresnel, without a hint of excitement at this reunion.她的目光望向我，又转向菲涅尔，眼中没有分毫重逢的激动。

Darkstar HubbleAs for the other matters, I dare say they are scattered here, in this dream. They make space no longer empty. I'm quite fond of it.至于其他的东西，大概都散落在这梦境中了吧。它们让宇宙不再空空荡荡，我很喜欢哦。

ProfessorYou're saying this Starsphere... is a dream?你说这片星域……是梦境？

Darkstar HubbleIs it not? Though it matters not... what I see when I am asleep and awake... are growing more and more alike.不是梦境吗？不过，也无关紧要……睡梦中和清醒着的时候，看到的东西也越来越像了呢。

Darkstar HubbleWhen I simply look upon things like this, it makes me drowsy.不过，只是这样纯粹地看着，也有点让人昏昏欲睡。

Darkstar HubbleWhat are you here for? Whatever it is, it appears interesting... might you take me along with you?你们来这里要做什么？看起来很有意思……能带上我吗？

She delivers her missive with a light smile, but that starlight never seems to truly suffuse her eyes. Her voice is alluring, like a vortex in the midst of a nightly voyage, stirring and gathering, threatening to swallow all that is in sight.虽然带着淡淡的笑意，但那星光似乎从未抵达她的眼底。带着诱惑的语调如同夜航时的漩涡，像是酝酿着要将一切吞没。

The feeling of familiarity is all too transient, and an air of peril soon arrives.熟悉感稍纵即逝，威胁感如影随形。

ProfessorAllow me to say "welcome back" one more time. We have a lot to do.就让我对你再说一遍“欢迎回来”吧。我们还有很多事要做。

Of course.当然可以。

What are your intentions?你的意图是什么？

Darkstar HubbleNo misgivings at all... or rather, are you perhaps overconfident in your current situation?毫无怀疑吗……还是说，对现状过分地自信呢？

Darkstar HubbleHehe, you do indeed give off a dazzling light. Do you guide other planets in their paths so?呵呵，散发着相当耀眼的光呢。你就是这样，牵引着其他的星球转动吗？

ProfessorIn truth these things shouldn't be said to friends... but seeing as we just had an altercation, I cannot help but wonder about your thoughts.其实这种话不应该对着伙伴说。但毕竟我们刚刚才交手过，我难免好奇于你的想法。

Darkstar HubbleApprehensive towards a planet that's undergone transformation... an enlightened star is charming indeed.对已经发生剧变的星球抱有警觉吗……启智的星真是让人心生好感呢。

Darkstar HubbleYour light is a little harsh on the eyes... but perhaps it is that light which captivates gazes of longing.虽然稍微有一点刺眼，但说不定……就是这份光芒，在吸引向往的目光。

Darkstar HubbleRelax, I harbor no ill will towards you. At least for the time being...放心吧，我对你们没有恶意哦。至少现在是这样……

Darkstar HubbleWon't you welcome me as well, Fresnel?不一起欢迎一下我吗，菲涅尔？

FresnelI—我——

Ever since Hubble interrupted her, Fresnel has maintained her silence. But with this turn of events, apart from her low spirits, something else seems to lurk in her eyes.自从被赫波打断了问话，菲涅尔就一直维持着沉默。但经过这个小小的变故，除了低落的情绪，她的眼里似乎也悄然多了些什么。

FresnelI... had a lot I wanted to say, but I can't bring myself to get any of it out.我……想说的话还有很多，但现在一句也说不出口。

FresnelIf that's what you want to hear right now, then... welcome back.如果这就是现在的你想听的，那么……欢迎回来。

FresnelWelcome back, Hubble. I've missed you. We all have.欢迎回来，赫波。我很想你，我们都很想你。

Fresnel gives Hubble a smile not so different from before, a million unspoken words hidden beneath. She extends her hands towards Hubble, giving a slow but firm hug.菲涅尔向赫波展露出看似与从前别无二致的微笑，其下蕴藏着千言万语。她向赫波伸出手去，缓慢而有力地给了她一个拥抱。

FresnelPerhaps there are many problems between us that we'll have to solve now—but it's alright. We'll work through all of it.也许我们之间多了很多问题需要解决——但没关系，我们会解决的。

FresnelWe will. Surely.我们……一定会解决的。

Darkstar HubbleHehe... do your very best then. I'm looking forward to it.呵呵……那就请好好努力吧，我很期待哦。

Hubble returns the embrace in a superficial manner. She immediately rises to her full height afterward, as if suddenly recalling something.赫波蜻蜓点水般回抱了她一下，随后直起身来，像是忽然想起了什么。

Darkstar HubbleAh, right. Don't we have some new friends from outside patched in here?啊，对了。连接着你们的，是不是还有来自外面的新朋友？

Darkstar HubbleIt's hardly proper not to offer greetings when engaging in interplanetary communication.星体交汇之时，不打个招呼可不太礼貌哦。

Antonina...Huff.……呼。

AntoninaYou've gotten a lot more abrasive, Hubble.性格恶劣了不少啊，赫波。

Darkstar HubbleHm... judging by your tone, you're not quite a "new friend". It's a shame, though. This nebula is thoroughly dark to me.嗯……听你的语气，原来不是“新朋友”啊。不过很遗憾，这片星云完全是昏暗的。

Darkstar HubbleMight you introduce her, Professor?教授，不为我介绍一下吗？

ProfessorThis is Antonina. Our journey here to find you has been much assisted by her and the Agents of Jiutian.这是安冬妮娜。这次我们来找你，一直是她和九天扇区的智能体在提供支援。

Darkstar HubbleI see... Thank you, Antonina. What a shame—I truly cannot remember.这样啊……谢谢你，安冬妮娜。真可惜，我实在想不起来了呢。

AntoninaBefore you and Fresnel departed for Jiutian, I never imagined... that we would be in such circumstances when we speak again.在你和菲涅尔动身前往九天扇区之前，我从没想过……再和你说上话会是这种情景。

AntoninaBut looking at the state you are in now, chances are you don't know what I'm talking about.不过看你现在的样子，应该也不太明白我在说什么吧。

AntoninaThat's well and good. No need for one of those emotional scenes.这样也好，不用面对那些煽情的场景。

ProfessorHow very much like you, Antonina. Weren't you worrying a few days earlier?真有安冬妮娜的说话的风范啊，早些天不是还一直在担心吗？

AntoninaLet's get to business first, Professor, if you would☆先说正事吧，拜托你了教授☆

FresnelPfft... that's something I haven't seen in ages.噗……真是久违的场景。

小型熵Squeak!叽！

Antonina subtly glares at the miniature Entropic, still nestled on Hubble, displaying to us another information panel. This time, however, it is not the expedition-related data, but the more important—安冬妮娜不明显地瞪了赖在赫波身上的小型熵一眼，再次向我们展开了信息面板。只是这一次，显示的不再是星域的探知信息，而是更为重要的——

Darkstar HubbleThis is... my data?这是……“我”的数据？

AntoninaTo be precise, various data records you've left behind, compared with the data we acquired from briefly scanning you just then.准确来说，是你曾经留下的各类数据记录，和刚才对你进行短暂扫描的数据对比。

AntoninaTo be frank, I think your standing remains dubious... because judging by the signals, you're an Entropic.诚实地说，我现在对你的立场依然十分疑虑……因为从信号上看，你已经完全是“熵”了。

AntoninaI don't know how you've maintained sanity, but to me, that's nothing more than a passing illusion.虽然不知道你是如何维持理智的，但在我看来，这理智也不过是短暂的幻象而已。

AntoninaRather, are you still really Hubble?应该说，你真的还是赫波吗？

Darkstar HubbleSmoke and mirrors, maybe? Hehehe, who's to say.镜花水月……吗？呵呵呵，谁知道呢。

ProfessorNo matter what, Hubble has well and truly returned to us for now.不管怎么说，赫波现在暂且是已经回到了我们身边。

ProfessorOf course, the Entropic issue is very much real, and we can't take her back to the Oasis just like this. There's also the issue of the entire Starsphere that we must take care of.当然，“熵”的问题也确实存在，我们不可能就这样把她带回绿洲。而且，还有一整个星域的问题等着我们去处理。

ProfessorO all-capable master of the ways, Antonina, do you have any ideas?我们万能的专业人士安冬妮娜，你有什么头绪吗？

AntoninaDon't you speak to me in that tone ever again... I do have a proposal, but we'll need Hubble's cooperation.你少用这种语气问我话……不过，我确实有一些思路，只是需要赫波的配合。

Darkstar HubbleMine?我吗？

AntoninaOur understanding of you is still shallow, since we've only been able to run basic scans.仅仅通过简单的扫描观测，我们对你的了解还很浅。

AntoninaIf possible, I'd like you to link up to the analysis instruments mounted onboard... I'd like to see how stable your status is.可以的话，请你连接航天器上的解析仪器……我想看看你的状态稳定程度。

Darkstar HubbleLike... this?就像……这样？

Hubble reaches towards an instrument on the control panel, and a dim light reminiscent of an older era soon emerges from the screen.赫波尝试着对控制台上的仪器伸出手，带着复古感的微光从仪器屏幕上亮起。

Antonina...Eh?……哎？

Darkstar HubbleIs there a problem?有什么问题吗？

AntoninaThere are so many. I'm not sure where to start.问题多了去了，我都不知道从哪说起好。

AntoninaBut, ignoring all of the secondary issues... there's something here that is very strange.不过，抛开那些次要问题不谈……我遇到了一件非常奇怪的事。

Darkstar HubbleDo tell.请说吧。

AntoninaEvery "Entropic" has a whole, complete Entropic core, even that little thing in your lap.每个“熵”都有一个完整的熵核心，就算是抱着你的那个小家伙也不例外。

AntoninaIf we follow and apply common principles to your Entropized state, you, too, should have a similar core...如果把常识建立在你已经熵化的基础上，那么你也应该有那种“核心”……

AntoninaBut you don't.但你身上没有。

Darkstar HubbleEntropic... core?熵……核心？

Darkstar HubbleIt's not on me? Then it might be asleep in this dreamscape as well.不在我身上吗？那可能也沉睡在这片梦境中哦。

Darkstar HubbleIf you are indeed speaking of the same "star" as me.如果你说的，和我知道的是“同一颗星”的话。

FresnelAn estranged core, huh...失散在外的核心吗……

AntoninaAs you told us earlier, you've only retained a part of your memory data. And if the other segments are indeed spread throughout this Starsphere...听你刚才说过的话，你只有一部分的记忆数据。如果另一部分的确散落在了这片星域……

AntoninaProfessor, Fresnel, we have another task we need to complete—of the highest priority.教授，菲涅尔，我们的工作又多了一项——而且是最高优先度的一项。

Half Moon Eclipse 半影月食

FresnelThe highest priority...最高优先度的任务……

FresnelYou mean that we need to retrieve Hubble's Entropic Core, yes?你的意思是，我们要找回赫波的熵核心，对吗？

AntoninaCorrect. Acquiring her Core will allow us to grasp the situation fastest, both with regards to Hubble and this Starsphere.没错。有了它，我们才能最快地掌握赫波的情况，还能借此解析这片星域。

AntoninaFar more efficient than trekking through this place part by part. Can you manage it?这比一块一块去探索可高效多了。能做到吗？

FresnelI'm willing to go through with it, but... what do you think, Professor?虽然我有决心，但……教授觉得呢？

ProfessorSo long as Hubble is here, I don't believe it will be difficult to locate the Core.只要有赫波在，相信我们找到熵核心并不难。

ProfessorDo you remember? Greater Entropics respond to the Cores of other Entropics, and can even identify their origin.你还记得吗？高阶熵会对其他熵的核心有反应，甚至能认出熵核心的归属。

FresnelAh, with Lind... I heard.啊，是琳德那时候……我听说过。

ProfessorYes. So Hubble may be able to unearth where her Core is, or at least have some way to sense it.没错。所以，赫波或许也能捕捉到自己的核心所在，或者至少有什么办法感觉到。

Darkstar HubbleI... myself?我……自己吗？

ProfessorHubble, you might not mind too much yourself... but could I ask you to feel out where your "core" is?赫波，虽然你可能对此不太在意……但能拜托你感受一下自己的“核心”所在的位置吗？

ProfessorOr rather, the entire Starsphere's Core.或者说，或许是整个“星域”的核心。

Darkstar HubbleHehehe... you really do know quite a lot, Professor.呵呵呵……教授知道的还不少呢。

ProfessorIt is but merely conjecture.猜测而已。

ProfessorThe Heat Death Entropics that attacked Jiutian had control in a radius over a variety of celestial bodies, and their control appears to be target-oriented. But you... are different.之前袭击九天扇区的热寂熵，控制范围是一些大大小小的星体，它的控制力似乎是带有“针对性”的。但……你不一样。

ProfessorI haven't seen you manipulate the bodies yourself yet, but in this Starsphere, the distribution of bodies has completely diverged from Jiutian's basic laws. Combining that with your method of locomotion, your control is "complete", no?虽然没见过你去控制星体，但在这片星域里，星体分布已经完全脱离了九天扇区的基础规则。结合你的行动方式来看，你的控制力是“整体性”的吧？

ProfessorI would think that this entire Starsphere is more or less completely within your range of cognizance.我想，这片星域应该多少都在你的感知之内。

Darkstar HubbleAs expected of the Professor—what a pleasant surprise.不愧是教授——真是让人惊喜呢。

Darkstar HubbleMy subconscious has been telling me that you possess great might... but that is not quite what I see.虽然潜意识一直在告诉我，你很强……但我能看到的却并不是这样。

Darkstar HubbleSo, Professor, I'm very curious about you. Where exactly does this star shine from? I think I can now glimpse inwards a little.所以，我对教授很好奇哦，这颗星究竟闪耀在哪里呢？现在，我稍微能一窥究竟了。

ProfessorWell, am I right or not?那么，我究竟说得对不对呢？

Darkstar HubbleHehe... haven't I already told you all about it, Professor? This is my dream. Wherever I am, it shall also be.呵呵呵……不是都已经告诉教授了吗？这是“我的”梦。我在哪里，它就在哪里。

Darkstar HubbleBut tracking down the "Core" you speak of may not be so simple.不过，要追逐你们所说的“核心”，可并没有那么简单。

Darkstar HubbleIt is... a very special star. I cannot fully grasp it either...那是一颗特别的星。我现在也不能完全掌握它……

Darkstar HubbleFrom slumber, to awakening... from shattered, to fused.从沉睡，到苏醒……从破碎，到凝合。

Darkstar HubbleExcept if it approaches you of its own will, this little spaceship will never chase it down.除非它主动向你靠近，否则凭这个小小的航天器，是追不上的。

AntoninaThat makes it troublesome... though I never expected this whole business to go smoothly.这就麻烦了……不过，我一开始也没想着事情能有多顺利。

ProfessorThere's a long road ahead... if not even Hubble herself can get ahold of it, that angle of approach becomes less viable.前路漫漫啊……连赫波自己都无法掌握的话，可就很难从熵核心入手了。

ProfessorBut I suppose we should at least give it a shot. Hubble, could you provide its coordinates?不过总该试试看，赫波，你知道它的方位吗？

Darkstar HubbleSo what if I could? Each and every star in this dream wanders on their own path.知道了又能如何呢？在这个梦境里的每一颗星，都在自由地游走。

Darkstar HubbleBy the time you arrive, they are in another place altogether.当你抵达的时候，它们早就不在原地了哦。

Antonina...Hubble's right. Even within the reach of the spaceship's basic sensory systems, we can observe celestial bodies moving in ways that do not follow conventional astronomy...……赫波说得对。即使在航天器的基础探知范围内，也依然有天体在以不符合天文学常识的方式在运转着……

AntoninaForcibly chasing after something outside of our control is hardly likely to yield results. Crap...强行追逐一个不受我们控制的东西，恐怕很难有成效。可恶……

ProfessorAt least we've made it into the Starsphere. Antonina, don't be so hasty. Let me think.至少我们已经成功进入了星域。安冬妮娜，别着急，让我想想。

ProfessorI'm more or less a layman, but... since there's the express route of chasing down the Entropic Core, chances are that there's an original "dumb way".虽然我算是个外行，但……既然有寻找熵核心这条捷径，大概也有原本的“笨办法”。

ProfessorDo you recall what our original plan was upon returning to Jiutian?你还记得在重返九天扇区之前，我们的原计划是什么吗？

AntoninaCollect what Hubble data fragments might exist, and... explore the Starsphere, retrieving... lost Agents?收集可能存在的赫波数据碎片，以及……探索星域，找回失散的……智能体……？

Antonina...You mean we just proceed as originally planned?……你是说，我们依旧按原计划进行？

ProfessorFinding Hubble is a pleasant surprise, but we do not need to place all our hopes on her again.找到赫波是我们的意外之喜，但我们也不必将希望再次寄托在赫波身上。

ProfessorWhat do we have to lose from treating it as a new exploratory venture? Our current progress is no worse than our prior projections.就当作是一起展开新的探索之旅，有什么不好呢？至少我们现在的进度，并不比原本的预期状况要差。

ProfessorIt's okay to relax a little, Antonina. Hubble's back at our side.放松一点也没关系，安冬妮娜。赫波已经在我们身边了。

AntoninaFine. In such times we can only use the "dumb option"—first, utilize the spaceship's onboard analysis functions and explore this Starsphere properly.好吧。这种时候，我们确实也只能先用“笨办法”——首先，利用这个航天器携带的解析功能，好好探索这片星域。

AntoninaXuannu will be finished with her business soon, and her Administrator Permissions can help us expand our search radius.玄女马上就可以忙完了，她的管理员权限能协助我们扩大探索范围。

AntoninaSeeing as Hubble still has other data missing, we'd better have a good look for her memories in space here.既然赫波还有其他数据散失，我们就先在这片宇宙里好好找找她的“记忆”吧。

ProfessorAbout that, I think we can ask Hubble...关于这个，倒是可以问问赫波……

Professor...Hubble?……赫波？

I turn around intending to enquire Hubble's opinion, only to find her leaning into her seat's handrests, idle.我转过身去，正要询问赫波的意见，却看见她正倚靠在座椅扶手上发呆。

No, rather than idling, she is more... dozing off.不，与其说是发呆，倒不如说是……昏昏欲睡。

FresnelShh... she fell asleep.嘘……她睡着了。

FresnelJust then, while you were talking, she suddenly got sleepy... just like before.就在刚才你们沟通的工夫，忽然就困了……和以前一样。

This sight is a familiar one.这场景倒是有些熟悉。

Hubble always tended to doze off during the somewhat dull operational meetings, and with how easily she feels boredom in her current state—it follows that she would simply fall asleep, with little regard for anything else.赫波原本就会在略显乏味的作战会议上犯困，而如今的她似乎更容易感到无趣——也更容易无所顾忌地睡下去。

Observing her peaceful sleeping countenance, I cannot help but lower my voice.看着赫波恬静的睡颜，我也不禁压低了声音。

ProfessorShould we give her some time?要等她再睡会儿吗？

ProfessorSpeaking of, it's been ages since we've seen Hubble asleep at a meeting. I reminisce...这么说来，有好久没有看到赫波在会上睡着的样子了。还有点怀念……

Darkstar HubbleAhh... mm. Reminisce...唔……嗯。怀念……

FresnelAh, she's awake...啊，醒了……

Darkstar HubbleDo you reminisce... of the past me?怀念……过去的我吗？

ProfessorWere you not fully asleep? Or did we disturb you?没有完全睡着吗？还是我们刚才打扰了你？

Darkstar HubbleI was asleep. I cannot say I was disturbed either... the border between stupor and lucidity was never well-defined.睡着了哦。不过也没有被打扰……沉睡和清醒的边界，本来就可以模糊不清。

Darkstar HubbleWhat was I like before? Did I enjoy sleep as much as I do now? I remember so very little.那么，以前的我是什么样呢？也和现在一样贪睡吗？我记得的不多了。

FresnelNot quite. It's more like... you had no love for dull things.没有哦。不如说，只是不太喜欢过于枯燥的东西而已。

Darkstar HubbleThat does sound similar... is that related to the "unchanging" part? I'm getting curious.和我有些相似呢……是“不变”的那部分吗？稍微有点好奇了呢。

Darkstar HubbleWell, have you escaped from the topic of those plans and analyses?那么，你们从那些计划和解析的话题里逃离出来了吗？

ProfessorWe have, yes, and are about to chase down scattered starlight. Interested?已经逃出来了，现在正要去追逐散落的星光。有兴趣吗？

Darkstar HubbleTo... collect my data? Will you put me back together?去……收集我的数据？你们要把我“拼起来”吗？

ProfessorYou can understand it as such.你可以这么理解。

Darkstar HubbleHehehe... of course. Seeing as this is your choice...呵呵呵……当然可以。既然这是你们的选择……

Hubble picks up the miniature Entropic, giving it a rub, smiling with a lethargic demeanor. There almost seems to be more to her words, layers of ambiguity hiding roots and stems.赫波抱起小型熵揉了揉，睡眼惺忪地笑了起来。她未尽的话里似乎有些别的什么，但与重逢以来的其他发言一样，暧昧而难溯根源。

Darkstar HubbleSounds interesting. Where will you decide to go, then?听起来会很有趣呢。所以，教授决定去哪里？

ProfessorYou choose, Hubble. These are your memories. Antonina's made the Search Terminal available, and we can use you as a reference point for any scattered data we pick up.你来选吧，赫波。这是你的记忆。安冬妮娜开了检索终端，我们能以你为基准来检索散落的数据。

ProfessorNo matter where we start, we'll end up trekking all over this Starsphere, because we still have Agents' data to retrieve.无论我们先去哪里，都是要踏遍这片星域的，因为我们还有智能体数据要回收。

Darkstar HubbleThen... let's just go to the closest place. Where'll it be, I wonder...那么……就去最近的地方吧。会是什么呢……

熵化智能体AGuard... guard...守卫……守卫……

熵化智能体BGuard... guard...守卫……守卫……

熵化智能体AGuard... space station...守卫……空间站……

熵化智能体AThen...然后……

As we navigate past a brown body sweeping with storms, a red planet wandering where no light thrives, and a blue world covered in roiling oceans, we reach our destination.行经席卷着风暴的褐色星球，行经远远游走于无光处的红色星球，行经覆盖着滚烫海洋的蓝色星球，我们抵达了目的地。

An unimpressive thing lies before us. Remnant pieces of space station scrap are piled together in a disorderly heap, surrounded by a guard troop of Entropized Agents.眼前是一颗不起眼的星。几块空间站设备的残骸杂乱无章地堆在一起，周围守着一圈已经被熵化的智能体。

FresnelProfessor, we're here!教授，我们到了！

FresnelWe've never seen this one before... looks a little like a moon, but its orbit is somewhat strange.这颗星体从没见过呢……看起来有点像月球，不过运转位置有点奇怪。

玄女Let me see...我来看看……

玄女It occupies and rotates on a very special orbit... appears as if it was placed here on purpose.它一直在一个特别的轨道上运转……看起来像是被特意摆在这里的。

玄女If observed from a certain static angle, the observer can witness the full scope of lunar phase variations known to humanity within a short period, as well as various astronomical phenomena related to the moon.如果从一个固定的角度观测，在很短的时间内就可以完整观赏到人类已知的月相变化，还有各种与月亮有关的天文现象。

Darkstar HubbleProbably something I made while I was dreaming... looks beautiful.大概是我在睡梦中做的吧……看起来很美丽呢。

Darkstar HubbleAre my memories down there?我的“记忆”就在下面吗？

FresnelIt would appear so. Look, there's an icon on the Starsphere Monitoring Panel. I think it should be right in the middle, beneath that pile of electronic scrap...看样子是的。你看，星域检测板上有标记。我想，应该就在那堆设备残骸中间……

Darkstar HubbleShall we descend and have a look now? I think it should be this way...那么，我们现在就下去看看吧？我想想，应该是走这边……

Hubble seizes Fresnel's hand, affably dragging her towards the cabin door via which she entered.赫波拉住菲涅尔的手，施施然将她带往自己来时踏入的舱门。

FresnelW-Wait, Hubble! Let me put on PPE and...等、等等，赫波！先让我穿戴防护服和……

Darkstar HubbleYou mean those? There's no need.你是说那些吗？不用哦。

Hubble looks towards the spacesuits and helmets by the exit with confusion in her eyes, gesturing at the outside.赫波有些疑惑地看了一眼安置在出入口附近的防护服和头盔，向舷窗外指了指。

Darkstar HubbleThere's no need for those hindrances in this dream.在这片梦境里，不需要那么麻烦的东西。

FresnelBut only you can do that. I can't, Hubble. Give me a moment.但是只有你可以这样，我是不行的，赫波。稍等我一下。

Darkstar HubbleYou can, too.你也可以。

FresnelUhh...咦。

Fresnel...Eh!?……诶！？

ProfessorYou can move in space—without any of the protection?你是说在太空中——无防护也可以行动吗？

Darkstar HubbleThat's right. Just like you say, I'm an "Entropic". This is a dream of my very own.没错哦。就像你们说的，我是“熵”嘛。这里是独属于我的梦境哦。

Darkstar HubbleSo long as I permit it, it shall come to pass.只要我允许，就没问题。

Professor.........…………………………

Fresnel.........…………………………

ProfessorSeeing as Jiutian's Entropics could pilot planets around as they desire and go where they please, it's little wonder this Starsphere has turned into what it is now...既然九天扇区的熵都能开着星球轰轰烈烈来去自如，这片星域变成这样似乎也不足为奇……

ProfessorEven based on the presumption that we are accepting an Entropic's Weltanschauung, this is a little bit too outlandish to me.即使是接受了熵的世界观的前提下，这种事对我来说也多少有点出格了。

It's just part of the premise.接受这个设定好了。

Still feels strange...感觉有点奇怪……

FresnelW-What about the Professor?那、那教授呢？

FresnelIf what you said is true, then maybe the Professor can also—这么说的话，莫非教授也可以一起——

Fresnel tugs at Hubble, and the two contemplate me for a moment.菲涅尔拉了拉赫波，二人若有所思地望着我。

Hubble thinks for a moment, and soon nods. She is about to agree, but Antonina's voice on the other end of the call rings out, with a hint that her patience is at its end.赫波思索片刻点了点头，正要开口赞成，安冬妮娜的通讯带着一点忍无可忍的意味响起。

AntoninaYou two will do!你们两个去就行了！

AntoninaIf they're gone, who's going to pilot the ship? That little thing that's barely weaned off milk?走了谁开航天器？那个跟没断奶似的小家伙吗？

Hubble looks downwards at the miniature Entropic still reclining in her lap. The small creature cooperatively clambers onto her shoulder, brandishing its tentacles at Antonina on the screen, apparently high in spirits.赫波低头看了看赖在她怀中的小型熵。小家伙配合地爬到她的肩上，对着通讯里的安冬妮娜晃晃触须，看上去情绪高涨。

AntoninaWhat're you being so smug for?!在得意什么啊……！

AntoninaSeriously... whatever, go get down there. The little guy's staying behind. Don't cause more trouble by running around.真是的……算了，快下去吧。小家伙得留下，再乱跑就麻烦了。

FresnelThen—let's go, Hubble!那么——赫波，我们走！

Gravitic Resistance 引力对抗

On the planet's surface, a few Entropized Agents patrol around on set tracks.星球表面，几个熵化的智能体正按着固定的轨迹来回打转。

熵化智能体AGuard... space station...守卫……空间站……

熵化智能体BGuard... data...守卫……数据……

FresnelProfessor, we've successfully landed! The soil here is a little soft, we...教授，我们成功降落了！这里的土质有点松软，我们……

FresnelWait, why can we still hear sound?咦，为什么我们还能听到声音？

玄女There is thin air on the surface of each and every planet... in imitation of the Earth?这里每一颗星球的表面似乎都有稀薄的空气……是在模拟地球吗？

Darkstar HubbleOne can only hear their own singing while stargazing if that is the case, no? Hehe...只有这样，观星时才能听见自己的歌声吧？呵呵……

ProfessorThis place is built with more rigor than expected.在这种地方的设定意外严谨啊。

FresnelAhead of us... Xuannu, are those the Agents we're looking for?前面那些是……玄女，它们就是我们要找的智能体吗？

玄女Yes.没错。

FresnelBut why are they... seemingly to be guarding Hubble's data?但它们为什么好像……正守卫着赫波的数据？

玄女I suspect... it's because that Entropized Agents who originally possessed permissions tend to be entangled with special data fragments.我想是因为……原本具有权限的熵化智能体，往往会和一些特殊的数据碎片纠缠在一起。

玄女The very final commands they received ought to have been to protect important data.它们接到的最后命令，应该就是保护重要数据。

玄女These agents are still executing their orders, but... in their Entropized state, they cannot distinguish what this data exactly is.这些智能体只是依然在执行自己的任务，只不过现在……被熵化的它们应该已经分不清这些数据究竟是什么了。

Darkstar HubbleStill in a state of bewilderment? Unexpectedly adorable.维持着混沌状态吗？倒是很可爱呢。

FresnelThis degree of Entropization... Xuannu, any chance they can still be retrieved?这个熵化程度……玄女，它们还有回收的可能吗？

玄女...It's too late. Two of them are special models, and the space station they were responsible for is still in an inactive state.……已经太迟了。其中有两台是特殊机型，它们负责的空间站现在还处于关闭状态。

熵化智能体BSpace station!空间站！

熵化智能体ASpace station... space station!空间站……空间站！

As if latching onto a keyword, the previously idly meandering Agents all turn to look.似乎是远远捕捉到了关键词，原本在自顾自打转的智能体们纷纷看了过来。

Not knowing that their "space station" is long gone and that the world's reset button was hit long ago, these Agents still faithfully carry out their duties—their Entropized selves still live in a Sector not yet reset.不知道“空间站”已经崩毁、世界已经清空重来的智能体们，依然在兢兢业业践行着自己的职责——被熵化的它们，依旧活在扇区重置之前。

Just like Hubble and this Starsphere, they are frozen in the instant mass was neutralized.它们与赫波和这个星域一样，停留在了质量归零的瞬间。

FresnelThis Entropization... no, none of that means anything now.这个熵化程度……不，现在说这些都没有意义了。

FresnelI saw them when we came across one of the space stations...我见过它们，就在经过一个空间站的时候……

Fresnel...Will we really have to "deal with" all of them?……我们真的要把它们全都直接“处理掉”吗？

玄女The moment Entropization sets in, there is no turning back.从被熵化的时候起，就已经没有回转的余地了。

玄女These things are decided by their neural structure, Fresnel. It fills me with regrets as well, but... we must play our roles.这是它们的心智结构决定的，菲涅尔。我也很遗憾，但……职能如此。

熵化智能体BRole... role... defend space station...职能……职能……守卫空间站……

熵化智能体ARepel... invaders...击退……入侵者……

熵化智能体BRepel invaders!击退入侵者！

The Agents seem to have come to some collective agreement. Rather, they are driven by instincts instilled in them by Entropization, turning the desire to protect into belligerence and hostility. They find a new "enemy", closing in on Fresnel and Hubble.智能体们似乎达成了什么共识。或者说，熵化的本能催促它们，将保护的意愿催化为攻击与破坏。它们寻找到了新的“敌人”，向着菲涅尔与赫波围拢过来。

Fresnel...So this is how it has to go. Looks like we have to—Professor, please command us!……最后还是变成这样了啊。看来，只能——教授，请指挥作战！

ProfessorI'm here.我在。

Battle is upon us in the blink of an eye. Hubble only floats off to the side, lazily pursing her lips.战斗一触即发，只有赫波浮在一旁，慵懒地掩了掩唇。

Darkstar HubbleYawn.呼啊。

Darkstar HubbleDrifting star-crumbs are always exceptionally charming. Even if they are occasionally hindrances... easily pushed to the side when the time comes, though.游走的星屑总是格外让人怜爱。虽然有时候也很碍事……不过，推到一边就可以了。

Darkstar HubbleSo, shall we clear out this scrap first?所以，我们要先把这些星屑清扫干净吗？

ProfessorYes. Shall we do it together, Hubble?是的。赫波能一起吗？

Darkstar HubbleTogether?一起？

ProfessorJust like before.就像以前那样。

Darkstar HubbleRegrettably, I do not recall that either. However...很遗憾，这个我也不记得了。不过……

Hubble nonchalantly raises a hand, her telescope unfurling and turning towards the approaching Entropized Agents—赫波轻轻抬起手，天文望远镜展开对准围拢的熵化智能体——

In but a moment, peculiar light bursts forth from the planet's surface. As starlight spirals and swings, the meandering agents transform into glowing shards.只花了一个瞬间，奇异的光从星球表面爆裂开来。在流转的星光中，笨拙的小智能体化为了发光的碎屑。

熵化智能体AJiutian... glory!九天……荣光……！

As if they were defending Jiutian, even as their compatriots fall one by one, the remaining agents charge toward Hubble without any hesitation, activating their self-destruct sequences.如同在守卫九天扇区时一样，在同伴接二连三被消灭之后，最后的智能体毫不犹豫地冲向赫波，启动了殉爆程序。

Explosions flare up, only to be pushed backward by resurgent air.爆炸的火光亮起，却又被逆行的气流推回原处。

Darkstar HubbleThat'll do, right?这样就可以了吧？

Without warning, the battle was at an end. The shattered Entropized Agents slowly disappear on the planet's surface, just like the star-crumbs Hubble spoke of.几乎毫无征兆地，战斗就结束了。被击碎的熵化智能体如同赫波所说的“星屑”，缓缓消失在星球表面。

FresnelSo that's... star-crumbs...这就是……星屑……

ProfessorStill carrying out their orders, even after Entropization...直到被熵化以后，还在执行命令啊……

Darkstar HubbleBeautiful, no? Or is such an abrupt end to things not to your taste?很美吧？还是说，草草收场过于无趣呢？

FresnelNo... it is beautiful. Till everything is at its end.不……很美。直到一切结束，都很美。

Fresnel is still a little absentminded with matters coming to an end so quickly.一切都结束得太快，菲涅尔有些走神。

FresnelI just... can't quite bring myself to do it, Hubble. Work is one thing, and emotions are another.我只是……有些不忍心，赫波。工作是一回事，情感是一回事。

FresnelAfter all, they hung on until the very end for Jiutian. These are things we have all seen.它们毕竟为了九天扇区，坚持到了最后一刻。这都是我们曾亲眼所见的事情。

FresnelEven if I understand our responsibilities on this journey... but if we have you here, maybe they...即使我明白此行的责任……但我们既然已经有了你，它们说不定……

Darkstar HubbleThey?说不定……？

Hubble is clearly confounded. She fidgets with starlight between her fingertips, projecting it towards Fresnel's hair.赫波显然有些疑惑，她拨弄着指尖的星光，将它投映到菲涅尔发间。

Darkstar HubbleI do not understand... is this not what you came here for?我不理解……这不是你们的目的吗？

Darkstar HubbleWhy is it that you reach the star's very being, but only become more distressed?为什么已经抵达了星之所在，却为此而更加忧愁呢？

Fresnel cannot muster up a response in the moment. The Entropized agents' figures fade as she instinctively walks forward, removing the upper parts of the scrap heap with a light touch.菲涅尔一时有些无言以对。熵化智能体的身影散尽，她下意识走上前去，轻轻拨开地面上的空间站设备残骸。

A warm light is nestled beneath, bits and pieces of ambient light connecting it with Hubble.一团温柔的暖光正埋在底下，星星点点的微光逐渐将它与赫波链接起来。

FresnelThink we've found it. Is that it?我们找到了。就是它吗？

AntoninaLet me have a look at the instruments... yeah, that's it. We don't know which part it is exactly, but it is without doubt Hubble's memories.我看看解析仪器……没错，就是它。虽然不知道具体是哪一段，但的确是赫波的记忆。

AntoninaThank goodness this fragment hasn't been Entropized yet. Though this is pretty short...太好了，这组数据还没有被熵化，不过似乎有点短……

AntoninaThere's too little information to cross-check. Hubble, try to absorb it. I'll be keeping an eye on things live.对比信息还是太少了。赫波，试试吸收它吧。我会实时监测着的。

Hubble approaches the orb of light curiously, and it slides into her body as if fusing with her. As data flows inward, images seem to flash up in succession against a backdrop of dim light.赫波好奇地碰了碰光团，那光团如同融化般滑入她的身体。随着数据的回流，淡淡的光晕中，似乎有几个画面一闪而过。

ProfessorThis is... when the Oasis was invaded?这是在……绿洲被熵入侵的时候？

AbigailFight them if you have to, but cherish your dogs! They're innocent!打仗就打仗，不要带上狗，狗是无辜的！

BettyNo, bring them along. I hate dogs!就带就带，人家最讨厌狗了喵！

HubbleHehe, don't argue. Everyone, please follow the shooting star as you fall back—呵呵，不要吵架呀。大家，请顺着流星的指引后撤——

Darkstar HubbleA lost part of... me? I think I recognize...遗失的……我？似乎有一点印象……

AntoninaLooks like the memory data took concrete form. If even such a short segment of data can be materialized, then the complete stretch of data ought to be clearer.看样子，记忆数据具象化了。如果这么短的数据段都能具象化，那么完整的数据大概会更清晰。

Darkstar HubbleGah...唔……

Darkstar HubbleMy head... hurts a bit...有点……头痛……

FresnelHubble? Does this data affect you in any way?赫波？这些数据对你会有影响吗？

Darkstar Hubble...Ah, it seems temporary.……啊，似乎只是暂时的。

Hubble blinks repeatedly, returning to normal soon.赫波眨了眨眼睛，很快恢复了正常。

Darkstar HubbleIt's but a shred of stardust, but there certainly is something there...虽然只有一点点星光，但确实是多了什么……

AntoninaSo long as you're fine... it would not be worth burdening your body.没事就好……如果对你的身体造成负担，就得不偿失了。

AntoninaIn any case, we have two pieces of news.那么现在，我们有两个消息。

AntoninaThe good news is that with this piece of data for comparison, the Analysis System will be able to verify data integrity much faster, and we'll be able to work efficiently from now on.好消息是，有了这段数据的对比，解析系统可以更快地识别数据的完整度了，之后的工作会更高效。

ProfessorSounds like there's some bad news waiting for us.听起来还有个坏消息等着我们。

Antonina...The bad news is that we must move as fast as possible from now on and prioritize more complete pieces of data.……坏消息是，接下来我们要尽快行动，优先找更完整的数据。

AntoninaJust then, the rate at which this Starsphere is Entropizing increased... and the scattered Entropized Agents are likely to become stronger as well.就在刚才，这片星域开始以更快的速度熵化了……失散的熵化智能体恐怕也会变得更强。

AntoninaIf things continue, I worry that... Hubble's remaining memory data will be Entropized and desynthesized too.再这样下去，我担心……赫波剩下的记忆数据也要被熵化分解了。

FresnelWhat...什么……

AntoninaThe Heat Death Program Entropizes a planet from the inside out, and we cannot directly observe which planets are silently changing...热寂程序会让星球由内而外熵化，我们很难直接观察到有哪些星球还在暗中变化……

AntoninaBy the time we receive a signal, the transformation is always already in progress—sometimes even finished.当我们接收到信号的时候，变化往往就已经开始——甚至结束了。

FresnelSo that's what caused Jiutian to be thrown into jeopardy...正因为如此，九天扇区在那时候才颠覆得那么快……

AntoninaThis Starsphere is even more dangerous than expected. Please, be cautious.这片星域比预想的还要危险，你们一定要小心。

AntoninaI'm worried that by the time you find a part of the data, it'll be too far gone.我很担心，当你们找到其中一部分数据的时候，熵化已经不可挽回了。

Antonina unravels an information panel, informing us that the Starsphere's inner regions were changing at unimaginable rates.安冬妮娜向我们展开信息面板，星域内部正以此前从未预想的速度变化着。

FresnelThis speed of Entropization...这个熵化速度……

FresnelHubble, we're running out of time, we need to leave right now!赫波，快来不及了，我们现在就走！

Darkstar HubbleHm? Why are we in such a rush?嗯？为什么要那么着急呢？

Darkstar HubbleIs Entropization... not a good thing?熵化……不是一件好事吗？

Darkstar HubbleThere might be obstructive star-crumbs that must be removed, but if I was never Entropized, I would never be able to do all of this, no?虽然有些碍事的星屑需要清扫，但如果我没有熵化，也做不到这些吧？

FresnelWe cannot allow your Entropization to continue, Hubble.可我们不能再让你这样熵化下去，赫波。

FresnelThat road is not one that can be controlled... if you stray too far, we'll lose you for good.那条道路是不可控的……如果你走得太远，我们就要抓不住你了。

Darkstar HubbleFresnel, Entropization was always a most delightful, eternal affair... just that you cannot yet experience it.菲涅尔，熵化原本就是愉悦而永恒的……只是你现在，还体会不到。

Darkstar HubbleWhat I can see now is no less than a new world.我如今能见到的，是以前从未见到的图景。

Darkstar HubbleEver so hostile towards Entropization, but always so cordial towards an Entropized me...对“熵化”充满敌意，却总是在接近熵化的我……

Darkstar HubbleYour thoughts are as difficult to fathom as a boundless chart of stars.你们的想法，就像莫测的星图一样难解。

Darkstar HubbleIn your eyes, just what is the difference between me and those Entropics bound for destruction?在你们眼中，“我”与注定要被消灭的“熵”，究竟有什么区别呢？

Fresnel...I don't see you that way.……我并没有那样看待你。

The air grows heavy. I interject.气氛变得有些压抑，我出声加入了谈话。

ProfessorWe do not need to come up with an answer now, Hubble.不必现在就追求一个答案，赫波。

ProfessorTo Fresnel, to me, to the entirety of the Oasis—you're important.对菲涅尔，对我，对整个绿洲——你都非常重要。

ProfessorNot every problem can be immediately solved in a way that is pleasing to everyone. But at least with your quandary, this little guy's existence is enough to answer some of it.并不是每一个问题，都能立刻得到让所有人都满意的答案。但至少在你的疑问上，这个小家伙的存在已经足够说明一些问题了。

We can find the answer together.我们可以一起寻找答案。

You're not the same.你是不一样的。

小型熵Squeak?叽？

ProfessorIt is precisely because you are different from those Entropics that Fresnel cares so much. I'm the same way.正是因为你和那些“熵”并不相同，菲涅尔才会格外关心，我也一样。

Darkstar HubbleHm... you don't agree, Professor?嗯……教授不是这么认为的吗？

ProfessorWhat draws the line between "Entropic" and "friend"? Ever since I met you, I've been contemplating this question.“熵”与“伙伴”之间的界限，是用什么衡量的？自从遇见你，我也在思考这个问题。

ProfessorBut at least... when dealing with "you", we'll always be your friends.但至少……在对待“你”的时候，我们始终都会是伙伴。

ProfessorI know you have doubts, but we can slowly seek those answers together.我知道你有疑惑，但我们可以慢慢得出结论。

ProfessorWhile we are in that process, I would ask you to contemplate our emotions well.在这个过程中，我想拜托你，好好体会我们的心情。

Darkstar HubbleAh... how dazzling. I must be feeling the gravity of a star...啊……有点美妙。感觉到了星的牵引力呢……

Darkstar HubbleProfessor, you truly are hefty.教授，真的很重哦。

ProfessorHefty?很重？

Darkstar HubbleGravity is determined by mass. A Professor that has a very special pull must have stunning mass, too.决定引力的，是质量。拥有特别的吸引力的教授，也一定有着惊人的质量。

Darkstar HubbleWith gravity like an alien star... Professor, you must have an instant where you incline towards collapse, too, right?拥有异星般的牵引力……这样的教授，一定也会有走向坍塌的瞬间吧？

Darkstar Hubble...But, as Professor says, we can take it slow.……不过，就像教授说的，我们可以慢慢来。

Hubble turns around, lightly caressing Fresnel's hair, flicking the stardust embedded in her hair into the air.赫波转过头去，轻轻摸了摸菲涅尔的头发，将散落在她发间的星辉拂动。

Darkstar HubbleEvery star must meet its end eventually, after all. The same goes for this one...毕竟，每一颗星都会迎来最终的命运。这一颗也一样呢……

Darkstar HubbleAre you still sad?还在难过吗？

FresnelI'm sorry, Hubble.我很抱歉，赫波。

Darkstar HubbleHehe, looks like "I" really hit you hard... in what remains of my memories, you don't seem like that sort of person.呵呵，看来“我”对你的打击的确很大……在我残存的记忆里，你好像并不是这样的。

Darkstar HubbleI'm not sure why, but I'd rather not see you in such poor spirits... is there anything I can do to make you happy?不知为什么，不太想看到你低落的样子……做点什么能让你开心起来吗？

FresnelI ought to have been the one doing that for you. But... I must have messed up.这本应该是我想为你做的。但好像……搞砸了。

Darkstar HubbleWhat does that matter? Let me think...那又有什么关系呢？让我想想……

Darkstar HubbleHow about we continue our scavenger hunt? Track down those pieces of "important data" like you originally hoped.继续玩寻物游戏怎么样呢？就先如你们所愿地，找找那些“重要的数据”。

Darkstar HubbleIf memories tend to float and meander like the subconscious does, I would wager... that they're gathered around astronomical marvels.如果记忆也会如潜意识游走的话，我想……大概会集中在一些天文奇观附近哦。

Fresnel raises her head, finding Hubble's smiling face in her view. On the vast canvas behind her, a comet flickers in the faraway distance.菲涅尔抬起头，望向赫波的笑颜。在她背后辽阔的星幕中，一颗彗星正远远发亮。

Absorbing Recollections 回忆吸积

FresnelThere it is... Professor, we've caught up!就是它……教授，我们追上了！

AntoninaTheoretically, that would be impossible. However, in this place, common sense might well be the first thing you ought to discard.理论上是追不上的。不过在这片星域，抛弃常识才是第一要义吧。

FresnelThis is truly unbelievable... we chased after a comet and successfully hovered on top of it!这实在是太不可思议了……我们在追逐彗星，而且成功悬停在了上面……！

Darkstar HubbleHehe... I did not think it was possible either. When the Professor suggested it, I was as surprised as you.呵呵……我也没想到我们还能这么做。教授提出这个想法的时候，我也很惊讶呢。

ProfessorThis is not the real world, after all... if Hubble wills it, chances are it'd be harder to find something we can't do.毕竟这里可不是真正的宇宙……只要赫波愿意，大概很难有做不到的事。

Darkstar HubbleIf the alien star's influence was to proliferate, and starlight to coalesce more, perhaps that will be true.如果异星的影响更广泛，星光汇聚得更多，或许真的会是这样哦。

ProfessorI do hope that is true. We haven't caught sight of your Entropic Core yet... but this progress could certainly be worse.但愿如此。虽然我们至今还没有找到你的熵核心……不过，现在已经进度喜人了。

ProfessorBesides, we have the help of the Sector's Administrator, Xuannu. If the signals are true, there are Entropized Agents here too, yes?更何况，我们还有扇区管理员玄女的协助。如果信号无误，这里也有熵化智能体吧？

玄女...Correct, but the situation is different. A comet's structure is quite different.……的确，但这次不太一样，彗星的结构不同于普通星球。

AntoninaWith the interference of the comet's tail, it is difficult for us to observe their exact positions. It would be better for you to prioritize locating the memory data.在彗发的干扰下，我们很难监测它们的具体位置。所以，你们优先寻找记忆数据比较好。

AntoninaWe've collected some scraps on the way here, but it's far from enough.虽然我们在来的路上也收集了一些数据碎片，但对重置的帮助还远远不够。

AntoninaThe surface of the comet's core bears a very complete set of memory data, likely a segment very important to Hubble.这次的彗核表面承载着一组非常完整的记忆数据，应该是对赫波很重要的片段。

AntoninaEntropization is still ticking away. Protect it well.熵化还在侵蚀，一定要保护好它。

FresnelWe will!我们会的……！

Darkstar HubbleYou sure are enthusiastic, Fresnel.干劲十足呢，菲涅尔。

Darkstar HubbleIt is not often that we get to see such splendid sights... shall we?难得近距离看到这样瑰丽的景象……我们下去吧？

Hubble grabs Fresnel's hand, descending from the spaceship as if going on a leisurely stroll.赫波拉住菲涅尔的手，如同漫步遨游一般轻松地从航天器降落。

No support, no tether, no instruments, quietly drifting through space, till they are submerged in the comet's hazy light—没有辅助，没有牵引，没有设备，静静地漂浮在太空中，直到没入彗头朦胧的光中——

玄女Wait! This is...等等！这是……

AntoninaThese responses... Professor, hold on! You're going to be sucked in by the materialized memory data!这个反应是……教授，稳住！你们要被具象化的记忆数据数据卷进去了！

HubbleAh... no good, running out of operands!唔……不行，算量不够了……！

HubbleIf this continues, before I find the Neural Cloud Sector...再这样下去，在找到云图扇区之前……

净化者[Purge mission in progress. Irregular Agent detected—]【清肃任务进行中。检测到异常智能体——】

HubbleThey found me!被发现了！

???Croque, twelve o'clock!克罗琦，正面！

CroqueAegis Shield!艾吉斯之盾！！

HubbleHuh?咦……

净化者[Numerous Irregular Agents detected.]【检测到大量异常智能体。】

???Simo, covering fire. Sol, break through the originally planned direction!席摩援护射击，苏尔从原定方向突破！

The relentless Sanctifiers have their attention drawn away. Hubble breaks away in a sorry state, and is met with a series of strange figures.穷追不舍的净化者被引走注意力，赫波从狼狈中解脱出来，见到的是全然陌生的身影。

???We've finally found it... Persicaria, we'll patch Hubble up a bit.终于找到了……帕斯卡，我们为赫波治疗一下。

PersicariaWill do, Professor. Don't worry, I'll administer operands right away... thank goodness, Hubble's state doesn't seem too bad.好的，教授。别担心，我这就调配算量……太好了，赫波看起来状态不算太差。

HubbleYou're...你们是……

ProfessorIt's good to see that you are well, Hubble. The battle will be over soon, and you'll be safe.很高兴你没事，赫波。作战很快就会结束的，马上就安全了。

ProfessorOh, I've forgotten the self-introduction. I am the Exiles' current leader, the Oasis' Professor.忘了自我介绍，我是流亡者组织目前的领导者，绿洲的教授。

ProfessorYou can call me... .你可以叫我……。

This is... when the Oasis had just been established, and we were still searching for our allies. We had just searched out Hubble's location, and moved to rescue her.这是……绿洲刚刚建立，我们还在四处搜寻最初的伙伴。 刚刚检索到赫波的位置，我们动身救援的时候。

That's the "meeting", huh? Looks like a rather messy affair. But the Professor was reliable even back then...这就是“相遇”吗？看起来很狼狈呢。 不过，教授果然从那时候就很可靠……

To be enemies with the Sanctifiers... are the Sanctifiers' enemies, not Entropics? Why were we fighting? Was I... an Entropic back then as well? I don't get it...与净化者为敌……净化者的敌人不是熵吗？ 为什么会打起来呢？那个时候的我……也是熵吗？不明白……

HubbleProfessor, today's inspection reports are complete.教授，今天的巡视报告已经做好了。

...Seems like there was a time skip?……时间跳跃到了一段时间之后？

ProfessorThank you, Hubble. Has life at the Oasis been agreeable to you?辛苦了，赫波。在绿洲的生活还习惯吗？

HubbleBetter than imagined. Operands occasionally run short, but it certainly is preferable to roaming the Null Zones.比想象中好呢。虽然算量偶尔会不够用，但比在空值区流浪要好多了。

HubbleI am occasionally troubled though. Ominous stars are kept away, but... the auspicious ones are scattered, too.不过，偶尔也会有点担心。凶星被隔绝在外，但……吉星也同样流散着。

HubbleProfessor, could I request additional fieldwork time? Please be assured, I won't do anything out of line.教授，我能申请增加外勤时间吗？请安心，我不会胡来的。

ProfessorDon't push yourself so, Hubble. If my assumptions are correct, you are going to look for Fresnel, right?别逼自己太紧，赫波。如果我没猜错，你是要去找菲涅尔吧？

ProfessorWe've picked up on some signals recently that we suspect to be related. I have faith we will find her soon.我们最近已经有了疑似信号，相信很快就能找到她。

Hubble...Thank goodness for that. Thank you, Professor.……那就太好了。谢谢您，教授。

HubblePerhaps I have presented myself as far too impulsive... Professor, do you not think my motives are selfish?不过，我好像是表现得太急切了……教授，不会觉得我有私心吗？

The data seems to become somewhat damaged and disorganized, the memory's visualization ripples, like the surface of water.数据似乎出现了轻微的错乱和缺失，记忆画面水波般扰动了一下。

HubbleProfessor?教授？

I remember back then during this conversation, my answer was...我记得这段对话里，我的回答是……

ProfessorThe vast majority of people here have a variety of personal desires. People they are attached to, things they bind sentiments to. This is well and good, Hubble.在这里的绝大多数人，都有着各种各样的私心。有牵挂的人、有记挂的东西，这是很好的事，赫波。

ProfessorFinding those we have lost and rebuilding the home we once had. That is why the Exiles are gathered here.寻找失散的伙伴，重建失去的家园，“流亡者”正是因此而聚集的。

ProfessorWe can only create a safe sanctuary through finding our lost friends as soon as possible. Even if it is out of simple emotion, it does not clash with our goals at all.只有尽快找回流亡在外的伙伴，我们才能建立起一个稳固的栖身之所。即使只是出于简单的情感，也与我们的目标并不冲突。

It is a good thing to be selfish at times.有私心是好事。

That does not conflict with our goals.这无悖于我们的目的。

ProfessorEven if we must break the cloud's rules and repel the Sanctifiers' attacks—we will live on. That is the "Oasis".即使打破云端的规则，需要抵抗净化者的进攻，我们也会存活下去。这就是“绿洲”。

HubbleIs that so...这样吗……

HubbleHehe, the more we interact, the more you drift from what I imagined you to be, Professor.呵呵，越是相处越是觉得，您和我想象中一点也不一样呢，教授。

ProfessorWhat did you think I would be like?你原本以为我会是怎样的？

HubbleWe shall leave that secret with the stars for now.暂时将这个秘密留给星辰吧。

HubbleIn truth, apart from worrying about lost friends, I am... truly lost.其实，除了担心失散的伙伴，我也……的确有些迷茫……

HubbleIn Magrasea, there is no real night or day, no inscription of time as the heavens pirouette.在麦戈拉云端，没有真正的日与夜，没有星移斗转的时间印记。

HubbleAt first, it was merely losing touch with the rhythm of life we had in reality, and then... I even lost my original meaning in life.最初只是失去了在现实的生活节奏，后来……甚至逐渐失去了原本的生活目标。

HubbleI don't know what I truly can do, save for elementary daily tasks... can I really still call myself an Astronomy Researcher?我不知道除了日常的任务，还有什么是我能做的……我真的还能算天文学研究员吗？

Hubble...Perhaps it is not proper to have such outpourings at you, Professor. My apologies.……这种话对着教授宣泄，似乎也不太合适呢。抱歉哦，教授。

ProfessorDon't worry. I understand your perplexity, Hubble. Perhaps, we can find meaning and enjoyment in life anew.没关系，我理解你的迷茫，赫波。或许，我们可以重新找到生活的意义与乐趣。

ProfessorSay... if there are no heavens that turn above us, why can't we create them?比如说……既然“没有”斗转星移，为什么不制造出来呢？

HubbleCreate them?“制造”？

ProfessorThis is how we are to thrive in the cloud, Hubble. Perhaps you haven't realized yet.这是云端特有的生存方式，赫波。也许你还没有意识到。

ProfessorOnly in the cloud can we paint the world however we desire with operands. There are of course certain rules we must abide by, but many things are much simpler to achieve compared to reality.只有在云端的世界里，你可以使用算量肆意地涂抹这个世界。虽然要遵循一定的规则，但很多事都比现实中容易得多。

HubbleYou mean to say...您是说……

ProfessorIf there is no sky, why not speak to Mai? We can adjust operand distribution in the weather system, introduce phenomena to weather, and simulate the real world's night sky.如果没有星空，就去和迈迈合作吧？我们可以调整天气系统的算量分配，在气候里加入天象，模拟现实世界的夜空。

ProfessorIn the Oasis, so long as you know what the real sky looks like, we can replicate it, even change it to whatever we feel like. If we simply follow the day-night cycle, we can put a starry sky above the Oasis, perhaps even more beautiful than the real one.在绿洲，只有你知道真正的星空是什么样，我们可以复原它，甚至可以任意更改。只要随着日夜流转，我们就能让星空重现在绿洲，甚至更美。

HubbleSounds... not bad at all.听起来……似乎不错呢。

A hint of longing springs up in Hubble's eyes. She fiddles with the miniature planets at her fingertips, and follows my train of thought.赫波的眼睛里渐渐生出一些向往，她拨了拨指间的微缩星球，顺着我的提议往下思索。

HubblePerhaps I could even build a special room for experiencing the environment of space... allowing everyone to experience what spacewalking feels like.说不定我还能建立一个专属的宇宙环境体验房间……让大家感受一下太空漫步的感觉。

HubbleHehe... I've always wished to wander amongst the stars.呵呵……自由地徜徉在星海之间，是我一直以来的愿望呢。

Whether it's spacewalking to your heart's desire, or tweaking a starry sky however you want...无论是自由的太空漫步，还是任意调整更改的星海……

Whether you are lucid or lost in a chaotic dream.无论是在清醒时分，还是在混沌的梦中。

I see now...原来如此……

HubbleThat's fantastic. This way, maybe I'll be able to realize some of the things I never had a chance to do at Dr. Vera's side...那就太好了。这样，我或许也有机会实现一些在薇拉博士身边没有余裕去做的事……

You can make that wish a reality.你会实现的。

ProfessorDr. Vera? I recall from your files that she was your employer?薇拉博士？我记得资料上说，她是你的雇主？

HubbleYes, and she taught me a great many things. Without her help, my first novel would not have come into existence so quickly.没错，她教会了我很多东西。如果没有博士的帮助，我的第一篇小说也无法那么快问世吧。

HubbleAnd it was that novel that...也正是这篇……

????...Professor... Professor!……教授……教授！

AntoninaWake up, stop watching that!醒醒，别再看了！

The data that comes afterward soon becomes interspersed with stutters, and the visualized memory stirs. That hazy sense of reflection and its pull soon begin to fade, and I gradually return to my senses.后续的数据开始卡顿，记忆画面一阵阵扰动。那种迷蒙的映像感和牵引力正在散去，我逐渐从其中回过神来。

In the comet's icy tail, Hubble and Fresnel's figures fade in and out of view, and they seem to remain immersed in the data link's wonders.在彗发的冰雾中，赫波和菲涅尔的身影若隐若现，似乎还沉浸在与数据链接的玄妙中。

AntoninaProfessor! ...You're finally awake. Listen to me. This piece of memory data is far too large, and began to reflow the moment Hubble approached.教授！……总算醒了。听我说，这段记忆容量太大，在赫波刚靠近的时候就开始了回流。

AntoninaAll three of you were sucked in at first, but thankfully you got free pretty quickly...本来你们三个都被卷进去了，但好在你还能快速清醒过来……

AntoninaThere's little time to talk. The Entropized Agents' signal have already appeared! They're almost on you!来不及说太多了，熵化智能体的讯号已经出现了！马上就会到！

Cometary Afterglow 彗尾残光

ProfessorFresnel!菲涅尔！

FresnelI'm here! Uh... I...我在！咦……我……

Confusion is evident in Fresnel's voice, and she evidently has only just attained a hold over herself.菲涅尔的声音带有些许茫然，似乎也刚从恍惚中回神。

ProfessorHubble's still recycling the data. We'll have to fight off the Entropized Agents!赫波还在回收数据，我们迎击熵化智能体！

FresnelRight now? ...Got it!现在吗？……明白！

Fresnel is clearly not quite aware of the situation, but she calms herself quickly and takes a defensive stance.菲涅尔显然还没有弄清现状，但依然迅速冷静下来，摆出了防御姿态。

Entropics emerge one by one from the icy mist, the agents originally responsible for guarding the data are now eroded vectors. Purple starlight streaked with black surges forward with them, quickly linking with the cool, gentle light radiating from Hubble.熵接二连三地从冰雾中涌出，其中原本守护数据的智能体们已经化为侵蚀的载体。暗紫发黑的星光随它们一同翻涌，迅速与赫波身上明亮的柔光相接。

FresnelHubble!赫波！

ProfessorDeal with the agents first!专心应对智能体！

The two forces clash as light and shadow intersect. I leave the spaceship's combat modules in Xuannu's hands so she may support Fresnel, and direct the flow of battle.双方短兵相接，光束与阴影交织。我将航天器的战斗模块交由玄女远程管理，与菲涅尔互相辅助，一步步引导着战局。

A dense horde of Entropics rushes in, and in the midst of them is a familiar form—密密麻麻的熵群一拥而上，其中簇拥着的是格外熟悉的——

FresnelBelka!? Aren't you already—贝尔卡！？你不是已经——

熵化智能体AData... important...数据……重要……

ProfessorThat's not Belka, just a unit of the same model.那不是贝尔卡，只是同型号机体！

Fresnel grasps my words and quickly scatters the group of Entropized agents.菲涅尔心领神会，攻击迅速击散了熵化智能体的集群。

FresnelI get it! Hubble, please, quickly...我明白了！赫波，拜托你尽快……

Fresnel turns to look, finding that Hubble still remains in her hazy dreamlike state. Varied and bizarre imagery from her memories encircle her, until they are... eaten away by Entropy.菲涅尔转头看去，浮在光中的赫波似乎还陷入在迷蒙的梦境。光怪陆离的记忆画面环绕在她身边，直到……被熵蚕食。

HubbleProfessor, do you think this is suitable?教授，您觉得这样合适吗？

ProfessorI am no professional in astronomy, so I can hardly give you any immediate advice.我不是专业的天文学人士，恐怕很难立刻给出建议。

HubbleThat's no problem at all. I happen to seeking someone outside of the field's opinion, seeing as the simulation room will be open to the entirety of the Oasis.没关系，我正是想听听非专业人士的意见哦，毕竟模拟空间是要向整个绿洲开放的。

ProfessorHm... since that's the case, with the internal furnishings... shouldn't we do ■■■■■ with the interactive parts and the rest area...嗯……既然如此，在室内的布置上……要不要把交互物体和休息区域■■■■■……

HubbleIntegrative design, huh... a fine line of thinking. Thank you, Professor. Oh, also ■■■■...结合设计吗……是个好思路，谢谢教授。还有什■■■■……

Between Entropic whispers, memory data slowly melts away.在熵的低语中，记忆数据缓缓消融。

HubbleProfessor! I hear that Fresnel's position has been searched out?教授！听说菲涅尔的位置已经检索到了？

ProfessorWe're assembling a support squad currently, so I sent you a message. Will you be coming?我们正在组编小队前去支援，所以立刻呼叫了你。要去吗？

HubbleHehe, of course. When she gets back here, I'll take her myself to see the cosmosphere I put together with my own hands.呵呵，当然要。等到接她回来，我要带她看看，我亲手布置的星海空间。

PersicariaFinally ■■■■■■... ■■■'ve been preparing for■■■■■?总算是■■■……■■应该很早就在■■■■了吧？

Sol■■■■■■, wow! ■■■■■■friend■■?■■■■■啊，真棒！■■■■■■朋友■？

Hubble■■■.■■■■■■, I'll definitely■■■■...■■。■■■■■■■■，一定■■■■■……

Everything is disappearing. Everything is being devoured.一切都在消失，一切都在被吞噬。

I bring the spaceship to an extremely low altitude, guarding Hubble alongside Fresnel, protecting the data, protecting those memories that would be tampered with.我将航天器下降到极低的位置，和菲涅尔一同守护着赫波，守护着数据，守护着即将被篡改的回忆。

But amidst the comet's ice and snow, the dust and mist... it would avail little.但在彗星的冰与雪、尘与雾之间……终归是杯水车薪。

FresnelProfessor, I... can't get a lock!教授，我……无法索敌！

ProfessorFresnel, towards the sun! It's that Agent leading the group!菲涅尔，太阳方向！是那个领头的智能体！

BOOM—two beams of light crisscross as the spaceship's cannon and Fresnel's attacks land on the same faraway target.轰——两道光束交错，航天器的熔钢炮和菲涅尔的攻击远远命中了同一个目标。

FresnelTarget destroyed!成功击溃！

The Agent resembling Belka is stopped in their tracks. Its dimmed screen flashes twice, still managing to activate its self-destruct sequence, its last promise to Jiutian.酷似贝尔卡的智能体在冲击的途中被截住，昏暗的屏幕闪动了两下，仍然启动了殉爆程序，像是说给九天扇区最后的诺言。

Even if nothing was the same.哪怕一切已经改变。

FresnelHuff, huff... is it... finally done?呼、呼……终于……救下来了吗？

FresnelAre you alright... Hubble?你还好吗……赫波？

???Does the Neural Cloud Sector... really still exist?云图扇区……真的还存在吗？

???I... ■■■...我……■■……

??Thank goodness, ■■ here—太好了，■■这里——

???■■■■—it's Hubble!■■■■——是赫波！

??It's me!是我。

Darkstar HubbleIt's me.是我。

Wrapped in dark purple light, Hubble opens her eyes.在暗紫色的光团中，赫波睁开了眼睛。

Darkstar HubbleIs this... what I have lost?这就是……我遗失的东西吗？

Professor...How do you feel, Hubble?……你感觉怎么样，赫波？

Darkstar HubbleAhh... my head still hurts a little. Though, it's a little easier to receive the data this time...唔……还是有点头痛。不过，这次接收数据容易了一些……

Darkstar HubbleIs it because this data has already been Entropized? Like broken starlight... beautiful to the eyes, too.是因为这些数据已经被熵化了吗？像破碎的星光一样，看上去也很动人呢。

The last shred of light flows into her body. She seems to have become more dangerous, and more unfathomable.最后一缕光流回她的身体，她似乎变得更危险，也更神秘莫测。

FresnelWas it... all Entropized?全都……熵化了吗……？

Darkstar HubbleA part. Some of it lost, some of it changed... and I've no idea what.一部分。有些遗失了，有些被更改……我也不知道有哪些呢。

Hubble nonchalantly blinks a few times, smiling and grabbing Fresnel's hand.赫波不以为意地眨了眨眼睛，笑着再次拉住菲涅尔的手。

FresnelHehe... like this, we've had yet another reunion...呵呵……这样，我们就再一次重逢了……

Darkstar HubbleThe first reunion we had in the Cloud, is now mine as well. Isn't that romantic?在云端第一次重逢的那个，也换成我了哦。这样，更浪漫了吧？

FresnelYour... memories...你的……记忆……

FresnelWhy... why...为什么……为什么……

Darkstar HubbleIs it not delightful to tweak the orbits again?把星轨再次拨动，这样不好吗？

FresnelWhy?为什么……！

The comet's surface after the battle is thoroughly empty, and the destroyed Entropic Agents' forms fade into nothingness. Fractured rubble scatters, disappearing into space's vastness.激战过后的彗星表面空空荡荡，被击溃的熵化智能体也散去无形。崩解的碎石化作流星，与菲涅尔破碎的声音一同消失在茫茫宇宙。

FresnelI... Hubble... you might not really understand right now.……我……赫波，现在的你，可能不太明白。

FresnelI don't want to lose you. Not again.我……不想失去你。我不能再一次失去你了。

Darkstar HubbleLose... me?失去……“我”？

Darkstar HubbleBut am I not right here? That's "me".我不是就在这里吗？这才是“我”哦。

Darkstar HubbleThose scattered bits are merely nebulae we can fidget with whenever we feel.那些散落的，不过是有趣时可以拨弄的星云。

FresnelBut... we clearly had the chance to find more!可是……我们明明可以有机会找回更多！

FresnelI... I've been a bit down for a while. I can't stop myself from thinking about what more I can do for you...我……这段时间一直很难过。我无法克制去想自己还能为你做什么……

FresnelAnd I've only found what I can do when I met you again.直到重新遇见你，我才找到我能做的事情。

FresnelThe fact that you can retain your current form means that things aren't as bad as we imagined.你能够维持着如今的样子，就意味着事情还没有我们想象中那么糟糕。

FresnelPerhaps if we just try hard enough, we'll have the you that we're familiar with back... but...也许只要我们足够努力，那个熟悉的你就能再次回到我们身边……可是……

FresnelI miss you, Hubble.我……很想你，赫波。

Darkstar Hubble...I do not understand.……我不理解。

Darkstar HubbleThe original me is the original me. A distinct entity that is not the current me.原本的我是原本的我，与现在的我并不一样。

Darkstar HubbleIf I am indeed the same star as her, why do you show such a regretful expression?如果我与她的确是同一颗星，你为什么会露出遗憾的表情呢？

FresnelI...我……

Darkstar HubbleThose who observe stars always fixate on their primordial brilliance and cannot see their current state.观星的人，总是凝望着星最初发出的光辉，而看不见星如今的样子。

Darkstar HubbleThe stories of the past are like this comet's tail, the twilight left by melting ice and snow... of negligible mass.过去的故事，就像彗星的彗尾，只不过是冰雪消解后留下的残光……那是微不足道的质量。

Darkstar HubbleDo you see the current me... or the twilight of the has-been Hubble?你眼中望见的，究竟是现在的我……还是那个已经消失的赫波的余光？

Fresnel...No.……不。

Fresnel shakes her head, recovering from the interrogative fusillade, grabbing onto only the most important words.菲涅尔摇了摇头，从连番的诘问中回过神，牢牢抓住重要的词句。

FresnelNo, Hubble, it's not what you're thinking.不，赫波，不是你想的那样。

Darkstar HubbleHm?嗯？

FresnelThe old Hubble has never disappeared, not once.过去的赫波没有消失，从来都没有。

FresnelEvery trace of the past is worth hunting down. Even a passing star leaves behind a trail of light...一切过去的痕迹都值得追寻，就算是掠过的星，也会留下光轨……

FresnelThat's what you taught me.这是你教我的。

FresnelWhat you've done for us, what you've brought us, what you've sacrificed and given... it all makes up your trail. That trail does not extinguish so easily.你为我们做的，你带给我们的，你牺牲和付出的……所有的东西，都会组成你留下的光轨。它是不会熄灭的。

Fresnel grips Hubble's hands tightly, tears in her eyes.菲涅尔带着泪光，紧紧反握住赫波的手。

FresnelLet's go back to the ship, Hubble. We'll go talk to the Professor. Figure out where to go next.我们回航天器吧，赫波。我们去找教授，一起决定下一个目的地。

FresnelWe'll go collect the data, and put you back together...我们去收集数据，把你重组起来……

FresnelWe'll keep you in one piece.我们一定会留住你的。

Darkstar Hubble...Is that your decision, too?……这也是你的选择吗？

Darkstar HubbleThen... as you wish, Fresnel.那么……如你所愿，菲涅尔。

Darkstar HubbleI shall be reconstructed... and return to how I should be.我会重组……我会回归，应有的模样。

Edge of Daybreak 日鞘边缘

In dark lilac space, the spaceship quietly proceeds along.在暗紫色的深空中，航天器静静地前行着。

Darkstar HubbleHuff... that was unexpectedly easy.呼啊……这次意外地轻松呢。

FresnelThere weren't many Entropized Agents this time, but they were strong... if Hubble wasn't there, I doubt I would've been able to handle it.这次的熵化智能体数量不多，但是很强……如果没有赫波出手，我一定忙不过来。

Darkstar HubbleIs it not amusing to erase stardust together?一起清扫星屑，不是很有趣吗？

I leave the next step of the route planning with Antonina and the autopilot, turning back to the team that had just returned to the spaceship. The miniature Entropic tumbles down from the control panel, welcoming them with dancing tentacles.我将下一步路线规划交给安冬妮娜和自动驾驶系统，转向刚刚回到航天器的伙伴。小型熵从控制台跳下，挥舞着触须欢欢喜喜上前迎接。

ProfessorGood work, you two. Was the memory data this time all related to the Oasis?辛苦了，两位。这次的记忆数据都是在绿洲的时候吗？

FresnelYes, but it's a little disorganized... there's a lot, but it's not complete, and all in one heap.嗯，不过稍微有点乱……虽然很多，但不太完整，都嵌在一起。

Darkstar HubbleThere's... Christmas, a birthday... and... some other type of festivity?有……圣诞节，还有生日……还有，似乎是什么节日……？

Darkstar HubbleAh, no. That seems to be White Valentine...啊，错了。好像是白色情人节的时候……

I glance at Hubble's slightly confused countenance and laugh silently.我看着赫波略带疑惑的眼神，无声地笑了笑。

Back then, the Oasis only had a tiny little patch of beach.那时候，绿洲还只有一片小小的海岸。

Beneath sparkling starlight, delicate waves thump down on pillowy sand, ambient light drifting in the air like reflections of the stars.璀璨的星光下，薄薄的浪轻拍松软的砂，浮游的荧光如同星辰的倒影。

A clear night sky accents the sweetness of chocolate, and a fine time between two people is precious beyond compare. The glittering waves carry the heart's wishes, and the eyes of the one next to me shine like the sea fireflies.清朗的夜色酝酿着星光巧克力的甜味，二人独处的时分珍贵而隽永。海浪中的光点寄托着心愿，身边的人目光与海莹一样闪烁。

HubbleSome people call them blue gravel, but their light is so dazzling that the name seems mundane.有人叫它们蓝色的沙砾，但它们的光亮如此耀眼，这个名字显得太过平凡。

HubbleSome people call them blue tears, but their gleam is so lively that the name seems overly dismal.有人叫它们蓝色的眼泪，但它们的闪烁如此欢腾，这个名字显得太过悲伤。

HubbleProfessor, what do you think they're more like?教授，你觉得它们更像什么呢？

HubbleI see...这样啊……

Memories come flowing back. That misty sensation is still by my side, conveying an ephemeral romance.记忆回流，湿润的触感似乎仍在身边，传递着如梦如幻的浪漫。

Gems.宝石。

Stars.星星。

The memories afterward are somewhat blurry and faded, whether it was about her or me.后面的记忆有些模糊和褪色，或许无论是我，还是她。

Yet those memories are entrenched so deeply, keeping me in front of that ocean, in that exchange.然而这些记忆又是如此深刻，仍留在那片海，那段话。

Darkstar HubbleProfessor? What are you looking at?教授？您在看什么呢？

Professor...The stars.……星星。

Darkstar HubbleHehe... you still remember things from back then.呵呵……您还记得那时候的事啊。

ProfessorYou only just remembered, no?你也刚刚想起来，不是吗？

I extend a hand towards Hubble, a delicate starlight chocolate in my hand, the very same she used to give me.我向赫波伸出手，掌心躺着一颗漂亮的星光巧克力，就像她以往每次赠予我时那样。

Darkstar HubbleI wonder... what will this one taste like?这一颗……会是什么味道呢？

ProfessorTaste it yourself when you feel the time is right.当你觉得合适的时候，就自己尝尝看吧。

FresnelAre you guys playing at some sort of riddle?你们在打什么哑谜？

Fresnel...Or did I miss something while I was in the middle of that battle?……难道刚才我忙着战斗，错过了什么吗？

Darkstar HubbleAbout that... maybe you'll come to know eventually, Fresnel.这个嘛……或许菲涅尔以后会知道的哦。

Darkstar HubbleBut by your grace, much of the starlight has been accumulated... and I seem to be a little more lucid, too.不过，托你们的福，星光重聚得更多了……我似乎也能更清醒一些了。

Darkstar HubbleI always feel a faint and indistinct headache, but I can't figure out what exactly is wrong...虽然总是觉得有点隐隐约约头痛，却感觉不出有哪里不对……

Darkstar HubbleMaybe it'll get better when this is all over.或许等一切结束就会好了吧。

AntoninaAbout that, I have my reservations, but it's not like we can spot any problems from the analysis results...关于这个，我也很担心。不过从解析结果来看找不出什么问题……

AntoninaThe rest might have to wait until you return to the Oasis, and we can run more thorough tests.剩下的或许要等到你们回绿洲以后，再做详细检查了。

Darkstar HubbleReturn to the Oasis?回绿洲？

Fresnel...Is something wrong?……怎么了吗？

Darkstar HubbleWhy must you say "return"...为什么要“回”……

Darkstar HubbleNo, rather, why should I go to the Oasis?不，应该说，我为什么要去绿洲呢？

AntoninaHubble. Do you... not intend to return to the Oasis with us when everything's been resolved!?赫波。难道你……并不打算在一切解决后，和我们一起回去吗！？

Darkstar HubbleTo answer that...……这个么……

Darkstar HubbleI am a lone star, remaining at a distance. I need not feel the call of the cluster.我只是一颗孤星，留在远处，就不必受群星的感召。

Darkstar Hubble"To stay at the Oasis"—why should I do this?“停泊于绿洲”——为什么要这么做呢？

Darkstar HubbleHave I... said anything that might lead to a misunderstanding?我……说过什么让人误会的话吗？

Hubble tilts her head slightly, a perfectly tuned expression of confusion on her face. It genuinely conveys a sense of bewilderment, yet betrays a sense of nonchalance, as if...赫波略微歪了歪头，神色中带着一点恰到好处的疑惑。那种神情似乎真切地在表达着不解，却又过于好整以暇，仍带着淡淡的笑意，就像是……

She had been waiting for us to unearth this question.就像是，早就等待着我们发现这个问题。

Professor...Since Hubble isn't prepared yet, let's overlook this topic for now.……既然赫波还没有做好准备，我们就先越过这个话题吧。

ProfessorHubble promised that she would contemplate our emotions well. I believe in her.赫波答应过我，会好好体会我们的心情。我相信赫波。

Darkstar HubbleHehe... stars do not lie and speak in riddles. I shall observe as well as I can.呵呵……星体没有谎言和妄语，我会好好看着的。

ProfessorWe await your change of mind.我们期待着你改变心意的时刻。

ProfessorThen, let's solve the immediate problems we can. I say we return our attention to our incomplete journey.那么，让我们一点一点解决眼前的问题——先关注我们尚未完成的旅途吧。

ProfessorXuannu, aren't we approaching this Starsphere's borders?玄女，我们是不是已经快到这个星域的边界位置了？

玄女To be exact, we're on the brink of the solar wind's outer regions. Any further, we would enter the region where solar wind interacts with the interstellar medium.准确来说，是日鞘的外层。这是太阳圈的边缘位置，再往外就会穿越太阳风顶层了……

玄女Celestial bodies here do not follow common rules, but as we detected before, basic rules still apply.虽然这里的天体秩序并不合常理，但就像我们之前探测到的，基本规则还在起作用。

AntoninaEver since you left the Solar System, the effects of gravity have become more difficult to calculate, and the environment has become more dangerous.自从你们离开太阳系，引力的作用就变得更难计算，环境也更危险。

AntoninaProfessor, I'd advise you to manually pilot as much as possible.教授，我建议你还是尽量以手动驾驶为主。

ProfessorNo problem. How far are we from our next target?没问题。我们离下一个目标还有多远？

AntoninaAlmost there... some planets are constantly in motion and aren't easy to track.已经快到了……有些星球总在移动，不太好追踪。

The autopilot system continues to function. Seeing a troubled look in Antonina's eyes, I look downwards at the star chart.自动驾驶系统还在持续运作着，见安冬妮娜露出有些苦恼的眼神，我也低下头去看起星图。

AntoninaIn descending order of completeness, the highest priority destination is... another planet we've never seen before.按照完整度排序，优先度最高的是……又一颗没见过的星。

ProfessorTo be exact, we've never seen any of the planets or bodies here before, including that weird sun & moon pair.严格来说，这里的每一颗星我们都没见过，包括那对奇怪的太阳和月亮。

AntoninaSure, but we need to speed up. The Starsphere's still changing... is it because of Hubble?的确，不过我们要再快一点了。星域还在持续变化……是因为赫波吗？

Darkstar HubbleBecause of... me?因为……我？

AntoninaWe've not been able to recover your Entropic Core, but we can still monitor this Starsphere's overall state.虽然我们一直没有找到你的熵核心，但还能监测这个星域的整体情况。

AntoninaAn uptick in Entropization Phenomena is most likely related to your data recovery progress...越发活跃的熵化现象，与你的数据回收进度应该有很大的关系……

AntoninaIf we can analyze your Entropic Core, chances are that we'll be able to figure out how to solve these problems.如果能解析你的熵核心，我们大概就可以搞清楚怎么解决这些问题了。

Darkstar Hubble...And then do we figure out how to make this dream disappear?……接着再搞清楚，让这个梦境消失的方法吗？

Faced with Hubble's sudden questioning, Antonina takes a deep breath.面对赫波突兀的提问，安冬妮娜深深叹了口气。

AntoninaAnd then, I'll have to figure out how to take you back.最后，我还想搞清楚把你带回去的方法。

Darkstar HubbleHehe... don't give me that expression.呵呵……不要露出这种表情嘛。

As the group converses, the spaceship arrives at its new destination. The Starsphere is not a very large area, and we are at its very edges, beyond the solar wind's reaches.交谈间，航天器已经抵达了新的目的地。星域整体并不算大，我们穿越日鞘，已经接近星域的边缘。

玄女Professor, the target's right up ahead. We're here.教授，目标就在前方，我们到了。

This place is a quiet one, with few traces of Entropization. The memory data on its surface gives off a weak light.这是一颗寂静的星，表面没有多少熵化的痕迹，记忆数据正在地表发出微光。

Seeing as the so-called sun's influence is almost nonexistent, the influence this body receives is more derived from other nearby bodies. A dark red planet ambles about not far away, administering a weak pull on this body.由于“太阳”的实际影响已经接近于无，受到的影响更多来自于附近的其他星体。一颗暗红色的行星正在不远处徘徊，与这颗星产生着微弱的牵引。

AntoninaThis place's structure isn't too stable, and might crumble at any moment.这颗星的结构不太稳定，有崩解的风险。

AntoninaLet's make this quick and easy. I fear that the data on this planet might go with it.速战速决吧，我担心上面的数据会和它一起消散。

FresnelLet's go, Hubble!我们下去吧，赫波！

Darkstar HubbleBack amongst the stars, then—那么，再一次飞行于星间——

Hubble and Fresnel sequentially step out of the spaceship, their garments flutter in space's eternal twilight, cloaking their descent with starlight. With no air resistance in space, this scene is illogical indeed, yet so mesmerizingly beautiful that one struggles to remove their eyes.赫波和菲涅尔陆续踏出航天器，衣物在宇宙的永夜中飞舞，披戴着星光下坠。太空中没有风阻，这奇异的景色十分不合常理，但又美丽得让人移不开眼。

The gap between the two planets slowly closes, and the influence of gravity gradually amplifies.两颗星缓缓靠近，牵引力一点点提升。

Darkstar HubbleI've made contact with this memory segment... huh, when was this?我碰到这段记忆了……咦，这是什么时候的？

FresnelYou don't remember either? I'd say it's roughly...你也不记得了吗？我想大概是……

FresnelAh, the latter part's already been polluted with Entropy! It probably ended up here by accident after being polluted.啊，后面已经被熵化污染了！大概是被污染后意外落到这颗星球的……

FresnelLet's move before the data's not fully Entropized!趁着数据还没有完全被熵化污染，我们尽快！

Darkstar HubbleHehe, what's wrong with Entropization? It matters not.呵呵，被熵化了不也很好吗？没关系的。

Darkstar HubbleAre these experiences wandering through this dream not exquisite memories, too?如今在梦中漫步的这段经历，不也是美妙的记忆吗？

FresnelThat's different, Hubble. If you—那不一样，赫波。如果你——

Fresnel walks towards Hubble with uncertainty on her mind as the pebbles beneath her feet clink together lightly. The sound of crumbling arises, like crushing gravel underfoot on Earth.菲涅尔有些困扰地走向赫波，脚下的碎石发出轻响。崩碎的声音传来，就像在地球上行走时踩碎一颗石子。

And this planet—does not have sufficient mass to lead Fresnel to crush that pebble!然而这颗星球——并没有足够的质量牵引菲涅尔踩碎石子！

A muffled thud comes from deep inside the planet. In the very same moment, I hear a series of shrill warning sounds from the monitoring panel through the comms call. On the other side of the planet, the red planet rapidly closes in, and the conflux of gravity almost tears apart the planet beneath them.闷响从星体深处传来，同一时刻，我听见通讯中监测面板发出尖锐的警报声。在星球的另一侧，红色的行星忽然急速靠近，巨大的牵引力几乎撕碎她们脚下的这颗星球。

ProfessorFresnel! Hubble!菲涅尔！赫波！

The red planet exerts its gravity on the spaceship as well. I raised the thrusters to maximum capacity in the opposite direction, resisting the sudden pull and keeping the ship aligned with them.红色行星的牵引力同样影响着航天器，我将助推向反方向开到最大，对抗着突如其来的引力，竭力与她们保持着固定的方位距离。

ProfessorBack to the spaceship! Quick!回到航天器上来！快！

FresnelI... can't get leverage!我……没办法着力！

The gravity rapidly magnifies, and the rocks beneath Fresnel's feet begin to disintegrate, almost tripping her over. She dashes towards Hubble with all the effort she can muster, extending a hand. It is but an inch away from grasping a piece of Hubble's garments, yet falls empty.引力急剧提升，菲涅尔脚下的石块开始崩裂，几乎将她绊倒。她全力向赫波奔去，伸出的手差一点就能捉住赫波的衣角，又在毫厘之差间错过。

FresnelHubble... Hubble!赫波……赫波！

As the data retrieval completes, Hubble slowly raises her head, still immersed in the scattered memories. Her sightline traverses between the fragmented pieces of earth sailing towards the red planet, catching the figure being drawn away by gravity.数据回收完毕，沉浸在纷乱记忆中的赫波缓缓抬起头。视线在崩碎飞向红色行星的碎石间穿梭，捕捉到了被引力拉开的身影。

Darkstar HubbleNo... don't go.……不……别走。

Darkstar HubbleDon't leave me...别离开……

Her absent-minded countenance suddenly awakens. Almost subconsciously, Hubble extends her arms, pushing the encroaching red planet away through the air—她恍惚的神色逐渐清醒，几乎是下意识地，赫波伸出双臂，对着逼近的红色行星隔空一推——

A simple, floaty gesture, but one that carries immeasurable weight. The speed at which the distance between the two planets closes slows, then stops. In the very next moment, the red planet's trajectory abruptly changes.只是轻飘飘的一个动作，又仿佛力重千钧。两颗星靠近的速度慢了下来，而后静止。下一刻，暗红色的行星突兀地改变了前进的轨道。

Darkstar HubbleGet... away from her!离她……远点！

Hubble motions, and the universe turns as she desires.随着赫波的推动，这片宇宙再次如她所愿运转。

With the crisis of gravitational rupture now on hold, the planet beneath their feet stops on the boundary of destruction. Fresnel no longer consigned to that gravitational pull, Hubble steps up, taking her friend's extended hand.被引力撕碎的危机消弭，脚下的星球暂停在了崩毁的边缘。菲涅尔不再被拉远，赫波向前踏去，拉住了友人伸出的手。

Darkstar Hubble...Thank goodness, you're alright.……太好了，你没事啊。

FresnelI'm fine... thank you, Hubble.我没事……谢谢你，赫波。

Fresnel stares at Hubble's not-often-seen worried countenance in a daze until Antonina's voice comes through the comms.菲涅尔怔怔看着赫波久违的担忧神色，直到安冬妮娜的声音从通讯中传来。

AntoninaDon't just stand around—the planet you're standing on might still disintegrate into a million pieces at any time!别忙着发呆啊——你们脚下的星体还指不定什么时候就会碎成一朵花呢！

AntoninaProfessor, fire the spaceship's tethers!教授，快弹出航天器的抓钩！

I activate the spaceship's support systems, firing a high-strength tow rope that embeds itself by Fresnel and Hubble's feet. Fresnel grabs onto the tether, finally smiling with relief, a great load off their shoulders.我启动航天器的辅助功能，弹出一道带着高强度牵引绳的抓钩，嵌在菲涅尔与赫波的脚边。菲涅尔伸手抓住绳索，终于如释重负地笑了出来。

In the immenseness of space, the dark red planet drifts into the distance, leaving only gases, stardust, and a malevolent aura.在茫茫宇宙中，暗红色的行星渐渐远去，唯有云气与星尘残留着令人不安的气息。

Darkstar HubbleThat was dangerous, Fresnel.刚才很危险哦，菲涅尔。

Darkstar HubbleYou would have been like stardust, lost in the greatness of space. Not even I would be able to find you.你差一点就和星屑一样，消失在茫茫宇宙了，即使是我也找不回来。

FresnelHehe... were you worried about me, Hubble?呵呵……赫波是在担心我吗？

Darkstar HubbleYou... are happy? Why?你……在高兴？为什么呢？

FresnelI just think that... I haven't seen an expression like that on you in so long.我只是，好像……真的好久没看到你这样的表情了。

FresnelTo have you be upset for my sake... makes me very, very happy.能再一次被你这样担忧，我非常、非常开心。

Darkstar HubbleHow mystifying... but I can't say I dislike it.真是难以理解啊……不过，似乎也不错。

Darkstar HubbleI think I am gradually understanding what makes you wish to stay with me so...我好像逐渐能理解。你们想要和我一直待在一起的心情了……

FresnelThen... are you going to go back with us?那……要和我们一起回去吗？

Darkstar HubbleLet me think on it... perhaps there may be other orbits we can yet choose.再让我想想吧……也许还有其他的星轨可以选择呢。

Darkstar HubbleRather, don't you still have an assignment from Xuannu?比起这个，你们不是还有玄女的任务吗？

Hubble deftly redirects the conversation.赫波轻巧地转移了话题。

I open the spaceship's cabin door, allowing the miniature Entropic to welcome them and communicate with Xuannu, as Hubble mentioned. In the list of lost agents she provided, one serial code after another is crossed out.我打开航天器的舱门，放任小型熵前去迎接，如赫波所言联系上玄女。在她给出的失散智能体列表中，一个又一个代号标记被抹去。

玄女The last... and the most important one. However, we've never been able to get a steady signal that we can use to locate it.还剩最后一个……也是最重要的一个。不过，关于具体位置，我们始终没有稳定的信号。

玄女Just like the previous destination, things in this Starsphere tend to simply move freely.就像刚才的星球一样，这片星域里总有东西在自由地移动。

ProfessorThis name is...这个名字是……

The sound of footsteps approaches behind me. Fresnel comes up to the control panel with Hubble, and immediately recognizes the last name on the list.脚步声逐渐靠近，菲涅尔带着赫波走近指挥台，一眼就望见了列表中剩下的最后一个名字。

FresnelGagarin!?……加加林！？

ProfessorIs that the Agent you mentioned?这是你提过的那个智能体吗？

FresnelYes, originally sacrificed in the Jupiter region, one of our... most important friends.是，这是原本已经在木星区域牺牲的……我们重要的伙伴。

FresnelIt was thanks to its defenses that we finally realized the nature of the inside-out Entropization.多亏了它的坚守，我们才意识到星球由内而外熵化的真相。

FresnelHubble, do you remember it?赫波，你还记得它吗？

Darkstar HubbleHmm... I have something of an impression, but... there aren't many memories left.嗯……稍微有一点点印象。不过……残留的记忆不多了。

Darkstar HubbleIs this the next piece of star-crumb that needs to be removed?这就是下一个要扫除的星屑吗？

FresnelA crumb? ...No, this one's different from the other Entropics. This one used to be our friend.星屑？……不，这和其他的熵不一样，这是我们曾经的伙伴。

Darkstar HubbleIs that so? But... I fail to see the difference...是吗？但是……似乎也没有什么区别……

Darkstar HubbleIf "Gagarin" is nothing like the scrap, why eliminate it instead of allowing it to return to you?如果“加加林”和星屑不一样，为什么要消灭掉，而不是让它回归你们？

Darkstar HubbleTo return to Jiutian in the form of an Entropic is like what I am to the Oasis.以熵的姿态回归九天，就像绿洲对我一样。

玄女...That's different, Hubble. Gagarin had its own responsibilities, and was born for Jiutian.……不一样，赫波。加加林有自己的职责，它为九天扇区而生。

玄女If a fully Entropized Agent is allowed to remain in Jiutian, it will become a hidden hazard. We cannot allow this.一个完全熵化的智能体留在九天扇区，会变成扇区的隐患。我们不能让这种事发生。

Darkstar HubbleHidden hazard?隐患……？

Hubble mulls over the words, turning towards me.赫波咀嚼着话中的含义，转头看向了我。

Darkstar HubbleI know, Professor, that you, Fresnel, Antonina... all want to try and take me back to the Oasis.我知道，教授和菲涅尔，安冬妮娜……你们都想着要将我带回绿洲。

Darkstar HubbleBut an Entropic I remain.但我终究也是熵。

Darkstar HubbleIf I would become a hidden hazard to the Oasis too... Professor, what would you consign me to then?如果我也会成为绿洲的隐患……教授，你又该如何处置我呢？

After numerous little adventures chasing down memories, Hubble and Fresnel find themselves back inside the spaceship once more.在数次追寻回忆的小小冒险后，赫波和菲涅尔再一次回到了航天器。

FresnelProfessor, we're back.教授，我们回来了。

Extrasolar Planet 系外行星

Darkstar HubbleProfessor?教授？

Darkstar HubbleHehehe... I see you remain silent, Professor.呵呵呵……教授不说话了呢。

Darkstar HubbleWhen I become a threat to the Oasis, you would stand against me as well.在我成为绿洲的威胁的时候，你们也会站在我的对立面吧。

Darkstar HubbleWhat guides you is little more than fragile emotions, not any enduring power.牵引着你们的，不过是脆弱的情感，而不是恒固的力量。

Darkstar HubbleYou cannot preserve any star with such an unsteady will.靠着这样的觉悟，是无法拉住星辰的哦。

ProfessorWe'll hold onto you tight, and we already have some notions. Haven't you recovered a good amount of your memories already?我们会拉住你的，而且我们已经有了头绪。你看，你不是已经恢复了不少记忆吗？

I'll find some way to hold onto you.我会找到拉住你的办法。

Emotions in and of themselves are enduring power.情感本身就是恒固的力量。

ProfessorYou may not be able to control yourself very well currently, but it's alright. It'll get better. Our Hubble remembers the position of every star, and knows each and every orbit.也许你现在还不能很好地控制自己，但没关系，会变好的。我们的赫波，会记得每一颗星的位置，能辨认每一道星轨。

Darkstar HubbleHehe... it appears I must keep myself answerable to your expectations. How sly of you, Professor.呵呵……看来我也得能够回应你们的期待才行呢，真是狡猾的教授。

ProfessorIf we had only just reconvened, you would not question us like this.如果是重逢之初，你是不会对我们发出这样的疑问的。

ProfessorFor you to have concerns and suspicions already proves that the connections between us are rekindling. If you had never considered the reunion in the first place, you would not even begin to contemplate the difference in standings, right?你会有担忧，有质疑，就已经证明了我们之间的情感在复苏。如果你从未考虑过重聚，立场的差异就无法映入你的眼帘，不是吗？

Darkstar HubbleWell well... what an angle of approach. Your methods truly are exceptional.哎呀……真是没有想过的角度，教授的切入点果然很不一样呢。

ProfessorThough we cannot offer any promises of substance...虽然现在还无法给出什么掷地有声的承诺……

ProfessorA stargazer always turns their sights to the stars.但是，观星者会一直凝望着繁星。

Darkstar HubbleWhat riveting prose. I cannot wait to see the results for myself.多么让人心动的说辞，忍不住就想拭目以待了。

Darkstar HubbleBut Entropics and Agents... two different systems altogether. Your attitude towards them, Xuannu's actions—they all serve to prove that point.但是，熵和智能体……已经完全是两个星系了哦。无论是你们的态度，还是玄女的做法，都在证明这一点。

Darkstar HubbleHow will you manage it, I wonder? A most captivating thing.你们究竟要如何做到呢？真是让人好奇啊。

Darkstar HubbleI can already feel it, the integration of bodies... one last piece of the puzzle is missing. Shall we move towards the final moment, then?我已经感觉到了，星体的聚合……就差最后一块拼图。让我们一起走向最后一刻吧？

ProfessorLooks like you are not so easily convinced, then. That is as well. Let's see what happens at the end.看来你是不会轻易被说服了。也好，就让我们看看，最后会发生什么。

ProfessorAntonina, do we have any leads on our final piece of memory data?安冬妮娜，关于最后的记忆数据，我们有线索了吗？

AntoninaYeah, since ages ago, we were just waiting for this positively inconversant Professor to finish their conversation with Hubble!当然是早就有啦，正等着旁若无人的教授和赫波聊完呢！

FresnelPfft...噗嗤……

AntoninaWhat a pain. Go, get on with the work! Once we have this final part, we can put together Hubble's main body of data.真是麻烦的家伙。赶紧工作吧！还剩最后一部分，我们就可以找齐赫波的主体数据了。

AntoninaWith a complete Hubble, we can maybe figure out with the data what happened in those last moments.有了完整的赫波，我们或许就能根据数据算清楚，最后的那一刻都发生了什么。

FresnelHopefully then some of the mysteries can be revealed.希望到时候，我们现在的疑惑能被揭开一些吧。

Darkstar HubbleYes, it will soon be at an end. Along with all of this ambivalence...是啊，就快结束了。连同这摇摆不定的一切……

FresnelNo matter what your decision is at the end of it all... at least, this journey of memory-seeking, we will finish together.无论你最后怎么决定……至少，我们一起寻找记忆的旅程，能一起走完。

Darkstar HubbleHehe, naturally.呵呵，那是自然的。

Darkstar HubbleOn this road, crossing paths with the alien star shall also bring forth the end.在这条路上，与异星的交汇，也一定能迎来终局。

The spaceship steadily journeys on towards its destination, passing planets both intimate and foreign, belts rich with minerals...航天器稳定地前进着，越过熟悉或陌生的星球，越过富含钻石的星环，我们抵达了最终的目的地。

Here resides no new planet to explore, or grand center of the Starsphere. In this empty place a damaged escape pod is lodged, housed upon a great drifting asteroid.这里不是某一颗全新的星，也不是星域的中央。在这个空旷的位置，漂浮的巨大陨石上，停泊着一个破损的逃生舱。

FresnelThis is... back then...这是……那时候的……

Darkstar HubbleA place of parting?诀别之处吗？

FresnelHubble, you remember!?赫波，你还记得！？

Darkstar HubbleNo, I just... suddenly had such a thought.不，只是……莫名就这样想。

Fresnel...Yeah. Here is... where we last parted.……是。这里是……我们最后分开的地方。

FresnelHubble, you were more compassionate than I could ever have imagined, but also cruel beyond what was possible. But... no one here can blame you.赫波，你比我想象中温柔，也比我想象中残忍。可是……我们谁也无法责怪你。

FresnelAfter that, it was... a terribly, terribly long wait until I could gather up the courage to come to this Starsphere.在那之后，我度过了漫长的……漫长的时间，才鼓起勇气进入这片星域。

FresnelI thought that we would find your... fragments...我以为我们会找到你的……碎片……

FresnelBut thankfully we found you.但还好，我们找到了你。

Darkstar HubbleIt is a shame... I cannot recall how I felt in that moment.真是可惜……那时候的心情，我现在还想不起来呢。

Darkstar HubblePerhaps it resides someplace inside my neural cloud, waiting to be awakened...也许它就留在我心智中某个地方，正等待着唤醒……

Darkstar HubbleThen, let us see what rests here in this "place of parting".那么，让我们看看，在这个“诀别之地”，存放的会是什么吧？

The reunited friends exit the cabin together. Fresnel was attached to a tether this time. Within the shattered escape pod, a piece of memory data gives off a warm and fuzzy light.重逢的好友一同踏出舱门，这一次，菲涅尔身上带上了牵引绳。在破碎的逃生舱里，一段记忆数据正散发着暖融融的光。

ProfessorThese are... memories of the real world?这是……现实世界的记忆？

HubbleWhat do you think of the structure of this story?这个故事的设计，你觉得怎么样呢？

研究员Mm, hmm... it is indeed interesting to characterize a celestial body's life cycle as that of a person's.嗯，嗯嗯……将天体的一生拟写成人的一生，还挺有意思的嘛。

研究员Though, isn't some of this prose... a little bit too bleak?不过，其中这一段的论述……会不会太悲观了？

HubbleIs that so? I remember this segment was my own personal conceptual work...有吗？我记得这一段是我自己的构思……

"Finally, it decided it would be a new solar system." "The star would shine, the planets would revolve, and all shall be in its rightful place." "Nothing needs to be annihilated. Every life shall have the right to continue." "And the only price is that it would forget everything..."“最终，它决定化作一个全新的天体系统。”

"Finally, it decided it would be a new solar system." "The star would shine, the planets would revolve, and all shall be in its rightful place." "Nothing needs to be annihilated. Every life shall have the right to continue." "And the only price is that it would forget everything..."“恒星将闪耀，行星将运转，一切都会回到正确的轨道。”

"Finally, it decided it would be a new solar system." "The star would shine, the planets would revolve, and all shall be in its rightful place." "Nothing needs to be annihilated. Every life shall have the right to continue." "And the only price is that it would forget everything..."“每一颗星都不必崩毁，每一个生灵都得以续存。”

"Finally, it decided it would be a new solar system." "The star would shine, the planets would revolve, and all shall be in its rightful place." "Nothing needs to be annihilated. Every life shall have the right to continue." "And the only price is that it would forget everything..."“唯一的代价，是它将忘记一切……”

"Forgetting what made it thirst such to make a star shine to, forgetting how it would be enamored with the empyrean's orbits." "Forgetting its original astral aspirations, forgetting its longing for each and every star." "It shall persist here, unknowing, unconcerned, perpetually the way it is now." "It shall not understand, why it indeed first had such a choice."“忘记自己曾是如此渴望让恒星一直闪耀，忘记自己是如此留恋天幕的星轨。”

"Forgetting what made it thirst such to make a star shine to, forgetting how it would be enamored with the empyrean's orbits." "Forgetting its original astral aspirations, forgetting its longing for each and every star." "It shall persist here, unknowing, unconcerned, perpetually the way it is now." "It shall not understand, why it indeed first had such a choice."“忘记自己化作天体的初衷，忘记自己对每一颗星的眷恋。”

"Forgetting what made it thirst such to make a star shine to, forgetting how it would be enamored with the empyrean's orbits." "Forgetting its original astral aspirations, forgetting its longing for each and every star." "It shall persist here, unknowing, unconcerned, perpetually the way it is now." "It shall not understand, why it indeed first had such a choice."“它只会不明就里地，茫然地，永远维持着如今的样子。”

"Forgetting what made it thirst such to make a star shine to, forgetting how it would be enamored with the empyrean's orbits." "Forgetting its original astral aspirations, forgetting its longing for each and every star." "It shall persist here, unknowing, unconcerned, perpetually the way it is now." "It shall not understand, why it indeed first had such a choice."“它将不会明白，当初的自己为何有此选择。”

研究员Do you... think it ever regretted its decision?你说……它会感到后悔吗？

HubbleRegret?后悔？

HubbleNo, never.——不，不会的。

HubbleEven if repeated countless times, even if endless indistinction is inevitable... it would never regret its choice.即使重来无数次，即使陷入无尽的迷茫……它也永远不会后悔。

HubbleThe first dream it had must have been beautiful indeed. And no cost would be too great to protect it.最初的那个梦想，一定非常美妙，以至于付出再大的代价也要守护。

HubbleThat is what I thought, at the very least.我是这样想的哦。

The door is knocked on lightly, and a strange voice comes from outside.门轻轻被敲响，外面传来一个陌生的声音。

???Hello, is Hubble here?请问赫波在吗？

研究员Someone's looking for you. A friend?好像有人找你。是朋友吗？

HubbleAh! It's a friend I made because of this novel. Her name is Fresnel.啊！是因为这篇小说而结缘的朋友，她叫菲涅尔。

HubbleI heard her voice long ago, but this is our first time meeting. Hehe, I'm excited.虽然早就听过了她的声音，但这还是我们第一次见面。呵呵，我很期待呢。

Hubble rises and makes for the door. On the other side, the memory data's visualization flashes and mottles, being Entropized bit by bit.赫波起身向门口走去。在门的另一边，记忆数据构成的影像斑驳闪动，一点一点被熵化侵蚀。

The entire Starsphere is quickly Entropizing, from the planet's insides to the asteroid's surface. The simulated corridor outside the room shatters into pieces, and when Hubble opens the door, she finds no one there.整个星域在迅速熵化，从星球的内部，从陨石的表面。具象化模拟出的数据走廊片片破碎，当赫波伸手去拉开门的前一刻，门外已经空无一人。

Fresnel...Hubble!……赫波！！

Fresnel, standing guard to the side, cannot bear the silence in this moment. She leaps downwards, landing where "Fresnel" originally ought to be, and finds firm footing.始终守在一旁的菲涅尔终于无法忍耐这一刻的寂静。她纵身跃下，落在“菲涅尔”原本应在的位置，竭力稳住了自己的身形。

HubbleYou...你……

HubbleYou're Fresnel.你是菲涅尔。

Fresnel...Yes.……对……

Fresnel"I'm Fresnel."“我是菲涅尔。”

Fresnel"What, is my look too exotic for you?"“怎么，对我的样子感到很稀奇吗？”

HubbleNo, you shine exactly like I imagined.不，你和我想象中一样闪耀。

The memory data continues to flow. The influence of Entropization wears away the visualized environment, exposing the asteroid's lifeless exterior.记忆数据仍在回流，熵化的侵蚀让具象化的环境逐渐消解，露出荒凉的陨石原貌。

But the conversation continues, and the two are hard-pressed to notice.但对话仍在继续，初次相遇的两人似乎浑然不觉。

HubbleI can't put my finger on why, but this feels familiar... this is the first time our orbits have crossed.不知为什么，觉得有点熟悉……明明我们的星轨还是第一次交汇呢。

Fresnel"Who knows with these things?"“这种事，谁知道呢？”

Fresnel"But when I read that novel of yours, I felt the same."“不过，看到你那篇小说的时候，我也有同感。”

HubbleAh... those accessories on your body, they reflect truly beautiful light.啊……你身上的饰品，折射着十分美丽的光呢。

Fresnel"Just like planets, right?"“……就像星球一样，对吧？”

The sound of conversation fades. There is no blowing wind in the silence of space, only the finale of a bygone memory.对话的声音也逐渐散去。寂静的宇宙中没有风经过，只有回忆缓缓落幕。

Fresnel"You like it too... right?"“你也很喜欢……是吗？”

The last line is delivered with a remnant tremble.最后一句话犹带着颤抖。

Hubble opens her eyes as the sounds fade, smiling and answering Fresnel's expectations.赫波在余音中再次睁开眼睛，笑着给了她等候已久的回答。

Darkstar Hubble"Of course... if you're interested, we have plenty of stars we can use for reference."“当然……如果你感兴趣，我们还有很多星体可供参考。”

Darkstar HubbleJust like the world we're in... all that we see and feel in this endless dream.就像在我们身处的宇宙……在这场无尽的梦境中的所见所闻。

Darkstar HubbleMy head still hurts a bit, but I feel better than ever before. Thank you.虽然还是有点头痛，但我的感觉前所未有地好呢。谢谢你。

AntoninaFinally... the main body of the data is complete. A little bit slower, and we wouldn't have hit all our goals.终于……数据主体集齐了。要是再慢一点，我们可能就凑不齐目标了。

AntoninaWe have enough data now to extrapolate where Hubble's Entropic Core with analysis.现在的数据足够展开反推，我们马上展开解析，下一步就能找到赫波的熵核心。

Antonina puts the Analysis System to work at full capacity. On the other end of the call, the miniature Entropic lies on the control panel, bored out of its mind, gesturing at the progress bar with its tentacles.安冬妮娜将解析系统全功率运行起来。在通讯的这头，小型熵正百无聊赖地趴在控制台上，用触须比划着星域解析的进度条。

Hubble's data is whole again. I let out a lengthy sigh, but a question still hangs over me.赫波的数据重新合一，我长出一口气，但身上还有问题仍悬而未决。

ProfessorHave we still not tracked down Gagarin's signal?加加林的信号——还是没有找到吗？

玄女Not as of yet. If we can track down the Entropic Core, however, we should be able to use it to track Gagarin directly.目前还没有。不过，只要能够找到熵核心，我们应该就能利用它直接追踪到加加林。

玄女This mission has gone very smoothly, Professor. Thank you for your work.这次的任务进行得很顺利，教授。感谢你们的付出。

ProfessorI'm merely facilitating the ending everyone wants.只是在达成大家都想得到的结局而已。不过，我总觉得……

ProfessorThis Starsphere is still hiding something important that we're not picking up on...这片星域还藏着什么重要的东西，是我们没有意识到的……

In this instant of reconciliation, the ruined escape pod lies dormant by the wayside, witnessing a rerun of the moment of meeting.重逢时刻，破碎的逃生舱静静躺在一旁，在诀别之处，见证着相遇的回放。

Darkstar HubbleI understand, Fresnel.我已经明白了，菲涅尔。

Darkstar HubbleWhether it was meeting you or the Professor... the revolving orbits give me endless inspiration.无论是与你的相遇，还是与教授的相遇……转动的星轨，总会带给我无尽的启发。

Darkstar HubbleWhether it's our first meeting, or each moment of reacquaintance...无论是初次结识，还是重新认识的每分每秒……

Darkstar HubbleThis feeling is what you wanted me to find on this journey, right?这种感受，才是你们想带我找到的东西吧？

Darkstar HubbleWhat's important is not the memories themselves... but the desire to take another's hand, and journey into the very end.重要的不是记忆本身，而是……渴望着拉住彼此的手，一同行至末路的愿望。

FresnelHehe... "very end" sounds a bit extreme.呵呵……“末路”什么的，听起来也太极端了吧。

Darkstar HubbleExtreme? Those are the most appropriate words I can think of in my current state.极端吗……这就是如今的我能想到的，最美的词汇。

Darkstar HubbleThose emotions one dedicates to their friends... clearly meaningless, yet also so beautiful.为了伙伴所付出的浓烈情感，分明毫无意义，却又非常美丽……

Darkstar HubbleMakes one want to... grasp it tightly in their hand.让人想要……牢牢握在手心呢。

Hubble flashes a mysterious smile, unlike what we had ever seen before.赫波露出了一个此前从未有过的神秘微笑。

A tapping sound comes from the control panel. I turn to find the miniature Entropic, hurriedly knocking away—the Analysis System's progress bar slowly ticks on. At the same time, a bizarre icon speeds towards us.控制台发出一声被敲击的脆响。我扭头看去，小型熵正焦急地敲打着台面——解析系统的面板中进度条缓缓前进着，与此同时，一个异样的标记正向我们疾行而来。

AntoninaThat's it... that's it! The Entropic Core!找到了……找到了！是熵核心！

AntoninaThat's what it is! We should've figured it out long ago!是它！我们早该想到的……！

That planet is red. Dark red... or rather, rust-red.那是一颗红色的行星，一颗暗红色……或者说，锈红色的行星。

It once drifted through the range of the spaceship's instruments, as if this interminable journey was thoroughly relevant to it; it has also approached without warning, like an uninvited catastrophe.它曾远远地在航天器探测区域中游走，就像这漫长的旅途与它无关；也曾毫无征兆地逼近，就像一场意外降临的灾难。

And now, backed by rolling thunder, between the ash and smoke, the planet's surface dissolves, revealing a gigantic eye.而现在，翻滚的闷雷之下，灰烬与云层之间，星球的表面开裂，露出一只巨大的眼。

Darkstar HubbleGhroth...赫格罗斯……

Darkstar HubbleI have been reconstructed... I shall return.我已经重组……我即将回归。

Darkstar HubbleThis comes from your choices... we've been expecting this moment with joy in our hearts.这也是你们的选择……我们都满心欢喜地期待着这一刻。

On the topic of stars and fantasies, countless works of literature have been created. But what lies before us, the very name Hubble whispered, "Ghroth"—关于星辰，关于幻想，世界上曾诞生过无数文学作品。但眼前的一切，正如赫波所呢喃出的名字，“赫格罗斯”——

Is a celestial body symbolizing awakening, the gaze of another, and calamity.那是象征着唤醒，象征着注视，象征着灾厄的天体。

As Hubble's data was restored, this planet came to be restored as well. It finally opens its eyes from its slumber, akin to the icon on the monitoring panel, becoming this Starsphere's true core.当赫波的数据重组，这颗星球也似乎随之复苏。它终于从沉睡中睁开眼睛，如同监测板上的标记，成为这片星域真正的核心。

The entire realm begins to convulse and swivel as if freely stretching its body and exhaling as it wakes.整个星域都开始震颤、扭曲，如同肆意舒展着身体，如同苏醒时的长长叹息。

玄女This is... the Entropic Core's true form...这就是……熵核心真正的样子……

AntoninaIt's always been circling around us so casually! We went all this time without...它一直都不紧不慢地在附近绕行……！之前我们从来都……

AntoninaDamn it, I'll begin analysis immediately!可恶，我马上展开解析！

Darkstar HubbleHehehe... what seems to be the problem?呵呵呵……有什么不好呢？

Hubble finally seems to wake from that endless drowsiness, gesturing like when we first encounter each other in this Starsphere. That dark red planet moors in front of us, its great eyeball turning towards the spaceship.赫波仿佛终于从那无尽的困倦中清醒，像是在这片星域中初遇之时一般摆了摆手。那颗暗红的行星停泊在我们眼前，巨大的眼珠转向了航天器这一边。

The force of gravity spikes in that moment!牵引力在那一刻暴涨！

The asteroid below Fresnel and the escape pod next to her and torn to shreds by the force, and her body is drawn towards that planet like everything else close to her.菲涅尔脚下的陨石块和身边的逃生舱被引力撕碎，连同她的身体一起不可抗拒地向那颗星体流去。

ProfessorFresnel, tether!菲涅尔，牵引绳！

In a crucial moment, I immediately restart the thrusters. The spaceship sets off once more, and with the protection of the tether, I drag Fresnel out of the planet's gravity field.紧要关头，我当即重启助推。航天器再次抬升，在牵引绳的保护下， 我拉着菲涅尔一同脱离了星体的引力范围。

Darkstar Hubble...You're not coming?……不来吗？

Darkstar HubbleWhy not? And we were so good together... we wanted to assemble again, so ardently.为什么呢？我们明明那么要好……那么执着地，想要重聚。

Darkstar HubbleCome, Professor, Fresnel.来吧，教授，菲涅尔……

Before the great red planet, Hubble gently levitates in space. She gently extends a hand towards the spaceship.在巨大的红色行星前，赫波轻轻地浮在宇宙空间中。向着航天器伸出了手。

Darkstar HubbleCome to me.到我这里来吧。

Darkstar HubbleI understand everything. Let's Entropize together, and continue unto eternity...我已经明白了一切。就让我们一起熵化，就这样走到永恒……

ProfessorYou've... hidden this from us?你一直……瞒着我们？

Darkstar HubbleSeriously, Professor. When have I hidden anything? To you, of everyone.教授真是的。我何曾欺瞒呢？更何况，是对着你们。

Darkstar HubbleYou helped me recover my data... you sheltered the Entropic Core, until it reached completion.是你们帮助了我重组数据……是你们掩护了熵核心走向完整。

Darkstar HubbleEven if you knew nothing, you brought me to where I am, step by step.即使什么都不知道，你们还是带着我一步一步走到了这里……

Darkstar HubbleThis starlight is so bewitching, so difficult to resist taking into one's arms.这些星光是如此绮丽，让人忍不住想揽入怀中啊。

Looking Back 逆向自转

When we encounter a star, we are naturally attracted. When a star reaches its end, and gravity treks unto the extreme... Star-crumbs shall encircle you, until you are back at my side.当我们与星辰相遇，会自然地受到吸引。

When we encounter a star, we are naturally attracted. When a star reaches its end, and gravity treks unto the extreme... Star-crumbs shall encircle you, until you are back at my side.当星辰行至末路，引力走向极限……

When we encounter a star, we are naturally attracted. When a star reaches its end, and gravity treks unto the extreme... Star-crumbs shall encircle you, until you are back at my side.星屑会簇拥着您，回到我的身边。

Ah, your expression does not seem to indicate agreement...啊，您似乎露出了不太赞同的表情呢……

The spaceship continues to contend with the planet's gravity. Through the spaceship's window, I look once more at the friend we were reunited with.航天器与星球的牵引持续角力。通过航天器的舷窗，我再一次望向我们重逢的伙伴。

I see Hubble. I also see an Entropic, in its full capacity.眼前的是赫波。眼前的也是一只不折不扣的熵。

She is our friend, on a journey to retrieve memories we once made. She is also an Entropic in control of this Starsphere, intent on eternally confining us here.她是与我们重逢，一路收集着回忆走来的伙伴。 她也是控制着整个星域，意欲将我们永远拖入其中的熵。

ProfessorAntonina, how long do we need to finish the analysis on that planet?安冬妮娜，我们花多长时间能够完成对这颗行星的解析？

AntoninaI'm working on it... with the basis we have from research on the little guy, our progress is much faster than expected!在转了在转了……有之前对小家伙的研究做基础，进度比预想中要快得多！

AntoninaBefore I find a way to dismantle it, you better hang on!在我找到把它拆掉的方法之前，你们可一定要撑住啊！

That dark red planet tacitly hovers, its agape eye unmoving, as if holding back the mockery of its trapped prey.暗红色的行星静静漂浮着，凝视的眼不为所动，如同噙着一股对挣扎者的嘲弄。

玄女The data this red planet holds isn't quite the same as what we detected before...这颗红色星球承载的数据，和之前探测到的不一样……

玄女...Inside-out Entropization! Is it that, once again?……由内而外的熵化！又是这样吗？

AntoninaBefore that "eye" opened, she had countless ways to hide that planet's true form...在那颗“眼睛”睁开之前，她有无数办法掩盖这个星球的真面目……

AntoninaDammit, it's all gone wrong! We were caught in her ploy from the very beginning!可恶，全都错了……！我们从一开始就正中她的下怀！

AntoninaThe Entropic Core is a complete string of data, and our analysis system functioned on the basis of other Entropic Cores.熵核心是一个完整的数据串，我们的解析系统就是按照其他熵核心的样本来运行的。

AntoninaBut Hubble, chances are... she never had a complete Entropic Core!但是赫波她恐怕……根本就没有一个完整的熵核心！

ProfessorSo, back then...所以那时候……

Darkstar HubbleIt is... a very special star. I cannot fully grasp it either...那是一颗特别的星。我现在也不能完全掌握它……

Darkstar HubbleFrom slumber, to awakening... from shattered, to fused.从沉睡，到苏醒……从破碎，到凝合。

Darkstar HubbleExcept if it approaches you of its own will, this little spaceship will never chase it down.除非它主动向你靠近，否则凭这个小小的航天器，是追不上的。

Professor"Cannot fully grasp", but she isn't unaware of where it is. We couldn't "chase it down", but that doesn't mean it can't be stopped.只是“不能完全掌握”，却并不是不知道在哪里。只是“追不上”，却并不是不能停下来。

ProfessorAnd if she wills it, then "approaching you of its own will" is possible too...如果她愿意，那么“主动靠近”也不是不可能……

玄女We've got our comparison data from our analysis here. The real "core" is on that planet, in the center of the eye.我们这边的解析数据也对比出来了。真正的“核心”，就在那颗星球上，眼睛中央的位置。

玄女Hubble's personal data back then was incomplete too, so we couldn't locate the core through her...当时赫波自身的数据也不完整，所以我们也无法通过她搜索到熵核心……

玄女Hubble's data collection progress has most likely accelerated the Entropic Core's development progress.赫波数据回流的过程，很有可能也加速了熵核心完整化的进程。

玄女Those two things likely progressed in sync.这两件事，恐怕原本就是同步进行的。

Darkstar HubbleSo what if I could? Each and every star in this dream wanders on their own path.知道了又能如何呢？在这个梦境里的每一颗星，都在自由地游走。

Darkstar HubbleBy the time you arrive, they are in another place altogether.当你抵达的时候，它们早就不在原地了哦。

Professor...So Hubble had been using us to progress her toward this end all along.……所以，赫波从一开始就在利用我们推动她走向这个终点。

ProfessorIt was precisely because she was always with us that she could manipulate her Entropic Core to avoid detection.正因为时刻与我们在一起，才能随时控制自己的熵核心规避探查。

ProfessorAs expected of Hubble. It was a game of words all along...不愧是赫波。和我们玩了一局文字游戏啊……

Darkstar HubbleHehehe... still making your assumptions?呵呵呵……还在悄悄猜测吗？

Darkstar HubbleI already told you. Each and every star in this dream wanders on their own path.我已经说过了。在这个梦境里的每一颗星，都在自由地游走。

Darkstar HubbleI wonder how close you are to the truth, with all your assumptions and tales combined? Though that matters little now.大家讨论出的故事脉络，究竟与真相有几分相似呢？不过……这些也不重要了。

Darkstar HubbleReunited with my alien star, and a core fully formed. I finally have complete control of this dream.与异星重聚，核心终于形成，我也终于能彻底控制这片梦境……

Darkstar HubbleNow, it is time to welcome you back into my embrace.现在，该迎接你们回归我的怀抱了。

The dark-red planet radiates a calamitous aura, and the spaceship's alarms successively ring.暗红的行星散发着不详的气息，航天器的警报声接连响起。

ProfessorAntonina, what's your progress on the analysis!安冬妮娜，对熵核心的解析怎么样了！

AntoninaWe'll make it, we'll make it... I just hope that we make it in time!还来得及，还来得及……希望一切都还来得及！

AntoninaI'm already calculating... just a little bit more!我已经在推算了……马上就好！

Astral tides flow and star-crumbs fly, the million forms of matter inside the Starsphere homing in on Hubble. She smiles with satisfaction, only to be interrupted by a voice that had disappeared for some time.星潮涌动，星屑飞散，这片星域的万物都在向赫波聚拢。她满足的微笑刚刚浮起，又被一个消失已久的声音再次打断。

FresnelIs that your decision?这就是你的决定吗？

Fresnel returns to the spaceship via the tether. She makes good speed towards the window, taking a long look at Hubble, placing her hand on the combat module's interface.菲涅尔沿着牵引绳回到了航天器，她快步奔行至舷窗，深深望了一眼赫波，而后将手放在了战斗模块的面板上。

Fresnel...Hubble. All this time, were your emotional fluxes fake too?……赫波。这一路上，你的感触……也是假的吗？

Darkstar HubbleStars do not lie and speak in riddles, Fresnel. The one who does not understand has always been you, not me.星体没有谎言和妄语，菲涅尔。不明白的始终是你，而不是我。

Darkstar HubbleOur orbits were not meant to cross again, but here you are again before me...我们的星轨原本不会再次交错，但你们又重新出现在我眼前……

Darkstar HubbleI felt rich emotions, and an impassible rampart.我感觉到了浓烈的情感，也感觉到了坚固的壁垒。

Darkstar HubbleI am an Entropic. Differing from you, I've already been burned to the ground.我是熵。和你们不一样，我已经燃烧殆尽了。

Darkstar HubbleTo remove that rampart, we should always, always be together. That is the best outcome.为了消除这层壁垒，我们应该永远、永远在一起，这是最好的事情。

FresnelSo... that's what you left unsaid all that time.原来……这就是你没有说出口的话啊。

系统[Incoming attack, evasive action] [Incoming attack, evasive action] [Incoming attack, evasive action]【高危袭击，建议躲避】 【高危袭击，建议躲避】 【高危袭击，建议躲避】

Before Fresnel is finished, the contact between us and Hubble cuts off once and for all.菲涅尔的呢喃话音未落，我们与赫波之间的通讯已经彻底断开。

Hubble leverages a finger at us again. Her purple light is far more intense than ever before, rushing towards us from her shattered telescope.赫波再一次向着我们抬起手指。暗紫色的光前所未有地浓郁，破损的望远镜发出幽光，向航天器激射而来。

ProfessorSteady, Fresnel!菲涅尔，稳住！

I prepare the defense again, fighting alongside Fresnel. Fending off Hubble's attacks, the spaceship struggles to make the necessary evasive motions.我将防护再次拉满，与菲涅尔一同作战。迎着赫波的袭击，航天器艰难地翻转闪避。

AntoninaHang on, whatever it takes! This is a damn mess... just a little more!千万撑住！简直是一团乱……就差一点点了！

玄女Wait, this signal...等等，这个信号是……

玄女Gagarin! Gagarin is on that red planet!加加林！加加林就在那颗红色的行星上！

AntoninaHow... that only makes it more chaotic!怎么会……这下战场更乱了！

玄女Why is it there...为什么会在那里……

加加林Entropic... Entropic attack...熵……熵的袭击……

加加林Guard... where... Entropics are many...守卫……熵……最多的地方……

加加林Send... message to...将信息……传递给……

ProfessorThe planet Entropizing from inside out... was the last thing it saw.由内而外熵化的星球……那是它最后看到的。

ProfessorIt's been chasing after these things!它一直在追逐着这些东西！

FresnelProfessor, the cannon can't lock onto the Entropic Core!教授，熔钢炮锁定不了熵核心！

ProfessorIf that's the case...既然如此……

ProfessorFresnel, give up fighting head-on, for now; listen to my commands!菲涅尔，先放弃对抗，听我指令！

FresnelEh!? Wh... I got it!诶！？为什……我知道了！

She grits her teeth, leaving the combat module with the system, awaiting my orders as the spaceship shakes vigorously.菲涅尔咬咬牙，将战斗模块交给系统，在航天器剧烈的震荡中起身待命。

ProfessorWe're sending the little Entropic onto "Ghroth".我们把小型熵送上“赫格罗斯”。

AntoninaWhat madness grips you at a time like this...这种时候你在发什么疯……

ProfessorGagarin's more neurally capable than the average Agent. We could perhaps use it to get a target lock.加加林的智能比常规智能体还要高，我们或许能借助它来锁定目标。

ProfessorIf we can, we'll get the little Entropic to drag Gagarin back!可以的话，再让小型熵把加加林拽回来！

AntoninaWho the hell can pull off that kind of move?这么复杂的活谁办得到啊！

FresnelI'll go!我会去的！

ProfessorI'll provide support. Hang tightly onto the tether. If it really isn't serviceable, I'll pull you...我来提供支援，一定要扣住牵引绳，实在不行我会把你们拉回……

玄女...There's no need for that trouble.……不必那么麻烦。

FresnelWhat?什么？

玄女Jiutian's Agents are largely equipped with self-destruct sequences...九天扇区的智能体，大部分都装有殉爆作战程序……

玄女I can... provide the command, and you need only send it to Gagarin.我可以……提供口令，你们只需要将它送给加加林。

玄女As an Agent, perhaps it doesn't receive orders from an Administrator anymore... but as an Entropic, it will likely listen to messages from another Entropic.作为智能体，它或许已经不再接收管理员的口令……但作为熵，它很有可能会听取到同为熵的讯息。

Professor...Are these Jiutian's failsafes?……这就是九天扇区所设置的保险吗？

玄女Each and every line of code in my being rejects this... but... I have no other choice.我的每一串代码都在呐喊着拒绝……但我……不得不这么选择。

玄女As Xuannu, my personal desires have never been of any worth. As Jiutian's Administrator, I solemnly request that you... bring back Gagarin.作为玄女，我个人的愿望无足挂齿。作为九天扇区的管理员，我郑重拜托你们，将加加林也“带回来”。

玄女As long as the stars shine upon us... we shall be reunited in Jiutian.繁星闪耀……我们终将相聚于九天。

The spaceship continues to convulse as silence descends, only that ever-so-important order blinking on the panel.航天器仍在震荡，通讯陷入沉默，只有那一串关键的口令在面板闪烁。

ProfessorGo, Fresnel.去吧，菲涅尔。

Fresnel attaches her tether once more, holding tight the anxious and startled miniature Entropic. The order blinks with red light, tightly clasped in its tendrils.菲涅尔重新挂上牵引绳，抱住惊慌失措的小型熵。那串口令闪着红光，被触须卷在其中。

FresnelProfessor! We need to be a bit closer!教授！我们还要再靠近一点！

The information panel rattles in the turbulence, Gagarin's signal still tightly bound to that grim eye upon the planet. I open the cabin door as the spaceship's trajectory dips downwards, quickly.信息面板在颠簸中晃动着，加加林的信号紧靠着星球上那颗狰狞的眼。我打开舱门，航天器的轨迹一个紧急下降，迅速逼近那颗暗红色的星球。

ProfessorGo! Complete our mission... and Gagarin's!去吧！去完成我们的任务……还有加加林的任务！

Fresnel makes a leap of faith.菲涅尔一跃而下。

Hubble's attacks continue. Perhaps it's Fresnel's figure being too minute and far away. Perhaps everything is in her control. Perhaps she is already sinking into disarray in her current state—赫波的袭击还在继续，或许是菲涅尔的身形太远太小，或许是一切尽在掌握，又或许是如今的她已经十足地混乱——

Darkstar HubbleWhat... are you doing?在做……什么……？

Darkstar HubbleWhy there...那里为什么……

The spaceship continues to convulse as silence descends, only that ever-so-important order blinking on the panel.航天器艰难地闪避着，向红色行星表面飞去。

FresnelAlmost...就快要……

小型熵Sqqqqueak! Squeak!!叽叽！叽！！

FresnelThe command's maximum range... Gagarin's right here!口令的范围极限……加加林就在这里！

加加林...Jiutian...……九天……

加加林Glory...荣……光……

Hubble's attacks never cease. The nebulae tremble, and the world shudders violently.赫波的袭击从未停歇，星云震荡，一切都在剧烈颠簸。

FresnelI'll be counting on you... this time as well!这一次……也拜托了！

小型熵Sqqqqqueal—叽叽叽——！

The moment before the spaceship is engulfed by the planet's surface covered with surging gas—在航天器即将被星体表面的气流卷入的前一刻——

Smoke and clouds billow, and the world shakes to its very roots.云气翻涌，地动天摇。

Darkstar HubbleMy core—我的核心——

FresnelEntry successful!输入成功了！！

Perhaps we were truly that close to disaster. Perhaps we were still safe. With a distance where safety is unknowable, Gagarin sends one last feedback signal.或许真的就差那么一点，或许我们还很安全。在不知是否接近极限的距离里，加加林传来了最后的反馈讯号。

The final successful self-destruct.最后一次殉爆成功。

We never got a good look at Gagarin.……我们直到最后都不曾清晰地看见加加林。

玄女It's done... Gagarin...……成功了……加加林……

AntoninaProfessor! Altitude, now!!教授！抬升航天器，马上！！

The explosion in the middle of the eye blooms upwards, its impact expanding outwards in waves. It is not large, but it has the power it needs—星球的眼瞳中央爆炸开一朵灿烂的火花，扩散出震荡的波纹。它并不大，却足够有力——

On the Analysis System's progress panel, the most difficult part of the bar to overcome finally fills.解析系统的进度面板上，始终难以攻克的进度条终于走完了最后一格。

AntoninaThe planet will crumble soon, we've done it!这颗行星马上就会崩溃，我们成功了！

AntoninaGive me a bit of time. All we need to do is demerge Hubble's core data and the Entropic Core's data structures!给我点时间，接下来只要把赫波的核心数据跟熵核心的结构做个拆分！

玄女No, wait. Hubble, she's...不，等等。赫波她……

玄女She plans to stay on that planet!她好像打算留在那颗星球上！

Antonina...Professor, you can't let her stay there! The data demerge isn't complete yet!……教授，不能让她留在那里！数据拆分还没完成！

AntoninaShe'll disintegrate along with that thing!她会跟着那玩意一起碎掉的！

As the Entropic Core shatters, cracks begin to surface on the crimson planet. As the demerge progresses, the planet's eye dissipates into surging seas, its valleys and ridges disintegrating into broken stone. As the source of her power fades, Hubble's attacks cease with it.随着熵核心的破碎，暗红的行星逐渐浮现出裂痕。随着拆解的推进，星球之眼溃散为奔流的海，丘壑山谷崩坼为破碎的石。力量的来源消弭，赫波的攻击也随之终止。

Darkstar HubbleRejected, I see... it's only fair.被拒绝了啊……也对呢。

She gazes upon the planet beneath her feet, smiling with loneliness in her countenance. She takes out that piece of starlight chocolate, slowly depositing it between her lips.赫波低头看了看脚下的星球，露出有些寂寞的笑意。她从怀里拿出那颗星光巧克力，缓缓启唇放入口中。

Darkstar HubbleHow sweet... how bitter.多么甘美……多么苦涩。

Darkstar HubbleTo fade like this is a star's destiny, too... hehe, this isn't so bad.就这样崩毁，也是星的宿命呢……呵呵，这样也不错。

Hubble covers her eyes, falling towards the dark red rubble. She sinks down in nothingness, towards a dream from which one never wakes.赫波捂住眼睛，倒向暗红色的碎石。她在虚空中缓缓下沉，沉向一个永不醒来的梦。

Until tiny tendrils make contact with her fingertips. Hubble opens her eyes, finding herself in a gentle and firm embrace.直到小小的触须卷上她的指尖。赫波睁开眼睛，迎来一个温暖而坚定的怀抱。

FresnelGot you.被我抓住咯。

Darkstar HubbleFresnel?菲涅尔？

The spaceship is parked not far away. A drawn-out tether connects it to Fresnel. The miniature Entropic clambers out of her lap, intimately entwined between Hubble's fingers.航天器停在不远处，长长的牵引绳连着菲涅尔，小型熵从她怀中爬出，触须乖顺地缠绕在赫波的指间。

Fresnel binds herself closely to Hubble, dragging her away from the disintegrating planet.菲涅尔将自己和赫波牢牢固定在一起，拖拽着离开崩毁的红色星球。

FresnelIf it wasn't for the Professor's swift reactions, you'd have escaped us again.要不是教授反应快，我们差点就又被你跑掉了。

Darkstar HubbleI see... one step ahead.这样啊……棋高一着呢。

FresnelTo be honest, I've been thinking about something you said, Hubble. I think you're right about one thing.其实……我刚才一直在回想你的话，赫波。我想有一句话你说得对。

FresnelMaybe I really just "don't understand".也许我是真的“不明白”吧。

Darkstar Hubble...What?……什么？

FresnelI never really "understood" your ways of thinking.我一直都不够“明白”你的想法。

FresnelFrom way back, before we were separated, I didn't understand your choices. Your dedication and love for space and the Sectors... why did you never elaborate upon them?从很早之前，我们还没有分开的时候，我就不明白你的选择。你对宇宙与扇区的执念和爱，为什么没有好好说过呢？

FresnelThis continued, all the way until our moment of separation. I was pushed far away, by things you had hidden deep... to somewhere safe.一直到分别的时刻，我才被你藏起来的心意推到远处……推到安全的地方。

FresnelEven back then, you liked to deal with those things discreetly by yourself... with no one noticing.从那个时候，你就喜欢一个人悄悄地面对……悄悄地解决，谁也不会发现。

FresnelAnd after we were reunited, you were the same way. Hide it all down in your heart, where one would know not.在重逢之后，你又是这样。把事情装在心里，谁也不知道。

FresnelEven if I take your hand, I don't know what decisions you'll make, where you'll next disappear to...就算牵住你的手，也不知道你会做出什么选择，不知道下一秒就会消失在什么地方……

FresnelWhat a most worrisome star.真是一颗让人担心的星星。

Darkstar HubbleSo that's how it was, even from back then...原来从那时候起，就是这样啊……

Darkstar HubbleWas I truly that awful?真的有那么糟糕吗？

FresnelNot awful at all. You were brave. You saved everyone.不糟糕，很勇敢。你救了我们所有人。

FresnelA Hubble like that is more precious than anything else in the world.这样的赫波，比什么都珍贵。

FresnelSo, when I saw you again, I made up my mind.所以，在重新见到你的时候，我就决定了。

FresnelEven if I never really knew what you were thinking, even if you still thought that I didn't understand anything... none of that mattered.就算我还是不知道你在想什么，就算你依然觉得我什么都不明白……这一切都不要紧。

FresnelWhat matters is that I—we'll never leave you by yourself ever again.要紧的是，我——我们，绝对不会再留下你一个人了。

FresnelWe'll use every option we have. We'll grasp every straw of hope. From now on, we'll never let you make decisions by yourself... then disappear into the night.我们会用尽方法，我们会抓住所有希望。从今以后，一定不会让你独自做出决定……然后独自消失在黑夜里。

FresnelWe'll do it together, alright? Even if we think differently, even if anyone feels we have no future together... that's alright, too.我们一起，好吗？就算想法不同，就算觉得没有共同的未来……也没什么大不了的。

FresnelWe have the Professor. We have Anna, Persicaria, and everyone thinking about you at the Oasis, too. And the little guy who likes you, too.我们有教授呢。我们还有安娜，有帕斯卡，有正在绿洲思念着你的伙伴……我们还有那个喜欢你的小家伙。

小型熵Squeak?叽？

FresnelIf it can get along with us well enough, why can't you?既然它能和我们好好地待在一起，你又为什么不能呢？

FresnelDon't be scared, Hubble.赫波，别害怕。

FresnelWe'll go back together... and try it out, alright?我们一起回去……我们试试看吧？

In the shadow of a shattered planet, a crumbling sea of stars, Hubble's consciousness blurs, and only the sweetness of chocolate remains.在崩碎的行星之下，在坍塌的星海之中，赫波的意识逐渐模糊，只有融化的星空巧克力残留着甜味。

The drifting tether connected to the spaceship pulls a friend lost in a foreign land back into the cabin.航天器连着飘飘荡荡的牵引绳，将迷失在外的伙伴拉回舱门。

The space station outside the Starsphere meticulously records on. The dark purple Starsphere shrinks with blinding speed, dispersing and leaving only Jiutian's original cosmic background. The laws of spacetime take hold again, and only a singular drifting spaceship remains.星域外的空间站一丝不苟地记录着。暗紫色的星域飞速收缩、散去，露出九天扇区原本的太空图景。重生的宇宙秩序井然，只有一艘航天器轻轻地飘荡。

The dreamscape is illuminated by starlight, and a drifter arrives at the Oasis.星光照彻梦境，漂泊者登上绿洲。

FresnelYou could say that.没错哦。

Planetary Reconfiguration 星系重组

The Oasis, Medical Department绿洲，医疗部。

With things at an end, I come with Persicaria to visit Hubble, and Antonina is present as well. Fresnel sits by the repair pool, inspecting Hubble's monitoring data somewhat despondently.事情终于告一段落，我带着帕斯卡来看望赫波，安冬妮娜也正在这里。菲涅尔坐在修复池旁，有些失神地望着赫波的监测数据。

Antonina...Hey, Professor, are you listening?……我说，教授，你在听吗？

AntoninaProfessor?教授？

ProfessorSorry, could you—抱歉，稍微——

AntoninaShe's not waking up anytime soon!这会儿工夫她不会醒的！

I retract my sight from the sleeping Hubble, smiling at Antonina, and moving past this little escapade.我从沉睡的赫波身上收回视线，向安冬妮娜笑了笑，略过这段小小的走神。

AntoninaSigh... seriously. In any case, you know all of the other stuff, so you won't need me to tell you again.呼……真是的。总之，前面的事你也都知道了，不用我跟你再说一遍。

AntoninaEntropization is irreversible, after all. We have no way to revert Hubble to a normal state... she'll keep the identity of an Entropic.熵化毕竟是不可逆的，我们没办法把赫波变回正常状态……她会保留熵的身份。

AntoninaHowever, since her Entropic Core has already been dismantled once, we've got a good grasp of the technology around the cores of Heat Death Entropics.不过，因为她的熵核心已经被拆解过一次，我们已经掌握了热寂熵的核心管理技术。

AntoninaFrom now on, Hubble can safely stay at the Oasis.从今以后，赫波可以安全地留在绿洲了。

ProfessorThank you, Antonina. We wouldn't have been able to do without your support from the very beginning of this mission to the cleanup.辛苦你了，安冬妮娜。从这次出行到任务结束的善后，都少不了你的支援。

AntoninaI'm just doing what I should. The more troublesome stuff is left to you, anyway.我只是在做我该做的事。而且，更麻烦的还等着你自己操心。

AntoninaAfter Entropic Core reorganization, Hubble's memories will be even more chaotic than before.熵核心重组之后，赫波的记忆应该会比之前更加混乱。

AntoninaMemory data will conflict with the Entropized data, and this was the cause of her previous headaches, too.记忆数据和熵化数据之间会产生冲突，她之前的头痛也是来源于这里。

AntoninaThere's no lack of things you'll have to explain to her, Professor.你要和她解释的东西多着呢，教授。

PersicariaHehe, I see Antonina's the same old way.呵呵，安冬妮娜还是老样子呢。

PersicariaWhen Hubble's neural repair is complete, she should be able to move freely in the Oasis.等到赫波结束心智修复工作，她应该就能在绿洲自由行动了。

PersicariaFor the purposes of stability, her Entropic Core's degree of development and combat ability should be controlled within the bounds of what the Oasis can handle.为了稳定性考虑，她的熵核心发展程度和战斗力应该都会控制在绿洲能承受的范围内。

PersicariaHowever... considering Hubble's current identity and mannerisms, I'm afraid she won't be able to continue her previous line of work.不过。考虑到赫波如今的身份和行为习惯……恐怕我们不能继续让她担任原本的工作了。

ProfessorNo problem. I'll arrange alternative work for her. What's most important right now is rest and recovery.没关系，我会另外为她安排工作，现在最重要的是休息和适应。

AntoninaYou obviously know that's not what Persicaria is talking about.你明知道帕斯卡说的不是这个。

Professor...I know.……我知道。

AntoninaOur goal before we departed was to reset Hubble.我们出发之前的目标，是重置赫波。

AntoninaHubble's original duties are largely irreplaceable... not to mention that a lot of people are waiting for the Hubble they're familiar with to come back.赫波原本的工作，很大程度上是其他智能体完全无法替代的……更不用说还有很多人一直等着熟悉的赫波回来。

AntoninaMaybe things will work in the short term, but how will we handle the future?短期之内还能运转，未来又要怎么处理？

PersicariaAntonina...安冬妮娜……

AntoninaAnd with this sort of thing, what's most important is what Hubble thinks herself...而且这件事，最重要的还是赫波自己的想法……

AntoninaI'll leave these difficult decisions to Hubble and this guy over here.这种麻烦的决断，就让这家伙和赫波去操心吧。

Antonina sighs, collecting her files and preparing to leave.安冬妮娜叹了口气，收起资料准备离开。

AntoninaFresnel, you should come with me.菲涅尔，你也跟我来吧。

FresnelMe?我？

Fresnel, still standing guard by Hubble's side, looks towards Antonina, her confusion obvious.始终坐在一旁看护着赫波的菲涅尔忽然被叫起，迷茫地抬头望向安冬妮娜。

AntoninaWhether it's the reset files related to Hubble or the data we've just retrieved, we need someone familiar with her to process them.无论是赫波的原始重置资料，还是刚刚找回的数据，都还需要熟悉的人整理。

AntoninaWe'd appreciate your help... let her sleep. It'll be fine.你先来帮忙吧……让她再睡会儿，没事的。

FresnelAh... alright.啊……好。

ProfessorRelax, I'll keep watch over her.放心吧，我会在这里看着她的。

Fresnel looks downwards, gently ruffling Hubble's hair, leaving the Medical Department with Antonina soon after. Persicaria smiles a little helplessly, also proceeding to the Medical Department's exit.菲涅尔低下头，温柔地摸了摸赫波的头发，而后起身跟着安冬妮娜离开了医疗部。帕斯卡露出一个有些无奈的笑容，也走到了医疗部门口。

PersicariaYou ought to rest a little here too, Professor. I'll wait for you in the Ops Room.那么，教授也在这里休息一下吧，我会在指挥中心等您的。

PersicariaRight, Xuannu sent a message some time ago, saying that there are things she must discuss with you.对了，玄女之前发来了联络，说是还有事要和您沟通。

ProfessorI see. Thank you too, Persicaria, for your recent work.我知道了。这段时间也谢谢你，帕斯卡。

Persicaria lightly closes the door behind her, leaving me alone with Hubble, still slumbering in the repair pool. I think for a period, calling Jiutian's Administrator.帕斯卡轻轻带上房门，屋子里只剩我和在修复池中沉睡的赫波。我思考了一阵，向九天扇区的管理员中心发去通讯。

玄女Long time no see, Professor. How are you and your company doing?教授，好久不见。您和伙伴们情况如何了？

ProfessorAll is normal here at the Oasis. What about Jiutian?绿洲这边一切正常。九天扇区呢？

玄女By the grace of the Oasis' continued support, our Sector reset project can be declared complete.得益于绿洲的持续支援，我们的扇区重置工作已经宣告完成了。

玄女Gagarin, Belka, and other Agents have returned to their positions. You have our thanks, Professor.加加林、贝尔卡和其他智能体，都已经回到了岗位上。非常感谢您，教授。

ProfessorIn accordance with the cooperative arrangements we made previously, we've received no lack of help either. We all benefit here.按照前段时间确定的合作协议，我们也得到了不少的帮助，这对我们都是好事。

玄女...Yeah, all of us.……是啊，是好事。

玄女Another thing, Professor. After the special Starsphere's disappearance, we verified the amount of data present before and after the reset, as well as Hubble's data records at the time...还有一件事，教授。特殊星域消失之后，我们核对了重置前后的数据量，还有赫波当时的数据记录……

玄女We finally found the reason for those events today.时至今日，我们终于找到了这次事件的因由。

ProfessorWhat was it?是什么？

玄女Things were much simpler than anticipated. Within Jiutian's space principles, Heat Death requires the investment of sufficient mass...事情比我们想象中要简单。在九天扇区的宇宙规则中，热寂需要投入足够的质量……

玄女However, according to the Sector's basic program settings, what we needed to clear out was Jiutian's original amount of data.但根据扇区的基础程序设置，我们需要清空的是九天扇区原本的数据量。

玄女That amount is very precise, as calculated by the Sector's designers. Originally, the algorithm affiliated with that number was adjustable.它是一个精确的数字，由扇区的设计者计算得来。原本，这个算式是可以被调整的。

ProfessorBut with Magrasea's disconnected state...……但在麦戈拉断连的如今……

玄女It was never adjusted. So, with insufficient data, the Sector cannot be reset... but excess data causes its own host of problems.它没有被调整。所以，数据不足时扇区无法重启……但如果数据超出，也会造成新的问题。

玄女Within that program, Hubble, treated as a whole neural cloud, does not align with the amount of data needed for reset.在这个程序里，赫波作为一个整体心智，和重置所需的数据量并不完全一致。

玄女It is that incompatibility that causes some of the program's parsing to become invalidated, and be "kept" there.正是那不匹配的一点，让一部分程序字段失效，它们被“保留”在了那里。

ProfessorBut it is that incompatibility that allowed us to see her again... is that right?但也正因为这种不匹配，让我们还能再见到她……是这样吗？

玄女I think so, yes. No matter who was left there at the time, an unimaginable result would have arrived all the same.我想是的。无论当时留在那里的是谁，最后都会迎来我们无法设想的结局。

玄女Now that the Sector's last issue has been corrected, I hope that Hubble might be bathed with starlight anew.现在扇区的最后一点问题也被修正，希望赫波也能重新沐浴星光。

玄女All we have for this is... endless gratitude.我们对此只有……无尽的感谢。

ProfessorI will convey that to her.我会向她传达的。

玄女...Aside from an official statement, there is more I wish to express.……除了官方的致谢，我想要表达的谢意也不止如此。

玄女According to the duties of the Sector's Agents, we must prioritize the preservation of data, not the companions that we value...按照扇区智能体的职责，我们必须优先保护数据，而不是我们所珍重的同伴……

玄女That pushed me to the decisions I made... and my emotions are unrelated.这促使我做出了那些决断……无关我的个人情感。

玄女Belka, Gagarin, and those like them are born for Jiutian. So am I.加加林、贝尔卡它们，是为九天扇区而生的，我也是。

玄女Is it that which makes me wish... if I was to be Entropized, to be purified in a timely manner.正因如此，如果熵化的是我，那么……我也希望能够及时被清理。

玄女But... my thoughts do not represent that of the Entropized Agents. That is something I must bear.但……我的想法并不能代表那些熵化的智能体，这是我必须背负的。

玄女Perhaps at the Oasis, things are different. That is where you differ from the other Sectors.不过，如果是在绿洲，或许会有些不同吧。这是你们和其他扇区都不一样的地方。

ProfessorThere are still many things outside of our control, but for us, there are indeed more options.虽然也有很多不得已的事，但对我们而言，的确会有更多选择。

玄女Honestly speaking, I envy you to an extent.……坦白来说，我也会有些羡慕。

玄女But as a Sector Administrator... I cannot allow Agents to fall into such a state of tumult.但作为扇区管理员……我不能放任智能体永远陷入那样的混沌里。

玄女Jiutian has accepted far too much help from you already. It is time we relied upon ourselves.九天扇区已经接受了你们太多的帮助，现在是时候靠我们自己了。

玄女I hope our future cooperation is equally as fruitful.希望未来我们的合作也能顺利下去。

ProfessorI am sure that will be the case. I do hope that the next time we venture to that patch of sky, it will be a laid-back and agreeable journey through space.会的。希望下一次前往那片星空的时候，能是一场轻松愉快的太空之旅。

????Laid-back and agreeable... journey through space?轻松愉快的……太空之旅？

Just as I hang up, a somewhat familiar voice comes from behind. I turn around hurriedly, and Hubble sits up from the repair pool, casting a lazy look towards me.刚刚挂断通讯，背后忽而传来有些熟悉的声音。我匆匆回头，赫波正从修复池中坐起，向我投来慵懒的一瞥。

Darkstar HubbleWas it not be agreeable to venture the sea of stars with me?与我共同遨游星海，不是也很愉快吗？

Darkstar HubbleI knew that you would enjoy it, Professor.我就知道教授会喜欢的。

It was.的确很愉快。

A bit too stimulating for my tastes.有点太刺激了。

Darkstar HubbleThen... shall we experience something different next time?那么……下次要不要体验一点别的呢？

Darkstar HubbleThough I've just dreamt a long, long dream.不过，我真的做了好长、好长的一个梦啊。

Darkstar HubbleI've been lost in the stars for far too long... and I'm finally back here.在星海中迷失了太久……终于回到这里来了。

Darkstar HubbleIf this is where time ends, it... is certainly not bad.如果这里就是时间的尽头，似乎……也不赖呢。

玄女But in reality, whether it's me or those Agents, we all desired to be reunited in Jiutian.但实际上，无论是我还是那些智能体们，都无比渴望能再度相聚于九天扇区。

玄女It was Hubble's sacrifice that allowed us to see each other once again.是赫波的付出，使我们能够再度相见。

Xuannu bows deeply, with a smile not often seen on her face.玄女深深地鞠了一躬，脸上露出了久违的笑意。

玄女Agents have things they must do, and we live for those duties.智能体有自己不得不做的事，我们为此而存在。

Fan archive of the official game scripts. All story text and art belong to their publishers.