Radiant Destiny: The Discovery of the Pragtrian Worlds

By Paul D. Escudero

Radiant Destiny is a triple language book written in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Pinyin. The book is laid out with the Mandarin and Pinyin following each English paragraph to allow people to use it as a means of studying Chinese. The Mandarin used is simplified Chinese and not traditional like used in Taiwan. Since most of the print media in China now uses Simplified Chinese, its best to use it to study.
The drama takes place in the 1970’s and 1980’s when an explosion of technology allowed two Nurds in Los Angeles to detect two Alien Races communicating. Soon the NSA gets involved because both young men graduate from college and get security clearances. When back ground investigators discover multiple antennas on the roof of their home, great interest soon drives this government spy agency to plant one of their employees to determine if these young men were involved in nefarious activities. Soon the investigators learn they are intercepting Alien communications which creates a fantastic drama as they employ Dolphin Researchers to unscramble the Alien Communications and the incredible activities of the Aliens.
We can hear them, but can they hear us? Adventure, travel and Intreague with a wonder woman.

• Language: English
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• Release date: Sep 18, 2021
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Paul D. Escudero

Paul Douglas Escudero spends his mornings walking along the beach in San Diego, looking at all the wild birds and looking at life and nature around him. During these long walks, he ponders the world and the universe which often produces thoughts and ideas that flow into future novels.

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Radiant Destiny

光芒四射的命运

Guāngmáng sì shè de mìngyùn

The Discovery of the Pragtrian Worlds

平民世界的发现

Píngmín shìjiè de fǎ xiàn

Chinese Version

中文版

zhōngwén bǎn

By

通过

tōngguò

Paul D. Escudero

保罗 道格拉斯 埃斯库德罗

Bǎoluó Dàogélāsī Āisīkùdéluó

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter One

A Lifeless Planet

In the Pragtrian Star Cluster, the Xer were expecting a possible Wermaurth invasion. The Wermaurth had been the aggressors recently. The Xer had slowly evolved into reactionaries. Their political moral compass never seemed to point in the right direction. The worst part of it, untold numbers of Xer families would be exterminated because of lack of preparedness unless public opinion could be swayed.

在普拉格特里安 (Pragtrian)星团中，人形外星人-泽尔 (humanoid aliens - Xer) 期待可能的爬虫类外星人 -威莫斯 (reptilian alien - Wermaurth) 入侵。 最近，爬虫类外星人 -威莫斯 (Wermaurth) 成为了侵略者。 人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer) 慢慢地演变成了反动派。 他们的政治道德指南针似乎从来没有指向正确的方向。 最糟糕的是，由于缺乏准备，除非公众舆论受到影响，否则无数的人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer) 家族将被消灭。

Zài Pǔ lā gé tè lǐ ān (Pragtrian) xīngtuán zhōng, Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) qídài kěnéng de Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) rùqīn. Zuìjìn, Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) chéngwéile qīnlüè zhě. Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) màn man de yǎnbiàn chéngle fǎndòngpài. Tāmen de zhèngzhì dàodé zhǐnánzhēn sìhū cónglái méiyǒu zhǐxiàng zhèngquè de fāngxiàng. Zuì zāogāo de shì, yóuyú quēfá zhǔnbèi, chúfēi gōngzhòng yúlùn shòudào yǐngxiǎng, fǒuzé wúshǔ de Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén -Zé ěr (Xer) jiāzú jiāng bèi xiāomiè.

The two solar systems in the Pragtrian Worlds were not separated by much distance. Not long after interplanetary travel began, the Xer encroached upon the Wermaurth reptilians who lived on a planet rich in natural resources and was located close to another planet similarly constituted.

普拉格特里世界 (Pragtrian Worlds) 中的两个太阳系并没有相隔很远。在行星际旅行开始后不久，人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)就侵入了生活在自然资源丰富的行星上的爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth) 爬行动物，并且位于另一个类似构成的行星附近。

Pǔ lā gé tè lǐ shìjiè (Pragtrian Worlds) zhōng de liǎng gè tàiyángxì bìng méiyǒu xiānggé hěn yuǎn. Zài háng xīngjì lǚxíng kāishǐ hòu bùjiǔ, Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) jiù qīnrùle shēnghuó zài zìrán zīyuán fēngfù de xíngxīng shàng de Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) páxíng dòngwù, bìngqiě wèiyú lìng yīgè lèisì gòuchéng de xíngxīng fùjìn.

The Wermaurth lived underground. Analyzing Wermaurth cities one could easily get the impression they were upside down, as the buildings dug deep into the rock narrowed the deeper, they dug.

爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth) 住在地下。 通过对爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)城市的分析，可以很容易地得到他们倒置的印象，因为深挖到岩石中的建筑物越深越深。

Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén-Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) zhù zài dìxià. Tōngguò duì Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén-Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) chéngshì de fēnxī, kěyǐ hěn róngyì dì dédào tāmen dàozhì de yìnxiàng, yīnwèi shēn wā dào yánshí zhōng de jiànzhú wù yuè shēn yuè shēn.

Some Wermaurth buildings were almost a mile deep forming a perfect V architecture. The surface of the Wermaurth planet was dotted with circles that from a distance appeared like asteroid strikes but were indeed dome like covers of the inverted cities.

一些爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth) 建筑物几乎一英里深，形成了完美的V型建筑。 爬虫类外星人 (Wermaurth) 行星的表面点缀着圆圈，从远处看起来像小行星撞击，但确实像倒置城市的盖子一样圆顶。

Yīxiē Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén-Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) jiànzhú wù jīhū yī yīnglǐ shēn, xíngchéngle wánměi de V xíng jiànzhú. Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén-Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) xíngxīng de biǎomiàn diǎnzhuìzhe yuánquān, cóng yuǎn chù kàn qǐlái xiàng xiǎo xíngxīng zhuàngjí, dàn quèshí xiàng dàozhì chéngshì de gàizi yīyàng yuán dǐng.

The surface of the planet was nearly inhospitable. From outer space its appearance gave the impression it was a lifeless planet. And since almost all the activity existed underground below the circular disk-shaped covers there would be no reason to think otherwise.

这个星球的表面几乎不适合居住。 从外太空看它的外观给人的印象是它是一个没有生命的星球。 由于几乎所有的活动都存在于圆形圆盘状盖子下面的地下，因此没有理由不这么认为。

Zhège xīngqiú de biǎomiàn jīhū bù shìhé jūzhù. Cóng wài tàikōng kàn tā de wàiguān jǐ rén de yìnxiàng shì tā shì yīgè méiyǒu shēngmìng de xīngqiú. Yóuyú jīhū suǒyǒu de huódòng dōu cúnzài yú yuán xíng yuán pán zhuàng gàizi xiàmiàn dì dìxià, yīncǐ méiyǒu lǐyóu bu zhème rènwéi.

This living arrangement is what caught the Xer off guard. Had they not attempted their own planetary investigations as their space travel blossomed, it’s likely the Wermaurth might not have known of their existence for many generations nor ventured into space.

这种生活安排让人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)措手不及。 如果他们的太空旅行蓬勃发展，他们没有尝试过他们自己的行星调查，很可能爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)可能不知道他们的存在已经很多代，也没有冒险进入太空。

Zhè zhǒng shēnghuó ānpái ràng Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) cuòshǒubùjí. Rúguǒ tāmen de tàikōng lǚxíng péngbó fāzhǎn, tāmen méiyǒu chángshìguò tāmen zìjǐ de xíngxīng diàochá, hěn kěnéng Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) kěnéng bù zhīdào tāmen de cúnzài yǐjīng hěnduō dài, yě méiyǒu màoxiǎn jìnrù tàikōng.

On that fateful day when the Xer landed on the dome of the Wermaurth City of Juxgen their destiny was set.

在人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)降落在爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)市尤克斯根 (Juxgen)圆顶的那个重要日子里，他们的命运得以确定。

Zài Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) jiàngluò zài Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) shì Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) yuán dǐng dì nàgè zhòngyào rìzi lǐ, tāmen de mìngyùn déyǐ quèdìng.

The planetary Lander separated off the Xer research ship and began its descent down towards the Wermaurth planet. The almost lifeless planet had some mystique about it. The numerous meteorite craters on the lifeless planet gave a deception which the unsuspecting Xer didn’t figure out before their lander-space craft slowly approached one of those numerous crater impact zones.

行星着陆器将人形外星人 (Xer)研究船分离并开始向爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)行星下降。 几乎没有生命的行星对此有一些神秘感。无生命星球上的众多陨石坑造成了一种欺骗，在他们的着陆器太空飞船缓慢接近其中一个无数的火山口撞击区之前，毫无防备的人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)没有弄明白。

Xíngxīng zhuólù qì jiāng Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) yánjiū chuán fēnlí bìng kāishǐ xiàng Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) xíngxīng xiàjiàng. Jīhū méiyǒu shēngmìng de xíngxīng duì cǐ yǒu yīxiē shénmì gǎn. Wú shēngmìng xīngqiú shàng de zhòngduō yǔnshí kēng zàochéngle yī zhǒng qīpiàn, zài tāmen de zhuólù qì tàikōng fēichuán huǎnmàn jiējìn qízhōng yīgè wú shǔ de huǒshān kǒu zhuàngjí qū zhīqián, háo wú fángbèi de de Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) méiyǒu nòng míngbái.

As the Lander got closer the Wermaurth crater they were landing in, the surface of the crater started giving an odd appearance. The perimeter of the crater had rock and debris however, in the middle, there was a clean surface that looked rather flat and had a strange appearance the closer they got.

随着行星航天器 (Lander) 越来越接近他们登陆的爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)火山口，火山口的表面开始出现奇怪的外观。 火山口的周边有岩石和碎片，然而，在中间，有一个干净的表面看起来相当平坦，并且他们越接近就有一个奇怪的外观。

Suízhe Xíngxīng Hángtiān Qì (Lander) yuè lái yuè jiējìn tāmen dēnglù de Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) huǒshān kǒu, huǒshān kǒu de biǎomiàn kāishǐ chūxiàn qíguài de wàiguān. Huǒshān kǒu de zhōubiān yǒu yánshí hé suìpiàn, rán’ér, zài zhōngjiān, yǒu yīgè gānjìng de biǎomiàn kàn qǐlái xiāngdāng píngtǎn, bìngqiě tāmen yuè jiējìn jiù yǒu yīgè qíguài de wàiguān.

The first indication the Wermaurth had visitors started with the Juxgen Power Company Control Room monitors responding to sudden alarms.

爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth) 的第一个迹象表明，尤克斯根 (Juxgen)电力公司控制室的监控器响应突发警报。

Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) de dì yī gè jīxiàng biǎomíng, Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) diànlì gōngsī kòngzhì shì de jiānkòng qì xiǎngyìng tú fā jǐngbào.

The control center of the Juxgen Power Distribution Center computer displays showed a sudden dead spot in the middle of one of their solar power grids. Even it was a small dip, the fact it occurred in the center of the solar grid gave an ominous signal that something bad was happening to the solar power grid.

尤克斯根 (Juxgen) 配电中心计算机显示器的控制中心在其中一个 太阳能电网的中间显示出突然死点。 即使这是一个小小的下降，它发 生在太阳能电网中心的事实给了一个不祥的信号，太阳能电网发生了一 些不好的事情。

Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) pèi diàn zhōngxīn jìsuànjī xiǎnshìqì de kòngzhì zhōngxīn zài qízhōng yīgè tàiyángnéng diànwǎng de zhōngjiān xiǎnshì chū túrán sǐ diǎn. Jíshǐ zhè shì yīgè xiǎo xiǎo de xiàjiàng, tā fāshēng zài tàiyángnéng diànwǎng zhōngxīn de shìshí gěile yīgè bùxiáng de xìnhào, tàiyángnéng diànwǎng fāshēngle yīxiē bù hǎo de shìqíng.

Send repairmen up to the solar grid and see if we got some damage, Juxgen Power Company supervisor stated as he observed the diagnostic data.

将维修人员送到太阳能电网，看看我们是否有一些损坏， 尤克斯根 (Juxgen)电力公司的主管在观察诊断数据时表示。

Jiāng wéixiū rényuán sòng dào tàiyángnéng diànwǎng, kàn kàn wǒmen shìfǒu yǒu yīxiē sǔnhuài, Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) diànlì gōngsī de zhǔguǎn zài guānchá zhěnduàn shùjù shí biǎoshì.

Perhaps a meteorite struck the power grid? One of the Engineers on watch asked.

也许一颗陨石击中了电网？ 一位工程师对此表示怀疑。

Yěxǔ yī kē yǔnshí jí zhòng le diànwǎng? Yī wèi gōngchéngshī duì cǐ biǎoshì huáiyí.

If not then we might have another superconductor failure at a major tie point, Juxgen Power Company supervisor replied.

如果没有，那么我们可能会在一个主要的关联点发生另一个超导体故障， 尤克斯根(Juxgen)电力公司的主管回答说。

Rúguǒ méiyǒu, nàme wǒmen kěnéng huì zài yīgè zhǔyào de guānlián diǎn fāshēng lìng yīgè chāodǎotǐ gùzhàng, Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) diànlì gōngsī de zhǔguǎn huídá shuō.

That’s bad, another power plant operator stated.

这很糟糕， 另一家发电厂运营商表示。

Zhè hěn zāogāo, lìng yījiā fādiàn chǎng yùnyíng shāng biǎoshì.

Yes, we will have to shut down a section to make repairs if that’s the case, the Juxgen Power Company supervisor commented.

是的，如果情况确实如此，我们将不得不关闭一个部分进行维修， 尤克斯根(Juxgen)电力公司的主管评论道。

Shì de, rúguǒ qíngkuàng quèshí rúcǐ, wǒmen jiāng bùdé bù guānbì yīgè bùfèn jìnxíng wéixiū, Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) diànlì gōngsī de zhǔguǎn pínglùn dào.

It’s not like other grids that failed, the power sagged slowly, not the abrupt failure we normally get, The Juxgen Power Company engineer noted.

这不像其他电网失败，电力缓慢下降，而不是我们通常会突然失败， 尤克斯根 (Juxgen)电力公司工程师指出。

Zhè bù xiàng qítā diànwǎng shībài, diànlì huǎnmàn xiàjiàng, ér bùshì wǒmen tōngcháng huì túrán shībài, Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) diànlì gōngsī gōngchéngshī zhǐchū.

In a short time, the repairmen wearing solar suits to protect them from getting sun exposure rode the elevator up the service entry. The elevator stopped, the Wermaurth electrical-utility workers left the elevator, and then walked up a series of stairs to the surface of the solar panel dome. Without the sun visors their eyesight would feel painful. Wermaurth never looked at direct sunlight. Living in reduced lighting underground, made their eyes very susceptible to intensive sun glare they were not accustomed. Also, their skin would burn quickly in direct sunlight, so they always wore protective clothing.

在很短的时间内，穿着太阳眼镜的修理工保护他们免受阳光照射，乘坐电梯进入服务入口。电梯停了下来，爬虫类外星人威莫斯 (Wermaurth)电力公用事业工人离开了电梯，然后走了一系列楼梯到太阳能电池板圆顶的表面。 没有遮阳板，他们的视力会让人感到痛苦。 爬虫类外星人 -威莫斯 (Wermaurth)从未看过阳光直射。生活在地下照明减少的地方，使他们的眼睛非常容易受到强烈的太阳眩光，他们不习惯。此外，他们的皮肤会在阳光直射下迅速燃烧，因此他们总是穿着防护服。

Zài hěn duǎn de shíjiān nèi, chuānzhuó tàiyáng yǎnjìng de xiūlǐgōng bǎohù tāmen miǎn shòu yángguāng zhàoshè, chéngzuò diàntī jìnrù fúwù rùkǒu. Diàntī tíngle xiàlái, Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén -Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) diànlì gōngyòng shìyè gōngrén líkāile diàntī, ránhòu zǒule yī xìliè lóutī dào tàiyángnéng diànchí bǎn yuán dǐng de biǎomiàn. Méiyǒu zhēyáng bǎn, tāmen de shìlì huì ràng rén gǎndào tòngkǔ. Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén -Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) cóng wèi kànguò yángguāng zhíshè. Shēnghuó zài dìxià zhàomíng jiǎnshǎo dì dìfāng, shǐ tāmen de yǎnjīng fēicháng róngyì shòudào qiángliè de tàiyáng xuànguāng, tāmen bù xíguàn. Cǐwài, tāmen de pífū huì zài yángguāng zhíshè xià xùnsù ránshāo, yīncǐ tāmen zǒng shì chuānzhuó fánghù fú.

The Wermaurth electrical utility workers wore special helmets with visors that automatically adjusted to the level of light they entered. As soon as the Wermaurth walked out on the solar grid, they were astonished, at the sight they immediately witnessed.

威莫斯 (Wermaurth)电力公用事业工人戴着带有遮阳板的特殊头盔，这些遮阳板可自动调节到他们进入的光线水平。一旦威莫斯 (Wermaurth)走出太阳能电网，他们就会惊讶地看到他们立刻目睹的景象。

Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) diànlì gōngyòng shìyè gōngrén dàizhe dài yǒu zhēyáng bǎn de tèshū tóukuī, zhèxiē zhēyáng bǎn kě zìdòng tiáojié dào tāmen jìnrù de guāngxiàn shuǐpíng. Yīdàn Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) zǒuchū tàiyángnéng diànwǎng, tāmen jiù huì jīngyà de kàn dào tāmen lìkè mùdǔ de jǐngxiàng.

The space explorers from the Xer planet wearing their space suits looked quite frightening standing next to their space craft a short distance away. Even though the planet had an atmosphere and was not too much different in temperature than the Xer world, they had to take precautions for alien pathogens and other concerns.

来自人形外星人-泽尔(Xer)星球的太空探险者穿着他们的太空服看起来非常可怕，站在他们的太空船旁边不远处。 尽管这个星球的气氛与人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)世界的气温并没有太大差别，但他们不得不采取预防外来病原体和其他问题的方法。

Láizì Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) xīngqiú de tàikōng tànxiǎn zhě chuānzhuó tāmen de tàikōng fú kàn qǐlái fēicháng kěpà, zhàn zài tāmen de tàikōng chuán pángbiān bù yuǎn chù. Jǐnguǎn zhège xīngqiú de qìfēn yǔ Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) shìjiè de qìwēn bìng méiyǒu tài dà chābié, dàn tāmen bùdé bù cǎiqǔ yùfáng wàilái bìngyuántǐ hé qítā wèntí de fāngfǎ.

Slepska stepped down the portable ladder on the Xer planetary-lander. He was not facing the Wermaurth solar array service-entrance and had not yet seen the aliens. He was soon followed by Orglar another Xer astronaut also exiting the planetary lander spacecraft.

思乐屁斯卡 (Slepska)走下人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)行星着陆器上的便携式梯子。 他没有面对Páchóng 爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)太阳能电池阵列服务入口，也没有看到外星人。他很快跟随着奥格拉尔 (Orglar)，另一名人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)宇航员也离开了行星着陆器太空船。

Sīlèpìsīkǎ (Slepska) zǒu xià Zé ěr (Xer) xíngxīng zhuólù qì shàng de biànxiéshì tīzi. Tā méiyǒu miàn duì Wermaurth tàiyángnéng diànchí zhènliè fúwù rùkǒu, yě méiyǒu kàn dào wài xīng rén. Tā hěn kuài gēnsuízhe àogélāěr (Orglar), lìng yī míng Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén Zé ěr (Xer) yǔháng yuán yě líkāile xíngxīng zhuólù qì tàikōng chuán. Tā hěn kuài gēnsuízhe lìng yī wèi Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén Zé ěr (Xer) yǔháng yuán àogélāěr (Orglar).

As Slepska stepped down onto the surface and looked around, he thought the surface seemed surreal, almost with a strange pattern to it. As he looked closer, he could see there was an incredible pattern!

当思乐屁斯卡 (Slepska)走到地面并环顾四周时，他认为表面似乎超现实，几乎带有奇怪的图案。 当他仔细观察时，他可以看到有一种令人难以置信的模式！

Dāng sī lè pì sī kǎ (Slepska) zǒu dào dìmiàn bìng huángù sìzhōu shí, tā rènwéi biǎomiàn sìhū chāo xiànshí, jīhū dài yǒu qíguài de tú’àn. Dāng tā zǐxì guānchá shí, tā kěyǐ kàn dào yǒuyī zhǒng lìng rén nányǐ zhìxìn de móshì!

Command ship, can you see this pattern? Slepska asked as his camera more or less focused on where the sensors tracked his eye movement. The commander in the lander space craft as well as the captain of the inter-planet research space craft getting the live video and audio feed were also monitoring and astonished as the surface seems to be covered with tile like sheets that clearly had repeating patterns of areas to them.

指挥船，你能看到这种模式吗？ 思乐屁斯卡 (Slepska)问道，他的相机或多或少地集中在传感器跟踪他的眼球运动的位置。登陆器航天器的指挥官以及行星间研究航天器的船长获得现场视频和音频馈送也是监视和惊讶，因为表面似乎被覆盖着像片一样明显具有重复模式的区域 给他们。

Zhǐhuī chuán, nǐ néng kàn dào zhè zhǒng móshì ma? Sīlèpìsīkǎ (Slepska) wèn dào, tā de xiàngjī huò duō huò shǎo de jízhōng zài chuángǎnqì gēnzōng tā de yǎnqiú yùndòng de wèizhì. Dēnglù qì hángtiān qì de zhǐhuī guān yǐjí xíngxīng jiān yánjiū hángtiān qì de chuánzhǎng huòdé xiànchǎng shìpín hé yīnpín kuìsòng yěshì jiānshì hé jīngyà, yīnwèi biǎomiàn sìhū bèi fùgàizhe xiàng piàn yīyàng míngxiǎn jùyǒu chóngfù móshì de qūyù gěi tāmen.

Yea, it looks like some kind of grid pattern.

是的，它看起来像某种网格模式。

Shì de, tā kàn qǐlái xiàng mǒu zhǒng wǎng gé móshì.

Looking around, the rest of the crater appeared like an asteroid had previously crashed into the area.

环顾四周，火山口的其余部分看起来就像一颗小行星曾经坠入该地区。

Huángù sìzhōu, huǒshān kǒu de qíyú bùfèn kàn qǐlái jiù xiàng yī kē xiǎo xíngxīng céngjīng zhuì rù gāi dìqū.

How big is this crater’s area? Orglar asked.

这个陨石坑的面积有多大？ 奥格拉尔 (Orglar)问道。

Zhège yǔnshí kēng de miànjī yǒu duōdà? Orglar wèn dào.

Ship’s computers measured it a mile wide. Slepska noted.

船上的计算机测得它一英里宽。 思乐屁斯卡 (Slepska)指出。

Chuánshàng de jìsuànjī cè dé tā yī yīnglǐ kuān. Sīlèpìsīkǎ (Slepska)zhǐchū.

I do not have a good feeling about this situation. Orglar stated.

我对这种情况没有好感。 奥格拉尔 (Orglar)说。

Wǒ duì zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng méiyǒu hǎogǎn. àogélāěr (Orglar) shuō.

The two Xer space explorers were looking away from the service entry as the Wermaurth climbed up the stairs and had their first initial surprise and shock at seeing the aliens and space craft. The Wermaurth utility company workers were not mentally prepared to see these aliens and their space craft. Nothing in Wermaurth society prepared them from the notion of extra-terrestrials. And all of a sudden, here were the horrific looking creatures and some craft right in front of them only a few hundred yards away, right in the area they were being sent to investigate!

当爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)爬上楼梯时，两个泽尔 (Xer)太空探险者正在远离服务入口，并且在看到外星人和太空船时首次出现惊喜和震惊。爬虫类外星人 - 威莫斯 (Wermaurth)公用事业公司工作人员观察人形外星人 - 泽尔 (Xer)，他们没有心理准备去发现这些外星人和他们的太空船。爬虫类外星人 - 威莫斯 (Wermaurth)社会中的任何事物都没有从外星人的概念中做好准备。 而突然之间，这些可怕的生物和一些工艺就在他们面前只有几百码之外，正好在他们被派去调查的地区！

Dāng Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) pá shàng lóutī shí, liǎng gè Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) tàikōng tànxiǎn zhě zhèngzài yuǎnlí fúwù rùkǒu, bìngqiě zài kàn dào wài xīng rén hé tàikōng chuán shí shǒucì chūxiàn jīngxǐ hé zhènjīng. Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) gōngyòng shìyè gōngsī gōngzuò rényuán guānchá Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén- Zé ěr (Xer), tāmen méiyǒu xīnlǐ zhǔnbèi qù fāxiàn zhèxiē wài xīng rén hé tāmen de tàikōng chuán. Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) shèhuì zhōng de rènhé shìwù dōu méiyǒu cóng wài xīng rén de gàiniàn zhōng zuò hǎo zhǔnbèi. Ér túrán zhī jiān, zhèxiē kěpà de shēngwù hé yīxiē gōngyì jiù zài tāmen miànqián zhǐyǒu jǐ bǎi mǎ zhī wài, zhènghǎo zài tāmen bèi pài qù diàochá dì dìqū!

In hindsight, it was poor planning for the Wermaurth not to have some type of video surveillance to monitor the surface of their planet. But because there had never been any extra-terrestrial alien visitors from outer space, and no evidence any has ever existed, their complacency showed irrationality.

事后看来，规划爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)的计划很糟糕，没有某种类型的视频监控来监控他们星球的表面。 但是因为从来没有来自外太空的任何外星外来访客，也没有任何证据存在，他们的自满表现出非理性。

Shìhòu kàn lái, guīhuà Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) de jìhuà hěn zāogāo, méiyǒu mǒu zhǒng lèixíng de shìpín jiānkòng lái jiānkòng tāmen xīngqiú de biǎomiàn. Dànshì yīnwèi cónglái méiyǒu láizì wài tàikōng de rènhé wài xīng wàilái fǎngkè, yě méiyǒu rènhé zhèngjù cúnzài, tāmen de zìmǎn biǎoxiàn chū fēi lǐxìng.

What are those creatures? One of the Wermaurth power utility workers asked.

那些生物是什么？ 其中一名爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)电力公用事业工人问道。

Nàxiē shēngwù shì shénme? Qízhōng yī míng Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) diànlì gōngyòng shìyè gōngrén wèn dào.

They do not look anything like a Wermaurth that’s for sure, Another responded.

他们看起来并不像爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth) 那样肯定， 另一位回应道。

Tāmen kàn qǐlái bìng bù xiàng Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) nàyàng kěndìng, lìng yī wèi huíyīng dào.

The Wermaurth were too stunned to move. It was almost as if they were in a trance. They probably would not have budged except their supervisor who was hot under the collar wanted to know the extent of the damage so he could figure out his next move. Their supervisor called them on their service phone built into their helmets that also provided the protective visors.

爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)太震惊了，无法动弹。 几乎就像他们恍恍惚惚一样。他们可能不会动摇，除了他们在领子下热的主管想知道损坏的程度，这样他就可以找出他的下一步行动。他们的主管用他们的头盔上的服务电话打电话给他们，头盔也提供了保护性遮阳板。

Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) tài zhènjīngle, wúfǎ dòngtán. Jīhū jiù xiàng tāmen huǎng huǎnghū hū yīyàng. Tāmen kěnéng bù huì dòngyáo, chúle tāmen zài lǐngzi xià rè de zhǔguǎn xiǎng zhīdào sǔnhuài de chéngdù, zhèyàng tā jiù kěyǐ zhǎo chū tā de xià yībù xíngdòng. Tāmen de zhǔguǎn yòng tāmen de tóukuī shàng de fúwù diànhuà dǎ diànhuà gěi tāmen, tóukuī yě tígōngle bǎohù xìng zhēyáng bǎn.

What’s the status up there?

那里的状况如何？

Nàlǐ de zhuàngkuàng rúhé?

It’s not a damaged grid.

这不是一个损坏的网格.

Zhè bùshì yīgè sǔnhuài de wǎng gé.

Then, what is it?

那这是什么？

Nà zhè shì shénme?

Sir, we think you need to come up here right away and take a look for yourself. Nobody will believe us.

先生，我们认为你需要马上到这里来看看自己。 没有人会相信我们。

Xiānshēng, wǒmen rènwéi nǐ xūyào mǎshàng dào zhèlǐ lái kàn kàn zìjǐ. Méiyǒu rén huì xiāngxìn wǒmen.

Prubien, a Wermaurth Juxgen Power Company maintenance supervisor and taskmaster was not in the mood to deal with workers acting strange. He decided to walk up to the solar array and determine what is the maintenance crew’s problem. It would not be the first-time maintenance crews needed a little leadership applied.

降落在爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth) 尤克斯根 (Juxgen)电力公司的维护主管和工作负责人Prubien没有心情与那些表现得很奇怪的工人打交道。他决定走到太阳能电池阵列，确定维修人员的问题。这不是第一次需要一点领导力的维护人员。

Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) diànlì gōngsī de wéihù zhǔguǎn hé gōngzuò fùzé rén Pǔ lǔ bǐ ēn (Prubien) méiyǒu xīnqíng yǔ nàxiē biǎoxiàn dé hěn qíguài de gōngrén dǎjiāodào. Tā juédìng zǒu dào tàiyángnéng diànchí zhènliè, quèdìng wéixiū rényuán de wèntí. Zhè bùshì dì yī cì xūyào yīdiǎn lǐngdǎo lì de wéihù rényuán.

Prubien informed the power monitor employees, I’m going up to the solar panel to find out what is delaying the status report.

普鲁比恩 (Prubien) 告诉电力监控员工， 我要去太阳能电池板找出推迟状态报告的原因。

Pǔ lǔ bǐ ēn (Prubien) diànlì jiānkòng yuángōng, wǒ yào qù tàiyángnéng diànchí bǎn zhǎo chū tuīchí zhuàngtài bàogào de yuányīn.

He then turned away from the display screens flashing corresponding to an area up on the solar panel and walked out of the control room.

然后他转身离开显示屏，闪烁对应太阳能电池板上的一个区域，然后走出控制室。

Ránhòu tā zhuǎnshēn líkāi xiǎnshì píng, shǎnshuò duìyìng tàiyángnéng diànchí bǎn shàng de yīgè qūyù, ránhòu zǒuchū kòngzhì shì.

The distance from the control room to the elevator was approximately half mile away and used for emergency access to conduct corrective maintenance. Prubien had an electric cart that got him to the service elevator in a short period of time where the workers service cart was parked, he pulled in behind their cart and stopped. The hallway was wide enough for pedestrians plus the electric carts which were utilized to get to other power grids nearby. Some of the solar power grids were up to five miles away as there were numerous arrays that appeared as multiple asteroid impact zones from space.

从控制室到电梯的距离大约是半英里远，用于紧急访问以进行纠正性维护。普鲁比恩 (Prubien)有一辆电动推车让他在短时间内到达服务电梯，工人服务车停在那里，他拉着车子停下来。走廊宽阔，足以让行人和电动车被用来到附近的其他电网。一些太阳能电网距离最远5英里，因为有许多阵列出现在太空中的多个小行星撞击带。

Cóng kòngzhì shì dào diàntī de jùlí dàyuē shì bàn yīnglǐ yuǎn, yòng yú jǐnjí fǎngwèn yǐ jìnxíng jiūzhèng xìng wéihù. Pǔ lǔ bǐ ēn (Prubien) yǒuyī liàng diàndòng tuī chē ràng tā zài duǎn shíjiān nèi dàodá fúwù diàntī, gōngrén fúwù chē tíng zài nàlǐ, tā lāzhe chēzi tíng xiàlái. Zǒuláng kuānkuò, zúyǐ ràng xíngrén hé diàndòng chē bèi yòng lái dào fùjìn de qítā diànwǎng. Yīxiē tàiyángnéng diànwǎng jùlí zuì yuǎn 5 yīnglǐ, yīnwèi yǒu xǔduō zhènliè chūxiàn zài tàikōng zhōng de duō gè xiǎo xíngxīng zhuàngjí dài.

Orglar looking around taking it all in, pondering the mysteries of this planet slowly turned around, mindful his helmet camera recorded everything he looked at. By the time he swung a full 180 degrees; he steadied out and observed objects near the edge of the crater that immediately caught his attention.

奥格拉尔 (Orglar)环顾四周，想着这个星球的奥秘慢慢转过身来，注意他的头盔相机记录了他所看到的一切。当他完全摆动180度时; 他稳稳地观察了火山口边缘附近的物体，立刻引起了他的注意。

Àogélāěr (Orglar) huángù sìzhōu, xiǎngzhe zhège xīngqiú de àomì màn man zhuǎnguò shēn lái, zhùyì tā de tóukuī xiàngjī jìlùle tāsuǒ kàn dào de yīqiè. Dāng tā wánquán bǎidòng 180 dù shí; tā wěn wěn de guānchále huǒshān kǒu biānyuán fùjìn de wùtǐ, lìkè yǐnqǐle tā de zhùyì.

That certainly looks strange he thought, then the things with rounded black things on top of the objects appeared to move slightly. Chills ran up Orglar’s spine as he quickly said, Sir you need to turn around and look this way.

他觉得这看起来确实很奇怪，然后物体顶部带有圆形黑色物体的东西似乎略微移动。发冷跑上了奥格拉尔 (Orglar) 的脊柱，他很快就说道， 先生，你需要转身看看。

Tā juédé zhè kàn qǐlái quèshí hěn qíguài, ránhòu wùtǐ dǐngbù dài yǒu yuán xíng hēisè wùtǐ de dōngxī sìhū lüèwēi yídòng. Fā lěng pǎo shàngle àogélāěr (Orglar) de jǐzhù, tā hěn kuài jiù shuōdao, xiānshēng, nǐ xūyào zhuǎnshēn kàn kàn.

Slepska was still slightly dazzled by the patterns on the tiled like surface of the crater and he was in a mental state that had all his focus and creative energy evaluating the discovery. Then he heard Orglar attempting to get his attention. Even though Slepska felt it was a distraction of more important issue at hand turned and looked at Orglar and estimated the direction he was observing and began looking in the same direction as Orglar.

思乐屁斯卡 (Slepska)仍然被陨石坑表面的图案上的图案略微眩目，他处于精神状态，他的所有焦点和创造力都在评估这一发现。然后他听到奥格拉尔 (Orglar)试图引起他的注意。即使思乐屁斯卡 (Slepska)觉得这是一个更重要的问题分散在手边，看着奥格拉尔 (Orglar)，估计他正在观察的方向，并开始朝着与奥格拉尔 (Orglar)相同的方向看。

Sīlèpìsīkǎ (Slepska) réngrán bèi yǔnshí kēng biǎomiàn de tú’àn shàng de tú’àn lüèwēi xuàn mù, tā chǔyú jīngshén zhuàngtài, tā de suǒyǒu jiāodiǎn hé chuàngzào lì dōu zài pínggū zhè yī fà xiàn. Ránhòu tā tīng dào Àogélāěr (Orglar) shìtú yǐnqǐ tā de zhùyì. Jíshǐ Sīlèpìsīkǎ (Slepska) juédé zhè shì yīgè gèng zhòngyào de wèntí fēnsàn zài shǒubiān, kànzhe Orglar, gūjì tā zhèngzài guānchá de fāngxiàng, bìng kāishǐ cháozhe yǔ Àogélāěr (Orglar) xiāngtóng de fāngxiàng kàn.

Slepska soon observed one of the objects moving, and he reported to the Xer planetary-lander and the orbiting ship, We have something very unusual near here. It appears an object is moving near the edge of the crater.

思乐屁斯卡 (Slepska)很快观察到其中一个物体移动，他向Xer行星着陆器和轨道船报告说： 我们附近有一些非常不寻常的东西。看起来物体正在靠近火山口的边缘移动。

Sīlèpìsīkǎ (Slepska) hěn kuài guānchá dào qízhōng yīgè wùtǐ yídòng, tā xiàng Xer xíngxīng zhuólù qì hé guǐdào chuán bàogào shuō: Wǒmen fùjìn yǒu yīxiē fēicháng bù xúncháng de dōngxī. Kàn qǐlái wùtǐ zhèngzài kàojìn huǒshān kǒu de biānyuán yídòng.

Soon afterwards, Prubien arrived and walked towards the workers and asked, What’s going on up here?

不久之后，普鲁比恩走了过来，走向工人们，问道： 这里发生了什么事？

Bùjiǔ zhīhòu, pǔ lǔ bǐ ēn zǒule guòlái, zǒuxiàng gōngrénmen, wèn dào:Zhèlǐ fāshēngle shénme shì?

Look, the first worker said then pointed towards the Xer Planetary Lander.

看， 第一个 工人说，然后指向人形外星人 (Xer) 行星着陆器。

Kàn, dì yī gè gōngrén shuō, ránhòu zhǐxiàng Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén (Xer) xíngxīng zhuólù qì.

Slepska observed the creature walking towards the other objects he had not quite figured out were beings of some type, now in an excited voice reported, They appear to be living-creatures!

思乐屁斯卡 (Slepska)观察到这个生物走向他还没有想到的其他物体是某种类型的生物，现在用激动的声音报道， 它们似乎是生物！

Sīlèpìsīkǎ (Slepska) guānchá dào zhège shēngwù zǒuxiàng tā hái méiyǒu xiǎngdào de qítā wùtǐ shì mǒu zhǒng lèixíng de shēngwù, xiànzài yòng jīdòng de shēngyīn bàodào, tāmen sìhū shì shēngwù!

Prubien felt like he had just seen a ghost or some paranormal activity that ancient Wermaurth folklore talked about.

普鲁比恩觉得他刚刚看到了一个古老的爬虫类外星人 (Wermaurth)民间传说所谈到的幽灵或一些超自然现象。

Pǔlǔbǐēn juédé tā gānggāng kàn dàole yīgè gǔlǎo de Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén (Wermaurth) mínjiān chuánshuō suǒ tán dào de yōulíng huò yīxiē chāozìrán xiànxiàng.

The two crew members on the Xer Planetary Lander quickly focused on the moving creatures and with much greater magnification on the Lander’s photonics. They examined the image and began recording and transmitting the signals up to the Xer research ship that was currently orbiting the planet.

人形外星人 -泽尔 (Xer)行星着陆器上的两名机组成员迅速专注于移动的生物，并且在着陆器的光子学上放大了更多。他们检查了图像并开始记录并将信号传输到目前正在绕行星运行的人形外星人 (Xer)研究船上。

Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) xíngxīng zhuólù qì shàng de liǎng míng jīzǔ chéngyuán xùnsù zhuānzhù yú yídòng de shēngwù, bìngqiě zài 着陆器de guāngzǐ xué shàng fàngdàle gèng duō. Tāmen jiǎnchále túxiàng bìng kāishǐ jìlù bìng jiāng xìnhào chuánshū dào mùqián zhèngzài rào xíng xīng yùnxíng de Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén (Xer) yánjiū chuánshàng.

Wermaurth scientists monitored radio waves for indications of possible extra-terrestrial life. Having not found any evidence, they were almost to conclude the ancients had made up the story about planetary explorer visits long ago. These were not the Xer, nor did they ever return in thousands of years. The information and history gradually decayed to be considered just Wermaurth folklore since no credible evidence existed from those primitive times.

爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)科学家监测无线电波是否存在可能的外星生命迹象。科学家监测气道可能的外星生命。 在没有找到任何证据的情况下，他们几乎得出结论，古人很久以前就已经编造了关于行星探险家访问的故事。这些不是人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)，也不是几千年来的回归。 由于没有可信的证据存在于那些原始时代，因此信息和历史逐渐被视为仅仅被视为爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)民间传说。

Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) kēxuéjiā jiāncè wúxiàndiàn bō shìfǒu cúnzài kěnéng de wài xīng shēngmìng jīxiàng. Zài méiyǒu zhǎodào rènhé zhèngjù de qíngkuàng xià, tāmen jīhū dé chū jiélùn, gǔrén hěnjiǔ yǐqián jiù yǐjīng biānzàole guānyú xíngxīng tànxiǎn jiā fǎngwèn de gùshì. Zhèxiē bùshì Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer), yě bùshì jǐ qiān nián lái de huíguī. Yóuyú méiyǒu kě xìn de zhèngjù cúnzài yú nàxiē yuánshǐ shídài, yīncǐ xìnxī hé lìshǐ zhújiàn bèi shì wéi jǐnjǐn bèi shì wéi Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) mínjiān chuánshuō.

When scientists abruptly advised Wermaurth leaders, that intercepts they obtained indicated alien communications, the leaders were skeptical at first until the power generation group promptly provided live video and corroborating evidence.

当科学家突然向爬虫类外星人 -威莫斯 (Wermaurth)领导人提出建议时，截获他们获得的外星人通信，领导人一开始就持怀疑态度，直到发电组迅速提供实时视频和确凿的证据。

Dāng kēxuéjiā túrán xiàng Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) lǐngdǎo rén tíchū jiànyì shí, jiéhuò tāmen huòdé de wài xīng rén tōngxìn, lǐngdǎo rén yī kāishǐ jiù chí huáiyí tàidù, zhídào fādiàn zǔ xùnsù tígōng shíshí shìpín hé quèzuò de zhèngjù.

The Xer not knowing what to expect were dazzled when the Wermaurth power workers approached them all of a sudden. Soon they were standing and facing each other. Because the Xer had the protective suits on and the Wermaurth wore the protective clothing and head piece, they would not know what the other’s appearance looked like. Both groups attempted conversation but did not achieve much as each part felt the other simply made noise which each other could not understand.

当爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)的电力工作人员突然接近他们时，人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)不知道会发生什么。 不久，他们站在一起，面对面。 因为人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)上有防护服，而爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)穿着防护服和头饰，他们不知道对方的外观是什么样的。 两个小组都试图进行对话，但没有取得多少进展，因为每个部分都觉得对方只是发出了彼此无法理解的噪音。

Dāng Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén (Wermaurth) de diànlì gōngzuò rényuán túrán jiējìn tāmen shí, Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) bù zhīdào huì fāshēng shénme. Bùjiǔ, tāmen zhàn zài yīqǐ, miànduìmiàn. Yīnwèi Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) shàng yǒu fánghù fú, ér Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén (Wermaurth) chuānzhuó fánghù fú hé tóushì, tāmen bù zhīdào duìfāng de wàiguān shì shénme yàng de. Liǎng gè xiǎozǔ dōu shìtú jìnxíng duìhuà, dàn méiyǒu qǔdé duōshǎo jìnzhǎn, yīnwèi měi gè bùfèn dōu juédé duìfāng zhǐshì fāchūle bǐcǐ wúfǎ lǐjiě de zàoyīn.

After a few frustrating moments when nothing could be resolved in communications, the Xer climbed back in their ship after they worked out hand signals indicating they were leaving. The Wermaurth did not see how they arrived but instinctively stepped back which was a smart policy because no sooner than the Xer got back into the Lander, it launched and went back into space and mated up with the research ship so they could travel back to the Xer home planet.

经过一些令人沮丧的时刻，在通信中无法解决任何问题后，人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)在他们制定了表明他们要离开的手势信号之后爬回了他们的船。 爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)没有看到他们是如何到达但是本能地退回这是一个明智的政策，因为在人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)重新进入着陆器之后，它发射并返回太空并与研究船配合，以便他们可以返回到 人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer) 家园的星球。

Jīngguò yīxiē lìng rén jǔsàng de shíkè, zài tōngxìn zhōng wúfǎ jiějué rènhé wèntí hòu, Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) zài tāmen zhìdìngle biǎomíng tāmen yào líkāi de shǒushì xìnhào zhīhòu pá huíle tāmen de chuán. Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) méiyǒu kàn dào tāmen shì rúhé dàodá dànshì běnnéng de tuìhuí zhè shì yīgè míngzhì de zhèngcè, yīnwèi zài Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén- Zé ěr (Xer) chóngxīn jìnrù zhuólù qì zhīhòu, tā fāshè bìng fǎnhuí tàikōng bìng yǔ yánjiū chuán pèihé, yǐbiàn tāmen kěyǐ fǎnhuí dào Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) jiāyuán de xīngqiú.

Chapter Two

第二章

Dì èr zhāng

Detection and Consciousness

检测和意识

Jiǎncè hé yìshí

It’s only a matter of time before Earth gets its wakeup call, Rex said as he examined the signals trying to determine if he was really seeing what he thought indicated these strange signals came from outer-space.

在地球获得唤醒电话之前，这只是时间问题, 雷克斯在检查信号时试图确定他是否真的看到了他认为这些奇怪的信号来自外太空的信号。

Zài dìqiú huòdé huànxǐng diànhuà zhīqián, zhè zhǐshì shíjiān wèntí, léi kè sī zài jiǎnchá xìnhào shí shìtú quèdìng tā shìfǒu zhēn de kàn dàole tā rènwéi zhèxiē qíguài de xìnhào láizì wài tàikōng de xìnhào.

What we didn’t expect was finding two at once, Clifford responded as he watched Rex’s frustration.

我们没想到的是一次找到两个， 克利福德回应时看着雷克斯的沮丧。

Wǒmen méi xiǎngdào de shì yīcì zhǎodào liǎng gè, kèlì fú dé huí yìng shí kànzhe léi kè sī de jǔsàng.

By almost a miracle, Rex was working on his antenna, tweaking the complex conjugate match device built using a tuner he removed from an antique tube radio, to get a little better reception when all of a sudden, the signals appeared.

几乎是一个奇迹，雷克斯正在研究他的天线，调整复杂的共轭匹配装置，使用他从古董电子管收音机中取出的调谐器，以便在突然出现信号时获得更好的接收效果。

Jīhū shì yīgè qíjī, léi kè sī zhèngzài yánjiū tā de tiānxiàn, tiáozhěng fùzá de gòng è pǐpèi zhuāngzhì, shǐyòng tā cóng gǔdǒng diànzǐguǎn shōuyīnjī zhōng qǔchū de tiáoxié qì, yǐbiàn zài túrán chūxiàn xìnhào shí huòdé gèng hǎo de jiēshōu xiàoguǒ.

This damn antenna is really frustraiting, Rex said as his anger appeared growing by the minute as he attempted to get a better connection to the hand built parabolic antenna.

这个该死的天线非常令人沮丧， 雷克斯说道，因为他试图与手工制造的抛物面天线建立更好的连接时，他的愤怒似乎逐渐增长。

Zhège gāisǐ de tiānxiàn fēicháng lìng rén jǔsàng, léi kè sī shuōdao, yīnwèi tā shìtú yǔ shǒugōng zhìzào de pāowùmiàn tiānxiàn jiànlì gèng hǎo de liánjiē shí, tā de fènnù sìhū zhújiàn zēngzhǎng.

Clifford, his good friend was patiently observing the oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer then suggested, Perhaps we should study these signals some more before we jump to any conclusions.

克利福德，他的好朋友耐心地观察了示波器和频谱分析仪然后提出， 也许我们应该在得出任何结论之前更多地研究这些信号。"

Kèlì fú dé, tā de hǎo péngyǒu nàixīn dì guānchále shìbōqì hé pínpǔ fēnxī yí ránhòu tíchū, yěxǔ wǒmen yīnggāi zài dé chū rènhé jiélùn zhīqián gèng duō de yánjiū zhèxiē xìnhào.

These can’t be communications signals; I’ve never seen anything like it before.

这些不能成为通信信号; 我以前从未见过这样的东西.

Zhèxiē bùnéng chéngwéi tōngxìn xìnhào; wǒ yǐqián cóng wèi jiànguò zhèyàng de dōngxī.

Rex and Clifford slowly watched and their curiosity grew as results that Clifford suggested might occur, now started to manifest in ways they never before contemplated.

雷克斯和克利福德慢慢地注视着，他们的好奇心随着克利福德所暗示的结果而增长，现在开始以他们从未想过的方式表现出来。

Léi kè sī hé kèlì fú dé màn man de zhùshìzhe, tāmen de hàoqí xīn suízhe kèlì fú dé suǒ ànshì de jiéguǒ ér zēngzhǎng, xiànzài kāishǐ yǐ tāmen cóng wèi xiǎngguò de fāngshì biǎoxiàn chūlái.

The reception usually only lasts one hour each night nearly at the same time, Clifford pointed out.

克里福德指出： 接待通常每晚几乎只能持续一小时。

Kè lǐ fú dé zhǐchū: Jiēdài tōngcháng měi wǎn jīhū zhǐ néng chíxù yī xiǎoshí.

It seems like when the antenna is pointed at the Pragtrian solar system, we receive those bursts of signals.

当天线指向普拉格特里安太阳系时，我们似乎收到了这些信号。

Dàng tiānxiàn zhǐxiàng Pǔ lā gé tè lǐ ān tàiyángxì shí, wǒmen sìhū shōu dàole zhèxiē xìnhào.

What do you think the noise is? Clifford asked in a very inquisitive manner.

你觉得噪音是什么？ 克利福德以一种非常好奇的方式问道。

Nǐ juédé zàoyīn shì shénme? Kèlì fú dé yǐ yī zhǒng fēicháng hàoqí de fāngshì wèn dào.

It’s probably just star noise from the solar system, Rex responded seemingly agitated over running back up on the roof several times repositioning the antenna that didn’t seem to help much. It did not matter where Rex pointed the antenna, he only received signals for only one hour every evening.

可能只是来自太阳系的星辰噪音, 雷克斯回应似乎激动了多次重新定位天线似乎没有多大帮助。 雷克斯指向天线的地方并不重要，他每天晚上只收到一小时的信号。

Kěnéng zhǐshì láizì tàiyángxì de xīngchén zàoyīn, léi kè sī huíyīng sìhū jīdòngle duō cì chóngxīn dìngwèi tiānxiàn sìhū méiyǒu duōdà bāngzhù. Léi kè sī zhǐxiàng tiānxiàn dì dìfāng bìng bù chóng yào, tā měitiān wǎnshàng zhǐ shōu dào yī xiǎoshí de xìnhào.

Earth communications receivers utilized electronics for modern communications systems that remained too inferior for the purpose of detecting and processing extra-terrestrial signals, Pragtrian Worlds communications, or any other type of alien signals.

地球通信接收机利用电子设备用于现代通信系统，这些系统仍然不能用于检测和处理地外信号， 普拉格特里安世界 通信或任何其他类型的外来信号。

Dìqiú tōngxìn jiēshōu jī lìyòng diànzǐ shèbèi yòng yú xiàndài tōngxìn xìtǒng, zhèxiē xìtǒng réngrán bùnéng yòng yú jiǎncè hé chǔlǐ de wài xìnhào, Pǔ lā gé tè lǐ ān shìjiè tōngxìn huò rènhé qítā lèixíng de wàilái xìnhào.

One could speculate the Pragtrian Worlds communication signals were present several hundred years but were not detected until now only because a couple Nerds were fooling around in the basement of a home with electronics in ways that seemed boring to the hip generation more interested in sports, sex, drugs, rock n roll, and a good time.

人们可以推测普拉格特里安世界的通信信号存在了几百年但直到现在才被发现只是因为有几个书呆子在家里的地下室里乱搞电子电器的方式似乎对于对运动更感兴趣的嘻哈一代感到无聊 ，性，毒品，摇滚乐，和美好时光。

Rénmen kěyǐ tuīcè, Pǔ lā gé tè lǐ ān shìjiè de tōngxìn xìnhào cúnzàile jǐ bǎi nián, dàn zhídào xiànzài cái pī fà xiàn, zhǐshì yīnwèi yǒu jǐ gè shūdāizi zài jiālǐ dì dìxiàshì lǐ luàn gǎo diànzǐ diànqì de fāngshì sìhū duìyú duì tǐyù, xìng’ài gèng gǎn xìngqù de xīhā yīdài gǎndào wúliáo, yàowù, yáogǔnyuè, hé měihǎo shíguāng.

The 1970’s and early 1980’s was a good time for Nerds. Microprocessors were quickly transforming society. Scientists who were former Nerds demonstrated they could do amazing projects with 64 Kbytes of RAM and Z80A microprocessors. The first generation of personal computers were soon in the hands of many Nerds like Rex and Clifford which was now speeding up the incredible number of gadgets society now had and were now filling up the basement, where the two young men explored the universe.

20世纪70年代和80年代初是Nerds的好时机。微处理器正在迅速改变社会。曾经是Nerds的科学家证明他们可以用64 KB的RAM和Z80A微处理器做出惊人的项目。第一代个人电脑很快就掌握在像雷克斯和克利福德这样的许多书呆子手中，现在正在加速社会现在拥有的令人难以置信的小工具数量，现在正在填补地下室，这两位年轻人探索了宇宙。

20 Shìjì 70 niándài hé 80 niándài chū shì Nerds de hǎo shíjī. Wéi chǔlǐ qì zhèngzài xùnsù gǎibiàn shèhuì. Céngjīng shì Nerds de kēxuéjiā zhèngmíng tāmen kěyǐ yòng 64 KB de RAM hé Z80A wéi chǔlǐ qì zuò chū jīngrén de xiàngmù. Dì yī dài gèrén diànnǎo hěn kuài jiù zhǎngwò zài xiàng léi kè sī hé kèlì fú dé zhèyàng de xǔduō shūdāizi shǒuzhōng, xiànzài zhèngzài jiāsù shèhuì xiànzài yǒngyǒu de lìng rén nányǐ zhìxìn de xiǎo gōngjù shùliàng, xiànzài zhèngzài tiánbǔ dìxiàshì, zhè liǎng wèi niánqīng rén tànsuǒle yǔzhòu.

The late 1970’s was a great time for a young man to explore the world and get exposed to an ever-increased explosion of technology that was slowly gripping mankind. America’s hope for the Space Shuttle was soon to be realized. Popular Mechanics Magazines and Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novels influenced Rex and Clifford a great deal. It was a unique period that comes only once in a generation.

对于一个年轻人来说，这是一个探索世界并接触不断增加的技术爆炸的好时机，这种技术正在慢慢地抓住人类。 美国对航天飞机的希望很快就会实现。 流行的力学杂志和艾萨克阿西莫夫的科幻小说影响了雷克斯和克利福德。 这是一个独特的时期，在一代人中只出现过一次。

Duìyú yīgè niánqīng rén lái shuō, zhè shì yīgè tànsuǒ shìjiè bìng jiēchù bùduàn zēngjiā de jìshù bàozhà de hǎo shíjī, zhè zhǒng jìshù zhèngzài màn man de zhuā zhù rénlèi. Měiguó duì hángtiān fēijī de xīwàng hěn kuài jiù huì shíxiàn. Liúxíng de lìxué zázhì hé ài sà kè ā xī mò fū de kēhuàn xiǎoshuō yǐngxiǎngle léi kè sī hé kèlì fú dé. Zhè shì yīgè dútè de shíqí, zài yīdài rén zhōng zhǐ chūxiànguò yīcì.

Rex’s father got his baptism in fire in Korea which exposed him to electronics thanks to the Army Signal Corps and all the new gadgets springing up that carried over from many years of ham radios. Knowing what he went through in Korea and what possibly Rex might endure especially after watching Walter Cronkite and the Vietnam War every evening on TV news, he made sure Rex experienced many things in life, just in case it was cut short.

雷克斯的父亲在韩国接受了他的洗礼，由于陆军通信兵团和所有从多年的火腿收音机带来的新设备涌现出来，他接触到了电子设备。 知道他在韩国经历了什么，以及雷克斯每天晚上看电视新闻后看到越南战争后可能忍受的可能性，他确保雷克斯在生活中经历了很多事情，以防它被缩短。

Léi kè sī de fùqīn zài hánguó jiēshòule tā de xǐlǐ, yóuyú lùjūn tōngxìn bīngtuán hé suǒyǒu cóng duōnián de huǒtuǐ shōuyīnjī dài lái de xīn shèbèi yǒngxiàn chūlái, tā jiēchù dàole diànzǐ shèbèi. Zhīdào tā zài hánguó jīnglìle shénme, yǐjí léi kè sī měitiān wǎnshàng kàn diànshì xīnwén hòu kàn dào yuènán zhànzhēng hòu kěnéng rěnshòu de kěnéng xìng, tā quèbǎo léi kè sī zài shēnghuó zhōng jīnglìle hěnduō shìqíng, yǐ fáng tā bèi suōduǎn.

All those many projects where he had Rex do the soldering and assist in building and modifying things ultimately led to the versatility that Rex now demonstrated as he and Clifford quickly harnessed the energy and the enthusiasm that such an exposure to very impressionable ages manifested.

所有那些他让雷克斯进行焊接并帮助建造和修改物品的项目最终导致了雷克斯现在所表现出来的多功能性，因为他和克利福德迅速利用了能量以及这种暴露于非常易受影响的年代的热情。

Suǒyǒu nàxiē tā ràng léi kè sī jìnxíng hànjiē bìng bāngzhù jiànzào hé xiūgǎi wùpǐn de xiàngmù zuìzhōng dǎozhìle léi kè sī xiànzài suǒ biǎoxiàn chūlái de duō gōngnéng xìng, yīnwèi tā hé kèlì fú dé xùnsù lìyòngle néngliàng yǐjí zhè zhǒng bàolù yú fēicháng yì shòu yǐngxiǎng de niándài de rèqíng.

Chapter Three

Can it be Alien Signals?

第三章

可以是异形信号吗？

Dì sān zhāng

kěyǐ shì yìxíng xìnhào ma?

Rex and Clifford grew increasingly aware that some of the noise coming from the Pragtrian Worlds seemed to increase rather remarkably.

雷克斯和克利福德越来越意识到，来自普拉格特世界的一些噪音似乎在显着增加。

Léi kè sī hé kèlì fú dé yuè lái yuè yìshí dào, láizì pǔ lā gé tè shìjiè de yīxiē zàoyīn sìhū zài xiǎnzhe zēngjiā.

Think it’s some kind of cosmic event in the solar system?

认为这是太阳系中的某种宇宙事件？

Rènwéi zhè shì tàiyángxì zhōng de mǒu zhǒng yǔzhòu shìjiàn?

The energy is contained within a band of frequencies, almost as if it’s synthesized by some intelligent creatures.

能量包含在一个频率范围内，几乎就像是由一些聪明的生物合成的。

Néngliàng bāohán zài yīgè pínlǜ fànwéi nèi, jīhū jiù xiàng shì yóu yīxiē cōngmíng de shēngwù héchéng de.

If that’s the case NASA would surely have made a public disclosure on it.

如果情况确实如此，美国宇航局肯定会公开披露它。

Rúguǒ qíngkuàng quèshí rúcǐ, měiguó yǔháng jú kěndìng huì gōngkāi pīlù tā.

I would not bet on it. NASA’s not going to admit anything about extra-terrestrial life.

我不会赌它。美国航空航天局不会承认有关外星生命的任何事情。

Wǒ bù huì dǔ tā. Měiguó hángkōng hángtiān jú bù huì chéngrèn yǒuguān wài xīng shēngmìng de rènhé shìqíng.

Why do you say that?

你为什么这么说？

Nǐ wèishéme zhème shuō?

NASA is first and foremost a political organization. They are not going to reveal anything the establishment in Washington D.C. doesn’t want them to reveal.

美国宇航局首先是一个政治组织。 他们不会透露华盛顿特区的任何建议，也不希望他们透露。

Měiguó yǔháng jú shǒuxiān shi yīgè zhèngzhì zǔzhī. Tāmen bù huì tòulù huáshèngdùn tèqū de rènhé jiànyì, yě bù xīwàng tāmen tòulù.

Why would they not want disclosure on aliens if they existed?

如果他们存在，他们为什么不希望披露外星人呢？

Rúguǒ tāmen cúnzài, tāmen wèishéme bù xīwàng pīlù wài xīng rén ne?

I think it comes down to they do not believe society is ready for such a huge revelation.

我认为这归结为他们不相信社会已准备好接受如此巨大的启示。

Wǒ rènwéi zhè guījié wéi tāmen bù xiāngxìn shèhuì yǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo jiēshòu rúcǐ jùdà de qǐshì.

Well, there certainly hasn’t been any big event to force them to admit anything.

嗯，当然没有任何重大事件迫使他们承认任何事情。

Ń, dāngrán méiyǒu rènhé zhòngdà shìjiàn pòshǐ tāmen chéngrèn rènhé shìqíng.

Depends on how you look at it. There is the controversy over the Roswell New Mexico alleged UFO crash and many claimed citing’s.

取决于你如何看待它。 关于罗斯威尔新墨西哥州涉嫌不明飞行物坠毁事件存在争议，许多人声称引用了这种争议。

Qǔjué yú nǐ rúhé kàndài tā. Guānyú luósī wēi ěr xīnmòxīgē zhōu shèxián bùmíng fēixíng wù zhuìhuǐ shìjiàn cúnzài zhēngyì, xǔduō rén shēngchēng yǐnyòngle zhè zhǒng zhēngyì.

Unfortunately, there has never been a big event where large numbers of people observed it which would force their disclosure.

不幸的是，从来没有发生过很多人观察到会导致他们泄露事件的重大事件。

Bùxìng de shì, cónglái méiyǒu fāshēngguò hěnduō rén guānchá dào huì dǎozhì tāmen xièlòu shìjiàn de zhòngdà shìjiàn.

But what if NASA is being truthful and simply states: ‘they have never detected extra-terrestrial life?’

但如果美国宇航局保持真实并简单地说：’他们从未发现过外星生命怎么办？’

Dàn rúguǒ měiguó yǔháng jú bǎochí zhēnshí bìng jiǎndān de shuō:’Tāmen cóng wèi fāxiànguò wài xīng shēngmìng zěnme bàn?’

If that’s the case, we may be the first to ever discover aliens do exist.

如果是这样的话，我们可能是第一个发现外星人存在的人。

Rúguǒ shì zhèyàng dehuà, wǒmen kěnéng shì dì yī gè fāxiàn wài xīng rén cúnzài de rén.

We don’t know enough about these signals to make any conclusions.

我们对这些信号知之甚少，我们无法得出任何结论。

Wǒmen duì zhèxiē xìnhào zhīzhī shèn shǎo, wǒmen wúfǎ dé chū rènhé jiélùn.

Based on signal characteristics, it’s not cosmic noise, it appears to have intelligence in it, and we only receive it pointing our highly directive antenna out into a specific location of space.

基于信号特征，它不是宇宙噪声，它似乎具有智能，我们只接收它将我们的高度指示天线指向特定的空间位置。

Jīyú xìnhào tèzhēng, tā bùshì yǔzhòu zàoshēng, tā sìhū jùyǒu zhìnéng, wǒmen zhǐ jiēshōu tā jiāng wǒmen de gāodù zhǐshì tiānxiàn zhǐxiàng tèdìng de kōngjiān wèizhì.

I agree, it’s probably signals from extra-terrestrial sources, but we would be immediately subject to a lot of ridicule and perhaps worse if we divulged it to the public.

我同意，这可能是来自地外资源的信号，但我们会立即受到很多嘲笑，如果我们向公众透露，可能会更糟。

Wǒ tóngyì, zhè kěnéng shì láizì de wài zīyuán de xìnhào, dàn wǒmen huì lìjí shòudào hěnduō cháoxiào, rúguǒ wǒmen xiàng gōngzhòng tòulù, kěnéng huì gèng zāo.

If NASA has already detected it, they would most likely attempt to silence us.

如果美国宇航局已经发现它，他们很可能会试图让我们沉默。

Rúguǒ měiguó yǔháng jú yǐjīng fāxiàn tā, tāmen hěn kěnéng huì shìtú ràng wǒmen chénmò.

I agree, so there is no point in making any public comments about it.

我同意，所以没有必要就此发表任何公开评论。

Wǒ tóngyì, suǒyǐ méiyǒu bìyào jiùcǐ fābiǎo rènhé gōngkāi pínglùn.

We should continue recording these signals, because maybe one day we’ll be able to figure out how to get the intelligence off the signals.

我们应该继续录制这些信号，因为也许有一天我们将能够弄清楚如何从信号中获取智能。

Wǒmen yīnggāi jìxù lùzhì zhèxiē xìnhào, yīnwèi yěxǔ yǒu yītiān wǒmen jiāng nénggòu nòng qīngchǔ rúhé cóng xìnhào zhōng huòqǔ zhìnéng.

True, plus we might be able to come up with better ways to receive and process the signals.

没错，再加上我们可能会想出更好的接收和处理信号的方法。

Méi cuò, zài jiā shàng wǒmen kěnéng huì xiǎng chū gèng hǎo de jiēshōu hé chǔlǐ xìnhào de fāngfǎ.

"We should take a trip to Industrial Liquidators. I saw some interesting stuff in there recently I think we might be able to fix and have some new instruments to play around with these signals."

我应该去看看工业清算人员。我最近看到了一些有趣的东西，我认为我们可以修复并有一些新的工具可以解决这些信号。

Wǒ yīnggāi qù kàn kàn gōngyè qīngsuàn rényuán. Wǒ zuìjìn kàn dàole yīxiē yǒuqù de dōngxī, wǒ rènwéi wǒmen kěyǐ xiūfù bìng yǒu yīxiē xīn de gōngjù kěyǐ jiějué zhèxiē xìnhào.

Sure. I just earned quite a lot of money taking care of Mrs. Kraft’s dog and completed her yard work. I think we need a few more instruments to measure these signals.

当然。我只是花了很多钱来照顾卡夫太太的狗并在院子里完成她的工作。我认为我们需要更多的仪器来测量这些信号。

Dāngrán. Wǒ zhǐshì huāle hěnduō qián lái zhàogù kǎ fū tàitài de gǒu bìng zài yuànzi lǐ wánchéng tā de gōngzuò. Wǒ rènwéi wǒmen xūyào gèng duō de yíqì lái cèliáng zhèxiē xìnhào.

But your dad is getting kind of upset with all the clutter we have created with all the equipment we have in the basement.

但是你父亲对我们用地下室里的所有设备造成的所有混乱感到不满。

Dànshì nǐ fùqīn duì wǒmen yòng dìxiàshì lǐ de suǒyǒu shèbèi zàochéng de suǒyǒu hǔnluàn gǎndào bùmǎn.

I know, but I plan on cleaning it up a bit and tossing out some of the stuff we figured we can’t use.

我知道，但我打算稍微清理一下，扔掉一些我们认为不能使用的东西。

Wǒ zhīdào, dàn wǒ dǎsuàn shāowéi qīnglǐ yīxià, rēng diào yīxiē wǒmen rènwéi bùnéng shǐyòng de dōngxī.

Good idea.

好主意。

Hǎo zhǔyì.

Well, I got to go now, dinner is probably ready and I have some homework I need to do, Clifford said as he regrettably had to leave at the end of another spectacular session.

好吧，我现在要去，晚餐可能已经准备好，我需要做一些功课， 克利福德说，他很遗憾地不得不在另一场壮观的会议结束时离开。

Hǎo ba, wǒ xiànzài yào qù, wǎncān kěnéng yǐjīng zhǔnbèi hǎo, wǒ xūyào zuò yīxiē gōngkè, kèlì fú dé shuō, tā hěn yíhàn dì bùdé bùzài lìng yī chǎng zhuàngguān de huìyì jiéshù shí líkāi.

Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow.

好的，我明天见。

Hǎo de, wǒ míngtiān jiàn.

Bye.

再见。

Zàijiàn.

Rex and Clifford continued their vigilance always wondering why the apparent lack of comment from NASA existed and why no other entity ever seemed to have discovered and reported these signals.

雷克斯和克利福德继续保持警惕，总是想知道为什么美国宇航局明显缺乏评论，以及为什么其他实体似乎没有发现并报告这些信号。

Léi kè sī hé kèlì fú dé jìxù bǎochí jǐngtì, zǒng shì xiǎng zhīdào wèishéme měiguó yǔháng jú míngxiǎn quēfá pínglùn, yǐjí wèishéme qítā shítǐ sìhū méiyǒu fāxiàn bìng bàogào zhèxiē xìnhào.

Chapter Four

Research and Determinations

第四回

研究和决定

Dì Sì Huí

Yánjiū Hé Juédìng

The Xer mission had far reaching consequences. Xer scientists instantaneously knew, after intensive study of the tile like surface structure all those asteroid impact areas were something else. The list of possibilities was very short, with the leading probable explanation: These objects are solar or energy collectors.

人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)任务产生了深远的影响。 人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)的科学家们知道，在对瓷砖表面结构进行深入研究后，所有小行星撞击区域都是其他东西。 可能性列表很短，可能的解释是： 这些物体是太阳能或能量收集器。

Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén Zé ěr (Xer) rènwù chǎnshēngle shēnyuǎn de yǐngxiǎng. Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén Zé ěr (Xer) de kēxuéjiāmen zhīdào, zài duì cízhuān biǎomiàn jiégòu jìnxíng shēnrù yánjiū hòu, suǒyǒu xiǎo xíngxīng zhuàngjí qūyù dōu shì qítā dōngxī. Kěnéng xìng lièbiǎo hěn duǎn, kěnéng de jiěshì shì: Zhèxiē wùtǐ shì tàiyángnéng huò néngliàng shōují qì.

Xer Scientists who were brought into the case, were asked to carefully analyze the video the research spacecraft took, while it orbited the extra-terrestrial planet, and provide a summary of how many of those asteroid impact areas had the appearance of a solar collectors. One Xer scientist immediately announced that he had a method of making a determination of which of the objects were solar collectors and which were actual asteroid impact craters.

人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)科学家被要求详细分析航天器在环绕地球外行星时的视频，并总结这些小行星撞击区域中有多少具有太阳能集热器的外观。 人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)科学家立即宣布他有办法确定哪些物体是太阳能收集器，哪些是真正的小行星撞击坑。

Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén Zé ěr (Xer) kēxuéjiā bèi yāoqiú xiángxì fēnxī hángtiān qì zài huánrào dìqiú wài háng xīng shí de shìpín, bìng zǒngjié zhèxiē xiǎo xíngxīng zhuàngjí qūyù zhōng yǒu duōshǎo jùyǒu tàiyángnéng jí rè qì de wàiguān. Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén Zé ěr (Xer) kēxuéjiā lìjí xuānbù tā yǒu bànfǎ quèdìng nǎxiē wùtǐ shì tàiyángnéng shōují qì, nǎxiē shì zhēnzhèng de xiǎo xíngxīng zhuàngjí kēng.

Ladies and Gentlemen, what you see is our projections of all the solar power grids on the planet which I’ve highlighted in purple, the planetary astronomical society briefer stated.

女士们和先生们，你看到的是我们对这个星球上所有太阳能电网的预测。我用紫色突出了这一点， 行星天文学会的简报说。

Nǚshìmen hé xiānshēngmen, nǐ kàn dào de shì wǒmen duì zhège xīngqiú shàng suǒyǒu tàiyángnéng diànwǎng de yùcè. Wǒ yòng zǐsè túchūle zhè yīdiǎn, xíngxīng tiānwén xuéhuì de jiǎnbào shuō.

What’s the estimated combined area of all the solar collectors?

所有太阳能集热器的估计总面积是多少？

Suǒyǒu tàiyángnéng jí rè qì de gūjì zǒng miànjī shì duōshǎo?

At least 10,000 square miles.

至少10,000平方英里。

Zhìshǎo 10,000 píngfāng yīnglǐ.

There was a short gasp in the audience, as the briefer continued his question and answering session. The computer graphics the Xer scientist displayed during the conference gave an eerie appearance. The six-foot-wide image of the Wermaurth planet displayed was now highlighted with multiple purple disks exhibited all over the exposed sun side of planet.

当简报继续他的问题并回答谈话时，听众简短地喘息着。 人形外星人 - 泽尔 (Xer) 科学家在会议期间展示的计算机图形令人恐惧。 爬虫类外星人 -威莫斯 (Wermaurth)行星的6英尺宽的图像现在以多个紫色光盘突出显示，这些光盘显示在行星暴露的太阳侧。

Dāng jiǎnbào jìxù tā de wèntí bìng huídá tánhuà shí, tīngzhòng jiǎnduǎn de chuǎnxīzhe. Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) kēxuéjiā zài huìyì qíjiān zhǎnshì de jìsuànjī túxíng lìng rén kǒngjù. de Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) xíngxīng de 6 yīngchǐ kuān de túxiàng xiànzài yǐ duō gè zǐsè guāngpán túchū xiǎnshì, zhèxiē guāngpán xiǎnshì zài háng xīng bàolù de tàiyángcè.

What makes you think those are solar collectors? a conference attendee asked.

是什么让你认为那些是太阳能集热器？ 一位与会者问道。

Shì shénme ràng nǐ rènwéi nàxiē shì tàiyángnéng jí rè qì? Yī wèi yùhuì zhě wèn dào.

Our detailed analysis of the grid pattern the astronaut’s video recorded close up on the extra-terrestrial planet, establishes the conclusion: these must be manufactured panels. As we applied different filters to the sensors, we determined the panels are radiating certain wavelengths as a byproduct of the photo electric effect.

"我们对宇航员在外星球上的网格图案录像的详细分析得出结论，这些必须是制造的面板。 当我们对传感器应用不同的滤波器时，我们确定面板辐射某些波长作为光电效应的副产物。

"Wǒmen duì yǔháng yuán zàiwài xīngqiú shàng de wǎng gé tú’àn lùxiàng de xiángxì fēnxī dé chū jiélùn, zhèxiē bìxū shì zhìzào de miànbǎn. Dāng wǒmen duì chuángǎnqì yìngyòng bùtóng de lǜbō qì shí, wǒmen quèdìng miànbǎn fúshè mǒu xiē bōcháng zuòwéi guāngdiàn xiàoyìng de fù chǎnwù.

Why would they radiate? another attendee asked.

他们为什么会放射出来？ 另一位与会者问道。

Tāmen wèishéme huì fàngshè chūlái? Lìng yī wèi yùhuì zhě wèn dào.

Most likely it’s a side effect of a very efficient collector. Photons strike the surface which produces the charge which is no doubt building up a thin cover of highly ionized particles so that when more photons strike those ionized regions, it tends to grow and in the process releases sub particles shook out in the process in the form of radiation.

很可能是一个非常有效的收集器的副作用。光子撞击表面产生电荷，这无疑会形成一层薄薄的高电离粒子覆盖层，这样当更多光子撞击那些电离区域时，它就会生长并进入 该过程释放的子粒子以辐射的形式在这个过程中被震动。

Hěn kěnéng shì yīgè fēicháng yǒuxiào de shōují qì de fùzuòyòng. Guāngzǐ zhuàngjí biǎomiàn chǎnshēng diànhè, zhè wúyí huì xíngchéng yī céng báo báo de gāo diànlí lìzǐ fùgài céng, zhèyàng dāng gèng duō guāngzǐ zhuàngjí nàxiēdiànlí qūyù shí, tā jiù huì shēngzhǎng bìng jìnrù gāi guòchéng shìfàng de zǐ lìzǐ yǐ fúshè de xíngshì zài zhège guòchéng zhōng bèi zhèndòng.

The scientist briefing the group then pulled up a graphic they created which he said, This is a magnification of the process I’m describing. With the naked eye you can’t see it, but with our infrared and ultra violet filters you can see the ion cloud that is forming which appears to be radiating out into space.

科学家向小组介绍了情况，然后介绍了他们创造的图形。 他说： 这是我所描述的过程的放大倍数。我无法用肉眼看到它，但是使用我们的红外和紫外线过滤器，你可以看到正在形成的离子。云似乎正在辐射成 空间。

Kēxuéjiā xiàng xiǎozǔ jièshàole qíngkuàng, ránhòu jièshàole tāmen chuàngzào de túxíng. Tā shuō: Zhè shì wǒ suǒ miáoshù de guòchéng dì fàngdà bèishù. Wǒ wúfǎ yòng ròuyǎn kàn dào tā, dànshì shǐyòng wǒmen de hóngwài hé zǐwàixiàn guòlǜ qì, nǐ kěyǐ kàn dào zhèngzài xíngchéng de lízǐ. Yún sìhū zhèngzài fúshè chéng kōngjiān.

The picture, looks like the planet has a lot of radial beams radiating into space. Is that simulated or real?

图片看起来像行星有很多径向光束照射到太空中。 是模拟还是真实？

Túpiàn kàn qǐlái xiàng xíngxīng yǒu hěnduō jìng xiàng guāngshù zhàoshè dào tàikōng zhōng. Shì mónǐ háishì zhēnshí?

This particular graphic shows real time data recorded while our research space ship was orbiting this alien planet. It shows the numerous solar panels radiation patterns. It’s not simulated, but we do apply filters.

这张特殊的图表显示了当我们的研究航天器在这个外星球周围旅行时记录的实时数据。 它显示了许多太阳能电池板的辐射方向图。 它没有模拟，但我们确实应用过滤器。

Zhè zhāng tèshū de túbiǎo xiǎn shì liǎo dàng wǒmen de yánjiū hángtiān qì zài zhège wài xīngqiú zhōuwéi lǚxíng shí jìlù de shíshí shùjù. Tā xiǎnshìle xǔduō tàiyángnéng diànchí bǎn de fúshè fāngxiàng tú. Tā méiyǒu mónǐ, dàn wǒmen quèshí yìngyòng guòlǜ qì.

How much solar power do you think the planet is harvesting?

你认为这个星球正在收获多少太阳能？

Nǐ rènwéi zhège xīngqiú zhèngzài shōuhuò duōshǎo tàiyángnéng?

Most likely the solar panels are generating electricity in the tera watts.

太阳能电池板最有可能在太瓦发电。

Tàiyángnéng diànchí bǎn zuì yǒu kěnéng zài Tài wǎ fādiàn.

Equate that to power consumption and what kind of society would need that much power.

将其等同于电力消费以及什么样的社会需要那么大的力量。

Jiāng qí děngtóng yú diànlì xiāofèi yǐjí shénme yàng de shèhuì xūyào nàme dà de lìliàng.

The only plausible explanation is that amount of power is required for billions of people.

唯一合理的解释是，数十亿人需要大量的电力。

Wéiyī hélǐ de jiěshì shì, shù shí yì rén xūyào dàliàng de diànlì.

So, where do they all live?

那么他们都住在哪里？

Nàme tāmen dōu zhù zài nǎlǐ?

Obviously underground as we see no surface structures except the disks.

显然地下，因为我们看到除了磁盘之外没有表面结构。

Xiǎnrán dìxià, yīnwèi wǒmen kàn dào chúle cípán zhī wài méiyǒu biǎomiàn jiégòu.

Any satellites or space ships?

任何卫星或太空船？

Rènhé wèixīng huò tàikōng chuán?

No nothing would indicate there are any living entities on the planet, and that’s why we thought it was uninhabited.

没有任何迹象表明这个星球上有任何生物体，这就是我们认为它无人居住的原因。

Méiyǒu rènhé jīxiàng biǎomíng zhège xīngqiú shàng yǒu rènhé shēngwù tǐ, zhè jiùshì wǒmen rènwéi tā wú rén jūzhù de yuányīn.

So, what do we do now?

那么，我们现在该怎么办？

Nàme, wǒmen xiànzài gāi zěnme bàn?

We certainly do not know anything about the creatures that live there; we’ll have to go back and try to communicate, if we want to discover who they are and what kind of civilization lives there.

我们当然对生活在那里的生物一无所知; 如果我们想要发现他们是谁以及那里生活着什么样的文明，我们将不得不回去尝试沟通。

Wǒmen dāngrán duì shēnghuó zài nàlǐ de shēngwù yī wú suǒ zhī; rúguǒ wǒmen xiǎng yào fāxiàn tāmen shì shéi yǐjí nàlǐ shēnghuózhe shénme yàng de wénmíng, wǒmen jiāng bùdé bù huíqù chángshì gōutōng.

That could be risky.

那可能有风险。

Nà kěnéng yǒu fēngxiǎn.

Certainly.

当然。

Dāngrán.

~ ~ ~

The Wermaurth were equally as concerned, and now it appeared the ancient stories the Elders discussed, might have some truth to them.

爬虫类外星人 (Wermaurth)同样关注，现在看来长老所讨论的古老故事可能对他们有一些道理。

Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén (Wermaurth) tóngyàng guānzhù, xiànzài kàn lái zhǎnglǎo suǒ tǎolùn de gǔlǎo gùshì kěnéng duì tāmen yǒu yīxiē dàolǐ.

All these years I thought grandfather was out of his mind, Prubien said to the other Wermaurth workers in the Juxgen Power Distribution Center control room. Shortly afterwards security personnel led him and the service workers who worked on the solar panels to another location to answer questions.

我一直认为我的祖父多年来一直不在他的脑海里， 普鲁比恩告诉尤克斯根 (Juxgen)配电中心控制室的其他爬虫类外星人 (Wermaurth)工作人员。 不久之后，保安人员带领他和太阳能电池板的服务人员到另一个地方回答问题。

Wǒ yīzhí rènwéi wǒ de zǔfù duōnián lái yīzhí bùzài tā de nǎohǎi lǐ, Pǔ lǔ bǐ ēn gàosù Yóu kè sī gēn (Juxgen) pèi diàn zhōngxīn kòngzhì shì de qítā Páchóng lèi wài xīng rén (Wermaurth) gōngzuò rényuán. Bùjiǔ zhīhòu, bǎo’ān rényuán dàilǐng tā hé tàiyángnéng diànchí bǎn de fúwù rényuán dào lìng yīgè dìfāng huídá wèntí.

The power indications on the solar array panel status display returned to normal shortly after the alien ship departed. Eventually as power company officials checked over the scene the chief investigator announced, There is definitely burn spots on the panel as if something real hot, almost melted into the collector panel.

在外星船离开后不久，太阳能电池板面板状态显示的电源指示恢复正常。最终，当电力公司官员检查现场时，首席调查员宣布， 面板上肯定有烧伤斑点，好像有些东西真的很热，几乎融化在收集器面板上。

Zàiwài xīng chuán líkāi hòu bùjiǔ, tàiyángnéng diànchí bǎn miànbǎn zhuàngtài xiǎnshì de diànyuán zhǐshì huīfù zhèngcháng. Zuìzhōng, dāng diànlì gōngsī guānyuán jiǎnchá xiànchǎng shí, shǒuxí diàochá yuán xuānbù, miànbǎn shàng kěndìng yǒu shāoshāng bāndiǎn, hǎoxiàng yǒuxiē dōngxī zhēn de hěn rè, jīhū rónghuà zài shōují qì miànbǎn shàng.

Lab results showed a chemical residue left behind, another investigator reported.

实验室结果显示留下了化学残留物， 另一位研究者报告说。

Shíyàn shì jiéguǒ xiǎnshì liú xiàle huàxué cánliú wù, lìng yī wèi yánjiū zhě bàogào shuō.

In a short period of time the Wermaurth leader, Kretchen received the reports from his assistants and he responded, I always feared something like this would happen as my ancestors were quite convinced, we had received visitors in the past.

在很短的时间内，爬虫类外星人 -威莫斯 (Wermaurth)的领导人-克雷琴(Kretchen)收到了助手的报告，他回答说：我一直担心这样的事情会发生，因为我的祖先深信不疑，我们过去接待过来访者。

Zài hěn duǎn de shíjiān nèi, Wermaurth de lǐngdǎo rén -Kè léi qín (Kretchen) shōu dàole zhùshǒu de bàogào, tā huídá shuō: Wǒ yīzhí dānxīn zhèyàng de shìqíng huì fāshēng, yīnwèi wǒ de zǔxiān shēnxìn bù yí, wǒmen guòqù jiēdàiguò láifǎng zhě.

There was never any evidence of such visits, his assistant replied.

从来没有任何证据证明这种访问， 他的助手回答道。

Cónglái méiyǒu rènhé zhèngjù zhèngmíng zhè zhǒng fǎngwèn, tā de zhùshǒu huídá dào.

They certainly have not left any material or evidence of any visits over the years.

多年来，他们没有留下任何访问的任何材料或证据。

Duōnián lái, tāmen méiyǒu liú xià rènhé fǎngwèn de rènhé cáiliào huò zhèngjù.

We have an additional problem; they know we are here but we have no idea where they came from.

我们还有一个问题，他们知道我们在这里，但我们不知道他们来自哪里。

Wǒmen hái yǒu yīgè wèntí, tāmen zhīdào wǒmen zài zhèlǐ, dàn wǒmen bù zhīdào tāmen láizì nǎlǐ.

In due time external sensors and technology development began to try and discover who the Xer were.

在适当的时候，外部传感器和技术开发试图发现人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)是谁。

Zài shìdàng de shíhòu, wàibù chuángǎnqì hé jìshù kāifā shìtú fāxiàn Rénxíng Wài Xīng Rén - Zé ěr (Xer) shì shéi.

The Wermaurth had never developed flight since the underground transportation system seemed adequate and after some time when electrical science evolved, they developed underground transportation which facilitated expanded mining operations as well as better ability to move food and minerals from one tribe to another. Eventually the tribes discovered many generations ago, means of communicating long distance initially by coded messages hammered into rock that was replaced by metallic channels that seemed to carry the messages at indefinite distances. The Wermaurth planet was hence slowly unified and technology sprang forward.

由于地下交通系统似乎已经足够，爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)从未开发过飞行，经过一段时间电子科学的发展，他们开发了地下交通工具，促进了扩大的采矿作业，以及更好的将食物和矿物从一个部落转移到另一个部落的能力。 最终这些部落在几代人之前发现了，最初通过编码的信息进行长距离通信的方式，这些信息被用金属通道取代，而金属通道似乎无限远地传递信息。 因此，爬虫类外星人-威莫斯(Wermaurth)星球逐渐统一，技术向前发展。

Yóuyú dìxià jiāotōng xìtǒng sìhū yǐjīng zúgòu, Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) cóng wèi kāifāguò fēixíng, jīngguò yīduàn shíjiān diànzǐ kēxué de fǎ zhǎn, tāmen kāifāle dìxià jiāotōng gōngjù, cùjìnle kuòdà de cǎikuàng zuòyè, yǐjí gèng hǎo de jiāng shíwù hé kuàngwù cóng yīgè bùluò zhuǎnyí dào lìng yīgè bùluò de nénglì. Zuìzhōng zhèxiē bùluò zài jǐ dài rén zhīqián fāxiànle, zuìchū tōngguò biānmǎ de xìnxī jìnxíng cháng jùlí tōngxìn de fāngshì, zhèxiē xìnxī bèi yòng jīnshǔ tōngdào qǔdài, ér jīnshǔ tōngdào sìhū wúxiàn yuǎn dì chuándì xìnxī. Yīncǐ, Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) xīngqiú zhújiàn tǒngyī, jìshù xiàng qián fāzhǎn.

The planet was blessed with vast underground water storage. Nobody knew where the first Dinoflagellate Polykrikos Kofoidii like substances came from, but they were the heart of the Wermaurth food supply. Even though it was hard to see from space vast caverns and caves were full of these organisms which existed in the mineral rich temperate climate that had no winters unless you were located near the north and south poles. And even the North and South Poles thawed out during summer months due to the orbit of the Wermaurth planet.

这个星球拥有巨大的地下水储存。 没有人知道第一个二鞭毛虫 (Dinoflagellate Polykrikos Kofoidii) 喜欢的物质来自哪里，但它们是爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)食物供应的核心。 尽管从太空中很难看到巨大的洞穴和洞穴中充满了这些生物，这些生物存在于富含矿物质的温带气候中，除非你位于北极和南极附近，否则它们没有冬天。由于爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)行星的轨道，甚至北极和南极在夏季也解冻了。

Zhège xīngqiú yǒngyǒu jùdà dì dìxiàshuǐ chúcún. Méiyǒu rén zhīdào dì yī gè èr biān máo chóng (Dinoflagellate Polykrikos Kofoidii) xǐhuān de wùzhí láizì nǎlǐ, dàn tāmen shì Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) shíwù gōngyìng de héxīn. Jǐnguǎn cóng tàikōng zhōng hěn nánkàn dào jùdà de dòngxué hé dòngxué zhōng chōngmǎnle zhèxiē shēngwù, zhèxiē shēngwù cúnzài yú fù hán kuàng wùzhí de wēndài qìhòu zhōng, chúfēi nǐ wèiyú běijí hé nánjí fùjìn, fǒuzé tāmen méiyǒu dōngtiān. Yóuyú Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) xíngxīng de guǐdào, shènzhì běijí hé nánjí zài xiàjì yě jiědòngle.

Algae and other diverse photosynthetic organisms, with polyphyletic kelp like structures were in abundance and supplemented Wermaurth food supply.

藻类和其他多样的光合生物，与多系海藻一样的结构丰富，补充了爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)食物供应。

Zǎolèi hé qítā duōyàng de guānghé shēngwù, yǔ duō xì hǎizǎo yīyàng de jiégòu fēngfù, bǔchōngle Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) shíwù gōngyìng.

In view of the revelations of this strange extra-terrestrial spacecraft, the Wermaurth understood the necessity to start an immediate program of space flight.

鉴于这个奇怪的外星飞船的披露，爬虫类外星人-威莫斯 (Wermaurth)明白需要立即启动太空飞行计划。

Jiànyú zhège qíguài de wài xīng fēichuán de pīlù, Páchóng Lèi Wài Xīng Rén - Wēi mò sī (Wermaurth) míngbái xūyào lìjí qǐdòng tàikōng fēixíng jìhuà.

With no flying birds or other animals, the examples other civilizations that would have to give them insights into design of flying machines, didn’t exist. But what they did see is eye witness accounts of the planetary lander space craft and the burn marks from the heat it left on the solar collector as the Xer space craft went into space.

由于没有鸟类或其他动物，没有其他文明的例子必 须让他们更深入地了解飞机的设计。 但他们看到的是行星兰德号航天器的见

证记录以及当人形外星人-泽尔 (Xer)太空船进入太空时它留在太阳能收集器上的热量的烧伤痕迹。

Yóuyú méiyǒu niǎo lèi huò qítā dòngwù, méiyǒu qítā wénmíng de lìzi bìxū ràng tāmen gēng shēnrù dì liǎojiě fēijī de shèjì. Dàn tāmen kàn dào de