The end of 2024 was a bit lively. A large number of short videos on social media were spreading news of numerous unidentified flying objects appearing over US airspace. Lin Yuhui noticed, but he mostly thought they were human aircraft of an unclear nature. The reason was simple: their flight patterns looked like human-powered craft, complete with the typical red and green navigation lights of human aircraft — just appearing on a massive scale, assuming those videos weren't fake.
2024年末有点热闹,大量社交媒体短视频在传播美国领空出现大量不明飞行物.林语晖注意到了,但是他更多地认为是不明目的人类飞行器,原因很简单,从它们的飞行方式来看就是人类动力的,还带着人类飞行器典型的红绿航行灯,只不过是大规模出现,如果那些视频不是伪造的话.
But some videos really did show craft that didn't seem humanly possible; they should be classified as UAP, the new term coined by the US, meaning Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. Lin Yuhui suspected they might be rehearsing a fake alien invasion.
但是有些视频看起来确实不是人类能创造出来的飞行器,应该归类为UAP,这个美国那边制定的新称呼,叫做不明空中现象.林语晖怀疑他们是在搞虚假外星人入侵的预演.
That said, he couldn't rule out that those drones were spraying something in the air — there had already been enough debate about chemtrails. Either way, it was all part of the Western New World Order agenda.
不过也不排除那些无人机是在空中喷洒什么,关于化学凝结尾迹的讨论已经够多了.反正不管哪一种,都是西方新世界议程的一部分.
Then Lin Yuhui saw a video posted by Liana about it. She said those were human drones, but to observe what was happening, they had also sent out their own drones.
然后林语晖看到了莉安娜对此发布的视频,她说那是人类的无人机,但是为了观察发生了什么,她们也派出了自己的无人机.
But at this time, Lin Yuhui's mind was focused on Liliya. He was trying to understand what kind of person that girl really was — yes, she was a girl. The Zavaroni people were not very old, though only their own accounts provided evidence of their age. But they had memories of past lives, so through endless cycles of reincarnation, they had already gained many experiences and insights. Clearly, they couldn't simply be regarded as innocent girls.
不过此时林语晖的心思都在莉莉娅身上,他在试图理解那个女孩儿是什么样的人,没错,她就是个女孩儿,扎娃罗尼人的年纪都不大,尽管关于年龄,只有她们自述的证据.不过她们都有前世的记忆,所以在生生世世的轮回中,她们已经有了很多经历和经验,显然还不能简单地认为她们是单纯的女孩.
In one of her earlier accounts, she said the fighter she piloted was entirely designed and built by women, and she was very proud — the power of women. Her sense of superiority was different from the kind of feminism on Earth that only demands the fruits of labor without contributing any work. In their society, the female population was three times that of males, the fighter she flew was designed and built by women, and their highest leader was also female — a queen. Women were indeed making real, tangible labor contributions to their society.
在曾经的自述中,她说她驾驶的战机完全都是由女性设计制造的,她感到很骄傲,女性的力量.她这样的优越感和地球上只要劳动成果,不提供劳动贡献的女权还不太一样,因为在她们的社会里,女性人数是男性的三倍,她所驾驶的战机也是女性设计制造的,还有他们的最高领袖也是女性,是女王.女性确实在对他们的社会做出着实实在在的劳动贡献.
Yet Lin Yuhui felt that her pride carried a note of loneliness. She had mentioned that the men in their society were all pursuing love. Compared to the women who got things done, it was no wonder she was proud of women.
只是林语晖似乎感到她所说的骄傲,有些孤单.她说过她们的社会里的男性都在追求爱情,对比做实事的女性,就不奇怪她为女性感到骄傲了.
But she never mentioned any love-seeking man who had pursued her. Of course, that was personal privacy, yet she was indeed lonely, repeatedly reproducing by herself, giving birth to herself.
只是她却从未提及有哪个追求爱情的男人追求过她,当然了,那是个人隐私,但是她确实是孤单地一次又一次自我繁殖,生下自己.
Lin Yuhui even wondered whether she had followed her mother's advice and isolated herself for too long, becoming afraid of contact with the opposite sex. Yet clearly, having a partner meant more to her than just physical companionship and help — she needed a man to balance her soul.
林语晖甚至觉得,她是不是听了妈妈的话,把自己封闭得太久了,已经开始惧怕接触异性了,可显然有个伴侣对于她来说不只是物理意义上的陪伴和帮助,她需要男性平衡她的灵魂.
Even though his own marriage had failed, he felt that for the tayget people and the Zavaroni, living in a higher civilization, an altruistic society, relationships between people should not be as difficult to handle as among selfish people on Earth.
虽然自己的婚姻也失败了,但是他觉得对于塔吉特人和扎娃罗尼人来说,他们生活在一个更高文明,利他的社会里,人与人之间的关系应该不会像地球上自私的人之间那么难以处理.
What he couldn't understand, though, was this: a tayget woman named Erika, who interacted with Earth people around the same time as Liliya, had a partner, yet she too became seriously ill due to the mental stress of communicating with Earth people. Why couldn't her partner help relieve her stress? If she had the person she cared about most, her partner, then why would she still fall ill because of other people's various displeasures?
只是让他不能理解的是,和莉莉娅同一时期与地球人交互的一位塔吉特人女士,艾芮卡,她有伴侣,可是也因为与地球人沟通造成的精神压力身患重病.为什么她的伴侣没能帮助她缓解压力呢?如果她有自己最在乎的人,她的伴侣,那么为什么她还会因为别人的种种不悦而生病呢?
Carrying such misunderstandings, Lin Yuhui even felt a sense of guilt — guilty that he had come too late to comfort them in time. As an Earth person, and they had come to help him, yet he hadn't been able to offer them comfort in time, causing them to leave one after another or die of illness — he couldn't help feeling remorse.
带着这样那样的不理解,林语晖甚至感到了有些愧疚,愧疚自己来晚了,没能及时安慰她们的心情.自己作为一个地球人,而她们就是来帮助自己的,却没能及时给她们安慰,以至于她们先后离去或者病逝,不由得内心愧疚.
The coming year 2025 would be another Benming year for Lin Yuhui. Originally he didn't believe in such things, but the last time, at thirty-six, he nearly died from a heart attack, which forced him to believe this time. Actually, that episode was also caused by his ex-wife's actions, compounded by long standing conflicts stirred up by his parents.
即将到来的2025年将会是林语晖又一个本命年,本来他不信这些,只不过上一次三十六岁那年差点因为心脏病发作挂掉了,让他这次不得不信了.其实那次也是前妻作的,再加上父母穷搅和长期累积的矛盾造成的后果.
Now things were fine. He was a free man, all alone. Who would cause him trouble anymore? No one. But better safe than sorry. Lin Yuhui went online and bought a bunch of red socks and red underwear, ready to wear them in the coming year to ward off evil spirits. Though the color red was non negotiable, he could still choose the style according to his taste. Guo Degang really understood men. Lin Yuhui chose low rise, small triangle briefs. That's called knowing how to live and enjoying comfort.
现在好了,一身轻的孤家寡人了,还有谁会给自己添乱吗?没有了,可是宁可信其有不可信其无,林语晖上网买了一堆红色袜子,红色内裤,准备来年穿上辟邪.虽然红色没得选了,款式还是可以按照自己的心意挑的,郭德纲是懂老爷们的,林语晖选择了低腰小三角内裤.那叫会生活,懂享受.
While surfing the web, he came across a new movie — Tom Hanks' Greyhound. The clips looked good, and the scene restoration felt authentic. As a science student and a military enthusiast, Lin Yuhui knew a lot about World War II military equipment and that period of history, so he sat down calmly and watched the entire film.
就在上网冲浪的时候,他发现了一部新电影,汤姆汉克斯的"灰猎犬号",看简介片段就不错,场面还原效果真实.林语晖是个理科生,也是个军迷,他很了解二战时期的军事装备和那段历史,于是他便安稳坐下来看完了整部电影.
The takeaway was that the scene where ships communicated with each other via Morse code using lights during a storm inspired him. He remembered Erika saying in one of her videos that their spacecraft were in low Earth orbit, with a period of about ninety minutes and an orbital altitude of roughly 450 kilometers.
观看收获就是影片中舰船之间在暴风雨中,利用灯光摩斯码通信的情景启发了他.他想起了艾芮卡在她的视频中曾说过,她们的飞船就在地球低轨道上,差不多九十分钟的周期,轨道高度大约450公里.
How could one send Morse code light signals from the ground to a spacecraft in space? "I am a science student — that's easy." Find a programmable relay, write a set of C language code, and that would solve it — it's just a switching circuit. The equipment could be bought online, and programming was self taught. With that thought, Lin Yuhui began to conceive his plan.
要从地面给太空飞船发摩斯码光信号,怎么做?我是理科生啊,这还不好办,找一个可编程继电器,编一套C语言程序不就解决了,不就是一个开关电路吗.设备网上有卖的,编程自学的.想到这林语晖便开始了构思他的计划.
What about the light source? The distance was huge. Although the detector precision of advanced alien warships should far exceed Earth's level, what if they only monitored signal strengths that Earth people used? They might not monitor signal strengths that Earth people didn't use. So this couldn't be overlooked. Lin Yuhui grabbed all the AI tools available on the market and asked each one to calculate the required transmission power based on the sensitivity of civilian sensors.
光源怎么办?距离很大,虽说外星先进战舰的探测器精度应该远超地球人水平,万一人家只监测地球人使用的信号强度呢?地球人用不到的信号强度人家也不监测.所以这个不能疏忽,林语晖把市面上能用的AI工具都抓过来挨个问,让它们根据市面民用传感器敏感度计算需要的发射功率.
Although he used AI, he understood the principle: the shorter the wavelength, the greater the loss over distance. So he chose the infrared band.
虽然使用AI,但是从原理上他清楚,波长越短距离上的损耗越大,所以他选到了红外波段.
Where was this? This was China. When it came to laser technology and industry, a search on Taobao showed it was almost being sold at cabbage prices. Still, infrared lasers with wavelengths above 1050nm for communication were relatively expensive for Lin Yuhui. So he had to settle for the next best thing — stepping down from communication wavelengths to civilian night vision wavelengths. When he looked at 850nm and 940nm, it was a whole new world — cheap and with many options.
这是哪啊?这是中国啊,说到激光技术和产业,上淘宝一翻都快卖成白菜价了,不过通讯用的1050nm以上波长的红外激光对于林语晖来说依然比较贵.那就只能退而求其次,从通讯波长,退到民用夜视波长了.他又到850nm和940nm一看,这可真是广阔天地啊,又便宜选择又多.
Finally, after having the AI factor in atmospheric attenuation and do the calculations, he settled on a 940nm infrared laser. This was an invisible band, but invisible to the eye did not mean it couldn't burn the eyes. So he also bought an infrared video doorbell to indirectly observe the debugging process.
最后让AI考虑大气衰减因素,替他一顿计算,他最终选择了940nm的红外激光,这是不可见波段,但眼睛不可见并不等于它不会烧伤眼睛,所以他又买了一个红外可视门铃,用于间接观察调试过程.
The programmable relay was a bit troublesome. It really proved the saying: "different trades are separated as by mountains." The manufacturer's after sales support knew nothing. Lin Yuhui had to figure it out himself. In principle, it was simple — by inputting a specific code into the relay's memory, you could control the switching of the circuit. But because he wasn't in the industry, he didn't know the format in which the code should be written. Although he knew the code used for compilation was hexadecimal, for a specific manufacturer's device — which side was the high bit, how to space — he could only try.
可编程继电器有点麻烦,真的应了那句话,隔行如隔山.厂家的售后啥也不懂,林语晖只好自己摸索.其实原理很简单,只要向继电器的存储中输入特定的编码,就可以控制电路的开关.但是因为他不是行业内的人,他不知道编码的格式应该怎么写.虽然他也知道编译用的代码是十六进制的,但是对于特定厂商的设备,哪边是高位,怎么空格,他只能尝试.
At his wit's end, he again pulled out each AI and had them search for application code for the device. Fortunately, after many failures (the mother of success), success finally arrived.
没办法了他就又把AI挨个拉出来,让它们去给自己找设备应用代码,好在功夫不负有心人,多少次失败它妈之后,成功它终于来了.
Liana was still regularly releasing her space news. It turned out she had been ill recently — apparently the result of various attacks by hostile forces following her election as the Queen of tayget. Fortunately, she was gradually recovering. It was a bit pitiful that such a young girl bore such heavy responsibilities.
莉安娜还在定期发布她的太空新闻,原来前一阶段她病了,似乎是敌对势力对于她当选塔吉特女王而进行的多种攻击的结果,好在她现在已经逐步恢复过来了,小女孩年纪轻轻就承担这样的重任有点可怜.
But Lin Yuhui's mind was still on Liliya. Besides physical preparations for contact, he also had spiritual ones. He set photos of Liliya and Erika as his computer desktop background, and every day he looked at their faces, trying to send them caring comfort — perhaps to make up for his belated guilt. Though he knew very well that those photos might not be their true appearances.
不过林语晖的心思还在莉莉娅身上.除了物质的接触准备,他还有精神的,他把莉莉娅和艾芮卡的照片放在了自己的电脑桌面,每天看着她们的相貌试图给她们发送关爱的安慰,或许是弥补自己迟到的愧疚的心情吧.虽然他很清楚那些照片未必是她们的真实相貌.
As someone who had long delved into alien and spiritual information, he believed that spiritual power might be able to transcend time and space. But from a worldly or scientific perspective, doing this was just the power of neurosis.
对于长期涉猎外星人,灵性信息的他来说,他认为精神的力量是有可能可以穿透时空的,但是对于世俗的,或者科学的看法,这么做就是神经的力量.