界外天魔传说 Legend of the Demons From Beyond

关于反物质军团降临与绘世拯救世界的神话。 A myth about the Antimatter Legion's descent and Graphia's salvation of the world.

界外天魔传说，始终是二相乐园艺术创作中永恒的母题。然而层出不穷的改编与演绎，早已让这段古老传说丢失了原本的面貌。笔者遍寻残卷，筛选其中较为可信的记载，试图还原传说最初的样子——那并非一部正义横扫邪恶的爽文，而是一曲文明沉沦苦海的悲歌。

The legend of the demons from beyond has always been an eternal theme in Planarcadia's artistic creations. However, the endless stream of adaptations and reinterpretations has long since stripped this ancient tale of its original form. I've scoured through countless fragments and filtered out the more credible accounts in an attempt to restore the legend to its earliest incarnation, which wasn't some power fantasy where justice sweeps away evil, but rather a tragic ballad of civilization's fall into an abyss of suffering.

琥珀纪2148纪，在席卷诸多星系后，反物质军团将毁灭的巨爪伸向了如今的失魂星域，这颗尚被称为「弁才天国」的星球自然也无法幸免，烬土纪元就此撕开序幕。人们惊讶地发现，大地上一夜之间筑起座座高阁，与此同时，无数不可名状的怪物从其中涌出，这些怪物即被称为「界外天魔」，而这场战争也被称作「天魔浩劫」。

In 2148 AE, after sweeping through countless star systems, the Antimatter Legion extended its claws of Destruction toward what is now known as the Consternation Starzone. Naturally, the planet once called "Benzaitengoku" could not escape this fate, and thus began the Cindearth Age. People were shocked to discover that towering structures had risen from the ground overnight, and simultaneously, countless unspeakable monsters poured forth from within. These monsters came to be known as the "demons from beyond," and this war was called the "Demonic Apocalypse."

尽管史料多有散佚，我们仍能从后人的视线中一窥当时的绝望：整个星域被点燃，百年后，临近的世界仍能窥见天幕间熊熊燃烧的群星。

Though much of the historical record has been lost, we can still glimpse the despair of that era through the eyes of those who came after: an entire segmentum was set ablaze, and a century later, neighboring worlds could still witness the stars burning fiercely across the heavens.

危局之下，古弁才天国的幸存者得出四种应对之策：

In the face of this crisis, the survivors of the ancient Benzaitengoku came up with four strategies:

其一为「投敌派」。此派人见抵抗无望，自甘堕落，投身毁灭麾下…笔者不愿费笔墨赘述。

The first group is the "Defectors." Seeing no hope in resistance, they gave in to despair and threw their lot in with the Destruction... I won't waste ink on them.

其二为「顽抗派」。此派在传奇画师「绘世」的带领下，于笔尖施展幻造之法，将画中强大造物绘以实体、赋以人格。若非这些最初的「幻造种」大大延缓了界外天魔的攻势，二相乐园恐早已沦为不毛之地。

The second group is the "Resisters." Under the leadership of the legendary artist "Graphia," this faction wielded the art of imagenesis with the tip of their brushes, bringing powerful creations from canvas to life and granting them sentience. Had these first "imagenae" not significantly slowed the onslaught of the demons from beyond, Planarcadia would have long since become a barren wasteland.

其三为「撤离派」。此派兼具实力财力，人数最少，大多为旧时权贵。在多年后，其中幸存者的后裔返回二相乐园并声称「若非我们向星际和平公司求助，继而打捞出画中世界，何来现在的二相乐园？」不去深究这副无耻说辞的真伪，历史自会给出公允的裁判。

The third group is the "Evacuators." They had both power and wealth, though they were the smallest in number, mostly former elites. Years later, descendants of the survivors returned to Planarcadia and claimed: "If it weren't for us seeking help from the Interastral Peace Corporation and subsequently salvaging the World in Canvas, where would Planarcadia be today?" Without delving into the veracity of such shameless rhetoric, history will render its own fair judgment.

其四为「求援派」。此派事迹最为真假难辨，也是虚构历史的重灾区。目前流传的诸多版本，几乎求援了所有星神，例如「丰饶恩赐降维药」、「阿基维利复活相助」、「阿哈狂笑逼退纳努克」等等，甚至衍生出「存护一锤将二相乐园砸进二次元」的离奇版本，足见传说之失真。

The fourth group is the "Help-Callers." Their accounts are the hardest to verify and a hotbed for fictional history. The numerous versions currently circulating claim aid from practically every Aeon. For example, "the Abundance's Blessing Gifted Dimension Reduction Meds," "Akivili's Resurrection to the Rescue," "Aha's Roaring Laughter Scaring Off Nanook," and so on. There's even a bizarre spin-off claiming "Preservation Hammered Planarcadia Straight Into a Cartoon," which really shows just how warped these legends have become.

笔者在此郑重呼吁：戏说不是胡说，改编不是乱编，望创作者们在后续的创作中遵从基本逻辑。

I'm making a serious appeal here: dramatization doesn't mean fabrication, and adaptation doesn't mean distortion. I hope creators will stick to basic logic in their future work.

然而古弁才天国的结局，属于第五种未曾预料的道路——「入画」。

Yet the fate of the ancient Benzaitengoku took a fifth, unforeseen path: "Into the Canvas."

在界外魔战争的最后关头，利用古老的幻月游戏，绘世竟将整个古弁才天国连同其上的一切生灵从现实世界隐去，一并藏进二维的「画中世界」。敌人赢得了战争的胜利，却失去了根除文明的机会；古弁才天国失去了现实，却换来了文明的存续。

At the final hour of the war against the demons from beyond, using the ancient Phantasmoon Games, Graphia miraculously concealed the entire ancient Benzaitengoku, along with all its living beings, from the real world, by painting them into the Duomension "World in Canvas." The enemy won the war, yet lost the chance to eradicate their civilization. The ancient Benzaitengoku forfeited reality, yet secured the survival of its civilization.

充满传说色彩的烬土纪元也在此戛然而止，古弁才天国迈进「入画时代」的信史新篇。

The legendary Cindearth Age came to an abrupt end, and the ancient Benzaitengoku entered a new chapter of recorded history, the Canvas Age.

界外天魔的传说虽至此落幕，但这段历史的回响至今依旧在倒映着幻月的海面上荡漾。在那看似平静的碧蓝下，还隐藏了许多不为人知的真相，等待着求真之人去探索。

Though the legend of the demons from beyond ends here, the resonance of this history still ripples across the seas reflecting Phantasmoon to this day. Beneath that seemingly tranquil azure surface, many unknown truths remain hidden, waiting for those who seek the truth to explore them.