某个民间科学家的日记 Diary of a Civilian Scientist

质量堪忧的散落纸页，纸片的主人似乎自称是一名科学家。 Scattered pages of questionable quality, written by someone who claims to be a scientist.

其一 Part I

筑城纪元699年2月28日

February 28, 699 AF

科技专利局的人到底懂不懂啊，能不能换一些专业的人做审核？我都申请十六次了，简直是浪费时间、浪费精力，我的发明要是被其他人先注册了，他们打算怎么赔我啊。

Do the people at the Intellectual Property Administration of Technology understand anything at all? Can't they hire someone competent for the patent review? I've applied for a patent for 16 times already. What a waste of time and energy! How will they reimburse me if someone registers my invention first?

时间就是生命，这群人在谋我的财，害我的命。

Time is life. They're stealing my money, ruining my life.

专利局的那个戴眼镜梳三七分的那个家伙，看上去知书达理有点学问的样子，完全不是，竟然当着面质疑我，说我是完全不懂科学，他才是什么都不懂就敢教训我。我自己研究物理学已经有十五年了，我还写了有十万字的《时空隧道理论》，他有什么资格来质疑我？我这次的装置，就是拿《时空隧道理论》的理论研究为基础的，他连我的书都没看过就来否定我，幼稚！愚蠢！目光短浅！

I thought the guy with glasses at the patent office would know a thing or two, but I was wrong. He questioned me to my face and said I knew nothing about science. What the heck does he know? I've studied physics for 15 years and wrote Time Tunnel Theory, a 100,000-word book. My invention is based on that theory. He hasn't even read my book, and he has the nerve to doubt me? Childish! Stupid! Shortsighted!

这个时空隧道装置的设计其实做了很久了。但是两个月前，博物馆开放了新发现的旧文明遗物时，我基本上就已经百分之百确定了，时空旅行绝对能成。博物馆里那个叫作「六百千瓦柴油发电机组」的神秘装置，在我梦里出现过，一模一样的，用这个机器肯定就可以牵引时间扭曲、变形、大面积断裂，生成隧道。

I've been working on this device for quite some time. But two months ago, when the museum opened an exhibit showcasing newly discovered Old World relics, I was 100% sure that time travel might come true. There was a mysterious device called the "600-Kilowatt Diesel Generator," which was exactly the same machine that appeared in my dreams. With that machine, my device would surely be able to warp time, deform it, cause massive breaks, and create time tunnels.

这个预知梦完美印证了我的理论，在我梦里，下层还有一个隐藏的地髓共振隧道，只要我的时空隧道机器一完成，就一定能够在那里穿越时空。

The prophetic dream perfectly confirmed my theory. In my dream, there was a Geomarrow resonance tunnel hidden in the Underworld. When my time tunnel device is completed, I would definitely be able to achieve time travel there!

与其等那群瞎子下审批，我还不如现在筹钱自己把机器做出来。目前来看就只有把房子抵押了，房子是我爸的，别说他同意不同意了，我也有点舍不得，住了这么多年了…不对不对，房子根本不是问题，我要是能把时空隧道做出来，我就能颠覆时代了——真要到了那时候，我在贝洛伯格人心中的地位怕是远在初代守护者之上，哪里还会缺这一套小小的房子？好，那就这么办：下周把房子抵押了，然后立马找人把机器做出来。

Rather than waiting for those fools to review my patent, why don't I raise the money myself to build the device? Right now, I only have the house to mortgage, but it belongs to my father. I don't know if he'll agree to the mortgage, but I'm a little reluctant to do so since we've lived there for many years... No no, what am I saying? If I can create a time tunnel, I'd transform the era! I'd be the modern-day Plamya! How would I shed tears on a house? Let's do it. I'll mortgage the house next week and get my device built.

有了机器之后，我能扭曲时空、我能控制时间流速，哪儿还用屈尊在贝洛伯格这个半亩方塘地里啊。

With my device, I could warp the very fabric of time and control its flow. A place like Belobog wouldn't be befitting for someone like me.

天啊，我一定能给整个贝洛伯格，不对，给整个宇宙带来一场革命！

Oh my, I could revolutionize the Belobog... No, the entire universe!

其二 Part II

筑城纪元699年3月4日

March 4, 699 AF

怎么连我爸都不理解我，我怎么会出生在这种家庭？真搞不懂。

Even my father doesn't understand me. Why did I have to be born into this family? Can't bear it.

这老东西…不想卖房子就不卖呗，竟然还赶我出去，这要我怎么活啊！我把一切都奉献给科学了，我不会做别的生计啊，那些低级劳动纯粹是浪费我的头脑。

That old dog... It's fine if he didn't want to sell the house, but why did he have to kick me out? I've devoted my life to science... I have no idea how to take care of myself! It's a waste of my abilities to learn how to do those menial tasks.

看报纸上说，下周有个民间科学家沙龙，估计会有投资人。这我必须得去，不仅要去还必须得拉到投资。可是就那点儿时间，投资人能搞懂时空隧道的主要原理吗？至少要理解「大宇宙时间隧道」理论吧，他们也需要一些提前学习的时间。等会儿我问问丹尼尔，看看到场的都有谁，能要到地址的话，我可以提前拜访嘛。

I read in the newspaper that there would be a salon next week for civilian scientists. There may be investors there, so I must go to secure funding. But will the investors understand the main principles behind time tunnels in such a short amount of time? They'd need to do some research beforehand, at least understand the Big Universe Time Tunnel Theory. I'll ask Daniel about the possible investors. If I can get their addresses, I can visit them in advance.

要不先写点自我推销的东西吧，有备无患……

Maybe I should write something to promote myself, just in case...

「时空隧道生成实验装置曾经得到著名科学家艾萨克教授、阿尔弗雷德教授、斯蒂芬教授联名推荐」…感觉不错。我要是投资人，肯定高看一眼。嗐，这不是卑鄙不卑鄙的问题，我的发明要是没被专利局的瞎子拦着，给这些教授看到，肯定会联名推荐啊，这还用说。

"The experimental Time Tunnel Generator Device, recognized by the renowned Scientist Professor Isaac, Professor Alfred, and Professor Stephen." ...That sounds good. If I were an investor, I'd definitely be interested. What? It's not despicable of me to throw around those names. Besides, if it weren't for the people at the patent office, these professors would have already seen my invention by now... and recognize my genius, of course!

其三 Part III

筑城纪元699年3月12日

March 12, 699 AF

搞什么学术沙龙！一群蠢材。

Academic convention? Yeah right! What a bunch of fools.

我服了，我怎么跟这群人一起浪费时间？十个人里有八个都在聊永动机，他们的脑子是用来做浆糊的吗！十来个人给我讲他们发现了永恒的能源，有没有看过书啊，张嘴乱讲。一个个的自我介绍全都是伟大的物理学家…呵呵，他们也配？搞发明的没一个靠谱的，要么做永动机、要么把水变成地髓，我跟他们站在一个房间里都觉得尴尬。但又不能走，还没轮到我分享报告，我就只能在那儿忍着，饱受折磨……

Seriously, why do I even bother wasting my precious time with these people? Everyone at the salon was talking about perpetual motion devices. Perpetual this, perpetual that, just shut up! They all claim to have discovered some perpetual power resource. Have any of them even read a book before? They all claimed to be renowned physicists... Heh, as if they deserve it. None of their inventions are solid, it's either a perpetual motion device or turning water into Geomarrow. I'm embarrassed to be under the same roof as them. But I couldn't leave either. I had to endure and suffer until it was my turn to share my report...

有一个傻蛋还主动跟我搭话，自称什么埃尔文转世，喜欢在所有东西的前面加上自己的名字，要不要脸啊，特利伏真空零点大循环是个啥玩意儿？我还得假装客气，受不了，太恶心了。还有个人，满嘴大胡子，我不想记得他叫什么名字，说自己是已故大科学家谁谁谁的儿子，他爸爸临死前写的《科学世界大领悟》才是真理，现在的物理法则都是错的，非要把书送给我，我出了门就扔了，简直是侮辱我的智商。

This one fool kept trying to talk to me, claiming to be a reincarnation of Erwin. He just likes to put his name on everything. How shameful of him! What even is Teliph Vacuum Zero Circulation? Worst of all, I couldn't call him out on anything. I had to pretend to be polite. Unbearable! Disgusting! There was another bearded fool, whose name I don't even want to remember, who claimed to be the son of the late great scientist so-and-so. His father wrote The Great Understandings of the Scientific World, a book that claims his own findings were the truth and that all current laws of physics were wrong. He insisted that I should read it and gave me a copy, which I threw away when stepping out of the door. How stupid!

我再也不去这种沙龙了。现在等投资人联系我就行了，希望他们长点儿脑子，整个会场就我一个真正懂科学的。这要是颗粒无收，我就要在报纸上痛斥平庸的科学界了。

I won't go to those salons anymore. All I have to do now is to wait for investors to contact me. Hopefully, some of them wise up and recognize my talents. I am the only one there who truly understands science. But if this doesn't work out, I'll have no choice but to criticize the mediocrity of the scientific field on the newspaper.

其四 Part IV

筑城纪元699年3月21日

March 21, 699 AF

毁灭吧，赶紧的，没人真正尊敬科学。

Everything, just perish. Nobody really respects science.

我一直以为《水晶日报》的丹尼尔多少有点学问。看错他了。我第一次去找到他的时候，他还能跟我认真讨论，我也确实发现了自己的一些小纰漏，有点小问题很正常，重要的是找到了一个在科学前进道路上的知己。我每个月都找他商量，把那些最新的、最前沿的想法都分享给他，这么好的朋友上哪找？可他现在找各种理由回避我。呵呵，我现在的水平他跟不上了，这有什么呢？这些小嫌隙我其实都不介意。

I thought Daniel from the Crystal Daily had a bit of talent, but oh how I was wrong. When I first went to see him, he was able to have a serious discussion with me. He pointed out some flaws with my theory that were reasonable. It's normal for minor flaws to occur, but what's more important was that I found someone who shared my passion for science. Every month, I'd go to see him to discuss the latest ideas. Where else would he find such a good friend? Hmm. How interesting. Now he's finding excuses to avoid me. What? He can't keep up with me anymore? I don't really mind that he can't.

上一次我让他帮我找投资人名单，这么简单的小事儿到现在都没有消息。这不是他们报社编辑的本职工作吗，这又不需要掌握物理学！我在报社蹲了两天终于等到他了，可他看见我就跟看到裂界怪物一样，上来就骂我，无才无德的骗子！我还拿他当朋友！就给我这个态度。我再也不会找你了，你自己后悔吧。

Last time, I asked him to get me a list of investors. Something so simple, and yet he still hasn't gotten back to me yet. Isn't it his job as a newspaper editor? It's not like I was asking him about physics. I camped outside the newspaper office for two days and finally found him. But when he saw me, He acted as if he saw a Fragmentum monster. He scolded me. Untalented liar without morals! I thought he was my friend! I'll never come to you for anything else. Just wait, you'll regret your decision.

现在都还没有投资人来联系我，我怀疑学术沙龙就是个幌子，我还是得自己去拉投资，科学界还有救吗？

Even now, no investors have contacted me. I'm beginning to suspect the academic salon was just a cover. It seems I need to secure the funding myself somehow. Is there any hope left for the academic world?