白夜国馆藏 The Byakuyakoku Collection

常世国龙蛇传 The Serpent and Drakes of Tokoyokoku

取材自海祇岛民间故事的小说。最早版本乃是蛇神尚在人世之时，有鸣神岛的商人前往海祇岛誊抄转写带回的。如今已是没人看的古典名著，被市面上的轻小说埋没了。本书描写了海祇岛人在接纳鸣神文化之前的独特宇宙观。因为最近传统小说再出版的风潮，得以再次问世。

A novel based on Watatsumi Island's folktales. The original edition of this text was transcribed on Watatsumi Island and brought back to Narukami Island by a merchant while the former's serpent god yet lived. No one reads this ancient tome nowadays, its role supplanted by all the light novels on the market. This book describes the unique cosmological outlook of the Watatsumi people before they came to adopt aspects of Narukami culture, and a recent resurgence in traditional novel publishing has allowed it to see the light of day once more.

造化藏奥妙，日月行吉凶。

Mysteries creation conceals, the sun and moon omens reveal.

三隅隔昏暗，五圣隐虚空。

Three corners in darkness shrouded, the void by five saints clouded.

「宇宙无始无终，曾经的大地也是这样。只不过对于我们来说没有意义。承载我们的土已经不再和无始无终的永恒相连了。」

"The universe has no beginning and no end, and so it was with the land that once was. But this matters not to us, for the land that bears us no longer has anything to do with that eternity without start or ceasing."

——唯一的贤人，阿倍良久这么对初代太阳之子诉说。太阳之子早已准备惩处阿倍良久，这次宣他到御前问答，不过是想加以刁难，然后将他拘禁。

— So said the lone sage, Aberaku, to the first Sunchild. The Sunchild had long intended to punish Aberaku. Summoning the sage before the throne in this manner was but an additional way of making things difficult for him before detaining him.

相传，阿倍良久被常世大神启开了智慧，因此才从不见太阳的渊下宫里掘出来了光。但是太阳之子嫉妒他的才华，把他囚禁直至他寿终。然而，太阳之子们却未曾想过，若非有他造出地下的太阳，哪会有自己呢。

Legend has it that Aberaku was opened up to wisdom by Tokoyo Ookami, and was thus able to bring light to Enkanomiya, which had till then never seen the sun. But the Sunchild grew jealous of his talents, thus imprisoning him for life. Yet these children of the sun never considered that had Aberaku not created that underground star, they never would have existed in the first place.

「…天地原如鸡卵，龙蛇本就一体。」贤人阿倍良久说完这句话，随即就被埋伏的兵士们按倒。

"The origin of heaven and earth is like the chicken and egg, and are not dragons and snakes kin?" No sooner had the sage Aberaku uttered these words than he was overthrown by troops lying in ambush.

彼时，渊下宫才因为太阳的出现而得到些许喘息。因那龙嗣亲近黑暗、忌惮光明，不再肆意妄为。龙嗣横行、敛人命如草的时日终于结束，渊下宫民变得能与其相抗了。

At that time, Enkanomiya had only just been bought some room to breathe by the appearance of the sun. The Dragonheirs loved the dark and shunned the light, and thus could no longer act with impunity. The days when the Dragonheirs would rampage and graze upon humanity like so much grass had, at last, come to an end, for the people of Enkanomiya finally had the means to resist.

然而，异种外患没有完全根除，这人性的腌臜就已经暴露了。人们选立了「太阳之子」，把他当做王崇拜。他却横征暴敛，构陷忠良。

Yet it came to pass that the flaws in human nature would rear their ugly heads even before such outside threats could be quelled. The people chose a Sunchild, crowned him king, and worshiped him, and yet he ruled with a brutal hand, framing the righteous.

不知经过了多少岁月，渊下宫里有一小童，与伙伴做了赌约。他只身一人，潜到三隅之外，避开龙嗣痕迹，想去寻那龙骨花。但是他却在洞中见到了一只未曾见过的大蛇。不知为何，小童见蛇之庞巨、诡异，并不觉恐怖，反而有亲近之感。

Unnumbered years would pass before a young child of Enkanomiya would make a wager with his peers. Alone, he would dive beyond the three corners, evading the trail of the Dragonheirs, in search of a Dragonbone Flower. But what he found instead within a great cavern was a mighty serpent, one he had never seen before. Somehow, as he gazed upon the serpent's titanic form, the child felt no fear, but instead a kind of kinship.

「我乃渎身渎名之蛇神，虽有眷属百千，但所荫蔽之众已无一人。今日落入此界，与你相见，也算有缘。你虽非我民，但终是人子。有何愿望，但说无妨。」

"I am the Profane Serpent. Though my servants are numberless, not one mortal now dwells in my shadow. That I have fallen into this realm, and that we should meet... Perhaps this is fate. You are not one of my people, but you are human nonetheless. Speak your desire, and I shall hear it."

「试问，你能做我们渊下之民的神吗？」

"Could you then, perchance, become our god?"

于是一人与一蛇，面对太阳之子的王权、境外的龙嗣侵攻，力挽狂澜之演义就此开幕。

Thus did they, human and serpent, go forth to face the royal authority of the Sunchild and the incursions of the Dragonheirs beyond — thus was the curtain raised on the turning of the tide.

日月前事 Before Sun and Moon

禁止一般人接触的编年史，写法混杂了寓言和纪年。从开天辟地写到了大日御舆落成。

A chronicle that ordinary folk have been forbidden to read. The writing is a mix of fables and histories from the beginning of the world to the creation of the Dainichi Mikoshi.

我们想要记录的事情，是天上的意志如何在大地上拥有了形态。啊，天上之神，这些创造都是你们的作为。那就请你们启发我的神智，让我源源不断地记录。

What we wish to record is the tale of how heaven's will took shape on the earth below. O heavenly gods, these creations are your works. Grant us divine wisdom — let us endlessly record!

【鸽子衔枝之年】

"When the Doves Held Branches"

天上永恒的王座到来，世界为之焕然一新。然后真王，原初的那一位开始和旧世界的主人们，七位恐怖大王开战。那恐怖的大王们是龙。

When the eternal throne of the heavens came, the world was made anew. Then the true lord, the Primordial One, came forth and did battle against the seven terrifying sovereigns, dragon-lords of the old world.

原初的那一位造出了自己发着光的影子。而影子的数量是四。

The Primordial One created shining shades of itself, and the number of these shades was four.

【法涅斯，或者原初的那一位】

"On Phanes, or The Primordial One"

原初的那一位，或许是法涅斯。它生着羽翼，头戴王冠，从蛋中出生，难以分辨雌雄。但是世界如果要被创造，蛋壳必须被打破。法涅斯——原初的那一位——却用蛋壳隔绝了「宇宙」和「世界的缩影」。

The Primordial One may have been Phanes. It had wings and a crown, and was birthed from an egg, androgynous in nature. But for the world to be created, the egg's shell had to be broken. However, Phanes, the Primordial One, used the eggshell to separate the "universe" and the "microcosm of the world."

【衔枝后四十余年】

"Forty Years After the Held Branches"

四十个冬天埋葬了火，四十个夏天沸腾了海。七位大王全部被打败，七个王国全部对天上俯首称臣。原初的那一位大王开始了天地的创造。为了「我们」——它最可怜的人儿将出现在这片大地。

Forty winters entombed the flames, and forty summers churned the seas. The Seven Sovereigns were vanquished, and the seven nations submitted to the heavens. The Primordial One, the great sovereign, began the creation of heaven and earth for "our" sake — that of its creations which it cherished most, who would soon appear upon this earth.

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【衔枝的四百余年】

"Four Hundred Years After the Held Branches"

山川与河流落成，大海和大洋接纳了反叛者和不从者。原初的那一位和一位影子制造出了飞鸟、走兽和水鱼。它们还一起制造出了花草和树木。最后它们造出了人。我们的先祖的数目不可知晓。

The mountains and rivers were made, and the seas and oceans accepted those who rebelled and those who would not kneel. The Primordial One and one of its shades created the birds of the air, the beasts of the earth, and the fish of the sea. Together, they also created flowers, grass, and trees, before finally creating humans — our ancestors, numerous as the stars in the sky, uncountable as the sand on the shore.

自此时起，我们先祖和原初的那一位立约。纪年也更迭一新。

From that time, our ancestors made a covenant with the Primordial One, and so entered into a new age.

【箱舟开门之年】

"The Year of the Ark's Opening"

原初的那一位对人有一套神圣的规划。人只要幸福，它便欢欣。

The Primordial One had a sacred plan for humans. As long as they were happy, it too rejoiced.

【箱舟开门的次年】

"The Year After the Ark's Opening"

人们耕耘，第一次收获。人们开掘，第一次收获贵金。人们聚集，第一次写就诗歌。

The people worked the land, and so came the first harvest. The people mined, and so reaped the first crop of precious ore. The people gathered, and the first poems were written.

【狂欢节之年】

"The Year of Jubilee"

如果有饥馑，天上就落下食物与甘霖。如果有贫瘠，那大地就会生出矿藏。如果有忧郁蔓延，那么高天就会以声音回应。

If there was hunger, the heavens would bring down food and rain. If there was poverty, the earth would bring forth its riches. If melancholy were to spread, the heavens would reply with their voices.

唯一的禁止之事，就是输给诱惑。但是诱惑的通道已经被封堵。

The one taboo was to succumb to temptation. But the path to temptation had already been sealed.

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【葬火之年】

"The Funerary Year"

天上的第二个王座到来，仿佛创世之初的大战再开。那一天，天也倾颓，地也崩裂。我们海渊之民的先祖，和他们世代栖居的土地，落入了此处。

The second throne of the heavens came, and war was rekindled, as it was in the world's creation. That day, the heavens collapsed and the earth was rent asunder. Our ancestors and their ancestral land fell into this place during that conflict.

黑暗的年代由此开始。

The era of darkness had begun.

【黑暗的元年】

"The First Year of Darkness"

七位大王的子民被海接纳，深海的龙嗣曾经统治这里。我们的先祖与它们发生了征战。

The people of the Seven Sovereigns had found refuge in the oceans, and the Dragonheirs of the Depths ruled this particular place, which led to war between them and our ancestors.

先祖使用千灯将它们逐入影子，它们则在影子里狩猎人类。此处唯有黑暗，所以无处不是它们的猎场。

Our ancestors chased them into the shadows with the light of a thousand lanterns, and they hid in those shadows, hunting us. But there was only darkness in this place, and so their hunting grounds were untrammeled.

人们的祈祷汇成哀歌，原初的那一位和其他三位发光的影子并不能听见。

The prayers of the people turned into lamentations, but the Primordial One and its three other shining shades could not hear.

【太阳的比喻】

"The Parable of the Sun"

黑暗的洞窟里，有一群未曾见过光的人们在生活。有一位见过太阳的贤人，对着洞窟的众人描绘着光之下的生活与太阳的伟大。他见众人无法理解，于是点起了火。人们于是开始崇拜火，以为这个是太阳，甚至开始习惯了黑暗与火光的生活。

In a dark cavern, there lived a group of people who had never seen the light. Among them was a sage who had once seen the sun, and he told the gathered folk about what life under the sun was like, and about the great might of the sun. Seeing that they did not comprehend, he lit a torch — and thus did people come to worship the flame, believing it to be the sun. They even got used to a life of darkness and fire.

贤人死后，有人霸占了火，通过火，投下了自己巨大的影子。

When the sage died, someone would monopolize the flame. Using it, they would cast a long shadow over the land.

【忘忧莲的比喻】

"The Parable of the Lethied Lotus"

看见就会忘记忧愁的莲花。在漫长的旅行中，寻找归途的船长遇到了一群以这种莲花为食的人。有的人留下了，有的人抗拒了这种诱惑。

A lotus that causes all who look upon it to forget their troubles. A ship captain searching for the way back to the surface discovered a tribe of people who ate these lotuses. Some crew members stayed in that place. Others rejected that temptation.

活着就是无尽的苦海。我们只是在寻找归途。

Life is a boundless ocean of suffering. We are only searching for the way home.

【黑暗的第三年】

"The Third Year of Darkness"

唯一没有抛弃我们的那一位，她乃是「时间之执政」。她是时刻，是无时不刻，是千风与日月之度量。她是一切欢欣之时，一切愤怒之时，一切渴望之时，一切迷狂之时。她是一切谵妄的时刻。

We knew the only one who had not forsaken us as the "Ruler of Time." She was the moment. She was every moment. She was the measure of a thousand winds and the sun and the moon. She was every second of joy, every moment of rage, every instant of longing, every minute of obsession. She was every flash of delirium.

我们称呼她「卡伊洛斯」，或者「不变世界的统领与执政」。真正秘密的名字，我们不敢直言，所以在这里倒写。「露塔斯伊」——我仅提一次。

We call her Kairos, or "the ruler of the unchanging world." We dare not speak her true, secret name, and so I pen it here, only once, and in reverse: "Htoratsi."

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【目盲之年】

"The Year of Blindness"

贤人阿布拉克他被开启了神智，他展示了从手中发出光的奇迹。先祖们以他为首领，开始建设「赫利俄斯」。

The sage Abrax's wisdom was awakened, and he unveiled a light-bringing miracle from within his hands. So our ancestors began to build the Helios, with him as their leader.

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【目明之年，或日月的元年】

"The Year of Sight, or the First Year of Sun and Moon"

「赫利俄斯」——太阳的神车，终于落成。白夜到来，常夜消散。

Helios, the divine chariot of the sun, was finally completed. The Whitenight came, and Evernight was banished.

日月的纪年开始了。

The years of the Sun and Moon had begun.

【日月的二年】

"The Second Year of Sun and Moon"

先祖们尝试寻找归途。地表的大战应该已经结束。

Our ancestors sought the returning way, for surely the war on the surface had ended by then.

但是原初的那一位，第一个王座，布下了禁令。先祖们无法找到归家之路。

But the Primordial One, the first throne, had laid down a ban, preventing our ancestors from finding the path home.

既然是如此，那原初的那一位，应该打败了后来的第二位吧。

In that case, the Primordial One must have defeated the Second Who Came.

阿布拉克被太阳之子下令囚禁。

Abrax was imprisoned by order of the Sunchild.

【树的比喻】

"The Parable of the Tree"

王的园丁与御园的树精相爱。但是国王想要新修凉亭的雕梁，需要砍伐最有灵气的那一棵灵木。国王是原初的那位之化身，因此园丁无法违逆万王之王，唯有对着国王的祭司祈祷。祭司乃是常世大神的化身。

The king's gardener and the tree spirit of the royal garden were in love. But the king wished to repair the beams of his pavilion, and so needed to cut down the tree with the most spiritual energy within it. The king was the incarnation of the Primordial One, and the gardener could not defy the sovereign of sovereigns, and so he could only bring his plea to the king's priest, who was the incarnation of Tokoyo Ookami.

祭司怜悯园丁，于是说，你去折下灵树的枝条吧。园丁便去折枝，然后听从国王的命令砍伐了灵木。

The priest had pity on the gardener and said to him: "Go, and cut the branches of the spirit-tree down." The gardener did so, and afterward did as the king ordered, cutting the spirit-tree itself down.

随后祭司说，你去种下灵木的枝吧。园丁说，灵木长成，需要五百年。祭司说，一念则千劫尽。于是园丁在自家后院种下了树枝。结果一瞬间，细枝长成了新树，那新树精是曾经树精的延续。

Then the priest said: "Plant the spirit-tree's branches in the ground." But the gardener said: "A spirit-tree shall take five hundred years to grow." The priest said: "Your one thought shall echo through eternity." And so the gardener planted the branches in his back yard. In an instant, the slim branches grow into a new tree, and the new tree spirit was a continuation of the past one.

因为那时刻之神，可以把「种子」的「这一刻」带到过去与未来。

For it is the God of Moments who is able to take "seeds" from this "moment" into the past and the future.

【日月之十年】

The Tenth Year of Sun and Moon

阿布拉克故去已久。日月之前的事情已经记录得足够。若无把一切按事实记写的胆量，哪里能成为常世大神的书记呢？

Abrax is long gone. The events before the sun and the moon have been recorded sufficiently. Well, if I did not dare to write things down just as they happened, how could I consider myself a scribe of Tokoyo Ookami?

我听到了门外盔甲的声音，我于此绝笔。

Hark, I hear armor without. Here, I shall stop writing.

白夜国地理水文考 Hydrological Studies in Byakuyakoku

记载了白夜国地理和水文的工具类图书。随着海渊的封门以及海祇民的集体移居，再加上漫长时光的变动，这本书已经没用了。

This text records the geography and hydrology of Byakuyakoku. With the sealing of the depths and the emigration of the people of Watatsumi, as well as the passing of long years, this book is now useless.

海渊之下的土地和地面的风貌有巨大差异，常理并不适用。加之曾经的地理与水文知识，也是直接由天上传授的。我们对自身所处世界的研究，连方法都只能自己摸索。一切唯有从头开始。

The lands beneath the aphotic depths are vastly different from those on the surface, to the extent that all surface-derived common sense must be abandoned down below. All we formerly knew of land and sea was given unto us directly by the heavens. In this new world of ours, we must begin groping even for the simplest methodologies anew.

读此书之后人谨记，莫要以为自己所过之生活为平常之事。虽然千百年后，人们会习惯这种生活。但是请谨记——天中无日月的生活是异常的。就算有贤人在这里描绘太阳，也一定会有腌臜之徒借着光投下巨大的影子。

O you who come after and read these words, do not take the life you lead for normalcy. Even if after a hundred or a thousand years, people should grow used to life down here, always remember — these days with neither sun nor moon are abnormal. Even if some sage were to draw us the sun, there will surely be filthy wretches who will borrow its light to cast long shadows over us.

此书只是为了让人们理解自己所处的世界，切莫忘记重新寻回光的心。

This book is intended to help people understand the world they live in, and to never forget our desire to return to the light.

（本书随着时代变化不断修订删改，称呼也从海渊之土变为「常世国」，随后变化为「白夜国」。后因海祇垂怜，渊下之民复归海面。但总序之「海渊之土」有特殊意义，不做统一改订。）

(This book has been constantly edited, redacted, and modified over the years. Even the name of the book's title has seen change from "Aphotic Earth" to "Tokoyokoku," before becoming "Byakuyakoku." Later, due to the grace of Watatsumi, the people of the depths would return to the sea's surface. But it seems like "Aphotic Earth" has some special meaning, and it has not been universally changed throughout the text.)

-风与水之事

Of Wind and Water

白夜国土没有山之走向，讨论山系没有意义。但是我们之中的祭司和贤人察觉到了一点：就算是在这片海渊之下，仍然有「不灭风」和「水」的力量。「不灭风」，人格化称之「常世大神」，或者诗体修辞为「千风」、「时之千风」；「水」则是深海龙蜥的龙蜥界之力。

Byakuyakoku has no mountains to speak of, and so it is pointless to speak of them. However, our priests and sages have detected something. Even in these depths, the power of the "undying wind" and the "water" still remain. The personification of the "undying wind" is known as "Tokoyo Ookami," and is poetically rendered "the thousand winds" or "the thousand winds of time." "Water," on the other hand, is the might of the Vishap Realm, represented by the Bathysmal Vishaps.

我们已经有了一门学问推算「阳炎」与风、水之关系。所以在兴动土木之前，需要考虑水文与不灭风的影响。

We have already developed a certain field of study regarding the relationship between Sunfire, wind, and water. As such, both hydrology and the undying wind must be considered before undertaking any project of civil engineering.

-白夜国的边陲

The Borders of Byakuyakoku

白夜之国土，以三角三隅为标。曾经这里就是人类势力与龙蜥势力拉锯的极限了。

The borders of Byakuyakoku are marked out by three corners. These mark the limits of the see-saw clash between humanity and the vishaps.

三角在白夜国时期修建有三界塔，用来调和三界。古时的名字已经失传，在海祇到来之后，才改了现在的名字。

During the era of Byakuyakoku, Towers of the Three Realms were built at these three corners, used to harmonize the three realms. Their ancient names have been lost to time, and they were renamed after the coming of Watatsumi.

三界塔非常重要，并且不处在风与水的体系下。甚至与之相反，它们负责平衡整个白夜国的倾向，控制着白夜国的风与水。

These towers are exceedingly important, and they are not in locations aligned with either wind or water. Rather, their purpose is to stabilize the tendencies of Byakuyakoku and control its winds and waters.

一旦三界塔出现问题，整个白夜国将有大灾。因此它们由秘法隐去，仅能由巫女与御使唤出。

If these towers were to be imperiled, so would the entire nation. As such, they have been hidden using secret arts. Only the shrine maidens and the Vassals of Watatsumi can summon them forth.

-狭间之街

The Narrows

最早狭间之街夹在山壁和方圆之地中，因此才被称为狭间之街。但是随着白夜国极端异常的地理变动，几百年内，方圆之地就崩落进了深渊。狭间之街反而成为了一片广阔。

The Narrows were, in the earliest times, sandwiched between the mountain face and an area known as the Roundlands, thus earning that location its name. However, the exceedingly strange tectonic shifts in Byakuyakoku caused the Roundlands to collapse into the depths, thus causing The Narrows to widen significantly.

-蛇心之地

The Serpent's Heart

这里自先祖发现之日起，就存在一个神奇的现象：空间会在某一处交叠。后来这个现象被我们的先人利用，修建了蛇心的祭坛。人们使用这个地方保管秘密、囚禁犯人，并且崇拜幻想出来的大蛇「奥罗巴洛斯」。

From the first time our ancestors discovered this place, it had already played host to a unique phenomenon in which space itself might overlap in a certain locale. Later, those who came before us would utilize this phenomenon by creating the Serpent's Heart. It would be used to guard secrets, imprison criminals, and worship the great imaginary serpent, Ouroboros.

最早这里叫做德尔斐，意思是蛇之地。后来海祇大神到来，蛇之地的名字并没有改变。一般古早绘画，无鳞蛇为「奥罗巴洛斯」，有珊瑚的蛇为「远吕羽氏」。

In the earliest times, this place was called Delphi, the land of snakes. This name did not change even after the arrival of Watatsumi Omikami. Ancient art depicts the scaleless serpent as "Ouroboros," and the coral-adorned serpent as "Orobashi."

-大日御舆

Dainichi Mikoshi

最早的名字是「赫利俄斯」，乃是贤人阿倍良久所设计的高塔。风、水之中属黄。

The earliest name of this place was "Helios," and it was the high tower built by the sage Aberaku, standing for earth, the element between wind and water.

根据预言，它应该就是贤人所展示的太阳，用来照亮没有见过光的洞穴。同样，根据预言，它后来也被用来投下巨大的影子。

According to prophecy, this was likely the sun that the sage displayed, used to light those lightless caverns. And just as those prophecies suggested, it was also later used to cast a great shadow over the nation.

深海龙蜥实验记录 Bathysmal Vishap Experimental Records

深海龙蜥的实验记录。实验中并没有龙蜥死亡。

Experimental Records of the Bathysmal Vishaps. No vishaps were killed in the writing of these records.

…自今日起，龙嗣之实验课题改为海祇大御神亲自指定之课题。海祇纪年元年之前所有档案全部销毁。卷宗序号废止阿尔法、贝塔、伽玛、德尔塔、艾普西隆古海祇语字归档分类法，启用地、水、火、风、以太、虚空为新分类。

...Effective today, all experiments regarding the Dragonheirs will be directed by Watatsumi Omikami in person. All files preceding the founding year of the Watatsumi calendar have been destroyed. Dossier serial numbers shall no longer use the categories Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon, which used the ancient Watatsumi tongue. Instead, we shall use Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Ether, and Void going forward.

注经与引用应写于（【】）内。依序写明卷宗头-序号-题名-著者。著者可以忽略，或写研究所内之号，严禁暴露研究人员之古白夜国/渊下宫名或现代海祇/鸣神/稻妻式名字。

All quotes and notations are to be written within quotation marks (""). The following order of writing should be observed: File Header-Serial Number-Subject-Author. Author can be omitted, or their internal title within the research lab may be used. Usage of a researcher's ancient Byakuyakoku/Enkanomiya name or modern Watatsumi/Narukami/Inazuman name is forbidden.

不要在实验记录里写日记、情书和幻想小说。

These experimental records are not to be used for the writing of diaries, love letters, or fantasy novels.

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龙嗣（以下通称深海龙蜥、龙蜥）的进化能力有目共睹。（【水卷-壹〇壹-龙嗣的进化·一】）。

The Dragonheirs' (hereafter named Bathysmal Vishaps or simply vishaps) evolution is plain for all to see. ("Water-101-Dragonheir Evolution: I")

我们尝试降低幼年抗高温龙蜥生存空间的温度。它在成年之后变得衰弱。恐怕是因为它身体中并没有对抗这种环境的「种子」。但是它的子代却全部拥有了高体脂、多眠、冰元素的特性。（参看正文背后的实验数据。样本三出现特异数据是因为我助手同情抗饥饿对照组的实验对象，私下进行喂食。）

We have tried lowering the temperature in the living environs of a young heat-resistant vishap. As a result, they were weaker once matured. We suspect that this is because its body did not possess the "seed" required to resist such an environment. However, its descendants would all possess high body fat, greater predilection towards sleep, and would express the Cryo element. (Please refer to the experimental data after the main text. The abnormal data derived from Sample 3 is due to my assistant feeling sorry for the subject of the anti-hunger control group and feeding it surreptitiously.)

此时再将它们的子代送入酷暑环境，它们和曾祖代一样，成年后选择了抗热特性。只不过目前没有出现火元素特征。

When we then placed their descendants into sweltering conditions, they would again choose, like their ancestors, the heat resistance trait. However, none of them have developed traits indicative of the Pyro element thus far.

尚不足以得出结论，但是可以印证猜想。深海龙蜥可以在成年前自由觉醒自身的「种子」。而龙蜥母体在遭遇未曾见过的严苛环境时，可以编制新的「种子」留给子代。

We do not have enough data to reach a conclusion at present, but we can make an educated guess that Bathysmal Vishaps have the ability to awaken their "seed" freely before maturation. Vishap mothers can also create new "seeds" to pass on to their descendants should they encounter heretofore unseen, challenging environments.

深海龙蜥在与我们渊下宫民遭遇之前，体内就潜藏着一整个军械库了。

It can be said that even before encountering us, the people of Enkanomiya, the Bathysmal Vishaps had already stored a veritable armory within their bodies.

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智能实验的结果令人惊讶。（【虚空-贰零柒-龙蜥的智力研究】）。通过惩罚、奖励并行的机制进行筛选（其实根据之前的研究，筛选并不必要。龙蜥每个个体都是完美适应者），四代后的龙蜥，语言理解能力已经逼近十二岁智力水平的人类学童。或者应该更严谨点说，龙蜥们本来就拥有自己的交流方式，它们在此是展现出了学习的能力。

The results of the intelligence tests are astonishing. ("Void-207-Vishap Intelligence Research"). Through a screening process consisting of rewards and punishments (although previous research indicates that screening is unnecessary — vishaps are, one and all, adapters par excellence), the linguistic capacities of vishaps four generations down are starting to approach that of a 12-year-old human student. Perhaps it might be more accurate to say that vishaps always had their own methods of communication, and what they are displaying here is their ability to learn.

我们认为应该停止这个研究。不然上一个写龙蜥人幻想故事的家伙被开除可能会显得我们见识短浅。

We believe that these experiments should be stopped. If not, we may yet be proven narrow-minded for having dismissed that last person who wrote a fantastical tale about vishap-people.

根据预言，水之龙王会以人形诞生。我们绝不能让这件事发生在渊下宫。

Prophecy holds that the Dragon Sovereign of Water will be born in a human form. We must not let this thing happen in Enkanomiya.

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之前的移植都失败了。（【虚空-玖零柒-海祇大御神特令·一】）。因为容不下海祇之血，龙蜥的身体会出现各种不良反应。不知道是不是因为仍然不够强大。通过规划龙蜥的进化路线，我们已经培育出了理论上最强的龙蜥才是。

All previous attempts at grafting have failed. ("Void-907-Watatsumi Omikami's Special Orders: I"). Because they cannot accept Watatsumi Omikami's blood, the vishaps will fall victim to various adverse effects. Perhaps they are not yet strong enough, but we cannot be sure — indeed, according to our rationalized vishap evolutionary roadmap, we should have already bred the strongest vishap possible.

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移植基本算得上成功。（【虚空-玖零柒-海祇大御神特令·三】）。排异原来是龙蜥作为光界生物（或称元素生物），与大御神以及珊瑚眷属之人界力相杀的原因。

The grafting can be considered a success. ("Void-907-Watatsumi Omikami's Special Orders: III"). The rejection originates from the vishaps having been beings of the Light Realm (also known as elemental creatures), and thus being at odds with the Human Realm, of which Omikami and its coral vassals are a part.

所有实验记录卷宗作结。实验于此竟，所载并无一龙嗣因实验殒命，皆得寿终。

All experimental logs are closed. No experiment conducted here resulted in the death of any Dragonheirs — they all lived to see the end of their days.

礼赞海祇大御神之慈心。

Praise be to Watatsumi Omikami, gracious and beneficent.

光昼影底集 In the Light, Beneath the Shadow

面向九岁到十二岁年龄段的益智类图书。作为特殊过渡时期的版本，下附了古代白夜国姓名的鸣神式改称法。

A puzzle book for children of ages nine to twelve. As a book from a transitory period, it uses Narukami-style names with Byakuyakoku subscripts.

谜面1. 什么东西清晨四只脚，白日两只脚，夜晚三只脚？

Question 1: What walks on four feet in the early morning, two feet during the day, and three feet at night?

谜底： 中午化身成人去参加了舞会，摔断了腿只能拄拐杖的龙蜥。

Answer: A vishap who transforms into a person to attend a ball, then breaks one of its legs and eventually ends up walking with a cane.

这个答案其实是贤人们最喜欢的，往往也只有小朋友们才能答对。龙蜥化人对大人来说是一种恐怖的阴谋，根据古代预言，水之元素龙王一定会以人形重生。对于孩子来说，则揭示了相互理解的可能。

Sages like this answer the most, and it is the children get it right almost exclusively. For adults, it always smells like a horrible conspiracy when a vishap turns into a human. According to a prophecy of old, the Dragon of Water, the ancient lord of vishaps, will definitely descend in the form of a human. However, for children, the answer to the question indicates the possibility of mutual understanding.

但是这样把龙蜥弄得可爱也有其弊病。虽然消解了恐惧，却也让孩子们失去了警戒。

But it is not a good idea to make vishaps sound adorable. Though such jokes defang the fear, they also lower the guard of the children.

（深海龙嗣们进化出了其他元素，失去了纯粹。它们族群已经不会诞生龙王了。）

(Dragonheirs of the Depths have evolved to wield the power of other elements and have hence lost their purity. As such, the Dragon of Water will no longer be born from among their ranks.)

谜面2. 此物只有嘴一张，腿数却是四、二、三。什么事物乏术化他形，却可以寻见地、海与天空。什么事物行走用的腿越多，生息气力就越孱弱？

Question 2: With only one mouth, this being sometimes has four feet, sometimes, two feet, and sometimes, three feet. Though unable to morph into other things, it is able to walk on the earth, swim in the water, and fly in the sky. The more feet it walks on, the feebler it grows. What is this being?

谜底： 人。

Answer: A human.

人在婴孩时代用四肢爬行；长大之后，就开始两腿走路了；等到了老年，就只能拄拐了。毫无疑问，这个经典谜题的答案是人。

Humans crawl on hands and feet as babies, walk on two legs as adults, and use a cane as elders. The answer is undoubtedly "a human."

谜面3. 什么事物只有一张嘴会说话，腿数却是四与二。

Question 3: What talks with only one mouth but walks on four and two feet?

谜底： 畜牧的生活。

Answer: Someone raising livestock.

这个谜语非常古老，我们以前只能从文本上理解畜牧的意思。四条腿指的是「尼乌」、「宇麻」和「林彘」这类生物。在白夜国崩落地底之后，这些生物因为缺少繁衍的环境和食物，也在两代内灭绝了。

This riddle is a very ancient one. In the past, we could only understand the meaning of livestock from reading texts. "Four legs" refers to four-legged animals like the Aux, Hors, and Foreste Bore. After Byakuyakoku fell into the ocean depths, these animals died out within two generations due to a lack of habitable land and food.

海祇大御神到来之后的这段时间里，有一些住民已经去往海面开拓家园、交流文化了。因此我们得以勘校这些生物的通名。根据御使与大御神的预言，我们迟早有一天会全部去往海面上，所以校正名字是很必要的。

Since the arrival of Watatsumi Omikami, some of us have returned to the sea's surface to build a home and interact with the people there. Therefore, we have been able to review the names of these animals. According to the Vassal and the Omikami's prophecy, we shall all move back to the sea's surface someday, so it is important to get these names right.

「尼乌」为牛，「宇麻」为马，「林彘」为林猪。

Aux means cattle, Hors means horse, and Foreste Bore means forest boar.

谜面4. 有一对姐妹，她们每一天都会生下对方。请问她们是谁？

Question 4: Who are the two sisters who give birth to each other every day?

谜底： 日与夜，或白夜与常夜。

Answer: Day and night, or Whitenight and Evernight.

这个谜语很好理解，日夜轮换。在白夜国则是大日御舆的白夜与常夜轮转。虽然大日御舆建设完成之前，一直都是常夜，但是并不影响曾经人们见过白昼之光。

This riddle is easy to understand. It alludes to the succession of day and night, which in Byakuyakoku means the cyclical Whitenight and Evernight under the control of the Dainichi Mikoshi. Though the land was in everlasting night before the Dainichi Mikoshi was built, the light of day that people had seen has remained unchanged.

顺带一提，白夜国特殊的蜃楼现象与罪影的名字最早都叫「爱多隆」，人们认为二者本质一致。后来随着海祇大御神到来，人们理解了这两种现象，自此命名才分开。虽然并无白日，但是白夜里出现的蜃楼幻景仍然被叫做「阳炎幻」，常夜中的则被叫做「不知火幻」。随着时间推移，两者因原理一致被统一叫做「阳炎幻」了。

By the way, the two special astronomical phenomena of Byakuyakoku — the mirages and the Sinshades — were at first indiscriminately referred to as Eidolons and seen as the two sides of the same coin. It was not until the arrival of Watatsumi Omikami that the people of Byakuyakoku were able to understand the two phenomena and name them differently. Though the sun did not shine upon Byakuyakoku, the mirages that appeared in Whitenights were named Sunfire Phantasms and those of Evernight, Ghostfire Phantasms. As time went by, both of them came to be referred to as Sunfire Phantasms, for they are essentially the same thing.

谜面5. 我是光明之父的晦暗子嗣。我是无翼的鸟儿，由地升天。见我者流泪，并非出自哀愁。微风吹拂，我刚出生便消逝。

Question 5: I am the Shadowborn of the Lord of Light. I am a wingless bird that rises from the earth to the sky. Those who shed tears in my presence feel no sorrow in their bosoms. Away with a gentle breeze I fade, and thus ends my fleeting life.

谜底： 答案是烟。鸟儿是一种会飞有翅膀的生物，渊下宫见不到很正常。

Answer: The answer is smoke. Birds are winged creatures, and it is normal that they are not seen in Enkanomiya.

谜面6. 一个父亲有十二个孩子，每一位又各自有六十位容貌各异的女儿。这些女孩一位白一位黑，如此反复。他们一家全都不朽，只是会暗暗凋零。请问父亲是谁？

Question 6: A father has twelve children, each then giving birth to sixty daughters of different appearances. Of them, thirty are pale and thirty are dark. The whole family, knowing not death, will only fade away. Who is the father?

谜底： 答案是「年」。六十位黑白相间的孙女可能会让白夜国之民一下子想不明白。但是理解了谜题4就知道是怎么回事了。

Answer: The answer is the year. The people of Byakuyakoku may find the part about sixty pale or dark granddaughters a bit confusing. But everything will start to make sense once they crack Question 4.

以及这谜题远古时期还有个后续版本。大概意思是，每个孙女又各自有十二个孩子，每个孩子为他们的母亲生下了六十个外孙。外孙们也有自己的六十个孩子，每个孩子又有自己的子孙。直到最后，所有的子孙们共同产下了唯一、原初的后代。这个后代就是常世大神，也是一百四十亿个「年」的母亲。

There used to be a sequel to this riddle in ancient times. It roughly said that every granddaughter would give birth to twelve descendants, and each of them would then have sixty children. Every such child later would give birth to another sixty, who would go on to have children of their own. This would continue until at last, all the offspring would together give birth to the one and only primordial child — Tokoyo Ookami, the "mother" of fourteen billion years.

海祇大御神禁止了这个谜题的流传。

Watatsumi Omikami forbade people from spreading this riddle.

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「附录」- 历史人物、传统姓名-鸣神式改称法

Appendix: Historical Figures, Their Traditional Names, and Narukami-Style Renderings

卡伊洛斯-常世大神

Kairos - Tokoyo Ookami

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...Eris - Arisu

阿布拉克-阿倍良久

Abrax - Aberaku

喀戎-华…

Charon - Ka...

斯巴达克-须婆达

Spartacus - Supada

艾玛-绘真

Emma - Ema

…-鲤

... - Koi

安提戈涅、安提戈努斯-安贞

Antigone, Antigonus - Antei

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厄尔玻斯、厄伯斯-艾波西、乌帽子

Erebos - Eboshi

厄喀翁-江木

Echion - Eki

乌代…-宇坨

Udaeus - Uda

阿斯克勒庇俄斯-栖令比御

Asclepius - Surepio

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