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Chapter 1265

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【3】

「「……」」 just ellipsis. Keep as is? Should translate as "……"? Probably keep same ellipsis. We'll output "……". But need to keep brackets? Actually line includes the quotes. We'll translate content inside quotes: just ellipsis. So output: "……". Keep the quotes? The Chinese line includes 「「……」」. We should translate the content, preserving quotes? The instruction: translate faithfully, never skip. So we need to output English equivalent of the whole line, including the quotation marks? Usually we keep the quotes as they are part of the text. We'll output: 「「……」」? But that's Chinese quotes. Better to replace with English quotes? The instruction didn't specify to change punctuation style. Usually we keep the original punctuation but translate content. The Chinese quotes are part of the source; we should keep them? The translation should be in English, but we can keep the Chinese quotation marks as they are just punctuation. However typical translation would replace with English quotes. But to be safe, we keep the same punctuation marks as they appear: 「 and 」. We'll output the same with English content inside. So line 【2】: 「「……」」 becomes 「「……」」 (same). That's fine.

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【10】

【13】

No names. Output: 「"It might not be damage; perhaps it's just lacking a power source. 」」

【15】

No names. Output: 「"Look over there, those huge objects like hard drives——」」 Keep quotes.

【19】

Output: 「"Hard… disk? 」」 (with ellipsis inside quotes). Keep.

No names. Output: 「"Cough… sorry, let me put it another way. Do you see those large structures on both sides emitting blue light? Some pieces protrude, not fully seated in their slots. My intuition tells me they might be related to the power source of the armillary sphere. 」」 Keep quotes.

—— (just a separator line). We need to output 【11】 with translation: just "——". Probably keep as is.

【23】

【25】

Thus line 【13】 translation: 「"This is completely a hard drive, right?! Is this the kind of technology the Wengfalosu people from a thousand years ago should have? 」」 Keep quotes and punctuation.

【29】

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【33】

「「……」」

Same as line 2: ellipsis. Output: 「「……」」.

【37】

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【42】

Output: 「"What do you mean?"」.

Zhan Tu casually pointed to the computer on the lab table: 'Take the computer as an example; the technology to produce it did not appear out of nowhere. From humanity's first invention of the voltaic pile, to researching semiconductor materials and inventing the transistor, then to integrated circuits and chips…… the continual iteration and evolution of technology, the culmination of centuries of human effort finally became such a computer. But Wengfalosu seems to have skipped many intermediate steps—here people still rely on ground beasts for long-distance transport when they go out, yet they have already produced mobile phones that need high-performance chips to run…… ah, no, I should say 'stone tablet'.'

【47】

"The only person who could possibly have created these technologies here is…… Laigushi." Zhan Tu's expression gradually grew solemn:"He is a genius; crafting these technological products would probably be just a casual matter for him. But if he truly wanted to help the Wengfalosu people advance technologically, why not go all the way?"

—— (separator). Output same.

【49】

【51】

Output: 「"Toot… toot? 」」 (sound effect). Keep quotes.

【55】

No names. Output: 「"…I just wanted to spend a moment alone with this little guy. 」」 Keep quotes.

【57】

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【65】

【67】

No names. Output: 「"Could it be that it too cannot break through the firmament? 」」 Keep quotes.

【70】

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—— (separator). Output same.

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The more Yue'er thought deeply, the more doubts appeared like bamboo shoots after rain bursting from the soil. No matter from which angle he thought, he could not answer Weng Faluos's countless problems.

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