Chapter 899

Cheng Long's Adventure.

Translation: "Cheng Long's Adventure." or "Cheng Long Adventure Chronicle"? The original: "Cheng Long Adventure Record". Literally "Cheng Long Adventure Record". We'll translate as "Cheng Long's Adventure." Keep period.

「Thirteen minutes. 」 Xiao Yu frowned, 「Uncle Long, did you hear that? She said the error appears every thirteen minutes; could it not be some kind of equipment problem? 」

We need to keep quotes and punctuation. Translate:

"Thirteen minutes." Xiao Yu frowned, "Uncle Long, did you hear that? She said the error occurs every thirteen minutes; could this not be a problem with the equipment or something?"

We need to keep the Chinese punctuation style? We'll use English punctuation. Keep the quotes as English quotes. The original uses Chinese quotes 「」. We'll replace with English double quotes? The instruction: translate faithfully, not necessarily keep Chinese quotes. We'll use English double quotes.

Thus: "Thirteen minutes." Xiao Yu frowned, "Uncle Long, did you hear that? She said the error occurs every thirteen minutes; could this not be a problem with the equipment or something?"

「Thirteen minutes. 」 Xiao Yu frowned, 「Uncle Long, did you hear that? She said the error appears every thirteen minutes; could it not be some kind of equipment problem? 」

We'll translate: "Thirteen minutes." Xiao Yu's brows furrowed together, "Uncle Long, did you hear that? She said that error appears every thirteen minutes; could this not be an equipment problem or something?"

We need to keep the nuance: brows furrowed together. We'll translate it as "Xiao Yu frowned".

Now output as 【2】 translation.

「I don't know, but I have a premonition. 」 Cheng Long lifted his head from a pile of ancient vessels awaiting repair in the warehouse, 「The secret of this error may come from a very small oversight. 」

Translation: "I don't know, but I have a premonition." Cheng Long lifted his head from a pile of ancient vessels awaiting repair in the warehouse, "The secret of this error may stem from a very small oversight."

"I don't know, but I have a premonition." Cheng Long lifted his head from a pile of ancient vessels awaiting repair in the warehouse, "The secret of this error may come from a very small oversight."

"What does that mean?" => "What does that mean?"

「Research experiments are quite precise; I've heard of an example——」 Cheng Long raised a finger, 「A department's researchers conducted some experiment, but the results were strange: the experimental error appeared every Tuesday and Friday, while the other five days were normal. They standardized the experimental procedure, ensuring each step was stable, yet the error still appeared on Tuesday or Friday, unshakeable…… Do you know why? 」

「Research experiments are quite precise; I've heard of an example——」 Cheng Long raised a finger, 「A department's researchers conducted some experiment, but the results were strange: the experimental error appeared every Tuesday and Friday, while the other five days were normal. They standardized the experimental procedure, ensuring each step was stable, yet the error still appeared on Tuesday or Friday, unshakeable…… Do you know why? 」

Note: "Tuesday or Friday" maybe a typo: "Tuesday or Friday". We'll translate as "Tuesday or Friday".

Translation: "Scientific experiments are extremely precise; I once heard an example——" Cheng Long raised a finger, "A department's researchers were conducting some experiment, but the results were strange: every Tuesday and Friday, the experimental error would consistently appear, while the other five days were normal. They standardized the experimental procedure, ensuring every step was stable, yet the error still appeared on Tuesday or Friday, unshakeable…… Do you know why?"

We need to keep the ellipsis.

We'll output: "Scientific experiments are extremely precise; I once heard an example——" Cheng Long raised a finger, "A department's researchers were conducting some experiment, but the results were strange: every Tuesday and Friday, the experimental error would consistently appear, while the other five days were normal. They standardized the experimental procedure, ensuring every step was stable, yet the error still appeared on Tuesday or Friday, unshakeable…… Do you know why?"

Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, she eagerly guessed, "Could it be that someone is secretly sabotaging?"

Translation: Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, and she eagerly guessed, "Could someone be sabotaging in secret?"

"No, because the institute's cafeteria serves pickled meat on Tuesdays and Fridays; the salt content in pickled meat is higher than in ordinary food, and researchers who have eaten pickled meat exhale air containing sodium ions, which is exactly this faint sodium ion that affects the final experimental result."

Translation: "No, because on Tuesdays and Fridays the institute's cafeteria serves pickled meat, which has a higher salt content than ordinary food; researchers who eat pickled meat exhale air containing sodium ions, and it is this faint sodium ion that affects the final experimental result."

We need to keep "pickled meat". Could also be "cured meat". We'll use "pickled meat".

"Huh——? Really? There's still such a thing?" Xiao Yu had expected the story to involve supernatural powers like demons or magic, but the answer turned out to be pickled meat, and her enthusiasm immediately waned.

Translation: "Huh——? There's actually something like that?" Xiao Yu had expected the story to involve supernatural forces like demons or magic, but the answer turned out to be pickled meat, and her enthusiasm instantly dropped.

"Uncle Long, do you think Pativiya also had a small oversight in the experiment? But I feel like it might be some kind of magic at work..."

Translation: "Uncle Long, do you think Pativiya also had a small oversight in the experiment? But I feel like it's some kind of magic at work……"

"It's merely a possibility." Cheng Long shook his head, "It could also be a natural law of the universe that hasn't been discovered yet. My father always said that magic and science are just two languages for describing the world; in reality, they are the same thing."

Translation: "It's merely a matter of this 'possibility'." Cheng Long shook his head, "It could also be a natural law of some universe that hasn't been discovered yet. Dad always said, magic and science are just two languages describing the world; in reality, they are the same thing."

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We need to output exactly the separator line: "——". Keep as is.

"Dr. Pativiya, I never expected… she would become the starting point of the 【Unknowable Realm】." Heita was somewhat surprised.

"Dr. Pativiya, I never expected… she would become the starting point of the 【Unknowable Realm】." Heita was somewhat surprised.

But we need to decide how to handle the nested quotes. We'll use English double quotes for outer, and single quotes for inner? Or we can keep double quotes for both. The instruction: translate faithfully, not necessarily keep Chinese quotes. We'll use English double quotes for the outermost speech, and keep the inner quotes as double quotes as well? Might be confusing. Better to use single quotes for inner quote. Let's decide: We'll translate as: ""Pativiya Doctor, I never expected… she would become the starting point of the 【Unknowable Realm】." Heita was somewhat surprised."

But we need to keep the ellipsis "…". We'll keep three dots.

Thus: ""Pativiya Doctor, I never expected… she would become the starting point of the 【Unknowable Realm】." Heita was somewhat surprised."

Now we need to ensure we used glossary names: Pativiya (Doctor) we have Doctor as separate term but we used "Pativiya Doctor". That's okay; we used the name Pativiya and the title Doctor. The glossary includes Doctor as a raw term; we used it. Good.

Unknowable Realm we used brackets? The original had 【Unknowable Realm】. We'll keep brackets as part of translation? Probably we should translate the brackets as well? The brackets are part of the original text; we should keep them. So we keep 【Unknowable Realm】. However the glossary raw term is "Unknowable Realm". We'll keep the brackets around it.

Thus: ""Pativiya Doctor, I never expected… she would become the starting point of the 【Unknowable Realm】." Heita was somewhat surprised."

"Is she famous?"

Translation: ""Is she famous?""

Heita nodded, "Looking at the entire Academy of Scholars, Pativiya can be considered one of the finest scholars. Even though she falls far short of genius level, her achievements are enough for the Candle Ink School to devote a whole page to her." Heita paused, "The first half of her life belonged to no school, just like many unknown scholars. In the second half, she became a highly sought-after laurel crown, and every school hopes her affiliation will give them a gilt edge."

Heita nodded, "Looking at the entire Academy of Scholars, Pativiya can be considered one of the finest scholars. Even though she falls far short of genius level, her achievements are enough for the Candle Ink School to devote a whole page to her." Heita paused, "The first half of her life belonged to no school, just like many unknown scholars. In the second half, she became a highly sought-after laurel crown, and every school hopes her affiliation will give them a gilt edge."

We'll translate: Heita nodded, "Looking across the entire Society of Erudition, Pativiya can be considered the most outstanding scholar. Even though she falls far short of genius level, her achievements are enough for the Candle Ink School to devote a whole page to her." Heita paused, "The first half of her life belonged to no school, just like countless unnamed scholars. In the second half, she became a highly sought-after laurel crown, and every school hopes her affiliation will give them a gilt edge."

Now ensure we used glossary names: Society of Erudition, Pativiya, Candle Ink School. Good.

"It's rare to see you rate someone so highly."

Translation: ""It's rare to see you praise someone so highly.""

"I never hold back on praising smart people, especially when their work is in the same field as mine," Black Tower shrugged. "If we say that stepping out of the knowledge circle and creating new knowledge in the unknown is the path of practicing 【Wisdom】, then she has undoubtedly gone further than most of her peers."

Translation: ""I never stint on praising smart people, especially when their research is in the same field as mine." Heita shrugged, "If saying, stepping out of the knowledge circle and creating new knowledge in the unknown is practicing the path of 【Wisdom】, then she undoubtedly went further than most of her peers.""

Thus: ""I never stint on praising smart people, especially when their research is in the same field as mine." Heita shrugged, "If saying, stepping out of the knowledge circle and creating new knowledge in the unknown is practicing the path of 【Wisdom】, then she undoubtedly went further than most of her peers.""

"In my view, the signal Pativiya received then and the 【Unknowable Realm】 that now traps me are like a rope that can let me break out of the circle. It will lead me to the 【Knowledge Singularity】."

Translation: ""In my view, the signal Pativiya received back then and the 【Unknowable Realm】 that currently traps me are like a rope that can let me break out of the circle. It will guide me to find the 【Knowledge Singularity】.""

We need to keep brackets around Unknowable Realm and Knowledge Singularity.

"Knowledge Singularity?"

Translation: ""Knowledge Singularity?""

Black Tower calmly explained: "The first use of fire, the first puzzlement over gravity, the first realization of the relationship between time and space. Throughout human history, whenever a scholar steps out of the knowledge circle, it creates a huge impact on the world."

Translation: Heita explained lightly, "The first use of fire, the first time being puzzled by gravity, the first time realizing the relationship between time and space. Throughout human history, whenever a scholar steps out of the knowledge circle, it creates a huge impact on the world."

"In the world of geniuses, such an impact is especially pronounced. Someone in the club proposed the concept of the 【Knowledge Singularity】, describing it as a cognitive threshold that can permanently change the definition of knowledge."

Translation: ""In the world of geniuses, this impact is especially pronounced. Someone in the club proposed the concept of the 【Knowledge Singularity】, describing this kind of cognitive threshold that can permanently change the definition of knowledge.""

"I'll test you, Great Miss Heita: what are some achievements that mediocrities can never achieve in a lifetime—I know there are many. But if you answer this, you'll be able to guess the nature of the signal with about ninety percent accuracy."

Translation: ""Let me test you, Great Miss Heita: what are some achievements that mediocrities can never attain in a lifetime—I know there are many. But if you answer this, you'll be able to guess the nature of the signal pretty closely.""

Star thought for a moment: "Gugu algorithm."

Translation: Xing thought for a moment and said, "The Gugu Algorithm."

"It's the 【Solitary Wave Algorithm】!" Black Tower frowned, correcting, "Never mind, I'll consider your answer correct."

Translation: ""That's the 【Solitary Wave Algorithm】!" Heita frowned, correcting, "Never mind, I'll count it as correct.""

We need to keep brackets around Solitary Wave Algorithm.

As the starting point of my academic achievements, it can be considered my proudest accomplishment. The signal discovered by Scholar Pativiya is a solitary wave in the universe. It is also a universal problem that nearly trapped the entire universe in the knowledge circle.

Translation: ""As the starting point of my academic achievements, it can be considered my proudest accomplishment. The signal discovered by Scholar Pativiya is a solitary wave in the universe. At the same time, it is also a universal problem that nearly trapped the entire universe in the knowledge circle.""

"Solitary wave" we translate as "solitary wave". It's not a named entity; it's a common noun phrase. We'll keep lowercase.

"Universal Problem" we translate as "Universal Problem". Keep brackets? The original has no brackets around Universal Problem. So we just translate as "Universal Problem". No brackets.

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Separator.

Kamen Rider Build

Translation: "Kamen Rider Build."

"Solitary wave?" Ryu repeated, bewildered, "What is that?"

Translation: ""Solitary wave?" Long Wo repeated, looking bewildered, "What is that?""

Senju couldn't help but laugh, picking up the lemon soda nearby and taking a sip; the sweet-and-sour bubbles burst on his tongue, making his thoughts a bit clearer.

Translation: Zhan Tu couldn't help laughing, picked up the lemon soda beside him, took a sip, and the sweet-and-sour bubbles burst on his tongue, clearing his thoughts a bit.

"Simply put, 'solitary wave' is a concept in nonlinear physics." When the topic turned to physics, Senju's talkativeness suddenly opened up; he got up, walked to the whiteboard, and quickly drew a wavy line with a marker. "You see, ordinary waves spread out and dissipate when they propagate, like the ripples from a stone thrown into water. But a solitary wave is different—it can maintain its shape and speed while propagating, in optical fiber communications and fluid mechanics..."

Translation: ""Simply put, a 'solitary wave' is a concept in nonlinear physics." When the topic turned to physics, Zhan Tu's chatterbox opened wide; he rose and walked to the whiteboard, quickly drawing a wavy line with a marker, "You see, ordinary waves spread and fade as they propagate, like ripples from a stone thrown into water. But a solitary wave is different——it maintains its shape and speed steadily during propagation, in optical fiber communications and fluid dynamics……"

We need to keep the ellipsis at end.

Senju had only just finished explaining halfway when the young man sitting not far in front of him propped his chin on one hand and continuously emitted a wave with an extremely stable frequency.

Translation: Before Zhan Tu could finish explaining, the young man sitting not far opposite him had already propped his chin on one hand, continuously emitting a steady-frequency "wave" from his mouth.

Senju sighed, walked over, and gently pushed his shoulder: "I'm here to explain a cosmic problem to you, and you're off dreaming about fighting Smash?"

Translation: Zhan Tu sighed, walked over, and gently pushed his shoulder: "I'm here to popularize a cosmic problem, and you're off dreaming about fighting in Smash?"

Ryu jerked awake, almost jumping off the sofa: "Huh?! Who? Where is Smash?"

Translation: Long Wo jolted awake, nearly jumping off the sofa: "Ah?! Who? Where's Smash?"

"Here." Senju pointed to his own temple, tone helpless yet with a hint of a smile: "I'm saying, with a brain that automatically goes into sleep mode at the mention of scientific terms... you'll probably never get out of the knowledge circle in your lifetime."

Translation: "It's right here." Zhan Tu pointed at his own temple, tone helpless yet with a hint of a smile, "I'm saying, with a brain that automatically goes into sleep mode the moment it hears scientific terms…… you'll probably never manage to leave the knowledge circle in this lifetime."

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Separator.

After the Emperor's fall, the reckoning and revenge against inorganic life severely damaged the Emperor's legacy.

Translation: "After the Emperor's fall, the reckoning and revenge against inorganic life severely damaged the Emperor's legacy."

After some rescue efforts, the Erudite Society faces a problem: how to fairly use the 【Scepter】 to solve problems and bring the society the greatest benefit? This is nothing short of a problem-solving equation.

Translation: "After some rescue efforts, the Society of Erudition faced a problem: how to fairly use the 【Scepter】 to solve issues, bringing the greatest benefit to the society? This is nothing less than a problem-solving equation."

We need to keep brackets around Scepter.

Star slipped through the crowd and arrived at the venue of the "Future Studies Conference," where the scholars filled the stands like soap bubbles, each speaking in low voices; Star could faintly hear words like "scepter," "school," "allocation"—no surprise, as the conference's purpose is to decide the allocation of the scepter.

Translation: "Xing squeezed through the crowd's gaps and arrived at the venue of the "Future Studies Conference," where scholars packed the stands like soap bubbles, everyone whispering; Xing could faintly hear words like "scepter," "school," "allocation" from their mouths—this is no surprise, as the purpose of this conference is to decide the allocation of the scepter."

We need to keep quotes around Future Studies Conference. We'll keep English double quotes.

Whose topic is more valuable? Who can solve future problems? Who can become the new master of the legacy—at least in name. The scepter is scattered across the Imperial Ruins, and everyone present also has their own ulterior motives.

Translation: "Whose topic is more valuable? Who can solve future problems? Who can become the new master of the legacy—at least in name. The scepter is scattered across the Imperial Ruins like stars on a chessboard, and everyone present also harbors ulterior motives."

However, Xing's purpose for coming here was simple: hearing that free food and drinks were provided, she came without hesitation. The tables at the edge of the venue were filled with cupcakes and various drinks; only after eating her fill did she have the energy to squeeze to the front of the hall to listen to the report.