徐福竹簡

The Dark Legacy of the Sun Tribe
太陽一族的黑暗秘密

你，真的的是人類嗎？
ARE YOU REALLY HUMAN?

你是否曾在自己身上發現過那些異於常人，
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE

又令人困惑的不同之處？
SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT YOURSELF

不妨做個實驗，攤開手掌瞧瞧
TRY A LITTLE EXPERIMENT.
OPEN YOUR HANDS. LOOK CLOSELY.

如果你的無名指比食指短上一截，
IS YOUR RING FINGER
NOTICEABLY SHORTER THAN YOUR  INDEX FINGER?

你身上極有可能⋯⋯
THEN YOU MAY CARRY A GENE...

帶有地球外生命體的基因
NOT OF THIS EARTH.

有人認為，這與古代傳說中，
SOME BELIEVE IT'S
THE LAST TRACE OF AN ANCIENT BLOODLINE

「四指人」的血統殘留有關
THE FOUR-FINGERED ONES.

學界稱之為「退化基因段」
ACADEMICS CALL IT A 'rEGRESSIVE GENE SEGMENT.'

但實際上，這可能是另一種進化的證明？
BUT WHAT IF... IT'S PROOF OF EVOLUTION?

過去曾有學者試圖追查這段失落的血脈
ONE SCHOLAR TRIED TO TRACE
THE ROOTS OF THIS FORGOTTEN LINEAGE.

但其中一位研究者——在調查途中神秘失蹤，
BUT HALFWAY THROUGH HIS INVESTIGATION,

至今下落不明
HE VANISHED.
WITHOUT A TRACE.

接下來你將看到，
WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE

這些被掩蓋的考古真相
IS A SUPPRESSED TRUTH.

一段牽涉到超古文明的危險記憶，
A BURIED MEMORY TIED TO A PREHUMAN CIVILIZATION...

太陽一族的黑暗秘密⋯⋯
THE DARK LEGACY OF THE SUN TRIBE.

你們好，
HELLO.

我是Yuuki
I'M YUUKI.

你們可能有人已經見過我，因為之前在《消失的太陽帝國》展發生的騷動
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER ME FROM THE INCIDENT AT THE LOST SUN EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

你們可能會好奇我是誰，以及我的目的
YOU MIGHT'VE WONDERED WHO I WAS—
OR WHAT I WAS REALLY AFTER.

WELL...

我接下來要說的事情非常危險，
WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE IS DANGEROUS.

影片或許隨時會被刪除
THIS VIDEO COULD BE TAKEN DOWN AT ANY TIME.

如果你不想惹上麻煩，
IF YOU RATHER NOT GET INVOLVED—

現在就關上影片
TURN IT OFF.

NOW.

故事開始於一名來自民間的學者，
THE STORY BEGINS WITH A CIVILIAN SCHOLAR

吳海民
WU HAIMIN.

一名業餘考古學家
AN AMATEUR ARCHAEOLOGIST,

許多原本不見天日的文物，是在他的發掘下才得以見光
KNOWN FOR DISCOVERING ARTIFACTS THAT OTHERS HAD OVERLOOKED.

但他沒有資歷，
HE HAD NO CREDENTIALS.

沒有學術隸屬，
NO ACADEMIC AFFILIATION.

也沒有人脈，
NO CONNECTIONS.

因此——得不到任何任可。
AND SO—NO RECOGNITION.

某日，
BUT ONE DAY,

透過私人手段，
THROUGH UNOFFICIAL CHANNELS,

他偶然取得了一份珍貴的考古證據——
HE ACQUIRED SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY—

一份非常古老的竹簡
AN ANCIENT BAMBOO SCROLL.

經過測定，年代大約落在公元200年前後，
RADIOCARBON DATING PLACED IT AROUND 200 BCE.

以一種特別的古代文字書寫
IT WAS INSCRIBED IN SYMBOLS LONG FORGOTTEN.

毫無疑問地，一個考古界的大發現
A MAJOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND—

然而真正令吳海民震驚的，
BUT WHAT SHOOK WU HAIMIN,

是他透過研究發現，這些竹簡的作者，
WAS THE IDEA THAT SCROLL'S  AUTHOR⋯

極有可能，是「徐福」
MIGHT HAVE BEEN XU FU.

關於徐福的記載，最早見於《史記》
XU FU WAS FIRST RECORDED IN THE
RECORDS OF THE GRAND HISTORIAN.

生活在約兩千兩百年前，
HE LIVED MORE THAN 2,200 YEARS AGO,

秦國人
DURING CHINA'S QIN DYNASTY.

史書中，他是秦始皇的近臣，
A TRUSRED ADVISOR TO THE FIRST EMPERO.

一位帶有濃厚神秘色彩的方士，亦可視為早期煉金術士
A FANGSHI—AN OCCULTIST, AN ALCHEMIST.

據傳說，
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,

為求長生不老，
THE EMPEROR—OBSESSED WITH IMMORTALITY—

秦始皇重金命其出海，
ORDERED XU FU TO SAIL EAST,

尋找傳說中的仙丹
IN SEARCH OF THE ELIXIR OF LIFE. 

徐福奉命啟程，率領三千童男童女東渡，
XU FU DEPARTED WITH THREE THOUSAND YOUTHS...

自此音訊全無
AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.

千年來，
FOR CENTURIES, 

學界始終爭論——
SCHOLARS HAVE DEBATED HIS FATE—

他究竟是在海上遇難，
DID HE PERISH AT SEA?

還是一名行跡高明的騙徒？
OR WAS HE SIMPLY A FRAUD WITH A CLEVER ESCAPE?

吳海民深知，這些竹簡的問世，有可能徹底改寫徐福的故事。
WU HAIMIN BELIEVED THE SCROLLS
COULD REWRITE XU FU'S STORY.

他如著魔般開始解析竹簡
HE BECAME OBSESSED.
SLEEPLESS.

某夜，
THEN ONE NIGHT...

吳海民又徹夜難眠
HE WOKE IN A DAZE.

恍惚間，他看見一個老人在床邊對他低語，
AN OLD MAN STOOD BESIDE HIS BED,

輕聲說道
WHISPERED:

「時間不多了，快啟程，找到仙山故地」
'TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
BEGIN THE JOURNEY— TO THE  IMMORTAL ISLAND.'

這個詭異經歷啟發了吳海民，
THAT HALLUCINATION PUSHED WU DEEPER INTO THE SECRETS..

深入挖掘後，他猛然發現自己被一個更古老的謎團所籠罩
HE SOON REALIZED THAT XU FU'S WRITINGS
POINTING TO SOMETHING FAR OLDER —

原來，徐福竹簡的線索竟導向另一個考古界的假說
A THEORY LONG REJECTED
BY MAINSTREAM ARCHAEOLOGY:

「太陽帝國」
THE SUN EMPIRE.

這是傳說建立於萬年前的神話城邦，
A MYTHICAL CITY—STATE SAID TO HAVE
EXISTED TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO—

擁有未知的強大科技，與超越現代人類理解的知識
POSSESSING LOST TECHNOLOGIES
AND KNOWLEDGE FAR BEYONDITS TIME.

[音訊記錄——吳海民的筆記]
[ Audio Log—Wu Haimin's Notes ]

為什麼這個文明在一萬年前，會有農業、文字，還有藝術？
"Why did they have agriculture? Writing systems?
Art—ten thousand years ago?

▓▓▓史前人應該有的水準。
None of this fits what prehistoric humans should've known.

他們不屬於任何一支人種，
就好像⋯⋯是憑空出現的。
Thay don't match any known race. It's as if...
they appeared out of nowhere.

有人說他們是外星人；
有人說，他們是受到高度文明製造過的人類。
Some say they were aliens.
Others think they were humans... guided by higher beings.

在太陽族的描繪中，他們只有四根手指。
In Sun Tribe depictions, they had only four fingers.

這種血緣，透過通婚、傳宗接代，混入了現代人的血液裡。
Maybe their blood mixed with ours.
Through marriage. Through children.

說不定，他們就潛藏在我們之中。
Maybe... they're still among us. 

然後徐福⋯⋯與其說是皇帝的使者，
也許他也是個探險家，就像我們一樣。
And Xu Fu... maybe he wasn't just the Emperor's envoy.
Maybe he was s seeker—like us.

我們都追著一樣的秘密，只不過晚了他兩千年。
Chasing the same secrets...
only two thousand years ahead of us.

吳海民逐漸意識到，手中這份竹簡或許正是解開太陽一族秘密的珍貴線索
WE BELIEVED THE SCROLLS HELD THE KEY
TO UNLOCKING THE ORIGIN OF THE SUN TRIBE.

他召集研究小組，試圖在世界各地尋找更多四散的徐福殘卷
HE FORMED A PRIVATE RESEARCH TEAM TO FIND
MORE FRAGMENTS SCATTERED ACROSS THE WORLD.

但很快地⋯
BUT SOON...

他開始被一些不懷好意的人盯上
OTHERS TOOK NOTICE.

[電話錄音——吳海民和陌生女子]
[ Phone recording—Wu Haimin and unknown woman ]

吳海民「喂？哪裡找？」
Wu: "Hello? Who is this?"

女子：[聽不見]
Woman: [inaudible]

吳海民「哪、哪有什麼吳先生啊。」
Wu: "No, there's no Mr. Wu here."

女子：[聽不見]
Woman: [inaudible]

吳海民「什、什麼扶桑會，我沒有聽過什麼扶桑會啦，你哪弄來這號碼打過來的？」
Wu: "I don't know anything about the Fusang Foundation. How did you get this number?"

女子：[聽不見]
Woman: [inaudible]

吳海民「好了好了停停停！我不想知道什麼▓▓▓反正、能不能放過我，不要再打過來啦！」
Wu: "Enough! Stop calling! Can you please leave me alone?!"

扶桑會，一個表面上為公益的考古文教基金會
THE FUSANG FOUNDATION—AN NGO, IN NAME ONLY.

實際上這個組織長年來為了不明目的，
IN TRUTH, FOR REASONS UNKNOWN,

持續壟斷對太陽帝國的研究
THEY'VE SPENT DECADES MONOPOLIZING
RESEARCH ON THE SUN EMPIRE.

各行各業的高層中皆有其眼線，
THEY OPERATE ACROSS BORDERS, ACROSS INDUSTRIES.

有人說他們用錢讓研究人員噤聲——
SOME SAY THAY SILENCE RESEARCHERS...
WITH MONEY.

甚至採取更糟的手段
OR WORSE.

吳聲稱自己並不害怕
WU CLAIMED HE WASN'T AFRAID.

他告訴同行研究者，
HE TOLD HIS FELLOW RESEARCHERS

他相信學術自由
HE BELIEVED IN ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

但很快，一切都變了
BUT SOON, EVERYTHING CHANGED.

他變得多疑
HE GREW PARANOID.

把門鎖換了，
CHANGED THE LOCKS.

和家人朋友斷了聯繫
CUT OFF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

為了繼續研究，他變賣了所有身外之物
SOLD EVERYTHING HE OWNED
JUST TO KEEP FUNDING THE RESEARCH.

到最後，
BY THE END,

家人說家裡已經空空如也——
HIS FAMILY SAID THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY—

他把所有的一切都傾注在他的研究上
HE HAD POURED EVERYTHING HE HAD INTO HIS WORK.

1991 年 4 月——
IN APRIL 1991

一個再普通不過的工作天
—ON A WORKDAY LIKE ANY OTHER—

吳在外將近一年後回到家
WU RETURNED HOME AFTER NEARLY A YEAR AWAY.

家裡只有年邁的母親
ONLY HIS ELDERLY MOTHER WAS THERE.

她接過他的行李，
SHE TOOK HIS BELONGINGS,

轉身走進廚房
THEN STEPPED INTO THE KITCHEN.

等她回來時⋯⋯
BUT WHEN SHE CAME BACK...

人不見了
HE WAS GONE.

只剩下一雙鞋
ONLY HIS SHOES REMAINED.

沒有破門痕跡，
NO SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY.

沒有逃走的理由
NO REASON TO RUN.

彷彿⋯有什麼把他帶走了
IT WAS AS IF⋯ SOMETHING TOOK HIM.

之後
LATER,

家人發現令人發冷的事：
THE FAMILY DISCOVERED SOMETHING CHILLING:

所有曾拍到吳的照片裡，
IN EVERY PHOTO WHERE WU ONCE APPEARED,

他的臉都被刮掉了
HIS FACE HAD BEEN SCRATCHED OUT.

就好像⋯他從來不存在一樣
AS THOUGH... HE HAD NEVER EXISTED.

有人說⋯他知道得太多，
SOME SAY... HE KNEW TOO MUCH.

所以才會被抹除
AND THAT'S WHAT GOT HIM ERASED.

隨著吳的消失，
WITH WU GONE,

關於太陽帝國的真相再度隱沒
THE TRUTH OF THE SUN EMPIRE VANISHED ONCE AGAIN.

多年之後——
UNTIL YEARS LATER—

在拆除他的老宅時——
WHEN HIS OLD HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED.

從天花板中，
HIDDEN IN THE CEILING,

他的家人找到了它們：
HIS FAMILY FOUND THEM

竹簡
THE BAMBOO SCROLLS.

竹簡上刻著太陽帝國的符號
INSCRIBED WITH THE SYMBOLS OF THE SUN EMPIRE.

為了便於理解，
TO AID UNDERSTANDING,

我節錄並翻譯了徐福竹簡的一部分：
I'VE TRANSLATED A PORTION OF XU FU'S SCROLL

歷經十年奔走，如今我終於又再度奉（皇帝的）命出海。
After ten years of searching.I have finally one agsin been commanded (by the emperor) to set sail.

在這期間我走遍中土許多地方，翻閱百家遺留的書冊，
During this time, I traveled across the Central Lands, poring over the surviving writings of the Hundred Schools.

以前███流散的痕跡，在海外的位置，已大概███
From traces of the ███ dispersal, the lands beyond the sea—
places where they may once have settled, has roughly ███

我暗自思索，如果能依照這些線索出海探詢，我███這次，終於能███古都蓬萊。
I quietly wonder if we follow these clues and set sail, this time I ███ could finally ███ the ancient capital Penglai.