Chapter 325 The Wallfacer (seeking a monthly ticket)
Hannah was so excited that she defended Zheng Qian, but Stephen frowned because he understood Chinese culture and Zheng Qian, and knew that it was almost impossible for such a top elite to change their nationality.
Sure enough, Zheng Qian refused directly after hearing this, and even looked a little impatient.
Seeing this, Stephen quickly grabbed Hannah: "Miss Hannah, there is no one who doesn't love their motherland. If you think about it from another perspective, would you be willing to let you leave your American citizenship? So, don't say such things again in the future, let me
Take a look at the manuscript. Maybe I can complete the translation in the shortest time. Oh, by the way, Miss Hannah, you can contact Harpers Publishing now. If the second part of "The Three-Body Problem" can be divided into upper, middle and lower
Three parts is not a bad idea, I believe book fans will be willing to accept such installments."
Hannah woke up and quickly apologized to Zheng Qian, then quickly took out her mobile phone and connected to the New York headquarters on the other side of the ocean.
Although there is a time difference, the publisher is waiting for today's reply because the news was received in advance.
After receiving the relevant information, Harpers Publishing House decisively agreed to the request without too much hesitation.
It’s been two months since “The Three-Body Problem” was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Feature.
This work is becoming more and more popular and famous. Many book fans have purchased the science fiction "The Three-Body Problem" one after another and regarded it as a classic. The book fan organization "Science Frontier" has even been born, and its membership has varied.
, and even became a huge reminder alliance.
Every day, members of the organization send drafts to Stephen and Yuexiang Media.
The last time Zheng Qian toured Europe, he was even blocked by hundreds of organization members at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall to urge him to change.
This scene left a deep impression on Zheng Qiandu, so he accelerated the writing of "Dark Forest" after returning to China.
I finally finished writing 100,000 words, but because I have been too busy recently with various albums, concerts and other things, I thought of submitting one third of the manuscript first and dividing "Dark Forest" into three parts: upper, middle and lower.
To serialize it, this way, it will not only quench the readers' thirst, but also relieve Zheng Qian's tense time.
After hearing that Harpers Publishing House had agreed to the proposal, Stephen immediately asked Hannah to send the manuscript to his mailbox, and then he couldn't wait to pick up his laptop and read "Three-Body 2: The Dark Forest" directly in the reception room.
He has to read everything before he can translate it into English according to the context. Although he is a master of China, sometimes it is difficult for Stephen to correctly translate the original meaning of the Chinese based on the literal meaning.
He told Hannah that if something happened, she could leave first and leave him alone.
Hannah was quite helpless when she saw this, but English publication also required Stephen's translation, so she could only wait beside Stephen.
Zheng Qian did not receive them too much.
Compared with the fierce urging of English readers, Chinese readers are very Buddhist and rarely directly urge Zheng Qian to update the second part. In the vast sea of Chinese literature, except for "The Three-Body Problem", other martial arts, romance,
Story systems such as fantasy and fairy tales are also blooming vigorously in this era.
Readers are not short of reading materials, so they are not as eager as foreign readers to keep delaying updates of "The Three-Body Problem".
The most important thing is that a large number of hand-printed pirated chapters have appeared on the Internet. Many people use their mobile phones to download the relevant texts and watch them directly. This has brought huge loss of profits to the publishing house, and the relative profits earned are far less than
Foreign publishing houses are so strong, so there won’t be that much investment in related publicity.
Due to various reasons, although "The Three-Body Problem" won the Galaxy Award, it is only relatively well-known in the science fiction literature circle, or die-hard fans may know a thing or two about it.
Ordinary people understand that the channels for learning about "The Three-Body Problem" are very narrow.
Unless "The Three-Body Problem" can win the world's top literary awards such as the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Hugo Prize for Literature, even the major media will not report it.
It can be said that the survival environment for niche literature such as science fiction is more difficult than that of martial arts.
After submitting the 100,000-word draft of "Three-Body 2: Dark Forest", Zheng Qian devoted himself to other work.
Stephen continued to stay in the reception room, sitting on the sofa and watching the latest chapter of "The Three-Body Problem".
He knows the dark forest theory, which is a theory proposed by Ye Wenjie, the protagonist of the first film. Stephen once communicated with Zhang Hanting, the editor-in-chief of "Science Fiction World", and the summary is:
The universe is a dark forest, and every civilization is a hunter with a gun, sneaking in the forest like a ghost, gently pushing aside the branches blocking the road, trying not to make a sound with his footsteps, and even breathing must be careful: he must
Be careful, because there are stalking hunters like him everywhere in the forest. If he finds other life, there is only one thing he can do: shoot and eliminate them.
After opening the second book "Dark Forest", Stephen was first attracted by a fable, that is, the crawling of brown ants.
Stephen looked at it, took out his pen, found a piece of scratch paper, and started writing and drawing on it.
The crawling of brown ants symbolizes the weakness of human nature.
Brown ants like grooves like 6 and 9, but they don't like grooves like 7.
Because the brown ant's memory ability is extremely limited and cannot memorize on a large scale, it must keep memorizing in order to squeeze out brain space to cope with the situation at hand.
All reactions of brown ants are reflexive and do not have any particularly profound thoughts of their own. They are a typical species in which individuals completely obey the collective.
Isn’t this a description of humanity?
Stephen began to think about the meaning of the crawling brown ants.
The first level of implication: The turning trajectory of human aircraft is arc-shaped, and it is impossible to turn at an acute angle.
The second implication: Human beings’ inertial thinking determines the development of human science and technology and is also affected by its inertia. It is difficult for sudden innovation to appear from an incredible angle.
The third level of implication: Human beings are prone to be confined within the circle of self-satisfaction, and are prone to blind ignorance of external dangers.
The third level of implication: Human beings’ decisions are easily influenced by the collective will, or even completely blindly followed, and the collective power makes individual individuals with other ideas lose the possibility of influencing the situation...
Stephen was suddenly excited, and he found that he seemed to understand this fable.
If you study this fable thoroughly, can you directly understand the plot trend of the entire "Dark Forest"?
As one of the fans of "The Three-Body Problem", once Stephen was immersed in the plot of the book and felt a sense of satisfaction in solving the puzzle, he was almost as excited as if he had discovered a new world.
But he soon discovered that he was thinking too much.
The brown ants seem to be simply crawling on Yang Dong's tombstone, and have no other meaning?
There is no explanation in the book. You can probably understand it only after reading the whole thing.
Stephen was immersed in the plot. Even after leaving Yuexiang Media, he lowered his head and held his notebook to read again. He even skipped dinner. After returning to the hotel, he sat on the sofa and continued watching...
All kinds of fresh terms jumped out of the book.
Wallfacer?
Stephen's eyes widened.
Read the relevant text quickly.
It turns out that since sophons can understand human language, read any books and computer stored information, etc., the earth has no secrets about the Three-Body Problem, but sophons cannot monitor human thinking.
In order to gain a strategic advantage, the United Nations launched the Wall Facer Project and designated four Wall Facers——
They do not need to explain their plans to the outside world, they can mobilize huge amounts of resources to implement their plans, and they do not need to explain the reasons, just to resist the invasion of the Trisolarans.
From this will be born the "Wallbreakers", who are sent by Sophon to see through the Wallfacer's plan.
The plot begins with a university professor named "Luo Ji", who is also the fourth Wallfacer designated by the United Nations.
Luo Ji's character is relatively cynical. Because he met Ye Wenjie by chance in a cemetery and got some advice from him, he vaguely touched on the "Dark Forest" theory, and was hunted by the ETO organization. Later, he participated in the United Nations' "Facing the Wall" without knowing anything.
plan……
Because of his cynical character and his dawdling mentality in participating in the Wallfacer Project, it is difficult for Trisolarans to understand his actions and words.
The second part of "The Three-Body Problem", "Dark Forest", was divided into three chapters by Zheng Qian.
They are "Wall Facer", "Spell", and "Dark Forest".
When the Wallfacer Project began, it was the third year of the Crisis Anniversary. At that time, the Trisolaran Fleet discovered the Earth and was accelerating towards the Earth, only 4.21 light-years away from the solar system...
The sense of tension and crisis reaches its peak as the reading progress ends!
After reading the 100,000-word chapter, Stephen felt like the hairs all over his body stood on end.
Wallfacer!
Wallfacer!!
Zheng Qian is such a genius! He can actually come up with such a setting to fight against the Trisolarans!!
Stephen's breathing was slightly rapid. He held the notebook and began to read back to the beginning.
As the second reading began, Stephen also unearthed some details hidden in the chapters, and he also understood the "Wall Facer" plan more thoroughly.
The Wallfacer plan is to select a group of strategic plan makers and leaders. They rely entirely on their own thinking to formulate strategic plans without any form of communication with the outside world. The true strategic thinking of the plan, the steps to be completed, and the final goal are all
Only hidden in their brains!
This is the Wallfacer!
In the process of leading the execution of these strategic plans, the thoughts and behaviors displayed by the Wallfacers to the outside world should be complete illusions, carefully planned disguises, misleads, and deceptions!
What the Wallfacer wants to mislead and deceive is the entire world, including the enemy and one's own side, and ultimately builds a confusing and huge maze of illusions, causing the enemy to lose correct judgment in this maze and delaying as much as possible the realization of our true side.
Time for strategic intent!
The Wallfacers will be granted high powers, allowing them to mobilize and use some of Earth's existing war resources.
During the execution of the strategic plan, the Wallfacer does not have to provide any explanation for his actions and orders, no matter how incomprehensible the behavior is.
The actions of the Wallfacers will be supervised and controlled by the United Nations Planetary Defense Council, which is the only organization with the power to ultimately veto the Wallfacers' instructions in accordance with the UN Wallfacer Act.
In order to ensure the continuity of the Wall Face Plan, all Wall Facers will use hibernation technology to span time until they reach the era of the final decisive battle!
During this period, it is up to the wall-facer to decide when and under what circumstances he will wake up, and how long each awakening period will last.
In the next four centuries, the United Nations Wall-Facing Act will exist as an international law with the same status as the United Nations Charter. It will work with the corresponding laws enacted by various countries to ensure the implementation of the Wall-Facing Strategic Plan.
The Wallfacer will undertake the most difficult mission in human history!
They are true loners!
They will completely close their minds to the entire world and even the entire universe!
What they can talk and communicate with, and their only spiritual support, is themselves!
They will shoulder this great mission and walk alone for a long time...
Stephen's eyes filled with tears, the setting of Wallfacer is simply too great!
In order to fight against the invasion of the Trisolarans, the Wallfacers need to withstand the huge collapse of their souls and not give any clues of loopholes to the Wallbreakers sent by the Trisolaran organization!
For all mankind!
Wallfacer must move forward bravely!
I originally thought that the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" was already wild enough, but I didn't expect that this second part would be even more wonderful, breaking away from the boundaries between countries and sublimating the theme!
For all mankind!
For the near future, keep the fire of mankind alive!
Stephen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and happily started typing on the keyboard, translating the charm of the words he felt!
Chinese culture is indeed broad and profound!
Stephen was terrified when he thought about the Trisolaran fleet heading towards the solar system with murderous intent.
He quickly summarized the contents of the 100,000 words in the previous article.
"When cutting-edge technology is locked up! Earthlings face an unprecedented crisis! The only breakthrough lies in the transparent thinking of the Trisolarans! Therefore, humans formulated the mysterious 'Facing the Wall Plan' and secretly launched an attack on the Trisolarans.
Counterattack..."
"This world is even more cruel! The picture of the universe is extremely dark! Here, among civilizations, there are dark forest laws, and only the fittest can survive!"
"Human beings are too narcissistic. We are not the center of the universe!"
"We are insignificant!"
After writing this preface to this 100,000-word text, Stephen took a deep breath, suppressed his sleepiness, and began to take advantage of the burst of inspiration to actively assume the task of a translator, translating each of the profound and profound Chinese fonts into
Simple and straightforward English.
He will restore the scenes in the book as much as possible according to his own understanding and knowledge storage.
Each time a piece of text is restored...
Whenever I touch the plot...
Stephen could feel his heart beating violently!
He even felt the grandeur and reality of the universe from it!
Is outer space really the law of the dark forest?
Do Trisolarans really exist in the distant starry sky?
Nobody knows.
But the detailed description of outer space and aliens in "The Three-Body Problem" made Stephen feel extremely real, and the logic was completely self-consistent, as if it happened in this world and this space!