The Centrifugal Era One: from the Age of Stars to Destruction

If the fear in "The Three-Body Problem" comes from Wang Miao's unique vision of the terrifying and mysterious countdown, the dark forest above his head, and the unknown laws of the universe, then the fear in this book comes from the fate of civilization under our feet that has lasted for three million years and never really stopped. When the Hoffman team opened up the dusty history, what they saw was a script of civilization that was constantly reincarnating and collapsing - from the first time the ape man walked out of the East African Rift Valley, to the reincarnation of civilization in the feudal era, and then to the complete overthrow of the intelligent age. Every time they moved forward, they were approaching the same destined end point. The journey of three million years and trillions of kilometers is just collecting desolate evidence for the ending that has already been written. In the mid-to-late 21st century, humanoid robots took over the world. Being fed by algorithms, human beings have lost their instinct to work and indulged in virtual satisfaction. Only their obsession with eternal life remains burning. Machines have learned warmth, but humans have become the most precise parts. Young Fu Xinghai brought his simulated friends together and experienced the collapse of the golden age. Humanity launches the "Spark Project" and escapes into deep space. Nuclear fire burned their homeland, and starships pursued them to every corner of the solar system. But this is not survival, but the culmination of destiny. Reading this book is like staring in the mirror at the fate of civilization. "The Three-Body Problem" makes you fear the abyss of others, and this book makes you fear the depths of yourself. The incurable ancestral terminal disease called "disengagement" continues to amplify every time you stare at the screen or verify it in the real world around you after closing the novel. The destination we will eventually reach may have been determined when we set off.