Chapter 577: "3 Bodies"
Chapter 577: The Three-Body Problem (6)
Only the Chinese people themselves know how strong the mobilization and management capabilities of this huge country are.
Perhaps in Evans' view, what Shi Qiang showed him was all fantasy. These Westerners would never believe that their government could actually make their people stay at home obediently for several months.
They also find it hard to believe that a government's control can reach every community, every village, and every family.
Only the Chinese people themselves know that this is not fake, but something that is very likely to happen.
So even though they knew it was just a movie, the audience couldn't help but get involved.
Perhaps this is the real Chinese science fiction movie.
It is not the Western Hollywood style, but a future world imagined based on their social environment and humanistic thoughts.
Instead, the scientific deduction based on the local Chinese culture, political ecology and social operation model is a fantasy.
Some film critics have even linked this to why Hollywood movies have become less and less popular in China in recent years.
Perhaps it is because those movies are Hollywood movies, telling Hollywood stories, which are possible realities from a Western perspective.
Film and television creation cannot be separated from reality, nor can it escape its own cultural and ideological constraints.
Just like in Marvel's superhero movies, the military is always the villain or the final cleanup role, and it is always a certain character who saves the world.
It’s as if when they encounter natural disasters or man-made calamities, they can only rely on themselves, and no one else can be relied on.
That is a Western narrative, not our Chinese story.
"The Three-Body Problem 1" naturally switches to what is happening in various parts of China with the help of the shot where Shi Qiang shows Evans the tablet.
Although limited by the subject matter of the film, not much time and shots are given to these true unsung heroes, but just some fictional clips are enough to move some viewers to tears.
In particular, there is a clip about Han Duoduo's father Han Ziang (played by Ng Man-tat). When faced with the restriction of "only entering but not leaving", the gray-haired Han Ziang, regardless of the danger he would face, resolutely chose to sign up as a driver to deliver necessary supplies to the citizens of the Magic City.
"Someone in this country has to do something. We are all old men, so young people should stop fighting with us."
"We are party members and should be at the forefront."
"Come on, Mom. I'll be waiting for you at home!"
……
The plain words coupled with the soothing and moving music seemed to break the fourth wall at this moment, allowing almost all the audience to be immersed in the movie world of "The Three-Body Problem 1". They completely forgot that they were watching a science fiction film and their emotions were directly aroused.
However, compared to the audience's feelings, Evans' performance in the movie undoubtedly formed a sharp contrast.
"And even if what you showed me is true, so what? It's just the difference between more and fewer people dying."
Evans threw the tablet with the OPPO logo on the table and spoke in a very casual tone.
That look made the audience, who had not yet recovered from their moved emotions, feel a strong disgust towards him.
“People die every day in this world. Humans are the least important thing in nature. They are greedy and cruel, selfish and indifferent.
You think showing me this will impress me? It’s no use!”
Evans seemed to have opened his mouth and continued to talk nonstop.
“You should have investigated my background and know my identity.
When I was twelve years old, a 30,000-ton oil tanker owned by my father’s company ran aground on a reef off the Atlantic coast, and more than 20,000 tons of crude oil leaked into the sea…”
He told Shi Qiang a story about how an entire beach was polluted due to a leak from his own oil tanker, and some seabirds died as a result.
“At that time, I and some volunteers were looking for living seabirds on this black beach.
Do you know what that feels like?
Those elves that were supposed to be flying in the sky, were now struggling in the oil, like black sculptures made of asphalt. Only their eyes could prove that they were alive.
"You told me that dead people are pitiful, then aren't those animals and plants that died because of human pollution also pitiful? Don't they have a reason to live on this earth?"
As Evans tells the story, fragments of his memories begin to flash on the big screen.
The black sea, sea-colored waves, and black mudflats covered with a sticky oil film.
Seabirds struggling on the beach, fish floating on the water...
Everything seemed like a scene from hell.
Especially the eyes of the seabirds in the oil, which seemed to carry a kind of sad spirituality, making people feel heartbroken.
"So you chose to take revenge on humans? For the sake of that bird, you chose to cooperate with aliens and become a savior of nature?"
Shi Qiang was silent for a moment, and when he asked the question again, his tone was much softer.
"Hahaha!" Evans threw his head back and laughed.
"Is this the arrogance of you humans?!"
He suddenly burst into an inexplicable anger.
"Is it true that only those who save humans can be called saviors and heroes, while saving other species is just a trivial matter? Who gave humans such a noble status?
No, nature does not need a savior, in fact it can live just fine without humans!"
Shi Qiang, who was always eloquent, seemed to be speechless and finally had to leave with a grim look on his face.
However, after walking out of the room where Evans was imprisoned, he immediately regained his calm expression and communicated with several psychologists who were watching everything outside the interrogation room about Evans' psychological assessment and personality profile.
A paranoid enviro-phile?
It seems possible, as they appear to have a lot in common with many people of this type in the West.
"But I think the anger he just showed may not be felt deeply by you outside. Anyway, it is impossible that the emotion that stimulated him was just a tanker leak.
We need more personal information about Mike Evans, including where he studied and where he grew up.
Contact Europe immediately!"
While there was a small breakthrough in the interrogation of Evans, Shi Qiang, Qin Feng and others also began a new round of exploration of "The Three-Body Problem".
And this time, they also made a breakthrough in the game.
Perhaps it was because the accumulation of hundreds of times before finally led to a qualitative change in quantitative change. When Shi Qiang and others logged into the game, the Three-Body Civilization had developed to the information age of mastering nuclear energy.
But it was also during this era that the Three-Body Civilization finally confirmed one thing, that is, the "Three-Body Problem" has no solution.
"According to research, in the long history of the Three-Body System, there were eleven planets, but they were all swallowed up by one of the three suns in the three-body movement, leaving only ours." "Einstein" squatted on the ground holding a violin in the posture of an old beggar and said:
"According to calculations, the next expansion of the sun will occur in 150,000 to 2 million years. By then, this damn place will be destroyed."
"Since we can't stay here any longer, then let's not stay here! The only way out for the Trisolaran civilization is to take a gamble with this universe."
Standing next to "Einstein", the "UN Secretary-General" with Evans' face nodded and said.
"How to bet?" Ding Yi asked.
"Fly out of the Trisolaran Galaxy, fly to the vast sea of stars, and look for a new world to migrate to in the Milky Way!"
The Trisolarans launched a large number of rockets and spacecraft into the universe, and built listening stations and observation platforms on the earth, trying to find a new home outside the Trisolaran system that was suitable for their survival.
The time in the game was speeding up. When Shi Qiang and his friends logged off to have lunch and logged in again, they found that countless stars were twinkling in the dark sky.
No, those were not stars, because when Shi Qiang and the others looked up, the starry sky had undergone unforeseen changes.
The stars in the sky were actually arranged in a neat square array!
"what is that?"
Shi Qiang subconsciously pointed at the array of stars in space and asked Ding Yi, the smartest man, but a Trisolaran standing next to them answered his question first.
"That is the great Trisolaran interstellar fleet, which is about to set sail on an expedition."
"Does the Trisolaran civilization already have the ability to travel across the stars?" Ding Yi was quite surprised.
"Yes, those magnificent spaceships can reach one tenth the speed of light!" said the Trisolaran with some pride.
Ding Yi was also a little surprised when he heard this.
“One tenth the speed of light!
At least to my knowledge this is a great achievement, but still a little slow for interstellar travel."
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," the man said. "The key is to find the right goal."
"What about the fleet's destination?"
"A star with several planets four light years away. That is the closest star to the Trisolaran World."
Ding Yi frowned when he heard this: "The nearest star to us is also four light years away."
"you?"
"Earth."
"Oh." The Trisolaran responded and was about to speak when more Trisolarans gathered not far away and made a loud noise.
"What are they doing?" Shi Qiang asked curiously.
The Trisolaran replied as he led them over there: "A trial."
"Who will be judged?"
"A traitor?"
"You Trisolarans also have traitors?"
The group of people from Earth were very curious. They walked up to the gathered Trisolarans and saw a platform in the center of the crowd. On the platform, a Trisolaran with more luxurious clothes was interrogating a Trisolaran with simple clothes and the number 1379 on his chest.
"That's our Fuhrer."
The Trisolaran next to them introduced him to Shi Qiang and the others in this way, but they recognized that the leader was still played by Evans.
"Why did you do that?"
The Führer asked No. 1379 who was standing in front of him.
"In order not to waste my life in vain." No. 1379 answered him calmly.
"The warning message you sent may very likely cause Trisolaran civilization to lose a chance to survive."
“But that gives other civilizations a chance to survive!
Number 1379 said:
"My past experiences of hunger and strong desire for possession have left a deep impression on me.
The Three-Body Civilization is also a group in a survival crisis, and its desire for living space is as strong and endless as my desire for food at that time.
So it is impossible for it to share with people from another world. It will destroy other civilizations without hesitation and completely occupy the living space of that planetary system... Am I right?"
“Yes, that civilization is dangerous, they are a warlike race, not only killing each other, but also wiping out many other lives in their world.
When we coexist with them in the same world, they are also a huge threat to us..."
The conversation between the Führer and No. 1379 was still going on, and in the sky above their heads, in the square formation of space battleships, the brightness of the tail of each star was increasing rapidly.
Then the thousand stars quickly turned into a thousand small suns, and the Trisolarans on earth raised their hands towards the sky, celebrating that their fleet was about to set sail.
No. 1379 looked up at the scene, his eyes filled with sadness.
"I'm tired of the Three-Body World. Our lives and spirits have nothing to do except the survival of civilization.
Führer, I doubt it. The metallic Three-Body Spirit has solidified into every nerve fiber of ours. Do you really think it can be melted after we occupy that planet?
If not, why not leave the delicate but gorgeous flower? Let her continue to feel the freedom and beauty in the leisure of heaven. "
"So this is what you really meant by sending out the warning message?"
"I am a nobody, living at the bottom of society. No one will notice me. I live a lonely life, without wealth, status, love, or hope.
So if I can save a beautiful world far away that I've fallen in love with, then at least my life has not been lived in vain."
The leader was silent for a moment, and the Three-Body Fleet above their heads had begun to accelerate, majestically crossing the sky, passing through the sky, and casting a blue halo on the earth.
The cheers around subsided, and the people of the Three-Body World silently watched their hopes fade away in space.
Perhaps they will not see the end in this lifetime, but four or five hundred years later, their descendants will receive news from the new world, which will be the rebirth of the Three-Body Civilization.
[Come here, I will help you gain this world. My civilization is no longer able to solve its own problems, and I need your power to intervene.]
A voice that could not be distinguished between male and female came from the playback device behind the head of state, and the expression on No. 1379's face changed from hope to despair.
"Obviously, the paradise you long for also has its share of idealists. This is truly a great irony."
The leader said so, but at this time, Shi Qiang and others had long disappeared from the crowd, and it was unknown whether they had seen what had just happened.
(End of this chapter)