This star is a bit cold

Science fiction novels, with the continuous development of the times, this type of novels went from being ignored at the beginning, to officially entering the palace of literature, and finally began to shine.

The fundamental reason is that the arrival of modern society and the emergence of many scientific theories provide the basic survival soil for it.

There must be very few people who are not at all curious about what the future world will look like.

The establishment of today's scientific building has actually predicted the future world to some extent.

All kinds of things that people can imagine and things that are unimaginable are becoming reality step by step, and the speed of their development is simply dizzying.

Although science seems to be difficult to learn, for some people who truly love scientific theories and research, there is a real romance hidden in science.

It may seem absurd, and it may seem like you are simply daydreaming, but with the support of scientific theories, some daydreams do not seem impossible to come true.
Among all contemporary scientific theories, one that is relatively well-known and has been widely used in various science fiction movies is naturally the multiverse theory, which is the emergence of the so-called parallel worlds.

Countless similar but different people in countless universes are moving towards an unknown end point with no clear direction at the same time. In the history of science, it is undoubtedly the boldest and most ambitious theory proposed so far.

It is also a very romantic theory.

At least this is what Lu Li, an elderly middle-aged man, thinks.

As one of the professional editors of one of the top publishing houses in the country, Lu Li’s professionalism is indeed nothing to say. At least his reading capacity is no problem at all. He has read basically all types of books and personally He has been involved in the publication of many books.

As for the field of science fiction, Lu Li didn't know much about it, but he still had a basic appreciation.

In other words, in fact, the overall atmosphere of Huaxia Publishing House is more traditional and pure literature. It is acceptable for new things like science fiction novels, but it is really not very expert.

Therefore, it seems a bit irrational for Huaxia Publishing House to come over immediately after learning that Ye Che's novel was a science fiction novel and agreed to many conditions.
But there is no way, who let him be Ye Che!
We always believe in Teacher Ye!

Moreover, the sales of science fiction novels have actually been quite good in recent years. The main reason is that several excellent works have been published and they have won one or two very important awards. As a result, they have become completely popular and the public's attention has become more and more popular. high.

In this market environment, coupled with the blessing of Ye Che's star status, Lu Li also went to watch Ye Che's science fiction movie "This Man from the Earth" a few days ago, which gave him a pretty good feeling.

To sum up, apart from our feelings, this business feels like a sure profit, right? !

However, what surprised Li Lu was that after briefly browsing it, he found that there seemed to be a lot of hard-core physics knowledge in it, at least he had never heard of it.

By the way, didn’t Teacher Ye graduate from a pure liberal arts major?
He actually does this?
Then, according to Lu Li’s understanding of science fiction, it can be roughly divided into two types, 'soft science fiction' and 'hard science fiction'. The soft and hard here are almost a stylistic division. Soft science fiction may be more It is better to start from a small place and use the small to see the big, which is equivalent to trying to use a lever to lift the entire universe.

As for hard science fiction, the universe is just its anatomical object.

Comparing the two, although each has its own advantages and disadvantages, one thing is indeed a consensus in the science fiction circle, and that is that hard science fiction is beyond the scope to varying degrees in terms of boldness, ambition, and requirements for relevant professional knowledge. Lots of soft science fiction.

For example, Ye Che's "This Man is from the Earth", if you really want to talk about it, it is actually a kind of soft science fiction. There is no big scene, but it still relies on various scientific common sense to construct a story that sounds false at first glance but is actually true. A horrifying story to contemplate.

And now, just looking at the things I just read, is Teacher Ye ready to try hard science fiction?
But truly awesome sci-fi is notoriously difficult to write. Most writers either don’t have the courage, or don’t have enough imagination and knowledge to support the entire story.

As a liberal arts student, could Teacher Ye really be able to write such a thing?

However, one thing is that from the word count of the manuscript sent by Ye Che, we can still see Teacher Ye’s ambition in this regard.

After all, for ordinary novels, most of them only cost 30 to 50 yuan, and only [-] to [-] yuan. This is already a very rare phenomenon, and how many words does Ye Che’s work have in total? Woolen cloth?

A full 90 million words!

So much ink was used to write this book. If the writing was not exciting enough, most people would probably not be able to finish reading even half of it, let alone finish reading it all.

Finally, the name of this book: "The Three-Body Problem"?
It's quite special.
With this idea in mind, Li Li opened the manuscript sent by Ye Che early in the morning.
Regarding the science fiction work "The Three-Body Problem", Ye Che couldn't simply copy it. Apart from anything else, the historical background alone required careful consideration.

Fortunately, although that special period is gone in this world, there is still another special period, but it happened earlier.

So what Ye Che had to do was to slightly change the background. In addition, Ye Che also made an overall optimization of the language of this science fiction novel.

There is no doubt about the excellence of the science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem", but it is impossible to say that there are no problems at all. In short, Ye Che has slightly solved the problems in it while retaining all the essence of this novel. A little bit of a problem.

Ever since, "The Three-Body Problem", which can be said to be the most famous science fiction novel in China in Ye Che's world, was taken out by Ye Che.

Speaking of which, it really took Ye Che a lot of effort. The process of restoration and modification was also a learning process for Ye Che. During this period, Ye Che didn't know how many professionals he consulted and learned a lot. It seemed to be somewhat useful but it seemed There is no useful scientific knowledge.
Precisely because it was quite troublesome to do, Ye Che took so long to release a new book. Otherwise, according to Ye Che's original plan, he should have published a book long ago.

As for Lu Li’s reaction after reading this science fiction novel.
Let's put it this way, although Li Li was a little excited after getting Ye Che's manuscript, after seeing the word count clearly, he still planned to read the manuscript in a week or two.

After all, at his age, his energy is indeed limited. In addition, there are many other manuscripts waiting for him to do final review, so he really cannot devote himself to Ye Che's work.Official Lu did think so originally, and when he saw the previous content, this thought still did not waver until...
He saw this sentence:

"Three days later, that is, on the [-]th, from one o'clock to five o'clock in the morning, the whole universe will shine for you."

Just such a sentence not only frightened the physicist Wang Miao, who seemed to be the main subject of the narrative for the time being, but also Lu Li, who was not very clear about the exaggerated skills required to do this, suddenly I also stopped for this sentence.

Immediately afterwards, there was another sentence that was too straightforward:

Physics doesn't exist anymore.

Even people who don’t know much about science will probably be indifferent to this sentence. After all, one of the foundations of the modern science and technology building is the existence of physics.

Physics has collapsed, and the path of science seems to be the end of the road.
After this sentence appeared, the book quickly gave a corresponding explanation. Although the knowledge was hard-core, the writing in the book was indeed quite easy to understand. After thinking about it for a while, Li Lu almost understood what it meant. .
isn't it?
Are you so ruthless when you come up?

Is this the legendary hard science fiction?

And why are they so much harder than the works I’ve seen before? !
After carefully recalling the science fiction novels he had read, Lu Li seemed to have never found anything more ambitious than this one.
It was precisely because of this plot that Lu Li suddenly became obsessed with it, and all the things in the outside world were temporarily put aside by him.

He forgot about work and what others said after entering his office. Even his wife's phone call, Lu Li barely said a few perfunctory words, then quickly hung up the phone, and then continued to focus on Ye. Che's manuscript.

And as the timeline of the book slowly advances, the truth seems to be getting closer and closer.
One of the plots that made Lu Li feel creepy for a moment was that the friendly messages sent by humans to outer space ended up sounding the death knell for their own civilization.
How big is the vast universe?

The earth is not even the tiniest speck of dust in it, just a drop in the ocean.

In such a majestic universe, is it really possible that we are the only intelligent life in it?

According to the latest research by human scientists, the diameter of the universe may have reached 920 billion light-years!Even bigger!
One light year is the distance that light travels in one year along a straight line in the vacuum of the universe. So what is this number?It has already far exceeded the limit that can be reached by tens of millions or trillions!

With humanity's current technology, even the most advanced satellites would need a full 4000 years to fly one light-year!

920 billion light-years.
This is the maximum limit of time and space that humans can imagine, but it may not be the real end of the universe.
In such a despairing time and space, is there really only one kind of intelligent life called human beings?

Of course, many people have opposing views on the answer to this question. Because of this, when human science and technology have developed to a certain level, some human countries have made a decision to send out the fruits of human civilization and friendly messages. , looking forward to saying hello to the distant unknown stranger.

But if the other party really exists, will 'he' get along well with humans?
No.

The novel "The Three-Body Problem" gives a simple and direct answer: No!

But why would anyone want to pin everything on aliens?
Perhaps it was because he had experienced an era that was so absurd that she completely lost faith in human beings.
Under such an extremely subtle and extremely grand development, the appearance of the Three-Body Man solved Lu Li's initial doubt, which was why this book was called "The Three-Body Problem".
Of course, Teacher Ye seems to have another nickname for this novel: Once Upon a Time on Earth.

Earth's past.
Is it possible that the next two movies will be about the eventual destruction of the earth?
That’s why this novel is called Once Upon a Time on Earth?
The earth has perished. Is this a memorial?
Resisting the urge to continue looking down, when Lu Li raised his head while rubbing his sore eyes, he found that the sky outside seemed to have turned dark in an instant!
Ok?
Wasn't it still morning when I started watching?

Have I had lunch?

Are you off work?

Lu Li, who didn't even remember whether he had gone to the toilet or not, must have been completely immersed in the novel's magnificent narrative. He hadn't felt like this in how many years.
Slowly exhaling, Lu Li finally remembered the mobile phone on the table. He picked it up and saw that it was already 07:30 in the evening. At this time, he should have left work long ago, so why didn't anyone call me?My popularity has deteriorated to this point?
I complained in my heart. After standing up and stretching my old bones, Lu Li happily took the manuscript of the second part and prepared to go back and read it again. Although I am a little energetic because of my age, I really want to know about the second part. How to write the ministry meeting!

If you really want to talk about destroying the earth, isn't it a bit cliché?

I don’t know why, but I always feel like there are bigger surprises waiting for me later.
With this idea in mind, Li Li opened the office door excitedly, and then prepared to go home and continue enjoying!
But it was a pity that because of the phone call he hung up in the middle, Li Lu had no idea what kind of treatment he would receive when he returned home.
In fact, not only the family, but also this publishing house, Lu Li's life is not going smoothly.
The moment he walked out of the office door, Lu Li found that almost all the editors of the publishing house were sitting at their workstations at this moment. When they heard the sound of Lu Li opening the door, these people all raised their eyebrows together. He turned his head and stared at Li Li motionlessly.
Official Lu: "???"

Do you know how harmful this is to a person who has accepted that his colleagues are all off work? !

Old man, my heart disease is almost scared out by you people!
Desperately holding down his pounding heart, Officer Lu couldn't help complaining: "It's already after get off work. Why are you still sitting here? Are you trying to scare me to death?"

"Editor Lu, we are all waiting for you to finish reading."

Everyone present looked at Official Lu with dark eyes, and then spoke in unison and replied.

Official Lu: "."

Don't be like this, you won't be possessed by ghosts, right?
I didn’t ask you to work overtime here either!
"Why do you have to wait for me to read it?" Lu Li, who was startled again, said angrily: "If you want to make a copy, just tell me no, I won't disagree!"

Others present: "."

Oh?
(End of this chapter)