One winter, Ye received an invitation from a not-very-prominent university in Western Europe to be a visiting scholar for half a year. After she landed at Heathrow for her interview, a young man came to meet her. They didn’t leave the airport, but instead turned back to the landing strip. There, he escorted her onto a helicopter.
这年的冬天，叶文洁突然接到了西欧一所不太知名的大学邀请，请她去做为期半年的访问学者。到达伦敦西斯罗机场后，有一个年轻人来接她，他们没有走出机场大厅，而是返回了停机坪。在那里，年轻人带她登上了一架直升机。
As the helicopter roared into the foggy air over England, time seemed to rewind and Ye experienced déjà vu. Many years ago, when she first rode in a helicopter, her life was transformed. Where would fate bring her now?
当直升机轰鸣着飞上英伦雾蒙蒙的天空时，仿佛时光倒流，叶文洁感到一切都似曾相识。她多年前第一次乘直升机，经历了一次命运的转折，这次命运又会将她带向何方？
Three more years passed. Evans seemed to have disappeared. Ye didn’t know if he really was somewhere in the world working to confirm her story, and had no idea how he would confirm it. Even though, by the scale of the universe, a gap of four light-years was as close as touching, it was still a distance that was unimaginably far for fragile life. The two worlds were like the source and mouth of a river that crossed space. Any connections between them would be extremely attenuated.
又是三年过去了，伊文斯销声匿迹，没有任何消息。叶文洁不知道他是否真的在世界的某处证实自己讲述的一切，也不知道他将如何证实。即使在宇宙尺度上是近在咫尺的四光年，对脆弱的生命来说也是不可想象的遥远，在这太空的江之头和江之尾，任何联系都细若游丝。
Ye stepped off the helicopter and heard a familiar howl. It was caused by the giant antenna slicing through the wind over the sea. The sound again drew her thoughts to the past. On the broad deck below the antenna, about two thousand people stood in a dense crowd.
叶文洁走下直升机，听到了一阵熟悉的轰鸣声，那是巨型天线在海风中发出的，这声音把她的感觉更深地拉回了过去。天线下面宽阔的甲板上，密密麻麻地站了近两千人。
The helicopter passed the coastline and continued toward the heart of the Atlantic. After half an hour, the helicopter descended toward a huge ship in the ocean. As soon as Ye saw the ship, she thought of Radar Peak. Only now did she realize that the shape of the peak did resemble a giant ship. The Atlantic appeared like the forest of the Greater Khingan Mountains, but the thing that reminded her most of Red Coast Base was the huge parabolic antenna erected in the middle of the ship, which resembled a round sail. The ship was modified from a sixty-thousand-ton oil tanker, like a floating steel island. Evans had built his base on a ship — maybe it was so that it would always be at the best position for transmission and reception, or maybe it was to hide from detection. Later, she learned that the ship was called Judgment Day.
直升机越过了海岸线，向大西洋深处飞去。在海上飞行了约半小时，直升机向下方的一艘巨轮降落。叶文洁第一眼看到巨轮时，就想起了雷达峰，这时她才想到那山峰的形状真的像一艘巨船，周围的大西洋像是大兴安岭的森林，但真正让她联想到红岸基地的是巨轮中都竖立着的那面巨大的抛物面天线，它像巨轮的一面圆形的大帆。这艘巨轮是由一艘六万吨级的油轮改建的，像一座浮动的钢铁小岛。伊文斯将他的基地建在船上，也许是为了时刻处于最佳监听和发射方位，也许是为了躲避什么。后来她知道，这艘巨轮叫“审判日”号。
“We’re going to the Second Red Coast Base.”
“我们去第二红岸基地。”年轻人说。
Evans pointed to the crowd behind him. “You’re looking at the first members of the Earth-Trisolaris Organization. Our ideal is to invite Trisolaran civilization to reform human civilization, to curb human madness and evil, so that the Earth can once again become a harmonious, prosperous, sinless world. More and more people identify with our ideal, and our organization is growing rapidly. We have members all over the world.”
伊文斯指着身后密密的人群说：“你现在看到的，是地球三体组织的首批成员，我们的理想是请三体文明改造人类文明，遏制人类的疯狂和邪恶，让地球再次成为一个和谐繁荣、没有罪恶的世界。认同我们理想的人越来越多，我们的组织在急剧扩大中，成员遍布整个世界。”
Evans walked up to her and solemnly said, “Using the frequency and coordinates you provided, we received a message from Trisolaris. We’ve confirmed everything you told me.”
伊文斯走上前，庄重地对叶文洁说：“按照你给定的频率和方位，我们收到了三体世界的信息，你所说的一切都证实了。”
Ye nodded calmly.
叶文洁平静地点点头。
“What can I do?” Ye asked in a soft voice.
“我能做什么？”叶文洁轻声地问。
“The great Trisolaran Fleet has already set sail. Their target is this solar system, and they will arrive in four hundred and fifty years.”
“伟大的三体舰队已经启航，目标是太阳系，将在四百五十年后到达。”
Ye remained calm. Nothing could surprise her anymore.
叶文洁脸上仍是一片平静，现在，没有什么能使她震惊了。
Ye remained silent for a few seconds. Then she nodded slowly. “I’ll do my best.”
叶文洁沉默了几秒钟，缓缓地点点头，“我尽力而为。”
“You will become the commander in chief of the Earth-Trisolaris Movement. This is the wish of all ETO fighters.”
“您将成为地球三体运动的最高统帅，地球三体战士都认同您的资格！”
This was the day that the Earth-Trisolaris Movement formally began.
这—天，被公认为地球三体运动的诞生日。
Accompanied by the sound of crashing waves and the wind howling against the antenna, the ETO fighters shouted as one, “The world belongs to Trisolaris!”
和着涛声与天线在风中的轰鸣，三体战士们齐声高呼：“世界属于三体！”
Evans raised a fist and shouted at the crowd, “Eliminate human tyranny!”
伊文斯高举一只拳头，对着人群喊道：“消灭人类暴政！”
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