第十七章: 牛顿、冯·诺依曼、秦始皇、三日连珠 Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy
Once his eyes had adjusted, Wang saw the figures more clearly. Based on the shape of the pyramid, this should be someplace in Three Body’s version of the East, but the two fighters were Europeans dressed in a sixteenth- or seventeenth-century style. The shorter one ducked below a swinging sword and his silvery wig fell to the ground. After a few more thrusts and parries, another man appeared around the corner of the pyramid and ran toward the fighters. He tried to get the two to stop, but the swinging blades whistling through the air prevented him from getting close.
等目光适应了这昏暗后，汪淼大致看清了那两个格斗者的模样，从金字塔的形状看这应该是在东方国度，但那却是两个欧洲人，穿戴大致是欧洲十六七世纪的样子。格斗中个子矮的那人低头闪过一剑，银白色的假发掉在地上。几个回合之后，又有一个人绕过金字塔的拐角奔了过来，试图劝止这场格斗，但双方那呼啸的剑使他不敢上前。
Wang heard the crisp sound of metal striking against metal. The clashing only highlighted the silence of the chilly dawn. Searching for the source, he saw two dark shadows flickering at the foot of the pyramid. In the dim light, metallic glints flashed between the shadows: a swordfight.
汪淼听到一阵清脆的金属撞击声，这声音反而更衬托了这寒冷黎明的寂静。他循声望去，看到金字塔根基处有两个黑影在闪动，灰暗的晨光中有金属的寒光在黑影间闪耀，那是两个人在斗剑。
The start of the second level of Three Body wasn’t too different than the first: still the strange, cold dawn, still that colossal pyramid. But this time, the pyramid was back in the Egyptian style.
《三体》第二级的场景开始时没有大的变化，仍旧是诡异寒冷的黎明，仍是那座大金字塔，但这次，金字塔的形状又恢复到东方样式。
Both swordfighters ignored him, concentrating on the duel. The taller one suddenly cried out in pain, and his sword fell to the ground with a clang. He turned and ran, holding his wounded arm. The other gave chase for a few steps and spat in the direction of the loser.
两名剑客谁都不理他，专心于他们的战斗。个子高的那位突然痛叫一声，剑“当啷”一声掉到地上，捂着胳膊跑了。另一位追了几步，冲着失利者的背影啐了一口。
He shouted, “Stop! Don’t you two have anything better to do? Where’s your sense of responsibility? If civilization has no future, what good is this supposed bit of glory you’re fighting over?”
他大喊道：“停下来！你们这两个无聊的人！你们就没有一点责任心吗？如果世界文明没有未来，你们那点荣誉算个屁！”
“Shameless!” He bent down to pick up his wig. As he straightened up, he saw Wang. Pointing in the direction of the escapee, he said, “He dared to claim that he invented calculus!” He put on his wig, put a hand over his heart, and bowed courteously to Wang. “Isaac Newton, at your service.”
“呸，无耻之徒！”他弯腰拾起了自己的假发，抬头看到了汪淼，就用剑指着逃跑者的方向说，“他居然说微积分是他发明的！”说着他戴上假发，一只手捂着胸口对汪淼行了个欧式的鞠躬礼，“伊萨克·牛顿。”
“Then the one who ran away must be Leibniz?” Wang asked.
“那么跑了的那一位是莱布尼茨了？”汪淼问。
“Indeed, an unscrupulous man. I don’t really care about this little claim to fame. Inventing the three laws of mechanics has already made me the greatest, God excepted. From planetary motion to cell division, everything follows the three great laws. Now, with the powerful mathematical tool that is calculus, it will only be a matter of time before we master the pattern of the motion of the three suns.”
“是他，无耻之徒！呸！！其实我根本不屑于同他争夺这项名誉，力学三定律的发现，就已经使我成为仅次于上帝的人，从星球运行到细胞分裂，无不遵从于这三个伟大的定律。现在有了微积分这个强有力的数学工具，以三定律为基础，掌握三个太阳运行的规律指日可待。”
“Why did you have to come to the East to build a computer?” Wang asked Von Neumann.
“计算机需要到东方来制造吗？”汪淼不解地问冯·诺伊曼。
“Didn’t you bring us thousands of miles to the East specifically to solve the problem of calculating these equations?” Newton asked. Then he turned to Wang. “Norbert Wiener and that degenerate who just ran away also came with us. We encountered some pirates near Madagascar. Wiener fought the pirates by himself so that the rest of us could escape, and he died valiantly.”
“你带我们千里迢迢来东方，不就是为了解决这些方程的计算问题吗？”牛顿说，然后转向汪淼，“同来的还有维纳（注：控制论创始人）和刚才那个败类，在马达加斯加遭遇海盗时，维纳为掩护我们只身阻击海盗，英勇牺牲。”
“It’s not that simple,” said the man who had tried to stop the fight. “Have you considered the amount of calculation that’s needed? I saw the differential equations you listed, and I don’t think an analytical solution is possible, only a numerical one. However, the calculating capacity required is such that even if all of the world’s mathematicians worked without pause, they’d still not be able to complete them by the time the world ended. Of course, if we can’t figure out the pattern of the suns’ movements soon, the end of the world will not be too far away.” He bowed at Wang as well, a more modern bow. “Von Neumann.”
“没有那么简单。”劝架的人说，“你考虑过计算量吗？我看过你列出的那一系列微分方程，好像不可能求出解析解，只能求数值解，计算量之大，就是全世界的数学家不停地工作，到世界末日也算不完。当然，如果不能尽快掌握太阳运行的规律，世界未日也不是大远了。”他说着也向汪淼鞠躬，姿势更现代些。“冯·诺伊曼（注：现代计算机技术的莫基者）。”
Von Neumann and Newton looked at each other, puzzled. “A computer? A computing machine! Such a thing exists?”
冯·诺伊曼和牛顿面面相觑，“计算机？计算机器？！有这种东西？”
“You don’t know about computers? Then what did you have in mind for completing the vast amount of calculations?”
“您不知道计算机？那，你打算用什么来进行那些海量计算呢？”
“But you just said that all the mathematicians in the world wouldn’t be enough.”
“可您说过，全世界的数学家都不够用。”
Von Neumann stared at Wang with wide-open eyes, as though his question made no sense. “Using people, of course. Other than people, what else in the world is capable of performing calculations?”
冯·诺伊曼瞪大眼晴看着汪淼，似乎很不理解他的问题，“用什么？当然是用人了！这世界上除了人之外难道真的还有什么东西会计算吗？”
“Instead of mathematicians, we’ll use common laborers. But we need many of them, at least thirty million. We’ll do mathematics using human wave tactics.”
“我们不会用数学家的，我们用普通人，普通劳动力，但需要的数量巨大．最少要三千万人！这是数学的人海战术。”
“Have you heard the joke about the Army of Sichuan?” Von Neumann took out a thick cigar, bit off the end, and lit it. “Some soldiers were being drilled, but because they had no education, they couldn’t even follow the drill instructor’s simple orders to march LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT. So the instructor came up with a solution: He had every soldier wear a straw shoe on the left foot and a cloth shoe on the right. When they marched, he shouted”– here he switched to a Sichuan accent –“STRAW-CLOTH-STRAW-CLOTH… That’s the kind of soldier we need. Except we need thirty million of them.”
“有一个川军的笑话你听说过吗？”冯·诺伊曼掏出一枝粗雪茄，咬开头点了起来，“士兵们练队列，因为文化水平极低，连军官喊一二一都听不懂，于是军官想了一个办法，让每个士兵左脚穿草鞋右脚穿布鞋．走队列时喊：草孩布孩、草孩布孩……（四川话）我们需要这样水平的士兵就行，但要三干万。”
“Common laborers? Thirty million?” Wang was amazed. “But if I recall correctly, this is an age when ninety percent of the population are illiterate. Yet you want to find thirty million people who understand calculus?”
“普通人？三千万？！”汪淼惊奇万分，“我要是没理解错，这是一个百分之九十的人都是文盲的时代，您要找三千万个懂微积分的？”
Hearing this modern joke, Wang knew that the man before him wasn’t a program but a real person, and almost certainly Chinese.
听到这个近现代的笑话，汪淼知道面前这位不是程序而是人，而且几乎可以肯定是中国人。
“He’s still in charge?” Wang looked around. He saw that the soldiers guarding the entrance to the pyramid really were equipped with the simple leather armor and ji-style halberds of the Qin Dynasty. The anachronistic mix of historical elements in Three Body no longer surprised him.
“现在这里还是他在统治吗？”汪淼四下打量了一下问，看到守卫金字塔入口的士兵确买穿看秦代简洁的软甲兵服，拿着长戟。对《三体》中历史的错乱，汪淼已经见多不怪了。
“It’s hard to imagine such a large army,” Wang said, shaking his head.
“这样庞大的军队，难以想象。”汪淼摇摇头说。
The three of them entered the pyramid, and just as they were about to emerge from the tunnel into the Great Hall, a guard insisted that they strip off all their clothes. Newton objected. “We’re famous scholars. No one of our stature would carry hidden weapons!”
牛顿“当啷”一声扔下剑，三人走进入口，走到门廊尽头就要进入大殿时，一名卫士坚持让他们都脱光衣服，牛顿抗议说我们是著名学者，没有暗器！
“That’s why we’ve come to see Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor.” Newton pointed at the pyramid.
“所以我们来找秦始皇。”牛顿指指金字塔说。
“The whole world is going to be under his rule because he has an army of more than thirty million preparing to conquer Europe. All right, let’s go see him.” Von Neumann turned to Newton. “Drop the sword.” Newton obeyed.
“整个世界都要由他统治了，他拥有一支三干多万人的大军，准备去征服欧洲。好了，让我们去见他吧。”冯·诺伊曼一手指着金字塔入口说，然后又指着牛顿说，“把剑扔了！”
As the two sides explored this stalemate, a deep, male voice came from the Great Hall. “Is it the foreigner who discovered the three laws of motion? Let him and his companions in.”
双方僵持之时，大殿内传来一声低沉的男音：“是发现三定律的西洋人吗？让他们进来。”
“But my most honored Emperor, do you know what kind of army he has? Do you know what shape his empire is in? In the magnificent eternal city of Rome, even the river that flows through the city has been heavily polluted. Do you know the cause?”
“可是尊敬的皇帝，您知道那是一支什么样的军队吗？您知道那个帝国现在是什么样子吗？在宏伟的罗马城内，穿过城市的河流都被严重污染，你知道是什么所致吗？”
“I already know the purpose of your visit. You’re Europeans. Why not go find Caesar? His empire is vast. Surely he can find you thirty million men.”
“你们的来意我知道了，你们是西洋人，干吗不去找凯撒？他的帝国疆域广大，应该能凑齐三千万大军吧。”
They entered the Great Hall. The First Emperor was pacing back and forth, his robe and his famous long sword both dragging along the ground. As he turned to gaze at the three scholars, Wang realized that his eyes were the same as the eyes of King Zhou of Shang and Pope Gregory.
走进大殿，三人看到秦嬴政正在殿中踱着步．长衣的后摆和那柄著名的长剑都拖在地上。他转身看着三位学者，汪淼立刻发现，那是纣王和格里高利教皇的眼睛。
“Military industrial production?”
“军工企业？”
“No, Great Emperor, it’s the vomit from Romans after their binge and purge feasts. When the nobles attend the feasts, stretchers have already been prepared for them under the tables. When they’ve eaten so much that they can no longer move, the servants carry them home. The entire empire has sunk into a quagmire of extravagance from which they cannot extricate themselves. Even if Caesar could organize an army of thirty million, it would not have the quality and strength necessary to perform this great calculation.”
“不不，伟大的皇帝，是罗马人暴饮暴食后的呕吐物！那些贵族赴宴时餐桌下放着担架，吃得走不动时就让仆人抬回去。整个帝国陷入荒淫无度的泥潭中不可自拔，就是组成了三千万大军，也不可能具备进行这种伟大计算的素质和体力。”
“That’s why your empire must continue to develop, Great Emperor!” Von Neumann seized the opportunity. “If you can master the pattern of the suns’ movements, you will be able to make the most of each Stable Era, and also avoid the damage brought by each Chaotic Era. This way, your progress will be much faster than Europe’s. Believe us, we’re scholars. As long as we can use the three laws of motion and calculus to accurately forecast the movements of the suns, we do not care who conquers the world.”
“所以，伟大的皇帝，您的帝国还要发展！”冯·诺伊曼不失时机地说，“如果掌握了太阳运行的规律，你就能充分利用每一个恒纪元，同时避免乱纪元带来的损失，这样发展速度比西洋要快得多。请你相信我们，我们是学者，只要能用三定律和微积分准确预测太阳的运行，不在乎谁征服统治世界。”
“I am aware of that,” Qin Shi Huang said. “But Caesar is waking up and reinvigorating his army. The wisdom of Westerners is terrifying. You are not more intelligent than the men of the East, but you can see the right path. For example, Copernicus could figure out that there are three suns, and you could come up with your three laws. These are very impressive accomplishments. We here in the East cannot, for now, match them. I don’t possess the ability to conquer Europe. My ships are not good enough, and the supply lines cannot be maintained for long enough to go over land.”
“这朕知道，”秦始皇说，“但凯撒正在清醒过来，在重整军备，西洋人的智慧也是件可怕的东西，你们并不比东方人聪明，但想对了路子，比如他能看出太阳有三个，你能想出那三条定律，都是很了不起的，东方人暂时做不到。而我现在还没有能力远征西洋，我的船不行，从陆上走．漫长的供应线无法维持。”
“Your Imperial Majesty, please give me three soldiers. I will demonstrate.” Von Neumann grew excited.
“陛下，请给我三个士兵，我将为您演示。”冯·诺伊曼兴奋起来。
Qin Shi Huang waved his hand and three soldiers came forward. They were all very young. Like other Qin soldiers, they moved like order-obeying machines.
秦始皇挥手召来了三名士兵，他们都很年轻，与秦国的其他士兵一样，一举一动像听从命令的机器。
“Of course I need to predict the suns’ movements. But if you want me to gather thirty million men, you must at least demonstrate for me how such calculations would be conducted.”
“朕当然需要预测太阳的运行，但你们让我集结三千万大军，至少要首先向朕演示一下这种计算如何进行吧。”
“I don’t know your names,” Von Neumann said, tapping the shoulders of two of the soldiers. “The two of you will be responsible for signal input, so I’ll call you ‘Input 1’ and ‘Input 2.'” He pointed to the last soldier. “You will be responsible for signal output, so I’ll call you ‘Output.'” He shoved the soldiers to where he wanted them to stand. “Form a triangle. Like this. Output is the apex. Input 1 and Input 2 form the base.”
“我不知道你们的名字，”冯·诺伊曼拍拍前两个士兵的肩，“你们两个负责信号输入，就叫‘入1’、‘入2’吧．”他又指指最后一名士兵，“你，负责信号输出．就叫‘出’吧，”他伸手拨动三名士兵，“这样，站成一个三角形，出是顶端，入1和入2是底边。”
“Your Imperial Majesty, you mentioned just now the defect in the Eastern mind when it comes to scientific thinking. This is because you have not realized that even the complicated objects of the universe are made from the simplest elements. I only need three.”
“伟大的陛下，您刚才提到东方人在科学思维上的缺陷，就是因为你们没有意识到，复杂的宇宙万物其实是由最简单的单元构成的。我只要三个，陛下。”
“Three? Only three? I can easily give you three thousand.” Qin Shi Huang glanced at Von Neumann, distrustful.
“三个？只要三个吗？朕可以轻易给你三千个。”秦始皇用不信任的目光扫视看着冯·诺伊曼。
Newton took out six small flags: three white, three black. Von Neumann handed them out to the three soldiers so that each held a black flag and a white flag. “White represents 0; black represents 1. Good. Now, listen to me. Output, you turn around and look at Input 1 and Input 2. If they both raise black flags, you raise a black flag as well. Under all other circumstances, you raise the white flag.”
牛顿不知从什么地方掏出六面小旗．三白三黑，冯·诺伊曼接过来分给三名士兵，每人一白一黑，说：“白色代表0，黑色代表1。好，现在听我说，出，你转身看着入1和入2，如果他们都举黑旗，你就举黑旗，其他的情况你都举白旗，这种情况有三种：入l白，入2黑；入l黑，入2白；入1、入2都是白。”
“You could have just told them to stand in the Wedge Attack Formation,” Qin Shi Huang said, glancing at Von Neumann contemptuously.
“哼，你让他们成楔形攻击队形不就行了？”秦始皇轻蔑地看着冯·诺伊曼。
The excited Von Neumann ignored him. He shouted orders at the three soldiers. “Begin operation! Input 1 and Input 2, you can raise whichever flag you want. Good. Raise! Good. Raise again! Raise!”
兴奋中的冯·诺伊曼没有理睬皇帝，对三名士兵大声命令：“现在开始运行！入1入2，你们每人随意举旗，好，举！好，再举！举！”
Input 1 and Input 2 raised their flags three times. The first time they were black-black, the second time white-black, and the third time black-white. Output reacted correctly each time, raising the black flag once and the white one twice.
入1和入2同时举了三次旗，第一次是黑黑，第二次是白黑，第三次是黑白。出都进行了正确反应，分别举起了一次黑和两次白。
“I think you should use some other color,” Qin Shi Huang said. “White means surrender.”
“我觉得你应该换种颜色，白旗代表投降。”秦始皇说。
“Even an idiot would be capable of that. Tell me, what are they really doing?” Qin Shi Huang looked baffled.
“这事儿傻瓜都会，你能告诉联，他们在干什么吗？”秦始皇一脸困惑地问。
“Very good. Your Imperial Majesty, your soldiers are very smart.”
“很好，运行正确，陛下，您的士兵很聪明！”
“The three soldiers form a computing component. It’s a type of gate, an AND gate.” Von Neumann paused to let the emperor digest this information.
“这三个人组成了一个计算系统的部件，是门部件的一种，叫‘与门’。”冯·诺伊曼说完停了一会儿，好让皇帝理解。
Then, Von Neumann used the three soldiers to form a NAND gate, a NOR gate, an XOR-gate, an XNOR-gate, and a tristate gate. Finally, using only two soldiers, he made the simplest gate, a NOT gate, or an inverter: Output always raised the flag that was opposite in color from the one raised by Input.
然后，冯·诺伊曼又用三名士兵构建了与非门、或非门、异或门、同或门和三态门，最后只用两名士兵构建了最简单的非门，出总是举与入颜色相反的旗。
Von Neumann turned to the three soldiers again. “Let’s form another component. You, Output: if you see either Input 1 or Input 2 raise a black flag, you raise the black flag. There are three situations where that will be true: black-black, white-black, black-white. When it’s white-white, you raise the white flag. Understand? Good lad, you’re really clever. You’re the key to the correct functioning of the gate. Work hard, and the emperor will reward you! Let’s begin operation. Raise! Good, raise again! Raise again! Perfect. Your Imperial Majesty, this component is called an OR gate.”
冯·诺伊曼转向排成三角阵的三名士兵：“我们构建下一个部件。你，出，只要看到入1和入2中有一个人举黑旗，你就举黑旗，这种情况有三种组合——黑黑、白黑、黑白，剩下的一种情况——白白，你就举白旗。明白了吗？好孩子，你真聪明，门部件的正确运行你是关键，好好干，皇帝会奖赏你的！下面开始运行：举！好，再举！再举！好极了，运行正常，陛下，这个门部件叫或门。”
Qin Shi Huang said impassively, “I’m not impressed. Continue.”
秦始皇面无表情地说：“联是够郁闷的，好，继续。”
“Ah, good!” Von Neumann gave Wang a thumbs-up. “Computer — that’s a great name. The entire system is a large machine, the most complex machine in the history of the world.”
“啊——好！”冯·诺伊曼对汪淼竖起一根指头，“计算机，这个名字好，整个系统实际上就是一部庞大的机器，是有史以来最复杂的机器！”
Von Neumann bowed to the emperor. “Now, Your Imperial Majesty, all the gate components have been demonstrated. Aren’t they simple? Any three soldiers can master the skills after one hour of training.”
冯·诺伊曼对皇帝鞠躬说：“现在，陛下，所有的门部件都已演示完毕，这很简单不是吗？任何三名士兵经过一小时的训练就可以掌握。”
“Don’t they need to learn more?” Qin Shi Huang asked.
“他们不需要学更多的东西了吗？”秦始皇问。
“A computer,” Wang said.
“计算机。”汪淼说。
The passage of in-game time sped up. Three months went by.
游戏时间加快．三个月过去了。
“No. We can form ten million of these gates, and then put the components together into a system. This system will then be able to carry out the calculations we need and work out those differential equations for predicting the suns’ movements. We could call the system… um…”
“不需要，我们组建一千万个这样的门部件，再将这些部件组合成一个系统，这个系统就能进行我们所需要的运算，解出那些预测太阳运行的微分方程。这个系统，我们把它叫做……嗯，叫做……”
Qin Shi Huang, Newton, Von Neumann, and Wang all stood on the platform at the apex of the pyramid. This platform was similar to the one where Wang had met Mozi. It was filled with astronomical instruments, some of which were of recent European design. Below them, a magnificent phalanx of thirty million Qin soldiers was arrayed on the ground. The entire formation fit inside a square six kilometers on each side. As the sun rose, the phalanx remained still like a giant carpet made of thirty million terra-cotta warriors. But when a flock of birds wandered above the phalanx, the birds immediately felt the potential for death from below and scattered anxiously in chaos.
秦始皇、牛顿、冯，诺伊曼和汪淼站在金字塔顶部的平台上，这个平台与汪淼和墨子相遇时的很相似，架设着大量的天文观测仪器，其中有一部分是欧洲近代的设备。在他们下方，三千万秦国军队宏伟的方阵铺展在大地上，这是一个边长六公里的正方形。在初升的太阳下，方阵凝固了似的纹丝不动，仿佛一张由三千万个兵马俑构成的巨毯，但飞翔的鸟群误入这巨毯上空时，立刻感到了下方浓重的杀气，鸟群顿时大乱，惊慌混乱地散开或绕行。
Von Neumann said, “Your Imperial Majesty, your army is truly matchless. In an extremely short time, we have completed such complex training.”
“陛下，您的军队真是举世无双，这么短的时间，就完成了如此复杂的训练。”冯·诺伊曼对秦始皇赞叹道。
Wang performed some computations in his head and realized that even if the entire population of Earth were arranged into such a phalanx, the whole formation would fit inside the Huangpu District of Shanghai. Though it was powerful, the phalanx also revealed the fragility of civilization.
汪淼在心里算了算，如果全人类站成这样一个方阵，面积也不过是上海浦东大小，比起它表现的力量，这方阵更显示了文明的脆弱。
Qin Shi Huang held on to the hilt of his long sword. “Even though the whole is complex, what each soldier must do is very simple. Compared to the training they went through to learn how to break the Macedonian Phalanx, this is nothing.”
“虽然整体上复杂，但每个士兵要做的很简单，比起以前为粉碎马其顿方阵进行的训练来，这算不了什么。”秦始皇按着长剑剑柄说。
Newton added, “And God blessed us with two consecutive Stable Eras to get them trained and ready.”
“上帝也保佑，连着两个这样长的恒纪元。”牛顿说。
“Then, Your Imperial Majesty, please give the great order!” Von Neumann’s voice trembled with excitement.
“那么，请陛下发出您伟大的号令吧！”冯·诺伊曼用激动得发颤的声音说。
“Even in a Chaotic Era, my army continues to train. They will finish your calculations even if it’s a Chaotic Era.” Qin Shi Huang glanced over the phalanx with pride in his eyes.
“即使是乱纪元，朕的军队也照样训练，以后，他们也会在乱纪元完成你们的计算。”秦始皇骄傲地扫视着方阵说。
Von Neumann pointed to the gigantic human circuit below the pyramid and began to explain, “Your Imperial Majesty, we have named this computer Qin I. Look, there in the center is the CPU, the core computing component, formed from your five best divisions. By referencing this diagram, you can locate the adders, registers, and stack memory. The part around it that looks highly regular is the memory. When we built that part, we found that we didn’t have enough soldiers. But luckily, the work done by the elements in this component is the simplest, so we trained each soldier to hold more colored flags. Each man can now complete the work that initially required twenty men. This allowed us to increase the memory capacity to meet the minimum requirements for running the Qin 1.0 operating system. Observe also the open passage that runs through the entire formation, and the light cavalry waiting for orders in that passage: That’s the system bus, responsible for transmitting information between the components of the whole system.
冯·诺伊曼指着下方巨大的人列回路开始介绍：“陛下，我们把这台计算机命名为‘秦一号’。请看，那里，中心部分，是CPU，是计算机的核心计算元件．由您最精锐的五个军团构成，对照这张图您可以看到里面的加法器、寄存器、堆栈存贮器；外围整齐的部分是内存，构建这部分时我们发现人手不够，好在这部分每个单元的动作最简单，就训练每个士兵拿多种颜色的旗帜，组合起来后，一个人就能同时完成最初二十个人的操作，这就使内存容量达到了运行‘秦1.0’操作系统的最低要求；你再看那条贯穿整个阵列的通道，还有那些在通道上待命的轻转兵，那是BUS，系统总线，负责在整个系统间传递信息。”
Qin Shi Huang nodded. A guard ran over, grabbed the hilt of the emperor’s sword, and stepped backwards. The bronze sword was so long that it was impossible for the emperor himself to pull it out of the scabbard. The guard knelt and handed the sword to the emperor. Qin Shi Huang lifted the sword to the sky, and shouted: “Computer Formation!”
秦始皇点点头，一名卫士奔跑过来，握住皇帝的剑柄向后退了几步，抽出了那柄皇帝本人无法抽出的青铜长剑．然后上前跪下将剑呈给皇帝，秦始皇对着长空扬起长剑，高声喊道：“成计算机队列！”
Four giant bronze cauldrons at the corners of the platform came to life simultaneously with roaring flames. A group of soldiers standing on the sloping side of the pyramid facing the phalanx chanted in unison: “Computer Formation!”
金字塔四角的四尊青铜大鼎同时轰地燃烧起来，站满了金字塔面向方阵一面坡墙的士兵用宏大的合唱将始皇帝的号令传诵下去：“成计算机队列——”
On the ground below, colors in the phalanx began to shift and move. Complicated and detailed circuit patterns appeared and gradually filled the entire formation. Ten minutes later, the army had made a thirty-six kilometer square computer motherboard.
下面的大地上，方阵均匀的色彩开始出现扰动，复杂精细的回路结构浮现出来，并渐渐充满了整个方阵，十分钟后，大地上出现了一块三十六平方公里的计算机主板。
Von Neumann and Newton carried over a large scroll, tall as a man, and spread it open before Qin Shi Huang. When they reached the scroll’s end, Wang’s chest tightened, remembering the legend of the assassin who hid a dagger in a map scroll that he then displayed to the emperor. But the imaginary dagger did not appear. Before them was only a large sheet of paper filled with symbols, each the size of a fly’s head. Packed so densely, the symbols were as dazzling to behold as the computer formation on the ground below.
冯·诺伊曼和牛顿搬来一个一人多高的大纸卷，在秦始皇面前展开来，当纸卷展到尽头时，汪淼一阵头皮发紧，但他想象中的匕首并没有出现，面前只有一张写满符号的大纸，那些符号都是蝇头大小，密密麻麻，看上去与下面的计算机阵列一样令人头晕目眩。
“The bus architecture is a great invention. New plug-in components, which can be made from up to ten divisions, can quickly be added to the main operation bus. This allows Qin I’s hardware to be easily expanded and upgraded. Look further still — you might have to use the telescope for this — and there’s the external storage, which we call the ‘hard drive’ at Copernicus’s suggestion. It’s formed by three million soldiers with more education than most. When you buried all those scholars alive after you unified China, it’s a good thing you saved these ones! Each of them holds a pen and a notepad, and they’re responsible for recording the results of the calculations. Of course, the bulk of their work is to act as virtual memory and store intermediate calculation results. They’re the bottleneck for the speed of computation. And, finally, the part that’s closest to us is the display. It’s capable of showing us in real time the most important parameters of the computation.”
“总线结构是个伟大的发明，新的插件，最大可由十个军团构成，能够快捷地挂接到总线上运行，这使得‘秦一号’的硬件扩展和升级十分便利；再看最远处那一边，可能要用望远镜才能看清，那是外存，我们又用了哥白尼起的名字，叫它‘硬盘’，那是由三百万名文化程度较高的人构成，您上次坑儒时把他们留下是对了，他们每个人手中都有一个记录本和笔，负责记录运算结果，当然，他们最大的工作量还是作为虚拟内存，存贮中间运算结果，运算速度的瓶颈就在他们那里。这儿，离我们最近的地方，是显示阵列，能显示计算机运行的主要状态参数。”
Von Neumann lifted both hands above his head and solemnly chanted: “As ordered by the great emperor, turn on the computer! System self-test!”
冯·诺伊曼双手过顶，庄严地喊道：“奉圣上御旨，计算机启动！系统自检！”
Qin Shi Huang nodded. “Good. Begin.”
秦始皇点点头：“那就开始吧。”
“Your Imperial Majesty, this is the Qin 1.0 operating system we developed. The software for doing the calculations will run on top of it. That below”– Von Neumann pointed to the human-formation computer –“is the hardware. What’s on this paper is the software. The relationship between hardware and software is like that between the guqin zither and sheet music.” He and Newton then spread open another scroll, just as large. “Your Imperial Majesty, this is the software for using numerical methods to solve those differential equations. After entering the motion vectors of the three suns at a particular moment obtained by astronomical observation, the software’s operation will give us a prediction for the suns’ subsequent motion at any moment in the future. Our first computation will calculate all the suns’ positions for the next two years. Each set of output values will be one hundred and twenty hours apart.”
“陛下，这是就我们开发的‘秦1.0’版操作系统，计算软件将在它上面运行。陛下您看——”冯·诺伊曼指指下面的人列计算机，这阵列是硬件，而这张纸上写的是软件，硬件和软件，就如同琴和乐谱的关系。”说着他和牛顿又展开了一张同样大小的纸，”陛下，这就是数值法解那一组微分方程的软件，将天文观测得到的三个太阳在某一时间断面的运动矢量输入，它的运行就能为我们预测以后任一时刻太阳的运行状态。我们这次计算，将对以后两年太阳的运行做出完整预测，每组预测值的时间间隔为一百二十小时。”
“Self-test complete! Begin boot sequence! Load operating system!”
“自检完成！引导程序运行！操作系统加载！！
A row of soldiers standing halfway down the face of the pyramid repeated the order using flag signals. In a moment, the motherboard made of thirty million men seemed to turn into a lake filled with sparkling lights. Tens of millions of tiny flags waved. In the display formation closest to the base of the pyramid, a progress bar made of numerous green flags slowly advanced, indicating the percentage of the self-test that had been completed. Ten minutes later, the progress bar reached its end.
在金字塔的中部，一排旗手用旗语发出指令，一时间，下面大地上三千万人构成的巨型主板仿佛液化了，充满了细密的粼粼波光，那是几千万面小旗在挥动。在靠近金字塔底部的显示阵列中，一条由无数面绿色大旗构成的进度条在延伸着，标示着自检的进度。十分钟后，进度条走到了头。
But suddenly, as though the powder had been exhausted, the movements in the CPU slackened and eventually stopped. Starting with the CPU in the center, the stillness spread in every direction, like a sea being frozen over. Finally, the entire motherboard came to a stop, with only a few scattered components flashing lifelessly in infinite loops. The center of the display formation blinked red.
突然，仿佛火药燃尽，CPU区的扰动渐渐平静下来，最后竟完全静止了，以它为圆心，这静止向各个方向飞快扩散开来，像快速封冻的海面，最后整块主板大部分静止了，其间只有一些零星的死循环在以不变的节奏没有生气地闪动着，显示阵列中出现了闪动的红色。
Below, the light cavalry on the main bus that passed through the entire human-formation computer began to move swiftly. The main bus soon turned into a turbulent river. Along the way, the river fed into numerous thin tributaries, infiltrating all the modular subformations. Soon, the ripple of black and white flags coalesced into surging waves that filled the entire motherboard. The central CPU area was the most tumultuous, like gunpowder on fire.
下面，贯穿人列计算机的系统总线上的轻转兵快速运动起来，总线立刻变成了一条湍急的河流．这河流沿途又分成无数条细小的支流，渗入到各个模块阵列之中。很快，黑白旗的涟漪演化成汹涌的浪潮，激荡在整块主板上。中央的CPU区激荡最为剧烈，像一片燃烧的火药。
“System lockup!” a signal officer called out. Shortly after, the reason for the malfunction was determined: There was an error with the operation of one of the gates in the CPU status register.
“系统锁死！”一名信号官高喊。故障原因很快查清，是CPU状态寄存器中的一个门电路运行出错。
“Wait!” Newton stopped the signal officer. He turned with an insidious expression and said to Qin Shi Huang, “Your Imperial Majesty, in order to improve system stability, you should take certain maintenance measures with respect to faulty components.”
“慢！”牛顿挥手制止了信号官，转身一脸阴毒地对秦始皇说，“陛下，为了系统的稳定运行，对故障率较高的部件应该采取一些维修措施。”
“Restart system!” Von Neumann ordered confidently.
“系统重新热启动！”冯·诺伊受胸有成竹地命令道。
Von Neumann glanced at Newton, disgusted. They watched as a few riders dashed into the motherboard with their swords unsheathed. After they “repaired” the faulty component, the order to restart was given. This time, the operation went very smoothly. Twenty minutes later, Three Body’s Von Neumann architecture human-formation computer had begun full operations under the Qin 1.0 operating system.
冯·诺伊曼厌恶地看了牛顿一眼，看着一组利剑出鞘的骑兵冲进主板，“维修”了故障部件后，重新发布了热启动命令。这次启动十分顺利，二十分钟后，三体世界的冯，诺伊曼结构人列计算机在“秦1.0”操作系统下进入运行状态。
Qin Shi Huang grasped his sword and said, “Replace the malfunctioning component and behead all the soldiers who made up that gate. In the future, any malfunctions will be dealt with the same way!”
秦始皇拄着长剑说：“更换出错部件，组成那个部件的所有兵卒，斩！以后故障照此办理。”
“Run solar orbit computation software ‘Three Body 1.0’!” Newton screamed at the top of his lungs. “Start the master computing module! Load the differential calculus module! Load the finite element analysis module! Load the spectral method module! Enter initial condition parameters… and begin calculation!”
“启动太阳轨道计算软件‘Three—Body l.0’！”牛顿声嘶力竭地发令，“启动计算主控！加载差分模块！加载有限元模块！加载谱方法模块……调入初始条件参数！计算启动！！”
“This is really interesting,” Qin Shi Huang said, pointing to the spectacular sight. “Each individual’s behavior is so simple, yet together, they can produce such a complex, great whole! Europeans criticize me for my tyrannical rule, claiming that I suppress creativity. But in reality, a large number of men yoked by severe discipline can also produce great wisdom when bound together as one.”
“真是很有意思。”秦始皇手指壮观的计算机说，“每个人如此简单的行为，竟产生了如此复杂的大东西！欧洲人骂朕独裁暴政，扼杀了社会的创造力，其实在严格纪律约束下的大量的人，合为一个整体后也能产生伟大的智慧。”
The motherboard sparkled as the display formation flashed with indicators in every color. The human-formation computer began the long computation.
主板上波光粼粼，显示阵列上的各色标志此起彼伏地闪动，人列计算机开始了漫长的计算。
“Great First Emperor, this is just the mechanical operation of a machine, not wisdom. Each of these lowly individuals is just a zero. Only when someone like you is added to the front as a one can the whole have any meaning.” Newton’s smile was ingratiating.
“伟大的始皇帝，这是机器的机械运行，不是智慧。这些普通卑贱的人都是一个个0，只有在最前面加上您这样一个1，他们的整体才有意义。”牛顿带着奉承的微笑说。
“Disgusting philosophy!” Von Neumann said as he glanced at Newton. “If, in the end, the results computed in accordance with your theory and mathematical model don’t match reality, then you and I aren’t even zeroes.”
“恶心的哲学。”冯·诺伊曼瞥了牛顿一眼说，“如果到时候，按你的理论和数学模型计算出的结果与预测不符，你我可就连零都不是了。”
Time passed quickly. The human-formation computer operated for a year and four months. Subtracting out the time spent to adjust the programming, the actual processing time was approximately a year and two months. During this time, processing had to be stopped twice due to extremely bad weather in Chaotic Eras. But the computer stored the data at the time of each shutdown, and was able to resume calculations successfully after the pauses. By the time Qin Shi Huang and the European scholars ascended the pyramid again, the first phase of the computation was complete. The results precisely described the orbits of the three suns for the next two years.
时光飞逝，人列计算机运行了一年零四个月，除去程序的调试时间，实际计算时间约一年两个月，这期间，只因乱纪元过分恶劣的气候中断过两次，但计算机存贮了中断现场数据，都成功地从断点恢复了运行。当秦始皇和欧洲学者们再次登上金字塔顶部时，第一阶段的计算已经完成，这批结果数据，精确地描述了以后两年太阳运行的轨道状况。
“Indeed. If that turns out to be the case, you will be nothing!” Qin Shi Huang turned and left the scene.
“对，那时你们可真的什么都不是了！”秦始皇说着，拂袖而去。
It was a chilly dawn. The torches that had kept the motherboard lit through the night were extinguished. After the final calculation, Qin I entered standby mode. The turbulent waves over the motherboard settled into light ripples.
这是一个寒冷的黎明，彻夜照耀着巨大主板的无数火炬已经熄灭，计算机完成后，“秦1.0”进入待机状态，主板表面汹涌的浪涛变成了平静的微波。
“Ever since the start of this computation, my empire has never been dehydrated,” Qin Shi Huang said in a huff, grabbing the scroll. “I’ve devoted all the resources of the Qin Empire to maintain the operation of the computer, and we’ve run out of stored supplies. For this computer, countless people have died of hunger, cold, and heat.” Qin pointed into the distance with the scroll. By the dim dawn light, they could see tens of white lines radiating from the edges of the motherboard in every direction, disappearing over the horizon. These were the supply routes from every corner of the empire.
“朕的国家自计算开始后从来就没有脱水过！”秦始皇一把抓过纸卷，没好气地说，“朕倾大秦之国力来维持计算机的运行，已经耗尽了所有储备，到现在，为此饿死累死和冻死热死的人不计其数。”秦始皇用纸卷指指远方，晨光中，可以看到从主板各个边缘，有几十条白线在大地上辐射向各个方向，消失在遥远的天边，那是全国各地向主板运送供给品的道路。
Von Neumann and Newton presented the scroll with the results of the computation to Qin Shi Huang. Newton said, “Great First Emperor, the calculations were completed three days ago. We waited until now to present the results to you because they show that the long night is about to be over. We’ll soon welcome the first sunrise of a long Stable Era, which will last more than a year. Judging by the orbital parameters, the climate will be extremely mild and comfortable. Please revive your empire and order everyone to be rehydrated.”
冯·诺伊曼和牛顿将记录着运行结果的长卷呈献给秦始皇，牛顿说：“伟大的始皇帝，本来计算在三天前就已完成，之所以今天才将结果献给您，是因为按照计算结果，这一段漫长的寒夜就要结束，我们将迎来一个长恒纪元的第一次日出，这个恒纪元将持续一年之久，从太阳轨道参数看，气候宜人，请让您的王国从脱水中复活吧。”
“According to the calculations, the sun is about to rise. Great First Emperor, prepare to receive your glory!”
“按照计算，太阳就要升起来了，陛下，享受您的荣耀吧！”
“Your Imperial Majesty, you will find that the sacrifices are worth it,” Von Neumann said. “After mastering the orbits of the suns, Qin will develop by leaps and bounds, and will grow many times more powerful than before.”
“陛下，您将发现这是值得的，在掌握了太阳的运行规律后，秦国将飞速发展，很快会比计算开始之前强大许多倍。”冯．诺伊曼说。
As if in response to Newton’s words, a sliver of red sun peeked over the horizon, bathing the pyramid and the human-formation computer in a golden light. A wave of joyous cries rose from the motherboard.
仿佛是回应牛顿的话，一轮红日升出地平线，将金字塔和人列计算机笼罩在一片金光中。主板上爆发出一阵海潮般的欢呼声。
“What are you babbling about?” Without even waiting for the emperor to speak, Newton kicked the man. “Don’t you see that the sun is rising at the exact moment predicted by our precise calculations?”
“你胡说些什么？！”没等秦始皇答话，牛顿就踹了天文大臣一脚，“没看到太阳精确地按照计算结果的时间升起了吗？”
A man hurried toward them. He was running so fast that, as he knelt down, he couldn’t catch his breath. He was the emperor’s astronomy minister.
这时，一个人急匆匆地跑来，可能跑得太急了，下跪时气喘吁吁地趴到了地上，这是秦国的天文大臣。
“But…” The minister half straightened, one hand pointing at the sun. “How many suns do you see?”
“可……”大臣半直起身，一手指着太阳，“那是几颗太阳？！”
“Sire, the calculations were in error. Disaster is about to befall us!”
“圣上，不好了，计算有误！大难将临！！”他哭喊道。
Everyone stared at the sun again, still confused.
人们再次看着太阳，对大臣的话都感到很茫然。
Everyone gazed at the rising sun, confused. “Minister, you received a proper Western education and obtained a doctorate from the University of Cambridge,” Von Neumann said. “You must at least know how to count. Of course there’s only one sun in the sky. And the temperature is very comfortable.”
所有的人看着正在上升的太阳，都莫名其妙。“大臣，你是受过正统西洋教育的剑桥留学博士，不会愚蠢到不识数吧，太阳当然是一颗，而且气温适宜。”冯·诺伊曼说。
“Absolutely certain. The observation was conducted by the Western astronomers of the Imperial Observatory, including Kepler and Herschel. They’re using the largest telescope in the world, imported from Europe.”
“当然无误！观测是由帝国天文台的西洋天文学家进行的，其中有开普勒和赫歇尔，他们使用从欧洲进口的世界上最大的望远镜！”
“No. There are three!” The minister cried, tears flowing from his face. “The other two are behind that one!”
“不，是三颗！！”大臣抽泣着说，“另外两颗，在这一颗的后面！”
“The Imperial Observatory has confirmed that right now we are experiencing the extremely rare phenomenon of a tri-solar syzygy. The three suns are in a straight line, moving around our planet at the same angular speed! Thus, our planet and the three suns are in a straight line with our world at the end!”
“帝国天文台的观测表明，现在出现了亘古罕有的‘三日连珠’，三颗太阳成一条直线，以相同的角速度围绕我们的行星运行！这样，我们的行星和三颗太阳，四者始终处于一条直线上！我们的世界始终在这条线的顶端！”
“You’re certain that the observation is not in error?” Newton grabbed the collar of the astronomy minister.
“你肯定观察无误？”牛顿抓住大臣的衣领问。
While the rest remained stunned, Newton slipped away. Later, others would report that Sir Isaac had stolen a horse and left for parts unknown.
说完，趁所有人都还在茫然中，他顾自溜走；稍后，有人报告说牛顿爵士偷了一匹快马去向不明。
Wang said, “Please try to swing it.”
汪淼说：“您挥一挥。”
Newton let go of the minister and stood up. Wang saw that his face was pale, but his expression was one of pure joy. He clasped his two hands in front of his chest and said to Qin Shi Huang, “Oh Greatest, Most Honorable Emperor, this is the most propitious sign of them all! Now that the three suns are orbiting around our planet, your empire is the center of the universe. This is God’s reward for our efforts. Let me check the calculations one more time. I will prove this!”
牛顿松开天文大臣直起身来，汪淼发现他脸色发白，但表情却欣喜若狂，他两手抱在胸前对秦始皇说：“最伟大的、最尊敬的皇帝，这可是吉兆中的吉兆啊！现在，三颗太阳围绕着我们的行星旋转，您的帝国成了宇宙中心！这是上帝对我们努力的奖赏！待我去再详细查阅一下计算结果，我会证实这一点的！”
“What do you want?” Qin Shi Huang asked, baffled. But he gestured at the soldier by his side, and the soldier pulled the sword out of its scabbard.
“干什么？”秦始皇不解地问，但还是对旁边他的抽剑兵做了个手式，那士兵立刻为皇帝抽出长剑。
An anxiety-filled moment of silence later, Wang suddenly said, “Your Imperial Majesty, please unsheathe your sword.”
一阵紧张的沉默后，汪淼突然说：“陛下，请把您的剑抽出来。”
Qin Shi Huang held the sword and waved it around. His expression turned to one of surprise. “Oh, why is it so light?”
秦始皇接过剑，挥了几下，面露惊奇之色：“咦，怎么这么轻？！”
“What is going on?” Qin Shi Huang looked at the soldier slowly falling back down.
“怎么回事？！”秦始皇惊恐地看着那个刚刚跳上半空的人缓缓下落。
“The game’s V-suit cannot simulate the feeling of diminished gravity. Otherwise we’d feel that we’re much lighter as well.”
“游戏的V装具不能模拟失重感觉，否则我们也会感觉到自己轻了许多。”
“Look! Down there! Look at the horses, and the men!” Someone cried out. Everyone looked down and saw a column of cavalry moving at the foot of the pyramid. All the horses seemed to be floating. Each horse drifted over a long distance before the four hooves struck ground again. They also saw several running men. With each step, the men leapt a dozen meters, falling slowly back to the ground. On top of the pyramid, a soldier tried to jump up, and easily reached the height of three meters.
“看下面！看那马，那人！”有人惊叫，大家一齐向下看去，看到金字塔脚下一队行进中的骑兵，所有的战马似乎是在地面上飘行，飘很远四蹄才着地一次；他们又看到几个奔跑中的人，他们迈一步就能跃出十几米，但每一跃的下落很缓慢。金字塔上，一名卫士试着跳了一下，轻易地跳上了三米多的高度。
“Sire, the three suns are over our planet in a straight line, so their gravitational forces are added together…” The astronomy minister tried to explain, but discovered that his two feet had already left the ground and he was now horizontal. The others were also floating in the air, leaning at different angles. Like a bunch of men who had fallen into water without knowing how to swim, they clumsily waved their limbs, trying to stabilize themselves but colliding into each other instead.
“圣上，三颗太阳成一线直对我们的行星．它们的引力以相同的方向叠加到这里……”天文大臣解释说，同时发现自己双脚离地已经横在半空，其他人也相继以不同角度倾斜着，双脚都离开了地面开始飘浮，他们像一群不会游泳的落水者那样笨拙地挥动者四肢试图稳定自己，但还是不时相撞。
The sun rose to the middle of the sky. Everything that floated — men, colossal blocks of stone, astronomical instruments, bronze cauldrons — began to rise slowly, then accelerated. Wang glanced at the human-formation computer and saw a nightmarish sight: The thirty million men who had formed the motherboard were floating away from the earth and rising, like a swarm of ants sucked up by a vacuum cleaner. The ground they left behind clearly displayed the marks of the motherboard circuits. The set of intricate, complex markings that could only be taken in from a great height would become an archaeological site that would confuse the next Three Body civilization, in the distant future.
太阳升到了正空，飘浮着的一切：人、巨石、天文仪器、青铜大鼎，都开始缓缓上升，并在很快加速。汪淼无意中扫了一眼平原上的人列计算机，看到了一幅噩梦般的画面：组成主板的三千万人正在飘离地面，飞快上升，像一大片被吸尘器吸起的蚂蚁群。在他们飞离的大地上，竟清晰地留下了主板电路的印痕，那一大片只有从高空才能一览全貌的精细复杂的图纹，将在遥远的未来成为令下一个三体文明困惑的遗迹。
The ground they had just left now cracked open like a spiderweb. The cracks grew fast, and, accompanied by thunderous crashes and sky-obscuring dust, the pyramid below them broke into its constituent blocks. Through the slowly drifting gigantic blocks, Wang saw the Great Hall below come apart. The large cauldron that had once cooked Fu Xi and the iron stake to which he had once been bound were both adrift.
这时，他们刚刚飘离的地面像蛛网似的开裂了，裂缝迅速扩大，在弥漫的灰浆和天崩地裂般的巨响中，下面的金字塔裂解为组成它的无数块巨石。透过缓缓飘浮的巨石间的缝隙，汪淼看到了正在变形中的大殿，那尊煮过伏毅的大鼎和他曾被缚于其上的火刑柱在大殿正中飘浮着。
Wang looked up. The sky was obscured by a strangely mottled layer of clouds. The clouds were made of dust, stones, humans, and other odds and ends. The sun sparkled behind them. In the far distance, Wang saw a long range of transparent mountains also rising up. The mountains were crystal clear, and changed shapes as they sparkled — they were formed from the ocean, which was also being attracted into space.
汪淼抬头望去，天空被一片斑驳怪异的云层所覆盖，这云是由尘埃、石块、人体和其他杂物构成，太阳在云层后面闪耀着。在远方，汪淼看到了连绵的透明山脉在缓缓上升，那山脉晶莹剔透，在闪闪发光中变幻着形状，那是被吸向太空的海洋！
Wang looked around and saw Von Neumann and Qin Shi Huang. As he drifted, Von Neumann shouted at Qin Shi Huang, but there was no sound. A small set of subtitles appeared: I figured it out! Electronic elements! We can use electronic elements to make gate circuits and combine them into computers! Such computers will be many times faster and take up much less space. I estimate that a small building will be sufficient… Your Imperial Majesty, are you listening?
汪淼环顾四周，看到了冯·诺伊曼和秦始皇，冯·诺伊曼在飘浮中对秦始皇大声说着什么，但没有声音发出，只出现了一行小小的字幕：“……我想到了，用电元件！用电元件做成门电路，组成计算机！那样计算机的速度要快许多倍！体积也要小许多，估计用一幢小楼就放下了……陛下，您在听我说吗？”
Everything on the surface of the Three Body world rose toward the sun.
三体世界表面的一切都被吸向太阳。
Qin Shi Huang swung his long sword at Von Neumann. The latter kicked at a giant block of stone drifting nearby and dodged out of the way. The long sword struck the stone, causing sparks to fly, and broke itself into two pieces. Right after, the giant block of stone collided with another, with Qin Shi Huang in the middle. Stone chips and flesh and blood scattered everywhere, an appalling sight.
秦始皇挥着长剑砍向冯·诺伊曼，后者蹬着旁边飘浮的一块巨石躲开了，长剑砍在巨石上，迸出一片火花断成两截。紧接着，这块巨石与另一块相撞，将秦始皇夹在中间，碎石和血肉横飞，惨不忍睹。
But Wang did not hear the noise made by colliding stones. Around him it was completely silent. Because the atmosphere was gone, there was no more sound. As the bodies drifted, their blood boiled in the vacuum and their inner organs were vomited out, until they turned into strange blobs surrounded by crystalline clouds made from the liquid they exuded. Also, due to the lack of an atmosphere, the sky turned pitch black. Everything that had floated into space from the Three Body world reflected the sunlight and formed a brilliant, starry cloud in space. The cloud then turned into a giant vortex, spiraling toward its final resting place: the sun.
但汪淼没有听到相撞的巨响，周围已经一片死寂，由于空气散失，声音也不存在了。飘浮在空中的人体在真空中血液沸腾，吐出内脏，变成了一团团由体液化成的冰晶云围绕着的形状怪异的东西。由于大气层消失，天空已经变得漆黑，从三体世界被吸入太空的一切反射着太阳光，在太空中构成了一片灿烂的星云，这星云形成巨大的旋涡，流向最终的归宿——太阳。
Civilization Number 184 was destroyed by the stacked gravitational attractions of a tri-solar syzygy. This civilization had advanced to the Scientific Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
第184号文明在“三日连珠”的引力叠加中毁灭了，该文明进化至科学革命和工业革命。
Against the background of the three suns in syzygy, text appeared:
以三颗太阳的队列为背景，字幕出现：
Wang now saw the sun changing shape. He understood that he was actually seeing the other two suns, both peeking out from behind the first sun. From this perspective, the three stacked suns formed a bright eye in the universe.
汪淼这时发现太阳的形状在变化，他马上明白，自己实际上是看到了另外两颗太阳，它们都从第一颗太阳后面露出一小部分，从这个方向看，三只叠加的太阳构成了宇宙中一只明亮的眼睛。
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After a long time, life and civilization will begin once more, and progress through the unpredictable world of Three Body.
漫长的时间后，生命和文明将重新启动，再次开始在三体世界中命运其测的进化。
In this civilization, Newton established nonrelativistic classical mechanics. At the same time, due to the invention of calculus and the Von Neumann architecture computer, the foundation was set for the quantitative mathematical analysis of the motion of three bodies.
这次文明中，牛顿建立了低速状态下的经典力学体系，同时，由于微积分和冯·诺伊曼结构计算机的发明，奠定了对三体运动进行定量数学分析的基础。
Just as Wang logged out of the game, a stranger called. The voice on the phone was that of a very charismatic man. “Hello! First, we thank you for giving us your real number. I’m a system administrator for the Three Body game.”
汪淼刚刚退出游戏，便来了一个陌生的电话，是一个声音很有磁性的男音：“您好，首先感谢您留下了真实的电话，我是《三体》游戏的系统管理员。”
Wang was both excited and anxious.
汪淼一阵激动和紧张。
“When you’ve reached this level, you must provide these pieces of information. If you refuse, Three Body will be permanently closed to you.”
“您玩到这个层次，就必须提供这些信息，如果拒绝，《三体》将对您永久关闭。”
“Please tell us your age, education, employer, and position. You didn’t fill those out when you registered.”
“请问您的年龄、学历、工作部门和职位，这些您在注册时没有填。”管理员说。
“What do they have to do with the game?”
“这些与游戏有关吗？”
Wang answered the administrator’s questions truthfully.
汪淼如实回答了管理员的问题。
“Thank you. Can I ask you a few questions?”
“谢谢，我可以问几个问题吗？”汪淼急切地说。
“Very good, Professor Wang. You satisfy the conditions for continuing in Three Body.”
“很好，汪教授，你符合继续进入《三体》的条件。”
“You may not. But tomorrow night there will be a meet-up for Three Body players. We welcome you to attend.” The administrator gave Wang an address.
“不可以，不过明天晚上有一个《三体》网友聚会，欢迎您参加。”管理员给了汪淼一个地址。
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