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♪ Unity means power ♪

♪ The power is iron, the power is steel ♪

♪ But it is harder and stronger ♪

♪ Firing at Fascism, we fight ♪

♪ We'll wipe out all the systems not democratic ♪

♪ Toward the sun, and freedom, and new China ♪

♪ A country shining bright ♪

♪ Unity means power ♪

(The deciphering was complete)

(Do not answer)

(All units should)

(fill out transmission diaries.)

(All unit heads should attend the meeting in the debriefing room.)

(Over.)

(According to the weather forecast,)

(from 8:00 AM today to 8:00 AM tomorrow,)

(in parts of the northeast,)

(the maximum temperature will be 9 degrees centigrade;)

(the minimum will be minus 3.)

(Clear to overcast.)

(Northwest gentle breeze.)

(Chinese Astronomical Almanac) (At 5:00 this afternoon,)

(1979)

(a sanitary inspection will be conducted on the equipment rooms)

(and the main engine cabinet.)

(Please get prepared in advance.)

(Latitude)

(Longtitude)

♪ At the end of time ♪

♪ Spring comes and she leaves ♪

♪ Why stop again ♪

♪ At the end of time ♪

♪ Spring comes and she leaves ♪

♪ I can't tell the lie ♪

♪ Fireworks in the air ♪

♪ At the night when nobody repented ♪

♪ Fell slowly ♪

♪ At the end of time ♪

♪ Waves roar a song ♪

♪ Who gave everything they had ♪

♪ At the end of the beginning ♪

♪ You asked me what was freedom ♪

♪ Who lost what they owned ♪

=Three-Body=

=Episode 1=

(After nearly 6 months of hard work,)

(the selection of torchbearers for the Beijing Olympic Games)

(is now finished.)

(Summer, 2007) (From all over the country,)

(a total of 11,534 torchbearer candidates)

(have been elected.)

(Preparations for the Olympic Games)

(are underway.)

(Beijing Olympic International Forum)

(started in Renmin University on 24th.)

(This is one of the events)

(of the 5th Beijing 2008 Olympic Culture Festival.)

(Over 30 Olympic executives, experts)

(and scholars from home and abroad)

(will discuss on the two-day forum)

(the Olympic games and humanistic concepts...)

(Physics doesn't exist.)

(The investigation scope has been designated.)

(Police) (Field staff should keep order,)

(keep the scene intact,)

(and evacuate the onlookers.)

(Police) (No trauma on the body.)

(The forensic team, trace analysts,)

(and photographers have arrived at the scene.)

(Others are conducting preliminary investigation)

(and collecting evidence.)

Captain Zhang,

the victim's identity is confirmed.

She was a physicist,

who seemed to be famous.

Cause of death?

No sign of homicide.

We found sleeping pills at the scene.

According to the forensic expert,

it was suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills.

(Evidence Bag)

(Command center, we've arrived at the scene.)

(Based on preliminary information,)

(the victim was Yang Dong, who died)

(on the bed in her bedroom.)

(No trauma is found on the body.)

What's going on?

The scene has been taken over by the military.

Please cooperate.

The military?

(Increase energy) Why is he here?

Hasn't he been suspended?

This is a military order.

Thanks, comrade.

Please handle the transition quickly.

Thanks for cooperation.

At this time of crisis,

he's still playing Snake.

Captain Shi always says that

handling a case is like playing Snake.

(Energy exhausted)

We should be both persistent

and patient.

Shen, have you finished investigating the scene?

Captain Shi,

preliminary investigation indicates suicide.

Here's the evidence.

Captain Shi,

the commander in chief said,

tomorrow's meeting would still be on.

Physics doesn't exist, again?

We have to invite several scientists in person.

I'll bring them over.

Invite them.

Everyone, today is June 5th.

Welcome to Interact with Science.

Another regrettable incident

has occurred in scientific circles.

Yang, a famous physicist,

committed suicide at home on June 3rd at night.

It is known that

several scientists committed suicide

in the past two years.

It's a disaster

for scientific circles.

So, we've invited Pan Han,

a famous biologist,

to share his views on this matter.

Hello, Mr. Pan.

Hello.

You correctly predicted the ecological disaster

caused by genetically modified crops.

Now,

what do you think of the scientists' suicides recently?

I always believe that

the over-development of science and technology

is a disease of human society.

The explosive development of technology

is like the rapid spread of cancer cells.

In the end,

the hosts will both be killed.

You mean...

Who can survive the earth's destruction?

Coming.

As a scientist,

I've only realized it earlier than others.

So in your opinion,

what should we do to avoid...

You are...

Are you Wang Miao?

Excuse me,

you can't smoke here.

Captain Shi.

Sorry, Professor Wang.

We're with the Public Security Bureau.

This is Captain Shi Qiang.

Fine.

The hallway,

we can talk in the hallway.

Sorry, you can't smoke there either.

(Please keep the hallway clean and do not smoke)

What can I do for you?

Professor Wang,

we want to know if you've

had any recent contacts with members

of the Frontiers of Science.

Have you?

The Frontiers of Science

is a very influential

international academic organization

full of famous scholars.

And it's legal.

Why can't I have contact with it?

Look at the way you talk.

Did I say anything about it not being legal?

Did I say anything about you not being allowed to contact them?

Did I?

Please respect my privacy.

I don't need to answer your questions.

Your privacy, seriously?

You're a famous academic.

Don't you have a

responsibility toward the public welfare?

As an average citizen,

I also have the right to not answer.

Please leave.

Wait!

Did I permit you to close the door?

Give him the address and phone number.

You can come by in the afternoon.

What are you really after?

What are we really after? I...

Professor Wang.

Just now...

Please don't misunderstand.

There's an important meeting this afternoon,

to which several scholars and specialists are invited.

The general sent us to invite you.

I'm busy this afternoon.

I know.

You have an interview with

two science magazines.

And your lab has a meeting at 3 o'clock.

Don't worry.

We have

rescheduled those for you.

The general already spoke with the head

of the Nanotechnology Research Center.

This is my ID.

OK.

I'll be there on time.

How could

a scientist be so rude?

Captain Shi, let's go.

What's wrong with Shi Qiang?

The general specifically requested him.

I guess he must have some special skills.

How can a man like that be part of the Battle Command Center?

Battle Command Center?

Please wait here for a moment.

Someone will pick you up.

OK, thanks.

(Strengthen the monitoring)

(of the six field observatories of Purple Mountain Observatory,)

(including Delhi Radio Astronomical Observatory of Qinghai Province,)

(Xuyi Celestial Mechanics Observatory of Jiangsu Province,)

(Ganyu Solar Observatory of Jiangsu Province,)

(Honghe Observatory of Heilongjiang Province,)

(Qingdao Observatory of Shandong Province,)

(Yao'an Observatory of Yunnan Province.)

(The meeting will start in ten minutes.)

(All departments, please get ready)

Professor Wang.

(and attend the meeting on time.)

I'm sorry.

I was too rude this morning.

My leader criticized me

and let me pick you up

in order to apologize to you.

What do you think of the place?

Do you think it's strange?

Everyone thinks it's strange when they first come here.

Why is such a secret organization

set up in this place?

It was supposed to be an art museum.

But it was requisitioned before opening.

Come on, let me give you a tour.

Come.

I hear that you're researching some kind of

new material?

Yes.

Nanomaterial.

I heard that a strand

of that stuff could be

used to lift up a truck.

If criminals steal some

and make it into a knife,

can't they

slice a truck in half with one stroke?

First, there's no need to even make it into a knife.

That kind of material can be made

into a line as thin as one-hundredth of a hair.

If you string it across a road,

a passing car would be

sliced into two halves like cheese.

Second,

what can't be

used for criminal purposes?

Even a dull knife for descaling a fish can.

You're right.

Even a fish can be made into a weapon.

I handled a murder case once.

You know what the murder weapon was?

A frozen tilapia taken out from the freezer.

The spines

along its back

were like razors.

You're Captain Shi Qiang, right?

Yes.

That's me.

Did you ask me to the meeting

just to talk about this?

No, no, no.

Nothing to do with those.

I was chatting with you

and showing you around. Look.

This museum is enlightening.

It tells us that all human beings will eventually die.

After they die, they'll become

big skeletons like this.

I don't agree with you.

We'll be cremated after we die.

And this is a fossil.

Right.

Do you think there will be sarira after scientists are cremated?

Come on.

Let's walk and chat.

Comrades,

let me introduce our guests before the meeting.

This is

a marines colonel of Country M in the North American Combat Zone,

Mr. Stanton.

This is an army colonel of Country T,

Mr. Mike.

Meanwhile,

they are liaisons of the

North American Combat Zone

and the European Combat Zone.

These two comrades...

All these guys want is to get information out of us,

but they never tell us anything.

As for Oceania,

Asia...

I've been here for a while,

and I still don't know anything, just like you.

...and

the United Nations,

I won't introduce

their representatives one by one.

Comrades,

let's get started.

Yes.

Today,

Comrades.

- We call each other comrades here. - I will brief all comrades

Comrades.

at the meeting.

(Asian Defense Council) Of all the combat zones around the globe,

this one has become the focal point.

Recently,

the enemy has intensified the pattern of attacks.

Their targets

remain elite scientists.

Professor David, a pioneer

in the detection of cosmic neutrino of Gadayork University,

committed suicide a month ago.

Hart, the astrophysicist of Country A,

committed suicide 13 days ago.

Country T

is the disaster zone of scientists' suicides.

Professor August in the field of precision spectroscopy,

Professor Bauer who engaged in nuclear structure study, and another three scientists

died one after another.

Recently,

the number of scientists that committed suicide around the globe

has increased sharply.

In front of you is a list

of scientists that committed suicide.

Take a look.

Professor Wang,

as you look through these names,

does anything strike you?

They are all famous scholars

working at the forefront of...

(Yang Dong)

(Yang Dong)

You know her?

You don't know her,

but want to know her?

All the physicists on this list

have committed suicide

in the last two months.

When did this happen?

Professor Wang means

the last name.

Yang Dong, right?

Yang Dong was the last to commit suicide.

Two nights ago,

she overdosed on sleeping pills.

She died very peacefully. No pain.

Why did they do this?

The only thing we can be sure of is

the same reason

drove all of them to suicide.

Most scientists

questioned in their suicide notes that

physics didn't exist.

The document contains their suicide notes.

Everyone can examine them after the meeting.

Yang Dong's isn't included.

Dr. Ding,

would you please

show Yang Dong's note to Professor Wang?

Hers is the shortest and the most representative.

Thanks.

He was Yang's boyfriend.

I know.

You know?

He's a famous physicist who discovered the macroatom

while studying ball lightning.

All the evidence points to a single conclusion:

physics has never existed,

and will never exist.

I know what I'm doing is irresponsible.

But I have no choice.

Physics doesn't exist.

Today we'll discuss an organization called

the Frontiers of Science.

According to our investigation,

most of the scientists who committed suicide

had some

connection with the organization.

Dr. Ding,

since you're a theoretical physicist,

can you give us more background on it?

I have no direct connection with the Frontiers of Science,

but it is famous in academia.

Its core goal is a response to the following:

since the second half of the twentieth century,

physics has gradually lost

the concision and simplicity of its classical theories.

Modern theoretical models have become more and more complex, vague, and uncertain.

So they want to use

the methods of science to discover the limits of science,

to try to find out if there is a limit

to how deeply and precisely science can know nature,

a boundary beyond which science cannot go.

But with the development of modern physics,

humans seem to have

touched such a line.

Dr. Ding,

could you make it clearer?

I've made it clear enough.

Dr. Ding,

sorry for your loss.

♪ Unity means power ♪

♪ The power is iron, the power is steel ♪

♪ But it is harder and stronger ♪

♪ Firing at Fascism, we fight ♪

♪ We'll wipe out all the systems not democratic ♪

Let me introduce myself,

Chang Weisi.

According to our investigation,

most of the scholars who committed suicide

had some connection with the Frontiers of Science,

and some were even members.

Of course,

they've committed no crime.

We heard that

they contacted you recently, right?

Yes.

They invited me to their gatherings.

Could you tell us

more details?

Yeah.

Including the names of your contacts,

the times and locations of meetings,

the content of your conversations,

and if you exchanged letters or

e-mails...

Shi,

behave yourself.

This isn't an interrogation.

Professor Wang,

go ahead.

The one who invited me

was Shen Yufei,

a foreign physicist.

She currently works for a foreign-invested company,

researching nanotech.

We met at a

(Shen Yufei) technical conference.

At the conference,

she introduced a few

other physicists to me,

some Chinese, some foreign.

And then?

Then nothing.

We don't have many common topics.

Why?

My work is in applied research,

but they talked about fundamental physics.

I don't know much about

theoretical matters.

So, basically,

I was listening to their discussions and arguments.

But all of them were

deep thinkers

with novel points of view.

Though I was only listening,

I felt that I was

opening my mind.

Didn't they ask you to join them?

They did.

But my time and energy were limited,

so I declined.

Tell the truth.

That's what I'm doing.

I don't need to hide anything from you.

If physics doesn't exist,

what will happen to your nanotech?

I said my work was in applied research.

Even if physics doesn't exist,

I can still carry on nano experiments.

Professor Wang,

the main reason we invited you over today

is to ask you to join the organization.

We'd like to learn more about

the internal workings of the organization.

You want me

to be a mole?

A mole!

What's so funny?

You're right.

We just want to know

some internal information.

I'm sorry, General.

I cannot do this.

Professor Wang.

It's complicated to investigate

this organization.

For us, it's like walking across thin ice.

Without your support,

we cannot make any progress.

I am

very busy at work.

I just don't have the time.

I'm so sorry.

Thank you for coming here today.

I'm sorry for wasting your time.

It's better this way.

I disagree with the plan anyway.

So many bookworms have already killed themselves.

If we send him,

he'd be a meat dumpling thrown to the dogs.

The way you speak is not appropriate for a good police officer.

I'm not a good cop anyway.

We don't know why

these scholars killed themselves.

You shouldn't

speak of them so contemptuously.

Their minds have made

so many contributions to humanity.

They're irreplaceable.

What do you mean?

You're saying they're better than me?

At least I wouldn't kill myself just because someone told me some bullshit.

Professor Wang, I have no confidence in you.

Not at all, really.

You think I would kill myself too?

I have to be concerned about your safety.

There's no need.

I would be much safer than you in such situations.

A person's ability to discern the truth

is directly proportional to his knowledge.

I'm not sure about that.

A man as vulnerable as you...

Shi!

Let him speak.

Maybe some people just

can't understand

what kind of person a scientist is.

Anyway, I must warn you

not to go to the Frontiers of Science.

You mustn't go to the Frontiers of Science.

The dead can't be brought back to life.

I don't want to see anyone die again.

I want him to remain alive after a while.

Shi,

get out.

Of course I'll stay alive.

But I never want to see you again.

Anyhow, I want to see you again.

That's just his personality.

He's actually

a very experienced criminal police

and anti-terrorism expert.

Over 20 years ago,

he was a soldier in my company.

Given the current situation,

we really need him.

Professor Wang,

you can ask me any questions.

General Chang,

what did everything you talked about

have to do with the military?

War has everything to do with the army.

War?

Where is this war?

There isn't any hot spot in the world.

This is probably the most

peaceful period in history.

Soon,

you and everyone

will know everything.

Do you mean that

we are teetering on the brink of war?

Professor Wang,

I have a personal question for you.

Have you ever had anything happen to you before?

I mean the thing that

changed your life completely,

like when you wake up from sleep,

you find the world has become

a totally different place.

No.

Then your life has been fortunate.

The world is big

and full of unpredictable factors,

yet you have never

faced a crisis.

But that's true of most lives.

Then most people have lived fortunately.

But many generations

have lived in this plain manner.

All fortunate.

No, General Chang,

I have to confess that

I'm not feeling very sharp today.

Are you suggesting that...

Yes.

The humankind has been fortunate.

From the Stone Age till now,

no real crisis has occurred.

We've been very lucky.

But if it's all luck,

then it has to end one day.

Let me tell you,

it's ended.

Prepare for the worst.

Then...

The car is waiting.

Goodbye, Professor Wang.

The number of scientists that

committed suicide around the globe has increased sharply.

Anyway, I must warn you

not to go to the Frontiers of Science.

You mustn't go to the Frontiers of Science.

The dead can't be brought back to life.

Her death is related

to her scientific findings.

All the evidence

points to a single conclusion:

physics has never existed,

and will never exist.

I know what I'm doing is irresponsible.

But I have no choice.

(Welcome to)

(10 months ago) (Sinotron II High-energy Particle Accelerator Base.)

Mr. Wang,

are you shooting the accelerator?

(Liangxiang Accelerator Base) Have you checked everything?

Rest assured.

(45 minutes before the collision experiment) The nano-components

our lab provided for the accelerator is perfect.

The accelerator will finally be put in use today.

Having cost more than 20 billion yuan,

it's the third one in the world and the first in Asia.

I never thought that

such a young scientist would be in charge of its first operation.

Dr. Yang Dong,

the results have come out.

Here is the test report.

The Superstring Theory's

collider test data.

Do you think this set of data is normal?

The three sets

are not correlated.

But,

Dr. Qian Xuesen said,

the abnormal is normal.

But I'm curious.

Where did the data come from?

Liangxiang Accelerator Experiment Base.

You know, my student,

Yang Dong,

(Liangxiang Accelerator Base) just started the experiment.

(15 minutes before the collision experiment) It isn't finished, not are the data out.

There's nothing in the experiment.

Impossible.

So where did you get the data from?

Liangxiang Accelerator Experiment Base.

These are the

experiment data Yang Dong will receive today.

(Accelerate protons.)

(Phase I.)

(Separate the magnetic poles to enable loading function.)

(Infuse particle beam.)

(Countdown.)

(Five.)

(Four.)

(Three.)

(Two.)

(One.)

(Particle velocity)

(is 99% of the light velocity.)

(Liangxiang Accelerator Base)

Are the measurements correct?

Yeah.

No accuracy.

Miss fit of data.

Please fax me the results.

No test results. Not accurate. And yet, you get them before.

Who are you?

How did you get these results?

Look at it.

It tries hard,

climbing over the bricks,

over the steel,

the glass.

Through the glass,

it sees you and me.

It thinks it couldn't get in

because it hasn't found the crack on the glass yet.

It believes

a crack must exist.

I can give it the crack.

But it

got no choice.

Buddha bless my lord

to get out of misery.

It doesn't exist.

Not all these nonsense.

(Ten months later)

Organize these later.

Pay attention to this.

All these stuff should be sealed.

Ding Yi is a good choice.

First of all,

he's a scientist working in fundamental physics.

And also,

he was Yang Dong's fiancee.

If he joins the Frontiers of Science,

it'll be advantageous to us.

I don't think so.

Why?

The members of the Frontiers of Science are mostly

fundamental physicists.

Why would they contact Wang Miao?

Do you know Wang Miao?

♪ Everything is different though ♪

Yes.

A nanotech scientist.

Do you think there is a chance?

I've contacted him before.

His research is far from mass production.

He published a paper recently,

which mentioned nano flying blade.

If it really goes into mass production,

it's possible.

Read your e-mail.

♪ Where you are ♪

(Wang Miao) Why would they contact Wang Miao?

So,

he must be special.

♪ When I woke up in the morning ♪

♪ Everything is different though ♪

♪ The world is still out there ♪

♪ But nobody else is here ♪

♪ When I woke up in the morning ♪

♪ I can't find you anymore ♪

♪ Where you are ♪

♪ Where you are ♪

♪ Where you are ♪

(Triazolam Tablets)

(Physics doesn't exist.)

(The Olympic torch gold and silver bricks)

(authorized by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee)

(and issued by China Gold Coin Group Co., Ltd.)

(are on sale in Yinchuan.)

(There are ten)

(gold and silver bricks of 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch)

(issued this time.)

(Inscribed on the back are the design of the Beijing Olympic torch)

(and Chinese and English characters of)

(Commemoration of the Torch Relay of the 29th Olympic Games.)

(The design on the front is the Temple of Heaven in Beijing,)

(and the emblem of the Beijing Olympic Games)

(inscribed with advanced technology.)

(And evoke passion, pass on...)

(Old thoughts, old culture, old customs,)

(old habits...)

(Come here.)

(I'll help you to get the world.)

(My civilization is unable to solve its own problems.)

(We need your strength)

(for intervention.)

(Preliminary Study on the Establishment of Solar Math Model, Ye Wenjie)

(I. Preface)

(II. Star Profile)

(Radiation temperature gradient)

(III. Formula and Description)

Professor Wang, please.

Were you not the one who took me here?

It wasn't me. I took Dr. Ding here.

OK.

♪ Countdown counter ♪

♪ Hidden in eyes ♪

♪ Explore deep dreams in the dark ♪

♪ What is waiting for me at the end of the mysterious space-time ♪

♪ Don't break the hope given to the world ♪

♪ The sun still sets every day ♪

=Three-Body=