Then, facing the dawn（黎明） in the east, he began a final showdown between the civilization of Earth and the civilization of Tricylaris. "I am speaking to Tricylaris," Logi said. His voice wasn't loud. He thought about repeating himself, but he knew that they could hear him. Nothing changed. The headstone stood quietly in the stillness（寂静） of the dawn（黎明）.

  Puddles（水坑） on the ground reflected the brightening sky like countless（无数的） mirrors, giving the illusion that the Earth was a mirrored sphere（范围） with the ground and the world just a thin layer on top. The rain's erosion（腐蚀） had exposed small pieces of the sphere（范围）'s smooth surface. It was a world that had not awakened（唤醒） yet, and didn't know that it was now a chip placed on a cosmic（宇宙的） gambling（赌博） table. Logi raised his left hand, revealing an object on his wrist the size of a watch. "This is a vital science monitor linked through a transmitter（转送者） to a cradle（摇篮） system. You'll remember wall-facer radius from two centuries ago, so you certainly know about cradle systems. The signal sent from this monitor travels the links of the cradle system to the Snow Project's 3,614 bombs deployed（ 部署） in solar orbit.

  The signal is sent once every second to maintain the bombs in a non-triggered state. If I die, the system's maintenance（维护） signal will vanish（突然不见）, and all of the bombs would detonate, turning the oil film surrounding the bombs into 3,614 interstellar（[航][天] 星际的） dust clouds ringing the Sun. From a distance, the Sun's visible light and other high-frequency bands will appear to flicker（ 闪烁） through the dust cloud coverage. The position of every bomb has been precisely arranged in solar orbit, so that this flickering will generate a signal transmitting three simple images of the sword（剑） I sent out two centuries ago. Each image an arrangement of 30 points with one label for composition（构成） into a three-dimensional（空间的） coordinate diagram. But, unlike last time, the position will contain the transmission（传动装置） of tri-solaris relative to its surrounding 29 stars.