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The Doomsday Battle is the predicted future battle when humans will face off against the Trisolarans.
Doomsday Battle Quotes in The Dark Forest
The The Dark Forest quotes below are all either spoken by Doomsday Battle or refer to Doomsday Battle. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Pages 131-150 Quotes
“Dad, there’s going to be a heavy sentence for this—”
“Any other crime, and I’d be able to work it out for you, but that’s not how this is going to work. Ming, we’re both adults. We need to be responsible for our actions.” Shi Xiaoming bowed his head in despair and took a silent draw on his cigarette.
Shi Qiang said, “I’m half to blame. I never had any concern for you when you were growing up. I came home late every night, so tired I’d just have a drink and then go to bed. I never went to a parents’ meeting at school, and I never had a good talk with you about anything.… It’s the same thing again: We have to be responsible for our own actions.”
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Pages 329-354 Quotes
“What kind of sculpture is this?” Within this group of struggling arms, Luo Ji felt a chill, even though he was still sweating from the run. At the sculpture’s edge, he saw a solemn obelisk, on which was carved a line of large golden characters: MAKE TIME FOR CIVILIZATION, FOR CIVILIZATION WON’T MAKE TIME.
“The Great Ravine Memorial,” Shi Qiang said.
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Doomsday Battle Term Timeline in The Dark Forest
The timeline below shows where the term Doomsday Battle appears in The Dark Forest. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Pages 169-184
Tyler explains that in the Doomsday Battle , humans will need fighters who have that spirit and are willing to give their...
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Pages 189-212
...that both Zhuang Yan and Xia Xia will be waiting for Luo Ji at the Doomsday Battle . Just then, General Secretary Say enters the house. She explains that the PDC has...
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Pages 229-236
...serve as proof of concept and that the actual plan will be implemented during the Doomsday Battle . Luo Ji then says he plans to hibernate for 100 years until there’s a...
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Pages 282-306
...die one after the other. Ding Yi enters hibernation with plans to awaken at the Doomsday Battle .
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Pages 370-391
...actions are not traitorous. Instead, he says, humanity is guaranteed to be defeated in the Doomsday Battle , and he wants to ensure that some members of humanity escape and survive. The...
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...including the Great Ravine, and they also predicted that humanity would be destroyed in the Doomsday Battle . Zhang Beihai says that in the last conversation he had with his father, he...
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