Three-Body

Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, the story begins with Ye Wenjie, an astrophysicist who makes a fateful decision to contact an extraterrestrial civilization. Decades later, nanotech engineer Wang Miao is drawn into a mysterious investigation following a wave of unexplained suicides among the world's leading scientists. He discovers a clandestine organization and a hyper-realistic virtual reality game called 'Three-Body' that holds the key to an impending alien invasion. As Wang Miao collaborates with the cynical detective Shi Qiang, they uncover a conspiracy involving the Trisolarans, a civilization from a chaotic star system seeking a new home. The series explores complex themes of physics, philosophy, and the survival of humanity, as the protagonists race against time to understand the nature of the threat and the internal divisions within the human race that could lead to their ultimate extinction.