A bit of an abstract sci-fi novel about the first contact. It is centered around China because the author is Chinese. He does not go into detail of the Fermi paradox. It’s more a psychological and social take on aliens.
When I started the second book of the series ‘the dark forest’ I had to stop. The sci-fi did make less sense and this was not a sacrifice for better storytelling.
English Propicous::showing good chance of success
Equanimity::calmness and composure
Quagmire::a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot
Indolent::lazy
Piety::the quality of being religious or reverent
Abstruse:: difficult to understand
Concise::precise
Succumb:: fail to resist pressure
Diminutive:: unusual small
Denuded::strip something of it’s covering
Reprimanded:: formal express of disproval