This book includes six outstanding science fiction works on the theme of "civilizational contact," including Liu Cixin's "Destiny," Bao Shu's "On Humanity's Necessary Search for Dragons," and Cheng Jingbo's "The Seventh Possibility." The entire book focuses on encounters and conflicts between different civilizations, showcasing the authors' profound reflections on human destiny and the survival of civilization. In "Destiny," a newlywed couple, on their honeymoon in space, attempt to derail an asteroid but accidentally travel through a wormhole, altering the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs. Upon returning to the present day, they discover that dinosaurs have become the dominant species on Earth, and humans have become their playthings.
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