In order to resist the alien invasion, the Earth Combined Fleet recruited the game genius teenager Ender into the army, and the gifted Ender soon took the throne of the fleet commander. During a simulated battle training with the Zerg, Ender used his killer skills to destroy the Zerg and won the final victory, but something happened that made Ender's spirit almost collapse.
The invasion of an alien civilization that was once thought to be far away from mankind arrived without warning, and the Zerg fleet from distant galaxies invaded the earth in a big way, and the counterattack situation was very unfavorable! At a critical moment, the human pilot Aizer pilot crashed into the Zerg mothership with a fighter jet, and a violent explosion resounded across the sky, and the final blow finally ended the war.
However, the battle to completely eliminate the zerg threat has only just begun. Ender attended the Combined Fleet Training School, a gifted young man, but he was very modest and cautious, and did not have the slightest sense of flying. Especially in the interstellar war simulation game, Ender's performance is exceptionally prominent, always able to win easily, although he himself does not show off, but still attracts the envy of many classmates.
In a daily competition, Ender won easily as usual, this time completely angering the other party, and as the conflict escalated, the other party demanded to solve the problem with his fists. Obviously, Ender's thin body did not have any advantages, and the audience all sweated for Ender, but unexpectedly, Ender actually flattened the other party and was seriously injured.
In view of this situation, the school had to change the place for Ender to calm the fight, so he was sent to a space training base in Earth orbit. Closer to the actual combat environment, all the cadets are divided into several teams, and then they are against each other, and the winning team is sent to the next stop, the Joint Fleet Command Academy.
Although Ender has changed to a new environment, he is as usual the object of everyone's exclusion, and it seems that it is not necessarily a good thing to perform too well. Fortunately, Ender's psychological quality is very strong, that is, we often say that the skin is relatively thick, and he not only does not become depressed because of this, but he is more and more frustrated and courageous.
Ender soon gained the Colonel's approval for his outstanding performance and soon had a team of his own, the Dragons. In fact, the main thing is that the colonel is very optimistic about him, in the colonel's own words, "he has followed his father to raise horses for many years, and his vision of excellent breeds is still very unique", although the metaphor is a bit rough, but I have to admit that ginger is still old and spicy.
In the final team competition, the Dragon Team won without suspense, but this time Ender ushered in the biggest challenge since entering school. Henry of the Salamander Team was also determined to win, but unexpectedly lost to this newly established team, which can be said to be a loss of face, and he threatened to kill Ender to calm his anger. Unexpectedly, Henry's skills were inferior to those of others, but he was flattened by Ander hai! That pays off?! Henry suddenly became angry and rushed up again to fight, only to be kicked and turned into a vegetative state, paying a tragic price, and can only say that everything in front of the protagonist's aura is a floating cloud.
Causing such a catastrophe, Ender felt very guilty, and did not wait for the colonel to find himself in trouble, he first proposed not to do it, for Ender this is not a joke, he is indeed moved by compassion, for his own mistake can not be relieved, in fact, Ender is a kind and rational child, but the sharp edge is too sharp, causing others to be jealous.
On the other side, the International Fleet Battle Group has arrived near the Zerg mother star, and everything is ready, just waiting for the new commander to take office as soon as possible, and can begin a major attack on the Zerg Legion. The colonel was so anxious that he had no choice but to send Ender back to Earth first and entrust Ender's sister with ideological work for him. It can be seen that the position of his sister in Ender's heart is very important, which is a good medicine, and Ender quickly regains his former fighting spirit and follows the Colonel on a journey to the outpost of the Zerg mother star.
This outpost was once a colonized planet of the Zerg race, located near the home planet, and was a springboard for their attack on Earth. However, when Ender saw the intelligence data of the Zerg mother star with his own eyes, there was an indescribable feeling, as if the Zerg were not a very advanced civilization, but that they themselves were exhausted and on the verge of extinction. Ender wondered, "Since we have already thwarted the invasion of the Zerg, why should we invade the Zerg Mother Star?" ”。
The colonel did not want to explain too much, but asked Ender to do a good job of command simulation training before actual combat. Ender also thought more simply, he hoped that before the actual battle, he could find a way to communicate with the zerg, so that peace could be fought and war avoided. Because he saw the Zerg Queen in a mental game, all this is not a coincidence, the Zerg should have some kind of way of conscious communication.
The last simulation training came as scheduled, the general and the Fuehrer appeared separately, and Ender felt much anticipated. Sure enough, this battle was extremely fierce, Ender abandoned the entire fleet, desperately threw heavy troops to defend the great killer, the Molecular Fission Chain Reaction Launcher, and hit the Zerg mother star at the last moment, instantly destroying it.
The battle, though costly, was ultimately won, and Ender, as usual, waved excitedly after winning the game to celebrate, only to find the atmosphere somewhat eerie, and the Fuehrer and the General, as well as the Colonel, did not congratulate themselves immediately, but whispered together. A few minutes later, the video material came from the big screen, and a purgatory-like zerg mother star appeared in front of him, and Ender suddenly understood.
It turns out that the so-called simulation training has always been a real battle, but everyone has hidden the truth, only Ender is still addicted to the pleasure of the game, but unconsciously destroys the insect clan. It was clear that Ender had been used fiercely, and after learning the truth, Ender shed tears of sadness as he saw the Human-Worm Fleet waiting for Ender's response, and they also wanted peace.
The reverse storyline of Ender's Game highlights the cruelty of war, and Ender is good by nature and is only hidden from the truth. Seeing the miserable end of the Zerg, Ender understands that peace is precious to both sides. So in the end, Ender went to see the Zerg Queen, promising to help them find a new home, and the ending was satisfactory. Peace is not easy to come by, we must cherish the good life, and look forward to seeing Ender's more wonderful performance in the second part.
Ender's Game is based on the novel by Orson Scott Card, directed by Garvin Hood, director of The X-Men Prequel: Wolverine, and co-starring Harrison Ford, Asha Butterfield, Hayley Steinfield, Viola Davis, Abigill Breslin, and Ben Kingsley. The film landed in North America on November 1, 2013, and Chinese mainland on January 7, 2014.
Orson Scott Card is one of the most high-profile figures in American science fiction today. In the history of American science fiction, no one has ever collected the two major science fiction awards of the "Hugo Award" and the "Nebula Award" twice in two consecutive years, until Card came out. In 1986, his "Ender's Game" won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and in 1987, his sequel "The Dead Spokesperson" once again won the two world's highest awards in science fiction literature.