Shi Xiaoming
Names: Shi XiaomingMingXiaoming
First appears in Book 2: The Dark Forest, chapter 2 (Year 3, Crisis Era)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 2Shi Xiaoming is a salesman who persuades Zhang Yuanchao to buy into the escape fund, claiming ships will launch in about 120 years.
- Ch 3Shi Xiaoming is Shi Qiang's son, detained and facing a heavy sentence for a crime.
- Ch 7Shi Qiang's son, now only five years younger than his father after hibernating; he runs a funeral business and lives in a hibernator village.
- Ch 7Shi Xiaoming burst into Luo Ji's room excitedly, urging him to watch the news.
- Ch 8Returned from the underground city, reporting that it is in chaos and mass mental breakdown.
Connections
- family ofShi Qiangfather and son
- related toZhang YuanchaoShi sells him the escape fund
- enemy ofZhang YuanchaoShi Xiaoming scammed him
- member ofHigh and Deep Company
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 2Shi Xiaoming sells escape fund
Shi persuades Zhang Yuanchao that escape ships will launch in about 120 years and the fund is a good investment.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Escapism outlawed
The UN passes Resolution 117 making Escapism illegal. Zhang Yuanchao learns that his 400,000 yuan escape fund purchase was a scam.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Luo Ji and Shi Qiang reach the surface
Shi Qiang reunites with his son Shi Xiaoming on the sandy surface, and they visit a hibernator village where neighbors recount the Great Ravine and its aftermath.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Trisolaran advance ship revealed
The telescope sees a Trisolaran ship still accelerating ahead of the fleet; humanity concludes it is coming to negotiate, sparking worldwide celebration.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Earth reels from the fleet's destruction
Mass mental breakdown sweeps Earth after the fleet's destruction is seen. Shi Qiang, in charge of a hibernator neighborhood, urges migration to the northwest and agricultural preparation.