Civilization Number 192

Civilization Number 192 is one of the numbered civilizations of Three Body, the virtual reality game at the center of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem. In the game's world, civilization does not run in a single line: societies rise during mild Stable Eras, are destroyed by the extremes of Chaotic Eras, and begin again, and the game numbers each attempt in sequence. When a civilization falls, the game records the outcome in a closing announcement naming how far it advanced and what ended it. Civilization Number 192 is recorded as having reached the Information and Atomic Ages, a level of development comparable to modern Earth, before perishing in the extreme heat of a day when two suns stood in its sky.