《Let There be Darkness》中的设定的收集（1）(33)

“但那是不可能的！你不可能杀死所有人——你没有。一定有一座城市留在某处——”
“没有机会。”
“伦敦被摧毁了吗？”
“是的，”皮茨说。“那是我们袭击的第一批城市之一。”
“巴黎呢？”
“被搅成瓦砾——就像这个地方。”
“芝加哥？纽约？”
“他们也走了。”
“华盛顿特区？”
“走了。”
“旧金山？洛杉矶？凤凰城？”
“没了——全没了。我怀疑整个地球上还有一座人口超过一万的城市。而这只是开始。我们也会消灭幸存者。然后——”
（Zarrian的气象武器只用了几个小时就摧毁了人类文明，由上文可知，Zarrian为了防止地球的生态环境受到严重破坏，最大程度地保持地球的价值，所以才使用气象武器来摧毁人类文明。）
【时间旅行】
1. "What of that?" For an instant Taggart sensed behind Pitts' tense features a weariness even greater than his own. "If the laws of the universe cannot be changed, then better to have never lived in it. Better that there be no universe at all! Yes, you are right -- I have told you little about the Zarr, for they themselves are only the pawns of tremendously more powerful beings whose ultimate goals they can but dimly understand. As the Zarr grow in power, their masters give them more and more knowledge. Next it will be time-travel, so that they can better fight the Galactics, who have already been given this knowledge by their masters. Already I have learned things about the ultimate source of all power, and that it is possible to move closer and closer to that source. . . ."