Luo Ji turned and walked out past the rows of empty seats. The ease with which he was able to discard the Wallfacer identity and its responsibilities did not give him the slightest shred of comfort or release. Filling his mind now was an absurd sense of unreality, as if all of this was part of some postmodern play devoid of all logic.

羅輯轉(zhuǎn)身走去，穿過一排排的空椅子。剛才異常輕松地推掉面壁者的身份和責(zé)任，并沒有令他感到絲毫的解脫和安慰，現(xiàn)在充斥著他的意識(shí)的，只有一種荒誕的不真實(shí)感，這一切，像一出沒有任何邏輯的后現(xiàn)代戲劇。

He looked back at the exit and saw Say watching him from the rostrum. She seemed small and helpless against the cliff, but when she saw him looking back, she nodded and smiled at him.

走到會(huì)場(chǎng)出口時(shí)，羅輯回頭看看，薩伊仍站在主席臺(tái)上看著他，她的身影在那面大懸崖下顯得很小很無助，看到他回頭，她對(duì)他點(diǎn)頭微笑。

He continued onward, past the Foucault Pendulum at the entrance that showed the rotation of the Earth, and ran into Shi Qiang, Kent, and a group of black-suited security personnel who looked inquiringly at him. In their eyes he saw a new respect and awe. Even Shi Qiang and Kent, who had always behaved naturally toward him, made no attempt to mask their expressions. Luo Ji passed through their midst, saying nothing. He walked through the bare lobby, occupied as on his arrival only by black-clothed guards. As before, whenever he passed one, they spoke softly into a radio. When he came to the exit, Shi Qiang and Kent stopped him.

羅輯轉(zhuǎn)身繼續(xù)走去，在那個(gè)掛在會(huì)場(chǎng)出口處的能顯示地球自轉(zhuǎn)的傅立葉單擺旁，他遇到了史強(qiáng)和坎特，還有一群身著黑西裝的安全保衛(wèi)人員。他們用詢問的目光看著他，但那目光中更多的是羅輯以前從未感受過的敬畏和崇敬，即使之前對(duì)他保持著較為自然姿態(tài)的史強(qiáng)和坎特，此時(shí)也毫不掩飾地顯露出這種表情。羅輯一言不發(fā)，從他們中間徑直穿過。他走過空曠的前廳，這里和來時(shí)一樣，只有黑衣警衛(wèi)們，同樣的，他每走過他們中的一個(gè)，那人就在步話機(jī)上低聲說一句。當(dāng)羅輯來到會(huì)議中心的大門口時(shí)，史強(qiáng)和坎特?cái)r住了他。

“It may be dangerous outside. Do you need security?” Shi Qiang asked.

“外面可能有危險(xiǎn)，需要安全保衛(wèi)嗎？”史強(qiáng)問。

“No, I don’t. Get out of my way,” Luo Ji said, keeping his eyes straight ahead.

“不需要，走開。”羅輯兩眼看著前方回答。

“Very well. We can only do as you tell us,” Shi Qiang said as he moved aside. Kent did the same. Luo Ji went out the door.

“好的，我們只能照你說的做?！笔窂?qiáng)說著，和坎特讓開了路，羅輯出了門。

The cool air hit him in the face. It was still nighttime, but the outside was clearly lit by the bright lamps. The delegates to the special session had driven off, and the few people left in the plaza were tourists or locals. The historic meeting had not yet made the news, so no one recognized him, and his presence did not attract any attention.

清涼的空氣撲面而來，天仍黑著，但燈光很亮，把外面的一切都照得很清晰。特別聯(lián)大的代表們都已乘車離去，這時(shí)廣場(chǎng)上稀疏的人們大多是游客和普通市民，這次歷史性會(huì)議的新聞還沒有發(fā)布，所以他們都不認(rèn)識(shí)羅輯，他的出現(xiàn)沒有引起任何注意。

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discard： v.丟棄;拋棄;墊(牌)

discard abandon

discard: to get rid of sth that you no longer want or need

abandon: to leave sb, especially sb you are responsible for, with no intention of returning

discard通常是丟棄對(duì)自己來說再也不需要或不想要的東西

abandon通常是拋棄自己需要對(duì)其負(fù)責(zé)任的人（有一種不得不，不得已的原因的意思）

shred：

vt.切碎;撕碎

n.(撕或切的)細(xì)條，碎片;極少量;些許;一丁點(diǎn)

absurd：

adj.荒謬的;荒唐的;怪誕不經(jīng)的;荒誕派的

n.荒誕的事物;悖理的東西

devoid： adj.缺乏;完全沒有

personnel：

n.（組織或軍隊(duì)中的）全體人員，職員;人事部門，人事科（或處等）

adj.人員的, 員工的;有關(guān)人事的，主管人事的

inquiringly： adv.探詢地；好奇地

awe：

n.敬畏;驚嘆

vt.使敬畏;使驚嘆

delegate：

n.代表;會(huì)議代表

v.授(權(quán));把(工作、權(quán)力等)委托(給下級(jí));選派(某人做某事)

The ease with which he was able to discard the Wallfacer identity and its responsibilities did not give him the slightest shred of comfort or release.