在过去的整整两个星期里,杰的全部工作就是在这颗冰冷的类木行星大气层中追踪一个又一个被他的雇主认定为“具有研究价值”的气旋,并向它们发射这些所谓的“浮标”。杰并不知道这么做是为了什么,而他发射出去的那些“浮标”又有什么样的功能,若望·罗孚特也从未向他提起过。但杰可以确定的是,无论他的雇主打算用这些浮标达到什么目的,雇主肯定还没有成功——他注意到,随着时间的推移,若望·罗孚特教授正变得越 For the past two weeks or so all of Jay's job has been to trace cyclone cyclones one after another identified by his employers as “of research value” in the icy forestlike atmosphere and send these so-called “Buoy ”. Jay does not know what it is for, and what the “buoys” he launches, and what Robin Rover has never mentioned to him. But what Jay can be sure is that, no matter what his employer intends to do with these buoys, the employer certainly has not succeeded - noting that over time Professor Rover is becoming more and more