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showed him a replay of their most recent battle, only this time from the enemy's point of view."This is what he saw as you attacked. What does it remind you of? The quickness of response, for instance?""We look like a bugger fleet.""You match them, Ender. You're as fast as they are. And here -- look at this."Ender watched as all his squadrons moved at once, each responding to its own situation, all guided by Ender'soverall command, but daring, improvising, feinting, attacking with an independence no bugger fleet had evershown."The bugger hive-mind is very good, but it can only concentrate on a few things at once. All your squadronscan concentrate a keen intelligence on what they're doing, and what they've been assigned to do is also guided bya clever mind. So you see that you do have some advantages. Superior, though not irresistible, weaponry;comparable speed and greater available intelligence. These are your advantages. Your disadvantage is that youwill always, always be outnumbered, and after each battle your enemy will learn more about you, how to fightyou, and those changes will be put into effect instantly."Ender waited for his conclusion."So, Ender, we will now begin your education. We have programmed the computer to simulate the kinds ofsituations we might expect in encounters with the enemy. We are using the movement patterns we saw in theSecond Invasion. But instead of mindlessly following these same patterns, I will be controlling the enemysimulation. At first you will see easy situations that you are expected to win handily. Learn from them, because Iwill always be there, one step ahead of you, programming more difficult and advanced patterns into the computerso that your next battle is more difficult, so that you are pushed to the limit of your abilities.""And beyond?""The time is short. You must learn as quickly as you can. When gave myself to starship travel, just so I would第 289 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网