Seeking the name of a science fiction novel

It was a science fiction novel that he had read in high school. It was a foreign science fiction novella published by Science Fancy World Translated Version.
He could not remember the main content, only bits and pieces. The protagonist seemed to have the ability to change. Sometimes, he could turn into a wolf (or a snake, which eventually turned into a snake). After turning into a wolf, the protagonist galloped through the city and found the instinct that seemed to have been lost for a thousand years.
He could not remember the main content, only bits and pieces of it: The protagonist seemed to have the ability to change, but he did not have consciousness at first. Sometimes, he could turn into a wolf (or maybe a snake, and eventually a snake). After turning into a wolf, the protagonist galloped through the city and found the instinct that seemed to have been lost for a thousand years. The description of the protagonist's transformation in the novel was quite exciting and vivid, just like the dog in The Call of the Wild...

Answer 1

The name of this science fiction novel was " The Three-Body Problem " and the author was Liu Cixin. The series of novels described the communication, conflict, and cooperation between the Earth civilization and the alien civilization, as well as deep thinking about the universe and human civilization. The series of novels received a wide range of readers and praise in China and gained a certain degree of recognition around the world.