Die on Mars

The simulation test finally succeeded.

There are only zero and countless successes.

The following 21st test, 22nd test, 23rd test, 24th test, and 25th test were all a complete success.

Tang Yue and the others had been unlucky for so many times, and finally things turned around. The God of Destiny smiled on them, and they rolled six points several times in a row.

Both Lao Mao and Tang Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

They feel confident.

If the Orion 2 spacecraft can land safely under the most stringent conditions set by Lao Mao, then it will have a very high success rate when it actually enters the atmosphere - Lao Mao is undoubtedly an extremely demanding examiner, and it even The Orion spacecraft was required to land in a sandstorm. Fortunately, the latter was very successful and successfully brought the Eagle lander to an altitude of less than 100 meters.

In the end, Lao Mao even swore and patted his chest, saying that Orion could be successfully lowered 100%...

Tang Yue rushed forward and covered its mouth.

He would never allow this cat to plant flags randomly again.

“Is there still a lot of work to do next?”

Maidong is performing extravehicular operations. She is conducting a spacewalk away from the core module to modify the pipeline in the power module of the Orion 2 spacecraft.

"Of course, Miss Maidong." The old cat slid the mouse and glanced at the drawings on the screen, "Pay attention to line C523, that is, the red line, do not move... Well, yes, next we need to try to improve Orion 2 Regarding the landing accuracy of the spacecraft, Orion itself is not designed to have the ability to enter the atmosphere, so it is not equipped with sensors for landing, such as descent imagers, Doppler altimeters and lidar. So far we can only use IMU and radio The guidance controls the landing accuracy of the spacecraft within thirty kilometers."

"In other words, Orion may fall in any area within 30 kilometers around Kunlun Station. This area is still too large to facilitate search and rescue." The old cat raised its feet leisurely and twirled its toes. , as it said, the landing of the Orion 2 spacecraft was a controlled crash with an extremely high risk factor, and there was no guarantee that there would be no accidents.

So rescue should come as quickly as possible.

The closer Orion's crash site is to Kunlun Station, the faster the old cat can find Ophiopogon japonicus and rescue her.

Maidong could not carry any external equipment when she came down, and the Eagle lander was just an empty shell. Her only life support system was the extravehicular spacesuit on her body - the "Z-9" fully pressurized extravehicular suit. The extravehicular suit is completely different from the Mingguang Armor for interstellar landing. The Z-9 extravehicular suit is required to work normally in a completely vacuum orbital environment. It is much bulkier and bulkier than the Mingguang Armor.

The working time of the Z-9 extravehicular suit does not exceed eight hours.

Within eight hours, the old cat must find Ophiopogon japonicus.

In the most ideal situation, Laomao hopes that the Orion 2 spacecraft can land at the door of Kunlun Station, and it and Tang Yue can walk 500 meters casually to pick up the girl from the lander.

"One meter is a meter. After all, the Martian stray dog ​​is a short-legged dog and can't run fast." Tang Yue sat on the side and wrote "A Brief Study of the First Industrial Revolution and Social Development", "Girl, you can Wear more clothes inside your spacesuit. There are no extra women’s clothes in Kunlun Station. Of course, you can wear my clothes if you don’t mind...Old cat, is there really no way to bring the food supplies from the space station?”

Old Mao glanced at Tang Yue and shrugged.

"Can't you buy a ticket for the compressed biscuits?"

"If it hangs outside and cannot break through the high temperature zone, it will be burned." Old Cat said, "Ms. Maidong, next are lines D336, D337, and D452. Follow the instructions marked on the drawing. Be careful not to make mistakes."

Tang Yue really felt sorry for the supplies on the space station. On the Martian wasteland where survival supplies were extremely scarce, the value of every cookie was infinite.

But the life safety importance of Ophiopogon japonicus is also infinite.

Ophiopogon japonicus is the higher order infinity of biscuit importance.

"Mr. Cat, Tang Yue, can we officially land now?" Maidong asked.

"There is no need to be anxious. We have to wait until everything is ready. We cannot rush into this matter." Tang Yue replied, "We must be in the most perfect condition and achieve the best results. There will be no chance of repeating the actual battle."

Since the success of the simulation test, Tang Yue has become lighter and lighter. The big stone weighing on his heart has finally been removed. His anxiety has been greatly relieved, and he can't walk without feeling. Tang Yue wrote such a boring historical record as "A Brief Examination of the First Revolution and Social Development", and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously as he wrote it.

Occasionally, Maidong would daydream about her future life. Finally, she no longer had to stay alone on a small space station. Being able to step on the ground was a dreamlike life for Maidong. She had dreamed of the vastness so many times. Plains, towering mountains and the horizon at the end of the world, but when you wake up you can only face the oppressive cabin and control panel. This huge gap can drive people crazy.

Although two people will greatly shorten the use time of the materials in Kunlun Station, it is better than waiting for death alone.

Man is mortal.

Two people together have more courage than one person.

Maidong didn't want to ask how much fresh water there was in Kunlun Station, nor how much food there was in Kunlun Station. She and Tang Yue avoided the topic intentionally or unintentionally. Neither of them shied away from death, they just didn't want to divide their lives.

"I think we have to free up another crew cabin for Miss Maidong. From now on, will the hall of Kunlun Station have to be separated by a curtain? After all, the girl's privacy must be respected..." Lao Mao, as Kunlun The housekeeper at the station has already started to make arrangements to welcome Ophiopogon japonicus, "And Tang Yue, you can no longer run around naked after Miss Ophiopogon japonicus comes down."

The full crew design of Kunlun Station is six people, with a total of six crew cabins, but in most cases they are not fully occupied. In past Mars landing missions, team members often stayed at the space station.

Now all the crew cabins are used as warehouses by old cat Tang Yue.

When Ophiopogon japonicus comes down, they have to vacate the room.

"First of all, I want to correct your mistake. I never ran around naked in Kunlun Station. I wore underpants! Besides, there are only two people left in the universe." Tang Yue curled his lips, "Do we still need to take this into consideration?"

"I think that complete individual personality, values, moral values ​​and concepts of right and wrong are the foundation of human society. If you can implement them to the last moment, then human civilization can continue to the last moment." Lao Mao said, "Of course here There are no rules to bind you, you can throw them all away - in fact, as long as you don't dangle a hanging organ in front of my face, I don't have a problem with it."

"What are you talking about?" Tang Yue rolled his eyes, "I'm still a normal person, how can you say that my moral personality has completely collapsed? I'm a serious person who has received a complete higher education, thank you Thanks to several years of school and social education, I have a very normal and complete personality, and it is indestructible."

"People with normal personality would have completely collapsed the moment the earth disappeared." Old Cat said, "You are just crazy."

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That night.

Old Mao continued to work, and Tang Yue went back to rest first. He could finally relax and have a good sleep.

But for some reason, Tang Yue had that dream again. He dreamed that the Orion 2 spacecraft was burning and falling from the leaden sky. Ophiopogon japonicus's signal disappeared in the sizzling noise of electricity. He and the old cat were driving. The Martian stray dogs tried their best to catch up, but they couldn't catch up. The spaceship seemed to be falling towards the end of the world.

Tang Yue clearly felt that his limbs were stiff and numb, unable to move. He wanted to shout Maidong's name, but he couldn't make a sound no matter what. He could only watch the huge and twisted body of the spacecraft slowly fall into the horizon. Below, it looks like a dead whale, but this whale is burning with raging fire, and the hot air rushes towards it.

Before Tang Yue could wake up from his nightmare, he was slapped awake.

He opened his eyes and saw a pair of bright cat eyes in the darkness.

Tang Yue was about to complain that this damn cat was so full that it disturbed his rest, but he was stopped by the old cat's stern eyes. He was stunned for a long time before he asked: "What's wrong?"

The old cat stood beside Tang Yue's bed and answered word for word: "The circle of punishment has shrunk."