Die on Mars - Chapter 225

c224 Day 327 (10) The last day

“Girl!”

Tang Yue’s muscles twitched and he suddenly raised his head.

It was already bright outside, and the bright sunlight fell on the floor through the portholes. The air was filled with swirling dust. Tang Yue blinked hard and looked around. The time was now 9:40 a.m., and he was the only one in the hall. People, the old cat should have gone out to move solar panels.

Half of Tang Yue’s face was numb, and he was drooling all over the table. It was obvious that he slept on the table all night last night, and the bastard Old Mao didn’t wake him up and let him sleep on the bed. Tang Yue Yue recalled her last conversation with Maidong… She told herself not to fall asleep no matter what, and wait for her to come back.

Thinking of this, Tang Yue’s heart skipped a beat.

No, let me go.

Damn it.

Judging from the current situation, he must have failed to persist until the space station left the no-signal zone. He has slept like a pig since last night.

Tang Yue picked up the draft paper soaked in saliva on the table, threw it aside, then put on his headphones and called the United Space Station.

He was thinking about how to apologize to Maidong.

There was only sizzling noise in the earphones. Tang Yue took off the earphones and patted them. There was still no signal. The communication quality between Kunlun Station and the Joint Space Station was getting worse and worse. Recently, even the most basic voice calls were not possible. Guaranteed… Tang Yue glanced at the time. The United Space Station might be in the no-signal zone at this time.

He simply washed up and started eating breakfast. Taking advantage of this gap, he could think carefully about how to explain to Maidong later.

Sorry, I was too sleepy so I couldn’t hold on?

This is entirely the responsibility of my eyelids. They disobeyed the instructions of my brain and closed them without permission?

Sorry, I accidentally fell asleep. As compensation, all the lobsters on the cargo spacecraft will be yours?

Tang Yue ate biscuits slowly while waiting for a signal from the space station, while thinking about whether he could plug Ophiopogon japonicus’s mouth with lobster.

If lobster doesn’t work, add canned fruit.

With a “click”, the hatch of the airlock opened, and the old cat came back with heavy steps. It locked the hatch, turned around and glanced at Tang Yue, without saying anything, walked straight to the wall and picked up the tools hanging on his body. Place it on the shelf, then return to the table and sit down.

“Have the battery panels been put in place?” Tang Yue asked.

“Um.”

“Is there any problem with stray dogs?”

“Um.”

“What is today’s work? Continue to refine the rendezvous procedure?”

“Um.”

“Communications with the space station are getting worse.”

“Um.”

Tang Yue glanced at the old cat. The cat seemed duller than before.

“Is this earphone broken? It’s been barking randomly from beginning to end. Old cat, can you fix this thing?” Tang Yue took off the earphone and shook it.

“There’s nothing wrong with the headphones.” Old Cat said calmly.

“So there’s something wrong with the communication system?” Tang Yue frowned.

The old cat raised its head and stared straight at Tang Yue. It was hard to tell what kind of gaze it was in those eyes, as if it was trying to penetrate Tang Yue’s body. The latter was stunned, and Tang Yue’s scalp was numb from looking at it. , “You…why are you looking at me like that?”

“Are you waiting for Miss Maidong?”

“Yes…” Tang Yue nodded, “She should be in the no-signal area now, and she will be there later…”

Tang Yue suddenly froze, and the second half of his sentence was stuck in his throat.

He has been waiting for Ophiopogon japonicus since he woke up, and has been waiting until now. After washing up and having breakfast, even the old cat who does daily routine work has returned, but there is still no news from the United Space Station.

If she is in the no-signal zone, then the no-signal zone is too long.

With a click, the headphones fell on the table, and Tang Yue suddenly became at a loss.

“Don’t wait any longer.” The old cat looked away and said softly.

Tang Yue was stunned and immediately realized what the old cat meant, but he didn’t believe it. How could this be possible? The Joint Space Station is clearly still at a safe altitude, it is clearly still at a safe altitude! Tang Yue sat down and turned on the computer and communication system, frantically searching for signals from the United Space Station, but his hands were trembling, and then his whole body began to tremble. He held the mouse and clicked the buttons on the computer desktop. He clicked several times in succession but failed. Hit.

“Don’t scare me…don’t scare me, don’t scare me, don’t scare me, don’t scare me, girl…”

Old Mao sat across from him without saying a word, watching Tang Yueqiong make every effort and possibility to contact the space station.

Watching his hands that slowly stopped shaking started to tremble again, watching his gradually speeding up movements slow down again, watching him push away all the tools he could use, and finally watching him sit on the chair, Motionless, like a stone statue.

“Say…we agreed for eleven days…” Tang Yue’s Adam’s apple moved and his voice was dry and hoarse. He had never been so helpless at this moment. He looked around and couldn’t find anyone to pray to. , “As agreed…there is…a hundred kilometers…”

“Put on the headphones.” Old Mao threw the headphones over and threw them into Tang Yue’s arms.

Tang Yue was stunned for a moment and put on his headphones.

There is no current noise in the headphones, it is very quiet, only the soft breathing of a certain girl.

Tang Yue jumped up as if he was electrocuted and looked at the old cat in surprise.

The latter shook his head and pointed to the computer, “This is a recording.”

Tang Yue didn’t have time to say anything. He held down the earphones, held his breath, and waited for the person in the earphones to speak.

“Mr. Cat.” Maidong spoke, still with the familiar crisp voice, and Tang Yue’s body trembled.

“Miss Maidong.”

This is the voice of an old cat.

“Is Tang Yue asleep?”

“Yes, he fell asleep on the table. He slept very well.” The old cat said, “I just gave him three big ear scrapers and kicked him on the butt, but he still slept well. Like a dead pig.”

The girl smiled bitterly and sighed faintly, “Then let him continue sleeping. He is too tired.”

“good.”

“Tang Yue promised not to fall asleep, but he fell asleep again. He still owes me a lot of stories that he didn’t tell.” Maidong said, “Did the monitor who beat up the teacher when he was in middle school be expelled in the end? , did his physical education teacher and art teacher become a couple later, and whether the old man guarding the school gate was a relative of the principal… He didn’t even tell me.”

“Will have the opportunity next time.”

“Mr. Cat, it’s already the seventh day.”

“Yes”

“The space station is coming to the end of its life.”

“No, the remaining life of the space station is between seven and eleven days…”

“Mr. Cat.” Maidong interrupted.

The old cat was silent for a moment. He wanted to say something, but in the end he didn’t say it.

It’s useless to say anything at this time.

“I am looking at the land of Mars under my feet now, and I feel that it is very close to me. I am on the space station, so I know best how long the space station will last.” Maidong said softly, in a calm and calm tone, “This It is a small boat that is about to sink, and it is an old man who is dying and suffering from a terminal illness. I watch its life passing by bit by bit every day. Like us, it is living hard and tenaciously…”

“Live…” The girl’s steady voice was suddenly broken.

“live……”

“Live…live…” Maidong’s voice was trembling.

“Stay alive.” She bit her lip and tried her best to suppress her crying, and finally finished the sentence, “But Mr. Cat… I… I really want to live, I really want to live, I want to Go down to meet you, I want to marry Tang Yue, I want to have children of my own…”

“Why…why can’t I have my own life…why do I have to face this fate…” Maidong couldn’t suppress her emotions. She hugged herself tightly and cried bitterly, her whole body shaking from crying. Tears floated and rolled inside the glass mask, “What did I do wrong… What did I do wrong… Do this to me…”

The old cat was silent.

“Bastard! Bastard…bastard…bastard…bastard…”

Maidong hammered the inner wall of the Crystal cabin one by one, crying until his whole body became weak.

The old cat still didn’t speak. It was indeed a bastard. Tang Yue was also a bastard. All human beings were bastards. With so many people and such a huge civilization, it couldn’t even protect the happiness of a little girl.

Maidong had never cried so loudly before, and the overwhelming sadness seemed to crush the person to pieces.

After an unknown amount of time, the girl’s crying gradually subsided.

Maidong sniffed and calmed down, “I made you laugh, Mr. Cat.”

“No, I should apologize to you. Both Tang Yue and I should apologize to you.” The old cat shook his head, “I’m sorry, Miss Maidong, we can’t save you.”

We can’t save you.

There was a long silence in the channel.

“It’s not your fault, Mr. Cat.” Maidong raised his head in the sunshine, “I feel so sorry for Tang Yue now… When he wakes up tomorrow morning and learns the news, what should he do… You’ll take good care of him, right, Mr. Cat?”

“Yes.”

“Then I’m relieved.” Maidong said, “You will take good care of him.”

“Miss Maidong, do you have anything to tell Tang Yue?”

Maidong leaned against the inner wall of the core cabin. She could feel the Crystal cabin shaking violently, and the cabin structure emitted a sharp whine. The orbital height of the space station had dropped to this point, and air resistance began to tear its structure. The girl looked from a distance. The sun was about to set in the distance. He closed his eyes and shook his head.

“Mr. Cat.”

“I am here.”

“The sun is going to set again, and I’m going to enter the signal-free zone again.” The golden sunlight fell on the girl’s face, “Do you think I can see the next sunrise?”

“Yes, Miss Maidong.” The old cat replied, “It must be possible.”

Contact was interrupted.

The recording ends.

Seven days after the accident on the Joint Space Station.

The space station crashed.

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(Author Jun’s gossip: The end will be tomorrow.)