Die on Mars - Chapter 247

c245 Day 338 (3) Don’t provoke desperate people

“What is this?” Tang Yue raised a finger.

“one.”

“How much is this?” Tang Yue raised two fingers.

“two.”

“What does one plus two equal?”

Tang Yue raised four fingers.

“Three.” The old cat sighed, stretched out his paws, and pried open the huge head dangling in front of him, “Are you out of your mind?”

“I’m worried that your brain is broken.” Tang Yue said, “You were swaying just now when you walked. You know, you were swaying as if you were drunk. You actually tripped over the charging cable. You sucked in too much catnip.” Already?”

The old cat was sitting on the ground leaning on the wheel. The broken left arm was currently on its lap. Tang Yue squatted in front of it, nervously checking up and down, but he didn’t dare to make a move rashly. He didn’t dare to touch anywhere. As Lao Mao said, this is not his area of ​​expertise. Tang Yue does not understand Lao Mao’s body structure. Logically speaking, no one can repair such serious damage and must return it to the factory.

Tang Yue helped the old cat plug in the charging cable. The injury on the latter’s body was not just a broken arm. The cat was covered in scars. Most of them, Tang Yue didn’t even know the cause. It was obvious to the old cat that I tried my best to repair it, but the condition was so bad that the areas where the hair fell off could only be repaired simply with tape, which was so rough that it was scary.

Tang Yue suddenly realized that the old cat in his impression was not like this. At least a year ago, the old cat was an elegant cross talk master and the director of Kunlun Station. He was a noisy landlord who paid great attention to maintaining his fur and hair. Beard, but now it looks like a kamikaze fresh off the battlefield, covered in bruises.

When did it become like this?

“Can I still connect?”

“Of course.” The old cat picked up the severed limb and shook it, brushing the sand off the fur. The movement was quite scary. “Don’t look at it. It looks scary. It looks like it has been fatally injured. In fact, it’s nothing. Big trouble…”

“You just said it was nothing serious.” Tang Yue interrupted, “But in an instant he fell to the ground.”

“It’s just a broken paw. If a person breaks an arm, he will die. But I am a cat. A cat breaks an arm…”

“He will die too.”

“Anyway, I won’t go into shock due to hemorrhage. I’m not in a hurry. Why are you in a hurry?” said the old cat. “The joints of my limbs are detachable for easy replacement, repair and upgrade. This was reserved by my designers. interface, so don’t think it’s broken. In fact, it’s not an amputation, nor a fracture, it’s just a dislocation at most…”

While talking, the old cat carefully cleaned the severed limb, put it on the shoulder, adjusted the angle by adjusting the angle, and then buckled it upward like a bottle cap.

A crisp and subtle click.

The broken arm has been reattached.

Simple and neat.

Tang Yue was stunned. For Lao Mao, his limbs are like external devices like USB flash drives? Plug and use, does it also support hot swapping?

“Hmm… not as sharp as before. Due to lack of maintenance for a long time, the joints are a bit badly worn, but they can still be used, but I don’t know how much force they can withstand.” The old cat flexed its paws, “Judging from the current situation, It shouldn’t be a problem if you stick with it until the end.”

Tang Yue breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground, his clothes soaked with sweat.

“You scared me to death, you know that? If you fall here, what do you want me to do?”

Tang Yue’s hands were still shaking uncontrollably, and his heart was still frightened.

“If such a day comes…I really can’t walk, nor can the stray dog, you put me on the hillside, let me sit on the ground against the rocks, and leave me two solar cells Board.” Old Cat said, “Take apart my parts and make a simple shortwave antenna. Can you do it? The kind that can transmit Morse code.”

Tang Yue was stunned and didn’t understand what this meant.

“Make a small shortwave radio station and take it with you so that you can contact me… Send me the star table data every night. As long as I can see the stars, I can help you determine the direction.” The old cat raised his head. Come on, “Who told you, a silly boy, that you can’t learn navigation? What if you get lost?”

“I won’t leave you.” Tang Yue shook his head, “If you can’t walk anymore, I will carry you on my back.”

“I’m so heavy, how can you carry it?”

“Then I don’t care. Even if I crawl on all fours, even if my limbs are broken and I squirm on the ground, I still have to take you with me if I move inch by inch.” Tang Yue said.

“How can you take me with you if your hands and feet are disabled?”

“I still have teeth!” Tang Yue bared his teeth, “Can I walk with you in my teeth?”

The old cat smiled. It knew that Tang Yue was talking nonsense. When exposed to the Martian environment, the mask of the Mingguang Armor must not be opened, otherwise Tang Yue would quickly lose pressure and die. He would not be able to bite anything with his teeth.

“Your life is more important than mine.” The old cat said, “No matter what you do, remember this is your first rule.”

“I can’t live without you.” Tang Yue said, “No matter what you do, remember this is your first rule.”

The old cat smacked its lips. As a robot cat, it always has a priority when doing things. Tang Yue’s life safety is undoubtedly above everything else. Nothing is more important than his life, but Tang Yue’s Commands are also above everything else – Lao Mao once disliked Asimov’s three laws of robotics and this inexplicable thing, saying that it was an illogical fantasy of ancient people, divorced from reality and full of loopholes, non-mathematical and non-physical. Yes, it is downright feudal dross.

Obviously the Three Laws of Robotics have never been realized, otherwise cruise missiles and drones would not have been born.

Now it seems that feudal dross actually has its uses.

If the old cat was following the Three Laws of Robotics, then it could refuse to execute Tang Yue’s orders, with Tang Yue’s safety being the top priority.

It’s a pity that it has already let Tang Yue know that it despises Asimov.

“Don’t worry, I haven’t reached the end of my life yet. People on earth still owe me a bunch of real estate estates, especially an apartment in Tongzhou District, which is more than 100 square meters. It’s already worth a lot of money. I’m still waiting to go back and retire.” The old cat got up. Come and pat your butt, “The wonderful retirement life of a veteran cadre is still waiting for me. How can I fall here?”

“This nonsense universe not only took away your earth, but also took away my old life. As an old cat who is about to retire, what can I do? I only have so few poor possessions. Who dares to take it away? My pension, I’m going to fuck it hard!”

“Never mess with a desperate old cat. Desperation will make the cat no longer care about your life, and old age will make the cat no longer care about his own life!”

“If we have no way to go, then onward! Onward! Onward by any means necessary! Thomas Wade! By whatever means necessary!”

The old cat said loudly, waving his paws fiercely, and walked towards the Martian stray dog.

Tang Yue stood there holding the brush.

He was silent for a few seconds.

“Old Cat, is this arm on the ground yours?”