The old cat was silent, and then smiled.

"No need to say that, Miss Maidon."

It is reluctant to talk about death, especially at this juncture, and it turns out that every FLAG that the old cat inserts will come true in the end, so the old cat should shut up before every major action begins.

Compared with Mai Dong's decisiveness and determination, the old cat seems a little timid and hesitant, but this is its duty, as an assistant at Kunlun Station, it has the obligation to protect the safety of the crew.

Mai Dong naturally has the right to use her life to do whatever she wants, and no one has the right to intervene.

The re-entry of the Orion II spacecraft into the atmosphere is definitely the most dangerous landing plan in the history of human spaceflight, the old cat's anxiety and uneasiness are justified, if the landing fails, then it and Tang Yue will bury Mai Dong and the Orion spacecraft single-handedly, what will happen to it for the time being, Tang Yue is only afraid that he will have a mental breakdown.

For Tang Yue, the best plan should also be to let Mai Dong stay on the space station with peace of mind, but I don't know why, Tang Yue would actually support Mai Dong's decision.

"Tang Yue, what if the landing fails? Aren't you afraid? ”

"I'm afraid."

"Then you still insist that Miss Mai Dong land?" The old cat asked.

Tang Yue was silent for a few seconds.

"I support any decision she makes."

"Even if it's a decision that could lead to serious consequences?"

Tang Yue tilted his head, his gaze fell on the model of Orion, and suddenly revealed a look that the old cat couldn't understand.

He took a deep breath.

"One night after it was confirmed that Comet Tomcat would hit Mars, I chatted with Maidon...... I asked her what we are doing to get here. Is it an instinct to survive? Is it the inertia of survival? Or are they responsibilities and obligations? Tang Yue said slowly, "Day after day, we live like the walking dead in some remote and narrow corner, I think if we continue like this, one day we will lose our qualifications as human beings and become something like rats." ”

"Survival is a means, not an end, and survival is not the meaning of survival." Tang Yue continued, "So I agreed with Mai Dong that Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai is the end of everything, and my responsibilities and obligations with her will come to an end, and all our identities will be destroyed by the comet Ming's successors, watchmen, gravediggers Tang Yue and Mai Dong will die here." ”

"And then?"

And then ...... If we can escape the comet impact and survive, we will no longer pursue the length of life for the continuation of human civilization, and let life return to life itself, from now on, I am just an ordinary person, Mai Dong is just an ordinary person, but the place where I live is different from other people. ”

Tang Yue smiled, gradually retracted his smile, and changed his tone, "Mai Dong told me that she was in pain. ”

The old cat was stunned.

"She wants to get out of this life, no matter what way it takes."

"So you don't care how much time is left?"

"No, it's just how to live first, how long to live second." Tang Yue replied, "We are very worried that we will become an unscrupulous person in order to survive, calculating the little time we have left little by little, calculating every minute and every second, greedily and frantically grabbing all the resources that can sustain our lives...... When I finally turned around and looked in the mirror, I realized that I was no longer human. ”

Mai Dong completed his work and returned to the core module of the space station.

Lao Mao conducted a test run of the SPT276 ion engine, and the repair work was successful, and the high-speed xenon ions ejected by the engine took on a faint blue color in space.

This giant electric rocket can provide seven kilograms of thrust for the space station, which is undoubtedly a grasshopper shaking a tree for a space station with a total mass of more than 400 tons, but small ants can also propel whales in weightless orbits, and even small accelerations can bring enough speed variables as long enough.

After the Orion spacecraft left the Martian space station, the SPT276 engine was the only power source for the space station, which can greatly extend the life of the space station. It can be seen that the old cat is quite distressed about Orion and the space station, there is no way for Orion to crash, and the space station can be kept for as long as it can.

"I have no right to interfere with your choices, I only have the obligation to remind you." "As long as you make a decision that you are conscious, in your right mind, and with no free judgment, you will be fully aware of the risks of your actions, then I will do my best to support you." ”

"Mr. Cat, can I turn it on now?"

"Yes." The old cat nodded, "The Orion spaceship and the Kunlun station are ready, you can turn it on at any time." ”

Mai Dong opened his laptop in the core module and entered the control system of the Orion spacecraft, which was still the same familiar interface.

One red button, one green button.

The girl raised her head and looked at the old cat and Tang Yue with an inquiring gaze.

"You can press the red button." The old cat said, "Miss Mai Dong." ”

Tang Yue stared into the girl's eyes and nodded.

Mai Dong took a deep breath, stretched out his finger, and tapped it lightly on the screen.

The pressure causes subtle changes in the current under the screen, and at the moment when the skin of Mai Dong's index finger contacts the computer screen, the electrical signal enters the system computer of the United Space Station and the Orion spacecraft along the cable, and quietly, the Orion flight program is completely replaced, and the huge data flows between the integrated circuits, and tens of thousands of sensors on the spacecraft from top to bottom get new control instructions, the mission clock is all zeroed, and the computer enters the landing mode.

It will be the largest lander ever built.

Mai Dong looked left and right, and after she pressed the button, the space station and the spaceship did not change in any way.

The girl also wanted to poke the screen a few more times.

"It's all right, Miss Mai Dong." The monitor in front of the old cat popped up, and a large amount of data was being updated, "Orion has entered landing mode, it will start working in twenty hours, a total of three posture adjustments, and finally enter the atmosphere...... The estimated time of entry is 3:20 p.m. tomorrow when coordinating with Mars. ”

"Tomorrow at 3:20 p.m.?"

"Yes." The old cat nodded, "Before the landing officially begins, you still have twenty-eight hours to rest...... And Tang Yue, you also go and have a good rest. ”

Tang Yue didn't move, he turned his head, smiled, and said silently with his eyes: It's okay.

The old cat's eyes did not smile: I am not only worried about the girl, but if the landing fails, then what should you do?

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Dead.

Tang Yue went back to rest, the old cat was sleeping, and the computer at Kunlun Station had no task and was also sleeping.

Mai Dong is going to land tomorrow, Tang Yue wants to force himself to sleep, but the nervousness and anxiety make him insomnia, as long as he closes his eyes, there will be a burning and falling Orion spaceship in front of him - this is a nightmare scene, but this scene is really too frightening and impressive, so Tang Yue's brain remembers it, and it is being replayed over and over again tonight.

In the end, Tang Yue could only look at the dark roof with his eyes open.

"Are you asleep? Tang Yue? Mai Dong's voice sounded in the headphones.

"Nope." Tang Yue replied, "I can't sleep." ”

"I can't sleep either." Mai Dong said leisurely, "Let's talk, shall we?" If the landing fails tomorrow, tonight will be the last time we talk to each other......"

"What nonsense?" Tang Yue frowned, and interrupted Mai Dong in a very stern tone, "It won't be the last, we can chat face-to-face tomorrow night!" ”8)