Day 4 (7) I don't want to lose face
Tang Yue waited for more than twenty minutes in torment, and as soon as the old cat was gone, he repeatedly tried to contact the old cat, but there was no response, and there was only an irritating murmur in the headphones.
"Old cat? Can the old cat hear me? β
"Old cat...... Old cat! β
"Old cat, can you fucking hear me? Give me a response! β
But Tang Yue didn't dare to go out to find the old cat, the old cat's safety rope was in his hands, once an accident happened, the only one who could pull the old cat back was Tang Yue, if he rashly left Kunlun Station, then he and the old cat would hang in the sandstorm.
"Old cat, old cat? Please answer when you receive it! β
"What to shout...... Are you crying and mourning? It screamed so badly, and I didn't hang up. β
Someone suddenly spoke in the earphones, Tang Yue raised his head in surprise, one paw poked into the hatch of the airlock room, grabbed the metal door edge, and the old cat crawled in with great difficulty, grinning at Tang Yue.
Tang Yue hurriedly pounced and dragged the old cat into the airlock chamber and closed the outer hatch.
The wind and sand were blocked by the hatch, and the air pressure in the airlock gradually rose and warmed up again, and the old cat leaned against the bulkhead and rested for a while.
"The box has been delivered, but the wind and sand outside are so big that I can't open my eyes."
Tang Yue sat down on the ground exhausted and gave a thumbs up.
"Let's move on." The old cat got up and opened the hatch in the hall of Kunlun Station, "There are still four boxes that need to be sent, and we can't waste time." β
"Is it cold outside?" Tang Yue followed.
The old cat turned his head to look at him, "It's okay, minus sixty-eight degrees Celsius, but because the sandstorm has blocked the sun, the temperature is still dropping, and I think the temperature may drop to minus 100 degrees tonight." β
"Put this on." Tang Yue took off a set of cabin spacesuits from the wall and handed it to the old cat.
"I'm a robot."
"I know you're a robot." Tang Yue said, "If you can keep warm when you wear it, it is more than 68 degrees below zero, and you can't bear it." β
The old cat was stunned, and obediently put on the cabin suit, the cabin spacesuit is much lighter than the Mingguang armor, and does not have a life support system, for humans it is not used for extravehicular operations, but the old cat is a robot, it does not need a complex life support system, the role of the cabin suit is only windproof and heat preservation.
Tang Yue put the glass mask on the old cat, "How is it?" β
The old cat moved his neck left and right, "The first time I wore a spacesuit, it felt a little strange, like a layer of king's eight shells...... The mask wasn't big enough to hold against my beard. β
"When you wear the Mingguang armor, you will know what the real Wang Bahuo is." Tang Yue patted the old cat's mask, and a person and a cat glanced at each other through two layers of glass.
They finally checked the safety rope on their body again and confirmed that there was no problem with the lock.
βGood LuckοΌβ
The old cat carried the supply box on his back, pushed open the outer hatch of the airlock chamber again, and staggered into the dark storm.
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More than half an hour later.
The old cat crawled into the airlock chamber exhausted, covered in mud and sand, and in a mess.
Tang Yue dragged it back and took off the old cat's mask, "Are you okay?" β
"It's fine." The old cat nodded, opened his eyes, and leaned his back against the wall of the hall, "It's just that the wind is too strong, and the temperature continues to dropβ"
It glanced down at the thermometer on the wrist of the spacesuit, "Well, it's minus seventy-two degrees Celsius, and I wouldn't be able to come back without this suit." β
Tang Yue grabbed the old cat's paw hard, and the old cat also shook his hand vigorously and smiled.
"Let's move on."
The old cat left Kunlun Station for the third time with the box on his back, Tang Yue held the safety rope and stayed in the airlock room, he really wanted to go out to help together, but the old cat did not allow him to leave Kunlun Station, there is a huge gap between humans and robots in some aspects.
As a robot, the old cat does not need to breathe, does not need to drink and eat, and it can accurately judge the direction in extremely bad weather conditions, which is incomparable to humans.
The distance between the Eagle spacecraft and Kunlun Station is more than 100 meters, and it takes more than half an hour for the old cat to go back and forth, which is dozens of times that of normal circumstances.
It took more than forty minutes to deliver supplies to the old cat for the third time, and just when Tang Yue was so anxious that he was covered in sweat, the old cat crawled in.
With the last bit of strength in its body, it climbed through the hatch of the airlock chamber, then rolled over and lay on the floor of the airlock, closed its eyes, and remained motionless.
The old cat was even more embarrassed than the last time, in addition to the mud and sand all over his body, the gloves of the spacesuit were missing for some reason, and the two cat's paws were frozen cold and stiff.
"Old cat? Old cat! Tang Yue helped it up, "Wake up!" β
The old cat opened his eyes, shivered, and bared his teeth, "It's cold...... It's really cold. β
Tang Yue glanced at the thermometer on the wrist of the old cat's spacesuit, the number had dropped to minus seventy-six degrees Celsius, this temperature had broken the record that Tang Yue had experienced so far, the old cat's gloves were gone, and the spacesuit was almost completely depressurized, and the thermal insulation effect would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
"What about the gloves? Old cat, where are your gloves? β
"Gloves...... The gloves were icy and slippery enough to grip the ladder at all. "So I took my gloves off, hehe." β
The fourth time it took the old cat almost an hour to carry supplies.
It took longer and longer, walked slower and slower each time, and this time it didn't even have the strength to climb into the airlock chamber, but collapsed in front of the hatch of the airlock, knocked on the hatch with all its might, and finally dragged it in by Tang Yue.
Every time the old cat came back, it was more embarrassed than the last time, this time not only the gloves were gone, but even the spacesuit itself was damaged, a shocking crack ran through the old cat's mask, the inside of the mask was full of turbid ice crystals, I don't know if it was water vapor or some other liquid mixed with dark mud and sand condensed on the glass, the cat's face was also covered with ice ballast, Tang Yue took off its mask and accidentally broke the cat's whiskers.
"Unlucky, accidentally fell off the gangway." The old cat said, "I didn't hold on to it...... Also, remember to pay me for my beard. β
"You can't go any further." Tang Yue shook his head, "This time I will go out, and you will stay in Kunlun Station!" β
"Less." The old cat's face was very calm, of course, it was also possible that its frozen face had not recovered, "Your physical strength can't hold it, the environment outside is no longer suitable for the survival of any creature, minus eighty degrees Celsius, more than forty meters of sandstorm, if there is something wrong with the bright light armor on your body, then you will freeze into a popsicle in a few seconds...... Compared to here, Everest and Antarctica are all pediatrics. β
"It's still possible to go just once!"
The old cat had already made four trips, and Tang Yue couldn't let the old cat take this risk again.
"I'll go this time, do you have any opinions?" The old cat's eyes slanted.
"Yes!"
"If you have, hold it." The old cat stood up and took off another set of cabin suits from the wall, "There is one last trip left...... The last batch is a radiation protection agent, which must be delivered, so I will go and return quickly, pack all the supplies, and then prepare for tomorrow's liftoff. β
The old cat took off his new mask and put it on himself, and he stood in the hall silent for a long time.
"I can come back when I go, and you may have to hang up when you go out...... Don't fight, if you're Lao Wang, I'll let you go, the rookie will have the appearance of a rookie, if you hang up before me, then I don't want to lose face? β