Day 283 (5) Your and my eyes

The old cat was stunned.

But it immediately understood what Tang Yue meant.

The distance between the impact point of the comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai and the Kunlun station is no more than 1,400 kilometers at most, and Tang Yue is certain to die, but the old cat may still survive.

The old cat does not need a life support system, does not need oxygen, and does not need food and fresh water, it can travel lightly, bring solar panels or isotope temperature difference generators, and drive Martian stray dogs out of Kunlun Station. When the comet falls to the east of Kunlun Station, then the old cat will go west, run thirty kilometers a day, and after a month it will be able to run a thousand kilometers.

"You come with me!" The old cat grabbed Tang Yue's hand.

Tang Yue smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Impossible." ”

Tang Yue knew very well that if the old cat brought himself, then it would take a lot of time to modify the Martian stray dogs, install a life support system for the rover, disassemble the OGS cabinet, and carry a large number of materials and supplies, and the more than 1,000 liters of fresh water in the Kunlun station alone weighed a ton - it was 400 kilograms on Mars, and it could not be transported over long distances.

The old cat drives alone, and it is possible to escape the circle of damnation before the comet falls.

If two people walk together, then no one can walk.

Tang Yue was destined to not be able to stay away from Kunlun Station, he did not have the ability to be outdoors for a long time, which was the biological limitation of earthlings.

"Take everything you need and get out of here." Tang Yue said, "Old man, you have done your best, you can't save me, and you can't save Mai Dong." ”

Tang Yue touched the top of the old cat's head and rubbed its ears around, to be honest, the cat's ears were very decompressing, but there were not many opportunities to pinch the cat's ears in the future.

"Let me think again...... Let me think again. ”

The old cat leaned his forehead on Tang Yue's body, lowered his eyes, and whispered.

Tang Yue didn't speak, he put his hand on the old cat's shoulder, the latter's voice slowly lowered, the old cat was thinking, it had been thinking, from the moment the computer at Kunlun Station got the result, the old cat was desperately trying to find a way, but every plan it came up with was subsequently overturned by itself. All the preparations that humans can make are a joke in the face of the huge energy of the comet impact, how can the small anthill built by ants withstand the impact of a tsunami?

The old cat, who has always had PlanB, is no longer in line this time, and in front of that huge celestial body with a diameter of thirty kilometers, the old cat has nothing to do, which is a sense of powerlessness to watch the whole world overturn against you.

This time there is no more PlanB.

"You're right." The old cat closed his eyes, "I can't save you, and I can't save Miss Mai Dong." ”

Tang Yue smiled, half-squatted down, and pressed his hands on the old cat's shoulders.

"But you have saved me, and you have saved Mai Dong." Tang Yue said, "Mr. Stationmaster. ”

Since the disappearance of the earth, Tang Yue has thought about his own death more than once, he thought that he would die of lack of food, clothing, ammunition and food at some point in the future, but when it would be and what it would be Tang Yue didn't know, death was a vague thing for him. Every night when Tang Yue sleeps, he sleeps with the Grim Reaper, he and the Grim Reaper face to face, but he can't see what the other party looks like.

At this moment, he finally saw what death looked like.

Tang Yue still had thirty-seven days to live.

"Let's go, you are the last witness of human civilization, if you are lucky enough to meet other intelligent beings in this universe in the future, then please tell them......"

Tang Yue said leisurely.

"There was a race here that had all the good qualities of this universe, who loved life, who loved freedom, who loved peace, who were morally noble, who were curious and empathetic, who were willing to dedicate their lives to some higher purpose, who were geniuses, who were greats, who were saints, who were heroes."

"There was once a race of people who had all the bad faults of the universe, who discriminated against each other, who fought among themselves, who despised the value of life, who were morally corrupt, who were short-sighted, who were full of deceit, who had blood on their hands, who did not hesitate to harm the interests of the majority for their own selfish desires, among whom were fools, demons, criminals, and cowards." Tang Yue continued.

"They're complex, but they're great."

The old cat was silent for a moment.

"It's too long, I can't remember."

"Let's put it this way: alien bastards, this is human territory!"

"What if I didn't run into it?"

"Then tell the universe."

Tang Yue sat on a chair and looked up at the sky.

"I'm only now realizing why the first Homo sapiens walked out of the African continent on a warm and starry night more than 200,000 years ago."

"Why?"

"Because it's going to tell the universe that we've been here." Tang Yue replied, "The development of all civilizations is ultimately to leave their own footprints in the long river of time and prove their existence, which may become the ultimate proposition that all civilizations face in the end." ”

"How do you know that the first Homo sapiens came out of Africa on a starry night?"

"Because I saw it." Tang Yue closed his eyes, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "It jumped over a shallow river, and its eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky." ”

The old cat didn't believe that Tang Yue could really see the Homo sapiens more than 200,000 years ago, as for what jumped over the shallow river, it was mostly Tang Yue's own brain supplement.

"Do you know the old cat, time is 200,000 years, compared with it, all the places on my body are different, it is fur and blood, wearing animal skins, carrying wooden sticks, living in the grassland and jungle, and I am wearing a spacesuit, with a computer by my side, sitting in a scientific research station on Mars...... But there is still one last part between us that is exactly the same. Tang Yue said, "That's the eyes." ”

The old cat was stunned.

What Tang Yue said made it a little surprised.

Spanning a long period of 200,000 years, the human eye has never changed.

"Despite all the twists and turns along the way, we will always look forward." Tang Yue said softly, "Always full of hope and light, as well as infinite curiosity about this world. ”

The old cat followed Tang Yue's train of thought and thought down, if more than 200,000 years ago, the first Homo sapiens to step out of Africa really jumped over a shallow river on a quiet, warm, starry night and ran towards the vast world, would it see a pair of eyes at the end of time, 100 million kilometers away?

"What are you going to do in the next thirty days?"

"Hurry up and get the work done." Tang Yue opened his eyes, "Before the comet collides, I will at least write the history of mankind to the space age, so that even if any creature receives our radio broadcasts and sees our history, they will not think that we are a group of barbarians who have never even stepped out of the home planet." ”

Old Cat and Tang Yue sat in the hall of Kunlun Station, waiting for the night to pass and the sun to rise.

"Tang Yue, Mr. Cat? Good morning. Mai Dong went online, "You guys are so early today." ”