The old cat stepped into the sandstorm with the last box on his back.

He has not been heard from since.

After more than an hour, Tang Yue really couldn't hold back, after such a long time, the old cat should have come back a long time ago.

According to the agreement between the two, if the old cat did not return to Kunlun Station for an hour and a half, then Tang Yue would take back the safety rope, and an hour and a half was a red line.

He decided to bring the old cat back.

Tang Yue began to retrieve the rope, but after receiving it, he felt more and more that something was wrong, because there was no tension on the rope, Tang Yue anxiously pulled all the ropes back, and the safety rope came back from the dark sandstorm outside the cabin like a thin snake, coiled on the floor of the airlock room, but the last one who came back was not an old cat, but a loose lock.

There was nothing on the other end of the cable.

Tang Yue's brain buzzed, and it went blank.

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"Old cat? Old cats? Hear it, please answer! Tang Yue panted, walking on the sand with one foot deep and one foot shallow, he finally left Kunlun Station, Tang Yue tied himself to the hatch of the airlock room with a safety rope, in case he couldn't find the old cat, he could follow the safety rope back to Kunlun Station, this is an insurance.

The headlamps on both sides of the Mingguang armor mask were useless, and the white light emitted by the four LED lights could not shine two meters away in the sandstorm, Tang Yue couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest at all, he was only a few meters away from Kunlun Station, and he couldn't see the three-meter-high white building behind him.

The sandstorm on Mars is completely different from what Tang Yue imagined.

Tang Yue's imaginary wind and sand: You are the wind and I am the sand, lingering and walking to the end of the world......

Sandstorms in reality:, what about the sun? Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

The vast majority of dust in a sandstorm is not a single particle, but an aerosol shaped like a haze, and the wind blows up very fine and very small gravel, which may be only a few microns or tens of microns in diameter, and these fine sediments are diffused in the air, turning the atmosphere into a pot of turbid soup.

The sunlight couldn't penetrate the fog, so it was pitch black under the sandstorm.

"Old Cat ——!" Tang Yue yelled as hard as he could, he followed his memory and headed in the direction of the Eagle spaceship, because the visibility was almost zero, so Tang Yue was walking at night in the dark, but he didn't have the accurate positioning ability of the old cat, so he could only walk roughly.

The Mingguang armor is clumsy and heavy, the movement of the limbs and joints is restricted, and the life support system behind it is also a huge load, so the center of gravity of the entire set of Mingguang armor is very backward, Tang Yue has to lean forward to walk, he feels that he is a fool who moves mountains.

Tang Yue didn't dare to turn around at will, nor did he dare to change the direction, the direction he was going was set when he left the hatch of Kunlun Station, and if he went in this direction, he would definitely be able to reach the Eagle spaceship, but if Tang Yue deviated from the predetermined direction halfway, in the case of a black eye, he didn't have the ability to get himself back on track, Tang Yue was not a turtle or a pigeon, and his brain couldn't sense the geomagnetic field - not to mention that there was no geomagnetic field on Mars.

Tang Yue is now a blind man, this blind man is carrying a heavy turtle shell, walking in the sandstorm with difficulty, being blown around by the strong wind, and he has to rescue his assistant.

It's tragic to think about.

"Old cat! Old cat! Tang Yue gasped, his physical strength was declining rapidly, Tang Yue was already exhausted after moving supplies all day today, not to mention that he hadn't eaten dinner yet, "Please answer if you receive it!" Please answer ...... received"

There was still no response from the channel, and the radio communication conditions in the sandstorm were terrible.

Tang Yue could only hope that the old cat was still awake and could receive his own call, he only needed to get close enough, close enough that the radio signal could break through the interference of the environment.

If the old cat is already unconscious, it is even more troublesome...... Under this kind of visibility, it was impossible for Tang Yue to find a person who was already unconscious, and he couldn't even see his feet when he lowered his head.

"Old Cat ——!" Tang Yue's legs were swinging mechanically alternately, his legs were gradually losing sensation, the soreness had passed, and only numbness remained.

Tang Yue heard that in the polar regions of the earth, for those polar expedition teams, getting lost in a blizzard is equivalent to death, the sandstorm on Mars is more terrible than the blizzard at the south pole of the earth, the wind speed of minus 80 degrees Celsius and 40 meters per second has broken through the limit of the earth's climate, and the old cat is missing in this vast black wind and sand.

God knows if he can find the old cat, but Tang Yue doesn't want to give up.

As long as he hasn't given up, there is a silver lining.

"Old cat——! Old Cat ——! Tang Yue's voice was hoarse, his throat was dry and feverish, and the sound he made was like sawing wood, "Please answer when you hear it!" ”

It's the end of the world.

The last man in the world walked alone in the stormy wasteland, shouting until his throat was dry and hoarse, and no one replied in the channel, if there was really an end in this universe, then it must be like this, for a moment Tang Yue felt that he was going to die here.

I don't know how long I walked, Tang Yue was suddenly stopped.

He was stunned for a moment, and when he turned around, he found that the safety rope on his body was straightened, and the length of this rope had reached the end...... Tang Yue was taken aback, the length of the safety rope was almost two hundred meters, but the Eagle spacecraft was only more than a hundred meters away from Kunlun Station, Tang Yue left Kunlun Station and walked out of two hundred meters, and he had not encountered the Eagle spaceship until now.

There is no doubt that he deviated from the right direction and missed the lander.

In a sandstorm, even if you pass by only a few tens of centimeters from the lander, you may not be able to see each other.

Tang Yue could only turn around helplessly and follow the rope back to Kunlun Station.

And then do it all over again.

He may have to go back and forth many times until he finds the old cat.

"Old cat...... Damn old cat, if you could hear me, you'd reply! Don't toss me, okay...... I'm going to die of exhaustion...... I'm really going to be tired......"

Tang Yue suddenly stumbled under his feet, he fell into a sand pit with one foot, and suddenly lost his balance and fell into a.

This fall made Tang Yue not recover for a long time, he was lying on the sand, and he couldn't even use the strength to get up.

"Old cat...... Old cat, can you hear me? Tang Yue's face was pressed against the glass of the mask and he called in a low voice, "Old cat? Old cats? Old cat ......"

Tang Yue crawled forward slowly, moving in the storm, lowering his body on all four legs and using it was much easier than walking upright, the center of gravity was lowered, and the windward area was also reduced, Tang Yue crawled forward little by little, he hoped that he had not climbed in the wrong direction, the fall just now made him dizzy, and he didn't know where to throw the predetermined direction.

Man is indeed a creature that lacks a sense of direction, and as long as he turns around twice blindfolded, he can't tell the difference between southeast and northwest at all.

Tang Yue groped his way forward and climbed more than ten meters, and finally even ran out of strength to crawl.

He was lying on the sand, his limbs were sore and weak, the action instructions issued by his brain were refused to be executed by the muscles, and there was a whistling and sharp wind all around, Tang Yue struggled to raise his hand and wiped the dirt off the screen on his wrist, the thermometer showed that the air temperature at the moment was minus eighty-two degrees Celsius, Tang Yue glanced at the number, and then stopped moving.

He lay down in the bright light armor, feeling that he was lying in a coffin.

I'm probably going to hang up here.

Tang Yue thought silently in his heart.

The temperature on Mars is extremely low and the climate is dry, which is not suitable for microorganisms to live, and Tang Yue's body can probably be dried naturally after his death, turning into a mummy and preserving it for a long time.

Thinking that his body might last for a hundred and eighty years, just like those enlightened monks who became Buddhas in the flesh in ancient times, Tang Yue decided to put on a more meaningful pose to express his inner emotions at the moment.

He gave his middle finger to God.