Day 1 (10) Martian Stray Dogs

"Half of it?" The old cat was taken aback.

"What? Are you too little? Tang Yue asked, "Then give 60 percent?" ”

"Are you crazy?" The old cat said, "You give 60 percent of your supplies to others, what do you eat?" Don't you want to live anymore? ”

Tang Yue sat down, holding a half-meter-long brush in his hand, wearing a Mingguang armor extravehicular suit to move a lot of physical strength, this thing was like a thick and heavy turtle shell, so Tang Yue often worked for a period of time and rested for a while.

"I can't tell, but I feel like I've changed my mind...... I don't seem to care too much about whether I live or die. Tang Yue said, "I feel that my life has become one with the universe, reaching the supreme state of the unity of heaven and man, and I am now beginning to understand the thoughts of Shakyamuni and Jesus, old cat, do you say that I am really about to become a Buddha......

"Become your uncle, talk to people!"

"Well, I just think the supplies need to be divided equally." Tang Yue replied sullenly, "Two people, each person gets fifty percent of it, this is the fairest, is there any problem?" ”

The wide solar panels are placed on the ground, supported by shelves, about half a meter high from the ground, this thing is actually very heavy, and it can't be bumped, so it is inconvenient to carry, Tang Yue has always used a small cart to transport the solar panels into the garage.

"There is no problem with equalization." The old cat lowered his voice, "But have you thought about it Tang Yue, there is only one Eagle spaceship, and it can only be used once." ”

Tang Yue was stunned, "I know." ”

There is only one Eagle spaceship, which can only be used once, which means that Tang Yue only has one chance to deliver supplies, and this 400-kilometer express delivery only has one chance to deliver.

After delivering this trip, Tang Yue will lose all the ability to get out of the surface of Mars, Mai Dong will not be able to get any more supplies, and the space station lacks self-sustaining ability, in other words, Tang Yue can only postpone the day when the supplies are exhausted and the ammunition is exhausted, and it is impossible to change this result, and Mai Dong's ending will still not change anything.

The old cat lowered his voice, "That girl's ending has been written a long time ago, and no one can change it, but you are different, you are on Mars, your self-sustaining ability is much stronger than on the space station, and there are more and more complete materials and tools, and you may still have a chance to survive." ”

Tang Yue raised his eyebrows.

"If you send half of your supplies out, then you're cutting yourself out." The old cat's tone was very serious, "You can't save her at all by doing this, at most it will only delay the girl's death, but you will pit yourself!" ”

"I have made up my mind, and I don't need to persuade anymore." Tang Yue waved his hand, "I said that if I send half, I will send half, not even one gram less." ”

"You ......"

Tang Yue slowly got up, walked to the garage door, and pulled the handle hard.

"Di-" With a bang, the green indicator light lit up, the garage door slowly opened, and Tang Yue saw the tall front of the rover again.

The structure of the garage is very simple, it is a container, and there is a logo of China XCMG on it, which is used to contain and protect the rover, Tang Yue conducted a comprehensive inspection of the rover when he cleaned up the Kunlun station before, and then parked the car in the garage, according to the original plan, the door of this garage will not open again until two years later.

The rover, called "Mars Stray Dog", is the only vehicle on the surface of Mars for the expedition team, with a length of eight meters, a width of three meters, and a height of three meters, with six metal wheels, about the size of a truck.

Compared to the lunar rover, which is the size of a human-powered tricycle, this rover is really a behemoth, with a crew module at the front, which can carry four people, including the driver, and because the cabin is not airtight, the people in the car must wear spacesuits.

The Martian Stray Dog is a mobile laboratory with hinged carts towed behind the front of the vehicle, which can actually be replaced with experimental cabins.

During the mission, the geologists in the scientific expedition team often drove this car, pulling the drill bit and geological hammer to run around, and the maximum speed of the Martian stray dog could soar to 30 yards per hour, which was not much faster than a bicycle, so Tang Yue also called this car a Martian tractor.

Tang Yue stepped into the garage and glanced at the thermometer hanging on the wall.

-25 degrees Celsius.

The temperature inside the garage is much higher than outside, and the temperature outside is at least minus 40 degrees Celsius at this time, and the temperature will drop further to minus 70 degrees Celsius when the sun sets.

The reason why the temperature in the garage is relatively stable is because there is an isotope thermoelectric generator, also known as RTG.

The isotope thermostat generator is a half-meter-high cylinder with six sheet-like spokes mounted on the outer shell.

This kind of generator uses the radioactive element plutonium-238 as an energy source, does not need external sunlight, plutonium-238 will release heat stably during decay, and the generator uses the temperature difference caused by the radioactive source to generate electricity.

Some of the heat is lost into the air, so the temperature in the garage remains stable.

In addition, the half-life of plutonium-238 is as long as 80 years, which means that Tang Yue will not use this thing in his lifetime.

Tang Yue pulled the trolley out and then loaded the solar panels onto the trolley.

"Old cat, do you know how Marx defined man?"

"People?"

Tang Yue dragged the cart and nodded, "Marx said that the essence of human beings is the sum of all social relations, and people are still social animals in the end, and they want to stay warm in a group, and a person cannot survive in this world." ”

"So you gave half of the supplies to Miss Mai Dong, are you afraid of loneliness?"

"Old cat, you're a robot, I'm afraid you can't understand our feelings."

Tang Yue panted and dragged the small cart into the garage, unloaded the solar panels, and then turned around and went out to continue carrying the panels, "I can still talk to you like this now, because the brain has not yet been able to accept the fact that the earth has disappeared, if I figure out this one day, my brain will finally turn a corner, maybe I will have a nervous breakdown." ”

The old cat was silent.

"Fortunately, the earth is so far away that I can't see or touch it here, so the subconscious can still trick my brain into saying that the earth still exists." Tang Yue continued, "If the earth disappears in front of me, then I'm afraid I'm going to go crazy on the spot...... It is more terrible to survive alone than to die together. ”

There was no sound in the channel, and the old cat didn't speak all the time.

"Old cat?"

"Man is a complex creature." The old cat shook his head, "It's a shameful betrayal that you sometimes don't make survival your first priority. ”

"Betrayal?" Tang Yue asked, "Who did I betray?" ”

"You betrayed your genes." The old cat said, "Genes are selfish, their purpose is to survive and pass them on, and you will die before you can pass them on." ”

"You're scolding me and sarcastically scolding me for being a single dog!" Tang Yue was furious, "You don't have a wife, why are you angry?" ”

"I'm a robot." The old cat was calm, "I don't need a mate." ”

"Then I don't need a spouse either!" Tang Yue angrily pushed the car into the garage, and then shouted to the empty and lonely wasteland, "What is a single dog?" I, Tang Yue, am a lone wolf in the desert on Mars! ”