Tang Yue pushed the sink on the shelf inside, pinching the dropper in his hand, his thumb and middle finger gently pressing, dripping the water onto the emerald green tomato leaves.

Taking care of the plants in Kunlun Station is also Tang Yue's routine, since the station's temperature control system returned to normal, the tomatoes have thrived, Tang Yue has used almost all the containers used in Kunlun Station, a total of fifteen tomatoes and fifteen carrots, and now they are lush and lush on the shelves, full of life.

Harvested tomatoes and carrots form Tang Yue's staple food, served with compressed biscuits, these vegetables provide enough vitamin C and carotene, the latter of which effectively alleviates Tang Yue's night blindness, which was at its worst when he entered the passenger compartment and couldn't find a bed.

"Yo...... Little Thirteen, you look good. Tang Yue whispered to the tomatoes, "It's taller than twelve." ”

According to the usual practice, he named the tomatoes and carrots, this time Tang Yue no longer used personal names, the first batch of tomato seedlings unfortunately died, Tang Yue suspected that his name was unlucky...... Yang Dingtian Zhang Cuishan or something itself did not have a good death, so he now named them by numbers.

Tomato Boss, Tomato Second, Tomato Three, Tomato Four, all the way up to Tomato Fifteen.

Carrot Boss, Carrot Boss, Carrot Boss, all the way to Carrot Fifteen.

In fact, Tang Yue originally wanted to name them Chen Tuan Pengzu, but the names were not enough to count, and there were really few people in human history who could live past Chen Tuan's ancestor, so he had to give up.

As for the group of pioneers who unfortunately died in the low temperature, Tang Yue set up a tombstone for them on the Martian wasteland with a heavy heart, Yang Dingtian and Wudang Seven Heroes will become the first earth creatures buried on Mars, Tang Yue engraved their names on the alien stone, and then buried their bodies in the sink and turned them into fertilizer.

"Hey...... The small twelve-leaf leaves are a little yellowish. Tang Yue pinched the tomato leaves.

"Potassium deficiency, right? If the soil fertility is insufficient, then make up a little more fertilizer......" The old cat sat down at the table and slammed the table in anger, "Hell HP! Why don't you give me a dead machine again, I'm going to tear you down alive today! Tang Yue: I'll tell you, don't stop me. ”

"Oh, I won't stop you." Tang Yue turned his head to glance at the jumping old cat, and continued to water the plants.

The old cat and the workstation love and kill each other every day, which is a fixed drama.

Although tomatoes and carrots effectively replenish the number of carbon-based organisms in Kunlun Station, feeding them is not without a price.

The biggest consumption is moisture.

Tang Yue and Lao Mao calculated that they would consume at least 12 liters of water to harvest an average kilogram of tomatoes and carrots, and this was still under the condition of careful and strict control of water consumption. Watching the precious fresh water flowing out, Tang Yue was really distressed.

The fuel in the descending propellant tank of the Eagle spacecraft had been fully utilized, and Tang Yue had been given four hundred and forty kilograms of fresh water, the only use of which was to supply the growth of vegetables.

"This batch of tomatoes has already borne fruit all at once." The old cat said, "The next result will have to wait a little longer." ”

"Can they really bear fruit again?" Tang Yue asked, "Don't you harvest tomatoes once a year?" ”

"Miss Mai Dong said, she said that these tomatoes have the ability to bear fruit a second time, and Zhongshu No. 11 is a specially bred variety, and as long as the temperature and light are right, and the planting method is appropriate, they can be harvested twice in one year." The old cat said, "Until the next year he died of natural causes." ”

Tang Yue prunes the tomato plants, skims off the yellowed and dead leaves, and buries them in the soil as fertilizer.

"Hopefully they'll bear fruit again."

"If you don't think it's safe, you can just bury them and ferment them, and then plant new seeds."

"It's fine." Tang Yue took a step back, slapped his palm, and smiled at the plants on the shelf, "It's good to grow them like this, it's not easy for us to ...... It's not easy for you and me, and neither are they. ”

The old cat snorted and shook his head, "I realize that you have entered Bio-communism since the Earth disappeared. ”

“Bio-communism？”

"Biology, or species communism."

"What is species communalism?"

"The central idea is probably that all living beings in the world are equal, regardless of whether they are high or low."

"How come I've never heard of this?" Tang Yue asked, "Do you think all living things in the world are equal?" Could there be such a person? ”

"Aren't you?"

"Can't count me." Tang Yue said, "I'm just an unknown carbon-based creature on an unknown barren planet. ”

"Then the last such person should be Siddhartha Gautama."

"Who?"

"Shakyamuni." Lao Mao said, "I have always believed that species communism is the ultimate sublimation version of the best, and the upgrading of technology may allow human beings to approach the communist society infinitely, but the idea of human civilization will never reach the height of species communism...... For on this height stands God. ”

"Only the gods of creation will treat all their creations equally, and there is a saying in the Tao Te Ching that 'heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs', which means that heaven and earth are impartial to all things in the world." "I don't think there are such intelligent beings in this universe, because when you treat all life in the universe equally, then your mind must become as big as the universe—and at that time, you will already be the universe itself." ”

Tang Yue was stunned.

"But you've inspired me." The old cat said, "To reach this ideological height, there may be another way to go...... When the world is left with you and a mouse, you and the mouse are certainly equally important. ”

"Is this the old cat philosophy?"

"Yes." The old cat nodded, "It's normal that you haven't heard of the term species republicism, because I just invented it. ”

Tang Yuezuo suddenly realized, he pointed to the computer behind the old cat.

"Karl Heinrich Cats, your computer is dead again."

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"Mr. Cat, 001, 002, 023, 044 are out, 077 red light, 078 red light, MotorServo indicator light is off, hydraulic gauge is normal."

"Roger." The old cat instructed, "I'll disconnect some of the electrical connections next, Miss Maidon, you enter the Silence for the time being, and take care to close the hatch." ”

The girl nodded.

The last thing that needs to be dismantled is the control computer of the Eagle lander, Mai Dong first removed the battery, the battery does not need to be thrown away, it can be connected to the power system of the space station and continue to be used.

Step by step, the old cat severed the connection between the Eagle spacecraft and the space station, and then shut down the modules inside the Eagle spacecraft, and the lander fell silent again.

"Turn off the power."

"Turn off the power."

"Mr. Cat, does the control panel need to be removed entirely?"

After the power was cut off, the light in the command cabin was dim and almost pitch black, and Mai Dong held a flashlight and floated in the cabin.

"We need to keep the weight as low as possible."

Mai Dong copied the screwdriver and wrench, and dismantled the huge center console in the Eagle lander little by little, the original operating system of the Eagle spacecraft was as complex as that of a civil aircraft, densely packed with buttons, electric doors and displays, which were all unnecessary excess weight, and could also pose a threat in the landing impact.

"Be careful not to smash the glass, the shards are not easy to clean, and remove them completely...... Pry from the edge, yes, pry from the edge, that's glue. ”

The old cat follows the video to guide Mai Dong's work, and the camera is on the helmet of the girl's spacesuit in the cabin.

"What should I do next after dismantling the Eagle lander?"

"Once the lander is done, we can get the Orion spacecraft and remove all the excess weight on the Orion, mainly the truss, we need to cut off a third of the main truss."

"Won't it be difficult?"

"No, you don't need a wrench and a screwdriver to remove the trusses, there is a universal docking interface between the trusses and trusses, just like the connections between train cars, to disconnect them you only need to pull the gates."

"Huh? Mr. Cat, here's a switch...... It says 'Don'tTouchMe'. ”

"Then do as it says, don't touch it." The old cat said, "Smash it." ”8)