Thump......

Thump......

Thump......

Thump!

Mai Dong could clearly hear his own heartbeat, which was beating in his chest one after another, tenacious and powerful.

It stands to reason that the surrounding vacuum sound waves cannot be transmitted, and there should be a dead silence in the universe, but Mai Dong can actually hear a lot of sounds, the sound of his own heartbeat, the sound of the water flowing in the drinking bag, the rustle of hair rubbing against the inner helmet, the noise of electricity in the headphones, the humming sound of the life support system of the extravehicular suit, and the sound of the super boom working trembling.

These subtle movements are inaudible under normal circumstances, but they stand out in the silent background, mingling together, like a symphony that has not been polished.

Speaking of which, the universe itself is not silent, not nothing in the vacuum, it is actually full of radiation, energy and particles that are invisible to the human eye.

From neutrinos, microwave background radiation, to the ubiquitous energy fluctuations, gravitational ripples in space, if human beings can perceive these things, then in the eyes of human beings, the universe will be a boiling soup pot, the background radiation is the red bottom of the pot, and the fluctuation of quantum energy is the foam that bulges and bursts on the water surface.

The universe is like a radio station where no one speaks, filled with noisy white noise all the time.

It turned out to be a noisy and restless world.

Mai Dong stood at the end of the super arm, holding the lock of the safety rope in her hand, and the white Eagle spaceship expanded rapidly in her eyes, like an oncoming train.

At this time, the Eagle spacecraft only had the upper stage, the cargo compartment of the command module and the rocket engine were four or five meters long, and Mai Dong saw the emergency escape hatch of the command module, which was a small circular hatch, with one on the left and right on the back of the Eagle spacecraft, for the emergency escape of astronauts.

Under normal circumstances, the crew enters and exits through the tunnel at the bottom of the command module, and when docking with the space station, they enter and exit through the interface, and the emergency escape hatch is generally not used unless there is a fire in the cabin. These two hatches are connected to the fuselage by explosive bolts, and in the event of an accident, the cabin crew issues an emergency exit command, and the hatch will be thrown out far away, that is, these two doors cannot be closed when opened.

In the non-activated state, the emergency escape hatch is almost nailed to the body, which is very firm, because this thing does not have any complicated opening and closing hinges and locking mechanisms, and it is directly opened in an explosive way, which is simple and crude.

The old cat wants to be simple and crude, and the lander has proved with its convulsive computer that the more complex things are, the more likely they are to go wrong at critical moments.

It turns out that the simpler and crudder things are, the more reliable they are in the more urgent situations.

There was a handle on the emergency hatch, and the old cat thought about it, and thought that there were only two places on the Eagle spacecraft that could be fastened with a safety cable - the edge of the interface could actually be fastened with a safety cable, but the old cat doubted that the interface could withstand such a huge pull.

After the safety rope catches the Eagle spacecraft, the old cat will tighten the rope and pull the lander, reducing its relative speed to zero, which is like using a rope to pull a sliding rear eight-wheeled trailer, which will produce a great pull in the process. For safety and security, the old cat of course has to tie a rope to a winch or bumper instead of a license plate.

The old cat finally used the docking interface as a backup option, and if Mai Dong failed to grasp the emergency escape hatch, then he switched to the docking mechanism.

"Ten seconds." The old cat's voice sounded in Mai Dong's headphones.

Mai Dong slowly held his breath.

"Five seconds."

The Eagle spacecraft is already within reach.

Witnessing such a big man flying over quietly was really a counter-intuitive thing, and Mai Dong always subconsciously felt that something was pushing it.

The old cat stared at the screen tightly.

It turned on the camera on the super arm, and the old cat could see the figure in the extravehicular suit, as well as the approaching Eagle ship.

The lander is already very close.

But it's not time yet.

The relative speed of the Eagle spacecraft and the space station is six meters per second, which is too high, and the lander, a thing weighing more than ten tons, flying at a speed of six meters per second, carries quite terrifying energy, not to mention a direct collision, even if it is a scratch, no one can withstand it.

The train has not yet entered the station, and the old cat is waiting.

It was waiting for the lander to enter the Great Circle, a large circle with a radius of seventy meters - the range of motion of the Super Boom.

"Three seconds!"

The Eagle flew past Mai Dong's eyes like a locomotive rumbling past the passengers waiting on the platform.

The train arrives!

"The big arm is set to length! Start scrolling! Countdown to five seconds——! The old cat slammed on the keyboard and yelled, "Mai Dong ——! ”

The super boom gets the command, and the gyroscope stabilizes the attitude! The motor and motor are turned on! It's like the rocker arm of a camera set up during a movie, and it starts to move in the same direction as the Eagle spacecraft, the direction has been locked, the movement line is very strict and straight, and in the next five seconds, the relative velocity of Mai Dong and the Eagle spacecraft is zero!

Mai Dong leaned in and struggled to reach for the shell of the lander - the emergency escape hatch was in front of her, close enough to reach it, as long as she grabbed it, she could grab the Eagle spaceship, and she could grasp her fate!

The girl was stunned.

She couldn't touch the Eagle.

She couldn't reach it.

Mai Dong's hands were short, and there was still a small error when measuring the distance and angle before, which was only an insignificant five centimeters. Under normal circumstances, this is completely understandable, after all, people are not machines, and a small error is harmless.

But at this moment, there is a five-centimeter gap between Mai Dong's hand and the Eagle spaceship.

Sometimes there is a gap of five centimeters between life and death.

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The Super Boom moves in sync with the Eagle spacecraft, moving within a radius of seventy meters, and the Boom will soon be unable to keep up with the lander's speed, and the time between the two is only five seconds.

How long is five seconds?

The lungs can dilate twice and inhale 600 milliliters of air.

The heart beats five times and pumps 375 milliliters of blood.

The brain can imagine the voice and smile of a lover, and then direct the hypothalamus and pituitary gland to secrete dopamine.

Sound can travel 1,500 meters.

The Earth can move 150 kilometers.

Light can travel 1.5 million kilometers.

The universe can expand by 1.5 million light-years.

Five seconds in the universe is enough to give birth to 10,000 stars, and five seconds for one person is enough for him to fall in love with another.

Or make a decision.

How many history-changing decisions in the world were made in five seconds?

"Mr. Cat!" Mai Dong gritted his teeth and shouted, "Untie the platform lock!" ”

The old cat was taken aback, and without saying a word, he immediately unlocked the lock, "The lock is lifted!" ”

The girl clutched the safety rope tightly, and with all her strength, she jumped towards Mars, towards the vast deep space, and towards the Eagle spaceship!