321 (6) The Boat of Confusion

The old cat's eyes widened, and its paws were hanging on the computer keyboard, trembling slightly.

Tang Yue leaned on the side with a chair, his eyes wider than that of an old cat.

"Is that it?" Tang Yue's voice trembled, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"It's not clear, it needs to be confirmed." The old cat whispered, "But it's most likely." ”

Nothing has been more exciting than these two simple words on a computer screen since the disappearance of Earth, and this is the first time that the Kunlun station has received information from other humans who are not part of the joint space station.

After the old cat found the "HELLO MARS" on the monitor, the first thing he did was to rush into the crew compartment and kick Tang Yue awake.

"Take a look." Tang Yue gently pushed the old cat.

"Come on, it's a mule or a horse that comes out to slip around, look at my Qiao Taishou and a mandarin duck score!" The old cat nodded and tapped down the keyboard.

Three seconds later, the page was refreshed, and the system computer of Kunlun Station quickly gave the result, it replied to the greeting as quickly as possible, got in touch with the greeting visitor, established a liaison mechanism, and washed and peeled it and put it on the plate and served it, from top to bottom, no matter how big or small, all private information was exposed, and even the other party's measurements were clearly marked.

Tang Yue and the old cat saw each other's ID photos, this is a milky white spaceship, with a total length of twenty-two meters, similar to the appearance of the Eagle spacecraft, like a round and fat mallet, with a white back and a black background, but it is not divided into upper and lower levels and has no portholes - this is a disposable non-returnable unmanned spacecraft, the side of the spacecraft is marked with huge blue letters of its subordinate unit: CNSA, and the other side is a red national flag.

"It's unbelievable that this little guy managed to escape and find the door by himself...... It didn't even have control and correction instructions on the ground, and it flew alone for so long, at such a distance, and didn't get lost. The old cat shook his head and exclaimed.

Tang Yue's strength in pinching the old cat's shoulder suddenly increased, and his eyes turned red.

The thirteenth cargo spacecraft of the People's Republic of China's Mars landing program.

Tianzhou 37.

The cargo spacecraft was launched on the eve of Earth's disappearance, and its mission was to deliver supplies for the next Mars landing program, and at the same time start the second phase of the Kunlun station upgrade program, which is fully loaded with 15 tons of supplies and supplies, including a large amount of food, fresh water, medicine, daily necessities, fuel, and electrical parts for maintenance and upgrades.

In the three-step Mars landing, the thirteenth scientific expedition mission carried out by Tang Yue and Mai Dong is already the end of the first step, and the second step to be taken will be to verify the self-sustaining technology of the Mars base, including the long-term planting of crops, the cycle of closed small ecosystems, and the extraction of methane and water resources on the surface of Mars, China's Tianzhou-37 is the first shot of the second step plan.

According to the original plan, in the second year after the launch of Tianzhou-37, Tianzhou-38, Tianzhou-39 and the new Orion-3 spacecraft will set off at the same time, opening the curtain of mankind's comprehensive conquest of Mars.

"Job Title Number CNMEP390012C Mars Landing Program Payload Specialist, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer Tang Yue, Call Tianzhou."

Tang Yue sent out his greetings.

Moments later, a reply from the ship appeared in the contact window:

"Hello Commissioner Tang Yue, this is Tianzhou 37, I wish you a happy life."

Tang Yue was so excited that he almost smashed the keyboard.

It was a complete surprise, no one knew that there was a spaceship in the middle of nowhere...... This lone survivor flew unbeknownst for nearly a year before finally getting in touch with the Martian Kunlun station today.

Tang Yue actually knew about the launch of Tianzhou 37, but he didn't have any hope, the earth disappeared and swept away 99% of the artificial spacecraft, Tianzhou 37 was launched not long ago, in Tang Yue's concept, it should also go with the earth - after all, even Orion 1 near the orbit of Mars was completely lost.

Even if Tianzhou can escape this catastrophe, after the earth disappears, Tianzhou-37 will no longer receive any correction instructions from the ground, and its flight procedures will miss the target as long as there is a slight deviation.

Even the old cat is not optimistic about the future of Tianzhou-37, it believes that this spacecraft will either disappear like the Orion-1 spacecraft, or it will miss Mars with a huge deviation and fly into the endless deep space.

But this tenacious little spaceship actually arrived on time.

Its system computer blindly traveled more than 100 million kilometers and reached its target with incredible precision.

"This is Kunlun Station, call Tianzhou 37!" Tang Yue put on headphones and spoke with voice, "Please answer if you receive it!" ”

"This is Tianzhou 37, I received your call, I wish you a happy life." A soft female voice came from the channel.

"This is Kunlun Station, call Tianzhou 37!"

"This is Tianzhou 37, I received your call, I wish you a happy life."

"This is Kunlun Station, call Tianzhou 37! Call Tianzhou 37! Call Tianzhou 37! Tang Yue was overjoyed.

"Why are you acting like a repeater?" The old cat glanced at him, "The other party is a serious repeater, and the replies are all set in advance, and they will only wish you a happy life back and forth, and you can talk so well with a computer?" ”

"Where is it now?" Tang Yue asked, "How far are we from us?" ”

"Twenty days." The old cat replied, "I am establishing a liaison and navigation mechanism with Tianzhou-37 to guide it to correct its flight trajectory...... The ship was more tenacious than we thought, and in the absence of ground commands, it relied on the backup navigation system to correct its flight direction, and it touched it step by step. ”

"Backup system?"

"Yes, the sun and the stars." The old cat nodded, "This is a little strong, the Tianzhou series is really the most reliable spaceship I have ever seen, and the Cygnus in Loma may have drifted to Jupiter's orbit at this time...... OK! The course has been reset, and in twenty days it will be in orbit around Mars. ”

"Great! That's great! Tang Yue clenched his fists and waved them, shouting excitedly, "What do you mean by heaven helping me?" This is God help me! ”

The appearance of Tianzhou 37 is undoubtedly timely rain, it is an unmanned cargo spaceship, full of precious supplies and materials, and the materials on Tianzhou are enough for Tang Yue and Mai Dong to use for several years.

Tang Yue can finally get rid of the never-ending compressed biscuits.

Finally able to eat noodles and vegetables, finally able to drink juice and coffee, and even frozen dumplings.

There are also antibiotics, multivitamins, and anti-radiation agents – even hair loss can be relieved.

The most important thing is that Tianzhou-37 can dock with the United Space Station, and Mai Dong can land safely on a cargo spacecraft, which is much higher than the unreliable Orion-2, and the landing of the Tianzhou spacecraft is as smooth as that of a Boeing airliner...... It is no exaggeration to say that Tianzhou 37 is a ship of life, it is full of vitality, belatedly on the eve of the fall of Orion 2, and puts the hope of survival in the hands of Tang Yue and Mai Dong.

If that cargo spaceship was here at the moment, Tang Yue would give it a long deep kiss.

It was his first kiss.