"Can you see anything?"

"Sand, endless sand, and stones." Tang Yue stepped on the chair, leaned half out of the cab, holding on to the frame, like a lookout on an ocean-going sailboat, "I can see

The wind is blowing from our northwest, do we need full left rudder?"

"No need." The old cat held a screwdriver in his mouth and sat in the experimental cabin to repair his broken claw. "I have already pointed out the markers for you. Just let the stray dog ​​go in the predetermined direction."

Tang Yue sat down and held the steering wheel. The Martian stray dog ​​crawled slowly and leisurely at a turtle speed. The marker pointed out to him by the old cat was a large piece of basalt in the distance, half buried in the soil, with an unknown size.

No matter how big it is, the exposed part is at least two stories high, and it happens to be on the path of the Mars rover.

As the saying goes, Wangshan is like a dead horse. Tang Yue drove the Mars rover towards it for a long time, but he didn't get anywhere near it.

"It can't be a mirage, right?" Tang Yue muttered.

Mirages are a common sight in deserts on Earth, but there is no evidence that they occur on Mars.

However, mirages are essentially the result of the refraction of light in the atmosphere. The cause is quite simple. As long as certain conditions are met, mirages can form anywhere, so Tang Yue concluded that this thing is definitely not unique to the earth.

"It's not a mirage." Old Cat said, "The atmosphere on Mars is too thin, the temperature is too low, and the sunlight is very weak. It is difficult to have such a high refractive index of light. You feel that you have never been able to get close to it, just because your eyes and

The brain misestimates the distance, and in the desert where there is no reference object, it is difficult to accurately judge the size of an object and estimate the distance."

Tang Yue squinted his eyes. He thought that his eyesight was quite good. His pair of krypton gold dog eyes had never been short-sighted or astigmatic since he was a child. He thought that when he was selecting the crew of the Orion crew, Tang Yue was able to break through the siege and stand out among the crowd.

One of the important reasons why young engineers from Beihang University, Harbin Institute of Technology and Western Polytechnic University stand out is that he is the only one among them who does not wear glasses.

The central visual acuity test uses a Lang's meter, which is a C-type ring meter. Tang Yue pointed east and west as he pleased from a distance of five meters.

"Don't believe it? How far do you think the distance between you and the marker is?" asked the old cat.

"Hmm..." Tang Yue pondered for a moment, "Eight hundred...one kilometer."

"In fact, the rock is at least two kilometers away from you." The old cat said, "It is much farther than you think, so you have the illusion that you can't reach it no matter how hard you run."

The old cat blew hard on the fur of the severed limb, placed it on the floor, and frowned.

A broken paw is nothing to it, since it won't lose blood or go into shock anyway, but it's not a good sign.

The old cat is very aware that his body is aging. According to the normal design, it has reached the end of its lifespan. It is part of the first phase of the Mars landing plan, and everything in this phase will be decommissioned and discarded in the following days, including

Orion 1 and 2 include Mars stray dogs and old cats.

It has been overloaded with so much work over the past year.

Today is the sixth day.

There are still ninety kilometers to the destination.

The old cat reattached the severed limbs to himself. The limbs were indeed detachable. He did not lie to Tang Yue about this, but the claws could not support hot swapping like a USB flash drive. If it was broken, it would be broken, and the joints would no longer be strong.

, From now on, I’m afraid this arm will never be able to do any heavy work again.

It was lying on the edge of the porthole, with its cat face pressed against the glass. Looking out through the porthole, its expression suddenly became lazy and tired. It looked motionless at the passing wilderness, like a cat with its face pressed against the car window.

's children.

"Tang Yue." The old cat muttered.

"Huh? I'm here. What's the problem?"

"Look to the left. There is a stone at the bottom of the hillside over there. Do you see it?"

"I saw it, what happened?"

"Do you think it looks like a small dried fish?"

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When the sun rose to the highest point above its head, the old cat used a sextant to measure its altitude angle again.

"How's it going?" Tang Yue moved the solar panels down one by one, panting, "Are we going the right way?"

"In general, there is no problem, but further confirmation requires knowing the longitude. If we go down another thirty kilometers in the current direction, we will arrive at the fourth scheduled parking point." Old Mao sat on the roof of the car, lifting

He raised his paws and pointed forward, dangling his two short legs, "That is the last stopping point before officially reaching the target. If we cross it, the destination will be in front of us."

"It's a pity that the stray dog's battery life is limited." Tang Yue unfolded the battery panel, "If it could be stronger, we might have arrived by now."

"After all, it is not used for long-distance transportation. As a short-legged dog, it is not easy for it to persist here. The next Mars rover can meet your requirements. It is said that its name is Red Rabbit."

The cat said, "How is the situation with Mingguang Armor?"

"The Mingguang Armor is working normally, and there are still three-quarters of the oxygen reserve. Judging from the current consumption rate, we can definitely last until the end." Tang Yue waved his hand, "Don't worry."

The old cat watched condescendingly as Tang Yue moved back and forth, carrying the panels out of the car one by one, stopping to rest every once in a while. This was a strenuous job. Although the solar panels were not too heavy, they could not hold up a large number of them.

Lao Mao wanted to help, but was stopped by Tang Yue.

People with disabilities please sit down obediently.

Don't come here to do any harm.

Excuse me, when the solar panel and your arm fall to the ground at the same time, which one will you pick up first?

The old cat was helpless and had to give up.

"I will die eventually," said the old cat.

Tang Yue was stunned.

"What did you say?"

"A poem once written by Lao Wang." Old Cat said leisurely, "I will die eventually, in the night when the stars are shining."

"That rough guy like Lao Wang can still write poetry?" Tang Yue was a little surprised. Lao Wang was a tall and strong man from the Northeast. He was born in Wing Chun in elementary school and could fight bears. If he hadn't joined the army and became a pilot, he himself

Everyone said that he might become a powerful person in the world. Lao Wang usually talks like this: What are you doing? What are you looking at? Step aside for a moment! **Babe, why are you so big? Sitting alone for two people.

A bench?

Can such a person write poetry? Will he not break the pen?

Isn’t this the same virtue as Zhang Zongchang and Marshal Zhang?

Daming Lake, Minghu is big, are there toads in Daming Lake?

"Middle-aged people, there are seniors and juniors, life pressure is high, and the mid-life crisis has arrived, there is always a time to be sentimental." Lao Mao said, "Lao Wang once told me that he dreamed of becoming a poet when he was a child, and he has always believed that

Life was rough, but unfortunately he received a beating from his father, and his spirit immediately returned to normal."

"I will die eventually,

On a starry night,

Please bury me."

The old cat chanted leisurely.

Tang Yue was stunned.

It's really not like cannons were fired at his mother.

"When the spring breeze blows,

Bright flowers will bloom on dead trees,

You must come and see me,

When that day comes,

There will be a kingfisher spreading its wings on my tombstone,
Chapter completed!