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Dead on Mars Dead on Mars Chapter 117

Chapter 117: Sol Hundred and Fourteen, The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back

Translator: CKtalon  Editor: CKtalon

“Tang Yue, don't be disheartened. It's only the first batch of seeds. There are still other tomato seeds on Kunlun Station,” Mai Dong said. “You can continue planting them. I believe that you will eventually succeed.”

“That's right… Definitely. I know.” Tang Yue sat in the plastic greenhouse, leaning against the RTG as he held the frozen plants in his hands. “I know.”

Although he was saying that, Tang Yue didn't move at all. He just sat on the ground, the glint in his eyes gone.

Mai Dong became anxious. To survive in perilous conditions, what mattered most was willpower. At times, it was that tiny difference that determined if one would survive the dire conditions.

Once one lost the confidence and willpower to struggle for survival, a person would rapidly collapse—a complete breakdown. Nothing was more dangerous than giving up fighting for salvation.

Ever since Earth vanished, Tang Yue had presented an optimism that exceeded Mai Dong's. Every day, while drinking cold water and swallowing those hard biscuits, he would tell her jokes.

He and Tomcat had created an atmosphere as though human society still existed, preventing them from thinking about the Earth that had disappeared a hundred million kilometers away.

But now, even Tomcat had disappeared.

There was no way for them to engage in any comic dialog.

The tomato sprout's freezing might very well be the straw that broke the camel's back. Tang Yue's last efforts for salvation had been declared a failure. It had drained away the remaining bit of valor he had. Of course, Tang Yue could continue planting the remaining tomato seeds, but the continued failures might be the final outcome.

The tomato-planting failure meant scurvy.

His condition would worsen until his body began bleeding, and his ulcers would rot. He would lose calcium in his bones as his muscles atrophied. Finally, he would slump onto the ground, unable to move a muscle. All he could do was wait for death.

This was a foreseeable future. It was enough to plunge someone into despair, into madness.

Therefore, Tang Yue had long dug his grave. As the last two humans in the Universe, he represented all the men. Therefore, even if were to die, he needed to die with dignity. Collapsing in Kunlun Station and slowly rotting was just unsightly and unimaginable.

Mai Dong had no idea what Tang Yue was truly thinking, but even she herself had mild signs of depression. It was not difficult for her to guess that this man was burdened with stress that was greater than hers. Such stress would only worsen with time.

Even though Tang Yue appeared on screen like a care-free person, no one knew what he was thinking when he saw his body covered with internal bleeding when he was outside the camera's vision.

Tang Yue silently held the corpses of the sprouts.

He had just been enlightened about how equally important the plants were before their lives had been stolen by the cold. Tang Yue didn't understand what had gone wrong in his plans.

Was the heat provided by the RTG and the high-pressure sodium lamps insufficient?

Or were the thermal insulation measures inadequate?

However, he had used every means and object possible.

Yet, he had still failed to keep them alive.

Tang Yue had exhausted all his time and effort. He was tired.

“Mai Dong.”

“Yes?”

“Back on Earth, I never realized that staying alive was that difficult. There's air everywhere, water that's easily reachable, so much food that it goes to waste.” Tang Yue looked up at the airlock hatch. “We have never struggled for survival. When did it begin that survival wasn't a goal we strive for?

“In the natural world, any life suffers from birth, illness, aging, and death. Every life is seeking survival with great difficulty, so nature has failed entities. Faced with these failed entities, you should be more optimistic and honest. That's because they are also part of the natural world…”

“Tang Yue, Tang Yue… Let's not talk about this. Why don't I tell you a joke? Let me tell you a joke.” Mai Dong stammered, “What do you get from a cow at the North Pole?”

Tang Yue turned his head over.

“Ice-cream!”

Tang Yue was taken aback for quite a while.

“Is it… not funny?”

“It is.” Tang Yue nodded and said, “Hahahaha.”

“Why don't I tell you another? Back when I was in college, there was a hide-and-seek society. Its main activities were to play hide-and-seek everywhere. The society's president hasn't been found to this very day.”

Tang Yue was dumbfounded.

Tang Yue's low spirits left Mai Dong reeling in anxiety. However, she had no idea what she could do to make him regain his will.

“There's Mr. Cat! We still need to find Mr. Cat! That's why you need to work hard to survive. If you give up, who will find it? Didn't you say that we need to see the cat, dead or alive?”

“That's right. We need to find Tomcat.”

“So you need to make every second count to plant the remaining tomato seeds. Let them grow up, bloom, and bear fruit. Only then can you save yourself.”

“Yes, every second counts.”

“Then take action now! Time waits for no man! The faster you progress, the better. Your vitamin reserves are limited. You can't delay any further. Do you hear what I say?”

“Yes… I need to take action.”

Regardless of what Mai Dong said, Tang Yue nodded in agreement, but she didn't see him moving. All he did was sit against the RTG with a numbed look on his face.

This was what Mai Dong worried about the most. Tang Yue had sunken deep into self-doubt. He had lost his direction in life, as well as his goals and motivation to live on.

“Then, get moving. Tang Yue, please move! Do it again. It's just another vernalization and planting of the tomatoes. Is it that difficult to put in a bit of effort? What problems can you solve sitting there in dejection?” Mai Dong's voice rose to a crescendo as she bellowed angrily, “Are you even still a man?”

“Of course.” Tang Yue cocked his head, looking somewhat exasperated. “I'm sitting here because my legs are numb. I can't stand up.”

Mai Dong shrank her neck … Oh.

“Look at these tomato sprouts. I've given them all I can give them. I've even given them all my clothes and blankets, but they still froze to death. I don't know why.”

Tang Yue pointed at the Seven Heroes of Wudang in his hand, raising them high.

“Do you really think the results would be different if I try again?”

“How would you know if you don't try it?”

Mai Dong's eyes glimmered as she stared at Tang Yue. From some unknown source, she had drawn immense energy. “Remember what you said previously? If you don't wish to live, let me do the thinking for you!”

Tang Yue palpitated before he shook his head with a smile and let out a long sigh.

With the help of the table beside him, he slowly got up and stretched his legs.

“I just can't bear sending these pitiful little guys to their deaths…”

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Chapter 195 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Four, Desert, Loneliness, Shit
Chapter 194 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
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Chapter 192 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Two, Law of Tomcat's Flag
Chapter 191 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
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Chapter 175 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 174 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty–Four, Buttocks and Thermal
Chapter 173 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 172 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 171 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 170 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 169 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
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Chapter 152 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 151 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy–Seven, Bio
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Chapter 149 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 148 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 147 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 146 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
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Chapter 136 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 135 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 134 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 133 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 132 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 131 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy–Three, Long
Chapter 130 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 129 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 128 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy–Two, New
Chapter 127 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 126 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 125 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 124 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 123
Chapter 122
Chapter 121
Chapter 120
Chapter 119
Chapter 118
Chapter 117
Chapter 116
Chapter 115
Chapter 114
Chapter 113
Chapter 112
Chapter 111
Chapter 110
Chapter 109
Chapter 108
Chapter 107
Chapter 106
Chapter 105
Chapter 104
Chapter 103
Chapter 102
Chapter 101
Chapter 100
Chapter 99
Chapter 98
Chapter 97
Chapter 96
Chapter 95
Chapter 94
Chapter 93
Chapter 92
Chapter 91
Chapter 90
Chapter 89
Chapter 88
Chapter 87
Chapter 86
Chapter 85
Chapter 84
Chapter 83
Chapter 82
Chapter 81
Chapter 80
Chapter 79
Chapter 78
Chapter 77
Chapter 76
Chapter 75
Chapter 74 – Sol Hundred, Shit
Chapter 73 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 72 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 71 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 70 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 69 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 68 – Sol Ninety
Chapter 67: Sol Ninety-Eight, A Man Without Water Is Not a Man at All
Chapter 66: Sol Ninety-Eight, Scurvy, and Kidney Failure
Chapter 65: Sol Ninety-Eight, The Space Station's Miss Farmer
Chapter 64: Sol Ninety-Eight, The Mathematical Explanation Between Gradual Enlightenment and Instant Enlightenment
Chapter 63: Sol Ninety-Eight, Disappearance of the Orion I
Chapter 62: Epilogue
Chapter 61: Sol Five, Grab onto That Shackle
Chapter 60: Sol Five, Five Seconds That Can Give Birth to Ten Thousand Stars
Chapter 59: Sol Five, Seventy-Meter-Long Surgical Knife
Chapter 58: Sol Five, The Arm
Chapter 57: Sol Five, The Solitary Shout
Chapter 56: Sol Five, Fly Towards the Sun
Chapter 55: Sol Five, The Mountain Will Not Come to Muhammad
Chapter 54: Sol Five, Biting Fate by the Throat
Chapter 53: Sol Five, Good People Live Long
Chapter 52: Sol Five, Eternal Increase in Entropy
Chapter 51: Sol Five, We Crashed
Chapter 50: Sol Five, The Probability of Success from Betting One's Life
Chapter 49: Sol Five, Desperado
Chapter 48: Sol Five, I'm Watching from Hundreds of Millions of Kilometers Away
Chapter 47: Sol Five, Lonely Radio Wave
Chapter 46: Sol Five, Third Life in the Whole Universe
Chapter 45: Sol Five, Either Make or Break
Chapter 44: Sol Five, I've Been Caught by the Nazis
Chapter 43: Sol Five, Nostalgia Became a Tiny Spacecraft
Chapter 42: Sol Five, Lil' Eagle's Race
Chapter 41: Sol Five, Eagle, Away You Go!
Chapter 40: Sol Five, Mars United Space Station
Chapter 39: Sol Five, the Greatest Being-Toward-Death
Chapter 38: Sol Five, The Meaning of a Million Tang Yue's
Chapter 37: Sol Five, Snail in a Race
Chapter 36: Sol Five, The Universe's Final Broadcasting Station
Chapter 35: Sol Four, Man is Unable to Defeat the Universe
Chapter 34: Sol Four, Cold Physics and Mathematics
Chapter 33: Sol Four, Parents Need Alone Time When Guiding Children With Their Studies
Chapter 32: Sol Four, SpongeBob Lives Under the Sea
Chapter 31: Sol Four, Two Solutions to Repair a TV
Chapter 30: Sol Four, Antenna Father and Antenna Son
Chapter 29: Sol Four, A Person Equaling a Billion People
Chapter 28: Sol Four, Himalayas on the Plains
Chapter 27: Sol Four, Becoming a Mummy on Mars
Chapter 26: Sol Four, Would I Lose All My Reputation?
Chapter 25: Sol Four, Disappearance of Tomcat
Chapter 24: Sol Four, Forging Across the Hundred Meters
Chapter 23: Sol Four, Force 14 Wind on Mars
Chapter 22: Sol Four, 21st Century Famine
Chapter 21: Sol Four, Taking off the EVA Suit, Buttocks Go First
Chapter 20: Sol Four, I'm Starving
Chapter 19: Sol Three, Tomcat is a Good Dictionary
Chapter 18: Sol Three, A Cremation Awaits a Moment's Joy of Ripping Wires
Chapter 17: Sol Three, 13,416 Articles
Chapter 16: Sol Three, Kunlun Station's Enslaved Worker
Chapter 15: Sol Two, The Eagle That Lets Its Hair Down
Chapter 14: Sol Two, How an Earth Can Be Blasted Apart
Chapter 13: Sol Two, Grand Art of Dirty Clothes Changing
Chapter 12: Sol Two, The Naked Man on the Desolate Plains
Chapter 11: Sol One, Rectum Comparable to a Howitzer
Chapter 10: Sol One, Mars Wanderer
Chapter 9: Sol One, Kunlun Station is a Turtle Shell
Chapter 8: Sol One, Robots Do Not Need Sleep
Chapter 7: Sol One, You are Inhumane
Chapter 6: Sol One, Can Last Another Five Sols
Chapter 5: Sol One, Crazy Canned Food
Chapter 4: Sol One, Enough Oxygen for Fifteen Years
Chapter 3: Sol One, Live On
Chapter 2: Sol One, Last Human in the Universe
Chapter 1: Sol One, Earth Has Exploded
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