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Dead on Mars Dead on Mars Chapter 180 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty

Chapter 180: Sol Three Hundred and Twenty-One, Project Landing

Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon

Tomcat fell silent before it smiled.

“There's no need to say such things, Miss Mai Dong.”

It didn't wish to touch on topics regarding death, especially at such times. Reality had proven that Tomcat's raising of flags often came true; therefore, it was best it shut up before the beginning of every major operation.

Compared to Mai Dong's decisiveness and resoluteness, Tomcat appeared somewhat apprehensive and indecisive. But this was its duty. As an assistant on Kunlun Station, it had an obligation to ensure the safety of the team.

Mai Dong naturally had the right to make any decision with her own life. No one had the right to question her.

Orion II's atmospheric reentry was definitely the most dangerous landing mission in human aeronautical history. Tomcat's worry and unease weren't without reason. If the landing failed, it would be equivalent to it and Tang Yue sending Mai Dong and Orion II to their deaths. Putting aside what Tomcat would feel, Tang Yue would probably suffer a mental breakdown.

For Tang Yue, the best choice was for Mai Dong to safely stay in the space station, but for some unknown reason, he was supporting Mai Dong's decision.

“Tang Yue, what happens if the landing fails? Aren't you afraid?”

“I am.”

“Then why are you insisting on letting Miss Mai Dong come down?” Tomcat asked.

Tang Yue fell silent for a few seconds.

“I'll support her every decision.”

“Aren't you afraid that this decision might lead to a disaster?”

Tang Yue cocked his head and gazed at the Orion II model, suddenly effusing a look that Tomcat couldn't read.

He took a deep breath.

“On a night after we confirmed that Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I would hit Mars, I had a chat with Mai Dong… I asked her why we had lived up to now. Was it an innate desire for survival? Simply inertia for survival? Or was it responsibility and duty?” Tang Yue slowly said. “We have lived out days like walking zombies surviving in this remote and secluded corner. I think if this continues, we will one day lose our right to be humans, turning into something no different from a rodent.”

“The desire for survival is the means and not the end. Living isn't the meaning behind living,” Tang Yue continued. “Therefore, Mai Dong and I decided that Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I was the end to everything. Our responsibilities and duties ended with it. All our identities would be wiped out by the comet's impact, be it inheritors of human civilization, watchmen, or grave diggers. Tang Yue and Mai Dong would die here.”

“And then?”

“Then… if we were to survive the comet's impact and somehow survive, we wouldn't pursue to extend our lives for the continuation of human civilization. We would let life regain its true meaning. From that moment forth, I'm just an ordinary person. Likewise for Mai Dong. The only difference is that the place we live in is different from others.”

Tang Yue smiled but the smile slowly faded as he changed his tone. “Mai Dong told me that she was in great pain.”

Tomcat was taken aback.

“She wishes to change the kind of life she has no matter what it takes.”

“So neither of you care how much time you have left?”

“No, it's how we live that takes priority, and the length of life becomes second,” Tang Yue replied. “We were very worried that we would transform into people who ended up being unscrupulous in order to survive. Bit by bit, we calculated the little amount of time we have left, being calculative about every second and minute. We would greedily and crazily use every resource that can extend our lives… Only at the last moment when we turn around and look ourselves in the mirror do we realize that we are no longer human.”

Mai Dong completed her job and returned to the space station's core module.

Tomcat began a test run of the SPT276, and the maintenance work had been very successful. The thruster spewed out high-speed Xeon ions that appeared blue in space.

This gigantic stationary plasma thruster could provide the space station with seven Newtons of force. This force against the space station that had a mass exceeding four hundred tonnes was undoubtedly minuscule, but in zero-gravity, even an ant could move a whale. As long as there was sufficient time, any tiny amounts of acceleration could bring about a sufficient change in speed.

After Orion II left the space station, SPT276's thruster was the only thing that could move the space station thus, greatly extending its lifespan. It was quite obvious that Tomcat didn't wish to lose Orion II and the space station. There was nothing that could be done about Orion II's crash, but it was bent on keeping the space station operational as long as it could.

“I have no right to interfere with your choice. It's just my duty to remind you both,” Tomcat said. “As long as you are still lucid and mentally sound enough to understand the risks behind the operation before making the decision, I will do my best to support you.”

“Mr. Cat, then can I activate it now?”

“Yes.” Tomcat nodded. “Orion II and Kunlun Station are already prepared. You can activate it at any moment.”

Mai Dong opened the notebook computer in the core module and entered Orion II's control system. It was still that familiar interface.

A red button and a blue button.

The girl looked up at Tomcat and Tang Yue with an inquisitive look in her eyes.

“You can press the red button,” Tomcat said, “Miss Mai Dong.”

Tang Yue stared at the girl's eyes and nodded.

Mai Dong took a deep breath as she extended her finger and gently pressed the screen.

Under the pressure, the current under the screen changed minutely. At the moment the skin on Mai Dong's index finger touched the screen, the electric signal reached the United Space Station and Orion II's computers. Silently, Orion II's flight program was completely changed as massive amounts of data pumped through the circuits. The thousands of sensors on the spacecraft received new commands as the mission clock started from zero. The computer had entered its landing mode.

It was to become the most massive landing device in human history.

Mai Dong looked around. Nothing had changed on the space station or to the spacecraft after she had pressed the button… It was a little different from what she had expected.

The girl even thought of prodding the screen a few more times.

“You don't have to do that, Miss Mai Dong.” A pop-up window appeared on the monitor in front of Tomcat. Large amounts of data was being updated. “Orion II has entered landing mode. It will begin twenty hours from now. There will be three attitude adjustments before it does the atmospheric entry… The estimated time for entry is Coordinated Martian Time, 3:20 p.m. tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow at 3:20 p.m.?”

“Yes.” Tomcat nodded. “Before the descent officially begins, you still have twenty-eight hours. Have a good rest… Tang Yue, you should get some rest as well.”

Tang Yue didn't move as he turned his head over and smiled. His eyes said silently: “It's fine.”

Tomcat's eyes didn't have a smile. “I'm not just worried about that lady. If the landing fails, what will happen to you?”

Late into the silent night.

Tang Yue went to have some rest. Tomcat entered its sleep mode, likewise for Kunlun Station's computer since there wasn't any work for it to do.

Mai Dong was to land tomorrow. Tang Yue tried hard to sleep, but his anxiety and nervousness left him awake. Just the closing of his eyes would make him see the flaming Orion II crashing. This was a scene from his nightmare. It was so realistic that it left him horrified as it imprinted deep in his consciousness. Therefore, Tang Yue's brain had remembered it, replaying it every night to him.

Finally, Tang Yue opened his eyes and stared at the pitch-black ceiling.

“Are you asleep? Tang Yue?” Mai Dong's voice sounded from the earpiece.

“No,” Tang Yue replied. “I can't sleep.”

“Same here,” Mai Dong said faintly. “Let's have a chat? If the landing fails tomorrow, this might be our last night chat…”

“What nonsense are you saying?” Tang Yue frowned as he cut off Mai Dong with a stern tone. “It won't be the last. We will be chatting face to face tomorrow night!”

Chapter end

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Chapter 200 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 199 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 198 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 197 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 196 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Four, How to Enter the Two
Chapter 195 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Four, Desert, Loneliness, Shit
Chapter 194 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 193 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 192 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Two, Law of Tomcat's Flag
Chapter 191 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 190 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 189 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 188 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 187 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 186 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 185 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 184 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 183 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 182 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 181 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 180 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 179 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 178 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 177
Chapter 176
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
Chapter 168 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 167 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 166 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 165 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 164 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 163 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 162 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 161 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 160 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 159 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 158 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
Chapter 157
Chapter 156
Chapter 155
Chapter 154
Chapter 153
Chapter 152 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 151 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy–Seven, Bio
Chapter 150 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
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
Chapter 145 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 144 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 143 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 142 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 141 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 140 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 139 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 138 – : Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
Chapter 137 – Sol Two Hundred and Seventy
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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