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Dead on Mars Dead on Mars Chapter 192 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty–Two, Law of Tomcat's Flag

Chapter 192: Sol Three Hundred and Twenty-Two, Law of Tomcat's Flag-Raising

Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon

“Probability?”

“No, there isn't a probability. This isn't a probability question about dice throwing.” Tomcat shook its head. “We are unable to precisely predict the time of the space station's crash only because we do not have its detailed orbit numbers. If the space station's system hadn't been put out of commission, we would have been able to predict the time of the crash to the minute… Tang Yue, this isn't a bet. Its destiny was fixed in place the moment the accident happened. It's just something we aren't aware of.”

Tang Yue was taken aback before he understood what Tomcat was saying. What they were facing wasn't dice that hadn't been rolled, but an outcome that had already been determined.

They didn't know because they were blind.

For some baffling reason, Tang Yue recalled Schrödinger's cat.

If one didn't observe it, then one wouldn't know if the cat was dead or alive.

But the United Space Station was different from that Schrödinger's cat. Based on the Copenhagen interpretation, the cat in the chamber was in a superposition of life and death. By observation, its state would collapse into one of the two outcomes. As for the space station, its life and death had been predetermined. It didn't matter if anyone observed it. Even if Tang Yue blindfolded his and Tomcat's eyes, it would still crash at a specific moment.

Tomcat watched as SPT276 slowly drained its mass. It pushed the desk with force, sending its seat rolling away from the monitor.

“From this moment forth, we have lost all ability to affect the United Space Station. We can't do a thing.” Tomcat shook its head. “We are in the true sense of the words, having our hands tied. Even if it were to crash tomorrow, all we could do is helplessly watch it happen… It's late. Get some rest.”

“Roger that,” Mai Dong replied. “Mr. Cat.”

Tomcat drooped its ears as it walked to the recharging point in the corner, but was pulled back by Tang Yue.

“Is there really nothing we can do?”

“Nothing.” Tomcat shot him a glance. “There's really nothing. It's useless, no matter how fast your brain races, smarty-pants.”

In a way, Tang Yue and Tomcat could just calm themselves and not be anxious, nervous, or frantic. They didn't even need to put in any more effort. This was because it would all be futile. They were always anxious because there was hope, struggling because of the possibility of success. But with the ground losing all means to interfere with the United Space Station, the only contact Kunlun Station had with the space station was via radio waves.

Tomcat freed itself from Tang Yue's grasp, walked to the corner and silently plugged itself in.

“Are we really doing nothing?” Tang Yue asked loudly. “Shouldn't we do something? Anything?”

“Eat and sleep.”

Tomcat turned its head to Tang Yue, the former's indifferent, cold gaze chilled Tang Yue's heart.

Those eyes seemed to say: What gave you the right to imagine that hope forever exists?

“Mai Dong.”

“Yes?”

“Don't listen to Tomcat's nonsense. It's just filled with pessimism and defeatism. Wait up there for the rescue. In ten sols time, Tianzhou 37 will arrive. The space station will definitely be able to last to that moment,” Tang Yue said. “It's just ten sols. The United Space Station has been in orbit for more than ten years. What's another ten more sols?”

“But Mr. Cat said that the space station can last at most seven sols.”

“It's seven to eleven sols,” Tang Yue corrected her as he enunciated each and every word. “It's not at most seven sols. The difference between the two phrases is like night and day…”

“I know,” Mai Dong said. “But I find Mr. Cat's words reasonable. Not every problem has a solution. There aren't that many miracles in the world. Lady Luck won't keep showering her blessings on us.”

“When has that darn Lady Luck showered her blessings on us?” Tang Yue took off his shoes and retracted his feet onto the chair as he hugged his knees. “What were you referring to? The Eagle lander's launch and docking? That was three parts destiny and seven parts hard work, alright? It had nothing to do with Lady Luck. If I hadn't braved the hurricane and stayed outside holding the antenna, who knows where the Eagle would have flown to.

“As for Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I… It was never going to hit Mars to begin with. We were made so anxious because of our miscalculation of Deimos's orbit. The culprit is Tomcat and its workstation. In fact, that comet had nothing to do with us. No matter what the roll of our dice was, it wouldn't have hit us.”

Tang Yue grumbled. He found himself unlucky with Lady Unlucky constantly haunting him. However, this also made him understand why the average human lifespan in the Stone Age was just twenty years.

In an extremely harsh environment, with a lack of resources, any trivial problem could develop into a major problem. In modern times, being cut by a blade just meant heading to the hospital to have a few stitches, but in ancient times, this could result in a lethal infection.

Tang Yue's living conditions were worse than the cavemen who had lived during the Stone Age.

Even though the chances of being infected inside and outside Kunlun Station were small, if Tang Yue was to unfortunately fall and suffer a fracture, it also meant that his life would be coming to a close.

“We are really using our lives to verify Murphy's law,” Tang Yue said with a bitter smile.

“Murphy's law?”

“Yes, it's that famous, or should I say infamous statement: whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. In aerospace engineering, it's any technological risk that can go from a possibility to a sudden accident,” Tang Yue explained. “Every engineer in the world knows the law of the jinx.”

“I think there's another corollary.”

“What is it?”

“Mr. Cat… isn't beside you, right?”

“Tomcat?” Tang Yue turned his head and took a glance. Tomcat had already curled into a ball, sleeping as it charged. Its face was buried in its paws with its two ears drooping. “It's asleep.”

“The law of Mr. Cat's flag-raising,” Mai Dong said. “As long as Mr. Cat raises a flag, it will definitely be made into reality.”

“Makes sense.” Tang Yue smacked his head. “I know why Earth vanished!”

Mai Dong was taken aback. “Why?”

“It's because Tomcat had previously mentioned that it was coming to the end of its service and that it would be retiring soon. It had told us in idle chat: ‘Once this Mars scientific mission is over, I'll return to Earth to get married.'” Tang Yue explained. “Hence, the flag was raised, breaking the law of causality. It was fine, but Earth ended up gone.”

Mai Dong burst out into laughter.

“Is it alright to speak badly about Mr. Cat?”

“Don't worry,” Tang Yue said. “Tomcat is no different from the dead once it begins charging.”

He then turned to glance at Tomcat. The white, fat cat had turned into a furry bundle. It even seemed as if it could be flowing across the floor. Cats were indeed liquid. They could be as round or flat as they wanted.

“Mai Dong, how will you be sleeping tonight?”

“How else?” The girl sighed. “I'll just sleep in the IVA suit. It's not like I dare to take it off.”

The United Space Station only had the Crystal module operational. There weren't any sleeping facilities, so Mai Dong could only make do.

Tang Yue got up, switched off the lights in the Hab, and entered his sleeping quarters. He too was exhausted.

“Uh… Tang Yue.”

“Yes?”

“It feels uncomfortable sleeping like that.” Mai Dong opened her eyes a few minutes after she closed them. “I can't sleep at all. Why don't you have a chat with me?”

“Sure?” Tang Yue collapsed into bed as he hugged the soft pillow and closed his eyes. “What do you want to talk about? I'll join you…”

Tang Yue's voice slowly softened and soon, there was the sound of rhythmic breathing. Clearly, Tang Yue had fallen asleep the moment his head hit the pillow. He was exhausted, having pushed both his body and mind to the limits.

Mai Dong didn't say a word as she listened to the breathing. The sun was setting, ushering a brief night. However, she didn't know if she would see the rising sun after the night.

Chapter end

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Chapter 202 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
Chapter 201 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
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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