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Dead on Mars Dead on Mars Chapter 231 – Sol Three Hundred and Thirty

Chapter 231: Sol Three Hundred and Thirty-Five, Gandalf Standing Above the Dunes

Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon

Tomcat suddenly laughed.

“Indeed, a passerby who is preparing to unclog the toilet is suddenly given a decision to save the world. What can he do?”

“If you gave me a howitzer, I might still be able to blast them to kingdom come,” Tang Yue said. “Unfortunately, all I have is a toilet plunger.”

“Then plunge them to kingdom come.”

“What if it doesn't work?” Tang Yue asked.

“Then use it on yourself.”

On the evening of the second sol, the Mars Wanderer suffered its first malfunction.

This damaged and decorated old dog finally couldn't hold on. Its entire life had been dedicated to the Mars Landing Project. For more than ten years, the Mars Wanderer had been the most able assistant to the expedition team. It had contributed much, but it was already nearing its retirement age.

Its replacement had already been designed. It was a bigger, faster, more advanced, and higher endurance vehicle. It was said that a single charge could allow the vehicle to travel at 45 km/h for two hours. It was far greater than what the Mars Wanderer was capable of. Once the new vehicle arrived, the old vehicle was bound to be abandoned. It was common for people to abandon the old for the new.

Tang Yue had once stroked the Wanderer's wheels and said poignantly that the pioneers were ultimately buried by history. Who would remember this lonely old dog years into the future?

However, Tom said that it was a good thing.

If people from the future kept remembering them, it meant that they had nothing to look forward to.

We risked our lives to pave the path for future generations, not for them to stand there remembering us.

Tomcat sat in the driver's compartment as it peeked its head out and asked, “How is it?”

Tang Yue was the one who found the malfunction. It was almost evening and Tang Yue wished to move the Mars Wanderer to somewhere a little more elevated, but when the accelerator was pressed down, a strange, soft sound was heard. It alerted the man and cat as they stopped all their attempts to start it and began doing an inspection.

Tang Yue was crouched beside the Wanderer's wheel. He had a maintenance panel open in front of him and an open toolbox beside him. “It's a slight malfunction. The driveshaft is a little loose. Just tightening it will do. It's not a serious problem. Be it man or machine, problems arise once you grow old…”

Tang Yue used a wrench to hit the Mars Wanderer's hull and moved away the power cables underneath to glance inside. As a mechanical engineer, repairing the Mars Wanderer was part of his job. He knew the old dog better than anyone.

“Can you fix it before we set off tomorrow morning?” Tomcat sked.

“No problem. I've done the checks. There shouldn't be any malfunctions any time soon.” Tang Yue nodded. “However, we still have a long distance ahead. Let's hope it can last until we reach our destination… Wanderer o' Wanderer, we'll be relying on you to walk out of this desert alive. You must stay reliable. If you want to die, die after you complete the mission.”

Unfortunately, the vehicle couldn't open its mouth.

Otherwise, it would definitely snap the man's throat apart.

“We have to avoid complicated terrain, especially steep slopes and cliffs. From the present situation… The transmission drive is very worn out. The Wanderer no longer has the ability to climb up slopes. It's best we don't meet that ancient long wall you encountered the last time.” Tang Yue sat on the ground. “Otherwise, we'll definitely have to get out and push it.”

“Don't worry. The wall is west of Kunlun Station,” Tomcat said. “We have been heading northeast. It's impossible we will meet it.”

“Who knows?” Tang Yue shrugged. “What if the wall, built by a bunch of super-ancient Martians, was built as a circular enclosure? It circles the entire Isidis Planitia to withstand against any invasion from gigantic enemies.”

“Cut the nonsense,” Tomcat said. “The wall was naturally formed.”

Tang Yue was stunned.

“It wasn't built by super-ancient Martians?”

“Of course not. Mars has probably never had any intelligent civilization in the past. It might have had life in the very distant past, but they didn't produce advanced intelligence. The ancient wall I encountered might seem fascinating, but it's, in fact, a work of nature,” Tomcat explained. “After I returned to Kunlun Station, I spent a long time analyzing the reason for its formation. I also used the workstation to run simulations. The calculations told me that the greatest possibility is due to geological activity and weathering.”

“Just that?”

“Just that.” Tomcat nodded. “Most of the things in this world aren't as fascinating as you imagine. Some things might appear unbelievable, but there's a rather simple reason behind them.

“I compared the remote sensing data from past years and discovered that the two sides of the wall are geologically different. It's actually the demarcating line of two huge rock layers. They will shatter under weathering and gravity, just like the relationship of icecaps and ice mountains. And the region that's geologically low has water gathered in it. At low temperatures, water will freeze into ice that will reduce friction. This causes the rock to easily move and stack up. This process is extremely slow, but after tens of millions of years, enough rock will be stacked up high. After being weathered, they become city walls.

Tang Yue was somewhat disappointed.

Tomcat was often this way. It clearly explained the reasons behind a question without leaving any room for doubt.

Without a doubt, one naturally couldn't have wild imaginations.

Tang Yue once imagined that Mars was the massive ruins of a civilization—a very romantic fantasy. Every inch of land he walked on had once been walked on by intelligent lifeforms millions of years ago. They had built grand walls that went as far as the eyes could go. There were also massive and flourishing cities with streets running across them and extending into every corner of the world. This great civilization might have been lost to time, but just a glimpse of their remains was enough to stir one's heart and fill it with respect.

However, Tomcat's analysis quickly pulled him back to reality.

There had never been any Martians.

Nor were there any high walls or cities.

Much less a grand civilization.

There were only rocks and sand.

“Can't you leave me some room for imagination?”

“I did,” Tomcat said. “The simulation results are 99.7% identical to the actual situation. You still have a 0.3% chance that Martian civilization exists.”

“That's enough,” Tang Yue said. “Do you believe that with such a high probability is enough to give birth to a Middle Earth?”

“Gandalf the Grey?”

“Yes, Gandalf the Grey?”

Tang Yue casually pointed at a distant sand dune.

“150 million years ago, in the distant Third Age, Gandalf the Grey stood on that dune raising his staff high up and looking west. He discovered Sauron's army. From that moment, it drew the curtains of a grand and circuitous epic.”

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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
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Chapter 180 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
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Chapter 177
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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
Chapter 168 – Sol Two Hundred and Eighty
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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
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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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