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Dead on Mars Dead on Mars Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Sol Hundred and Nine, Please Don't Tremble

Translator: CKtalon Editor: CKtalon

Mai Dong placed her eye on the eyepiece as she slowly adjusted the magnification knob. The optical tracking system in the Discovery module was a laborious piece of equipment. It was formerly used to help in the Orion's rendezvous, and after the Canadarm70 came into service, this system was practically left defunct. The Canadarm70 could directly grapple the Orion spacecraft and engage in a precise dock. There was no longer any need for such primitive optical tracking.

The Mars United Space Station's orbit was three hundred kilometers from the surface. At this distance, it found it difficult to lock onto a target. Just a few millimeters difference meant a world of difference for the photos. A slight shake of the camera could mean a deviation of nearly a hundred kilometers. Besides, the region Tang Yue had carved out for the sweep was only 95 kilometers long. This also meant that a tiny tremble of Mai Dong's hand could result in the camera's field of vision being thrown far away.

The girl slowly twisted the knobs, moving angle by angle as she adjusted the optical tracking system's direction. The ravines that covered the Martian surface quickly swept through her vision as the numbers that diffracted from the eyepiece jumped rapidly. The computer used green numbers to label the target's exact longitude and latitude location which was then projected onto the eyepiece by laser diffraction. Mai Dong lowered the camera's magnification to the lowest setting. This way, the field of view would be at its widest, making it suitable for her to find a target.

In the Mars Wanderer's vision, there were only dark-red sand dunes and black shadows that intersected one another. She couldn't see the Mars Wanderer or Kunlun Station. Those targets were too tiny, far exceeding the resolving power of the human eye… There was once an urban myth that the Great Wall of China could be seen from space, but in fact, the Great Wall was only four to five meters wide, far below the resolving threshold of the naked eye. If astronauts really wished to see the Great Wall from the International Space Station, the latter probably had to install high-power light bulbs at night.

“12.54°N and 87.0°E… 87.0°E. This is Kunlun Station's location. Then, the Chelomey is…” The girl found the Chelomey's landing spot with the corresponding longitude and latitude. The last time Tomcat had communicated with her was at the Chelomey's landing spot, so she could use it as her starting point for the search.

Based on the Mars Wanderer's speed, it could be inferred that Tomcat advanced about thirty kilometers a sol. They had communicated with each other twenty-four hours ago, which meant that Tomcat's likely location was within a thirty-kilometer radius from the landing spot.

Mai Dong split Tang Yue's rectangle into six regions, with each region about thirty kilometers in length. She planned on searching region by region.

The area around the Chelomey was given priority.

“Mai Dong?”

“Yes, I copy. I'm familiarizing myself with the system…” Mai Dong's eyes left the eyepiece as she pulled out the keyboard tray to correct the numbers. “This system is a little old.”

The optical tracking system in the Discovery was indeed an ancient piece of equipment. It used a straight-through optical pathway. It didn't have any fiber optics, display, or elaborate servo control. If the Dawn module wasn't damaged, Mai Dong could have used its surface remote sensing system and scanning the region would only require her to enter a few numbers and a few mouse clicks. The camera would then auto-focus and the images would automatically be transmitted to the computer. There wouldn't have been a need for her to do so much manual labor.

“Is it done?”

“Yes.” Mai Dong pricked up her brows as she gave a cunning smile. “You should be confident in me… What kind of person am I?”

She tried adjusting the magnification to find a rock patch in her field of view. Then, she aimed the crosshairs at the rock before pressing the button.

The photo appeared on the computer's display and the girl scrutinized its clarity. She leaned in as she squinted to verify the reliability of the system, so she had randomly taken a photo of a target. Mai Dong then tapped the keyboard to switch photos.

Hmm… there are some double images. Is it because of the focal distance?

Mai Dong shook her head as she adjusted the camera again before testing the system by continuing with the photo taking. After repeatedly comparing the resolution of the pictures, she adjusted the equipment bit by bit.

The exposure was too long.

The image can still be sharpened a little.

The resolution can still be raised a little… Raised just a little…

Mai Dong adjusted the equipment in her hand like an experienced photographer as she constantly strove for perfection. The United Space Station would pass by the Isidis Planitia once every eighty minutes, so to save time, Mai Dong wanted to take as many photos as possible during every window.

The Mars United Space Station silently streaked across its orbit as it gradually approached the Isidis Planitia.

“Lady, where are you now?”

“I'm approaching the area above Isidis Planitia. The optical tracking system is ready. It's estimated to enter an effective scan zone in a minute.” Mai Dong kept her eye peeled to the eyepiece as she took a deep breath. All the details had been adjusted to their optimum state. She stared at the diffracted parameters from the eyepiece instead of the images which were rapidly sweeping past, as all the images looked the same—an image of a desert. Only the parameters were capable of telling her if she had locked onto her target.

In a certain way, Mai Dong was blindly tapping. She couldn't see the target she was looking for, and could only press the shutter based on the location data.

“Tang Yue,” Mai Dong suddenly called out.

“Yes?”

“Do you know what's on my mind now?”

“What is it?”

“It's very magical. It feels like Mars is a giant microbe, like germs or yeast cells. And I'm using a microscope to observe this huge microbe. This feeling reminds me of laboratory lessons in college when I studied the specimens on a microscope slide. Its cell membrane's protein and phosphate groups…”

A giant microbe? Tang Yue was taken aback. Wasn't this an oxymoron?

“I'm serious. It doesn't feel like I'm using a telescope to observe a celestial body, but using a microscope to observe a huge…” The girl paused before finding the word. “Life.”

Tang Yue shook his head. He was unable to experience what Mai Dong was feeling from Kunlun Station. All he could do was to drag the solar panels around. To him, Mars was just an endless land of saline-alkali soil. The Chinese proverb, “we can never know the true face of Mt. Lu because we are located within its environs” was apt. If he were on the solar panels in near-obit, he might have understood what the girl was saying—Mars wasn't a dead and silent celestial body, but a life with a strong pulse.

Of course, with Tang Yue's artistic flair and lofty thought processes, he would likely have called it a mud egg.

“There's another twenty seconds before entering the effective scan zone. I'll be cutting off comms.” Mai Dong took note of the computer's alert. “Wish me luck.”

“Good luck.”

Mai Dong took out her earpiece, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

Don't tremble.

Please don't tremble.

Mai Dong silently said to herself.

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Chapter 206 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
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Chapter 203 – Sol Three Hundred and Twenty
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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