Die on Mars

Tang Yue clicked the mouse mechanically, and the image number increased from 520 to 650 and then to 770. Except for carrying battery boards, he almost never left the table and computer all day today. Slowly passing in silence, the pictures flashed on the computer one after another. Although Tang Yue and Maidong had done their best to interpret, the progress of the analysis of the photos was still far behind the speed of shooting.

The Mars Joint Space Station passed over the Ixi Plain for the fifth time, and Maidong once again took 1,400 photos. These photos were all stored in the computer of Kunlun Station, listed in folders according to numbers, and piled up like a mountain.

Maidong suddenly woke up and realized that he had fallen asleep accidentally.

She yawned. Photos of the surface of Mars were still playing on the screen in front of her. She glanced at the time, 7:20 pm, and thought that she accidentally dozed off due to excessive exhaustion and slept for almost twenty minutes.

Maidong calculated that it was already late at night on the Kunlun Station at this time. She and Tang Yue started analyzing images at seven o'clock in the morning and worked until seven o'clock in the evening. They only ate two cookies in the middle. The girl even connected the space station and The plants in the experimental cabin had no time to take care of them. Now Ophiopogon japonicus's eyes were sore, his brain was swollen, and he was hungry.

So far, the old cat has been out of contact for nearly thirty-six hours. During this period, it has not even sent a comma. The last contact made by the old cat was at the landing site of the Chelome, reporting that it had found the detector. , and there has been no news since.

"Tang Yue... have you got any results over there?" Maidong rubbed her eyes. She could hardly open them. "How many numbers did you see?"

"No." Tang Yue did not look up, "We are searching for No. 781."

"I have a few doubts here. Do you want to take a look?"

"Send it over." Tang Yue knew very well that most of the doubtful points that Maidong discovered were actually natural landscapes, nothing more than sand dunes, mountains and rocks, but he still held a glimmer of hope in his heart... At this time The two wanted to see every pixel as an old cat. Maidong sent the picture to the computer at Kunlun Station. Tang Yue took a closer look. Sure enough, the so-called suspicious objects were just sand dunes, ravines and rocks.

Maidong held the Shiba Inu stuffed toy in his arms, holding up his eyelids, which weighed as much as a thousand pounds, and flicked away the floating hair on his forehead, "How about...Tang Yue? Do you have any clues?"

"No." Tang Yue shook his head.

"Oh... there are no clues. What a pity." Maidong's eyelids slowly closed and fell asleep again within a second. He woke up again half a minute later and blinked, "How is it? Tang Yue? Are you there? clue?"

"No." Tang Yue stared at the computer screen, moving the mouse to drag the image, "You have just asked this question, Ophiopogon japonicus... Ophiopogon japonicus?"

Maidong didn't say anything. She hugged Shiba Inu Ah Q and fell asleep again.

"Ophiopogon japonicus?"

"Ah... ah? Tang Yue?" The girl woke up and looked around blankly. She looked around before finding the camera and monitor. She was obviously sleepy. "How is it? Are there any clues?"

Tang Yue pointed to the corner of his mouth, "Saliva."

The girl blushed and quickly wiped the saliva away.

"If you are really too tired, go and rest first." Tang Yue said, "You have worked all day and are tired enough. Just leave the rest to me."

Maidong nodded, relieved. She didn't even return to the lounge. As soon as she closed her eyes, she fell asleep floating in the Crystal cabin in less than two seconds. Tang Yue looked at the girl's tired and peaceful sleeping face, shook his head with a wry smile, and continued to devote himself to the image interpretation work.

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"Good morning, Tang Yue...did you stay up all night last night?"

Maidong was shocked. When she woke up, she found that Tang Yue was still sitting in front of the table. Even the sitting posture was exactly the same as last night. Girls usually wake up earlier than Tang Yue. There is no distinction between day and night on the space station. She followed the time According to the schedule, the wake-up time on Mars is about 5:30 in the morning, and Tang Yue usually gets up at 6 in the morning, so every time he has finished his Ophiopogon japonicus breakfast, he can see Tang Yue wearing a blanket like an ancient Roman. Arrive late and sleepily.

But today Tang Yue was earlier than Ophiopogon japonicus. After the girl fell asleep, Tang Yue worked continuously all night without taking a break.

"Good morning Ophiopogon japonicus."

Tang Yue's voice was hoarse. Not only did he not sleep, he didn't even take a sip of water all night.

"How many numbers did you see?"

"No. 1,429." Tang Yue's eyes were bloodshot and his hair was disheveled. "Unfortunately, no clues have been found so far."

Tang Yue didn't close his eyes all night last night. He relied on the few packets of instant coffee and pinched his thighs to stay awake. The instant coffee was found when he was rummaging through the cabinets to sort out supplies. He kept it under the box and didn't know where it was. For many years, Tang Yue's eyes almost never left the computer screen. The only way to rest was to turn his head and look at Maidong's sleeping face. The girl slept until dawn in the core cabin of the Crystal, hugging the Shiba Inu toy tightly. He muttered in his sleep and never woke up.

So far, Tang Yue has seen more than 1,400 photos, which is an area of ​​more than 2.8 million square meters. He stayed up all day and night, and he was only able to complete one sixty-sixth of the task.

Tang Yue must seize the time. He must catch up with the progress while Ophiopogon japonicus is resting and solve the backlog of image data in the computer. The Mars Joint Space Station has an operating cycle of one hour and twenty minutes. On average, it will pass over the Kunlun Station ten times a day. Eight times, one scan of Ophiopogon japonicus can take up to 1,500 photos. If Ophiopogon japonicus wants to take all the photos, the Joint Space Station will need to pass over the Ixidi Plain sixty-seven times.

In other words, if Ophiopogon japonicus wanted to scan the entire corridor, it would take nearly four days.

This is just photo time.

Interpretation will obviously take longer.

The old cat has been out of contact for forty-eight hours. If there is something wrong with the old cat, finding the old cat as soon as possible can solve the problem earlier. Although Tang Yue and Maidong alone may not be able to do much, they still need to be seen alive. The cat must see its body when it dies, and they have to see the old cat with their own eyes in order to feel at ease.

"God willing...let's find Mr. Cat."

Maidong closed his eyes and clasped his hands together.

"If God had really blessed us, we would not have fallen to this point." Tang Yue smiled coldly, his beard unshaven, "God died when Nietzsche was born, and God died the moment the earth disappeared. We are alone.”

"Then Buddha bless, Buddha bless." The girl put her hands on her forehead, "Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, bless us to find Mr. Cat."