Chapter 171 - Sol Two Hundred and Eighty-Three, Our Eyes (1/2)

Chapter 171: Sol Two Hundred and Eighty-Three, Our Eyes

Tomcat was stunned.

However, it immediately understood what Tang Yue meant.

The location of Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I’s impact was at most 1,400 kilometers from Kunlun Station. Tang Yue was doomed, but Tomcat still had a chance of survival.

Tomcat didn’t need a life support system or oxygen, neither did it need food or water. It could travel light, taking along with it solar panels and the RTG as it drove away from Kunlun Station. The comet would land east of Kunlun Station, and if Tomcat were to drive west and travel thirty kilometers a day, it would be a thousand kilometers away within a month.

“Leave with me!” Tomcat grabbed Tang Yue’s hand.

Tang Yue shook his head with a wry smile. “It’s impossible.”

Tang Yue knew very well that if Tomcat took him with it, it would have to waste time modifying the Mars Wanderer, adding a life support system to it. To do so meant dismantling the OGS and taking along large amounts of resources and replenishments. Just the thousand plus liters of water in Kunlun Station had a mass of a ton. It was impossible to move it long distances.

By driving alone, Tomcat still had a chance of escaping the calamity circle before the comet hit.

If the two were to leave together, neither of them could survive.

Tang Yue was destined never to be able to leave Kunlun Station. He didn’t have the ability to survive outside—a limitation of Earthlings.

“Take all you need and leave,” Tang Yue said. “Buddy ol’ Pal, you’ve already tried your best. You can’t save me or Mai Dong.”

Tang Yue stroked Tomcat’s head, ruffling its ears. To be honest, ruffling a cat’s ears was rather stress-relieving. However, there wasn’t much chance of doing that in the future.

“Let me think of another solution… Let me think of another solution.”

Tomcat leaned its forehead on Tang Yue’s body as it closed its eyes and whispered.

Tang Yue didn’t say a word as he placed his hand on Tomcat’s shoulders. The latter’s voice slowly softened. It was thinking—it had been constantly thinking. From the moment Kunlun Station’s computer produced the outcome, Tomcat had been desperately thinking of solutions, but all the ideas it had come up with were dismissed by it. All of the preparations capable by humanity were nothing but a joke in front of the level of energy released for such a huge comet’s impact. How could a nest built by ants be able to withstand the thrashing of a tsunami?

Tomcat, who always had a Plan B, was out of ideas. In front of that massive celestial body spanning thirty kilometers across, Tomcat could do nothing. There was a sense of helplessness about watching the world crumble before you.

There wasn’t any Plan B this time.

“You’re right.” Tomcat closed its eyes. “I can’t save you, nor can I save Miss Mai Dong.”

Tang Yue smiled as he crouched down and pressed his hands on Tomcat’s shoulders.

“You have already saved me, as well as Mai Dong,” Tang Yue said, “Mr. Station Commander.”

Ever since Earth disappeared, Tang Yue had entertained thoughts of the way he would die. He believed that he would die at some point in time due to the lack of food, but Tang Yue had no idea when that would happen. To him, death was a fuzzy concept. Every night, Tang Yue’s sleeping was like sleeping with Death. He had his face plastered against Death, but he was unable to make out Death.

At this moment, he finally saw what death looked like.

Tang Yue still had 37 days left to live.

Tomcat took a step back and gloomily sat in its chair. It placed its paws on its hind knees.

Tang Yue appeared quite at ease. He sat a few meters in front of Tomcat and stretched his limbs.

“Leave. You are the final witness of human civilization. If you have the chance of meeting other intelligent life forms in this Universe, please tell them…”

Tang Yue turned his head to look out.