Chapter 218 - Sol Three Hundred and Thirty-Two, Airlock (2/2)

This was a self-centeredness that humanity was born with.

But at this moment, human thought inevitably had to suffer the removal of self-centeredness.

The world had widened in an unprecedented fashion.

Tomcat originally imagined that what it knew was impregnable because at its core was math, inference, and logic—that one plus one equals two. As long as there wasn’t any fault in the conclusion, it would never be wrong. Tomcat could give a hundred and one reasons why extraterrestrial civilization couldn’t be observed, with each reason irreproachable. But to prove that extraterrestrial civilization existed, there was no need to say anything. Just getting them to knock on Kunlun Station’s hatch would do.

In Tomcat’s words, that gentle knock was as terrifying as the Universe’s Big Bang.

The Universe was far more complicated than humans could imagine.

The hatch opened.

Tang Yue took a deep breath and widened his eyes, prepared to welcome the historic moment.

He had already prepared his lines. It was a rather formal diplomatic sentence.

“China firmly opposes any falsehoods raised against us…”

Wrong script.

“That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.”

The first thing that entered their sights were the pure white walls. The circular airlock’s walls had circles of reinforced frames. The airlock’s top had LED lights and the ground had tiny sand particles. Right in front of Tomcat and Tang Yue was the circular outer hatch. In the middle of the hatch was a manual wheel similar to the door to a safe. The outer hatch was closed and the indicator light was red. It meant that the hatch had been sealed shut.

Tang Yue and Tomcat darted their eyeballs around, sweeping every corner in the airlock only to be simultaneously taken aback.

There was nothing in the airlock.

Nothing.

Tang Yue came forward and stood beside Tomcat in front of the hatch, frowning.

“It’s empty?”

Tomcat lowered the steel rod and nodded. “It’s empty.”

It secretly heaved a sigh of relief. The airlock was empty of anything. Then, Occam’s razor could easily tear through the origins of the sound from before. Perhaps it wasn’t knocking but the sound produced by Kunlun Station’s structural vibrations or something else. It was a natural phenomenon, and not aliens knocking at the door.

Tomcat’s world view was no longer crumbling.

“What was that sound from before?” Tang Yue looked up, observing the area.

“Perhaps the hatch’s hinge was loose and collided with something,” Tomcat replied. “It might also be the sound of a component falling off.”

Tang Yue wasn’t satisfied with the explanation. The sound was still fresh on his mind. Tang Yue could confirm that it was definitely not the falling off a component. Instead, it was someone curling their finger to rap on the hatch.

However, Tomcat’s explanation was most realistic.

In real life, how could there be so many bizarre, inexplicable matters?

After this false alarm, Tomcat turned around, intending to put the steel rod back. At this moment, Tang Yue suddenly pulled at its arm. “Tomcat…”

“What’s wrong?” Tomcat turned its head.

“Tomcat… Look… Look… L-l-l-look at…” Tang Yue pointed at the ground. “Look at the ground!”