Chapter 230 - Sol Three Hundred and Thirty-Five, Greatest Sinner in Human History (1/2)

Chapter 230: Sol Three Hundred and Thirty-Five, Greatest Sinner in Human History

“Let’s paddle together and the boat will push away the waves—”

The Mars Wanderer was driving across the desert as Tomcat belted out its high notes. Even the thin Martian atmosphere could hardly stop Tomcat’s demonic voice from drilling into one’s head.

“Shut up!” Tang Yue roared angrily.

Tomcat shot a glance at him and continued looking ahead. “If you don’t wish to be disturbed by anything, the best way is to become part of it. Sing with me. You know the lyrics, right? All Chinese can sing this… The beautiful white tower is reflected on the sea, green trees, and red walls all around—! The boat floats on the water, and a cool wind blows against our face—!”

Tang Yue made his contempt obvious, adamant about not lowering himself to be on Tomcat’s level.

“Get lost, I won’t sing along with you!”

…

Ten minutes later.

“Even if fate wanders!

“Even if fate is full of twists and turns!

“Even if fate makes life bland from threats!

“Don’t cry or abandon yourself. I will be with you forever—!”

Tang Yue stood on the front passenger seat, waving his arms like a conductor of an orchestra. He was bellowing out at the world with his crazy-like voice. “Ahh—ohhhhhhh—” He sang Hacken Lee’s Red Sun with gusto as though he was a superstar on tour. He crossed the desert with the Mars Wanderer and although there wasn’t a single soul, Tang Yue seemed to see crowds of people standing to the sides as they roared with excitement.

“Fell I did, tears hidden by the rainy night!

“I’ve survived all the twists and turns of life!”

Tang Yue sang loudly, but it wasn’t obvious whether he was singing Cantonese or Japanese.

As Tomcat shook its leg and sang as an accompaniment, their voices were a perfect match. The man seemed to be scratching a blackboard while the cat seemed to be hitting a gong. They were reveling in high spirits.

Finally, Tang Yue finished the last line with his croaking voice as Tomcat gave a loud round of applause.

“I told you that you had talent.”

It was the second sol since they had left Kunlun Station. Based on Tomcat’s estimation of distance, the straight line between them and Kunlun Station was about fifty kilometers. Early in the morning, Tang Yue and Tomcat had woken up to pack up. They recharged the Radiant Armor and Tomcat before moving the solar panels onto the Mars Wanderer. The path they drove on was uneven and bumpy. With the Wanderer lacking any suspension, Tang Yue suffered intense vibrations while sitting in the front.

Tang Yue took out the map from a compartment and unfolded it. No matter which angle he looked at it from, he couldn’t understand a thing.

The map drawn by Tomcat was something only it could understand.

“Is this a map of the Isidis Planitia?” Tang Yue pointed at the distorted lines on the map. “What are these lines? Contours?”

“No,” Tomcat said. “You are holding it upside down.”

Tang Yue turned it around.

He still couldn’t make it out.

“You should at least label a direction and have a legend and scale. A usable map also needs a coordinate grid and numbers used for orientation,” Tang Yue frowned as he grumbled. He surveyed his surroundings, hoping to find some noticeable landmark. “But what the hell did you draw…”

Tomcat took a side glance.

“Oh, you got the wrong thing. That’s not a map. That’s the outcome of a simulation result.”

“Simulation? What does it simulate?”