Chapter 1130 - Welcoming Ceremony (1/2)

Wang Qian wrote the date on the header, then he gazed out at the endless sand outside of the window. He let out a sigh and closed his diary.

There was no beauty here. It was barren everywhere; sand was the only scenery. The uninteresting view and boring life made it difficult even to search for a few hundred words for his diary.

But it was fine, or how else would he kill his spare time?

When he looked up at the wall clock on the wall, it was about time. Wang Qiang stuffed the diary into the drawer and headed out.

When he walked through the corridor, he couldn’t see a soul.

No matter how vast Mars was, it was a relatively closed environment for the twenty colonists living there. After work, everyone returned to their rooms and closed themselves in their closed circles. Some put on Phantom helmets while others dazed in front of a book.

Sometimes Wang Qiang even wondered if the kitchen could be equipped with a drone, perhaps he wouldn’t ever see his neighbors for the rest of his life?

A closed environment tended to breed more psychological disorders.

More and more people began seeing the psychologist, and the psychologist was becoming busier and busier to the point that his schedule was always filled. It was even to the point that the only psychologist in the colony almost became depressed due to his heavy workload.

But Wang Qiang faired okay with his diary, a friend who occasionally played pool with him, and a not-so-boring job.

After he rinsed in the washroom, he took out his equipment from the closet. After he put on his gear, he went through the buffer room and the air shower room before he headed outside.

His boots sank into the sand, and the dim light scattered through the cracks in the dust.

Wang Qiang raised his head and narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the murky Sun.

Just as he walked to the rover, a communication window popped out on the lower right corner of the holographic screen inside his helmet.

When he pressed the bottom, it was the captain’s voice.

“…Today’s mission is canceled. Drive the rover back to the garage and immediately gather at Central Square.”

Wang Qiang, inexplicably confused, asked, “What happened?”

“The reinforcements are here.”

The reinforcements are here.

When Wang Qian heard the four short words, his heart was overwhelmed with uncontrollable joy. It was like a drought had lasted for three years and the rain finally arrived.

He eagerly hopped onto the rover and parked the rover into the garage. Without stopping for a second, he jogged to the Central Square.

When he crossed through the gate, he found that the remaining 19 colonists had all arrived. Captain Hong Zewei stood in the middle of the square, and he read a stack of papers in his hand. The rest of the people were beside him all listening carefully.

Everyone was full of excitement which oozed from the bottoms of their hearts.

Reinforcements finally arrived.

Wang Qiang pulled his friend and whispered.

“What is the captain reading?”

“The letters from Earth!” the friend said, overjoyed. “Celestial Trade built a column for us and collected about 10,000 greetings from Earth!”

“Are you sure you received greetings?” Wang Qiang asked strangely.

Considering the etiquette of the Internet, he didn’t believe they were greetings at all!