Die on Mars

Early the next morning, Tang Yue got up. The first thing he said to the old cat was: "Has the earth come back?"

The old cat shook his head.

"Where's Orion 1?"

The old cat then shook his head.

"Nothing at all?"

The old cat nodded.

After Tang Yue falls asleep, the old cat will enter a dormant state and charge itself at the same time. There is a small charging pile at Kunlun Station. The old cat is a magical robot that can plug in and charge itself. It can charge for twelve hours. , enough for it to work all day the next day.

In the dormant state, the old cat still maintains some functions. It tracks and observes the direction of the earth, but the earth still does not appear.

"What about communications?"

The old cat shook his head again.

The communication system also remains open 24 hours a day. The computer at Kunlun Station will initiate a call every half hour. If there is a response, the Kunlun Station will receive it immediately... Tang Yue also hopes that he will wake up and open his eyes. , the world will return to its original state. The disappearance of the earth yesterday was just a small bug in the universe. One night was enough for it to repair the bug.

But it’s a pity that what we were yesterday is what we are today.

I don’t know whether the earth has evaporated or left home. Anyway, I don’t know when it will come back, and it is possible that it will never come back again.

Tang Yue crawled out of his sleeping bag, carrying a chicken coop on his head, wearing a pair of big pants, and walked sleepily into the hall. The old cat had already started working. He placed a plexiglass sink on the table, which was half full. of clear water.

"Are you awake?" The old cat tapped the sink on the table with his paw, "Come on, come and see, this is your water consumption today."

Tang Yue rubbed his eyes, "Is there only this much?"

The old cat nodded, "The water you drank today, the water you used to brush your teeth, the water you used to wash your face, the water you used to wash your feet, the water you used to take a bath, and the water you used to wash dishes, chopsticks, dishes, and flush the toilet are all here. , a total of 1.5 liters.”

Every time fresh water was distributed, the old cat was so stingy that he wanted people to pull the plug on him.

What is the concept of 1.5 liters of water? One bottle of ordinary Nongfu Spring is 550 ml of water, two bottles of Nongfu Spring is 1100 ml of water, and three bottles of Nongfu Spring is 1650 ml. Tang Yue’s water consumption throughout the day is less than the capacity of three bottles of Nongfu Spring, and he needs to use this water to Drink, cook, brush your teeth, even wash dishes, chopsticks, and clothes.

Tang Yue felt that he could no longer drink from a normal cup.

He had to drink from a measuring cylinder.

Tang Yue took out a 100 ml plexiglass measuring cylinder from the cabinet under the experimental table and said that he would use this to drink water and brush his teeth from now on.

"I decided to divide brushing my teeth into five steps. Drink a sip of water in each step and drink 20 ml in each sip." Tang Yue held the measuring cylinder. He never thought that one day he would be able to brush his teeth with water consumption accurate to the milliliter.

"The first step is to take a sip of water and rinse your mouth first." Tang Yue took a small sip of water and controlled the amount very carefully, but after twenty milliliters of water entered his mouth, it was gone. He still wanted to rinse his mouth. It seems that I can't rinse it off, I can only moisturize my throat.

"The second step is to take a sip of toothpaste and drink a sip of water."

Tang Yue took a sip of toothpaste, and then took a sip of water. The toothpaste mixed with water and colloid tastes a bit like chewing gum, with a light sweetness and fruity aroma. The toothpaste at Kunlun Station is specially made and is chewed. This method cleans teeth without a toothbrush and can be swallowed. On the one hand, it saves fresh water and on the other hand, it can also reduce waste.

Tang Yue chewed for half a minute and swallowed the toothpaste.

"The third step is to take another sip of toothpaste and drink a sip of water."

"The fourth step is to take a sip of water and rinse your mouth."

"Step five, take a final sip of water...gargle your mouth...damn, where's the water?"

Tang Yue opened his mouth wide, hung the measuring cylinder upside down over his head, and slapped it hard. After a long time, a pitiful drop of water gathered on the wall of the measuring cylinder and slowly slid down. Tang Yue stared at it closely, his eyes and tongue trembling. Quickly, the moment the water droplet left the measuring cylinder, he stretched out his tongue to catch the falling water droplet.

Tang Yue quickly retracted his tongue like a toad, and then smacked his lips, feeling extremely proud.

The old cat covered his eyes silently.

"What are you covering your eyes for?" Tang Yue was trying to roll up his tongue and put it into the measuring cylinder. There was still some water on the inner wall of the measuring cylinder.

But unfortunately, the mouth of the 100 ml measuring cylinder is too small, and the barrel is too long and narrow, so the tongue cannot go in.

"I think you... are really pitiful." The old cat replied, "I can't bear to look at it anymore."

Tang Yue took another hundred milliliters of water, dropped it on the towel, rubbed his face violently, and straightened his hair by the way.

He successfully finished washing with only 200 milliliters of water. This fully shows that people are forced out. If you don't squeeze yourself hard, you won't know where your limit is. Tang Yue will be ready next time Challenge the difficulty of 190 ml - although he doesn't know when he will brush his teeth next time.

After washing up, Tang Yue took off his underwear in a bold move.

"Wow!" The old cat was startled. He covered his eyes with one paw, then quietly spread his two fingers, and pointed at a certain place with the other paw tremblingly, "Long...long...mammoth... …”

"Like you, uncle! What are you pretending to be?" Tang Yue smashed his pants on the old cat's face, "They are all big men, who hasn't seen each other before?"

"I'm not a big man, and I don't have this kind of thing." Old Cat shook his head, "Why are you taking off your clothes? Do you know that it affects the appearance of the city and the image of the country? Tomorrow, your nude photo will be on the cover of Time Magazine "The New York Times will probably report you this way: A naked Chinese man was discovered at Kunlun Station. Does this mean that Asia's openness to sexual concepts has reached the forefront of the world?"

"Of course I'm hanging my clothes to dry." Tang Yue didn't care and walked around the hall with his butt naked. "I'm the only one in Kunlun Station now, and no one else can see it. How will it affect the appearance of the city and the country?" Image? If the earth is gone, where are the Times and the New York Times?"

Indeed, he is the only one on Mars now. He can do whatever he wants, and no one else can see it. If Tang Yue is willing and not afraid of death, he can even run around naked on Mars. The end result is just one more person on Mars. It's just the naked corpse of an unknown male.

Tang Yue found a thin cable, passed the rope through the hook on the wall, and then pulled it above his head across the entire hall to make a clothesline.

Tang Yue pulled up his pants.

"Don't you think it's bothering you when that thing is dangling around? If it gets caught by something, will it fall off? Anyway, you won't have a chance to use it in the future, so why not cut it off as soon as possible..." The old cat was here The side chattered, and it showed full curiosity about a certain part of Tang Yue's body, "Oh, by the way, have you been circumcised? I heard that you have a discount for circumcision. Can the second one be half price?"

Tang Yue really wanted to pull the plug on this chatty robot.