Early the next morning, Tang Yue got up. The first thing he said to the Old Cat was, "Is Earth back yet?"
The Old Cat shook its head.
"What about Orion One?"
The Old Cat shook its head.
"Nothing?"
The Old Cat nodded.
After Tang Yue fell asleep, the Old Cat would enter a dormant state and charge itself at the same time. There was a small charging station in Kunlun Station. The Old Cat was a very magical robot that could plug itself in and charge itself. Twelve hours of charging was enough for it to work all day the next day.
In the dormant state, the Old Cat would still keep some functions running. It tracked and observed the direction of Earth, but Earth still did not appear.
"What about communication?"
The Old Cat shook its head again.
The communication system was also kept open 24 hours a day. The computer in Kunlun Station would make a call every half an hour. If there was a response, then the Kunlun Station would receive it immediately … Tang Yue still hoped that the world would return to its original state when he woke up and opened his eyes. The disappearance of Earth yesterday was just a small bug in the universe. One night was enough for him to fix this bug.
But unfortunately, what happened yesterday was the same today.
He didn't know if Earth had disappeared or if it had run away from home. Anyway, he didn't know when it would come back, and it might never come back.
Tang Yue climbed out of his sleeping bag. With a bird's nest on his head and a pair of big pants, he stepped into the hall with sleepy eyes. The Old Cat had already started working. There was a plexiglass sink on the table, and the sink was half filled with water.
"You're awake?"
The Old Cat knocked on the sink on the table with its paw. "Come, come and take a look. This is the amount of water you used today."
Tang Yue rubbed his eyes. "Only this much?"
Old Cat nodded. "The water you drank today, the water you used to brush your teeth, wash your face, wash your feet, take a bath, wash the dishes, wash the chopsticks, wash the plates, and flush the toilet are all here. There's a total of 1.5 liters."
Every time it was time to distribute fresh water, the Old Cat was so stingy that he wanted someone to pull the plug on him.
What did 1.5 liters of water mean?
A normal bottle of Nongfu Spring Water contained 550 milliliters of water. Two bottles of Nongfu Spring Water contained 1,100 milliliters of water, and three bottles of Nongfu Spring Water contained 1,650 milliliters of water. The amount of water that Tang Yue consumed for an entire day was less than the capacity of three bottles of Nongfu Spring Water. He had to use the water to drink, cook, brush his teeth, wash his face, wash his face, wash his face, and even wash his clothes.
Tang Yue felt that he could no longer drink from a normal cup in the future.
He had to drink it in a cylinder.
Tang Yue took out a 100-milliliter plexiglass measuring cylinder from the cabinet under the experiment table. He said that he would use this thing to drink water and brush his teeth in the future.
"I've decided to divide brushing my teeth into five steps. Every step, I'll drink a mouthful of water, and I'll drink 20 milliliters of water per mouthful."
Tang Yue held the measuring cylinder. He had never thought that one day, he would be able to accurately measure the amount of water he used to brush his teeth.
"The first step is to drink a mouthful of water and rinse your mouth."
Tang Yue took a small sip of water. He carefully controlled the amount of water he used, but the 20 milliliters of water was gone after entering his mouth. He wanted to rinse his mouth, but it seemed that he could not rinse his mouth. He could only moisten his throat.
"The second step is to eat a mouthful of toothpaste and drink a mouthful of water."
Tang Yue took a mouthful of toothpaste and then took a small sip of water. The water mixed with the gelatinous toothpaste tasted a bit like chewing gum, with a faint sweet and fruity taste. The toothpaste in Kunlun Station was specially made. It could be chewed to clean the teeth. There was no need for a toothbrush. In the end, it could be swallowed. On one hand, it could save water, and on the other hand, it could reduce waste.
Tang Yue chewed for half a minute and swallowed the toothpaste.
"The third step is to eat a mouthful of toothpaste and drink a mouthful of water.
"The fourth step is to drink a mouthful of water and rinse your mouth.
"The fifth step is to drink a mouthful of water … Rinse your mouth … Damn it, where's the water?"
Tang Yue widened his mouth as he hung the measuring cylinder upside down above his head. He smacked it violently, and after a long while, a pitiful water droplet gathered on the cylinder's wall before slowly sliding down. Tang Yue stared intently at it, his eyes sharp and his tongue fast. At the instant the water droplet left the measuring cylinder, he stretched out his tongue to catch it.
Tang Yue quickly retracted his tongue like a toad and smacked his lips. He was very proud of himself.
Old Cat silently covered his eyes.
"Why are you covering your eyes?" Tang Yue was trying to roll his tongue into the measuring cylinder. There was still some water on the inner wall of the measuring cylinder.
Unfortunately, the mouth of the 100 milliliter measuring cylinder was too small, and the cylinder was too long and narrow for his tongue to reach in.
"I feel that you … are really too pitiful," Old Cat replied. "I can't bear to look at you anymore."
Tang Yue took another 100 milliliters of water and dripped it on the towel. He vigorously rubbed his face and tidied his hair.
He successfully used only 200 milliliters of water to wash up. This fully showed that people were forced. If you didn't push yourself hard, you wouldn't know where your limit was. Tang Yue was going to challenge the difficulty of 190 milliliters tomorrow.
After washing up, Tang Yue casually took off his pants.
"Wow!"
Old Cat was shocked. He covered his eyes with one paw and then quietly separated two fingers. The other paw trembled as he pointed at a certain place. "Long … Long … Mammoth …"
"Mammoth your ass!
Why are you pretending? "
Tang Yue threw his pants at Old Cat's face. "We're all men. Who hasn't seen each other before?"
"I'm not a man. I don't have such things." Old Cat shook his head. "Why are you taking off your clothes?
Do you know that it will affect the city and the country's image?
Tomorrow, the cover of Time Magazine will be a nude photo of you. The New York Times will probably report you like this: China's naked man in Kunlun Station. Does this mean that Asia's sexual openness has reached the forefront of the world? "
"Of course I'm drying my clothes."
Tang Yue didn't care. He walked around the hall naked. "Right now, I'm the only one in Kunlun Station. No one else can see me. How will it affect the city and the country's image?
The Earth is gone. Where will Time Magazine and The New York Times be? "
Indeed, he was the only one on Mars now. He could do whatever he wanted and no one else could see him. If Tang Yue was willing and was not afraid of death, he could even run around Mars naked. The end result would just be a nameless male corpse on Mars.
Tang Yue found a thin cable and used it to pass through the hook on the wall. He then pulled it over his head and crossed the entire hall to make a clothesline.
Tang Yue put on his pants.
"Don't you think that thing is in the way?
If it's accidentally caught on something, will it fall off?
Anyway, you won't have a chance to use it in the future. Why don't you cut it while it's still early … "Old Cat rambled on. It showed great curiosity about a certain part of Tang Yue's body." Hey, by the way, have you been circumcised?
I heard that there's a discount for circumcision. Is the second one half price? "
Tang Yue really wanted to pull out the plug on the chatterbox robot.