"Eh?
We're going to hit it? "
Old Cat's expression was solemn as it nodded slowly.
Tang Yue sat on a chair by the side, scratching his head and not saying a word. He had already become autistic.
Mai Dong was stunned. "How much time do we have left?
How much time do we have before the comet hits? "
"Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I has already passed Jupiter's orbit and is about two astronomical units away from Mars," Old Cat replied. "At its current speed, it will take forty-seven days to reach here."
"If we hit it … the consequences will be very serious, right?"
"It's equivalent to 5.2 trillion nuclear bombs exploding at the same time. The power is more than ten times that of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago," Old Cat said in a low voice. "It will blow up half of Mars's land."
Mai Dong held her breath.
She looked a little lost. The girl did not know how to deal with the situation in front of her. She had never received any training on what to do when a comet hit.
"Can Kunlun Station survive?"
Old Cat shook its head. "I don't know. If we're lucky, maybe. If we're unlucky, we'll die a horrible death."
"Then … what about the Joint Space Station?"
Old Cat did not speak this time. It was silent for two minutes before it shook its head.
Mai Dong understood. Old Cat meant that Kunlun Station still had a chance of surviving, but the space station was doomed.
The Joint Space Station was too fragile. It had no mobility, no defense, and no survival ability. In the face of such a terrible disaster, there was no chance of survival.
Once Old Cat Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I hit the surface of Mars, it would produce trillions of tons of debris in low-Earth orbit. If one of these debris hit the space station, the consequences would be devastating.
The Joint Space Station would lose its attitude, the cabin would rupture and lose pressure, the spacecraft's fuel would leak, and the truss and solar panels would break.
"In other words … I still have forty-seven days?"
Mai Dong floated in front of the camera. She was wearing a blue uniform with her sleeves rolled up and a cap on her head. This was her usual attire. The zipper on her collar was pulled up very high, revealing only half of her fair neck. According to the girl herself, she often didn't wear any clothes underneath her uniform to save water and make it easier for her to clean.
Old Cat and Tang Yue did not say anything, which could be considered a tacit agreement.
Mai Dong lowered her head and stared at Ah Q who was floating beside her.
"Then I have to hurry."
"Hurry up?" Tang Yue and Old Cat looked at each other and then at Mai Dong.
"Yeah, don't we still have a lot of work to do?"
Mai Dong nodded. "Since there are only forty-seven days left, then I should try to hurry up and finish the tasks at hand … The history of philosophy is not finished, the history of science is not finished, and there are still the first and second industrial revolutions. I'll try to finish as much as I can."
Tang Yue and Old Cat were a little surprised. This was the first thing this girl thought of when she was on the brink of death. Before everything was over, she wanted to leave as much of humanity's heritage as possible in the universe.
"No … No, no, no, no, it's definitely not like this. It definitely shouldn't be like this."
Old Cat got up and anxiously paced around the hall of Kunlun Station. "I've said before that the interaction between celestial bodies in the solar system is very complicated. Any small disturbance may cause a different result. This is a chaotic system, and computers can't accurately predict it. It's too early to say that there's no way out!"
Tang Yue looked up. "There's still a way out?"
"I don't know if there's a way out," Old Cat said. "But there's still uncertainty!
That damn comet was certain to hit Mars the moment it entered the boundary of the solar system?
Of course not. Its orbit is the result of thousands of conditions acting together. Mechanical fatalism has been thrown into the trash heap hundreds of years ago … Do you think God rolls dice?
Doyouthinkitwillrolladice？”
Old Cat looked at Tang Yue and then looked at Mai Dong on the screen.
Tang Yue and Mai Dong were both stunned.
"I think it will roll dice," Old Cat said.
"Why?"
"Because if it doesn't roll dice," Old Cat pointed to his head. "I wouldn't have been born."
"Since it can roll dice, then it can't always roll a one. As long as it continues to roll, there will always be a six!"
Old Cat then said loudly, "Life is born in uncertainty, then vitality will also be born in uncertainty."
Kunlun Station was very quiet.
Mai Dong smiled slightly. "Mr. Cat."
"Wait wait wait, you just used 'it' when you pointed to God. Why didn't you use 'he'?"
Tang Yue frowned in surprise. He always paid attention to some inexplicable things. "Because you discriminate against the gods in religion?"
"Of course not, 'he' is the God of you humans," Old Cat explained. "It is the God of us cats."
"Listen … Tang Yue, and Miss Mai Dong."
Old Cat stood in front of the inner door of the airlock, turned around, and glanced around. The cat's eyes burst into a terrifying light. "As long as I'm still alive, I will ensure your safety."
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A vigorous self-rescue operation kicked off.
Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I would hit Mars in forty-seven days, which was one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight hours.
Tang Yue and the others were like small ants before the apocalypse, looking for a small place to take refuge in the disaster that would destroy the world.
For the time being, Old Cat could not predict where the comet would hit. It carefully calculated the power of the impact and compared it to the limit of impact that Kunlun Station could withstand. In the end, it concluded that Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I would completely destroy everything within a radius of one thousand kilometers from the impact point. The high temperature and pressure could even melt the desert into glass.
The strong shock wave would spread out to a distance of two thousand five hundred kilometers, and beyond this distance, the shock wave would be greatly weakened.
As long as Kunlun Station was outside this area, it could at least ensure that the basic structure would not be destroyed.
It was impossible to completely avoid the shock wave, and the impact would inevitably cause a global super earthquake.
Fortunately, the seismic performance of Kunlun Station was considered at the beginning of its design. It was a solid frame with a dome structure, and naturally had good earthquake resistance.
As for the outer covering material and the wall, Old Cat and Tang Yue did not dare to have any extravagant hopes. It was already lucky to be able to survive this kind of disaster. As long as the skeleton did not collapse, the roof could be repaired with plastic film and tape.
Whether Kunlun Station would be destroyed or not depended on luck.
After all, Kunlun Station could not be taken away in a pocket.
The monk could run, but the temple could not.
In this wasteland, without the temple, the monk could not live long.
The total surface area of Mars was 1.441 × 10 ² square kilometers, which was one hundred forty-one million one hundred thousand square kilometers.
The total area of the entire northern hemisphere was about seventy-two million square kilometers, and the impact of Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I could completely destroy an area of nineteen million six hundred and twenty-five thousand square kilometers.
In other words, its destruction area accounted for twenty-seven percent of the total area of the northern hemisphere.
What was left was the possibility of Kunlun Station surviving.
As long as it was not directly involved in the area of nineteen million six hundred and twenty-two thousand square kilometers, Kunlun Station could rely on its own sturdiness to resist other secondary disasters.
In addition, the two people and one cat were also racking their brains to think of a way to protect the Joint Space Station.
In the current situation, Tang Yue and Mai Dong no longer had any extravagant hopes of surviving this disaster unscathed. If they could protect the Kunlun Station, then so be it. If they could protect the Kunlun Station, then so be it. If they could protect the space station, then so be it.
If they could survive, then so be it.
At the very least, they could not let this damn comet destroy the last remaining human seedlings.