That night.
Tang Yue tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.
Outside the door, there was the sound of Tomcat slamming the table. It was also mixed with profanities that Tang Yue didn't understand. It said things like "f * * k your ancestors" and "f * * k you." If he wasn't surprised, the computer had failed again.
This was really a Doraemon with a bad temper and a lot of profanities.
Tang Yue thought silently.
During this time, Old Cat often worked through the night. It drove Tang Yue to sleep and stayed at the workstation to process the data.
Tang Yue wanted to get up to help, but was pushed back down. In Old Cat's words, it was a great help if you did not suddenly die.
"Girl, are you asleep?" Tang Yue asked softly.
"No."
Mai Dong answered through the earpiece, "It's not time for me to sleep yet. The sun is still bright outside the window, and I'm eating."
"Every time I talk to you, you're either eating or looking for something to eat," Tang Yue adjusted the angle of the earpiece slightly, using his arm as a pillow and looking at the white ceiling of the passenger cabin.
"Because I'm hungry."
The girl's voice was muffled, and Zhang Zian did not know what she was chewing on. "In order to maintain sufficient strength, I must replenish my energy in time when I'm hungry. This is what Mr. Cat told me."
After Mai Dong finished speaking, she took a big gulp of water.
Hearing this, Tang Yue was very envious.
"Where's Mr. Cat?
Is it resting? "
"No."
Tang Yue tilted his head and looked at the curtain of the passenger cabin. The light came in through the gap of the zipper. "It's still fighting with the computer. Old Cat has been plugging in the wires and working until dawn recently. It's too difficult to get Orion II to safely enter the atmosphere. There's too much data to process, and the HP workstation is breaking down."
"Tang Yue, I watched a movie today." Mai Dong said, "Roman Holiday."
"Is it the movie with Audrey Hepburn?"
Tang Yue knew very little about these old movies of the last century that were full of artistic vibes. He was more fond of blockbusters with strong visual stimulation, such as the Transformers series that had been repeatedly rebooted and the Marvel movies that had completely stepped into the realm of fantasy. However, Audrey Hepburn's name was like thunder to his ears. This actress, who had stunned the world for a whole century, was one of the few Western actresses that Tang Yue knew. The others were Marilyn Monroe and Vivien Leigh.
Tang Yue remembered the name of the female lead, but he couldn't remember the name of the male lead. To be honest, he felt that all the male leads in Western movies in the early part of the last century looked like Clark Gable.
"Yes." Mai Dong said, "The female lead is Audrey Hepburn."
Reading books and watching movies were one of the few ways for the two of them to rest and relax. Compared to books and movies, games consumed more time and energy. Mai Dong was not very interested in games, and Tang Yue didn't play games much after he cleared the Supreme Gold Reset Edition of The Elder Scrolls 5.
Since there was no one else, Tang Yue and Mai Dong could only exchange their thoughts after watching the movie. Mai Dong talked to Tang Yue about My Fair Lady and The Shawshank Redemption, while Tang Yue talked to Mai Dong about Transformers: Invincible Iron Bull vs. Heavenly Lord of the Beginning and Resident Evil: Li Sanguang's Revenge. Both of them nodded their heads and agreed.
"How was the movie?" Tang Yue asked.
"I didn't pay attention."
"Didn't pay attention?"
Mai Dong nodded. "I didn't pay attention to the plot of the movie."
"If you didn't pay attention to the plot, then what did you pay attention to?"
"The sun, the air, the streets, the trees, the city, and the pedestrians coming and going," Mai Dong replied. "Rome is a very beautiful city."
Tang Yue had never been to Rome, nor had he seen the movie Roman Holiday. He didn't know whether Rome was beautiful or not, but Audrey Hepburn was very beautiful.
"Sometimes, I think that even if I become a tree and grow in a valley covered in green grass, basking in the sunlight, it would also be very comfortable." Mai Dong said, "Do you know Sanmao's poem?
If there is an afterlife, I want to be a tree, standing for eternity, without any posture of sorrow or joy. "
"Half in the soil peacefully,
Half flying in the wind.
Half in the shade,
Half bathed in the sun.
Very silent, very proud.
Never relying on, never looking for. "
The girl's voice was very soft, like a soul floating in the wind with nowhere to land.
"This kind of movie is too artistic, it doesn't suit me," Tang Yue muttered. "I like intense and exciting movies. Mai Dong, have you seen Saw?"
"A horror movie?"
"Not really a horror movie, it's a relatively old series, but there were new movies released two years ago. Mai Dong, let me tell you, this movie is really exciting!"
Tang Yue said, "There are many movies in this series, and it's like ketchup is free, splashing everywhere."
"Ketchup?" Mai Dong was stunned. "There's a lot of ketchup?"
"Yes."
"Okay, I'll go take a look next time."
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Old Cat: You tricked that girl into watching Saw?
Tang Yue nodded.
Old Cat: And then?
Tang Yue: Now she keeps telling me that she feels that she's not the only one in the space station.
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"Are you asleep?"
"No, what about you?"
"No." Tang Yue opened his eyes. "I'm probably suffering from insomnia."
As soon as Tang Yue closed his eyes, the approaching comet and the falling Orion II appeared in his mind. He didn't dare raise flags, but Tang Yue couldn't stop his mind from letting his imagination run wild. He would even dream of the crashing and burning Orion II. In the dream, Old Cat's calculations were wrong, the engine malfunctioned, the propellant tank leaked and exploded, and Mai Dong desperately cried for help on the channel, but he couldn't do anything.
He could only watch as the flames engulfed the spacecraft, and the sound on the communication channel gradually disappeared. The huge fireball disintegrated at high speed, and the fragments scattered on the Martian wasteland.
Finally, he woke up from the nightmare, covered in cold sweat.
Every time, Tang Yue would subconsciously call out to Mai Dong, and he would only feel relieved after the latter responded.
"I fell asleep for a while, but I woke up again," Mai Dong said. "I had a dream."
"What dream?"
"I … I dreamed that the plan failed, and Orion II crashed."
Mai Dong was silent for a few seconds. "I sat in the Eagle lander, and there were flames in all directions. I saw Orion II's engine burning outside the window … I wanted to contact you and Mr. Cat, but the communication was cut off. I couldn't contact anyone, and I didn't know what to do. I kept falling."
The girl's voice was filled with deep fear.
"It's just a dream."
Tang Yue comforted her. "It's okay, girl. It's just a dream. Sleep well. We have to continue working tomorrow morning."
"Okay."
Mai Dong stopped talking and tried to sleep.
Tang Yue's eyes were open. Although he had coaxed Mai Dong to sleep, he couldn't fall asleep himself. Tang Yue turned his head and looked outside the curtain. Old Cat's voice faintly sounded. "Dead!
Damn it, you're dead again! "