Tang Yue passed through the airlock and left Kunlun Station.
The black desert unfolded before him. The Isidis Planitia was originally a crater caused by the impact of a gigantic projectile. It took form 3.9 billion years ago and had existed for a very long period of time on Mars. But in thirty-plus days more, it would be covered by another huge crater.
As he looked at the distant horizon, Tang Yue once again recalled the time he and Old Wang had set up a fire on the dune during his training. They were discussing the Chinese biochemist and explorer named Peng Jiamu.
The desert at night suddenly had a lethal form of attraction for Tang Yue. He imagined himself like Peng Jiamu walking through the desert, abandoning everything behind him. It was an exploration with no return. Where he went didn't matter because he knew there was only one end.
