Roaming the universe, all thanks to your many dark skills!

Teddy leaned back in his chair, looked at him and said, "You're not the only one who needs to call in a satellite. Our Ares 4 supply mission is about to begin, and we should pay more attention to Schiaparelli Crater."

Seeing this, Vincent took a step back and said, "Well, we have 12 satellites flying in the sky, so we can definitely spare a few hours."

"It's not a call issue." Seeing that Vincent was a little confused, Teddy decided to make it clearer. "We are a public domain organization. We need to be transparent about this matter."

"Ok."

"As soon as we pointed the satellite at the Hab, I had broadcast the picture of Mark Watney's body to the world."

“Are you worried about PR?”

"Of course I'm worried about the PR problem. What mission is there when Congress won't reimburse us for a paper clip as long as we have a dead astronaut on the front page of the Washington Post?"

"He can't just disappear. I mean, he won't...degrade." Vincent said, "You know, he will always be there."

"Meteorologists estimate that it will take only a year for him to be buried under the sand under normal meteorological conditions."

"But we can't wait a year, we still have work to do."

"Ares 5 won't be launched for five years, so we have plenty of time," said Teddy.

"Think about it. The sympathy for Watney's family has brought the whole world to our side. Ares 6 can bring him back to his roots."

Vincent said, "We won't say this is the purpose of the mission now, but we need to make it clear that this is part of the mission. If we describe it this way, we will get more support from the parliament, but we can't be sure in another year."

1:30am.

Satellite Communications Center.

Minnie Parker received a satellite call request from Vincent Capel.

When she looked at the satellite images from the 18th and 54th solar days, she was stunned.

Because in addition to showing traces of vehicle activity, there is also a new building.

after an hour.

Not only Vincent, but Teddy also rushed over after hearing the news.

and Anne Montrose, who also heads NASA.

"How sure?"

"100%."

"You're talking nonsense." Annie cursed.

Everyone looked at the satellite image of the extra building and the moved rover with disbelief on their faces.

Neither Teddy nor Annie believed that Mark was still alive, let alone that someone could have built so many new houses on Mars.

After all, this is unimaginable and unreasonable.

But Vincent asked Minnie to retrieve satellite images from different time periods and used facts to prove his argument.

Finally, he pointed to a picture of a five-star red flag fluttering in the wind and said, "It seems that these houses were built by Chinese people."

"Damn, what are they going to do?" Teddy said unhappily.

"You should think more about how we are going to talk about this now." Annie looked at Teddy and changed her tone to a press conference: "Dear American people, do you remember the astronaut we killed and gave him a very nice funeral?"

She looked at everyone and said, "It turns out that he is still alive. We left him on Mars, and now he is alone and alone with the Chinese. This is all our fault, sincerely NASA."

After saying that, she looked at Teddy fiercely and said, "What I mean is, do you realize that big trouble is about to come?"

"What are we going to do with the public?" Teddy asked.

"Legally, we have 24 hours to release the photos," said Anne.

Teddy followed up, “We’re issuing a statement, we don’t want people to figure it out on their own.”

"Okay." Annie nodded.

"If I'm not mistaken, he should have starved to death before we rescued him." Teddy said expressionlessly.

"You can't imagine what he went through over there. I mean, he was 5000 million miles away from home, he thought he was all alone, he thought we gave up on him, what does that do to a person?" Vincent said.

"Actually, he's not alone." Minnie, who had been silent the whole time, reminded quietly, "There's a Chinese living cabin next to him."

"Yes, I almost forgot. It's them again." Teddy gritted his teeth and said, "Don't make a statement yet. I must talk to the China National Space Administration on the phone first."

.....................

On Mars.

Mark, who had just taken a shower, was listening to the gothic hip-hop disco left by Commander Louis, and complained in his log: "I will definitely die if I listen to one more disco like this."

Then he changed the subject and said, "Fortunately, I still have a reason not to leave this world like this. Before I eat the food cooked by Rosen, I must live on."

At this time, someone knocked on the door.

When Mark quickly changed his clothes and went out, he saw Rosen carrying two insulated lunch boxes.

"Your songs are so terrible." Rosen couldn't help but frowned when he heard the disco sound.

"But these are all I have." Mark shrugged helplessly.

"Fortunately, I still have some songs and I will send them to you later." Rosen said with a smile.

The meal was very good.

Mark got drunk again on Lao Baigan, and then he began to praise Rosen's cooking skills, especially the dish of stewed beef with potatoes.

At the end he complained again: NASA had completely forgotten about him, but fortunately he was not alone and had met new friends here.

Later, when Mark lay down on the bed and prepared to rest, the music in the living cabin had changed from the original Gothic hip-hop disco to: "Good luck comes, good luck comes, good luck brings joy and love..."

To be honest, when Rosen heard that the USB flash drive he handed to Mark was full of songs of this type, he was also devastated.

He didn't expect that the car music he bought casually online would be so... inspiring! It was... unforgettable!

The only thing worth being happy about was that Mark seemed to like such songs very much and even sang a few lines along with them out of tune.

"Good luck, Mark," Rosen said and left.

.....................

Regardless of whether Mark is lucky or not, Teddy is definitely not lucky.

Especially when he had a phone call with the senior executives of the China National Space Administration and his accusations were denied by the other party, he became even more furious.

"People can't be so shameless, at least they shouldn't be." Teddy slammed the table and shouted through gritted teeth, "Damn it, we must speed up the progress of all work, otherwise by the time we are ready, there may be no place for us on Mars."

Then, when he faced the reporters who came after hearing the news, he felt even more headache and wanted to curse.

"Have you tried any way to contact Mark Watney?"

"We're trying," Teddy replied weakly.

"Does he have enough supplies to survive?"

"We will investigate."

"I heard that there are houses built by Chinese people near the living module. May I ask if China has also successfully landed on Mars?"

"Then you have to ask the China National Space Administration." Teddy said through gritted teeth.

"What impact does this have on your bureau? Are you prepared to resign?"

"Do not."

Note: Because of their orbits, the closest distance between the Earth and Mars is 5500 million kilometers, and the farthest is 4 million kilometers.