Dead on Mars

The ultra-low temperatures could freeze the moisture in them in short spans of time. The burgeoning ice crystals would damage all cell structures, so the plants couldn’t be any deader!

Tang Yue lowered the water trough in panic as he looked at the other water trough, wondering if Yin Liting and Zhang Cuishan were still alive.

“Tang Yue? Tang Yue… How is it?”

Mai Dong saw the man suddenly collapse onto the ground as though he had lost all his strength.

Tang Yue held all the dead sprouts in his hand, his eyes glazed over. He didn’t understand what had gone wrong; he had prepared a complete set of heat preservation measures. He didn’t know how these tiny lives had frozen to death. How did it happen? How?

“Tang Yue?”

Tang Yue turned his head and didn’t say a word. He gave her a faint smile, making her heart contract sharply.

There was a complicated look in Tang Yue’s eyes, seemingly filled with sorrow and helplessness. It also seemed as though all his hopes had been dashed to pieces.

That gaze seemed to say: Look, lass… I’ve really tried my best this time.