The Mars rover raced across the wasteland in the night.

Zhang Fan and Katerina looked at Mount Olympus in their respective rearview mirrors, still feeling a bit uneasy.

Dark red magma erupted amidst billowing black smoke, its thunderous roar pressing down on all sides. The red-hot rocks were pushed high into the air and then crashed down, leaving behind countless fiery dragons in the smoke.

The Gale Crater, where Peace Station was originally located, has been filled with boiling lava.

If they hadn't run so fast, they'd be roast suckling pigs by now.

Because they were in such a hurry, the two of them took nothing with them except their spacesuits. Zhang Fan was smart enough to bring an emergency kit with him when he left.

Zhang Fan glanced at Katerina sitting in the passenger seat, then quickly turned his head away, afraid to look again, lest he bleed to death from his nose.

Katerina was sitting in the passenger seat wearing a red spacesuit, but if Zhang Fan remembered correctly, she was wearing nothing underneath the spacesuit except for a close-fitting nightgown…

Zhang Fan has never been to Shanghai, but Ningbo is really big!

Zhang Fan felt that Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain in the solar system, paled in comparison to the Katerina Crater.

Thinking about it this way, the erupting Mount Olympus doesn't seem so terrifying anymore.

Hey, don't get the wrong idea, there really is a crater on Mars named after "Katerina Gagarin".

The Mars rover has been traveling at its top speed for more than four hours and is now more than 200 kilometers away from Mount Olympus. It is safe for the time being.

Although the trip was rushed, we were well prepared. Since we were planning to leave tomorrow morning, we had already loaded the necessary supplies, such as food and water, onto the Mars rover yesterday.

It was already late at night.

For safety reasons, it's not advisable to continue racing at night. As Zhang Fan was getting sleepy, he realized a serious problem.

Where do I sleep?

The Mars rover has only one living compartment.

Although the cab could barely be used for one night, the vehicle needed to be kept running all night to heat the cab in order to survive the cold Martian nights.

Providing heating for both the living quarters and the cockpit will consume a significant amount of the rover's power. Combined with the power consumed during the recent high-speed drive, the rover's power may not last until sunrise tomorrow.

The two of them had no choice but to move into the living quarters.

The living quarters at Peace Station were already quite small, and after the modified No. 4 living quarters were equipped with various life support equipment, the space became even more cramped.

On the right side of the living quarters is a 1.2-meter bed, and on the left side are the added heating, water tank, wastewater collection, and air circulation systems, which are also piled up with canned beef and other daily necessities, leaving only a passageway of less than 50 centimeters in the middle.

When Zhang Fan finally mustered the courage to enter the living quarters after much hesitation, Katerina was already asleep in bed.

Theoretically speaking, a 1.2-meter bed can fit two people.

After much deliberation, Zhang Fan felt that as a man, he should take the initiative to show his gentlemanly manners.

So he lay down in the aisle next to the bed.

That's such a coward, damn it!

Zhang Fan wanted to slap himself.

“Fan, I need to remind you, there’s no underfloor heating in living quarters number 4.” Katerina, who was lying on the bed, wasn’t asleep. “The temperature will drop to -70°C tonight. If you lie there, you’ll probably find your skin stuck to the floor when you wake up tomorrow.”

"Well……"

Zhang Fan stood up and scratched his head.

Katerina shifted her body slightly to the inside of the bed, making room for her.

Zhang Fan's face flushed red instantly. He stood there hesitating for a long time. Maybe it was only a few minutes or tens of seconds, but Zhang Fan felt like several hours had passed before he finally gritted his teeth.

Damn it, what are you cowardly for?! Foreigners are probably just that simple and direct. Lu Xun was right, men are all despicable!

To show that he wasn't a despicable person, Zhang Fan lay straight down next to Katerina, motionless and stiff.

"Get out!" Katerina sat up angrily from the bed. "If you have a habit of sleeping in your spacesuit, please sleep outside the car!"

Ah, this—

Zhang Fan had no choice but to get up again, take off his spacesuit, and lie back on the bed wearing only a T-shirt and boxer shorts.

Katerina was the second woman Zhang Fan slept with.

Well, aside from his mother when he was a child, this was the first time in Zhang Fan's life that he had shared a bed with a woman.

Zhang Fan could almost see Katerina's body odor seeping through the blankets. People say foreigners have a strong body odor, but he was now certain that was just sour grapes.

"Katerina, the moon is so beautiful tonight, both moons are so round." Zhang Fan opened his eyes and looked at the skylight above him, trying to make conversation to hide his nervousness.

"Fan, you can't see the moon from Mars; those are Phobos and Deimos."

"Well……"

The atmosphere was a little awkward.

But I can't sleep now. There are only two of us in the Mars rover. We can't just stare at each other and do nothing.

I need to find something to do.

The only living space in the living pod is this 1.2-meter bed. What can you do on the bed?

Lying in bed with nothing to do, surrounded by a faint fragrance, Zhang Fan's mind wandered. He felt as if his Olympus volcano was stirring, its magma ready to burst through the earth's surface.

I feel terrible.

Zhang Fan felt incredibly cowardly. He was the only male left in the entire solar system; did the other party even have a choice? Should he do something else?

Furthermore, with humanity extinct, theoretically, the legal system of human society no longer exists. In this apocalyptic world, where the strong prey on the weak, as the only male, I should rightfully become the "king" of this new world!

"Fan, something's wrong with you."

"ah?"

Zhang Fan didn't understand at first, but then he saw Katerina beckoning her finger downwards.

Damn it!

Zhang Fan immediately lay on his side and curled up.

"Hehehe—" Katerina laughed heartily, "How about we do some exercise?"

"What?" Zhang Fan was surprised. Was he being so proactive? I was only thinking about it.

"Fan, get up!" Katerina stood up from the bed and walked to the foot of the bed. "The rules are simple: whoever throws their opponent down and pins them for 10 seconds wins."

"Huh?" Zhang Fan stood up, looking completely bewildered. This really is exercise.

"Let me demonstrate for you."

Before she finished speaking, Katerina took a step forward, grabbed Zhang Fan's right arm with her left hand, hooked her right hand around Zhang Fan's waist, and thrust her leg against the side of Zhang Fan's knee.

Zhang Fan lost his balance and fell backward onto the bed. But that wasn't all; Katerina seized the opportunity, pressing her knee against Zhang Fan's throat.

“I surrender, I surrender, I can’t breathe!” In less than 10 seconds, Zhang Fan had already surrendered by patting the bed sheet.

"Heh—" Katerina laughed, "Fan, you can't lose to a woman in bed, or you'll never find a wife."

Damn it! Zhang Fan was enraged. Do you think I'm afraid of a woman?

“Katerina, when I get serious, I won’t treat you like a woman anymore.” Zhang Fan displayed the imposing manner of a man. “I’m warning you, don’t cry when you’re being pinned down later.”

“Hehehe…” Katerina laughed, “Okay, Fan, if you can pin me down on the bed, you can do whatever you want…”

roar--

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan suddenly launched an attack. Without warning, he pounced on the opponent, disregarding tactics and simply relying on his weight and momentum to knock him down.

The next second, Katerina turned around and threw Zhang Fan onto the bed, face up.

“Hehehe.” Katerina laughed even more heartily. “I’ve fought Ivanka hundreds of times before; sneak attacks don’t work.”

Damn it! What are you two doing all the time?

Zhang Fan found the love-hate relationship between Katerina and Ivanka even more incomprehensible.

But Zhang Fan wouldn't give up so easily this time. He immediately used Wei Xiaobao's ultimate move, which, according to his understanding, should be a woman's weakness.

Katerina thrust her right knee down, pinning Zhang Fan's left leg, and then wrapped her right arm around his neck, pinning his head against her chest.

I can't breathe!

Zhang Fan couldn't breathe again, but this time he didn't say it or surrender!

A man can't admit defeat!

Just as he was oppressed by the three great mountains of the old society, Zhang Fan was also being crushed by the mountains at this moment, feeling like he was about to suffocate.

It's so painful... but also, it's so blissful...

Zhang Fan felt that 10 seconds was too long, but also too short. He felt like he was about to suffocate and die, but he was determined not to surrender!

How can a man admit defeat? That's the spirit of a man!

Let the oppression come even more fiercely!

Zhang Fan's eyes were already rolling back, but he persisted, twitching happily... until he fainted.