Chương 60: Sol Five, Five Seconds That Can Give Birth to Ten Thousand Stars

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Mai Dong could clearly hear her heartbeat as her heart hit again and again inside her chest, tenacious and forceful.

Logically speaking, sound couldn't be transmitted into the surrounding vacuum. The Universe was supposed to be a dead silence, but Mai Dong could actually hear a lot of sounds—her heartbeat, the sloshing of water in her in-suit drink bag, the rustling of her hair against the inner lining of the helmet, the static in her earpiece, and the humming sound from the EVA suit's life support system, as well as the vibrational noises from the arm's operations.

These minute movements were inaudible under ordinary conditions, but the silent background accentuated them. Together, they sounded like a symphonic medley.