After leaving the restaurant, Captain Strong drove the engineering vehicle to take everyone to the dock. Then, he instructed the other three to accompany the crew members of the Express Vanguard to the dock for the spacecraft's maintenance, while he returned to the dock's control center to shut down the automatic fire extinguishing system. This was mainly to ensure the safety of the entire dock, as it was equipped with an integrated automatic fire extinguishing system. In the event of a fire in any location, the fire extinguishing system for the entire dock would be activated to control the fire and prevent it from spreading rapidly to other areas of the dock, thus causing further damage.

Moreover, the crew members of the Express Vanguard had mentioned that they would use the dock's intelligent maintenance system to troubleshoot the spacecraft's propulsion system. During this time, they could take the opportunity to assist Captain Strong and his team in conducting a preliminary check of the dock's internal circuits and fire protection systems. Therefore, thinking that there wouldn't be any issues, Captain Strong decided to take a shortcut by turning off the dock's automatic fire extinguishing system first, planning to turn it back on after the inspection was completed. This way, he could save himself an extra trip.

However, what Captain Strong didn't expect was that his belief that there wouldn't be any problems would turn out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Just as he left the control center after shutting down the automatic fire extinguishing system and was about to enter the dock where the Express Vanguard was moored, a sudden explosion occurred inside the dock. The explosion was so powerful that it made the entire metal-structured dock rattle, and Captain Strong fell to the ground due to the violent shaking. At that moment, he immediately realized that an accident had happened inside the dock. He quickly got up, pressed the nearest alarm button, grabbed a set of manual firefighting equipment from the nearest fire extinguisher box, and rushed into the dock to try to put out the fire without regard for his own safety.

"Ah! The explosion at that time was deafening, to the point where my head was shaken a bit dizzy. So, at that time, all I could think about was to rush in to put out the fire and check if there would be another explosion. I didn't even think about running back to the control center to turn on the fire extinguishing system. It's all my fault! It's all my fault!" Speaking of this, Captain Strong, whose emotions gradually collapsed, finally couldn't help but squat on the ground and burst into tears with his face covered by his hands.

To verify Captain Strong's words, the expedition team members quickly pulled up the surveillance footage before the incident. As Captain Strong had said, due to the internal circuit failure of the dock where the Express Vanguard was moored, the dock's surveillance system was shut down by the duty dock manager not long after the Express Vanguard landed, waiting for maintenance. Therefore, everyone couldn't see what exactly happened inside the dock.

However, everyone could clearly see through the other surveillance in E-Star Town that Captain Strong and his team did indeed get acquainted with the three crew members of the Express Vanguard in the restaurant. According to the surveillance records from various angles, Captain Strong and his team of seven sang and danced until the end of the gourmet evening party. Afterwards, the seven, still in high spirits, sang cheerful songs and took a car to the dock. Upon arriving at the dock, just as Captain Strong had said, the group of seven split into two groups. Six maintenance technicians with various maintenance instruments directly entered the dock where the Express Vanguard was moored, while Captain Strong quickly headed to the dock's control center to shut down the power supply system for the surveillance and automatic fire protection equipment specifically for that dock. Then, not long after Captain Strong hummed a tune and left the control center, the explosion occurred suddenly.

Although the specific situation inside the dock couldn't be seen, and it was temporarily impossible to figure out why the explosion happened in that dock. However, based on the information everyone currently has, Captain Strong indeed did not lie to everyone. At the same time, as the fire in the dock was extinguished, the emergency team members of the expedition team had also successfully entered the area most severely affected by the fire. Soon, the emergency team members determined the center of the explosion and fire in the area most severely damaged by the fire. Moreover, they found six bodies at the fire center.

Although the six bodies had been burned beyond recognition in the explosion and fire, the emergency team members could still identify the six bodies as the six technicians who came for the repair work through the severely damaged semi-intelligent bionic mechanical components on the bodies.

After the news was confirmed, everyone was heartbroken. However, for the crew members of the Express Vanguard, the bad news was more than that. Because the investigation of the fire scene by the emergency team members found that the main location of the explosion and fire was exactly at the power propulsion system on the left rear side of the Express Vanguard.

According to the final investigation results given by the emergency team members, the six technicians should have been preparing to inspect the power propulsion system on the left rear side of the spacecraft at that time. As a result, it should be that when they opened the left side of the spacecraft's power propulsion system and prepared to connect the detection device to the independent energy conversion module of this power propulsion system, and checked the status of this set of propulsion systems to determine the maintenance plan, something went wrong, causing a short circuit when the independent energy conversion module of the left power propulsion system and the dock's detection device were connected, thus triggering the explosion of this independent energy conversion module, and causing the six maintenance personnel to die on the spot and triggering the fire.

It needs to be emphasized once again that due to the surveillance system in this dock being shut down, and the spacecraft needing to be powered off during the inspection, the surveillance system on the spacecraft was also shut down at the time, making it impossible for everyone to know the real reason for the accident. However, since there were problems with the circuitry of this dock itself, it is very likely that the monitoring system equipped in the dock would cause a short circuit when in use. In addition, the six maintenance personnel were still in an excited state after the evening party, and it is very likely that because of this reason, they made a major mistake while inspecting the spacecraft's power propulsion system due to lack of concentration, thus triggering the explosion of the independent energy conversion module responsible for the spacecraft's left rear power propulsion system. So, in general, the Broadsword Expedition Team and the Express Vanguard crew members still agreed with the investigation results given by the emergency team members.

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Now that the cause of this major accident has been identified, the surviving Captain Strong has also been severely punished by the Broadsword Expedition Team for his serious dereliction of duty at work. So, this matter has come to an end, and everyone immediately started to repair the dock and the spacecraft.

The Express Vanguard and the Broadsword Expedition Team have suffered considerable losses in this accident. Compared with the three docks of the Broadsword Expedition Team, which are used to park and take off spacecraft at the same time, only one dock's spacecraft takeoff and landing equipment was damaged by the explosion, and the crew members of the Express Vanguard had to be temporarily stranded on E-Star due to the spacecraft's accidental damage. But this is not the thing that bothers the crew members, because what bothers them more is that after completing this transportation mission, they can return to the Vis Star's interstellar logistics base to settle the quarter's sailing expenses. But now, everyone not only can't return to the physical base to settle the salary as soon as possible but also will be punished by the Transportation Association due to this accident and will be deducted a part of the salary as a fine.

In addition, the reason why these crew members chose to perform this long-distance space navigation mission is that they are all people who can't be idle and like to roam in space. So, thinking about having to stay in one place for a long time, the crew members of the Express Vanguard feel very uncomfortable. But there's no way, who let their spacecraft be damaged in this accidental accident? They can only accept the reality now, suppress their restless heart of free roaming, and persist here until the spacecraft and the dock are repaired!

The members of the Broadsword Expedition Team are naturally well aware of the quirks of the crew members on the Express Vanguard, knowing that compared with a stable life, these crew members prefer to enjoy the joy of running around in space all year round. In addition, this accident happened in their dock, which is indeed directly related to their work progress and staff management. So, considering themselves as poor hosts, the expedition team decided to take the main responsibility for this incident to avoid the crew members of the Express Vanguard suffering greater losses in the penalties of the Interstellar Shipping Center.

Although the crew members of the Express Vanguard are upset, they are all straightforward guys who are reasonable, so they naturally disagree with the approach of the Broadsword Expedition Team. But given that the Broadsword Expedition Team insists on doing so, plus they emphasize that their job nature is special and originally more dangerous, so even if they suffer personnel and material losses, they will not be punished too much by the Vis Star Alliance. Therefore, the crew members of the Express Vanguard finally reluctantly agreed to the approach of the expedition team.

In addition, the Broadsword Expedition Team further expressed their apologies to the crew members who came thousands of miles to transport materials. They also decided to temporarily transfer a large number of members pioneering E-Star to the dock to work overtime to repair the dock and the spacecraft, and strive to ensure that the Express Vanguard can return as soon as possible. At the same time, in order to appease the crew members' mood, the expedition team also specially allowed them to follow the expedition team's pioneering exploration team to travel around E-Star, trying to alleviate their psychological discomfort caused by not being able to navigate in space in the short term.

For a period of time afterwards, life on E-Star gradually returned to normal. The Broadsword Expedition Team was busy repairing the dock and spacecraft while carrying out the mission of pioneering E-Star. The crew members of the Express Vanguard provided some necessary technical support for repairing the spacecraft when the engineering department of the expedition team needed assistance. In addition to this time, the crew members spent almost all their time traveling around E-Star and enjoying the delicious food in the restaurant.

After living on E-Star for a period of time, the Broadsword Expedition Team is still busy repairing the dock and spacecraft, as well as pioneering E-Star. The crew members of the Express Vanguard are still enjoying the delicious food provided for free by the restaurant and following the expedition team's pioneering exploration team to appreciate the unique scenery of E-Star.

At this time, the crew members seem to have liked the life on E-Star, so that they are no longer like at the beginning, paying attention to the repair progress of the spacecraft and the dock every day. But it's not that all the crew members of the Express Vanguard no longer pay attention to the repair progress like before, for example, Yun Ge and Grace are a special case.

"Ah! How long has it been? Why hasn't our spaceship been repaired yet? Sigh! I have to say, the work efficiency of the Broadsword Expedition Team is really too low!" Yun Ge and Grace sat at a table outside the restaurant, drinking the slime that had a strange taste but a superior taste, and watched the crowd having a lively dinner inside the restaurant.

"Hey! Who says it's not! I didn't expect these guys to be like this either? I'm even starting to doubt how these guys joined the expedition team?" Grace agreed, and then scooped up a spoonful of hot vegetable soup, carefully taking a small sip.

Yun Ge shook his head helplessly, and then said in a strange tone: "And our team members, didn't you say that they all have a soul that cannot be comforted. So, they can't stay in the same place for a long time, but must keep moving around? But now, I see that they are very comfortable here, right? Especially in recent days, I even found that they prefer to spend time in the restaurant compared to going out with the expedition team. Aren't they really because they haven't been navigating in space for a long time, leading to some mental and psychological problems?"

Obviously, when Yun Ge raised this last question, there was a teasing tone in his voice. But Grace responded seriously: "This - it's really hard to say! You know, among the Vis people who carry out this kind of long-distance space navigation, some are naturally fond of drifting outside. So, once they are asked to stay in the same place for a long time, they will feel very uncomfortable. There are also some people who, because they have been engaged in space navigation work for a long time, have developed a passive dependence on this kind of life. So that as long as they stop, they will involuntarily feel lost and empty, and thus have psychological problems. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether they have really adapted to the life here now. Maybe, this is just a performance of breaking the jar to break it?! If it really is like that, we may not be able to go home!"

Obviously, Grace's last sentence was deliberately scaring Yun Ge. But Yun Ge didn't think Grace was deliberately scaring himself, so he still frowned worriedly and said: "I go! If it's really like that, it's terrible! I'm still waiting to return to our world and try to recover my memory as soon as possible! I don't want my brain to be as dizzy as it is now! This makes me feel that my intelligence quotient has been reduced!"