"What should I come to find you for? It's not appropriate for a single man and a single woman to be together, is it?" Yungo casually joked. During his stay on Planet E, Yungo had been inseparable from Grace, which made their relationship increasingly close. This led to him speaking without considering whether it might offend Grace.

"Ptui! Why is your mind filled with such dirty thoughts? What I meant was, since we don't have much to do during our time off, we might as well go see if there's anything we can help with after resting. Let's contribute our part to getting the ship's equipment up and running as soon as possible."

"Oh, yes! Actually, I was thinking the same thing! Ah, your professionalism is indeed far superior to other crew members, no wonder Captain Tim values you so highly! After sitting in front of the control panel for so long, I do feel a bit tired! In that case, I'll adjust my condition and come find you later!" Realizing he had made a fool of himself in front of Grace, Yungo quickly yawned and pretended to be very tired, responding cursorily before disappearing into his rest cabin. Grace, after Yungo's embarrassed exit, smiled shyly and then returned to her rest cabin as well.

Yungo only took a short rest this time, performed a routine check on his bionic mechanical components, and replaced a mini power battery for himself before leaving to find Grace.

"Hey, you're here so soon? I thought you'd sleep for a few more hours before waking up!" Grace saw Yungo coming and walked out of her rest cabin with a piece of bread.

"Hey! Last time I was really tired, that's why I slept for so long unexpectedly. By the way, how was your rest?" To avoid Grace teasing him again about his oversleeping and being late last time, Yungo quickly changed the subject.

"It was not bad. I've been in good shape recently, so I only slept for an hour before waking up. This ham bread really tastes great, don't you want to try a bite?" Grace said as she offered the bread, which she had already taken a few bites from, to Yungo with a shy tone.

As the old saying goes, men and women should not be too intimate. So, when Grace offered her bread to Yungo to share, it made him think of a question: if he took a bite on the bread where Grace had bitten, would it be considered an indirect kiss between the two?

Although Yungo still had no appetite, he took the bread and took a big bite without hesitation after thinking about it, then commented with a serious expression: "Hmm - it's true! This bread really tastes great! I should have taken a few pieces to taste while I was on duty just now!"

"Bah! You guy, I don't know if you're really stupid or if you're pretending to be foolish! You always act like you're late to realize things, it's really annoying!" Grace took back the bread and feigned dissatisfaction.

Then, Grace took a small bite on the bread with a shy look on her face and nonchalantly said: "Alright! Let's go! Let's go to the lower deck of the spaceship and see how the repair progress is going? Ah! Now many circuits of the spaceship have not been repaired, resulting in many cleaning equipment in the rest cabin unable to be used. I can't even wash my face, and the dirty clothes I changed can't be washed, it's really annoying!"

"Ah! Isn't it a special case now! You just need to hold on for two more days! Besides, if you don't say it, I can't see that you haven't washed your face at all. In my opinion, whether you wash your face or not doesn't matter much. Because no matter what, you look very beautiful!" Yungo seized the opportunity to flatter Grace.

"Bah! What do you know? Of course, I know I look good! But I can't slack off on my appearance management just because of this!" Grace gave Yungo a look and deliberately made a fuss.

"Right, right, right! The girl is right! Your appearance is the most important! So, why don't we go to the logistics main control room to inspect it first? Let's see how the line repair work is going there?" Yungo suggested with a flattering face.

"Well, you are still a bit insightful! Let's go!" Grace said, swallowing the remaining bread in one bite, and then led Yungo to the lower deck of the spaceship.

As mentioned earlier, due to the urgent situation on Planet E at the time, in order to evacuate everyone from Planet E as soon as possible, the maintenance personnel focused all their efforts on repairing the equipment related to the spaceship's power system and navigation system. As a result, in addition to the normal navigation of the spaceship, many internal devices are still out of order due to ineffective repair.

This is why, in addition to the bright lights in the passage connecting the command center and the rest cabin area on the upper deck of the spaceship, the lights in the rest of the passages are all extinguished, and only the emergency lighting can provide a dim light. This is also why Yungo and Grace feel a sense of horror as if they are in a science fiction thriller when walking in these dimly lit passages.

"Be careful! Pay attention to your feet! Don't trip!" Yungo warned Grace, signaling her to get closer to him for protection.

Grace rolled her eyes, finding Yungo's clumsy performance ridiculous. Although these passages look a bit scary under the flickering lights. But they are on their own spaceship now! How could there be any monsters here?

Moreover, the passage is just dimly lit, and there are no obstacles on the smooth ground, plus both of their visions have been upgraded by bionic technology, which is enough to ensure that the dim environment will not affect their vision. It can be seen that Yungo's intention to signal Grace to get closer to himself is definitely not just to provide protection. However, although Grace saw through Yungo's little mind at a glance, she still followed the instructions and got closer to Yungo. Now, it's just a matter of raising their hands for the two people to hold hands, or even hug together.

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It seems that Yungo and Grace really like this state, so much so that no one spoke as they walked side by side, tacitly enjoying this ambiguous atmosphere that could make the light in the passage turn pink. After walking in the passage on the lower deck of the spaceship for a while like this, they finally arrived at the logistics machine room main control area on the lower deck of the spaceship. And soon, they found the machine room that ensures the normal operation of the life facilities in the rest cabin in a relatively remote corner.

"Hey? Where are the maintenance personnel? At this time, shouldn't they be working on maintenance?" Yungo saw that the machine room under construction was empty and asked with a frown after confirming that it was the working time of the maintenance personnel.

Grace returned to this machine room after a quick search in the logistics machine room control area, also puzzled and said: "Strange. What are these guys doing? Didn't they say they have started focusing on repairing the rest of the spaceship's circuits? But after a rough check, I didn't find any signs of new construction here?"

"What are these guys doing? They dare to be absent from work right under Captain Tim's nose! Are they not afraid of being discovered by Captain Tim who came to inspect? These guys are too bold!" Yungo said.

"Let's go! Let's take a look at the other side of the spaceship! See if other maintenance personnel are on duty? Then we will go back and report the situation here to Captain Tim!" Grace said and pulled Yungo out of the machine room.

It can be seen that the reason why Grace is so angry at this time is not because the maintenance personnel's dragging work attitude will prevent her from washing in the rest cabin for a period of time in the future, but because she found that these maintenance personnel have a serious absence from work. It should be noted that due to the circuit problems of the spaceship, most of the monitoring equipment inside the spaceship is out of order. And these maintenance personnel dare to leave their posts and be absent from work, which is definitely related to the malfunction of the monitoring equipment on this level of the spaceship, which cannot be monitored in real-time by others.

It should be noted that as a crew member of a spaceship, it is a basic principle that must be followed to strictly follow the arranged work tasks. Anyone who dares to violate the rules will inevitably face Captain Tim's serious disciplinary action. If not, once more crew members do not strictly follow the established time to perform tasks, it will interfere with the efficiency of the spaceship's mission execution. It may even have a very serious impact on the safe navigation of the spaceship. So at this time, Grace cannot turn a blind eye to these maintenance personnel just because they are her colleagues. She must consider the safety of the entire spaceship and must ensure that Captain Tim's command of the Express Vanguard is not challenged by these absentees.

Therefore, Grace and Yungo went along the logistics machine room side all the way to the bottom of the spaceship. Then, the two inspected the main maintenance points in the lower passage while walking along the passage to the other side of the spaceship. After that, the two returned to the upper layer from the bottom of the other layer, just completing a circle inspection of the inside of the spaceship

On the way back to the upper deck of the spaceship, Grace angrily said: "These damn guys! What do they want to do? There is no maintenance personnel on duty during working hours? Moreover, there is no sign of construction at each maintenance point, are they not afraid of being discovered by Captain Tim and directly expelled and blacklisted, making them unable to become any spaceship crew members from now on?"

"Isn't it?! These guys are too bold! It seems that we have stayed on Planet E for too long! It has made these guys' spirits more and more lax, and they have not been able to get back to work for a long time!" Yungo also complained behind Grace. Yungo is so angry, not only to echo Grace, but also because he now knows who is the culprit that makes all the entertainment facilities in his rest cabin unable to use.

The two angrily returned to the upper deck of the spaceship and were preparing to go directly to the command center to report to Captain Tim. However, on the way back, they happened to see Captain Tim, who should have been commanding the spaceship navigation in the command center at this time, coming towards them. Judging from Captain Tim's hurried pace, he seems to be in a hurry to deal with something. Could it be that Captain Tim also discovered the absence of maintenance personnel, so he left his post and came to the lower deck of the spaceship?

Thinking of this, Yungo and Grace immediately waved and ran towards Captain Tim, and said: "Captain! We have just inspected the lower part of the spaceship and found that there are no maintenance personnel working at the maintenance points! Please ask the captain to investigate their situation as soon as possible and see why they dare to be absent from work so openly?"

But when Captain Tim finished listening to their report, he frowned slightly and said: "What? You inspected the spaceship? You are not on duty now, why did you go to inspect the spaceship? How can you make trouble for others?"

The two did not expect that Captain Tim's first reaction would be to question their behavior, which made them speechless and stunned, not knowing how to respond for a while. Fortunately, Captain Tim soon realized that his reaction was inappropriate, so he waved his hand and said with a laugh: "Well, well! In fact, I have known about this for a long time!"

"You already knew about their absence from work? Then why don't you stop them and severely punish them? You know, since the spaceship has successfully entered the return navigation state, our top priority should naturally be to completely repair the remaining problems of the spaceship to ensure that there will be no accidents during the navigation!" Grace asked in confusion.

"Hey! Of course I know what you said. But since the spaceship can navigate normally now, doesn't it also mean that the problems that easily affect the navigation safety of the spaceship have been solved? In that case, I think we should use this time to relax and alleviate the mental damage caused by the disaster on Planet E. You know, after all, so many people have died, this is a huge accident that can shock the Vis people all over the world. We can't guarantee that every team member's spirit will not be damaged after experiencing this major accident. So, out of consideration for protecting my team members, I temporarily decided to let everyone put down their work and relax the nerves that have been tight on Planet E, trying to avoid team members suffering from mental sequelae." Captain Tim explained.