Old Zhou hurriedly made up for his words: "Hey there! Little brother, you don't have to worry too much! Although you've lost two circuitry experts, isn't there one expert still around? Moreover, the other maintenance personnel on the Express Vanguard may not be as proficient in circuits as them, but they have some knowledge in this area. Plus, with the professional maintenance personnel from our Broadsword Expeditionary Force, we can still repair the spaceship without any pressure, it's just that the time we need may be a bit longer."

Then, as if to cheer Yungo up, Old Zhou suggested, "Hey! Little brother, how about this! Later, I'll take you guys to the dock to check on the repair status of the spaceship, so you can also understand the current situation and repair progress of the spaceship. How about that?"

"Can we really go in and check the repair status of the spaceship?" Grace also became interested upon hearing this.

"Under normal circumstances, after the last major accident, the dock should not be casually allowed to enter. Even the crew members of the Express Vanguard would also be prohibited from entering the site before the dock and spaceship repairs are completed and passed the safety pressure test for your safety. But don't forget, my actual job is also a technician, so I definitely have a way to take you in to check the repair progress of the spaceship." Old Zhou patted his strong chest again and said confidently. At this time, Yungo and Grace also remembered that Old Zhou had said he was a technician when they first met. It's just that later, the two often saw Old Zhou busy in the restaurant, so they forgot that Old Zhou originally had the identity of a technician.

As Old Zhou said, Yungo and Grace were both questioned by the site supervisors when they arrived at the dock. Fortunately, with Old Zhou's company, the two were finally able to smoothly enter the place where the Express Vanguard was parked.

As soon as they entered the dock, Yungo saw a large area that was blackened by fire at the site of the explosion. Although there were obvious construction traces in this area, the construction progress on the site is very slow at present. Because many of the facilities damaged in this area have not been repaired, and various materials and tools are scattered all over the place, making the entire repair site look very messy.

"Ah! You two also know that due to the amazing power of the explosion at that time, the power and other facilities of this dock were far more severely damaged than we imagined, resulting in the automated lifting and lowering auxiliary system of this dock has been paralyzed. So until now, we are still trying to figure out the problems in each system inside the dock. This is also why we have not yet repaired the damage to the appearance of the dock." Old Zhou said a bit embarrassedly.

"I didn't expect this dock to be so severely damaged, I thought the anti-explosion level of the dock here would at least reach the T8 level!" Grace said with a slight frown. From Grace's tone, it is not difficult to hear that she obviously mixed surprise, questioning, and sarcasm when speaking.

Old Zhou scratched his somewhat bald head and said very embarrassedly: "Hey! Under normal circumstances, the anti-explosion level of this dock will definitely reach the T8 level. It's just that the dock hasn't been completely completed before the accident!"

"So, why is your construction speed so slow? You should have been stationed on Planet E for a long time, right? However, not only is this dock, but many infrastructure construction works, including the town blocks on Planet E, have not been completed yet?" Since everyone has become familiar during this period of getting along, Grace finally took this opportunity to raise her own doubts.

"Well, this... actually... you don't know. Under normal circumstances, an expeditionary force would have ample opportunities for rest after completing a mission. But this time, after our Broadsword Expeditionary Force completed the development work on the last planet, we were immediately dispatched by the higher-ups to carry out a new expeditionary development mission. The reason for all this is that a spaceship of another expeditionary force encountered an accident during the journey, forcing them to return during the mission. Therefore, in order not to affect the higher-ups' survey progress of expanding territory, we were temporarily mobilized to replace that expeditionary force and continue their mission." Old Zhou said helplessly.

Then, Old Zhou added: "Of course, the higher-ups also know that we have not had ample rest after completing the last expeditionary development mission. So, to avoid us having negative emotions due to continuous running, the higher-ups allowed us to slow down the work progress when carrying out development work on Planet E, so that we can have ample rest during work. Moreover, to better appease our emotions, the higher-ups also increased the remuneration for us to carry out this mission."

"This is also one of the reasons why we can take on the main responsibility after the accident occurred. After all, if it weren't for the higher-ups' sudden mobilization affecting our rest, this accident would not have happened in the first place. You know, our Broadsword Expeditionary Force has always been famous for its efficient and safe work style. The reason why we made a major work error this time and caused casualties is related to the higher-ups' forced mobilization of us to perform the mission. Therefore, the higher-ups will naturally do their best to assist us in handling this accident this time, so as not to be punished because of it."

Since the Express Vanguard arrived at Planet E, in addition to the work handover for the transportation of goods, there was no time to understand other situations here before being attracted by the delicious food provided by the Broadsword Expeditionary Force and the relaxed atmosphere, and gradually enjoyed living in the town on Planet E. So, Yungo and the other two, who heard about the situation of the Broadsword Expeditionary Force for the first time, showed a look of realization on their faces.

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However, when Grace also followed Old Zhou in complaining about the sorrow of workers being forced to work overtime, Yungo still couldn't help but complain: "Although you can slow down the work speed when carrying out this development mission, your work efficiency is still too slow, right? Look, we have been standing here for half a day, but we only saw two maintenance personnel and three machines for maintenance in such a large dock. At this speed of repair, we really don't know when we can return to the interstellar logistics base!"

"This... uh... haha! Little brother is indeed reasonable! Little brother, don't worry! I will go and reflect on your doubts to the leader later. And ask the leader to send more people to complete the repair work here as soon as possible!" Old Zhou responded with an embarrassed smile.

Then, Old Zhou hurriedly and awkwardly changed the subject: "Hey! There's nothing to see here. How about we enter the spaceship to check the repair progress first! So you can rest assured!"

So, Yungo and Grace followed Old Zhou into the Express Vanguard to check the repair status. The result was astonishing, and the blood pressure of the two immediately reached a new high due to the situation in front of them. Because when Yungo and Grace entered the command center of the spaceship, they found that it was also a mess like the outside. Many control panels of the command platform were taken down, revealing the complex electric control circuit boards inside, and various types of measuring instruments were inserted. In addition, the equipment inspection slots hidden in the passageways of the spaceship were all opened by the maintenance personnel, which was naturally convenient for the maintenance personnel to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the spaceship's circuits.

From the situation inside the spaceship, the Express Vanguard did suffer a lot of damage due to the explosion of the independent energy conversion unit of the thruster, causing the maintenance personnel to be forced to conduct a comprehensive repair of the internal circuit of the spaceship. Such a huge repair work will inevitably make the spaceship's next voyage distant.

What made Yungo and Grace's blood rise even more was that there were only about twenty people involved in the maintenance of the spacecraft, but the two only saw five or six maintenance personnel still working on the site. The rest of the maintenance personnel were all gathered in the temporary rest room of the command center, enjoying a table full of delicious food. Moreover, there were not only maintenance personnel responsible for repairing the spaceship, but also dozens of people responsible for repairing the dock. No wonder Yungo and the others didn't see many maintenance personnel outside just now? It turns out they all came into the spaceship to eat!

Among these personnel, there are both members from the Broadsword Expeditionary Force and members from the Express Vanguard. But they are all very relaxed at this time, and there is no tension on their faces because they have to rush to repair the spaceship and the dock, but because today's food is very delicious, everyone's face is full of pleasure. The attitude of these personnel immediately ignited the anger of Yungo and Grace, but the most annoying thing for the two was that they saw Captain Tim, who was also relaxed, in the crowd.

So, the two people shouted in unison: "Captain Tim! Why are you here eating and drinking with them?! Shouldn't you be rushing to repair now?!"

The group of personnel who were startled by the two seemed to notice the three people standing at the door of the temporary rest room at this time. So, everyone hurriedly put down the food in their hands and stood in place, and the gaze of not knowing the mistake was cast on Captain Tim, who was also embarrassed.

"Presumptuous! How dare you two talk to me like this?! I am your captain! Besides, everyone works hard! Can't we enjoy the delicious food during the rest time?!" Captain Tim, who couldn't hold his face, immediately scolded loudly. But after speaking, he looked at the crowd on the left and right with some guilt. Then, the personnel in the temporary rest room immediately put down the food in their hands and hurried back to their respective posts to continue working.

Seeing all the personnel re-invested in the tense repair work, Captain Tim finally put down his dignified face and walked to Yungo and the others, then complained: "Hum! When did you two guys come? Didn't I say that no one except the crew responsible for the spaceship repair is allowed to enter the spaceship without my approval? I don't want any further accidents to cause further losses to my team!"

"Ah! If we don't find a way to come in and understand the situation of the spaceship repair, how can we find out the reason for the slow progress of the repair work?!" It seems that Captain Tim's dignity just now did not deter Grace, so Grace still retorted sternly at this time.

"Hey! I guess you have already found out that the damage caused by this accident to the spaceship and the dock is far more serious than we estimated at the time, which makes this repair work more arduous. All the maintenance personnel are working overtime and are very hardworking, so let everyone relax during the break, isn't it to improve work efficiency?" Captain Tim was not angry with Grace's question, but continued to explain patiently.

"But Captain, based on what we have seen, it's really hard to believe that you are relaxing to improve work efficiency!" Yungo pointed to the various delicious foods on the table, and then pointed to the messy command center and said.

"There's no way. To ensure that the spaceship's circuits and various functional systems can be used normally, we can only carry out a comprehensive inspection of the entire ship's systems! Besides, the independent energy conversion unit that exploded last time did cause some systems of the spaceship to fail. So, we can only take out all the circuits and main functional transmission modules of the entire ship for inspection, and then adjust and calibrate the corresponding control programs." Captain Tim replied.

Although Yungo and Grace were anxious about the spaceship's delay in repair, and they were also angry about seeing a group of maintenance personnel having a meal during working hours instead of working on their posts just now. But based on the damage to the spaceship and the dock they got before, and the situation they saw on the scene, they had to believe that Captain Tim's explanation was not entirely an excuse for the behavior of the maintenance personnel just now. Therefore, even if the two people are still dissatisfied at this time, considering that the repair work here is indeed complicated, and these front-line maintenance personnel are indeed hardworking. So, they had to pause the questioning and turned into sighing helplessly at the same time.

Seeing this, Captain Tim let out a sigh of relief, then glared at Old Zhou, and immediately put on a caring tone of an elder to the younger and said, "Hey! I said you two naughty guys! Why did you think of running here? Can't you just stay in the town peacefully? You know, it's dangerous here before we have completely determined whether the equipment in the spaceship and the dock will short circuit again, right? If another short circuit causes an explosion and happens to hurt both of you, how can I explain to Doctor Hu!"