Its products were famous for their rock-solid quality.
But even the sturdiest things had their limits. When someone's luck got bad enough, even its products could run into a string of accidents so unlikely they could practically be ignored, resulting in errors.
Pandora's transition system started up very smoothly, in as fine a state as the sun at eight or nine in the morning. Unfortunately, less than ten seconds after we entered the spatial gate, we crashed into the remnants of a world that had been destroyed at some unknown time. The plane barrier—a mix of time, space, and laws—left the little girl completely disoriented. The sun at eight or nine in the morning had suddenly run into a spell of overcast rain.
At that moment, Sikaro promptly took over Pandora's navigation work, and then we crashed into a second world fragment...
At that critical moment, Sandora displayed the decisiveness and wisdom befitting a Shilin Empress. She immediately activated her own navigation system, accurately corrected our coordinates, and then slammed hard into the third fragment...
When Sandora collapsed with spirals in her eyes, I knew that only I could take over the remaining work. Though I was only a half-baked Shilin Emperor, I still successfully retrieved from the Database in my mind the method for taking control of the plane transition navigation system using the highest authority, while also mastering the essentials of operating it.
Then, just as I confidently prepared to carry out the first plane transition under my own control, the navigation system, already battered beyond recognition, finally broke down completely...
This was what they meant by misfortunes never coming singly. The chance of hitting a world fragment during space transition was less than roughly one in a thousand, while the chance that such a fragment would be