Little Auspiciousness

As they left the storm behind and sunlight began to spill across the horizon, the faces of the people aboard the yacht, Explorer, brightened.

"Finally, clear skies."

"About time..."

"Brother Jack really is our lucky star."

Bear Healer chimed in again, her eyes sparkling.

"To be honest, even with the Ship Control Module, I was afraid we'd run into trouble at sea..."

Thomas looked especially relieved.

The Ship Control Module had made him a highly skilled pilot, and he could steer the boat smoothly with the waves. But they'd been at sea for so long, and it had been storming the whole time.

At this rate, the boat was going to fall apart.

"If we'd really run into trouble at sea, we'd have been in a real mess..."

Ye Rong patted her chest and sighed.

Though she had the strength of a Senior Partner and could be considered a powerhouse, whether in her family or among the pioneers, people who recognized her in the street would address her as "Ma'am."

But if she fell into the sea during a storm out here, in these boundless waters, she would still be in serious danger.

Faced with the might of nature, human strength was so insignificant.

"We can raise the sails now. According to the Star Chart, we're probably around here. We're not far from the Cockroach People World, but the bad news is that we're running low on fuel..."

Thomas glanced up at the stars. Though it was still dusk and the sun hadn't completely sunk below the horizon,

the astronomical equipment on his head had still managed to get a rough fix on their position.

In his hands was a rough map of the nearby worlds.

Though it was sketchy and only gave a general outline, pioneers had spent two