Chapter Three: Seven Hunters

【Deviation from real-world navigation: 37 kilometers.】 【Time to temporary landing location: 2 hours 11 minutes.】 The closing timer, previously longer than ten hours, had been cut to two. The market turned red. Thousands of auctions scheduled to run for hours were forced toward early settlement. Prices convulsed. Bidders dumped long-term assets and rushed to acquire luck, judgment, and control of bodies that could settle immediately. 【Queen has purchased: one critical judgment by the captain. Price: 800,000 credits.】 Cold struck Lu’s chest. In the cockpit, Captain Chen Mo placed his hand on the heading selector. His display said a fifteen-degree turn to port would avoid the storm, and his experience agreed.