The meteor was over fifty kilometers in diameter—definitely not small.
There was a large crater on the far side of the meteor. At the bottom sat a lifeboat and an escape pod.
There were two people in the lifeboat and one in the escape pod. They might not even have been together.
The Unlucky Starship hovered roughly a kilometer above them and contacted them over a short-range communication channel.
When the other side heard they could not enter the ship's cabin, they clearly became anxious.
"We've been trapped here for nearly a year. We're exhausted in both body and mind and urgently need to rest."
"As long as you let us in, the price is negotiable."
"This isn't about money," Tian Yin said coldly. "We weren't planning to collect money. We just happened to pass by."
How many Energy Blocks would a starship consume by detouring to save someone? An ordinary person might not earn that much in a lifetime.
"You may not want payment, but we're willing to give it," the other side pleaded. "Please, just let us into the cabin. The Cargo Hold would be fine too!"
But Tian Yin remained unmoved. "You don't agree to being carried by the Mechanical Arm? Then stay there. We're leaving!"
"Don't!" The other side panicked. "The Mechanical Arm is fine... Fuck, are you really leaving?"
Tian Yin truly handled things according to the operational manual.
She had never actually piloted a starship before. In any case, she only needed to firmly follow the captain's orders and not make decisions on her own.
But to the three people on the meteor, that response was simply too bizarre.
—You specifically detoured here and found us, and now you're turning around and leaving over one sentence?
"Does this person have a mine at home