In the cramped cockpit, the older-looking man sitting in the co-pilot's seat replied—
"Probably? That's what the Committee says, anyway... If that boy is useful, then my daughter can be saved."
And in response to his words...
"What happened to your daughter?"
At the question from that voice, the bearded older man kept his eyes on the star map and said, "Did you forget? That damned Calamity called 'Bloom' possessed her... Hm?"
Realizing that the voice did not belong to his companion, the older man abruptly turned his head and looked at the handsome young man standing behind them.
At some point, Cong Yu had already come from the cargo hold into the cockpit... yet the cockpit door had never opened.
How had he done it?
"You?!"
After crying out in shock, the older man immediately reached for the gun in the coat pocket hanging beside him.
However, the younger man in the pilot's seat stopped him with his words. "Forget it, leave it... I'm afraid an asteroid might attack the ship... If Mr. Cong Yu can do that..."
The implication was obviously something about "Cong Yu's luck"... after all, that was the persona Cong Yu had displayed before.
If someone pointed a gun at Cong Yu, perhaps an asteroid really would come and attack the ship...
This little spaceship could not withstand a meteorite impact. It would probably fall apart immediately... and then Cong Yu, thanks to his good luck, would drift through space and somehow survive. Something like that?
The two of them guessed as much...
And in truth, they were not far off.
Although Cong Yu did not have the luck to attract meteorites whenever he was threatened, he did possess the strength to "become a meteorite."
"Mm, let's get straight to the point... What happened to