316 Propel ou (1/2)
”Ding. Congratulations, the host has acquired the Piloting ability—eight hundred points have been deducted!”
The cabin was thick with an air of trepidation, as the passengers sat quietly, panic-stricken and in despair. The captain had sustained a severe head injury and was bleeding profusely, and nobody knew what condition he was in. Having just acquired the piloting ability, Xiao Luo dragged the pilot out from the cockpit and took his seat. He placed his hands on the yoke and now intended to steer the plane out of the thunderstorm.
Tan Ningfu was the first to notice that Xiao Luo had taken control of the flight deck, and she was startled. She promptly informed the purser about it.
The crew and passengers seated in the first-class cabin had a clear view of the cockpit, and when everyone saw who the man in the commander's seat was, their eyes widened as they dropped their jaws in absolute shock. What business did Xiao Luo have flying the aircraft?
”What the heck, what're you doing, brother?”
Wang Yanzu let out a holler in surprise. ”This is not a toy plane nor a car, don't touch anything in there, brother, it'll cost lives!” he screamed. He could accept that Xiao Luo just happened to be on board during a medical emergency and was on hand to save a life, as doctors were quite common. But knowing how to fly a plane was a totally different skill set altogether, so what were the chances that he'd also be a pilot?
Was it possible that Xiao Luo could also fly a plane? Many people had not even boarded on a plane before, let alone flying one. It was a complicated and highly technical skill, and it would only take one tiny error on Xiao Luo's part to lose control of the plane and plunge all the way down to the ground.
”Hey, don't touch the controls, you have no idea how to operate it.”
”Stop it right now, don't put our lives at risk.”
”Purser, please stop him, don't let him touch anything.”
The passengers came out of their momentary shock, calling for Xiao Luo to immediately stop what he was doing. Like Wang Yanzu, none of them believed that Xiao Luo could fly a plane, and he seemed to be hitting switches and pressing buttons without any knowledge of piloting.
CRACK!
A bolt of lightning flashed just outside the cabin windows, snaking across the sky like a fiery serpent a hundred miles long. It was too close for comfort and had the lightning bolt struck the fuselage, it would have likely caused the plane to crash. The thunderstorm swirled with high winds and battered the aircraft like a kite, and as the plane shook violently, several passengers were thrown off their seats. It sent a wave of terror through the cabin as everyone screamed in panic.
”He must have hit the wrong buttons, stop him immediately. What nonsense is this?”
”Stop him, someone, stop him!”
The passengers started to panic and lost all composure, believing that Xiao Luo had flown too close to the lightning bolt by mistake. Everyone was cursing in the cabin and was demanding that Xiao Luo stop what he was doing, but as the plane was shaking violently, it prevented them from entering the cockpit.
Xiao Luo ignored their screams and hit several buttons, then he pushed the yoke forward, and the airspeed immediately picked up significantly. By pushing on the control column, he had sent the plane into a controlled dive, propelling it out of the thunderstorm like the descending end of a rainbow.
”C'mon, faster!”
Xiao Luo counted down in his mind, expecting that they would be flying out of the thunderstorm anytime. They needed to get out as soon as possible to avoid any damage to the aircraft or risk crashing to the ground.
”One thousand meters, five hundred meters, three hundred meters...”
Finally, they were now approaching the edge of the thunderstorm.
RRRRRRRrrrrrrr…
As the engines groaned, the plane propelled out of the thick, dark mass of clouds like a dragon emerging from the sea, and leveled off safely, once again in clear weather.
As the plane settled into a cruise, some passengers realized that they were out of the storm, and the skies were devoid of howling winds and angry flashes of lightning. The cabin looked like it had just been through an earthquake, and passengers began to pick themselves up and breathed a sigh of relief.
”We're out, we... we're out!” Someone yell.
”That's right, we're out of the thunderstorm.”
”We're safe, we're safe!”
”Haha, haha...”
Everyone in the cabin was overjoyed and started to cheer—they were hugging each other with relief, some were excited, while others even shed tears of joy.
”Mr. Xiao, you really do know how to fly a plane!”