Chapter 500 – I’m Back! (2/2)

STOP!

The conveyer belt continues to send luggage into the cargo hold.

Dong Xuebing, who is hiding behind the luggage, could not see anything. He can only hear the staff talking and some machinery sounds. This continues for about ten minutes.

After a while, there were the sounds of doors slamming shut.

The cargo hold went into total darkness!

Dong Xuebing sticks his head out and saw the cargo hold’s door had been closed. The cargo hold is only half-filled, and he felt some vibrations beneath his feet. The plane is moving, and it should be moving towards the runway. He is getting nervous because of the air crash he experienced previously. What if it happened again?

Hope it will be a safe flight.

Even if I am damn unlucky, I should not encounter two air crashes in a row…

Dong Xuebing cleared his throat and steadied himself in the gap between two stacks of luggage. He grabbed onto the dark green net straps and prepared himself for the takeoff.

Five minutes later, the plane took off.

The cargo hold is for luggage and goods. It is not as comfortable as the passenger compartment. Dong Xuebing can feel strong vibrations, and the luggage is covered in nettings and locked in place. He can only hold on to the nettings, and the vibrations continued for more than ten seconds, making his butt numbed.

But the worse is not over.

It’s almost the end of May, and the temperature should be warm.

But it’s cold at a higher altitude and cannot be compared to the temperature on land. It’s freezing.

Air condition? Who will install air condition in a plane’s cargo hold?

The worst part is the oxygen levels. It’s too low, and Dong Xuebing has difficulties breathing. This is worse than being on the high mountains.

Dong Xuebing clenched his teeth. Damn! I had experienced life and death so many times. This little hardship will not bring me down!

One hour….

Two hours….

Three hours….

Finally, the plane starts to descend!

Five minutes later, the plane touch down on the runway, and Dong Xuebing can finally relax.

Time to leave. Dong Xuebing stood up and walked over to the cargo hold’s entrance. He waited until the cargo hold’s door is opened and shouted STOP! He runs down the conveyer belt and resumed time after he got near the alighting passengers. He mixed with the passengers and entered the terminal building. The passengers need to go through customs and immigrations before they can leave.

Dong Xuebing can only use his last remaining STOP time to get past the checks and got into a toilet at the last second!

Swoosh!

Time resumed automatically!

……

“Ah!”

“You gave me a fright!”

Two people, who were standing at the urinals, look at Dong Xuebing in shock. They almost peed onto their pants when they saw a man appearing suddenly in the toilet without any sound. They did not notice anyone opening the door or entering the toilet.

Dong Xuebing smiled embarrassedly at them.

Dong Xuebing left the toilet. He does not even have one second left, but he had finally reached his destination.

A few passengers are chatting beside him.

“I was so worried during the flight.”

“Me too. I am afraid the plane will crash. There are no parachutes on board, and no one can survive if it crashes.”

“Yes. All passengers on that flight had died from that crash. I heard no one escaped.”

“Stop talking about that tragedy. Sigh… that’s more than 200 lives gone.”

“Let’s go.”

Dong Xuebing followed these people out of the terminal building into the arrival halls.

Sigh… Dong Xuebing is a relief to see the familiar Chinese characters, sounds, and people around him. He knows he is in Beijing and almost shouted out in joy.

I’m back!

I am finally back!