area51novel Chapter 113: The prison is big, the plane has crashed.
Chapter 113: The prison is big, the plane has crashed.
"Tch, scared already? Pathetic."
Xie Xie was idly fiddling with the soul-guided porthole in front of him, trying to switch the glass to holographic projection mode, when he heard the two's conversation and couldn't help but roll his eyes:
"That's thousands of meters in the air! If we actually fell, that would be really thrilling!"
"Then sit on the wing."
A cool, clear voice came from ahead. Gu Yue was sitting in a seat near the aisle, her head slightly turned as she looked out at the churning clouds.
She didn't turn around, but her aura silenced Xie Xie instantly, though he kept muttering to himself:
"That damned vixen not only bewitched Brother Chen, but now she's constantly ostracizing me. One day, one day I'll make Brother Chen see your true colors!"
Xie Xie angrily fiddled with the soul guide porthole in front of him.
"Alright, Xie Xie, stop fiddling with it. That's just for adjusting the sunshade."
Watching Xie Xie swing back and forth, Tang Wulin complained helplessly. He looked out the window at the busy logistics staff on the tarmac, his eyes revealing a hint of tension and excitement.
But the thought that this flight might cost him several days' worth of forging income made his heart ache.
Watching the scenery recede outside the window, he couldn't help but sigh, "Can that thing really fly? It looks like it's going to be much bumpier than a train ride..."
At this moment, Yu Chen was sitting next to Gu Yue. Seeing Gu Yue's thin shoulders tremble slightly from the occasional turbulence, he silently took off his coat and gently covered Gu Yue's legs.
"It's a bit cold, cover yourself up."
Yu Chen's voice was soft, carrying a gentleness that he only showed in front of her.
Gu Yue turned her head, her dark eyes reflecting Yu Chen's image. A slight smile appeared on her lips. She didn't refuse and obediently pulled the warm coat closer to her.
This scene, witnessed by Xie Xie standing nearby, almost blinded him with its dazzling brilliance.
"Hey, hey, hey, in public, can't you consider the feelings of single people?"
Xie Xie exaggeratedly covered his eyes, glaring at Yu Chen through his fingers, "Yu Chen, are you even a brother anymore? You've forgotten about your brothers now that you have Gu Yue, haven't you?"
Yu Chen glanced at him indifferently, said nothing, but simply reached out more naturally to tuck a strand of hair from Gu Yue's forehead behind her ear.
"vomit……"
Xie Xie made a face as if he was about to vomit, angrily turned his head to look out the window, and muttered:
"I knew I shouldn't have come out with you bunch of perverts. It's like a massive display of affection."
"Alright, Xie Xie, stop fooling around."
Wu Changkong leaned back in his chair, his eyes closed, seemingly entering a meditative state. But in reality, he was peering through the slits of his eyelids at the surging sea of clouds outside the window.
In his eyes, the sea of clouds seemed to transform into another scene—a blurry white-clad figure that haunted his dreams.
His fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the seat, a silent melody he and she had once made a promise to each other.
In the noisy cabin, amidst a group of energetic teenagers, he was alone, immersed in a loneliness that no one could understand.
Soon the guided aircraft smoothly entered its cruising altitude, and the huge roar gradually turned into a steady low-frequency vibration, and the long flight began.
After boarding the plane, the novelty wore off quickly, followed by the fatigue of the long flight.
The first-class cabin fell silent as everyone put on noise-canceling headphones and drifted off to sleep.
Yu Chen was the same; three consecutive years of intense training had given his tense nerves a rare chance to relax, and his consciousness gradually sank into darkness.
In his dream, he seemed to return to that familiar seaside town. A little girl was tugging at his clothes, her chubby face tilted up, her silver hair fluttering in the sea breeze, calling him "Boss" in a clear, sweet voice. Her voice seemed to have a healing magic, warming his cold heart.
"Boss, boss..."
The soft, sweet cries in his dream brought a smile to Yu Chen's lips, and he unconsciously reached out his hand towards the illusory figure.
Just as his fingertips were about to touch that warmth—
"Plane crashed—!!!"
A piercing scream shattered the tranquility of the cabin, accompanied by a violent jolt, abruptly pulling Yu Chen back to reality from his dream.
Yu Chen opened his eyes instantly, his pupils still radiating golden light. His Time Zero Domain activated instinctively, a primal state of alertness. At that moment, everything around him slowed to an extreme degree.
In his eyes, Xie Xie's terrified and distorted face, the splattering saliva, and the frantically waving arms were all as if they had been slowed down.
The cabin overhead lights flickered at an extremely slow frequency, and the clouds rushing past the window seemed to freeze into a still picture.
After observing for a moment, Yu Chen put away the timer. Based on his observation, he found that the plane had not experienced any accidents.
Time resumed its flow, and Xie Xie was struggling frantically on the spacious seat, shouting incoherently:
"Help! I need to get off! This lousy plane is falling apart!"
At that moment, the plane was experiencing a violent turbulence, the clouds outside the window were rising rapidly, and the nose of the plane was making significant adjustments to its angle.
"Xie Xie! What are you yelling about?!"
Tang Wulin was so startled that he almost jumped up from his seat and instinctively hugged Xu Xiaoyan next to him.
Xu Xiaoyan was also startled, her face turning pale: "W-what happened? Did the plane really crash?"
"Shut up."
Gu Yue's voice remained cold and indifferent. She merely glanced at the scenery rushing past the window before looking away, clearly having already noticed something amiss.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
A burst of laughter came from the other side of the corridor. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a burly man with a full beard pointing at Xie Xie and laughing so hard he was doubled over.
"Kid, you're such a scaredy-cat, why did you even come on a plane? You've already wet your pants?"
It turns out that the violent turbulence just now was simply the plane's final dive and attitude adjustment before landing.
For passengers accustomed to the rough handling of military transport planes, this was just an appetizer. But for Xie Xie, who was asleep and completely unprepared, the sudden weightlessness and violent shaking directly triggered his survival instinct.
Xie Xie finally saw the scene outside the window clearly—skyscrapers were rapidly enlarging in his field of vision, and the outline of a magnificent city was clearly visible in the distance. That was Shrek City.
"I...I'm..."
Xie Xie blushed deeply and stiffly stopped struggling, so embarrassed that he wished he could disappear into the ground.
Yu Chen shook his head speechlessly, and after confirming that it was a false alarm, he didn't say anything more.
Just looking out the window, the sacred place known as the "Number One Academy on the Entire Continent" was already within reach.