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Hu Yue was chatting and laughing with Professor Ma, talking about the cultural relics from Tang City that had entered the transaction market, /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ sometimes excited, sometimes sighing with regret.
It was clear that apart from the ominous aura he exuded, he seemed genuinely concerned about recovering the cultural relics.
Liu Banxian, who had rushed into the boarding gate early, was unsurprisingly chased out. The ground staff who rushed over upon hearing the news tried to mediate the conflict between him and several middle-aged women. Under the influence of his exquisite linguistic art, they quickly sided with the middle-aged women, and it looked like a fight was about to break out.
Lu Yibei stood at the information desk, talking endlessly to the staff about changing her flight ticket. Under the onslaught of her fallacies and heresies, the staff member's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
At this moment, the broadcast sounded, and the three almost simultaneously stopped what they were doing and looked towards the boarding gate, deep in thought.
"Passengers traveling from Hua City to Tang City, please note: Your flight 3U2333 is now boarding. Please bring your carry-on items and present your boarding pass..."
Hu Yue, "..." This time, perhaps there's a chance to see that thing?
Liu Banxian, "..." How annoying! Just got out of one danger and now entering another. The taste of owing someone a favor is really unpleasant.
Lu Yibei, "..." Damn it, the Professor actually bought a special discounted ticket booked by an agent, it can't be changed. Do I really have no choice but to take this flight?
Among the four people present, only Professor Ma was oblivious to the situation, full of energy, as if he couldn't wait to teleport directly to the destination hotel.
Facing Lu Yibei's nonsense like "With one blast of the conch, send them straight away!", "A monk's send-off isn't a send-off, it's a transcendence!", and "Professor, it actually doesn't take long to walk to Tang City.", Professor Ma completely ignored her and dragged her into the boarding gate by force.
Seeing that the deed was done and there was no room for maneuver, Lu Yibei simply abandoned Professor Ma, gritted her teeth, took out her phone, and upgraded her seat using the APP at the boarding gate.
Professor Ma did not stop Lu Yibei. He was already very happy to have gotten this guy onto the plane without being mistaken for a kidnapper by others.
A few minutes later.
Finally seated on the plane, Lu Yibei carefully fastened her seatbelt and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she wasn't sure what troublesome things she would encounter being on the same flight as those two unlucky guys, she had already studied it just now. In terms of probability, the safety of business class might actually be higher.
At the very least, if there was a lack of oxygen in the plane, she would die slower, there were a few small spaces that could be locked from the inside, if terrorists wanted to control the plane, she could effectively intercept them, and if a urban legend really killed the captain and co-pilot, she could take over the plane immediately.
Calculating this way, the painful expense of upgrading the seat didn't feel so bad anymore. It was money spent, but life bought!
However, speaking of taking over the plane...
Lu Yibei looked at the flight attendant passing by and waved, "Miss, Miss, come here for a moment."
The flight attendant walked over and smiled, "Hello, how can I help you?"
"Miss, do you know how to fly a plane?" Lu Yibei asked expressionlessly.
"Hello, I do not know!" The flight attendant smiled, but the look in her eyes towards Lu Yibei became strange.
This was a medium-sized passenger plane without first class. Business class, being the closest cabin to the cockpit, was usually the first choice for terrorists hijacking a plane.
Seeing that the flight attendant didn't speak, Lu Yibei asked again, "Oh right, Miss, do you know the probability of a plane crash? Do you think something will happen to us this time?"
"Huh?" The flight attendant was stunned for a moment, her voice unconsciously weakened slightly in response, but she still managed to maintain a smile on her face, "Hello, as the safest mode of transportation in the world, a person's chance of being in a plane crash is one in 1.2 million, and the chance of dying in a crash is one in 11 million."
Lu Yibei's eyes widened, "Is the probability really that high? Doesn't that mean we're doomed?"
Flight attendant, "???"
"Miss, do you provide paper and pens on the plane for passengers to write their wills? I want to leave a will for the one I love, telling her that if I can go back alive, I'll marry her, and if I can't, she shouldn't wait for me."
Flight attendant, "..."
What the f*** is wrong with you? Don't set up this kind of flag, okay?
...
So, half an hour after the plane took off, after three different flight attendants had served Lu Yibei consecutively, she finally fell asleep.
Although her behavior wasn't strictly harassment, it sounded unsettling.
Looking at her sleeping soundly, the flight attendants secretly breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that the high-sugar desserts and warm milk they provided had worked, and lamented that the world was finally quiet.
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Lu Yibei knew very well she shouldn't have fallen asleep on the plane.
However, after two consecutive nights without closing her eyes, coupled with the special care from the flight attendants, she ultimately fell into a deep sleep.
When she opened her eyes again, she was already standing on the dilapidated and crumbling rooftop in her dream.
Looking into the distance, the familiar city was gone, replaced by a pitch-black mountain range shrouded in thick fog.
The outline of the continuous mountains exuded a majestic and unfamiliar feeling, completely unlike any place she had ever seen.
"What... kind of ghost place is this?" Lu Yibei murmured, then raised her voice a few octaves and shouted, "Ancestor! Are you there?"
"Ancestor, come out and let's research bombing people!"
After calling out twice with no response, Lu Yibei tried to contact Mengmeng using the familiar mark, and then her expression gradually became serious.
This kind of dream where Qingji wasn't present and she couldn't contact Mengmeng had appeared before, back when Dusk was preparing to plant the flesh and blood of the Plague Tai Sui in Hua City.
Such a bizarre dream appearing...
"No, something big is going to happen!" Lu Yibei exclaimed, her emotions instantly becoming anxious and restless.
Damn it, damn it, I knew I shouldn't have gotten on this flight, but the Professor insisted on dragging me on!
If something really happened and the Hundred-Armed Giant Power within me was somehow detonated, it might even flatten several mountains. Wouldn't that be like an airdropped missile?
Now it's great. It's one thing if I'm finished, but if the plane crashes near a city, the trouble will be huge.
Lu Yibei thought anxiously.
At this moment, a warm breeze suddenly blew from the distance. She was stunned for a moment and looked in the direction the wind was blowing.
The horizon was tinged with red, like a raging fire, spreading and expanding. In an instant, the sky was filled with red clouds.
Golden beams of light, like boiling molten steel, burst forth from below the horizon, leaping up and converging into a huge ball of light in the sky, the golden light brilliant and dazzling.
Is it a sunrise?
Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment.
She had never seen a sunrise in a dream before; previous dreams seemed to be perpetually shrouded in night, always dark.
No, that doesn't seem to be the sun. Lu Yibei thought.
When that seemingly warm light shone down, the first thing she felt wasn't warmth, but a chill, and she instinctively wanted to avoid it.
The next moment, a strong wind surged.
A sharp whistling sound erupted from the valley, and a small black figure rose into the air, rushing straight towards the "sun" in the sky.
Like a paintbrush, it cut through the magnificent oil painting depicting the sunrise, leaving a straight line.
"Chirp!"
It wasn't until the cry of a bird reached her ears that Lu Yibei noticed that the black figure was actually a bird.
An insignificant bird, flying towards the "sun".
Like Icarus, the boy in Greek mythology who escaped the labyrinth with wings made of wax and seabird feathers and then flew towards the sun, it faced the astonishing heat pouring down from the sky, chasing the sun's flames, completely unafraid of the high temperature gradually burning its wings.
It was crying out.
Like an illusion, Lu Yibei actually felt a power that was both angry and persistent, as well as a determination to perish together, in its cries.
It seemed to want to... collide with the "sun"?
Lu Yibei was astonished. She didn't know where that little thing got the courage to launch this challenge with such a vast difference in power.
However, when she heard its cry, she couldn't help but silently cheer for its courage, and she also couldn't help but anticipate the moment of collision, a beautiful image of the "sun" exploding and blooming a flower of death in the sky appearing in her mind.
However, all of this stopped the moment the bird's figure was swallowed by the dazzling sunlight.
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The plane's turbulence woke Lu Yibei up. She opened her eyes and saw flight attendants with slightly tense expressions hurrying past her.
"..."
The plane had trouble just while she was sleeping? Lu Yibei's heart tightened.
The next moment, the plane's broadcast sounded.
"Dear passengers, our plane is experiencing significant turbulence due to air currents along the route. Please remain seated and fasten your seatbelts. Restrooms will be temporarily out of service. Thank you for your cooperation!"
What the heck, it's just airflow! You scared me to death... Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly, raising his trembling hand and silently fastening his seatbelt. Just as the heart hanging in his chest was about to drop, it instantly shot back up to his throat.
【They attacked the cockpit】
A predictive thought flashed through Lu Yibei's mind, and his heart skipped a beat. He abruptly looked out the window and saw a red glow, like a bolt of silk, weaving across the sky.
Looking closely, outside the window, lightning flickered within the leaden clouds. A flock of Crane, completely engulfed in flames, were circling the plane, flying up and down, carrying an ominous aura. Their faintly visible gloomy eyes shone with malicious light.
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They were like evil spirits in the shape of birds.
They pressed against the plane, their sharp claws reaching towards the fuselage. A faint golden light immediately appeared on the fuselage, but it only lasted for less than two seconds before starting to break, with glowing debris being swept into the clouds by the strong wind and disappearing.
Damn it, the monks' Spell is about to break...
Damn, what the hell is that ♦? Did we run into a group of Crane urban legend preparing to hijack the plane?
Could it be that what I saw in the dream, the little bird hitting the sun, actually represents the firelight when the plane explodes?
Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly, withdrew his gaze, and looked expressionlessly at the flight attendant beside him, weakly asking, "Miss, excuse me, does this high-altitude airflow have a red color?"
"No.", the flight attendant replied briefly and coldly.
Those Little Girl can't handle you, but I can, right?
"What about bird-shaped ones? Like those squawking, fiery bird-shaped ones, are there any airflows that are like urban legend?"
And the kind that carries D+ to C- Spiritual Energy fluctuations and is preparing for a terrorist attack... Lu Yibei secretly added in his heart.
The flight attendant looked at Lu Yibei, then looked out the window, feeling a chill down her spine.
Outside the window, besides the leaden thunderclouds churning in the strong wind, where was anything else?
"..."
It seems I really can't handle this. You should just file a complaint against me. The flight attendant grumbled inwardly, just about to explain something to Lu Yibei, when he interrupted her.
"Excuse me, have you eaten?"
The flight attendant, "???"
Why is he asking this? What kind of trouble is he trying to stir up now?
Taking advantage of the moment the flight attendant was distracted, accompanied by a ripple of Spiritual Energy fluctuations, nearly a hundred pale, slender tentacles extended from behind Lu Yibei, silently merging into the crowns of all the passengers' heads.
Compared to consuming Spiritual Energy by borrowing Mengmeng's ability to pull Jiang Li into the dream, pulling 99.99% of the ordinary people on the plane into the dream was much easier.
After confirming that all passengers had been pulled into the dream, Lu Yibei unfastened his seatbelt and got up to walk towards the cockpit.
If there really are terrorists hijacking the plane, then I'll just intercept them in the cockpit.
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Half a minute later, in the plane's cockpit.
The captain had already asked the co-pilot to start the turbulence check and had disconnected the autopilot, beginning to personally pilot the plane with a solemn expression.
However...
Just as the captain was piloting the plane through a patch of thunderclouds.
A large flock of strange Crane with black wings suddenly burst into his field of vision. They were very close, less than two kilometers away, as if they had been ambushed behind the clouds all along.
Immediately following, that dense mass of Crane, the moment the plane appeared, spewed fire from under their wings and rushed straight over, with an air of mutual destruction, like streaks of flying meteors cutting across the sky.
Lu Yibei, who had already sneaked into the cockpit, watched the scene outside the window, his pupils contracting.
It seems unavoidable. I can only take a gamble.
Hopefully, I won't roll a "jackpot".
Grumbling inwardly, he silently chanted the incantation for the Four Beasts Bright Sky Cannon.
This was the only Spell among all the Spells he had mastered that would not cause damage to inanimate objects like buildings, vehicles, or planes.
However, being inside the plane at the moment, he didn't have the opportunity to release other Spells or adjust the multiplier of the Spell amplification.
He could only gamble that the multiplier was less than 1.
If it exceeded this multiplier, with his current physical condition, he might not be able to bear it.
"Golden Gate Jade Chamber, Iron Cast Wall... Four Beasts Bright Sky Cannon!"
As the incantation was completed, a beam of bright white light poured out from between Lu Yibei's hands, passing through the glass and illuminating the sky in front of the plane.
0.28x amplified Four Beasts Bright Sky Cannon, successfully cast.
Nearly half of the Crane were engulfed by the brilliant beam of light, instantly screaming and turning into wisps of black smoke.
"Nice! Again!" Lu Yibei exclaimed softly.
The success of the first strike gave him great confidence. Without any hesitation, he once again chanted the incantation for the Four Beasts Bright Sky Cannon.
"Golden Gate Jade Chamber, Iron Cast Wall..."
Just as he finished chanting one line of the Spell, the feeling of weakness from the intense consumption of Spiritual Energy instantly struck, and Lu Yibei's face turned pale.
"...Dragon Tail, Phoenix Wing... Ugh..."
Clenching his teeth, he continued to chant another line of the incantation. Lu Yibei's body suddenly jolted as if electrocuted.
As a sharp pain, like angina, spread from his chest, he stumbled a few steps, nearly collapsing.
No, this amplification is at least twenty times or more. I probably won't even be able to finish the incantation before my Spiritual Energy is drained, and then the Hundred-Armed Giant Power within my body will become uncontrollable and go berserk.
Damn it! What good is being "lucky" at a time like this?
Lu Yibei cursed fiercely in his heart, raising his head to look at the flock of birds less than ten meters from the plane outside the window.
【They broke the glass】
A predictive thought flashed in his mind, and fine beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.
Just as his Spiritual Energy was being intensely consumed, his mind was highly tense, and he was about to faint, as if in a hallucination, an ethereal flute sound drifted past Lu Yibei's ears...
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Meanwhile, in the locked restroom on the plane.
A man who should not have been there at this time had somehow avoided the flight attendant's check and appeared here.
He stood in the small space of the restroom, leaning against the wall, his eyes closed, constantly blowing a bone flute with a look of intoxication.
It was a pale, slender bone flute, seemingly supported by the leg bone of some large bird. Unlike common flutes today, it only had five holes, and intricate, twisted patterns were carved on it.
Not long after, the music ended, and the flute sound stopped abruptly.
He slowly lowered the bone flute in his hand, covering his chest with one hand and panting violently, then raised his head to look out the window.
Seeing the clawing, fiery birds turn into plumes of black smoke with shrill screams, a hint of unwillingness flashed in his eyes, and he subconsciously clenched his fist.
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When Lu Yibei cautiously opened the cockpit door and walked out, he was still immersed in a state of bewilderment.
He didn't understand, if someone instructed those bird urban legend to attack the plane, what was their purpose?
And why did they choose to give up at the moment of impending success?
Or was there another reason?
Lu Yibei walked towards his seat while thinking. Just then, a soft "click!" sound suddenly came from ahead.
Following the sound, from a distance, his sight passed through the corridor and the curtain separating the cabin. He vaguely saw a figure walk out of the restroom in the economy class. The clothes seemed somewhat familiar, and in his hand...
He was holding a bone flute!
In an instant, Lu Yibei remembered the flute sound that flashed through his ears just moments before the Crane suddenly disappeared, and his eyes trembled.
The moment he noticed that person, the person seemed to have also sensed Lu Yibei's gaze, and slightly turned to look this way.
In an instant, their eyes met, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.
He can see me?
At a time like this, why is he standing in front of the restroom/cockpit door?
Was it him just now?
Grumbling inwardly, in an instant, both of them moved.
One rushed towards the economy class, and the other hurried towards his seat as if escaping.
"Whoosh!"
The moment he yanked open the curtain, Lu Yibei's gaze quickly swept across the vast cabin, but he only saw a group of sleeping passengers and did not find that person's figure.
Then
His gaze fell on the sleeping Hu Yue, and he frowned.
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Is the color of his clothes a bit similar to that figure just now?
