The curtain was opened, and the whole picture of the economy class was revealed in front of Xu Cang. Suddenly, Xu Cang lowered his head slightly and found a little boy sitting back in his seat in a panic, looking at Xu Cang with some fear.
For some reason, the originally noisy economy class, which was already shrouded in an atmosphere of fear, seemed to calm down the moment Xu Cang appeared.
With a woman's exclamation, everyone's emotions gradually calmed down, as if Xu Cang was the stabilizing force.
Xu Cang nodded slightly at the more than one hundred pairs of confused eyes, then shouted with a sharp gaze, "Now there are two choices. One is to land at Qizhou Airport again, but whether you can land safely or survive is not up to us. Everything depends on God's will. The other is to go somewhere else. It is very difficult to land there, but fate is in our own hands. I will land."
Xu Cang did not say anything technical. Even if he did, ordinary passengers would not understand. He could only provide choices with the most concise description.
Xu Cang knew that it was a bit hasty to let others make a life and death decision for him, but he had no other choice.
In fact, this question is also very simple. That is, do these people believe in the illusory God, or do they believe in Xu Cang who can conquer nature with man? This is not an obvious choice. No one knows Xu Cang, so how can they put all their most precious things on Xu Cang?
As soon as this question was asked, the people in the economy class turned from fear and anger to anxiety. They whispered to each other, but could not come up with a seemingly unified answer.
"We don't have time." Xu Cang sighed, "If you agree to go somewhere else, then raise your hand. If you want to go back to Qizhou, don't move."
At this moment of anxiety and difficulty in making a decision, a clear and tender child's voice came from somewhere: "You said to go somewhere else, where are you going?"
That's right, Xu Cang didn't seem to say where he was going just now? In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Cang.
However, Xu Cang smiled faintly for the first time: "Go east, we're going to the East China Sea!"
"East China Sea? Are we going to land on the sea?" Someone else raised the question: "Why not go to another land airport? Landing on the sea is not safe anyway."
With his remaining patience, Xu Cang calmly explained, "The nearest airport with a runway longer than 2,400 meters takes about an hour and a half to fly to. We can't fly there."
The runway length of 2,400 meters is a dividing line, and those shorter or equal to this are considered short runways. Nowadays, planes have little chance of landing safely on advantageous runways like Qizhou, let alone those short runways. Moreover, many of these short runway airports nearby are actually military airports. If you want to make an emergency landing, it is likely to be possible after some communication.
Because soon after, these military airports were gradually opened up for joint use by the military and civilians, and the control was not too strict during non-military missions. But now, after all, they have not been opened for civilian use. Just going through the approval process will take a lot of time, and now what they can't wait for the most is time.
"Can you tell us why we can't fly over?" someone asked a little nervously.
Xu Cang chuckled and said, "I think it's better for you not to know."
Apart from increasing anxiety out of thin air, Xu Cang didn't know what was the point of telling ordinary passengers the detailed condition of the plane?
"But we don't know you, so...just trust you?" another person asked cautiously. Although his sentence was a rhetorical question, it didn't feel like a question at all, but rather lacked momentum.
"Are you awesome?" It was the same child who asked the question first: "Why aren't you wearing a pilot's uniform? Are you more awesome than the guy in the cockpit?"
This time, Xu Cang was able to figure out where the sound came from. It was the little boy in the front row who suddenly ran away after he opened the curtain.
Xu Cang took a step forward and put a hand on the boy's head: "I'm very powerful, more powerful than those people in uniform."
"But I just heard you say that you wanted something." A trace of fear flashed across the little boy's face.
Xu Cang was stunned, thinking that the scene of him "threatening" those meritorious pilots just now was seen and heard by the little boy. So, Xu Cang gently stroked his head: "You are my passenger. If you can survive, it is what you deserve."
After saying that, Xu Cang slowly raised his head and glanced at everyone: "Time is running out, make a decision."
However, as Xu Cang finished speaking, none of the more than 100 people in the cabin raised their hands. They were not against Xu Cang, they just felt confused and didn't know what to do.
Why do we need leaders? Because leaders have the courage to make decisions at the moment of life and death. But there are too few leaders, and people with big hearts are also rare. Most people are at a loss, neither agreeing nor rejecting. Some just seem to escape by not making a choice.
Xu Cang clicked his tongue. He felt that giving the passengers the choice of a plan that did not have an absolute advantage was a way of respecting them. But it seemed that he should not do this. It would only cause them more trouble.
He couldn't stay here and wait for these 100 people to reach a consensus. Just as he was about to let out a sigh of relief and go back, someone suddenly raised his hand and said, "I agree. I agree with whatever you want to do."
Xu Cang looked over and saw a girl with a dark face raising her hand not far away, while her companions were trying their best to get her to put her hand down. However, the girl had a firm expression on her face and was not affected by her companions at all.
Xu Cang did not continue to ask for other people's opinions, but frowned and asked uncertainly: "Do you know me?"
The girl put down her hands and shook her head: "I don't know you, but Uncle Hua Xin knows you. He showed me your photo."
"Uncle Hua Xin?" Xu Cang searched his mind briefly and quickly found the corresponding name: "Chen Hua Xin?"
This Chen Huaxin was the captain of the search and rescue team in the previous Yulong Airport transportation mission. Later, he used a helicopter to send Xu Cang to Jianchuan City to treat frostbite.
The girl nodded and soon started crying: "I am from Yulong. I have never seen you before, but I know what you did at Yulong Airport. Uncle Hua Xin said you are very powerful. I believe him, so I believe you."
Chen Huaxin was born in Yulong District. Although he later went to work in Jianchuan City, he still maintained social connections in his hometown. Especially after the Yulong earthquake, he returned to his hometown to participate in the reconstruction of Yulong.
During this time, Chen Huaxin told this girl about Xu Cang's story. She had originally just listened to it as a story, but she didn't expect to actually meet the protagonist of the story on the plane.
"I was studying in Qizhou, and I went to Hanjing with my friends during the holidays. I didn't expect to encounter something like this." The more the girl spoke, the more she began to break down: "I'm only in my twenties, I don't want to die yet!"
Perhaps influenced by her, the friend sitting next to her also started wiping away tears.
It is the most beautiful moment in life, but encountering such a life-and-death matter, no one can bear it.
Emotions are contagious. The other passengers next to the girl also looked sad and remained silent.
At this moment, Xu Cang already knew the answer. He did not wait any longer, but turned around and walked forward. The girl wiped away her tears, looked at Xu Cang's receding back, and whispered to herself: "Hero of Yulong, please save us again !"
When Xu Cang reentered the first-class cabin, the meritorious pilots who were still discussing things shut up. The old instructor who had been nice to Xu Cang stopped him and said, "We will keep our promises to you. But we discussed that the risk of an emergency landing at sea is too great. It would be better to shut down both engines in advance at the high altitude in Qizhou. Your mental arithmetic ability is so strong, isn't the chance of success higher than an emergency landing at sea?"
The twenty-three meritorious pilots here have an average flying time of more than thirty years, which adds up to a huge amount of experience. They have also had emergency landings, but none of them have had experience with emergency landings at sea, or to be more precise, they have not had any experience with emergency landings on water.
If any mature pilot really has to make a decision when choosing between land or water landing, almost all pilots know to choose land landing.
Water is indeed soft, but when faced with an airplane landing at high speed, it is actually not much different from hard concrete.
However, the landing area of ​​a land airport is a fixed, flat, and sufficiently solid surface. However, when making an emergency landing on water, the landing surface is undulating and difficult to control.
Moreover, the logic and operation of water landing are completely different from that of land landing. When landing on water, you must not touch the water with the nose slightly tilted. In this case, the plane will most likely break into two sections in an instant. Moreover, the wings of the water landing cannot be tilted at all. If one wing enters the water first, the resistance of the water will cause the plane to flip over and rush into the water, becoming a steel coffin that sinks to the bottom of the water.
It is true that a forced landing on water is a test of the pilot's skills. However, the control method is too complicated. It is not just the touchdown. After the speed drops, if the pilot's control is slightly off, the plane will still plunge into the water and die.
Yes, emergency landing on water does put your destiny in your own hands, but when the control difficulty is too high, it might as well be a dice game.
The more the meritorious pilots came to their senses, the more they felt that it would be better to return to Qizhou! Of course, they did not want to regret it, but hoped that Xu Cang would complete the land landing in Qizhou.
However, Xu Cang directly rejected their argument: "Under strong gusts, the altitude ratio with dual engines failing cannot be calculated at all. If you had proposed to gamble your lives earlier, I would have obeyed you. But now it's different. Forced landing at sea, this is my decision, you have made your choice, there is no room for regret."
Previously, Xu Cang performed mental calculations on the simulator to calculate the descent trajectory of a double-engine failure, but the premise was that the environmental data in the simulator was stable and the changes were linear.
Of course, if the wind is not very strong, some errors are acceptable, and Xu Cang also believes that returning to Qizhou is a relatively acceptable option. However, under strong gusts, even the twin engines cannot maintain the glide trajectory accurately, let alone glide.
The key to landing with dual engine failure is to always keep yourself on the appropriate high pitch ratio glide path. In strong gusty conditions, if there is a sudden downdraft or the headwind decreases sharply and the tailwind increases, the aircraft will have to produce an uncontrollable excessive sinking, and it is likely to fall below the critical glide path in the end.
The operational prerequisite for dual-engine failure is that the deviation is not too large. If the deviation is too large, even God cannot help.
"But..." Many meritorious pilots were still hesitant. If Xu Cang had chosen an inland lake or river for an emergency landing, they might have accepted it. However, the more they thought about the plan of an emergency landing at sea, the more difficult it seemed.
Firstly, the wind and waves in the inner lakes and rivers are relatively small, and the water surface is usually not too turbulent, so the difficulty of maneuvering is relatively small. But the wind and waves in the sea are too big, especially the farther away from the coastline, doesn't this increase the difficulty for yourself?
There was also the problem of forced landing. If they were lucky enough to make a successful forced landing, after coming out of the plane, if it was an inland lake or river, they would have a greater chance of being rescued. In the sea, if a big wave came down, even a person with excellent swimming skills would not be able to withstand it and might be buried in the sea. Moreover, the sea area near Qizhou happened to be the northernmost part of the East China Sea.
Most of the East China Sea is in the temperate and subtropical zones, and the water temperature is acceptable most of the time. However, the sea area adjacent to Qizhou is the northernmost part of the East China Sea, with the highest latitude, and is adjacent to the Yellow Sea. In this season, the cold water of the Yellow Sea will greatly affect the water temperature in the northern part of the East China Sea, so that the northern part of the East China Sea presents some characteristics of a cold water sea area.
Young people might be better off, but old people like them, even if they pay attention to exercise, can't compare with young people. If they hadn't boarded the life raft immediately and got into the water and froze, even if they survived the plane crash, they would have been killed by the icy sea water.
Another thing is that the domestic marine search and rescue force is really weak. If you make an emergency landing in an inland lake or river, you may encounter a nearby civilian ship that can also provide rescue, and social rescue forces are also convenient to deliver, which is always easier to receive rescue forces than in the endless sea.
How could Xu Cang not have considered this? There was no inland lake large enough for an emergency landing in the area near Qizhou, and the inland river was relatively narrow and not straight enough. There was too much civilian shipping on it, so it was difficult to find a suitable free water area in a short time.
If they could move to where Xu Cang's hometown is, there would be the second largest freshwater lake in the country to choose from, but they couldn't choose it.
"No buts." Xu Cang walked straight through the first-class cabin and approached Shi Qi who was standing at the door of the cockpit: "Come on, go in!"
"Oh!" Shi Qi didn't say anything, but opened the door and walked in. As soon as he entered, Wu Taiming said to Shi Qi: "Instructor, the control tower came over to ask about the situation just now..."
He was talking halfway when he suddenly found Xu Cang following him. He asked consciously: "I'll get up?"
Shi Qi nodded, and took the left seat first. After putting on his headphones, he pointed back and said, "Change seats."
Wu Taiming had been mentally prepared for this, and as he unbuckled his seat belt, he said, "Instructor, the vibration value of N1 is close to six."
"Yeah." Shi Qi just responded but didn't say much.
After Wu Taiming gave up his position to Xu Cang, he did not leave but sat in the observer's seat.
When Xu Cang sat down, adjusted his seat and fastened his seat belt, Shi Qi took the lead in communicating with the tower control: "9451, what's going on?"
"Hello, Captain. I have contacted the technical department at headquarters." However, it was Li Rongxian who answered: "I already know the delay time after shutting down the fuel pump that you asked about. It is two and a half minutes."
Before, Shi Qi did let Li Rongxian know about the relevant issues, because he wanted to prepare a plan to shut down the engine fuel pump as a backup. Originally, this plan would not be used, but if the exact time was known, the lead time would be easy to grasp, so maybe he could give it a try.
"Xu Cang, do you think it's feasible?" Shi Qi didn't even explain the situation to Xu Cang. Li Rongxian's words just now came from the loudspeaker, and Xu Cang must have heard it. This information alone should be enough for Xu Cang to react.
To be honest, although he also disliked those meritorious pilots, he agreed with their judgment on the difficulty of forced landing on water, especially forced landing at sea.
It was really too difficult, so difficult that Shi Qi felt it was beyond human control. He even thought that there was no difference between an emergency landing at sea and a life-threatening landing in Qizhou.
However, given Xu Cang's unpredictable technical ability, he couldn't make a conclusion arbitrarily. However, after learning about the delay time when the fuel pump was shut down, he became more active.
Everyone has the instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm, let alone when it comes to life.
However, after adjusting the seat and other matters, Xu Cang shook his head almost without hesitation, and then made a gesture, indicating that he would make the call: "Is the engine shutdown delay two and a half minutes, or a maximum of two and a half minutes? Don't you understand? If your technical department gives an accurate value, then I advise you to shut up."
The difference between two and a half minutes and at most two and a half minutes is not just two words. One is an accurate value, which is of great value. The other is a range, which has much less reference significance.
The main reason why Xu Cang spoke so harshly was that he immediately recognized that this person was Li Rongxian whom he had met before. If he were to talk about the person he hated the most after his rebirth, Li Rongxian could definitely be ranked in the top three.
The person who can cause Xu Cang to be so disgusted must have a very recognizable voice to Xu Cang.
In the Qizhou Tower Control Room, Li Rongxian also recognized Xu Cang's voice at the same time. After a brief surprise, he quickly adjusted his mood: "Xu Cang, are you questioning the data of our technical department?"
Beside Li Rongxian, Shi Lingling was stunned for a moment. She was so anxious just now that she forgot that Xu Cang was also on the plane. And the voice was clearly Xu Cang's. That was to say, her father was flying with Xu Cang at this moment?
"I'm questioning your ears." Xu Cang shouted, "When the engine burns the remaining fuel between the low-pressure fuel valve and the fuel injector, the engine will automatically shut down. But the time of this process depends on the altitude at the time and the operation of the fuel recirculation system. It is not a fixed value."
After hearing what Xu Cang said, Li Rongxian immediately remembered that this was in the quick checklist. And related to this was a procedure for handling the ineffectiveness of turning off the main engine switch.
He was immediately overjoyed and ignored Xu Cang's sarcasm. He immediately said, "Captain, have you tried to shut down the engine through the engine master switch before?"
Xu Cang raised his eyebrows but said nothing, while Shi Qi replied: "Yes, we tried it once, but failed. What happened?"
"I thought that I could force the low-pressure fuel valve to close by pressing the corresponding engine fire alarm button." Li Rongxian said excitedly, thinking he had found a feasible solution.
But Xu Cang directly denied it: "But this still does not mean shutting down the car immediately, but requires a certain delay. If you want to help, please shut up. Where is the control?"
Li Rongxian's face turned pale, but he could not get angry and could only hand the microphone to the control seat.
"I'm controller, 9451, how can I help you?"
"Tower, help me contact the Qizhou Observatory. I need the exact sunrise time in the area near Qizhou. The more accurate the better, at least accurate to the minute. Also, contact the Maritime Safety Administration to find out the area with the lowest wave height in the sea area near Qizhou. Finally, notify the Maritime Search and Rescue Center to prepare for rescue."
After Xu Cang's series of requests, the entire control tower fell silent . Li Rongxian was the first to react. He said incredulously: "Is he going to make an emergency landing at sea?"
At this time, the sun had not yet risen, and the most important thing for the plane to make an emergency landing on the water was to figure out the ups and downs of the water surface in the release area, so a light source was necessary, so Xu Cang was eager to know the sunrise time.
The time of sunrise can be measured accurately, which is mainly the responsibility of local observatories.
Contacting the Maritime Administration to determine the lowest wave height is also to reduce the difficulty of forced landing on water. As for the final maritime search and rescue center, it is self-evident.
"Sea... forced landing at sea!?" Even the duty officer who had been working for more than 20 years was shocked: "You said the crew is going to make an emergency landing on the sea near Qizhou?"
"Otherwise, why would he make these requests?"
Shi Lingling knew something was wrong when she saw the expressions of the duty director and Li Rongxian. She didn't know what an emergency landing at sea meant, but it was definitely not something that was easy to accept.
"Director Li, what's wrong with the forced landing at sea?" Shi Lingling asked with a gloomy face.
"Miss Shi, if your father is really on the plane, my advice is not to do this." The duty director said coldly: "In the history of civil aviation in China, no, in the world, there has never been a precedent of a large passenger plane making an emergency landing at sea. This is no different from seeking death!"
Shi Lingling's eyes flashed with shock: "No one has ever succeeded before?"
"Emergency landing on water is much more difficult than emergency landing on land, and the surface conditions at sea are more complicated, making the operation more difficult. No, that's simply impossible." The duty officer thought more and more that this guy named Xu Cang was simply too bold. He thought that any pilot should understand the difficulty of emergency landing on water, so how could he dare to make an emergency landing at sea?
"So what do you think?" Shi Lingling looked at Li Rongxian. This guy was an Airbus representative after all, so he should have some say.
Li Rongxian gritted his teeth and said solemnly: "Although we at Airbus have a set of special water landing procedures, it does not mean that we recognize the feasibility of water landing. My opinion is... No!"
Almost at the moment when Li Rongxian finished speaking, Shi Lingling took a step forward, snatched the microphone from the controller, and shouted, "Dad, are you going to make an emergency landing at sea?"
In the cockpit, Shi Qi was completely stunned. He really didn't expect that his daughter was in the tower control room.
"Lingling, why are you on the tower?"
"You don't have to worry about these things!" Shi Lingling shouted, "Dad, do you know the risks of forced landing at sea?"
Shi Qi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "I...I know. Lingling, we have no choice!"
"Why is there no choice? Isn't it safer to return to Qizhou Airport than to make an emergency landing at sea?" Shi Lingling asked back.
"Whether we can land at Qizhou Airport is not something we can control. Although an emergency landing at sea is dangerous, it is something we can control."
At this point, Li Rongxian next to him suddenly shouted: "Don't you know how difficult it is to make an emergency landing at sea? Xu Cang, I am an Airbus representative. Airbus aircraft must not carry out such a fatal act. This is a huge damage to the reputation of our Airbus aircraft."
If the plane failed to make an emergency landing, it would be a big blow to the reputation of Airbus. Li Rongxian didn't want to see this anyway.
However, as soon as Li Rongxian mentioned the Airbus plane, Xu Cang immediately shouted: "The current situation of this plane is all due to the explosion of the No. 1 engine. However, before the engine exploded, I heard a sound similar to the transmission shaft breaking. You are not worthy of talking about reputation with me. It is your aircraft problem that caused the current situation. I will definitely settle the accounts with you later."
"The transmission shaft broke!" Li Rongxian felt dizzy. This thing was a key component like the keel of an engine. If it broke spontaneously, then all the engines of Airbus aircraft would have hidden dangers. If this news spread, it would be a disaster.
Li Rongxian could not accept this result no matter what: "Impossible, our Airbus aircraft cannot have this problem!"
"Boeing survived thanks to the blueprints of the 737NG. If I survive this time, Airbus will have to wait and see what happens!" Xu Cang was no longer interested in arguing with Shi Lingling and Li Rongxian. Instead, he shouted, "Control, is it your control room that is asking us to handle the fault now? Any action of our crew requires your permission, is that right?"
After these words came out, Shi Qi's face was slightly embarrassed: "Xu Cang, don't say that."
The duty director in the control room had a grim face. The control side does play an auxiliary role in handling special situations. The specific direction is still decided by the team. The control side only needs to provide as much help as possible.
"Xiao Lin, go and do what he just said." The director on duty shouted to his assistant.
His assistant looked at the director on duty, then at the silent Shi Lingling, and finally obeyed the instructions and went to do his job.
After the assistant left, Shi Lingling didn't say anything else. Instead, she put down the phone, walked to the corner of the control room, and called Di Qingquan, the chief pilot of the General Administration.
Soon, the call was connected, and Di Qingquan's slightly confused voice came from the other end, obviously he hadn't woken up yet: "Xiao Ling, is there something urgent so early?"
Although Di Qingquan did not agree with Shi Lingling's management philosophy for the future of civil aviation, they had a good personal relationship. Di Qingquan regarded Shi Lingling as a good junior.
"Uncle Quan, is there any precedent in the history of world civil aviation for a large passenger plane to make an emergency landing on water?" Shi Lingling went straight to the point without beating around the bush.
Di Qingquan obviously didn't react. Anyone would think it was strange that Shi Lingling called so early to ask such a question. He didn't answer, but asked with concern: "Xiao Ling, is there something wrong?"
"Uncle Quan, my dad's flight crashed, and he has to make an emergency landing at sea." Shi Lingling's voice was like a pool of stagnant water: "Uncle Quan, do you think this is possible?"
"Your dad is going to make an emergency landing at sea?" Di Qingquan took a long time to digest this extremely shocking news. After he was completely sober, his explosive voice rang out in the receiver of the mobile phone: "Is your dad crazy? Making an emergency landing at sea? Isn't that seeking death?"
"Is that so?" Shi Lingling hung up the phone directly. She had already gotten the answer she wanted. Di Qingquan was the chief pilot of the General Administration, representing the top group of people in domestic civil aviation technology. If he thought this was a way to seek death, then he must be right.
Shi Lingling let out a long breath, which lasted for more than ten seconds. Suddenly, her eyes focused and she uttered two words softly: "Xu Cang!"
In the cockpit, after Xu Cang finished speaking, there was a strange silence. After a while, Shi Qi sighed heavily: "You don't have to say that."
"Then should I discuss with them in a friendly manner and then discuss the feasibility of an emergency landing at sea for a day and a night?" Xu Cang said seriously: "We pilots can hesitate and weigh the pros and cons when making decisions. However, once we make up our minds, we should not be interfered with by the outside world. We are the ones who understand the aircraft, and we are the ones who make the decision, not them!"
"You really don't look like a co-pilot." It is really hard to imagine seeing this kind of indomitable spirit once a decision is made in a young man who is less than 30 years old.
Shi Qi nodded, put aside all distracting thoughts in his mind, and began to prepare for an emergency landing on water, such as shutting down the GPWS system, shutting down the kitchen and cabin systems, resetting the landing altitude, etc.
Xu Cang turned around and asked Wu Taiming to call the chief flight attendant in. The preparation for the emergency landing on the water also required the assistance of the cabin. However, halfway through, Shi Qi suddenly thought of something, which was the engine N1 vibration that Wu Taiming had mentioned before. He glanced at the engine data display and frowned: "The N1 vibration value has reached six, what should I do?"
Xu Cang didn't even look at him, he just said: "Whatever!"
After waiting for a few minutes, the chief purser still hadn't come in, but the control gave the sunrise information: "9451, according to the feedback from the Qizhou Observatory, the sunrise will be in eighteen minutes, and the lowest wave height is at 121 degrees and 12 minutes east longitude and 30 degrees and 35 minutes north latitude. The Maritime Search and Rescue Center has been notified, and they will send a mission to Qizhou. Where is your estimated forced landing site?"
"Of course it's the place with the lowest waves!" Xu Cang said without hesitation, and at the same time created a point in the CDU using the longitude and latitude given by the controller. Soon, the expected landing point was displayed on the navigation page.
"Okay, I'll inform the search and rescue center." The controller said, "They will rush to the nearby sea area as soon as possible."
"Okay!" Xu Cang responded, and turned to Shi Qi and said, "Teacher, it's still early now. Let's circle for ten minutes and then fly east."
Since Qizhou Airport is very close to the sea, there is no need to rush. We can rush there before sunrise.
Shi Qi hummed and was about to say something when he smelled something burning in his nose. He subconsciously looked at the fire alarm panel, but there was no fire alarm indication.
"What's going on? Why is there a burnt smell?" At this time, Shi Qi had become extremely sensitive to such unusual smells, and he was afraid that the same thing would happen to the only remaining No. 2 engine.
Xu Cang's nose twitched slightly, and he also smelled the smell. He noticed that there was no display on the fire alarm panel, but the uneasiness in his heart was rapidly growing.
Suddenly, Xu Cang's eyes were attracted by the world outside the windshield. In the distance, five big stars twinkled between the gaps in the clouds. Even the already faint moon looked dim and colorless in front of them.
Xu Cang gripped the right side stick tightly. His breathing was slightly trembling, but his voice was unusually firm: "Instructor, it seems that we can't wait until sunrise."
"What?" Shi Qi was startled: "What do you mean?"
Xu Cang whispered: "I mean...we should leave now!"