Volume 12: Yaguna Kotor Chapter 589 Hijacking
"Mr. Lin, is there anything you need?" the flight attendant asked with a smile.
"Is the plane's heading...off?" Lin Qiming stared at the other party and asked.
"Oh...it's like this. A thundercloud appeared on the original route. The plane does not have an energy shield generator. For safety reasons, the captain decided to take a detour." The flight attendant paused for a moment, then immediately explained to Lin Qiming. There was no change in her expression throughout the whole process.
"Did I guess wrong?" Lin Qiming muttered to himself. He really wanted to read some flaws from the other person's eyes, but staring at a person of the opposite sex for a long time would easily make people think he was a pervert - it would be fine if he was regarded as a pervert, Lin Qiming didn't care about such a small matter , but if the other person really had a problem, doing this would be tantamount to alerting the snake.
He thought for a moment, and then his expression changed to a frivolous one. He leaned forward slightly, rubbed the stewardess's thigh with his knee intentionally or unintentionally, and said in a low voice, "Madam, if you don't mind, could you tell me your name and contact information?"
Since I will be regarded as a pervert, I might as well act out the whole thing. I can also collect some useful information from it.
In order to make the effect more realistic, he even put his hand directly on the other person's arm - the stewardess's uniform dress was short-sleeved, so Lin Qiming could directly touch the other person's skin, and... the strong muscles under the skin.
"Maybe this stewardess' hobby is fitness? After all, for their line of work, body management should be very important..." Lin Qiming was still trying to excuse the other person in his heart... Although he had realized the problem, he still hoped that all this was just his illusion...
Otherwise, it would be a lot of fun.
"Mr. Lin... I'm working." The flight attendant frowned slightly, calmly avoided Lin Qiming's "dirty hands", and stepped back.
"Can you at least let me know your name?" Lin Qiming continued to ask "shamelessly".
"...Helen." The stewardess said reluctantly.
"Helen...what a nice name. Do you know the Trojan War in ancient Greek legend? It was fought between two countries over a peerless beauty named 'Helen'." Lin Qiming said.
He had almost no experience in picking up girls, and his interactions with the opposite sex were limited to work-related matters... Fortunately, he liked to read in his spare time and had some knowledge, so he was not exposed all at once.
"Sorry... I haven't heard of this story." The flight attendant "Helen" shook her head, looking uninterested.
"Ah... this is a little... embarrassing." Lin Qiming laughed dryly. He had already obtained the key information. It was time to withdraw. "Well, Miss Helen, which direction is the bathroom?"
"Go to the end of the corridor and turn right."
"Thanks."
Lin Qiming nodded, then turned and walked quickly towards the tail of the plane - he walked in a hurry, just acting out the scene of failing to pick up someone and wanting to escape from this embarrassing situation. When he passed his seat, he grabbed a briefcase he was carrying and put it in his arms.
"The other party should not have noticed anything unusual..." Lin Qiming thought to himself, and quickly ran into the bathroom, then turned around and locked the door.
He first checked whether there were any cameras installed in the bathroom. After making sure that he was not being monitored, he immediately took out a multi-purpose tool knife from his briefcase and moved to the side of the porthole.
The glass used for the portholes of transport planes like this one is customized. Each piece of porthole glass has a unique serial number, corresponding to the aircraft on which it is used. As long as he can find this serial number, Lin Qiming can find what he wants to know.
Although this Hercules transport plane is the private property of the Ye Group, since it can enter and exit the Ark's airport, it must have been registered with the relevant departments.
Then, the archive must contain information about this aircraft and its crew.
Lin Qiming took out a screwdriver from the utility knife, inserted it into the gap of the airtight tape on the edge of the porthole, and gently pried it open.
Soon, the airtight tape attached to the glass was pried open, revealing a row of characters engraved on the edge of the porthole glass.
Glass type, specification, manufacturer... Put the initials of these information together, plus the production batch number of this glass, and you have the unique serial number. Lin Qiming immediately turned on the electronic device he carried with him and entered the serial number.
The search results came out quickly. This special glass was indeed provided to the Ye Group's transport aircraft production line and was installed on a Hercules transport aircraft numbered "A-136".
Lin Qiming couldn't help but feel a little guilty. If he had paid attention to the number printed on the fuselage when boarding the plane just now, he could have skipped so many steps and saved at least five minutes.
Although he blamed himself, he did not stop. After locking the model and number of the aircraft, he immediately pulled up the crew list of the plane - there were more than a hundred people on the entire list. The crew of this plane adopted a three-shift rotation mechanism, but the specific rotation order was not specified in the information.
Fortunately, there is only one female flight attendant named "Helen" in the entire list. She belongs to Class B and is a first-class cabin service staff.
So far, there has been no problem with Helen's identity, but when Lin Qiming clicked on the details, his face changed immediately.
The photo of Helen in the information does not match the "Helen" outside just now at all!
Although Helen in the photo is also a beauty, she is a Hispanic woman with wheat-colored skin...and the person Lin Qiming just chatted up is a blonde, white-skinned, authentic Caucasian!
If the discrepancy between her appearance and the photo was due to makeup or plastic surgery, it could be barely explained, but even her race has changed. It is obvious - the "Helen" outside and the Helen in this crew list are not the same person!
Lin Qiming's breathing became a little rapid. He turned his head to look at the locked door, then took out two miniature silencers, about the same length and thickness as his little finger, from the compartment of his briefcase and installed them on the gun.
Then, he continued to look through the files of the other crew members of Class B...
Most of the crew members were good-looking young women, but the stewardesses outside the cabin that Lin Qiming remembered were not on the list...
He quickly finished looking through the list of Class B, and then he roughly looked through the personnel files of Class A and Class C.
He can now basically confirm that almost all the crew members on this plane have been replaced... As for the identities of these people, it is a complete mystery.
"If I had known earlier, I would have gotten a pair of AR smart glasses..." Lin Qiming thought to himself. If he had that thing, he wouldn't even need to stare at the other person. As long as the person's face appeared in his field of vision for a few seconds, the AI of the glasses would automatically scan the face for identification and match it with the data in the archive.
But now, he can't put the camera of his mobile phone against someone's face, right?
But no matter what, those who come with evil intentions will not be welcomed by good people... Combined with the fact that the other party secretly changed their course... Lin Qiming has already classified all these "crew members" as members of the "enemy" camp in his mind.
As of now, the target of this group of people should be the research team headed by Dr. Norison. After the "meme incident", Dr. Norison's research team was almost the only complete research team in the entire institute. During that time, they happened to be outside observing the migration routes of indigenous creatures, which is why they were able to escape.
If anything happened to this group of people at Lin Qiming's hands, Lin Qiming felt that there was no need for him to live.
"Protect the safety of the researchers, then take back control of the plane...if possible, leave as many people alive as possible." This was the goal Lin Qiming set for himself.
The crisis management officers he brought with him included himself, a total of nine people, each of them was a seasoned fighter. If the other party was just an ordinary hijacker, this group of people could easily subdue them.
Currently, the premise is that these people are "ordinary hijackers."
Lin Qiming knew very well that the probability of this happening was almost infinitely close to zero.
Although there have always been some opposition organizations hiding in the dark corners of the Ark, the most radical ones in these organizations would not do something like hijacking. If it were them, the most they would do would be to plant a bomb in the airport bathroom... As for sending a group of "professional" personnel to replace the entire crew, that would never happen.
This group of hijackers had a very clear purpose... They wanted to take Dr. Norison's research team to somewhere in the wilderness - their base was in the wilderness, and their chosen targets were members of the research institute. The identity of this group of hijackers was almost clear.
Lin Qiming took a deep breath and replaced the magazine of one of his two pistols with a full magazine of active bullets.
Just as he was about to send the message to other members of the task force, there was a sudden knocking sound outside the bathroom door.
"Mr. Lin? Mr. Lin, are you in there?" It was the voice of the flight attendant "Helen". Lin Qiming quickly hid the pistol.
"Uh...ah, I'm here, what's up?"
"You have been in there for a long time. Is there any problem? Is there anything I can help you with?" "Helen" asked again.
Obviously, the other party has noticed something unusual.
"It's nothing, just a little diarrhea." Lin Qiming pressed the flush button of the toilet twice, then turned on the faucet and deliberately wet his hands, then opened the bathroom door.
However, the moment he opened the door, he knew something bad was going to happen - "Helen"'s eyes looked over his shoulder and rested on the porthole of the bathroom.
Although Lin Qiming has restored the airtight rubber ring to its original position, the marks left by prying cannot be restored unless a new rubber ring is replaced.
The moment their eyes met, their expressions told it all.
The stewardess "Helen" didn't hesitate and reached into her skirt and pulled out a light grey dagger - this dagger was made of high-strength ceramics without any metal in it, so it would not be detected by the metal detector... As for the image security scanner, in Lin Qiming's impression, when they arrived at Yong'an Port, the image security scanner at the airport gate seemed to have malfunctioned, and several technicians were dismantling it for repair.
Now that I think about it, it wasn’t a malfunction at all, but human sabotage!
Lin Qiming used his left hand to block the attack of "Helen". The ceramic dagger cut the sleeve of his uniform, but failed to break the soft helmet lining inside the uniform. At the same time, Lin Qiming had drawn the pistol from his waist, put the muzzle against "Helen's" abdomen, and pulled the trigger repeatedly!
“Puff—Puff—”
There was a dull sound as the bullet entered a human body, and the satin dress was quickly stained dark brown by the blood. "Helen" staggered back a few steps, raised her head, and stared at Lin Qiming with resentment.
The next second, several tiny pink fleshy tentacles emerged from her nostrils and ears. She opened her mouth and began to vomit. A pile of rotten internal organs mixed with blood fell to the ground, and a fishy smell instantly filled the bathroom door.
Then, more thicker and longer tentacles emerged from her throat. These tentacles entangled , tearing the delicate cherry mouth all the way to the ears.
"really!"
Lin Qiming's heart trembled, but fortunately he was prepared. He immediately changed the weapon in his hand to another gun and sent three specially made active ammunition into "Helen's" body.
The active ammunition distributed by the Crisis Management Department are all "enhanced" with sixteen times the standard dosage. Even if they do not hit the core, the toxicity contained in the three bullets is enough to kill a Corrosion Seed in the acute stage.
The tentacles that emerged from Helen's seven orifices froze, and then began to rapidly rot and fester.
Lin Qiming caught the fallen body and dragged it into the bathroom.
The other operators in the Crisis Management Division were also equipped with active ammunition. It was not difficult for them to kill the Seeds of Corrosion, but the difficulty lay in protecting both the researchers on the plane and the plane itself at the same time... and at this moment, the control of the plane was still in the hands of these hijackers.
There are a total of thirty-seven crew members. If each of these thirty-seven people is a container of the Seed of Corrosion, the situation will be quite tricky.
Especially those stewardesses sitting in the first class cabin. If the remaining six stewardesses cannot be killed at the same time before they realize the crisis, those helpless researchers will be in danger.
