94: Chapter 94 Plane Crash

Many students around were stunned.

This guy...

He really has guts!

Instructor Yue Zhenhe took a step forward, his voice dropping to a low, heavy tone.

"If anyone else causes trouble, I'll kill them all!"

The moment his voice fell, the pressure of a General-level warrior erupted from him.

Several Hua Hai Realm "Black Seed" members beside him also released their aura simultaneously.

Waves of heavy, cold, blood-scented oppression instantly filled the entire lounge, making the air feel heavy.

Many students turned pale on the spot, their chests tightening, and breathing became difficult. The cabin, which had been somewhat restless, suddenly became terrifyingly quiet.

Lu Cheng also cooperatively shut his mouth, then quietly turned his head to look to the side.

At this sight, his brows immediately furrowed.

Xia Xi and Qian Shuying were both collapsed beside Su Wan.

Lu Cheng lowered his voice and asked, "Su Wan, what's wrong with them?"

Su Wan sat there, her expression still calm, and even her tone remained steady.

"They tried to avenge you just now, but got knocked out. They should be fine."

After hearing this, Lu Cheng's mouth twitched. He turned to look at Xia Xi, then at Qian Shuying, and sighed.

"That was way too ruthless..."

He wasn't too worried in his heart.

Since Su Wan said they were fine, it was most likely just a simple knock-out.

Soon, several "Black Seed" members began to continue controlling the scene.

Their movements were swift; one by one, they dragged the students from their seats and bound them all with that special type of restraint strap.

That thing could seal the blood and Source Power within the body, and the more one struggled, the more uncomfortable it became.

A boy tried to resist, but a Hua Hai Realm member slapped him back into his seat.

"Behave."

The boy's face instantly swelled up on one side, his eyes filled with terror, and he didn't dare to move at all.

Before long, all twenty-something students in the lounge were tied up, lying scattered beside the seats, in the aisles, and against the cabin walls.

The air was filled with the smell of blood, sweat, and the burnt scent of scorched metal.

Some people sobbed quietly.

Some gritted their teeth, their gazes fixed.

Others were pale, staring blankly at the door, clearly terrified out of their wits.

The entire lounge was plunged into a suffocating fear.

After a while, the communicators of the "Black Seed" members guarding the door lit up simultaneously.

One of them pressed the side of his ear, responded in a low voice, and then gestured to the others beside him.

"Let's go."

Several "Black Seed" members walked over, dragged the "corpses" on the floor up, and took them out with rough movements.

The cabin door closed again.

The lounge became much quieter.

After a while, Qian Shuying on the floor frowned first, her fingers twitching.

A few seconds later, Xia Xi also slowly opened her eyes.

Her gaze was still a bit unfocused; she had clearly just woken up and her mind hadn't fully cleared.

But in the next second, she saw Lu Cheng, who was sitting not far away, bound tightly.

Xia Xi's eyes immediately turned red.

"As long as you're okay..."

Her voice trembled slightly, and just after speaking, her nose felt sore.

She had handled too many things during this period; whether it was the Black Seed, the ruins, or even the parasites of the Human Federation, everything was under her control.

Unlike Su Wan, everything she experienced was fragmented, like a dream, and no matter what, she was still just a high school student.

The path ahead was one 'she' had never walked before, which couldn't help but make her feel anxious.

Qian Shuying also woke up, first frowning and drawing a sharp breath, then cursing in a low voice.

"They hit so hard..."

She struggled against the restraint straps on her hands, her expression looking unpleasant.

Lu Cheng saw that both of them were awake, and he felt a bit relieved. He grinned at Xia Xi.

"What could happen to me? Aren't I perfectly fine?"

Xia Xi had originally been red-eyed, but hearing this, she wrinkled her nose, almost angry and amused at the same time.

"You're tied up like this and you're still being stubborn."

Lu Cheng looked down at the restraint straps on his body and coughed.

"This is called strategic vulnerability..."

Just as they were speaking in low voices...

Boom!!!

The entire airship shuddered violently!

This hit came without warning. Everyone's bodies swayed violently, the overhead lights flickered twice instantly, and a harsh metallic screeching sound came from outside the cabin wall, as if some gargantuan object had scraped fiercely across the airship's hull.

"Ah!!"

Someone screamed on the spot.

"What happened?!"

"What's going on!"

"The airship is shaking!"

The next second, an even more intense vibration came.

Rumble!

The entire ship tilted, and seats, metal boxes, and scattered equipment all slid to one side along the floor. Several bound students rolled into a heap, their heads hitting the chair legs, causing them to scream in pain.

"Help!!!"

"We're going to crash! We're going to crash!"

"I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

"Grab onto something! Grab on quickly!"

Screams, cries, and crashing sounds instantly blended together.

The students' faces turned pale as they struggled to steady themselves.

Many bumped their foreheads against the cabin walls, tears of pain coming out.

Others were thrown and rolled in the aisle!

Lu Cheng steadied his body, grabbing Xia Xi with his left hand and clutching Qian Shuying with his right.

Boom!!!

The third impact was even harder.

The entire airship had clearly lost its balance, the hull plummeting crazily downwards. The gravity inside the cabin was chaotic, causing many people's stomachs to churn, and their ears were filled with harsh alarms.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

Red warning lights flashed frantically.

Someone burst into tears.

"Mom!!"

"It's over... it's over..."

"We're going to fall to our deaths..."

Zhou Jinan was thrown and bumped his head under the seat beside him, grimacing in pain. Before he could curse, he was dragged forward by inertia for another stretch.

Just when everyone thought it was all over!

Bang!!!!

A deafening, muffled sound came from the bottom of the ship.

The entire airship slammed hard into the ground.

The impact force was terrifying. Everyone in the cabin was jolted off the floor, then landed heavily back down.

The overhead lights flashed wildly, and several metal plates were shaken loose, falling to the floor with a clanging sound.

But at that very moment, the airship's internal protection system fully activated.

Layers of cushioning light patterns lit up on the cabin walls, and shock-absorbing structures popped out from under the floor and seats. Although the entire hull deformed and shook violently for a while, it didn't actually fall apart.

After a dozen seconds, the vibration finally stopped little by little.

Holy crap!

This selection is really going all out!

This airship must cost at least billions to build, and now they're actually smashing it into the ground?! Is the academy really that extravagant?!

Only ragged breathing remained in the cabin, along with intermittent sobs.

Lu Cheng lay on the floor, catching his breath for a moment, then moved his shoulders and twisted his neck, confirming he hadn't sustained any injuries.

He looked around.

Although the other students were in a terrible state, with some scratches and bruises on their faces and arms, thanks to the airship's protection function and the seat cushioning, no one had actually suffered fatal injuries.

Now should be the start of the so-called 'mission'... Lu Cheng nodded silently to himself.

However... if it weren't for this layer of protection, falling from such a height, this group of them would likely have been out already.

Beside him, Zhou Jinan winced in pain, cursing while twisting his butt.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch... I think my butt is cracked..."

He was tied up and had been bumping around on the floor the whole way; his expression was twisted. Lu Cheng glanced at him, his mouth twitching.

"It's good enough that you're still alive."

He looked down at the restraint straps on his hands, his eyes shifting.

Don't worry about so much for now.

The most important thing right now is to break free.

The next second, the blood and energy in Lu Cheng's body surged violently.

Dragon Rage, activate!

A violent force instantly poured into his limbs and bones, his arm muscles tensed up, and the surface of the restraint straps immediately emitted a creaking sound of being unable to bear the strain.

Bang!

The first restraint strap was snapped by him forcibly.

Then came the second, the third...

A few seconds later, he had pulled himself up from the floor.

"Don't just stand there, I'll untie you all."

Lu Cheng flexed his wrists and immediately began to remove the straps for the people around him.

Some buckles had complex structures, so he simply used brute force to tear them.

One, two, three...

These straps were hard to break from the inside, but they were quite easy for Lu Cheng to undo from the outside.

Not long after, a dozen or so nearby students were all untied.

The restraint straps on Su Wan's hands were also torn off by him, followed by Xia Xi, Qian Shuying, and Zhou Jinan.

Just as Lu Cheng was about to help others, a wave of heat suddenly rose beside him.

He turned to look.

That guy Pei Yan had actually already broken free himself.

A layer of crimson flames burned on the surface of this redhead's body, the straps burned black and curled, falling off with a clatter.

His face was still sour, his hair was messy, and he had been badly knocked about during the crash, but his arrogance hadn't diminished at all.

Lu Cheng glanced at him.

"Yo, Brother Prickly Heat is out too?"

Pei Yan's face turned black on the spot, his fists clenched tight.

Zhou Jinan quickly coughed, forcibly bringing the topic back, his expression becoming much more serious.

"The Black Seed people should have already left. We need to find a way to contact the nearest city for support."

Once he said this, the people around him looked over. This guy could think of solutions calmly in such a situation, so he was quite reliable.

Just then, a crackling sound of electricity suddenly rang out in the entire cabin.

Immediately after, virtual windows popped up again on the surrounding cabin walls.

Blue light flickered.

Avril's pink-haired virtual projection reappeared in mid-air, the business-like smile on her face gone, and her voice became mechanical and urgent.

"Detected that the South 7/South 6 sector airship has been attacked..."

"Currently, the airship commander Instructor Yue Zhenhe, first mate Lin Heyuan... and the thirteen attackers have all lost contact."

"There are twenty-two students remaining in the cabin, and four crew members..."

"Attempting to establish contact with the base... attempt failed..."

"Initiating emergency plan... escape pods are ineffective..."

"Detecting currently available means..."

"Signal is being jammed... detecting surrounding terrain, locking current location..."

"Unable to deploy..."

At this point, the screen flickered violently a few times.

Then, Avril's virtual projection disappeared directly.

The entire cabin became quiet again.

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions not looking good.

Zhou Jinan's Adam's apple moved.

"This... the situation is even worse than I thought."

Lu Cheng scanned the surroundings and spoke in a deep voice.

"At least we know there are still people in the cabin."

"Everyone, spread out first and find the surviving crew members."

This remark was quickly met with a response.

Now that the group of students had just recovered from the crash, their minds were in chaos, so they had to find a clear goal first, otherwise their emotions would easily collapse.

Everyone immediately split up to take action.

Lu Cheng led Su Wan and the others out of the lounge. As soon as they got outside, their expressions changed.

The passage inside the airship was a mess.

There was blood everywhere on the floor.

On the walls, floors, and beside the cabin doors were splattered dark red marks, along with many broken bones and broken corpses. The smell of blood was choking, and in many places, it had even gathered into small pools of blood.

Xia Xi's face turned slightly pale, and her fingers tightened.

Qian Shuying also frowned.

Zhou Jinan cursed in a low voice.

"Those animals..."

Lu Cheng didn't speak, walking directly towards the control room.

The control room door was half-open, the lights inside flickering on and off, the console was a mess, and there was a corpse in uniform on the floor, its chest torn open, looking extremely miserable in death.

Lu Cheng scanned the area, and suddenly his gaze stopped.

Behind the console was a sealed compartment with a very narrow gap in the door, and there seemed to be the sound of light breathing inside.

He walked over and knocked on the metal plate.

"Come out, they're gone."

There was a rustling sound inside immediately.

A few seconds later, the compartment door was carefully pushed open, and a pale-faced crew member was huddled inside, shivering all over, his eyes full of fear.

This person's aura was very weak, only at the Source Gathering Realm.

When he saw Lu Cheng, he was first frightened and shrank back, but after seeing that Lu Cheng had no Black Seed mark on him, he barely breathed a sigh of relief.

"You... are you a student?"

"Yes." Lu Cheng nodded, "What's the situation now?"

The crew member swallowed, his voice trembling.

"The Black Seed people attacked us... The commander lured away the Black Seed's High Priest, and the remaining members fought with the escort soldiers..."

"During the battle, a large exotic beast suddenly appeared in the air and attacked the ship..."

"As for what happened later... I don't know, I've been hiding here the whole time..."

After hearing this, Lu Cheng went through it quickly in his mind, hmm... this setup is quite complete.

He nodded and pulled the person directly out of the compartment.

"Let's go, let's go back first."

Afterwards, Lu Cheng reunited with the others.

The remaining three crew members were also found, and the answers they gave were basically the same.

Just as everyone was about to make their next plans...

Boom!!!

The entire ship hull shook violently again.

Everyone's expressions changed in unison, and they immediately looked at the external projection screen that was still usable.

The next second, everyone's scalps went numb.

Around the airship, at some point, a large number of exotic beasts had gathered.