Zhang Heng looked at the Ancient Seal in his hand, but he couldn't find anything special about it.
It was just an ordinary stone. The material was no different from other stones that could be found anywhere on the road. The engraving on it was also clumsy, and it was obvious that it hadn't been made for a long time.
When Zhang Heng first saw it, he thought someone had carved it as a prank. Or maybe it was a new carving by a carving apprentice. It was hard to imagine that such an inconspicuous thing could help Satius and Dr. Baker escape from their nightmares for a period of time. It also helped them avoid the monsters' attacks.
However, that was all it could do. It couldn't help Satchus and the others from the siege of the monsters in the city under the ice. In the end, the monster stopped because he was worried that he would die immediately after killing the humans, which would affect the master of the city under the ice, and it couldn't really stop them from falling into madness.
In any case, this was one of the few things that had been proven to be effective against the monster and his minions. Zhang Heng was still hoping to figure out how it worked. He planned to bring this thing to the game checkpoint when he returned to China. However, considering the role that the bartender played in this incident, it was obviously not appropriate for her to do the appraisal this time. Zhang Heng planned to bring this stone back to the game checkpoint in his hometown.
Soon, an announcement rang in the departure lounge, informing the passengers of Zhang Heng's flight to board the plane. So, Zhang Heng put the stone away again, carried his suitcase, and walked to the ferry.
Greenland Airlines had a total of ten passenger planes and twenty helicopters. Although it wasn't a large number, it was enough to meet daily travel needs. This time, Zhang Heng took a Charge 8-300, a passenger plane developed by Canada's de Havilland Aircraft Company in the 1980s.
Fortunately, it was quite reliable. The Charge 8-300 had a total of 56 seats, but most of the time, it wasn't full. This was because the island in the Arctic Circle usually didn't have a lot of traffic. Although the appearance of the red aurora had attracted many tourists to Greenland, not many people were leaving at this time.
Zhang Heng found his seat according to the seat number on the boarding pass. After that, he helped a pregnant woman sitting next to him put her luggage on the luggage rack. The woman thanked him and even took out a bag of potato chips as a thank you gift.
Zhang Heng took the chips and glanced at the cabin. At this time, most of the passengers had already boarded and were looking for seats. Some were traveling as a group, some were young couples in love, and there was even a group of elderly sisters … Everyone looked normal, and Zhang Heng did not see any fanatics among them.
In fact, those fanatics were easy to identify because most of them were in a bad mental state. Their faces were pale, and their eyes were sickly. This was also why they needed art museums to hide and conceal their identities.
After looking at the passengers, Zhang Heng also looked at the flight crew. Several flight attendants who served the passengers were in high spirits. Zhang Heng waved to the purser and asked about the pilot.
The purser told Zhang Heng that the captain and co-pilot of this flight had more than ten years of flying experience, and they had maintained a zero accident record. So, there was nothing to worry about. She wished Zhang Heng a pleasant journey.
Zhang Heng nodded and thanked her. Soon, the plane left the runway under the pilot's control and flew into the sky. Just as the purser had said, the whole process was very smooth. For the next half an hour, other than the turbulence that lasted for half a minute, nothing else noteworthy happened.
When the plane rose to the designated altitude, the flight attendants began to work, distributing drinks and food. They even gave the pregnant woman a blanket.
After Zhang Heng ate some bread and sausages, he adjusted his seat slightly, then closed his eyes to take a nap. But the next moment, he felt the fuselage suddenly tremble.
Zhang Heng opened his eyes and saw through the window that the engine under his left-hand wing seemed to have stopped turning.
Then, he heard a scream from his right. Someone was shouting something and even pressed the button to call for the flight attendants. After that, all the oxygen masks fell off, and the fuselage began to fall.
Everything happened so fast that most of the passengers on the plane did not even have time to react. The next second, screams and cries filled the entire cabin.
The captain and co-pilot, who were chatting in the cockpit, had already sat back in their seats. The 52-year-old captain's forehead was covered with sweat. At this moment, he was as confused as his passengers. He had no idea what was going on. The numbers on the dashboard were all normal a moment ago, but the next moment, they encountered a mid-air stop, and both engines inexplicably lost power.
Mid-air stops were very rare in flight. Most pilots would never encounter one in their lifetime, and even if they did, it was not certain that they would die. Although it was dangerous for an aircraft to lose power at high altitude, if the fuselage's attitude was adjusted in time, the resistance and speed of the aircraft would be coordinated, and the lift generated by the wings would be coordinated with gravity. Eventually, it was possible to land successfully. Of course, this would also test the pilot's skills.
The most famous case was US Airways Flight 1549, which was struck by a bird during flight and successfully landed on the Hudson River in New York. It was a miracle in the history of aviation, and it was later made into the movie "Captain Sully". Other than that, there was also the accident of Air Canada Flight 143.
Although the captain who piloted the Charge 8-300 was not as famous as Sully, he was equally experienced. After the mid-air stop, although his hands and feet were cold, he quickly regained his spirits and was confident that he could land the plane on the sea.
So he turned on the APU auxiliary power device as soon as possible according to the flight manual, ready to switch to manual operation, but the next moment, his face instantly turned pale.
Because he found that after turning on the APU, there was no response. He tried the other buttons and found that the other buttons also did not respond. The dashboard was still on, but the numbers on it were no longer changing, as if they were frozen in place by some mysterious force.
"Why! Why!!! " After several fruitless attempts, the captain angrily punched the dashboard with his fist, causing cracks to appear on it. He roared in despair because there was nothing he could do except roar.
Following his roar, the Charge 8-300 …
Like a bird with a broken wing, it plunged into the sea below.
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