I Become The Richest Man With A monthly Salary of Twenty Thousand Yuan-Chapter 680 - 476: Divine Retribution_2

Even Xia Liang’s face was pale, and his forehead was beaded with cold sweat. He stared straight ahead, his hands and feet still glued to the controls, not making a sound.

"Did we make it?" the captain asked, dumbfounded. He then looked toward Xia Liang.

Xia Liang took a deep breath, a smile reappearing on his face. "We did it!"

"Hahaha! We really did it!" The captain couldn’t help but laugh out loud, but he immediately agitated his wound and started coughing violently.

「At the Island Control Tower.」

"Flight 9728 has regained its signal! Connection successful. They are now 35 kilometers from the island!"

The staff, who had been staring intently at the screen, breathed a collective sigh of relief at the news. A restored signal meant they were safe; the crew was still in control. This was unequivocally good news. But as relief washed over them, a question lingered in their minds. How exactly had Xia Liang managed to fly the plane through the cumulonimbus cloud? It was nothing short of a miracle.

Everyone sighed in relief once again.

After stabilizing the aircraft, Xia Liang shouted to the captain, "How much farther?"

With his God-level Driving skill, flying an aircraft was indeed no problem for Xia Liang. But it was still his first time, and he was unfamiliar with civil aviation flight routes. This didn’t mean the God-level Driving skill awarded by the System was some kind of counterfeit. After all, even the most experienced captains gathered before each flight to review the route and confirm the course. Xia Liang was just a passenger who had taken over in an emergency, so he was naturally unfamiliar with the flight plan.

The captain answered loudly, "Fifty-five kilometers! We can land at the island airport. Specifics will still require instructions from the control tower!"

Xia Liang nodded. "Then call the tower again right away! I need specific instructions!"

Beside him, Captain Liu picked up the microphone and began calling the control tower repeatedly. Passing through the cumulonimbus cloud had interrupted their radio frequency. Now that it was restored, they needed to re-establish a connection. However, despite the captain’s numerous attempts, he received no response.

"What’s wrong?" Xia Liang frowned.

The captain reported the situation at once. "We can’t communicate. The radio might be damaged!"

"Damn it..." Even Xia Liang couldn’t help but curse. Who could have imagined that after making it to the final step, they would run into another problem like this?

"Blind landing," Xia Liang said to the captain.

"Understood!"

"This is Flight U9728. We will be performing a blind landing at the island airport. Please clear the runway!"

Captain Liu had no idea if anyone on the other end could hear him; he certainly couldn’t hear anything from the tower. All he could do was shout repeatedly into the microphone. He could only hope the tower could hear him. If they were prepared, it would be the best-case scenario.

A blind landing, with no information about the runway, not knowing which one is clear... To think my first time flying a plane would be met with such a dangerous situation.

Xia Liang reviewed the information he had and couldn’t help but sigh. This is the worst-case scenario.

A standard blind landing occurs when visibility is so low that the pilot cannot see the runway and must rely on the instrument landing system to guide the plane down. But the problem now was that their landing system wasn’t providing any guidance at all. So, the "blind landing" Xia Liang was referring to wasn’t the technical term most people knew. His version meant judging the approach with the naked eye and relying solely on his own skill to land the plane.

Could anyone be more unlucky than me? I’m just trying to take my girlfriend on vacation!

Xia Liang grumbled internally again, then began flying toward the airport, following the captain’s guidance.

"It’s right ahead!" the captain said, pointing forward after getting his bearings.

Following his direction, Xia Liang quickly spotted the airport and began heading toward it. The captain observed their distance and speed, then shouted to Xia Liang, "We’re too fast and the plane is too heavy! At this rate, we’ll stall. We might overshoot the runway! Should we dump fuel!?"

"No dumping!" Xia Liang shook his head decisively.

Dump fuel? Even if we dump it now, we’re still going too fast. The friction from touchdown will generate extreme heat. Dumping fuel at this speed and altitude, there’s no way residue wouldn’t cling to the plane’s exterior. If we do that, it will surely ignite on landing and cause an explosion! There are thirteen tons of fuel on this plane! Converted to TNT, this thing is a flying bomb...

"I’m all in..." Xia Liang clenched his teeth and continued to fly the plane. Seeing they were close enough, he could just make out the airport’s runway lights. He decisively shouted to the captain beside him, "Lower the landing gear!"

Captain Liu was ready. Hearing the command, he pulled the lever. "Landing gear successfully deployed!"

Xia Liang breathed a sigh of relief. He had been genuinely terrified. After so many misfortunes, he was terrified that a problem with the landing gear would be the last straw.

Inside the cabin, the passengers grew excited as the view outside grew increasingly lower.

"Are we... are we landing?"

"It’s the island!"

"Bodhisattva, thank you! It looks like we’re descending..."

"Thank my ass! What’s with this speed?"

The passengers had been overjoyed, relieved that they were about to land safely. But those who were frequent flyers quickly sensed something was wrong. Normally, a plane slows down significantly for landing, but this time, it seemed not to have reduced its speed at all.

"This can’t be a crash landing, can it?"

"What the hell? Are you serious?"

"What sins did I commit in my past life to deserve this?"

The chief stewardess glanced outside. As a crew member, she was more knowledgeable about flight conditions and immediately understood the situation. She grabbed the intercom microphone and announced, "Please, everyone remain calm! Brace for impact! Bend over and protect your heads!"

Though nervous, the passengers immediately followed the chief stewardess’s instructions. Whether they landed safely or not, no one wanted to die. Taking necessary protective measures was essential. No one wanted to be the one person injured upon landing safely just because they failed to take precautions while others were fine.

「Inside the cockpit.」

After making all the preparations, Xia Liang called out to the captain beside him, "Throttle’s cut! Brace for impact!"

The other pilot began working the control panel, flipping countless switches and finally putting the plane into Configuration Three, the most suitable for landing.

The captain shouted to Xia Liang, "How’s it looking?"

Hearing the captain’s words, Xia Liang actually relaxed at this final moment. "It’s all down to luck now. After being this unlucky for this long, we’ve got to be due for some good fortune!"

He had done everything he could. The rest was up to luck.

「At the Island Control Tower.」 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

The tower crew observing Flight 9728 had received the plane’s signal, but their analysis showed that its current state was not suitable for landing. But now, they had no choice.

"The speed is too fast... It’s approaching the runway nearly forty kilometers per hour faster than normal," the director said in a grave voice. "Clear as many runways as possible. Notify the fire and medical departments to be on standby."

No one knew which runway Xia Liang would choose. At night, he couldn’t see the runway details. All they could do was clear multiple runways to prevent any interference once Flight 9728 made its choice. All takeoffs and landings at the island airport were halted, pending Flight 9728’s successful landing... or its fiery end.

"Get ready!" Xia Liang yelled to the two men beside him as the ground rushed up to meet them.

The captain quickly returned to his seat, gripping the yokes on both sides firmly. The co-pilot, no longer silent, bent over, braced his legs, and prepared for the collision.

Closer... Closer!

BANG!

"Runway 05 Right! Flight 9728 chose Runway 05 Right!"

"Notify all units immediately!"

The instant the plane touched down, the control tower confirmed its location. Ground personnel sprang into action, and all departments began to coordinate in a flurry of urgent activity.