Chapter 69 Qiao Lan, Thank You

Ten minutes.

Helicopters are very fast.

According to the detailed address of "Aunt He" provided by the captives, it was a suburban building adjacent to the city, located in a small valley behind a scenic spot.

It only takes ten minutes at most to get there by flying from the city, including taking off, landing, and even changing direction along the way.

Ye Qi's flying skills are far superior to Qiao Lan's, and his flying is steady and smooth.

It's coming.

It's coming.

It's coming soon.

Qiao Lan's heart was pounding from the moment he took off.

I felt like I was foolishly rushing towards death.

The wings roared, and the soldiers armed with live ammunition in the rear of the cabin fell silent. Some closed their eyes, while others were lost in thought. All of their faces showed a resolute determination to fight, a calmness that was ready to face death.

Qiao Lan glanced back, then turned around and sat up straight again.

I feel like I don't fit in with them.

——I am not as great as they are.

——I don’t want to sacrifice myself.

——I want to go back, run away with Xiao Tang and Xiao Li, and find a new place to hide.

—To make it easier to escape, they even left the chef and his son behind. Life was more important, so high-end cuisine could be put aside.

——That’s the huge Saint Yes.

——Even though it had not yet grown and developed in the early days of the apocalypse, it still had many branches and its background was unfathomable.

——It’s okay to deal with some of the Saint Yes brats in a small way, but I originally just wanted to get rid of “Auntie He” herself.

——I don’t want to stir up a hornet’s nest. I don’t want to. I don’t want to

"But why the hell did I get on the plane? Idiot!"

Qiao Lan blurted out accidentally.

He cursed himself harshly.

To rush towards death so foolishly, one must be a fool.

"You're not stupid."

Ye Qi, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up.

Qiao Lan remained silent.

"Your special ability is not teleportation, right?" He glanced at her while staring at the sky ahead.

Qiao Lan's brows twitched slightly.

I subconsciously turned my head to see the reactions of the other people in the cabin.

The roar of the plane was so loud that no one heard it and no one reacted.

She breathed a sigh of relief and turned back. Ye Qi spoke again in the specific frequency band of the headphones.

"The three thugs who kidnapped you are gone, the truck is gone, and your warehouse full of stuff is gone too."

"So, you should be able to make things disappear."

"I didn't understand it before, but after learning about the strangeness of superpowers, I came up with this bold guess."

"But you can't rush to spend tens of millions on supplies just to make them disappear. You're a very smart girl, not a bored fool."

"Then there's a high probability that you can put something somewhere unknown and then retrieve it and use it later."

"That place should be quite safe. The cosmetics and medicines you seized should be stored there."

"Am I right in my inference?"

——Congratulations, you guessed it right.

"So what?" Qiao Lan said unhappily.

The time displayed on the instrument panel indicated that the plane had been flying for six minutes.

It is estimated that we will reach the destination soon.

—I'm about to follow you to your death. Ye Gou, do you have any special meaning in guessing my ability now? You're not just looking for something to talk about on the way, are you?

Ye Qi pressed two buttons on the dial to control the joystick.

The plane began to slow down and turn.

"Prepare for covering fire."

He picked up the walkie-talkie and talked to the combat aircraft behind him.

Then he put down the intercom and spoke to Qiao Lan on the headset.

"so what?"

"So, I don't force you to face the enemy with us."

"Although you are very strong in both close combat and long-range firearms, we would be lucky if you were willing to join us."

"But you're a civilian, a female student who hasn't graduated yet. You're the person we're supposed to protect. Forcing you here is already immoral on my part."

"I just hope—"

He suddenly turned around and looked at Qiao Lan.

"Please get behind us, hide well, and use your powers to secure these two helicopters."

"If the assault fails, please take them back and return them to those who remain."

"Then you can go far away and hide well. Don't worry about the rest. The final success or failure is our investigation system's business, and has nothing to do with you."

"You've saved us so many times, and you've already made a tremendous contribution beyond your civilian status."

"Qiao Lan, thank you."

"Whether you're willing to help protect the plane or not, thank you."

He turned back and concentrated on flying the plane.

Constantly switching various buttons and joysticks makes the aircraft's flight curve extremely fancy.

Up and down, left and right, high and low, spinning in the air.

It's not the instability of a novice like Qiao Lan, but the fancy performance of a veteran master.

When approaching an enemy camp, this is an anti-lock operation to prevent the aircraft from being targeted by the enemy and then attacked by long-range firepower.

He was focused and at ease.

The angular side profile appears even deeper and tougher in the flickering light of the dashboard.

Qiao Lan endured the dizziness caused by the plane's tumbling.

I looked at him in silence for a few seconds.

Asked: "Why do you insist on keeping the plane?"

He switched the frequency band of his headphones so that everyone could give combat orders. At this moment, she could only raise her voice and shout to ask.

"What?" he shouted in response.

"I asked you why you were so determined to save the plane—" she shouted.

This time he heard it clearly.

The answer was: "Because supplies are scarce, they are very precious!"

The investigation system is in City C, and currently only these two aircraft are available.

There are disasters everywhere outside, and it is impossible to deploy other fighter jets from afar. Perhaps for quite some time, these will be their only remaining air combat resources.

If the operation failed and no one could return, at least two planes could be saved for the rear-guard garrison.

On the other hand, if everyone died in the battle, at least he hoped that Qiao Lan, the civilian who was forcibly brought here, could survive.

Give her a mission to return the plane and let her survive.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Of course he hoped Qiao Lan could help in the battle. She was too strong, even stronger than the investigators under him.

But he had no right to force her to sacrifice herself for the mission.

The high-profile kidnapping of the special envoy chief was partly a joke to ease the tense atmosphere, and partly to give some encouragement to the special police officers who were unaware of the truth.

Sometimes, if warriors have a little more faith, that subtle feeling may allow them to more easily seize the opportunity to save their lives in the ever-changing battle.

But there's no need to explain too much.

Time does not allow it.

The sound of dense gunfire was heard.

The accompanying combat aircraft have already begun an air fire attack.

Ye Qi pressed a few buttons, made the plane hover at low altitude, opened the cabin door, and quickly led everyone down the elevator ropes.

He only gave Qiao Lan a quick gesture.

Signaled her to fly away and hide far away.

Later, a long time later, whenever Qiao Lan recalled the details of that night, she could not remember how she left the passenger seat and sat in the driver's seat.

Everything seems so clear.

And it seems very blurry.

In short, when she was about to take off again, she heard the scream of the first soldier who had died in battle through her earphones.

"The enemy is ambushing! Spread out in groups of three! Attack with all your might!"

Ye Qi's low growl.

The roar of wings.

Suddenly, the building in the deep forest was brightly lit in the view from the porthole.

And the tongues of fire that kept bouncing from the muzzles of guns and cannons.

…

It was a moment of chaos and bloodshed.

Qiao Lan pulled the joystick hard, and the plane quickly took off and rushed into the dark night sky.