Because they gained those precious three seconds, the bombs dropped more than ten meters, while the plane flew forward at a steady speed for several dozen meters, creating some distance between itself and the two bombs.
Even so, the violent blast from the explosion still struck the fuselage, causing the pilotless aircraft to shake violently and then tilt severely...
Bullet followed Zhou Ziwei through the kicked-down metal door and into the cockpit. Although she was in a wheelchair and had difficulty moving around, the wheelchair was specially made for military use and had characteristics that ordinary wheelchairs could not match. Activating the electronic thruster on it would make the wheelchair generate a speed that was like flying. Therefore, although she entered a step later, Bullet also saw the pilot and co-pilot ejecting from the sunroof.
Clever as she was, she naturally knew what had happened without even asking. Without thinking, she stretched out her slender hand, and a delicate silver-white pistol appeared in her hand as if by magic. She then pulled the trigger twice and never looked back in the direction where the two drivers had disappeared.
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 500: Explosion
The emergency escape pod ejected the two pilots from the cockpit, and they flew nearly 100 meters away. At that speed, and with the plane also moving at high speed, it would be very difficult for anyone to shoot them.
However, she had an almost blind confidence in her marksmanship. Her finger and trigger made two quick, consecutive clicks before she put the pistol down. At that moment, she saw Zhou Ziwei flick his wrist and throw two cold glints of light towards the ground below the plane.
The two flashes of cold light disappeared in an instant, and then the bullet saw two round holes, each about the size of a one-yuan coin, appear on the flat metal floor.
What is that thing? How could it have such terrifying penetrating power!
Bullet's gaze immediately sharpened, almost unable to comprehend what he was seeing. This was an airplane... The main body of the airplane was made of an extremely hard alloy. The two cold lights that Zhou Ziwei had just thrown out clearly appeared to be thrown with pure wrist strength. These two points of cold light were most likely a kind of concealed weapon. How could his wrist strength be so powerful that he could forcefully penetrate the metal floor with a concealed weapon?
What puzzled the bullet even more was why Zhou Ziwei would throw a hidden weapon under the metal floor of the plane. Didn't he know that the plane couldn't be easily damaged? If the plane leaked air, it would pose a great danger to the people inside the cabin, and might even cause the fuselage to lose balance, thus creating a risk of crashing...
Of course... now that the plane's sunroofs are open, outside airflow has already rushed in, and the cabin pressure has become seriously unstable.
But... Zhou Ziwei couldn't let the situation get any worse...
Just as Bullet was about to ask a question, a deafening explosion suddenly came from below the plane, and a dazzling burst of fire shot into the sky. Although the plane was some distance away from the explosion, Bullet could still see the blinding red light outside through the windows on both sides of the plane.
Explosion... Oh my god... This plane was bombed by terrorists! No wonder the two pilots ran away; they must have been terrorist spies planted in the military...
It's over! This is thousands of meters in the air! If the plane explodes, even if we don't die, the plane will definitely crash. And although each of us members of the Dragon Group has extraordinary abilities, even the strongest abilities are still just human. They are not gods. In this situation, unless we are incredibly lucky, it's unlikely that anyone will survive a fall from thousands of meters in the air!
Wait... something's not right. The explosion point seems to be tens of meters away from the plane. Hmm... although the plane was shaking violently, it didn't disintegrate or catch fire.
It's obvious that the explosive was not very close to the plane, but... how did it happen? How did the explosive detach from the fuselage?
The bullet was startled by the loud explosion and almost screamed, but it only came to its senses after realizing that the vibration of the fuselage was not particularly strong.
Then she couldn't help but look down again in the direction where Zhou Ziwei had thrown out two points of cold light.
Just as she was about to step forward for a closer look, a flash of cold light suddenly appeared from the two small round holes in the metal floor, and two beams of silver light flew out and landed on Zhou Ziwei's outstretched palm.
After the two points of cold light settled, the bullet was horrified to discover that they were actually two inconspicuous butterfly-shaped objects, like girls' headdresses.
This... could this be the hidden weapon he just used? But... why did it return along the same path after he threw it? And... those two butterfly-shaped silver metal pieces don't seem to be connected by any wires or anything like that...
Surprised, Zidan couldn't help but swivel his wheelchair forward, arriving right above the two small circular holes left on the metal floor. Looking down, he immediately felt a strong gust of wind shooting out of the holes.
Startled, the bullet let out a soft cry and dodged away, tilting its head to the side.
At first, she thought someone was trying to ambush her from below, but after a moment's thought, she realized that it was because the round hole in the metal floor had completely pierced through the fuselage, which was why air was spraying out from the hole.
The aircraft was flying at extremely high speed, and a powerful explosion had just occurred below, which caused the airflow ejected from the round hole to be so strong.
It's unbelievable... He actually managed to completely pierce the fuselage of the plane using just those two butterfly-shaped metal pieces! How much strength must he possess? To do that must have been ten, a hundred times harder than kicking down that metal hatch earlier! And... judging from this, the bomb must have really been caused by those two butterfly-shaped metal pieces he threw. But... how did he manage to pinpoint the bomb's location so accurately, and even manage to knock it down with a hidden weapon through such a thick fuselage? It's unimaginable... Is this kid even human?!
Sensing the effects of the explosion, the plane began to tilt sharply, and there was no time for the bullet to investigate Zhou Ziwei's secrets anymore.
Although the two undercover terrorists had been killed in mid-air by two lightning-fast shots, Zhou Ziwei also miraculously defused the two time bombs hidden under the cabin at the most critical moment.
But their crisis doesn't seem to have been resolved at all.
The plane was flying thousands of meters above the ground, but there was no pilot on board.
The cockpit sunroof had been opened, and a violent gust of air was constantly rushing in from above. The plane began to tilt severely and was now completely out of control, in danger of crashing at any moment.
"Ke and take control of the plane!" Bullet realized the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly called out to Knight, a member of the Dragon Group, to take control of the plane and see if he could stabilize the out-of-control aircraft and close the open sunroof.
Knight is the most skilled driver among the Dragon Group members. His talent in this area is unparalleled. From bicycles and motorcycles to cars, trains, airplanes, ships, and submarines, there is no vehicle that Knight cannot drive.
The knight once boasted that if given time to familiarize himself with the technology, he could even sail away on his own if someone gave him an aircraft carrier, and he could also pilot a spaceship to outer space and land safely back on Earth.
Of course... people can just take such boasting as a joke. However, besides being good at bragging, Knight's driving skills are indeed extraordinary. In previous missions, he has used his expertise to make great contributions to the Dragon Group. Once, after completing an important mission, they were chased and surrounded in a junkyard.
In just over ten minutes, the knight managed to pick out a dozen or so cars from the pile of wrecked vehicles and repair them, getting each one running again. Although the cars were not fully functional, they could at least be driven for a minute or two without any problems.
The knight then used these dozen or so temporarily started, broken-down cars to form a raging assault vehicle formation. He cleverly enabled each car to travel a short straight distance without a driver. What was most remarkable was that he could control these dozen or so broken-down cars to start up and rush out at the same time.
The dozen or so wrecked vehicles were covered in gasoline. As they roared off, the knight threw out a burning torch, setting all the vehicles ablaze. The fiery chariots then charged forward in a line, quickly breaking through the enemy's encirclement. In the end, the Dragon Group team members completed their mission with zero casualties and escaped unscathed.
Upon returning home that time, the knight was awarded a medal for his meritorious service.
Because there was a passionate pilot like Knight in the group, even though the plane's condition wasn't very good, Bullet didn't panic at all and immediately turned around and called Knight over.
Upon noticing the abnormality in the plane, the knight immediately scrambled to the cockpit.
While this guy's driving skills and ability to repair vehicles were impressive, his physical fitness was much worse. As soon as he climbed into the cockpit, he was blown over by the strong airflow rushing in through the skylight. In the end, it was the marble that grabbed him and dragged him over.
Pinball's combat strength is definitely not as high as Long Wu's, but this guy is short in stature but very heavy in build, with his waist circumference almost the same as his height. For such a ball-shaped creature, his lower body is naturally as stable as Mount Tai, making him most suitable for walking in such harsh conditions. No matter how the body tilts, Pinball doesn't look like he's going to fall over. In fact, even if he did fall over, others might not be able to tell.
Because this guy's height is almost the same whether he's lying on the ground or standing up.
"Hurry up... everyone's lives are in your hands now."
Pinball shoved Knight into the pilot's seat, then urged him on as he sat in the co-pilot's seat. Although he didn't have Knight's freakish piloting talent, he wasn't unfamiliar with airplanes. He had received piloting training when he was a special forces soldier in the army. While his piloting skills might not be the best, he at least wouldn't use the descent stick as an ascent stick. So, assisting Knight here wouldn't be a problem.
The knight knew the seriousness of the problem and naturally dared not be negligent in the slightest. As soon as he sat down in the half-captain's seat, he consciously fastened the spare seatbelt.
The pilot had already been ejected from the cockpit using the escape system. He was also wearing a seatbelt, which ejected half of the driver's seat. So the knight was now sitting in this position and felt very uncomfortable. If he didn't fasten his seatbelt, he wondered if he would be ejected directly from the sunroof due to the vibration of the plane.
"Crackling and popping—" After completing the safety procedures, the knight stretched out his large, calloused hands and began rapidly operating the controls, inputting a series of commands...
"Damn it!" The knight had barely moved a few steps when he was completely dumbfounded. His expression stiffened, and he roared furiously, "What the hell is this control panel? It even requires fingerprint authentication to start changing commands... You beast... Is this a challenge deliberately left for us?"
"What... you need fingerprint authentication to control an airplane?"
After a slight pause, the ball bumped the knight to the side and then squeezed into the driver's seat.
Although the poor knight was still strapped in with his seatbelt, he was still unable to resist the impact of the pinball, which was like a mountain of flesh. He was knocked over in an instant. Although he fell off the half of the seat, he was still hanging there, as if he were being tortured.
"Hehe... Don't worry... It doesn't matter that the operating system has encrypted fingerprint authentication, because I'm still a computer genius, right?" Pinball rubbed his hands vigorously, excited that he was able to show off his skills at such a crucial moment.
"Crackling and popping—" The pinball didn't have time to pay attention to the knight's protests hanging next to him. It started working on the control panel on its own. Its chubby hands moved so fast that they even formed a blurry afterimage on the keyboard.
"Damn it..." Pinball confidently maneuvered for a few moments and found the problem, but then jumped up as if he'd sat on a nail, roaring furiously, "Despicable... so despicable! This fingerprint authentication system is actually tied to the aircraft's power system! If we remove this fingerprint authentication system, it will immediately damage the power system, and the aircraft will immediately come to a complete standstill... Which bastard set up this problem... Is this some kind of deliberate attempt to embarrass me?"
At that moment, upon discovering that he couldn't remove the fingerprint authentication system, the proud Pinball's first thought wasn't that his life might be in immediate danger if he couldn't remove it, but rather that even a computer genius like himself couldn't crack this problem, which was truly embarrassing... Actually, it couldn't be entirely blamed on him. After all, Pinball was just a highly talented hacker, not a well-rounded computer expert. His expertise lay only in intrusion and destruction, but canceling this fingerprint authentication was not just a matter of destruction; the difficulty had already exceeded his capabilities.
Of course... if there's plenty of time now, Pinball can also treat this problem as a training opportunity, slowly working through it. I believe that after a few more failures, he should be able to overcome this challenge.
But in the current situation, where is there so much time for Pinball to slowly study this problem? Moreover, this problem absolutely does not allow him to make the slightest mistake. If he fails, then everyone on the plane will probably be killed by him.
"Get up... let me try..." Seeing the plane tilting more and more violently, and even starting to fall downwards at an angle, Zhou Ziwei suddenly became anxious. He didn't care about pretending to be profound in front of these people anymore. He immediately grabbed one of Tanqiu's arms, and then, as if he were picking up a chick, he threw Tanqiu's more than 200-pound body back to the co-pilot's seat.
In front of Zhou Ziwei, the weight of the ball seemed to have no advantage whatsoever. If you ignored the huge difference in their body size and just looked at how easily Zhou Ziwei lifted the ball, then in everyone's eyes the ball would probably look more like a child!
"You want to try? Boss... are you kidding me?"
The ball was humiliated and thrown back into the passenger seat. Its chubby face turned red and then pale with embarrassment. Seeing that it was Zhou Ziwei, that "little brat," who had done it, the ball felt even more frustrated.
Pinball was both impressed and confused by his newly acquainted leader, because even now, he still couldn't figure out how he had lost the bet to such a little kid. How could a severed signal be forcibly reconnected by the other party?
Although Tanqiu accepted his loss and began to address Zhou Ziwei as his boss, he never truly respected Zhou Ziwei like Long Wu did. After all, Tanqiu believed that Zhou Ziwei's strength lay in computers, not communications. So even after losing, Tanqiu never considered Zhou Ziwei a master far superior to himself, since they were in completely different fields. Why should Tanqiu respect him?
When Zhou Ziwei offered to give it a try, even though the ball couldn't solve the problem himself, the ball felt as if it had been slapped hard across the face, and was incredibly embarrassed...
"Hey boss, this is the control platform for an airplane, not a game console for kids. You absolutely can't mess with this thing... If you touch the wrong key, we'll all be dead!"
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 501: Performance
Zhou Ziwei paid no heed to Tanqiu's opinion and completely ignored his warnings. If Tanqiu had a way to solve the problem, he wouldn't have needed to reveal his strength further. But since even the fat Tanqiu couldn't do anything, Zhou Ziwei couldn't just stand by and watch the plane crash to the ground.
If things got really too dangerous, he could use wind energy to lift Yang's parents and Yu Xiaoru down safely. He even had the spare energy to rescue half of the Dragon Group members as well. However... flying through the air like that, exhaling clouds and mist, would be even more astonishing. If it weren't absolutely necessary, Zhou Ziwei naturally didn't want to expose all his trump cards at once.
Sitting in the half-finished pilot's seat, Zhou Ziwei once again pulled out a round metal ball from somewhere, as if by magic.
Ignoring the astonished gazes of the crowd, Zhou Ziwei placed the metal ball on the control panel. He then reached out and pulled out something that looked like a plug. The end of the plug had a universal connector, which he plugged into the hard drive port on the control panel. He then demonstrated his incredibly fast hand speed, standing on a chair, leaning forward, and waving his small hands around, rapidly striking the control panel. His hand speed was more than twice as fast as the ball he had just played, leaving the onlookers dazzled. Even the ball couldn't understand what Zhou Ziwei was doing, and even the most perceptive person, Bullet, couldn't keep up with Zhou Ziwei's hand speed and couldn't see which keys he was typing.
Who says there aren't geniuses in this world...? Uh...it seems like there's one right here...How did he manage to do it at such a young age...?
The witch also caught up and stood at the hatch of the cockpit, looking at Zhou Ziwei, who was sitting in front of the cockpit and performing. She couldn't help but feel emotional when she thought of the things she had said to him before.
The fact that one person could know so many things made the witch, who had no other skills besides divination, feel somewhat incredulous. What's more, this person was so young, which made her feel even more ashamed. Compared to this "child," it seemed that all the members of the Dragon Group had wasted their lives.
It's a shame they used to consider themselves outstanding individuals and national elites, but now, compared to Zhou Ziwei... they realize they're practically no different from a mentally challenged child.
At this moment, almost all the Dragon Group members who saw Zhou Ziwei's display of hand speed would have similar thoughts.
However, if they knew that Zhou Ziwei was simply showing off his typing speed, and that the keystrokes he was hitting were actually useless, they might be so frustrated that they'd vomit blood on the spot.
That's right, Zhou Ziwei was just putting on a show. In reality, after he connected the metal ball's interface to the main control panel, there was basically nothing left for him to do. Xiao Xin naturally took over everything.
Although Xiao Xin isn't exactly a true digital life form, he can be considered half an artificial intelligence. The tiny chip that housed his body contained the core achievements of the world's most advanced electronic technology. In order to condense an independent soul within that chip, Zhou Ziwei consumed 120,000 units of soul power before finally succeeding. Therefore, Xiao Xin's artificial intelligence is definitely more advanced and more awesome than true artificial intelligence or digital life forms.
Its learning ability is quite astonishing. With the metal ball as its external body, it has a place to store the knowledge it can learn and master. Only then does it show an incredibly terrifying learning speed. As long as it is connected to the Internet, Shin-chan is changing almost every minute and every second, silently improving its strength.
The current Shin-chan is far more capable than when it first merged into the metal sphere. If it were to go back to the Supreme Casino now, it would be able to easily take control of the entire ship's internal network within half a minute, turning it into its own backyard.
This time, Zhou Ziwei was going to take control of the main console and remove the driver's fingerprint recognition system. Zhou Ziwei himself wasn't very confident, so he communicated with Xiao Xin using his mind. Xiao Xin considered it for a moment and felt that it should be able to complete the task within fifteen seconds. So Zhou Ziwei took action, chased the ball away, and let Xiao Xin take over.
However, since artificial intelligence was such a terrifying thing, Zhou Ziwei naturally didn't dare let others know about Xiaoxin's existence. So, after Xiaoxin was connected to the main control panel, he stood on the driver's seat and started randomly tapping on the main control panel.
He wasn't trying to show off, but after Shin-chan connected to the main control computer, he would inevitably perform a series of operations on it. In that case, the main control screen would flash various different input commands. If no one was operating it, the main control screen would flicker, and others would probably think they were seeing a ghost. Therefore, in order to conceal Shin-chan's existence, he had to put on such a show.
Of course... secretly, Xiaoxin had already cut off the connection to the keyboard on the main console. Now, no matter which key Zhou Ziwei pressed, it would have no effect. In this way, Zhou Ziwei could naturally press the keys randomly without any worries. And just by pressing randomly, the speed could be increased to an unimaginable level. Later, even Zhou Ziwei himself felt that his speed was a bit too abnormal.
Looking at it, the entire keyboard seemed to be covered by a yellow net of light. The onlookers couldn't see Zhou Ziwei's hands at all; in fact, they could see that the entire keyboard was covered with Zhou Ziwei's hands. His hands were moving like a thousand-armed Buddha, seemingly omnipresent. Even the Dragon Group members, who weren't very computer savvy, could see that compared to Zhou Ziwei's usually arrogant computer skills... well, they didn't know, but at least in terms of hand speed, he was no match. This guy... his hands must be typing dozens of keys per second! Otherwise, how could they move like that?
The plane was now gradually tilting and descending, and everyone was extremely anxious. Otherwise, some people would probably have already applauded and cheered for Zhou Ziwei.
From the moment the explosion began, some people were looking for parachutes, preparing to parachute to safety if necessary. However, when they picked up the parachutes that were normally kept on board, they discovered that each one had some minor defects, indicating that it had been tampered with beforehand. This made sense, since the perpetrators had gone to great lengths to crash the plane; why would they leave behind a batch of parachutes? What would be the point of this murder if they did? It would just turn into a free skydiving performance.
Although the parachutes looked fine from the outside, no one dared to jump with them on their backs. Obviously, parachutes are no joke; even a minor malfunction could be fatal. So they could only place all their hopes on the people in the cockpit who were fixing the problem. Of course, now it all depended on Zhou Ziwei. Although he looked like a little kid, no one dared to underestimate him at this moment.
Time ticked by, and the large screen on the control panel continued to flicker wildly, which was quite proportional to Zhou Ziwei's almost insane typing speed. Otherwise, people would have already wondered where Zhou Ziwei was typing at such a fast pace, and whether Zhou Ziwei himself knew exactly where he was typing.
As the plane descended from the clouds and drew ever closer to the ground, everyone on board held their breath. However, no one shouted or questioned Zhou Ziwei about his ability to save them. They simply waited in tense silence.
The members of the Dragon Group had all faced countless life-or-death crises, so their mental fortitude was extraordinary. Although they felt death was so close at this moment, they were still able to maintain their composure. Since even Pinball was out of options besides Zhou Ziwei, they could only trust Zhou Ziwei this once. If Zhou Ziwei succeeded, they might escape alive. If Zhou Ziwei failed... it wouldn't make the situation any worse; at worst, the plane would just crash.
If it really comes to that, they can only see who is more capable and manages to escape with their lives in such a terrifying situation as a plane crash.