The plane continued descending, and the clouds around them grew thinner and thinner.
He Ao had Eve bring up the level indicator on the console and mark the direction of gravity.
Whenever he sensed gravity shifting, He Ao immediately changed course. Even if gravity reversed, he maneuvered at once.
Boom—
Lightning flashed around the plane, outlining the reflection of the increasingly distant city.
Gravity was not the problem. Space was.
There was not only turbulence and thunderstorms here, but warped space as well.
Following the direction of "down" could send them off in a skewed direction through distorted space at any moment.
Gravity was the only thing pointing "down."
[Right engine shut down]
Amid the raging storm, a bright red alert appeared in He Ao's vision.
The entire plane jolted violently.
A crackling barrage sounded against the windshield.
It was hail within the thunderclouds.
One red warning box after another popped up on the plane's central display.
But He Ao ignored them all. He struggled to maintain the plane's balance, guiding it onward in the direction of gravity.
The fog around them was growing thinner and thinner.
Crack—
A violent noise came from outside the cabin, followed by a shaking so fierce that it felt as though a giant hand had seized the plane and was violently rattling it.
"Turbulence! It's turbulence!"
Ryan Ke shouted, gripping his seat tightly.
He Ao frowned, staring at the level indicator ahead. The indicator in his vision had tilted, and gravity had shifted direction as well.
The plane only had one engine left. Although it had redundancy systems and could still fly on a single engine in calm skies, it was completely incapable of fighting such violent turbulence.
Pop-up after pop-up appeared on the central display. Eve kept trying to restart the stalled engine,