Beep—beep—beep!!
The piercing alarm blared through the transport helicopter's cockpit as red lights flashed in rapid succession. The two pilots hurriedly worked the control panel, trying to stabilize the aircraft.
"Number Two, Number Two! Report the situation in the cabin!" one of the pilots barked coldly into the communicator.
"Damn it! A bug latched onto the underside of the cabin while we were breaking through the blockade and flew all the way here with us!" a voice cried anxiously. A barrage of machine-gun fire followed. "We can't deal with it! It's chewing through the tail rotor!"
"Use whatever means you have, but get rid of it! We were specifically ordered by Commander Zuo to escort this cargo... We went through hell to break out of the Chennan Pass battlefield. We absolutely cannot let it be destroyed here!"
One pilot's eyes reddened as he shouted.
Bang—!!
A roar erupted from inside the cabin. Billowing smoke surged backward as the helicopter swayed uncontrollably in midair, rapidly plunging toward the sea below!
"We... bzzzt... failed..." A broken voice came through the communicator, nearly drowned out by the dense barrage of alarms!
"Fuck!" one pilot roared.
"The plane's out of control. We're going to crash..." Bitterness appeared on the other pilot's face. "We didn't die at the hands of those Heavenly God Temple bastards at Chennan Pass, only to end up dying in a plane crash in Great Xia's waters... If I'd known this would happen, I never would've come.
What a waste. We won't be able to deliver this cargo..."
"Look! There's an island ahead!" Just as one of them was about to give in to despair, he caught sight of a faint island silhouette emerging at the end of the horizon.
"It's useless. It's too far away. At our rate of descent,