Stepping inside the aircraft, Lin Ye found the cabin much more spacious than it looked from the outside. The seats were arranged in two rows, upholstered in dark gray cushioning, and each came with a small personal storage compartment and a charging port.
There were already more than twenty people seated inside. Some were hunched over their terminals, others leaned back with their eyes closed, and a few seemed to know one another, speaking in hushed voices.
Lin Ye found a window seat near the back, stowed his suitcase in the slot by his feet, and gazed into the distance.
Over the next few minutes, another seven or eight freshmen filed aboard.
A few minutes later, after it seemed certain no one else was coming, the cabin door slowly closed. As the indicator lights inside shifted from red to green, a tall, composed-looking male upperclassman stepped forward at the front of the cabin.
His voice was not loud, but it carried clearly to everyone. "Welcome, juniors. I'm Lu Yuanfeng, a third-year student from the First Academy of Martial Dao. I'll be accompanying you to campus today."
He paused, his gaze sweeping calmly across the cabin. "Before we set off, there are two things I'd like to explain. First, Fenglei Martial University's campus isn't in Ningchuan City. It's more than a hundred kilometers north of the city. Second, this Thunder Falcon-II aircraft was developed independently by Fenglei Martial University's Academy of Sciences. It's equipped with military-grade armor and a standard medium-sized energy shield. An ordinary Mortal Shedding Realm martial artist or a Third Order Star Beast wouldn't be able to break through it in a short time, so you can ride in peace. As for the trip, we should reach campus in about ten minutes."
At that, someone drew a quiet