Legendary Captain

Xu Xian found this nonsensical question utterly boring. It sounded as if he could gain anything by lying to him.

Sensing Xu Xian's disdainful gaze, Han Qi coughed lightly a few times to cover his embarrassment. He realized his question was indeed somewhat unfounded.

Suddenly, Xu Xian asked, "Don't we need to go around the isolated cloud ahead?"

Han Qi glanced ahead and saw a small, isolated cloud cluster directly in front of their flight path. Han Qi was experienced and immediately recognized that this cloud cluster didn't indicate any dangerous weather; even if they entered it, they would only experience some turbulence.

"What? You want to go around it? You're too scared to fly in?" Han Qi started to goad him: "If you're too scared to fly, just switch to autopilot. Don't be a braggart! Anyway, it's not like I won't apply for a detour. What's the point of detouring over an isolated cloud?"

Xu Xian curled his lip. How could this captain be so childish? Was this what the chief flight attendant meant when she said he had a strange temper? It was really funny.

"I don't really care, I'm just worried about the people in the back getting jolted too much!" Xu Xian rolled his eyes. To him, a little jolt wouldn't make a difference; he could still completely control the plane—that's the confidence that comes with a solid foundation.

"Yo-ho!" Han Qi chuckled. "Then you can fly there manually. I want to see if the Star Travelers are all talk and no action. But I must warn you, if the deviation exceeds two hundred feet, there will be problems... Wait! What are you going to do?"

As Han Qi was speaking, before he could finish, he noticed Xu Xian releasing the accelerator lever with his left hand and raising his hand to engage autopilot.

Han Qi immediately pushed Xu Xian's left hand away and said angrily, "What are you doing? Trying to connect to the self-driving system?"

"Otherwise what?" Xu Xian asked, puzzled. "What if something goes wrong? I'd be responsible! Why bother with manual flight then? Am I just asking for trouble?"

"Don't you have any principles as a pilot? Don't you want to show your skills to others?" Han Qi asked excitedly.

Facing the agitated Han Qi, Xu Xian remained expressionless and unmoved, simply replying indifferently, "I don't want to!"

Is it that direct?

Han Qi felt his blood pressure soar. Struggling to suppress the anger that was rising to his throat, he forced a smile and said, "Don't you really want to show me your best side?"

Despite Han Qi's patient persuasion, Xu Xian maintained his calm and composed expression: "Why should I show it to you? Wait, who are you?"

I go!

Han Qi gasped. Good heavens, this student had actually turned the tables and started questioning him. He felt that something was amiss!

"You don't know me?" Han Qi pointed to himself and asked incredulously.

Xu Xian looked disgusted: "Why should I know about you?"

No wonder the flight attendant said the captain had a strange temper; he's not just a childish idiot, he's a narcissist too. Could that co-pilot, who seems a bit off, have been disgusted by the captain?

"Han Qi! Han Qi, you don't know him?" He rarely introduced himself to others, because he considered it a rather low-class act. But today, for some reason, he just wanted this student in front of him to know who he was.

Xu Xian glanced sideways at Han Qi: "Never heard of him!"

"Holy crap! This is too addictive, don't say anything yet!" Han Qi covered his forehead, almost unable to catch his breath.

Regardless of Xu Xian's driving skills, his ability to infuriate others is truly second to none.

After calming down for a while, Han Qi controlled his blood pressure and slowly said, "Isn't your problem that you're afraid of taking responsibility? Just fly! If anything goes wrong, I'll take the blame! If the authorities ask, just say I held a knife to your throat and made you fly. You won't bear any responsibility, is that okay?"

"No need, no need! Flying an airplane, why make such a fuss? That's too much!" Hearing that he wouldn't have to take responsibility, Xu Xian immediately relaxed: "It's just a little cloud, no need to make such a big deal out of it."

If there were no responsibilities involved, Xu Xian would be happy to practice. He hadn't flown in a while, so it would be a good opportunity to warm up his hands.

Han Qi snorted heavily and fell silent. He had realized that this Xingyou student was someone who couldn't stand being taken advantage of; talking to him would only make him furious.

When he makes a fool of himself while flying through the clouds, he'll have to mock him mercilessly to save face.

But... why does this kid seem so nonchalant? Is he really that confident? Well... he's just a trainee, what can he possibly see? The isolated cloud ahead isn't exactly dangerous, but it's definitely shaking violently, and he doesn't believe Xu Xian can control the plane.

Of course, if the plane deviates too much, he will definitely intervene. He can't let the plane actually cause a problem with altitude deviation.

Just then, the plane crashed into the cloud. As Han Qi had predicted, the moment the plane entered the cloud, a sudden storm seemed to break out, instantly shattering the plane's stability, as if an invisible hand had slammed down on it, causing a very obvious momentary instability.

"What a useless brat!" Han Qi sneered, preparing to intervene. But the moment Han Qi's left hand touched the control wheel, he was surprised to find that the plane's turbulent state was stabilized in a short time. Although it was still unstable, it was clearly within a controllable range.

"Such a fast adjustment speed!" Han Qi discovered that Xu Xian, almost immediately after entering the cloud, sensed the basic degree of cloud turbulence and adjusted his own manipulation accordingly.

At the beginning of their journey into the clouds, due to a lack of understanding of the specific situation within the cloud formations, significant changes occurred initially. However, once Xu Xian grasped the intricacies of the clouds, everything returned to control.

Just then, after stabilizing for a moment, the plane suddenly lifted off, its attitude changing even more dramatically than before.

Han Qi gradually dropped his joking tone; it seemed the turbulence within the cloud was more intense than he had anticipated. If so, he felt it necessary to take over the controls. A trainee wouldn't be able to complete manual flight under such conditions.

Just as Han Qi turned his head to inform Xu Xian that he was taking over control, he noticed that Xu Xian released his left hand from the accelerator lever and began to grip the steering wheel with both hands. At the same time, he heard Xu Xian's clear voice: "You control the accelerator, and listen to my commands!"