Shenlongjia Airport, after experiencing several minutes of aerial terror, the passenger plane carrying over a hundred passengers finally landed successfully on the runway, albeit with significant damage.
As soon as the plane touched down, a crowd of personnel immediately converged.
The first to arrive were ambulances and fire trucks, followed by airport staff, totaling over a hundred people.
Upon seeing the battered and blood-stained aircraft, these hundred individuals couldn't help but gasp in shock.
Bird strike incidents were rare enough, but one this violent was exceptionally so.
The fact that it landed safely was nothing short of a miracle.
After the initial shock, everyone immediately began rescue operations.
Before long, all the passengers were safely extricated from the plane.
A headcount revealed that out of the 155 passengers on board, only one had a scraped chin, one had a heart condition exacerbated by fright, and another had fainted from shock. The rest of the passengers sustained no injuries, not even minor ones.
The flight crew also emerged without any casualties, a situation that many found astonishing.
Amidst the chaos at the scene, media reporters, having heard the news, also rushed over.
The reporters immediately began interviewing the passengers.
Perhaps due to the shock, the passengers were eager to recount their experiences on the plane, amplifying them tenfold.
"I'm telling you, it was so dangerous just now, the plane was smoking, smoking, you know? It was about to break apart!"
"Those birds were terrifying, they smashed holes in the fuselage. At first, I thought we were being bombed with missiles."
"I'm never flying again. It was as terrifying as facing death itself..."
Listening to a few people enthusiastically speaking to the reporters, Yang Lin couldn't help but feel a sense of amusement.
"It wasn't that exaggerated, all of them."
"You agree, don't you, Xiao Yueyue?"
As he spoke, a small golden head poked out from the lining of Yang Lin's clothes.
Looking at the little creature before him, Yang Lin recalled the moments on the plane when he had lost all hope.
It was at that very moment that a familiar golden figure suddenly appeared outside the window.
At first, he thought he was hallucinating, but when the little creature outside waved at him, he realized that Peng Baobao had followed him all the way from Ningnan.
Then, Peng Baobao flew to the front of the passenger plane and, at the critical moment, used its status as king of the birds to drive away all the birds in the airspace, thus averting the air disaster.
Speaking of which, Yang Lin couldn't help but be amazed by Peng Baobao's speed.
Although the two passenger planes he was on weren't flying at full speed, their velocity was at least 800 kilometers per hour.
For Peng Baobao to have kept pace, and even have surplus energy, its own speed had clearly surpassed that of the passenger planes.
What's more, it wasn't even a full month old yet. Yang Lin couldn't imagine how terrifying its speed would be when it fully matured.
While Yang Lin was having a casual chat with Peng Baobao, the media reporters had shifted their focus to the flight crew who had just disembarked.
Captain Sun Ping naturally became their primary target.
As the hero who controlled the passenger plane's stable landing this time, he was met with thunderous applause as soon as he appeared.
The media outlets also focused their cameras on him, believing they could easily portray Sun Ping as a hero who saved over a hundred lives with minimal effort.
After all, the story of a captain who had a similar bird strike incident and landed the plane safely had already been made into a movie.
"Captain Sun, what are your thoughts on this bird strike incident, and how did you handle it?"
"Captain Sun, what were you feeling at that moment?"
"Captain Sun, what do you believe was the most crucial factor in achieving a successful landing this time?"
"Are there any details you can share?"
Faced with a barrage of questions from the media, Sun Ping felt a headache coming on.
He hadn't fully recovered from the recent experience, his hands and feet were still cold.
How could he possibly have the mood to answer reporters' questions? As for the details of the incident, he certainly couldn't elaborate, as even a slight misstatement could have repercussions for himself and the airline.
With these thoughts in mind, he simply remained silent.
Fortunately, personnel from the airline and the airport quickly arranged to escort him and the rest of the flight crew away.
As he squeezed through the crowd and was about to get into a car, a figure caught his eye.
More precisely, it was the large golden bird held in the figure's arms.
When he saw the golden bird, his eyes widened, and he wondered if he was mistaken, quickly rubbing his eyes.
After confirming several times, he was certain that the golden bird before him was the one he had seen in the cockpit earlier.
After all, it was too distinctive to forget at a glance.
Having confirmed that this bird was the divine creature that had dispersed the flock of birds and saved over a hundred lives on the plane, Sun Ping's gaze immediately shifted to the person holding it.
At first glance, he felt that the young man holding the bird looked very familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen him before.
Before he could get a closer look, the young man holding the divine bird turned and walked towards the exit.
"Finally, I can get out. Shenlongjia, here I come."
Outside the airport, looking at the snow-capped, vast Shenlongjia forest range in the distance, Yang Lin took a deep breath, feeling refreshed from head to toe.
"It's a primeval forest, alright. The air is so sweet. If I weren't here to rescue people, this would be a great place for a vacation."
Just as he finished sighing, a van drove up from nearby and stopped in front of him.
As soon as the van stopped, a young man in a black down jacket got out.
"Director Yang, I'm Tian Rui from Natural History Magazine. We met at Daming Mountain last time."
Upon hearing the young man's introduction, Yang Lin suddenly remembered who he was.
"Isn't this the unlucky cameraman who was chased by wild boars with us last time? Did he get lost too?"
Of course, he only thought this to himself and didn't say it out loud.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Yang Lin got into the van.
On the way to their destination, he got a general understanding of the current situation.
To his surprise, the actual situation was more serious than he had imagined, and quite bizarre.
He almost burst out laughing when he heard it.
According to Tian Rui, Teacher Xiao Liang had been captured by a "wild man" this time.