Chapter 3928: Sister Nian’s Golden Cicada Escape Trick
Chapter 3928: Chapter 3928: Sister Nian’s Golden Cicada Escape Trick
At the same time.
On a helicopter right next to the ferry dock, the girl stood in the cabin doorway without a seat belt, one hand gripping the overhead handle, the other holding a small pair of binoculars as she looked down.
Below the helicopter, a sea of lights, skyscrapers packed together—nothing really visible.
Qiao Nian lowered the binoculars, let go, and walked toward the pilot’s seat, her face dark: "How long until we get there?"
The helicopter pilot took a moment to glance at the navigation map: "About another half hour."
Qiao Nian swung one leg over and sat on the co-pilot seat, her voice low: "Can you go any faster?"
The pilot just felt an overwhelming pressure from the person beside him; he was so nervous he almost forgot how to fly: "Uh, Zhui Guang, this is already the top speed."
Qiao Nian narrowed her eyes, checked the numbers on the instrument panel herself, and knew he was telling the truth, but she still couldn’t help feeling insanely on edge.
She asked, "If we don’t follow the planned route, how much time can we save?"
The pilot snapped his head toward her, scared out of his wits: "But... but Zhui Guang, if we don’t follow the designated flight corridor, it’s very easy to have an accident. In this kind of airspace, accidents happen easily—a single bird hitting the rotor could make the helicopter crash. We..."
"I know!" Qiao Nian cut him off, casting him an impatient glance: "Just tell me how much time we can save."
The pilot had no choice but to press his lips together, quickly did the math in his head, and gave her an approximate number: "Eight minutes."
"OK." Qiao Nian didn’t waste words, stood up, slapped his shoulder, and said to him, "You take the co-pilot seat. I’m flying from here."
The helicopter pilot obeyed instinctively, getting up to move aside, his face still catching up as shock spread across it: "Zhui Guang, you know how to fly?"
Qiao Nian took his place in the pilot’s seat, casually tested the instruments and control sticks, eyelids not even lifting as she said offhandedly, "I’ve played with one before."
"..." So, no license!
The pilot’s face went green in an instant.
Qiao Nian didn’t give him a chance to back out, made him sit down, and even kindly reminded him: "There’s emergency parachute gear next to you. Just in case, you should put it on first."
Sitting in the co-pilot seat, the pilot felt like he was on pins and needles, scared to death, but with the boss’s status right there, he didn’t dare say anything, even as cold sweat broke out all over him.
Only when Qiao Nian took the initiative and told him to put on the escape gear did he not even dare be polite, very sensible as he went to grab the kit, thanking her as he moved: "Thank you, Zhui Guang."
He was really afraid Zhui Guang might overplay it and send the helicopter crashing.
As long as he had a parachute on, at least the risk went down and he had a shot at staying alive.
He’d originally wanted to ask if Qiao Nian wanted to gear up too, but by the time he finished strapping on the chute and turned around, he saw the girl fully focused on flying.
The pilot, perceptive enough, shut his mouth and returned to his co-pilot seat, doing his best to feed the girl information on wind direction, speed, and flight tips.
Qiao Nian had already flown a helicopter a few times back on Continent F with David—no license, sure, but she made up for it with raw talent and crazy good motor skills. With the pilot coaching beside her, she quickly adjusted the helicopter’s route and pointed it straight toward the Red Alliance headquarters.
This time she was playing a real-and-fake itinerary game.
Right now no one knew she wasn’t in that sports car on the speedboat up north, but had instead dodged any possible surveillance and was heading to headquarters by helicopter.
So whether it was Lu Zhi’s surveillance or Nie Qingru’s surveillance, both had their attention locked on the car at the dock, and neither noticed Qiao Nian had long since switched to a helicopter.