"It's … it's the airflow …"
Meow said while sobbing. His clear voice sounded like a child's voice in Zhang Xiaoqiang's ears.
"En … don't worry … I won't spank you. You're the boss in the sky, but you still have to be careful. Once you see something wrong, find a place to land. You're not the only one who can fly in the sky, there's also the Great Blackbird."
Zhang Xiaoqiang suddenly thought of the Great Blackbird. He looked around the small cockpit and felt sad. This helicopter couldn't be modified into a fighter jet. In the sky, even if he were to fight the Great Blackbird with the Vulcan Cannon, he would still die. He could never forget the tactical maneuver the Great Blackbird made at the missile base.
"Just like that?"
Meow suddenly pointed at a small black dot flying towards the plane. Immediately, Zhang Xiaoqiang felt a strong sense of uneasiness. He looked up and saw countless large rats with wings.
"Quick … land … those are mutated bats, f * ck … they're flying faster than bullets …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang could see the origin of those things. They were bats from before the apocalypse. These bats should be hunting insects and mosquitoes at dusk. He didn't expect them to appear during the day to crash into the plane.
The size of these bats was no different from before the apocalypse, but their appearance had changed a lot. The rat-like fur on their bodies had all fallen off. Layers of small scales had replaced the fur. The heads of the bats didn't change much, but there was a sunflower seed-sized horn on their foreheads.
These bats covered the sky and formed a fast-moving dark cloud in front of the plane. The dark cloud changed shape as it moved. There were thousands of bats inside. They maintained coordination with their own kind in the dark cloud, advancing and retreating at the same time. It was as if every bat had received a mysterious command to find their own position in the dark cloud.
Countless bats were approaching the plane. Zhang Xiaoqiang and Meow's hearts were in their throats. The threat of these bats was even greater than the tens of thousands of zombies. At least on the ground, they could run wherever they wanted to, but in the sky, they had nowhere to run.
Meow suppressed the fear in his heart and stopped looking at the approaching bats. He bit his lips and lowered the control stick, lowering the plane to the ground.
Zhang Xiaoqiang pulled out his gun and looked at the incoming bats. He had a feeling that he didn't know where to start. There were too many bats, and they were constantly changing positions as they flew. Zhang Xiaoqiang was confused. Even if he had dynamic vision, he couldn't do it. The bats all looked the same, only God knew if he was aiming at the original one.
The bats were extremely resentful towards the things flying in the sky. As the plane descended, they also flew down at the same time, heading straight for the roof of the plane. Some of them suddenly flew out from below, heading straight for the windshield outside the cockpit. The huge airflow caused by the propellers blew away the bats that flew up from below. Then, a storm of flesh and blood was set off on the roof of the plane. Countless broken limbs and blood splashed onto the windshield, coating it with a thick layer of blood.
There was no door in the cockpit. The same bloody paste rolled into the cockpit from the open side door, splashing Zhang Xiaoqiang and Meow all over.
Zhang Xiaoqiang was already used to this kind of thing. No matter how bad it was, it was still better than being in the mouth of a big fish. Meow, on the other hand, had a different expression. She was always dirty, so she was very sensitive to the blood and flesh splashing on her body. She let out a high-pitched scream and pulled the control stick. With a huge angle, the plane fell straight to the ground.
This scared Zhang Xiaoqiang so much that he almost jumped out of the plane. In his panic, he didn't care if he knew how to fly a plane or not. He grabbed Meow's hands and pulled the control stick as hard as he could, as if this would make the plane fly steadily.
It was obvious that Zhang Xiaoqiang didn't have the talent to be a pilot. Meow bit Zhang Xiaoqiang's hands at the last moment. Zhang Xiaoqiang retracted his hands in pain, and Meow pulled the control stick while screaming. At the last moment, the swaying plane was straightened. However, they didn't have the right to choose to land on flat ground.
The helicopter landed quickly. At this moment, Meow started to get busy. Her left hand moved the control stick beside her, and her right hand moved the control stick. Her two little feet were still stepping on the pedals. At the last moment, Meow still didn't make the plane land smoothly, and it landed in a small fish pond five meters wide.
Although the plane they were in was small, it was at least six meters long. There was a strange sound, and they started to shake violently. Then there was a sudden shake, and in the loud noise, half of the tail with the deformed propeller fell from above their heads to the ground in front of them. Looking at the half of the tail, Zhang Xiaoqiang and Meow looked at each other. They wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Quick … get down …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang knew that it was not a good idea to stay on the plane. He pulled open the safety belt and jumped out. Naturally, Meow followed behind him. The two climbed out of the fish pond, and without looking at the direction, they ran towards the nearest small forest.
The two ran on the ground. The bats lost their target and flew randomly in the sky. Zhang Xiaoqiang, who had escaped into the forest, lay behind a tree and looked at the bats in the sky. He saw that the bats were only flying randomly, but they didn't dive down. Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoqiang first let out a sigh of relief, then he started to worry and feel heartache. They finally had a plane, but it crashed on their first test flight. They didn't even know if the plane could be repaired, and it was forced to land in the wilderness. They didn't know the direction, and they didn't know the exact location. They were completely lost.
Zhang Xiaoqiang watched for a while, then turned around and saw Meow staring blankly at the broken plane. Tears fell from his eyes like raindrops. Zhang Xiaoqiang sighed. Obviously, Meow valued the plane more than him.
"Forget it, don't look anymore. I'll get you an Apache in the future …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang casually comforted Meow. His gaze was attracted by the bats again. He noticed that the bats had scattered and were flying around in the wilderness. From time to time, bats would fly into the forest and fly over their heads, ignoring the two of them. Seeing those bats, Zhang Xiaoqiang started to think. These bats didn't have any hostility towards humans, so it proved that the bats didn't want to attack them. But why did the bats attack the plane?
After thinking for a long time, Zhang Xiaoqiang still couldn't understand. He vaguely connected the mutant bats with the helicopter's rotating propellers. This was the only plausible explanation. Bats didn't have vision, and all their abilities were based on their ears. Bats were very sensitive to noise. Obviously, the future of the helicopter was very uncertain.
These bats only flew out to look for food. Their food was a type of insect. Zhang Xiaoqiang had never seen an insect in the apocalypse. He thought that all insects were extinct, but he didn't know that this was not the case.