Silicon Invasion

When the emergency team learned of the captain's plan, a portly expert immediately jumped up.

"Quickly notify Captain Zhao, we can't allow fuel dumping."

"What's wrong, Lao Gong?" An expert with a grizzled goatee nearby asked, puzzled, "I think Captain Zhao's plan is worth a try. After all, BD1891 doesn't have any attack capabilities, and dumping fuel is the only deterrent we have."

"You know nothing!" Lao Gong, an expert in silicon-based beast behavior and habits, was so angered by this layman's comment that he swore outright. In the current situation, any irresponsible suggestion could have serious consequences.

"Although silicon-based beasts have some mechanical structures, they still retain many biological habits. Even the most advanced silicon-based beasts known to date have mechanical observation systems, but they still prefer to judge their opponents' intentions through some biological habits. So, what do you all think fuel dumping would look like if we consider the plane to be a living creature?"

Listening to Lao Gong's words, everyone's minds automatically filled in the picture. If you imagine the plane as a large bird, then…

"It seems everyone has thought of it." Looking at everyone's expressions, Lao Gong nodded and continued, "Urine can indeed drive away other creatures in nature, but it must be the urine of a creature at the top of the food chain. And the plane's discharge of fuel, although it looks very much like a creature urinating, the composition and smell of the fuel are vastly different from urine. If it backfires, this behavior could be interpreted as a provocation, which may shorten A091's observation time."

Lao Gong's expression was solemn. In his opinion, dumping fuel might temporarily drive away the silicon-based beast, but it was more likely to anger it. What they had to do now was not to risk choosing a low-probability option; that would be playing with hundreds of lives.

"Then what do you say we should do?"

An expert asked.

The unknown silicon-based beast that appeared in the sky had never appeared in any records, and since there was only one, not a group, it was temporarily referred to by a code name.

"It's difficult." Lao Gong shook his head. "The plane's escape is inherently a sign of weakness, which may stimulate the silicon-based beast's desire to attack…"

Everyone's faces were grim. They understood Lao Gong's words. If it were an evenly matched opponent, they should drive it away head-on, but this was a passenger plane, which was impossible.

Now it was like a dead end. They could only resign themselves to fate, and no one could afford the consequences of giving the wrong advice.

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"Captain, that thing is coming closer again!"

The co-pilot in the back row shouted loudly.

"Sit down! Have Li tell the passengers to sit down immediately and fasten their seat belts!"

The captain roared, and the co-pilot behind him quickly relayed the order through the intercom system.

Li was the purser of this flight, already in her thirties. On the entire plane, probably only the captain, who was a dozen years older than her, was qualified to call her Little Li.

Li was actually panicking, but she understood her duty. With the cockpit door closed, she had to hold up the sky outside, not only comforting the passengers but also encouraging the other flight attendants.

"Attention passengers! Attention passengers! This flight has encountered a sudden situation. The plane will experience severe turbulence immediately. For your safety, please sit down immediately and fasten your seat belts…"

Actually, there was no need to emphasize it. The previous ups and downs of the plane had even caused those few fearless people who wanted to go to the cockpit to make trouble to obediently find an empty seat nearby and fasten their seat belts after bumping around a few times, let alone the others.

At the same time as the announcement, the plane's emergency management system was activated. Luo Rui was concentrating, fighting the abnormality in his body, when an oxygen mask suddenly fell in front of him, startling him into a subconscious shiver.

Damn!

A scene that he had only seen in movies, he never thought that he would encounter it on his first plane ride. He didn't know if this novel experience was lucky or unlucky.

He laboriously raised his hand, put on the mask, and almost in the next second, a feeling of weightlessness suddenly came.

Screams, like a tsunami, surged. At this moment, everyone almost transformed into a tenor or soprano, and the piercing sound made Luo Rui's head ache.

Fortunately, the plane's rapid descent and the sudden change in air pressure stimulated the eardrums, causing some hearing loss, which had the effect of natural noise reduction.

"Captain! This isn't a fighter jet!"

Seeing the silicon-based beast behind him approaching again, getting closer and closer to the plane, the captain couldn't determine whether it would try to attack this time, so he could only try to keep the plane as far away from the silicon-based beast as possible.

The plane's speed had now reached 960 kilometers per hour. This was already the maximum speed that this passenger plane could reach. Normally, if he drove this fast, the captain would be fired as soon as he got off the ground, but no one was going to pursue these matters now. Everyone hoped that he could go even faster.

But the guy behind him seemed to be flying with wings, but the captain was very sure that it must have used other abilities as well. After all, he had also learned some professional knowledge. How could a purely biological structure fly so fast?

Since he couldn't widen the gap in a straight line, he had to take some aggressive measures. The captain was a fighter pilot, and after driving a plane safely for more than ten years, he finally had the opportunity to show off his skills.

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to those tense and exciting years.

But the co-pilot's roar immediately brought him back to reality. Yes, this was not a fighter jet. If he made some excessive tactical maneuvers, the plane might disintegrate before the silicon-based beast caught up.

He wasn't afraid of death, but he couldn't let his posthumous reputation be tarnished by his momentary impulse.

Slightly holding back, the original plan to do a falling leaf drift now turned into a rapid descent. Just in time, the ground command center had sent the expert team's opinion, informing him that he could try to lower the flight altitude to see if he could drive away the silicon-based beast code-named A091.

This was the opinion that Lao Gong came up with. Living things all have their own suitable living environment. He guessed that after crossing the space rift, although this silicon-based beast felt some strangeness, the similarity in the high altitude between the two sides meant that it was still within its comfortable activity zone.

If the altitude was lowered, the differences between the two environments would be magnified. Perhaps it wouldn't achieve the purpose of driving it away, but perhaps it could make it more cautious.

As long as they could drag it out for ten minutes, no, eight minutes, things could take a turn for the better.

The plane's abnormal movements immediately caused a chain reaction.

A091 was also the undisputed overlord of the sky in Maikan. It was originally just taking a stroll in the sky, patrolling its pasture, when a sudden mysterious fluctuation appeared, making it feel strange and arousing its curiosity.