Chapter 58
Chapter 58
“!!!” Wei Sen sucked in a sharp breath and jolted awake.
The sensation of being vaporized by that blast of heat had been far too real!
She looked around. She was still on the plane, but her perspective was completely different.
A familiar voice came over the PA system. “Dear passengers, please make sure your seatbelts are fastened, your seatbacks are upright, your tray tables are stowed, your window shades are open, and your electronic devices are turned off or set to airplane mode. Thank you! Please ensure your seatbelt…”
She glanced at the time: 02:00!
How could this be?
She had returned to the moment just before the plane took off!
The seat she was in now was the small chair by the emergency exit.
This was… the flight attendant’s seat!
Why was she sitting here?
She looked down at her clothes. It was a blue flight attendant uniform.
She had become a flight attendant!
“Ah Sen, are you okay?” the flight attendant beside her asked, looking over.
Wei Sen recognized her. She was one of the two flight attendants who had brought out the cake at the end!
But right now, she was wearing a blue uniform, and there was nothing wrong with the insignia on it.
“I’m fine,” Wei Sen replied calmly.
The plane was taking off now, and from her seat, she could see the people sitting along the aisle.
The members of the travel agency who had originally been seated in the first row all looked different from what Wei Sen had seen before.
The tour leader was a young man holding a red flag with the words “Sunset Red Tour Group” written on it.
The rest of the members were all elderly people who looked to be over sixty.
And the person sitting in 22A just now had clearly been Zhu Zhaoyang, but now it was a male college student in a white shirt.
As for the seats she and Xu You had occupied, 43F and 44F, they were currently taken by a young woman in her twenties and a man in a black jacket.
But in seat 13A, Wei Sen saw a familiar face. It was Huang Xinze. His outfit had changed completely as well. He wore a casual suit and looked like a successful businessman.
Wei Sen was certain of one thing: after the plane crash, they had all been reborn back at the moment before takeoff. But this time, all their identities had changed.
Originally, she and Lin Xiaoxue had been sisters, but now those sisters had become someone else-or, like the people in the Sunset Tour Group, had returned to their original appearances.
Now she was a flight attendant, and Huang Xinze was a businessman.
Then what about the others?
As Wei Sen thought this, she sent a message through her watch.
[Wei Sen: Is everyone awake?
Huang Xinze: Fuck, what the hell is going on?! I thought I was dead!
Xu You: We’re not dead. It seems like… time reset.
Xia Susu: I’m actually not a flight attendant anymore! Our identities changed?!
Lin Xiaoxue: (teary-eyed) Thank goodness, we’re not dead!!!
Wei Sen: Looks like that’s right. After the plane crash, we all returned to before takeoff, and everyone’s identity changed.
Xu You: No wonder this Instance is called “Infinite Flight.” So that’s what it means!
Zhu Zhaoyang: Was the plane crash caused by the Doom Beast?
Wei Sen: Possibly. Before the accident, I saw two flight attendants in red.
Xu You: Did the color red trigger the Doom Beast?!
Lin Xiaoxue: Then the Doom Beast might be around row 44!
Wei Sen: We can’t be sure yet. First, check your respective identities and rules.]
The plane was currently in the takeoff stage, so Wei Sen could not unfasten her seatbelt and move around freely. She could only search herself and the area around her seat.
Soon, Wei Sen found a slip of paper with rules written on it in the pocket of her uniform.
[Airline Flight Attendant Identity Rules:
1. Please remember: the passenger is god. When facing passengers, you must maintain a smile and use polite language. You must not get into any conflict with passengers.
2. In principle, this airline only provides coffee, tea, juice, cola, and bottled water. If a passenger voluntarily asks for red wine, you must satisfy his request immediately. If there is no red wine left, find a way to turn bottled water red, then pour it for the passenger.
3. In the event of turbulence, please return to your seat immediately and fasten your seatbelt securely.
If there is a passenger in the lavatory at this time, and the light at the door is flashing green, remember, it is green, not red!
Please go help him within 30 seconds! Knock on the bathroom door three times, then try to open it from the outside!
4. If you see crows outside the window, they must be a hallucination! Crows cannot appear at this plane’s altitude! Hide in the lavatory immediately until the cabin is quiet again!
5. This airline does not provide meals. If a passenger needs one, please find the freshest meat available and provide it to them within one minute.
6. This airline provides free blankets, but supplies are limited. If you discover a passenger covered with a blanket not provided by this airline, destroy it immediately!
7. If you learn that a passenger has secretly brought contraband onto the plane, bring them outside the lavatory for an Extra Check. Inspection method: cut open their stomach and keep searching until you find the contraband they are carrying, then return them to their seat.
8. If contraband is found, you must place the contraband in the bottommost cabinet on the left side of the galley, then enter the lavatory and wash your hands three times. Note: do not look in the mirror while washing your hands.
9. Remember! You have signed a confidentiality agreement with this airline. You may not disclose this airline’s employee rules to anyone outside your identity! You must act strictly according to your identity.
10. No matter when or what happens, you absolutely must not harm normal passengers!]
Wei Sen looked at the tenth rule. What did it mean by normal passengers?
Passengers the Doom Beast was disguised as were abnormal passengers. The rest of the passengers were all normal passengers, even if they made unreasonable demands?
That should be it.
Wei Sen mulled it over.
This set of rules was not divided into upper and lower parts, but that did not mean it was the complete Flight Attendant Identity Rules.
She recalled the contents of the second half of the Passenger Identity Rules:
Rule 2: The captain will not leave the cockpit. If you encounter someone outside the cockpit who claims to be the captain, please be very careful around him!
Rule 3: Please remember your identity at all times and stay clear-headed. Do not mistake someone for the wrong person, or no one can guarantee your safety!
These two rules were not on the Flight Attendant Identity Rules. However, the rules for flight attendants and passengers did have certain similarities, such as those regarding “providing blankets” and “there are no crows at high altitude.” Not a single rule directly contradicted another, either.
That meant that although their identities had changed, some rules still applied across the board.
Rules two and three of the Passenger Identity Rules were very likely Hidden Rules of the Flight Attendant Identity Rules!
Wei Sen was glad she had gone through one round as a passenger earlier. Otherwise, unless someone violated those Hidden Rules, she would never have known about them.
Before long, the Group A chat received everyone’s new identity introductions for this round.
[Huang Xinze: I’m a thirty-eight-year-old businessman. This time, I’m taking my wife and child on vacation. I got Passenger Identity Rules (Part 1).
Lin Xiaoxue: You can’t say the rules out loud!!!
Huang Xinze: Mm-hmm! Don’t worry.
Huang Xinze: Allow me to solemnly introduce everyone. This is my wife, @Xu You!
Xu You: …I also got Passenger Identity Rules (Part 1).
Zhu Zhaoyang: Dad. Mom.
Huang Xinze: Good boy, my dear son!
Zhu Zhaoyang: /smile/
Lin Xiaoxue: You three are such a happy family. I’m so jealous (#^.^#)
Lin Xiaoxue: I’m a Young Painter traveling alone!
Xia Susu: I’m also an ordinary passenger. I have Passenger Identity Rules (Part 2) here.
Lin Xiaoxue: Passengers can exchange rules with each other! Perfect. I happen to know a Hidden Rule about passengers. Sister Sen found it out with an Anomalous Artifact last round!
Xu You: Once the plane reaches cruising altitude, let’s meet at the lavatory door in the rear of the plane and exchange information!
Huang Xinze: No problem!
Zhu Zhaoyang: Okay.
Xia Susu: …Fine.]
Wei Sen glanced at the time. It was 02:12 now. The plane would probably level out about half an hour after takeoff, and then everyone would be able to move around freely.
But in the previous round, something had happened to the plane sometime after 02:40.
If they let things proceed this time, would the Doom Beast still be provoked awake at that time, and would something happen to the plane again?
No matter what, the safest method was to find and eliminate the Doom Beast within the dozen or so minutes after the plane leveled out!