It's rare for someone to sleep early at a time like this; they must have some serious issues.
I don't know how long had passed when, just as the plane entered Hebei province, I saw through the cabin window dense lightning flashing in the dark sky, and a stream of turbid, eerie energy was swirling violently in mid-air.
I knew a cold front was approaching.
While the plane is relatively stable at cruising altitude in the stratosphere, with fewer strong air currents, it's not impossible to encounter severe turbulence. During takeoff and landing, planes must pass through the troposphere, where air currents can be unstable. However, it's important to correct a common misconception: with current aviation safety systems and technology, planes almost never crash solely due to turbulence. There was a case where an American A320 passenger jet flew into a hurricane's controlled air mass, and despite severe buffeting, the aircraft remained controllable and could fly normally.
The reason turbulence is said to cause plane crashes is usually not the turbulence itself, but rather that under extremely strong air currents, critical structural components, especially vulnerable ones like engines or devices that measure speed and altitude, can be damaged, leading to a loss of control and a crash.
After being enveloped by the cold front, the plane indeed reacted, beginning to shake violently. Many passengers' eyes snapped open, they yelped in fear, and gripped the seats next to them tightly. Soon, a voice came over the intercom: "Ladies and gentlemen, our China Eastern Airlines flight HU7377 is currently encountering the influence of a nearby cold front, experiencing extremely unstable air currents... The aircraft will experience severe shaking. We request permission to ascend to eleven thousand nine hundred feet..."
I didn't catch the rest of the announcement, and it was in English anyway. At that moment, all the seats began to tremble. No, the entire plane was shaking violently. It felt like mountains were rising and falling below. Be aware, this isn't movie special effects; we were genuinely experiencing a cold front. I personally saw countless napkins and beverages flying everywhere. At first, the shaking was only around us, but within two minutes, the cabin had descended into chaos. Fortunately, heavier objects were unaffected for the time being.
I turned my head and noticed many people in the seats behind me swaying violently from side to side. Then I felt a backward pushing force. I knew the plane was ascending. The captain was desperately trying to keep the aircraft balanced and at speed, attempting to break free from the cold front's pull, giving us a chance to escape.
However, at this moment, amidst the chaotic seating, a woman stood up. She left her seat. Normally, she would have immediately lost her balance due to inertia, but she quickly grabbed onto the backs of the surrounding seats. A flight attendant grabbed her and asked, "Ma'am, what are you doing?"
"Let go, leave me alone!" The one who stood up was Huang Jiaqi. She had just retorted in a very displeased tone, then pushed the flight attendant away and, as if possessed, rushed towards us!
I initially thought Huang Jiaqi was going to attack us, but she just lunged forward. For some reason, she slammed her head into a metal plate in the cabin, her neck snapped sideways, and she went still!
All the passengers gasped, completely bewildered by what had happened to this woman. Then I saw Mi Xueli and Jie Manyun also stand up. I realized something and quickly grabbed them. At that moment, Liu Yuning, Xia Hou, and Xiao Yuande were nearby, so the four of us used our hands to hold onto these two women.
If we hadn't been there today, they would likely have died right here. But the plane still hadn't broken free from the cold front.
I don't know if any plane crashes in recent years have encountered this specific scenario. The scene we witnessed was already showing the plane's engines catching fire, so we have no idea what happened before that.
But the woman before us was already out of control and raving. We could only intercept her. If they were to make any more drastic moves, the passengers would only become more terrified. The pilots were working hard to control the plane, and we had to maintain order on the ground.
Those two women were acting like they had taken cathinone, screaming wildly with their arms flailing. We clashed with them. The plane was already shaking uncontrollably, and these two were causing further disturbance. Many passengers shrieked and grabbed whatever they could to maintain their balance. Mi Xueli and I grappled with each other. I don't know why, but she was incredibly strong, yet she looked so thin. Had she taken drugs?
Xia Hou seized an opportunity to help me. We held onto Mi Xueli with all our might, and handcuffs were directly applied to her. Then I looked around and saw Xiao Yuande and Gao Mingqiang dealing with Jie Manyun. This woman was very obese and surprisingly strong. Even with Xiao Yuande present, she could still resist and hurled numerous drink bottles at them. Xiao Yuande dodged the bottles bare-handed, then charged forward like a fierce tiger, pinning her to the ground. Gao Mingqiang then arrived, helped the woman up, and applied handcuffs.
Even after being subdued, these two women continued to shout, "You will all die. The Punishers of Heaven have opened their eyes, watching you in the dark clouds. Once its blood-red mouth opens to devour, you will be completely submerged in deathly silence, ahahaha! The world has already collapsed. You must serve the Punishers of Heaven, or face only death, a dead end! Let's all go together!!"
"Stop talking nonsense, or I'll gag you!" Xiao Yuande threatened.
The two women continued to curse, "You foolish humans will all die. This plane is the ultimate flight to the embrace of the Punishers of Heaven. Every year on February 8th, hundreds like you will leave a memorial for the birth of the Punishers of Heaven..."
"Are you people of the Punishers of Heaven?" I interrogated Jie Manyun, grabbing her clothes.
"The Punishers of Heaven are not people, they are an alliance, your gods. Priests, ah, everyone. The plane is about to crash! Crash!"
Just as she uttered this, the plane jolted violently up and down. A flight attendant, unable to withstand the shaking, crashed directly into the cabin ceiling. Her neck snapped with a *crack*, and she fell lifelessly like a rag doll. Instantly, countless spurts of blood erupted, staining the clothes of several nearby passengers! Those passengers screamed in terror, wiping blood and some yellowish liquid from their faces. Seeing the turbid, viscous soft tissue sliding down their foreheads, several women shrieked and fainted.