Thrive in Catastrophe by 焦糖冬瓜

Chapter 7 Simulation Driving

Xiao is escorted from the Col.'s office by his secretary.

Will, completely oblivious to the Colonel's intentions, looked at his grinning face with suspicion.

"Col. If the test is to determine if avoiding the tracking missile was possible, shouldn't the test subject be Heine Burton?"

"I'm just a lieutenant Colonel, doyou think that I am qualified to ask Colonel Burton to take the test?  Also, I find Xiao Yan quite interesting. People who tell the truth are admirable, but people who tell the truth only on occasion need to be taught a lesson."

Xiao Yan walked behind the secretaryofficer. Simulated piloting was a compulsory course at the Academy. However he has never simulated dealing with a tracking missile.

As he headed toward the simulator, Xiao's mood was complexly disturbed. What would happen if he failed? Would Colonel Raven really accuse Heine of dereliction of duty?

As he was deep in thought, a special task force member stood in front of him. It was Liv. She winked at him, "We are cheering for you."

"Rookie, it was a pain saving you back there, so don't let us down. If you do I'll put you down."Mark revealed a rather ferocious expression. As Xiao looked at him terrified, he laughed jovially.

The tall slender figure of Heine passed by, he didn't even stop to look. It seems nothing worries him.

Xiao seated himself inside the simulator, above him was an observation deck on the second floor. There stood researchers, military officers and many members of thespecial forces under Heine's command.

Live stood against the upper deckrailing and waved at Xiao, Mark held is fist in the air pantomiming a"beat you if you fail" gesture.

Xiao smiled weakly swallowing hisnervousness.

Looking around the observers he didn't see Heine, clearly showing his disdain for the occasion. Xiao placed the helmet on his head and connected to the pilot terminal. Xiao'seyes widened, the reflection in his eyes showing his absorption of every detail, even visualizing the wind brushing the wings of the aircraft.

Beneath him was a vast forest stretching to the end of his sight. The supply platform came intoview, Xiao's heart tightened, he thought to himself, do not moverashly. A wrong move here would ensure he would fail before the test even began.

Before the test, he had gone thought the situation over and over in his head. Exactly what circumstances was Heine battling when he lifted the aircraft? How did he avoid the missile, where was the mountain peak...if he missed even one detail or was slack in his reaction time all of this was for nothing.

The craft headed towards the platform, preparing to land. Everyone held their breath.

The aircraft headed toward the platform, descending at a typical speed, Xiao closely watched the platform. He was lined up, the platform beckoning him to land. Just then the nose shook slightly as Xiao climbed rabidly away from thelanding platform and into the sky.

A missile shot towards him, followingthe craft.

Xiao headed in the direction of themountains.