With a rifle pointed at his forehead, the captain, pale-faced, followed the terrorists' orders to change course and shut down the aircraft's automatic transponder and positioning system.
The plane, which was originally bound for Tysons, is now headed to the White House in Washington!
At that moment, inside the White House, George W. Bush, who had recently taken office as the new president, was listening to a group of White House officials report to him in a meeting room.
"Drip drip!"
Just then, the communicator carried by the newly appointed Secretary of Defense, Irwin, suddenly emitted a sharp alarm.
Irving's expression changed, and he immediately took out his communicator and selected to connect.
But after listening to only two sentences, he immediately hung up the communication and looked at Bush: "Mr. President, the intelligence agency's radar has detected a Boeing 737 that has suddenly veered off course and is flying at full speed towards the White House. The radar trajectory indicates that it intends to crash into the White House. At its current speed, it will be 5 minutes away from hitting the White House!"
"Ah! Where did this plane come from?"
"Could this plane have been hijacked by terrorists?"
"..."
Upon hearing Irving's words, the White House officials present were immediately taken aback.
Under normal circumstances, if an aircraft encounters an emergency, the airport control tower will be notified immediately.
However, the airport has not given any notification, and the plane is heading straight for the White House, which is obviously abnormal.
Upon hearing the news, President Bush appeared outwardly unchanged, but his hand on the conference table clenched tightly.
He immediately ordered: "The Secret Service should immediately activate the highest level of protection at the White House and notify all nearby air defense units to prepare to shoot down the target."
"Mr. President, there are still nearly 200 passengers on the plane."
Irving whispered a reminder.
Bush suddenly realized his mistake and immediately changed his words, saying, "Inform ground troops not to use lethal weapons against passenger planes and to do everything possible to ensure the safety of passengers!"
If he dares to personally order the downing of the passenger plane, he will inevitably face public backlash, and his presidency will likely be over.
In contrast, allowing the passenger plane to crash into the White House would actually win him public sympathy.
"Mr. President, I will take you to the underground air-raid shelter immediately."
Irving stood up and said to Bush.
He had finally managed to oust Bush's original confidant, Levy, and replace him as Secretary of Defense; Irving didn't want to die in a terrorist attack for no reason.
Bush knew that time was of the essence, so he immediately led a group of White House officials to the underground air-raid shelter under the escort of Secret Service agents.
The White House underground air-raid shelter was built under Roosevelt's orders during World War II and was upgraded to a nuclear-resistant bunker during the Cold War. Once inside, it is absolutely safe.
At the same time, the piercing sound of air raid sirens echoed throughout the White House.
Other White House staff immediately fled outside the White House, searching for cover.
They were not authorized to enter the underground air-raid shelters, and their fate in the face of an attack was entirely up to them.
Thousands of people were enjoying themselves in the plaza outside the White House.
Upon hearing the piercing alarm coming from the White House, they looked over in surprise.
"What's going on! Why did the air raid sirens suddenly go off at the White House?"
"Perhaps the White House is conducting an air defense drill—would anyone actually dare to attack the White House?"
"..."
Outside, people were buzzing with discussion, and many had already taken out binoculars or cameras and pointed them toward the White House, wanting to see what was happening.
This is the White House, the political center of the federal government; nobody thinks it would actually be attacked by air.
Two minutes later, a Boeing 737 appeared before everyone's eyes, swaying as it approached.
Judging from the direction this passenger plane is heading, it's heading straight for the White House!
"Oh my god, what's going on!"
Why did this plane crash into the White House?
"..."
The thousands of people in the square were immediately stunned.
At this moment, in the cockpit of the passenger plane, the captain, sitting in the pilot's seat, had a bloody hole in his head and was beyond dead.
After learning that the terrorists were going to crash into the White House, the captain, knowing he was going to die, desperately tried to change course, but was shot dead by the terrorists next to him.
Anyway, we're almost at our destination, so there's no point in keeping the captain around.
As the White House came into view, the dozen or so terrorists on the plane showed no fear on their faces; instead, they appeared unusually excited and fanatical.
"Elevate him, honor him!"
"He is the redeemer, he is the protector!"
"We witnessed his greatness with our own eyes!"
"..."
The terrorists sang hymns so loudly that the cries of more than 200 passengers in the cabin could not drown them out.
At that moment, Mark appeared in the sky above the passenger plane.
Seeing the passenger plane less than five kilometers from the White House, Mark breathed a sigh of relief: "We finally made it in time!"
Although he is now moving faster than the speed of sound, he was too far away from here before.
Combined with the speed of the passenger plane itself, he finally managed to arrive at the last minute.
Seeing that the plane was about to crash into the White House, Mark didn't delay and appeared in a flash below the cockpit of the passenger plane.
"Look! What's that?"
"It looks like... Superman?!"
"How is this possible! Are there superheroes in real life?"
"..."
The moment Mark appeared beneath the plane, he was spotted by countless people in the square, causing a stir.
Due to government control over public opinion, Mark's Superman persona is merely an urban legend in Los Angeles, and no one in Washington has ever heard of his existence.
The sudden appearance of Superman from the comics had an immense impact on the people below!
"rise!"
Ignoring the gasps of the crowd below, Mark placed his hands on the fuselage, activated his bio-field, and used all his strength to lift it upwards!
The Boeing 737 has a total weight of 80 tons when fully loaded, while Mark's current biofield can only support 40 tons.
If this were a completely stationary passenger plane, it would be impossible for Mark to lift it into the sky.
But Mark doesn't have to do that.
All he had to do was lift the nose of the plane and forcibly change its course.
Driven by the bio-force field, the passenger plane, which was tilting downwards and heading straight for the White House, quickly changed direction.
The nose of the plane slowly rose, skimming over the top of the White House before continuing to fly higher.
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The dozen or so terrorists inside the cabin were waiting for their deaths, preparing to return to the embrace of the true God.
They soon discovered that the passenger plane, which was originally landing, had actually started climbing again.
"What... what's going on?"
Looking out the window at the rising passenger plane, the terrorists were stunned.
The plane doesn't even have a pilot, so how could it suddenly change course?
The more than 200 passengers who were crying and leaving their last words inside the cabin reacted in the complete opposite way to the terrorists as the plane rose back into the sky.
"Ah, we're still alive?"
"Great! We're alive again!"
"..."
The passengers in the cabin embraced each other excitedly.
They didn't understand why these terrorists suddenly changed their minds and didn't attack the White House below.
But no matter what, they survived!
People on the plane couldn't see Mark, but those outside could see everything he did.
"It really is Superman! Superman saved the people on the plane!"
"Great, they're saved!"
"..."
The crowd below cheered excitedly, and those with cameras frantically pressed the shutter button in the direction of the plane.
With Mark's help, the plane rose higher and higher, soon reaching an altitude of 1,000 meters. Then Mark controlled the plane to fly forward smoothly.
Mark then leaped into the air and landed on the right-side window of the driver's cab.
"Super-Superman?!"
The two terrorists in the driver's cab looked on in disbelief when they saw Mark suddenly appear.
They clearly never imagined that Superman from American comics would actually appear in real life.
"boom!"
Mark smashed the window on the driver's side with a punch and crawled into the driver's cab through the window.
At that moment, the passenger plane was only a little over a thousand meters above the ground. Even if the cockpit window shattered, it would not have a significant impact on the people inside the plane.
Damn it!
Upon seeing Mark enter, the two terrorists disregarded whether he was Superman or not and immediately raised their rifles to prepare to fire.
"boom!"
Mark quickly stepped forward, grabbed the two men's heads, and gently touched them; they fell to the ground without uttering a sound.
Because no shots were fired, the terrorists inside the cabin were unaware of what was happening in the cockpit.
Mark pushed aside the captain's body in the cockpit and sat down himself.
He prepared to pilot the plane to a nearby airport for landing.
However, Mark didn't know how to fly a plane.
Fortunately, there was a several-hundred-page "Aircraft Pilot's Manual" right next to him, and Mark reached out and picked it up to quickly flip through it.
For most people, the idea of learning to fly a plane in a short time by reading a book is nothing short of a pipe dream.
But Mark has a super brain; his learning efficiency far exceeds that of ordinary people.
"No, the LV10 Super Brain level is still a bit low. It will take at least half an hour to get the basics of piloting an airplane."
Mark estimated his learning progress and decisively decided to upgrade his Super Brain level.
Previously, Mark had not chosen to upgrade because the Super Brain could not improve his combat power.
We need a super brain now, so it's not too late to upgrade it temporarily.
Sunlight index: 103
Mark looked at his accumulated Sunshine Points and decided to use them all to upgrade his Super Brain.
[Super Brain LV10→LV13]
As his Super Brain level increased, Mark suddenly felt his thinking speed increase dramatically.
Two minutes later, Mark had already flipped through the entire "Aircraft Pilot's Manual".
Mark closed his eyes, and a wealth of knowledge related to aircraft piloting rapidly intertwined and flashed through his mind before being thoroughly digested and understood.
Thirty seconds later, Mark opened his eyes.
His hands moved rapidly across the complex control panel in front of him, his movements as practiced as those of a seasoned pilot with over a decade of experience.
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