thefictionvixens Chapter 3 It's time for lunch.
Chapter 3 It's time for lunch.
Ruan Wenxiong's movements suddenly froze, and a chill instantly shot from his tailbone to the top of his head, even temporarily suppressing the cramping pain in his abdomen.
His hair stood on end, and he almost instinctively turned around.
But just then, another wave of violent intestinal rumbling and cramping came.
"Damn it... I can't care less about that now!"
The intense physiological need ultimately overcame his fear and curiosity. He cursed, forcibly turned his head away from the eerie message, and comforted himself that Rule Four stated, "All text on the mirror is not an official message; please ignore it."
He quickly pulled down his pants and sat on the cold toilet.
After a series of rapid, forceful releases, Nguyen Van Hung let out a long sigh of relief, feeling utterly exhausted.
He regained some of his senses and immediately remembered the time limit.
He hurriedly pulled up his pants, rinsed himself, and then rushed to the sink to wash his face haphazardly. The icy water sent a shiver down his spine.
He looked up and saw the blood-red words on the mirror again: "Look behind you." He felt a chill run down his spine and quickly looked away.
"Time...time..." he muttered, glancing suddenly at his watch—he'd only been inside for a little over two minutes! There was still time!
He twisted the lock, pulled the handle, and was about to rush out.
However, just as he stepped one foot out of the bathroom door—
boom!!!
The entire flight suddenly jolted violently without warning!
It felt like we'd run into an invisible turbulent current!
Caught off guard, Ruan Wenxiong completely lost his balance, cried out in surprise, and staggered forward, falling heavily back into the bathroom.
The fall wasn't too hard, but it terrified him!
Because out of the corner of his eye, he clearly saw that above the bathroom door, next to the red indicator light, a tiny LCD digital timer had just ticked past 3:01!
It timed out! Even if it was just by a second!
"No! No! I just fell! I'm already out!"
Ruan Wenxiong screamed in terror and frantically tried to get up from the ground.
But it was too late.
The bathroom door, which had been open, suddenly slammed shut with a heavy thud!
Then, that heavy door... seemed to transform into the gaping maw of some living creature!
The edges of the door began to wriggle and soften, becoming like the fleshy portal of some kind of creature.
After a loud swallowing sound, the bathroom door returned to its original position, as if nothing had happened.
The indicator light turned green again.
Only the deathly silence inside the cabin, and a faint, almost imperceptible, fishy smell in the air, testified to what had just happened.
The next second, that cold, female voice on the intercom rang out again, echoing in the deathly silent cabin:
"We regret to inform all passengers that Nguyen Van Hung, the chosen one of the Conical Hat Kingdom, has been removed from the passenger list for violating Article 4 of the Passenger Code."
Have a pleasant journey, everyone.
The broadcast has ended.
The cabin was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; only heavy, suppressed breathing could be heard.
Everyone's face had lost its color.
The rules are real.
Death is real.
Even a second over the time limit... means death.
The rules of the restroom were cruelly proven with a living human life.
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After enduring an eerie silence for an unknown amount of time, a sudden yet cheerful ringing sound rang out in the cabin—ring ring ring!
The sound was completely out of place in the deathly silence of the flight, instantly gripping the hearts of all the passengers.
The curtain was lifted again.
This time, it wasn't Xia Ning who came out, but two other flight attendants with equally cold expressions, but slightly less beautiful.
They pushed a silver food cart, its wheels making a soft rolling sound in the aisle.
The food cart moved slowly forward.
When the passengers in front received their trays, many immediately let out suppressed gasps and gags.
Lin Feng saw it clearly—what was on that plate was not normal food at all!
On a grayish "bread" that looked like it was made from moldy flour, countless fat white maggots were wriggling and burrowing wildly, and a few even fell onto the plate.
The accompanying "drink" was served in a transparent plastic cup, containing a viscous, dark red liquid with a faint rusty smell, resembling congealed blood.
"Eat it! Don't waste it!" a flight attendant repeated in a flat tone, her eyes sweeping over the passengers who looked resistant.
A petite female Chosen One looked at the "live maggot bread" handed to her and could no longer hold back, abruptly turning her head away and violently dry heaving.
"I...I can't do it...ugh..."
Before she could finish speaking, the stiff smile on the flight attendant's face instantly crumbled.
Her originally delicate features quickly became blurred, like ink splashed on rice paper.
Before the female chosen one could react, the flight attendant suddenly reached out and gripped her wrist tightly with her pale fingertips.
The force was so great it felt like it could crush bones. The female chosen one cried out in pain as her body was forcibly pulled from her seat.
"Bang!" The flight attendant casually tossed her onto the aisle.
The female chosen one was so badly injured that her vision went black. Just as she was about to struggle to get up, a sticky "sizzling" sound suddenly came from the darkness at the back of the cabin.
Immediately afterwards, a thick, oily black tongue, as thick as an arm, suddenly shot out and wrapped around her waist and abdomen like a living thing. The icy touch made the hairs on her body stand on end.
"Help...help me!" she cried out desperately, her hands gripping the carpet in the hallway tightly.
But the pull of that long tongue was far beyond what she had imagined; in an instant, it dragged her off the ground and pulled her rapidly into the darkness.
An announcement rang out in the cabin: "We regret to inform all passengers that the Chosen One of the White Elephant Kingdom, Jirada, has been removed from the passenger list for violating Article 2 of the Passenger Code."
Enjoy your meal.
silence.
A suffocating silence enveloped the cabin.
A few seconds later, someone let out the first suppressed sob, a mixture of despair and nausea, as if a switch had been flipped.
"vomit……"
"Waaah..."
But this time, no one dared to resist or hesitate.
The last trace of color drained from everyone's face, their eyes filled with despair like death. Their hands trembled as they picked up the bread crawling with fat white maggots and smelling of mold, or the thick, dark red "drink" with a rusty odor.
Close your eyes, clench your teeth, and force yourself to swallow, relying on your survival instinct.
The sounds of chewing and suppressed gagging faintly echoed in the deathly silent cabin, weaving together a symphony of desperate survival.
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The food cart was finally pushed to Lin Feng's row.
The flight attendant pushing the cart handed a plate, also crawling with maggots and filled with bloody drinks, to the passenger sitting next to Lin Feng. The man took it with trembling hands, suppressing his nausea, and began to eat with his face contorted.
Then, the flight attendant reached for the next tray.
Surprisingly, the contents of this plate—though still simple—were actually normal!
A piece of whole wheat bread that looks a bit dry and hard, a glass of clear mineral water, and even a small piece of butter!