The sky was a vast expanse of blue.
Piloting the Carnation, Feng Shan's mood was as open and boundless as the endless sky.
The bustling city receded behind them, its skyscrapers shrinking into tiny building blocks and its noisy streets fading into thin lines.
The plane climbed to an altitude of 3,000 meters.
Feng Shan followed the procedures, setting the Crown Territory's coordinates in the avionics system and activating cruise control and autopilot.
For the next while, he wouldn't need to fly manually. The Carnation would fly itself back to the Crown Territory, leaving Feng Shan free to quietly enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way.
They passed over the Alaska Hills in late autumn, and snow-capped mountains came into view, their pristine white peaks glinting with a cold, captivating light in the autumn sun.
The Carnation, like a white butterfly, fluttered its wings and flew gracefully over the Brooks Range.
The scenery changed abruptly.
