Listening to Charles' words, Lily leaned her furry face against Charles' hand and said, "In that case, I won't be mad at you anymore. I will help Mr. Charles build a new home. But you have to promise not to pinch me in the future. It hurts."
"I promise." Charles reached out and touched her head.
Just as Charles was comforting his gunner, suddenly a bandaged arm was placed on Charles' shoulder from the side. There was only one person on the Narwhal dressed like this.
Charles turned to look at his first mate. Although the bandage said nothing, Charles could feel his concern. "It's okay. Don't worry. I've survived all these years. I can still handle this little blow."
“Can you… tell me… about your… past…?” Bandage said slowly.
Charles looked at the bandaged face for a few seconds and nodded. "Okay."
He stood up and spoke calmly about how he came to this world.
Charles recalled everything that had happened over the past nine years, one thing after another, and suddenly he realized that he had left many traces in this place.
After Charles finished speaking, Bandage paused for a few seconds and then said, "Captain... are you really... sure that this is your... world...?"
"I'm sure!" Charles said firmly, "Not only because I fell into the sea when I came down, but also because the Foundation's records mentioned crucial evidence. They mentioned the place names on the surface. The one that copied everything, 157, was found in Edinburgh. 1002 also mentioned that the Foundation's surface headquarters is in Washington. Although these places do not belong to my country, they belong to my world!"
Bandage raised his head and looked at the gap in the air, his eyes filled with confusion. "So, is it possible that I am... the same person... as you?"
This question made Charles stunned. Thinking back to the mystery of the bandaged body, maybe this was really possible.
Charles smiled and patted him on the shoulder. "When you get up there, you can think back carefully. Maybe you'll see some familiar surroundings and your lost memories will come back."
Bandage turned around and looked at Charles, "Then... let's work together to find a way... to get up."
"Um."
As Charles was speaking, he suddenly felt it was very quiet behind him. He turned around and found that the other captains seemed to have arrived a long time ago. They were all standing there quietly listening to his conversation with Bandage.
Charles cleared his cough. "Let's all go to the captain's room. There's something wrong with the intelligence. I need to discuss countermeasures with everyone. Linda, come over here too."
Charles walked towards the cabin, and the other twelve captains quickly followed, and the deck suddenly became much emptier.
"That's the thing. Because the Earth stopped rotating, the environment up there has changed in some way. I'm afraid we'll never be able to wait until dark. We have to find another way to get up there."
Feuerbach raised his right finger to indicate that he had something to say.
Seeing Charles looking over here, Feuerbach touched his nose and said, "Mr. Charles, you said you know a lot about the Land of Light, but do you really know it?"
"What do you mean?" Charles frowned.
Feuerbach took a step forward and stood out from the captains. "I am not questioning you, I just have a small doubt. Please answer it."
"Just like this land sea, no one in the four seas can guarantee that they know every island above. Since you said that the bright land above is much larger than the land below, maybe in the area of the bright land that you don't know about, there is such a place that will not turn dark?"
"How can there be a sun on Earth—"
Charles was about to retort when his pupils shrank instantly. He had never thought of it before, but after being reminded by Feuerbach, he discovered that there really was such a place on Earth.
A hint of joy rose in Charles' heart. If this was true, it would prove that everything was normal and modern society was still there.
"Dude, that's not right. Look at the sun, it's so bright. It's so cold at the North and South Poles, how can there be such a bright sun?" Richard jumped out.
"What makes you so sure? Have you been to the North Pole?"
"What are you talking about? We haven't even left the province before we came here, so how can we know what the sun is like at the North and South Poles?"
Looking at Feuerbach's inquiring eyes in front of him, Charles put aside all the thoughts in his mind.
"Maybe. But it's not important at the moment. No matter how it causes the polar day, our problem must be solved. As long as there is sunlight, the Bat Mirror will be useless."
"Our main problem now is how to get up there. As long as we can reach the surface, all our questions will be answered. And our time is not unlimited. The pirates of Sodom may come to collect the sunlight at any time."
There is indeed a possibility that it is the polar region, but the pirates of Sodom will not let Charles wait for the polar day to turn into polar night. You know, the transition from polar day to polar night takes a full six months. And this is just a possibility.
After hearing Charles' last words, all the captains' faces suddenly became solemn. Before coming here, they had attacked Tianshui Island occupied by pirates. If they really ran into such pirates again, no one would be in good shape.
"You are the boss now, so you decide what to do." The captain with a hook on his back asked Charles.
Charles, with a frown on his face, tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table. His situation was a bit difficult now, he couldn't go up, couldn't go back, and he didn't know when the pirates from Sodom would come.
The atmosphere in the cabin was a little depressing, and everyone turned their eyes to Charles. He was now the leader of the fleet, and he had to come up with a solution.
"Do you have any special way to contact other islands?" Charles asked.
The captain, with a grim face, stepped forward. "I can, but it's too far away. If I move my ship closer to 300 nautical miles to the west, I can contact my father on the island."
"Can you teleport things?" Charles touched his prosthetic limb with his hand.
"Yes, but only small things, and there is a chance they will be lost."
"Can your father send some things to the main island of the Church of Light?"
"Yes, he is not far from the Cathedral of Light."
"That's all right, Linda. I remember Kede had a camera, right? Is he still on the boat now?"
Linda, who was acting as a background board nearby, was stunned. She didn't expect that she would have something to do here.
"Yes, he brought it with him. It is now in the dark room of the Divine Realm."
"Great, give me the camera, I need to take some pictures of this island." Charles thought of a way out of this predicament.
(End of this chapter)