"Treat them well." Charles said to the director of the nursing home in front of him.
"Don't worry, Governor. My subordinates and I will do our best to serve your crew." The middle-aged man in a white coat and glasses said respectfully to Charles.
"They are not my crew, they are my family." After saying this, Charles turned around and left this sad place with Anna.
Charles did not get on the car to the Governor's Palace. Seeing the tragedy of the crew members, he felt a little depressed and wanted to take a walk to relax.
Anna reached out her hands and held his arms, gently leaning her head on his shoulder.
"Well, have you decided to go up? When are we going to leave? I'll go up with you."
Charles stretched out his right hand and hugged her slender waist. "It's not that simple. We don't know what the situation is up there, whether it has been blocked by the army, and where it is. Since we have decided to go up, we must be fully prepared."
"Why go to all that trouble? Should we let Shanshan go up there and scout the way first?"
"No!" Charles immediately rejected this idea. "If there is really any danger up there, it would be too risky for her to go up there directly. Didn't you say before that she said there was something up there that scared her?"
"What are you afraid of? If the sky collapses, there are tall people to hold it up. Even the God of Light has gone up there. If there is really something up there, they will definitely start fighting first."
"That's our daughter. Can you please not take such a risk? No matter what, we must be fully prepared before going up."
When Charles said this, he suddenly thought of something and took Anna to the Relic Research Institute.
Charles passed through the heavily guarded gate and entered the most closed area of Hope Island.
The soldiers on guard stood on a high tower covered with barbed wire, with a shiny rotary machine gun next to them.
Anyone who came near without authorization was shot mercilessly.
Some of the towers did not have machine guns, but were staffed by soldiers wearing black hats, holding various detection relics in their hands to ensure that no one could sneak in using relics or special abilities.
James was not here today, and Charles was greeted by Gordon, who brought the analytical machine.
"Dear Governor, your people Gordon welcome you." The fat man with gold teeth bowed deeply to Charles.
"Why are you still here? Haven't you contacted your people?" Charles walked towards the exhibition room.
"Governor, the entire Earth and Sea telegraph network is now paralyzed. Not to mention communication across the sea, even islands cannot communicate with each other. However, judging from the situation of those lights that can kill people, I'm afraid they are in great danger."
Charles could hear the difference in the way Gordon addressed him.
Gordon seemed to have guessed that there had been earth-shaking changes outside. Without the Treasure Royal Chamber of Commerce as his backing, as a businessman, he immediately began to change his goals and pledged allegiance to Charles.
"Governor, please look at this. This is a display made of the latest material, a cathode ray tube, and uses magnetic tape to store content. Although the technology is still very flawed, after my efforts, it has begun to be sold on the island and has begun to make a profit."
Gordon followed Charles to the exhibition room and spared no effort to show his abilities to his new boss.
Anna, who was holding Charles, stretched out her finger, poked it into the brick-sized hole of the tape and turned it around.
"Let's start from scratch. What do you expect from a place like this with such high technology?"
Charles walked over to the assembly machine and looked at it. It looked like some kind of vortex furnace, but it was smaller and more refined, and it produced a lot of new things.
Anna looked at the various things on the table in surprise, "Your place is really nice. We agreed before that this island is under my control now."
"Okay, from now on you will be the new governor of Hope Island."
"Haha, I just like your generosity. It's not in vain that I love you." Anna hugged Charles and kissed him.
Charles pushed Anna away with his hand and turned his head to look at Gordon beside him. "Why do these new things look familiar to me? There must have been many similar things in the British Isles before, right?"
Gordon showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, but he quickly explained, "Indeed, but everything starts with imitation. However, something like this is definitely not available in the British Isles."
Gordon said as he took Charles to a table-sized model, which was a device similar to a railroad track, except that its carriages were not placed on top but hung below.
"Governor, this is a new transportation vehicle sample from the research institute. It was shelved before due to material problems, but now we have all kinds of alloys, so we can fully demonstrate this hypothesis."
As white steam emerged from the front of the mini locomotive, the train slowly turned along the lower end of the track.
Charles reached out and touched it, then hesitantly said, "Are you planning to hang this thing on the top rock?"
Gordon's eyes were filled with excitement. "You actually guessed it right away. You really deserve to be the Governor. As long as we have this thing, we don't have to be afraid of those things in the sea anymore. Traffic and transportation between islands will be greatly facilitated."
"Moreover, this thing will connect all the islands, completely eliminating the barriers between each island. Your control will no longer be limited to Hope Island. Whichever island this track reaches will be your territory!"
Charles looked at the rail train in front of him with a complicated expression. This thing was a variant of the train. Some things in human history always repeat themselves.
Hope Island’s technology has made another breakthrough, and Charles should be happy, but for some reason he thought of the God of Light.
"The God of Light didn't even attack us. He was able to kill all the people in the entire Earthsea just by showing his face. Anna, what do you think of our human technology? Even if we can create hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs in the future, will it really be useful against them?"
"And don't forget that's just the God of Light. What about the sleeping God Futan? Compared to them, who are we? What is all this about?"
Charles turned his head and looked at the various items in the exhibition room. With the help of the Relic Research Institute, the technological level of Hope Island has advanced by leaps and bounds, and is undergoing an Earthsea-style technological explosion.
However, all these things seem nothing when faced with the completely irresistible power of the God of Light.
Anna glared at Charles in dissatisfaction, "What's the point of saying that nonsense? Since they are so powerful, then find a way to get their power."
"Gain their power? Create a new God of Light? Look at what He, who was supposed to be a human god, did. When he possessed the power of a god, he became another kind of existence."
(End of this chapter)