"Come on, stop being sad. What on earth are you doing here? The surface is right in front of you. Why do I feel like you're not in a hurry at all?"
Anna's words made Charles focus his mind. He did come here for important matters and had no time to think about these trivial things.
Charles turned his head and looked at Gordon next to him, "It looks like you're doing a good job here?"
"No, no, I'm just serving the Governor to the best of my ability." Gordon defended modestly.
"I can put you in charge of this place, but I need a floating airship like the one used by the Church of Light. I need the power of the research institute and your people to help me build it. Once it's done, you will be the person in charge of this place in the future." Charles promised Gordon.
If I need to go to the surface, I can't be alone, and I must use all my strength.
Linda and Dipper are both crazy. Someone has to be in charge of the Relic Research Institute. Now people in other places are probably almost dead, and he has no way out.
Just as a hint of ecstasy appeared on Gordon's face, Anna next to him spoke.
"You are being too hasty, aren't you just letting him take responsibility like this?"
Charles looked at her, "Don't we still have you? If there are any shortcomings, your ability will definitely make up for it, right?"
Anna showed a knowing smile on her face, and she put her hands on his neck, and a faint fragrance came into Charles' nose as she spoke.
"Well, let me make a deal. Since you've asked me to take responsibility, I'll take responsibility to the end. I won't allow you to regret it halfway."
Anna kissed Charles on the cheek and turned to look at Gordon next to her. "I am his wife, and also the next Governor General. You will only be loyal to me from now on."
The moment Gordon heard Anna's words, there was a little confusion in his eyes, but he immediately came to his senses.
A jeweled ring hanging on his thumb began to glow red.
Gordon's face suddenly changed when he saw this scene. As something he bought from the East China Sea at a high price, he certainly understood what the glow of this thing meant.
But when he saw Anna smiling in front of him and Charles standing behind him, Gordon showed a submissive smile on his face. He quickly took off the ring and placed it on the table beside him.
Gordon bowed his head respectfully to Anna, revealing his balding head. "Okay, Governor, Gordon is loyal to you."
Anna covered her mouth and chuckled, “Smart man, really smart man, don’t worry, hang out with me, I won’t treat you unfairly.”
After instructing Gordon to prepare the vehicle, Charles immediately went to the Navy Headquarters. Having an airship alone was not enough, he also needed a matching army.
He didn't mean to cause a conflict with the people above him, but who knows what the situation is outside? It's better to be prepared than to make an emergency plan.
After a busy day, it was already evening and the hole in the greenhouse was covered again.
After walking out of the Naval Headquarters, Charles realized that he was extremely hungry. He had been drinking mostly and had hardly eaten anything recently.
After returning to the Governor's Palace, he sat in the hall and ate a sumptuous meal alone.
Anna has already stayed at the Relic Research Institute, and she is more dedicated to her work than you might think.
Just when he put a half green and half red tomato into his mouth, it appeared in front of him with a "swoosh".
Charles stared at his daughter with wide eyes and took the food off the table in front of him.
Just as she was about to teleport away, Charles quickly stopped her. "Wait, where are you going?"
Twinkle stared at him with big eyes, "Bring food to Nini, she's hungry, someone took away all the food from her house."
Hearing this, Charles wiped his mouth with a napkin and stood up quickly. He suddenly realized that he still had something important to do.
"Yes. She and her mother are still alive, but the big mushroom fell over and all the people on it died, but the people below are still alive. They are all fighting for food. They obviously have food to eat, but they still want to fight."
"There are still a few people alive on the other islands! I must find a way to let them survive!" Whether it was out of pity for his own kind or to make up for what had happened before, Charles immediately had this thought in his mind.
When Charles thought of this, he stopped eating and immediately dragged Shanshan to the Ministry of Agriculture, "Shanshan, do Dad a favor and send seeds to the people on other islands. Send seeds that can grow in the sun, and persuade them to send people to keep the telegraph tower running!"
Charles knew that even if they distributed the seeds now, they would not be able to grow them in a short time.
What's more, they can eat the food they had stored before. Compared with food, what people on other islands need more is hope.
Desperate humans can do all kinds of terrible things, but as long as there is hope, humans are incredibly resilient and they will always find ways to survive.
Food seeds that can grow in the sun are hope, and timely communication with each other is also hope.
Shanshan agreed. She decided that the first place she arrived at after getting the seeds would be the World Crown. At least this way, she could do two things at the same time.
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Nini, with red eyes, locked herself in the house, looking at the shabby door outside and the warm sunlight shining on the ground.
Adults call it the death ray. Whether it is ryegrass or various mushrooms, they will quickly wither under its irradiation, including humans.
"Gurgle, gurgle~" Her stomach growled again.
Nini squatted beside the bed and carefully lifted up a black ceramic jar. It should have been filled with flour for making bread, but now only a little powder was left in the corner, as the rest had been snatched away.
She tilted the jar and poured all the flour into her hands, but when she thought of going out to find food for her mother, she carefully put half of the flour over.
Nini held the small handful of flour in her two little hands and licked it very carefully with her tongue. This was the last food for their family.
"Boom!!" The door that was nailed from the outside was kicked open suddenly.
A bearded man with a wooden board on his head came in. He had a sickle on his waist, a sickle that he had used to weed ryegrass.
Nini had never seen this person in the village; he was from another village.
"Where is your food? Hand it all over!!" The bearded man approached Nini viciously.
Nini was so frightened that she stepped back repeatedly. She waved her hands tremblingly and said, "No more, really no more, they were all taken away."
The man obviously didn't believe what Nini said. He quickly started to rummage through the drawers and the warm room became a mess in an instant.
Soon, he turned over the black pottery jar, and when he saw a small handful of flour inside, he excitedly used his hands and then carefully wrapped it with a cloth.
"That's what I left for my mom..." Nini held back her tears.
The bearded man's expression twisted slightly as he continued to search.
"Don't blame me. My home was robbed. In order to keep my family alive, I had no choice but to rob others! Now the ryegrass has all withered and no food can be grown in the fields. There is only so much food on the island. Whoever has food can continue to live!"
(End of this chapter)