Anna woke up slowly and saw her lover standing by the window, looking at the bright sunshine outside.
She walked over to him on a catwalk and gently touched his back, "What's wrong? Did you find that the sunlight has become dimmer again?"
"No, look at the sea over there. We have already reached the East China Sea."
Anna, with her head resting on Charles' shoulder, looked in the direction his finger pointed. She found a strange scene on the sea: the dark green sea water and the dark brown sea water were magically connected in parallel.
The sea water that should have merged with each other stayed quietly in its own position like two fields.
"It's amazing. The water in the East China Sea is actually different from that in other places."
"I've read on the Internet before that this situation usually only occurs when the specific gravities are different, such as when fresh water and sea water collide at the estuary."
"The salt content in the East China Sea is either much higher than that in other seas, or much lower."
"Haha, look, isn't such an interesting world more interesting than the surface of the earth? You gave up too late. If you had given up earlier, our honeymoon trip around the world might have ended long ago." Anna said jokingly.
Charles turned his head and looked at her, "Anna, if I had given up earlier, I wouldn't have met you."
"That's true. If you don't go to that island, I will cease to exist." Anna came up and kissed Charles for a while, then gently let go.
She held Charles' face in her hands and looked at it carefully.
"You've been watching for so long, aren't you satisfied?" Charles showed a smile on his face, and his hands began to move a little dishonestly.
Anna did not refuse the other party's intimate behavior. She reached out and dug out the red spider from Charles' eye socket, playing with it while saying, "Do you think we look like Adam and Eve?"
"While Adam was sleeping, God took one of his ribs and used this bone to create Eve. Eve came from Adam's rib, and I came from your mind."
Charles leaned against Anna's neck and took a sip. "They can't compare with us. Other people's Eve can only steal apples, but our Eve can eat people."
Hearing this, Anna frowned slightly, "Why? It's been so long and you still haven't adapted? Isn't it just eating a few people? The number of people who died in the relic laboratory is more than what I ate."
Charles raised his head and looked at her gently, "That's not what I meant. I just think it would be best if I could change your eating habits."
Anna pushed him away with a little force, turned around and started to put on her clothes. She complained impatiently: "Really, husband and wife have some small problems with each other, can't they just work it out with each other?"
Charles laughed when he heard this, "Is cannibalism a minor problem?"
"Haha? You want to talk to me about this? I haven't found the time to have a proper chat with you about your philandering."
Charles raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, turned around, sat on the stool, and began to deal with the affairs of Hope Island.
Below the fleet of airships stands a telegraph tower, which can transmit information through telegraph offices between islands, allowing Charles to know what is happening thousands of miles away.
"Save your energy. You have been focusing on finding the surface. Don't be an expert and let Leonardo play freely. Maybe some civil servants on Hope Island are cursing behind his back, thinking what a shitty order the dog governor gave."
"I've done it before, wasn't it? Besides, whether you do it well or not, you have to do it. You can learn if you don't know how. Since Hope Island will be our home in the future, we need to maintain it ourselves." Charles looked carefully at the telegram in his hand.
"By the way, Charles, your chief engineer James has been on guard against me. He has been doing some tricks behind my back recently. He seems to hate me."
"Hate it if you want. You two should just see each other less often. People are not echo coins. How can everyone like them?"
"Who is your wife anyway? You don't even try to comfort her. You can just hug James and fall asleep tomorrow, you scumbag."
Anna, who was dressed neatly, rolled her eyes at Charles. Then she clapped her hands gently and Shanshan appeared in front of her in an instant.
Anna doesn't have to stay in the boring airship with Charles every day. With Winky accompanying her, she can go wherever she wants and she will only come back when she is needed.
"Anna, help me go to Hope Island and check if there are any problems with the protection."
"What are you afraid of? If those octopus heads dare to steal our home, then you can go and steal their home. It's a one-for-one exchange." After Anna said that, she gently put her hand on Shanshan's shoulder, and she instantly disappeared in front of Charles.
After Charles quickly processed some decisions, he leaned his head back in the chair, thinking about what might happen in the future.
We have arrived at the East Sea and will soon reach the headquarters of the Futan Cult. Although this is a transaction and neither side wants to start a war in this world.
But just in case, we still need to make some preparations.
"This is really troublesome... It was easier to explore the island before. I hope I can have some peace and quiet after this."
Charles stood up and walked towards the door. They were not on the Narwhal now, so he didn't need to figure out a solution alone.
As the governor, there are many people who help him come up with countermeasures, and he only needs to make the final choice whether to execute it or not.
When he sat back in his room again, there were various proposals in front of him for him to choose from.
"Give up some of the trade benefits and hire exploration ships from other islands as cannon fodder? This is an idea, but after the sun's plunder, how many exploration ships are left that can move..."
Just as Charles was thinking about this question with a frown on his face, Lily came over excitedly from the crack of the door. "Mr. Charles, there is a new island! This time the island is different again! It is so strange, there is a pair of big and long legs on it!"
"Island? Maybe we can go and see how many exploration ships are left there..."
Charles walked to the window and stuck his head out to look down.
An island appeared diagonally above the airship. Unlike other islands which were either mountainous or plain, this one was very peculiar.
It is completely square, with a human-shaped statue standing in the center that takes up half of the island.
Only half of the statue is left, so it is impossible to tell who the statue belongs to. The huge body of the statue, like a mountain, shines with metallic luster under the sunlight.
Charles counted from the bookcase next to him, finally pulled out a book, opened it and began to search. "According to the current coordinates, the name of this island should be Iron Statue Island."
(End of this chapter)