Upon hearing the news that he was temporarily safe, Dipper, who was leaning against the wall, felt his body go limp and he half-knelt on the ground with a painful expression.
His body wrapped in fish skin began to bleed again. It was not easy for him to drag his injured body to hold on until now.
"Are you okay?" Charles was about to rush over when he was overtaken by the ship's doctor. She quickly identified Dipper's condition, took out a bottle of potion, poured half of it into his mouth, and then poured the other half into Planck's mouth.
"He won't die for the time being." Linda didn't stop and treated all the wounded nervously.
Charles felt anxious as he looked at the wounded crew members. Things were not over yet. Once the task force outside found that there was no one in the gap, they would definitely come back to look for it. They had to find a way to escape from this damn place.
"Audric, turn into a bat and go out to guard. If those guys get close, alert them immediately."
The blind vampire with a broken leg nodded, turned into a bat and flew out quickly.
After sending out the sentry, Charles quickly squatted down and started drawing a simple map of the current situation on the ground with a dagger, trying to find the best way to escape.
It's okay inside the factory, but there is a lot of open space between the factory and the rift. If you go through it directly, you will definitely be intercepted by the task force.
"So we still need to find outside help..." Charles thought for a moment, took out his diary from his arms, and turned to the second to last page. "Shanshan, come here with your mother."
The wriggling tentacles stretched out from the diary, and soon, Anna and Shanshan appeared in front of Charles.
Seeing them, Charles felt relieved. As long as they were there, even if the other side had two groups of immortal task forces, there would be no problem in retreating from here.
Anna walked over and curiously used her fingers to pick away the bandage on Charles' face, and saw the bloody wound inside.
Because of the burns from the incinerator flames, Charles is now completely disfigured, and his head is no different from a bloody skull.
"Eh~~ Why did it become like this? It's so ugly. Will it always be like this?" Anna's voice was full of disgust.
Charles used his hands to pry her fingers apart. "Let's get out of here alive first. The enemy this time is very difficult. Let me tell you about their capabilities first and discuss a plan."
At this moment, Charles saw Shanshan standing there trembling with a very terrified expression.
After the couple looked at each other, they quickly leaned over, touched Shanshan's head with their hands and asked, "Shanshan? What's wrong?"
Suddenly, Shanshan started crying, and her petite body began to collapse rapidly, revealing her terrifying true form.
The tentacles with suction cups and the green liquid eyeballs gathered together and spun rapidly, making a very loud noise, and looked very wrong.
"Shanshan! What's wrong? Answer me quickly!" Charles' heart was filled with anxiety. He stretched out his transparent tentacles and grabbed Shanshan's wriggling tentacles in an attempt to comfort her, but it was completely ineffective.
With a "swish", Shanshan disappeared in front of Charles and others without any warning, and she teleported away.
Charles took out the diary again and kept calling out to Shanshan in it, but got no response.
Anna held down Charles' fingers that were tapping the diary. "Don't shout. I know what's going on with Winky. She's scared."
"Afraid?" Charles looked at Anna in surprise.
"Did you forget what I told you? Winky once wanted to break through the rock formation and reach the surface, but she didn't dare to go up because she was afraid of the surface."
"What is she afraid of on the surface?"
Charles felt a little worried when thinking about Shanshan's frightened expression. This was the first time he saw such an expression on his daughter's face. Even when facing the Pope, she would never show such an expression.
"Don't worry, my daughter should be fine. She's just scared. I'll comfort her when I get back. But you should take care of your own problems first. Don't forget that you are still trapped." Anna said to Charles.
With a slight sigh, Charles put aside his worries about his daughter and told her what was happening.
"Two Foundation task forces, um... it's a bit difficult..." Anna put one hand on Charles' shoulder and muttered to herself.
"The main reason is that they can revive. Every time we fight, these guys adapt to our abilities. As long as we suffer a loss in one place, they will immediately change their response method next time. As the number of battles increases, their experience will also increase."
Anna glanced at the other crew members who were looking at her and said, "Why don't we send some of them out as a suicide squad? Sacrifice some people and save the others."
"No." Charles rejected this idea. "If that's the case, there won't be many people left on the Narwhal. Besides, the other side has more people. This method can't solve the fundamental problem."
Just as they were thinking about how to break through the Mobile Task Force's blockade, a song came faintly from outside. The song was beautiful, and it was a woman's voice.
When they heard the song, everyone suddenly became quiet, for fear of attracting each other's attention.
Charles put his ear to the ground and listened carefully for a while. "There is only one foot, and it's Alice who is singing."
"Who is Alice? She sounds like a female. Is she your new harem?"
Charles glared at her. This guy still had time to joke at this time.
"Wait for me, I'll be back soon. Her strength is greatly reduced now. Maybe we can find a breakthrough from her." Charles' body disappeared on the spot.
After a few minutes, he jumped out of the window carrying the trembling Alice.
Charles was a little out of breath. It was a very dangerous situation just now. He was almost discovered by the patrolling task force.
Anna looked at Alice in front of her in surprise. "This guy doesn't look like a human."
"Never mind what she is, can you extract her memory? See what's in her memory, maybe we can find the weakness of the task force." Charles said.
"It's a bit difficult, but my strength has improved a lot, so the problem is not too big. I'll give it a try."
At this moment, Bandage, who had been watching silently, walked over to Alice and asked her, "What song... are you singing?"
"It's the foundation anthem. What's wrong? Can you sing it? Do you want to sing with us?" Alice asked sweetly.
Hearing this unexpected answer, Bandage's body trembled violently. He paused for a few seconds, then slowly shook his head and retreated. He looked a little depressed at this moment.
Charles looked at him with a complicated expression. Although he didn't remember, the Foundation's songs sounded so familiar to him. It seemed that the Foundation must be very important to the bandages in the past.
He raised and lowered his right foot, turning his head to look at Anna who was concentrating on stroking Alice's head.
After a while, the alert Odrick quickly flew in. "Captain, those people in black are doing a carpet search. They are very fast and will be here soon."
(End of this chapter)