The overall tilt made it very difficult to stand in the room, but fortunately Charles held on to the keyboard tightly and managed not to fall down.
"Damn it! What happened again!" Charles pointed at the folder named Charles with his mouse and dragged it outside with force.
Suddenly Tuba poked his head out of the folder and said to Charles, "Hurry up, a non-existent thing is coming, it has noticed 068, don't let it notice you! Otherwise, you're done!!"
"What?" Charles had already dragged his file to the outermost part.
"How should I know? I've already told you it doesn't exist. How can I know what something is if it doesn't exist? I only know it's here!!"
Charles didn't care what was in Tuba's mouth. The clue was already in his head. Now he just needed to leave here. Thinking of this, he let go of the mouse.
"Swish!" Charles' eyes blurred and he was back in the air outside. His boat was just diagonally below him.
The other crew members who came out earlier were falling over there. Black hairs extended from his body, and he turned into a bat monster, flapping his wings and rushing over there.
Behind him came the sound of steel bars slowly folding, a sound that made Charles' scalp tingle. Turning quickly, he saw that the huge 068 like a mountain was already standing obliquely above the semi-suspended city. The buildings on it were slowly tilting and falling downwards.
Something grabbed it, which is why the computer room was standing upright just now.
However, Charles saw nothing behind 068, only a vast purple mist. "What the hell is that? A giant monster that can turn invisible?"
Whatever it was, it seemed to be more interested in 068 than in itself, so now was the perfect opportunity to escape.
Charles flapped his wings and dived downward.
Although Tuba asked him to help send 068 back to Earthsea, it was obviously impossible in the current situation, so Charles had to give up.
After all, it is impossible to risk the lives of oneself and the crew in order to save 068. God knows what kind of creature captured 068.
When he landed on the deck, Second Officer Charlie, who could no longer wait, immediately ordered the turbine room to retreat quickly at maximum power.
The still rising 068 was slowly enveloped by the purple mist. Charles did not dare to relax his vigilance, and quickly gathered the explorers and began to confirm the personnel according to the strips of cloth on his cuffs.
After confirming the situation, Dipper stretched lazily, "Captain, I haven't had such an easy mission in a long time."
"It's not over yet. We are still in this strange city. Please be alert in all directions." Charles said with a frown and walked towards the cockpit.
In a tense atmosphere, the ship slowly separated from the city. When the tracks rolled over the Gobi Desert again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Human beings always feel safe about what they already know and are always full of fear about unknown things. At least so far, the Gobi Desert represents safety.
"Dipper, help me cruise." Charles said, and walked towards his captain's room.
When Charles returned to the captain's room again, he sat at his desk.
He opened the bottom drawer, opened a new bottle of wine, poured the brown liquor into a square glass, and drank it directly with his head tilted back.
"Huh~" Charles let out a long breath, and finally relaxed his tense nerves completely.
"No one died and there were gains. It would be great if every exploration went this smoothly."
Charles finished talking to himself, then took out a pen and diary, closed his eyes and began to recall the memories hidden in his mind.
He easily recalled the memories that he had forced into his head. The feeling was so real, as if he had actually seen them.
Somehow, when Charles calculated this speed, he felt relieved. No matter what that thing was, at least its moving speed was within the scope of human understanding.
"Where is this guy taking the darkness?" Recalling the memories in his heart, Charles couldn't help but feel a little confused.
This boring movement lasted for a long time. When the thing stopped, according to Charles' calculations, it was exactly 2,100 miles away from the location of the God of Light. There might be an error, but it was pretty close.
Soon it stopped, dragging 068 and the dark cloak inside.
The purple mist slowly receded, and the shape of the thing appeared in front of Charles.
The arc-shaped black and shiny head was Charles' first impression of it, but the sudden pain in his head interrupted his memory.
After taking a few deep breaths, Charles recalled the past again.
Judging from the outline, the square thing was just the monster's mouth, and Charles didn't pay much attention to other details.
This time he focused only on the dark cloak, and the swelling and pain were finally relieved a lot.
The dark cloak was absorbed into a cloud of gray mist. White tendrils emerged from all around, constantly whipping the darkness.
As it was whipped, traces of black emerged from inside, turning the surrounding purple environment into darkness but was immediately eroded back by the purple light.
Suddenly, an arc of light fell from the sky and directly split the dark cloak in half.
For a moment, darkness enveloped everything, and the surroundings instantly became pitch black. In this situation, the broken camera could not see anything.
After that, there were some strange vibrations and sounds, but Charles no longer cared about them. He had found what he wanted.
"It's right here, the darkness is here, we have the coordinates!"
Charles excitedly jumped out of the surface map and drew the coordinates with his trembling hands.
This was exciting news, he had finally found the darkness, and the next step was to head there.
But now that the darkness has been found, the next question is how to take the darkness back.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly seemed to see something with his right eye, and golden stars appeared in his eyes from time to time.
After a long period of exploration, Charles immediately became alert. This was not a good thing. His spider eyeball should still be inside 068.
He knocked on Twinkle's portrait, "Twinkle, call your mother over."
Anna arrived soon, crossing her arms and asking impatiently, "What's the matter?"
"I'm still connected to the spider here. Please help me to separate it. If I keep it connected, I'm afraid something might go wrong."
"Where did you throw the spider again? Can you please be more careful with it?" Anna complained and stretched her hands towards Charles' head.
(End of this chapter)