"It's great this time, no parts are missing." Anna reached out her soft hands, held Charles' head and said.
"Well, this exploration was very successful. Not only was there no loss, but most importantly, I have found clues on the surface. It's just that there was a small incident along the way."
"Well, I saw it in your mind, but why are there so many different memories stuffed in there? Do you want me to help you clear it out??"
"Don't move, don't move. Those things are very useful memories. We can clear them up after we find the dark location."
Anna turned her hands quickly for a while, then hugged Charles and gave him a big kiss, "Alright! It worked. The connection between you and the eyeball has been eliminated now."
After hearing Anna's words, Charles was still worried. God knows what kind of person captured 068 and what special abilities he has. "The spider still has fragments of my soul. Can it completely eliminate the hidden danger?"
"Don't worry, the soul connection has been severed, and the fragment will soon dissipate. Don't worry, as long as I am here, no one can touch you."
Hearing this, Charles finally breathed a sigh of relief. He opened his arms and hugged Anna in his arms. "Thanks. How about Hope Island? Is it okay?"
Anna closed her eyes and rubbed her fair cheek against Charles' chest like a kitten. "What else can we do? It's like this. Hope Island is now under military control."
"Those with arms and legs were sent to the factory. Although it is tiring, it is good to be a little tired. As long as they are busy every day, they will have no time to think about the despair of rising sea levels."
"Our island is still under control, but other islands are in trouble. The Navy's intelligence department shows that rebellions have begun on some islands, and the Futan religion is behind this."
"I asked Shanshan to put out the fire, but she was alone and couldn't handle it."
"The Futan Cult..." Charles' heart suddenly filled with anger when he thought of those deformed traitors who betrayed humanity.
"Charles, I know what you're thinking, but right now, we don't have time to waste with them. We're too far away from them. Half a year has passed in total. Time is life."
"And they might even prefer us to waste our energy here. These rubbish aren't afraid of death at all. They're more afraid that their gods won't be able to come out."
Charles slammed the empty cup in his hand against the stall, "The day darkness returns to Earthsea, that will be the day these guys die!!"
"I agree with this. The Futan Cult has completely betrayed humanity this time."
At this moment, an explorer walked by on the street next to Charles. He took off the triangular captain's hat on his head and saluted Charles respectfully.
When it was learned that Charles had found the specific location of the darkness, his reputation among the explorers increased greatly.
Charles was already famous as the only explorer who continued to explore after becoming governor, and this time, his reputation was further enhanced.
Just because he found the darkness, whoever can bring the darkness back will be the hero of mankind and deserve the respect of everyone. No one wants to die.
"Nothing else. I'll go back first. Please keep an eye on the following." Charles got up from the stool and walked towards the busy street next to him.
Anna nodded to the female stall owner with earrings, jumped off the stool and quickly followed. "I finally came back, why are you in such a hurry? Come with me for a walk. To be honest, I have never been here before. Did you plan this? Of course not, you don't have the skills."
"Why are you shopping? You can't use the things here." Charles said as he looked at the bustling streets around him.
Looking at the dark red charcoal fire in front of her with white smoke, she reached out and grabbed the skewers on the stall, stuffed them into her mouth and started chewing. "It tastes really good, if you don't believe me, try it."
Seeing this scene, Charles opened his eyes wide in surprise, "You can eat human food now?!"
Just when Charles' heart began to beat faster and faster, Anna's words directly chilled his heart.
"Of course not. I just wanted to taste it. Don't you humans usually eat some indigestible things, such as enoki mushrooms?"
"Why is your analogy so disgusting? Since it's useless, don't eat it." After saying this, Charles turned and walked towards the street next to him.
Anna kicked off and jumped directly onto Charles' back, then held Charles' head with both hands and passed the barbecue in her mouth to him.
"How is it? Is it delicious? Does it feel like tender beef?" Anna said with a smile as she watched Charles start chewing.
Charles patted Anna's butt and carried her towards his residence. "Anna, why do I feel like you're not nervous at all? If darkness can't be found, we might really die."
"What's the point of me being nervous? This kind of emotion is not worth having. Not only is it useless in normal times, but it can also ruin things at critical moments."
"We have done what we can now. If we still have no way out under this situation, we can only leave it to fate."
Charles tilted his head slightly and saw strands of hair falling on Anna's right side, making her beautiful face look even whiter.
"For you and Shining, I will definitely bring the darkness back. Definitely!!" Charles' eyes were firm again.
"Well, I believe you." Anna raised the corners of her mouth and revealed a faint smile, and her hands hugged Charles' neck tighter.
"Speaking of Winky, this little girl has been a little unhappy lately. She hasn't seen you, her father, for a long time."
The conversation between the two became more and more tacit, just like an old couple who had been together for more than a decade.
When Anna disappeared from Charles' sight again, it was already evening. He went into the bathroom to clean himself up, and planned to finish writing today's diary and then go to rest.
Tomorrow we will set out again for the dark coordinates, so we must conserve our energy.
As the pen left rows of Chinese characters on the diary, a slight rustling sound was heard in the very quiet bedroom.
As he wrote, Charles felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
He pulled aside the curtains and looked outside. Under the purple light, the bustling Giant Pit Fortress appeared before him. Everything was normal.
(End of this chapter)