In the end, Anna and Charles parted ways unhappily after discussing their regrets. It was obvious that neither of them convinced the other.
Although strictly speaking both parties come from the same consciousness and still love each other, as long as they are independent individuals, there will always be disputes.
Charles sent a telegram to Anna, saying that the New Territories could make preparations in advance, but not for him, but for humanity.
If the search for the Dark Plan really fails, then New Territories City can serve as the last seed of mankind.
However, he didn't take this matter too seriously. Anna could handle these things, and now he had more important things to do.
On the Gobi Desert outside the site, white arcs of welding followed Charles' tentacles, swaying left and right on the ground like seaweed.
As Charles' mind moved, more than a dozen tentacles entangled with each other instantly pulled out of the ground and swung hard towards the ground.
With a "swish" sound, the tentacles instantly left a long charred black mark more than ten meters long on the ground.
As the electric arc disappeared into the air, the golden hair of those watching Lily stood up one by one.
After his abilities were enhanced, Charles' arc ability was also improved. This power obviously did not come from his body, but he could easily drive this power.
The other abilities were fine, but when it came to transforming into a bat, there was some change that Charles couldn't explain.
Black hair grew out of Charles' body again, and he turned into a bat monster again, but compared to before, the current bat monster was even more deformed and weird.
In addition to the fleshy wings he should have, there was a wing that looked like a chicken claw hanging on the left side of his body.
The already extremely horrifying face was almost split in half, with two huge cysts growing on it, and the back was bent into an L shape, hunched over, making it even uglier.
Fortunately, these changes did not affect the flight, and even strengthened some of Charles' strength.
First of all, his height. Even now with his back hunched, his height is close to six meters, almost a giant.
Charles opened his ulcerated and bleeding mouth, and an extremely strong sound wave resounded all around, instantly shaking the flat ground of the Gobi Desert into cracks.
Charles underestimated his own strength. If measured by Earthsea's standards, he would now have at least the strength of level 13.
Seeing Charles' body shrinking rapidly and turning back into human form, Lily beside him ran over excitedly. "Mr. Charles, Mr. Bandage asked me to tell you that everything is ready and we can set sail soon."
Charles reached out and held Lily in his palm, using his fingers to push aside her golden hair and examine the flesh underneath.
The previous wound has healed completely, without even a scar left.
"Let's go back." Charles took Lily towards the expanded site.
Compared to before they arrived, a tall telegraph tower has been erected in the center of the site.
Just past the telegraph tower, Charles arrived at the Exploration Society, which was already packed with people.
They were surrounding the sign and looking at it. There were constant exclamations and discussions, and the voices of the crowd reached Charles' ears.
"My goddess, it turns out that Hope Island has the ability to integrate relics into the body and control them. No wonder they are developing so fast."
"Yes, yes, those good things on Hope Island must be related to this thing."
"Look here. Starting at 8 a.m. tomorrow, explorers can receive relic fusion for free. You must bear the risk yourself. After continuous improvements, the fusion mortality rate is now 7%. These people are really good. They save the good stuff for last."
"Do you think they are treating you well? The higher-ups are just trying to use you as cannon fodder. That place in the air must be extremely dangerous."
"Didn't Governor Charles also participate in the exploration mission? He was also the one who discovered the coordinates of darkness. As the overlord of the North Sea, he also went to explore. Was he also cannon fodder?"
The swollen old Shar-Pei dog was suspended in the air, with a huge suction cup spewing out from its mouth, sucking up the squirming flesh and blood in the glass bottle and quickly injecting it into the explorer's body.
Paibo and his team plan to inject the ability themselves to eliminate any possibility of it being taken away by others. This ability can only be used to strengthen explorers, and no one knows who they are guarding against.
For explorers, the biggest improvements are in the technologies of Hope Island and Sea of Mist. One can fuse the abilities of relics, and the other can enhance the abilities after fusion.
Apart from that, the others were of no use. Julio's powerful ability could not be copied. As for the magic in the West Sea, Charles and the others had not even released it. Magic must not be used on the surface. This is an iron rule.
But the mages were not idle either. They learned through telegrams that Julio was bringing his invincible fleet and the magic ships in the western sea to cause trouble for the Fortan Cult.
Now is not a good time to start a war, as it would make life even more difficult, but Julio did it anyway.
Charles keenly realized that the other party's decision was not made casually. They were using war to divert conflicts on the island. It was obvious that the situation on the sea was very not optimistic.
The station was not big, and after a while, Charles found his Narwhal among a bunch of airships.
Two huge dark brown streamlined air bags were suspended above the Narwhal, and the ship's propellers were deliberately lengthened to become thrusters.
The hanging rope was wrapped around Charles' waist and slowly lifted him up.
"Everyone... is here... The sea trial is over... Everything is normal with the new ship... I was watching... while it was being refitted."
Charles stretched his leg and patted him on the shoulder. "Thank you for your hard work. Where is the thing that Piper said can prevent relicization? I'll go take a look."
There is a little more greenery inside the cabin, with green vines spreading along the corners and more ivy on the walls.
"My new ability... can be used to... detect..." It was obvious that Bandage had also learned the abilities of Piper and the others.
In the stuffy turbine compartment, Charles saw something stuck to the hot outer wall of the turbine.
It looked like rotten flesh with a giant orange blister in the center.
As soon as Charles walked over, seven or eight eye stalks instantly attached themselves to the outer wall of the bubble, staring at Charles intently. This thing was alive, and it clearly had self-awareness.
"Did they tell me how to use this thing?" Charles reached out and touched the washbasin-sized blisters in the rotten flesh.
"Now... it's on... it lives on heat..."
"Although it's a little weird, it's useful. I'll have Audric keep a close eye on it. Nothing can go wrong when we explore this thing."
"Captain... I communicated with my mother... via telegram." Bandage suddenly changed the subject.
"Oh, how's home? Is everything alright?"
"The doctor's tomb... was flooded by the sea..."
Hearing this, Charles' heart trembled slightly.
He was silent for a long time, and finally turned and left the turbine cabin, his eyes becoming firm. "Let's go, set sail."
(End of this chapter)