When Charles arrived at the battlefield where he had fought with 1189-1 before, he saw a mess in front of him. The smell of blood, gunpowder and burnt smell mixed into a disgusting smell that filled the air.
More than half of the previously empty tunnel had collapsed, and the remaining survivors huddled on the other side, lying together with the dead. The situation was extremely miserable.
When Charles was inside the spider, the others outside also paid a heavy price in order to restrain the giant monster. Now there are less than half of them left, and the crew of the Narwhal has once again returned to the tens.
The crew members with less serious injuries helped those with serious injuries under the guidance of several ship doctors, but they had no time to deal with the dead.
When the crew of the Narwhal saw that Charles had returned, they were so excited that they couldn't control themselves.
The wounded Dipper rushed forward, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably. He had thought that his captain was really dead.
Lily, with tears in her eyes, hugged Charles' calves and cried loudly.
Looking at them, Charles' heart was touched.
"It's okay, everything is okay. By the way, where is the bandage? Why can't I see him?" Charles asked, suppressing the emotion in his heart.
Hearing Charles' question, the others looked to the right at the same time, and finally Charles found the bandages that left only half of the body on the back of an arched rock.
That half of his body was not torn apart but was limp, as if it had been run over by a steamroller. Everything inside was crushed into minced meat, and a mixture of bones, tendons and muscles slowly seeped out through the wound.
With tattered bandages, eyes closed and a gray body, he looked no different from a corpse. He seemed to be dead.
Charles knelt on one knee beside him, stretched out his trembling right hand, and placed it under the nose that was flowing with translucent brain fluid, without a trace of breath.
"Don't... worry... I'm not that... easy to die..." An unusually hoarse voice popped out from the bandaged mouth, and he opened his bloodshot eyes and looked at Charles.
Hearing this voice, Charles felt like he went from hell to heaven in an instant. He trembled a few times and finally said, "I'm glad you're okay."
The corner of Bandage's mouth slightly raised, revealing an ugly smile. He raised his finger and pointed tremblingly at a corner.
There were still a few green centipedes standing there. They were drilling in and out of the flesh and blood of the big spider, dragging out the dead green centipedes inside.
"The Foundation... that... person didn't run away... I have already... sent people... to keep an eye on... him..."
Charles looked at those strange creatures. He patted his bandaged shoulder gently with his hand, then stood up and walked over there.
When Charles came to the front of the green centipedes, one of them came out and scratched the ground with his hands. "Captain, you are not dead, this is really great."
The other party's address made Charles realize that he was not T. Only people on the Narwhal would call him captain. "Who are you?"
"Captain, I'm Norden. I'm sorry, I didn't fire those shots. I was swapped with those monsters before."
Looking at the words on the ground, Charles' pupils shrank slightly. He turned his head and looked at Anna behind him. "You were able to change me back before, so can you change him back?"
Anna tilted her head, thought for a while, and said, "Of course he can, but I know from the memories of the people around him that his head seems to have been bitten off by you. If he really turns back, he will die immediately, so he can't go back now."
But in that critical situation, even if he knew that the body was Norden's, he couldn't stop.
Norden heard the conversation between Charles and Anna and shook his head. "Captain, I don't care. I couldn't help you much before, but now that I have this body, I can at least help you."
Charles knew that the other party was just comforting himself. No one wanted to become a monster.
Charles gave him a forced smile and looked at the green centipede that was looking towards him.
Although these monsters look the same, Charles inexplicably feels that the monster in front of him is T.
"Charles, I have to say it's really surprising that you are still alive. The moment I dragged you out, I thought you were dead." T wrote on the ground with his sharp nails.
"How did you get your body back? If you have this ability, why didn't you use it before?"
Charles didn't want to explain anything about this issue. He didn't want the Foundation to know too much about Anna. After all, for the Foundation, their attitude has always been to contain and eliminate any creature that is harmful to humans.
"What about your body?" Charles asked.
"I don't know. I didn't find it. I guess it was damaged in the battle just now."
Faced with the fate of being trapped inside the monster's body forever, T didn't seem to care much and wondered if the Foundation had the technology to transfer him out.
"Then let's talk business. How is your foundation progressing now? Do you know the approximate location of the darkness right now?"
T shook his head and continued writing on the ground.
"I know what you mean, but it's impossible. The Foundation will never cooperate with outsiders. Even talking to you is not allowed. If it weren't for the extraordinary times now, those of you who knew about the existence of the Foundation would have been hunted down by the Mobile Special Service Team."
"Why?! At this time, you still care about your confidentiality? If you continue like this, the only human race will be destroyed!!"
"Isn't the purpose of your foundation to protect all of humanity? Why don't you do anything? Not even a simple rescue?"
Hearing a hint of anger in Charles' voice, T's green deformed head drooped slightly.
Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Charles took a deep breath, lowered his voice, and continued, "T, we have fought side by side before, and you have saved my life. I know that you are different from those members who have no humanity at all. The humans of Earthsea really need to cooperate with the Foundation now. Only by cooperating and sharing with each other can we find the darkness as quickly as possible."
"The islands of the Earth Sea are gradually being submerged by the sea. Every second we waste now will mean that lives are being lost beneath us."
"Look at the bodies around us. We are fighting so hard just to survive. We don't want to die."
(End of this chapter)