After saying this, Shanshan stretched out her fair hands and grabbed her mother and Margaret's wrists.
The next second, Margaret watched in horror as the scene in front of her changed rapidly. When she came to her senses, she found herself in a brightly lit underground room.
"Mom, I'm going back. Call me when you're ready." Shanshan stood on tiptoe, gave Anna a light kiss on the face, and disappeared instantly.
"Where is this?" Margaret looked at the simple surroundings in surprise.
It is very empty here, and it looks like there is nothing in the 100-square-meter space.
"This is Hope Island, the lowest level of the Hope Island Relics Research Institute."
Anna walked to the right wall and waved her hand gently. The white wall quickly turned up like a scroll, revealing a transparent glass wall behind it.
Behind the wall was a very spacious space. One wall was covered with densely packed gears and steam pipes. Surrounding this mechanical wall were various machines and equipment that Margaret had never seen before.
In the center of various sophisticated machines were either some strange relics or a human being. Some members dressed in white controlled the complex machines to continuously test and record.
She had been to the British Isles before. Based on her intuition, Margaret could feel that the technology of that mechanical island was completely inferior to the ones in front of her.
"Look over there. Do you see that half-flesh, half-machine baby? It is the chosen one of the Revelers, but now it is just experimental material."
Margaret looked in the direction Anna was pointing, and saw a strange baby soaked in yellow motor oil. Its deformed face looked vaguely familiar.
Various tubes were roughly inserted into its body, pumping some liquid into it.
"It's a real work of art, isn't it? We're studying it and the great power it holds."
Margaret looked at everything in front of her in shock. After a long pause, she said, "So... why did you call me here?"
"It's very simple. I want you, the governor of Hefang, to join as one of the members. All the people in your gang will be sent here to expand the business."
"As a reward, I can guarantee that if Darkness is still not found when the island sinks, I will find a way for you to survive in other ways."
"So this is what Charles meant as well?"
"The Relics Research Institute was his idea, but he didn't have time to manage it anymore, so it's under my control now."
"You are a person who values honor very much, so I want to bring you in so that we can have a relationship that is more solid than that of allies."
"So you want me to pledge my loyalty to you?"
"Don't be so distant. I thought we were good friends." Anna stroked Margaret's arm with a smile.
Margaret knew what this meant. Anna was trying to win her over and completely join the forces of Hope Island. If she agreed now, He Fang would be the subordinate island of Hope Island.
"Whether you want to revitalize the Cavendish family or just want to survive, joining me is the best choice."
Margaret didn't give a direct answer in the end. With a serious expression, she just said that she would think about it, but Anna already knew the answer in her hesitant heart.
Anna walked slowly among the various mechanical instruments and came to a big door. With a "ding" sound, the door opened. It was an elevator.
Anna walked in and pressed -7 directly on the number, and the elevator continued to sink.
When the elevator door opened, a brass machine several stories high and engraved with various special inscriptions appeared in front of her.
Conveyor belts, brass steam pumps, and gears of all sizes are assembled into this huge machine.
This is a steam analysis machine enhanced by various relic materials, through which the flesh and blood of gods can be directly converted into substances that Anna can absorb.
Those who work here are Anna's confidants, and everyone's consciousness and memory must undergo her deep transformation.
"let's start."
Hearing Anna's words, Gordon, who was waiting nearby, nodded slightly, took out a brass key, inserted it into the keyhole, and turned it to the right to turn on the machine.
Steam came out, gears turned the entire mechanism, and the entire machine began to vibrate with such a large amplitude that it seemed as if it would fall apart in the next second.
Accompanied by the white steam, pieces of bound, twisting black and red flesh came to Anna along the conveyor belt.
Anna picked up the pieces of flesh and blood and kept stuffing them into her mouth. As she ate, her sexy appearance began to melt and finally turned into that huge tentacle monster.
She still didn't stop, and kept stuffing the black flesh into her mouth. It was fine at first, but as she swallowed more and more flesh, Anna's body, which should have been stable, gradually became distorted. In the end, her body almost turned into some kind of sticky black liquid.
As Anna's body was changing, the surrounding environment also gradually changed. All kinds of contradictory anomalies began to appear around her.
Gordon felt the gold teeth on his upper and lower jaws stuck together, but when he opened his mouth, it was empty. After a few seconds, the teeth returned.
He also discovered that he could see the churning minced meat in the stomach through clothes and skin.
Fortunately, this special abnormality came and went quickly. When Anna stopped absorbing flesh and blood, all the abnormalities around her gradually disappeared.
"I ate a bit too much this time. I need some time to absorb it. Without a unit of measurement, I don't know how much I have improved now." Anna, who had barely regained her human form, said to herself.
"I have fulfilled your request. Now it's your turn to fulfill my promise. Where is He?" A child's voice suddenly sounded behind Anna.
"Don't worry, my strength is not even as good as yours now, and the matter is not over yet." Anna turned her head and looked down at the handsome blond boy in front of her.
That was the Pope, the Pope who had once disappeared from the surface and appeared in the basement of the Relic Institute.
"I'm 130 years old, you can't lie to me. Where is the God of Light now? I don't want to use unnecessary means with you." The Pope said with a sullen face and his hands behind his back.
Anna raised the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly, "If I don't tell you, do you still want to force me to tell you? The initiative is in my hands now. The God of Light is gone, the Church of Light is gone, and you have nothing."
"The God of Light is still alive!!" As Pope Ledger roared, dazzling golden light instantly emerged from the Pope's body. The powerful momentum made Anna take a half step back.
"Whenever you tell me everything you know, I will tell you where the God of Light is. I mean what I say."
The light gradually disappeared. The Pope looked at Anna carefully for a few seconds, then put his hands behind his back and left.
"You can't rely on the God of Light to keep me hooked for life."
The smile on Anna's face gradually disappeared. Ledger was very cunning and not so easy to use. They had to be vigilant against him at all times and try their best to drain all the ideas in his mind on how to use the power of God.
(End of this chapter)