Charles hugged his body and trembled continuously, looking like he might fall down at any moment.
Linda reached out to help, but was stopped by Charles, who stood firmly on the spot with his feet, gritting his teeth and feeling the pain in his body.
As the pain and coldness spread through his blood vessels, the trembling in Charles' body gradually disappeared.
Although the abnormal feeling disappeared, for Charles, this was just the beginning of his feeling of the power of this relic.
He walked around the laboratory in a daze, his eyes fixed on Linda, who was wearing a white coat, and her assistant.
Now Charles felt that there was no emotion in his heart, as if his ability to feel emotions had disappeared.
He put his hand on his chest, where there was a dead silence, his heart had stopped beating.
However, as his mind moved, the feeling that enveloped his heart quickly receded, and human emotions were felt again.
Charles now had a feeling that he could control the return of that ability at any time.
"Captain, that thing has already attached to your heart. Your heart has stopped beating and has crystallized."
Linda buried her entire head in his chest, and the sound of her words was transmitted to Charles' ears through the conduction of her flesh.
"As long as it works, it's fine. Come on, come out. We need to test this relic."
Afterwards, Charles conducted various experiments on Linda. This is a powerful relic. Although it has strong side effects, its abilities are equally powerful.
They discovered that this relic could make one immune to all kinds of mental influences and could also temporarily inactivate the sense of pain.
What Charles needs is of course the first ability to shield the gods.
With this kind of power, at least when facing gods, you will not be suppressed by the opponent's ability and unable to move.
The experiment ended three hours later. Charles nodded to the bald woman in front of him and prepared to turn around and leave.
Just as he reached the door, Linda stopped him. "Charles, I suggest that Norden retire. I don't think his body is suitable for the next exploration."
Charles looked at Linda in surprise, "Why? Did you check his body? Is there anything wrong with his body?"
"His monster itself is a big problem. In the teacher's book, there is a record of a mental illness. When a person's appearance becomes completely different from that of a human, then psychologically, over time, they will suffer from identity disorder."
"To put it simply, Norden will become less and less human."
"Are you sure?" Charles asked in surprise.
There are fewer and fewer old crew members on the Narwhal, and many of them have died. If there are fewer, the chassis will be unstable.
Just as he said this, Charles saw Linda's gaze slowly move from his eyes, to his iron arm, and then to his newly replaced heart.
Charles' brows slowly furrowed. "Don't hide it. Do you think I've replaced my body too much?"
Linda leaned against the operating table with her arms folded across her chest and said nothing, but what she wanted to express was very clear.
Charles recalled the many changes that had taken place since he arrived at Earthsea, raised his head and asked, "If what you said is true, what would be the clinical manifestations of people who eventually develop that disease?"
"Captain, if possible, it would be best not to replace other parts of your body in the future. Your memory is already incomplete and has been modified many times. If even your body organs are not your original ones, are you still the original Charles?"
Charles thought about this question for a long time, and finally sighed, "This kind of thing cannot be solved by simply finding the problem. Things will only get harder and harder in the future. I need these things that don't belong to my body to solve the trouble."
He touched his chest. Although he had emotions again, his heart no longer beat.
"Noden's problem shouldn't be serious. Lily has been a mouse for such a long time, and there has not been the situation you described. You should check his sanity more often on the ship. If there is a situation like what you described, we can take him away."
"You are the captain, you have the final say." Linda turned around and started packing.
Charles walked onto the busy street. He looked up at his mechanical arm and recalled everything Linda had just said.
“No longer human? There is no time to think about this now. If the problem of the rising seawater is not solved, everyone will die in the end regardless of whether they are human or not.”
Just as Charles was thinking about this question, Nico came towards him, twisting his waist. He was wearing a bright coat and had deep eyeliner on his face.
"Second mate, where are you going?" Charles put his hands down and asked him.
"I heard that Hope Island had just sent a batch of weapons, so I went to check it out. I wanted to take some bandages with me, but now he's lying in bed and can't get down."
After hearing what Nico said, Charles became serious. Although various supernatural abilities accounted for the majority of their power now, the power of technology could not be ignored.
"Let's go and take a look together." He also wanted to know what new things there were on Hope Island.
Soon Charles and Nico arrived at the equipment department of the Explorer Association.
When the person in charge learned about Charles' purpose, he immediately took them to the back of the warehouse, let them choose freely, and enthusiastically took them to the shooting range for test shooting.
"Boom!" The fierce explosion shattered several targets in the distance into pieces. The tremors in the distance even reached Charles' feet.
"Ah~ This deck gun is at least twice as powerful as before, Captain, what do you think?"
Charles withdrew his gaze from a distance and looked at the shells neatly arranged on the table next to him.
These shells are not just bombs with greater explosive effects, but also various incendiary shells, poison gas shells, and even soul-destroying shells mixed with relic materials.
"It's powerful, but in many cases, force alone can't solve the problem. Otherwise, we can just call Julio up to explore together."
"If even this powerful weapon doesn't work, then what kind of weapon do you want? A weapon that can destroy the entire base?"
Charles shook his head. "Even if we have nuclear bombs, we can't use them. If nuclear bombs could really be useful against gods, then the Foundation wouldn't have to—"
He paused as he spoke, and suddenly thought of something, with a gleam in his eyes. "Wait, Nico, I suddenly had an idea! Let's go."
(End of this chapter)