Anna, wearing a silk dress, came from behind the crowd and snatched the tablet from Charles' hand.
She looked at K9 on the screen with anger in her eyes, and said through gritted teeth: "You dare to pay attention to my daughter? Just wait, I have already started to figure out where you are!"
"You are a bunch of old things who deserve to be buried in the earth. Do you really think you are so great? If you really have this ability, how can the surface of the earth become like this?"
After saying this, without waiting for anyone to react, Anna used both hands to break the tablet hard, and it instantly broke into two halves with sparks.
Then, in a state of great emotion, she pointed at Charles and cursed him, then turned and walked into the darkness beside her.
Charles took two quick steps and followed her to a place where the crew's flashlights could not reach.
"Anna! What are you doing? You've messed up all our plans!" Charles stretched out his hand to grab her wrist, but she shook him off.
"Bang!" She slammed her hand directly on Charles' face. "You bastard! You actually made a deal with your own daughter with the Foundation! Are you still a human being?!"
Charles suppressed his annoyance and explained: "Which eye of yours saw that I agreed?"
"There's no point in hesitating! What exactly is Shanshan in your heart? I'm telling you, next time something like this happens, don't blame me for deleting all my memories of you!" Anna's eyes were red, and it seemed that what she just said was serious.
"Even if you really want to refuse, why do you have to make things so awkward with the Foundation? This is related to the search for darkness!"
"You ruined the opportunity I finally got this time! We could have negotiated with them to gain more benefits, or discussed other cooperation."
"Gao Zhiming! I'm telling you. Never put your fate in the hands of others. The Foundation is not trustworthy. I only believe in my own strength!!"
"What about the humans in the Earth Sea? What about all the people on Hope Island? What should we do with them!" Charles' voice couldn't help but get louder.
"What can I do? Just ignore it. What do they care about me? You have been an ordinary person since you were a child. How can you be so enlightened? Do you really think you are a hero for all mankind? I tell you, if you want to be a hero, just act like one. Don't sacrifice my daughter!"
"Is this their business? This is our own business!! If we can't find the darkness, we will all die!!!"
"You can't die! The shelter in New Territory City is already under construction!!"
Charles rubbed his swollen head with his fingers and said in a low voice: "Anna, I don't intend to say anything else to you. I hope you won't interfere in the above matters in the future."
Anna crossed her arms and looked to the upper left corner. "I don't care, but don't involve Shanshan in anything. Gao Zhiming, you'd better think it over. In my heart, your position is not as high as hers."
The darkness fell silent again. After a long moment, Charles raised his chin to Anna in front of him. "Let's go back."
"What are you going to do?"
"You've ruined everything. What else can we do? We have to continue exploring the darkness. All exploration ships' attitudes toward the Foundation have changed from friendly to vigilant." Charles, frowning, turned and walked towards the flashlight in the distance.
Anna tiptoed and followed, her tone no longer so excited. "It would be best to capture a few people from the Foundation without leaving any traces. I can try other methods to get the contents of their brains."
"Um."
When Charles and Anna came out, everyone's eyes were on them.
"Ahem~" Charles cleared his throat and said, "Let's go back. I will announce everything that happened here at the Earthsea Council."
The opportunity that was finally obtained ended so abruptly. Anna's overreaction would definitely be questioned by other governors.
I must find a way to solve this problem, otherwise the other governors will definitely feel resentful.
To be honest, Charles is really not good at this kind of thing, but as a person in power, he has to learn and do it.
"Ms. Linda, are we over this exploration? It doesn't look dangerous at all." Grace said curiously.
"Don't talk. I'll explain it to you when we get back."
"Woooo~~" The Narwhal slowly turned and began to move away from the meteorite island.
Just as the other ships were moving along with it, a peculiar sound of air explosion suddenly sounded in the sky.
"Boom!!" A violent explosion sounded instantly, and the two airbags of one of the airships instantly melted into a huge fireball. The hull, without lift, fell weakly to the ground.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!! All ships must land on the island first!"
Without any thought, Charles quickly transformed into a bat monster and flew into the air.
When he realized that he could no longer see the other person with his naked eyes, Charles immediately opened his ferocious mouth and continuously emitted sound waves.
"Pah!" The familiar sound from before rang out again. The sound waves that Charles sent out to perceive were actually knocked into a hole, and he didn't feel anything at all.
"Lily! Turn on the Narwhal's fire control system!! See if you can lock onto what's attacking us!!"
At this moment, "Bang!" There was another air explosion, and one of the airbags of another airship also exploded.
The Narwhal's deck gun quickly turned and began to spray fire rapidly, but not a single shot hit the target, its sensitivity was very high.
When the thing appeared for the third time, a bald captain from one of the other airships was standing on the deck wearing a tall black hat with a brass door in the center.
It seemed to be a relic. When he opened the palm-sized bronze door with his hand, the object in the air slowed down for a second.
But one second was enough. Charles suddenly had an idea in his mind. With a flash of white light, Charles hit the thing heavily.
What attacked them was not some weird creature or strange thing, but a small, streamlined black fighter.
Through the glass window, Charles could even see the foundation members inside wearing space suits.
"Damn it, the Foundation holds grudges like this!? Just because I rejected him, they immediately sent people to silence him?"
Thinking of this, Charles opened his ferocious mouth with sharp teeth, pressed it directly against the glass, and roared out a piercing sound wave.
The glass window was shattered and Charles quickly got in through the window. Just as the two men were about to run, Charles rushed over, grabbed their heads and threw them out.
In the spiraling cabin, Charles saw one of the men's helmets being thrown out.
But there was no human body inside, and what splashed out was a mixture of brain matter, pus and blood.
(End of this chapter)