"Wow!" As the man with a terrified expression suddenly stood up, the bracelets and anklets on his body kept making metallic collision sounds.
The young man named Hanks opened his mouth excitedly, as if he wanted to say something, but even though his face turned red, he couldn't say anything.
"Speak, are you mute?" Charles asked again.
"I" Hanks uttered a word with all his strength, then immediately sat down again, staring at the block of metal in front of him with his pupils trembling slightly, and continued his work.
Charles looked at the other party's strange attitude and thought for a moment. He said to Gordon beside him, "Unlock his chains and I'll take him away from here."
"Um, Governor, this is a bit too dangerous. His shaping ability can be very dangerous. He can not only shape various metals, but also has an effect on the flesh."
"He can block a human's blood vessels with just a touch."
Charles gave him a dissatisfied look, "Do you think I can't even handle this guy? Let go if I tell you to!!"
While the soldier next to him was unlocking the chain, Charles said to Anna, "Then I'll go up first. I'll come back to you when I finish this matter."
Anna rolled her eyes at him and let go of Charles' arm. "You are so free. You have so many things to deal with, but you have to take care of such a small matter. In your eyes, everything is more important than mine."
"I'll make it up to you, I promise."
Charles finished speaking, stretched out his hand and grabbed Hanks's collar, which was rotten to the point of soreness, and pulled him outside. The man did not resist and let him do whatever he wanted.
As Charles' footsteps faded away, a smiling Anna walked out of the cell, and Gordon followed carefully behind her.
The two came to the previous elevator. Anna stretched out her white finger and lightly pressed the blank space where there should be no button. The elevator, which should have reached the bottom floor, actually began to continue sinking.
"Master, you have modified Hanks' memory. Charles won't find out anything."
Anna shook her head slightly, "Haha, that's not necessarily true. I saw the doubts in his mind. He has begun to doubt. This kid is so suspicious."
"And he must have guessed that I saw his suspicion, which is why I didn't follow him."
"Ding~!" The elevator door opened, and an underground space the size of a football field appeared in front of them. Various strange machines were neatly placed here, and groups of mice were running around quickly in it, constantly adjusting the machines.
They are the workers here, and under their operation, the machinery can continue to run.
But the machines here are not made entirely of metal. Inside each survival machine sit some people. They have no lower body and no brain. Various tubes are connected to their mouths and lower bodies, making them look like Frankenstein.
The experimental subject that has merged with the machine is not just one person, but two or even three people stitched together, and the abilities in their bodies are integrated together.
These flesh and blood machines are not placed randomly, but follow a certain pattern, a bit like the magic array in the Western Sea.
Among these strange mechanical things, there is an arm the size of a small house. Black spots are constantly seeping out from the arm, floating into the air and condensing into a ball.
The factory down here is many times more efficient than the one up there. After all, the experimental subjects have thoughts and can escape, and there are all kinds of messy things.
"What should we do? If the Governor knew the situation here, he would definitely cause trouble for you." Gordon's expression was a little uncertain.
Anna was not worried at all, instead she smiled. "That's better. If he plans to stay down there and play detective games with me, then I really can't let him find him easily. At least that way, he won't have to go up there and look for death."
"Sir, I always feel that this is not appropriate. If Charles knew about what happened here, then the things you did in New Territory City would not be safe. If he really knew about it, then all your rights would be taken back by him."
Anna looked at Gordon with contempt, "Do you really think I care about this? No, I don't care. There is nothing good about the old path of the Foundation. I just gain power through them, the power of God!"
Gordon lowered his head even lower.
"If the humans of Earthsea need to be saved by outsiders like us, then I don't think they have any value in existence."
Anna said this, putting her face against the glass and looking at the experimental subjects inside. "Instead of letting them drown in the sea water in the future, it is better to make some contribution now. Now there is a chaos machine that can extract much faster."
"Master is right! The only right way is to continuously increase the master's strength. When the master becomes a god, mankind will have the only shelter! This is the only way!" Gordon's eyes were full of fanaticism.
As if she had thought of something, Anna sighed, "Yes, but it's such a simple truth, why doesn't Charles understand? Why save Earthsea? He is not from Earthsea. How many people die has nothing to do with him? Anyway, the God of Light has killed 80% of the population. What's the point of saving them?"
"His life is worth more than anyone else's life in Earthsea! No one in Earthsea is worth this!"
As Anna finished speaking, black tentacles wriggled out from behind her and lifted her into the air.
Like an octopus, she walked towards the machine, stretched out her hand and gently pinched it, with an expression of great enjoyment on her face. Her whole body instantly stretched and gradually wrapped up the black thing.
It stayed like this for seven or eight hours, and when Anna left, only a little bit of the black shadow was left.
"It's growing a bit slow. If it goes on like this, how long will it take me to become a real god?" Anna said helplessly, looking at the black in the air.
She shook her head and turned to look at Gordon behind her. "How was it? Did Charles come rushing down angrily to accuse me?"
"Uh. No, they just chatted for a while and then left. The Governor just granted Hanks a pardon. After that, he accompanied Lady Shining to visit various islands. Now he is painting for Lady Shining on Ancha Island."
"Ah?" Anna's face was full of surprise, and suddenly she burst out laughing, "Does this guy trust me so much? Doesn't he have any doubts at all? I feel a little embarrassed."
"Master, how do we deal with Governor Charles next?"
"What else can I do? Since he hasn't found out, I'll just make do with it."
(End of this chapter)