In the cold sea water, Charles, wearing a diving suit weighing more than 200 kilograms, stood in the underwater ruins of SIT6, watching the scene being cleaned up in front of him.
Ships came to the surface of SITE6, spewing white smoke. They slowly dropped anchors and used cranes to pull away the heavy rubble.
A whole month has passed since SITE6 fell silent, and the things in the ice have never appeared again, but Charles' skull has not been found either.
Fortunately, Sodom is big enough and there are basically no major problems with material things.
"Did they take my skull away when they disappeared? That shouldn't be the case. It's just an ordinary piece of bone. What did they do with it?" Charles thought to himself behind the thick glass.
At this moment, the underwater searchlight used for communication flashed a few times, and then, pulled by three anchors, a large concrete building was dragged out from the ruins.
As the mud and sand rolled, Charles saw that the large piece of black substance that was pressed underneath was also pulled out.
"This color. And this shape." Charles' heart rate began to speed up.
He pushed hard in the water with his heavy legs and rushed forward with the dust raised. As he got closer, he saw those huge gelatinous solidified bodies wrapped in a mess, including corpses, furniture, tablets and broken drones.
The more Charles watched, the more excited he became. He pushed his hands forward and then countless transparent tentacles grew out from below.
Then, under everyone's gaze, the Governor lifted up the huge black object.
Other divers came to help carrying the steamship's anchor, and soon the huge black gelatinous object hundreds of meters long was lifted onto the deck of the Sodom.
"Pull all these things aside! Take out whatever's wrapped inside."
Under the order of the Governor of Hope Island, the others surrounded it and stepped on it, holding various sharp weapons and continuously mining the black thing as if it were a mineral.
Charles remembered this thing. When he was dissected, somehow it triggered the Foundation's alarm. It was this thing that kept filling everything in the house, sealing off an entire floor, including his skull.
This black substance is difficult to cut, and after solidification it is harder than metal. Fortunately, there is nothing else on Sodom now, but the explorers have plenty, and they have some relics for attack.
It didn't take long before all the sealed things inside were dragged out, first the bodies of several servants of God, some door frames with glass, and then the operating table where Charles had been lying.
Finally, when Charles saw the semicircle with black hair, his heart beat faster.
Although the scalp appeared dry and looked like a child's hat due to shrinkage, he could immediately identify it as his own skull at a glance, especially after he tried it on his head, he was even more certain.
A can of preservative fluid specially prepared by Linda was carried out from the cabin. When Charles saw his shriveled scalp gradually stretching out in the can, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
The second to last one has been found, and now there is only the last one left. As long as he gets his left hand back, 005's three wishes will be fulfilled.
"Woo~!" The low whistle of Sodom resounded throughout the entire sea area. The scattered lighthouses and salvage ships began to return gradually. Everyone received the news that the mission in the ruins here was completed, and they began to enter the next stage, the clone clearing plan.
After being summoned by Charles, Shanshan also came back and prepared to send Sodom back to other islands.
The girl looked at her father with a complicated expression, who was looking at the two jars of harvest under the lamp.
"fine."
Charles was keenly aware of the different emotions in his daughter's words. He raised his head and looked over. "What's wrong? Does the Futan Cult have another killer trick?"
"No way. Under the joint siege of all the humans on Earth and the Sea, they can't turn the tables unless they can really use the power of Futan, but Futan will ignore them."
Hearing this, Shanshan looked hesitant and seemed to be hesitating about something.
Charles put down the bottle in his hand, walked up to the girl and looked at her, "Tell me, what happened?"
Just as Shanshan was still struggling, there was a light knock on the door next to him. "Governor, are you available now? There's something wrong outside."
"Since you don't want to say it, forget it. Judging from your expression, Anna should be in no danger. I'll ask her directly when she comes back." Charles patted Shanshan's head gently and turned to walk towards the door.
Metal gripped the door handle with his left hand and turned it hard. Alia's heroic face appeared in front of Charles. She said solemnly, "Captain, the salvage team found some strange things in the underwater ruins."
"What is that? Are those frozen monsters back again? It doesn't matter if they are back. Let's go. We don't want this place anymore."
Alia shook her head. "I really don't know how to tell you. You'd better come in person."
Charles felt a little surprised. All the things had been found. What else of value was there in the ruins of SITE 6
The heavy diving suit with the oxygen tank was put back on Charles again, and with a "splash", he hit the water heavily.
When Charles came to the top of SITE 6 again, Shanshan followed him. Under the messy ruins, there was a layer of ice.
"Governor, please come closer and take a look at what's inside the ice." Alia's voice came from the speaker on the side of the diving suit.
The father and daughter slowly approached, and the bright searchlight shone into the transparent ice layer, exposing everything inside to the light.
There were no monsters in the ice, only frozen equipment and scattered items. Those small things were frozen in the ice and looked as if they were frozen at that moment.
This is normal, but Charles felt a little uncomfortable. However, he couldn't tell what the discomfort was.
"Governor, there's more than that. There's also this side." Alia said as she swam downstream.
As the ruins and garbage were continuously transported away by Shanshan, more and more ice layers appeared in front of Charles. Although the upper layer of SITE6 was blown up, its lower half in the sea was still covered by a thick layer of ice.
Charles kept looking as he moved downwards. At first the objects inside the ice and the walls were badly cracked.
But as we got farther and farther away from the sea, the damaged items inside gradually became fewer and fewer.
(End of this chapter)