"Today is the 24th day since we entered the unexplored area. Except for the storm six days ago that swept away an exploration ship, the other ten exploration ships are currently operating normally."
"We are getting closer and closer to our destination. Although this sea area is very depressing, most of the crew members can adapt. When Dipper was cruising around the ship, he said he saw an abandoned city on the seabed. There are indeed other unknown natives in the unexplored area. The puppet that went with us is likely one of them."
"These natives may be creatures that evolved on their own in this strange environment of Earthsea. Judging from the information sent back by telegram, they are indeed exchanging information for habitat. The possibility of this being a trap is very low, but necessary precautions are still necessary."
"It took so long, and I finally reached the last item. As long as I can get my left hand back, I can complete 005's deal and get those three wishes."
"I don't trust 005, but I trust Tuba. He said that if I don't choose, there will be a bad future. Based on his previous predictions, I finally chose to trade with 005."
"Sometimes life is like this. There is never anything perfect. It is more common to choose the less bad one from two bad options."
A deep knock on the door interrupted Charles' recording. "The door is not locked. Come in."
With a "crunch", the first mate wrapped in bandages appeared in front of Charles. "You looking for me?"
"Well, I'd like to ask you to help with the bandage. I remember you can tattoo, right?" Charles closed the diary in his hand again.
Bandage felt very surprised to hear this. Of course he knew how to tattoo, and he was very good at it. He had tattooed the memory fragments all over his body himself. But as far as he knew, his captain didn't like tattoos.
"I just suddenly had an idea. It's too troublesome and slow to draw every time to activate the power of Idic in my body. Wouldn't it be more convenient if I tattooed them all on my body?" Charles proposed a method he had thought of these days.
Next, I will have to find my lost things in the body of a god. It is very dangerous to face a god, so I must be prepared in advance.
Bandage thought about it and nodded slowly, "Well, maybe."
"That's great, let's give it a try. By the way, remember not to tattoo the entire thing, leave a small section for me to activate." Charles said, then quickly took off his clothes and took out the stone from his palm.
Bandage did not go back to get the tools. As he slightly raised his hand, a long hollow wooden thorn emerged from his fingertips.
Dipping the ink in the ink bottle for pens on Charles' desk, the bandage began to raise the wooden spikes and began to tattoo on the scarred back.
Tattooing the entire back was a huge project. I wore bandages for a whole night and half a morning before I finally finished it.
"There's a line missing on your wrist. I should be able to trigger you by just drawing it with a pen. Try it," the bandage reminded considerately.
He walked naked to the mirror and looked at the tattoo reflected in it, leaning sideways. At this time, his entire back was covered with strange inscriptions, and it looked like a layer of green armor was covering his entire back.
Charles thought about it, picked up the pen on the table and carefully filled in the missing line at the wrist.
Just as it was about to connect, he immediately felt that special feeling coming over him and his body began to swell.
He quickly wiped off the line, and Charles was immediately delighted. It worked!
"Captain, unknown force, best to be cautious..." Bandage reminded in time.
They had discussed privately several times why Itik wanted Charles to be chosen by God, but they had no clue. However, anything related to God would not be easy to obtain.
Charles replied as he put on his clothes, "I understand. I am also controlling the frequency of using this power. But when it really comes to a critical moment, I still have to use it. You have been busy all day, go back and rest. I will take your shift today."
When Charles arrived at the cockpit of the Narwhal, he saw the second mate Nico sitting on a stool with his feet on the dashboard, absentmindedly rubbing his polished nails with a small file. The sailor Norden was at the helm next to him.
"There is no other helmsman on the ship? You let a blind monster take the helm, are you crazy? Put your feet down!" Charles walked over and began to quickly proofread the navigation records hanging on the wall.
"Captain, don't worry. We are not coming alone this time. If we really deviate from the route, other ships will remind us. Although Norden has no eyes, he has good ears and can hear far away, right, Norden?" The second mate said as he put down the high boots on the dashboard.
"Stop talking nonsense and start the handover. Today's shift is temporarily on break. I will take over his shift."
Nico stood up and stretched hard, a sly look in his slender eyes. "Captain, what was the first mate doing in your room last night? Could it be that you..."
"Be serious! We are on a ship! I don't have time to joke with you!" Charles' stern tone finally made the careless Nico calm down a little, and he began the handover.
After the handover was completed, Charles knew the location of the Narwhal in front of me, and it was estimated that it would reach its destination today.
"According to intelligence from six hours ago, the three submarines ahead of us have already started exploring. I believe there may be news." Nico said, pointing to the communicator next to him.
As soon as Nico finished speaking, a noisy male voice came from the speaker. "Report at 11 o'clock on time. Girl and Love is currently operating normally."
"Reporting at 11 o'clock on time, everything is normal on the Scorpion Tail."
"Report at 11 o'clock on time, everything is normal on the Wilson."
When he heard that the other ten ships were about to report, Charles picked up the black square microphone and said, "Report at 11 o'clock on time. Everything is normal on the Narwhal."
With the improvement of communication technology, the connection between ships has become closer. As long as any situation occurs on a ship, other ships will know immediately, which undoubtedly greatly improves the safety factor of exploration.
"I'm Charles, First Mate Seth, reporting on our discoveries in the last three hours." The ship he was talking about was the exploration ship that was diving in the front to act as a scout.
"At 9:10, we arrived at the chart coordinates and began to dive."
"We arrived at the seabed at 9:31, turned on the searchlight and began searching for the target."
"At 10:19, the radar detected an abnormality on the right side. Three minutes later, the ship shook violently."
"At 10:20, the shaking ended, and the periscope found three neatly arranged rows of pits on the hull. The submarine continued to explore."
"As of 11 o'clock, no findings, report complete—Goddess! What is that!!"
The next second, all sorts of chaotic sounds and the sound of the rolling sea water came from the loudspeaker.
(End of this chapter)