Governor Smith, the world's crown governor, tensed his body. He felt extremely humiliated, but he did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.
He knew that Hope Island's words were not spoken casually, and the other party had the ability to do so. The influence of Hope Island now is even greater than that of the British Isles before.
He doesn't even need to use the navy. Just a word from the other party and the trade between the Crown of the World and other islands will be directly cut off. An island without trade is basically a dead island.
"Did I let you go?" The sudden voice made Smith's body stiffen.
Having already given in once, he didn't suggest doing it again. He closed his eyes tightly and opened them quickly, a smile on his face. The enthusiastic Governor of the World's Crown was back.
"Please tell me what you want to do. As an island in the North Sea, we are at your disposal." Facing the communication device in Alia's hand, he lowered his head and was very humble.
Bandage had already learned what happened from Dipper, "Why do you worship this thing? Who told you to do this?"
Although he was very reluctant to answer, Smith had no conditions to refuse. "No one forced us to do this. This is our tradition. We must find our great God and serve Him wholeheartedly. We will do this at any cost."
"Stop talking nonsense. The Crown of the World is not a new island. I once robbed this dock when I was a pirate. How come I have never heard of such a tradition in this place?" Alia interrupted the other person.
Smith didn't even look at her, his eyes fixed on the communication vehicle equipment in front of him.
Along with the noise, the sound of bandages came out again. "What does your god look like? What is his name?"
"I don't know." Smith's straightforwardness surprised everyone present.
"Don't know? Don't you know what the god you believe in looks like?" Dipper looked at Smith in front of him hesitantly. If the other party had not behaved normally, he would have thought that he had gone completely crazy.
"Yes, we really don't know. We don't know what He looks like or what His name is. However, all the traces on the two islands show that we believed in Him. It's just that He has disappeared now. The written records show that that period was the happiest time of our lives."
“That is why we want to find Him. Only when we find our God, our life will be complete.”
Dipper's brows slowly knitted together, and he seemed to recall something, "Hey, bandages, his weird description, do you remember before-"
"Quiet" his words were interrupted by the other party. Bandage had no interest in what gods they believed in. There were all kinds of strange cults in Earthsea.
"You may go now. The offense against my friend will be reflected in the next quarter's trade order. And this island is the property of Hope Island. I will send someone to take it over."
Smith didn't dare to say anything else now. He placed his right hand on his chest and bowed respectfully to the communication equipment again, then slowly retreated with the other islanders.
Before long, they were the only ones left in the empty three-dimensional city.
Seeing that the matter was completely resolved, Dipper seemed particularly excited at this time.
He rushed to Alia and said excitedly to the communication device that was emitting thick smoke: "Bandage! What did I say before! I found a clue about the captain!"
Then he excitedly repeated to him what he had learned from the hybrid monster.
"But this doesn't mean anything. It's just Shanshan's whereabouts." Bandage's voice was still slow and weak.
Bandage didn't want to talk to him anymore, "Leave this island as soon as possible. It's still not safe here."
"Okay, okay, if you don't believe me, just wait until I find the captain and then I'll see what you say!" After saying that, Dipper led the others and strode forward.
"Hey! Wait a minute, what should we do with it? Just leave it here?" Lily's voice made Dipper turn around and see the huge hybrid monster behind him.
After thinking for a while, Dipper asked with difficulty: "Are you sure this thing is the captain's offspring?"
"Although I don't believe it either, this is what Shanshan told me, so it should be correct." Lily said as she wanted to reach out and touch the monster, but she didn't dare to.
Dipper gritted his teeth and said, "Since it belongs to the captain, we can't just leave it here. It's too dangerous here. Let's get it on deck first. As for where to send it, we'll make plans later."
When they returned to the dock, the gray spores were still rolling in the air. People with their heads and palms wrapped in gauze stood silently in place, saluting Dipper and the others like wooden figures.
When they saw the several-story-tall monster behind Lily, they still didn't react.
The group reached the deck smoothly, and just when Dipper ordered the crew to start sailing, the sound of bandages came from inside again.
"I will send another fleet to join you. You can use these ships to look for Shanshan."
Dipper was stunned at first, then a grateful expression appeared on his face, "Thanks, this is the first mate I know! When we get back, I'll go drink with you!"
"I hope you understand that our island's assets are... very rich, but they can't withstand repeated consumption. This is the last time."
"Don't worry! I will find the captain back!" Thick smoke billowed out of the chimney of the Narwhal. It slowly sailed away from the dock where spores were flying all over the sky and headed towards the endless darkness in the distance.
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A passenger plane slowly stopped at the airport. Anna, wearing a sun hat and a pair of sunglasses, slowly walked off the plane, followed closely by Wang Sheng and Li Long.
Behind the two of them were other people, all of them were the men and women who had been with Wang Sheng before. Some of them came willingly, while others were afraid of being silenced by Anna and were half-forced to follow.
Whatever had brought them here, they were here now.
"Wang Sheng, how much money can you cash out from your home?" Anna asked as she walked down the stairs.
"Well, it's hard to calculate. It depends on when my father notices something is wrong. I'd like to ask you, what do you want so much cash for?"
(End of this chapter)