Chapter 499: The Surface
"Report!!The scout team has fully returned, everything is normal on the target island, there is no time and space disorder and anomaly described by the governor, there is also any danger, 5 fresh water resources have been found temporarily, this is a living island!!"
Brigadier General Rovs, who was standing under the awning, turned his head to look at the floating airship in mid-air, from which the Governor of Hope Island was watching.
After thinking for a few seconds with a frown, he said to the adjutant in front of him: "Landing on the island! According to Plan No. 3, send sappers to build a stronghold and a dock!"
The various Foundation buildings on the island are missing 010 bubbles, and the maintenance of the bubble becomes very fragile, even crumbling into powder at the slightest touch.
Not just the buildings, but also the cars on the side of the road, the searchlights that were used to illuminate the surface gates, and the narrow elevator tunnel.
Although the building is gone, the flat foundation remains, which provides a lot of convenience for the construction of the sapper stronghold.
Looking at the crowd of ants crawling on the island below, Anna turned to Charles and asked, "Yes, 010 is gone, and you have another island on your turf." ”
With a frown, he gripped the railing with both hands and looked up at the gaping hole in the portal above. "Now the islands are worthless, and there are as many ownerless islands as there are in the entire Earthsea. ”
Anna looked down and thought for a while, then said, "Well, then it's decided, the name of this island will be Ancha Island." ”
Charles turned his head to look at her, "Okay, you have the final say, let's go back, let's go to the surface now." ”
Although Charles's tone was very calm, his trembling hands betrayed his heart.
"Is it in such a hurry, don't you wait for the island stronghold to be built?" Anna's straight, white legs jumped lightly on the iron plate, jumping directly onto Charles's back.
Charles didn't answer the question, and walked towards the interior of the airship with Anna on his back.
With the governor's order, the floating airship dragged by the huge airbag slowly flew towards the huge black cavern.
As you entered the metal gate, the warm, deadly sunlight slowly faded away, and darkness enveloped the airship again.
The rest of the fleet breathed a sigh of relief and removed the black cloth from the windows, they were still more accustomed to the darkness than the sun, at least the darkness did not kill.
"It's okay, the sea must be far away from the surface, and the difference between the two can even be several kilometers, and it makes sense that the sun's light cannot penetrate from above. Charles explained to Anna on the side.
Anna gently held Charles's trembling right hand with both hands and looked at him amusedly. "What did you explain, I didn't ask you that question. ”
Charles smiled reluctantly at her, looking out the window into the dark space.
Bright searchlights shot at the surrounding gray metal walls, on which strange and incomprehensible inscriptions lit up and disappeared.
Time passed by second, Charles had never felt that time had passed so slowly, and now he finally felt what it meant to live like years.
After going through so many tribulations, he suddenly found that the long wait was the most torturous.
"Uh-huh~uh-huh~......" Anna hummed the familiar lullaby softly, and her voice was so small that only Charles on the side could hear it.
Charles lay on his side, resting his head on Anna's lap, recalling the fourteen years in his mind.
The pain, despair and fear in it were clear only to him, and the scenes passed through his mind, and an indescribable emotion came to his heart.
He was afraid, afraid that this was not the surface of his previous land, and although he always had various reasons to convince others, he could not convince his own heart.
The anomalies of the Earthsea are so different from the surface that it is really not modern society.
The lullaby stopped, and Anna looked down at the scarred face in front of her, pinning her long hair to the back of her head with her hand, and kissed it.
"Don't worry, this time is different from last time, this time I don't count what is above, I will be by your side. ”
Feeling Anna's sweet tongue and soft lips, Charles felt a trace of sleepiness in his heart, and slowly fell asleep.
Anna looked at Charles in front of her with helplessness in her eyes, and her fingers lightly swiped the scar on his face, and finally came to Charles's ear.
A tentacle with black scales protruded from the piercing, gently wrapping around Anna's fingers.
Charles had a sweet dream, hazy, he felt very happy, and he felt comfortable immersed in warm water.
I don't know how long it took, but Anna's gentle voice slowly brought Charles to his senses.
"Charles, Charles, wake up, we're here. ”
He looked at his lover blankly, and after the other party said it a second time, he came back to his senses, and he had now arrived at the surface
"Let's go!" Charles pulled Anna towards the airship hatch, a happy smile on his face for the first time in years, the joy that came from the heart.
However, as soon as he walked to the airship and stood on the staircase that reached the ground, the smile on his face froze.
Purple is his first impression of the surface, in the sky above, there is no sun, no moon and no stars, only a vast purple fog.
Snow was falling on the ground, and the gray goose feather snow was falling slowly, on Charles's hair, and on the corners of his slightly trembling eyes.
"Where is this?" said Charles, looking at the desolation around him.
From the surrounding landscape, it seems to be the Gobi, but Charles clearly didn't want to ask about it.
"Where is this!!" Charles asked again with a sharp increase in his voice.
Whether it's purple fog or gray snow, it doesn't look like the original Earth in any way.
Charles stumbled down the stairs, staring blankly at all the unusual scenes around him.
Anna caught up, opened her hands and gently hugged Charles, and said with a solemn expression: "Gao Zhiming, look at me, look at my eyes." ”
Charles took a deep breath as he returned to sit down next to the staircase, his expression pained as he stared at the gray snow-covered ground.
"It's okay, I'm fine, I can hold on, I just want to be quiet now......"
Anna looked at Charles, who was pinching her head with both hands, and with a slight frown, she stepped on the stairs and returned to the airship, and with her quick command, the airship fleet immediately began to move.
"Da da~" As the sound of the propeller turning, a squadron of screw helicopters flew in all directions.
It won't be long before they quickly detect the surrounding landscape.
Anna returned to Charles's side and sat down next to him.
"No, you know, the Foundation's content clearly states that their surface headquarters is in Boston! And in the past, their members could also return to the surface as long as they were vetted!"
Charles's expression in front of him was very incomprehensible, even if this place was full of walking gods, it was at least easier to understand.
"Wait a minute, when the helicopter comes back, we'll know if this place is on the surface or not. ”