Shrouded Seascape

Chapter 1011: Protect

The most desperate moment in my life...

My unforgettable yearning...

My sweet love...

As soon as these three lines of text were erased, the relevant memories in Charles' mind disappeared as well. He could feel his tumultuous emotions fading as he examined the white ball in his hand.

"I'm suddenly curious. Did you seize my memories, or did you seize the stories themselves?" Charles asked.

005 opened her hand, feeding the lines of text in her palm to the Feaster in her arms.

"For the current you, is there any difference between the two?"

"Haha." Charles chuckled softly with indifference, "Indeed, there's no difference at all. I'm about to die, anyway. Instead of letting them disappear with me, I might as well trade it with you."

005's figure was becoming more and more illusory. Clearly, she was about to leave.

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. I think I still have quite a few things that I can trade with you," Charles said. He believed that one wish was simply not enough. Since he had already made a deal with 005, he might as well make a few more deals.

Having cast all caution to the wind, Charles no longer cared about anything.

Upon hearing that, 005's figure solidified once again, and her eyes wrapped in black bandages looked at Charles once more. "There's not much left for me to take from you, but there is one thing I'm truly interested in. Your daughter Sparkle."

"No! Don't even think about it! Sparkle is absolutely off-limits!" Charles exclaimed, rejecting it firmly. His heart had become an abyss-like void of nothingness, but as a father, he would always protect his daughter.

"What a pity. She is a very special specimen at the moment," 005 said, vanishing on the spot and leaving Charles all alone in the spacious room.

Charles stood frozen for a few seconds before raising the white orb in his hand and contacting the other Charleses from the many different planes.

"Not bad. We have one more choice. How are things on your end?"

"Mmhm, great. I'll be right over." Charles detached himself from the sofa and disappeared, appearing at the Dark Abyssal Trench of another plane.

Sweeping his gaze across the many different versions of himself of varying ages and clad in various attires, Charles asked, "How come you guys are in such a sorry state?"

"No! The sea isn't moving at all. It's our island that's moving!!"

The islanders were terrified, but the rapidly moving island eventually came to a stop. Charles had moved Annarles Island to a different location, far from the entrance to the Core.

Unfortunately, this wasn't enough. 002's aura was still leaking out of the Core. They had to find a way to suppress it as soon as possible, or the humans in the Subterranean Sea would end up mutating into bizarre creatures.

Charles' fleshly body—as big as an island—settled on where Annarles Island had once been—right below the entrance to the Core.

Then, a column of flesh made from deformed appendages and amorphous organs rose from the middle of the island, pressing against the colossal metal door like a load-bearing pillar.

Charles' flesh proliferated across the pillar before eventually engulfing the metal door. Once every nook and cranny was covered with Charles' flesh, the distinct, indescribable, and incomprehensible aura finally vanished.

Charles was like a plug, preventing 002's influence from reaching the Subterranean Sea.

***

Gao Zhiming was sweeping the floor with a broom while stealing glances at Anna's bedroom. He had no idea as to why Anna suddenly became furious at him, but he wanted to assuage her fury through hard work.

He really missed his kind and benevolent big sister.

"Come on, what's the point of going to all this trouble? If I were you, I'd rush in and confront her about what's going on," said Tobba. He was having lunch in his mother's arms.

Gao Zhiming looked at Tobba and muttered, "I can't..."

"Tsk! What's there to be afraid of? Let me do it for you, then," Tobba remarked. Then, he confidently jumped onto the table and was about to run toward Anna's door but was ruthlessly dragged away by Li Lu.

Just then, the door opened with a creak. Anna dressed in an exquisite white dress walked out of her bedroom. She glanced at the struggling Tobba in his mother's arms and then at Charles, who lowered his head and focused on sweeping once again.

Anna said nothing as she walked toward the door.

A car was prepared at the entrance of the gated community. Anna sat in the back seat and signaled at the Fhtagnist holding the steering wheel. "Go to the Wang Construction Group's headquarters."

Thanks to the Shattered God's mole in the IMF, Anna felt much safer. At the very least, there was no need for her to worry about getting discovered by the IMF scouts.

With some free time in hand, Anna decided to do some maintenance on her relationship with her allies.