Shrouded Seascape

Chapter 906: Charles

Charles stared quietly at the V12 Containment Site shrouded in the distinct pitch-black darkness of the Subterranean Sea. He was back in his own plane.

From the outside, V12 appeared as an oval-shaped building that had the same color as the ground around it. The previous Foundation had divided the buildings into many floors, and exiting those floors would lead one to another plane.

In other words, Lily's world could be considered to be a planar teleporter.

Charles raised his hands slowly, and the island beneath him instantly became a sprawling sea of flesh and blood. Tentacles made from bizarre appendages and amorphous organs sprang up from under the island and swept toward the V12 Containment Site as if it were a tidal wave of gore.

The tentacles increased in numbers as they approached the V12 Containment Site.

In no time, the V12 Containment Site was engulfed, but the tentacles weren't done yet and proliferated across the ground.

"Daddy, what are you doing?" Sparkle asked, looking a bit puzzled.

"This thing is useful to me. Since it's useful, I can't just let it stay here. I should carry it around."

Charles raised his hands again, and those tentacles burrowed into the V12 Containment Site, frantically destroying everything that could be destroyed before transforming it into deformed lumps of flesh.

When the tentacles had pervaded the deepest recesses of the containment site, Charles soon found himself inside the room that connected this plane to another plane.

A myriad of eyes were all over the flesh tentacles, and Charles saw through them that there were similar-looking tentacles on the other side. Clearly, the teenage Charles had also decided to move the V12 Containment Site on his end to somewhere else.

Everything happened quickly, and the V12 Containment Site now looked like a squirming mountain of grotesque flesh.

Charles' tentacles retracted, and he pulled the mountain of flesh to himself. Soon, the tentacles vanished, and Charles was now sporting a towering mountain on the eastern side of his colossal form.

There was supposed to be dense forest on that side, but the tall mountain had replaced it.

Charles was now carrying the V12 Containment Site at all times, so he could go to the other side at any time he wished, but He was not satisfied with something so basic.

A myriad of amorphous organs that could never be found inside a human body proliferated in an instant within the "mountain." Charles then observed the true nature of the V12 Containment Site using those eyes.

Having become a god, mastering the ability to traverse planes through the V12 Containment Site's special ability wasn't a difficult task for Charles.

Charles had no intentions of letting Sparkle know about that, as he knew that the latter would become extremely worried about him.

Charles had considered making Sparkle leave his side, but he realized that Sparkle's one and only home was by his side. Where could he send her to?

"Daddy, don't worry too much about it. My childhood phase is ending, and I'm about to become an adult. I know it, and I can feel it. My strength is increasing at a rate faster than ever. I will be able to help you soon."

Charles turned to stare at Sparkle's nearly perfect face, and a faint smile tugged at his lips. Regardless of what was going to happen to Sparkle once she became an adult, Charles had already made up his mind—he would send Sparkle away by then.

He could give up everything for his goal because it was his own goal. Sparkle was uninvolved; she was free, and there was no need for her to make any sacrifices for his goal. If mankind ended up going extinct, Sparkle was strong enough to survive by herself.

Sparkle assisted Charles all the way into his room. Upon arriving in the room, Charles immediately sprawled out on the sofa and fused with it. Charles' eyes soon became blank, and even the school of fish swimming into the room through the window didn't attract Charles' attention.

Charles had just temporarily abandoned his human "organ," and his attention was now entirely on the towering mountain of flesh.

Sparkle sat next to Charles and stared quietly at him, seemingly reminiscing about something.

After a while, she opened her arms and squeezed herself into Charles' arms. Then, she laid her head down on Charles' chest and mused, "If Mother were here, she'd persuade you to stop, wouldn't she?

"I know her enough to tell that she'd definitely do that. I wonder how she's doing on the surface world. Is she doing well?

"Don't worry, Mom. I'll try my best to keep up with Father. If he deviates, I'll go all-out and pull him back on track."

Every single memory related to Anna had disappeared from everyone's memories, except for Sparkle's memories. She could still remember that fierce mother of hers and everything about her, including the bond and emotions that they shared.

The reason she hadn't told Charles anything about it was that she didn't want him to feel sad. As their daughter, she was keenly aware of how painful was the fact that they would never see each other again.

Moreover, Charles himself had made the decision to send Anna away to the surface world, and it was too late to alter that decision. Since it could no longer be changed, it was better for him not to know about it

At the very least, he wouldn't suffer that anguish.

Just then, a violent tremor ran across Charles' figure, and light returned to his dull, blank eyes. He raised his steel hand and stroked Sparkle's waist-length hair. "Sparkle, this is strange, but there's a ship looking for me on the sea surface."