Shrouded Seascape
Chapter 1148. Deal

Chapter 1148. Deal

For their final two months together, the two decided to stop going to school and go on a honeymoon. They visited the most beautiful places on the surface world and ate the most delicious food available out there.

They even did thrilling activities such as bungee jumping and skydiving. Gao Zhiming did his best to experience everything that life had to offer.

Unfortunately, good days were often fleeting, and even though they were truly reluctant to part, it was about time for them to set sail.

"Bleeeck~" Zhao Jiajia retched, hunching over the sink. After a while, she smiled bitterly and placed a hand on her flat stomach.

Just then, the door was opened with a click, and Olivia bound to wear a pair of sunglasses forever quietly walked into the bathroom.

"High Priestess, the ship is ready, and we can leave any time."

Anna nodded gently and sat back at the vanity table to do her makeup. Today, Gao Zhiming was going to fall into the Subterranean Sea, so Anna wanted to look more beautiful than usual.

When she emerged from the bathroom, she saw that Gao Zhiming was already dressed, and he appeared calmer than Zhao Jiajia had imagined.

At first, Gao Zhiming was unsure how he would face this inevitable day, but now that it had finally arrived, he realized that he was calmer than he thought.

Zhao Jiajia stared at Gao Zhiming with complex emotions churning in her eyes.

"Okay, I promise that I won't go down, but you must also promise me one thing. You must protect our daughter and bring her back safely, even if you end up losing your memories!" she declared.

Gao Zhiming smiled and nodded firmly. "Mmhm!"

Zhao Jiajia walked up to Gao Zhiming and stared straight into his eyes. "Think before you answer! Think about the weight behind this promise!"

"I've thought about it, and I still promise you! Even if it costs me everything, I will protect our Sparkle," Gao Zhiming declared and pulled Zhao Jiajia into his embrace.

The two left the neighborhood and got into the car waiting for them.

They headed straight for the port.

While the car was moving through the streets, Gao Zhiming suddenly asked the driver to stop. He pushed open the door and pulled Zhao Jiajia toward a breakfast stand by the roadside.

"Tobba was right. You can't do anything without eating breakfast. Let's go and eat something."

While the two were busy eating Gao Zhiming's final meal on the surface world, their car on the road blocked the traffic on the streets, eliciting honks from the annoyed drivers behind them. The piercing honks roused a young man on the second floor of a nearby building.

Having pulled an all-nighter, the furious young man shoved the window open and cursed at the drivers.

Swoosh!

A gust of wind rushed out of the young man's room through the window and took to the skies.

Thanks to the electric fan, the gust of wind was much stronger than usual, and after going through many hardships, this particular gust of wind eventually merged with a storm over the Atlantic two months later.

The storm was massive. It was so massive that a storm of this scale was usually seen only once in a century.

The humongous storm changed directions as it crossed the Atlantic.

Storms were always impactful, but a storm was just that—a storm. However, this once-in-a-century storm was more impactful than any other, as it drew Charles' attention to it as well as to the intricacies behind it.

In Charles' eyes, the storm was the tip of a line. He followed it backward and saw that its other end was connected to 002. The omniscient Charles instantly understood everything upon seeing 002.

He realized that Tobba was 002's Chosen One, and he had been doing everything to save 002.

Upon comprehending that, Gao Zhiming tore off all his tentacles and flew toward 002. Once his tentacles were connected to 002, the latter's empty shell, which was about to be devoured by Fhtagn, came under his control.

Having lost all of its tentacles, Charles' body began moving on its own, and clusters of interconnected bubbles shining radiantly beyond the limits of human sensory perception emerged all over it.

More and more interconnected bubbles appeared, and as they stacked upon each other, they eventually transformed into an indescribable, endless spacetime continuum composed of nothing but itself.

Everything was within it, and It was within everything.

The exchange was complete, and 002 was resurrected in Charles' body. Upon Its resurrection, 002 immediately "pulled" Charles beyond Fhtagn's influence before Fhtagn could devour him.

Fhtagn's control over his divine law was weakened by 002's escape, and Charles also obtained a new ally. The extreme shift in balance meant that the fight was over.

002 and Charles quickly divided Fhtagn's divine law—the law that gave Fhtagn control over life and death.

Unlike Charles and 002, Fhtagn was born a god, so despite losing his divine law, He didn't disappear. Moreover, He was indestructible, so the only way to silence Him was to make Him sleep forever.

002 briefly cast Its will on Charles, bestowing upon the latter a portion of Its law.

Charles began to transform upon taking in the divine laws of Fhtagn and 002. The tentacles all over Him became ethereal and interconnected, but each tentacle was its own unique, independent existence.

Upon "seeing" that, 002 got ready to leave. Its body grew larger and larger until it engulfed the entire world.

Once 002 was no longer around, Charles realized that, even though this place was still devoid of space, it already possessed time. In the very distant future, this place devoid of space would witness the birth of many things.

Charles could see this place's future, and he saw that it was no longer destined to be deathly silent. It was changing and would keep changing in the future.

As for 002's exact identity, Its origin, and the reason behind Its conflict with Fhtagn, Charles didn't care at all.

The crisis was over, and according to the previous plan, He had to reverse the Subterranean Sea's time and make every part of Fhtagn across all the timelines fall into a permanent slumber.

And that was when he noticed one thing—why would he do something like that when there was absolutely no need for him to do that?

Why must I think? Why must I have a name? Charles? No, I'm not Charles. Charles had died a long time ago. Everything has become completely meaningless to me.

With that, Charles immediately moved according to his thoughts. His thoughts and his will started to dissipate, while his tentacles started linking head to tail, regressing to their most primordial state.

Just then, he noticed something summoning one of his fingers, Edikth.

The disturbance was significant, and it affected all of his tentacles at the same time. This kind of summoning couldn't be performed by mere human beings. As soon as he thought that way, his will had already made a move.

Beneath an upside-down ocean, he found the summoner of his fingers—a woman wrapped in black bandages.

005's bandages split open as she took out things that once belonged to Charles.

A piece of Charles' arm, a chunk of his stomach, eye, heart, ear, a jar full of organ specimens, and finally, his skull and scalp. These things were what Charles had traded in exchange for 005's wish balls.

In addition to these tangible objects, Charles had traded other things—his despair upon seeing Dawn One, his love for Anna, his unforgettable yearning for his family on the surface world, and his memories with Lily.

The omniscient Charles instantly realized 005's goal. "Why should I make a deal with you and exchange my experience of becoming a god for those things? They are all meaningless to me."

"Are they really meaningless? Your daughter had sacrificed a lot for you over the years. I implore you to not betray her sacrifice and your past self," 005 said. She then took out a wish ball that was emitting a green light.

Charles' will froze upon seeing the green ball. Then, his gaze traversed through many years before eventually falling on the deal between Sparkle and 005 a long time ago.

Sparkle had refused to give up, and before her inevitable demise, she was still busy making plans for him instead of enjoying her remaining time.

The objects around 005 floated over to Charles. As soon as he made contact with them, he was enlivened. He could feel and harbor emotions once again; he was Charles once more.

However, these emotions were fragile and fleeting. He had to hurry. Charles immediately stripped away the dissipating humanity within him and merged it with what 005 had given to him, creating two brand-new versions of himself.

This wasn't enough, but Charles instantly knew what was missing. He extracted everything belonging to Charles inside him—Charles' humanity, memories, emotions, and everything belonging to him.

Then, he stuffed them all into the two Charleses before him. Afterward, He placed the two Charleses harboring their own unique emotions into the Subterranean Sea and the surface world.

The traces of His humanity faded rapidly with the disappearance of the two Charleses. Despite that, he remained calm as he looked at 005.

"Thank you," he said and transmitted the information that 005 needed from him.

005 remained silent all throughout. Upon receiving the goods, 005 said nothing and simply disappeared.

This was merely a deal, after all, nothing more, nothing less.

Charles stayed quiet amidst the nothingness for quite a while.

Then, he began thinking about what to do with the final vestiges of humanity within him. Strictly speaking, this wasn't His humanity, as he had already stripped away everything that belonged to Charles within him.

In other words, He was no longer Charles. He had become an empty shell containing absolute divinity.

Amidst his fading humanity, He cast His gaze on the two Charleses that he had thrown into his tentacles.

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