Shrouded Seascape

Chapter 938: Conjecture

Anna half-squatted before the infant before her. The standing premature infant was still covered in amniotic fluid. Thirty minutes ago, Anna was so shocked that she had no idea what to do. Now that the shock had passed, it was time for her to do something about the figure before her.

Tobba was dead, but he came back to life as a newborn. There was obviously something wrong here.

Reflecting on what Tobba had gone through and what he was capable of doing, Anna felt a sense of foreboding. However, it was not strange at all. If there were someone else with the same experience as her, they'd feel the same as Anna.

The Tobba of the distant past was working for the first-generation Foundation, and Tobba had just reappeared before her. What was the meaning of that? Could it be that what was happening right now was the distant past of the Subterranean Sea?

"Um, I'm a bit hungry. If you don't mind, I'll go have some breakfast first, and then we can continue our chat," Tobba said. He then wobbled over to the pale-faced Li Lu.

Anna grabbed his sticky arm and lifted him like a rag doll.

"Don't try to pull that on me. What's going on here?!" Anna asked in the common language of the Subterranean Sea.

Tobba seamlessly replied in the same language, but he had no teeth, so he was slurring his words. "How would I… know…. what's going on? I was just born…. I'm not… even a day old yet. Isn't it… a bit too much… for you… to interrogate me… right away?"

Tobba looked down and grabbed the umbilical cord swinging from his belly. He then expertly tied it into a knot.

"You've been by Charles' side since you met him on Skywater Island, and you've been influencing his choices. This must be your scheme, right? What exactly is your goal?!"

"Oh, Anna… I really… don't know… what you're talking about. Why don't you tell me… what happened? Let's talk about it… together," The hairless Tobba said, sounding helpless.

Li Lu, weakened by childbirth, was worried and terrified at the sight. Her newborn child not only could walk and talk, but he seemed to be familiar with 315 as well!

Li Lu felt like she was dreaming, and she truly hoped that she'd soon wake up from this dream and find herself back at the site.

Just then, a combat team member crawled over and helped Li Lu. He helped Li Lu over to a cleaner spot, as the latter was sitting in a puddle of amniotic fluid.

"Don't provoke 315. Right now, we stall for time. The organization will definitely find us," the combat team member said. He wanted to do something, but he had been disarmed, so he could only stay silent.

Meanwhile, Tobba's face lit up with realization upon hearing ANna's words.

"So that's what happened… I have no idea that I'm going to become such an amazing person once I've grown up I'm suddenly looking forward to growing up."

"Do you really know nothing?" Anna cast a suspicious gaze at Tobba. She observed his expression, observing the subtle changes on his face. No one could say for sure whether the words of someone with foresight and the ability to traverse all perspectives were true or not.

Tobba put his index finger in his mouth and sucked on it. Tilting his head, he replied, "Well, I can't say that I don't know anything. I've been seeing scenes in my head, and you're in them. As for the language, I don't know why, but I just know how to speak it."

"You say I can foresee everything, but you're not talking about the current me. If I had been capable of foreseeing everything, I would have already escaped to another dimension to avoid that outcome."

Anna's brows furrowed tightly.

Tobba saw that and added, "Besides, you shouldn't be suspicious of me. You should suspect 005. She's sent you up here."

Just then, Tobba's gaze drifted downward and settled on Anna's chest. He gulped instinctively at the sight.

Anna's hand loosened, and Tobba fell, hitting the ground with a splat, eliciting shocked cries from the nearby hostages.

"I was just born! What's wrong with wanting to drink milk? It's my right, and it's what I deserve!" Tobba exclaimed. He rubbed his waist and stood up shakily.

Anna used her foot to nudge the infant toward Li Lu. Then, she paced back and forth with furrowed brows, contemplating everything that had happened today.

Anna's mind was in chaos. She could feel that the upcoming choices that she'd have to make would have a significant impact on everything. The tiniest choice could lead to a completely different outcome.

Regardless of whether Tobba's words were true or false, Tobba's existence as an infant here spoke volumes.

There was a gap of over a thousand years from the fall of the first-generation Foundation to Charles' arrival in the Subterranean Sea. Could it be that she had to wait a thousand years before returning to the so-called true Subterranean Sea?

Tobba opened his arms and wobbled toward Li Lu. The newborn child looked ugly due to his wrinkled skin, and coupled with his bizarre actions as soon as he was born, everyone looked at him as if he were a man-eating monster, except for Li Lu.

Li Lu's heart was filled with joy to see her child wobbling over toward her.

The infant was bizarre and full of mysteries, but he was still her child.

"Good baby, Mommy's here. Don't be scared." Li Lu picked up Tobba and held him in her arms as gently as possible.

Tobba buried his head in her embrace and nuzzled against her.

He finally went quiet upon getting his first meal in life.

Someone handed over a tissue, and Li Lu wiped away the filth and amniotic fluid all over the child. Li Lu tore down a curtain and swaddled the infant. Once she was done, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Lu caressed Tobba's bright red cheeks, and her eyes were filled with boundless maternal love. "Don't worry, baby. Mommy will do everything to protect you."

Tobba busy drinking milk opened his eyes and grinned at his mother.

Li Lu's heart practically melted at the sight. She couldn't help but kiss Tobba's little head covered in lanugo. Li Lu seemed to have forgotten the presence of an extremely dangerous Anomaly, and her eyes were focused solely on her child.

Li Lu held Tobba and rocked him gently, humming a melody that she had memorized during prenatal classes.

The peaceful scene lasted for half an hour, and it ended when Tobba was finally full.

"It's a bit sour, but thank you," Tobba said. He struggled out of Li Lu's arms, but Li Lu was clearly unwilling to let him go.

"Don't worry, I'm not leaving. I'll just chat with her. She's a future friend."

Tobba patted Li Lu's face with his tiny hands.

After much persuasion, Li Lu reluctantly put Tobba. Wrapped in a curtain, Tobba looked like a doll as he wobbled over to Anna.

"Have you thought of anything yet? While I was eating, I came up with a conjecture based on what you told me," Tobba said, looking up at the "giant" in front of him.