It's hard to describe how I felt at that moment.
The hatred and rage that had accumulated over the years due to the cycle of reincarnation and imprisonment finally dissipated. His mind seemed to be reset to before the dungeon event, when his mind was at its peak and had not yet been clouded by hatred due to the long dungeon cycle.
He felt a long-lost clarity and tranquility. This comfort of escaping from the mud even surpassed the positive feedback he received when vampires drank blood. For the first time, Drest felt his emotions were so peaceful and stable.
The handsome vampire opened his eyes and looked at the child in his arms with a complicated expression.
The baby had no idea what earth-shattering thing she had done; all she knew was that the meal was wonderful.
She smacked her lips, licking them reluctantly, as if she was a little sad to part with them. Then, she suddenly leaned forward and kissed the young man's neck, the loud "pop" echoing in the quiet room, as if the baby had kissed Drester on her own initiative.
As a result of eating just one extra bite, the baby, who was completely stuffed, started hiccuping.
Dreister: ...
If he were an ordinary person, the skin on his neck would probably be red from being wrapped up by the baby.
"Is this your ability?" he murmured.
Inya hiccuped, looking at him innocently with her big eyes.
The two, one big and one small, stared at each other for a moment, and then Drester, without any instruction, gently patted her back.
Anyone who can be seen through a glance, feeding their baby and comforting them, is a good pet owner.
Inya rested her little head on his shoulder, not at all shy, adding Drester to the list of adults who fed her.
In just a few minutes, Drester learned how to hold the baby. He carried Inya to the window and gazed at the moon beyond the thin mist.
For so long, his mind had never been so rational and clear, as if he had suddenly broken free from the limitations of the instance and jumped into a third-person perspective to calmly think about everything that had happened over the years.
From the players' conversations, Drest was able to sketch out the complete picture of the current situation: the players' respective factions within the Refinement Realm, their strange items and abilities, and other similar realm-like dungeon worlds.
He has a lot of information, but if he can't escape the confinement of the instance, it's all just empty talk.
Originally, there seemed to be no way things would turn around, but...
Dreister's hand, which was patting Inya's back, paused slightly. Sensing his pause, the baby stirred and made a few soft noises, seemingly urging him to continue patting.
He lowered his head and met Inya's large, amber eyes.
But the arrival of this baby completely broke the deadlock.
Who exactly is she, and where does she come from?
In the instant their eyes met, Drest keenly sensed a change.
It seems there's an added emotional connection between him and the baby?
Drest sensed the baby's true name and murmured, "Inia, is that your name?"
The different ways of pronouncing his words give them an elegant and magnetic tone.
At the same time, the vampire's name was also conveyed to Inia through mental transmission. However, she was still an illiterate baby who couldn't read, so the name of Drest was like a firework in her mind before it was gone with the wind.
"Wow!"
Inya nibbled on her hand and laughed happily.
Having eaten and drunk her fill, she began to feel drowsy. Seeing her like this, the vampire's heart tightened. "Inia, wait a minute, don't fall asleep yet."
Judging from the baby's age, her appearance in his world was probably an accident. He hadn't figured out how long she could stay, whether she would come back after leaving, or what if Inya disappeared from this world while she was asleep? Could she find her way back here again?
However, he had zero experience taking care of babies and had no idea how to wake her up a little longer. He could only watch helplessly as she yawned and curled up sleepily in his arms.
The next instant, the vampire's arms were empty; the soft, warm baby had vanished.
Drest looked down at his hands, and after a long while, he slowly lowered his arms and looked up at the empty room.
He tried again to find Inia's energy and the spiritual link she left behind, but to no avail.
It was as if nothing had happened, and it was all just his own imagination.
A kind of
An indescribable emotion overwhelmed him, and Dreister's eyelashes trembled slightly.
The handsome vampire looked up at the waning moon in the sky. His handsome, pale profile was as if sculpted by God himself; otherwise, how could he be so noble and perfect? However, the young man's blood-red eyes tainted this beauty with a strange and dangerous aura.
Drest stared intently at the moon, his chest heaving. The next second, the figure that had been by the window vanished and was now in mid-air.
The edge of the mist was right before him; his gaze hardened, and he tore at the white mist with all his might—
A moment later, he returned to the window as if he had never made a move, and all his attacks vanished into thin air.
The same result occurred again, just like every futile attempt in the past.
Drest's red eyes flashed with a terrifying bloodlust, a far cry from the tolerant and indifferent demeanor he had displayed in front of the toddlers.
Perhaps what is more cruel than being in darkness forever is to give someone hope, only to take it away from them.
What if the sunlight only happens to pass by and never shines on the deep valley again? No one can hold back the sun's brilliance; they can only continue to sink into the endless cycle of the deep sea.
The earth shook violently, and the top floor where the lord lived was instantly reduced to ruins. The undead creatures cowered in the darkness, afraid that their unpredictable master would notice them.
On the castle rooftop, Drest was not as enraged and out of control as they had imagined. The vampire, who had just lost his temper, was now calm, as if nothing had happened.
He picked up a bottle of red wine that had miraculously survived from the ruins, turned over, and sat on the balcony railing. In the cold moonlight, he poured himself a glass.
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Chapter 7 007 Did the baby stamp my name? ...
The baby had no idea that her sudden appearance and disappearance would cause Drester to lose his composure, nor did she know the hopes he placed in her; it was as if she had just had a very good and long sleep.
"Nia, Niya…"
After a good meal and a good night's sleep, Inya was gently woken up.
She yawned widely, and when she opened her eyes, she met the caring expressions of Chu Wang and the other children.
The baby's little brain is not fully developed yet, and she cannot remember what happened in the dream. Almost the instant she wakes up, she forgets the poor vampire lord.
But the emotions in her dreams continued; the feeling of being alone in her dreams, unable to find her older brothers and sisters, lingered in her heart.
As soon as she saw them, she immediately reached out for a hug, becoming incredibly clingy.
Chu Wang picked up Inya and watched her sleepy eyes as she snuggled into his arms, his tense back finally relaxing.
"The baby is okay, that's great." The children all breathed a sigh of relief.
They arrived at the abandoned container on the edge of a sea of garbage late at night, and spent the whole night setting up their new home and scouting the surrounding area.
I was worried that the noise of moving would wake the baby, but she slept very soundly. Even when it was just getting light and the new house was all set up, Inya still showed no signs of waking up.
Chu Wang was the first to notice something was wrong. He called Inia several times, but she didn't even lift her arm or move her foot, which frightened everyone.
It wasn't until nine o'clock in the morning that the baby, who had slept for nearly twenty hours, finally woke up. She had no idea how difficult the night had been for the older children, and as usual, she acted spoiled and affectionate with them.
She's a baby who's happy all the time. Sometimes, just making eye contact with her or making a funny face at her is enough to make Inya grin from ear to ear.
Even when she's lying down and looking at the spinning wind chimes the children made for her out of plastic and scrap, she'll entertain herself, making "tap tap tap" or "ee-ya-waa" sounds, looking very happy.
No one can resist the sight of a baby's eyes crinkling and her giggling; just looking at her brings a sense of happiness.
The children have gotten used to Inya's presence. The few hours she was asleep this morning were uncomfortably quiet. It turns out that without a lively and talkative baby around, the air can be so still.
Thankfully she's alright!
Chu Wang used his fully activated Eye of Diagnosis to check on Inia many times that morning. Even though it clearly stated that the baby was fine, he still couldn't rest easy and checked on her condition every now and then.
Now that she was finally awake, she nestled in his arms just like before, and the boy's tense heart, which had been racing all morning, finally began to calm down.
He wanted to check again with his eyes, but his vision was blurry. The sleepless night and the forced use of his abilities had drained him. Chu Wang shook his head, but still forced himself to use his power to confirm that Inya was truly alright before suppressing the nausea in his throat and looking at the other children.
"Stand on guard duty in the order we agreed on beforehand. Everyone else, rest and get back into shape quickly."
The children did their jobs methodically, and soon those who were on guard duty went on duty, while the rest fell into a deep sleep.
Chu Wang appeared calm and reliable in front of his younger siblings as always, but it was clear that his mood was not as stable as he appeared. He even had to hold Inya in his arms when he slept.
The baby was very quiet. She hadn't actually stayed in the vampire world for very long; she ate her fill and then ran off. The fact that she slept for so long meant she was actually digesting the nutrients she had received from Drest.
The evil and dark power emanating from the lord was so intense that Inya hadn't absorbed much of it even after all this time. This kept her feeling languid, like she was full after a meal, which is why she was able to stay so obediently in the boy's arms without moving.
Chu Wang closed his eyes and fell asleep. He was exhausted, having lost both his energy and physical strength.
What's absurd is that he actually woke up briefly in the middle of the night, letting his younger siblings take Inya away to feed her, before falling back asleep the next second.
The eldest girl, Lina, and the youngest boy, Little One, were tasked with feeding the baby. However, when they tried to feed Inya the vegetable puree and cookie paste, the baby kept her mouth tightly shut and turned her head left and right, refusing to eat.
Although she had forgotten what happened in her dream, the delicious chocolate cake inside her belly was real. The tasteless vegetable puree had been banished by the baby, and as for the cookie dough next to it, well… she'd reluctantly take a bite out of politeness.
Even at a young age, Inia is the ruler of the dungeon world, and those evil, dark, and negative forces are her main meal. With so much dark power yet to be digested, the baby naturally doesn't feel hungry and can't eat ordinary things.
This was the first time the usually well-behaved baby had been so uncooperative, leaving Lina and the little one dumbfounded. They tried several more times, their baby's mouth covered in vegetable puree, but the baby resolutely refused to open its mouth.
The two children looked at each other, glancing at the baby who wouldn't eat and then at their older brother who was sleeping soundly and exhausted.
My older brother had been working hard for a week to move, and his eyes were bloodshot just now. He's finally able to get a full night's sleep. But he's the one among the children who knows Inya the best, and if we don't wake him, the baby might not eat all day.
How can they choose? They love both their children and their older brother. The baby and the older brother are the most important family members to them!
"Brother Chu, Brother Chu... Baby won't eat a single bite of food, what should I do?"
The next second, the siblings squatted down next to Chu Wang and shook him.
Chu Wang propped himself up. The feeling of being forced to turn on after only a few hours of sleep gave him a splitting headache and his eyes were swollen. Clearly, the power he had overused had not yet recovered.
His voice was also a little hoarse, "Let me see it."
Chu Wang's voice was about to change, and this deep voice sounded almost like that of an adult.
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Lina and Little One felt a little guilty and embarrassed for not doing things right, so they carried Inya to him.
Back in her brother's arms, Inya blinked her big eyes, looking completely innocent, as if the troublesome baby from just moments ago had nothing to do with her.
Chu Wang recalled that before Inia woke up, his several checks all showed her as "full." Logically, she had slept for almost twenty hours, and two or three hours had passed since she woke up; she shouldn't be hungry, but…
Thinking of Inya's unusually deep sleep, Chu Wang felt a slight unease.
He tried to ignore his physical discomfort and reassured her, "She's probably just been sleeping too long and doesn't have much of an appetite. I'll take her out for a walk; maybe that will give her some appetite."
Lina and the little one quickly put the batter and vegetable puree into an insulated box and watched their older brother leave with the baby in his arms.
Sigh, I really do feel ashamed, but Brother Chu can endure it a little longer, but the baby can't go hungry. If he had the choice, he probably would have made the same decision.
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Chu Wang carried Inia and took her for a walk outside.
One of the reasons he chose this place was because this sea of garbage was nearing its edge. A few kilometers to the east, the world was left with only a vast expanse of weeds, making it one of the few natural environments on the 36th floor.
When Inia moved around the suburbs before, all she could see were garbage, waste, and dilapidated buildings. She had never seen real nature before.
Sure enough, as soon as she arrived at the edge of the wasteland, Inya looked around curiously, seemingly finding everything novel and interesting.
Chu Wang also looked at the overgrown weeds in front of him.
He said softly, "There's a park in that world with fountains, dozens of kinds of flowers, and a small lake—it's real lake water, not made of garbage. You'll love it."
As he spoke, the baby looked up at him intently, as if she were truly listening. This made Chu Wang laugh, and his originally deep and slightly hoarse voice softened .
"Outside this huge junkyard, there's a beautiful world," he said. "Would Nia like to see it?"
The baby, who cannot understand, naturally cannot answer him, and can only respond with a few baby babbling sounds.
Chu Wang's eyelashes trembled slightly, he breathed softly, and his head was still spinning.
He thought of Inya's twenty-hour long sleep, of her constant state of fullness... A thought that he dared not ponder deeply weighed on his mind, and even the slightest movement made it hard for him to breathe.
The boy lowered his head, hugged the baby tightly, and buried his face in her small shoulder.
"Inya…" he called her name, his voice muffled.
Chu Wang ultimately didn't say the second half of his sentence.
By now, he no longer cared whether Inia was the dungeon master or not. He only wanted to watch her grow up, to teach her to say her name, and to give her the very best of everything.
But he was still so weak that he could only live in the garbage dump, and could only feed Inya wild vegetables, rat meat and half a bag of leftover biscuits. He could only let her sleep in a cardboard box crib and play with toys made of waste.
If one day she disappears in a junkyard, and someone in another world can feed her something better and make her happier—if he truly loves her and wants what's best for her, how could he say those four words: "Don't leave me"?
But reason knew it was right, yet emotion tore at his heart, causing Chu Wang pain.
Just then, he felt the baby move.
"Brother." She said in a childish voice, but the two words were pronounced very clearly.
Chu Wang raised his head and stared blankly at Inia.
Because of her age, although she can now call out "brother" and "sister," most of the time it's unconscious or just an interjection, and she rarely gets it right.
This was probably the third time she had clearly called Chu Wang "brother." It was unclear whether she had truly learned to recognize people, or if it was just another coincidence.
Inia's clear, amber eyes reflected the boy's image. She reached out her small hand and gently touched her brother's eyebrows.
"Mmm, brother," the baby called out again.
While Chu Wang was stunned, something suddenly appeared in his mind. He had a mysterious feeling, as if he and the baby were connected in a spiritual way.
It's like... the baby stamped his body?
Chapter 8 008 His Majesty the Baby Arrives at Her Faithful New Home...
After that day, the children all keenly noticed that Chu Wang's attitude towards the baby seemed to have changed from the past.
It's like... even though Brother Chu liked the baby a lot before, the more he liked her, the more he needed to maintain his rationality. Although everyone could see his concern for Inya, Chu Wang still held back, consciously preventing himself from becoming completely involved.
Now, Chu Wang suddenly put down his burden, and the last bit of distance between him and the baby finally disappeared completely.
Although he never showed his emotions, everyone could tell he was in a good mood.
When Chu Wang went to catch up on his sleep, Charlie whispered to Lina, "This is the first time I've seen Brother Chu so happy in all this time."
Charlie and Lina are the two oldest children besides Chu Wang. They both have Western player blood and are the two children who have known Chu Wang the longest.
Lina nodded slightly.
Although Chu Wang was seen as a steady and reliable leader and older brother by the other children, she still remembered the scene when she first met him five years ago.
The boy was gloomy and aloof, his silver-gray left eye alluring yet ominous, carrying a madness that seemed ready to take everyone down with him at any moment. Other homeless people always called him a mad dog scavenging for food in the garbage dump, but honestly, they didn't dare to mess with him.
But Lina knew that Chu Wang was a very kind person at heart, which was why he tirelessly picked up children who looked like they wouldn't live much longer. Even if he couldn't save them, he wanted to ensure that these children who died young were buried with dignity.
Five years have passed. The boy with the sinister look in his eyes has grown up and become a hero and protector to the other children. His emotions have become more restrained, and he has learned to hide his sharpness.
He rescued orphans but didn't connect with them on a deeper level. The other children loved him, but also maintained a respectful and admiring distance.
Perhaps the gloomy and aloof boy from the past still lingers in his heart, making it impossible for him to accept the warmth of others. Even when traveling with others, she always felt that Chu Wang was somewhat lonely.
He was different from them. It was very difficult for undocumented children to live past the age of eight. For them, survival was the only goal, and they had no time to think about anything more profound.
But Brother Chu is so powerful, what is he pursuing? Nobody knows.
Lina could see the problem, but she couldn't understand him. Chu Wang's heart was covered in thorns, preventing anyone from getting close. Now, seeing him finally fully accept the baby, she was truly happy for him.
In order to live a happier life, one must have warmth and love in their heart.
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After having a big meal at Drest's, Inia felt like she was fully charged, with inexhaustible energy.
With the introduction of her older siblings, Her Majesty the Baby visited her faithful new home and carefully explored every interesting corner of it.
Several large shipping containers were scattered around the new base. Some were forcibly destroyed and left only halfway, or had large holes. Others were relatively intact. They were spaced about six to ten meters apart, and the weeds outside the containers were already half a person tall.
Even though their new home was in a very remote and sparsely populated area, the children were still vigilant and lived separately in three different shipping containers to avoid being caught and killed by outsiders. The weeds around the containers were not cleared so that people would not know that anyone lived there.
This time, their living space was much larger than their previous small base in the waste mountain, and the six children plus the baby were finally not so cramped.
According to Chu Wang's calculations, they could stay here for at least two or three months without having to change locations, and without worrying about being wiped out by the regional elimination.
The orphans took turns looking after Inya. They all thought Chu Wang was so tired that he would need to sleep for at least a whole day, but to their surprise, he woke up two hours later. Everyone was astonished to see him walk out of the container.
"Brother Chu, why are you awake so soon? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Chu Wang shook his head. "I've rested enough."
Some of the other children disagreed; it was obvious to anyone that he had just been in a terrible state.
They were about to advise him to go back and rest, but upon closer inspection, Chu Wang seemed to have truly recovered to his best condition. He looked full of energy, as brand new and clean as clothes that had just been washed and dried.
...Can sleeping for two hours really be that effective?!
Amid the gasps of others, Chu Wang took Inia from him, looking down at her with mixed emotions.
In his dream, he came to a special space. All six sides of the room were shaped like the Milky Way, and he could even see stars twinkling and shooting stars streaking across the galaxy.
Although it was his first time here, Chu Wang still felt a sense of familiarity.
This is... Inia's 'world'?
Chu Wang was somewhat incredulous.
Until a familiar, old gift box appeared in the corner of the Star House, Chu Wang remembered that it was a small treasure box that six-year-old Xiao Shi had given to the baby, containing her toys and favorite little things.
Chu Wang opened the box and saw a bunch of random little things inside, including bouncy balls, origami cranes folded from scrap paper, and crickets made of long grass. Just as he was looking at them, a beautiful daisy appeared in the center of the box.
Seeing these familiar little things, the boy was now completely certain that this was Inia's world. However, her small space seemed to be only a few square meters in size and appeared incomplete.
Chu Wang didn't feel like he had been inside for very long; it seemed like he had only been thinking about a few questions when Xingwu suddenly kicked him out.
When he woke up, he felt that his previously depleted strength had become abundant again, his physical fatigue had completely disappeared, and even his left wrist, which had always been in pain due to years of heavy loads, had been completely restored!
The baby's space healed him.
Chu Wang held Inia in his arms, his heart trembling with emotion.
Is this the baby's ability? As the master of the dungeon, her power is not destruction, but... healing?
Despite his many questions, Inia was still just a baby who had barely learned to speak, and uncovering her secrets would likely take several years at the earliest. Chu Wang wasn't in a hurry; his greatest wish for his baby right now was for her to grow up healthy, and nothing else mattered more.
One thing is more important.
Since discovering that Inya gets a "full" label after sleeping for a long time, Chu Wang has added this new variable to his daily observations of the baby.
For the next seven days, Inia did not eat any regular food on her own initiative. After ten days, she would eat a little bit of biscuits each day. At the same time, her status changed to "full" and "80% full".
This intermittent, reduced eating continued for a month before finally returning to normal. The baby started eating three meals a day again, and the "full" label on her diaper finally disappeared.
Based on these two overlapping labels, Chu Wang deduced that Inya might need two different ways of eating: one is regular eating, and the other is a full month's worth of energy-consuming food. When the latter is plentiful, the former becomes less important.
The changes in the baby show how important energy intake is for her. In this month, her body has finally shed its former thinness and frailty, which once made people fear she might die at any moment. Although she still can't compare to the chubby appearance of ordinary babies in the outside world, at least her little face has finally gained some plumpness.
Inya's short, black curly hair had grown longer and had a shine. She was already adorable when she was frail, but now that she had received better nutrition, she looked even more like a beautiful little doll, so delicate and cute that it was irresistible.
Just as Chu Wang had predicted, Inia was a very energetic baby. As soon as her health improved, she immediately started crawling around everywhere.
She's not as thin as before, and now that she crawls more, it helps her exercise, so Chu Wang no longer restricts her like before, and lets the baby play for more than an hour every day.
Fortunately, the container is long enough to allow the baby to have a crawling marathon.
Inia climbed very fast every day, expending all her energy during the day so she could sleep soundly at night. While she slept well, Chu Wang began to suffer from insomnia.
He still doesn't understand where the baby gets her energy from. Now that more than a month has passed, could she be going to another place to replenish her energy in her sleep one night?
Even though the baby had already given him her approval, Chu Wang was still worried that she might not come back. These past few nights, he would wake up and gently touch Inia to see if she was still there. Fortunately, the baby hadn't fallen into a deep sleep like last time.
However, despite all the precautions Chu Wang took, he never expected that this time, the baby's dream adventure would be completely different from the previous ones.
In her dream, Inia saw the sea for the first time.
It's not an endless garbage dump, but a real ocean.
It was quiet and cold. There was no life or plants in the sea, only countless ruins that babies can't understand now, standing silently on the seabed, covered by sand.
At first, Inia just floated blankly in the ocean. She had never seen the sea before and was somewhat at a loss.
Tiny waves lapped at her face, making the curious baby forget everything else and start playing in the water with complete concentration.
Babies are born with the ability to swim, and in this strange ocean, she seemed to have no need to breathe and no fear of being swallowed by the sea. She quickly learned to splash around and swim to and fro.
In this dream, there seemed to be only an endless ocean. Because she did not draw on the power of darkness, the baby played in the sea every night and could wake up at any time during the day. Even Chu Wang did not notice anything amiss with her.
Hmm... the only possible effect is that during the day, Inya would crawl around and suddenly want to swim, but because she couldn't move around on the ground, she would sit down, tilt her head in confusion, and then continue crawling.
A few days later, Inia dreamed that she had learned to dive into the sea and swim freely, and that splashing around in the water every day was enough to make her very happy.
The baby is just a carefree little fool, but she works much harder on her own. Whenever she wanders around in the icy sea, her instinctive powers are always very strong.
If Inia were a little older and had a more profound grasp of her powers, rather than acting purely on instinct, she would have been able to sense that there was always a gaze watching her from the depths of the silent sea.
But she was too young and weak. Immersed in the ocean park, the baby could only follow her instincts. She looked up and around slowly, as if she heard footsteps, but there was only silence all around.
If there were any players or adults here, they would definitely feel that this still, stagnant sea was very strange. It looked eerie and made people instinctively want to stay away.
But the baby wasn't that smart. She looked around—then forgot what was wrong, and started frolicking in the sea again without a care in the world.
In the shadows and corners of the sea, countless eyes continued to peer into the darkness at this young, uninvited guest.
Chapter 9 009 Do you even know how to take care of children?
The sea is always silent.
His attitude towards her seemed one of indifferent detachment, neither welcoming nor banishing her. Only the gazes cast from the dark corners of the sea could sense its scrutiny and observation.
The baby didn't know how many times she had come here in her dreams. She played in the sea for many nights until her stomach started growling again—after a month and a half, she was 'hungry' again.
The baby, who had been engrossed in playing in the water, finally stopped in the sea. She looked at the seabed filled with broken walls and ruins, and clear bubbles rose up with her swimming movements. In the vast and boundless sea, there was only her, the foreign baby, and no other living creature.
"Ooh!"
After the excitement wore off, Inia opened her eyes wide and finally realized something was wrong—why was Baby all alone here? Where were her loyal brother Bus and sister Cradle?
Because she can't remember what happened in her dreams, these past few days' ocean dreams have been just: Wow! What is this? It's so much fun. Wow! What is this? It's so much fun. Wow! What is this? It's so much fun.
Only when the baby felt hungry did it finally escape from this endless nesting doll.
Although infants are young, they possess an innate survival instinct. Ordinary toddlers, when hungry, will cry and use various methods to attract adult attention, seeking help and begging for food. Inya is the same; however, as the powerful ruler of the world, when she is hungry, her power instinctively seeks out available sources.
In the vast ocean, following the current, the baby suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, a scent similar to the one she had smelled at the vampire lord's place!
Inya's eyes lit up immediately.
Although Bao had forgotten about Dreister's existence, the memory of that delicious meal remained vividly etched in the depths of Bao's mind.
The delicious aroma acted like a compass, guiding her forward from afar. The baby, who had previously lost interest in playing in the water, immediately regained her energy and swam diligently towards that spot.
She didn't realize that her dreams about the sea were continuous. Every night she swam haphazardly, unknowingly straying far from where she started, so much so that before long, the sea ahead gradually changed from bright to dark.
A sense of danger surged from all directions, and the currents in the dark sea began to become turbulent, as if they could sweep people away and swallow them whole at any moment.
But for the baby, each surging bubble carried the aroma of food, and they all smelled so delicious. As Inia kicked forward, she automatically absorbed the dark energy overflowing from these ocean currents.
If the taste of vampire is like a sculpted, luxurious, and sweet chocolate cake tower, then the taste of the surging seawater is cold, cool, and gritty, with a hint of popping candy that makes it irresistible.
In this vast ocean, the baby's figure is so small, yet it seems to be able to pierce through the darkness.
As she ate her way through the sea, without realizing it, Inia swam deeper and deeper into this dangerous water. The dark sea was like an impenetrable fog, and only the seawater that she had absorbed dark energy from would turn from black to clear.
Over time, it seemed as if a ring of clear, bright bubbles appeared around her, and wherever she swam, she would bisect the dark sea.
This place is so big and vast that even as Inya's search for the grand feast was interrupted by many nights, she still hadn't reached the end.
Fortunately, after entering the Black Sea, she absorbed the energy overflowing from the seawater every night, although the amount was not that much, but it was enough for the baby's daily needs, otherwise she would have been malnourished again.
With normal food during the day and special meals in her dreams every night, Inia's health improved significantly.
On an ordinary afternoon, Tangdou and Xiaoshi, who were resting and watching over the house, chatted together. Beside them, Baobao nimbly climbed to her treasure box, plopped down, and looked up at the box.
Inia is becoming increasingly assertive, and she occasionally chooses the toys she wants herself. Whenever this happens, she makes a few babyish "ah-ah" sounds, calling for the older children to help.
The two young children who stayed behind noticed her by the box, but because Inya was always crawling around, they were unsure whether she was just passing by or wanted a toy, so they didn't speak up immediately.
Brother Chu said, what was this called again... oh right, 'Don't disturb Inya when she's thinking seriously, it helps her learn to concentrate,' I don't know what that means.
Where did Brother Chu learn such professional terminology?
So, undisturbed, the baby sat on the ground staring at the box in front of her for a long time. Suddenly, she reached out her little hand and put it on the box, then pushed herself up with her bottom and stood up wobbly.
Tangdou and Xiaoshi, who were chatting, suddenly turned their heads and looked at Inia in disbelief.
—The baby can stand up now! Wow!
Tangdou gasped loudly, almost letting out a cry of surprise. Even faster than that was the slap on the face; with a sharp crack, Xiaoshi covered his mouth, afraid he might suddenly scream and frighten the baby.
As a result, because she covered her mouth too hard, the slap sound was extremely crisp, causing the swaying Inya to turn her head and look at her curiously.
The two men watched her with trepidation, afraid that if her attention were diverted, they might accidentally bump into the box.
She even took two unsteady steps towards them before sitting back down on the ground. Seeing Inya land safely, the two children breathed a sigh of relief, and joy welled up in their hearts once again.
"Inia, you're amazing! You're the best kid in the world!" Tangdou, her lips red from being patted, happily rubbed the baby's head, and Xiaoshi couldn't help but give Inia a big kiss.
That evening, news of the baby standing up reached the other children's ears, filling the base with joy.
Surrounded by her smiling older siblings, Inia sat calmly playing with her toys, exuding an air of detached seclusion.
"Baby, can you stand up one more time?"
The children who missed the afternoon performance bribed the baby, hoping she would do them a favor and perform again.
The baby blinked innocently. She couldn't understand what everyone was saying or their expectations. But because she was surrounded so tightly, it felt like the older kids were going to drag her back to 'go to jail' again, so she quickly crawled away.
Just then, Chu Wang walked in through the container door, reached out and scooped Inya into his arms.
"She's still young, so there's no need to worry if she hasn't seen it yet. In another month or two, she'll be able to stand up more often."
Hearing Chu Wang's words of comfort, the children nodded with deep regret.
"Brother Chu is right, the baby will be able to stand up soon, it won't make a difference if it's just a few more days."
"Brother Chu is the most composed!"
Chu Wang calmly accepted the heated lunchbox and took Inya out to eat.
To keep the baby's feeding problems from being exposed to others, he's been feeding her outside lately. Over time, everyone has gotten used to the baby's little quirk of wanting to enjoy the view while eating.
No one knew that the boy, who appeared calm and mature on the surface, was actually extremely concerned inside.
"Next time Nia learns a new skill, can she wait until her brother is here to show it off?" he asked Nia while feeding her.
The baby raised her cute little face and looked at him with an innocent and puzzled expression, as if asking: Are you talking about Senmo?
Chu Wang could only helplessly pat her head.
He couldn't help but think how wonderful it would be if their living conditions were more normal. That way, he wouldn't have to go out every day to search for supplies, but could spend all his time with Inya, watching her grow up little by little, and he wouldn't miss any of those precious moments.
Baby was unaware that, under her influence, Chu Wang's life ideal had slumped from opening the gates of hell (in short, guarding the gates) to wanting to be a full-time older brother.
The energy she gains in the sea each night is basically all absorbed the next day, which is just right. So, when Chu Wang checks on Inia's condition every night before going to bed, he still hasn't found any problems.
After Inya fell asleep, she returned to the deep sea and skillfully ate and swam.
The further she swam, the stronger the eerie and dangerous feeling became in these waters, as if countless eyes were watching her from all directions, but the baby was completely oblivious and ignored it all. She was like a puppy running towards its milk bowl, unable to see anything else.
Gradually, a long, narrow shadow appeared ahead, and the turbulent water, carrying more and more dark energy, surged toward the baby, but she stopped absorbing it.
After all—the real meal is right there in that shadowy spot! Before its true form, the energy overflowing from the water no longer holds any appeal.
Inia finally arrived at the darkest depths of the sea, where a bottomless abyss lay before her, a place where even light would vanish.
A tiny human figure stands against a steep, deep sea cliff. It's as if simply standing there, one's soul would be drawn into this darkness.
The pressure here is immense; any player standing here would only want to get away and escape. Humans naturally feel an instinctive sense of danger towards darkness and depth, let alone in the ocean depths where humans cannot easily move around, where fear is only amplified.
However, Inya showed no fear whatsoever; she plunged headlong into the abyss.
—What do you mean by dark or scary? In a baby's eyes, this place is like a little mouse falling into a rice jar!
Baby eats and eats and eats and eats and eats! Baby eats like crazy!
That icy, cool sensation returned. Perhaps because Inia was having a proper meal this time, the sea tasted like mint ice cream sprinkled with popping candy—cold, crunchy, and with a granular texture.
After inhaling the icy air, the baby's head felt cold and he couldn't help but sneeze.
Chew, chew, chew, it's so delicious! What a strange texture! One more bite, one more bite, one more bite...
It was another wonderfully delicious dream.
The next day, when Chu Wang woke Inya again at noon, he already had a premonition. But when he saw that in addition to "full," the baby's status also had a "mild cold" tag, the boy's fists hardened.
—What kind of heartless adult in the world fed this baby? Do they even know how to take care of a child?!
Chapter 10 010 Your Treasure Has Arrived
In the months since Chu Wang took Inia home, even though the baby's body was weak, she never got sick.
Upon seeing the cold label on her status, the boy almost couldn't contain his urge to kill her. He simply couldn't understand how people from another world could feed a baby and still let her catch a cold.
While a cold and fever in an infant might be considered a minor illness in the normal world, parents still need to keep a close eye on it to prevent the illness from worsening and causing symptoms such as high fever and seizures.
In the thirty-sixth layer of the infinite space, the risk of illness for young children is greatly increased.
Medicine is highly valued here. Even a child like Chu Wang, who was raised by a relatively wealthy pair of players, was decisively abandoned by his parents after drinking a basic healing potion and still had a persistent high fever. This is even more true for a child born in a junkyard.
There are no treatment options, and adults don't care. Whether they survive is left to fate. So, for the children here, the most terrifying thing is getting sick or injured.
Everyone felt guilty because Inya was sick; they all felt it was their fault for not taking good care of the baby.
"It has nothing to do with you, it's my problem." Seeing the gloomy atmosphere in the small base, Chu Wang could only take the blame. "Perhaps I accidentally made Inya catch a cold when I was feeding her outside."
Barely managing to calm the other children, Chu Wang gritted his teeth in secret. He only regretted his own inadequacy in being able to see what kind of beings lived in the other world.
He had taken such good care of Inya for so long, and she was so lucky to share her sister with him, yet he still didn't care at all. How dare he!
It's true that whoever raises a child loves them the most.
Fortunately, Inya is not an ordinary baby. She was so weak before but never got sick. This cold should be nothing serious, perhaps related to the nutrients she absorbs.
Chu Wang guessed right again. Although the baby had a cold, he didn't seem to be in any particular discomfort. He would just sneeze and have a runny nose occasionally, and he was still crawling around on the carpet very fast.
Over the next few days, Inia began to slowly absorb the dark power she had obtained from the sea. She stopped dreaming of Him at night and stopped eating during the day.
Under Chu Wang's cover, no one noticed the baby's abnormality.
Inia was too young to remember anything, and like a forgotten vampire lord, she stopped dreaming of that sea and completely forgot about it.
A few days later, the baby once again dreamed of returning to the sea.
The sea was cold, and Inia hadn't reacted to it before. But whether it was because the temperature was even lower in its deepest part, or because the power in the seawater near the abyss made the baby subconsciously absorb it, she sneezed as soon as she came into the sea.
Compared to how she once devoured most of the negative power of the vampire Drest in a single night, the blackness surging in the abyss had not diminished much despite Inia's visit two days prior.
Such a massive amount of negative and violent emotion is not something a single person could possess.
The baby didn't understand such complicated things. Even though she was already full and hadn't fully digested the previous power, she couldn't help but continue to greedily eat when she saw the inexhaustible ice cream valley. While absorbing the power, she was shivering from the cold as the power of the sea froze.
Mint flavor
Popping candy ice cream, anyone who eats it will freeze to the back of their head.
ocean:...
While Inia was chewing, she was unaware of what was happening when a current enveloped her and smoothly carried her baby back to the shallow sea, far from the abyss.
The seawater around her was no longer so cold, but rather felt warm, as if the sea had come back to life from its deathly stillness.
The baby is unhappy. She hasn't even had a few bites yet, and her ice cream valley is gone!
Just as she was about to cry out in protest, a toy rubber duck suddenly appeared out of nowhere from the warm water swirling around the baby.
Inya's eyes widened as her attention was drawn to the little yellow duck in the water, instantly forgetting the ice cream that Bao had snatched from her.
The baby playing with the rubber duck didn't realize that the sea's attitude seemed to have softened a bit compared to its initial coldness and scrutiny.
He finally responded to her.
The water enveloped the tiny baby, an invisible hand cradling her in its palm, and carried her ashore.
The sea placed her at the very top of a tall tower.
This is the tallest building in the entire city. On the distant horizon, the setting sun is slowly descending, and orange light flows between the steel and concrete skyscrapers.
The view from the top of the tower is beautiful and spectacular.
The sea invited Inia to watch the sunset, perhaps as a way of thanking Him—because Inia had consumed some of His negative energy, though it seemed to be nothing more than a drop in the ocean's ocean power.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, they found themselves in a completely different place, having come from the vast ocean. The baby opened his eyes wide and patted the solid ground beneath him in disbelief.
She was captivated by the dazzling sunset where the sky met the earth, but a child's attention span is short. After a short while, Inya became interested in the little duck she was holding. After playing with it for a while, she put the duck aside and began looking for the adults.
Everything was wonderful in the sea, and the baby's memory was refreshed with the night, causing her to forget things again and again, only focused on playing and unable to recall anything else.
However, once back on Earth, the environment, similar to real life, quickly made her realize that she didn't have any older brothers or sisters around her.
She climbed a few steps on the platform at the top of the tower. Everything was unfamiliar, and there was no one around. The baby stopped and looked around.
"Wow!" she cried out, calling for her owner.
The top of the tower was quiet; not a single person could be seen.
Inya sat on the ground, blinking her big eyes with a puzzled look.
"Ugh...brother?"
The baby's soft, sweet voice sounds like a soft, delicious little dumpling.
Only those who have taken care of her know that although she sounds cute now, if she doesn't get a response, the little dumpling will start to make a ruckus.
Her babyish voice faded into the quiet breeze, and it seemed that the baby was still all alone on the rooftop.
Still, no one paid any attention to her. Ever since Chu Wang picked her up, she had never been treated so unfairly, being His Majesty's baby. Inia pouted, and it looked like she was about to cry. Suddenly, the quiet air stirred.
The whole world seemed to become a giant, rapidly spinning wheel, with the setting sun falling at ten times the speed, and the moon and night rising in an instant.
Almost in the blink of an eye, night fell.
The baby was startled by the sudden change, but she was quickly drawn to the city below the tower.
The metropolis under the night sky emits a pale blue, cold light, looking like another icy sea from afar.
At that moment, huge 3D projections flashed everywhere between the skyscrapers, and the whole world suddenly became dazzling with light and color.
Una knew that those were standard 3D advertisements in the cyber world. She was very interested in those flashy and moving projections. She sat by the tower, gazing intently at the city not far away.
A few minutes later, when the baby, who had been watching intently, finally got tired of it and turned around, she saw several small 3D projections appear on the open ground behind her.
A neon pink kitten is balancing a ball of yarn on its head, while a fluorescent green puppy is sniffing around.
Beside them, a yellow toy car drove around on the ground, making jingling sounds to attract children.
—The main idea is to keep the baby so busy that they don't have time to think about crying.
Inia stared at them curiously, unaware that they were just virtual projections. She was drawn to the kitten on the left one moment and the dog on the right the next.
She tried to touch it, but her hand passed right through the projection. The baby looked at her little hand in disbelief, her eyes wide open.
And so, she played with the 3D projections all night long. They would even run around and interact with her like real animals, and occasionally they would change into other colors and shapes, attracting all her attention and leaving her no chance to pay attention to anything else.
The baby was exhausted that night. She kept trying to pounce on the projector, crawling around and playing with it, and her attention was always focused. She managed to get the amount of exercise she needs every day while she slept.
When she woke up, Inya didn't crawl around with boundless energy like usual. Instead, she unusually clung to her older siblings all day, not being very naughty.
When she suddenly became well-behaved and quiet, everyone was not used to it, fearing that her illness had worsened.
Chu Wang checked the baby's condition and found that the cold label had disappeared, but a new label of "fatigue" had appeared.
...Could it be that someone played with the baby in her dream all night long?
Holding Inya, the boy suddenly felt a pang of heartbreak, like that of a widow who had raised her child with great difficulty only to have the child targeted by someone else. What was most infuriating was that he didn't even know who was eyeing his baby.
The baby looked up at Chu Wang in his arms. Although she didn't know why her brother's emotions had been so unstable lately, Inia was still obediently held and even snuggled her face against him.
From that day on, Inia would often travel to the world of the sea in her dreams. Sometimes she would play in the water, and sometimes the sea would take her to the city's towers and give her some fun toys.
Chu Wang simply couldn't keep an eye on her. If Inya were old enough to speak fluently, things would be much easier. The problem was that she was too young; she had only just learned to recognize and greet people, which, while already considered quite clever for a baby, was far from enough.
So even though the boy possessed a brilliant mind capable of calculating the patterns of the thirty-six layers of the Great Cleansing, he was still powerless to miss most of the clues about the baby's dream of going to other worlds.
If Inya could recount her dreams to him, Chu Wang could immediately draw many conclusions.
For example, the second world ruler 'Sea' that the baby visits in his dream seems to be much smarter than the vampire lord Drest.
Of course, it could also be a limitation of the era, after all, part of the world in the sea seems to be a futuristic city, while the world where Dreister is located is still in the Middle Ages.
Inia has established a spiritual connection with every boss whose power she has absorbed, and now the list only includes Chu Wang, Drest, and Hai.
Chu Wang spends every day with Bao Bao, and since he's not exactly a boss, his perception of the mental connection is quite dull. However, Bao Bao's stamp and Bao Bao's Star House are secrets known only to him.
Drester had experienced a mental connection, through which he and Inya exchanged names. However, more than a month had passed, and he still didn't seem to have found a way to contact the baby through the mental link.
The remaining instance master, 'Sea,' is extremely intelligent.
At first, He observed Inya in secret for more than half a month, until she absorbed a small portion of His negative power and began to connect with Him spiritually.
However, He exists in the form of the ocean, and Baby has never seen Him in person, so there is currently no spiritual interaction between them. The ocean does not know who Baby is, and Baby does not know that the ocean is alive.
However, in just a few days, Hai learned the upgraded use of the mental link—summoning the baby from his dreams.
From then on, every time the baby dreamed of the sea, it was because He initiated the connection.
Inya is too young to control her power. Her mental link is completely open, and her power will instinctively respond as long as someone calls to her in the right way.
Every time the baby visited in his dreams, Hai observed her from all angles, eventually fully understanding her habits, her little hobbies, and her quirks, until he was certain that her appearance was accidental, not some kind of conspiracy.
However, all of this came at a price. In the few days that Inia had been getting to know her, the top of the sea tower inevitably began to be occupied by the baby's things.
There was no way around it; Inya was a homebody, and empty spaces would instinctively frighten and make her nervous. Only when Hai, based on his analysis of her preferences, filled the empty space with the things she liked did she finally begin to relax.
Here, the baby has their own little bed, various children's furniture and toys.
Only after acquiring these things did the forgetful baby finally begin to remember that he had a new territory.
It is true that Hai has a thorough grasp of the overall situation and a comprehensive understanding of Inia.
From another perspective
Look, the baby has successfully left its mark on the world of the sea. She has even carved out her own territory in the center of her world... How can this not be considered a reverse invasion?
Bora, Bora sees, Bora conquers!
Chapter 11 011 Bad Pot!
Before the age of three or four, toddlers have relatively poor memory, let alone babies like Inya who are not even a year old.
Simply put, the baby currently has the memory of a fish. Not only does she forget what happened in her dream every time she wakes up, but even in the dream, without the guidance of a person or object, no matter how many times she comes, everything still feels unfamiliar.
What babies need most is interaction with adults, and in this respect, 'Hai' is no match for the vampire lord Drest.
If Drest had been bringing Inya over to play every few days, she would definitely remember the vampire by now and become so familiar with him that she would reach out for a hug every time they met.
The sea didn't appear, and the baby would never feel familiar with an empty space. So He could only provide her with various children's furniture and guide her to play with the same toys in her dreams, so that Inia would become familiar with the dream environment and not start looking for her brother so quickly every time.
It's unclear when it started, but whenever Inia visits the dream world, she always wakes up in a low-legged children's bed.
The crib has a soft, sloping edge with a sofa-like texture, allowing her to easily climb onto the rug and play with the dozens of colorful toys laid out on it.
Hai's strategy has been quite effective. Since having his own crib and toys, there is a 60% chance that the baby will happily play all night. A small number of times, the baby will suddenly drop the toys while playing and look for his older brother.
A dozen days later, when Inya opened her eyes again in her crib, she no longer looked around with the same puzzled expression as before—"It looks familiar—Wow! Toys!"—an endless dream of nesting dolls.
She stretched her arms on the small bed and yawned. Even though her amber eyes looked at the toys on the carpet, she didn't crawl over as quickly as before, but instead rolled around on the bed.
The baby lay on the soft bed. She had been well-nourished by the energy of her two bosses over the past two months, and her little face had finally become chubby and baby fat, making you want to pinch it.
Her short, curly black hair wasn't long enough to tie into a bun. Paired with her beautiful, large amber eyes, red lips, and white teeth, she looked like a newborn princess from a fairy tale.
Inya lay in her small bed for a long time that night, showing no interest in playing with her toys.
Until a teddy bear flew to her side, the baby reached out and grabbed it, blinking her big eyes and looking around.
"Brother." After a pause and no response, the baby called out again in a sweet, soft voice, "Sister."
For Inia, the person she was closest to was Chu Wang. The boy was the first person she ever saw, and he was also the one who took the most care of her. Although his dark power was small, it still silently seeped into her every day.
So when a baby arrives in an unfamiliar environment and encounters an emergency, he is the only person they want to turn to for help.
Now that Inya is familiar with the territory in the dream and regards it as a safe home, she naturally thinks of calling out to her other older brothers and sisters after the emergency ends.
A sign that your baby has accepted their new home in their dream world is that they no longer rush straight for novel and interesting toys as soon as they enter the dream.
In her little world, home is peaceful and safe, filled with enough love that allows her to feel confident and relaxed without worrying about her toys being taken away, so she can play at her own pace. Whenever she wants something, her older siblings will be there to fulfill it.
This is the home that six children built for her in the world of the garbage dump; it may be dilapidated, but it is unique.
The sea could not understand this. It slowly built a paradise that belonged only to Inia based on her habits and hobbies. Everything seemed to be developing well. Why did this successful method, which had been proven time and again, suddenly fail?
He didn't know that it was precisely because His plan had been executed so successfully that Hai could only bring out more novel toys and even cartoons, hoping to keep her happily playing.
In the paradise by the sea, everything was so interesting and wonderful, something that the children in the junkyard could never give Inia in their entire lives.
At first, this was indeed effective, but Hai realized that as the time it took to fall asleep increased, toys could no longer distract the baby, who was always calling for her older brother and sister.
—He clearly created this paradise according to her needs, so why is it like this?
Even with a massive flow of data, He still struggled to understand what this tiny, speechless baby truly wanted.
Humans are always so hard to understand.
Inia's clear, innocent eyes reflected the small playground under the azure sky, with countless toys laid out on the carpet before her. The baby blinked, as if she still saw that empty space in her eyes.
Toys, animation, and swimming are certainly fun, but they're always more interesting the first time you see them. As nights that used to refresh her memories according to her dreams began to become more coherent, Inya's enthusiasm for them naturally faded.
For a baby, the most important thing is always love.
Inia loved the warm arms that held her, loved the children's smiles at her, and loved their soft voices as they spoke to her.
She doesn't need that many toys, but she needs lots and lots of love.
The baby ignored the pile of toys on her bed, tilted her head back, and looked up at the sky. At the same time, another doll flew through the air and landed precisely in her arms.
Inya dropped the doll and reached out her little hand into the empty air.
"Brother, hug me."
The air became quiet.
The next second, the world in front of Inia went black.
The sea withdrew from her dream.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw a somewhat old corrugated iron ceiling in front of me. The morning sun shone obliquely into the container through the small holes, and I could hear the rustling of the children who had already woken up talking in hushed tones.
In the familiar environment, the baby blinked her eyes and then burst into tears.
Although she doesn't understand the meaning of dreams, nor the complex differences between dreams and reality, and even has a vague memory of what happened in her dreams after waking up, her emotions are the only thing that flows smoothly and continuously.
Although she doesn't remember what happened, some bad guys have been ignoring her, leaving the baby so lonely.
Chu Wang was about to leave after getting dressed when he was called back by Inya's crying.
He scooped the baby into his arms, looking somewhat bewildered. "What happened?"
Fortunately, Inia doesn't remember anything now. If she were two or three years old, Chu Wang would have completely taken the blame for Hai ignoring her in his dream.
After all, the baby doesn't know the sea, and every time she calls for Chu Wang, Chu Wang never shows up.
You're such a jerk!
All morning, Inia clung to Chu Wang and wouldn't let go. Whenever the boy tried to put her down, the baby would look at him with tearful eyes, looking pitiful. Of course, Chu Wang couldn't bear to see her so sad, so he comforted her until noon when she was feeling better.
The children were also heartbroken and began searching for the reason.
"Has the baby been bitten by an insect?"
"It could also be a nightmare."
"Or are you hungry, sick, or cold?"
"Baby loves Brother Chu the most. Has Brother Chu been going out too much lately and not spending much time with her?"
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn to their pillar of support.
Chu Wang, busy soothing the child and also having to endure the stares of his younger siblings: ...
It must be that awful person from my dream!
First he let the baby catch a cold, and now he's made her cry. If he ever gets to meet this guy, he'll definitely settle this score with him.
It seems his dagger still needs further sharpening.
Before going to bed that night, Chu Wang held the baby in his arms and earnestly discussed with her, "Nia, can you please stop dreaming about that bad guy? We need to stay away from bad guys. Anyone who bullies the baby is a bad person."
Inya stared at him blankly, blinking her eyes.
"Waaah...bad?" She had only just begun to learn a few words, and with Chu Wang's encouraging gaze, the baby freely combined the few words she knew, her voice both sweet and clear: "Brother, bad."
Chu Wang: ...
That's not how it's said, baby!!
Although tonight's actions were somewhat self-destructive, the boy might be happier if he knew that Inia had indeed revoked 'Sea's' authority.
Because of her young age, Inya's mental link is open, and anyone can connect to it.
But the baby who cried today was unhappy because of her dream; she didn't want to go to a place without her older brothers and sisters. Because of this instinctive resistance, her powers inadvertently shut down the sea's ability to call out to her.
Hai wants to leave the dark room, but he has to wait for Inia to release him. But there's a problem: the baby is too small, and she can't control her powers at all.
If you're lucky, and the baby is hungry, even if she vaguely misses the taste of ice cream or even wants to play with the toys in the ocean world for a moment, this vague lack of resistance and desire can reopen the two-way connection with the sea.
If luck isn't on your side, things will be terrible—how many people can remember the dreams they had as babies? To reconnect with Inia, it will probably have to wait until she grows up and learns to control her powers before she discovers that there's a forgotten mental link in her mind.
Actually, the first possibility is quite likely, because this month is about to end, the baby has absorbed the power of the sea, and will begin the next round of nutrient absorption.