"You know how powerful Shining is. Although she is still very young, I dare say that it is not easy for anyone in the entire Earthsea to hurt her except for the gods."
"Don't forget, she was scared back by a breath, which means that the things on the surface are much stronger than her. Are you really determined to go up again?"
Charles thought a lot, and waited until the water in the bathtub had cooled down. He started to defend himself again, "But Shanshan didn't go up directly. Maybe there is a layer between the sea and the surface."
Anna helplessly patted Charles heavily with her hands. "Is it fun to lie to yourself like this?"
Charles sat up from the bathtub with a somewhat excited voice. "You know, the Foundation came down from the surface. All the previous clues indicate that everything is normal outside the surface."
"Besides, you have devoured the memories of many Foundation humans before. You should also know that as long as they apply, they can go to the surface."
Anna opened her right hand and covered Charles' mouth directly, stopping him from continuing.
"Yes, you are right, it is very possible, but the only most important variable you forgot is time."
"Time? What time?" Charles looked a little surprised.
"Let me ask you, when did the Foundation collapse?"
Charles shook his head. "I'm not sure. Most of it is not recorded, but it must be at least several hundred years old."
Anna pointed at the ceiling and said, "Dawn 1 was built by them, right? You said their technology is very advanced, so tell me, what century was it when the Foundation first came here? And what century was it when you came here after all these years?"
"They were normal back then, are things really normal outside after a few hundred years?"
Charles was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he remembered a problem, that is, the serious mismatch between the surface technology and the foundation's technology.
Human civilization entered modern society in the middle of the twentieth century, but if I fell into the Earth Sea thirteen years ago, then the foundation must have come down before the fifteenth century.
But a contradiction arises. You have to know that it was the Ming Dynasty at that time. It was impossible for the ancient people in the 15th century to let people all over the world work together to create a collective organization like the Foundation that belongs to all mankind.
Anna saw that Charles had figured it out, so she rushed over, held his head with both hands, looked into his eyes and said, "Wake up, the surface above is no longer the 21st century, don't be obsessed anymore."
Charles' mind was in a mess at this time. The two messages brought by Anna shattered his fantasies.
He quickly looked for weaknesses in the news. After a few seconds, he said, "Maybe... maybe the time in Earthsea is not consistent with the time outside. If that's the case, then it makes sense."
"Perhaps the Foundation came here around 2,000 years ago. The few hundred years since their demise have only been a few years on the surface. Have you read Journey to the West before? One day in heaven equals one year on earth."
Anna, with a hint of anger on her face, pushed Charles' head away forcefully. "It's really unreasonable, you are crazy!"
After saying that, she stood up directly from the bathtub and walked towards the clothes scattered on the ground.
Charles stood up and looked at Anna's smooth, white back covered by the purple silk skirt. He knew that she was really angry, but he did not understand her attitude.
"Anna, you understood me before. Didn't you agree that I should continue to search the surface? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Anna turned around and looked at him coldly, “So it’s still my fault. Have you ever thought about what you have done for us?”
"Who am I to you? I feel like I'm not your wife, but just your tool. When you need me, I'll be there for you. When you don't, just ignore me."
"Don't think I can't live without you. If I think about it, all the memories between us will disappear immediately!!"
"Of course I care about you. I'm going to look for the surface for our family. The Earthsea is so dangerous. Are we going to stay in this hellhole forever?" Charles' voice couldn't help but get louder.
Anna showed a hint of mockery on her face. She walked up to Charles and kept poking his chest with her fingers. "How many humans are there in the entire Earthsea? Why can they live, but you can't?"
"And don't forget what your daughter and I really are. We are monsters from Earthsea. Earthsea is our world. Why do I always have to give in to you? When will you give in to me?"
"Oh, and yourself! Look at the state you're in now. Can you really adapt to being thrown back to the surface?"
"Tell me, how many lives have you taken over the years? Can you really adapt to a society ruled by law?"
"Wake up! Charles, even if you are not the Chosen One, you are a monster! Thirteen years have made you completely integrated into the Earthsea. I tell you, you can't go back! You will never go back again!!"
"Enough!" Charles interrupted Anna's words with an angry roar, his eyes staring at Anna like an angry lion.
Anna looked at Charles coldly. Her expression had never been so cold before. She took a step forward, her eyes only a few centimeters away from Charles.
"That's fine with me, but what about Twinkle? Do you really care about your daughter? Have you ever considered whether she's willing to go up with you?"
"Have you ever felt the responsibility of being a father since she was born? Charles, you are so selfish. You only think about yourself!"
"Bang!" Anna smashed Charles' phone heavily on his chest and turned away. "Scumbag, spend the rest of your life with your right hand."
Anna left the bathroom angrily, leaving Charles alone standing there.
Looking at the direction Anna left, Charles picked up the phone in his hand.
A red light has appeared in the upper right corner of the phone, indicating that the battery is running low.
Charles entered the password and the phone's interface turned into a recording interface, which contained an audio file of several minutes.
After clicking on it, a gleaming voice rang out from the speaker of the phone. "Mom, can we ask Dad not to go into the sea?"
"Why."
"Because Nini's father went to the sea and never came back. I don't want him to never come back. If he doesn't come back, will mom be sad?"
Anna in the audio paused for a few seconds and then said again: "Does Shanshan love daddy?"
"I don't know. He's strange, he doesn't play with me. I still like my mom more."
"Mom, if Dad's brain is broken, if we fix his brain, will he not want to go up there anymore?"
Anna in the audio did not answer this question. Shanshan continued to ask: "Mom, Nini's dad will play with her, tell her stories, and bring her food."
"Why does my dad only like to go in the ocean?"
(End of this chapter)