The Birth of an Ultimate

Believe me?

What did that mean?

Why had she been willing to endure so much pain and danger just to take him to see that thing at the bottom of the abyss?

Why had he felt such a powerful calling when he saw it?

Lu Xin's rational thoughts were gradually returning, but he did not feel relieved.

Instead, even more questions surged into his mind like a tide.

Mom's words gave him a feeling of splitting, as if some part of him already understood.

But most of him had no idea what they meant, and the panic and confusion in his heart were indescribable.

He was completely unwilling to let the conversation end there.

He clenched his teeth and shook his head hard. Then he said, "I want to know what that really was..."

"I want to know even more what it has to do with me."

"Why did I feel... such a strong sense of familiarity when I saw it?"

"I even felt..."

After a pause, he finally said in a faintly trembling voice, "I am it!"

"..."

When he said those words, his voice seemed to carry wisps of chill. It was an inexplicable fear.

Even though he had already left the abyss, a coldness that had seeped into his bones still gripped his heart from time to time.

"Sigh..."

Mom looked at Lu Xin, who was clenching his teeth, and sighed softly.

"It isn't just you. We feel that same abnormal familiarity too..."

Mom lowered her voice. "Or perhaps this isn't familiarity at all. Maybe we ourselves were born because of it?"

"This..."

Lu Xin froze, staring blankly at Mom.

The Crimson Moon's light spilled down, cloaking her in a layer of mystery.

Mom had answered him, yet it felt as though she had not