Mother split into countless incarnations, each identity possessing the ability to think independently.
Most interestingly, these identities did not necessarily know one another. Other than Mother herself and Hawkins, many of the remaining identities were strangers to each other.
For example, Aiou did not know Owl, although he knew Li Xiao.
"Come play with you again next time. Bye-bye!"
Aiou left the island with Granny Liu. Before leaving, he turned back and waved at Don Quixote, wondering whether Don Quixote was an identity as well.
The two returned from the sea to land. Granny Liu coughed, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. Aiou asked worriedly, "Are you all right?"
"This little injury is nothing. It'll heal on its own soon enough." Granny Liu waved her hand, clearly unconcerned.
She then took out a bottle of pills, poured one out, and swallowed it. Her complexion immediately began to improve.
"Let's go. That thief must die today!" Granny Liu took a deep breath and declared firmly.
Aiou nodded. He understood what Granny Liu was angry about. Though knowing those children were merely puppets without self-awareness made him feel somewhat better, the mothers who had lost their children had truly lost their own children.
The pain of losing a child was not an illusion.
Aiou contacted Mi Hayou and quickly pinpointed Xiao Tiantian's location. They then took a detour and left through another teleportation array, mainly because the array they had used to arrive had been completely destroyed in the aftermath of Prince Lanling's battle with the enforcers.
Neither of them had any intention of helping Prince Lanling. Instead, they avoided him.
Ten minutes later, the two appeared in another residential complex. This time, Xiao Tiantian had no way to conceal himself. After being found, he escaped barely a dozen meters