Chapter 30

Although Su You had shrunk back from his transformed adult form while unconscious, he was still visibly a little bigger than he had been at three and a half.

System 001 silently stared at the little trickster before him. For a moment, it did not know what else it could possibly say.

At last, the silent System 001 gave a quiet sigh and withdrew the protective barrier surrounding the young one. The beastfolk throughout Plane 12768 could finally once again gaze upon the little creature in the hands of the Beast God statue.

At the same time, inside the virtual livestream sphere of the main universe’s *Super Soldier 2*, the feeds for Livestream Room 001 and Livestream Room 098, which had once again dissolved into static, finally returned to normal.

On the main stage, the green-skinned host, Makamaka, was drenched in sweat. He stared at the audience and forced a smile.

“Ah, wonderful! The temporary fluctuations in the Cosmic Lightnet have finally ended, and our staff have managed to repair the signals for Livestream Room 001 and Livestream Room 098!”

The audience’s mental bodies stared at the green-skinned host with strange looks that plainly said: Do you take us for fools?

Not long ago, they clearly remembered this idiotic green host saying that the signal interruption had occurred because Candidate 001 had entered the final elimination challenge.

Of course, in his efforts to deceive them, this idiotic host had already tossed out who knew how many excuses. The fool himself had probably forgotten most of what he had said.

Under normal circumstances, the audience’s mental bodies would have torn the green-skinned host apart on the spot, or at the very least bombarded him with a barrage of negative-review slime attacks.

But today…

At least for the moment, no one present had the spare attention to bother with the idiotic host.

In the audience section of the virtual livestream sphere’s main studio, everyone was still immersed in the shock of what had happened moments earlier…

[Can someone tell me what Candidate 001 subdued?]

[…Oh. He subdued twelve Super-S-class sacred beasts—the twelve strongest sacred beasts in Plane 12768.]

[How many S-class high-ranking beastfolk are there?]

[I don’t know… I saw data encryption. Wasn’t this ridiculous show supposed to be completely open and transparent? What does data encryption mean??]

[…Not just the S-class high-ranking beastfolk, right? I remember there were also A-class, B-class, C-class, and D-class ones…]

[Hey, friend up front, there’s no point calculating it that way. I suggest simply saying “all the beastfolk”… After all, aside from the screens for Livestream Room 001 and Livestream Room 098, has anyone seen a beastfolk who wasn’t crawling on the ground in submission? I certainly haven’t.]

[“Data confidential” is quite an interesting phrase. Why don’t we guess why it’s confidential?]

[:) My guess is that the amount of data is simply too large.]

[What a cautious answer. I think there’s an even better one.]

[?]

[What do you think of this answer: Candidate 001 directly subdued the entirety of Plane 12768?]

[That’s a bold guess—but I suspect you may be right.]

Within the audience section of *Super Soldier 2*’s virtual livestream sphere, there were no longer merely the original viewers of *Super Soldier 1* and those baby-adoring zealots obsessed with watching cute little creatures.

As news spread from viewer to viewer, countless lovers of the occult from the main universe had also hurried into *Super Soldier 2*’s virtual livestream sphere to watch in real time.

Yet even viewers whose mental bodies were deeply immersed in the occult had never imagined that something so absurd could happen on a variety show—

A candidate for the title of Soldier King, relying on his own strength—though that was debatable—had subdued every living being in an entire plane?!

Could such a thing reasonably exist?

Of course, the strangest part was this…

The Soldier King candidate who had subdued every living creature was not even an adult candidate!

He was merely a young one!

He looked only three years old! He could barely understand the system’s commands and guidance. Or rather, the young one did not even understand what kind of variety show this was, nor did he understand what he himself was doing!

Such a young one… such a young one…

The audience’s mental bodies still remembered the absurdity they had felt upon discovering that Candidate 001 was a young one. Yet clearly, they felt that their current state was even more absurd.

Compared with these highly evolved mental bodies that still retained some reason, the diode-like zealots who devoted their entire minds to adoring the young one were much simpler.

At that moment, within Candidate 001’s subspace, the delighted mental bodies finally saw their precious Youyou again!

[Waaah, precious baby, Mommy loves you!]

[Precious Youyou, Daddy loves you too! Look—my heart has already split into eight petals, and every petal is a little flower of love for Youyou!]

Having seen Su You again, the zealots were completely immersed in their happiness at seeing the little one. As for how their precious Youyou had conquered the entirety of Plane 12768—

They could not be bothered to care about such questions!

Of course, some of the zealots were enthusiastic about discussing the matter—

[Why did our precious Youyou conquer every beastfolk in Plane 12768?]

[Obviously because Youyou is the best!]

[Youyou is adorable!]

[Youyou is well-behaved!]

[Youyou is invincible!]

Every single zealot present wished they could open their mouths and list a whole string of virtues belonging to their precious baby. Even after the Cosmic Lightnet signal reconnected and Su You’s sleeping face appeared on the screen, these zealots found endless ways to praise him.

They were practically on the verge of composing a song called “Precious Youyou.”

Naturally, one of the zealots immediately suggested it, and all the others agreed on the spot.

The next time Precious Youyou came to visit them, they absolutely had to sing “Precious Youyou” together for their little darling!

As for the fact that Su You had grown slightly after the network reconnected?

What was the big deal?

In the Great Cosmic Age of Entertainment, the lifeforms of nearly every species in the main universe appeared within the Lightnet’s catalog of cosmic races. Among such a vast spectrum of species, there were countless groups that grew up simply by sleeping once!

Every species had its own standards for determining when a lifeform reached maturity. After all, they were not the wonderful and captivating humans of Earth, who had to endure eighteen long years before truly reaching adulthood.

As for their precious Youyou—although his humanoid index had already exceeded ninety-nine percent, that only meant “humanoid.”

Just think about it. True humans from Earth were fragile and enchanting creatures who required absolute protection. Even with the God-level Soldier King System 001 by his side, a genuine human from Earth could not cross a sub-universe dimensional passage by relying on physical strength alone!

In short, although their precious baby was unbelievably adorable, he was not human. There was no need for him to follow the human growth standards of Earth!

The delighted zealots clutched their cheeks, little flowers blooming from their chests, eager at any moment to send a joyful firework toward Precious Youyou on the screen.

Meanwhile, atop the Beast God statue in the square of the Bandaxia Shrine in Plane 12768, the little one remained unaware of everything. He only knew that he had eaten until he was very full, then enjoyed a wonderful sleep—

And now…

Now Youyou was about to wake up!

Under the watchful eyes of the twelve sacred beasts in the square of the Bandaxia Shrine, the little Su You nestled in the hands of the Beast God statue rubbed his eyes. Then he sat up and cheerfully greeted the system.

“System! Youyou’s awake!”

After seeing the little one’s rosy cheeks and bright, happy eyes, the silent System 001 could only sigh helplessly. In its gentle, calm voice, it replied:

“All right, Youyou. I’m here.”

After a pause, the system glanced at the little fellow, who had grown slightly larger, and asked seriously:

“Youyou, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”