Chapter 16

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Su You, perched atop the gray wolf warrior Wolbeli, had just been rubbing his little belly, pouting in distress, feeling so hungry he was about to let out a howl and swallow Lili whole! Then, in the next moment, a fragrant morsel suddenly appeared before his eyes. Tentatively, he reached out his tiny hand and grasped at what seemed like thin air, and to everyone’s astonishment, the little cub promptly let out a satisfied burp.

The bewildered cub sensed that the delicious food had vanished. Though his tummy was no longer empty, he felt as if something tasty had slipped away, and his large, turquoise eyes quickly filled with tears of grievance.

“Tongtong, the yummy food disappeared… qaq,” the soft little cub pitifully looked up at his good friend Tongtong. He even tried to draw a big circle in the air with his short little hands, as if to explain that there had been so much delicious food just moments ago, and now it was suddenly gone!

In truth, none of those present—not the two systems, nor the two immobilized high-level beast clans—had noticed any “delicious food” appearing just then.

Even with System 001’s god-level perception, it only vaguely sensed that some mysterious power had briefly manifested. But it appeared and vanished so swiftly that System 001 couldn’t fully capture its energy fragment.

Of course, now was not the time to deliberate on this matter.

System 001 looked silently at the cub, whose eyes were brimming with tears, feeling helpless; as a super soldier system that had never been taught how to nurture cubs, it was at a loss facing the little one’s distress.

After a moment, the resolute System 001 attempted, with an unfamiliar magnetic voice, to gently soothe the cub: “Youhou, are you still hungry?”

The tiny cub was still a bit upset but obediently shook his head upon hearing the question: “Youhou’s not hungry anymore.”

System 001 continued its gentle reassurance: “Because youhou ate the delicious food, that’s why the food disappeared—it’s not really gone; it’s now inside your tummy.”

The little cub seemed to understand, or perhaps not quite. He tried again with his little hands to draw circles in the air, then looked down at his belly.

All those fragrant morsels…

Just like that, inside his tummy?

Feeling aggrieved, Su You looked up at System 001: “Tongtong, what should we do? Youhou can eat so much!”

System 001 was silent for two seconds, then continued to soothe gently: “It’s okay. If youhou can eat a lot, then we’ll work together to find more delicious food.”

Throughout the three-minute exchange, the cub appeared obedient and adorable, the system gentle and patient—everything seemed warm and harmonious.

:)

Except for the other beasts, systems, and half-beasts around who had fallen silent.

During Su You’s sudden transformation, the first to stiffen was the poor materialist System 098.

Originally, System 098 thought its host was a brainless half-beast fool.

But when its host sincerely offered his “faith” to the cub, and the cub actually gained strength from it?!

In that instant, System 098’s materialist worldview nearly collapsed—what kind of cub was this?!

It had initially believed that the soldier system 001, with its god-level power, had made the greatest blunder of this “Super Soldier Grand Melee” variety show by binding such a cub.

But now, it felt that perhaps 001 truly deserved its god-level status.

For a moment, System 098 wondered—this cub looked frail and harmless, but beneath that weak exterior, perhaps there lurked an indescribable, uncontrollable monster.

As for the other two beast clans besides System 098 and its half-beast host Salvador...

The gray wolf Wolbeli and the unfortunate golden lion Belliman were both terrified at this moment.

These two strongest, most resilient warriors of the high-level beast clans felt utterly helpless, like fish on the chopping block, as Su You’s hunger grew.

Especially Wolbeli, the gray wolf warrior serving as Su You’s mount—when the cub hugged its neck and said “so fragrant,” in that instant, it felt as if death itself was whispering in its ear.

Damn it!

Wolbeli had no idea why it was paralyzed under this cub’s control, nor had it ever imagined it would one day taste the fear of being “food” in the hands of such a cub.

In this situation, perhaps the only consolation was that the irksome golden lion was receiving the same treatment.

As for Belliman, the golden lion?

It just felt incredibly unlucky.

It had simply been resting on a tree at the edge of the Selnhan Grasslands of the gray wolves and the Hiral Plains of the golden lion tribe, casually mocking Wolbeli, who was tamed as a mount by a humanoid being.

Belliman had never taken the cub on Wolbeli’s back seriously.

Until the cub suddenly became ravenous and then seemed trapped in an inescapable quagmire—Belliman could feel that the cub, previously overlooked, was the indescribable entity controlling this trap.

It didn’t know what the cub truly was, but it knew that if the cub wished, the next moment—Belliman, one of the strongest warriors of the golden lion tribe—might well become food barely enough to fill the cub’s belly.

These two mighty S-class warriors of high-level beast clans were terrified in that moment—a deep, soul-shaking fear of total domination, compelling them to submit.

Only after the cub inexplicably felt satiated did the two S-class beasts reluctantly relax.

But just as they barely eased, they overheard the cub’s conversation with its system.

Gray wolf Wolbeli: “...”

Golden lion Belliman: “...”

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Thanks for the invite, but they had some unspeakable curses on their lips—wanted to say them, but dared not.

Then, the happiest figure among all appeared!

The half-beast warrior Salvador, kneeling devoutly on the ground, after contributing his faith power, joyfully told his system: “098! I felt it! My dearest little lord accepted my sincere faith!”

Had this been before witnessing everything, the steadfast materialist System 098 would have ruthlessly refuted its foolish host.

But now, poor materialist System 098 was quietly shattered.

It couldn’t help but doubt—wasn’t its binding realm just a normal half-beast plane? Could it be that some mysterious power was hidden in this guy’s plane?

***

Meanwhile, as the tiny corner of Plane 12768 plunged into brief chaos, the audience area of the virtual live broadcast sphere in the main universe was also in turmoil.

About ten minutes earlier, the live streams for Systems 001 and 098 both experienced signal failures—yes, even in the era of the great universe, signal interruptions still happen.

The live audience instantly fell into disarray, their spiritual forms sympathizing with the hungry cub!

Both streams showed static at once!

[???]

[@“Super Soldier Grand Melee Season 2” production team, is the Black Universe Group short on funds? What’s causing this signal failure?!]

[Hurry up and resume the broadcast! I want to see my baby! Baby!!]

The entire scene descended into temporary chaos; no matter how loudly the host Makamaka called out, the audience’s protests could not be silenced.

Thankfully, after a brief ten minutes, everything returned to normal.

The live footage looked much as it had ten minutes prior—good, the honored viewers had not missed any critical scenes.

Then, the next moment, a new message suddenly appeared from the main system’s broadcast—

[Soldier Grand Melee Elimination in Plane 12768: Congratulations to soldier candidate No. 001 for successfully completing the hidden mission and taming two S-class high-level beasts (2/2).]

The live audience: [?!?!]

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