Chapter 18

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System 001: [……]
Faced with Su You’s clear and innocent gaze, the prestigious God-level Soldier King System 001 fell silent once more.
It didn’t quite know how to explain the reason and story behind binding him as its host.
But seeing Su You’s eyes full of anticipation, System 001 sighed gently and responded warmly: [Here’s the thing—You You is currently participating in a competition, where many targets await challengers’ efforts.]
[Among them, the most difficult targets are called ‘Hidden Missions.’]
[Now, You You has completed the Hidden Mission ahead of all other challengers—truly remarkable!]
The powerful Soldier King System 001 tried its best to explain the ‘Super Prime Soldier King Melee’ competition and the Hidden Missions simply and clearly.
However, its host was still only a three-and-a-half-year-old child, and faced with so many unfamiliar concepts, Su You’s little head was filled with great confusion.
“Competition…? Target?”
The tiny one blinked hard, trying to understand everything its good friend, the system, was saying.
Suddenly, a spark lit up the little fellow’s mind, and with eyes full of anticipation, he looked at System 001: “So, Tongtong, You You is playing a game with lots of people, right?”
System 001: [……?]
Having given a serious explanation, Soldier King System 001 felt its own system momentarily confused, unable to perfectly equate ‘competition’ with ‘playing a game.’

***

Within the virtual broadcast orb of the distant Prime Universe, in room number 001, the diode viewers who had long been immersed in the joy of watching the little one, no matter what Su You said, were overwhelmed with fluttering hearts.
[Wuwuwu, baby is amazing!]
[Baby is right—it’s playing a game! Our You You is so clever!]
[Not only is You You smart but also awesome. The foolish Dark Universe Group’s Light Network was disconnected for just a moment, and yet our You You tamed two S-level high-class beast clans—our You You is truly an outstanding little darling!]
[Foolish Dark Universe Group! I know you have video backups—hurry up and release the footage of our baby taming the high-class beast clans! Are we, your noble viewers, unworthy?!]
In the subspace of number 001, the audience was distinctly divided into two camps.
One camp consisted entirely of teal-colored spiritual beings, their heads blooming with little flowers, and even their chests split open to reveal heart-shaped blossoms—these spirits seemed to be swimming in a sea of love.
These teal diodes watched the little one on the screen, and no matter what the child did—even just tilting his head—they showered him with praise—
just like now.
[Wuwuwu, when will You You baby come to see Mommy again? Taming the high-class beasts must be tiring, but taming Mommy only requires a blink of an eye!]
Newcomers from the combat nurturing audience watched the behavior of these diodes and all pulled out sunglasses from their virtual pockets and put them on—truly a blinding sight!
Yet, although the diode viewers were dazzling, the new viewers had no intention of leaving.
They were simply too curious—how exactly did such a little child manage to tame those high-class beast clans?
Though the footage of the child taming the beasts was lost due to the Light Network signal failure, these new viewers saw, through a recommended highlight from the broadcast, the entire process of Su You running toward the gray wolf Volbeli.
No one could tell how Su You got Volbeli, the gray wolf, to willingly lie down and become his mount—but the clever viewers guessed this must be the key to the child’s ability to tame two S-level high-class beast clans!
Thus, these new viewers decisively abandoned their original favorites—after all, compared to candidates whose fighting styles were immediately understandable, the mysterious number 001 contestant’s performance was clearly far more worth watching.
Moreover…
These new viewers glanced at the child on the screen through their sunglasses—although the diodes’ behavior was a bit overwhelming, it did not prevent number 001’s child from being genuinely delightful.
After all, who doesn’t like something cute, obedient… and perhaps even powerful?

***

Within the dimension number 12768,
System 001 looked at Su You’s expectant face that seemed to say “I’m right, aren’t I?” and swallowed the words it hadn’t said. Then it praised the little child: [You You is amazing!]
Beside it, Soldier King System 098, who had just come to from the shattering of its materialist warrior worldview, witnessed System 001’s behavior.
System 098 was silent for two seconds, tempted to complain, “Big brother, aren’t you spoiling your host too much?” but seeing the child who had upended its worldview, it swallowed all its complaints.
Forget it, it’s not worth it.
Poor System 098—once passionate about its work, it now resembled an introverted ‘Tong’—the joy here belonged to its host and the child; it would just quietly be an introverted system.

***

Though System 001 noticed System 098’s inexplicable gloom, their underlying system logic forbade communication between systems, so 001 only glanced in 098’s direction without speaking.
Meanwhile, as the child, still pondering what kind of game he was playing, turned his head looking around, he noticed System 098 exuding a gloomy aura.
The tiny child looked toward System 098, then back at his own system: “Tongtong, why is Qiuqiu sad?”

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System 098, withdrawn: [……]
Nonsense, it just wants a moment of quiet!
And what kind of name is Qiuqiu? Please use its full title—Soldier King System 098!!
Su You tilted his head and looked at 098, who was shifting from withdrawal toward explosion: “Qiuqiu, are you okay? I smell your scent turning bitter… are you turning into a dark chocolate ball?”
The little child tilted his head, thinking a moment, then said, “I think white chocolate tastes better! It’s white and sweet!”
System 098: [……]
System 098: [!!!]
Not long ago trapped in a gloomy mood, the system now completely exploded!
Hey, 001! Could you please control your host?
What dark chocolate ball, what white chocolate ball—this is the mighty Soldier King System 098!
Poor 098 had just confirmed at this moment that its luck was truly bad—otherwise, why would it have been bound to such a foolish half-beast warrior host and then encounter this annoying child?!
The little child looked confusedly at the silent 098, then turned to his system: “Tongtong, why is Qiuqiu angry?”
System 001: [……]
The mighty God-level Soldier King System 001 fell into a brief and suspicious silence for two seconds, then said to its host: [Because it’s a weird-flavored chocolate ball, its temper is a bit strange.]
System 098: [???]
The little one immediately nodded in understanding: “You You knows! Teacher Little Sunflower said so! No wonder Qiuqiu suddenly turned bitter just now!”
System 098 never expected that the mighty God-level system would do something so un-system-like!
Bullying! This must be bullying!
Poor System 098, today was the saddest day in its young system life—while on the other side, its host was immersed in the joy of confronting the Beast God’s Son, completely unable to extricate himself!

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