Chapter 29

"Tongtong, what's wrong with Youyou? Am I full again?"

Inside the barrier shielded by System 001, the toddler, wrapped into a cocoon by a cluster of light, wrinkled his little bun-like face. Through the glow, his features were blurred, but the discomfort and unease were clear in his voice.

System 001 watched the child within the light, unable to reach out and pull the little one from the cocoon to comfort him. A sudden sense of anxiety rose in 001; it desperately wanted to soothe the toddler, but it was powerless to do anything.

...

At this very moment, at the core of the star vortex belt in the distant Magic Eye Galaxy, outside the massive and mesmerizing black hole ring in the deep universe, on that planet that had escaped the black hole's gravitational pull...

Deep within a crystal coffin buried in the planet's belly, a figure sleeping inside also painfully furrowed their brows at this instant.

Inside the crystal coffin, the life signs that had remained unchanging for so long showed a faint strengthening. This signal, so subtle that it was almost impossible to detect, was immediately packaged into a top-secret data stream and sent to the signal database of the Black Universe Group's core brain, St. Hilberg.

After St. Hilberg analyzed this data, it was rapidly transmitted to the hands of several core leaders of the Black Universe Group.

Simultaneously, the Variety Show Department of the Black Universe Group received a new directive: maintain the live broadcast of "Super Soldier 2" at all costs.

Soon, the staff of the "Super Soldier 2" variety show discovered that the traffic pool opened up for them by the Black Universe Group had become significantly larger.

In the office of the Black Universe Group’s Variety Show Department, a group of staff members with varying skin colors and diverse forms stared at the suddenly increased traffic pool, all falling into an awkward silence.

"Aren't we supposed to be a B-tier variety show?" The show's producer, whose entire body had been replaced with metallic prosthetics, had two concrete, mosquito-coil-shaped circles appearing in his eyes to express his confusion.

"...You're not the only one confused, my dear friend; I am too. Has our dearest All-Knowing St. Hilberg finally shown mercy?"

"Oh no, our dearest St. Hilberg is always impartial and selfless! So... what on earth is happening?"

The colorful group of staff members tugged at their heads and hair, deep in thought.

Finally, someone turned their gaze to the monitoring screen labeled 001.

"Hey, friends, if there’s still a problem, I think it probably originates from here."

At that moment, all the staff of the "Super Soldier 2" variety show turned their eyes to the broadcast room numbered 001, which was officially declared to have a shielded signal.

In truth, because of the light screen activated by System 001, even the staff of the Black Universe Group could not see what was happening inside.

However, just by looking at this sub-space that had single-handedly pushed "Super Soldier 2"—a combat-based soldier-cultivation show—onto the "Emotional Support Variety" charts, it was hard for the staff present to believe there wasn't something going on in this room...

"So, what exactly is going on?..."

"What is happening inside that ball of light?"

***

In Plane 12768, on the shrine plaza of Bandasia, the Twelve Holy Beasts stood up after their final kowtow, fixing their gazes on the cluster of light in the palm of the Beast God's statue.

The Twelve Holy Beasts could feel that their dearest successor to the Beast God was absorbing the power of faith from all of Bandasia. They were waiting in anticipation to see just how much the adorable successor would grow after absorbing all that power.

At the focal point of all the beast clans' gazes, System 001 was so anxious it wished it could manifest into a physical form.

For the past half-hour, the toddler wrapped in the light had not made a single sound.

【Youyou... Youyou?】

System 001 persistently used its gentle voice to try and awaken the toddler, but received no response.

The system, which had always been emotionally stable, finally began to doubt whether its previous decision to have Su You accept the beast clan inheritance of Plane 12768 was correct or a mistake...

Finally, after the long wait, a shadow began to emerge within the light.

But the moment System 001 saw the outline of the shadow, it sensed something strange.

...Su You was originally a three-and-a-half-year-old toddler, less than a meter tall, and his silhouette in the light should have been tiny.

But now...

The toddler in the light... no.

System 001 watched in silence as Su You’s figure gradually revealed itself—as the light around him faded, the once adorable toddler had grown into an incredibly beautiful, soft-featured youth.

He appeared to be in his youthful prime, roughly eighteen years old by human standards, with slender limbs and a slight frame. His skin was fair and delicate, and his cyan-green eyes were filled with pure confusion, as if they were brimming with rippling water.

System