Chapter 7

Su Xiaoyou, a male cub of unknown species, three and a half years old.

Since birth, he had been an incredibly naive little cub. His best friend was his teddy bear, and his favorite was Teacher Little Sunflower, who would appear whenever he tapped the walls in his small room.

In his tiny mind, all knowledge came from Teacher Little Sunflower’s teachings.

Of course, now he had gained a new friend—Tongtong!

Su You was just about to excitedly introduce his new friend Tongtong to his home when suddenly a transparent bubble enveloped him, and then he heard Tongtong’s voice—

System 001 patiently instructed the little one: “Youhou, sit still.”

Inside the bubble-like transparent light sphere, the curious little cub, who was about to climb up, immediately hugged his teddy bear and obediently sat down upon hearing the system’s voice.

Sitting properly, he looked up at the system’s unseen direction with a pleading expression, saying, “Tongtong, Youhou is sitting still now!”

Although System 001 appeared calm and unperturbed, deep down it was struck by the little one’s obedience, as if its nonexistent heart had been touched, before it calmly replied, “Good.”

In the next moment, the system’s voice returned to its usual calmness—

“Candidate Soldier King No. 001 teleportation preparation complete. Initiating dimensional teleportation—10, 9, 8, 7...”

Inside the transparent bubble, the obedient little cub followed the system’s instructions, clutching his teddy bear tightly, sitting solemnly as Tongtong counted down from ten to one. Then, Su You witnessed the world before his eyes transform dramatically!

“Wow!!!”

When the countdown reached zero and the dimensional teleportation began, a dazzling expanse of starlight unfolded completely before Su You’s eyes.

The tiny cub had never seen such a scene before. After all, from birth he had always been confined to a small, enclosed space, never truly witnessing the magnificent splendor of the universe.

Although System 001 had reminded the little one to sit still inside the bubble before starting the teleportation—because for those who had never undergone dimensional teleportation, the initial experience could exert tremendous mental pressure, with many fainting from the strain—System 001 knew this seemingly fragile little cub possessed a mental strength rated at level 3s. However, his combat power was only rated as N-level, so the system still worried whether he could withstand the immense pressure of dimensional teleportation.

Therefore, before initiating the dimensional teleportation, System 001 silently equipped the little cub with the best possible protection: the seemingly fragile bubble was in fact the highest-grade teleportation shield available to System 001 at the god-level.

Yet even with this top-tier protection, if the little cub truly was an N-level life form in terms of combat and physical qualities, the teleportation process could still have a profound impact on him.

Fortunately, it seemed this dimensional teleportation had no adverse effect on Su You.

The little cub inside the transparent bubble was now so excited he could no longer sit still.

He opened his large aquamarine eyes wide, looking all around inside the bubble, calling out to the system in excitement.

“Tongtong, look! This place is so beautiful!”

The utterly naive little one was completely captivated by the vast, splendid cosmic starry sky during the teleportation.

After cautiously standing up without falling, he grabbed his teddy bear and stood inside the bubble, pressing his small hands against the transparent wall, his little face filled with longing as he gazed outside, wishing he could immediately step out and play freely.

“Tongtong, where is this? Is this the cosmic starry sky Teacher Little Sunflower talked about?”

“This place is really, really, really beautiful!”

At only three and a half years old, his vocabulary was limited, so he repeated “really beautiful” many times to express how he felt.

System 001 suspected that given the little one’s current level of excitement, even if the dimensional teleportation lasted ten or a hundred times longer, the little cub would still be happily content.

The little cub happily lay back inside the bubble, hugging his teddy bear, and said to the system, “Tongtong, this place is really beautiful. I wish Youhou could live among the stars forever!”

At such a young age and with no experience, the cub could not distinguish between stars and the universe, but he simply loved the cosmos before his eyes.

Alas, what he was experiencing was only a dimensional teleportation, so the splendid cosmic scene soon began to fade.

Though System 001 didn’t want to end the teleportation so soon, the first elimination stage of their event was about to begin.

“Candidate Soldier King No. 001 teleportation task nearly complete, countdown 10, 9, 8, 7, 6...”

The little cub, still excited a moment ago, now heard the system’s mechanical countdown.

Su You remembered that just after hearing this countdown, he had seen the beautiful cosmic scene... The clever little one tilted his head thoughtfully, then pouted.

“Tongtong, so we have to leave such a beautiful universe now?”

System 001 paused, then spoke in a gentle voice, trying to comfort the little cub inside the bubble: “...Yes, our dimensional teleportation is ending. We are about to arrive at a new planet—a planet Youhou has never seen before. Next time we do dimensional teleportation, I promise Youhou will see a universe just as beautiful as today’s. So don’t be sad, okay?”

As a Soldier King system, System 001 had no prior experience raising children or soothing young ones. It could only use the gentlest and kindest words it could think of to comfort the cub.

Fortunately, the little cub, though reluctant to leave the cosmic starry sky, was able to control his emotions.

After hearing the system’s words, Su You earnestly looked up toward what he believed was the direction of System 001.

“You promised, Tongtong, that next time we teleport, Youhou can see such beautiful cosmos with you again, right?”

System 001 looked at the little cub in the transparent bubble and felt its own heart soften somewhat. It replied sincerely with its most genuine voice, “Yes, I promise.”

In the next moment, the little cub inside the bubble broke into a soft, joyful smile: “Okay, Youhou and Tongtong have a promise—pinky swear, no changing for a hundred years!”

In the virtual live broadcast sphere of the main universe, inside Subspace 001, the host Makamaka and a crowd of spectator spirits had already been overwhelmed by the cuteness of the little cub, screaming on the spot.

“Aww, how can there be such an adorable baby!”

“The baby loves to look at the stars in the universe; then Mom will become a star for the baby to see!”

“Daddy can too! Daddy can become a star for the baby to watch!”

“Aww, when will the baby come visit Auntie again? Auntie can become fireworks for the baby!”

With a face tinged green, Makamaka looked at the diodes in the audience and oddly felt a strange envy toward them.

Because these diode spectators existed as spiritual beings, whether turning into stars, melting into oceans of tears, or bursting into fireworks to entertain the little cub, all were possible.

Whichever form they took seemed to attract the child’s attention far more than Makamaka’s purely green face.

Next time!

Makamaka thought to herself, when Youhou next watches their scene through the reverse channel, she must seize the opportunity to chat with the adorable little cub, leveraging her role as the host.

It was precisely this fixation that kept Makamaka lingering in Subspace 001, unwilling to leave.

Now, as the little cub had arrived at the dimensional plane of the first elimination round, Makamaka had to return to the main stage to continue hosting the show.

Soon on the main stage, wearing a three-piece suit, Makamaka regained her composure and enthusiastically greeted the new audience members.

“Welcome to the live scene of ‘Super Soldier King Great Battle Season 2’! I am your beloved Makamaka!”

The green-skinned host warmly greeted the crowd and announced, “All 100 Soldier King candidates for Season 2 have arrived at the dimensional plane for the elimination round—dear viewers, we are about to witness the spectacular elimination battles of these 100 candidates!”

As Makamaka introduced them, the newly arrived spectral audience quickly saw on the giant spherical main stage screen the real-time status of the 100 Soldier King candidates.

It was then that some of these new audience spirits realized something was amiss.

“Wait, isn’t this the Soldier King Great Battle? What’s going on with Candidate No. 001?!”

On the screen for No. 001, a soft, adorable little cub blinked his beautiful aquamarine eyes, looking around with innocent curiosity.

The new spectators stared confusedly at this highly humanoid cub—“Is this really a Soldier King candidate? This is what you call a candidate?!”