Xyrin Empire-Chapter 170 - Little Baobao’s Problem

Chapter 170: Chapter 170 Little Baobao’s Problem

Seeing Alaya’s bitter expression, I knew trouble had arrived, the kind that gives you a headache.

Although Alaya had an unexpectedly quirky side to her character, she was, after all, an integral part of the formidable World Arbitration Agency, which was most adept at dealing with all sorts of troublesome multiple-choice questions. There weren’t many things that could give her a headache.

“Lord Brother…” Alaya bowed to me, then gestured for the Bubble Team to step forward.

…I seemed to hear Angel Sister use a very strange nickname… Was it an illusion?

“What’s the matter?” Looking at the twelve Little Lolis lined up in a row, led by Bubbles (the true one), I was a bit puzzled. Hadn’t I asked Alaya to establish an outpost on a nearby island with the Bubbles? Why had she brought them back? Could there be some malignant bug in the clone’s database that needed reporting?

…Although it was normal to speak of bugs in the context of the Xyrin Host, looking at the eleven Bubbles in front of me, who were almost identical to ordinary humans except for their lack of sentience, waves of black lines seemed to cross my forehead.

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“Little Baobao seems to have followed us…”

There was a thick layer of helplessness in Alaya’s tone as she spoke.

“What?!” I was shocked.

That little girl followed them here? Hadn’t I told her to stay at home?

This operation wasn’t a picnic; facing off against the Burning Legion was an inevitable scenario, and the danger involved was no joke! Little Baobao, as an infant Xyrin Host, was virtually incapable of protecting herself, which is why, before we set off, I had agreed with Sandora that the little girl should stay at home. For this, I even prepared a mountain of new toys to keep the little one busy. How had she still managed to follow them?

More importantly, how had this muddle-headed, bumbling little one slipped by under the watchful eyes of the well-trained Xyrin Soldiers? Were all those Guards raised on Sanlu milk?

“It’s my fault…” Bubbles said awkwardly at the front of the group. “Since the Xyrin Host clone bodies are all mindless Puppet Apostles, I didn’t check properly. After boarding, I had them enter the Hibernation Chambers. Typically, no one checks the Puppet Apostles in the Hibernation Chambers. It was probably at that time that Little Baobao managed to sneak in. Though she’s restless, her Angel Envoy Talent Ability allows her to temporarily shut down her emotional module, thereby becoming as mechanical as the others, so no one noticed an abnormal individual among the eleven clones…”

“What about the identification codes?” Qianqian interjected. “Didn’t every Angel Envoy undergo identity code verification when they boarded? Has Bubbles learned to forge a Xyrin Identification Card?”

“…Well… Little Baobao is indeed a very talented child. Somehow she created an Interferer inside her body to disguise herself as a clone. And at the time… I was eager to upgrade my gear, so I didn’t double-check. It was only when the personnel left behind in Shadow K City reported that they found a Xyrin Host wandering aimlessly around the base because it had no instructions that we realized one of the clones had been switched out…”

…Impressive! To think that she would be unaware of her daughter running onto the warship because she was too busy upgrading her equipment! And looking at Sandora’s helplessly resigned expression, it seemed similar situations had occurred many times before?

“Brother Chen Jun?” After Bubbles bowed her head to report the situation, preparing to be scolded, she waited a long while without a word from me. When she looked up, she saw me staring at her with curiosity, which only confused her further.

“Oh… Never mind, I’ve just been used to dealing with the toddler version of Little Baobao, and suddenly there’s one with normal intelligence in front of me—I’m a bit concerned…”

Everyone: …

Hey, don’t you guys find this interesting? They look exactly alike, but one doesn’t even know her own name, a little idiot, and the other is a hardcore gamer girl with an IQ over 300 who researches various game strategies all day long. Don’t you think this contrast is quite dramatic?

Okay, I get it; now’s not the time to be thinking about these issues…

“So you’re saying, now some mischievous little girl is hiding among these clones, and you can’t tell her apart, so you had no choice but to come to me for help?”

Alaya nodded earnestly, filled with hope, and much to our collective chagrin, Bubbles joined in nodding furiously too.

Even you, the mother, can’t tell them apart?!

And also…

Even if you expect it of me, I won’t be able to sort it out…

Look at these eleven Lolis, with matching faces and outfits, not even a hair’s breadth of difference in eyelash length, let alone difference in aura: Little Baobao had already shut down her emotional module, so unless the little girl revealed herself, she was indistinguishable from the other Puppet machines. The only thing that set Little Baobao apart from the standard mass-produced Xyrin Hosts was her emotions, and now, that one distinguishing feature was gone…

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But I still had to find a way to locate Little Baobao; the little one didn’t understand the danger of what she was doing, but I had to prevent her from going to the battlefield!

Jaina had been watching all along, fascinated by the appearance of twelve identical little lolis. After eavesdropping for so long, she had roughly grasped the situation.

Essentially, it was about some mischievous little girl who, fearing danger, was left at home by the adults, but she managed to sneak into the military using “childlike wisdom,” leading to the current predicament.

“May I ask a few questions?” As I paced in front of the little loli squad, thinking hard about how to coax Little Baobao out, Jaina’s voice chimed in from behind.

“Of course, ask away.”

“These children… Are they all twin sisters? And earlier, you mentioned one child isn’t suitable for the battlefield, but they all look about the same age. Are they also going to the battlefield?”

I turned around and saw Jaina eyeing the Bubble Team with a look of curiosity. Of course, they still stood there with dull expressions, completely unresponsive to Jaina’s scrutiny.

To prevent a certain overimaginative person from being hypnotized again by their wild fantasy world, I quickly explained the situation concerning the Xyrin Host in a way that Jaina could understand.

As one of the wisest people in this world, despite having never heard of such wonders, Jaina soon understood my description and expressed great admiration for this military unit that could be deemed a cheat in warfare.

Setting Jaina’s reaction aside, I was at my wit’s end.

Shiny crystals, candies shaped like little animals, life-sized stuffed dolls, storybooks with colorful illustrations, and even two little rocking horses—I brought out everything Little Baobao loved, but none of the little lolis in front of me showed any unusual behavior…

The onlookers, having seen someone continuously pull out sweets, toys, and children’s books from some mystical space, were collectively dumbfounded. The words “professional dad” gleamed in gold, gradually rising in the sky…

And the ones thunderstruck the most were the human Holy Knights and Priests watching from afar. No wonder, just minutes ago, they had revered a man like a god, and now here he sat, holding a pile of toys in front of a few little lolis, chuckling foolishly as he coaxed the children. This severe impact almost drove the serious Holy Professions insane…

After the last Teddy Bear tactic failed, I was out of tricks…

Seeing my defeat, Lin Xue immediately gloated, “So you see, you’re just a dummy, hmph, quickly swear your allegiance before me, Miss Lin Xue, smart, beautiful, and unmatched! Come here, kneel down, kneel down…”

“Scram, if you’re so capable, find Little Baobao yourself! But let me say this first: no using superpowers, or else you can forget about getting close to those machines again!”

“Pfft, that’s easy,” Lin Xue said confidently, giving me a disdainful look and then turning back, “Attention! From left to right, number off!”

I was done for…

“One!”

“Two!”

“Three!”

“Ah… ugh…”

Such a simple method, why didn’t I think of that… I knew all along that Little Baobao’s language module wasn’t even working…

Although naive, Little Baobao was not stupid. As soon as she spoke, the little one realized she had given herself away. The suppressed emotional module involuntarily kicked in, and suddenly, among the eleven dull-eyed Puppet Apostles, there was one whose eyes darted around, trying to hide behind her sisters.

I smiled at Little Baobao, and half a minute later, the little girl finally realized she had been caught and immediately pounced on me, uttering her self-invented Little Baobao language, and rubbed against me affectionately.

She had no idea she had made a mistake… Perhaps this little one thought it was a fun game, like hide and seek…

Although a bit angry, seeing Little Baobao’s innocent smile, I started laughing with her—it’s a child, after all, probably with the mind of a three-year-old. To seriously discuss military discipline with a child who knows nothing and just wants to play with me… wouldn’t I be even more childish than her?

Sandora also started laughing, pinched Little Baobao’s cheek, and said, “Since she’s already followed us here, let her stay. A little contact with other worlds can help an evolvable Xyrin Host grow faster, but…” Sandora paused, suddenly turned her head, and tapped on Baobao’s head, “A certain irresponsible mother needs to be punished! You’re banned from playing games for three days!”