Chapter 732: Parents' News! World Tier!

Someone so powerful is merely a Dependent?

A Dependent with a pair of red pupils?!

Su Yang's heart raced, and his mind already began to imagine just how terrifying her boss might be.

Wait!

"What did you say?!" Su Yang felt something was off as he replayed the words.

He seemed to have just heard... the words 'mother'?

"Did you just say—you're a Dependent of my mother?" Su Yang was startled.

Yao Ri silently stared at Su Yang for a moment, a familiar warmth appearing in her eyes.

That gaze made him feel a sensation both strange and familiar.

It was as if, before her, he could shed all pretenses and lower all defenses!

The tightly wound strings of his heart finally relaxed at that moment.

Su Yang's breathing quickened, his face flushed, and excitement shone in his eyes.

After a while, Yao Ri gave a slight nod, "I am a person of your mother, ordered to come maintain the New Era's order."

"Also—intervene to help when necessary."

"Your performance in the past two Round Table Meetings has been commendable; you already possess the ability to act independently."

"People of the Old Era are stirring; your Proposal to resist future possible shocks is excellent."

Su Yang's complexion changed abruptly, his mind tangled, unsure what to think.

"My mother... is still alive?"

A kindly, friendly face involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

That was the beloved relative he had longed for day and night.

Years ago his parents left a remark before stepping out, and since then there had been no word.

He was raised by his grandparents from childhood, and as years passed, their faces gradually blurred.

When missing them, he could only rely on the sole family portrait at home to reinforce his memory.

As a child he didn't understand what 'faraway' meant.

He simply thought his parents had gone on a short trip and would return soon.

During the long wait, his heart felt loss, but whenever he imagined them returning with gifts, a smile would return to his face.

But gradually...

The loss turned into disappointment.

He became the child without parents in his classmates' talk.

Su Yang could no longer count how many slights and cold stares he had endured.

Countless times, while keeping company with ants, he wondered—don't his parents miss Yang-er?

Later, when he entered middle school, he gradually understood the true meaning of 'faraway'.

Since that parting, it has been eternal.

Because of the special nature of their work, Su Yang assumed they were already dead.

His grandparents grew older, and he buried that feeling deep in his heart, taking good care of the two elders.

After entering university he thought he had long let go, but on the first day of school, seeing other classmates accompanied by their families still left a hint of bitterness.

The past emotions suddenly poured out like a Flood breaching its dam.

Su Yang suppressed his emotions and asked, "Is my mother still alive?"

"She has always been watching you," Yao Ri said.

"All these years... why has she never come looking for me!" Su Yang asked, his Eye Socket reddened.

"You are in a cage, so you should understand you are not in control of your own body."

"What about my father? Is he also still alive?"

"Hmm."

Su Yang took a deep breath, then let out a long sigh, "... That's great."

Yao Ri noticed Su Yang's emotional shift and said, "They know they owe a debt, so they spared no great cost to command me to come."

"You are their child, flesh and blood, you will not stand by idly."

"How can I meet them?" Su Yang continued to ask.

"Set foot on the Golden Road, and a day to meet will come in the future," Yao Ri replied.

"The Golden Road?"

Su Yang looked up at the vast Star Dome, excitement shining in his eyes.

It was the best news he had ever heard since entering this world.

Nothing is better than having his parents alive.

"Dad, Mom..."

The few outside the isolated space saw the two vanish suddenly, left bewildered.

"Where did they go?" Python asked, rubbing his sore Waist.

"Yao Ri's background seems huge; even a seventh‑tier Gene Modification veteran was turned into Blood Mist by a single strand of her hair," Monkey whispered.

"Damn, good thing we have her; otherwise everyone in our room would be doomed," Python agreed, nodding.

At that moment, he noticed Tiger remain silent, suddenly recalled they had both been Round Table Conference Members, and asked:

"You previously interacted with Yao Ri; did you not notice anything at all?"

"What can you discern just from a Mask?" Tiger said.

"…Indeed," Python glanced at where the two had vanished and asked curiously, "What does she want by looking for Brother Silver Moon?"

"Who knows, maybe he has something that Yao Ri is scheming for," Flower guessed.

"Can't be, right? Someone so fierce would covet something on a New Era?" Dragon's eyes were full of disbelief.

"What's impossible? Otherwise why did she go to the trouble of coming here twice? It can't just be a reunion," Flower said.

"By the way… when Fox caused trouble last time, why didn't Yao Ri step in to suppress it?" Python wondered.

"Maybe the level was too low, not interesting enough?" Tiger replied.

"Anyway, she saved my life; I'll remember that!" Python declared loudly.

"Stop feeling sentimental here; rescuing you was just a casual act, as simple as stepping on an ant," Monkey gave him a glance.

"I don't like hearing that from you. What do you mean by feeling sentimental? Repaying kindness is a good virtue, but who can say what the future holds?" Python snorted twice.

Tiger, watching the beam strike Monkey, said softly, "The voting phase is about to end."

Inside the private chamber.

Su Yang steadied his emotions, tucked hope and excitement deep inside, faced forward, and said, "I have several questions; if Sister Yao Ri can answer them, I, Su, would be immensely grateful."

"Ask, and I will tell you everything I know."

"Strictly speaking, you're also an Old Era Player; how did you and they get into the Round Table Meeting?"

"It's due to the disparity in world levels."

"What?"

"Simply put, players from a higher‑world‑level era can do as they please in a lower‑world‑level era, without rule restrictions."

"So that matches the saying—rules exist only to bind the weak?"

"Yes."

So that's how it is…

Su Yang finally understood; his earlier guesses were all nonsense.

Yue Zhao and the other Old Era Remnant Faction members never gave the rules any heed.

The Round Table Meeting might be like their backyard—enter if you wish, exit if you wish.

No hesitation at all.

"Then wouldn't the Proposal we passed at the Round Table Meeting be useless?" Su Yang frowned.

"Of course not; there are agreements binding the eras, so they don't dare act too recklessly!" Yao Ri explained.