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The energy dome of the observation deck suddenly shook, and Vegeta's spaceship broke through the atmosphere, crashing heavily onto the helipad. The Saiyan prince, wearing his new white battle suit, his pale purple aura from his Guardian form not yet fully subsided, deliberately wore a stern face, tossing a crumpled poster twirled from his tail in front of Lin Ye: "Hey, you bastard, that old child Zeno is going to hold an interdimensional sports meet, Bulma wants you to hurry back and help."
The poster is filled with characters from different worlds: Luffy's rubber fist smashes into the air, Naruto stands side by side with Goku's Spirit Bomb while stepping on the Rasengan, Zoro is having a sword fight with a straw hat-wearing swordsman (from another martial arts dimension), and even Vegeta himself is drawn in the corner, looking annoyed with his arms crossed, next to him is the caption "Saiyan Prince, don't mess with him".
“Bulma said she’s going to show off her new ‘dimensional translator,’” Vegeta said, turning his face away but unable to resist adding, “It can automatically translate into the language of the other world, so we won’t have to hear that Straw Hat guy shouting ‘Eraser, Eraser’ anymore.”
Lin Ye picked up the poster, and just as his fingertips touched Zoro's portrait, a coordinate he had never seen before suddenly lit up at the very edge of the star map. It was a point of light that was a mixture of metal and magic, half of which was the pattern of mechanical gears and the other half was wrapped in emerald green magic circles. Its energy characteristics were both strange and familiar, much like the "Nen mechanical arm" he had seen in the Hunter x Hunter world, and it also carried magical fluctuations that were not present in the One Piece world.
"New coordinates?" Number 18 leaned closer, his mechanical eyes scanning the light spot. "Alice, analyze the energy source."
[Analysis in progress... 'Magic-Technology Fusion' characteristics detected, suspected 'Mechanical Magic Array' 'Elemental Driven Engine', no match with any known dimensional database.] Alice's mechanical voice paused. [Additional information: A faint 'divine aura' detected, but masked by technological energy, making it impossible to determine if a God of Destruction or Supreme Kai is active.]
Lin Ye's fingertips paused on the new coordinates, and images of past adventures flashed through his mind: fighting Chimera Ants with electricity alongside Killua in the Hunter x Hunter world, helping Zoro hone Shusui in the One Piece world, watching Naruto blast fish with Rasengan in Konoha Village... These images were not just a recounting of events, but real bonds, like points of light on a star map, connecting to form a line.
"It seems there are always new adventures waiting." Lin Ye folded the poster and stuffed it into his pocket. The Destroyer's Scepter transformed into an ordinary black cane in his palm. He carefully placed his Earth Resident Card into the wallet's inner pocket. It was specially made by Bulma and had a family portrait drawn by Xiao Fang pasted on it.
The mechanical arm of number 18 gently grasped his hand, the coolness of the metal and the warmth of his skin mingling together, making it particularly clear in the dimensional wind: "I've been prepared for a long time, but this time I need to make it clear that if we encounter a mechanical monster that can use magic, you go first, and I'll take care of repairing the spaceship."
“No problem.” Lin Ye nodded with a smile. Just as he was about to turn around, Alice’s holographic projection suddenly flashed red, and a sharp alarm broke the tranquility of the observation deck.
[Urgent Detection! Sudden Energy Anomaly at New Coordinates! 'Forbidden Magic' detected, suspected to be someone forcibly tearing open a dimensional portal. Energy Intensity: SS Rank!]
The scene shifts to a new dimensional portal where a massive mechanical castle is emitting smoke. The emerald green magic circle is corrupted by black energy. Several figures in magic robes are surrounding a glowing crystal, seemingly forcing it to open a more stable passage. The figure at the forefront wears a metal mask and holds a magic staff wrapped with electrical wires; the gem at the tip of the staff flashes a dangerous red light.
"Someone is forcibly opening a dimensional portal?" Vegeta's arrogance surged instantly, and his pale purple Guardian Form re-emerged. "Don't these idiots know that randomly tearing apart dimensions will attract the Time Devourer?"
"Don't be impulsive." Lin Ye pressed Vegeta's shoulder, his eyes fixed on the metal mask in the image. "Alice, can you see the patterns on the mask? I feel like I've seen them somewhere before."
[Enlarged Analysis... The mask's patterns match the 'Ancient Mechanical Race' markings, and are of the same origin as Babidi's mechanical chip in Volume 3, 'The Conspiracy of the Artificial God'!]
Lin Ye's pupils contracted sharply. Babidi's mechanical chip had almost allowed Cell to evolve into his Golden Form back then, and now it had appeared in a new dimension, even combined with magic. Just as he was about to ask further questions, his communicator suddenly rang. Goku's voice shouted excitedly, "Lin Ye! Vegeta! I'm at the Interdimensional Games venue! Luffy said he wants to have a contest with me to see who has the harder punch, and Naruto said he'll teach me the 'Rasengan'! Come back quickly!"
"Okay, okay, you're so noisy." Vegeta hung up the communication impatiently, but quietly adjusted the spaceship's navigation coordinates, putting the "Interdimensional Games" after the new coordinates. "Let's deal with that masked monster first, then go participate in that stupid games. Don't let those bastards spoil our fun."
Lin Ye didn't expose his little scheme, but just smiled and nodded. Number 18 had already reached the spaceship door, his robotic arm carrying a box of freshly baked cookies: "Don't dawdle, the cookies will get cold if you're late, and Luffy will definitely try to steal them."
The three boarded the spaceship, and the engines roared to life. Through the porthole, Lin Ye glanced back at Earth in Universe Seven, where people were living ordinary lives using their awakened powers: Master Roshi was teaching children the Kamehameha on the beach, Krillin and Android 18's daughter were arguing with a classmate at school (because the classmate said "ki blasts are not as powerful as magic"), and Bulma was scolding Vegeta in the lab for breaking her equipment again... These ordinary scenes were warmer than any light of creation.
Alice's holographic projection unfolded in the center of the cockpit, her mechanical eyes flashing a soft blue light. The cold mission prompts were replaced by the voices of all her companions:
[Task Name: Go and see what's going on in that mechanical magic world]
[Mission Reward: It could be a mechanical magic wand, or it could be the cookies Luffy stole.]
[Mission partners: Vegeta who loves to blow up spaceships, Android 18 who can repair spaceships, and Goku who's always ready to yell "Take this punch!"]
[Bonus tip: Watch out for that masked guy; the crystal in his hand seems to be related to the Super Dragon Ball fragments!]
Lin Ye smiled and pressed the "Confirm" button, instantly increasing the spaceship's speed to faster than light. Outside the window, points of light from different worlds streaked across the sky like stars, forming new constellations in the darkness. These were the lights lit up by the bonds of all ordinary people, more dazzling than the arrogance of a God of Destruction, and warmer than the power of the Omni-King's erasure.
[Final Warning: The dimensional gate at the new coordinates is tearing apart at an accelerated rate, and a small-scale spacetime collapse is expected in 12 hours. Please arrive as soon as possible.]
The spaceship's engines roared louder as it sped towards an unknown dimension. Lin Ye knew this adventure would be fraught with trouble, but it would also bring new companions, just like in the past. And this was the "tomorrow" he most looked forward to.
Chapter 401: Omens of Spacetime Collapse
Seven days after the end of the Tournament of Power, before the morning mist in West City had even dissipated, the alarm at Bulma Laboratory went off.
Lin Ye was startled awake by Alice's sharp electronic voice. He sat up abruptly in the gravity training pod, sweat dripping down his muscles, the golden aura of his Super Saiyan form still faintly pulsating around him.
"What the hell!" Lin Ye cursed, grabbing the combat suit beside him and haphazardly putting it on. He had only put it on halfway when a scarlet system warning box popped up on his retina, and a stream of red data rolled wildly like an out-of-control tide.
[Warning! Synchronous expansion of 12 cosmic spacetime rifts detected!]
Current spatial stability: 67% (continuously declining)
[Unknown energy fluctuation detected, matching the "Chaos Devourer" feature database, similarity 99.8%]
"The Chaos Devourer?" Lin Ye's fist clenched suddenly, his knuckles turning white. This name had been marked by Alice at the end of Volume 3 as "the ultimate threat that surpasses the rules of the Omni-King." At the time, he thought it was just a distant prophecy, but he didn't expect it to come true so quickly.
Suddenly, the holographic projection in the lab lit up, and Bulma burst in with messy blue hair, her goggles slipped down to her nose, clutching a sparking testing device in her hand, shouting, "Lin Ye! Look outside!"
The French windows slowly lowered, and Lin Ye's pupils constricted sharply. The once clear sky resembled torn pieces of paper, with countless dark purple cracks spreading through the clouds. Each crack churned with black mist, and occasionally, metallic tentacles would peek out from the mist before quickly retracting. Even more bizarrely, overlapping "phantoms" appeared on the streets: office workers in suits walked through the ruins of the Capsule Corporation from ten years ago, children's laughter and the roar of Frieza's army warships intertwined eerily, and even several afterimages of "Goku" clashed in mid-air, their fists passing through each other's bodies without them noticing.
"What's going on?!" Bulma's eyes widened, her voice trembling. "How come the sky looks like a tattered rag?!"
“Spacetime overlap!” Alice’s holographic projection floated by the window, blue data streams surging around her. “23% of the West Capital area has already shown fragments of past and future spacetime. If this continues, the entire city will be torn into data garbage!”
Lin Ye grabbed the Supreme Kai Sword, its blade gleaming coldly in the morning light, and asked, "Where are Vegeta and Goku? Where are they?"
“Goku is training at Mount Paozu. I just contacted him; he said he sensed ‘uncomfortable ki’ and is heading this way.” Bulma tapped rapidly on the control panel. The spacetime stability value on the screen had already dropped to 59%. When she mentioned Vegeta, her tone was full of helplessness, “Vegeta… he’s been pushing himself to the limit in the gravity chamber like a madman, saying he wants to break through to ‘Above Deep Blue’! I couldn’t stop him! That guy is like a mad bull!”
The words had barely left his lips when a deafening explosion echoed from afar. Lin Ye teleported to the rooftop, where the gravity chamber's protective shield was flashing. Vegeta's roar pierced the metal walls, and bluish-white flames burst through the roof, condensing into a ferocious Saiyan totem in mid-air. The energy surrounding him had surpassed his Deep Blue form, and fine golden patterns began to appear at the edges—a sign of contact with the realm of gods.
"Vegeta!" Lin Ye landed at the entrance of the gravity chamber, the energy fluctuations making his skin tingle. "Now is not the time to cultivate, Earth is about to be in trouble!"
The gravity chamber door blasted open with a loud bang, and Vegeta emerged, panting heavily. His battle suit's shoulder armor was torn, revealing sweat-drenched muscles. His pupils still held the crimson glow of battle, but he instantly snapped back to reality upon seeing the crack in the sky, cursing, "Damn it! This is... a spacetime collapse?"
“It’s worse than that.” Lin Ye pointed to a widening rift. In the dark mist, an eye the size of a basketball slowly opened, its pupil containing countless rotating spacetime coordinates. “Alice detected the energy of the Chaos Devourer. Kronos is coming.”
Vegeta clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles cracking. "That scum hiding in the spacetime rift? Perfect, I haven't had enough yet!" His aura surged again, the golden patterns around him becoming even clearer. "Where's Kakarot? Tell him to stop dawdling. This time, I'm going to kill that guy first!"
"Don't rush." Lin Ye pressed his shoulder, and a new prompt popped up on the system interface: [Emotional Outburst Value: 78% (22% away from the threshold for breaking through to the Origin Realm)] "First, stabilize Earth's spacetime. Wukong is almost here. We need to make a plan."
Just then, screams erupted from the street. Lin Ye turned his head and saw that the fountain in the central square of Xidu had suddenly frozen, the water jets suspended in mid-air, and a huge spacetime vortex had appeared in the center of the square, from which countless metallic tentacles surged and entangled the running citizens. The surface of the tentacles glowed with a data-driven blue light, and the bodies of those entangled began to become transparent, as if they were about to be decomposed into particles.
"Time Devourers!" Alice's voice crackled with rapid electrical static. [37 Time Devourers detected. Estimated combat power: 5000 million each (can absorb time-space energy to evolve)]
"I'll handle this!" Vegeta charged forward, his bluish-white aura carving a deep trench in the ground. He leaped into the air, his fist crackling with destructive energy, and slammed it into the thickest tentacle, cursing, "Damn it, I'll smash you to pieces!" The metal tentacle emitted a piercing shriek, and the struck part began to disintegrate, but new tentacles quickly emerged from the vortex, even thicker than before.
"It's no use!" Lin Ye teleported to Vegeta's side, and the Supreme Kai Sword unleashed a silver sword aura, severing the tentacles that were wrapping around the citizens. He shouted, "They can absorb spacetime energy to regenerate. We have to seal the vortex first!"
He pulled out a fragment of the Namekian Dragon Ball from his pocket. It was a gift from Dende at the end of Volume 3, said to stabilize spacetime fluctuations. The fragment glowed in Lin Ye's palm, resonating with the energy within the vortex. Alice's voice rang out at the opportune moment: [Analyzing the vortex frequency, the seal will take 10 seconds! Vegeta, shield Lin Ye from the attack!]
Vegeta grinned, his aura shifting from bluish-white to silvery-white: "This is nothing, do you need to tell me?" He crossed his arms, energy condensing into a massive defensive shield in front of him. Countless tentacles struck the shield, producing a crisp sound like shattering glass. "Hurry up! Those bastards' attacks are getting stronger! Stop dawdling!"
Lin Ye closed his eyes, concentrating his mind to guide the energy of the Dragon Ball fragment. The runes on the surface of the fragment gradually lit up, intertwining with the dark purple light of the vortex. System notifications kept popping up: [Sealing Progress: 30%...50%...80%...]
Just as it was about to be completed, the largest rift in the sky suddenly exploded, and a jet-black beam of light shot straight into the heavens. Lin Ye looked up sharply, and the warning box on his retina instantly filled up: [Urgent Warning! Kronos direct energy fluctuation detected! Intensity: ∞!]
Within the pillar of light, a blurry humanoid figure slowly emerged, its body entwined with shattered fragments of spacetime. It had no facial features, yet seemed to see through everything. When its gaze fell upon Lin Ye, Lin Ye felt his blood freeze; it was a sense of oppression surpassing even the God of Destruction, more despairing than the power of the Omni-King's erasure.
"Insects," a cold voice echoed in everyone's minds, as if coming from the ends of time and space, "your universe is about to be devoured."
The spacetime vortex suddenly expanded violently, Vegeta's defensive shield shattered instantly, and he was thrown away by the shockwave, crashing heavily onto a building. Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth as he cursed, "Damn it... where did this bastard come from!" Lin Ye's seal was forcibly broken, and the Dragon Ball fragments dimmed.
In the distance, Goku's golden aura finally appeared on the horizon. He rode his Flying Nimbus and saw this scene from afar, shouting, "Lin Ye! Vegeta! What's going on!" But when he came into contact with Chronos's aura, his aura suddenly stopped, and even he felt an unprecedented fear.
Lin Ye gripped the Supreme Kai Sword tightly, his golden aura surging once more, his Super Saiyan form's hair standing on end. He knew that this final battle, concerning the survival of the 12 universes, had officially begun from this moment on. And the Chaos Devourer standing in the pillar of light would be the strongest enemy of his life.
Vegeta scrambled to his feet from the rubble, wiped the blood from his mouth, and gritted his teeth, saying, "No matter what you are, daring to act arrogantly in front of me, I'll blast you to smithereens today!" As he spoke, his aura surged wildly once more, golden patterns almost covering his entire body. "Kakarot, don't slack off! This is a big fight, don't think you can steal the spotlight all by yourself!"
Goku took a deep breath, his golden aura reforming, his eyes more serious than ever before: "I won't let him destroy Earth! Vegeta, Lin Ye, let's go together!"
Lin Ye looked at Goku and Vegeta approaching side by side, tightened his grip on the Supreme Kai Sword, and said in a deep voice, "Alright! This time, we'll protect the universe together!"
At that moment, the spacetime fragments surrounding Kronos began to spin wildly, transforming into countless sharp blades that shot towards the three. Vegeta was the first to meet them head-on, shattering the fragments with destructive energy while cursing, "Is that all you've got? I'm not so easily defeated!"
Goku instantly teleported to Chronos's side and unleashed a punch with a powerful shockwave: "Try my new technique!" However, his fist passed right through Chronos's body without causing any damage. Goku's pupils contracted: "This is... spacetime manipulation?"
Lin Ye quickly analyzed the battlefield and shouted to Alice, "Scan Kronos's energy frequency! Locate his physical form!" Alice's voice was filled with anxiety: [Scanning... Energy frequency chaotic, unable to lock onto the physical form!]
Kronos slowly raised his hand, unleashing a jet-black energy wave that instantly leveled the buildings in front of him. Lin Ye flashed in front of the citizens, using the Supreme Kai Sword to cleave the energy wave, and shouted, "Everyone, quickly get into the underground shelters! It's too dangerous here!"
Bulma wasn't idle in the lab either, frantically typing on the keyboard and shouting, "I'm trying to use the time-space stabilizer with the Dragon Ball fragments; maybe I can reseal the vortex! Lin Ye, you guys try to hold that guy off!"
Upon hearing Bulma's voice, Vegeta shouted, "You woman, stop messing things up! Focus on your equipment!" But his attacks didn't stop; he continued to use destructive energy to interfere with Chronos's actions.
Goku activated Ultra Instinct, his body flickering like a ghost as he searched for Cronus's weakness: "This guy's aura... is so hard to catch!"
While using the Supreme Kai Sword to defend against the attacks of the spacetime fragments, Lin Ye observed Kronos's movements and pondered a countermeasure: "We must find his energy core... At this rate, we won't be able to hurt him at all!"
Kronos seemed to sense their intentions; the spacetime fragments around him spun even more violently, forming a massive vortex that sucked everything around it towards its center. Cars, streetlights, and even parts of the buildings on the street were drawn into the vortex and disappeared.
"Oh no! At this rate, the West will be completely destroyed!" Lin Ye was extremely anxious. Suddenly, he thought of the Dragon Ball fragments and shouted, "Bulma! Adjust the energy frequency of the Dragon Ball fragments to be opposite to that of the spacetime vortex! Maybe we can counteract its suction force!"
Bulma immediately replied, "Understood! We're adjusting! Hang in there!"
Upon hearing Lin Ye's words, Vegeta and Goku unleashed their full power. Vegeta's destructive energy poured down like a torrential rain, while Goku pushed his Ultra Instinct to its limit, constantly interfering with Cronus's actions.
With the combined efforts of the three, Bulma finally adjusted the frequency, and the Dragon Ball fragments shone brightly, beginning to resist the suction force of the spacetime vortex. The vortex's rotation speed gradually slowed down, and the objects that had been sucked in began to be slowly expelled.
"Now!" Lin Ye shouted, "Goku, Vegeta, focus your attacks on the area below Chronos! That's where the spacetime fragment is weakest!"
Goku and Vegeta understood each other perfectly. Goku's Kamehameha and Vegeta's Power Cannon fired simultaneously, aimed directly at Kronos's feet. The two powerful energy waves collided, creating a massive explosion that shattered the spacetime fragments around Kronos, briefly revealing his form.
Lin Ye seized the opportunity, and the Supreme Kai Sword shone brightly, instantly unleashing a sharp sword aura that shot straight towards Kronos...
Chapter 402: The Hunting Ground of the Time-Space Devourer
Goku's teleportation barely grazed the ground, golden flames swirling around him and kicking up dust as he came to a stop beside Lin Ye. His tail involuntarily tightened, a Saiyan's instinctive reaction when facing extreme danger.
"Lin Ye, who is that guy?" Goku stared intently at the humanoid figure in the pillar of light, a pale blue aura gathering in his palm. "He seems even more terrifying than Frieza and Majin Buu combined!"
Lin Ye's voice was hoarse, the hilt of the Supreme Kai Sword slippery with sweat: "Chronos, the Chaos Devourer." He glanced at Vegeta, who was crawling up from the ruins. The guy's battle suit was tattered, and the scrapes on his back were gruesome. "Alice said he lives by eating spacetime, and has already devoured several parallel universes. Vegeta, can he still fight?"
Vegeta spat out the blood from his mouth, and his bluish-white flames suddenly flared up again, this time with even greater force, silver patterns shimmering within them: "Enough nonsense! I haven't lost yet!" He suddenly charged towards the nearest spacetime vortex, slamming his fist into its edge. The energy wave momentarily stunned the surrounding spacetime devourers. "Clear these bastards first, then settle the score with that big guy!"
"I'll help you!" Goku grinned, instantly switching to Super Saiyan Blue form, his golden aura turning azure. He clasped his hands together, his fingertips condensing a blue Kamehameha: "Kame...ha...ki...!" The blue-white energy wave, like a roaring dragon, "boomed" into the spacetime vortex, blasting the newly emerged Time Devourer into fragments.
Lin Ye didn't rush into battle, retreating to Bulma's side. Alice's holographic projection flashed a red warning: [Spacetime stability reduced to 41%, 56% of West City area beginning digitization! Another 15 minutes, and the entire city will be gone!]
"Is there a way to completely seal these vortexes?" Lin Ye grabbed Bulma's detector, the data stream jumping wildly. "The Dragon Ball fragments didn't work, what other tricks do we have?"
Bulma pounded on the control panel, sweat trickling down her face. "I can modify the spacetime anchors! Using Capsule Corporation's quantum core as an energy source, coupled with Namekian magic runes, should be able to temporarily stabilize the vortexes!" She suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with determination. "But someone has to go to the center of each vortex to install an anchor. There are seven vortexes in the West right now, and the most dangerous one is in the city center, enveloped by the aura of Chronos!"
"I'll go to the city center." Lin Ye didn't even hesitate. He then looked at Goku and Vegeta. "Goku, you go to the eastern industrial area; Vegeta, you're in charge of the western residential area. Android 18 and Piccolo can handle the rest, okay?"
"Leave it to me!" Goku had already rushed eastward, his Super Saiyan Blue aura streaking across the sky. "I'll be back to help you as soon as possible!"
Vegeta snorted coldly, didn't refuse, and turned to run west: "Don't die in that vortex, you scum! In our final fight, I'm going to give you a good one!"
Lin Ye took a deep breath and touched the system core on his chest. Alice inside vibrated slightly, as if encouraging him. He activated his flight technique and flew towards the city center. The streets along the way were in complete chaos: some buildings were half as they were now and half ruins from ten years ago; some pedestrians suddenly disappeared while walking, leaving only half a shoe; there was even a futuristic hovercar that crashed into a current street lamp, the explosion still frozen in mid-air.
[A swarm of Time-Space Devourers detected! 12 in number, estimated combat power 8000 million each (evolved by absorbing time-space energy)] Alice's voice crackled with static. [Suggestion: Activate the initial form of the "Divine Resonance Module," consuming 5 evolution points. Execute?]
Lin Ye's pupils contracted. This module was a system function unlocked in Volume 4, capable of harmonizing the power of the God of Destruction with humanity. He hadn't had a chance to use it before. "Execute!" he decisively ordered. [Evolution Points successfully deducted. Divine Resonance Module (Basic) activated!]
A cool energy surged from the system core into his limbs, instantly calming the previously raging Saiyan energy, which began to merge with the remaining Beerus God of Destruction power within him. Lin Ye felt his vision suddenly expand; the energy flows within those spacetime rifts, like countless glowing threads, were clearly intertwined.
Just as they were getting used to this power, three spacetime devourers suddenly sprang out of the vortex ahead. They were a size larger than the previous ones, and semi-transparent human figures were wrapped around their metal tentacles. They were the citizens who had disappeared earlier!
"Release them!" Lin Ye roared, unleashing a silver sword aura from the Realm King Sword, which struck the tentacles with a clang. The sword aura carried the energy of divine resonance, causing the tentacles to hiss and emit black smoke, writhing in pain as they flung out the figures. Lin Ye quickly reached out to catch them, only to see the figures transform into tiny specks of light the moment they touched him, merging into his body.
[Warning! Absorbing unknown spacetime energy, analyze?] Alice urgently alerts.