In Dragon Ball: A brutal beating of Frieza at the start

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Who are you? Suddenly, golden flames erupted around Lin Ye, his silver hair danced wildly in the wind, and he instantly activated the pseudo-Free and Unfettered state.

The lead armored warrior slowly removed his mask, revealing a face strikingly similar to Whis's, except his pupils were an eerie dark red. "Angel of Time Guard," his voice boomed like ice beads falling into an iron plate, "ordered to retrieve the transmigrators who have violated the rules." The scepter hummed as it pointed at Cabba; this Saiyan, carrying a spacetime anchor, was corrupting the timeline of Universe Seven.

Jabe coughed up blood, clutching a half-piece of green crystal tightly in his palm. Lin Ye recognized it; it was a fragment of the Seed of Time, originating from the same source as the matter within Cell's body. Jabe had previously mentioned finding it in the ruins of Universe 6, and that it allowed him to briefly glimpse fragments of the future.

The battle ended in three seconds.

Lin Ye used his time-dodge technique to dodge the energy blade, and his fingertip-condensed spacetime collapse fist smashed through the opponent's armor. But the instant it touched the skin, a sharp pain shot through him; the blood of these angels contained chaotic energy similar to that of Kronos.

What is your relationship with the Time Devourer? Lin Ye stepped on the dying guard, whose body was gradually turning into silver particles.

He'll come... A sinister smile tugged at the guard's lips, particles escaping from his throat. As the ark ascends, the timelines of all universes... will become his nourishment...

When Lin Ye returned to the cabin, he saw his father throwing a magic bean into the trash can.

"Xiaoye, let's go home." Her mother, her eyes red, handed her a kraft paper envelope with a globe stamp on it. "Your Aunt Wang asked someone to bring a message saying that the old house is still there, but the property management fees are three years overdue, and they've been chasing us for payment several times."

[Family adaptation rate 17%, temporary isolation recommended] The system notification sound was as cold as ice.

Looking at his parents' familiar faces, Lin Ye suddenly remembered that stormy night before he transmigrated. His father carried him, who had a fever, and rushed him to the hospital, while his mother stood on the windowsill with a string of lucky charms hanging there, the red string crackling in the wind.

He took a deep breath, brought up the holographic projection, and the design drawings of the Ark Space Station slowly unfolded in the morning light: Dad, Mom, I'm taking you somewhere.

As the parents stood on the circular observation deck of the space station, the evening newspaper in the father's hand fluttered to the ground.

In the distance, the engine fusing Earth's technology with Namekian magic roared, and pale purple energy flowed into the core through pipes. Vegeta and Cabba's combined attack, the Saiyan Double Explosion, tore through the clouds, golden flames exploding into fireworks in the starry sky, charging the energy core.

That's... Earth? The mother pointed to the blue planet outside the porthole, then suddenly covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face. "Is our building in the neighborhood... in that area to the east?"

The father didn't speak, only stared intently at the shooting stars streaking past the porthole. Those long-tailed points of light pierced the nebula, brighter than any fireworks he had ever seen in his life. After a long while, he murmured: "So the universe you were talking about... is really true..."

Lin Ye clenched his fist, and a blood-red notification suddenly popped up on the system panel: [Ark construction progress 73%, multiple forces detected approaching].

At the same time, an encrypted message popped up from the 18th—Champa of Universe 6 was convening a meeting of Gods of Destruction to discuss whether to eliminate the destabilizing factors in Universe 7. Meanwhile, Piccolo had just sent a message saying that an altar inscribed with the name Chronos had been discovered underground on Namek, and the runes on it were gradually absorbing the energy of the Dragon Balls.

"Dad, would you like to try piloting a spaceship?" Lin Ye suddenly smiled, pulled up the cockpit access card, and said, "I've hired the best instructor."

In the distance, Sun Wukong flew over on his somersault cloud, waving a thermos in his hand, and shouted from afar: "Lin Ye! Bulma's new Senzu Bean Fried Rice, Earth-style!"

The father stared at the access card for a long time, his fingertips repeatedly rubbing the cold metal surface. His mother nudged him from the side: "Go ahead and try it. It's better than arguing here."

As the spacecraft slowly departed the space station, Lin Ye heard his mother suddenly exclaim: "Look! Isn't that Gabe?"

Outside the porthole, Cabba was transforming into a Super Saiyan, golden flames trailing long streaks of light through the nebula like a living golden dragon. The father's grip on the control stick tightened, and he suddenly said, "That... Vegeta, right? Should I have him teach me a few moves next time?"

Lin Ye's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to say something when the system alarm sounded again. This time, the notification was more urgent than ever before: [The spacetime rift has expanded; high concentration of chaotic energy detected...]

He looked out the porthole. In the deep universe, countless eyes were peering out from the spacetime rifts, staring intently at the Ark's energy reaction.

But at that moment, the father was clumsily turning the control stick, the mother was leaning against the porthole counting stars, and Sun Wukong's laughter came through the communicator, mixed with the aroma of fried rice.

Lin Ye suddenly felt that those hunters lurking in the shadows might not be so scary after all.

The cracks in family ties may be hard to mend, but in this vast universe, there will always be new memories to fill the gaps.

He knew, however, that this calm was merely the calm before the storm. When the ark was fully airborne, all the hidden dangers would bare their fangs.

Chapter 346: The Ark Crisis

Warning! The Ark's port engine has encountered an energy shock! Bulma's scream, like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, pierced the static of the communication channel. The holographic star map before Lin Ye's eyes instantly turned blindingly red, and the blue dots representing the space station were flashing violently, their edges peeling off as if eaten by worms.

When he teleported to the bridge, the scientists in front of the control panel were collectively gasping. A researcher wearing glasses slammed his coffee cup on the ground, and the brown liquid spread across the floor, but strangely curled up in the opposite direction.

"Look there!" Liu Nan's finger dug into the monitor screen, her nails turning white. On the port side's energy shield, a jet-black claw mark was spreading at a visible speed. Instead of sparks seeping from its edges, it was distorted fragments of spacetime. Within those fragments, one could see fleeting stars and ruins, like a shattered kaleidoscope.

It's Void Raiders! Liu Nan pulled up the zoomed-in view, where dozens of deformed warships were squeezing out of the wormhole. Their hulls were bumpy and jagged like unhealed tumors, and their weapons could directly devour energy! Just now, the shield's energy dropped by thirty-seven percent!

Lin Ye's body instantly erupted with silver flames, his silver hair, in his pseudo-Ultimate Freedom state, gleaming coldly in the green light of the emergency lights: "Gabe, take the Saiyan Alliance and guard the engine room. Reinforce it with an energy barrier. Don't let them get close to the core circuit!"

"Received!" Gabe answered breathlessly through the communicator, the background filled with the clanging of metal.

"Vegeta, come with me and clear out the enemies boarding the ship!" Before Lin Ye could finish speaking, he had already kicked and smashed the ventilation duct grille.

The pipes were pitch black, with only the red glow of emergency lights flashing across the walls. The predators that roamed inside resembled giant lizards, their gray-green skin blending perfectly into the shadows, and their claws scraping against the metal produced a screeching sound like fingernails scratching a blackboard.

Lin Ye's teleportation skills were greatly diminished in the confined space. A sudden, sharp pain shot through his shoulder as a predator's claws ripped open a deep wound that exposed bone. Blood dripped onto the metal floor, but instead of forming a bloodstain, it eerily floated up like a string of red pearls.

These guys can distort the laws of physics! Lin Ye punched the pipe wall, and the entire passage suddenly trembled violently. But when his fist passed through the predator's body, he felt as if he had hit a cloud of mist—it wasn't a solid entity at all, but a phantom made of pure spacetime energy.

Hehehe—the raider turned its triangular head, its vertical pupils gleaming with greed. Saiyan flesh and blood were more delicious than energy.

Vegeta's deep blue flames exploded at the end of the corridor, and a stream of purple light instantly filled the passage: Shut the hell up! His Garic Cannon, trailing a blue-white tail, struck the Raider, but the Raider simply opened its mouth and swallowed the energy blast like it was jelly.

"It tastes good," the raider licked its lips, and its tail suddenly grew three times its original size, wrapping around Vegeta's ankle like a steel whip. "It's just too little."

Vegeta was slammed against the wall, the metal panel cracking and splintering. He wiped the blood from his mouth, his eyes brightening: Interesting.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Ye teleported behind the raider and thrust his fist, imbued with spacetime energy, straight at the back of the head: What exactly is your goal?

The raider vanished into thin air, reappearing a second later beside Lin Ye: a clever Saiyan. His claws slashed through the air, leaving a black rift. "We are merely the vanguard. When Lord Chronos arrives, this space station will become the best sacrifice."

He suddenly stretched out his claws and pointed at Lin Ye's chest, where the clothes were rising and falling with his breathing: "Especially the system inside your body, that's the sweet treat that adults love the most."

The battle lasted for four hours.

When the last raider was blasted into silver particles by Gabe's afterburner, the Ark was riddled with holes. Lin Ye leaned against a broken pipe, bandaging his wounds. The medical spray emitted white smoke as it touched his skin, but the arguing on the communicator didn't stop.

"Useless! If it weren't for your misjudgment, would those three idiots have died?" Vegeta's roar made the communicator crackle.

"My command was flawed?" Gabe's voice trembled with tears, yet it was also filled with resentment. "Who insisted on taking the energy blast head-on? They almost blew up the entire engine room!"

That's tactics! You don't know anything about them!

I don't understand tactics? At least I won't risk everyone's lives out of spite!

Lin Ye kicked away a piece of metal at his feet, which crashed against the bulkhead with a loud bang. The argument on the communicator abruptly stopped. He brought up the system panel, and the red number [Saiyan Alliance Trust Level: 58%] was painfully bright.

Look at yourselves now. Lin Ye’s voice was transmitted through the communicator to every Saiyan’s earpiece. How are you any different from Frieza’s henchmen?

Gabe clenched his fist, his knuckles white as he pressed it against the wall: Lord Lin Ye, I didn't...

"I don't need an explanation." Lin Ye interrupted him, turning his gaze to Vegeta standing opposite him. "You could clearly predict the enemy's absorption ability, so why did you still take the attack head-on?"

Vegeta turned his face away, his ears turning slightly red: That bastard said... said Saiyan energy is garbage...

Lin Ye suddenly laughed, and the laughter instantly froze the tense atmosphere. Gabe was stunned, and even Vegeta turned his head in surprise.

Starting tomorrow, all Saiyans will begin joint combat training. Lin Ye pulled up the training plan, and a holographic projection unfolded between the two of them, creating a 10,000-fold gravity effect, focusing on fusion techniques. Cabba, you're in charge of recording the data and analyzing the energy fluctuation frequency of each person.

Gabe suddenly looked up: Me?

You are most familiar with the abilities of the alliance members. Lin Ye nodded, then looked at Vegeta, "You'll train with me on the Saiyan Double Explosion until we can achieve 90% energy synchronization, then we'll stop."

Vegeta chuckled, crossed his arms, and leaned against the wall: Boring. But a subtle smile crept onto his lips.

In the gravity chamber late at night, the air was compressed like lead. When Lin Ye and Vegeta's punches collided, the resulting sonic booms bounced off the walls and made the metal floor vibrate.

As the two's golden auras first intertwined like vines, a system notification suddenly sounded: [Resonance of fusion technique detected, Super Saiyan Twin Explosion unlocked].

Sweat dripped from Vegeta's chin, splashing onto the floor and creating small dents. He suddenly spoke, his voice muffled by the weight of gravity: "Your parents... are still making a fuss about going home?"

Lin Ye paused, a gust of wind from his punch grazing Vegeta's ear: "My dad learned to pilot a reconnaissance boat today and circled the space station three times." He recalled the scene he saw through the porthole that morning—his father's hand trembling as he gripped the control stick, his mother taking pictures of Nebula with her phone in the co-pilot's seat, and his mother planting Senzu Beans in a flowerpot, saying she wanted to see if they would grow into beans.

"Earthlings are such a hassle." Vegeta scoffed, but as he turned away, he added in a low voice, "Bulma said...we could build a mimicry farm and grow some Earth vegetables."

Lin Ye raised an eyebrow: When did you start caring about this?

Enough talk! Vegeta's arrogance suddenly surged, "Again!"

Just then, a piercing alarm blared throughout the entire space station. This time it wasn't a localized alarm, but a global, red alert; even the control panels in the gravity chamber were flashing wildly.

[Emergency Situation! The Dragon Balls of Namek are disappearing en masse!]

Lin Ye instantly teleported to the Dragon Ball storage room, and the scene before him made his pupils shrink. The altar that had originally housed the seven Dragon Balls had collapsed, and black substances identical to the claw marks of the raiders remained on the rubble, sending a chill down his spine with the slightest touch.

Piccolo staggered over, leaning on his cane, his veins throbbing beneath his green skin: "It's Babidi! I can sense his presence!" His voice trembled. He took the Dragon Balls, saying before leaving... that he would complete the final ritual at the Temple of Time!

Lin Ye clenched his fist tightly, golden flames seeping from between his fingers. A new mission suddenly popped up on his retina: [Urgent Mission: Prevent Majin Buu's resurrection. Mission Reward: Basic Analysis of Ultra Instinct. Penalty for Failure: Accelerated disruption of the timeline in Universe 7].

He looked out the porthole at the starry sky, where an eerie red light was flashing in the direction of the Sixth Universe. The star map just sent by the 18th showed that Champa's Destroyer was veering off its original orbit, heading straight for the coordinates of the Seventh Universe.

It seems someone doesn't want us to build the Ark in peace. Lin Ye's silver hair shone brilliantly in the starlight. Vegeta, notify everyone to assemble on the helipad in thirty minutes.

He pulled up the list of members of the Saiyan Alliance. Next to Cabba's name was a note saying "Trust Level 72%", while after Vegeta's name, the system panel quietly changed to "Comrade-in-Arms" after refreshing.

Meanwhile, at the underground altar on Namek.

Babidi was stirring the energy flow in the air with his scepter. The seven Dragon Balls were suspended in the center of the altar, and the star markings on their surface were gradually darkening, turning into gray-black energy that flowed into the huge cocoon below.

A deep, muffled heartbeat emanated from within the cocoon; with each beat, the runes around the altar brightened. These runes shared the same origin as the chaotic energy Lin Ye sensed in the blood of the guards, and were slowly flowing along the grooves in the ground.

Soon...almost soon... Babidi licked his chapped lips, his eyes narrowing into slits as he looked at the Cronus symbol emerging from the cocoon. When Buu absorbed enough spacetime energy, he would become the key to open the dimensional gate. Then...the great Lord Cronus would grant me eternal life...

Around the altar, the warriors of Universe 6, bound by purple energy ropes, knelt in a circle. Their eyes were unfocused, and eerie smiles lingered on their lips. At the front, Caulifla bowed her head, her long golden hair obscuring her face, only her shoulders trembling slightly—she was Cabba's master, the strongest Saiyan queen of Universe 6.

Babidi suddenly kicked Caulifla: "The Saiyan bloodline is really useful; even energy transfer is faster than others." He leaned closer to the giant cocoon, listening intently to the sounds inside. "Buu... my good child... just wait a little longer... soon you'll be able to experience the entire universe's timeline..."

Suddenly, a crack appeared on the surface of the cocoon, revealing wriggling pink flesh inside. Babidi's laughter echoed through the empty underground cave, startling countless Namekian flying insects that had been perched on the rock walls.

Meanwhile, in the armory of the Ark space station, Lin Ye was inspecting a newly forged energy sword. The blade reflected his icy gaze; whether it was a Void Raider or Babidi, anything that dared to stand in his way would be shattered.

Sun Wukong's voice came through the communicator: Lin Ye! The fried rice is finished! When are we leaving?

Immediately. Lin Ye gripped the hilt of his sword, the blade humming and glowing with a blue light. He was going to meet an old friend.

Chapter 347: The Conspiracy of the Temple of Time

The marble floor of the Temple of Time was stained with undried blood, and the twisted crimson runes glowed with an eerie red light with each step Lin Ye took. The shards of glass scraped under his feet, and with each step, tiny ripples of spacetime were created, briefly flashing before his eyes the scene from a few seconds earlier: the runes' light dimmed slightly, and the dust in the air remained in the previous position.

"The flow of time here..." Lin Ye frowned, sensing the flow of Qi within his body, "is much slower than outside."

His gaze swept across the temple's dome, where the suspended star charts spun visibly, the positions of several stars strikingly similar to the star trails of the Omni-King's palace in his memory. Even more chilling were the wandering afterimages: Beerus, clutching a pudding jar, huddled behind a pillar, pink cream smeared all over his beard; Whis, holding a long spoon, was tapping Goku's head, explaining the secrets of ki control; and deep within the altar, a black-robed figure's hand pressed against the temple's foundation stone, black, viscous liquid seeping into the cracks like a living thing.

"Tsk tsk, the little guy from Universe 7 is arriving faster than expected."

Babidi hovered above the altar, the hem of his skull-embroidered robe brushing against the melting dragon orbs. The seven golden spheres had long since lost their luster, turning into inky liquid that flowed down his staff into the giant cocoon below, outlining runes on the cocoon shell that matched those on the ground.

“Three minutes.” Babidi shook his staff, and black flames suddenly surged from the runes on the cocoon. “Just three more minutes, and Majin Buu will awaken in a completely new form. At that time, not only Zeno, but even time itself will become Buu’s snack.”

Lin Ye's body instantly erupted with silver-white flames, and the aura of his pseudo-Freedom Ultimate caused ripples in the space around him: "You think that by turning Buu into a monster, you can change his fate of being destroyed?"

"Space-Time Collapse Fist!"

The force of the fist tore through the air, but crashed into an invisible barrier three meters from the altar. The energy shockwave rebounded, and Lin Ye dodged to the side, the stone pillar behind him instantly crushed into dust.