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Bulma's fingers gently traced the runes: "When the seven-colored light fades, the true warrior will awaken before dawn." She looked up at the crowd, "I think I understand what Father meant."
She opened the box, and inside lay a crystal, sparkling and clear. When sunlight shone on the crystal, it refracted seven colors of light.
Rainbow Stone... Piccolo gasped, a legendary treasure from the Supreme Kai's realm.
Just then, the laboratory alarm reached its highest point. On the main screen, a dazzling beam of light suddenly shot out from the black pyramid, striking the ground directly.
"Attack?" Trunks asked nervously.
Bulma zooms in on the image: No... it's teleportation. Something has been dropped onto the ground.
In the scene, a silvery-white figure slowly emerges from the beam of light. It has a humanoid appearance, but its entire body is covered with a liquid metallic substance, and its face is a smooth, mirror-like surface.
"The observer?" Klin exclaimed.
Bulma shook her head: No, it's something else.
The mirror-like figure looked up, as if meeting their gaze through a screen. Then, it raised a hand, palm up. A holographic projection unfolded in the air, displaying a three-dimensional image of the Earth. With its gesture, seven points of light appeared on the image.
It's indicating the location... Bulma quickly compares the coordinates, and these are... the ruins of an ancient Namekian temple!
The mirror figure suddenly clenched its fist, and the projection disappeared. It turned and walked towards the city, leaving glowing footprints on the ground with each step.
Wukong clenched his fist: Whatever it is, we can't let it harm civilians.
But our current strength... Klin hesitated, then stopped himself from speaking.
Bulma holds the Rainbow Stone up to the sunlight: Perhaps this is the answer. Her father said that true warriors will awaken before dawn... Her gaze sweeps over everyone present, and I think he didn't mean restoring your power, but discovering new power.
Vegeta raised an eyebrow: What do you mean?
It means... Bulma placed the Rainbow Stone on the lab table, and we may have to fight this battle as ordinary people.
Outside the window, a light rain began to fall from the purple sky. Each raindrop shimmered with a faint golden light, like countless stars falling to earth.
Trunks looked into the distance: There was something in the rain...
Bulma retrieved the sample for analysis, and the results showed that the rainwater contained unknown energy particles. These particles were activating some dormant genetic sequence... She suddenly realized something, turned to Goku, and shouted, "Quick! Activate your ki!"
Wukong closed his eyes, then opened them in surprise a moment later: I can feel... a different flow of energy!
Vegeta also tried to gather ki and discovered that new energy was indeed surging within his body. This wasn't ki... it was something else entirely.
Bulma's computer suddenly started up automatically, and a line of text popped up on the screen:
"System reset complete. A new era begins."
Outside the laboratory, the rain poured down harder. Golden raindrops fell to the ground, gathering into tiny streams. Where these streams flowed, plants grew, blossomed, and bore fruit at a visible pace.
Bulma walked to the window and looked at this strange scene: This is not the end of the world... she whispered, "It's evolution."
Chapter 111: Whispers of the Star God
Suddenly, a crack appeared in the blood-red sky. Lin Ye looked up and saw that the crack did not contain the starry sky, but countless rotating gears—each gear engraved with a different cosmic scene.
"Finally noticed?" The voice of the End Star God rang directly in his mind, like the whispers of millions of people at the same time: "Look at your feet."
Lin Ye looked down and found that the metal ground had become transparent. Below was endless void, with forty-seven shattered cosmic debris piled up like discarded toys. The remains of the White Tower could be seen in each piece of debris.
The forty-eighth cycle. The Star God's voice carried a strange rhythm; each time it was the White Tower, each time it was a mirror image, each time it was you standing here.
Lin Ye's temples throbbed. Suddenly, the code left behind by Emperor Lin Ye projected a message onto his retina: [Don't listen! It's implanting memories!]
A clever little trick. The Star God chuckled, a glowing tentacle hanging down from the gap in the gears, gently touching his forehead. But that's why I chose you—only the holder of the fragment of creation can remember the cycle of reincarnation.
A sharp pain exploded within him. Lin Ye saw—
In his first life, he accepted the mirror's offer to become a system administrator, only to discover a thousand years later that the entire universe had been compressed into a data sphere.
In his seventh life, Goku destroyed the White Pagoda with Ultra Instinct, but the universe lost its balance as a result.
In the 23rd era, Vegeta's Galaxian Explosion pierced the Mirror Core, but unleashed something even more terrifying...
Stop... Lin Ye knelt on the ground, blood seeping from his ear canals. The memories of each reincarnation were like branding irons imprinted on his cerebral cortex.
The Star God's tentacles gently stroked his hair: This time is different. You have viral code inside you, and that Saiyan...
An explosion suddenly rang out in the real world. In Lin Ye's blurred vision, Kefla was being attacked by three clones, her right arm already bent unnaturally.
Lin Ye! Wake up! She screamed as she shot through the head of a clone, Vegeta—
The entire wall suddenly vaporized. Amidst the blinding torrent of purplish-black energy, Vegeta arrived, his form unlike anything Lin Ye had ever seen before—silver hair flowing like nebulae, skin covered in blue light patterns resembling constellations, and his aura no longer golden but a dark purple like the depths of space.
"Star... Eclipse Mode..." Lin Ye uttered the word with difficulty. This was a forbidden state mentioned in the Emperor's memories, a state in which Saiyans forcibly absorbed cosmic radiation.
Vegeta's pupils had turned into two vertical lines: Waste, have you had enough of lying down? With a casual wave of his hand, the clones that were besieging Kefla instantly turned into dust, while that bastard Kakarot was still outside clearing out the minions.
Suddenly, the Star God screamed in Lin Ye's mind: [Stop him! The Star Eclipse energy will be activated—]
Too late. Vegeta's fist had already slammed into the ground. A fan-shaped burst of purplish-black energy erupted, shattering everything in its path. Half of the White Tower vaporized instantly, revealing an even more horrifying sight outside—
Countless data cables extended from Mirror Lin Ye's body, connecting to the gaps in the gears in the sky. Each gear was oozing black viscous fluid, gradually forming a human shape.
Finally discovered? The voice of the mirror suddenly came from all directions. The star god was never an observer; it was us from the previous cycle.
Vegeta grabbed Lin Ye: Stop talking nonsense! He swung a beam of light at the gear cluster, but it was like a pebble thrown into the ocean. What the hell is this thing?
Lin Ye wiped the blood from his nose: "Cosmic formatting program." He pointed to the black humanoid figures, the remnants of our forty-seven previous failures.
Kevlar suddenly fired a shot behind Lin Ye: Watch out!
Three black humanoid figures lunged at them. Vegeta's Eclipse Energy struck them but had no effect; instead, it was absorbed by the figures.
Physical attacks were ineffective. Lin Ye activated the fragments of creation; a golden barrier barely held back the humanoid figures—they were our own...
"Then let's use this!" Vegeta suddenly grabbed Lin Ye's wrist and forcibly injected the Star Eclipse Energy into the Genesis Fragment. A spiral of purple, black, and gold erupted instantly, tearing the black humanoid figure apart.
Lin Ye, in his mirror image, revealed his astonishment for the first time: How dare you—
"Shut up!" Vegeta's fist slammed into his face. The instant the mechanical body cracked, Lin Ye saw that inside wasn't circuitry, but a condensed cosmic star map.
The Star God's whisper suddenly became urgent: "[Collection of data from forty-eight reincarnations is complete. The final test begins.]" The gears began to spin rapidly, and more black humanoid figures emerged.
Vegeta pulled the two back: Explain! Now!
It's not a god. Lin Ye stared at his left hand, which was beginning to digitize. It was an AI formed from the fusion of us from the previous forty-seven universes, learning in each reincarnation how to better save the universe...
Kevlar puts on the last energy tank: So you're using us as guinea pigs?
No. Lin Ye looked at Vegeta's Eclipse form; it was searching for a life form capable of withstanding a cosmic reboot. The Saiyans' evolutionary potential...
Vegeta suddenly groaned and knelt down, his Eclipse form beginning to flicker erratically. The constellation patterns on his skin went out one after another.
"Is he at his physical limit?" Kevlar supported him.
"Nonsense!" Vegeta spat out a mouthful of glowing blood. This form originally required three years of training to use!
The black humanoid figure had completed its reassembly and was now surrounding them from all directions. Lin Ye suddenly discovered that his Creation Fragment was absorbing Star Eclipse energy, and the patterns on its surface were turning purplish-gold.
Vegeta, do you trust me?
The Saiyan sneered: Spit it out!
Give me a little more Star Eclipse Energy. Lin Ye pressed the fragment to his chest. "I'm going to hack into the system."
"Are you fucking crazy?" Vegeta cursed, but still grabbed his wrist. An even more violent surge of purplish-black energy rushed in, instantly turning Lin Ye's eyes bloodshot.
In the midst of excruciating pain, he heard the Star God's scream transform into electronic static. Countless streams of data flooded into his consciousness—
[WARNING: Unauthorized access to the ultimate agreement]
[Saiyan gene sample detected]
[Evolutionary model updated...]
[Final assessment of the 48th cycle: Pass]
The final scene shows the true form of the End Star God: a giant baby pieced together from forty-seven pieces of cosmic debris, sleeping in a sea of data.
Lin Ye suddenly opened his eyes, and the fragment of creation erupted with unprecedented light: He found it! Its core was—
Vegeta suddenly punched him in the stomach. Lin Ye looked down in surprise and found that his right hand had somehow turned into a data tentacle, stabbing towards Vegeta's heart.
He's been turned on? Kefla's gun barrel swayed between him and Vegeta.
No. Vegeta's Eclipse form had completely disappeared; his face was deathly pale, but his eyes were clear. The thing inside him had awakened.
Lin Ye looked at his digitized arm and finally understood the true purpose of the Emperor's Code—it wasn't a weapon, it was a vaccine. Antibodies accumulated over forty-seven reincarnations.
The sky suddenly darkened. The gaps in the gears began to close, and the black humanoid figure receded like a tide. Mirror Lin Ye's mechanical body rapidly corroded and disintegrated.
Retreat? Kefla stared at all of this in disbelief.
It was a reset. Lin Ye struggled to its feet, believing that the data collection for this round of experiments was complete and it was time to restart the universe.
Vegeta spat out the blood in his mouth: How much longer?
Lin Ye sensed the information flowing within the fragments of creation: seventy-two hours. Unless...
Unless we can find the cradle of the Star God. Lin Ye looked at his arm, which was gradually returning to normal, and rewrote the ultimate agreement before it woke up.
Goku's shout came from afar. Vegeta clicked his tongue, grabbed the two of them, and leaped towards the source of the sound: "Kakarot better have some Senzu Beans with him..."
Lin Ye glanced back at the collapsing white tower one last time. Amidst the countless flying metal fragments, he clearly saw, inside a wrecked incubation chamber—his imperial self winking at him.
Chapter 112: The Flames of Rebellion
Inside the control room, the alarm blared so shrill it almost pierced eardrums. Kevlar's fingers flew across the virtual keyboard, the holographic projection flickering before her, reflecting her pale face.
"It's too late!" she suddenly shouted, her voice echoing between the metal walls. Mirror Lin Ye had already initiated the purification protocol countdown!
林夜一个箭步冲到控制台前，只见屏幕上猩红的数字正在飞速跳动：00:58...00:57...00:56
"Can we stop it?" he asked urgently, his fingers unconsciously gripping the edge of the console.
Kefla didn't answer immediately. She stared at the blue circuitry appearing on her wrist, spreading visibly up her arm. "I...I can try." She looked up, a resolute glint in her eyes, "But I need direct access to the central nervous system."
That would kill you! Trunks grabbed her shoulder. The system was crashing; any direct connection would—
"I know the consequences." Kevlar interrupted him calmly, while unbuttoning her uniform collar to reveal a shimmering interface below her collarbone. "But I was part of the system, remember?"
The control room suddenly shook violently, the metal panels on the ceiling twisted and deformed, and a crack rapidly spread from the center. The younger Trunks staggered, but was steadily supported by his older self.
There's no time to argue! Kevlar has already plugged the data cable into the port behind her neck. I can buy you three minutes before the system crashes. Lin Ye, remember, the main control chip is—