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

Trunks suddenly leaped out of the spacetime rift, the Anchor of Time in his hand radiating purple light: "Lin Ye! This guy's lying! The files I found at the End of Time show that the system was originally designed to imprison a runaway host..." His words were interrupted by the Supreme Kai's attack; a black beam of light grazed his shoulder, cleaving the asteroid behind him in two.

Lin Ye closed his eyes at that moment, his consciousness sinking into the depths of the system. He saw countless energy entities bound by chains struggling in the darkness—the remnant souls of powerful beings who had rebelled against the system's rules throughout history. When his fingertips touched the core data cage, a scene of his mother's dying moments suddenly flashed before his eyes—a yellowed photograph hidden in the lining of her medical record, the background of which was the scene of the first system's activation.

"I see..." When Lin Ye opened his eyes, his pupils had turned pure gold. "King Kai, or should I call you... Host 001?" He raised his hand and flicked out a silver chain, precisely binding the other's constantly twisting arm. "Thirty thousand years. How does it feel to be turned into a data monster by the system's backlash?"

The battlefield fell into a deathly silence. The Supreme Kai's data-driven body began to tremble violently, countless faces appearing and disappearing on the surface of his armor: "How could you possibly know..." His voice cracked for the first time, "Those memories were clearly all mine..."

"What you tampered with was only the surface data." Lin Ye's body was completely digitized, and data-flow wings similar to those of the Supreme Kai unfurled from his back. "But the Cosmic Seed can read all the original information—back then, in order to monopolize the system's power, you killed all the other hosts, but that also trapped you forever in the data layer." He suddenly exerted force, the chains pulling the Supreme Kai closer. "Now, it's time to end this farce!"

Just then, Lin Ye suddenly plunged his hands into his chest. A system notification exploded in everyone's minds: [Warning! Host is forcibly disintegrating the system core][Energy overflow detected][Enable sharing protocol?] He turned to look at the stunned Bulma, a bloody smile twisting his lips: "Remember when you said the system was like a virus?"

"Lin Ye, you're fucking insane!" Bulma's scream mingled with the ship's alarm. "The sharing system will turn everyone into data puppets!"

"No, it's liberation." Lin Ye's body began to disintegrate into data streams, which then coalesced into a massive energy matrix in the void. "Accept this power, or continue being a puppet on a string—the choice is yours!" With his roar, the system energy, imprisoned for millennia, surged forth like a flood bursting its banks. The moment those golden energy streams touched the powerful beings of each race, the same option popped up on everyone's system interface: [Accept the Power of Origin?]

The Demon Lord burst into maniacal laughter, his purplish-black demonic energy clashing violently with golden power: "This is the day I've been waiting for! What bullshit rules are nothing but trash before absolute power!" The Zerg Queen's tentacles frantically absorbed energy, her once-hardened carapace beginning to shimmer with a crystalline luster; meanwhile, the Elven elders suddenly knelt, before them the phantom of an ancient tree destroyed by the system.

The Dark Supreme God let out a non-human roar. His body began to reverse-engineer data, revealing a cracked skeleton beneath—a skeleton pierced by golden chains, with a shattered system chip still embedded in its skull. "Impossible..." his voice grew weaker and weaker, "I am the master of the system..."

Lin Ye's consciousness drifted through the torrent of data. He saw Trunks use the spacetime anchor to stabilize the collapsing space, and he saw Vegeta's remaining golden energy transform into a light shield protecting Bulma's spaceship. Before the last trace of his physical form dissipated, he infused the power of the Cosmic Seed into all its sharers. The system then issued its final notification: [New Order Detected] [Host Authority Transfer Completed]

In a dimension beyond the universe, the chess piece representing Lin Ye on the enormous chessboard shattered with a deafening roar, yet it emitted an even more dazzling light from its original location. The player holding the piece smiled knowingly, gently moving another piece and muttering to himself, "Interesting. Finally, someone has made this move."

Chapter 138: The Light of the Endgame?

The tremors in space intensified, and the broken skeleton of the Dark Supreme God struggled frantically within the data stream, his empty eye sockets emitting a crimson light: "You think destroying me will change anything? The core program of the system has already permeated every dimension!"

Lin Ye's digitized body reformed, golden runes swirling around him: "Infiltration? Nothing but parasites!" He turned to Trunks beside him, "Old Time Anchor, locate the point where his energy fluctuations are most intense!"

"Roger that!" Trunks waved the Anchor of Time, purple light outlining coordinates in the void. "The third system chip on the right shoulder! That connects to all the data prisons!"

The Machine Race Chieftain's 360 mechanical arms simultaneously transformed, assembling a giant particle cutter: "Kid, this is the last time I'll cooperate with you! If the universe collapses, I'll strip you of all your code first!" Before he finished speaking, blue light shot towards the Supreme Kai like lightning.

The Zerg Queen's tentacles suddenly swelled and wrapped around the Supreme Kai's ankle: "Trying to run? When my people were turned into batteries, why didn't you cry out for dimensional collapse?" Behind her, millions of Zerg warriors simultaneously opened their mandibles, spewing out corrosive acid.

The Supreme Kai let out a superhuman shriek, his data-flow wings shattering the acid, but Vegeta's golden energy chains wrapped around his neck: "Bastard! When you ambushed Goku back then, you didn't expect this day to come, did you?" The proud Saiyan prince, now covered in blood, still clung tightly to the chains.

Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Ye rushed towards the Supreme Kai's right shoulder, his fingertips condensing the light of the Cosmic Seed: "It's time to settle the score!" Just as he was about to touch the chip, the Supreme Kai suddenly split into dozens of phantoms, each raising a black hole cannon aimed at everyone present.

"All of you, pay with your lives!" The Supreme Kai's voice, mingled with system alerts, resounded through the starry sky. "Initiate the dimensional annihilation procedure!"

"Dream on!" Bulma piloted her modified spaceship into one of the phantoms, the hatch swung open to reveal a cargo of antimatter bombs. "Try this! You burned down my lab back then, today I'm paying you back with interest!"

Amidst the explosion, Lin Ye seized the opportunity to pierce through the afterimage, slamming his palm firmly onto the chip. The Cosmic Seed suddenly erupted with dazzling golden light; wherever the light touched, the data chains crumbled inch by inch, and the imprisoned energy dissipated into streams of light.

"Impossible..." The Supreme Kai's physical form rapidly became transparent in the purifying light. "I am the first host..."

"So what if you were the first host?" Lin Ye sneered. "The moment you locked the other hosts in the data prison, you should have known this day would come." He turned to the powerful figures of various races. "Everyone, attack together! This bastard's core is inside his skull!"

The Demon Lord struck first, his purplish-black demonic energy coalescing into a giant claw: "I've been waiting for this for ages!" The Elven Elders chanted ancient incantations, countless vines binding the Supreme Kai's legs. Under their combined assault, a crack finally appeared in the Supreme Kai's skull, and a system core, shimmering with red light, slowly emerged.

Just then, a clear, ethereal hum echoed from the depths of the universe. The cosmic seed within Lin Ye suddenly detached from his body, transforming into a gigantic sphere of light that hovered in the air. Wherever the light touched, all system interfaces began to crumble, and the data patterns on the bodies of powerful beings from various races gradually faded.

"System impact detected as subsiding!" The Mechanical Race Chieftain's sensors flashed frantically. "All unnatural energy is returning to its source!"

The Zerg Queen's carapace shed its data shell, revealing her original, natural form. She trembled with excitement: "My people...they are calling for me..." In the distance, the Zerg planet, corrupted by the system, was visibly recovering.

The core of the Supreme Kai trembled violently within the light of purification, and his final, ethereal form let out a desperate roar: "No! I am the one who..." Before he could finish speaking, his entire body completely disintegrated into streams of data, vanishing into the universe.

With the demise of the Supreme Kai, the light of the Cosmic Seed reached its zenith. Lin Ye felt his consciousness being pulled into a pure white space, where countless fragments of memories floated—the conspiracy at the activation of the first system, his mother's final words as a rebel, and the primordial power at the beginning of the universe.

"I see..." When he reopened his eyes, the golden light in his pupils was even purer. "The system is nothing more than a tool used by advanced civilizations to harvest energy." He waved his hand, and the light of the cosmic seed transformed into a fine rain, sprinkling down into every corner.

Trunks retracted the Anchor of Time, a rare smile appearing on his lips: "Looks like the files at the end of time weren't a waste of time. Seriously, you do look quite like the legendary creator god now."

"A creator god?" Lin Ye shook his head. "I simply want the universe to return to its proper state." He looked at the powerful figures of various races. "Now, it's time for us to decide our own future."

The mechanical race chieftain shut down the particle cutter, and the 360 ​​mechanical arms crossed over his chest in an unusual gesture: "Although I hate to admit it, you did a great job this time. But next time you do something so dangerous, remember to let me know beforehand so I can upgrade my weapons!"

Space gradually returned to calm, and the planets corrupted by the system began to recover. The former system interface completely disappeared, replaced by naturally growing energy veins. Lin Ye knew that this battle was only the beginning—outside the universe, the mysterious chess player might be the real challenge.

But now, looking at his comrades-in-arms beside him, at the universe revitalized, an unprecedented peace welled up within him. As the last trace of the system dissipated, he whispered to the starry sky, "Mom, can you see? We're free."

Meanwhile, in another dimension of the universe, on a gigantic chessboard, the player gently moved a new piece, murmuring, "Interesting, a new variable has emerged..." On the chessboard, the light representing Lin Ye, though faint, resolutely illuminated a small area, foreshadowing the arrival of a new era.

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Chapter 139: A New Era?

A golden light ripped through the sky of Universe Seven, and Lin Ye tumbled out of the spacetime rift, his knee slamming heavily onto the stone slab atop Kalin Tower. As dust billowed, he felt a dull pain in his chest; the energy within him, once as vast as a galaxy, now dissipated like a leaky balloon.

"Damn it!" Lin Ye wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, staring at his slightly trembling hand. "What's going on? I can't even use the Kaioken anymore?"

"Hey, isn't this the great hero?" Master Roshi swaggered out of the small house at the top of the tower, leaning on his cane. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes behind his sunglasses. "What happened? You turned back into your original form while fighting?"

Lin Ye frowned and stood up, trying to gather his energy, but only managed to form a small ball of light the size of a bean in his palm: "After the system disappeared, the rules of cosmic energy seem to have changed... I might not even be able to beat Frieza in his first form now."

As they were talking, Bulma's holographic projection suddenly exploded in mid-air: "Lin Ye! Get to Capsule Corporation immediately! All the energy monitoring stations in the universe have exploded!" Her voice trembled unusually. "The missing system data is transforming into... some unknown substance!"

Twenty minutes later, alarms blared in the Capsule Corporation's underground laboratory. Lin Ye stared at the wildly fluctuating curves on the large screen, his pupils contracting sharply—the red ripples that had originally represented the system's energy were now spreading outwards in a bizarre spiral pattern across the universe, distorting the gravitational fields of planets wherever they reached.

“The system completely disappeared three days ago, and this anomaly suddenly erupted yesterday.” Bulma pushed up her goggles, her fingertips rapidly tapping on the control panel. “Look, the energy density of Universe 7 has dropped by 37%, but in some places…” She zoomed in on the star field in the lower right corner of the screen, where hundreds of shimmering purple spheres floated, “These things are like black holes that appeared out of thin air, devouring everything around them.”

Trunks suddenly appeared from the time portal, purple lightning crackling around the Time Anchor: "I saw something worse in the future. These spheres are merging, forming..." His voice trailed off, his gaze abruptly shifting to a corner of the laboratory.

Vegeta, drenched in sweat, burst through the training room door, the gravity chamber alarm blaring. "Are you kidding me! 300 times gravity and my muscles aren't even sore?" His battle suit was covered in dust, but he froze the moment he saw the screen. "These purple things… remind me of the feeling when I was corrupted by the system."

Lin Ye clenched his fist, his knuckles turning white: "So the system didn't completely disappear at all? It just came back in a different form?"

“It’s too early to draw conclusions.” Bulma pulled up a data report. “However, something is strange—the source of all the energy anomalies points to a certain coordinate at the edge of the universe…and that’s exactly where the system’s core was activated back then.”

Vegeta suddenly sneered, turning and walking towards the gravity chamber: "Why all the nonsense? Whatever it is, I'll smash it with one punch." His figure paused at the doorway. "Also, Lin Ye... you'd better regain your power quickly, or you'll be a burden again."

Late at night, Lin Ye stood alone atop Kalin Tower. Moonlight bathed him, yet failed to illuminate the gloom in his eyes. He recalled Bulma's last words about the coordinates, and the mysterious fluctuations left behind by the Cosmic Seed before its dissipation—it felt as if a pair of eyes were watching him through the cracks of spacetime.

"What are you thinking about?" Piccolo's voice suddenly came from behind, and a green figure appeared like a ghost. "Bulma told me about it. Those purple spheres, I can sense... there's life inside them."

Lin Ye turned to his former rival: "What do you think we should do?"

Piccolo remained silent for a long time, gazing into the distance. "Back when we joined forces to fight the system, I knew that some enemies couldn't be defeated by brute force. This time… perhaps we need a different answer."

Before the words were even finished, dozens of purple meteors suddenly streaked across the sky. Lin Ye and Bick looked up simultaneously, only to see those meteors accurately striking different corners of the Earth, instantly sending up massive purple pillars of light that shattered the night sky into a jigsaw puzzle.

"It seems they can't wait any longer." Lin Ye clenched his fist. Although his strength hadn't fully recovered, the fighting spirit in his eyes burned even brighter. "Notify everyone to prepare for battle. This time, we cannot allow anyone to manipulate the fate of the universe again."

Meanwhile, at Capsule Corporation on the other side of the world, Bulma stared at the newly received test data, cold sweat streaming down her face. Trembling, she dialed Vegeta's communicator: "Don't shut down the gravity chamber yet… those purple spheres… we detected… the quantum imprint of the system core!"

Inside the gravity chamber, Vegeta listened to the voice on the communicator, a bloodthirsty smile creeping onto his lips. He increased the gravity to 500 times, and a surge of energy erupted from his body: "Perfect timing... This time, I'm going to take back all the power I lost, with interest!"

Purple beams of light intertwined in the Earth's sky, forming a network; a crisis more dangerous than the anti-system was quietly unfolding. Lin Ye knew that the true challenges of this new era had only just begun.

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Chapter 140: Beyond the Stars

Beep—Beep beep—

The red alarm lights of Bulma Labs pierced the night. She rubbed her sore eyes, her coffee cup slamming heavily against the control panel. On the holographic screen, golden ripples resonated with the fragments of the Super Dragon Ball spectrum at a 0.3% match, echoing the energy remnants of the Namekian ruins from three months ago.

What's wrong? Gohan woke up with a start and, upon closer inspection, noticed the purple ripples at the edge of the spectrum, which were the cosmic string markers mentioned by the Grand Elder.

Bulma pulls up the star map, and the thirty-seven Namekian energy relay stations flash: the signal is amplified by seventeen stations, but the source... A blood-red halo explodes at the edge of the star map, and the dark purple boundary of the cosmic string resembles a torn wound.

That was a time-space cocoon. Piccolo pressed down on the control panel, his fingernails digging into the surface, sealing away the chaotic power that existed before the birth of the universe.

Goku stood at the door, his tail swaying slightly: "Even more exciting than Frieza's old house!" But his smile vanished when he saw Piccolo's tense shoulders.

A hoarse whisper came through the audio decoder: "...Watchers beyond the stars...Time rift...Universe Seven...The waveform suddenly collapsed." Gohan felt a tingling sensation in the back of his neck—this energy was of the same origin as Super Saiyan 3, but with an added ancient, weathered quality.

The gravity system overloaded, causing metal objects to levitate and collide. Goku saw his palm become transparent, and space resembled wrinkled fabric. From the indigo spacetime rift, the Supreme Kai of Time stepped out, his white robes covered in burn marks, and his Time Ring dulled.

The rift had been torn open. She waved her hand, switching the projection: a dark purple rift swallowed the meteorite, and silvery matter burrowed into the fissure like living things. Klin exclaimed in the communicator: Earth's time flow is fluctuating! My watch is three minutes fast!

The Supreme Kai retrieved the Time Stone, its interior churning with black fumes: traversing the cosmic string, it would arrive at node β-7 within seven days.

Wait a minute. Vegeta leaped from the rooftop, his shoulder armor frosted over, requiring an antimatter engine to resonate with the gems, and a vibranium alloy frame—I have those on my private spaceship. He ignored the smuggling boat with Super Dragon Ball fragments embedded in its pocket.

Piccolo held Gohan down and whispered, "Namek was punished by heaven for touching a secret..." Gohan squeezed his hand back: "Let's face it together." Piccolo inserted a crystal—a forbidden device for summoning Shenron.

The lab trembled, and Yincha exclaimed in alarm: "Debris from the β-5 relay station has fallen! There are claw marks on the surface!" Bulma's face turned pale: "The relay station has a self-destruct mechanism; it won't break unless it's dismantled by a living being."

The Supreme Kai solemnly stated: "There is an aura on Earth that does not belong to this world." She unfurled a star map scroll: "The route passes through the intersection of three cosmic strings, and falling into the time trough will trap you in the past forever."

Let's go! The Supreme Kai opens a rift, revealing the Eye of Time, its liquid mercury shell embedded with the Time Stone. Bulma swings a wrench: Gohan, move the antimatter core! Vegeta checks the reactor!

Two hours later, the spaceship's engines roared to life. Bulma discovered that the backup power had been cut off, but saw Vegeta gently stroking the ForVegeta-B on the inside of his bracelet.

"Board the ship!" Supreme Kai urged, as Earth's time fluctuations intensified! Goku looked towards Korin Tower, where the scent of Senzu Beans and Korin's warning wafted on the wind.

The spaceship ascended, and Vegeta watched the Earth shrink, his palms slightly sweaty. Bulma scolded, "Transfer the data!" As Vegeta passed Gohan, he whispered, "Dare to steal the Super Dragon Balls? I'll break your legs in the turbulence."

The Time Stone hummed instantly upon embedding itself, and the black wisps went berserk. The Supreme Kai's expression changed drastically: Earth was interfering with the resonance! The porthole distorted, and the star map displayed blood-red gibberish and the Super Dragon Ball emblem.

Look! Piccolo pointed out the window: golden points of light gathered into a ring, a giant eye opened in the crack, its pupil reflecting the light of a collapsing galaxy. Gohan's heart pounded: those points of light were scales, each embedded with a miniature cosmos.

He's a watcher. Vegeta pins him down; his ki is older than even the God of Destruction. Goku roars: "Dare to threaten Earth? I'll send it back to square one!"

The spaceship plunged into the cosmic string, and the afterimage of time exploded: Gohan saw his own dead self, Krillin with white hair, and the ruins of the laboratory. Piccolo roared: Don't look! It's an afterimage from a parallel universe!

The engine overload alarm blared, and the shield dropped to 30%. Bulma gritted her teeth and forced a jump, the antimatter engine whistling as it broke through the first chord. Everyone collapsed to their seats, and Vegeta confirmed that the smuggling boat was still intact.

"Earth!" Goku pointed behind him: Seven Super Dragon Balls, each the size of the moon, floated in the clouds, from which a black-robed figure rose, his silhouette merging with the shadow of the crack. Before the communication was cut off, Chiaotzu exclaimed in alarm: "The wisher comes from beyond the stars!"

The Supreme Kai whispered: "We've fallen for their trap. They used the Dragon Balls to open the spacetime anchor..." Gohan hoarsely replied: "The crisis is on Earth, and we..."

Vegeta stood up: "Let's go back in my spaceship!" The Supreme Kai held him back: "It needs twelve hours of calibration; Earth can't hold up..."

Goku suddenly laughed, his golden hair flying: "Let's finish this quickly! We'll go back to help after we've dealt with this!" Vegeta roared: "Don't hold us back!" Piccolo reminded him: "The Elder said that some things require wisdom and sacrifice."

Gohan grips the crystal tightly: We are the Z Fighters, we will fight to the very end!

Supreme Kai smiled bitterly, channeling his divine power into the shattered Time Stone: Traverse the Time Corridor! His eyes were blinded! The spaceship, enveloped in golden-green flames, plunged into the vortex, its engines on the verge of exploding.

The moment they burst out of the vortex, everyone's pupils shrank—the crack had expanded into a gigantic maw a thousand meters wide, from which countless shadows surged forth, the leading entity shrouded in chaotic energy, larger than a star.

Here they come! Goku grinned, his aura surging. Vegeta assumed a fighting stance, his eyes blazing with unprecedented battle intent.

The Supreme Kai watched their retreating figures and prayed softly. The spaceship slowly approached; the ultimate battle at the edge of the universe was about to erupt.

As the Earth shrouded in night, the figure in black robes gazed at the starry sky before vanishing, a fragment of a Super Dragon Ball lying in his palm, a mocking smile playing on his lips. In the distant desert, the wreckage of the β-5 relay station suddenly oozed a silvery fluid, seeping deep into the Earth's crust…