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

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Trunks' scream echoed from afar. The future Trunks shielded the younger version of himself from the quantum beam, his battle suit disintegrating into data streams. "Father...run..." he cried, coughing up blood as he grabbed Vegeta's ankle. "The system is copying our battle data."

Young Trunks collapsed to his knees, watching his alter ego dissipate into specks of light. He slammed his fist into the ground: "Damn it! What the hell is this place?!"

It's the suture point between the two universes. A calm female voice suddenly interrupted, making everyone turn their heads. Android 18 dragged the semi-conscious Krillin over, three data conduits inserted into her metal arm. "I found the control panel. Bulma needs this."

Bulma snatched the tube and inserted it directly into her neck, startling Goku who grabbed her and said, "Are you crazy?"

Get out of the way! Bulma's eyes instantly turned fluorescent blue, countless lines of code scrolling across her irises. Found it... the system core has a biological response! It's a human!

Lin Ye crawled out of the rubble, spitting out the blood in his mouth: Lin Xiaoyu? She's still alive?

Alive? Bulma let out a twisted laugh, her consciousness shattered and used as a system firewall! Now obey my commands—she suddenly threw out ten capsules, and the exploding mechanical arms formed a temporary turret. Goku and Vegeta fused! Everyone else, protect the turret for thirty seconds!

Thirty seconds? Piccolo ripped off his tattered cloak—enough time for them to die ten times over!

Twenty-five seconds! Bulma's mechanical turret begins charging. Don't tell me you Saiyans are worse than programmers who haven't even mopped the floor!

With a furious roar from Vegeta, the two Saiyans began their fusion dance. Suddenly, the quantumized Friezas all turned, unleashing countless beams of light towards the turret.

Our turn! Android 18 shoved Krillin aside and charged into the barrage of bullets, his metallic body riddled with holes. Tien Shinhan's three eyes wept blood as he unleashed a barrage of Tri-Beams. Even Mr. Satan charged out with a bomb: "Let's show you what the World Champions are all about!"

In a dazzling golden light, Gogeta tore through space and appeared. He glanced at the ravaged Allied Forces and actually whistled: Looks like I missed the party?

Stop pretending! Bulma's turret is overloaded and smoking; the core coordinates have been sent to your consciousness!

Gogeta's smile vanished abruptly. He teleported to the turret and caught the energy ball transmitted by Bulma with both hands: "This thing will blow up half the universe."

That's why I sent you to throw it, you idiot! Bulma's nose started bleeding, and Lin Xiaoyu's consciousness had only a 0.3-second window!

The Quantum Friezas suddenly merged into a giant form, and the black hole bullets condensing in their mouths began to distort space. Gogeta clicked his tongue and suddenly pressed the energy ball into his chest.

"What are you doing?!" Bulma screamed.

A better idea! Gogeta bursts forth with a rainbow of light, transforming into a meteor as he crashes into the giant Frieza. And remember to treat me to Senzu Beans!

In the instant of the white light that engulfed the world, Lin Ye heard a little girl crying. He rushed into the center of the explosion following the sound and grabbed a cold little hand amidst the torrent of data.

Brother? Lin Xiaoyu, covered in tubes, floated in the core module, with 100,000 flashing incubation chambers behind her. "It hurts so much..."

Vegeta suddenly appeared beside them and roughly severed the nerve conduits: No time for melodrama! The system is rebooting!

The entire space began to collapse, and Bulma's mechanical arm grabbed them: Hold on tight! The space anchor is about to fail!

Gogeta's afterimage suddenly appeared, pushing everyone into a suddenly appearing time portal: "Tell my future self... that fucking hurts..."

Back in the real universe, the Allied forces lay sprawled on the grass. Bulma immediately scrambled to her feet and checked the data: Success! The universe separation progress had stopped at 82%!

It's just paused. Number 18 sneered, swinging his severed arm; the system core wasn't destroyed at all.

Lin Ye stood up, holding the unconscious Lin Xiaoyu: because she was the true core of the system. He lifted the back of the girl's collar, revealing a countdown timer pulsating on her metal spine; in 24 hours, the two universes would collide completely.

Sun Wukong scratched his head and leaned closer: "Then let's fuse it again and push it in?"

"Do you think this is an amusement park?!" Bulma kicked him in the leg. "I'm only alive because of this—" Her voice suddenly choked.

Everyone followed her gaze. The young Trunks was kneeling on the ground, before him lay the broken hilt of his future self's sword. Vegeta stood five meters away, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

"Listen, kid." Vegeta's voice was terribly hoarse. "If you dare to cry, I'll kill you right now."

Klin suddenly pointed to the sky: Wait! What's that?

A massive electronic countdown appeared within the blood-red clouds—23:59:59. Below it was a smaller line of text: [Clearance Protocol Initiated]

Attention everyone! Piccolo suddenly deployed a protective shield, and thousands of dark figures were surging in from all directions—it was mass-produced Cell!

Goku and Vegeta stood back to back in their fighting stances, only to hear Bulma's maniacal laughter.

Great! I was just worried about not having any test subjects! She pressed the button on her wristwatch, and ten mechs marked with the Time and Space Administration emerged from the ground. My new toy just needs a real-world test!

Lin Ye handed his sister over to Number 18 and drew his data-manifested longsword: Round Two?

Gohan wiped the blood from his face and laughed: "Don't die seven times again this time."

Chapter 83: The Light of Origin

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Lin Xiaoyu's voice came from all directions, and Lin Ye suddenly looked up. In the core control room, countless holographic projections were playing scenes he had never seen before—himself on a hospital bed covered in tubes, and a little girl with red eyes, hunched over a computer.

This is impossible... Lin Ye staggered backward, bumping into another version of himself. The two Lin Ye looked at each other simultaneously, memories flooding back like a tide.

Five years ago, the city's central hospital

"Stop fooling around, Xiaoyu!" Young Lin Ye slammed the IV stand against the wall. "I told you I don't need your pity!"

Ten-year-old Lin Xiaoyu wiped away her tears, her little hands clutching the USB drive tightly: I'm not pitying my brother! This AI program can really cure ALS!

Using your brainwaves as a database? Are you crazy? Lin Ye ripped the IV from the back of his hand. The doctor said I have three more years to live, enough time to see you get into university—

"Not enough!" the little girl suddenly screamed. The moment the USB drive was plugged into the hospital room computer, all the lights in the hospital started flashing. "I want my brother to live to be a hundred years old!"

Now, the system core

So this is the truth? Vegeta kicks the projector that was playing memories to pieces. Your sister turned half the universe into an electronic graveyard just to extend your life?

Both Lin Ye spoke at the same time: Shut up!

Interesting. Number 18 sneered, counting on his fingers. Now even self-blame has to be doubled?

Bulma's detectors suddenly emitted a piercing alarm: energy readings had skyrocketed! The system was about to materialize!

The entire space began to distort, and countless data streams converged into a gigantic humanoid shape. It was a monster made of circuit boards and blood vessels, with Lin Xiaoyu's translucent body embedded in its chest.

Light rain! The two Lin Ye rushed out simultaneously, only to be overturned by the shockwave. Vegeta spat out a mouthful of blood: Kakarot! Fusion Jutsu!

No! Sun Wukong pointed to his arm, which was beginning to quantumize, "I don't have enough energy!"

"Then use mine!" Vegeta suddenly ripped open his battle suit, revealing a glowing S-cell extractor on his chest—a good find he'd taken from Universe 6 last time.

Bulma's eyes widened: When did you install this?

Enough talk! Vegeta threw the extractor to Goku. It only lasts for thirty seconds. Beat him to a pulp!

Quantum Frieza's remains suddenly flew towards the materialized system, forming a dense, overwhelming metallic wing. Android 18 slammed into Krillin: "Idiot! Get out of the way!"

"Hiding my ass!" Vegeta gathered his hands above his head, golden light mixed with an eerie purplish-black hue, the Ultimate Flash—Modified!

A torrent of energy spanning two universes erupted, instantly carbonizing Vegeta's arm skin. The instant the attack struck the system, young Lin Ye suddenly leaped up: Now!

The two Lin Ye's grabbed Lin Xiaoyu's arms, one on each side, and the data chains snapped. The system emitted a howl unlike anything in human form and began indiscriminately firing energy blasts.

Bulma! In the future, Lin Ye rolled around, holding the unconscious Xiao Yu, trying to avoid the situation. How do I activate the self-destruct program?

The tech genius's glasses reflected a red light: someone needs to remain in the core to input the stop code! She suddenly froze, wait... the stop code is...

"It's my brother's birthday." Both Lin Yes said in unison.

The blast wave knocked everyone off their feet. Amidst the smoke and dust, Vegeta collapsed to his knees, half his body charred. Goku, with his last ounce of strength, deployed a protective shield: "Vegeta! Hold on!"

Get out of my way! Vegeta shoved him away with his remaining hand. "Kakarot...take this bunch of trash...out..."

The system's core began to collapse, and spatial rifts spread like a spiderweb. Android 18, dragging her broken leg, pulled Bulma up: "It's time to retreat!"

No! Bulma struggled to point to the console; the termination code required biometric authentication!

In the future, Lin Ye suddenly handed Xiao Yu to his younger self: Take her away.

"Are you crazy?" Young Lin Ye grabbed his collar. "You'll be permanently deleted!"

Perfect. Lin Ye smiled to himself. This future... shouldn't have existed in the first place.

The system materialized into a giant hand that slammed down, and Goku used Instant Transmission to take everyone away. The last thing they saw was Future Lin Ye walking towards the control panel without looking back, and Vegeta giving him the middle finger.

Inside the escape pod

"Let me go!" Young Lin Ye frantically pounded on the cabin door. "We have to go back!"

Bulma slapped him so hard he was stunned: Look carefully!

Outside the porthole, the core area was turning into particles of light. Lin Xiaoyu suddenly opened her eyes, a stream of data flashing in her pupils: Brother... wrong password...

What?! Everyone's expression changed drastically.

In the flash of the explosion, two figures could be vaguely seen standing back to back. Vegeta's maniacal laughter came through the communicator: Hahaha... That's more like it!

Lin Ye's voice from the future, tinged with static, said: "Tell my past self..."

The devastating explosion swallowed the rest of the sentence. The escape pod was propelled tens of thousands of kilometers by the shockwave, and two slowly fading silhouettes were projected onto the porthole.

Lin Xiaoyu suddenly burst into tears: "Brother typed...my birthday..."

Chapter 84: Choices and Sacrifices

The system initiates the final protocol; the mirror universe annihilation procedure begins execution, with a 300-second countdown.

The cold, mechanical sounds echoed above the ruins, and spiderweb-like cracks began to appear in the sky, from which purple energy seeped. I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and looked at my other self standing opposite me—Lin Ye from the mirror universe.

There's no time left. Mirror Lin Ye kicked away the metal debris at his feet. His combat suit was even more damaged than mine, and his left arm hung unnaturally. The system began to devour this universe. You must leave with Lin Yue's consciousness core.

I gripped the quantum container tightly; my sister's consciousness data flickered faintly within it. In the distance, the rumble of collapsing buildings echoed; the entire mirrored New York was disintegrating at a visible speed.

And what about you? My voice was so hoarse it didn't sound like my own.

Lin Ye suddenly smiled, a smile that sent a shiver down my spine—exactly the same expression my father wore before his death. "Someone has to stay behind to maintain the stability of the passage," he said, pointing to the distorted spatial rift between us. "Otherwise, none of you will be able to get out."

Bullshit! I grabbed his collar, and we could do it together—

"Brother..." Lin Yue's weak voice suddenly came from the quantum container. My mirror image Lin Ye and I froze simultaneously; this was the first time my sister had regained consciousness since the destruction program was activated.

Lin Ye's fingers gently traced the surface of the container, his movements incredibly tender. This warrior, invincible on the battlefield, now had eyes as soft as melting snow. "Little Yue, come home with the other me." His voice trembled. "Remember to water that succulent on the balcony; it's most afraid of drought."

My throat felt like it was blocked. That succulent was a birthday gift from my sister last year; I never imagined it would be the same in this universe.

No...don't... Lin Yue's consciousness fluctuated violently, and the container emitted a piercing alarm. Mirror Lin Ye suddenly took a step back, his expression becoming resolute again.

There was no time for sentimentality. He pressed the device on his wrist, and suddenly a dozen holographic projections lit up around him—all warriors from the Mirror Universe. Iron Queen Kate's mech was reduced to half its body, and Elementalist Mark's right eye was bleeding profusely.

Location complete, energy transfer ready. Kate's voice came from the projection, her damaged mech emitting an overloaded blue light: "Kid from the main universe, live well for us."

Before I could react, Mirror Image Lin Ye had already punched himself in the chest. Blood spurted from his mouth, but it turned into golden specks of light in mid-air and surged towards me.

"What are you doing?!" I tried to stop him, but found myself unable to move. In the projections around me, all the mirror warriors were doing the same thing—destroying their energy cores.

This is the energy needed for intercosmic teleportation. Mirror Lin Ye knelt on one knee, his skin beginning to show patterns like flowing data. Our universe is beyond saving, but energy will not be annihilated...