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This is... Lin Ye's fragment of creation suddenly trembled violently, and a needle-like pain shot through his chest. The patterns on the surface of the fragment began to flow, gradually merging with the fragment in the metal box; the two fragments were of the same origin.
Vegeta slammed on the brakes, the spaceship tracing a jarring arc through the starry sky. Pointing to the magnified image on the screen, his tone unusually grave: "Those buildings aren't metal; they're frozen time itself. See those distorted windows? They're filled with repeating images."
On the screen, inside buildings on the planet's surface, countless blurry figures were repeating the same actions—some were crying, some were fighting, and some were kneeling in worship. At the very top of the central tower, a huge crystal was flashing, and with each flash, the satellite's orbit shifted by one fraction.
Alice mentioned it in her notes. Number 18 flipped through the tablet quickly, the joints of the robotic arm turning white from the force. The side effect of the time reversal technology is a time loop; the resurrected person will be trapped in the last moment before death, forever repeating the same thing.
Suddenly, Wukong pointed out the window. Omni-King had somehow gotten to the side of the ship and pointed his little finger at the surface of the planet: "There are many stagnant lights there, which look a lot like the universe we failed to clear."
Lin Ye's fragment of creation suddenly flew off his chest and hovered in the center of the capsule. The last dormant coordinate suddenly lit up, perfectly aligning with the planet's position. A new line of text appeared on the fragment's surface, this time not in Alice's handwriting, but in ancient Namekian script:
A resurrection at the cost of life is nothing more than placing even heavier shackles on the deceased.
So that's how it is. Lin Ye reached out and caught the fragment, feeling a cold touch on his fingertips. This wasn't resurrection technology; it was a prison.
Liu Nan suddenly slammed the metal box shut, instantly dimming the glint of the fragments: "Grandpa once said that some regrets are more important than perfection." He stuffed the box back into his backpack, zipping it up quickly. "Let's go back. Something's not right here."
Vegeta suddenly turned the ship around, the engine humming low: "Now that we're here, we should see what the hell is up to." He glanced at Lin Ye, a cold smile playing on his lips. "Or are you scared?"
Lin Ye gripped the fragment tightly, feeling the faint pulse emanating from it. He looked at the figures on the screen, endlessly repeating their suffering, and suddenly recalled his obsession when he first transmigrated—if he could truly resurrect his parents and see them trapped in an eternal cycle, would it be salvation or another form of cruelty?
"Go take a look." He suddenly spoke, the fragments settling in his palm, but not to revive anyone.
As the spaceship pierced through the planet's time turbulence, the clock inside the cabin began to run backwards wildly. Looking at the rapidly changing scenery outside the window, Lin Ye suddenly understood the true meaning of the fragments of creation—not to guide him in finding perfection, but to teach him to reconcile with regret.
As the spaceship landed steadily on the planet's surface, Lin Ye was the first to step out of the hatch. The ground beneath his feet felt like frozen waves, each step echoing softly, like countless people sighing in hushed tones. In the distance, atop a towering structure, a colossal crystal awaited something, as if it had stood there since the birth of the universe.
Regardless of what's inside. Lin Ye turned to look at his companions. Goku was curiously poking at the ground, Vegeta had his arms crossed and was wary of his surroundings, Android 18's mechanical eyes were scanning the environment, and Liu Nan was tightly gripping his backpack strap. "Let's go in together."
The tower's doors slowly opened before them, revealing a pitch-black interior with only a faint light emanating from its depths. Lin Ye took a deep breath, gripped the fragment of creation tightly, and stepped inside first. He knew that what awaited him there might not be answers, but at least, the courage to confront the past.
Behind them, their companions followed with firm footsteps, striking out their own vibrant rhythm in this frozen city of time.
Chapter 281: The Devourer Descends
A purple storm suddenly erupted in the dark matter belt at the edge of the universe, each energy vortex like a greedy maw, frantically devouring the light of the surrounding stars. Lin Ye hovered amidst the shattered wreckage of a starship, his left hand pressed tightly against his bleeding side, the blood beads freezing into ice crystals as soon as they seeped out. The golden flames condensed in his right hand, however, were more intense than ever before, the shockwaves causing nearby meteorite fragments to rattle and tremble.
System notification: The main fleet of the Time-Space Devourer has broken through the 72nd dimensional barrier, and is still 3 standard times away from the main universe. Alice's electronic voice carried a rare electrical noise, and the holographic projection flickered violently in front of Lin Ye. In the scene, countless rhomboid warships were pouring out of the black hole, their hulls covered with dark purple bio-armor, and the vascular patterns on the surface of the armor were still slowly pulsating, like a group of living things.
These monstrous things' armor can absorb energy attacks. Vegeta's deep blue aura exploded nearby, blasting an incoming meteorite into dust. His battle suit's left shoulder was completely shattered, revealing a charred, corroded wound. Black, corrosive liquid was still sizzling; the Final Flash had only paused them for 0.3 seconds, leaving them completely unharmed.
Lin Ye suddenly turned his head, his pupils shrinking sharply—in the asteroid belt behind him, all the meteorites were vibrating at the same frequency, their surfaces displaying the same biological patterns as the Devourer warship. He swung his fist at the nearest meteorite, and the moment the golden shockwave exploded, those patterns actually flowed upwards with the shockwave, coiling around his wrist like living snakes, solidifying into blood-red tattoos on his skin.
Warning! Parasitic energy intrusion detected! A scarlet warning suddenly popped up on the system interface. Lin Ye felt a tearing pain deep in his blood. The tattoos were trying to burrow into his Saiyan gene chain, which was at risk of being tampered with!
"Use this." Number 18's voice came through the communicator. A silver capsule hurtled through the air, unfolding into a gear-covered bracelet the moment it landed. Her mechanical arm flashed an emergency red light, clearly indicating she had suffered quite a bit in the previous battle. The anti-parasitic device that Liu Nan had cracked could temporarily freeze the flow of energy.
The moment the bracelet tightened, Lin Ye heard countless tiny screams emanating from his bloodline. He looked down at his palm and saw a wisp of dark purple mixed in with the originally pure golden flames. It was a mark left when the Devourer's energy was forcibly stripped away, like a barb stuck in the flames.
"The eastern defense line is about to collapse!" Trunks' voice boomed from the communicator, accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of blades tearing through armor. Their vanguard ships could split into millions of tiny units, even more disgusting than Cell's regenerative abilities! Just when one piece was destroyed, a new one would instantly reassemble!
Lin Ye looked up into the depths of space, where the dark matter belt was darkening at a visible rate, like a rag soaked in ink. Suddenly, an encrypted message popped up on the system, the sender identified as the remnants of the Time-Space Administration Bureau:
The core of the Devourer is the primordial singularity, hidden within the time rift of Universe 13. It is the aggregate of energy from all the devoured universes, and their only weakness.
Universe 13? Vegeta scoffed, his tail whipping through the starry sky, leaving three afterimages. The sound of his scales rubbing together was like sandpaper scraping against metal. Wasn't that place wiped out in the Zeno's erasure plan? Not even a speck of dust remained.
Alice suddenly zoomed in on the holographic projection. On the screen, a gigantic gear structure appeared at the location of Universe 13. With each rotation of the gear, a nebula was shredded into fragments. They were reconstructing dimensions with the swallowed fragments of spacetime. Her electronic voice trembled with disbelief; with each rotation of those gears, a parallel universe was assimilated.
Lin Ye suddenly clenched his fist, his aura surging into a golden dragon, the shockwave sending nearby starship wreckage flying: "Divide the forces!" His voice resonated across the battlefield through energy resonance, his orders ringing in every soldier's communicator: "Vegeta, lead a squad to hold off the main fleet. I'm going to destroy that singularity."
"Are you crazy?" Vegeta's deep blue aura suddenly intensified, the shockwave crushing the surrounding meteorites into powder. Charging in alone would be suicide! Even the Gods of Destruction dared not approach that place!
He wasn't alone. Piccolo burst from the warp portal, followed by Hit and Kale from Universe 6. Green Special Beam Cannon energy condensed in his palm. "Survivors from Universes 6, 7, and 11 have assembled. We will open the passage for you."
Hit's time-skip ability suddenly activated, and he appeared a kilometer away in the next second, his fingertip energy blade piercing the core of a Devourer warship. The moment the eerie blue energy blade sank into the armor, the entire warship deflated like a punctured balloon: "My ability can briefly freeze the flow of time around the singularity, but it can only last for ten seconds at most. After ten seconds, even I will be torn apart by the temporal turbulence."
Kale's Super Saiyan green aura soared into the sky, shattering the oncoming bio-armor with a single punch. The green energy fist imprint exploded on the ship's hull, splitting the warship in two: "Don't worry, we'll show those monsters that the rage of the Saiyans is more terrifying than the darkness that devours everything!" Her roar shook the nearby asteroids, and her green aura was mixed with uncontrolled, violent energy.
Looking at his assembled comrades, Lin Ye suddenly recalled the scene on Namek when he first transmigrated. Back then, he was just a novice who relied on the system to ambush Frieza, unable to even form a basic ki blast. But now, the hope of the entire multiverse stood behind him.
The countdown began. He put on Liu Nan's specially made space jump bracelet. The markings on the bracelet's surface began to reverse, and the runes on the metal casing lit up red. Remember, no matter what happens, you must hold onto the coordinates of the main universe. Even if only one person remains, you must transmit the coordinates.
Vegeta suddenly punched him in the chest, the force so great that Lin Ye groaned, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth. But as the Saiyan prince turned away, he secretly slipped a Senzu Bean into Lin Ye's hand, the movement so swift it seemed as if nothing had happened: "Enough talk. If you die in there, I'll grind your Saiyan bloodline to dust." His voice remained icy, but his tail lightly brushed against Lin Ye's wrist as he turned, as if bidding farewell.
The instant the jump portal opened, a violent wave of dizziness swept through his body. Lin Ye heard Alice's ultimate warning explode deep within his consciousness: "A symbiotic reaction of infinite growth physique and devourer energy has been detected within the host's body. It is recommended to attempt fusion—this is the only way to survive at the center of the singularity. The success rate of fusion is 7.3%; failure will result in complete assimilation."
Within the purple spatial turbulence, countless gear-like structures surged from all directions, seemingly intent on shredding him to pieces. Lin Ye forcibly steadied himself, golden flames forming a shield around his body, only to be met with ear-piercing sparks from the friction of the gears. When his vision cleared again, the sight before him chilled him to the bone—at the core of the 13th Universe, a colossal heart composed of billions of star fragments was beating, each contraction unleashing a torrent of dark energy powerful enough to freeze the soul; wherever that energy passed, even light was frozen into ice crystals.
At the top of the heart, the entity known as the Primordial Singularity slowly turned around. Its body was composed of countless distorted fragments of spacetime, as bizarre as a collage, and it wore a mask identical to Lin Ye's, with even the curve of the mask's mouth perfectly matching.
"We've finally met, the container chosen by the system." The singularity's voice sounded like the accumulated wails of countless universes, each word carrying an ear-piercing echo: "The Saiyan blood within you will become my perfect nourishment. Those universes I devoured will be reborn within your body."
Lin Ye's golden aura suddenly mixed with a wisp of dark purple—the Devourer energy he had actively drawn in. The system interface flashed wildly on his retina, the red warning almost turning his vision crimson:
[Warning! The fusion success rate is only 7.3%!]
[Ancient Saiyan genetic resonance detected - analyzing symbiotic pattern -]
He suddenly laughed, the sound echoing through the empty dimensional rift. Remembering his wish on Namek for an infinitely growing physique, he realized that from the very beginning, fate had prepared the key for him to fight against ultimate darkness.
Nourishment? Lin Ye's hair turned silver-white in the energy shock, his whites of his eyes turned completely black, leaving only his golden pupils burning. Today, I'll let you taste what it's like to be bitten by your prey.
As the golden and dark purple flames exploded at the center of the universe, all the Devourer warships simultaneously emitted piercing wails. Vegeta, gazing at the pillar of light piercing through dimensions, suddenly said to Trunks beside him: "Watch closely, this is the true Saiyan—not driven by anger, not by hatred, but by the courage to turn hell upside down."
Trunks gripped the Time Sword tightly, looking at the unprecedented seriousness in his father's eyes, and suddenly understood something. His blade gleamed blue in the sunlight, silently etching his father's words into his heart.
At the core of Universe 13, Lin Ye's fist collided with the primordial singularity's mask. The instant the mask shattered, he saw countless swallowed civilizations struggling within the singularity's body—hope, resentment, and an undying resistance. These forces, like a torrent finding an outlet, surged into his body through his fist imprint, merging with his Saiyan bloodline.
"Impossible!" For the first time, the voice of the Primordial Singularity cracked, and the fragments beneath the mask began to peel away, revealing a true face composed of countless suffering expressions. "How can you control these complex powers?"
Lin Ye didn't answer, but instead absorbed more Devourer energy into his body. Golden and dark purple flames intertwined in his palm, forming a spiral like a constantly spinning yin-yang symbol. He could clearly feel the wills of the devoured civilizations resonating with him, each civilization's last cry transforming into the power in his fist.
"This move is called 'Unity of All Spirits'." Lin Ye's voice pierced through the energy storm, carrying the will of countless civilizations. "You taught me this—since you can devour everything, then I will return everything you devoured to you!"
The moment the spiraling energy sphere struck the singularity's heart, the entire 13th universe began to tremble violently. The stellar remnants that made up the heart suddenly burst forth with their own light, like countless ignited sparks. In the light, Lin Ye saw the Namekians, Saiyans, Earthlings… each civilization, in its final moments, transformed into sharp blades, tearing the singularity apart from within.
"No—!" The primordial singularity let out its final wail, its body disintegrating inch by inch in the light. The spacetime fragments it had devoured began to flow backward, reforming the outlines of the former planets, illusory yet imbued with an indomitable vitality.
As the light faded, Lin Ye slumped in the void, his bones feeling as if they had fallen apart. The primordial singularity had vanished, leaving only wisps of pure energy, flying like fireflies towards various universes—the final gift of the swallowed civilizations.
He looked down at his wrist; the blood-red tattoo had faded, leaving only a faint white mark, like a healed scar. The system interface displayed its final message: [The Devourer's Nest has collapsed; the remaining fleet is out of control].
The warp portal opened behind him, and Vegeta's voice roared impatiently, "Hey! If you're not dead, get out here! We've almost finished clearing out the small fry outside. If you don't come soon, you won't even get any soup!"
Lin Ye smiled as he propped himself up, discovering a transparent crystal in his palm, containing the last energy of the primordial singularity. He gripped the crystal, turned, and walked into the passage. Behind him, the 13th universe was slowly dissipating, turning into cosmic dust and returning to the sea of stars.
When he appeared on the main universe battlefield, Vegeta was kicking the last Devourer ship to pieces. Seeing Lin Ye appear, the Saiyan prince curled his lip, but secretly slipped a jar of Senzu Beans into his hand: "You're lucky."
Looking at his cheering comrades around him, Lin Ye suddenly felt the crystal in his palm burning hot. He looked up at the starry sky, where the energy of the devoured civilizations was flickering at the edges of various universes, like a string of beacons guiding the way.
"Where to next?" Liu Nan's voice was tired but couldn't hide her excitement. "My grandfather's notes say that there are still many unknown dimensions at the edge of the universe."
Lin Ye gripped the crystal tightly, feeling the energy contained within: "First, send this energy back to where it belongs." He looked at Vegeta, a familiar smile curving his lips, "Then, go see those universes that haven't been swallowed up yet—they need to know that no matter how great the darkness, it can't stop something that wants to shine."
Vegeta flicked his tail impatiently, but charged ahead of the warp portal: "Hurry up, you lowly warrior. If Goku and the others beat us to it, that idiot will get all the credit again."
Lin Ye smiled and followed, the crystal radiating a warm light in his palm. He knew this battle wasn't the end, but merely the beginning of a new adventure. But as long as he had these companions by his side, and this bond that transcended the universe, there was no destination they couldn't reach.
At the edge of the universe, the purple storm gradually subsided, revealing an even more vast sea of stars beyond. There, countless stories await to be written, and countless lights await to be ignited.
Chapter 282: The Battle of the Singularity
In the time rift of Universe 13, space takes on a strange, liquid state. With each step Lin Ye takes, countless ripples spread beneath his feet, each ripple reflecting the horrific scene of different universes being swallowed up—some planets scream as they are turned into data, some civilizations regress to single-celled forms as time flows backward, and most glaringly, in one universe, Earth, Capsule Corporation is being slowly dissolved by dark purple energy.
"Are these all your collections?" Lin Ye's fist was wreathed in gold and silver flames. His initial collision with the singularity had cracked three bones in his left arm. Strangely, however, the Devourer's dark purple energy was repairing the wounds, but the skin at the repair site showed scale-like patterns, as if covered with a fine metal mesh.
The primordial singularity hovered beside the heart-shaped core, a strange smile curving the corners of its mouth beneath the mask: These weren't collectibles, but building blocks for a new universe. He raised a hand and waved it lightly; the surrounding gears suddenly accelerated, and Lin Ye felt every cell in his body being forcibly dismantled and reassembled. When all spacetime merged, a perfect, eternal dimension would be born—without pain, without death, where even time would cease to flow. And I would become the one and only god.
The system alarm blared shrilly: Alteration of the laws of spacetime detected! Host status unstable! Cell recombination rate exceeds safety threshold!
"Try this." Lin Ye suddenly vanished from his spot, reappearing behind Qidian the next second, unleashing a Galaxy Burst Bomb condensed in his right fist, carrying the temperature of a stellar explosion. The golden energy ball expanded continuously during its flight, melting the gear structures in its path into liquid metal. However, the moment the energy ball touched Qidian's body, it disappeared as if it had vanished into thin air, instead causing the surrounding gears to spin even faster, even beginning to rotate in reverse.
It's useless. Singularity slowly turned around, and the spacetime fragments on his chest formed Lin Ye's face, even mimicking the anger in his eyes perfectly. All your attacks will be converted into energy to construct eternal dimensions, including your Saiyan bloodline that you are so proud of. That punch just now was enough to reassemble the fragments of three star systems into planets.
Lin Ye suddenly felt dizzy, and countless memories that did not belong to him flashed before his eyes—the last images of the warriors assimilated by the Devourer: Jiren struggling between justice and power, ultimately choosing to detonate his own energy core; Kale's pain when she lost control, the green flames mixed with the purple patterns of assimilation; and even the moment when another version of himself in another universe was swallowed by the singularity, in which Lin Ye's last cry was not for help, but "Don't trust the system."
Trying to disrupt my mind? He bit his tongue hard, the metallic pain bringing a moment of clarity. He shook his head, banishing the images; this pain would only make him clearer about what he needed to protect.
A new notification suddenly popped up on the system interface: [Quantum entanglement detected between the singularity core and the host's bloodline. Reverse analysis of its energy frequency is recommended! Success rate: 11.7%!]
"Alice, can you do it?" Lin Ye asked anxiously in his mind, as the scales on his left arm had spread to his shoulder, as if they were eating away at his skin.
You need to actively inject more Devourer energy to establish a temporary link channel! Alice's voice was filled with static, and the holographic projection in front of him flickered violently, but this was equivalent to raising a venomous insect in his body. Once it failed, he would be completely assimilated, and even Saiyan cells couldn't save him!
The singularity seemed to have seen through his intentions, and suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, the sound echoing through the gaps in time as countless afterimages: "Want to analyze my core? Then come on! Let me see how long this toy chosen by the system can struggle!"
The spacetime fragments around him suddenly exploded, and countless beams of dark purple light shot towards Lin Ye like a torrential rain. This time, Lin Ye did not dodge; instead, he opened his arms, letting the energy penetrate his body. Instant pain swept through his entire body. He felt his Saiyan cells being forcibly rewritten, and gear-like patterns appeared on the blood vessels under his skin, each pulsation accompanied by a mechanical, jerky sensation.
Now! Alice's holographic projection unfolded in his palm, countless data streams flowing upstream against the energy beam, like a group of sharks smelling blood. Analysis began—Warning! Code of the same origin as the system detected! Base sequence match 98.3%!
Lin Ye's pupils suddenly contracted. Within the chaotic data streams, he saw familiar system core code, only distorted into a form that devoured everything, like a polluted river. The system and the devourer… were they from the same source?
Not only that. Alice's voice trembled with disbelief, "The Devourer is the system's cleansing program. It's activated to reset everything when the host's power exceeds control or when the balance of the universe is broken!"
This truth struck Lin Ye like a hammer blow. He recalled the battles, sacrifices, and growth he had endured along the way. It turned out that from the moment he obtained the system, he had been on the elimination list. Those so-called newbie perks and hidden quests were nothing more than bait used by the system to select high-quality targets for elimination.
"Give up." The singularity's voice was alluring, sticky like a viper's tongue. Rather than being discarded by the system, merge with me. Think of it: eternal life, absolute power, even the Omni-King would bow down to you.
Lin Ye suddenly laughed, the laughter echoing through the cracks of time, carrying an unprecedented sense of relief. A dazzling golden light suddenly erupted from his silvery-white aura—the Saiyan bloodline, stimulated to its limit by the absorbed energy. The two energies intertwined in a spiral on his body: You don't understand.
"I don't understand?" Singularity's voice rose, filled with offended anger. "I have devoured thousands of universes and witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations. What is there that I don't understand?"
You don't understand why we fight. Lin Ye suddenly rushed towards the singularity, his hands forming a hand seal he had never used before—a brand new move that combined system combat analysis, Saiyan instincts, and Devourer energy. We fight not for eternity, but to protect those imperfect moments.
He recalled the frantic struggle when he first saved Krillin on Namek, Gohan's roar during his breakthrough in the Cell Games, and Vegeta's awkward words, "Live on," during the Tournament of Power. These flawed memories were more precious than eternity.
This move is called Reverse Entropy? Breaking Boundaries!
Golden and silver energies formed a spiraling black hole in his palm, and wherever it passed, the swallowed fragments of spacetime began to recombine in reverse. Vanished planets and fallen warriors briefly reappeared in the light: the Grand Elder of Namek was teaching the Dragon Ball making technique, Goku and Raditz's first battle, and even Vegeta from another universe clumsily changing Bra's diaper. They roared deafeningly in the light, each sound transforming into the energy of the black hole.
For the first time, Singularity showed an expression of horror, and the fragments beneath his mask began to peel away: Impossible! How could you reverse the law of devouring? This violates the law of entropy increase in the universe!
Because I believe. Lin Ye's fist pierced through Qi Dian's chest, and the spacetime fragments that made up his body began to crumble, like shattered glass. He believed that even a life manipulated by the system could lead to his own path!
As the light faded, the heart-shaped core of Universe 13 began to contract violently, and the vascular patterns on its surface broke apart inch by inch. Lin Ye slumped amidst the dissipating fragments, his left arm completely turned a dark purple, and scale patterns crawled up his neck, but his eyes were brighter than ever before.
Vegeta's furious roar suddenly came through the communicator, accompanied by the booming sound of an energy explosion: "Are you still alive, you bastard?!" The main fleet began to retreat, but their flagship was self-destructing, trying to take the entire dimension down with it!
Lin Ye struggled to his feet, finding that his fist could barely grasp the remaining core fragment of the singularity. The fragment was slightly warm in his palm, containing the last power of the devoured civilization. The system interface displayed a final notification: [Analysis complete. Temporal immunity passive skill acquired. Warning: Dimensional collapse countdown 10 minutes.]
"Wait for me." He gripped the fragment tightly, activated the warp bracelet, and the runes on the metal surface glowed red. "The gift I brought back will let those monsters know that the Saiyan's will can never be devoured."
The moment the jump portal opened, he took one last look at the collapsing Universe 13. The fleeting phantoms of civilizations waved at him, as if saying, "Please." Lin Ye nodded forcefully, turned, and rushed into the portal. The dimensions behind him transformed into brilliant stardust in a violent explosion—the light stolen by the Devourer, finally blooming in its final moment.