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Lin Ye took a few steps closer, and the system alarm suddenly turned into a piercing red light: [Interdimensional life form detected! Biological characteristics are 89% similar to known carbon-based life forms in the universe, energy field abnormal! Danger level: Unknown]. Just as he was about to ask a question, the girl suddenly opened her eyes—her left eye was a deep purplish-black, and her right eye was like molten silver; her two-colored pupils contracted sharply the moment she saw Lin Ye.
Stop him...the Devourer must be stopped! The girl gripped Zhang Wu's tactical vest tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force. Time was running out...the spatial anchor was collapsing...
"Big sister! Tell me who you're stopping first!" Zhang Wu tried to push her away, but found that the girl's grip was incredibly strong, leaving deep finger marks on his metal vest.
The girl's gaze passed over Lin Ye, fixed on the crack in the sky, her body beginning to tremble uncontrollably: It has begun... exactly as prophesied... the crack expands, spacetime turbulence... and then... Her words suddenly stopped, her electronic tattoo bursting with high-frequency red light, emitting an alarm sound like a buzzer.
What's wrong with her? It's like she's having an epileptic seizure! Su Yuqing pulled out her short knife, the blade reflecting the girl's twitching face.
Bulma has already placed the scanner against the girl's neck: neural overload! Her brain is receiving an excessive flow of information across time and space; she must be calmed down!
Lin Ye acted decisively, concentrating a small amount of qi into a hand chop aimed at the back of the girl's neck. The girl's body went limp, collapsing into Zhang Wu's arms, her heterochromatic pupils losing focus. When Zhang Wu caught her, he found her skin unusually cold, as if covered with a thin layer of frost.
"You knocked her unconscious?" Zhang Wu raised an eyebrow, carefully supporting the girl's nape. This girl looked quite delicate, so why were you so ruthless?
Or should we let her perform convulsions on the battlefield? Lin Ye stood up, his dragon-transformed fingers tracing the air, bringing up the system interface. The red text "[Emergency Mission: Repair the Spacetime Rift (0/3)]" flickered on his retina. Bulma, analysis results?
Bulma's scanner emitted a continuous beeping sound: vital signs were stable, but the brainwave frequency was seven times that of a normal person, actively shielding against external stimuli. And... she zoomed in on the electronic tattoo at the corner of the girl's eye. This wasn't decoration; it was a bio-computer, a quantum processor built with nanobots, a technology at least three hundred years ahead of the current universe.
Just then, a system notification exploded in Lin Ye's mind:
[Main Quest Update: Repairing the Time Rift (0/3)]
[Warning: Secondary spacetime rifts are forming, and the plane stability has decreased to 68%]
[Reward Preview: Spatiotemporal Anchoring Technology (Can lock onto any point in time)]
Lin Ye's face instantly turned ashen. The collapse of a plane meant everything was reduced to nothing, a destruction even more thorough than the invasion of chaos. He looked at the black cracks in the sky that were constantly writhing, from which increasingly dense purple mist was seeping out. When the mist touched the ground, the concrete instantly crystallized, revealing the twisted metal patterns beneath.
Boss, what do we do now? Zhang Wu was holding the unconscious girl, his posture stiff. He couldn't keep holding her like this, could he? My arm was about to go numb.
Su Yuqing pressed the dagger against the girl's throat, the blade hissing softly as it touched her cold skin: What if she's a spy sent by Chaos? Parallel universes and all that, who knows if it's a trap?
"Shut up, all of you." Lin Ye rubbed his temples, his dragon-transformed temples throbbing. He retreated to the underground base first. "Bulma, continue monitoring the rate of crack expansion; Zhang Wu, keep an eye on this... Miss Xing, don't let her fall; Su Yuqing, check the surrounding area for any chaotic energy reactions."
On the maglev aircraft returning to base, Lin Ye stared at the crack outside the window. It resembled a living scar, slowly writhing in the sky, its edges constantly extending into tiny veins, like black tree roots piercing into the real world. As the aircraft passed through a layer of purple mist, spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the porthole glass.
Lin Ye. Bulma suddenly leaned closer, and a holographic projection unfolded between them. I deciphered part of the distress signal and discovered something—
Get to the point. Lin Ye's gaze never left the crack; his dragon-like fingernails left deep scratches on the alloy armrest.
The signal wasn't just a distress call; it was a countdown. Bulma displayed a string of ever-decreasing golden numbers, which would reach zero in 72 hours at this rate. The energy released after reaching zero would be enough to tear the entire galaxy into quantum foam.
Lin Ye's heart sank. The red alert on the system interface began to flash: [Dimensional Destruction Countdown: 72:00:00]. He turned to look at the back row, where Zhang Wu was clumsily fastening the seatbelt for the unconscious girl. The girl's short, blue-purple hair fell down, obscuring the electronic tattoo flashing at the corner of her eye.
As the aircraft landed on the underground base's helipad, the girl suddenly awoke, springing up like a spring, her forehead nearly hitting the ceiling's energy light. Where was she? Year? Month? Date? Her heterochromatic pupils darted around, scanning the surrounding alloy walls and emergency lights, her electronic tattoos emitting a series of blue flashes.
June 25th, Year 218 of the New Era. Lin Ye shut down the aircraft's engine. The dragon-transformed tail fin made a metallic scraping sound under the seat. "Now, you should explain who you are."
The girl took a deep breath, her electronic tattoo settling into a soft blue: "My name is Xing, from parallel universe T-739, in a timeline three years in the future." She pointed to the crack outside the spacecraft's porthole; the metal seat was dented in her palm—a product of our time-folding experiment. We intended to travel back to before the war, to destroy the source of chaos, but...
Her voice suddenly choked, her shoulders trembled violently, and her electronic tattoo glowed with a chaotic red light: the experiment had failed, tearing the spacetime membrane and releasing it.
It? Su Yuqing's short knife spun in her palm, the blade reflecting Xing's terrified face.
Xing raised his head, his heterochromatic pupils reflecting the shocked expressions of everyone: The chaos you face now has evolved into a new form in the future—the Devourer. It is no longer an energy aggregate, but a dimensional predator capable of rewriting the rules of physics; wherever it passes, time reverses, and space collapses...
Lin Ye felt a chill run from his tailbone to the back of his head. Suddenly, fragments of death memories of past hosts popped up on the system interface: the 1739th host disintegrated in the spacetime turbulence, the 2456th host had his body structure rewritten by chaos... All the images overlapped with Xing's description.
Explain clearly, what exactly happened in the future? Lin Ye pressed down on Xing's shoulder, and her body trembled violently from the dragon-transformed fingertips.
Xing's electronic tattoo suddenly erupted with a blinding red light. She clutched her head in agony, countless fragments of memory spilling from her mouth: the city was burning... the sky turned blood red... people were killing each other, because the Devourer was whispering in their minds... and you, Lin Ye... you stood in the center of the ruins, your body covered in black patterns, holding a shattered system core in your hand...
She suddenly grabbed Lin Ye's wrist, her nails digging into his dragon-like skin: The most terrifying thing isn't destruction, it's that voice! It knows all your fears, all your regrets, and it will become the person you love most, making you destroy everything with your own hands!
A deathly silence fell over the aircraft, broken only by Xing's heavy breathing and the beeping of system alarms. Zhang Wu swallowed hard, his tactical boots scraping against the metal floor: This girl... was she scared out of her wits by the future?
Bulma, however, turned pale, and a complex brainwave model appeared on the holographic projection: what she said had a scientific basis. If something could directly interfere with the quantum consciousness level, it could very well trigger collective hallucinations...
Suddenly, the base alarms blared, and red lights flashed wildly on the tarmac. Bulma's terminal displayed an emergency image—the main rift in the sky began to branch, with dozens of tiny black fissures spreading like a spider web. Purple spacetime turbulence seeped from each fissure, and upon contact with the ground, the concrete blocks began to grow in reverse, turning into uncured cement slurry.
At the same time, a new notification popped up on Lin Ye's system interface:
[17 secondary spacetime rifts detected]
[Repair Progress: 0/3]
[It is recommended to activate Option A: Energy Neutralization]
Star stared at the monitor screen, his body completely stiffening, his electronic tattoo turning an ominous crimson: It's here... a harbinger exactly like the future... The Devourer's vanguard is opening a dimensional portal...
Lin Ye stood up, his dragon-transformed body erupting with golden flames, his scales crackling under the energy impact: "Bulma, locate all the main rifts and calculate the minimum output required for energy neutralization; Zhang Wu, prepare the antimatter bomb, we're going to plug the hole; Su Yuqing..."
He looked at Su Yuqing, who was clutching the dagger, then at Xing, who was trembling all over: "You stay at the base and keep an eye on her. If anything seems amiss..."
"Understood." Su Yuqing pressed the dagger against Xing's carotid artery, the blade contrasting interestingly with the red light of the electronic tattoo.
Suddenly, Xing grabbed Lin Ye's arm, a glint of clarity flashing in her heterochromatic pupils: "Wait! You have no idea what the Devourer's true form is! In the future, we used antimatter cannons, space-collapse bombs, and even detonated stars... but it was all useless!"
Lin Ye shook off her hand, his golden flames scorching the ceiling of the aircraft: "Then tell me, why will we fail in the future?"
Xing froze, the electronic tattoo flickering as if retrieving its most painful memories: Because... we were too scattered. Each resister in every timeline tried to fight in their own way, only to be picked off one by one by the Devourer... It knew how to use time as a weapon...
"I understand." Lin Ye interrupted her, turned and walked towards the hatch. His dragon-like tail smashed the alloy seat behind him. This time, we won't give it another chance.
The moment the hatch opened, a gust of wind carrying purple mist rushed in, ruffling Lin Ye's black hair. In the distance, a new spatial rift was forming, within which countless distorted human faces could be vaguely seen, their mouths agape, yet unable to utter a sound. Lin Ye clenched his fist, the system energy and the power of the Dragon God colliding in his veins, producing crackling explosions.
Whether it's chaos or a devourer, no matter which dimension the opponent comes from, he will stand before this rift. Because he is not only the 3972nd host, but also the last line of defense protecting this starry sky at this moment.
Chapter 222 The Time Traveler
This is your future.
Xing's voice was cold and mechanical. With a light stroke of her slender fingers, a distorted light screen appeared in the air. Within the light screen, the Omni-King's temple collapsed. The Omni-King, who should have been supreme, had eyes that glowed with an eerie purple light and was bound by countless black chains. Standing beside him was a blurry black shadow, slowly raising its hand and controlling everything.
Beerus's pupils constricted, and his tail stiffened abruptly: This is impossible! How could the Omni-King be—
This is not an illusion. Xing withdrew the projection, his eyes indifferent; this was something that had already happened in the future.
Krillin swallowed hard, cold sweat beading on his forehead: If even the Omni-King is under their control, then who can stop them?
Therefore, we must go to the future. Lin Ye stepped forward, the dragon scales on his right arm glowing slightly. Since the enemy comes from the future, let's go straight there and solve the problem at its source.
Beerus narrowed his eyes, suddenly leaned closer to Xing, and his nose twitched slightly: "Wait... the aura on you..." He took a step back in shock and exclaimed, "You have the power of a Supreme Kai of Time?!"
Xing paused for a moment, then nodded slightly: Yes, but I am not the real Supreme Kai of Time, I am just... a modified vessel.
Number 18 frowned: What do you mean?
My body has been infused with a portion of the Supreme Kai of Time's power, granting me the ability to briefly manipulate time. Xing raised her hand, and a tiny hourglass of time appeared in her palm, but at the cost of my life constantly slipping away.
Vegeta snorted: Hmph, yet another pawn being used.
Sun Wukong scratched his head: So what should we do now? Go straight to the future?
It's not that simple. Xing shook his head. Time travel requires precise coordinates; otherwise, we might fall into a spacetime turbulence and be lost forever.
Piccolo, arms crossed, pondered: Therefore, we need a device that can stably traverse this area.
Bulma was already preparing. Krillin wiped his sweat; she said that if she had another half day, she could complete the debugging of the time jump device.
Lin Ye nodded: Okay, then let's wait—
boom! ! !
A violent explosion suddenly erupted from the direction of the laboratory, shaking the entire temple. Everyone's expression changed, and they rushed out instantly.
what happened? !
Bulma emerged from the smoke, covered in soot, coughing and waving: Cough cough... Don't panic! It's just... a minor malfunction!
Trunks helped her up: Mom! Are you alright?
"It's alright, it's alright!" Bulma dusted off her clothes and pointed to the machine on the ground emitting black smoke. It had been properly set up, but the energy core suddenly overloaded and almost exploded.
Lin Ye frowned: Can it still be used?
Bulma gritted her teeth: It's possible, but the stability will be reduced, and there might be risks when traversing through it.
What risks? Question #18.
They might be randomly teleported to different points in the future timeline, or even... fall into a spacetime rift. Bulma sighed, but there was no time to readjust now. The enemy's movements were getting faster and faster; they had to set off as soon as possible.
Vegeta waved his hand impatiently: Enough talk, just start it! I don't have time to waste here.
Sun Wukong grinned: Anyway, the worst outcome is getting lost, we'll always find a way!
Krillin's lips twitched: Hey, can you guys be serious for once...?
Xing walked up to the machine and lightly touched the control panel with his fingertips: "I will stabilize the energy flow, but it can only be maintained for three minutes. Everyone must enter the channel within the time limit."
Lin Ye nodded: That's enough.
Bulma took a deep breath and pressed the start button: Okay, everyone get ready—
hum-
The time-space jumper burst forth with blinding white light, and a distorted time-space gate slowly unfolded.
"Let's go!" Lin Ye was the first to rush in.
Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks followed closely behind, while Android 18 and Piccolo exchanged a glance before stepping in without hesitation.
Klin swallowed hard, about to follow, when suddenly—
Click!
The machine emitted a piercing, strange noise, and the portal distorted violently!
Oh no! The energy is out of control! Bulma's expression changed drastically.
"Kling! Get inside!" Beerus roared.
Klin gritted his teeth and leaped forward—
boom! ! !
The portal to time and space slammed shut before his eyes!
Klin?!
Number 18 turned around abruptly, only to find that there was no one behind him.
"Damn it!" Vegeta cursed angrily. "That piece of trash didn't follow!"
Lin Ye looked around. They were standing on a desolate ruin. The sky was an eerie dark red, and the air was filled with the smell of decay.