Collecting Senzu Beans

"White cat, it's time to wake up!"

As Vegapunk spoke, Korin cried out in surprise, his fur standing on end. He looked around shakily before finally spotting Vegapunk standing at the window.

"Meow, it's Dr. Vegapunk! What brings you to Korin Tower? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Korin did recognize Vegapunk; after all, even the Kami above him treated Vegapunk with utmost respect, so he was certainly aware of Vegapunk's Unit 1.

Although he only knew of Vegapunk and didn't understand how strong he was or how much influence he had in the universe, Korin knew that he was definitely much stronger than himself. Otherwise, the Kami in the Temple wouldn't be so respectful to Vegapunk, and they wouldn't dare to say a word when their Temple was occupied by the portal.

"It's nothing serious. I just came to ask you for some Senzu Beans as seeds so I can start planting them."

Vegapunk waved his hand and spoke directly to Korin.

Korin paused for a moment, then tilted his head:

"That kind of thing isn't easy to cultivate, is it? Even if I try my best to grow it, the yield isn't very high. You might as well just take more..."

Before the Senzu Beans were eaten into a rare species by that chubby little boy Yajirobe, the Korin didn't really care about them and ate them as his main meal.

However, it is true that the yield of Senzu Beans is not high. Korin has lived for nearly 800 years and has hardly done any other activities besides growing Senzu Beans. Senzu Beans are extremely high in energy. Just one bean can sustain you for ten days without food or water. Even in a whole year, you would only need to eat a maximum of 36 beans.

In this situation, he only managed to accumulate three large jars in 800 years. Even if he may have given away some Senzu Beans that had climbed up the Karin Tower of the Immortals, it still shows that the yield of this kind of bean was definitely not high.

"It doesn't matter, I'll figure out a way to increase production. Just give me a jar of Senzu Beans first."

"Alright then, but I have one request too..."

The Korin nodded, then blushed slightly as he made a request to Vegapunk:

"Could you please give me a high-level VIP account on the Chakra Network?!"

Vegapunk glanced speechlessly at the cat, who was severely addicted to the internet, and nodded:

"Alright, I'll adjust your account now and upgrade your privileges to VIP level!"

"Thank you so much, meow!"

The Korin waved excitedly, then spoke as if he had just thought of something:

"By the way, Mr. Vegapunk, since your Chakra Network was deployed, the entire Earth has changed dramatically. Would you like to take a look?"

"The Earthlings these days are really something else. Many of them are as strong as monsters... and quite a few ambitious people have emerged... Although it is indeed much more prosperous than before, it is also much more chaotic."

"Moreover, after Chakra was popularized, it became much easier for Korin Tower to climb. If I hadn't managed to set up Barrier around Kalinta, people would probably be coming here every day!"

As Korin spoke, he began to complain. After listening to Korin's words, Vegapunk became somewhat interested in the current state of Earth.

As his senses expanded, Vegapunk was surprised to find that Earthlings seemed to have really become much stronger. There were countless people with a combat power of over 20, and nearly three digits with a combat power of over 100.

It's important to know that once a combat power exceeds 20, it becomes very difficult to deal with them using ordinary individual firearms. When Kid Goku first appeared, his combat power was only 10, yet he was already immune to Bulma's pistol bullets.

However, once it reaches 8 PM, apart from anti-material sniper rifles with armor-piercing rounds, or specially made high-explosive rocket launchers, ordinary individual firearms have very little chance of penetrating the skin of such a powerful individual.

As for a combat power of over a hundred points, that definitely qualifies as Dragon-level Monsters, someone capable of destroying a city with their full power.

A surge in combat power can easily make one feel invincible, especially Chakra, a combat system that can be quickly developed, skips the traditional martial arts process of honing the body, inevitably amplifying personal desires.

This has led to a situation where, although the Earth is prosperous, it is also chaotic. Every now and then, someone thinks they have mastered great skills and wants to wreak havoc on the world—of course, they always end up getting beaten up.

The Chakra Network is not just for internet access. After several revisions, it now incorporates multiple functions such as location locking, pinpoint strikes, and Flying Thunder God teleportation. Vegapunk initially granted Bulma access to the Chakra Network, along with some of his own Fungal Modified Human, making the suppression of these creatures a piece of cake.

However... Bulma may be a top scientist, but she is definitely not a good ruler, or even an ordinary politician. Her monitoring of Earth is rather rudimentary, or you could say she doesn't care at all.

Bulma doesn't get involved in issues like power conflicts unless it's something that openly causes destruction or indiscriminate killing. This has led to many ambitious people on Earth forming their own forces. And now, the largest force on Earth is called the Red Ribbon Army!

After checking the Chakra Network, Vegapunk couldn't help but shake his head. He hadn't expected that the Red Ribbon Army would still be established under such circumstances, and that there were many experts in the army with combat power above 100 points.

This is actually quite normal. After all, the Red Ribbon Army was Kid Goku's biggest enemy at the beginning, and it had produced quite a few powerful figures. Although they didn't seem like much compared to Kid Goku, even if they could only exchange two or three blows with Kid Goku, it already showed that they were exceptionally talented.

After entering the era of Chakra Network, these people came into contact with Chakra and also met various masters who appeared at the World Martial Arts Tournament. With their horizons broadened, it would be strange if their strength did not increase dramatically.

What surprised Vegapunk the most was that Master Shen and Mercenary Tao had also joined the Red Ribbon Army and become the army's chief instructor and advisor. Now, the Red Ribbon Army has quite a few masters with Qi power!

However, although the Red Ribbon Army has masters of Qigong, they have not actually used them extensively in the war. Instead, they have used these masters as elite assassins. It is common knowledge on Earth that massacring and enslaving ordinary people will attract the maintainers of the Chakra Illusion Network.

Moreover, after witnessing the first World Martial Arts Tournament, everyone on Earth realized that this world was full of hidden masters, and the first key to ruling the world was to never provoke certain reclusive experts.

Therefore, the Red Ribbon Army's current strategy remains relatively low-key. They continue to wage war using traditional warlord methods, occasionally sending out skilled assassins. Most importantly, they are also constantly developing Cyborg technology!

Don't underestimate the Red Ribbon Army just because it's only a minor boss in the early stages of Dragon Ball. Even the leader of the army only collected the Dragon Ball to make himself taller. However, the evil scientist Dr. Gero in this army is definitely one of the most overpowered biological scientists in the Dragon Ball World.

Putting aside everything else, Cell, who had the strongest training potential in Dragon Ball Z, was created by this scientist.

Saying Cell had the greatest training potential isn't an exaggeration. In the original story, Cell was the Unit 2 biggest boss after Majin Buu, while Majin Buu was simply a collection of magic, incapable of training. (Of course, he didn't need to train; he just kept absorbing everything.)

Cell not only inherited the talents of Saiyan, Frost Demon, Namekians, and other races, but also possessed an indomitable fighting spirit (the Cell Games were essentially him challenging all the strongest people on Earth). He was a natural-born trainee, and if given more time to train, he could absolutely crush a whole Saiyan.

The final boss in Dragon Ball has a tradition of being redeemed, such as Piccolo Jr., Vegeta, Majin Buu, and even Frieza was redeemed in Dragon Ball Super. The reason why Cell was not redeemed is probably because his talent is too abnormal. If he were redeemed, how would Son Goku, the protagonist, play the role?

Of course, no matter how extraordinary Dr. Gero's talent is, he still has to follow the rules. If there weren't so many races with extraordinary talents like Saiyan, Planet Namek, and Frost Demon on Earth, he definitely wouldn't have been able to Cyborg Cell. His maximum number of cyborgs would probably be Android 16, Android 17, or Android 18.

As for the current stage... the Cyborg originally created by Dr. Gero were probably similar to Terminator and Frankenstein, with some combat power, but definitely not that strong.

However, the emergence of the Chakra Network changed everything. From a biological perspective, the emergence of Chakra can be described as an all-powerful technological black box.

What to do about organ rejection? Just add some Chakra. What to do about blood type incompatibility? Just add some Chakra. What to do about gene conflict? Just add some Chakra!

In short, unless it's something extremely abnormal, like Hashirama Cells, Chakra can easily handle most types of blood type conflicts and organ rejections. Even for more serious genetic conflicts, Chakra has a certain fusion effect.

With the omnipotent Chakra, Dr. Gero's Androids modification project progressed extremely quickly, and the modification of Androids had even progressed to the No. 12.

This type of Cyborg may not be as good as Tatsumaki and Kid Goku from the World Martial Arts Tournament, but they are almost on par with the other contestants. Their fighting power is over 1000 points, and on Earth today, apart from Kid Goku and Master Roshi, they have almost no rivals.

Yes, of course, there's also Bulma and her Cyborg. In fact, Dr. Gero had always wanted to obtain the Fungal Modified Human cells left behind by Vegapunk, but unfortunately, Vegapunk had already thought of this when he created the Fungal Modified Human.

Aside from releasing spores during cell division, these Fungal Modified Human don't shed any cells.

"Speaking of which, Dr. Gero of the Red Ribbon Army is quite a talent. Apart from being a bit crazy and insisting on working for the Red Ribbon Army, he doesn't seem to have any other flaws."

"I wonder if I'll be able to recruit Dr. Gero to my team once the Red Ribbon Army is wiped out?"

"Wait... why should I wait for the Red Ribbon Army to be wiped out? At worst, I can just absorb the Red Ribbon Army myself, then I can directly obtain this genius scientist, right?"

With that thought in mind, Vegapunk took the Senzu Beans Korin, put it directly into his Portable Space, said goodbye to Korin, and then left.

Red Ribbon Army Headquarters.

Since Earth entered the Chakra Network era, not only has there been tremendous development in supernatural abilities, but technological progress has also been equally rapid. The Chakra Network, coupled with the advanced technology of Umbrella Corporation, has simultaneously propelled the entire Earth into a science fiction era.

Although the headquarters of the Red Ribbon Army is not located in Pocket Dimension like the headquarters of Umbrella Corporation, it is still filled with high-tech buildings hundreds of meters tall, and there are even some sky carriers in the base.

The Command Center of the Red Ribbon Army was located on the Sky Carrier. At this moment, Commander Red Commander Red, who ruled the entire Red Ribbon Army, was looking at the intelligence in his hand and something that looked like a yellow glass bead in front of him with a serious expression.

"The legendary Dragon Ball can grant any wish... There were indeed a few instances a few years ago where the sky suddenly darkened... Was that because someone used the Dragon Ball to make a wish?"

"If the Dragon Ball could really grant any wish... then..."

"Doesn't that mean—there's hope for my height! I'm going to use the Dragon Ball to wish for myself to grow another 30, no, 50 centimeters taller!"

Just as Commander Red was filled with excitement and exhilaration, a voice suddenly came from behind him:

"If you really want to grow taller, you don't actually need to make a wish with the Dragon Ball. I can easily help you grow another 50 centimeters!"

The sudden sound from behind startled Commander Red, who leaped to his feet, trying to draw his pistol.

However, because he was too short, Commander Red was actually standing on a stool, so his leap caused him to overturn the stool and fall headfirst to the ground.

Vegapunk chuckled. In the Red Ribbon Army arc, Dragon Ball still has a large part of comedic elements, so although the entire Red Ribbon Army can be considered to be full of hidden talents, this Commander Red is actually quite mediocre.

As the sound of Commander Red falling to the ground rang out, his office door was pushed open with a loud bang, and a tall, bald black man walked in.

"Fleet Admiral, are you alright?!"

This is Commander Red's subordinate, Staff Officer Black. When he walked into the office and saw Vegapunk standing inside with a grin, his expression changed drastically.

Who are you?!