Vacuum Environment
On the Planet Sadala, in a training room with extremely high gravity.
Roland sat cross-legged on the solid ground. Under the high pressure, the surrounding air emitted rings of transparent energy, which seemed to ripple or be like phantoms, and even the vision was strangely distorted.
After a while, Roland suddenly opened her eyes. A stream of light flashed in her dark pupils, and then a burst of energy was released. The terrifying energy was like a tsunami, sweeping towards the surroundings. Immediately, a series of muffled thuds were heard, and a whirlwind stirred up thick white dust from the ground, which was slightly raised.
With a whoosh, Roland teleported away from the Gravity Chamber, and his figure immediately appeared more than 100 kilometers above the Planet Sadala.
This is the mesosphere of the atmosphere, where the substances in the air are already in an ionized state, and even oxygen has become extremely scarce. Above that is the thermosphere, where oxygen is practically non-existent.
Roland continued upwards, and when she reached the exosphere, the surroundings were in a vacuum. For living organisms, the oxygen necessary for life activities had completely disappeared, and ordinary life should not be able to survive there. However, Roland had been in outer space for a long time, yet her expression remained calm and composed, showing no signs of oxygen deficiency.
Upon closer inspection, one can see that Roland's body surface has a layer of constantly circulating flames, emitting a faint, pale red light.
The radiance was very thin and faint, almost invisible, but it was precisely that thin layer that sustained Roland's normal life activities.
"As I gained a better understanding and mastery of Vital Energy, the cells in my body continuously strengthened. Relying on the subtle Vital Energy Circulation within my body, I can now stay in space for short periods of time."
"... If I continue my cultivation for a long time, the vacuum environment will no longer be a problem for me."
The Saiyan's power increases are remarkable, especially after reaching the Super Saiyan stage, where shattering stars and destroying planets becomes commonplace. However, compared to this, the Saiyan' inability to survive in a vacuum environment severely restricts their development.
In intense battles, the inability to survive in a vacuum is extremely dangerous. If the enemy is even slightly smarter and avoids direct confrontation from the start, instead hiding in a corner to destroy the planet, then no matter how powerful Super Saiyan is, they will only perish in the starry sky.
To be honest, if the bosses in the original story wanted to kill Goku and his companions, they could have simply destroyed the planet.
Roland certainly couldn't pin her hopes on the enemy having a sense of duty to protect the planet.
Imagine if someone cultivated to the level of a powerful Super Saiyan, only to be defeated by an alien with a fighting power of a mere few hundred thousand, who then destroyed their planet—how tragic that would be.
This is highly likely to happen, after all, a fighting power of several hundred thousand is enough to destroy the planet on which the Saiyan depend for survival.
Therefore, it was precisely because Roland recognized this hidden danger that she worked so hard to train her body and tried every means to overcome the vacuum environment.
After such a long period of improvement, the gains have been substantial. By simulating the "Vital Energy Circulation" on the Planet Sadala, Roland has gained the ability to survive in a vacuum environment for a short period of time. Although the survival time in a vacuum is still limited, and it requires constant consumption of vital Vital Energy to maintain physiological functions, at least he can survive, right?
With further improvements, Roland felt that one day he would be able to traverse the void using only his physical body.
Just like Frieza.
"The control over power has become a little more refined, and the utilization of Vital Energy can indeed enhance the Saiyan's physical attributes. It's just a pity that the effect of natural Vital Energy on improving the Great Ape's strength is still negligible and has no obvious effect."
Roland felt a little regretful. After trying for so long, he still hadn't found a proper way to deal with the "decline trend" of the Great Ape Transformation.
He felt that to solve this problem, he needed to decipher the Great Ape image he had seen.
To unleash the full power of the Great Ape.
Shaking his head, Roland teleported back to the Gravity Chamber from outer space.
The Gravity Chamber engine was shut down, and the dim room instantly became bright. The drooping lines caused by gravity disappeared completely. Roland picked up a wet towel and wiped her face, then opened the hatch and went into the bathroom for a nice hot bath.
Soaking in the warm pool water, all the fatigue in my body seemed to disappear instantly.
"The next stage of training should be to draw out the Great Ape power deep within our Bloodline, and the Great Ape Transformation is just one way to trigger that Bloodline... Planet Sadala is the home planet that gave birth to the Saiyan race, and it's arguably the most suitable environment for Saiyan to live and grow. Are there other places in the universe suitable for Saiyan to grow up in?"
"There shouldn't be any left, right?"
Etc!
At this moment, Roland reorganized her thoughts, and suddenly a flash of inspiration seemed to come to her, but this inspiration was fleeting.
Roland frowned as she tried to recall, but that spark of inspiration just wouldn't reappear.
"Forget it, let nature take its course. The path of Ape-Form Saiyan should be viable."
Roland's insistence on taking an unconventional path was out of necessity. It wasn't that he didn't want to follow the normal Super Saiyan path, but the problem was that transforming into a Super Saiyan wasn't easy. The initial fighting power required for a Super Saiyan transformation alone was beyond Roland's capabilities. Reaching a fighting power of several million wasn't something that could be done so easily.
Before that, he should find a way to strengthen himself during the transition between Super Saiyan and regular Saiyan. Fortunately, he now has enough time and energy to do that.
After thinking for a long time, Roland, who had no other way to exploit the Great Ape's weakness, could only temporarily give up thinking. After soaking in the warm water for a while, he got up and went to find some food to eat.
Just as Roland was having his meal, the Lannaian Aiboya sent him a message. It turned out that the matter of asking him to find scientific researchers had been resolved. A technologically advanced race would be auctioned off at a large-scale cosmic auction soon, Aiboya invited Roland to participate in the selection process, which Roland naturally accepted.
After sending a message to Aiboya saying "I will definitely go," Roland put down the communicator.
"The people from Aiboya are quite concerned about this matter."
He had just put down the communicator when the beeping sound rang again. He picked it up and saw it was Tights. That woman hadn't contacted him for a long time; he wondered how her new book was going.
Roland tapped on the communicator, Tights immediately appeared in the void before her, her golden hair flowing, just like the real thing.
"Roland, Roland, I want to visit you." Tights's pleasant voice rang out.
Roland said, "Aren't you writing your novel?"
Tights's mood dipped slightly. "My book has flopped again. I just can't continue writing it. I've already adjusted the protagonist's character, but the readers still don't like it."
Roland wore an expression that said, "I knew it." He had already guessed this would happen when he saw Tights struggling with her writing before. Works that experience writer's block early on are usually not going to continue. Only when Tights can write fluently and effortlessly will her works be worth looking forward to.
"I noticed it a long time ago; your handwriting is poor."
Tights glared at Roland angrily. "Don't try to discourage me! How could I possibly keep failing forever!"