Six Empty Cabins
"You wait here, I'll go in and take a look."
Roland stepped into the corridor, which was quite spacious. It was a circular passage with a diameter of five meters, with decorative luminous objects on both sides that looked like crystals. The dim blue light illuminated the entire corridor.
Ta-da!
The echo of footsteps reached his ears. Roland observed as he walked along the wide passageway. After about ten minutes, he entered the area where the Dodecahedron was hidden. What came into view was a large hibernation space, which was circular in shape. The walls were inlaid with hexagonal hibernation pods, and the internal facilities were as dense as a honeycomb.
Roland stared in astonishment at the futuristic hibernation space, his body floating up. Through the transparent material, he could clearly see the faces of the people sleeping in the hibernation pods.
Those people had orange-yellow hair and dry, black skin; they had been dead for a long time. Roland immediately recognized them as the Alta.
There are at least several thousand of them.
"So this is the secret hidden inside Planet Mesanda. On the surface, this planet is just the war star of the Alta, the cradle where the Pui Clan was hatched, but in reality, it is the place where the Alta hibernate. In ancient times, the Alta may have already foreseen that the war would be lost, so they made preparations in advance."
"... But if preparations were made in advance, why did everyone still die? Judging from the intact condition of this dodecahedron, it doesn't seem to have been attacked from the outside."
There are many war planets like Planet Mesanda, indicating that the Alta also understand the principle of not putting all their eggs in one basket. Judging from the information Roland has gathered, the Alta actually made the decision to make a comeback at the end of the war. Whether it is the war planet here or the Saibaman Planet scattered throughout the universe, they were all built just to deceive others.
However, something seems to have happened along the way, resulting in the deaths of all the Alta on Warstar.
What exactly happened is unknown, and Roland had no intention of investigating further. He walked around the rest cabin, and suddenly a few cabins caught his attention because their doors were open.
Upon closer inspection, they found that the cabins were empty, with no Alta corpses present.
There are a total of six open compartments.
Roland leaned down, his palm touching the soft material inside the hibernation pod. "The six Alta left the hibernation pod. Did they leave after waking up?"
He recalled Sephiria's story about the orange-haired Alta he had encountered, but he wasn't sure if the Alta Sephiria had met were from this place. If so, how long had they existed, given their immense strength? Or did all Alta possess such power?
Impossible!
Roland quickly dismissed the idea. The ancient Alta, along with the Saiyan, were known as powerful warrior races. Although they appeared before the Saiyan, he simply couldn't believe that each of them possessed power comparable to Super Saiyan.
The Alta may be strong overall, but it's impossible for every single one of them to be exceptionally skilled.
"If those six Alta were still alive, their strength might indeed rival that of Super Saiyan... Hmm, we need to accelerate our research on Planet Mesanda." As the planet that incubated the Pui Clan, the Dodecahedron contains data on the Pui Clan. If we can thoroughly study it, it will greatly promote the development of powerful warriors on Planet Sadala in the future.
With that in mind, Roland decided not to wait any longer and contacted Dr. Brief and the others via Communicator, asking them to come in and collect data.
After Dr. Brief and Umu entered the hibernation space, looking at the Alta's corpses that had been sealed by the dust of time for countless years, their Central City blazed with the fire of scientific research.
"These corpses are of great research value and will help us develop entirely new types of warriors."
"Then I'll leave this to the Doctor and Umu," Roland said with a smile.
"Don't worry, it won't take too long."
Dr. Brief was slovenly dressed, but his passion for scientific research was exceptionally strong. Roland naturally trusted Dr. Brief completely, knowing that he was one of the top geniuses in the Dragon Ball world. In the original work, he modified Goku's spaceship in a very short time, so it could be said that there were very few scientific problems that could stump him.
After instructing Umu and his team to cooperate with Dr. Brief, Roland handed over everything here to them, hoping to glean some useful insights from this dodecahedron.
Back in the Hoi-Poi Capsule house on Earth, Luo Lan found Sephiria still lying in bed, knowing she had overworked herself the night before and hadn't recovered. Should she use Senzu Bean to help her recover? After thinking about it, she gave up the idea. Roland gently closed the door without disturbing her and went to the dining room, where she retrieved a large amount of hot food from her Hyperdimensional Space.
After a hearty meal, the sound of running water came from the bathroom; it turned out that Sephiria had gotten up and was taking a shower.
Soon after, Sephiria, her hair still damp from being dried, emerged from the bathroom wrapped in a towel and drying it as she sat down upon seeing the food on the table and Roland eating.
"Here, let me feed you to nourish yourself." Roland picked up a nutritious food.
"I'll do it myself."
Sephiria rolled her eyes at him; her fair skin was as delicate and smooth as a young girl's, like tofu.
As Roland watched Sephiria eat, he told her about the discoveries beneath the Planet Mesanda. After listening, Sephiria put down her chopsticks and said, "The Alta I encountered are very likely one of the six who emerged from the hibernation pods."
"If there are six of those Alta, we'll be under a lot of pressure."
"I will definitely defeat them," Sephiria said earnestly.
"So you should hurry up and become Super Saiyan too... For example, we can continue training, and maybe you'll transform when things get intense." Roland looked at Sephiria teasingly. Sephiria replied, "What nonsense are you talking about? That's impossible... I've finished eating. Tidy up the room, I'm going to train."
After saying that, Sephiria turned and left the restaurant. After changing into a Battle Suit, she started punching and kicking outside the cabin.
Roland smiled; sometimes teasing Sephiria like this was quite amusing, but she didn't seem willing to engage with him.
On the Planet Sadala, a spaceship landed at the spaceport outside the residential area, and a boy in an orange-red martial arts uniform jumped off the spaceship.
"Ah, Bulma, this is Planet Sadala! The gravity is so strong, I can't even stand up." Goku gritted his teeth, his face flushed red, struggling against the 15 times gravity of Planet Sadala.
"Hehe, the gravity on Planet Sadala is 15 times that of Earth. Without the gravity adjustment bracelet, you can't even stand up." Bulma jumped off the spaceship from behind and couldn't help but chuckle as she watched Goku almost sprawled on the ground. This was the first time she had ever seen Goku make such a fool of himself in all the years she had known him.
"Why don't you turn on your Gravity Bracelet?"
"Uh, no need, I can handle it myself." Goku's face flushed red as he struggled to his feet.
In fact, Goku could withstand the gravity of Planet Vegeta when he was young, but because he lived on Earth for a long time, his ability to resist gravity gradually diminished. It's no wonder he couldn't adapt to the gravity, which is much higher than that of Planet Vegeta.