Combat Power +1 Per Second

Excitement!

Thrill!

Happiness!

A rush of emotions surged through Lin Chuan. He thought back over the past twenty-odd years, and tears nearly welled in his eyes.

If he hadn't been a Transmigrator, if he hadn't constantly struggled to hold himself together and hoped that maybe tomorrow would bring a miracle,

he would never have lived to see this day!

Anyone else would probably have gone crazy!

He collected himself.

It took Lin Chuan a while to calm down. Only then did he focus all his attention on the system.

The Infinite Combat Power Enhancement System.

At last, he truly understood what the system did.

After a full twenty-five years, all the resentment and negativity he'd held inside finally poured out in one great rush.

[Combat Power +1.]

[Combat Power +1.]

[Combat Power +1.]

...

Combat Power +1 per second!

Watching the Combat Power +1 notifications continuously appear under the auto-training tab, Lin Chuan felt refreshed from head to toe.

With his Combat Power at 15,000, gaining just one point per second didn't feel like much.

But as it accumulated, his strength would soon skyrocket.

One point of Combat Power per second.

That was 60 points per minute!

3,600 points per hour!

In other words, it would take just over four hours for his Combat Power of 15,000 to double and reach 30,000...!

The implications were terrifying.

Fortunately, this was his cheat, not his enemy's.

If it belonged to an enemy, how could he possibly stand against them?!

By this calculation, he could gain 86,400 points of Combat Power in a single day.

His twenty-five years of hard training hadn't even gotten him to a sixth of that.

At thirty days a month, that came to 2,592,000 points!

Over twelve months, that was an increase of more than 30 million Combat Power in a year.

Lin Chuan could do absolutely nothing, and in three years he'd become a Universe Emperor-class being with over 100 million Combat Power!

How much Combat Power did Universe Emperor Frieza have at his peak?

Only 120 million!

If Lin Chuan lay low for four years, he'd surpass him.

Most importantly, this was only the system's Level 1 function!

The system could level up. At Level 2, it would grant 10 points of Combat Power per second!

If Level 2 was like that, what about Level 3? Level 4? Or even higher?!

At that moment, those beings who had once seemed impossibly powerful, those heights he could never hope to reach, now seemed within his grasp.

With the system in hand, the world was his.

"But how do I level it up?"

He was confused. The system gave him no instructions, and he had no idea what it required.

There was nothing he could do but wait and see what might trigger it.

"Forget it. The more I think about it, the more confused I get."

"I feel like I've missed something... Have I wasted all these years?"

"No! Absolutely not!"

"If they'd been wasted, I wouldn't be where I am now!"

Lin Chuan felt an urge to laugh and cry at the same time.

Of course, he didn't actually think he was useless or a hopeless weakling.

He hadn't gone without training all these years, nor had he simply lazed around.

It wasn't that he didn't want to leave that planet. He just had no way to do it.

Even when he tried to learn Instant Transmission, he couldn't make heads or tails of it.

It had taken him two or three years just to grasp how to cultivate ki and successfully learn the basics.

On a planet like that, he'd either been struggling to survive or working to become stronger.

Otherwise, death would have been waiting for him.

Whatever happened in the future, he would never forget those twenty-odd years, every single day and night of them.

When all was said and done, Lin Chuan felt that even if his talent was terrible and he'd started out weak, he'd still managed to raise his Combat Power to 15,000 through sheer effort. He was proud of that.

At least he'd grown through his own efforts, without relying on anything else, under the limited conditions he'd had.

Besides, Frieza was still alive in this era, and Vegeta might not even have reached Earth yet. Lin Chuan was already far stronger than Son Goku, the protagonist at this point in the story.

If he'd outstripped the protagonist, didn't that prove he hadn't wasted his time?

Some things just couldn't be achieved by wishing for them.

Strength had to be built step by step, through steady training. It couldn't keep rising if he recklessly forced it.

Lin Chuan was a Transmigrator, but he wasn't one to reach for the stars without thinking!

He could dream, of course. Who didn't want to break a hundred million Combat Power, then a trillion... or casually transform into a Super Saiyan, and then casually become a Super Saiyan God?

But none of that was realistic.

In short, becoming stronger was directly tied to the things one experienced.

There was a reason the Z Fighters' strength had surged after the Grand Universe Era in the Original Work. It hadn't increased for no reason, out of thin air.

Even if it looked like they were cheating, at least they'd had adventures and help...

Compared with the Combat Power the system rewarded, twenty-five years of training naturally couldn't measure up.

A thought took shape in Lin Chuan's mind: he had to keep a steady State of Mind and not let his rapidly increasing strength blind him.

Of course, he could still be as cocky as he pleased.

In both his past and present lives, he'd always been bold, proud, and carefree.

Pulling himself back to the present, Lin Chuan raised his eyes and shut down the spaceship's system.

Now that he'd reached Earth, he had no more use for the spaceship.

After struggling for so many years, he'd finally made it to Earth and activated the system. Wasn't it time to let loose?

Good food, good drinks, and good times—if he didn't treat himself for ten days or half a month, he'd be letting down the twenty-five years he'd suffered through!

The next moment, a fierce confidence surged within him.

He opened the spaceship's hatch, but it wouldn't budge.

At some point, it seemed to have jammed, leaving the spaceship's system unable to open it.

After trying several times without success, Lin Chuan didn't bother with anything else. He kicked the hatch open with brute force.

Damn it, he'd made it all the way to Earth, and now the spaceship was giving him trouble.

As the hatch flew open, a different sort of air rushed toward him.

It wasn't quite like a gentle spring breeze, but the cool, refreshing wind still made Lin Chuan feel wonderful.

It was a sensation he'd never experienced in this life.

He stood up, left the cramped spaceship, and walked out of the crater it had made. Lin Chuan finally stood upon this land.

He was in a mountain hollow, surrounded by lush grass and towering peaks.

It was brimming with life, intoxicating in its beauty.

There were no other signs of life nearby, but farther away, he could sense all kinds of animals.

Anything with a certain level of strength could be detected.

That was one of the benefits of training in ki.

"For me, this is a new beginning! From this moment on, the sky's the limit!"

The thought escaped him. Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes, focused his mind, and slowly rose into the sky.

Flight Technique!