"Boom!"
Goku shattered the massive boulder flying toward him with a single punch, his expression turning strange.
"Why is this place so dangerous?"
Goku was currently in his Super Saiyan state, possessing extraordinary strength. A few boulders like these posed no challenge to him. Yet he sensed something unusual. In the boulder field before him, all kinds of giant rocks flew along that winding path, and Goku had no idea what was going on.
"I'd better go back and discuss this with Uchiha Madara first."
As he spoke, he turned around and saw Uchiha Madara standing at the fork in the road. He greeted him, "Mr. Uchiha Madara, did you run into trouble on your side too?"
Uchiha Madara shook his head. "Nothing major. It's just that I sensed something strange in one area, so I came to discuss it with you and figure out what's going on."
Goku brightened at once. "I ran into something strange on my side too. Perfect—we can put our heads together and figure out how to deal with it."
So Uchiha Madara told him about the gravity weakening near the mountain range. Goku thought for a moment, then said, "Could it be that the road itself has gravity?"
Uchiha Madara nodded. "That was my thought as well, but it hasn't been verified, so I can't say for certain that it's right. Combined with the rain of rocks you encountered, I have a guess: this place may be what's known as outer space. In outer space, there are naturally asteroids and dense meteor belts. The mountain range I encountered was an asteroid, while what you encountered was a meteor belt."
Goku said, "So you mean the road's gravity is equivalent to that of the ground where we live, while the mountain range you encountered was