A moment later, He Lingxuan led Son Gohan into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
Since they had just entered, a room served as a buffer, so the tenfold gravity hadn't hit them yet. He Lingxuan and Son Gohan looked around and spotted a small trough with water constantly flowing through it, as well as a large pile of flour.
Those must have been the provisions for eating in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Fortunately, he'd bought a huge amount of tasty food, or they would have suffered.
Quietly congratulating himself on his decision, he looked out at the vast white world beyond the room. He Lingxuan understood that this was the real Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
"Big Brother Lingxuan, where are we? It looks like there's nothing here!"
Hearing Gohan ask him in confusion, He Lingxuan immediately realized that he hadn't explained the situation to Son Gohan yet.
He turned around and looked at the six-year-old Son Gohan, who stood around five feet tall. Crouching down, he patted the boy's head and said, "Gohan, this is where we'll be training. Your father trained here when he was young, too. Time passes differently here than it does outside. You can think of it as a place where a long time passes inside while only a short while goes by outside.
"That means you won't see your mom and dad for a long time. If you want to give up, I can take you outside right now.
"So tell me, Gohan. Do you want to train with me here for a few months and become a brave warrior, or do you want to be a coward and stay with your parents, helpless when the bad guys arrive?"
The reason Gohan had agreed to train with He Lingxuan a while back was that He Lingxuan had shown him the "future." Raditz would arrive before long, his father would die, and his mother would be left heartbroken and crying in despair.
That was why Son Gohan, who hadn't really wanted to train, had wrestled with the decision for a little while before resolving to train with this man he'd only just met.
That's right. At first, Gohan had called He Lingxuan "Mister." But after He Lingxuan firmly insisted, Gohan changed it to "Big Brother." He'd originally wanted Gohan to call him "Brother," but "Big Brother" was acceptable too. It was certainly better than "Mister."
After lowering his head and thinking for a long while, Gohan struggled intensely with himself, then nodded firmly at He Lingxuan.
"Big Brother Lingxuan, I won't accept that kind of future! I'll definitely keep training with you!"
Seeing the determination in Gohan's little eyes, He Lingxuan nodded in satisfaction. He stood up and laughed. "Well done, Gohan! You really are a brave little man. Prepare yourself mentally. It might take a long time to get used to this place, because the gravity inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber is ten times stronger than outside, and the temperature difference between day and night is enormous."
With that, He Lingxuan went in first, and Son Gohan followed close behind.
The next instant, gravity ten times stronger than Earth's bore down on them, leaving both He Lingxuan and Son Gohan feeling varying degrees of discomfort.
Son Gohan collapsed onto the ground and couldn't get back up. He Lingxuan, however, had turned off the gravity on his Gravity Bracelet before entering, so he was able to adapt to the tenfold gravity quickly.
"Gohan, stay here and get used to the gravity. I'll go train over there. Once you've adjusted, come find me."
After giving Son Gohan his next training goal, He Lingxuan quickly adapted to the tenfold gravity thanks to his tremendous strength and physical prowess. After walking a mile or so away, he began his basic training.
Ten thousand push-ups to warm up! Ten thousand sit-ups to warm up! Ten thousand one-finger handstand push-ups to warm up!
After a series of warm-up exercises, a light sheen of sweat appeared on He Lingxuan's forehead. He looked toward Son Gohan, who was working hard to adjust to the tenfold gravity a mile or so away, and saw that he could just about walk. As expected of Son Gohan!
The strongest solo fighter, the Saiyan with the greatest talent!
His speed of adaptation was incredible. Gohan's battle power wasn't even that high yet!
After marveling at him for a moment, He Lingxuan narrowed his eyes, ready to begin his real training.
He moved his hand slightly and set the gravity on his Gravity Bracelet to twice its normal level. A tremendous force immediately pressed down on him, making him stagger and nearly lose his balance.
The Gravity Bracelet's twofold gravity acted directly on his body, while the Hyperbolic Time Chamber's tenfold gravity came from the environment. The two effects multiplied, meaning He Lingxuan was now enduring gravity twenty times greater than Earth's!
That was one of the main reasons He Lingxuan had asked Shenron for a Gravity Bracelet rather than a Gravity Chamber. Besides, scientists on Earth and across the universe could make Gravity Chambers themselves.
Why waste one of Shenron's wishes?
He Lingxuan's goal was simple: during his year in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he wanted to adapt to gravity one hundred thousand times stronger than Earth's!
That meant using the Gravity Bracelet's maximum setting of ten thousand times, combined with the Hyperbolic Time Chamber's tenfold gravity—the greatest gravitational force he could reach!
By then, his base battle power would surely have reached a terrifying level. He would only need the right opportunity to transform into a Super Saiyan.
As for whether he could achieve this goal, He Lingxuan wasn't worried in the slightest. After all, he had Top-Tier Saiyan Bloodline!
In terms of growth, adaptability, potential, and every other aspect, it was only slightly inferior to the Legendary Super Saiyan.
He Lingxuan began training to adapt to the gravity. After about half an hour, he finally adjusted to twentyfold gravity.
Son Gohan had also nearly adapted to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber's tenfold gravity. He was jogging toward He Lingxuan.
Seeing Son Gohan run over, He Lingxuan smiled with satisfaction.
Since Son Gohan had gotten used to the tenfold gravity, he was running faster and faster. He covered the mere two kilometers in just over twenty seconds, steadily accelerating as he went.
He'd spent the first ten-odd seconds running, but for most of the rest of the way, he'd been moving at a hundred meters per second. That was still much slower than his speed outside, which meant he hadn't fully adapted yet. Still, he was ready to start some exercises.
Son Gohan, drenched in sweat, reached He Lingxuan and said between breaths, "Big Brother Lingxuan, I did it! I've adapted to the gravity here!"
"Gohan, you did great! Next, we'll exercise together so you can get fully used to the gravity. Then we'll spar, and I'll point out anything you're doing wrong in your training."
He Lingxuan praised Gohan first, then his expression turned slightly stern as he spoke about sparring.
He Lingxuan took Gohan through all kinds of exercises. Or rather, he pushed him through brutal training that drove his body past its limits, with little regard for his safety.
As for injuries? He Lingxuan had gotten thousands of Senzu Beans from Korin—through a good deal of "bargaining," or rather, looting. Why would he worry about anything happening to Son Gohan?
After all kinds of reckless, grueling exercises, Gohan had eaten two Senzu Beans. He Lingxuan calculated the time with his powerful mind and realized that more than ten hours had nearly passed. It was about time to rest.
So he took out plenty of delicious food from the Capsule Corp Capsules he'd brought along and happily ate all sorts of dishes with the exhausted Gohan.
Then day gave way to night, and the scorching heat instantly turned into temperatures dozens of degrees below zero!
Son Gohan was already exhausted, and now he began to feel cold. Then he felt a warm aura wrap around him, and the chill was immediately driven away.
"All right. I'll make an exception tonight. From now on, you'll have to endure the cold and heat of the changing days and nights on your own."
Son Gohan turned around and saw He Lingxuan sitting cross-legged with his back to him, meditating. A happy smile appeared on his face.
Big Brother Lingxuan really was kind! Even though he never went easy on me during training, he was only doing it for my sake!
Thinking that, Son Gohan drifted off to sleep. Once He Linxuan sensed that Gohan had fallen asleep, his stern face softened at once.
"Kid, you've got a long road ahead of you. You won't regret making this choice!"
Thinking this, He Lingxuan closed his eyes and began meditating.
Meditation had come from a skill bundle dropped by Piccolo after his defeat. It could harmonize his energy and gradually increase his strength, mental power, and dimensional level.
Although it barely increased his dimensional level at all, it was still a useful skill. It could replace sleep while boosting and restoring his mental power.
It had many other uses as well, such as helping him maintain a peaceful state of mind. He Lingxuan planned to teach this skill to Son Gohan in a few days so he could meditate instead of sleeping and train at the same time.
Perhaps it might even help Gohan maintain his rationality during the Great Ape training that would come later.
Early the next morning, as day returned and the temperature gradually rose, He Lingxuan woke Son Gohan and started the second day of training.
The second day's training was even harsher than the first, because He Lingxuan had increased the gravity on his Gravity Bracelet. The force pressing down on him was now fifty times stronger!
They started with the same basic exercises as the day before, then sparred. But because Son Gohan was still young, his short arms and legs limited his fighting, even though his battle power had increased considerably.
That left him at a terrible disadvantage when he fought He Lingxuan. He Lingxuan comforted him.
"That'll change when you're older. For now, we're mainly training your combat sense. Do you understand?"
Hearing this, Son Gohan looked forward to growing up. He Lingxuan smiled. "Maybe being an adult isn't as nice as being a kid, though. You spend childhood wanting to grow up, then when you're grown, you find yourself missing the carefree days of being a child..."
Hearing He Lingxuan sigh, Son Gohan, who had been looking forward to growing up, became conflicted.
"All right, stop worrying about it. Let's get back to training. You'll understand when you're older."
And so their days of dull, repetitive training continued. He Lingxuan, however, was very pleased, because he could see his progress.
The system panel showed his battle power increasing bit by bit. It felt wonderful.
As the saying went, if you could see a progress bar while doing something, you might work harder!
That might be true, but not everyone had a system!
Over the next month of training, He Lingxuan increased the gravity on his Gravity Bracelet to one hundred times. With the Hyperbolic Time Chamber's tenfold gravity, that meant he trained and lived under gravity a full thousand times stronger than Earth's!
That was the power of Top-Tier Saiyan Bloodline. He Lingxuan's base battle power had also become absurdly high.
After fully adapting to a thousandfold gravity, He Lingxuan discovered that his base battle power had reached a full three million!
That was after only a month of training. Otherwise, it could have been even higher.
Of course, with an equally matched opponent, his battle power might even have exceeded ten million.
He glanced at Son Gohan, who was meditating, and thought back on the boy's grueling training over the past month. He Lingxuan couldn't help but marvel at how different Gohan's personality was from the original. It was as if he'd awakened the fighting spirit deep in Gohan's blood.
Still, this personality made He Lingxuan feel gratified. Based on his calculations and what he could roughly sense with his mental power, Son Gohan had already far surpassed his father Son Goku through the reasonable training plan He Lingxuan had put together for him. His battle power was about a thousand, perhaps even higher than Raditz's when he first arrived on Earth.
"System, open the panel!"
[Infinite Upgrade System] [Host: He Lingxuan] [Age: 19] [World: Dragon Ball World (???)] [Battle Power: 3 million (can be increased with points; second tier)] [Mental Power: 200,000 (can be increased with points)] [Talents: Top-Tier Saiyan Bloodline (cannot be increased with points), Top-Tier Physique Talent (cannot be increased with points; all physical constitution costs reduced by 300%, defense increased by 1000%, recovery increased by 1000%, can regenerate severed limbs, energy storage increased by 100%, toxin resistance increased by 1000%...), Humanoid Great Ape Transformation (cannot be increased with points; can increase battle power tenfold)] [Technique: Micro-Control (control over his own strength is close to perfect, around 100%; can be increased with points)] [Skills: Immortality +1 (cannot be increased with points), Yuan-Devouring Scabbard +1 (cannot be increased with points), Omni-Vibration +10 (cannot be increased with points), Ki Blast +3 (cannot be increased with points), Ki Wave +3 (cannot be increased with points), Flight Technique +3 (cannot be increased with points), Kaioken (cannot be increased with points), Advanced Psychokinesis (cannot be increased with points), Ability Theft (cannot be increased with points)] [Upgrade Points: 1,000] [Items: None]
His mental power had also reached 200,000 after meditating under intense gravity, an increase of 100,000. Mental power really did grow slowly.
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