Global Martial Arts? No, Global Formation!

Several days after the warning was issued, the atmosphere in the largest laboratory at Capsule Corp was heavy.

Bulma pulled up a global satellite map marked with various potential alien landing sites, flanked by a stack of alien spacecraft structural analysis reports she had just borrowed from the military database.

Krillin sat to the side, his face pale as he stared at the staggering data, wiping cold sweat from his brow incessantly.

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Bulma grabbed her blue hair in frustration and slammed her tablet onto the table. "Even if Goku and Tien Shinhan train until they drop, how much can they improve in a year? Ten times? Twenty? Based on the energy levels of those Saiyans in your dream, they'd still be wiped out with a single slap!"

She pointed to the structural integrity simulation of the small Saiyan spacecraft on the screen: "Look at this hull strength! Our conventional weapons would be like tickling it! Unless we use the ultimate weapon... but if we use that, the Earth is finished too!"

Krillin raised his hand weakly: "How about... we go look for the Dragon Balls again? Wish for the Saiyans to get lost?"

"The Dragon Balls need a year to recharge after every use! Besides, who knows if Shenron can even interfere with aliens that powerful?"

Bulma rejected the suggestion and slumped into her chair. "The gap in strength is just too vast... this isn't a gap that one or two genius martial artists can bridge..."

Lin Fan had been listening in silence, but now he slowly stood up and walked to the holographic projection table in the center.

The projection displayed a rotating model of the Earth.

"Individual combat power cannot see a collective leap in such a short time, and mutual destruction with ultimate weapons is not a viable path."

Lin Fan's voice was calm, yet carried an unquestionable weight. "Then, why not change our perspective?"

"Change our perspective?"

Bulma and Krillin both looked at him.

"If we cannot defeat them by force, we use strategy. If we cannot sharpen our spear, we first forge the sturdiest shield."

Lin Fan tapped a point on the virtual Earth. "Earth is our home turf. Why not... borrow the advantages of the terrain?"

"Terrain?"

Bulma frowned. "You mean using the landscape? It's useless. Opponents of that level can flatten mountain ranges with a single move."

"Not ordinary terrain."

Lin Fan's gaze was profound, the chapters on basic formation theory from the Great Dao Source Scripture flashing through his mind. "What I speak of is a... 'formation'."

"A formation? Like a military phalanx?" Krillin looked blank.

"Not at all." Lin Fan shook his head. "This 'formation' borrows the power of heaven and earth, harnesses the momentum of mountains and rivers, and constructs a domain using specific laws to trap, kill, or repel enemies. It can significantly weaken the opponent and bolster our own."

He looked at Bulma, his eyes gleaming with the same light a scientist shows when encountering a brand-new theory: "Perhaps you could understand it as... a regional, functionally specific... energy field generator. Only, its energy source and operational laws are not purely technological; they are closer to... an ancient geometry of heaven and earth combined with energy dynamics."

Bulma's eyes lit up instantly!

"A large-scale energy field? How much area can it cover? What are its functions? How do we build it?"

She fired off questions like a machine gun, her scientific soul reignited.

"The range can be large or small; small enough to protect a room, large enough to... perhaps protect a city, or even a continent."

Lin Fan's words were shocking. "The functions are also diverse. The most basic ones include disrupting the enemy's energy perception, weakening their energy output, amplifying our own energy recovery, and even... gathering energy for a counterattack."

He paused, then added: "Of course, the latter requires extremely demanding energy and materials, so let us set that aside for now. The most urgent and feasible task is to construct a large-scale weakening and interference formation."

"How much can it weaken them?"

Bulma asked eagerly.

"I do not know."

Lin Fan was honest. "It depends on the grade of the formation, the coverage area, and the ability of the one presiding over it. But even if it only weakens the opponent by ten percent, that is a massive advantage for us!"

"Ten percent... or even more..."

Bulma's breathing quickened as she immediately began calculating on the console. "If we can reduce their energy output by 10% and their speed by 5%, then Goku and the others' chances of winning would increase by..."

The more she calculated, the brighter her eyes became: "It's feasible! It's highly feasible! Even if the dream is fake, creating a global protective shield like this would be an epoch-making invention! Quick! Give me the specific plan! What do we need to do?"

Lin Fan had been prepared.

He picked up an electronic stylus and began sketching rapidly on the holographic drawing board.

The lines were not circuit diagrams, but complex geometric figures composed of countless profound arcs, nodes, and strange symbols, filled with a non-modern, mysterious aesthetic.

The Small Five Elements Maze Formation—a simplified version. This was the most achievable basic formation he could conceive of.

By utilizing the rotation of the five elements to disrupt energy flow and confuse perception, it lacked the power to kill, but it could create energy interference and spatial disorientation over a vast area, significantly reducing the efficiency and precision of the invaders.

"This is the foundation of the formation map."

Lin Fan pointed to the pattern, which was so complex it made Krillin dizzy. "We need to bury formation bases at specific energy nodes across the globe—usually where ley lines intersect or where there are magnetic anomalies."

He pulled up the Earth model again and tapped several specific latitude and longitude coordinates: "Roughly these areas. Each base must be refined using specific materials, capable of stably storing and transmitting a... special energy for a long period."

He used the vague term "special energy" once again.

"Material list?"

Bulma pressed him immediately.

Lin Fan recited a string of terms: "Conductivity and stability are paramount. We need a large quantity of high-quality jade, crystals, and especially special ores containing ley line energy... hmm, the raw ore-associated crystals similar to that 'Z-1' alloy you found earlier would be excellent. We also need special materials with energy affinities for metal, wood, water, fire, and earth..."

Bulma had never heard of many of the material properties he mentioned, but she immediately translated them into physical parameters and entered them into the database for matching: "High-energy storage crystals... stable isotopes... metals with specific resonant frequencies... leave it to me! The folks in the procurement department have been bored out of their minds lately anyway!"

She looked at the complex array diagram again, her brows furrowed: "But this pattern... it's too complicated. How can we set it up precisely? What is the margin of error?"

"The array diagram is the path for energy circulation; a miss by an inch is a loss of a thousand miles."

Lin Fan's expression was serious, "It requires extreme precision. Perhaps... we could use your satellites for global positioning, and then have the Engineering Robots carry out the precise construction."

"Global positioning... precise construction..."

Bulma muttered to herself, her eyes growing brighter and brighter, as if she were seeing an unprecedented super-project, "This is practically performing energy-field surgery on the entire Earth! How thrilling!"

She slammed her hand on the table: "Let's do it! I'm establishing the 'Global Defense Matrix' project team right now! No, the 'Mother Earth Beauty Project'! That sounds better!"

Krillin listened from the side, completely confused, but seeing how confident Bulma and Lin Fan were, he inexplicably felt a glimmer of hope: "Although I don't understand... it sounds amazing! Is there anything I can do to help?"

Lin Fan looked at him: "Setting up the array is not a task for a single day, and its effects remain unknown. Do not slack off on your personal cultivation. When the time comes, you may be needed as the core of the array or as a mobile force to enter the formation and confront the weakened enemies."

"Understood!"

Krillin nodded vigorously, feeling the weight on his shoulders increase, yet he now had a clear goal.

Master Roshi watched all of this through the screen, stroking his beard, a flash of gratification and curiosity in his eyes: "Gathering the power of heaven and earth to form an array... ancient wisdom indeed. Kid, the surprises you bring just keep on coming."

Just then, the laboratory's main computer emitted a soft chime.

Bulma tapped it open, revealing an encrypted report from the procurement department.

"Hmm?"

As she read, her brows knit together, "Our recent large-scale procurement of special ores and rare crystals... has caught the attention of several major suppliers in the black market? There are unknown forces secretly driving up prices and probing into the purpose of our purchases?"

Lin Fan felt a slight chill in his heart.

The Red Ribbon Army... Dr. Gero... their tentacles had indeed reached out.

The plan to deploy the array globally had to be accelerated.