Two Paths Diverge

"Apologies, listeners, we are interrupting our broadcast for a special news bulletin."

"We now continue with the follow-up to the report just released."

"One hour ago, the city on the western outskirts, Ginger City, which had suddenly gone completely silent, was investigated by a local task force, and a report has just been transmitted."

"It is said that the local residents vanished in an instant; the entire city is like a ghost town, with not a single soul to be seen."

Hearing this news report in the car, Mo Yuan knew he could no longer delay.

Cell had already appeared, and time was running out.

If they didn't grow stronger, the only thing awaiting them was to be absorbed by Cell, becoming the nutrients for his evolution into his perfect form.

"Sister, can you come train with me? I want to become stronger."

"Training? Why would you have such a thought? There is no one in this world who is our match." Before Lazuli could speak, Lapis said with utter disdain.

In Lapis's heart, they were invincible existences.

The likes of Son Goku or Vegeta were not even worth a single blow from him.

With someone as strong as himself around, what was there to train for?

It was better to just go around having fun with him.

"Little... ahem! Mo Yuan, why do you suddenly want to become stronger?" Lazuli asked softly.

"You both know that I possess the cells of Son Goku, Vegeta, and the others. Son Goku and Vegeta are Saiyans, and the golden state Vegeta transformed into today is a racial ability of theirs known as a Super Saiyan." Mo Yuan's expression was extremely serious.

"Oh? Sounds flashy and useless." Lapis remained dismissive.

So what if they can transform? Even after transforming, weren't they still beaten to a pulp by him?

"Don't underestimate the Saiyan transformation. Once they become a Super Saiyan, their combat power increases fiftyfold."

"Fifty times?" Lazuli and Lapis were slightly taken aback.

Mo Yuan nodded and said, "That's right, fifty times. So, as long as they increase their base combat power a little more, they could rely on the Super Saiyan transformation to defeat you."

"Most importantly, Saiyans have a trait: every time they recover from the brink of death, their combat power increases significantly."

"Although Vegeta wasn't at death's door when you defeated him today, he still sustained heavy injuries. Once he recovers and trains for a while, his combat power will definitely improve. When you clash again, the outcome will be unpredictable."

Lapis looked at the solemn-faced Mo Yuan, suddenly recalling his battle with Vegeta earlier.

Vegeta's combat power had indeed shown a clear, sudden increase.

Although he still couldn't beat him, if there were a few more such increases, perhaps he wouldn't be able to defeat him anymore.

"Are you telling the truth?" Lapis grew serious.

He actually believed it; after all, Mo Yuan had no reason to lie to him.

Seeing that his words had gotten through to Lapis, Mo Yuan decided to add more fuel to the fire.

"Yes! And I can sense that there is even more terrifying power hidden within the Saiyan cells waiting to be unearthed. Super Saiyan is far from the limit of the Saiyans; they have even deeper levels of transformation."

"By then, it won't just be a simple fiftyfold increase in base combat power; it could be 100 times, or even 1,000 times."

Just imagine: if one increases their combat power by 1 point, but has a transformation that multiplies it by 50, they effectively gain 50 points of combat power.

It is equivalent to a training speed 50 times faster than others. If there are even deeper transformations, their training speed would be hundreds or thousands of times faster than anyone else's.

Although many people feel that Son Goku and these Saiyans rely too much on transformations.

Because the transformations aren't sustainable, and their bodies can't hold up for long in battle.

But they fail to realize that the enemies Son Goku and the others face are simply too strong.

If they didn't rely on transformations, they wouldn't be able to win at all.

If they were dead, sustainability wouldn't matter anyway.

But powerful transformations grant them the capital to instantly contend with, or even surpass and defeat, powerful enemies.

Therefore, it isn't that they rely on them too much; it's that they have no other choice.

If they were given enough time to train, they wouldn't overly pursue transformations either.

"And what about you?" Lazuli asked, looking at Mo Yuan.

"Hmm?"

"You also possess Saiyan cells; can you also become what you call a Super Saiyan?"

"I can." Mo Yuan paused, then continued, "But my strength is still too weak, far from reaching the minimum threshold for the transformation."

One must know that the minimum threshold to become a Super Saiyan is 3 million in combat power combined with extreme rage.

If one wants to achieve it naturally without relying on rage, the required base combat power is definitely higher than that.

So, Mo Yuan was still far too weak.

Although he didn't know his exact combat power, based on the ki of others, Mo Yuan could roughly judge that his combat power was around 1 million.

A combat power of 1 million—if this were ten years ago, he could have done whatever he wanted on Earth.

But in this day and age, he was at best just a slightly larger piece of cannon fodder.

Lazuli: "Then isn't it too late for you to start training now?"

Mo Yuan shook his head and said, "Under normal circumstances, it would indeed be too late."

"But I know of a place where one year of training inside is equivalent to only one day passing outside."

"Oh?"

Lazuli, Lapis, and even the usually composed Android 16 were all taken aback.

"There is actually such a miraculous place in this world?"

Lapis stared at Mo Yuan. "But how do you know about it? We are all androids, yet none of us are aware of it, and even that old geezer Dr. Gero didn't know."

Mo Yuan: Σ(っ °Д °;)っ

A flash of panic crossed his eyes, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and immediately found an excuse.

"I have Son Goku's cells fused within me, and I learned this from his cellular memory. He trained inside there for a month when he was young."

"Oh, I see!"

Lapis looked at Mo Yuan, deep in thought.

To be honest, he didn't quite believe Mo Yuan's explanation.

But it didn't matter, because he didn't sense any malice from Mo Yuan.

Everyone has their own secrets, and he didn't want to pry. It was enough for him to know that Mo Yuan meant them no harm.

"Sister, what do you think? Do you want to go together?"

Mo Yuan looked at Lazuli with a hopeful expression.

Of course Lazuli wanted to go—spending a whole year alone with her little cutie!

But...

Lazuli looked at her brother with some embarrassment.

Lapis: ...( ＿ ＿)ノ｜

"You should go with him. He's still too weak; I'm afraid something might happen if he goes alone. Android 16 and I are enough to handle Son Goku."

How could Lapis not know what his twin sister was thinking?

"Fine! I really can't do anything about you." ╮(╯-╰)╭

Lazuli spread her hands, looking helpless.

In reality, she was already setting off firecrackers in her heart.

She was just one step away from singing a song of celebration.