Origin Energy

Mo Yuan felt that his life, or perhaps his insect-life, was shrouded in darkness.

It was bad enough that he lacked a system, but now he couldn't even control his own body.

He wanted to leave this place of trouble right now, run off to some desolate wilderness where no one lived, and live out his days in anonymity.

Remaining in the laboratory presented two possibilities.

Because Mo Yuan was still unsure which timeline he was currently in.

If it were the future timeline, he could still survive; it wouldn't be too late to leave once he gained control of his body.

But if it were the main timeline, it wouldn't be long before Krillin and Future Trunks found and destroyed him.

Mo Yuan did not want to entrust his life to so-called fate.

Therefore, he had to gain control of his body as quickly as possible and then leave this place of trouble.

As for the instructions Dr. Gero had planted in his brain, he had no intention of following them.

Was he supposed to be bored enough to go against the Son of Plane? Was he tired of living?

Not to mention that he didn't have any cheat codes right now; even if he did have a system or something similar, he wouldn't want to kill Son Goku.

After all, if he wanted to survive, he still had to rely on Son Goku to resolve future threats.

Wouldn't it be better to let Goku handle the sky when it falls?

Otherwise, just relying on himself, it was hard to say if he could even survive past the Buu saga.

Not only that, but he also wouldn't do things like absorbing the life energy of others to force his own evolution.

Although he might not look like a human right now, he was essentially still a human at his core.

As someone who grew up in an era of peace, Mo Yuan felt a deep resistance to the idea of killing people, let alone eating them.

Mo Yuan tried desperately to open his eyes, but his eyelids remained motionless.

He felt like a person paralyzed from the neck down.

Only his consciousness remained clear.

"Open for me!!!"

Following Mo Yuan's internal roar, his eyes finally...

Still didn't open.

However, he could see.

Mo Yuan fell into a peculiar state.

This state was mysterious and profound.

He saw things from another perspective—a god's-eye view.

The entire laboratory was clearly visible to him.

"Hmm?"

Mo Yuan felt a bit puzzled as he looked at the little boy inside the incubation vessel.

But he felt more joy than anything else.

Although this body had horns on its head and a tail behind it.

At least, no matter how he looked at it, it still resembled a human.

In the original work, Cell was an insect, even after evolving into his perfect form, he was just a somewhat handsome humanoid insect.

But his appearance still didn't fit his aesthetic.

As for why there was such a big change, Mo Yuan thought it might be due to his transmigration.

In the original work, Cell's appearance was likely dominated by the genes of Frieza and Piccolo.

Now, perhaps because he had transmigrated, his appearance had become dominated by the genes of Earthlings and Saiyans.

And the most important point.

The defining characteristic of Frieza and Piccolo's races was that they were genderless.

But now?

Mo Yuan looked at the budding rod on his body and smiled with relief.

A man is born with two heads.

The big head relies on the brain, the small head relies on courage; having both wisdom and bravery makes a true man!

Moreover, losing either of these two heads would lead to serious consequences.

Without the big head, you die.

Without the small head, you suffer social death.

Therefore, both are indispensable.

Besides this, Mo Yuan also saw energy particles in the air.

Most of the particles were white, while a small portion were a bluish-white color.

Based on his memories, Mo Yuan knew that the white particles were what was known as "Ki."

Ki would enter a cultivator's body during training, allowing them to command it at will.

The bluish-white particles, however, were "Natural Energy."

Speaking of Natural Energy, one could not help but think of the "Spirit Bomb."

The "Spirit Bomb" was a technique generated by gathering energy from plants, humans, animals, and even the atmosphere itself.

However, Natural Energy could only be wielded by those with a kind heart, and it dealt massive damage to evil individuals; the more evil the person, the greater the damage inflicted.

Conversely, the damage dealt to kind-hearted, righteous people was negligible.

This was also the reason why, in the original work, Cell and Goku Black never used the Spirit Bomb.

Firstly, they might not even be able to successfully cast it.

Secondly, even if they did manage to cast it, the damage caused would likely be less than a casual energy blast of their own.

Although this technique, created by North Kai, was not used many times, it played a crucial role every time it appeared.

It even became the key for Son Goku to unleash "Ultra Instinct" during the "Tournament of Power."

Mo Yuan was astonished to discover something.

His body was actually absorbing Ki automatically.

However, the rate of absorption was extremely slow.

Can I make my absorption rate faster?

The moment this thought crossed Mo Yuan's mind, the energy particles in the air began to flow rapidly, gathering around his body.

What shocked Mo Yuan the most was that the energy particles gathering toward him included not only Ki, but also Natural Energy.

Furthermore, they were being absorbed by his body.

As the Natural Energy was absorbed bit by bit, Mo Yuan discovered that he seemed to have formed a faint connection with his body.

Although it was only a tiny connection—he couldn't even move his little finger—this slight link gave Mo Yuan infinite hope.

Previously, it felt as if he were imprisoned in this body by countless shackles, and the emergence of this connection was like a key, unlocking one of them.

Since he saw hope, Mo Yuan did not delay any longer.

He focused on absorbing the Natural Energy from the air, striving to break free as soon as possible.

Time flew like an arrow, and the years passed in the blink of an eye.

A year had slipped away in an instant.

Mo Yuan, inside the incubation tank, looked slightly larger than he had a year ago.

Throughout this year, Mo Yuan had been absorbing Natural Energy every single moment.

However, the Natural Energy in any one location was finite; once absorbed, it took time for new energy to slowly regenerate.

Thus, it took Mo Yuan a full year to absorb enough Natural Energy to completely take control of his body.

"Crack!"

As the last of the Natural Energy in the air was absorbed by Mo Yuan, the final shackle within his body shattered.

Feeling his body, Mo Yuan opened his eyes.

His amethyst-like pupils shimmered with a joyful light.

A smile appeared on his cute, chubby-cheeked face.

"It's been a year. Do you have any idea how I spent this year?"

For a whole year, he had been trapped in this place without day or night, enduring lonely and monotonous training.

Mo Yuan was nearly driven mad by the boredom.

Mo Yuan swore that once he left this place, he would eat well and have fun to make up for the losses of this past year.

Although the nutrient solution here constantly replenished his body's needs and he never felt hungry, as a foodie, Mo Yuan maintained that wanting to eat wasn't just about hunger.

Having stayed here for a year, his mouth had grown so bland he could taste nothing.

"It's time to leave this place."

Mo Yuan clenched his right fist and exerted a slight amount of force.

"Boom!"

A bolt of purple energy erupted from Mo Yuan's fist, first shattering the incubation vessel before slamming into the laboratory wall, triggering a violent explosion.

"Boom-boom!"

The intense blast instantly detonated the machinery throughout the lab as well.

For a moment, the sound of explosions was continuous and unending.

Dust and smoke filled the air.

Σ(☉▽☉"a Mo Yuan stared at the scene before him, completely dumbfounded.

Give me a break, I was just trying to sneak out of here, okay?

It could only be said that Mo Yuan had severely underestimated the power within his own body; one had to realize that in this world, a combat power of ten thousand was enough to destroy the Earth.