Big Sister Is the Best

A boundless expanse of pure white stretched in every direction.

Two red beams of light crossed in midair and collided.

Each collision shook the air and set off a clap of thunder. Ripples like waves spread outward from the point of impact.

Wherever they passed, fierce winds rose, clouds churned, and sand and stones flew.

Thankfully, the Hyperbolic Time Chamber didn't have towering buildings like a city. Otherwise, the shockwaves alone would have been enough to destroy one.

After a long while, the battle finally came to a stop.

The two red beams halted in midair, revealing the figures within.

They were Mo Yuan and Lapis.

They had now spent half a year in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

The red auras blazing around them were Kaioken.

After Lapis awakened his bloodline, Mo Yuan had taught him Kaioken.

Lapis could sense vitality, so he learned the technique in no time.

His powerful body let him use Kaioken x10 without injury.

It was only when he went beyond that that his body began to feel the strain.

However, Kaioken could only increase his ki; it couldn't speed up the energy reactor's recovery.

But Lapis's energy already recovered far faster than an ordinary person's.

Even without increasing that recovery rate, he could still maintain Kaioken for a long time.

Mo Yuan and Lapis released Kaioken, and the red auras around them immediately vanished.

After half a year of training, Mo Yuan's base battle power had reached five hundred million.

After awakening his bloodline, Lapis's battle power had doubled. He had trained for another four months, and his battle power was now as high as 1.5 billion.

Lapis had just used Kaioken x10.

Mo Yuan, meanwhile, had used Kaioken x30 to bring his battle power up to Lapis's level.

Perhaps because he had fused four different bloodlines, Mo Yuan's body was exceptionally strong. He could even use Kaioken x20 without injury.

Kaioken x30 did cause some damage to his body, but with Mo Yuan's terrifying recovery, he would be fully healed before long.

Through his experiments, Mo Yuan had found that with his constitution, Kaioken wouldn't cause serious damage as long as he didn't go beyond x50.

Besides, if he ever faced a powerful enemy and needed to go beyond Kaioken x50, Mo Yuan had a better option. He didn't need to resort to that kind of self-harm.

A day of training came to an end.

Although, after awakening his bloodline, Mo Yuan could survive on water alone, just like the Namekians, he still kept up the habit of eating.

Lapis and Lazuli had kept up the habit too.

It wasn't just because they enjoyed good food.

More than anything, Mo Yuan loved sharing meals with his friends and family.

Ever since his parents died, Mo Yuan had always been alone.

Losing his closest family had made him shut himself away.

He didn't want to go out or make friends.

But deep down, he longed for companionship.

He was a contradiction.

Only online did he open up.

He made many friends on the internet and always seemed to have endless things to say. But if someone from his city suggested meeting in person, he would come up with all kinds of excuses to turn them down.

The truth was, he wanted to go. He just couldn't get past that barrier inside him.

When night fell and all was quiet, he would leave his computer and put down his phone. In his empty home, the only thing keeping him company was silence.

Did he like being alone? Did he enjoy it?

No.

He had simply grown used to it.

He had desperately wanted to return to the days when it was just the three of them.

But time would never turn back.

And after coming to this world, even though danger lurked everywhere, he had found love and family.

Yes, in Mo Yuan's heart, all three of them—Lazuli, Lapis, and even Android 16—were his family.

If he had to choose between going back and staying in this world now,

he would choose to stay without hesitation.

Because here, he had people he wanted to protect for the rest of his life.

The meal ended with Mo Yuan and Lapis fighting over the last bites.

Since they no longer needed food to stave off hunger, Mo Yuan didn't have to prepare a huge spread anymore.

A normal person's serving was enough.

Mo Yuan leaned back in his chair, a toothpick between his lips, looking thoroughly content.

Lapis was left to clear the table.

After all, the basic rule was that the person who cooked didn't have to wash the dishes.

"It's been half a year, Lapis. I'm heading out. Want me to ask Android 16 to come in and keep you company?"

"Leaving already? I'll be fine on my own."

Mo Yuan's face lit up with a blissful smile, as if he'd just remembered something wonderful. He didn't bother hiding how he felt. "Can't help it. I miss my big sister."

Lapis stared at him with dead fish eyes, having just been force-fed a mouthful of sweetness. "Come on, Lazuli is my sister."

"Please, you don't even call her that. What do you care?" Mo Yuan said dismissively.

Lapis asked the question that cut right to the heart of it: "Then why don't you call me big brother?"

Mo Yuan rolled his eyes. "What would a single guy like you know about romance?"

Mo Yuan stood up and patted Lapis's shoulder sympathetically. "You're young. You don't know how wonderful big sisters can be."

When you're young, you don't know how good an older woman is, and you mistake a girl for treasure. When you're young, you don't know how sweet an older woman is, and you waste your youth planting rice upside down. Big sister is the best, big sister is divine; she has long legs and a shapely rear. She'll free you from your troubles and treasure you like no one else...

"Tsk."

Mo Yuan shook his head at Lapis, then turned and walked toward the door of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Below Korin Tower.

A green, insect-like humanoid monster gazed up at Korin Tower.

"I've heard a god lives up there. I wonder if a god tastes even more delicious... Heh heh heh heh heh!"

Cell licked his lips and let out a strange laugh.

Then Cell shot straight up into the sky.

He sped upward.

Before long, Cell spotted something floating in the sky, shaped like an island.

Without slowing down, Cell flew straight into the Lookout.

The moment he entered the Lookout, Cell was overcome with delight.

He saw the person he had longed for day and night.

Cell had never imagined he'd find her here, after searching for her on the ground for so long.

Although Lazuli's year of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber had changed her figure considerably, Cell still recognized her at a glance.

"Android 18, fuse with me!"

Cell landed in front of Lazuli and said something horrifying with complete sincerity.

"Who are you?" Lazuli asked, her face expressionless as she looked at Cell.

She had sensed his ki as he flew up from below.

It was an extremely strange ki, as if many different kinds of ki had been combined.

She had been wondering what kind of thing it belonged to.

Then she saw this... thing.

It was just as strange as its ki.

Faced with Lazuli's question, Cell didn't hide anything. He told her the whole story.

"Wait, you said an underground laboratory? Which underground laboratory?" When Lazuli heard Cell say he had come from one, her heart lurched.

"Heh heh heh! The underground laboratory beneath the one you've been staying in, of course."

"And where's Android 17?"

Lazuli ignored Cell.

She was wondering how much of what he'd said was true.

She had been to the underground laboratory. There hadn't been a single living thing there besides Mo Yuan.

Unless Cell had come out before Mo Yuan.

Could he have been a failed experiment made by that old geezer?

Maybe he hadn't been destroyed because of some accident?

The more Lazuli thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

After all, Mo Yuan didn't need to absorb them to become a perfect being.

And this guy was so ugly.

He looked like a botched plastic surgery job.

Just looking at him turned her stomach.

That was it. He had to be a failure!

Lazuli made up her mind.

If he was a failure, she'd help that old geezer destroy him!

The look in Lazuli's eyes grew more and more dangerous.

Cell was still looking around for Lapis, completely unaware that danger was about to descend.