A year passed in the blink of an eye.
West City.
Lin Chen emerged from the 100-times-gravity room with a gloomy look on his face.
He had found that he seemed to have hit another cultivation bottleneck.
Over the past three months, Lin Chen's power level had continued to grow, albeit slowly. Strangely, though, he still couldn't fully transform into a Legendary Super Saiyan.
Lin Chen had no idea why. No matter what he tried, he could only transform into an ordinary Super Saiyan.
He just couldn't transform into the Legendary Super Saiyan form unique to the Legendary Saiyan bloodline.
Lin Chen checked his status panel.
Host: Lin Chen Power Level: 1.28 million Bloodline: Legendary Super Saiyan Bloodline Skills: Instant Transmission, ki control, Junior Martial Arts Genius talent.
Seeing his power level reminded Lin Chen of another strange thing.
After his power level broke through one million, its growth had slowed down.
With Lin Chen's Legendary Super Saiyan Bloodline, shouldn't his power level be shooting up like a rocket?
How could it have grown by only a little over two hundred thousand, despite all the grueling training?
How was that fair?
Thinking about it, after a year of training, Son Gohan had gone from a power level of just a few hundred thousand to several million during the original Cell Saga.
Look at how fast he'd grown. And then look at Lin Chen...
Lin Chen couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.
It seemed that in this world, power levels became harder to raise once they passed one million.
Broly was proof of that, too.
With the same Legendary Super Saiyan Bloodline, Broly's power level grew every day even without training, and at a faster rate than Lin Chen's.
But when Lin Chen had visited Kami three months ago, he had found that Broly's power level had only reached a little over eight hundred thousand. It was nowhere near as absurd as it had been in the original story.
Lin Chen couldn't figure it out.
Just then, the roof of the 100-times-gravity room behind him suddenly collapsed.
The tremendous crash startled Dr. Brief's entire family.
They all stared at the collapsed room, stunned.
Tights walked over and asked with concern, "Lin Chen, what happened?"
"Me? I'm fine."
Only then did Lin Chen snap out of it. He glanced back at the gravity room and said sheepishly, "Sorry, Dr. Brief. It looks like the 100-times-gravity room isn't enough for me anymore."
"What?"
The cigarette fell from Dr. Brief's mouth. "Have you already gotten used to 100 times gravity?"
"Actually, I got used to it three months ago. Sorry to trouble you, Dr. Brief, but could you try making a gravity room with a higher setting? How about one that goes up to 500 times gravity?" Lin Chen asked.
"F-five hundred times? Lin Chen, at 500 times gravity, your 200-pound body would weigh 50 tons... Can you handle that?"
"No problem. I can get used to it gradually!"
"But Earth's materials probably can't withstand that much pressure. Lin Chen, I can start working on the gravity room, but you'd better find me some new, high-density metal. Otherwise, I don't think I can build it."
"All right. I'll have the people on Planet Vegeta prepare some."
After agreeing to Dr. Brief's request, Lin Chen made a decision of his own. Since he couldn't use the gravity room for now, perhaps he should consider other ways to train.
"Ding! Detected the host's desire to grow stronger. The Ultimate Choice has been triggered."
"Choice One: Seek guidance from North Kai and learn any of his techniques. Reward: Evil Spirit Bomb."
"Choice Two: Seek guidance from Master Roshi and learn any of his techniques. Reward: Instant Transmission Kamehameha."
"Choice Three: Seek guidance from Kami and learn any of his techniques. Reward: Giant Form."
"Hm?"
Lin Chen was taken aback when he saw the choices the system had presented.
With his current Junior Martial Arts Genius talent, a reward consisting of a technique seemed a little pointless.
But he quickly realized that these rewards were probably techniques he wouldn't be able to learn through talent alone, either in the future or anytime soon.
He understood the second reward best. It was probably a technique Son Goku would create by combining Kamehameha with Instant Transmission after learning the latter.
The third reward seemed to be an innate Namekian ability, not an ordinary technique. Like the Namekians' ability to regenerate their cells, it was probably something Lin Chen couldn't learn through normal means.
As for the first choice, Lin Chen had never even heard of it.
"System, what does Evil Spirit Bomb mean?"
"Ding! Host, a conventional Spirit Bomb only absorbs a little energy from each living being. An Evil Spirit Bomb ignores the safety of those providing energy and absorbs all of it. Therefore, it is more powerful, but takes longer to gather energy each time and leaves a dead zone after use."
So that was it. Lin Chen was beginning to understand.
If a conventional Spirit Bomb borrowed energy from others, then an Evil Spirit Bomb took their energy for itself without caring whether they lived or died.
That meant that with the same number of people contributing energy, the Evil Spirit Bomb might be several times more powerful than an ordinary Spirit Bomb.
The Spirit Bomb had turned the tide for Goku countless times in the original story, so its power was undeniable.
If the Evil Spirit Bomb was even stronger, wouldn't it be the perfect trump card?
Lin Chen was tempted.
But after thinking it over, he still decided to choose the second option.
The Evil Spirit Bomb was powerful, but like an ordinary Spirit Bomb, it still required a long time to gather energy.
And using it would drain the life energy of everyone nearby...
If Lin Chen used it on Planet Vegeta, his own people would all die before he even had a chance to defeat his enemies.
He wasn't trying to become a great demon king. He might as well learn one of Master Roshi's techniques.
As for the third reward, Giant Form could increase his power level, but it had an obvious weakness: someone could easily sneak inside his mouth. Lin Chen dismissed it outright.
"Forget it, System. I choose the second option!"
"Ding! The host has made a choice. Please complete the task as soon as possible."
After making his choice, Lin Chen said to Tights, "Tights, I'm going on a trip. I'm going to visit a martial arts master."
"A martial arts master?" Tights asked curiously.
"Yes. His name is Master Roshi. He's also known as Master Mutaito."
"Master Mutaito? I know him! Um... Lin Chen, can I come with you? I want to train in martial arts under Master Mutaito, too."
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