Cripple Piccolo, Put Him Away

Li Xing listened to Wisdom's voice without refuting him.

He simply felt a bit strange.

It was clearly a hot-blooded battle anime.

Yet after he crashed into it, it seemed to be veering toward a bizarre art style.

"Wisdom, start replicating the nanomaterials; this place needs some modifications. Improve it according to Blueprint No. 9."

"Understood, Engineer."

Li Xing didn't speak.

He watched the screen quietly.

The space in front of King Piccolo twisted.

A strange, half-finished-looking creature appeared before him.

"Audacious!"

Li Xing watched with interest, his consciousness meanwhile sifting through the memories that had appeared in his mind out of thin air.

Cell Guidance Technique!

Upon closer inspection, Li Xing felt utterly disappointed.

What the hell.

He had thought it was that thing from Swallowed Star.

He had wasted so much excitement on it.

And this was it?

After finishing his review, Li Xing was so angry he cursed out loud.

Strictly speaking, this Cell Guidance Technique was no different from the health-preservation arts of his past life.

Especially that final part, with its unknown effect.

It was just, damn it, spiritual!

"System, you really are a dog!"

The system said nothing.

Ever since it explained a few things at the very beginning, the system seemed to know it wasn't well-liked.

It had been hiding away ever since, never popping out to speak.

"This is no different from those old geezers in the park doing Tai Chi, what's the point?"

Li Xing's expression was gloomy.

"Damn, it would've been better to give me a set of square dance moves; at least I could share them with the grandpas and grandmas of this world and help them find their second spring."

Li Xing had no taboos.

Everything was based on his own interests.

He had worked so hard, full of anticipation, and this was the result.

How could he be satisfied?

He was on the verge of jumping up and pointing at the system to curse it out.

"System, screw your temperature, get your ass out here!"

Still no response.

While he was fuming over here, King Piccolo was trading blows back and forth with the monster.

That Android was a product of immature wisdom; while its tested combat power was indeed 200, it couldn't actually reach that level in practice.

The monster's appearance was too bizarre, and King Piccolo feared that killing it might lead to some unfavorable consequences.

Thus, he held back his strikes, worried about a major catastrophe.

He didn't know that the words spoken by that nameless crew member had already subtly entered his mind, influencing his behavior.

"Bastard, who exactly are you?"

Roar!

The unnumbered Android let out a loud roar at King Piccolo.

This was nothing more than Li Xing using genetic technology to perform strange modifications on some cells, giving them some aggression and a portion of energy.

It possessed absolutely no wisdom.

King Piccolo's questioning was even less effective than playing the lute to a cow.

This type of Android, if it appeared in a crowd, would only kill and thirst for blood, possessing no other consciousness or will.

King Piccolo's eyes turned red, and gritting his teeth, he continuously fired energy blasts at the Android.

Seeing this, Li Xing stopped cursing the system.

"Equip."

The Black Armor gradually spread over Li Xing's entire body, and he vanished from the cave.

In less than five minutes, Li Xing had already caught up to King Piccolo.

The guy was currently looking around in suspicion, hiding wherever he could.

After tangling with that monster for so long, he was truly terrified.

Terrified to the core.

He was deathly afraid that such a monster would appear again.

The crew member's words kept circling in his mind.

They made him realize that the Aurora Group was not to be trifled with.

"Heh!"

"Who's there?"

"I never expected the magnificent King Piccolo to become such a coward."

King Piccolo's brow twitched as he scanned his surroundings.

"Who are you? If you have the guts, come out! Hiding your head and showing your tail—what kind of hero does that?"

"Heh, I'm no hero."

Clad in pitch-black armor, Li Xing revealed himself in the sunlight, looking at King Piccolo with a cold sneer.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

"Tsk tsk, didn't you come out to conquer the world? Why are you acting like a coward now?"

King Piccolo's eyes turned sinister.

He did want to rule the world.

But he had no desire to be sealed by the Evil Containment Wave again and spend another few hundred years in a cramped space.

He had been frightened twice since coming out.

No, three times.

This pitch-black monster before him had given him quite a scare as well.

The world had changed.

It had become completely unrecognizable.

"What? Scared?"

After teasing him, Li Xing moved, his peerless power whistling through the air.

"Damn it, brat, who do you think you are?"

Bang!

Whoosh.

Bang!

Li Xing did not hold back; he unleashed his full strength with that punch.

King Piccolo, burning with shame and rage, took the punch head-on, his body instantly erupting.

Like a comet, he slammed into the earth.

He smashed straight through a massive mountain.

Rumble!

As rocks tumbled down, King Piccolo was buried beneath the debris.

Li Xing focused his senses for a moment, then curled his lip.

This guy hadn't regained his youth; he probably only had a combat power of a little over 210.

He couldn't even fully utilize that. No wonder he could completely crush Sun Wukong back then, yet it seemed so strenuous at the same time.

Raising a hand, he gathered infinite radiance, and a shimmering energy sphere coalesced in his palm.

Whoosh!

Before the explosion could fade or the dust could settle, Li Xing had already charged inside.

He grabbed King Piccolo's limp body, soared straight into the sky, and then turned invisible, vanishing into the air.

No one knew that a small battle had taken place here.

Li Xing's level of force differed drastically between his encounters with King Piccolo and Sun Wukong.

Such was the stark difference between liking someone and not.

This discriminatory treatment was disgusting, yet there was nothing to be done about it.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the secret base.

Li Xing's face was cold.

My speed is still too slow.

"Wisdom, can you research a way to achieve faster flight speeds?"

"Engineer, based on existing data, the probability is low."

Li Xing fell silent for a long moment.

"Take some cells from this guy and study them thoroughly. They will be very helpful for our Android Technology project."

"Understood, Engineer."

As Wisdom's voice faded, a stiff-faced figure walked over, grabbed the limp Piccolo from behind Li Xing, and turned to leave.

Li Xing's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

"Was that you, Wisdom?"

"Engineer, it was a robot controlled by Wisdom."

Li Xing fell silent once more.

This Wisdom still lacked true wisdom.

"It's fine. Continue the research. In one month, deploy more androids to the remaining cities, as well as the city that defeated the androids this time."

"Received, Engineer."

Li Xing vanished from the spot.

As for Piccolo, he wasn't worried in the slightest.

If he could stage a rebellion here, then there would be no need for Li Xing to pursue the path of technology.

Only those who had experienced it firsthand could know just how monstrous the technology of this world truly was.

If it weren't for those Saiyans being so dazzling, all subsequent Earth crises would have to be resolved through the aid of technology.

"Next, it is another long wait. Sun Wukong and the others lack the pressure of life and enemies, so their strength increases far too slowly. My Android Technology is not yet mature, and even Dr. Gero's android technology is still incomplete. I need to lie low and hibernate for a while. Let this period be a little gift to them."