Break Piccolo's Bones and Take Him Away

After hearing Wisdom's voice, Li Xing didn't argue with him.

He just found it a little strange.

This was clearly supposed to be a hot-blooded fighting anime.

But after he'd barged in, the story seemed to be veering off in a bizarre direction.

"Wisdom, start copying the nanomaterials. This place needs some modifications.

Make improvements according to Blueprint No. 9."

"Understood, Engineer."

Li Xing said nothing.

He quietly watched the screen.

The space in front of Piccolo warped.

A strange-looking creature, seemingly unfinished, appeared before Piccolo.

"Take that!"

Li Xing watched with interest, while his consciousness sifted through the memories that had appeared out of nowhere in his mind.

The Cell Guidance Technique!

After taking a closer look, Li Xing was thoroughly disappointed.

Damn it all.

He'd thought it was that thing from Swallowed Star.

He'd been excited for ages, only to get this?

After reading it, Li Xing was so furious he started cursing.

Strictly speaking, this Cell Guidance Technique wasn't all that different from the health exercises people practiced in his previous life.

Especially the last part. Its effects were unknown.

It was freaking... spiritual!

"System, you're a real bastard!"

The system didn't say a word.

Ever since it had explained a few things at the beginning, the system seemed to realize it wasn't welcome.

It kept out of sight, never showing up to speak.

"What the hell is the point of this? It's no different from those old geezers doing tai chi in the park."

Li Xing's expression darkened.

"Damn, you might as well have given me a square-dancing routine. I could share it with the old men and women in this world and help them enjoy a second youth."

Li Xing had no taboos.

Everything he did was for his own benefit.

He'd worked so hard and been so full of anticipation, only to end up with this.

How could he be satisfied?

He was this close to jumping up and cursing the system out.

"System, I swear to God, get your ass out here!"

There was still no reply.

While he fumed, King Piccolo was trading blows with the monster.

That Android was an immature product of Wisdom. Its tested battle power was indeed 200, but in practice, it couldn't reach anywhere near that level.

The monster had appeared far too strangely. King Piccolo feared that killing it might lead to some unpleasant consequences.

So he held back, worried that things might take a turn for the worse.

He didn't know that the nameless crewman's words had already seeped into his mind, subtly influencing his actions.

"Bastard, who are you?"

Roar!

The unnumbered Android roared at Piccolo.

It was nothing more than a strange modification Li Xing had made to certain cells using genetic technology, giving them some aggression and a measure of energy.

It had no intelligence whatsoever.

Piccolo's question was even less effective than talking to a brick wall.

If this kind of Android appeared in a crowd, it would do nothing but slaughter people, driven by bloodlust. It had no other thoughts or will.

Piccolo's eyes were bloodshot. Gritting his teeth, he kept firing ki blasts at the Android.

Seeing this, Li Xing stopped cursing the system.

"Suit up."

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

In less than five minutes, Li Xing had caught up with Piccolo.

Piccolo was now hiding here and there, looking uncertain.

After struggling against that monster for so long, he was scared.

Terrified, in fact.

He feared another monster might appear.

The crewman's words kept circling in his mind.

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

"Heh."

"Who's there?"

"I never thought the evil King Piccolo would turn into such a coward."

King Piccolo's brow furrowed as he looked around.

"Who are you? If you've got the guts, come out. Hiding your face—what kind of hero does that?"

"Heh. I'm no hero."

Wearing black armor from head to toe, Li Xing appeared in the sunlight and sneered at Piccolo.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

"Tsk, tsk. Didn't you come out to rule the world?

Why are you so scared now?"

Piccolo's gaze turned sinister.

He did want to rule the entire world.

But he didn't want to be sealed away by the Evil Containment Wave again, then spend hundreds of years cooped up in a cramped space.

He'd just had two scares since getting out.

No, three.

This black-clad freak in front of him had startled him badly, too.

The world had changed.

It had become completely unfamiliar.

"What's the matter? Scared?"

After teasing him, Li Xing moved. An overwhelming force roared toward Piccolo.

"Damn you, brat! Who do you think you are?"

Bang!

Whoosh.

Bang!

Li Xing didn't hold back with this punch. He used his full strength.

Humiliated and enraged, Piccolo took the punch head-on—and his whole body burst apart.

Like a meteor, he crashed into the earth.

He smashed straight through a mountain.

Rumble!

Rocks tumbled down, burying King Piccolo beneath them.

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

This guy hadn't regained his youth. He probably had a battle power of only a little over 210.

And he couldn't even bring all of it to bear. No wonder he was able to crush Sun Wukong back then, yet still seemed to be struggling so much.

Li Xing raised a hand and gathered a tremendous glow of energy. A sparkling energy sphere formed in his palm.

Whoosh!

Before the explosion had even died down or the dust had cleared, Li Xing had already charged inside.

He grabbed Piccolo's limp body and shot straight into the sky, then turned invisible and disappeared into the air.

No one knew a small-scale battle had taken place here.

Li Xing had used completely different levels of force against Piccolo and Sun Wukong.

That was the difference between liking someone and disliking them.

This kind of unfair treatment was disgusting, yet there was nothing anyone could do about it.

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

Li Xing's expression was cold.

"My speed is still too slow.

Wisdom, can you develop a way to fly faster?"

"Engineer, based on the available data, the chances are low."

Li Xing fell silent for a moment.

"Take some cells from this guy and study them carefully.

He'll be a great help to our Android project."

"Understood, Engineer."

As Wisdom finished speaking, a stiff-faced man walked over, picked up the limp Piccolo from behind Li Xing, and turned to leave.

Li Xing's eyes lit up.

"Was that you, Wisdom?"

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

Li Xing fell silent again.

This Wisdom still wasn't very wise.

"Never mind. Keep researching. In a month, deploy Androids in the other cities, as well as the city where they defeated the Android this time."

"Understood, Engineer."

Li Xing disappeared from the room.

As for Piccolo, he wasn't worried about him at all.

If Piccolo could rebel against him here, then there'd be no point in pursuing the technological path.

Only those who'd experienced it firsthand could understand just how insanely advanced this world's technology was.

If not for that group of Saiyans stealing the spotlight, every crisis that came later on Earth would have to be solved with the help of technology.

"Next comes another long wait.

Sun Wukong and the others don't have much pressure from daily life or enemies, so their strength is increasing far too slowly. My Android Technology is still immature, and even Dr. Gero's Android Technology isn't ready yet. I need to lie low for a while.

I'll consider this period their reward."