Six Months Later, a New System Mission

"This method could work.

"By gathering scientists from across the universe and secretly training them, while I collect all the technology myself and upgrade Wisdom,

"with advanced technology, the long lifespan that comes from martial arts cultivation, and quantum teleportation, building my own version of Asgard wouldn't be difficult."

Another storm began brewing in Li Xing's mind.

"That way, I can establish an extremely secretive organization.

"I'll secretly gather some bad people and keep them close, then train them well."

Li Xing's mind raced as he considered whether some of his ideas were feasible.

"Wisdom, help me analyze and organize all of this."

Li Xing thought it over for a while, then gave up.

It was too much for him to think through alone. He might as well leave it to Wisdom.

Fortunately, the technologies in this world could coexist, so he wasn't worried about artificial intelligence betraying him.

"Understood, Engineer."

"Detected that the host will significantly change the course of the Dragon Ball World. Super Choice System initiating."

"Choice One: Develop the Aurora Group with all your might and make it the most powerful and technologically advanced group on Earth. Reward: Physique +1.

"Choice Two: Work hard to develop the Polar Night organization and rule Earth in the name of the Kirielodian god. Reward: Spiritual power +1.

"Choice Three: Develop a new god-level power and establish a divine kingdom. Reward: God-Sealing Technique."

Li Xing's eyes lit up. This was just what he needed.

The rewards this time were generous, with both Physique and Spiritual power increased by 1.

His Physique was only 6, and his Spiritual power was a mere 1.02.

That was an absurdly generous reward.

Even more astonishing was Choice Three, which was also the hardest mission to complete.

If he succeeded, he really might be able to imitate Asgard and establish a different kind of god-level civilization.

At a time like this, the system was being remarkably generous, giving him such a powerful ability outright.

Li Xing's emotions surged, but in the end, he decided to follow his instincts.

"System, I choose Mission Three."

~

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

Ever since the first Martial Arts Tournament, after each ranking tournament concluded, the Androids would pick a city and cause trouble.

The Aurora Group made no attempt to hide it. Instead, it openly announced what was happening.

This angered many cities, which launched large-scale protest movements.

Li Xing had gone into hiding behind the scenes and rarely visited the Aurora Group.

Training, cultivation, and fighting Sun Wukong were his main pursuits now.

"President Li, the first regional tournament will be held in a week. Will you be participating?"

Li Xing looked at the figure in the cultivation tank.

"I'll participate."

"Understood. Can the group announce it?"

"Yes."

Li Xing's expression was cold.

Over the past six months, besides boycotting the Aurora Group's Martial Arts Tournament, ordinary people had spread another theory.

They believed that the enemies appearing around the world were probably being controlled behind the scenes by the Aurora Group.

The goal was to disrupt people's lives so the Aurora Group could profit enormously from the chaos and eventually rule the entire planet.

They had to admit, some people on Earth were pretty clever.

Li Xing might not have had that intention, but their suspicions came surprisingly close to the truth.

Those people really had a knack for wild theories.

When Li Xing first heard about it, he had even investigated the matter thoroughly.

Li Xing stood and left the laboratory.

"Li Xing, our time's up now, right?"

As soon as he stepped outside, Bulma stormed up to him.

It was obvious she'd been fuming and waiting for a long time.

Li Xing wore a warm smile.

Back when he'd attended a meeting at Dr. Brief's house,

Bulma had planned to bring Krillin along to show him up.

Did Li Xing really intend to let them have their way?

After laying a trap, he'd ended up keeping both of them in his hands.

Bulma had been completing the research assignments Li Xing gave her day and night, while Krillin was having a painful yet pleasurable time.

He had a tube of blood drawn every ten days, and in return his battle power had now reached over 500, meeting the Aurora Group's martial arts evaluation standards.

Truth be told, Krillin didn't really want to leave.

The Aurora Group had the best food and energy supplements, the finest training rooms, and a powerful combat team.

Every member had a battle power of over 400.

There was nowhere else on Earth he could find such a great training environment.

The strongest among them was a guy named Ashu, whose battle power was even higher than Krillin's, reaching over 600. Next were the Aurora Group's commercial director, Xiao Wu, and its research director, Pilaf. Both were strong too, with battle powers over 480.

Krillin followed behind Bulma with a miserable, aggrieved look.

If Bulma hadn't promised to build him a similar research lab after they left, he wouldn't have wanted to leave the Aurora Group's training rooms.

"Oh, has it already been five months?"

Bulma waved her arms angrily, gnashing her teeth.

"Damn you, Li Xing! You're such a huge jerk!"

Li Xing didn't mind at all. He watched Bulma with a beaming smile.

"Really? Then I'm honored by the compliment."

Bulma was so furious she could have spat blood, but there was nothing she could do to Li Xing.

"In that case, you two can leave."

Bulma stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at him furiously, yet cutely.

Grinning, Li Xing took something like a flash drive from his orange-red wristwatch.

"I guarantee there aren't any backups."

Bulma took it haughtily, then bared her little canine tooth.

"I'd advise you to behave yourself. You should know Krillin doesn't stand a chance against my Guard Team."

"Damn you! Why don't you fight me one-on-one?"

Li Xing raised an eyebrow and grinned at Bulma.

"How is that not one-on-one? Krillin against my Guard Team.

"I'm a fair man. Whoever it is, I always make it one-on-one."

Bulma gritted her teeth in fury, but there was nothing she could do about Li Xing.

"Tell me, why didn't you send your Guard Team to deal with those monsters when they appeared?"

Li Xing feigned shock as he stared at Bulma.

"Seriously? Isn't your father working on a defense system?

"You're doing research here, and the results just happen to belong to me. I haven't restricted your movements, so don't tell me you don't know what's happening outside.

"People are practically saying that I and the Aurora Group created all this trouble.

"They're even saying I'm the one behind that Black Armor, and you expect me to help them?

"Miss Bulma, you don't think I'm a good person, do you?"

Li Xing spoke with exaggerated earnestness.

"I'm a businessman, not a good person."

After saying that, Li Xing turned and left without a backward glance.

Bulma stomped her foot in frustration.

Just thinking about it made her even angrier.

He said he hadn't imprisoned her, but the research tasks he gave her were absolutely insane. Her brain cells could barely keep up.

And that guy was only seventeen. Why did he always act so mature and composed?

Bulma gritted her teeth in frustration.

"Krillin, we're leaving."

"Huh? We're really leaving?"

Bulma put her hands on her hips and glared at Krillin.

She looked ready to fly into a rage if he said another word.

Krillin had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender and flash a foolish grin.