You Only Have Two Choices

Luo Chuan returned to the Nest of Time, and with his return, that twisted stretch of history swiftly restored itself to its original form.

After chatting with Chronoa for a while, Luo Chuan once again entered the otherworldly space for his cultivation journey.

In the otherworldly space, with every step and every breath, Luo Chuan immersed himself completely, striving to break through his own limits and seek out the mysteries of even greater power.

At the same time, on Earth in the main timeline, a heart-stopping battle was unfolding in full swing.

Son Goku and the other Z Fighters were fighting the aggressive Hearts and his group. These people should never have appeared here, but with the secret help of some mysterious "person," their parallel timeline had been linked with the main timeline, allowing them to descend upon Earth in the main timeline.

For a time, Earth was plunged into darkness and chaos. Sand and stones flew everywhere, and the entire world seemed to have fallen into apocalyptic turmoil.

Meanwhile, in the supreme Lookout, the atmosphere was equally grave.

The young and adorable Grand Zeno 1 looked at the Grand Minister beside him with those clear, watery eyes that shone with endless curiosity, and asked softly, "Hey, hey, Grand Minister, do you think they can resolve this crisis smoothly?"

Faced with Grand Zeno's question, the Grand Minister answered without the slightest hesitation, "Do not worry, Lord Grand Zeno. They will certainly win in the end. After all... that person is about to return as well."

Hearing the Grand Minister's certainty, Grand Zeno 1 gave a slight nod, then seemed to remember something and suddenly threw out another question. "Hey! Grand Minister, who do you think is helping Hearts and the others from behind the scenes?"

Although Grand Zeno looked like nothing more than an innocent child, that innocence absolutely did not mean foolishness. In truth, he saw the many schemes, calculations, and complicated relationships within the universe as clearly as a polished mirror.

This time, the Grand Minister, who had always handled any question with ease, fell into a rare silence.

After a long silence, the Grand Minister slowly raised his head and looked toward the distant, unopened chaos of the void, murmuring to himself, "The one behind the scenes... is likely not so simple..."

"All right, as long as you know. I just hope you can handle this quickly."

"After all, I still want to eat the delicious food on Earth."

Grand Zeno 1 revealed an innocent smile.

As for Grand Zeno 2, he was watching the fighting on the screen with great relish.

The Grand Minister said he understood, and rarely sighed inwardly. After all, he and Grand Zeno 1 had both guessed who was behind it; they simply had not expected the matter to reach this extent.

In truth, Grand Zeno understood it perfectly well too, and what the Grand Minister had just said was complete nonsense.

At this moment, the entire Earth could be described as devastated.

The energy impacts erupting from the battle between Son Goku's group and their enemies had destroyed cities, and many innocent people had died tragically.

In a certain mysterious and hidden space, the light was dim and the silence absolute, with only a few screens flickering.

In front of the screens sat a person. He was Fu. He gently adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose, a mysterious smile appearing at the corner of his mouth as his eyes remained fixed on the screens.

"Although Universe 7 is indeed an excellent stage, the people here must not be underestimated either—especially that man... I truly look forward to seeing what interesting things will happen when the time comes..." Fu murmured softly to himself. As he spoke, his gaze flickered, as though he had already foreseen the wonderful scene about to arrive.

Yet just then, he seemed to suddenly sense something and abruptly turned his head toward another screen on his left.

He let out a soft exclamation. "Oh my! I didn't expect Universe 3 to be quite a decent place as well. To think it allowed me to successfully gather such precious data again."

Of course, the Universe 3 appearing on this screen at this moment was no longer the Universe 3 of the past.

On a certain planet in Universe 3, where strange rocks jutted everywhere and signs of life had only just begun to emerge, the originally blue-gray sky was now shattered by a series of deafening explosions.

With a whoosh, a figure plummeted down like a meteor and slammed hard into the ground, instantly stirring up dust that filled the sky. As the dust gradually dispersed, an enormous crater with a diameter of a full thousand meters could be seen in the ground, and lying in the center of that crater was an unconscious woman.

The man standing high in the sky wore an indifferent expression. After casting a faint glance at the woman below, he immediately shifted his gaze to a man standing on the ground not far away.

On the ground, that man actually had a tail behind him, which undoubtedly proved his identity as a Saiyan. His name was Cumber, and he also had a fearsome title that shook all directions—the "Evil Saiyan."

And the person in the sky was Metal Cooler, who had undergone a series of precise modifications.

A sharp whistling rang out. Whoosh! Cumber shot forward like a bolt of lightning, instantly charging in front of Metal Cooler, and without hesitation, he rammed him headfirst. The powerful impact made Metal Cooler lose his balance and stagger back several steps.

However, Cumber's attack did not stop there. He swiftly raised his fists and struck Cooler's body like a storm, and for a time, bang, bang, bang echoed without end. Every punch contained the power to shatter space.

At this moment, Cumber had already activated the third stage of the Super Saiyan transformation.

Faced with Cumber's ferocious attacks, Cooler, however, seemed not to feel the slightest pain.

In an instant, Cooler revealed a disdainful smile. The next moment, an extremely powerful aura erupted from his entire body, and his body shone with dazzling golden light. In the blink of an eye, he completed his transformation and became his Golden Form.

Then Cooler flew up with a kick and, with lightning speed, slammed it hard into Cumber.

Cumber flew backward like a cannonball, smashing through countless massive rocks along the way.

Amid rumbling booms, those incomparably hard boulders cracked and shattered one after another, turning into piles of broken stone and rubble. In the end, Cumber sank deep into a field of jagged rocks, completely buried beneath a large number of stones.

But not long after, a violent tremor came. The ruins that had originally piled up like a mountain suddenly began to shake and collapse. Countless tiny stone fragments flew through the sky, and in the blink of an eye, Cumber shot up from the ruins.

However, when Cumber reappeared, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

It turned out that Cooler had, at some point, already taken his position steadily. His left hand was raised high, and a large amount of energy was continuously gathering at his fingertip. Gradually, an enormous golden energy sphere formed above his finger. Even more astonishingly, that energy sphere was still splitting apart, and in the blink of an eye, it had become three equally massive golden energy spheres.

Seeing that Cooler was about to hurl those astonishingly powerful golden energy spheres, at that critical instant, a faint cough suddenly rang out.

"I really didn't expect you would choose this kind of method to chase after Frieza! Sigh, what a pity."

Cooler's heart jolted violently. His eyes swept around like lightning, trying to catch even the slightest suspicious sign.

"Haha, are you looking for me? I'm right here, standing right in front of you in broad daylight!"

Along with a soft laugh, a figure slowly emerged like a ghost. Looking closely, it was none other than Luo Chuan!

As it turned out, he had buried himself in bitter cultivation for a full week in that mysterious otherworldly space in the Nest of Time, then informed Chronoa before leaving and returning to the main timeline.

What he had not expected, however, was that he would actually arrive in another universe. Fortunately, after a brief observation, he had already roughly figured out everything that had happened here.

There was just one small question lingering in his mind: why would events from a parallel spacetime appear in the main timeline without the slightest warning?

But Luo Chuan had never been the type who liked to dig to the bottom of a question and ponder it deeply.

Unless the matter was directly tied to his own vital interests, he usually stopped at a superficial understanding and would not spend too much time or energy investigating the reason behind it.

Luo Chuan's casual words were like a sharp sword, stabbing straight into Cooler's sore spot.

Just as Luo Chuan had said, the reason Cooler had willingly accepted bodily modification was simply because he wanted to use such an extreme method to surpass Frieza.

Suddenly, Cooler swept out with a leg, only for Luo Chuan to catch it with ease. Cooler's pupils shrank, and he hurled out those three enormous energy spheres. Luo Chuan chuckled softly and transformed into an ordinary Super Saiyan 4 form. This Golden Metal Cooler's strength was around the upper-middle tier of the 11th Dimension; converted into battle power, it was 73,000 rang.

Luo Chuan casually threw a punch, and three explosions rang out one after another. Cooler thought he had eliminated him then and there, but to his surprise, Luo Chuan walked out of the blasts completely unharmed.

At the same time, Cumber below moved. The person he charged toward was not Cooler, but Luo Chuan.

Luo Chuan was speechless at this. This Evil Saiyan really did want to have a go at anyone he saw. Still, Luo Chuan could not exactly say he disliked Cumber. After all, he remembered that later on or something, the guy seemed like he should be redeemed.

Luo Chuan released several energy blasts, but Cumber knocked them all aside with a wave of his hand. He arrived in front of Luo Chuan and attacked with both fists and feet, but in Luo Chuan's eyes, these attacks were very slow, and he dodged them with extreme ease.

"I don't have time to play with you right now."

As soon as the words fell, he kicked out directly.

Luo Chuan's kick was incredibly fast. Cumber had no time to react at all before he was sent flying. At the same time, a tremendous force spread through his body, making him go numb all over. His consciousness began to blur, and by the time he fell to the ground, his eyes had rolled back and he had fainted.

Luo Chuan then turned around swiftly and punched at Cooler. The power unleashed by this punch was not something Cooler could withstand at all, and it pierced straight through his stomach. Cooler did not care in the slightest. Instead, a cold smile appeared on his face, and strands of white threads emerged from his abdomen, trying to invade Luo Chuan's arm.

But how could Luo Chuan let him have his way? His other hand reached out and tore Cooler in half directly. Then he fired two ki blasts with extremely high energy density. After a thunderous boom, Cooler disappeared, but Luo Chuan knew Cooler would not die that easily.

Afterward, he landed on the ground, walked over to the unconscious Cumber, picked him up, and raised his hand to slap him awake with several heavy blows across the face before tossing him onto the ground.

Luo Chuan held up two fingers and said, "You have two choices. No, I should say you only have two choices. One, die by my hand. Two, become my underling."

This was something he had decided on the spur of the moment.

"You bastard. Who do you think I am?"

To Cumber, Luo Chuan's words were extremely insulting.

One had to know that he had once been the king of the Saiyans. How could he become someone else's underling? That was absolutely impossible. Just as Cumber was about to attack, Luo Chuan swept a glance over at him.

Luo Chuan's gaze was extremely calm, but it was precisely that calm gaze that made Cumber feel an immense terror. Having spent years in slaughter, he knew the other party truly had the strength to kill him.

After a struggle in his mind, Cumber sighed helplessly, returned to his normal state, and said to Luo Chuan, "I choose the second one. I'll be your underling."

Luo Chuan revealed a satisfied smile.

"Mm. Your choice is very wise. From now on, you're my number two underling."

Hearing that, the corners of Cumber's mouth twitched hard.

Fu's location.

A fist slammed onto the table, and the images on the screens kept flickering.

"Damn it. How did this guy appear there? No, the Universe Seed still hasn't reached its most ideal state. I can't let him interfere."

Gritting his teeth, Fu's gaze flickered. After a few seconds, his eyes lit up.

"I'll have Zamasu deal with you. After all, he has an immortal body. No matter how powerful you are, you can't possibly destroy him."

Thinking this, Fu immediately went to make preparations.