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Bulma sighed. "All right."

Just as Trunks was about to close the hatch and start the time machine, An Xiu suddenly called out to him.

"Wait, don't leave yet."

"Hm?"

Trunks turned around and looked at An Xiu in confusion. "Mr. An Xiu, is there something else?"

"Do you want to know how everyone in this world became so strong?"

With his arms folded across his chest, An Xiu looked at him calmly. "With your current strength, how are you planning to deal with those two androids after you return?"

Trunks was somewhat surprised. He caught the implication in An Xiu's words. "Mr. An Xiu, are you planning to train me?"

"That's right. I have a place where you can rapidly improve your strength. Also, there's someone you know..."

At that, An Xiu paused, a faint smile curling at the corner of his lips. "I think you'll be very happy to see each other."

Rapidly improve his strength...

A flash of delight crossed Trunks's face, but he was immediately puzzled by the latter half of An Xiu's words.

"Someone I know?"

"You'll find out when you get there. Don't worry, it'll definitely be a surprise."

An Xiu smiled without explaining further.

Trunks agreed to stay.

After all, if he could improve his strength here and return to take revenge on the androids, what reason did he have to refuse?

"Come over here."

An Xiu held the unconscious King Cold in one hand and beckoned Trunks over with the other.

After putting away the time machine, Trunks walked over, somewhat unsure of what was happening.

An Xiu grabbed his shoulder, and the two instantly vanished from where they stood.

Seeing An Xiu and Trunks leave,

everyone immediately turned their attention to Raditz and Nappa.

No one present was not curious about how the two had fused.

Faced with all those sudden stares, Raditz and Nappa were immensely pleased with themselves. They roughly explained the principles behind the Fusion Dance and also mentioned that An Xiu had taught it to them.

After learning what had happened, Son Goku said indignantly, "Man, that guy An Xiu actually taught such an amazing technique only to you two..."

"You want to learn it?"

Raditz raised an eyebrow. "I can teach you."

"Really?!" Son Goku's face lit up with excitement.

"Haha, I'm kidding." Raditz teased.

Son Goku's expression immediately fell.

Vegeta watched from the side, the corner of his eye twitching.

His proud self-respect made him deeply disdain cheating methods like the Fusion Dance.

After chatting for a while, everyone went their separate ways.

Meanwhile, at Kami's Lookout,

An Xiu used Instant Transmission to bring Trunks and the unconscious King Cold here.

Dende was startled by the sudden appearance of An Xiu and the others, while Mr. Popo remained much calmer.

After greeting them, An Xiu brought Trunks to the plaza outside.

At the center of the plaza stood a pitch-black metal door covered in blue-purple patterns.

An Xiu introduced it to Trunks.

"This is the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Time passes differently inside from the real world. A year inside is only a day outside. The gravity and environment inside are perfect for training, and it can never be destroyed. The space is also practically limitless."

"There's actually something this incredible in the world..."

After hearing An Xiu's description, Trunks was dumbfounded.

An Xiu smiled and pushed open the door. "All right, go in first. Someone is waiting for you inside. I'll come find you later."

A blinding white light poured out from within the doorway.

Trunks glanced at An Xiu, then walked straight in without hesitation.

The instant he stepped through the door, the blinding white light faded away.

He appeared in a simple cabin, fully furnished and spacious, with many rooms.

Behind him was the exit door.

Trunks cautiously turned around and gave it a push. When he found that it could be opened, he relaxed slightly.

He walked out of the cabin.

The instant he stepped outside, a powerful gravity pressed down on him.

However, gravity of this level took him less than a second to adapt to.

He curiously surveyed the surroundings—an endless expanse of white, with even the boundary between sky and ground blurred beyond recognition.

Just as he continued looking around,

he suddenly caught sight of a figure from the corner of his right eye that he found utterly unbelievable.

—A familiar yellow-and-blue Turtle School martial arts uniform, with a large "Gohan" emblazoned on the back, neat short hair, and an empty sleeve hanging from the left side.

The person sat cross-legged, floating in midair a hundred meters away.

Staring at that back,

Trunks could hardly believe his eyes.

Was it fake...

No...

He could feel that familiar aura.

There was absolutely no mistake.

Tears welled uncontrollably in Trunks's eyes. He opened his mouth, countless thoughts surging through his heart before finally turning into a single cry.

"—Big Brother Gohan!"

At the very bottom of Kami's Lookout, inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber,

An Xiu brought the unconscious King Cold here.

Host: An Xiu

Lifespan: 80

Race: Ancient Saiyan [Human]

Realm: Initial Lower Tier of the Divine Realm (Normal State)

Abilities: Time-Space Travel, Super Forced Separation Technique, Instant Transmission, Immortality Suppression

Mission: Have the transmigrator King Cold invite the host to join the Myriad Heavens Chat Group—Reward: Super Movement [Allows Super Movement throughout the universe, crossing from north to south in thirty minutes, with fixed-coordinate teleportation through aura anchors. No energy consumption. Cannot be used in the instant of combat.]

The previous mission had been completed.

The next mission immediately followed.

Before An Xiu could personally interrogate King Cold, the system directly revealed the other man's identity.

A transmigrator... and he even possessed a cheat like a chat group... This discovery greatly surprised An Xiu.

He had originally thought that he was the only transmigrator in this world. He never expected to have a fellow countryman, and one with a cheat of his own.

After gaining the system, this slightly diminished An Xiu's previous protagonist mindset of being the only one.

But it also gave him an inexplicable sense of closeness.

A chat group... In other words, King Cold was not the only transmigrator. There were many others as well.

After learning all this,

An Xiu's feelings at the time were extremely complicated.

Of course, he had not saved King Cold because of the mission assigned by the system.

Even without this mission,

An Xiu had not intended to kill him.

Unless the other man actively sought death.

"Super Movement can travel freely throughout the universe and even has fixed-point teleportation... Doesn't that look a bit like an enhanced version of the angels' movement ability?"

An Xiu recalled the angels of the Dragon Balls world.

The angel of every universe possessed the ability to roam freely through space and travel swiftly across the universe.

This mission reward was very similar.

Looking at his fellow countryman lying on the ground, barely clinging to life,

An Xiu felt a complicated mix of emotions.

He did not hesitate for long before immediately taking out a Senzu Bean and feeding it to him.

After eating the Senzu Bean, King Cold's injuries instantly healed, and he soon woke up.

He opened his eyes and lay on the ground, looking expressionlessly at An Xiu.

An Xiu stood over him, looking down at him with the same blank expression.

The atmosphere became awkward for a moment.

Thank you to Shishi Ruyi for the three gifts of support!

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