The Importance of Numbers and Mechanics

"Ding, system scan in progress..."

This time, the system's immense power pierced through the barriers of the universe, descended into a higher dimension, and locked onto the Grand Minister within Zeno's Palace...

This analysis took slightly longer. It was about a minute before the system gave its result.

"Ding, based on the system's data analysis, for the host to surpass the Grand Minister, your potential must be unlocked to at least 71%."

That actually worked?

Shin's mouth fell open. He had originally thought that even unlocking 100% of his potential might not be enough to defeat Beerus, but now the system was telling him that he only needed to unlock 71% to beat the Grand Minister!

"System, are you sure you're not messing with me?" Shin asked carefully, his heart thumping wildly. He was simply too excited.

"Ding, based solely on numerical analysis, the system's conclusion is correct. However, numbers are just numbers. Whether you can truly defeat an opponent in battle, numbers alone are sometimes not enough. You also need mechanics."

The system's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over him, calming the excited and exhilarated Shin down.

"So I need mechanics too..."

Shin knew it would not be that simple. But when mechanics were mentioned, he thought of someone—someone no one in the Dragon Ball World could ever avoid: Zeno!

Setting Zeno's numbers aside for the moment, his mechanics alone made him invincible in the Dragon Ball World.

If the Dragon Ball World were a drawing on paper, then Zeno's mechanics would be an eraser. If he did not like something, he could simply erase it. He was practically unbeatable!

"System, then how much potential would I need for my numbers to surpass Zeno's?" Shin asked cautiously.

After all, Zeno's status was obvious for all to see.

Even with a system capable of dimensional suppression, Shin no longer had absolute confidence.

"Ding, system scan in progress..."

The system's immense power once again descended into a higher dimension, arriving at Zeno's Palace and locking onto Zeno, who was currently using planets as marbles.

"Ding, based on the system's data analysis, for the host's numbers to surpass Zeno, your potential must be unlocked to at least 91%."

"91%? That little guy's numbers are that high? I thought he only had mechanics!" Shin was somewhat surprised.

Zeno was undoubtedly the ceiling of Dragon Ball.

But the greatest impression Zeno gave people was his seemingly unsolvable mechanical abilities. As for numbers? They did not seem to match his tiny body at all.

"The ceiling is the ceiling. Whether in terms of numbers or mechanics, he's practically invincible," Shin sighed.

But then he thought about it. The system had silently scanned and analyzed Zeno's data. Didn't that mean the system was even more incredible than Zeno?

Gulp~

Shin suddenly felt a little nervous.

What had he done to deserve this?

Before transmigrating, he had just been an ordinary wage slave. Why had such an incredible system chosen him?

No!

He could not keep thinking about it. The more he thought, the more his head hurt.

Shin shook away those thoughts. Why the system had chosen him was not important. What mattered was that he was not even a speck of dust before the system, so there was no need to overthink things.

Because thinking about it was useless anyway.

"By the way, System, haven't I checked in today yet?" Shin suddenly remembered and hurriedly asked.

"Yes."

Shin anxiously said, "Then what are you waiting for? Check in, then increase my potential!"

"Ding, check-in complete. You have obtained 1 Source Point."

"Ding, 1 Source Point consumed. Your potential has been unlocked. Your current potential progress: 0.03%."

As his potential increased, Shin once again experienced the process of his body being elevated!

His strength surged again. Terrifying power was concealed within Shin's slender body, filling him with fervor!

After calming down from his excitement, Shin tried asking, "System, can the check-in method be changed to automatic? I'm afraid that when I'm cultivating in the future, I might lose track of time and miss a check-in."

"Yes."

"Ding, would you like to change manual check-in mode to automatic check-in mode?"

"Yes/No?"

Looking at the two options before him, Shin decisively chose "Yes."

"Ding, modification complete. Manual check-in mode has been changed to automatic check-in mode. At midnight each day, the system will automatically check in. Would you like to enable the check-in notification function?"

"Yes/No?"

"Check-in notification function? You mean it will notify me when it checks in automatically?" Shin asked.

"Yes."

"Then if I don't enable that function, will it affect automatic check-ins?" Shin asked.

"No."

"Then don't enable it," Shin said.

"Understood. The check-in notification function has been disabled. After automatic check-ins, you will not receive notifications. Please check your Source Point balance yourself."

"Got it."

Shin closed the system and continued focusing on adapting to his newly increased strength.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

Suddenly, a burst of air tearing reached Shin's ears.

Shin looked up and saw a burly, white-haired, rosy-faced man flying toward him.

"Kibito?"

Kibito, the servant of the East Supreme Kai, was someone with even less presence in the anime than the Supreme Kai himself.

Kibito descended from the sky, landed before Shin, then bowed respectfully. "Supreme Kai."

"Mm."

Shin nodded, clasped his hands behind his back, put on a cold and aloof act, and asked, "What is it?"

"Supreme Kai, the Galactic King has sent a request for help. The galaxy under his rule is currently suffering an invasion from the Frieza Force. Should I go assist the Galactic King?"

"The Galactic King?"

Shin thought carefully. He was unfamiliar with this Galactic King, but he found information about him in the memories of this body's previous owner.

This Galactic King was actually one of the East Supreme Kai's lackeys. Shin found that rather surprising.

"The Frieza Force?"

At the mention of Frieza, Shin's teeth started aching again.

In the original Dragon Ball setting, Frieza was a weakling Shin could destroy with a wave of his hand. Yet after being dead for over a decade, that weakling had suddenly risen to power!

There had not even been the slightest sign of his rise!

Four months!

Just four months.

Frieza had seemed to activate a cheat, instantly crossing countless tiers of power. He had leaped from a lowly weakling to the top of the pyramid, able to pin the once-lofty Supreme Kai to the ground with a single finger and rub his face in the dirt!

So in the later stages, any human or ghost could step on the Supreme Kai? Didn't the Supreme Kai deserve some dignity?

Oh, right, there was also the protagonist group.

How many hardships and training sessions had they gone through? How many powerful enemies had they fought to the death before obtaining their late-stage strength?

Yet before Frieza, all of the protagonist group's efforts were like a joke, dismissed as utterly worthless.

Shin secretly thought that even with his current cheat, he could not achieve what Frieza had. So what kind of cheat had Frieza activated back then? It was so outrageously insane that not even the system's immense power could compare!

"Yes, Supreme Kai. The Frieza Force is a power that has only recently risen in the universe, and its momentum is fierce. It shows signs of unifying the North Galaxy. Should I go stop them?" Kibito asked.

(End of chapter)