"Impossible!"
When Lin Chen admitted he was a Saiyan, Vegeta swept out a hand. "The only Saiyans left in this world are me, Kakarot, and our sons. How could there be any others?"
Looking at Vegeta's disdainful expression, Lin Chen had to admit that, compared with this grown-up Vegeta, the little Vegeta in his world who begged to become his student was much more endearing.
"You're both right and wrong. But I really am not a Saiyan from your world. I come from another timeline."
"Another timeline?"
Everyone froze at his words. Most of them couldn't make sense of what Lin Chen meant, but there was still a supergenius among them: Bulma.
Holding the still-infant Kid Trunks, she squeezed her way over from the side.
"Another timeline? Are you a Saiyan from a parallel timeline? Just like Trunks?"
"Bulma, stay away from him! He's still suspicious!" Vegeta shouted immediately when he saw his wife approach.
Trunks was nervous too. "Mom, be careful!"
"It's fine! I don't think he's lying."
This world's Bulma was just as easygoing as the Bulma in Lin Chen's world. She told Future Trunks, "I don't think he's lying. Don't forget, Trunks, aren't you from a parallel timeline yourself?"
Trunks stood there, dumbfounded.
His mother did seem to have a point. Wasn't he from the future of a parallel timeline himself?
In that case, the appearance of a Saiyan from another parallel timeline didn't seem impossible either.
"Hey, how did you get to our world? Do you have a Time Machine too?" Bulma continued curiously.
"I actually ended up here because of an accident, not a Time Machine," Lin Chen said. "My Scouter happened to detect some powerful people here, so I came to take a look. I never expected to run into all of you."
Judging by what everyone was doing, Lin Chen knew they were holding a Cherry Blossom Viewing Party, and he must have arrived shortly before the events of "Super Battle."
In the plot of "Super Battle," Paragus had appeared at a Cherry Blossom Viewing Party.
Lin Chen suspected that Paragus might appear at any moment, so he didn't intend to explain too much.
Fortunately, aside from Bulma, most of those present cared only about training, food, or beautiful women. Bulma herself was easygoing, so when Lin Chen offered no further explanation, she didn't press him.
Everyone soon stopped dwelling on Lin Chen's origins.
Instead, Kid Gohan and the others warmly invited this wanderer from another timeline to join their Cherry Blossom Viewing Party. Son Gohan even said he would introduce Lin Chen to his father when he arrived.
The Cherry Blossom Viewing Party resumed, and everyone lay on the grass and began singing karaoke.
The proud Vegeta withdrew to the side again, leaning against a tree with his eyes closed.
Everything was just as Lin Chen remembered from the plot of "Super Battle."
Knowing Paragus would arrive soon, Lin Chen wasn't in a hurry to find Broly. He intended to let the plot unfold naturally.
Besides, gathering and chatting with these familiar characters was a rare experience for Lin Chen.
After all, many of them either hadn't been born yet or were still children in Lin Chen's timeline, while the versions he knew best were the ones at their current ages.
When Krillin began singing, Lin Chen used his desire to learn about Earth's Saiyans as an excuse to ask Gohan beside him about this timeline.
From that conversation, Lin Chen discovered that this parallel timeline really was different from the Dragon Ball world he knew.
If the original Dragon Ball world Lin Chen knew was considered the main world, then his own world was a parallel world to it.
And this world, just like Lin Chen's, was another parallel world distinct from the main one.
In this world, the Cell Games had never happened.
Although the Androids and Cell had appeared one after another, the story had diverged from the main Dragon Ball world Lin Chen knew after Cell absorbed Android 17.
In this world, Vegeta, Son Goku, and the others had entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber in succession to defeat Android 17 and Android 18, gaining power beyond Super Saiyan.
As a result, when Cell was in his second form, Vegeta hadn't allowed him to absorb Android 18 as he had in the main world. Instead, he had killed him outright.
From that point on, the story had changed.
Since Perfect Cell had never existed in this world, there had been no Cell Games. Humanity never learned that such a terrifying monster existed, so the world had remained peaceful, just as Lin Chen saw it now.
So that was it...
After listening to Gohan's explanation, Lin Chen finally solved a mystery that had long puzzled him.
When he had watched "Super Battle," he hadn't understood something. Everyone said it took place ten days before the Cell Games, but with the final showdown approaching and a powerful enemy like Cell waiting for them, why would Vegeta and the others travel all the way to South Galaxy?
And with the end of the world looming, why were people on Earth still lining up to enroll their children in tutoring classes?
It was all because Cell was already dead...
"Trunks, so your dad was the savior of the world?" Lin Chen couldn't help asking Trunks beside him.
Trunks lowered his head, blushing, unsure how to answer.
At that moment, Bulma smiled and said, "He may be the savior of the world, but he still can't sing. Do you know why he's hiding over there? It's because he thinks he can't sing as well as Krillin and feels embarrassed."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone else burst out laughing.
"Bulma!" Vegeta suddenly leaped out from behind a cherry tree and shouted angrily.
Just then, a shadow suddenly fell over them, and a huge spaceship appeared before their eyes.
Here he comes!
Lin Chen's eyes immediately lit up.
Everyone else stood up, looking wary.
"Trunks! On that ship...?" Gohan asked.
"Yes, there seems to be a Saiyan aboard!" Trunks said with a nod.
"Hmph! What's going on today? Why has another Saiyan shown up? Linx, is he a friend of yours?" Vegeta asked, his haughty expression returning.
"No, I don't recognize this spaceship or the Saiyan aboard," Lin Chen said.
As everyone discussed it, the spaceship finally landed on the grass not far from them. Then a large group of aliens in purple armor emerged from the ship and sprinted toward them.
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