In Dragon Ball: A brutal beating of Frieza at the start

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[Repeat! Execute the task immediately!]

Damn it! I gritted my teeth, resisting the system's forced command, cold sweat beading on my forehead. This wasn't an ordinary task prompt; it was a forced instruction that bordered on mind control.

The Dark Supreme God had begun to break the seal on the cage. His fingers traced complex paths in the air, and black energy coiled around the crystal surface as if it were alive. With a crisp sound, a crack appeared in the cage.

Just at this critical moment, a beam of blue energy suddenly shot out from the side!

Watch out! I instinctively pushed the Dark Lord aside. The energy beam grazed my shoulder and blasted a large hole in the wall.

Hahaha, they've arrived as predicted! A hoarse voice came from the shadows, and three figures dressed in black robes slowly emerged. The man in the lead removed his hood, revealing a face covered in scars. "Lord Dark Lord, you have indeed come with the key, just as the prophecy foretold."

I turned sharply to look at the Dark Supreme God: What does this mean?

The Dark Supreme Kai did not answer me, but coldly said to the black-robed men: You traitors, how dare you imprison the Supreme Kai of Time for three hundred years.

The scarred man grinned maliciously: "What's a little sacrifice compared to welcoming back that lord? Now, hand over the key!"

I couldn't understand a word they were saying, but my gut feeling told me something was wrong. Worse still, the system's commands grew stronger, my vision blurred, and only one thought remained in my mind: Kill the Supreme Kai of Time.

"Lin Ye! Wake up!" The Dark Realm King suddenly patted my back, and a surge of cool energy flowed into my body, temporarily suppressing the system's interference.

The scarred man waved his hand: Kill them! Just leave the key!

The battle erupted instantly. The three black-robed figures attacked simultaneously, their power unpredictable and their released energy capable of corroding the very space itself. I barely managed to parry, but the system's interference slowed my movements, and I narrowly escaped being hit several times.

The Dark Supreme God displayed astonishing power, fighting alone against two black-robed figures, his black energy transforming into countless sharp blades. However, the scarred man seemed exceptionally strong; he seized an opportunity and struck the Dark Supreme God in the chest, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.

The game was over. Scarface raised his palm, condensing a purplish-black energy ball. Farewell, Lord Dark World King.

Just as the energy ball was about to be launched, a golden sword light descended from the sky!

Magic Flash!

A familiar roar rang out, and the scarred man hastily dodged, but half of his shoulder was still sliced ​​off by the sword light. He let out a painful howl and staggered backward.

Trunks?! I stared in shock at the swordsman who had suddenly appeared. He was wearing the familiar blue combat suit, but his body was covered in wounds, clearly having gone through a fierce battle.

Lin Ye, quickly take the Supreme Kai of Time away! Trunks blocked our way, his sword pointed directly at Scarface. They were the Time Thieves, and their goal was—

Before he could finish speaking, Scarface suddenly sprang up and pierced Trunks' abdomen with a palm strike!

"No!" I roared and charged forward, but it was too late. Trunks spat out a mouthful of blood, and the sword slipped from his hand.

The scarred man grinned as he withdrew his bloodstained hand: "You troublesome fellow."

Trunks knelt on the ground, clinging tightly to Scarface's leg: "Lin Ye... run... they want to use you... to open the Time Gate..."

The Dark Supreme God suddenly appeared behind the scarred man, black energy piercing through his chest. "Enough with the nonsense," he said coldly, then turned to the other two black-robed figures, easily dispatching them.

I rushed to Trunks' side; there was a horrifying bloody hole in his abdomen, and his life was slipping away rapidly.

Hang in there! I frantically tried to stop the bleeding, but I didn't know where to start.

Trunks grabbed my wrist and said with difficulty, "Lin Ye... the Dark Supreme God... is untrustworthy... he has been... using you..."

I looked up sharply at the Dark Lord God, who was standing in front of the crystal cage with his back to us.

What do you mean? My voice trembled.

Trunks coughed up blood: He needs... your system... and the power of the Supreme Kai of Time... to open...

Before he could finish speaking, the Dark Supreme God suddenly turned around, and a beam of black energy shot straight towards me! I instinctively shielded Trunks, and the energy grazed my arm, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound.

What a touching reunion. The Dark Supreme God's voice was no longer gentle, but filled with cold mockery: "Unfortunately, you know too much."

I looked at him in disbelief: You...you've been lying to me all this time?

The Dark Supreme God slowly removed his usual mask, revealing a handsome but cold face: Intelligent. But it's too late for him to understand now.

With a wave of his hand, the crystal cage shattered completely, and the unconscious Supreme Kai of Time floated in the air. After three hundred years of waiting, all the conditions had finally been met—the power of the God of Time and the system energy from a higher dimension.

My system interface suddenly went completely out of control, with countless error messages flashing wildly. A sharp pain spread from my brain to my entire body, and I collapsed to my knees, feeling as if something was being forcibly extracted from my body.

The Dark Lord laughed maniacally: "Thank you for your cooperation, Lin Ye. As the key, your mission is about to be completed."

Trunks used his last bit of strength to push me away: Run... Then he lunged at the Dark Supreme Kai, detonating all the energy within him!

In the blinding white light, I heard the Dark Supreme Kai's furious roar. The shockwave from the explosion sent me flying, crashing heavily against the wall. As I struggled to my feet, I saw Trunks' body dissipating into specks of light...

No!! I screamed and crawled toward him, but only managed to grab onto thin air.

The Dark Supreme Kai emerged from the smoke and dust, his clothes torn but his injuries minor: "A foolish sacrifice." He said coldly, then looked at the Supreme Kai of Time floating in the air. "Now, no one can stop me."

I knelt on the ground, tears blurring my vision. Trunks... the future warrior who was always smiling, just vanished like that?

Just then, a weak but clear voice rang out: No...you're wrong...

The Dark Supreme Kai and I turned our heads at the same time—the Time Supreme Kai opened her eyes! Her silver hair moved without wind, and although she was weak, an indomitable flame burned in her eyes.

"You think... I'll let you succeed?" she said with difficulty, then looked at me, "Lin Ye... listen to me... your system isn't a tool... it is..."

The Dark Supreme Kai roared and charged at her, but the Time Supreme Kai suddenly unleashed a dazzling silver light! The entire ruins began to tremble violently, and the runes on the walls lit up one after another.

"Time Seal!" she cried out, "At the cost of all my remaining divine power!"

The silver light formed a huge vortex, trapping the Dark Supreme God within it. He struggled angrily, but could not break free.

"Lin Ye!" The voice of the Supreme Kai of Time echoed directly in my mind, "Go! This seal can only hold him for a moment! Go find the Omni-King... tell him... darkness is about to return..."

I wanted to say something more, but a gentle force pushed me towards the exit. In my last glimpse, I saw the Supreme Kai of Time smile at me, and then the entire ruins began to collapse...

Chapter 128 System Source Code

In Bulma's laboratory, the quantum analyzer beeps.

Trunks slammed the data chip onto the metal workbench, its edges still bearing scorch marks from cosmic dust: it was remnant brought back from the ruins of Universe Seven, its energy fluctuations matching Cell's core code from back then.

Bulma adjusted her holographic glasses, blue data streaming through her pupils: "Let's get this straight, if any self-destruct program is triggered again, this analyzer of mine is worth more than CapsuleCorp's villa." Her fingertips danced across the air keyboard, suddenly stopping at a spiral-shaped code snippet. "Wait... this recursive algorithm... Trunks, look at this!"

Lin Ye, who was adjusting the gravity device, suddenly turned around, and the system interface on the back of his neck glowed faintly.

It's a progenitor-level self-iteration protocol. Trunks' voice crackled with electrical noise, and the red light from his prosthetic eye swept across the screen, like... the system creating its own creator.

Bulma's face suddenly turned pale: This wasn't manually written code; it was... the trajectory of some kind of biological evolution. She brought up a 3D model, and the flickering data streams actually resembled a DNA double helix. "Do you remember Frieza's mechanical ascension plan?" she thought. "He attempted to embed consciousness into a quantum system, but ultimately failed."

The laboratory lights suddenly went out, and the emergency power came on just as Lin Ye was gripping Bulma's wrist.

"You...your eyes..." Bulma took a half step back, knocking over the reagent rack. What moved in Lin Ye's pupils was no longer a human iris, but a dense mass of binary code, the data streams crawling from her fingertips towards her wrist.

The control center...is in the Temple of the Omni-King. Lin Ye's voice sounded like two people speaking simultaneously, the last syllable carrying a metallic hum; they were nurturing...the God of the System.

Trunks' energy sword was already drawn, its blade tracing a chilling arc in the darkness: Let her go! Who are you?

Lin Ye suddenly let go, staggering as he steadied himself against the control panel. When he looked up again, his pupils had returned to normal, but cold sweat beaded on his forehead: "I'm sorry..."

Something just... crawled into my system interface. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing faint lines of code on his forearm. Ever since absorbing the residual data from Shenron on Namek, my body has become like a living terminal...

The alarm suddenly pierced the air.

It's Lord Beerus's aura! Bulma rushed to the communicator, where a purple cat-eared silhouette appeared in the holographic projection.

"Listen up, you Earthlings!" Beerus's voice was laced with suppressed rage. Behind him, the Omni-King's temple trembled violently, countless golden runes rising from the ground. The Omni-King's summons was not an invitation, but a command. "In 30 minutes, I will open a spatial portal atop Korin Tower. If you dare keep me waiting—"

The screen suddenly distorted and turned into a static snowy display.

Trunks frowned: He seemed very anxious. This kind of energy fluctuation had never been seen before in the Temple of the Omni-King...

Because someone is tampering with the system's underlying protocol. Lin Ye pressed his temples, where a sharp, stabbing pain shot through him. Just now, that... fragment of consciousness said it wanted to stop the Zeroing Plan.

Bulma suddenly grabbed his shoulder: "Is the Zeroing Plan you mentioned related to this?" She pulled up a hidden file in the chip, and a slow-motion video of Zeno waving his arm flashed across the screen. The annihilated galaxies were rearranged into some kind of matrix in the data stream. This was not a simple destruction, but an initialization scan before the system was formatted!

Suddenly, spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the laboratory ceiling, and purple energy rained down. Beerus descended with a wave of oppressive energy, his tail swirling around Bulma's lab table as he coldly declared: "The nonsense of you bastards is over. The Omni-King has already detected the system vulnerability, and now the entire multiverse is investigating... that anomaly capable of manipulating the system."

Lin Ye and Trunks exchanged a glance, and the latter's mechanical prosthetic eye suddenly flickered as if overloaded.

Wait, Lord Beerus. Lin Ye took half a step forward, the system interface heating up again. What if I said I was the anomaly?

The air froze instantly. Beerus's pupils contracted to pinpoints, but the destructive energy gathered at his fingertips remained unreleased.

"Interesting." Beerus suddenly revealed a dangerous smile. "I've long heard that there's a monster on Earth who can withstand Whis's teachings. So this is your secret." He paced around Lin Ye, the gusts of air from his tail flipping up documents on the lab table. "Let me guess... the system fragment within you comes from an ancient civilization. It grants you the authority to control other systems, but it also makes you a thorn in the side of the Omni-King system."

Lin Ye felt something stirring deep within his consciousness; the code patterns crawled up his neck and onto his cheeks.

That's not all. He heard his own voice speaking, but couldn't control his lips. "When Bulma analyzed the chip, we had already established a connection. Now... the Omni-King's Temple defense system is opening the gates for me."

Trunks' energy sword pierced Lin Ye's shoulder, but shattered into data particles the moment it touched his skin.

This isn't him! Trunks took two steps back, the robotic arm started its overload alarm, and his breath... transformed into the frequency of code!

Beerus suddenly attacked, his destructive energy aimed directly at Lin Ye's face. However, the instant the energy struck, Lin Ye's body dissipated into a stream of data, and all the screens in the laboratory lit up simultaneously, displaying a real-time view of the Omni-King's Temple—the golden throne was empty, and the runes on the ground formed a giant hourglass, with fine sand flowing from the past to the future.

Bulma's voice came through the communicator, trembling like never before:

They are rebooting the universe... creating new realities using the system's source code. And the fragment within Lin Ye's body is the only key capable of preventing formatting...

Beerus suddenly grabbed Trunks by the collar, his fingertips tearing through a spatial rift: "You bastards, remember this!" His voice was shattered by the spatial turbulence, "If the Omni-King discovers that you've tampered with the system, the entire Seventh Universe will be marked as anomalous data...including Earth!"

When Lin Ye woke up again, he found himself lying in a pure white space.

Countless bubbles floated all around him, each reflecting different cosmic rays. He looked down at his palms; beneath his skin flowed no longer blood, but a stream of data glowing blue. In the distance came the laughter of children, and two figures gradually came into focus—it was the Omni-King, holding a crystal ball containing countless collapsing galaxies.

"Found you, little bug." Xiao Wang's smile was innocent and naive. He lightly tapped the crystal ball with his fingertip, and a bubble instantly burst. "Your existence caused a system error, just like a virus in a computer."

The king tilted his head, looking at Lin Ye with curiosity in his eyes: "But viruses can be quite interesting sometimes. Can you show us what kind of stories your code can write?"

Lin Ye felt something being drawn from his body; the power belonging to the system fragments was merging into the crystal ball. In the distance came Bulma's shouts, mixed with the roar of Trunks' energy sword—they had actually broken through the Omni-King's defenses.

"Catch them!" Xiao Wang stomped his foot, and countless code guards suddenly surged out of the pure white space. The system cleanup program started, and abnormal data... was deleted!

Lin Ye clenched his fist, and the data stream within his body exploded. He heard Bulma shouting in the communicator to interfere with the flow of spacetime using a gravity device, and saw Trunks' energy sword cleave through the code guards while Beerus' destructive energy blasted a path from behind. And in the deepest part of his consciousness, the dormant fragment of the system finally opened its eyes.

Warning: A fatal threat has been detected against the host. Emergency protocols have been activated.

Lin Ye's body transformed into a stream of data once more, and this time, he lunged towards the crystal ball in the hands of the Omni-King. As his consciousness intertwined with countless cosmic lines, he heard Beerus's final roar and Bulma's tearful cry:

Lin Ye! If you dare turn yourself into a virus—I'll disassemble your system code into binary code and set it off like fireworks!

Chapter 129: The Omni-King's Arena?

The blinding white light stung Lin Ye's eyes, and the shrill sound of metal scraping against metal filled his ears. When he finally saw his surroundings, cold sweat instantly soaked his back—the powerful beings of the twelve universes stood densely packed on the circular platform, beneath their feet a black abyss churning with data streams, and above them floated a projection of the Omni-King's innocent yet chilling smile.

"Welcome to the System Elimination Tournament!" The Great King clapped his hands, and galaxies within the crystal ball exploded one after another. "The losers will be marked as 'invalid data.'" The Little King tilted his head and added, "The winner... can make a wish that the Omni-King will grant!"

Beerus slammed his tail into the ground: "Nonsense! This isn't..." Before he could finish speaking, purple energy suddenly exploded beneath his feet. Lin Ye's pupils constricted as he saw Beerus's destructive energy being deflected by some invisible barrier, directly blasting towards Hit beside him.