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Memory is the easiest thing to tamper with. The agent's voice carried a hint of pity. The system began rewriting history the moment you transmigrated, shaping you into the role of a savior. Do you know why?
Lin Ye looked up, his eyes filled with confusion.
"Because the system needs to collect the protagonist's aura." A cold female voice suddenly interrupted. On the other side of the space, a semi-transparent blue phantom gradually solidified—it was Alice, but her image became more human-like, dressed in an outfit similar to a lab coat. The more key events you change, the stronger the causal energy the system can absorb.
Lin Ye's eyes widened: Alice? How could you—
"I'm not your AI assistant." The female phantom said coldly, "I'm the anthropomorphic interface of the system's core, responsible for monitoring the assimilation progress of all hosts. You'd be better off calling me Alpha."
Wukong Zero immediately assumed a fighting stance, unleashing a burst of blue flames: System Core! How did you find this place?
Alpha chuckled dismissively: "The encryption protocol of this little safe house is like paper to me." She turned to Lin Ye, "Host 9527, you performed admirably, even defeating a Cleanser. Now, it's time to return to the system."
"Don't listen to her!" Wukong Zero shouted. "Once you are completely assimilated by the system, you will become that mirror image of a monster!"
Alpha snapped his fingers, and Lin Ye suddenly felt a sharp pain—the system interface popped up forcibly, with a red warning flashing wildly:
[Host resistance detected!]
[Forced compliance procedure initiated!]
[Memory erasure begins...]
Countless fragments of memory began to peel away from Lin Ye's mind. He clutched his head in agony and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Stop! Goku Zero instantly teleported to his side, placing his palm on Lin Ye's forehead, using Supreme Kai Power: Mind Protection!
A warm energy flowed into Lin Ye's brain, temporarily resisting the system's erosion. Alpha narrowed his eyes: The Time-Space Administration actually taught you the secret techniques of the Supreme Kai race; it seems they really value this anomaly.
Taking advantage of the standoff between the two, Lin Ye struggled to ask: If the system keeps rewriting history... then what about my original world? Did I really travel from the real world?
Alpha and Wukong Zero both fell silent for a second.
This is a dangerous issue. Alpha warned that knowing the truth could drive you to a mental breakdown.
Wukong Zero firmly stated that he had the right to know. He turned to Lin Ye and asked, "Do you want to see the actual scene of the day you traveled through the original timeline?"
Lin Ye hesitated. A certain intuition told him that this answer would forever change his self-perception. But in the end, he nodded.
The agent sighed and pulled up another holographic video. The video showed an ordinary office, where a young man who looked exactly like Lin Ye was hunched over a computer, working overtime...
Suddenly, the computer screen erupted with a blinding blue light, but instead of sucking him in—on the contrary, Lin Ye's body began to disintegrate into streams of data, which were then slowly drawn into the screen. Most terrifyingly, he remained conscious throughout, screaming in agony, his fingers digging deep, bloody scratches into the tabletop...
No...this is impossible... In reality, Lin Ye trembled all over. I was chosen by the system to transmigrate...I am special...
There was no time travel involved. Wukong Zero said softly, "The system collects samples from various worlds, digitizes your consciousness, and then implants it into the timeline it wants to change. The real world you remember is just a background story constructed for you by the system."
Alpha suddenly clapped: "Brilliant analysis, Agent 9527. Unfortunately, you forgot one thing—her figure suddenly materialized, grabbing Lin Ye's arm. The host prefers the happiness of being deceived to the cruel truth!"
Space distorted violently, and Lin Ye felt himself being pulled towards an abyss. At the last moment, Wukong Zero grabbed his other hand: Don't go with her! The Time-Space Administration Bureau can help you break free from the system's control!
Help me? Lin Ye smiled bitterly, "Don't you all want to use me too?"
The agent's eyes were unusually firm: No, we want to liberate all hosts enslaved by the system. Including... your mother.
These words struck Lin Ye like a bolt of lightning. The image of his mother on the sickbed suddenly flashed through his memory, and hidden fragments of memory began to surface...
"Don't listen to him!" Alpha shouted. "Those are all lies from the Time and Space Administration!"
Just as the stalemate reached its climax, the pure white space was suddenly torn apart by some force. A huge, golden clock phantom appeared in the air, its hour and minute hands beginning to rotate in reverse.
"Damn it, it's the Time and Space Administration's elimination fleet!" Alpha's expression changed drastically. He immediately released Lin Ye. "We'll meet again, Host 9527. Remember, the system is your only real family!"
Her figure vanished like smoke. Taking advantage of the moment, Wukong Zero pulled Lin Ye behind him: Prepare for battle! It's the director's personal guard!
The golden clock materialized completely, and three figures clad in platinum armor emerged from it. The leader removed his helmet, revealing a face that Lin Ye recognized all too well—it was clearly an older version of Tien Shinhan, but with a single golden vertical pupil on his forehead.
"Anomaly T-9527, you are wanted by the Supreme Court of the Time and Space Administration." The three-eyed agent's voice was icy and devoid of emotion. Surrender immediately, or you will be instantly eliminated.
Goku Zero stood in front of Lin Ye: "Commander Tien Shinhan, this host can still be saved! His synchronization rate is only 65%, and his consciousness has not been completely corrupted by the system!"
Misjudgment, Agent 9527. The man known as Tien Shinhan raised his hand, a miniature black hole forming in his palm. All system hosts would ultimately become a threat. The director ordered: kill without mercy.
Watching this surreal confrontation, Lin Ye suddenly felt a sense of absurdity. Tien Shinhan had become a time policeman? The system had altered the entire Dragon Ball history? Even his own memories were fake?
A surge of intense emotion welled up within him, and the Saiyan runes beneath his skin resurfaced. A new notification suddenly popped up on the system interface:
[Host crisis detected!]
[Activate the ultimate defense protocol!]
[Limiter Release: Phase Five!]
An unprecedented power surged through his limbs and bones. Uncontrollably, Lin Ye roared to the sky, and crimson lightning began to mingle with the silvery-white aura. Wukong Zero turned back in shock: No! Don't let the system fully activate your potential! That will accelerate the assimilation process!
But it was too late. Lin Ye felt his consciousness being pushed into a corner, while another, colder, more efficient version of himself took over control of his body.
"Eliminate the threat." He heard himself say in a mechanical voice, and his right hand automatically conjured a longsword made of pure energy, which he began to execute.
Tien Shinhan's expression changed slightly: All personnel on high alert! The target has entered Omega Awakening mode!
As Lin Ye's body automatically rushed towards the Time and Space Administration agents, his last shred of consciousness allowed him to see the sorrow flash in Wukong Zero's eyes—a look that seemed to say: yet another host has been devoured by the system...
Then, all that remained in the world was the instinct to fight and the ever-fading cry for help from the depths of one's heart.
Chapter 74: Spacetime Rift
Purple lightning twisted into bizarre geometric patterns in the sky. Lin Ye stood on the ruins of the Turtle Hermitage, watching his palm constantly shift between solid and semi-transparent states. Three minutes earlier, a sudden spatial rift had swallowed him up. When he came to his senses, the entire world had become unfamiliar and distorted.
"System, report the current status." Lin Ye called out softly, but only intermittent static responded.
[Warning... Spacetime coordinates... disordered...]
On the shattered system interface, the combat power value jumped wildly like a broken counter. Lin Ye frowned and looked around. The ruins of the Turtle Hermitage were covered with a strange metallic sheen, and the sound of waves crashing on the shore was mixed with the hum of some kind of machinery.
Got you.
A familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from behind. Lin Ye turned around abruptly, his pupils contracting sharply—standing ten meters away was another version of himself, but this person had a mechanical prosthetic eye embedded in his left eye, and blue data streams could be faintly seen pulsating beneath his skin. Even more terrifying, he was holding the unconscious Wukong in his hand, a data cable extracting golden energy from Wukong's neck.
"Let him go!" Lin Ye instinctively burst into anger and rushed forward, but was repelled by an invisible barrier halfway there.
Mirror Lin Ye tilted his head, his mechanical eyes emitting a red light as he scanned: "Battle power only 12? Looks like my main universe self is underdeveloped." He casually tossed Goku aside, like discarding a broken toy. "Don't worry, it's just borrowing some Saiyan genes. After all, in my universe, this primitive creature has long been extinct."
Lin Ye struggled to his feet and suddenly noticed several human-shaped stone statues standing on the distant beach. When he saw the face of one of the statues clearly, a chill ran down his spine and up his neck—it was Piccolo, Piccolo, forever frozen in a look of astonishment.
Do you like my collection? Mirror Lin Ye followed his gaze and said, "Siliconizing Namekians is a technical job. It took me three months to find the right frequency."
You're fucking insane! Lin Ye's golden aura erupted, and the sand beneath his feet melted into a glassy state under the high temperature. They are your companions!
Companions? Mirror Lin Ye suddenly burst into laughter, the sound crackling with electronic noise. It seemed the main universe's system hadn't told you the truth. We never needed companions; the only thing the system host needed was—
His words were interrupted by a sudden burst of energy. Number 18 descended from the sky, his palm striking the spot where Mirror Lin Ye stood, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Why waste words on such a pervert! Number 18 grabbed Lin Ye's wrist and was about to fly away, but suddenly froze in place. She slowly looked down and saw a metal tentacle emerging from her abdomen, with pale blue energy liquid dripping from its tip.
Number 18! Lin Ye caught her limp body, and as the tentacles withdrew, a string of data fragments followed. Number 18 in his arms began to convulse violently, and mechanical patterns similar to hers appeared under her skin.
Lin Ye emerged from the dissipating smoke and dust, his tentacles retracting back to his fingertips: "An artificial human? How nostalgic. In my universe, Dr. Gro hadn't even had a chance to start this project before I snapped his neck." He leaned closer to Lin Ye, his mechanical eyes clicking slightly as they focused. "Do you know why I came to find you? Because when two system hosts meet, a special devouring protocol is triggered."
Lin Ye felt a strange energy awakening within his body. His vision suddenly split in two—on one side was the injured Number 18, and on the other was a quantum landscape that transcended the material realm. Countless luminous lines extended from the mirror image of Lin Ye, connecting to a colossal entity in the void.
[Warning! Quantum entanglement detected!] The system's voice suddenly became clearer: [Eye of Spacetime ability activated!]
A sharp pain exploded in Lin Ye's eyes, and he covered them, collapsing to his knees. When he opened his eyes again, the entire world had transformed into a mesh-like structure composed of luminous data streams. Even more terrifying, he saw a passage connecting two universes—countless filaments of light extended from every life form in the main universe, while the other end was being greedily sucked up by some device in the mirror universe.
Oh? It actually awakened observer privileges on its own? For the first time, surprise appeared in Mirror Lin Ye's voice. It seems that the system version of the main universe is closer to the original code.
Number 18 weakly grabbed Lin Ye's wrist: His weakness... is in his chest... there is an energy fluctuation... Before she could finish speaking, her pupils suddenly turned mechanical red, and her arm uncontrollably gripped Lin Ye's throat.
"Let her go!" Lin Ye roared, and the world within the Eye of Time and Space shifted once more. He saw the control code within Number 18's body; the writhing data coiled around her core program like parasites. Almost instinctively, Lin Ye reached out and grabbed the code, ripping it off forcefully—
Number 18 let out a scream, then regained his senses. Lin Ye held a ball of struggling, glowing data in his hand, which quickly vaporized and disappeared in his palm.
Lin Ye's expression turned serious: Interesting. It seems we need to reassess your threat level. He raised his hand, his wrist deforming to reveal a miniature transmitter. "Let's see how you handle this."
A strange ripple spread outwards. Lin Ye felt the world distorting; the ruins of Master Roshi's House flowed and reformed like liquid, instantly transforming into Capsule Corporation's laboratory. Even more chillingly, Bulma was standing in front of the lab table, completely unaware of the two who had suddenly appeared.
This is... spatial displacement? Lin Ye stared at his hand in shock; its physical state had stabilized considerably.
No, it's a memory projection. Mirror Lin Ye's voice came from all directions; my system can now extract and materialize specific memory fragments. For example—
Bulma suddenly turned around; her lower body was now completely mechanized, with six robotic arms extending from behind: Sample U7-9527 was in good condition and ready for nerve dissection surgery.
Lin Ye's heart nearly stopped. This wasn't his Bulma, but a mechanically modified version of the Mirror Universe. The laboratory walls suddenly became transparent, revealing a hellish scene outside—the entire West Capital had been transformed into a giant mechanical factory, where humans were being modified like parts on an assembly line.
Welcome to my universe. Mirror Lin Ye's figure appeared beside Mechanical Bulma, affectionately embracing her mechanical waist. Here, life has evolved to a more perfect form. There is no disease, no aging, only eternal existence.
Lin Ye felt a wave of dizziness as the Eye of Spacetime continued to operate uncontrollably. He could now clearly see the quantum channel between the two universes expanding, like a greedy mouth devouring the matter of the main universe.
You are destroying two universes! Lin Ye tried to condense a qi wave, but found that the energy was absorbed by the quantum channel as soon as it left his body.
Mirror Lin Ye shook his head, his expression almost one of pity: No, I'm saving them. When the two universes merge, the newly formed composite universe will break through the system's limitations. He suddenly revealed a morbid smile, of course, at the cost of all life forms in the main universe needing... an upgrade.
Mechanical Bulma's pupils suddenly flickered, and a faint, familiar voice emanated from within her: Lin... Ye... chip... countermeasure... before being drowned out by a shrill electronic sound.
Before Lin Ye could react, the laboratory scene suddenly collapsed. He returned to the beach, but the mirror image of Lin Ye was nowhere to be seen. Number 18 lay unconscious nearby, the energy leakage from the wound in his abdomen ceasing.
[Quantum entanglement weakened, detected] The system's audio gradually returned to normal. [Warning: The mirror universe is establishing a stable connection through the system chip]
Lin Ye picked up Number 18, and the Eye of Time and Space captured a terrifying scene—deep within the Earth's core in the main universe, a massive mechanical structure was taking shape, resembling a system chip magnified a million times.
Chapter 75 Quantum Mirror
The laboratory alarm pierced the night sky, and Bulma's fingers danced across the holographic keyboard, leaving afterimages. Quantum data flowed like a waterfall on three floating screens, reflecting in her azure eyes, making them flicker.
"Damn it!" She suddenly slammed her hand on the table, knocking the coffee cup over onto the specially made alloy surface. The brown liquid dripped down the edge of the table, only to be broken down into basic particles by the automatic cleaning system the moment it hit the ground.
Vegeta, who was adjusting the gravity system, frowned and turned his head: Woman, you're disturbing my training.
Training? Bulma ripped off her goggles, her hair sticking up slightly from static electricity. "We might all be training data for some super system! These quantum fluctuations aren't natural phenomena at all—" She abruptly turned the main screen towards Vegeta to look at this energy graph!
Vegeta squinted. The interlacing red and blue waves on the screen resembled DNA helices, but every 0.37 seconds, a perfect mirror image would appear.
Someone is replicating our universe. Bulma's voice trembled, like an AI opponent generated by a system in a fighting game, except this training copy possessed self-awareness. She pulled up another set of data; worse, it was stealing our matter and materializing it through quantum entanglement.
The laboratory suddenly shook violently, and fine metallic powder fell from the ceiling. Vegeta erupted in purple flames, and the debris vaporized within three centimeters of his body.
Find the source. He crushed the gravity regulator in his hand. I'll go check out this instance.
A pale red mist filled the gravity training room in the mirror universe. The moment Vegeta shattered the teleportation platform, his pupils suddenly contracted—another version of himself was hovering opposite him in the exact same posture, even the wear and tear on his combat suit's shoulder armor was exactly the same.
Kakarot was right. Mirror Vegeta's lips curled into the same smile; seeing himself was indeed disgusting.
Two bursts of purple flame erupted simultaneously, twisting and deforming the metal walls of the training room in the shockwave. Vegeta's right fist aimed straight for his opponent's throat, but was blocked at the last second by an identical move. Their elbows bent at exactly the same angle, even the frequency of their muscle twitches was perfectly synchronized.