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Klin hugged Maren, looked at Number 18 beside him, and nodded solemnly: "We'll go together too. More people mean more strength."

Bulma handed the life energy collector to her assistant for safekeeping, then turned to the others and said, "I need some time to modify the collector so that it can function properly in the void. Also, I need to prepare a spaceship capable of traversing space. Give me three hours, and we'll set off!"

"Okay!" everyone responded in unison.

For the next three hours, everyone was busy. Goku and Vegeta trained in the courtyard, raising their ki; Lin Ye and the Supreme Kai studied ancient texts, searching for the entrance to the void; Krillin and Android 18 checked their weapons and equipment, preparing for battle.

Three hours later, Bulma pushed the modified life energy collector out of the laboratory, followed by Trunks piloting a small spaceship. The collector had an additional corrosion-resistant metal shell, and the energy port at the top was wider.

“Everything is ready!” Bulma clapped her hands. “The spaceship’s space jump system has been tested and can directly locate the entrance to the void. The collector has also been treated with anti-corrosion measures and can be used normally inside.”

Lin Ye nodded and stepped onto the spaceship first: "Let's go! Target: Void Space. Completely destroy the core of the God of Void!"

The group boarded the spaceship one by one. The engines roared, and the spaceship slowly ascended, heading into the depths of space. Through the spaceship's windows, the silhouette of Earth gradually shrank until it finally disappeared into the darkness of space.

No one knew what awaited them, but each person's eyes shone with unwavering determination. To protect everything they cherished, they had to win this battle! And deep within the distant void, a colossal gray core pulsed slowly, emanating a suffocating pressure, as if awaiting their arrival…

Chapter 443: Project Ark

Inside the control room of the space station "Ark," red alarm lights flashed wildly, casting an eerie red glow on everyone's faces. Bulma's fingers flew across the holographic keyboard, her nails turning white from the excessive force. The energy values ​​on the screen jumped like a glaring countdown, and the once abundant blue energy bar now only had a third left, stubbornly flickering.

"We can't hold on any longer!" She slammed her hand on the control panel. "Seven Namekian runes on the port side barrier have collapsed! Chaos energy has seeped in, and the repair robots were swallowed up the moment they got close!"

Lin Ye had just crawled back from the external maintenance tunnel, his combat suit still covered in cosmic dust and black chaotic remnants. He ripped off his helmet, the veins on his forehead throbbing, the golden patterns from his divine resonance flickering on his neck: "How's Dandy doing? Can we temporarily replenish their life magic?"

"I just got in touch!" Trunks' voice crackled with static as he gripped the communicator tightly. "The elders are already using up their life force to cast spells. Dandy said they need to hold on for another half hour before someone has to fall!"

Vegeta leaned against the wall, eyes closed, his right index finger tapping unconsciously on his knee. The deep blue aura surrounding him was much weaker than usual, but a closer look revealed a faint golden tinge swirling around its edges—a remnant of his forced fusion with divine power at the Temple of Time. Hearing the words "overdrawing his life force," his eyelids twitched violently: "A bunch of idiots! Don't they know how to conserve their strength? Without their magic, this lousy barrier won't last ten minutes!"

"It's better than sitting and waiting to die, right?" Number 18 walked in from the doorway with her arms crossed, her mechanical joints gleaming coldly. "I was patrolling Sector C just now and found a new recruit hiding in the storage room crying, saying he'd rather be swallowed by the chaotic energy than fight."

Lin Ye's expression darkened. The Ark space station contained not only Z Fighters and Namekians, but also survivors evacuated from various planets and newly recruited soldiers. Panic was like a plague, ready to spread at any moment. He walked to the main control panel and activated the ship's intercom: "Listen up, everyone. This is Lin Ye. Chaos energy is indeed terrifying, but we have the Ark, the primordial power of the Super Shenron, and more importantly, each other..."

"Stop wasting time mobilizing!" Vegeta suddenly opened his eyes, his emerald green pupils locking onto a rapidly approaching red dot on the screen. "That bastard is here!"

Before the words were even finished, the entire space station suddenly trembled violently, as if gripped tightly by a giant hand. Spiderweb-like cracks instantly appeared on the observation windows of the main control room. Outside the windows, a black tentacle that blotted out the sky was tightly wrapped around the Ark's energy barrier. The barbs on the tentacle constantly scraped against the barrier, each friction accompanied by a piercing metallic screech.

"The energy reading has dropped by 12%!" Bulma screamed as she adjusted the parameters. "The energy intensity of this tentacle is three times stronger than before! Chronos is targeting our core!"

Lin Ye grabbed the fragment of creation that was placed aside. The moment the fragment touched his palm, it burst forth with dazzling golden light: "I'll hold him off. You guys take this opportunity to repair the barrier! Vegeta, you're in charge of the recruits. Don't let panic spread!"

"Why should I care about those good-for-nothings?" Vegeta frowned, but still stood up. "Remember, don't die too soon. I haven't settled your score yet."

Lin Ye had no time to argue with him and turned to rush into the ejection pod. With a soft "hum," the ejection pod shot towards the black tentacle like an arrow. In mid-air, he untied the restraints of his combat suit, his aura surging, the golden and deep blue light intertwined standing out conspicuously in the dark universe.

"Cronus! I am your opponent!" he roared, hurling a golden spear imbued with divine power, the tip striking the root of the tentacle with pinpoint accuracy.

The black mist churned and exploded, and Kronos's laughter echoed from the void, like rusty gears turning: "Ants that have walked right into my trap. You escaped at the Temple of Time last time, but this time I'll devour you and this dilapidated space station together!"

More tentacles surged from the black mist, coiling towards Lin Ye like venomous snakes. He dodged, only to find that these tentacles were several times more agile than before, and each attack precisely targeted the weakest points of his divine power... Clearly, Kronos was studying his fighting style.

"System notification: Enemy attack pattern detected with a match rate of 89%, it is recommended to switch combat style immediately!" Alice's electronic voice suddenly sounded.

Lin Ye's heart skipped a beat, and he abruptly changed his tactics, abandoning the sweeping spear attacks and instead using rapid teleportation and energy blasts to harass the enemy. Sure enough, the tentacles' attacks paused briefly, and Kronos's voice carried surprise: "Why did you suddenly change your tactics?"

"Who's going to follow your script?" Lin Ye seized the opportunity to circle behind the tentacle, conjuring a small energy blast that slammed into the tentacle joint. "If you're so capable, don't hide in the black mist, come out and fight me one-on-one!"

"Naive." No sooner had Kronos's taunts fallen than the thickest tentacle suddenly grew three times its original size, crashing down on the core area of ​​the ark with earth-shattering force.

"Not good!" Lin Ye's pupils shrank sharply, and he tried to rush over to stop him, but it was too late. Just then, a deep blue beam of light suddenly shot out from the Ark, accurately hitting the side of the tentacle. Vegeta was standing on the observation platform of the space station at some point, his hands still in the posture of firing the Final Flash.

"Don't ignore me, you scum!" Vegeta roared through the communicator. "You think only this kid can fight?"

Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief and was about to thank him when he heard Vegeta add, "Don't be smug after you won. I just didn't want you to die too miserably."

"Thanks for your concern!" Lin Ye rolled his eyes, seized the opportunity to rush forward, and used his spear to firmly pin down the injured tentacle. "Bulma, quick! Repair the barrier now!"

In the control room, Bulma was already drenched in sweat. She combined Namekian magical runes with Earth technology, activating a completely new repair program: "Trunks, inject your time energy into this module! Use time stop to halt the spread of chaotic energy!"

Trunks immediately complied, inserting the Time Sword into the control panel's interface, and pale blue energy spread along the lines. Lin Ye clearly saw that the infiltrating black chaotic energy indeed slowed down, and some even began to flow backward.

"It works!" he shouted in delight. "Hold on a little longer, and Dandy and the others will be here to help!"

But just then, Kronos's tentacles suddenly twitched violently, and then exploded without warning. Black chaotic energy exploded like fireworks. Lin Ye subconsciously covered his face with his arm, and only after the smoke cleared did he realize that all the tentacles had disappeared, leaving only a denser cloud of black mist swirling in the distance.

"What does he want to do?" Trunks asked, his voice filled with doubt.

Lin Ye's heart suddenly raced, a strong sense of unease welling up inside him: "No, he's gathering his strength! Prepare your defenses..."

Before the words were even finished, the black mist suddenly contracted into a black dot, then exploded violently. Countless black beams of light rained down on the ark, each containing enough energy to tear a planet apart. Lin Ye's pupils constricted sharply. Just as he was about to condense a shield, he saw a golden barrier suddenly light up on the surface of the ark—the Namekian elders had arrived!

"Hurry! Now!" Dandy's voice came through the communicator, his face ashen. "We can only hold out for one minute!"

Without hesitation, Bulma immediately activated the Creation Power of the Ark's core. A soft white light rose from the center of the space station, intertwining with the golden barrier to form a double layer of protection. The black beam struck the protection, producing a deafening roar. The entire Ark shook violently, and many control panels short-circuited and went black.

"Found it!" Trunks suddenly shouted, pointing to a flashing purple dot on the screen. "The most unstable fragment in the core of Chronos! It's in the lower left corner, closest to the source of chaotic energy!"

Lin Ye's spirits lifted: "Vegeta, you and Trunks flank from the side and use the Time Sword to secure the fragments; I'll draw his attention from the front! Android 18, you're in charge of covering Dende and the others' retreat; don't let the Elders overdraw their life force again!"

"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.

Lin Ye was the first to rush out of the ark. This time, he held nothing back, directly fusing his divine power and Saiyan energy completely. Golden flames formed a huge pillar of light in the universe: "Chronos! If you've got the guts, don't hide in the core, come out and fight me!"

The black mist churned violently, and Kronos roared in fury: "You ignorant fool! I'll show you what true power is!"

A massive black core emerged from the black mist, its surface wreathed in spacetime fragments that collided constantly, emitting piercing screams. Lin Ye deliberately slowed down, luring the core towards him, while keeping a close eye on his side. Vegeta and Trunks had already quietly circled around to the bottom of the core, preparing to launch an attack.

"Now!" Lin Ye suddenly accelerated, his golden spear piercing straight into the most conspicuous black area of ​​the core. "Break!"

As expected, Kronos fell for the trap, concentrating all his defenses on the front. Vegeta seized the opportunity, his deep blue aura surging, and the Ultimate Flash blasted towards the purple fragment to the lower left of the core; Trunks followed closely behind, his Time Sword piercing towards the fragment with a pale blue light, attempting to use the power of time to fix it in place.

"No...!" Kronos's shocked and furious voice rang out.

Just as the Time Sword was about to touch the fragment, a powerful shockwave suddenly erupted from the core, blasting Vegeta and Trunks away. Trunks' Time Sword flew out of his hand, spinning into the depths of space; Vegeta crashed into the Ark's barrier, blood trickling from his mouth.

"Father!" Trunks struggled to help him up, but his ankles were entangled by newly appeared tentacles.

Lin Ye's heart sank to the bottom. He hadn't expected Kronos to have a backup plan. What was worse, the Namekian's golden barrier had begun to fade, and Dandy and the others were running out of life force.

"Give up, Lin Ye." Kronos's voice was laced with sarcasm. "You think you can defeat me with this little skill? In five minutes, this space station and everyone inside will become my nourishment!"

Lin Ye gritted his teeth, feeling his energy levels dwindling. Just then, he suddenly remembered Alice's earlier analysis: "Although Kronos's core is composed of fragments of spacetime, the power of creation can neutralize its chaotic energy..."

"Bulma! channel the power of creation into me!" he shouted as he charged toward the ark. "I'm going to attack its core!"

"Are you crazy?" Bulma's eyes widened. "Once the power of creation leaves the body, the Ark will have no defense!"

"There's no time to hesitate!" Lin Ye had already rushed to the energy transmission port of the space station. "Trust me!"

Vegeta wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and suddenly burst into laughter: "You brat, I'll go crazy with you this time! Trunks, use the remaining Time Energy to clear a path for us!"

Trunks nodded, gathering his last bit of energy to tear a gap in the swarm of tentacles. Bulma watched the barrier on the screen fade further and finally steeled herself, pressing the transfer button: "Be careful, I can only give you ten seconds!"

Golden primordial power surged into Lin Ye's body through the transmission port, making him feel as if his entire body was about to burst. He seized this power and charged towards the core of Chronos like an arrow, with Vegeta close behind, their deep blue flames intertwined with golden light.

"Stop them!" Kronos' tentacles surged forth wildly.

Lin Ye and Vegeta stood back to back, one using the power of creation to fend off the tentacles, the other using destructive energy to carve a path through the hail of bullets. When they were three meters away from the purple shard, Lin Ye suddenly pushed Vegeta forward: "Use your Ultimate Flash to secure the shard! I'll infuse it with the power of creation!"

Without hesitation, Vegeta unleashed his full power: "Final Flash...!"

A dazzling blue light pinned the purple fragment firmly to the core, causing Kronos to roar in agony. Lin Ye seized the opportunity, concentrating all his primordial power into his fist and slamming it down on the fragment: "Explode!"

A violent explosion rang out, the purple fragments shattered, and the shockwave spread outwards from the core. Numerous cracks appeared on Kronos's black core, the black mist began to dissipate, and the entangled spacetime fragments detached one by one.

"It worked?" Trunks shouted in surprise.

Lin Ye shook his head. He could feel that Kronos's core was still beating faintly: "No, he's just injured. We have to act now..."

Before the words were even finished, the entire universe suddenly trembled violently, more intensely than ever before. From a distant spacetime rift, an energy even more powerful than Kronos surged forth, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.

"What is that?" Number 18's voice was filled with terror.

Lin Ye's pupils contracted sharply. He sensed a familiar aura within that energy—the power of the Omni-King to cleanse himself, corrupted by chaotic energy! And it was more than ten times stronger than it had been in the Temple of Time.

Cronus's laughter suddenly rang out, filled with madness: "See that? I've corrupted the Omni-King's power of cleansing! Soon, the entire twelve universes will become my playground!"

Just then, the Ark's alarm escalated again, and Bulma's voice was filled with despair: "The power of creation is exhausted! The barrier can't hold!"

Lin Ye watched the approaching black energy, then glanced at his exhausted companions, and suddenly grinned. "It's okay, we still have one last card." He reached for his chest, where a wish coin he'd obtained from the Super Dragon was hidden. "Get ready, we're going to gamble big!"

Chapter 444: The Backlash of the Spacetime Anchor

In the corridors of the Temple of Time, the bronze floor tiles were cracking at a visible rate. Lin Ye, panting, leaned against a cracked pillar, blood seeping from between his fingers dripping onto the ground, instantly transforming into a stream of golden data upon contact with the bricks. The spacetime anchor point he had seized from the wreckage of Kronos three days ago was now suspended in his palm, its surface runes twisting wildly like startled snakes.

"Warning! The spacetime anchor's energy overflow rate has reached 187%! Immediate disposal is recommended!" Alice's electronic voice, tinged with rare electrical noise, caused the holographic projection to tremble and split into three overlapping phantoms. "It is absorbing your Saiyan genetic energy!"

Lin Ye gritted his teeth and pressed the anchor point against his chest, trying to suppress the violent power with his own aura. But the next second, intense pain exploded from his heart. He saw the skin on his arm begin to become transparent, and countless tiny gear patterns emerged under the muscle fibers. These were signs that spacetime energy was forcibly altering the biological structure.

"Is this the power you wanted?" Mirror Lin Ye's voice suddenly rang out at the end of the corridor. The "self" with a mechanical prosthetic eye in its left eye slowly stepped out, its fingertips wreathed in purple energy of the same origin as the anchor point. "Using genetic mutation to exchange for control of spacetime, what's the difference between you and Kronos back then?"

"Shut up!" Lin Ye unleashed a ki blast imbued with all his strength, but before it reached three meters from his opponent, it strangely reversed course and struck the relief sculpture behind him instead. The stone walls depicting ancient Saiyan battles shattered, revealing a flowing silver liquid within—a condensed spatial-temporal turbulence.

Lin Ye chuckled, his mechanical eyes flashing red: "Looks like you haven't figured things out yet. This anchor point isn't a weapon at all, but a bait set by the Supreme Kai of Time." He waved his hand, and the mirrors on both sides of the corridor suddenly lit up, reflecting countless Lin Yes from different universes: some had become cyborgs, some had assimilated with the spacetime turbulence, and some were kneeling before the Omni-King in repentance. "Every host who comes into contact with the anchor point will eventually become a prisoner of spacetime."

Lin Ye suddenly remembered Anise's warning before she disappeared: "Beware of the eyes in the shadows." He turned his head sharply and found that the shadows on the corridor floor were writhing, and countless scarlet eyes opened from the darkness, each gaze carrying a suffocating sense of oppression. Even more terrifying, the tentacles reaching out from those shadows were wrapping around his gradually transparent ankles.

"System, force-detach the anchor point!" Lin Ye's roar shook the pillars, causing them to crumble. But the anchor point seemed to be permanently embedded in his chest, the runes deeply embedded in his skin, gradually synchronizing with his heartbeat. Alice's holographic projection suddenly flashed, and a line of scarlet warning appeared: [Residual energy of the Time Supreme Kai has been detected! The anchor point is executing the "cleanup protocol"!]

"The cleanup protocol?" Mirror Lin Ye's expression flickered for the first time. "That old woman actually had a backup plan?" He suddenly charged at Lin Ye, his mechanical arm transforming into a blade of light that pierced the anchor point. "Quickly throw this thing away! It's going to drag the entire temple into the spacetime rift!"

The moment the light blade touched the anchor point, the entire Temple of Time trembled violently. Crystal chandeliers on the ceiling of the corridor fell one after another, their fragments torn apart by the spacetime turbulence in mid-air. Lin Ye felt the anchor point on his chest suddenly become hot, and countless fragments of memories flooded into his mind like a tide: the scene of the Supreme Kai of Time sacrificing himself on the altar, the sinister smile of Cronus when he was sealed, and the image of Lin Ye in a future universe fighting against a spacetime storm alone.

"I see..." Lin Ye's pupils suddenly contracted. "You didn't come to kill me, you came to stop the anchor point?"

Mirror Lin Ye's attack suddenly stopped, his mechanical eyes flashing with complex light: "Don't flatter yourself. I just don't want this old woman's scheme to succeed." He kicked Lin Ye hard in the side, sending him flying into the spacetime rift deep in the corridor. "Quickly throw the anchor point into the rift! It'll be too late if you wait any longer!"

Lin Ye adjusted his posture in mid-air, looking at the swirling purple vortex below, and suddenly remembered the "Space-Time Resonance" skill that had never been activated on the system panel. He gripped the anchor point, forcibly fusing his Saiyan aura with space-time energy, golden and purple light intertwining in a spiral shape in his palm. Just as his body was about to fall into the rift, he hurled the anchor point at his mirror image, Lin Ye: "Catch it! Suppress it with your mechanical core!"

Lin Ye's pupils constricted sharply, and he instinctively reached out to grab the anchor point. The instant they made contact, his mechanical arm suddenly erupted with a blinding blue light, countless data streams spreading along his arm and turning half his body purple. "Are you crazy?!" he roared, trying to shake off the anchor point, only to find that it was already bound to his core program. "This thing will drag me into the rift too!"

"Then let's go in together!" Lin Ye suddenly unleashed his Super Saiyan form, golden flames soaring into the sky. "Destroy it in the rift! It's better than letting the entire temple perish!" He charged towards the mirror image of Lin Ye, and the two of them fell into the spacetime rift simultaneously amidst the energy collision.

Just before darkness engulfed his vision, Lin Ye saw a hint of relief flash across the mechanical eyes of his mirror image. Deep within the rift, the phantom of the Supreme Kai of Time slowly emerged, a meaningful smile playing on its lips.

Inside the spacetime rift, there was no distinction between up, down, left, or right; only endless streams of light and shattered fragments of spacetime. Lin Ye felt his body being forcibly disintegrated and then reassembled in another location, each reconstruction accompanied by tearing pain. Mirror Lin Ye's situation was even worse; his mechanical body was being eroded by the spacetime turbulence, its metal shell peeling away layer by layer to reveal the shimmering core chip inside.

"The energy at the anchor point is spiraling out of control!" Mirror Lin Ye's voice was filled with mechanical noise as he held the anchor point between the two of them. "We must work together to use reverse energy to attack its core!"

Lin Ye nodded, gathering all his Saiyan aura in his palm. The golden energy intertwined with the purple energy of his mirror image, forming a spiral-shaped energy beam that slammed into the anchor point. The moment of contact, the anchor point erupted with a blinding white light, and countless runes detached from its surface, forming a complex array in the air.

"This is... the sealing array of the Supreme Kai of Time?" Lin Ye's pupils contracted sharply. He suddenly realized that this anchor point was not bait at all, but a key left by the Supreme Kai of Time to seal away an even more terrifying being. And they had personally opened Pandora's box.

The anchor point gradually became transparent under the energy impact, revealing the black substance encased within. Upon contact with air, that substance frantically devoured the surrounding spacetime energy, instantly expanding into a gigantic black shadow. A chilling roar emanated from within the shadow, and countless tentacles extended from it, tightly binding Lin Ye and his mirror image.