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

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"Stop talking nonsense!" Trunks's mechanical arm began to rotate in reverse, the grinding of gears grating on one's teeth. "My time was stolen... to let more people see tomorrow..." He suddenly unleashed a burst of energy far beyond his normal limits, pressing Kronos firmly against the barrier ravaged by the temporal turbulence. "Attack! Now!"

Lin Ye's nails dug deeply into his palms. The system notification was still flashing, the fused energy boiling in his veins, every cell screaming for him to attack immediately. But he saw Trunks's eyes—the eyes of someone who had fought alone in the ruins of the future for ten years, the eyes that knew death was inevitable yet still chose to burn brightly.

"Lord Supreme Kai, please lend me your power!" Lin Ye grabbed the old man's drooping hand, and the fragments of the Time-Space Scepter suddenly resonated. Golden patterns climbed up his arm to his heart. Super Saiyan God? Time-Space Form—!

Kronos finally revealed a look of horror. Before him, Lin Ye's figure simultaneously manifested as a superposition of Saiyan, angel, and ancient warrior forms, and the energy sphere condensed on his fist reflected countless star maps of parallel universes.

Impossible... How could you possibly control three different types of spacetime energy at the same time...?

Because he wasn't fighting alone! Trunks' mechanical arm unleashed its final burst of light, pinning Chronos' body to the core of the Key of Time. Now, remember this name—Son Goku Vegeta Lin Ye!

The instant the Annihilation Cannon pierced the key, Lin Ye heard Trunks' soft laughter. That ever-calm warrior, at that moment, seemed effortlessly relieved, as if he had fulfilled a long-cherished wish. In the storm whipped up by the temporal turbulence, he saw his dearest friend's body transform into specks of light; the cracks in the mechanical arm didn't leak oil, but rather golden fragments of time.

Goodbye, you idiot... Look for me... a future without war...

Amidst the deafening explosion, the Time Realm began to crumble. When Lin Ye carried the unconscious Supreme Kai into the time portal, the last thing he saw was Kronos's distorted face—the tyrant who had attempted to control time was being devoured by the temporal turbulence he had created. The skin exposed beneath his black robe was rapidly aging, turning into a pile of bones in the blink of an eye.

Warning! The stability of the spacetime tunnel has dropped below 10%! The system alarm was shattered by the sound of the wind. Lin Ye felt his left arm being torn apart by the turbulent currents, but he desperately protected the Supreme Kai in his arms. Hold on... We haven't won yet...

"Win?" A hoarse voice suddenly came from above. Lin Ye looked up and saw Trunks, who should have died, standing at the end of the spacetime turbulence, with countless versions of himself from parallel universes behind him—some wearing the Supreme Kai's crown, some holding a broken time machine, some... with tear stains on their eyes just like his at this moment.

Remember, Lin Ye. All the Trunks spoke simultaneously, their voices echoing through time and space. Time never betrays a true warrior... because—

The moment the light exploded, Lin Ye jolted awake in bed. His heart pounded wildly beneath his pajamas, soaked with cold sweat. Trembling, he reached for the bedside table, his fingertips touching a yellowed photograph—it was taken when Trunks first taught him how to use the time machine. In the photo, the silver-haired boy was pointing at the nebula on the screen, a rare smile playing on his lips.

drop--

The time machine on the bedside table suddenly made a soft sound. Lin Ye's pupils contracted sharply as he saw a line of code he had never seen before appear on the screen, and at the end of the code was a stream of golden data—clearly the energy fluctuations of Trunks's mechanical arm.

System, parse this code. He pressed his hand to his wildly beating chest, hearing the tremor in his own voice.

Parsing complete. The system paused for an unusual two seconds; this was... encrypted information from the future. The content was—

A knock suddenly sounded at the door. Lin Ye instantly stood up, his hand already on the energy capsule at his waist. The Supreme Kai's slightly weary voice came from outside: "Lin Ye, your injury..."

"Come in." Lin Ye released the capsule, leaving a deep crescent-shaped bloodstain on his palm. Looking at himself in the mirror, he noticed a golden line had appeared below his left eye, its shape exactly the same as the crack on Trunks's mechanical arm.

When the Supreme Kai pushed open the door, this was the scene he saw—a boy standing in the morning light, the time machine behind him still slightly warm, his eyes reflecting the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and a heart-stopping smile on his lips.

"What's wrong?" The old man frowned. "Your aura... seems a little different."

It's nothing. As Lin Ye turned around, his fingertips quietly brushed against the receive button on the time machine. The unfinished message was still flashing on the screen, the last few characters gradually becoming clear:

Don't trust anyone. Including...me right now.

He looked out the window; the city in the distance was awakening in the morning sun. A breeze lifted the curtains, bringing with it the aroma of breakfast from the shop downstairs. Everything seemed normal, as if last night's battle across time was nothing more than an absurd dream.

But the bloodstains on his palms still throbbed faintly. Lin Ye clenched his fists, hearing two sounds echoing in his chest—one was his familiar heartbeat, and the other... was the sound of mechanical gears turning in some distant time and space.

"No matter where you are..." he whispered to the air, his gaze fixed on Trunks' smile in the photograph, "I will find you. Even if it means shattering all of time and space..."

The time machine suddenly emitted a soft beep, and the data stream on the screen transformed into a golden light, drilling into his pupils. Countless images flashed before Lin Ye's eyes: a burning futuristic city, a shattered King's Temple, and... a mysterious figure wearing a hood, standing at the end of the river of time, holding half of the Key of Time in his hand.

The next battle is fast approaching. The Supreme Kai suddenly spoke, his voice filled with unprecedented solemnity. According to the spacetime monitor, the timeline of the multiverse has shown...abnormal fluctuations.

Let it come even more fiercely. As Lin Ye turned around, golden patterns flashed in his eyes. This time, I will not let anyone sacrifice themselves.

He walked towards the door, the morning light casting a long shadow. The screen of the time machine finally went dark, leaving only the unfinished message, humming softly deep within his memory—like a seed buried in time, waiting for the right moment to burst forth with its most dazzling light.

Chapter 50: A New Threat

A turbulent flow of time and space, accompanied by a searing pain, sent Lin Ye crashing heavily onto the Capsule Company's lawn. The scent of earth and grass filled his nostrils, and distant gasps of surprise echoed in his ears, vaguely reminding him of twenty minutes earlier—the moment Trunks vanished in specks of light.

"Spacetime coordinate correction detected." The system's mechanical voice boomed in my mind. "Current energy remaining: 37%, immediate action recommended..."

"Never mind that!" Lin Ye propped himself up on his knees, and the fragment of the Key of Time in his palm suddenly became hot. Pale purple patterns flowed across the surface of the fragment, and the system notification flashed red: "Warning! An unknown energy source has been detected resonating with the fragment. It is recommended to fuse and unlock the hidden form—'Time Saiyan'!"

"Again?" Lin Ye was about to speak when Bulma's scream suddenly rang in his ears: "Everyone, get to the basement! The detectors are showing 372 energy reactions in the universe! They're all the aura of the black-robed man!"

Vegeta instantly appeared beside his wife, his tail thrashing irritably: "More than three hundred clones? That guy isn't even completely dead!"

“Of course he’s not dead.” Beerus appeared out of nowhere, his golden pupils reflecting the dark clouds gathering in the sky. The God of Destruction clenched his fists, a rare sight, and his divine robes rippled with an eerie light. “The Omni-King’s chessboard has already trembled. If this farce continues, the entire Seventh Universe will be wiped out.”

Lin Ye stared at the fragment in his hand, when suddenly a sinister projection of Kronos appeared on its surface. "System, analyze the energy composition of this thing!"

"Analyzing... detected the frequency of fusion between the laws of time and the spatial dimension..."

"Kid!" Beerus suddenly grabbed Lin Ye by the back of the neck. "What the hell is your system? Why can it absorb the power of spacetime?" The pressure around the God of Destruction plummeted. "Don't forget, Zamasu almost destroyed the entire universe back then with a similar power!"

Cold sweat trickled down Lin Ye's spine. He recalled Trunks' dying words, "Don't trust anyone," and his Adam's apple bobbed. "I'm investigating too. But now..." He abruptly shook off Beerus's hand, golden flames erupting from his body, "Those black-robed men won't give us time!"

Suddenly, a spiderweb-like crack appeared in the sky, and hundreds of black cubes fell from within. The surface of each cube was shrouded in the phantom of Kronos, and as they spoke in unison, the entire earth trembled: "Lin Ye, do you think destroying the key will stop fate?" The cubes began to assemble into a massive mechanical matrix, and barbed chains extended from the cracks. "These clones are merely appetizers; the real game..." The chains suddenly shot towards the crowd, "This is just the beginning!"

"Turtle-style-Qi-gong!"

Sun Wukong's roar pierced the clouds, and the golden energy wave collided violently with the black chains. But this time, the energy collision did not produce an explosion; instead, the chains devoured the energy wave as if it were alive, growing even thicker.

"How could this be?!" Wukong's eyes widened, and his tail instinctively curled up.

“Normal attacks are useless!” Lin Ye suddenly grabbed Vegeta’s shoulder. “These chains are absorbing our ki! Remember what the Supreme Kai of Time said? The laws of time can…”

"Shut up!" Vegeta shoved his hand away, his hair standing on end uncontrollably. "I don't need you to teach me how to fight! Great Ape...transform!"

Moonlight was shattered into fragments by the chains, yet Vegeta failed to transform. Black chains bound his limbs, and his scales began to peel away piece by piece: "This...this is impossible!"

"Brother!" Bra cried out as he rushed out, only to be grabbed by the neck by a black-robed clone who suddenly appeared. The clone's mask cracked open, revealing a sinister smile identical to that of Kronos: "Geniuses of Universe Seven, are you ready to witness true despair?"

Lin Ye's nails dug deeply into his palms, the burning sensation of the fragments spreading to his heart. The system frantically warned: "Energy overload warning! Immediate fusion of the fragments to unlock the form is recommended! However, there is a risk of spacetime paradox—"

"To hell with the risks!" Lin Ye slammed the shard against his chest, the purple light clashing violently with the golden flames. His pupils began to distort, and countless time scales appeared on his retina: "Trunks... I will not let you sacrifice yourselves in vain again!"

The black chains suddenly changed direction, piercing through the clouds and shooting towards Lin Ye. But just before they touched his body, all the chains suddenly stopped—a pale purple Time Domain appeared around Lin Ye, and the falling raindrops, the drifting dust, and even Vegeta's splattered blood all froze in mid-air.

"This is... time stop?" The voice of the black-robed clone cracked for the first time.

Lin Ye slowly raised his head, and a pattern resembling the Key of Time appeared on his forehead. His voice seemed to come from countless overlapping dimensions: "No, this is... the beginning of rewriting destiny."

Just then, the system suddenly issued a piercing alarm: "Warning! An abnormal branch has been detected in the spacetime line! An unknown entity is..."

Before Lin Ye could react, the Time Domain suddenly collapsed. The black chains struck again, only to explode into dust ten centimeters from his nose. A muffled thud echoed through the void as a hooded figure knelt on one knee in the center of the ruins. This person held half of the Time Key in their hand, which resonated violently with the fragment in Lin Ye's hand.

"Who are you?!" Lin Ye and his black-robed clone asked simultaneously.

A hoarse chuckle came from under the hood. The person slowly raised his head, and the face that was revealed made everyone's pupils shrink. It was clearly another Lin Ye, except that his left eye was inlaid with a mechanical prosthetic eye that flashed blue light, and the corners of his mouth were adorned with the same crazy smile as Kronos.

"Long time no see, my past self." The mechanical eye flickered with data streams. "Or should I call you... a loser?"

Chapter 51: Mirror Crisis

The sky was torn apart into a bizarre vortex of data, with dark red lightning, like apocalyptic fissures, raging wildly through the void. Lin Ye, his mechanical eyes flashing crimson, hovered in the air. Dozens of mechanical arms extending from beneath his black robe, like greedy tentacles, frantically sucked combat data from all corners of the battlefield into their palms. A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips, and his voice carried a chilling pressure: "Is this all your strength? Time Reaper System, activate!"

Vegeta stood on the ground, his aura suddenly surging, the deep blue energy spreading outwards from him like a boiling ocean. "Bastard! Don't flaunt your broken system in front of me!" With a roar, an energy wave powerful enough to destroy mountains swept across the battlefield like a hurricane, instantly blasting the black-robed clones into dust, filling the air with smoke and dust.

However, just as Vegeta thought victory was assured, Mirror Lin Ye's pupils revealed the same azure patterns as his own, his eyes filled with mockery and disdain. "Is that all you've got?" Mirror Lin Ye sneered, raising his hand to unleash an even more powerful energy blast, its speed causing Vegeta's expression to change drastically.

"How is this possible?!" Vegeta's eyes widened as he hurriedly rolled away to avoid the attack. The energy blast grazed his body, his tailbone carving a hundred-meter-long furrow in the ground, kicking up a cloud of gravel and dust. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "You... you can even copy my form?"

On the other side, the protagonist Lin Ye's silver hair danced wildly in his initial "Time Saiyan" form, but his expression was far from pleasant. The system core in his chest emitted a piercing alarm, the sound like a sharp knife constantly stimulating his nerves. He could clearly feel the intense repulsion between the two energies within his body; the fragmented energy, like boiling magma, was constantly scorching the system's circuitry, each second feeling like enduring immense pain. "Damn it, this repulsion is getting stronger and stronger..." Lin Ye gritted his teeth, inwardly anxious.

"See that? This is the core power of the Temple of Time." Mirror Lin Ye manipulated dozens of spacetime puppets to surround them. The puppets' faces were exactly like those of the group during their previous battle, each puppet seemingly carrying the shadow of the group. "The origin of all time travelers lies hidden in that place that can rewrite the rules of spacetime..." His voice was full of allure and mystery, as if he were telling a secret that could overturn the world.

Just then, Bulma's anxious voice came through the communicator: "Lin Ye! Two Omni-King phantoms have been detected! Their energy frequencies are completely consistent with the fluctuations of his mechanical eyes!" However, before she could finish speaking, a spacetime puppet suddenly turned into a blur and rushed straight for the protective shield where she was hiding at an extremely fast speed.

"Trying to touch my woman?" Lin Ye roared, a semi-transparent Saiyan phantom appearing behind him, his energy surging wildly. However, the system core's rejection reaction reached its peak at this moment, the intense pain causing his movements to pause slightly, and his attack deflected by half a meter. The puppet's claws grazed Bulma's cheek, leaving five charred marks on the protective shield. Bulma's face was pale, still shaken.

"Hmph, the feeling of a system malfunction isn't pleasant, is it?" Mirror Lin Ye's voice was full of sarcasm, his eyes gleaming with triumph. "These puppets were all created using your combat data. I can make them whenever I want—"

"Is that so?" Lin Ye suddenly grinned, his face still showing signs of pain, but his eyes gleamed with confidence. The energy fluctuations around him abruptly changed frequency, and the surrounding spacetime puppets seemed to sense fear, beginning to tremble violently. "You think I didn't discover the system loophole? Since this data can be absorbed, it can also be... devoured!" As his words fell, the energy within the puppets flowed back into his palm along the patterns on the ground.

Vegeta's eyes widened in disbelief: "Are you kidding me! This kid..." His words were interrupted by a series of explosions. The spacetime puppets were shattering one after another in the reverse energy flow, and powerful shockwaves swept around them. Meanwhile, the dim system core on Lin Ye's chest was visibly regaining its luster, and his aura was gradually rising.

Panic flashed in Lin Ye's mechanical eyes, and his voice trembled slightly: "Impossible! The Time Reaper System can't possibly have..." But his words were cut short, because Lin Ye had already appeared in front of him with dazzling lightning, his five fingers deeply inserted into his chest cavity.

"Nothing is impossible." Lin Ye's voice was terrifyingly cold, his eyes revealing an undeniable authority. "Tell me, what secrets are hidden at the core of the Temple of Time?"

"You think... I'd tell you?" Mirror Lin Ye suddenly revealed a strange smile, his entire body beginning to decompose into data. "Remember, this is just the beginning... All transmigrators are nothing more than members of the Temple of Time..." His last words dissipated into the void, leaving only a trail of shimmering data.

Vegeta spat, his face full of anger: "You cowardly coward! If I ever run into you again..."

"Don't rush." ​​Lin Ye stared at the remaining energy in his palm, his pupils slightly contracting as he replayed the details of the battle in his mind. "Bulma, send me the energy data of the Omni-King's phantom. During our fight just now, I think I caught something..." His voice suddenly stopped as countless spatial rifts cracked open in the distant sky, from which came a laugh that sent chills down everyone's spine. The laughter seemed to come from an endless abyss, filled with evil and terror.

Lin Ye clenched his fist, feeling the eerie red light emanating from the system core once more, a strong sense of unease rising within him: "It seems we've gotten ourselves into serious trouble." And this was merely the beginning of this mirror crisis…

Chapter 52: Bloodline Resonance

Before the smoke of battle had even cleared, a dazzling golden light suddenly shot into the sky from the ruins. The Supreme Kai slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with solemnity and worry. He surveyed the crowd, his voice low and serious: "Stop! You are not facing an ordinary enemy! Mirror Lin Ye is a purifier from the 'Time and Space Administration,' specifically responsible for erasing all 'system anomalies.' You are no match for him!"

"What kind of bullshit purifier is this!" Vegeta spat, his deep blue aura surging once more. "I dared to challenge even the Omni-King, why would I be afraid of some imposter?"

Lin Ye frowned; he could sense the weight of the Supreme Kai's words. At this moment, the Saiyan bloodline and the key fragment within him were surging wildly, like two trapped beasts poised to break free at any moment. "I have to try fusing these two powers; maybe I can find a way to deal with him," Lin Ye gritted his teeth and made his decision.

"Are you crazy?!" Bulma screamed into the communicator. "The system rejection almost killed you last time, and now you want to merge with it again?"

"There's no time to hesitate." Lin Ye took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the ground, and formed hand seals. In an instant, the golden Saiyan energy intertwined with the light of the dark blue key fragments, but at that moment, the system core in his chest and the scepter in the Supreme Kai's hand simultaneously erupted with blinding light. The two powerful energies collided violently within his body, and Lin Ye immediately coughed up blood, his face turning deathly pale.

"Fool! The power of the Supreme Kai is the cornerstone of stable spacetime, and it's the natural enemy of your system!" Mirror Lin Ye's voice echoed from the void. His figure slowly materialized, his mechanical arm beneath his black robe continuously absorbing the residual energy from the battlefield. "Today is the day you, a system anomaly, die!"

Just as Lin Ye was about to be overwhelmed by the energy, a semi-transparent figure suddenly appeared behind him. "Don't give up, Lin Ye!" The familiar voice made Lin Ye tremble. It was Trunks! But the Trunks before him was merely a consciousness composed of residual data from the future, his body appearing and disappearing indistinctly. "I'll help you stabilize your energy!"

"Trunks? How come you..." Lin Ye was both surprised and delighted. Before he could finish speaking, he felt a gentle power flow into his body, helping him suppress the violent energy.

At the same time, a piercing roar suddenly echoed in the sky. Number 18, piloting Capsule Corporation's latest "Time-Space Disruptor" fighter jet, plunged into the battlefield, its cannons flashing with an eerie purple light. "Try this!" Number 18 smirked coldly and pressed the fire button. A thick beam of time-space disruption struck Mirror Image Lin Ye, instantly severing the energy link he was building.

"Damn it!" Mirror Lin Ye roared, his black robe ripped apart by a beam of light, revealing a body covered in mechanical patterns. "You think this will stop me?"

Taking the opportunity, Lin Ye stood up. Although his face was still pale, his eyes were filled with determination. He looked at Trunks's consciousness and said earnestly, "I will find the real you. No matter which parallel universe you are in, I will bring you back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ye's system suddenly emitted a crisp notification sound: "Hidden mission triggered: [Save Trunks in all parallel universes]! Mission reward: Unknown. Penalty for failure: Annihilation of the host."

"Hmph, you think you can take me on?" Mirror Lin Ye regained his composure, his mechanical eyes flashing with a dangerous light. "The power of the Time and Space Administration is beyond your imagination. Since you're looking for death, then I'll..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Supreme Kai suddenly raised his scepter, the gem at the top of the scepter bursting forth with intense light: "Light of Purification!" A holy light descended from the sky, enveloping Mirror Lin Ye. However, Mirror Lin Ye only paused briefly before easily breaking through the light.

"Useless, Supreme Kai." Mirror Lin Ye approached step by step. "Your power is nothing but child's play before me. But you, Lin Ye, the key fragment within you intrigues me greatly..."

Lin Ye clenched his fist, once again channeling the power within his body. Although the fusion was not yet complete, with Trunks' help, he could barely control this power. "Want the fragments? Let's see if you have the ability!"

Just as tensions were running high, countless tiny cracks suddenly appeared in the distant sky, from which came a chilling sound of mechanical operation. Mirror Lin Ye's expression suddenly turned strange: "Looks like reinforcements have arrived... Are you ready to die?"

Vegeta snorted coldly, assuming a fighting stance: "Enough nonsense! No matter how many bastards come, I'll take them all down!" Android 18 also circled in the air, ready to launch the next attack at any moment. Lin Ye and Trunks exchanged a glance, both seeing a death-defying resolve in each other's eyes. An even more brutal battle was about to unfold…