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Memories, like a sharp blade, rip open the scars. That night, he had indeed secretly checked the age limits for living donors, but he never had the courage to send the text message he had prepared. At that moment, the hospital room door suddenly opened, his mother on the bed coughed violently, and the monitor's curve began to flatten.

"Save her!" The virtual human grabbed Lin Ye's shoulder, a burning pain shooting through his fingertips. "Your body's digitization progress is currently 47%. Every second you evade, your real body will disappear a little more."

Lin Ye staggered towards the hospital bed, only to find his mother's face beginning to blur. "Mom!" He grasped her increasingly transparent hand, the warmth emanating from his palm terrifyingly real. "I'm here, I didn't leave..."

"Xiao Lin?" The weak voice suddenly became clear. Lin Ye froze; his mother had opened her eyes, her cloudy pupils reflecting his current appearance. "You...you've grown up."

The alarm abruptly stopped, and an eerie silence fell over the entire space. Lin Ye felt something pierce his back; looking down, he saw a stream of silver data gushing from his heart. His mother's hand touched his face; the icy touch sent shivers down his spine.

"Actually, I knew everything that day." His mother's voice seemed to come from afar, and the hospital room began to crumble. "Don't get stuck in the past..." Before she could finish speaking, Lin Ye was pulled into new darkness.

When he opened his eyes again, he was standing at the entrance of the alleyway leading to his old family home. His fourteen-year-old self was running home, clutching a competition trophy, the Ultraman keychain on his schoolbag swaying back and forth. Warm light streamed from the second-floor window, and his mother's figure was busy behind the curtains.

"You have thirty seconds this time." The virtual being appeared beside him, holding a countdown timer. "Tell your past self to make that decision now."

Lin Ye stared at his own young back, his throat feeling like it was wrapped in bandages. The countdown numbers danced on his retina: 23, 22, 21... Suddenly, a sharp screech of brakes echoed from the alley; an out-of-control electric scooter hurtled towards the running boy.

"Watch out!" Lin Ye and his memory of his mother shouted simultaneously. In the nick of time, he lunged forward and pushed his past self away, but his back slammed heavily against the brick wall. Amidst the excruciating pain, he heard his mother's heart-wrenching cries, and looking up, he saw the virtual human mask shatter completely, revealing a mocking smile: "Look, you can't even save yourself."

Black liquid began to seep from the wall, and Lin Ye felt his legs disappearing. His mother's voice called from afar, mixed with the system's cold notification: "Datafication progress 79%, final test about to begin."

The door at the end of the corridor swung open with a bang, and in the blinding light, countless "Lin Ye" stood side by side. There were elementary school students wearing red scarves, doctors in white coats, and soldiers covered in blood. They all turned their heads at the same time and uttered the same words: "You could have..."

Lin Ye knelt on the ground, watching the blue lines creep up his neck. He suddenly remembered the note his mother had given him before she died, which read, "Go and become light." His fingertips touched the yellowed paper in his pocket, and memory and reality overlapped at that moment.

“I choose to face it.” Lin Ye looked up, a resolute light flashing in his eyes. All the illusions began to distort and collapse, and the virtual figures let out piercing screams. He struggled to his feet and walked towards the deepest door, the digitized patterns behind him beginning to fade in reverse.

Behind the door wasn't a hospital room, but a dazzling starry sky. The mother, wearing a light blue dress, stood amidst the stars, reaching out to catch a stream of blue data drifting down: "My child, it's time to wake up."

In the real world, Lin Ye, lying in the experimental pod, twitched his finger. On the monitoring screen, the data digitization progress bar began to drop rapidly, finally settling at "32%". Meanwhile, in the ruins of the memory corridor, a silver USB drive quietly emerged, flashing an eerie red light.

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Chapter 133: The Original Protocol?

The Saiyan spaceship's metal floor trembled violently, and Bulma's ponytail whipped wildly in the energy surge. Her fingers furiously tapped on the holographic keyboard, blue-purple data swirling in her pupils: "Damn it! The purification process requires triple authentication!"

Lin Ye used the wall for support as he scrambled to his feet, the system chip on the back of his neck burning like a branding iron. He stared at the distorted spacetime vortex outside the hatch, the dark purple lightning bolts formed from system energy relentlessly bombarding the spaceship's protective shield. "Isn't your bracelet certified as having ancient Saiyan blood?" He loosened the collar that was painfully tight; his combat suit was already soaked with cold sweat.

"That's the authorization to activate the ship!" Bulma whirled around, her goggles sliding down to her head, revealing bloodshot eyes. "The purification process is a forbidden device sealed for 30,000 years, it requires..." Her voice was abruptly ripped apart by a piercing alarm, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the bulkhead, cosmic radiation seeping in through the fissures.

The Dark God of War's maniacal laughter exploded from the void. His body swelled to a hundred meters tall, and countless distorted human faces writhed on his armor, which was formed from system energy. "Foolish ants! When I've absorbed the last trace of system essence..." His giant fist slammed into the spaceship, and the protective shield emitted a blinding white light.

"Guardian Mode required!" Bulma suddenly grabbed Lin Ye's wrist, the cold metallic touch sending a shiver down his spine. "You triggered the system's underlying protocol in the Memory Corridor, now you must..."

Another violent shake sent Lin Ye slamming to the control panel. He watched helplessly as the Dark Realm King's fingertips pierced the protective shield, and the data stream tentacles coiled around the ship's engines like living creatures. "What should I do?" he murmured, pulling open his collar to reveal the faint silver patterns on his chest.

"Connect your energy to the central processing unit!" Bulma ripped off the necklace around her neck, and the sapphire inlaid with ancient runes suddenly glowed red. "Like installing a super cheat code on the system! But the risk is..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Lin Ye bit his finger, blood dripping into the groove of the control panel. A sharp pain instantly swept through his body; he felt countless steel needles ramming into his veins. The system notification exploded in his mind: "Original protocol detected. Activate Guardian Mode? Warning! This mode will permanently rewrite the host's genes..."

"Activate!" Lin Ye's roar mingled with the explosion of the spaceship. Silver scales began to appear on his skin, and six pairs of wings of light unfurled from his back, each feather shimmering with a starlight-like luster. The Dark Realm King's attack, upon touching him, was instantly disintegrated into specks of starlight.

"Impossible!" The Supreme Kai's armor began to crumble, and those faces let out shrill screams. "You're nothing but a system experiment..."

"Experimental subjects?" Lin Ye's voice turned ethereal and icy. With a casual wave of his hand, a rift was torn open in space. "You parasites living within the system are the real trash that needs to be purified." A light sphere condensed at his fingertips, its pure light eclipsing the entire universe.

Bulma stared at the wildly fluctuating data on the monitoring screen, her expression suddenly changing drastically: "Stop! The purification process is overloaded! This thing will destroy ten star systems within a radius of..."

Her warning was drowned out by an even louder explosion. Before dying, the Dark Lord of the Underworld poured all his energy into the spaceship's core. Lin Ye watched the numbers ticking on the countdown timer and suddenly smiled—a smile that overlapped with the expression on his mother's face before her death in the corridor of memories.

“Take the rest away.” He turned and walked towards the energy core, the silver scales beginning to peel away, revealing the charred skin beneath. “I’ll be the fuse.”

"Are you crazy?" Bulma grabbed his arm, but was repelled by an invisible force. "Guardian Mode will completely digitize you! You will disappear from all dimensions!"

Lin Ye didn't turn around; his light wings had already begun to turn transparent. "Remember my game account..." Before he could finish speaking, the entire spaceship erupted in a blinding white light. In the last moment before his consciousness faded, he seemed to hear his mother's voice, mixed with the system's final notification: "Original protocol executed successfully, Guardian Lin Ye... saved."

As Bulma climbed out of the escape pod, the universe returned to silence. She clutched the dull sapphire in her hand, new runes appearing on its surface. In the distance, a new star was being born, and in its light, a silver figure seemed to flash by. Meanwhile, deep within the lair of the Dark Supreme Kai, an ancient seal was loosening, the sound of chains snapping echoing.

Chapter 134: The Seed of the Universe?

The energy shockwaves from the explosion surged wildly through the void like a raging sea. At the heart of this chaos, the once tranquil void suddenly seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand, rippling with eerie waves. Then, a seven-colored light, powerful enough to illuminate the entire star field, burst forth, like a gaping maw tearing open reality. A rhombus-shaped crystal slowly emerged from it, hovering there, each facet shimmering with brilliant starlight patterns. Wherever it passed, shattered meteorites began to spontaneously reassemble, and dissipated energy condensed into specks of light, as if the entire order of the universe was subtly altered under its influence.

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"That's... the Seed of the Universe?!" The Mechanical Race Chieftain's electronic voice shrilled, and the 360 ​​mechanical arms behind him simultaneously emitted a piercing metallic scraping sound, unfolding like blooming steel flowers, their countless cannons all aimed at the crystal. "The legendary thing that can reshape the rules of the universe! With it, our Mechanical Race can escape the predicament of energy depletion!"

"Grab it first, then talk nonsense!" The Demon Lord was engulfed in purplish-black flames, within which flashed ferocious faces, like the wailing of imprisoned souls. He flashed, traversing ten kilometers in the blink of an eye, his claws slashing through the void, creating a dark spatial rift. "Anyone who stands in my way, die! My Demon race's chance to dominate the universe has arrived!"

Lin Ye had barely managed to regain his footing from the energy shock when the system chip in his chest suddenly became scorching hot, as if it would burn his heart. He looked up and saw powerful figures from various races swarming forward, those at the forefront already engulfed in a frenzied infighting. The particle cannons of the Machine Race unleashed dazzling blue light, instantly shattering the white wings of the Angel Race, feathers scattering like snowflakes; the Zerg Queen brandished her thick tentacles, easily shredding orcs into a bloody mist, the air thick with a pungent, fishy stench.

"Kid, stay away from that thing!" Bulma's voice boomed urgently from the communicator. "Three hundred years ago, this very thing caused the Great Ripple! Countless galaxies were reduced to dust in that catastrophe. You have no idea how dangerous it is!"

Before Bulma could finish speaking, a silver flash grazed past Lin Ye's ear like lightning. He instinctively leaned back, his body somersaulting in the air. Looking closer, he saw that it was the chain blade swung by the Time Hunter that had precisely entangled the Seed of the Universe. The mechanical eyes beneath the mask gleamed with a greedy red light: "This thing belongs to my employer! Anyone who dares to obstruct it will be torn to shreds by the temporal turbulence!"

"Bullshit!" the Demon Lord roared in fury, his tail transforming into a black spear that pierced the Time Hunter's shoulder in an instant. "The ancient contract states that unclaimed property belongs to the strongest! You think you can lay a finger on it?" The Time Hunter grunted, his chain blade nearly slipping from his grasp, yet he held on tightly.

Lin Ye's temples throbbed, and system notifications bombarded his mind, almost overwhelming his consciousness: [Primal Resonance Detected] [Permission Unlock Progress 37%] [Warning! Energy Tide Imminent Overload]. He stared intently at the ancient runes gradually emerging on the crystal's surface. Those intricate patterns inexplicably reminded him of a certain handwriting on his mother's medical record in the corridor of his memories, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity welled up within him.

"Stop right now!" Lin Ye roared, his silver wings unfurling with a deafening roar, illuminating his furious face. But his shout was drowned out by the even more violent explosion—the dragon elder spewed forth scorching dragon breath, colliding violently with the elemental storm summoned by the elves. The powerful energy collision created a massive, all-consuming vortex, instantly pulverizing the surrounding meteorites.

"The resonance frequency has reached the critical value." The system's mechanical voice suddenly softened, even carrying a hint of human vibrato. This subtle change sent a shiver down Lin Ye's spine. "Activate Truth Analysis? Once activated, you may endure unimaginable pain."

"Activate!" Lin Ye gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with determination. A surge of excruciating pain erupted from his spine like a tidal wave, as if countless sharp blades were slicing through his nerves. A flood of fragmented memories rushed into his mind: at the beginning of creation, twelve gods exhausted their own essence to condense the Seed of the Universe; a certain guardian betrayed the gods' will, attempting to rewrite the rules of life and death with the seed, triggering a cataclysmic disaster; and his system was precisely the key to controlling the birth of the seed…?

"So we were all just pawns." Lin Ye clenched his fist, his nails piercing his palm, drawing blood. Below, the melee had reached a fever pitch. The Demon Lord's head was ripped off by the Zerg Queen, but he roared with maniacal laughter as his head instantly reformed; the Machine Lord's body was torn to pieces, yet his core continued to frantically control his weapons, sending metal parts flying through the air.

"Stop." Lin Ye's voice wasn't loud, but thanks to the system's power, it clearly reached everyone's ears. He raised his hand and made a grasping motion; a silver chain extended from the crystal, wrapping around his arm like a living thing. "This thing isn't a symbol of power, but..."

"Shut up!" The void suddenly cracked open, and the Dark Supreme God, who should have perished, stepped out. His body was composed of countless streams of system data, each shimmering with a dangerous light. "Who gave you permission to touch a divine object?! You lowly ant, how dare you lay a finger on something that doesn't belong to you?!"

Lin Ye stared at the pulsating purple core in the other's chest—a fragment of the Seed of the Universe. As more memory fragments pieced together, the truth gradually surfaced—the Supreme Kai was none other than the Guardian who had betrayed him years ago!

"You're afraid." Lin Ye's lips curled into a cold smile. He tugged at the chains, causing the crystal's light to surge, blinding everyone. "Afraid that others will know the true purpose of the Seed of the Universe is..."

"Die!" The Supreme Kai was utterly enraged, unleashing a massive data stream blade that shattered space in its wake, creating terrifying spatial rifts. But the instant the blade touched Lin Ye, all the data streams suddenly reversed, as if drawn by some mysterious force, and lashed out at the Supreme Kai.

"The answer lies within your own origin." Lin Ye's eyes shone with a seven-colored light, and the Seed of the Universe completely merged with him. An eerie silence fell over the battlefield. The powerful figures of various races, watching the creation runes flowing around the young man, felt an indescribable fear welling up within them. They suddenly realized that this struggle, from the very beginning, was nothing more than a staged farce.

In a more distant dimension, a pair of eyes hidden in the folds of spacetime narrowed slightly. On the chessboard before him, the piece representing Lin Ye had finally reached a crucial square, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips…?

Chapter 135: The Data Torrent?

The light from the fusion of the Seed of the Universe and Lin Ye had not yet dissipated when a piercing tearing sound suddenly echoed throughout the entire star field. The distant space, like tin foil crumpled by an invisible giant hand, twisted into a massive vortex. Countless streams of data, shimmering with a ghostly blue light, erupted from the void like boiling magma, tearing stars into tiny specks of light wherever they passed, and instantly reducing meteorites to dust under the energy impact. The Mechanical Race Chieftain's 360 mechanical arms twisted and swung wildly, the metallic scraping sound piercingly sharp enough to shatter eardrums: "Spatial stability index to zero! We're all going to die here! If we don't do something, the entire dimension will be torn apart!"

Lin Ye's legs suddenly gave way, and he uncontrollably collapsed to his knees. He stared intently at his palms, his skin frantically switching between physical and digital forms—one second it was normal flesh and blood, veins and lines clearly visible; the next it was a flickering blue dot, its body constantly reforming and dissipating. A searing pain deep within his bone marrow made his vision blur, as if countless scalding scissors were shredding his nerves. The system notifications became shrill and piercing, exploding repeatedly in his mind: [Energy Overload Warning] [Physicalization Maintenance Rate 37%] [Core Area Imminent Collapse].

"Kid! Think of something quick!" Bulma's voice came through the communicator, noticeably distorted. On the screen, her spaceship was shaking violently in the data stream, all the warning lights on the instrument panel flashing red, making her face appear deathly pale. "This energy is devouring the entire star system! The shield has less than 3% strength left. If we don't do something soon, we're all going to perish here!"

Vegeta suddenly appeared beside Lin Ye, his powerful aura shattering the surrounding data streams. His battle suit was torn, revealing scarred skin beneath, yet he maintained his arrogant stance: "Useless trash. You can't even suppress this little bit of energy? If the power of the Universe Seed were so easy to control, you wouldn't be here." Despite his words, his eyes revealed an unprecedented seriousness as he stared intently at Lin Ye's dissipating right arm. "This power is beyond your current capabilities. Forcing fusion will only hasten your death."

Lin Ye gritted his teeth, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, staining the ground a dark patch: "Enough nonsense... Stabilize the space for me! I can still hold on!" His body once again digitized, his severed arm transforming into scattered particles of light, only to coalesce again amidst painful roars. Just then, the maniacal laughter of the Demon Lord echoed from afar. His body was enveloped in purplish-black demonic energy as he opened his arms to meet the surging data stream: "Destroy it! This chaotic universe deserves a fresh start! Let me use this power to become the new creator god!"

"Idiot!" Vegeta sneered, vanishing from his spot in an instant. The next second, he reappeared behind the Demon Lord, his golden aura surging, and slammed a punch into the latter's back: "Seeking death in front of this prince? You don't even deserve to be a stepping stone!" The shockwave from the violent explosion temporarily dispersed some of the data stream, but it also widened the spatial rift, allowing even more torrents of energy to gush out. Several distant planets exploded under the tearing force of the energy.

Lin Ye felt his consciousness fading, and his legs gave way, causing him to kneel on the ground. He watched helplessly as the Zerg Queen's massive body was swept away by the data stream, her hard carapace disintegrating into pixels in the energy turbulence; the elemental barrier jointly released by the elven elders was torn apart like paper before the data torrent. "At this rate... it's all over..." he muttered to himself, his body completely transforming into a stream of data, only to be forcibly reassembled by the system, each transformation feeling like an ordeal worse than death.

“Listen, brat.” Vegeta appeared beside him unnoticed, grabbing his collar and lifting him up. “The core of the Universe Seed is operating beyond its limits; someone has to go in and stabilize it.” His gaze was unusually serious as he stared at Lin Ye’s constantly flashing digitized body. “And in your current state, going in would be certain death. This task can only be completed by me.”

Lin Ye wanted to retort, but found he didn't even have the strength to speak. He watched Vegeta turn and fly towards the core area, the golden flames shining brightly in the data stream, illuminating his resolute back. "Wait! You..." His voice was drowned out by the enormous roar.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Vegeta didn't even turn his head, his energy surging wildly. "This prince doesn't want to die alongside trash like you. Tell Kakarot... this time, I won... this time, I will prove who the true strongest warrior of this fighting race is!" A dazzling energy sphere began to gather around his body, a sign of his full power unleashed, its light even surpassing the raging data stream.

With a deafening explosion, Vegeta's figure vanished from the core area. The raging data stream, as if suppressed by an invisible hand, gradually subsided. Lin Ye's body finally stopped shifting forms. He knelt on the ground, watching the space gradually return to calm in the distance, his heart filled with mixed emotions. Fragments of shattered armor drifted down from the sky, one of them a metal piece engraved with the Vegeta clan crest, gently landing in his trembling hand.

"He...he sacrificed himself?" Bulma's voice, choked with sobs, came through the communicator. Lin Ye didn't answer, only silently clenching his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms. The system notification sounded again: [Core area stabilized] [New energy fluctuation detected] [Warning! Unknown force is approaching].

Lin Ye slowly stood up, gazing at the dark universe. Vegeta's last image lingered in his mind, while in the distance, an even more dangerous aura was approaching. He took a deep breath, his gaze hardening once more, and carefully placed the metal piece engraved with the clan crest close to his body: "Come on... whoever you are. As long as I live, I will not let you succeed. Vegeta, your sacrifice will not have been in vain."

Behind him, in the space that had just returned to calm, a mysterious portal was quietly forming, emitting an eerie purple light, seemingly connecting to some unknown dimension. Where Vegeta had disappeared, an energy orb shimmering with golden light slowly emerged and fell into Lin Ye's hand, as if telling the final words of this proud warrior. The light flowing across the surface of the energy orb resonated with the Cosmic Seed within Lin Ye, and a new power was quietly awakening within him.

Chapter 136: Two Choices?

After a brief period of calm, the universe trembled once more, and the cosmic seed in Lin Ye's hand suddenly burst forth with dazzling light. Countless golden runes emerged from the seed's surface, piecing together a massive holographic projection in the air—two buttons emitting different lights floated within it, one inscribed with "Reset," swirling with a cold, silvery-white radiance; the other written with "Evolution," surging with fiery, crimson energy.

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"This is..." Bulma's voice came through the communicator, filled with shock, "According to ancient records, the Cosmic Seed offers a choice every billions of years. Resetting means restoring the universe to its initial pure state, where all life and civilization are reset to zero; while evolution... allows the universe to break through existing rules and venture into the unknown."

The mechanical race chieftain's electronic eyes flashed frantically: "Restore to a pure state? That's annihilating us, this race born later! No way! We must choose evolution!" His 360 mechanical arms simultaneously aimed at the seed. "Anyone who dares to choose reset will have to get past me first!"

"Shut up, all of you!" Lin Ye gripped the seed tightly, his palms clammy with cold sweat. He could feel the pulsation emanating from the seed, as if urging him to make a decision. Just then, space suddenly cracked open, and the Dark Supreme God stepped out, his body completely digitized, a pair of enormous wings composed of data streams unfurling from his back.

"You're all so naive," the Supreme Kai sneered. "The universe has long been rotten to the core; only a reset can bring about new life!" He raised his hand, and a black beam of light shot towards the "Reset" button. "This time, I will rule!"

"Don't even think about it!" Vegeta's remaining golden energy within Lin Ye suddenly erupted, his figure flickering in and out of existence. "Kakarot was right, you're the real cancer on the universe, trying to control everything!" Lin Ye used the force to throw a punch, colliding with the black pillar of light. The resulting shockwave distorted the surrounding space once more.

The Zerg Queen suddenly burst from the chaos, her tentacles coiling towards the "Evolve" button: "The Zerg need more living space! Evolve! We must evolve!" The Elven elders also acted simultaneously, their elemental power forming a barrier to prevent other forces from approaching the button. The battlefield instantly descended into a multi-faction melee.

"Lin Ye! Catch!" A golden light ripped through the battlefield as Trunks, riding his time machine, burst out from a spatial rift. The "Anchor of Time" in his hand shimmered with an eerie light. "This is the key to turning the tide! The Anchor of Time can temporarily freeze time, but it can only be used once!"

The moment Lin Ye caught the Anchor of Time, system notifications blared: [Time-based artifact detected] [Activation condition: Consumes 80% of primordial energy] [Warning! Forced use may result in irreversible data corruption of the host]. He gritted his teeth, watching the frantic struggle among the crowd, then glanced at the two buttons.

"You're all insane!" Lin Ye suddenly roared, his voice echoing across the entire battlefield through the system. "Whether it's a reset or evolution, it shouldn't be up to us to decide! Why should the fate of the universe be entrusted to a seed?" He raised the Anchor of Time, its golden light resonating with the seed. "But now, I need to deal with this madman first!"

Seeing this, the Dark Supreme Kai's eyes flashed with panic: "Stop him! We can't let him ruin the plan!" He personally charged towards Lin Ye, his data stream transforming into countless sharp blades. The instant Lin Ye pressed the Anchor of Time, time seemed to freeze across the entire battlefield; only he and the Supreme Kai could still move.

"You think you can win against me like this?" The Supreme Kai's attack grazed Lin Ye's cheek. "Even if time stops, you can't change..." His words were abruptly cut off, because the Cosmic Seed in Lin Ye's hand suddenly split in two, one half flying towards the "Reset" button, and the other half towards the "Evolve" button.

"Who says you have to choose one of two?" Lin Ye's lips curled into a smile. "I choose a third path—let the universe decide for itself!" With his words, the two halves of the seed erupted with unprecedented light, and two completely different powers began to merge. The Dark Supreme God roared in unwilling fury within the light, his body gradually dissipating.

But the energy generated by the fusion far exceeded expectations; countless cracks began to appear in space, and the entire universe trembled. The time-freezing effect of the Time Anchor was about to end, and Lin Ye could feel his body being torn apart by this force. Trunks' voice rang out: "Use the time machine to escape! This place can't hold out any longer!"

Lin Ye looked at the Time Anchor in his hand, which was on the verge of collapse, and then at the two forces that were fusing together. The system issued its final warning: [Cosmic-level energy rampage detected] [Emergency protection procedure activated] [Transfer host to an unknown dimension?]

Time seemed to stretch endlessly in that moment. Lin Ye's mind flashed back to his mother's smile, Vegeta's retreating figure, and his friends' shouts. The instant the time-freeze effect vanished, he made his decision. Meanwhile, in some corner of the universe, a pair of eyes watched all this with keen interest, another chess piece falling from the board...?

Chapter 137: System Liberation?

The universe was still violently trembling due to the energy fusion. Lin Ye knelt on one knee on a floating meteorite fragment, the cosmic seed within his body resonating intensely with the system chip. He looked at his semi-transparent data arm, the system's cold notification echoing in his ears: [Energy rampage risk detected] [Absolute suppression program recommended]

"Bullshit suppression!" Lin Ye clenched his fist, silver patterns appearing on his digitized skin. "From the day we were bound to the system, we've been like pets kept in captivity!" He suddenly looked up, his gaze sweeping over the various powerful figures still locked in a standoff in the distance. "You think obtaining the system's power is a gift? That energy imprisoned in the data prison should belong to the entire universe!"

The mechanical race chieftain's 360 mechanical arms simultaneously emitted alarms: "Boy, are you crazy? Releasing system energy will cause dimensional collapse!" The particle cannon array behind him began charging, its blue light casting an eerie glow on the surrounding meteorites. "Activate the stabilization program now, and we can still preserve..."

"Preserve your monopoly privileges?" Lin Ye's cold laugh mingled with the buzzing of data streams. "When the Zerg Queen's subjects were used as energy batteries, when the Elven ancient trees were corroded by data vines, did you beneficiaries utter a single word of justice?" Golden runes lit up his palm—the authority granted by the cosmic seed. "Today, I will completely reshuffle the system rules!"

Before the words were even finished, the Dark Supreme God's data body suddenly swelled to a thousand meters tall. With each flap of his data-stream wings, several meteorites were pulverized: "Ignorant ants! The system is a shackle created by the gods, and also a chain that maintains the balance of the universe!" His voice resonated so loudly it hurt everyone's eardrums. "Dare to touch the taboo, and be prepared to be annihilated!"