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

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"It's no use, host." Omega's mechanical arm suddenly extended, grabbing Vegeta who was trying to launch a sneak attack. "The system planted a seed within you long ago; now it's just time to reap the rewards."

Vegeta struggled within the mechanical hand, his deep blue flames flickering: "You bastard... let go..."

Vegeta! Lin Ye rushed forward without thinking, but was bounced back by an invisible force field halfway. He crashed heavily against the rock wall, and rubble fell down in a shower.

Omega held Vegeta up to its eyes: Saiyan pride? Just a programmed personality trait. The mechanical fingers tightened, and Vegeta's battle suit creaked under the strain.

Lin Ye! Trunks suddenly threw a metal device at him—Bulma's time-space stabilizer!

Lin Ye caught it mid-air, and the instant his thumb pressed the start button, a blue ripple spread out. Omega's movements suddenly froze for a second—that precious second—

Now! Goku instantly teleported behind Omega's head, clenching his fists into a hammer and slamming them down. At the same time, Gohan and Trunks' ki blasts precisely struck the joints of the mechanical arm.

boom!

Vegeta plummeted from mid-air, only to be caught by Lin Ye in time. The Saiyan prince coughed up blood, but revealed a sinister smile: "Well done...not bad..."

Omega's head armor was cracked with a spiderweb-like pattern, but what was even more unsettling was that he was laughing.

A brilliant team effort. The black hole on the mechanical giant's chest suddenly reversed its rotation, but unfortunately, you forgot that the system's greatest strength... is learning.

All twelve mechanical arms transformed simultaneously, perfectly replicating the attack methods of the group from before! Wukong's eyes widened: How is this possible...?

"Get out of the way!" Lin Ye grabbed Vegeta and retreated rapidly. The next second, a power-up cannon, a Kamehameha, and a Magic Flash were simultaneously launched from the mechanical arm, their power several times that of the originals!

The earth cracked and shattered with a deafening roar, a mushroom cloud shooting into the sky. Lin Ye shielded Vegeta with his body, his back torn open by the shockwave. From within the thick smoke came Gohan's screams and Goku's anxious shouts.

System notification: Host's vital signs are critical. Alice's voice becomes intermittent; Omega's core weakness detected...

exist...

Lin Ye endured the excruciating pain and brought up the scanning interface. The blurry image showed a golden light spot deep inside the black hole in Omega's chest—the very same fragment of creation that he had absorbed back then!

We must...remove that thing... Vegeta struggled to his feet, his deep blue aura reigniting to shield me...

No! Your injury—

"Enough with the nonsense!" Vegeta shoved Lin Ye aside. "Who do you think I am?"

Just then, Omega's mechanical voice suddenly distorted: Error! Unknown energy access detected! One of his mechanical arms uncontrollably turned towards his chest, forcing the protocol... to activate...

Lin Ye's system interface suddenly returned to normal, and Alice's voice rang out clearly: Emergency connection successful! Ms. Bulma activated the backup system terminal!

Well done! Lin Ye clenched his fist. Now's the time!

Vegeta had already transformed into a blue meteor and was hurtling towards Omega, while Goku and his father flanked him from both sides. Trunks appeared directly above, his energy sword pointing straight at the mechanical giant's head.

Omega's twelve mechanical arms flailing wildly, but three of them seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, constantly interfering with the movements of the others. Bulma... the mechanical giant roared angrily, "How dare you...!"

Now! Lin Ye channeled all his remaining energy into his right fist, causing the golden flames to surge tenfold—the ultimate power!

Vegeta's fist struck the edge of the black hole first: the galaxy—

Goku and his father unleashed their Kamehameha and Masaki Flash simultaneously: Explosion—

Three forces converged at Omega's chest, tearing the mechanical armor to shreds like paper. Lin Ye saw the golden light deep within the black hole drawing ever closer—

End it!

His fist pierced through the black hole, and the moment his fingertips touched the fragments of creation, the entire world suddenly fell into absolute silence.

Then came endless white light.

Chapter 117 Memory Maze

In the white light, Lin Ye felt himself falling.

There was no wind, no gravity, only countless fragments of memories flitting past him like snowflakes. He reached out and grabbed the nearest one—

On his sixth birthday, his mother hung a stone engraved with strange runes around his neck. It was a family heirloom, meant to protect Xiaoye as he grew up safely.

The fragment suddenly melted, and another piece adhered to his palm—

On the high school track, he ran as fast as he could but still lost the race. In the twilight, the stone felt slightly hot against his chest.

This is...my memory? Lin Ye tried to call out to the system, but received no response. More fragments surged in on their own:

[While working overtime late into the night, my computer suddenly crashed with a blue screen. Instead of an error report, a blood-red dialog box popped up: "Want to experience real life? YES/NO"]

The moment I arrived in the Dragon Ball world, Frieza's death beam was already upon me.

After brutally beating the Emperor of the Universe, Vegeta looked at him with fear for the first time.

The fragments grew denser and denser, eventually forming a corridor that seemed to stretch endlessly. Lin Ye's feet finally touched solid ground, and he found himself standing before a metal door marked with the name of the system's core.

Welcome to the Memory Corridor, Experiment No. 57.

Lin Ye whirled around, and there stood his mirror image, leaning against the wall, his mechanical eyes flashing an eerie red light. Unlike his Omega form, he looked exactly like Lin Ye now—except for that half-mechanical face.

Where is this? Lin Ye assumed a fighting stance, but found that he could not mobilize any energy.

Mirror chuckled softly, his fingertips tracing the flowing data on the wall: "Deep within your consciousness, or rather—the place where the system was initially implanted." He snapped his fingers, and countless holographic screens suddenly appeared on both sides of the corridor, each displaying Lin Ye from a different parallel universe.

Let's look at the fates of the other test subjects. Mirror randomly clicks on a screen, where Lin Ye is kneeling before the Omni-King, number 1098, choosing to submit to the system and become the ruler of the universe.

Another scene unfolds, showing the white-haired Lin Ye holding Bulma's cold body: Number 742, who exhausted her system energy to save her loved ones and became a cripple.

More and more screens appeared, eventually surrounding the two of them. The mirrored voice was seductive: Join us, and you will have the most perfect one of all possibilities.

Lin Ye suddenly noticed something different about the screen in a corner—it showed him placing a fragment of creation in front of his mother's hospital bed. The image flashed by, but it made his heart pound.

what is that?

For the first time, the mirror's expression flickered: an insignificant failure. He waved his hand to shut down all the screens. Make your choice, host. Become part of Omega, or be recycled like those failed experiments?

Lin Ye did not answer immediately. He carefully observed the mirror image—when the failed sample was mentioned, the other party's mechanical finger trembled almost imperceptibly.

"Alice, are you there?" he murmured to himself.

There was no response. But as he pretended to walk toward the metal door, a hint of relief flashed in his mirrored eyes.

Wait a minute. Lin Ye suddenly turned around. How did the system come about in the first place?

The mirrored mechanical eye suddenly flashed wildly: Irrelevant...question...refuses to answer...

You don't know either, right? Lin Ye pressed on, or rather, you know but dare not say?

"Outrageous!" The mirror image roared in fury, and the entire corridor began to distort. "I am the system!"

No, you're just a puppet it created. Lin Ye pointed to the screen that had been hastily closed. The truth was there, wasn't it?

The image suddenly froze, then emitted a piercing mechanical sound: Warning! Core memory access request detected! Initiating the cleanup process!

Black slime seeped from the corridor walls, transforming into countless tentacles that lunged at Lin Ye. He turned and rammed into the metal door, only to find it completely immovable.

It's no use, this is the realm of consciousness. The mirrored voices flicker near and far; give up resisting, become part of the Omega...

At the critical moment, Lin Ye suddenly remembered something and ripped open his collar—the stone pendant from his childhood was still there! It was emitting a faint golden light.

This is...

Impossible! For the first time, the mirror image showed terror. How could the fragments of creation be...?

Lin Ye pressed the pendant against the metal door. Amidst the surge of golden light, he heard his mother's gentle voice: "Little Ye, remember, never abandon your humanity for power..."

The door opened.

Instead of a deluge of data, what greeted them was a simple hospital room. A pale-faced girl lay on the bed, while a boy in a white coat knelt beside her, holding a shard of gold in his hands.

Little sister, hang in there a little longer... The boy was in tears, the system would heal you soon...

Lin Ye was struck dumb – that boy was none other than himself in his youth!

A mirrored figure suddenly appeared on the other side of the hospital bed, its mechanical parts melting: "See? This is the consequence of foolishness." His voice gradually transformed into a boyish tone; he created a system to save someone important, only to be turned into a monster by its backlash...

No... Lin Ye staggered backward, this isn't my memory...

"Of course not." The mirror image—or rather, the young host—pointed with a wry smile to the corner of the ward. There stood countless blurry figures, each clutching a shimmering golden fragment: "We are all the hosts devoured by the system, and you..."

The golden light suddenly coalesced into Alice's virtual image: the only one with a chance to end it all.

Lin Ye felt a splitting headache as memories flooded back—he wasn't a transmigrator at all, but rather a clone of the first host's consciousness, sent to the Dragon Ball world by the system to collect energy!

Now you understand. The young host's figure begins to dissipate; the fragment of creation is the system's key, and also its only weakness. Use it to awaken other hosts...

A black tentacle suddenly burst through the ward door, and the young host used his last strength to push Lin Ye: Run! Omega has found us!

As the world spun around him, Lin Ye felt someone shaking him violently.

Wake up! Damn it, you're not going to just die like this, are you? It was Vegeta's voice.

Lin Ye suddenly opened his eyes and found himself lying in the ruins. Omega's mechanical giant was standing a hundred meters away, the black hole in its chest pulsating violently, and its twelve mechanical arms twitching as if malfunctioning.

What happened? Goku, his face covered in blood, helped Gohan up, but the guy suddenly stopped moving...

Lin Ye looked into his palm—the fragment of creation was resonating with his pendant. Alice's voice finally returned: Memory synchronization complete, original protocol unlocked.

He staggered to his feet, then suddenly laughed: I know how to beat him.

Chapter 118 The Ending Battle

Are you crazy? Vegeta grabbed Lin Ye's shoulder and said, "Rushing into that black hole is suicide!"

The black hole in Omega's chest was twisting and deforming, sometimes expanding and sometimes contracting, like an unstable heart. Cracks appeared in the space around the mechanical giant, and countless golden points of light could be vaguely seen flickering behind the cracks.

Those were the host consciousnesses devoured by the system. Lin Ye wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The fragments of creation were burning hot in his palm; he had to enter the core to liberate them.

Goku and Gohan exchanged a glance and stood on either side of Lin Ye: How long will it take to prepare?

Thirty seconds. Lin Ye quickly checked the system interface. The icon for the [Original Protocol] was loading. Alice would temporarily take over some of Omega's functions, but this would only last for a maximum of one minute.

Trunks drags out a spacetime stabilizer that Bulma has urgently modified from the ruins: This can slow down the collapse of space and buy you time.

Vegeta snorted coldly, his deep blue aura suddenly turning silver-white, ancient Saiyan runes flowing through his hair: Enough nonsense, let's leave now!

Lin Ye took a deep breath and looked at everyone: Remember, once you go in, don't believe anything you see; they are all illusions created by the system.

Ready? Goku assumed the starting stance for the Kamehameha.

Three, two, one——

Five figures simultaneously charged towards Omega. The mechanical giant suddenly resumed its movements, its twelve arms forming a vast net, but were slowed by a 0.5-second delay caused by a remotely activated interference program from Bulma.

It's now!