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Lin Xiaoye suddenly pointed at Lin Ye's hand and screamed, "Daddy! Your hand has turned into noodles!"
Lin Ye looked down and saw that his palm was indeed stretching and deforming, with pale golden energy coiling around his skin, forming spiral patterns. At this moment, the pocket watch lit up completely, projecting a blurry image—Luffy wearing a straw hat stood in front of the ship's wheel, and among the crew behind him, the profile of a green-haired swordsman bore a striking resemblance to Future Trunks.
"What on earth is going on?" Android 18 walked in carrying Bulma, the energy ring on her mechanical arm flashing red. "Bulma said she detected thirty-seven dimensional rifts, twelve of which are in geosynchronous orbit!"
"Never mind what's going on!" Vegeta turned and rushed towards the helipad, the baby pod leaving a blur behind him. "If I don't get there soon, that bastard is going to dismantle my spaceship and turn it into a barbecue grill!"
Lin Ye picked up Lin Xiaoye and followed, when the little guy suddenly grabbed his collar, pointed at Luffy on the screen and shouted, "Daddy! That guy can grow taller just like you!" His little hand suddenly emitted golden flames, burning a crooked handprint on Lin Ye's arm. "I want to learn that too!"
“If you want to learn, you have to learn to control your qi first.” Lin Ye smiled and pinched his son’s cheek. Suddenly, the hands of his pocket watch jumped violently, pointing to a submarine flashing on the screen—the “PX” number on the hull was melting and solidifying back into the number “17”. He suddenly understood something, “So that’s how it is… It’s not just the world that’s merging, but also our abilities.”
As the spaceship emerged from the atmosphere, Lin Ye stood at the observation deck, watching the rapidly receding star clusters outside the porthole. Vegeta was roaring into the communicator, "Kakarot! If you dare touch my gravity training room, I'll tie your Saiyan tail to the engine!"
"Dad's lying." Lin Xiaoye lay on the control panel, drawing skulls all over the star map with crayons. "Uncle Weiss said that last time you teamed up with that green-haired uncle with the mask to play games."
Lin Ye paused. In the image projected by the pocket watch, Zoro was slashing at a space pirate ship, the light from his three-sword style interspersed with the red aura of the Kaioken technique. This detail made him suddenly laugh out loud—it seemed that what had been merged was not only space, but also combat techniques.
"Energy detected ahead!" Number 18's voice came through the communicator, visibly surprised. "It's a Kamehameha! But the waveform is a bit strange... like it's elastic with rubber mixed in!"
Lin Ye rushed to the bridge, and the scene on the screen made him gasp – Luffy was standing at the bow, his arms outstretched in a spiral shape, his Kamehameha wave possessing the elasticity of the Gum-Gum Fruit, rebounding after hitting the meteor shower and accurately blasting towards the pursuing interstellar fleet. Even more astonishingly, several Senzu Beans floated out of the smoke from Chopper's Rumble Ball during his transformation.
“That kid’s moves…” Vegeta’s pupils contracted sharply, and Lin Xiaoye in the baby pod suddenly clapped her hands: “This is fun! It’s more fun than the Kamehameha that Daddy taught us!”
"Hold on tight!" Lin Ye jerked the spaceship upwards, dodging the grazed energy beam. The attack came from a warship bearing the "F" symbol; the Frieza statue on its bow was melting and solidifying back into a blond man wearing a top hat. "It's that Shichibukai..."
"It's Doflamingo!" Lin Xiaoye suddenly shouted, holding up a well-worn comic book. "The book says he can control strings!"
Before he could finish speaking, countless transparent threads suddenly pierced through the bridge. Lin Ye instinctively deployed his light wings for defense, but the threads, upon colliding with the pure white flames, strangely transformed into energy beams. This discovery shocked him—his Devil Fruit power was being converted into a method of utilizing energy.
"Dad, look!" Lin Xiaoye pointed at the screen. Luffy's fist was getting bigger, and the golden patterns of a Super Saiyan were appearing on its surface, which was covered with Haki. "He can transform too!"
Lin Ye's pocket watch beeped at that moment, projecting the final coordinates—all dimensional rifts were converging on the neutral star "Whiskey Peak." He suddenly remembered Whis's words, and the rubber sheen on his fingertips became increasingly pronounced: "Vegeta, set the gravity training room to fifty times!"
"Are you crazy?" Vegeta's tail taut behind him. "Saya is still here—"
"Trust me." Lin Ye's aura suddenly surged, and the double mark of a straw hat and a Saiyan totem appeared in the pure white flames. "This time, I won't use the system. I'll teach you true cross-dimensional combat."
Lin Xiaoye suddenly grabbed the railing and stood up, golden flames forming a miniature vortex around him: "I want to learn too! I want to be better than that guy in the straw hat!"
The moment the spaceship passed through the dimensional rift, Lin Ye witnessed a sight he would never forget—Luffy stood atop the mast, his smile under his straw hat mirroring Goku's; Zoro's three swords were merging into a lightsaber, the hilt engraved with the name "Trunks"; and on the distant horizon, a capsule ship bearing the character "turtle" was approaching, with an old man wearing sunglasses standing at its bow, holding a bottle of liquor labeled "Seastone Distilled Liquor."
The pocket watch cooled completely at this moment, and the engraving on the back reappeared: "Power arises from the heart, not from bestowal." Lin Ye clenched his fist, and pure white energy burst forth from his rubbery palm. The moment it touched the sunlight, it transformed into a Kamehameha wave with rubber-like patterns, shooting straight towards the crack in the sky.
"Daddy's moves are getting more fun!" Lin Xiaoye clapped her hands and cheered, completely unaware that her eyes were turning emerald green, and a black warship was being reflected in her pupils. The word "BIGMOM" on the sails was slowly turning into the totem of "Majin Buu".
Looking at his son's excited smile, Lin Ye suddenly understood the meaning of spacetime fusion. He turned to Vegeta, who was still frowning, but his tail had quietly wrapped around the safety buckle of the baby pod: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up! This prince won't wait for you, you piece of trash."
The moment the spaceship pierced the clouds, the Straw Hat Skull and Saiyan totem on Lin Ye's wings slowly overlapped, forming a brand new symbol. He knew this wasn't the end, but the beginning of an even more audacious adventure—no system, no pre-set rules, only the courage and passion of two worlds colliding to create the most dazzling sparks in the galaxy. Meanwhile, on the distant Whiskey Mountain, an ancient stone tablet trembled, the inscription on its surface gradually becoming clear in the sunlight, beginning with: "When the Straw Hat Meets the Saiyan…".
Chapter 270: Abyss Eyes
A cold, salty sea breeze swept across the deck of the Thousand Sunny, making the sails flutter. Having just left the storm zone, the Thousand Sunny sailed on a sea with low-hanging leaden clouds, the atmosphere somber.
"Hey! Lin Ye!" Luffy's booming voice tore through the air. His rubber arm stretched out with lightning speed, precisely catching Lin Ye who had slipped and fallen from the watchtower, pulling him back in front of him, grinning broadly, his white teeth gleaming, "Was that cool? Hehe! Become my crewmate! Let's go find 'ONE PIECE' together! The Great Pirate Era can't do without a guy like you!"
Lin Ye steadied himself and said helplessly, "Captain Luffy... your invitation is really... as sudden as ever."
"Hmph! Boring!" Vegeta sneered, leaning against the ship's railing with his arms crossed. Beside him, Zoro looked painfully at his famous sword, "Wado Ichimonji," whose scabbard had been charred black by Vegeta's "accidental" ki blast.
"Hey! Vegeta! This is a famous sword!" Zoro gritted his teeth and growled.
Vegeta gave a cold, sidelong glance: "The weak can't even protect their swords, might as well burn them." He swept his gaze over Zoro's other two swords, "Next time they get in the way, burn those two pieces of scrap metal!"
"You bastard!" Zoro instantly gripped the hilt of his sword, his murderous aura filling the air. Vegeta's lips curled into a cruel smile, his aura rising dangerously, the air crackling.
On the other side, the scene was completely different. Chopper circled around the small mechanical parts that Trunks had modified, his blue nose twitching excitedly and his doe eyes shining: "Wow! Amazing! Trunks, what's the principle behind this?"
Trunks crouched down, patiently adjusting the wiring: "Energy Conduction Stabilizer Core Module, Chopper. Look at this miniature force field generator," he pointed to the glowing node with tweezers, "It constrains and guides unstable energy flows, preventing them from erupting within medical devices, especially when dealing with conflicts with your potent Rumbleball drug, protecting both the user and the device."
"That's great!" Chopper jumped up and down excitedly. "Could you add one to my medkit too? The medicine bottles keep interfering with each other! Please!" He clasped his hands together in a pleading manner.
"Of course, wait a minute..." Trunks smiled and patted Chopper's head.
"Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep beep—!" A piercing alarm suddenly blared, drowning out everything! The sound came from the energy detector wristwatch on Bulma's wrist.
Bulma's expression changed drastically, her amusement replacing her usual detached one. "Silence!" she snapped, rapidly manipulating her wristwatch. A virtual screen popped up, data cascading down like a waterfall, before a crimson dot locked onto the center of the screen—the deep ocean beneath the ship!
"Found it! Right below! Depth...over 15,000 meters!" Bulma's voice rose in shock, her sharp gaze sweeping across the dark sea. "Energy signature...it's definitely a 'Devil Fruit'! But this intensity...it's ridiculously strong! Like a bunch of fruits compressed and about to explode!" Her voice trembled with the wariness of a scientist facing the unknown.
"A Devil Fruit? 15,000 meters?" Luffy instantly forgot about the invitation and the conflict, his eyes widening with excitement. "What's hidden down there? Treasure? Ancient weapons? Franky! Sanji! Prepare the submarine! I'm going down!"
"Fifteen thousand meters?" Sanji nearly dropped the cigarette he had just lit. "An abyss of hell where even sunlight can't penetrate! Luffy, are you sure?"
"Hell or heaven, I don't care!" Luffy had already jumped to the ship's side, eager to try. "Adventure is a good thing! Franky! SUPER—deploy!"
"SUPER—! Leave it to me!" Franky, in his signature pose, slammed his mechanical arm against the deck and charged toward the control room.
Vegeta frowned. The immense, abnormal energy stirred his Saiyan blood, but more than anything, it instilled wariness. He glanced at Zoro, who had also stopped fighting with a serious expression, and snorted coldly:
"Hmph, you reckless fool. You dare to venture into an unknown danger."
“But it’s interesting, isn’t it, Dad?” Trunks stood up, his eyes sparkling with curiosity.
"Shut up, don't catch the idiocy." Vegeta scolded, but his body subconsciously moved half a step closer to his son.
Soon, Shark Submarine No. 3 was lowered into the sea. Luffy led the way, followed by Lin Ye, Bulma (who operated the navigation), Zoro, Chopper (carrying a medical kit and parts to be modified), Vegeta, and Trunks.
The hatch closed, the engine hummed, and the searchlight pierced the eternal darkness like a sword, plunging into the abyss ten thousand meters deep.
The pressure gauge needle spun wildly. Outside the porthole, a cold, heavy darkness swallowed the world. Searchlights struggled to cut through the viscous deep sea, illuminating the silhouettes of eerie behemoths silently swimming along the edges, their gleaming teeth creating a suffocating sense of oppression.
“Depth 12,000… 13,000… 14,500… Approaching target!” Bulma stared intently at the screen, her voice tense.
Suddenly, the scarlet light flashed brightly, and a higher frequency buzzing sounded!
"Energy reaction surges! 300 meters directly below! Prepare for landing!" Bulma shouted.
The submarine experiences a slight tremor and makes contact with a solid substrate. The adsorption device activates to stabilize the submarine.
"Turn on all the lights!" Luffy couldn't wait.
*Swoosh!* The surrounding searchlight array roared to full power! Dozens of beams of light, like divine spears of punishment, tore through the thick darkness ahead!
Light dispels the curtain.
Time stood still.
The cabin was deathly silent. Everyone held their breath; even Luffy's mouth hung open in shock. Zoro's hand on his sword froze. Vegeta's pupils contracted. Trunks took a step back. Chopper clung tightly to Sanji's leg.
The lights illuminate a magnificent and bizarre scene that defies common sense.
Before me stretched an endless, smooth, mirror-like, cold metal platform! Like a chessboard left behind by a god in an abyss.
They are arranged on the platform!
Densely packed, endless, like neatly arranged sheaves of wheat or a giant beehive!
Enormous, transparent cylindrical capsules! Each over ten meters high and several meters in diameter. Like a cold, uniform forest of tombstones, they stand endlessly in the deathly silence of a ten-thousand-meter-deep abyss!
The capsule was filled with a viscous liquid that emitted a faint blue-green fluorescence. Immersed within it... were people!
They wore uniform dark, tight-fitting combat suits, covered by strangely patterned swirling armor. Most terrifying of all were their eyes!
Even with eyes closed, separated by glass and liquid, the shape of the eyes conveyed a palpitating and oppressive feeling through the eyelids!
He has deep-set eyes and eerie purple marks on his eyelids—traces of the Rinnegan!
A scarlet base color and tomoe outline are faintly visible under the eyelids—Sharingan!
There are also Byakugan, and other complex pupils never seen before! Countless pupils containing different powers and symbolizing the inheritance of the Ninja Clan, like sealed stars, silently tell a shocking secret in the deep sea!
The immense shock was like the tangible seawater pressing against everyone's heart and nerves. Luffy subconsciously swallowed, his rubber arm hanging limply.
"This...this is..." Nami covered her mouth, her face pale.
"Eyes...so many terrifying eyes..." Chopper trembled as he buried himself behind Sanji.
"Hey, hey, hey..." Sanji stubbed out his cigarette, squinting as he examined the markings on the hull. "They're not pushovers..."
Lin Ye tensed up, taking a step to the observation window, his forehead almost touching the glass. His gaze was like a knife, fixed on the nearest part of the cabin's bottom—the seam between the metal base and the glass—where a string of twisted, ancient characters, like those burned by flames, were imprinted.
The light was dim, and the seawater refracted the light, but the shape was etched into the depths of my memory like a branding iron!
“O…Tsutsuki…” Lin Ye’s voice was dry and low, each word heavy as a thousand pounds.
“Otsutsuki?” Bulma quickly searched the database, and fragments of ancient legends popped up on the screen. “Legends say they came from beyond the heavens… supreme eye power… manipulating the cycle of life and death… a race of gods?”
"It's them..." Lin Ye's voice was as cold as if piercing through time as he scanned the boundless array of chambers, "But not for conquest... Judging from the state of the chambers, the energy cycle is barely maintaining... hibernation? No, it's more like... hiding! To avoid the irresistible... system cleansing!" He pointed sharply to the complex array of runes shimmering on the base, "That mark... is a composite curse of 'concealment' and 'absolute'! An attempt to completely erase their dimensional traces! Frozen in this time-stagnant deep-sea tomb, just to... survive!"
"Hide? Cleanse? To hell with Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki!" Luffy slammed his fist into the alloy chamber wall, "Thump!" His eyes, beneath his straw hat, burned with pure rage, an instinctive hatred for the imprisonment of life and the deprivation of freedom. "Whoever it is! Why! Locking people up like specimens here is bastardhood!" He looked up, his rubber arm shot out, fist clenched, aimed straight at the nearest cryo-chamber control panel! "Release everything!"
"Idiot! Stop!" Vegeta roared angrily, knowing full well the danger of the unknown ancient creation.
Luffy's fist, imbued with an unreasonable determination and power, slammed into the metal control panel covered with runes like a cannonball!
Boom—Crackling! Blinding sparks exploded and sprayed like wildly dancing silver snakes! Shattered metal and severed energy lines shot out in all directions!
This punch shattered the control panel, and even more so, shattered the fragile balance that had been maintained for countless years!
A deep, resonant hum, like that of the deepest abyss, exploded in the very depths of everyone's souls! The massive metal platform and the entire ten-thousand-meter-deep abyss trembled violently!
"Whoa!" Chopper fell down.
"What's going on?!" Zoro steadied himself by holding onto the bulkhead.
Bulma's screen was instantly engulfed in a blinding red light, and an alarm ripped through her eardrums: "Energy reading off the charts! Unmeasurable! Source...the entire platform! No...directly below the platform!"
Amid screams, the center of the massive metal platform in front suddenly collapsed and cracked open! Intense, tangible golden light, like molten lava suppressed for millions of years, burst forth with a roar!
The light was pure and vast, swallowing up the surrounding light! The abyss was dyed a magnificent and terrifying gold! An enormous, unimaginably large sphere, seemingly composed of pure light, slowly rose from the cracked abyss! Mysterious patterns flowed across its surface, radiating a cold will that looked down upon all living beings!
"Ten-Sengan?! A real, giant Tenseigan?!" Lin Ye exclaimed in shock, unable to believe it! The Genesis Pocket Watch in his arms was fatally attracted, and the cover popped open with a "snap." The internal gears spun wildly at an unprecedented speed, the hands trembled erratically, and it emitted a soft yet tenacious silver-white halo that resisted the golden light!
At the same time, the red ribbon on the edge of Luffy's straw hat also unexpectedly lit up with the same warm and vibrant glow! The straw hat and the pocket watch, objects carrying the will of different worlds, resonated strangely under the pressure of the ancient power of the eye in the deep sea!
Boom! A devastating energy shockwave erupted from the golden sphere, exploding outwards like the wrath of a raging sea god! The sturdy metal platform shattered inch by inch! The viscous deep sea was pushed aside, creating a terrifying vacuum for a brief moment!
The Thousand Sunny submarine was violently thrown about like a leaf falling on a stormy sea! Inside, alarms blared, red lights flashed wildly, and sparks flew from the instruments!
"Hold on tight—!" Sanji roared, shielding Nami and Chopper beneath him.
Zoro drew his sword three times and slammed it into the floor to steady himself, his muscles bulging.
Vegeta reacted with lightning speed! The instant the shockwave hit him, his entire body erupted in golden flames, unleashing his Super Saiyan power! He teleported in front of Trunks, his broad, steel-like back taking the brunt of the impact for his son! The golden flames sizzled and crackled against the violent turbulence, creating a piercing hiss!
"Damn it!" Vegeta gritted his teeth, veins bulging, and roared through the turbulent waters, "Not again! Another damn interdimensional war?! This is never going to end!"
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