Chapter 456: Lab Zero
Goku and Vegeta flew away from Muten Island.
Krillin scratched his head in puzzlement as he watched them disappear over the sea, muttering, "I feel like, besides Master, Goku is already the strongest now... But where does this guy get the confidence to fight Goku? He probably couldn't even beat me!"
Muten turned around directly, taking Hathaway with him. The Phoenix followed above them.
"Heh heh," Gohan smiled and turned around as well.
Bulma stroked her chin and muttered, "What does this 'Super Saiyan' thing he just mentioned mean?"
Little Son Gosen, sitting by Bulma's legs, also stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "Hmm, Super Saiyan..."
Bulma laughed, squatted down, pinched her son's rosy cheeks, and kissed him on the forehead. "My boy, you're just too cute!"
"Mensee la! (So cute!)" Little Gosen's mouth got distorted by his mom's pinch, waving his tiny hands, then suddenly quieted down and said, "Wawa, um ge lie (Mom, I'm hungry)..."
"Alright, wait until your dad comes back and you'll find out soon enough." Bulma picked up her son, rubbing his soft cheeks with a smile, whispering, "Now that our dear Little Son Gosen is hungry, how about we go to Grandma Hathaway's place, see what tasty snacks are hidden there, and sneakily eat them, okay?"
Little Gosen grinned mischievously and whispered in his mom's ear, "Okay, okay~ Heehee, sneakily eat them~"
"Hehehe..."
Mother and son shared identical sly grins, humming a tune as they walked away.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't teach the kid bad habits..." Krillin rolled his eyes but soon smiled and hurried after them.
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Back home, Taro didn't bother with Gohan, Krillin, Bulma, and Little Gosen. If anything happened, Jarvis would assist them. After saying a few simple words, Taro and Hathaway left, heading to an underground laboratory on the island.
This was where Jarvis's mainframe was located.
Originally, Fabeli and Hathaway had developed the core of Jarvis here.
The lab was completely empty and deserted because everything was controlled by Jarvis itself. With Jarvis's intelligence, it could do everything humans could and many things humans couldn't. If anything happened to Jarvis, Taro would immediately know and bring Hathaway and Fabeli to handle it.
This place was called "Lab Zero" by Hathaway.
Notably, this underground lab had no elevators for ascending or descending. Besides air circulation shafts, there was no physical entrance or exit for humans.
Muten and Hathaway appeared here via instantaneous teleportation.
"How do you think Fabeli will deal with those five Ginyu Force guys?" Hathaway asked while walking.
"The other four aren't much special—probably just live experimental subjects," Taro shook his head. "Since this loophole opened, Fabeli will likely start 'collecting experimental materials' from other planets often."
"As for Ginyu himself, maybe Fabeli will use Jarvis to assist and send him into the Virtual Earth Network for analysis. His physical body is less valuable for research compared to his spirit…" Taro pondered.
The entire underground lab was extremely dim, with only countless tiny red and green lights flickering—various devices and machines running.
Footsteps echoed clearly.
As soon as they entered, the place instantly brightened. Lights turned on one by one, revealing a vast space that was almost unrealistically large—building such a huge basement under an island like Muten Island should have destabilized or even collapsed the surface structure.
In reality…
"It's still too small," Hathaway frowned lightly, unsatisfied, "The Universal Capsule's spatial folding technology still needs improvement."
TARO smiled, "It's already quite impressive. Briefs could only achieve folding space inside a capsule, but you applied it outside, expanding and stabilizing space within a range."
By his side, telekinesis controlled two mechanical devices—the space-time devices Fabeli and Muten had taken from the poles.
Jarvis had long confirmed that these devices had not yet been activated.
It's likely that Frieza planned to... after he himself arrived on Earth, during the decisive battle with Taro, suddenly activate a move to restrict Taro's instantaneous movement, catching him off guard and killing him in one fell swoop.
I wonder what expression he would have on his face 30 days later, when he came to Earth and ordered his subordinates to activate the device?
Hathaway sighed, "Compared to the folded space inside the Grand Kai's house, this is still far behind... and compared to the space inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, it's also quite lacking."
"That belongs to divine magic power, my lady. And the Hyperbolic Time Chamber created by the previous Celestial God isn't just folded and expanded space, it also has a time flow rate different from the outside main universe..." Taro explained.
"Challenges make it interesting!" Hathaway smiled. "Otherwise, wouldn't life be a bit boring? Well, I mean, except when you're with me."
"See, that's why I brought you a little challenge." Taro smiled back, pointing to the time-space device floating beside him, then casually flicked it onto a silver metallic platform in the wide research facility and gently set it down.
"Thank you for the gift..." Hathaway lightly kissed Taro's forehead and smiled warmly.
Turning around, Hathaway had changed demeanor—calm and composed, with a gleam of high intelligence in her eyes. She approached the silver platform—and suddenly seemed to recall something, glancing back at Taro.
"What is it?" Taro asked, still smiling but now curious.
"The Hyperbolic Time Chamber... if I remember correctly, in the data card for the battle, that short member of the Ginyu Force, named Guldo, has time-based superpowers, right?" Hathaway said thoughtfully.
"You mean...?" Taro guessed.
Hathaway blinked, smiling softly, "Looks like Fabeli will be losing one experimental subject."
Taro suddenly recalled an old saying from a past life: every medical student has the potential to be a cold-blooded butcher—they can dissect live mice and rabbits without flinching, chatting cheerfully... He shook his head with a smile.
"Jarvis." Hathaway called softly.
As soon as the words fell,
The huge wall at the front of the research facility suddenly lit up with a brightness like the stars of the galaxy, and the entire room illuminated as if they were truly inside the cosmic universe.
Soon...
The "starlight" gathered, forming on the wall a large, magnified shape resembling an electronic human brain—more like a dreamlike nebula, then transforming again, quickly solidifying into a humanoid figure sculpted from starlight, a pure white, misty body wearing glasses—a refined middle-aged man's appearance.
Jarvis walked to the silver metallic platform and stood beside Hathaway.
"At your service," he said.
He then stretched out his hand, and a starry light enveloped the time-space device on the platform. At the same time, over a dozen pale green air screens appeared around Hathaway in a circle, flickering rapidly as countless data analyses refreshed nonstop—
"Let me take a look at how you're restricting instantaneous movement..."
Hathaway was very interested, her expression focused, eyes absorbing the contents of the many screens, frowning at times, relaxing at others, and then suddenly...
Taro watched silently for a while but couldn't make heads or tails of it, so he quietly left.
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It wasn't until dusk, when the evening glow stained the horizon red, that Goku slowly flew back alone.
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