“Don’t worry, he’s fine. He just passed out. Since he challenged me, then naturally he has to pay some kind of price. Otherwise, wouldn’t I be too easy to bully?”
Hearing 18 cry out in alarm, wanting to approach yet not daring to, Talot spoke with a smile.
Immediately afterward, his scrutinizing gaze continuously swept over her. The look of shock and panic on her beautiful face was actually even more attractive.
Of course, Talot did not stare for long. Soon, his gaze shifted toward Krillin not far away, who was standing there dumbfounded, not daring to make the slightest move.
He could not help but sneer inwardly.
Even though this was the Krillin of this timeline, there really was not much difference between the two versions.
However, in terms of strength, the Krillin from his timeline was far stronger than this Android Saga’s Krillin.
By the time he had left, Krillin had not only greatly improved his strength because of the Martial Arts Tournament, with his power level soaring straight to 70 million points, he had even mastered Kaio-ken, allowing his strength to break through to 200 million.
Now, he did not know how much time had passed in his own world. If nothing unexpected happened, then the point in time Bardock returned to should at most have been within a year after his departure.
Talot calculated things in his heart for a moment, then quickly stopped dwelling on it excessively.
At this moment, Talot still did not know that Bardock had returned a full ten years after he left.
And by the time he returned to his own timeline, even more time would have passed…
……
Staring at Talot, 18 still did not dare act rashly. She wanted to approach, but the uneasiness in her heart made her hesitate.
This man was so powerful that there was absolutely no way she could oppose him. 17 had been taken down with a single finger. If she made any excessive move and angered him, she would probably also be knocked unconscious with one finger.
Originally, she had still been facing this man with an indifferent attitude, but how could she still dare now?
She was even thankful that this man had not attacked her, because just now she truly had not held back.
A bitter feeling involuntarily arose in her heart. For her, after finally escaping hardship and losing Dr. Gero’s restraints, they should have been starting a brand-new life.
Yet now, things had developed to this point. The powerful strength they had always been proud of was nothing more than their own self-conceit.
“Take your younger brother and leave this place.”
Seeing that 18 still had not moved, Talot roughly guessed that she was afraid, so he reminded her.
The moment those words came out, 18’s expression became stunned and confused. “How do you know 17 is my younger brother? And… you’re not going to kill us?”
“How I know isn’t important. As for why I’m not killing you, it’s because I never considered you my enemies,” Talot said.
“But shouldn’t we be enemies? We even attacked you…” 18 asked in surprise, continuing to press the matter.
Hearing this, Talot shook his head somewhat speechlessly. “You’re overthinking it. The ones who regarded you as enemies were never me. And you never regarded these people as enemies either. If you had killing intent, then from the very beginning, these guys would already have been killed by you.”
Those blunt words left 18 gaping, unable to respond, while the injured warriors were all dumbstruck.
They had originally believed that since this person had appeared and instantly defeated 17, then these Androids would definitely die.
In the end, however, they were greatly disappointed.
“Although I don’t know who you are, I hope you can listen to what I have to say. Because I am from twenty years in the future, and I can clearly tell you that if you let these Androids go, then the future world will be destroyed by them!” Future Trunks endured the pain and stepped forward, shouting loudly.
Those words caused Vegeta, Piccolo, and Tien Shinhan to all fall silent.
The thought immediately arose in their hearts that Future Trunks was still too immature. How could he directly say something like that in front of the enemy?
Most importantly, they could not even determine whether this person was friend or foe.
“I know. You’re from another timeline. There’s a spacetime aura wrapped around your body.” Without directly saying that he knew the original work’s storyline development, Talot instead used another method to confess that he knew Trunks’ identity.
Those words shocked everyone once again, while at the same time making them feel that Talot’s statement was unbelievable.
A spacetime aura wrapped around him?
Why couldn’t they sense it at all?
Future Trunks himself was also somewhat dumbfounded, standing there frozen in place, adorably foolish.
“There’s no need for all of you to be nervous. I don’t have any ill intentions either. Actually, in my timeline, I’m friends with all of you, as well as comrades-in-arms. You can call me Talot. I assume Vegeta has already noticed, right? I’m also a Saiyan! It’s just that in this timeline, I already perished along with Planet Vegeta… Actually, I shouldn’t have appeared at this spacetime node at all. It was only because I encountered a massive spacetime storm while crossing through time on my way back that I had no choice but to descend into this timeline…” Talot revealed his identity as well, so that explaining it later would not become troublesome.
“What? You’re also from the future? No! Impossible! Since the you of the past already died, then how can you exist? How could there still be you in the future?” Future Trunks could not accept it. He was very smart, but he was constrained by his own worldview.
“Your understanding of timelines seems incomplete. Let me guess, do you think traveling through time means traveling between the past and the future?” Talot said.
“Isn’t it?” Future Trunks asked in return.
Talot shook his head and switched into teaching mode.
“Of course not! What you arrived at is merely another alternate timeline. It’s just that the point in time this timeline is currently at happens to be the past relative to your timeline…
“To put it more strictly, the past of your timeline has already happened and cannot be changed! You came to the present of the past, namely this timeline. It seems like you returned to the past, but in reality it has absolutely no connection to your future timeline.
“I assume you’ve already noticed some of the changes in this timeline caused by your own existence.”
After speaking, Talot raised his hand and waved it.
In an instant, a vast power of space-time erupted, and the void itself was torn apart by Talot.
This scene shocked everyone.
Future Trunks stood dumbstruck, sucking in a cold breath.
“I’ll take you on a trip through the spacetime tunnel. That way, you’ll understand.” As he spoke, the corners of Talot’s mouth slightly rose. He instantly teleported beside Future Trunks and directly brought him into the newly opened spacetime tunnel.
“Th-this…” Future Trunks was already unable to describe his emotions.
Such an outrageous experience, such unimaginable magical power, completely overturned his previous worldview.
Until Talot brought him back to the original spot again, everyone continued staring blankly, not daring to say anything unnecessary.
Even Vegeta wisely remained silent at this moment.
He now understood that this Saiyan called Talot was far more powerful than he had ever imagined.
“So everything I did was actually meaningless. Even if I change the future of this timeline and prevent this world from being destroyed by the Androids, there will still be countless alternate timelines that continue developing according to the original trajectory…” Future Trunks felt so distressed that it became hard for him to breathe.
Seeing this, Talot smiled faintly. “You’re overthinking it. Regardless of whether you came or not, the development of every timeline is different! Perhaps because of your arrival, this timeline will become better. Naturally, it also might not. It all depends on how you view those changes.”
As those words entered his ears, Future Trunks took a deep breath, and his eyes suddenly brightened a little. “I understand now. Thank you for your guidance… But even so, they still shouldn’t be spared, because…”
Before he could finish speaking, Talot slightly shook his head. “Don’t be too rigid. Just like I said, perhaps the ones from your timeline are villains, but the ones from this timeline aren’t. At the very least, wasn’t it you people who took the initiative to provoke them from the start? They already intended to spare you, yet someone still stubbornly clung to his pride.”
“Tch!!” Hearing Talot’s words, Vegeta spat disdainfully.
This caused everyone to glance at him helplessly.
Indeed, just as Talot said, if not for Vegeta, things probably would not have developed to this point.
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