Leaving Planet Yardrat, time flew by, and several days quietly passed.
Talot and Salari were traveling through the cosmic river of stars.
This time, their destination was Planet Cereal!
His goal was clear, with two objectives.
First, he wanted to investigate Bardock’s past experiences on Planet Cereal and determine whether there were discrepancies in the details he knew.
Second, he sought to locate the surviving Namekian Monaito hiding on the planet.
After all, the two Dragon Balls he created were unique in the current era. Apart from the Super Dragon Balls scattered across Universes 6 and 7, these particular Dragon Balls were arguably more powerful than the Namekian ones.
However, the troubling part was that while these two Dragon Balls were powerful, they came with a fatal flaw: every wish made required the wisher to pay a corresponding price based on the wish’s magnitude.
Take the Granolah Saga in the latter stage of the Super era as an example. Granolah and Gas both made wishes to the Eternal Dragon summoned by these Dragon Balls, granting themselves the power of the strongest warriors in the universe. But the price they paid was grievous.
Of course, while such consequences might terrify others in this world, Talot wasn’t too concerned. In his view, sacrificing a large portion of one’s lifespan to become the strongest in the universe wasn’t such a big deal.
It was like his previous life as an ordinary human—if one could become the strongest in the universe at the cost of their lifespan, who wouldn’t be willing?
Even if it meant only living for a single day, countless people would willingly embrace such a trade.
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Aboard the spaceship.
In the cockpit, Talot and Salari hadn’t been training for the past few days.
While controlling the spaceship, the two talked about various trivial matters, naturally discussing some of their interesting experiences on Planet Yardrat, and then reminisced about the past.
It had been over a year since they left Earth.
Though they had grown accustomed to the long journey through space, they would still experience spontaneous emotions from time to time.
Especially as Salari grew older, she began to understand more and more.
Saiyans mature early, unlike other races. Otherwise, they would not be able to go on expeditions outside when they are young.
Fortunately, the advanced technology of their spaceship allowed them to maintain contact with Earth at any time, which helped alleviate the boredom of space travel.
Actually, returning to Earth wasn’t complicated; the journey would only take about half a month to a month by spaceship.
Why not use Instant Transmission, you say? Well, while it allowed for interstellar teleportation, the distance to Earth was too vast. Without locking onto an aura, how could he teleport?
As for medium-less teleportation, it could only work over short distances.
For instance, while on Planet Yardrat, Talot had attempted to sense Ragar’s aura on Namek, but the distance was too great, and he couldn’t detect anything.
To sum it up, he was still too weak. His Ki Sense wasn’t able to cover such a vast range.
As for returning to Earth, it wasn’t time yet—there was still much to be done. Talot hadn’t even located Raditz yet.
Speaking of which, while they hadn’t found any leads on Raditz, their ship had intercepted messages about Saiyan squads under Frieza Force.
Thanks to Brief’s modifications, their spaceship perfectly combined the greatest advantages of the Frieza Force spaceship and the Galactic Patrol spaceship. On top of that, Brief added his own framework to the outermost layer of the system, turning Talot’s spaceship into a mobile central server.
The ship’s system could automatically intercept and receive transmissions from surrounding forces. Messages from Frieza Force and Galactic Patrol, the two huge forces, were being intercepted and analyzed.
The most impressive feature was the ship’s automatic shielding function, capable of blocking all forms of counter-tracking.
Of course, how effective this truly was remained untested, as they hadn’t experienced it yet.
‘With my current strength, as long as I don’t face anyone with a power level exceeding 100,000, there’s no danger. Salari’s power level has also surpassed 20,000. Since she has also learned Instant Transmission, she can easily escape any danger.’
After finishing his conversation with Salari, Talot closed his eyes to rest and fell into self-contemplation.
The reason he dared to head to Planet Cereal was simple: his strength was finally up to par.
Strictly speaking, as long as he doesn’t run into Frieza, there’s absolutely no danger.
Even if he runs into the Ginyu Force, he would still stand a chance.
By his calculations, the population of Planet Cereal should already have been nearly wiped out.
The remaining Frieza Force soldiers stationed on Planet Cereal, along with the Heeter Force members, were also part of Talot’s current targets.
“Brother Talot, there’s a strange message—take a look!” Salari suddenly called out as the spaceship’s system displayed an urgent notification.
Talot opened his eyes and focused his attention on the message.
The message opened, displaying an encrypted common language of the universe, which was ultimately translated into comprehensible text by the ship’s system.
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I am Jaco, a Second Class Galactic Patrolman. While investigating recent invasions of life planets in the Rosa Galaxy, I have been trapped on Planet Shaudi by a group of space pirates! The group’s power levels exceed 10,000. Requesting support from First Class and Special-Class Galactic Patrolman. Planet Coordinates: 31445•64555…
After reading the message, both Talot and Salari froze for a moment.
They’d read plenty of Galactic Patrol intelligence before, but this was different—because it involved Jaco!
“Jaco… isn’t he the Galactic Patrolman who once visited Earth but just missed meeting us? Dr. Brief even helped repair his spaceship,” Salari’s memory was impressive; she even remembered this.
“That should be him. Didn’t expect to get his distress signal at a time like this. Should we call this luck… or fate?
“When we left Earth, Brief specifically asked me to look into Tights’ whereabouts.
“Tights left with Jaco back then, so finding him might lead us to her.”
As he spoke, Talot immediately manipulated the system, modifying the spaceship’s course and changing the destination to Planet Shaudi.
“Brother Talot, are we really going to rescue him? His message said the enemies have power level over 10,000,” Salari said.
“Don’t worry. With our strength, enemies with power level in the ten thousand are nothing to us now.” Talot smiled reassuringly.
Though Salari’s strength had grown significantly, she hadn’t yet experienced a true bloody battle. As a result, she still lacked confidence in her strength.
Hearing Talot’s words, Salari suddenly realized this as well and nodded.
She had forgotten—times had changed.
What was once considered terrifying and insurmountable for Saiyans—a power level in the ten thousand—was no longer a big deal.
Her power level was now 21,000!
And her Brother Talot? His power level had reached 82,000!
In her mind, he was the strongest Saiyan of all time.
“It’s pretty close— in the same galaxy as us,” Talot remarked in surprise after seeing the navigation system plot the shortest route.
Jaco had likely just sent out his distress signal moments earlier, and Talot, being the closest, had intercepted it almost instantly.
That guy Jaco always seemed like a bit of a “child of fate” in the original work—his luck was outrageously good.
This time, his luck had led him into danger, but it also placed Talot and Salari nearby to rescue him.