Raditz's energy turned hundreds of meters around into scorched earth, digging three feet into the ground and burning everything clean. This place was desolate and uninhabited, so there was no worry about hurting innocent people, and the young Cell would need several years of training before he could move. No matter where he was hiding, he definitely wouldn't survive this kind of attack.
"Mr. Raditz, what exactly are you looking for?"
"A monster that's more terrifying than Androids 17 and 18. He's the ultimate research of Dr. Gero. After a few years, he'll mature and endanger the world."
Trunks was frightened again when he heard that there were monsters more terrifying than Androids 17 and 18. He suddenly realized that he knew very little.
Suddenly, Trunks asked: "So, in my world, is there still Cell?"
Raditz smiled: "Of course, he..."
In the middle of speaking, Raditz suddenly awakened, really losing his focus—he had forgotten about this!
In Trunks' timeline, Trunks traveled for the second time and together with Goku they defeated the androids, then returned to his own world to eliminate Androids 17 and 18 there. Cell, who was already awake at the time, couldn't find the androids, but found Trunks who had a time machine, so he ambushed Trunks when he was about to return to the past to announce the good news to everyone.
Cell stole Trunks' time machine, and another timeline was born.
Now that Trunks had come to his own world, it meant that the intersection of time and space was inevitable, and Cell had also arrived here a year earlier than him!
The crisis was not over yet.
"Beep—"
Just at this time, there was a communication from Bulma's house, and it was Tumat who spoke.
"Raditz, all the metal creatures have been wiped out, and the android positioning device is progressing smoothly. It's estimated to be completed tomorrow afternoon."
"That would be great."
"One more thing—someone sent Bulma a photo of a strange aircraft with the Capsule Corporation logo on it, but she didn't know what it was either."
Raditz immediately understood that it was the time machine Cell had traveled through!
He said in a deep voice, "I'll be there right away." After that, Raditz placed his hand on Trunks' shoulder. "Let's go."
"Huh?" Trunks didn't know what was happening, but found his figure flickering. After a moment, the scenery in front of him changed! What appeared before him was a huge laboratory where many scientists in white coats were working, surrounded by sophisticated instruments and high-end equipment.
Leaning against the wall was his father Vegeta!
A young woman rushed forward with her child in her arms. "Trunks, you're the grown-up Trunks! You're a handsome young man—let mom see!"
The fighters who had returned from the wedding had all changed from their combat uniforms after going out to eliminate the monsters, but Bulma was still wearing an elegant dress, which made her even more beautiful.
This was his mother when she was young. Trunks was a little shy for a while and blushed when Bulma touched his hair.
Vegeta next to him turned his head away in disdain and snorted softly.
"Vegeta, why don't you say hello to your son?" Raditz approached and teased.
"Mind your own business!" Vegeta raised his eyebrows lightly. "Why did you come back? Have you solved it?"
"Basically. The little monsters were vulnerable, but there are still big threats that haven't shown up, and that's why I came here." Raditz snapped his fingers. "Tumat!"
Hearing the call, Tumat hurriedly flapped his wings and flew over, with the photo hooked on his sharp claws.
Raditz knew at a glance that his guess was right, so he walked up to Trunks and handed over the photo.
"By the way, I don't recognize the thing in this photo. Do you know what it is?" Bulma asked while holding the baby.
But Trunks didn't answer—he was stunned the first time he saw it. His eyes almost protruded, his body trembled constantly, and a thick layer of dread covered his face. The time machine in the photo was exactly the same as his. Although it looked old and covered with green moss, the egg-shaped appearance, fuel tank, and signature were all identical.
Immediately, he opened his own capsule box and threw it into the open space.
BOOM! A brand new time machine appeared in front of everyone, exactly like the one in the photo.
"This is..."
"A time machine. I used it to travel through time and space. In the future, my mother only built one time machine. There can't be a second one!"
"This one is used by Cell, Dr. Gero's ultimate android." Raditz said suddenly. "He also comes from your era."
Vegeta and Trunks had heard the name Cell several times, but they still didn't know what he was. The ultimate android from Dr. Gero's mouth? Why hadn't he appeared?
"It's a bit complicated to explain. I'll clarify everything when everyone arrives."
It was necessary to let everyone know about this, lest Cell take advantage of the situation.
So, after all the contacted people arrived, Raditz explained the situation of Cell's time travel and went over Trunks' timeline.
Not many people could understand completely, but everyone grasped that this guy named Cell was a major disaster!
"If this is the case, Cell will definitely go after Androids 17 and 18 to absorb them?"
"But I heard from my brother that these two androids didn't do anything bad, so it wouldn't be right to destroy them like this." Goku disagreed.
At this time, Bulma had an idea and picked up her blueprint: "I can make an emergency stop device—shut them down first, then resume operation after destroying Cell! Although it will take some time, with these android fragments for research, it's possible to succeed."
"Hmph, don't let anyone stop Cell! Let him absorb whoever he likes—it doesn't matter if he reaches perfect form." Vegeta became excited instead, clenched his fists and said, "No matter what state he's in, I can beat him!"
A battle maniac was a battle maniac—nothing had changed.
In Raditz's view, letting Androids 17 and 18 go was the right decision, as it would attract Cell, and the research results of Tumat and other scientists had also come in handy. Successfully tracking the androids' traces was equivalent to understanding Cell's movements.
First, Raditz couldn't bear to destroy the two androids, and second, even doing so wouldn't completely eliminate Cell. After the androids disappeared, Cell might not show up at all, and enemies hiding in the dark were even worse.
As for casualties and such, he wasn't worried anyway—there were always the Dragon Balls.
"Everyone who should understand gets it. The most important thing now is to strengthen our own power, otherwise when the enemy really appears, I'm afraid we'll suffer losses." Raditz said.
Trunks immediately stated that he would follow Raditz to train, and many Saiyans were also facing the juncture of breaking through Super Saiyan, waiting for the final breakthrough.
So, everyone came to the Lookout, ready to enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train!