Kryptonians: Man of Steel

Chapter 1650 The Development of Earth in Dragon Ball

Piccolo and Piper hovered thousands of feet in the sky, their auras sharp as knives. They simultaneously unleashed their full sensory abilities, spreading rapidly in all directions like two colossal nets.

A martial artist's perception can detect the faintest fluctuations in aura, or even changes in emotion, especially for a powerful warrior like Raditz, who should be as conspicuous as a torch in the night.

However, at this moment, Raditz's aura was weakening and dissipating at an alarming rate, like a drop of ink falling into a surging sea, fading into something untraceable in a short time.

"impossible……"

"Flute Prodigy," he said in a low voice, his brows furrowed.

Bick did not answer, but a cold glint flashed in his sharp eyes.

The two of them streaked across the sky like shooting stars, speeding toward the coordinates where their presence had last vanished—a vast sea near the equator, a deep blue almost black, with towering, roaring waves.

They hovered above the sea, their senses scanning every inch of the surface like searchlights, down to the depths thousands of meters below.

However, apart from the immense water pressure, the swimming deep-sea creatures, and the silent underwater mountains, nothing was found.

Raditz disappeared completely into the endless blue sky, as if he had never existed.

"Damn it—! Are we just going to let him get away like this!?"

Suddenly enraged, the Flute Demon Child thrust his hands forward repeatedly, sending blazing energy waves crashing into the sea.

boom! boom! boom--!
The moment the energy beam struck the sea surface, the seawater was not pushed away, but was directly vaporized.

Hundreds of millions of tons of seawater vanished instantly under extreme heat, forming several massive whirlpools with diameters exceeding one kilometer, which were then completely dispersed by subsequent energy impacts.

The sea level dropped sharply during the violent explosion, and then retaliated with even greater ferocity, unleashing a tsunami hundreds of meters high that surged in all directions.

The evaporated seawater turned into a surging stream of steam that shot into the sky. Upon encountering cold air at high altitudes, it condensed and formed a thick, mountain-like cumulonimbus cloud over the battlefield in just a few minutes.

A torrential downpour then began, the dense curtain of rain almost completely obscuring the view.

Piccolo and Piper were still unwilling to give up, braving the torrential rain to shuttle back and forth over the sea, their energy blasts occasionally exploding on the water's surface, but ultimately to no avail.

All signs indicate that Raditz has completely disappeared into the depths of this ocean.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a futuristic city is bathed in sunlight.

This is the "New Capital Medical Center" under the World Government. It is more like a high-tech park than a hospital.

The sleek white buildings resemble coral growing on the ground, with sky bridges connecting various departments and driverless medical hovercraft shuttling back and forth quietly and efficiently.

Due to the World Government's vigorous promotion of martial arts over the years, more and more people around the world are practicing Qi.

As a result, the number of people injured in the competitions has increased exponentially—fractures, internal organ ruptures, nerve damage, and even limb breaks have become commonplace.

While traditional medical methods can treat most injuries, truly severe traumas, especially for professional martial artists, often involve lengthy recovery periods and may leave lasting complications. It is precisely this need that has greatly propelled the leapfrog development of medical technology.

The most revolutionary of these was the "nano-repair technology" that Dr. Gro brought back and improved.

By chance (Luther directly mind-controlled people to leave), Dr. Groh came into contact with advanced scientific concepts from another universe (the Marvel Universe).

The technology in that universe far surpasses the understanding of this universe in certain areas, especially in bioengineering, molecular machines, and energy-matter conversion.

Although the technology in the Dragon Ball universe is a mix of incredible capsules and flying cars, it reflects more of a romantic vision of the future from the 1970s and 80s, lacking a systematic underlying scientific framework.

Dr. Gro, an exceptionally talented but wicked scientist, absorbed this extraterrestrial knowledge like a sponge, integrating it with native technology and ultimately breaking through key technological bottlenecks.

Nanoparticle repair technology is the pinnacle of this integration.

At its core is a cluster of nanorobots that can be guided and possess extremely complex programming capabilities.

These robots are not simply mechanical, but rather semi-biological, semi-mechanical creations that can be activated by energy and powered by the bioelectric circulation within the patient's body.

The treatment does not require major surgery—patients simply lie in a capsule-like treatment device, and technicians use a qi-sensing tracking system (also derived from the civilian application of martial arts perception technology) to precisely locate all injuries.

Subsequently, hundreds of millions of nanobots will be injected into the body via intravenous injection.

Like miniature artisans under command, they reach the site of injury: clearing necrotic tissue, reconnecting severed nerves, repairing ruptured internal organs, reshaping shattered bones, and even stimulating telomere elongation to achieve a certain degree of aging reversal.

Even more astonishing is that, in cases of limb loss, provided there is sufficient energy and original gene samples, nanorobots can rebuild bones, blood vessels, muscles, and skin at a speed visible to the naked eye, achieving true "limb regeneration."

This technology can cure almost all known diseases, including cancer—nanobots can precisely identify and eliminate cancerous cells more thoroughly and without side effects than any chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

However, such treatment is extremely expensive.

The manufacture of nanorobots involves precision manufacturing and quantum-level programming, and the resources consumed for each treatment are astronomical.

Therefore, even with the promotion of the world government, nano-repair has not yet been able to benefit the general public, but has been prioritized for two groups of people: professional martial artists who can bring huge economic benefits and publicity effects in martial arts competitions.

Secondly, soldiers and officers of the World Government's military forces—the latter can not only enjoy treatment at half price, but those seriously injured in the line of duty can receive full free treatment.

This policy has subtly and dramatically changed the course of society.

Many people who were originally hesitant about martial arts have devoted themselves to martial arts training in order to secure a guaranteed spot in "nano-repair".

After all, who wouldn't want a chance to fully recover even from a serious injury or near death?

As a result, the government forces attracted a large number of elites to join, further consolidating the world government's ruling power.

However, behind this glamorous technology lies a risk that only a few people are aware of.

(End of this chapter)