Kryptonians: Man of Steel

Chapter 1682 Future Trunks: Hope!
"This is……"

Trunks was speechless for a moment.

He had clearly set the time coordinates so that he would arrive before Goku returned from the universe, facing the crisis of Frieza and his son's invasion.

But now, Goku is not only alive, but he also looks stronger than in historical records; and Gohan... Trunks' gaze cannot leave his friend's intact arm, in his timeline, Gohan lost his left arm long ago.

"you are?"

Sun Wukong curiously examined the purple-haired youth who had suddenly appeared, feeling that the other party looked somewhat familiar.

Mr. Luther seems to have mentioned a future warrior named Trunks, but Goku's memories are always selectively focused, and he only has vague impressions of most things other than fighting and eating.

The adult Son Gohan, however, recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

After all, Trunks' hairstyle, sword, and calm demeanor, rare among Saiyans, are extremely distinctive.

He is the only Saiyan who frequently uses a sword, and also the one with the most unique hairstyle.

"Trunks?"

Son Gohan tentatively called out the name.

Trunks looked up abruptly, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

In this timeline, Gohan shouldn't even know himself yet.

But what shocked him even more was that Son Gohan clearly had undergone rigorous and systematic training, and the aura emanating from him was almost as strong as that of the Son Goku he knew.

Sun Wukong suddenly clapped his hands in realization: "Ah! You must be the Future Trunks that Mr. Luther mentioned? The son of Bulma and Vegeta?"

Trunks was even more confused: "Mr. Luther? Vegeta? My mother and Mr. Vegeta..."

He suddenly realized that the history of this timeline seemed to be very different from what he knew.

After some conversation, Trunks realized that he had come to the wrong timeline, which was completely different from the past he knew.

It was a peaceful place, and no disasters occurred until Gohan grew up.

But everything changed after another Mr. Luther, who also came from the future, appeared.

Piccolo Daimaō, Saiyans, Frieza—powerful enemies emerge one after another.

It's as if everything that's been suppressed has suddenly burst forth.

"How could such a thing have happened?"

Trunks felt that the difference in time and space was more outrageous than he had imagined.

In this timeline, Gohan is already an adult, the Androids haven't appeared yet, and his father Vegeta is still a nobody, not even married to his mother Bulma.

It seems that Bulma doesn't even exist in this timeline.

Luther would not be stricter with himself, so Bulma did not clone.

Anyway, Trunks isn't gone, so Vegeta can just find another Earth woman and have a child like Goku did.

Trunks is feeling conflicted because his past self in this timeline is gone.

Fortunately, in this timeline, Goku has become a Super Saiyan and is teaching Gohan how to become a Super Saiyan. Future Trunks then gets involved as well.

This timeline is special to him. Grand Trunks also knows the concept of parallel universes and speculates that he may have traveled to a parallel universe.

However, in this timeline, Grand Trunks found a way to solve the problems of his own timeline.

"Super Saiyan, beyond Super Saiyan, beyond beyond Super Saiyan?"

Trunks learned about the complete evolutionary system of Super Saiyans from Gohan, which was completely unknown in his timeline.

In his despairing future, the warriors were unaware that there were even more powerful forms beyond Super Saiyan.

Son Gohan patiently explained, "Mr. Luther told us that Super Saiyan Stage 1 is just the beginning. Through special training, one can reach Super Saiyan Stage 2, which is the 'Beyond Super Saiyan' state developed by your father, Vegeta. This state involves concentrating all nerves to send ki to all parts of the body, causing muscles to expand, thereby gaining a significant increase in strength."

Trunks listened intently; this knowledge was invaluable to him.

In his timeline, they had almost no chance of winning against androids because they lacked such a systematic training method.

In this timeline, Luther has already spoiled everything.

Super Saiyan 1, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3!

There's also the status and development of each one.

Luther removed Future Trunks's flawed evolution, but retained Vegeta's so-called "Beyond Super Saiyan," which is Super Saiyan 2. According to the Complete Setbook 7, it involves concentrating all nerves to send energy to various parts of the body, causing muscles to swell and thus increasing strength.

In other words, it means micro-manipulating and controlling the energy within the body to perform subtle operations, rather than simply letting the Qi strengthen itself.

Its speed and strength are significantly increased compared to a regular Super Saiyan, making it more than enough to deal with Cell in his second form.

The first person to reach this level was Vegeta, who achieved it during his training with Future Trunks in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Then comes the most perfect "Super Saiyan 1 Full Power"!
When Goku and Gohan were training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, they realized that from a balance point of view, the normal Super Saiyan was the best. So, except for eating and sleeping, they tried to maintain the Super Saiyan state as much as possible and treated it as a normal state.

This training method can eliminate the emotional instability after transforming into a Super Saiyan. Maintaining the transformation also requires energy consumption, which means that the body is constantly undergoing low-intensity training. In addition, once you get used to this level of energy consumption, you can reduce a lot of unnecessary physical and energy consumption when transforming into a Super Saiyan in the future.

Note that maintaining Super Saiyan status in normal mode is not the same as Super Saiyan at full power.

Instead, it's only after adapting that you transform back into a Super Saiyan – that's Super Saiyan Full Power!
Future Trunks was both shocked and excited.

He had never imagined that Super Saiyans had such an ingenious training system.

In his time and space, warriors could only rely on instinct and despair to unleash their power; there had never been such a systematic and scientific method of training.

"These training methods were summarized by Mr. Luther based on the experiences of your future father, Vegeta, and my father,"

Son Gohan said.

“These breakthroughs are crucial before one’s physical strength is sufficient to transform into a true Super Saiyan 2.”

Trunks took a deep breath, and hope rekindled in his eyes.

Although this timeline is completely different from the history he knows, he finds a way to save his world here.

(End of this chapter)