Both time-traveled characters ended up as villainous henchmen.

After successfully returning to the lab where she worked, He Nian was indeed scolded by Morris.

Fortunately, Morris didn't scold He Nian for too long and soon let him go back to work.

He Nian remained calm and continued to maintain his Hidden Lightning Transformation state, silently carrying out various meticulous chores assigned by Morris in the laboratory, further familiarizing himself with the subtle control over his physical body in the Hidden Lightning state.

Time flew by, and He Nian soon returned to his room after leaving the laboratory to continue his experiments and improvements on hand-crafted chips.

For the next two weeks, He Nian spent most of his time in this state, and he also maintained the Hidden Thunder Transformation Mode.

After more than half a month of unremitting efforts, he finally succeeded in converting about one-tenth of the total power shared in the Black Mist Space into his own true strength.

At the same time, the chip he had hand-crafted had been tested and installed into the combat power detector on his left ear, making it a personal terminal with self-growth capabilities.

Preparations for their escape are complete, and recently Frieza's army has also shown signs of leaving their base.

So He Nian officially began his escape plan.

……

Two days later, on a sunny afternoon.

He Nian successfully used the excuse of snacks to get another leave from the old man Morris to go out and mine special minerals on his own.

So, as usual, he piloted his aircraft to another, more dangerous asteroid field.

Despite Maurice's repeated attempts to dissuade her, he couldn't stop He Nian's restless heart.

Some time later, He Nian piloted his aircraft to this more dangerous meteorite cluster.

This meteorite cluster contains more special minerals, and correspondingly, the environment is more dangerous and harsh.

The environment is filled with various dangerous and unknown strong radiations, and the meteorite group is unusually active, with frequent large-scale meteorite collisions.

In short, the level of danger in an environment is not proportional to the value of the minerals it contains.

Therefore, Frieza's army did not mine the meteorite cluster after discovering it, but simply left it in place.

He Nian did not rush into the meteorite cluster while piloting the aircraft, but carefully entered after observing it for a while.

Although he had originally planned for the identity of "West" to die in this meteorite field, he still needed to be cautious.

After carefully maneuvering the aircraft into the depths of the meteorite cluster, He Nian used the influence of various radiation fields within the meteorite cluster to lightly touch his combat power detector with his left hand. As the combat power detector emitted a series of "beep beep beep" sounds, he successfully hacked into the aircraft's internal system using the detector terminal.

Without much hesitation, He Nian quickly used the powerful capabilities of the detector to rewrite the entire system of the aircraft without triggering the warning of Frieza's Legion's monitoring system.

At this point, his aircraft was recorded as "completely destroyed" in Frieza's Legion's surveillance records.

Similarly, his combat power detector also completely shed its disguise at this moment.

It is believed that the subsequent debris cleanup team will enter this meteorite cluster soon.

He Nian was not flustered. After all, he had already prepared some aircraft debris to fake traces. After destroying a few meteorites to disguise it, he could basically fool the debris cleanup team that did not check carefully.

Even if someone noticed something slightly off, since He Nian's position in Frieza's army was not high, almost no one would suspect that he had faked his death.

The subsequent process went as smoothly as he had expected. The debris clearing team leisurely arrived outside the meteorite cluster, then pretended to inspect a few external areas before quickly leaving the meteorite cluster and returning to report.

Of course, they also retrieved some of the aircraft wreckage that He Nian had meticulously crafted, using it as concrete evidence of "West's" death.

He Nian, who had been secretly observing everything, only slowly activated the spacecraft located deep within the meteorite cluster after confirming that nothing unexpected had happened, and flew towards Planet Vegeta.

Because He Nian is currently within the effective surveillance range of Frieza's Legion, he is not flying very fast. In fact, he even took a detour to avoid some reconnaissance units' outposts.

After a day of careful travel, He Nian finally left the effective detection range of Frieza's army.

Meanwhile, the backup plan he left in Frieza's army also began to play a role.

The sealed "West" file began to be secretly rewritten by a special virus program, and soon it was completely separated from the current He Nian.

Even if someone later discovered the anomaly and tried to investigate him from Frieza's Legion's personal information files, they would be completely unable to obtain any useful information.

"West" simply vanished into the cold universe.

It was the evening of the following day that Maurice learned of West's unexpected death.

The old man, Maurice, was very sad. Looking at the empty seat next to him, he was overwhelmed with emotion.

After a long silence, Morris slowly moved to He Nian's workstation and began to quietly sort through the items she had left behind.

The laboratory was very quiet, with only the sounds of Morris packing his things and the soft ticking of the instruments.

As Morris retrieved a special cubic metal object, about the size of a finger, from He Nian's clutter, He Nian's tidying motion suddenly froze.

Morris recognized the material of the cube-shaped metal in his hand as a special mineral that "West" had previously collected from the meteorite cluster.

"He's hopeless..."

Morris wanted to curse, but the words wouldn't come out.

With a soft sigh, he was about to put the cube-shaped metal down when suddenly a pale blue light screen shone from within it.

The familiar figure of "West" reappeared on the screen, smiling at Morris.

"Don't worry, old man, I'm still alive."

As soon as he finished speaking, the pale blue light screen suddenly disappeared, and even the cube-shaped metal completely melted into a pool of molten iron.

Morris's expression changed repeatedly. After a moment, he realized what was happening and hurriedly went to check the monitoring facilities in the laboratory.

"No photos were taken..."

By this point, Maurice had realized that "West" was dead, but the child he had personally chosen was not.

He fled Frieza's army.

After standing there for a moment, Morris slowly leaned back in his chair. Although his expression remained unchanged, the sadness in his heart had vanished, leaving only worry about the future of "West".

"What a troublesome fellow! Now I have to find a new assistant again..."

Morris lay back in his chair, murmuring softly, his gaze fixed on the starry sky outside the window, drifting into the depths of the universe.

……

After flying towards Planet Vegeta for several days, He Nian stopped on a planet within the Saiyan sphere of influence to replenish his supplies.

There are many Saiyans on this planet, and He Nian also discovered an unexpected target here: the young Prince Vegeta.