"Mmm, so tasty, so tasty."
"Another bowl, please!"
Inside the grand hall, the sacred maids continuously served up one delicious dish after another, while Yuujin, Gokumi, and the other girls devoured everything like ravenous wolves.
Though only a few days had passed outside, several years had gone by for them inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. They had been busy the entire time with the process of transforming into Super Saiyan 4, and finally, they were getting a proper meal.
"Ah, finally full…"
After a long while, Yuujin patted his stuffed stomach, a satisfied expression finally appearing on his face.
"Come on, Yuujin, quickly tell us what happened in there!"
"We want to hear too, we want to hear!"
"Dad, hurry up and tell us!"
Bulma, the other girls, and even Goteno and Trunksia surrounded Yuujin, all urging him to hurry up and tell them about what had happened in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
"Alright, alright, I'll tell you."
Yuujin smiled and began to recount the events.
According to their original plan, the moment they entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, they started attempting to transform into Super Saiyan 4.
The transformation into Super Saiyan 4 could be broken down into three main steps. First, one must be stimulated by Blutz Waves to transform into a Great Ape. Second, the Great Ape must evolve into a Golden Great Ape. Third, from that form, one must retain their rationality and power to officially transform into Super Saiyan 4.
Among the group, the first to attempt the transformation was Vegea. With her royal bloodline, she was able to retain her rationality even in her Great Ape form. Theoretically, she should've had the easiest time becoming Super Saiyan 4.
However, things weren't as easy as expected. Though she easily completed steps one and two, and retained her sanity even as a Golden Great Ape, she just couldn't advance to Super Saiyan 4.
In Dragon Ball GT, Vegeta merely got hit with some Blutz Waves, transformed into a Great Ape, powered up with Super Saiyan energy to become a Golden Great Ape, and then just radiated some divine golden light and—bam!—Super Saiyan 4. Easy-peasy.
But that's total BS!!!
Evolving from Golden Great Ape to Super Saiyan 4 is basically like undergoing a species-level evolution in an extremely short time. There's no way it would be that easy!
To succeed, one must not only retain rationality, but also control and manipulate complex energy flows. Otherwise, how could a gorilla just magically turn back into a humanoid just because it yelled, "I wanna transform"?
With no prior experience to rely on, Yuujin and the others had no choice but to fumble their way through. They spent a lot of time on this stage. Staying in ape form for prolonged periods also took a toll on Vegea—though she retained her sanity, her temper became increasingly unstable, and she even lost control a few times, nearly wrecking the Time Chamber itself.
Fortunately, after over half a year of repeated trials, they finally succeeded. Vegea managed to transform from a Golden Great Ape into Super Saiyan 4!
Her success greatly boosted everyone's morale and proved that their theory and method were sound. So next up, it was Gokumi's turn to attempt the transformation.
Unlike Vegea, Gokumi didn't have royal blood, so every time she transformed into a Great Ape, she completely lost her mind. This made her path to Super Saiyan 4 full of obstacles.
It's not like Yuujin could risk his life by getting stomped on or smacked around by her, only to pitifully cry out, "Gokumi, please wake up…"
So to solve the issue, they had Gokumi repeatedly absorb Blutz Waves, helping her gradually adapt to the Great Ape transformation.
Luckily, they had Broly and the already-transformed Vegea on their side. Without them, it would've been nearly impossible for Yuujin, Sharuru, and Android 21 to suppress Gokumi every time she went berserk.
While not quite as strong as Super Saiyan 4, a rampaging Golden Great Ape is far more powerful than even Super Saiyan 3. When Gokumi lost control, she was a walking apocalypse—utterly destructive and terrifying.
After countless sessions of training and adaptation, Gokumi eventually learned to retain a bit of her sanity in ape form. And thanks to Vegea's prior experience, the final step—transforming from Golden Great Ape to Super Saiyan 4—was actually much smoother.
That said, it still took her over a year in total to succeed.
With both Gokumi and Vegea achieving Super Saiyan 4, it was finally Yuujin's turn.
Unlike the others, Yuujin's transformation process was different—he needed energy from both Gokumi and Vegea to initiate the transformation. But once the conditions were met, his transformation was extremely fast—he succeeded within just a few days!
Also, unlike them, Yuujin didn't go through the Great Ape phase at all. Even after becoming Super Saiyan 4, he didn't grow a tail.
Despite this, Yuujin's Super Saiyan 4 was in no way weaker than Gokumi or Vegea's. More importantly, after activating the primal ape genes within him for the first time, he was able to transform freely in the future without their help.
After all three of them successfully completed their transformations, they didn't immediately leave the Time Chamber. Instead, they stayed and trained for another year or so to fully master their new powers before finally emerging.
As a side note—after Yuujin, Gokumi, and Vegea all completed their transformations, Yuujin did consider helping Broly attain Super Saiyan 4 as well. But after thinking it through, he gave up on the idea.
The reason Yuujin and the others sought the Super Saiyan 4 form was out of necessity. After fully mastering Super Saiyan 3, they had hit a bottleneck. From there on, any growth would rely purely on slowly increasing base power.
But they had already broken their limits time and again, reaching heights that defied belief. Even among the so-called "strongest warrior race in the universe," Saiyans couldn't evolve endlessly. Purely stacking base strength would only get them so far. That's why they sought a more powerful transformation.
However, Broly was a different case. Her Legendary Super Saiyan form had the potential for infinite growth—it was more effective than any other transformation. There was no need for her to mess with alternative forms. As long as she kept training in that path, she would never fall behind anyone!
To be continued…
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