#2676 - The dragon is not omnipotent

“This box is really sturdy!” Yamcha stopped what he was doing, looking at the box seriously.

Neither Goku's Kamehameha nor his own Wolf Fang Fist could damage the box, indicating that the materials used were truly extraordinary.

“Give it to me.” Seeing their helplessness with the box, Hale reached out, wanting to take a look himself.

“Here, Brother Hale, we can't open it.” Goku picked up the box and handed it to Hale.

Taking the box, Hale felt the smooth steel surface. There were no gaps anywhere. He had to give King Pilaf credit; this metal material was indeed very strong.

Moreover, Hale even suspected that King Pilaf had deliberately crafted this material to counter him.

‘Buzz—buzz—buzz—’ Hale tapped the box a few times with his finger, and the box emitted a dull buzzing sound.

Judging the opening location from the sound, Hale permeated his energy into the box's opening, using the energy to prop it open. He slowly lifted the lid of the box, revealing the One-Star Dragon Ball inside, which was faintly emitting a soft golden light as it sensed the nearby Dragon Balls.

“The Dragon Ball is really inside!” Everyone exclaimed with joy upon seeing the One-Star Dragon Ball.

“Here, Brother Hale, here are all the Dragon Balls I have.” Seeing the last One-Star Dragon Ball appear, Goku handed Hale the bundle he was carrying, along with the Four-Star Dragon Ball.

“Thank you, Goku.” Hale accepted the bundle, thanking Goku.

“Hehe.” Goku grinned, placing his hands behind his head, happily revealing his white teeth.

“Let's go, let's go outside to an open space to summon Shenron.” Hale smiled, leading the way outside, stopping in an open area.

Goku, Yamcha, Puar, Krillin, and Bulma closely followed Hale out.

Hale placed Goku's bundle on the ground, revealing the four Dragon Balls inside. He put down the Four-Star Ball he carried, then put down the Five-Star Ball he carried, and finally took out the One-Star Ball from the box and placed it on the ground.

The seven Dragon Balls on the ground shone with golden light, emitting a golden glow as if breathing.

“Come forth, Shenron!” Hale called out, and immediately the seven Dragon Balls released a great light.

The originally bright, starlit, clear night sky suddenly saw thick clouds gathering rapidly from all directions, accumulating into a thick cloud layer, obscuring the brilliant starry sky.

Lightning began to flash within the cloud layer.

The light of the seven Dragon Balls grew even more intense, eventually converging into a long, slender dragon body, winding and rising from the ground, soaring into the sky with graceful姿态.

The golden light dissipated, revealing the green body of Shenron.

Accompanied by the lightning in the cloud layer, Shenron appeared, lowering its huge, majestic head from high above. Its whiskers swayed, its horns stood proudly, its eyes flashed with red light, and its face solemnly opened its mouth, saying:

“State your wish, any wish, and I can grant it for you.”

Shenron's voice carried a majestic aura, shaking everyone.

Goku, Yamcha, Puar, and Bulma, even though they had seen Shenron before, were still shocked and excited.

Krillin was seeing Shenron for the first time and couldn't help but gasp, his eyes wide with shock.

Hale looked up and made a wish to Shenron: “Then transmit all the knowledge of the entire universe into my brain.”

Hale's wish was a genuine wish.

Shenron was momentarily stunned into silence, seemingly searching or thinking. After a while, it solemnly and resonantly replied: “I am sorry, I cannot grant your wish.”

Goku, Yamcha, Puar, Bulma, and Krillin were stunned. Wasn't Shenron omnipotent?

How could he not fulfill Hale's wish?

Of course, perhaps only Bulma understood how grand a wish like all the knowledge of the universe was. It seemed only natural that Shenron couldn't fulfill it.

After all, it involved all the knowledge of the entire universe.

“Shenron isn't omnipotent after all.” Goku, Yamcha, Puar, and Krillin didn't know much, but they knew that Shenron didn't seem as all-powerful as he claimed.

“Didn't you say that you could grant any wish?” Hale glanced at Shenron speechlessly.

“I am sorry, please state your wish!” Shenron didn't chat with Hale, urging him to make a wish.

Hale pondered for a moment. He had long known that Earth's Shenron wouldn't be able to grant him all the knowledge of the universe. Slightly modifying it, Hale continued to make a wish to Shenron:

“Then transmit all the knowledge you know, all the knowledge you can search for, into my mind.”

Upon hearing Hale's words, Shenron seemed to freeze again, but this time he didn't immediately say it couldn't be done.

Shenron paused in the sky for a while.

“What's wrong with Shenron? It's not going to fail again, is it?” Bulma quietly asked.

After a while, Shenron seemed to transform into a golden light, the golden light impacting Hale head-on. Vast and chaotic, all of Shenron's knowledge and the knowledge he could search for to the best of his ability was transmitted into Hale's mind.

Hale immediately frowned, veins popping out on his forehead, and he closed his eyes, concentrating on accepting the transmission of Shenron's knowledge.

Shenron's transmission was not gentle; it could even be described as rough and simple.

If Hale hadn't already anticipated this possibility and used his energy to partition his brain, forcibly memorizing and storing data, his brain would have easily been smoothed out by Shenron's knowledge, turning him into an empty-headed idiot.

Now, Hale felt his head swelling. Complex and vast knowledge was temporarily partitioned and stored in his mind.

The knowledge formed brick-thick books in Hale's mind at an exaggerated rate, and the continuous knowledge formed a Great Wall of Knowledge.

After a while, Shenron's golden light disappeared, completing Hale's wish, and said:

“Your wish has been granted.”

With that, Shenron transformed into golden light and shrunk back into the Dragon Balls. The seven Dragon Balls petrified, rose into the air, and shot towards the sky in all directions, drawing seven shooting stars across the night sky.

Shenron disappeared, and the clouds in the night sky began to dissipate in all directions, revealing the brilliant starry sky once again.

After a long while, Hale, who had closed his eyes, finally opened them, exhaling a breath, a hint of fatigue flashing in his eyes.