They traveled through time at the same time, but the villainous scientist

Chapter 545 Magic and Programming Languages
The flame, seemingly floating in mid-air, burned quietly.

In the silence, crisp applause suddenly rang out.

"Wow, amazing! Koushiro, is that magic?"

Tachikawa Mimi's eyes widened, and she clapped her hands together in front of her chest, her face full of innocent admiration.

Koushiro's lips twitched uncontrollably.

He truly admired this young lady's ability to maintain an optimistic imagination under any circumstances.

"This can't be magic."

Kido Jo adjusted his glasses, which had slipped slightly from his nose in surprise, and analyzed meticulously,

Combustion requires three basic conditions: combustible material, sufficient oxygen, and the temperature to reach the ignition point.

But this flame... it appeared out of thin air; nothing around it was being consumed.

"How did they manage to do that? Could it be... magic?"

Taiyi finally snapped out of his shock. He leaned forward, feeling the wave of heat hitting him, and asked curiously.

"Taiichi, I can breathe fire too!"

Seeing this, Agumon tugged at Taichi's clothes and said.

"Forehead……"

Taiyi was speechless for a moment, it seemed that was indeed the case.

"Heh~ We humans don't do things like that~"
Just like Agumon can't fly..."

Suna smiled upon hearing this and then explained.

"That's it..."

Agumon nodded in reply.

"So what's going on?"

Upon hearing this, Ahe frowned and pressed for an answer.

"First, let me state the conclusion directly."

Koushiro spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"The world we live in is a world made entirely of data."

"Data?" Taiyi repeated the word, his expression even more confused. "What does that mean?"

"simply put,"

Koushiro pondered how to translate complex concepts into language that elementary school students could understand.

Have you ever played video games? Like Dragon Quest?

Seeing that the others nodded, he continued:

"In the game, what determines the strength of a character's attack is their level and stats, right?"

That number is a string of data.

Your actions in the game, whether it's leveling up or getting better weapons, are just increasing your stats.

Therefore, theoretically, we don't need to equip him with a sharper sword; we only need to change one number to allow a level 1 novice to deal damage like the final boss.

He pointed to the floating fireball:
"What I just did is similar to this principle."

Instead of igniting anything as I would in the real world, I wrote a program using the deciphered ancient characters.

This program 'defines' the properties of combustion—including the range of combustion, temperature, and brightness.

Therefore, what you are seeing is not 'matter burning,' but rather 'data showing the form of combustion.'

"So, you mean to say..."

Taiyi's eyes widened suddenly, his voice trembling with disbelief.

Are we... in a giant video game right now?

Everyone was stunned when they heard the explanation.

Games? That word is too simplistic and doesn't adequately capture what they've been through during this time.

The fear of being chased by Digimon is real, the exhaustion of climbing a mountain is real, the feeling of sharing the last piece of bread is real, and the joy of winning a battle is real.

How could it be... just a game?
Taiyi even subconsciously glanced at his palm, where there were still small scratches from tree branches when he was searching for supplies a few days ago.

"A more accurate way to put it is that this is an electronic world that is in a different 'phase' from the real world."

Koushiro immediately corrected Taichi's statement, knowing the misunderstanding that the word "game" could bring.

"Phase?" "The electronic world?"

The new term left the children looking at each other, their confusion only increasing. "Um... Koushiro,"

Taiyi scratched his messy hair vigorously and said with a pained expression,
"Can you speak human language?"

Koushiro sighed and searched his mind again for a suitable metaphor.

"Okay, you can understand it this way... it's a real world, just like our world."

However, the 'laws of physics' in this world are completely different from those on our side. On our side, the world is made up of atoms; here, the world is made up of data.

It's another 'reality' with different operating rules.

"But what does that prove?"

Kido Takeshi, who had been silently pondering, pushed up his glasses again, looking somewhat puzzled.

"This tells a lot of things."

Koushiro's expression turned serious.

"First, it explains how we got here."

Our bodies were likely 'scanned' and 'transformed' into a similar data form while passing through the passage, and then 'reassembled' in this world.

We are no longer made of flesh and blood, but have become data-like beings similar to Digimon…

"And this also explains the phenomenon of evolution..."

As he spoke, Koushiro's gaze swept over the crowd and the Digimon around them.

This sentence instantly captured everyone's attention.

"This [Sacred Plan] is the 'interface' connecting us to our partners, a data converter."

This device is activated when our emotions, will, and partner reach a strong synchronization, such as a strong sense of protection or an unwavering belief in victory.

It transforms our spiritual energy into a massive data stream, injecting it into the core program of our partner Digimon, triggering a dramatic and orderly reorganization of their data structure… This is evolution!

Koushiro raised the white device on his chest and said.

"So that's it..."

Sora murmured to herself, gently stroking Biyomon's head, recalling the scene when it evolved into Birdramon, the feeling of wanting to protect everyone was still clear to her.

"Then... since we were 'transformed,' this process is reversible. As long as we can find the right way to reverse this process, we... might be able to return to the real world!"

Koushiro took a deep breath and dropped a real bombshell.

"go home……"

This word seemed to possess a magical power, instantly causing an uproar in the square.

"Really? Koushiro! Are you serious?"

Taichi was the first to rush forward, grabbing Koushiro's shoulders tightly with both hands and shaking him excitedly.

His voice rose with excitement, even cracking slightly.

"Koushiro! Can we really go back?"

Meimei burst into tears of joy, her tears falling like pearls from a broken string.

Even the usually composed A-He had an uncontrollable gleam of excitement in his eyes at this moment.

"it is true."

Surrounded by the crowd, Koushiro nodded vigorously, giving an affirmative answer.

"Theoretically, it's entirely feasible. However, there's one prerequisite..."

He gestured for everyone to quiet down, then turned to Andromon, who had been standing quietly to the side.

"The premise is that we must first re-establish a connection with our original world, that is, the network of the real world."

As Koushiro spoke, he gestured to Andromon.

The tall, modified Digimon nodded, and a beam of light shot from its eye onto the open ground in front of it, forming a huge, three-dimensional map made of light.

The outline of the map is precisely the island of Failoo, where they are located.

Under the curious gaze of the crowd, Andromon's electronic eyes flashed a few times, and several specific locations on the map lit up with dazzling red markers.

“These places contain devices that block network connections, distort the spatial data of the entire Failoo Island, and completely isolate it from all data exchange with the outside world.”

Koushiro explained that this must be the Dark Gear left behind by Devimon.

"So, all we need to do is destroy all these things?"

Taiichi's clenched fist calmed down.

"That's right..."

(End of this chapter)