Digimon: I reached the top using the Knight item.

She was quite familiar with this thing.

Previously, Bai Yu used this tool to steal her loot data on two separate occasions.

However, before absorbing data, this thing didn't seem to be like this.

Based on its features, Ruki can roughly guess that the item on Shiraha's belt has absorbed data from the Ice Demon Beast.

Bai Yu ignored what Ruki was thinking and looked at the battlefield not far away, asking, "How many poisonous spider beasts have you dealt with now?"

"How many poisonous spider beasts were materialized in total?"

Upon hearing Bai Yu's question, Ruki snapped out of her thoughts, and her expression turned serious again.

"This is the third one I've dealt with."

"How many were materialized in total? I don't know, but I know the number should be quite large."

The third one?

Bai Yu dealt with five of them himself.

In other words, based on the known number, at least eight Poison Spider Beasts have materialized this time.

"This is too much. It's like a whole nest of them materialized at once," Bai Yu couldn't help but exclaim.

Ruki frowned and said, "This has never happened before."

Ruhime has fought the most battles, so she has a lot to say about that.

In the past, the materialized Digimon I encountered were always one at a time; I had never seen two at the same time before. But this time, there were so many.

Ruki looked at Shiraha seriously and asked, "Do you know why this is happening?"

Hearing Ruki's question, Shiraha's answer seemed quite casual.

"What else could it be? The digital world has run into trouble again, and it's a big problem."

"Let me tell you, once the digital world has a problem, it will affect our world. The bigger the problem, the bigger the impact."

The reason why Ruki asked Shiraha was because she felt that Shiraha knew something.

Bai Yu's answer did indeed reveal a great deal of information.

Is something wrong with the digital world?

The digital world... Deep down, Ruki also wanted to go and see the digital world.

The digital world is facing truly enormous problems.

Before long, the Emperor Demon will unleash his full power.

This is one of the biggest crises in the digital world; it's a world-ending crisis.

Strictly speaking, it is more serious than the Apocalypse Beast crisis that Taichi and his friends faced back then.

The incident with the Apocalypse Beast was actually more like a grudge match.

That's a legacy of the ideological wars that erupted in the digital world in ancient times due to differing ideologies.

But Emperor Limo is different.

The Dire Demon is a cleansing program activated because the creatures in the Digital World have developed too well, gone too far, and expanded to the point that the entire world can no longer support them.

To explain it in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

When the computer's memory is almost full, the "Di Li Mo" program will be activated, and then perform a complete format of the computer, erasing all memory and starting everything over.

This is the true, indiscriminate destruction.

While Bai Yu and Ruki were lost in their own thoughts, the battle between the Nine-Tailed Beast and the Poison Spider Beast on the battlefield nearby was coming to an end.

The venomous spider beast was clearly at a disadvantage, its body covered in wounds, several of its eight legs twisted unnaturally, and its movements much slower.

The Nine-Tailed Beast gave it no chance to catch its breath. The flames on its nine tails suddenly converged, forming a huge, lifelike blue fire dragon.

"Fox Flame Dragon!"

With a clear shout, the blue fire dragon roared and charged towards the poison spider beast.

The venomous spider beast let out a sharp hiss, attempting to spit out spider silk in a final act of resistance, but the sticky silk was burned to ashes the moment it touched the blue fire dragon.

The next second, the fire dragon completely devoured the poison spider beast's entire body.

Amidst the raging blue flames, the Poison Spider Beast's body rapidly disintegrated, ultimately transforming into a shower of data.

Seeing the scattered data, Bai Yu reacted quickly, and a 'blank box' appeared in his hand.

Bai Yu pulled out a 'contract card' from the middle of the box and pointed it at the scattered data.

An invisible suction force emanated from the card, and the data, as if finding its home, surged into the card like a torrent.

As the data was fully absorbed, the ferocious image of the Poison Spider Beast instantly appeared on the blank card.

The originally blank card set has now been transformed into the [Poison Spider Beast Card Set].

The case is matte black with yellow and purple stripes and a simple spider pattern on the exterior.

Having ended the battle, the Nine-Tailed Beast extinguished its flames and silently returned to Ruki's side.

It seemed to have anticipated Bai Yu's data-stealing behavior, and said nothing, simply standing quietly.

But Ruki's expression, which had been slightly relieved by the victory, instantly collapsed.

She stared at Bai Yu, her beautiful purple eyes showing obvious displeasure.

"You stole my things again! This is the third time!"

If it were before, Ruki's anger would definitely be much greater than it is now.

But Bai Yu saved me just yesterday, and the kindness I felt is still fresh in my mind.

This made Ruki's feelings towards Shiroha much more complicated, and she could no longer simply regard him as an annoying guy as before.

Actually, Ruki's impression of Shiraha wasn't that bad.

At most, I just find this guy a bit annoying because he steals things, and I'm resentful that I lost to him twice.

If Bai Yu had won her battles fair and square twice, instead of suddenly appearing after her battles to take advantage of her, then Liu Ji wouldn't have felt any resentment towards Bai Yu.

After all, Ruki approves of the winner taking all the credit.

As for the money she lost to Bai Yu, Liu Ji didn't care at all. It was a condition agreed upon before the battle began, and she could afford to lose it.

Shiraha was naturally very shameless, after all, this wasn't the first time he had taken advantage of Ruki.

Anyway, his face is still covered by thick armor, so no one can see his expression.

He shamelessly blurted out, "Oh, you can't say that."

"Didn't I already teach you this before? You can't just absorb data indiscriminately."

“Look, you made the fox beast evolve into the nine-tailed beast. This is a normal evolutionary path, there is no mutation.”

"But if it absorbs too much miscellaneous data, believe it or not, the Nine-Tailed Beast's beautiful golden fur might turn completely black?"

"Since this data cannot be absorbed, why waste it and let me benefit from it?"

"Besides, I didn't take your things for nothing this time."

Bai Yu abruptly changed the subject, adopting a "I'm very generous" attitude.

"Here's what we'll do: next time you run into trouble and ask me for help, I'll give you a 10.9% discount."

"..." Upon hearing this, Liu Ji looked at Bai Yu speechlessly and with disdain.

9.9% off?

Just one percent cheaper?

Could you be any more stingy?

You poor wretch, I'll just scrimp and burn you to death!

Liu Ji glared at Bai Yu, but didn't pursue the matter of stealing her data any further.

She now agrees with what Bai Yu said.

Ruki reached down and touched the card box behind her waist. Inside was a card that had just appeared and was extremely important to her—'Super Evolution Component S'.

This was manifested in her hand just as the fox beast evolved into the nine-tailed beast.

Ruki now understands that evolution may indeed not rely on absorbing those messy data, but on other, purer forces.

However, Ruki quickly shifted her attention from her own card to the strangely shaped black box in Shiraha's hand that had just finished absorbing data, and asked, "What is this thing? It's different from the one on your waist."

Bai Yu tossed the [Poison Spider Beast Card Set] in his hand and replied, "This is a card set. Hmm... its function is a little different from the drive on my waist. You'll understand later."

Seeing that Bai Yu was unwilling to say more, Liu Ji simply said "Oh" and did not continue to ask.

Everyone has their own secrets, and she has hers too; there's no need to pry.

Bai Yu put the card set into the system space, then looked around the small garden that had been destroyed beyond recognition, and suggested, "Let's search the surrounding area again to see if there are any elusive poisonous spider beasts, or if anyone has hidden away out of fear."

Ruki nodded; she was equally anxious to save lives.

But after learning from Bai Yu that he had gathered most of the hospital's troops and sent them out, she felt much more at ease.

"Okay." Ruki readily agreed, then straddled the back of the Nine-Tailed Beast.

The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, searched the entire area surrounding the hospital with great efficiency.

A few minutes later, the two met again at the main entrance of the building.

"I haven't found anything here," Bai Yu said first.

“Me too.” Ruki jumped off the back of the Nine-Tailed Beast.

"It seems there aren't any left."

Having confirmed that there were no other threats, the two went together to see Mitsuo Yamaki.

Bai Yu had already deactivated his transformation, and Ruki was alone. The Nine-Tailed Beast had reverted to its original form, Youkomon, and was hiding in the shadows with Koromon.

In this respect, Renamon is stronger than Guilmon and Terriermon.

When Yamaki Mitsuo saw Shiraha and Ruki emerge from the hospital area unharmed, his tense face finally relaxed for a moment.

He hurried over and asked anxiously, "What's the situation inside? Those Digimon..."

"It's all resolved," Bai Yu replied succinctly.

Upon hearing this reply, Mitsuo Yamaki felt his tense nerves relax at that moment.

This is truly fantastic news.

Without any hesitation, he immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and began issuing orders.

"Attention all units, the internal threat has been eliminated! Repeat, the internal threat has been eliminated!"

"Medical rescue teams and armed squads, immediately enter the hospital area! Search and rescue all trapped personnel as quickly as possible!"

Mitsuo Yamaki's orders were clear and decisive, and the large number of people who were waiting on the street immediately started moving like efficient machines.

Mitsuo Yamaki had many questions for Shiraha and Ruki, such as why so many Digimon were materialized at once this time.

But at this moment, there are countless things to do to clean up the mess, and it's not the time to discuss them in detail.

Especially those cocoons, which are full of people inside, need to be rescued as soon as possible. Fortunately, these spider silks are not difficult to cut open, otherwise Bai Yu would have to cut them one by one himself.

Unfortunately, Mitsuo Yamaki could only do these things first and then find Shiraha and Ruki later to learn more about the details.

Chapter 60: Different tools definitely have different characteristics and adaptability (Second update)

The square in front of the hospital was chaotic yet orderly.

The flashing red and blue police lights mingled with the piercing sirens of ambulances as uniformed rescue workers and agents in black suits moved back and forth, placing people rescued from the spider cocoons onto stretchers.

The scene was incredibly noisy, but Bai Yu and Liu Ji tacitly minimized their presence, actively moving away from the center of the crowd and finding a secluded corner to hide in.

The fox spirit and the clown spirit also emerged from the shadows and obediently stayed by Ruki's side.

Bai Yu looked at Liu Ji and asked, "Don't you need to go to other hospitals as well?"

Ruki shook her head, reached out to tidy her somewhat messy long hair, and said, "No need, I'm fine anyway."

"I was just hungry for two days. If this hadn't happened, I was planning to be discharged from the hospital."