Digital Hackers' Memories

There are also more fierce battles between dragon-type Digimon and their subspecies, Mamemon...

Amidst the chaotic battle among these powerful mechanical Digimon, the sky and earth were completely shrouded in smoke and fire.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Born Perfect Form

The smoke of war spread through the industrial city, with roaring explosions and flashes of fire appearing from time to time.

While the entire Steel Empire was engulfed in "internal strife," a Digimon calmly strolled through the flames of war, showing no sign of chaos.

The strongest artificial warrior of the Steel Empire, a born Perfect level Digimon, a powerful being capable of defeating Digimon below the Perfect level with a single blow...

This is the source of Andromon's confidence, and also the reason why Gennai's side dared to directly attack the Evolution Faction.

As the first truly perfect form in the Iron Empire, Andromon did not follow the usual evolutionary path, but was born as a perfect form directly through the laboratory.

Unlike the Boltmon that was born at the same time, Andromon is completely controllable. The thought imprint engraved deep in the artificial Digicore is enough to make it 100% obedient to its creator.

boom!

Gently grasping the tail of a certain metal dragon beast, Andromon casually threw it over his shoulder, slamming the behemoth that had roamed the battlefield to the ground.

Andromon's performance throughout the entire process was fluid and seamless, as if he were toppling a child, fully demonstrating the overwhelming difference in strength.

"hold head high!"

Faced with this sudden enemy, MetalGreymon, which was simply following procedure, was naturally not going to give up easily and turned around to retaliate with a fire breath.

"Detected intention to resist, execute the elimination order."

Accompanied by Andromon's cold, mechanical voice, its right hand suddenly spun rapidly, then transformed into a blue light blade that pierced through the head of the metallic giant dragon beast.

tear...

The metal dragon beast's almost "invincible" defense was completely unable to withstand this light blade, and it was easily cleaved in two like a piece of paper that had been cut.

Cold-blooded, ruthless, and efficient, yet possessing a complete self-discipline system...

This is Andromon from the Steel Empire, the legendary strongest artificial warrior, and currently the most outstanding machine-type Digimon...

However, while Gennai's side certainly had a trump card like Andromon, the black-robed agent's willingness to launch the "strongest Digimon" creation plan naturally indicated that he had his own preparations.

"hold head high!"

As Andromon swiftly annihilated MetalGreymon, a roar that resounded throughout the city suddenly erupted from the core area.

Even from hundreds of miles away, the Andro beast could hear the provocation in that roar.

Moreover, unlike the cold and efficient Andromon, this dragon's roar was filled with the emotions and frenzy unique to living beings.

"Sound wave match, target confirmed—MetalGreymon."

Before Andromon could finish speaking, the owner of the roar had already taken off from the core area, soaring through the sky with an aura of invincibility.

"hold head high!"

The first to suffer were the millions of dragon beasts blocking their way.

The deep blue MetalGreymon didn't even glance at them; it simply fired its trident arm, enhanced by the Time-Digital Fusion, and forcefully pulled them down from the sky.

Boom!

A massive million-strong dragon beast crashed down from the sky, creating several huge craters in the center of the city, causing countless high-rise buildings to tilt and collapse.

However, MetalGreymon seemed to merely glance at them disdainfully before swooping down towards Andromon.

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“Image matching, target correction - Original MetalGreymon Replica”.

Calmly gazing at the sky, Andromon watched the deep blue MetalGreymon swooping down, when a piece of memory data from the past inadvertently flooded into its electronic brain.

"The original...MetalGreymon."

Before mechanization became the mainstream direction of the Empire, the agents once used the entire nation's resources to capture a certain Tyrannomon, and Andromon was the absolute main force in that capture operation.

Faced with the powerful Greymon that surpassed most safe-level Digimon, even Andromon, who was known for "being able to defeat Digimon below the Ultimate level in one blow," found itself in a tough battle for the first time.

In that arduous battle, Andromon not only crashed at one point, but its integrated alloy leg armor was also completely shattered, leaving a fatal flaw similar to "Achilles' heel".

It's important to know that the Andromon Digizoid that was created was the original version of "Chrono Digizoid," possessing stronger memory and biological properties than later versions of "Chrono Digizoid."

This means that the Steel Empire's current technology simply cannot compensate for Andromon's "Achilles' heel".

Because Andromon is a naturally perfect level, changing its already established data structure is equivalent to reworking it and creating a new Andromon.

Regardless of the success of this approach, the agents immediately rejected it based solely on cost-effectiveness.

Anyway, Andromon isn't the kind of Digimon that goes head-to-head, and the original Chrono Digizoid wasn't known for its hardness either.

Therefore, the agents simply stopped worrying about Andromon's "Achilles' heel" and instead considered giving it more and more powerful combat and upgrade programs.

However, these are just the opinions of the agents.

As for Andromon itself, it had already firmly memorized the image of that powerful Greymon in its database.

Andromon felt a deep sense of dread when he learned that Greymon had undergone mechanical modification surgery and upgraded into the even more powerful MetalGreymon.

Ultimately, no matter how unconventional the mechanical Digimon created by the Steel Empire may be, they are still Digimon recognized by the Digital World.

It is only because of the way these mechanical Digimon are born and the constraints of their thought imprints that they behave as cold and rigid as real machines.

As the first Machine-type Digimon, Andromon did not exhibit the near-out-of-control emotional rampage seen in Boltmon of the same period, but it also developed its own meager will early on.

In the past, Andromon did not show its own "will" simply because the Steel Empire did not need its will.

But now, upon seeing the deep blue MetalGreymon before him, Andromon's will of its own was finally activated.

"I...have been waiting for you...for a long time."

Andromon's calm eyes revealed an unprecedented burning fighting spirit as it focused its gaze on the deep blue MetalGreymon for the first time.

"My...nemesis!"

Chapter Twenty-Six: Nuclear Explosion

"hold head high!"

Just like Andromon's fighting spirit, the deep blue MetalGreymon, which inherited some of the data from the original MetalGreymon, also showed strong hostility towards it.

In fact, this MetalGreymon inherited not only the hostility of the original MetalGreymon, but also its devastating absolute power.

A being born from the organic combination of a powerful physical body and perfect mechanics, maximizing the power of both – this is the so-called "MachineGreymon".

As the most outstanding Ultimate-level Tyrannosaurus-type monster ever designed by the Steel Empire, MetalGreymon's power is beyond doubt!

Originally a Perfect-level being at the pinnacle of the Tyrannosaurus Rex series of Digimon, it was later subjected to mechanization modifications by the Steel Empire.

MetalGreymon has perfectly integrated the powers of Dragon and Machine types, making it the most perfect and powerful Digimon the Steel Empire has ever produced.

By combining the brutality of Greymon with the coldness of steel machinery, a powerful Digimon capable of instantly destroying cities was created, equal to a Perfect level Digimon that evolved naturally and possesses the ability of "natural disasters".

This is the "concept" behind the creation of MetalGreymon: a Digimon born in pursuit of "ultimate destruction".

War machine, mechanical reaper, life harvester, walking nuclear bomb—these are all names given to Machine Tyrannosaurus by the Empire.

Of course, this comes at the cost of possessing such immense power.

Like the original MetalGreymon, this MetalGreymon's body has turned a diseased, rotting dark blue due to excessive mechanization.

Even more tragically than the original MetalGreymon, MetalGreymon, being its "copy," does not possess the same formidable physique. Every second of its activity comes at the cost of burning its own life force.

After all, the reason why the first generation of MetalGreymon was able to be successfully modified was due to the tenacious vitality of the materials themselves, and it actually had little to do with the technology of the Steel Empire.

Although the current MetalGreymon has barely survived the mechanization surgery thanks to the gradually improving technology of the Steel Empire, its physical condition is still not as good as the original MetalGreymon.

Even so, this is the only Tyrannomon that survived the mechanization surgery.

As for the other Tyrannomon?

It either died suddenly during the mechanization surgery, or it became a pile of meaningless discarded data because it couldn't adapt to the data extracted from the original MetalGreymon.

Not all Agumon are like the subspecies Agumon that Chen Ze transformed into, able to perfectly adapt to and absorb the dragon factor extracted from the data of the original Greymon.

Even the Molecular Beasts, which possess equally advanced intelligence and technology, only dared to inject high concentrations of Dragon Factor into Agumon after confirming that Agumon himself came from a more distant future.

Molecular Beast believes that Agumon, which is itself a dinosaur-type, is qualified to inherit the data from ancient times and become the second "progenitor-level" Greymon.

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"hold head high!"

In less than a few seconds, the deep blue MetalGreymon traversed hundreds of miles and swooped down in front of Andromon.

"The target excels in head-on combat, so we recommend adopting 'Assassin Mode,' which will increase the win rate by 2.7%."

Seeing this, Andromon, possessing the most elite combat program of the Steel Empire, naturally would not confront such a behemoth head-on.

Click...

In just a moment, Andromon suddenly exerted force under its feet, crushing the steel-paved road surface and easily dodging the swooping MetalGreymon.

Boom!

Like a thunderclap piercing the earth, or like a giant Titan descending from the sky...

The nearly 10,000-ton mechanical Tyrannomon crashed straight to the ground without any cushioning, making the hardest "landing" in the history of the Steel Empire.

"The target is suspected of having an intellectual disability, increasing the win rate by 8.6%."

Standing proudly atop a telephone pole, Andromon surveyed the billowing dust and the massive, cracked crater, and made its assessment of the MetalGreymon before it.

However, Andromon's judgment lasted for less than a second before the deep blue MetalGreymon emerged unharmed from the flying dust.

Not only did the modified mechanical structure remain undamaged, but even the seemingly diseased and corroded flesh and blood parts showed unexpected resilience.

"hold head high!"

Still displaying its intense hostility, MetalGreymon immediately opened the elevator on its chest upon its appearance, firing two torpedo-sized bio-missiles with a pair of eyes.

—Giga Destruction Cannon (Ultimate Destruction Cannon)!

Like Megadramon and Gigadramon, the two missiles fired by MetalGreymon were also organic biological missiles.

However, compared to the bio-missiles of Megadramon and Gigadramon, the upgraded Giga Destruction Cannon of MetalGreymon possesses power comparable to a nuclear bomb.

Theoretically speaking, if these two missiles hit head-on, it wouldn't be a big deal if it razed an entire city to the ground, let alone an Andromon.

Andromon clearly realized this as well, and its powerful electronic brain began to quickly devise a solution.

"Scanning Analysis - Imperial Strategic Reserve Material: Giga Destruction Cannon..."

"Effective kill radius of ten kilometers, subsequent radiation range of one hundred kilometers..."

Faced with such strategic weapons that target cities and countries, a direct confrontation would certainly not end well.

However, running away or hiding is also unrealistic, as Andromon doesn't have the speed to escape the city in an instant.

Therefore, the solution proposed by the electronic brain after rapid processing was to destroy the two biological missiles before they exploded.

This is not impossible, especially for Andromon, which is now connected to the entire internal network of the Steel Empire.

While the Giga Destruction Cannon is powerful, it has a fatal flaw—biological intelligence.

Unlike typical biological missiles, the Giga Destruction Cannon incorporates a low-level biological intelligence to achieve more accurate target hits and reduce the blast radius.

This AI can track enemies and make the Giga Destruction Cannon explode the moment it makes contact with them.

Andromon's task now is to destroy this low-level AI before it detonates the Giga Destruction Cannon.

In this way, even if the Giga Destruction Cannon explodes, its power can be limited to a minimum.

"The plan has a 47.2% success rate; implementation is recommended!"

In the blink of an eye, Andromon vanished from its spot and then took the initiative to meet the two flying biological missiles.

Boom!

The next moment, a blinding white light flashed by.

Giant mushrooms then rose up in the center of the city and quickly swept across most of the city.

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PS: The background story is finally complete.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Energy Radiation

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