Digital Hackers' Memories

Whether it's the four retractable blades on its back or the indestructible impact cone light blade in its hand, both of them make the Machine Tyrannomon hesitant to make contact with it.

Especially the sword in SwordGreymon's hand, which resembled a "lightsaber" and was an impact cone, MetalGreymon had no doubt that it could slice through its Digital Domain and pierce directly through its body.

"That guy... is becoming more and more like a brute."

Nine-Tailed Foxmon X naturally couldn't let MetalGreymon face SwordGreymon alone, so after a soft sigh, she decisively pounced on it.

—Fox and Butterfly Illusion!

Just like the illusion that appears when SwordEmperormon transforms, the surrounding environment is suddenly distorted into a cherry blossom forest.

Century-old cherry trees rose from the ground, and eerily beautiful cherry blossom petals drifted down...

In this completely distorted illusion, Sword Emperor Beast felt itself trapped in a state of lethargy and laziness, and every swing of its sword required it to be fully focused and exert all its willpower.

Worse still, MetalGreymon seemed to have realized this as well, and he actually abandoned his previous brutal fighting style in favor of a more mentally demanding combat method.

It was no longer a simple head-on clash. Each of MetalGreymon's attacks had dozens of variations, forcing SwordGreymon to rack its brains and remain highly vigilant to counter each of its next combos.

Under normal circumstances, if it were a contest of moves with a sword master, rather than a direct, head-on clash, SwordEmperorMon would have a thousand ways to teach MetalGreymon a lesson.

Unfortunately, SwordEmperor is not in its normal state right now. Although Nine-Tailed Foxmon X does not have the fighting power to directly confront SwordEmperor, her strange demonic arts are an excellent means of support.

With MetalGreymon's combined fighting abilities, the two managed to hold their own against SwordGreymon for a time.

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Inside the Valhalla server, Under zero.

When Omegamon unleashed its sword strike, over 90% of the Invaders were instantly wiped out.

Even if some remaining invaders occasionally survived, they were quickly eliminated by the surrounding hackers after the spatial rifts were no longer replenished.

In fact, once those spatial rifts disappeared, the invaders' greatest advantage vanished.

The hackers who are still inside the Valhalla server are all elites selected from thousands and tens of thousands.

With proper preparation, these hackers can handle not only the original invaders, but also the alien invaders that have evolved by consuming data.

Not to mention, there were also exceptional "strongest hackers" like Sanada Shin and YUGO present. In their eyes, the so-called Invaders were not much stronger than a Champion-level Digimon.

"Omegamon?"

After clearing the battlefield, Shinichi Sanada arrived at Omegamon's side.

Behind him, Nohan, Nokia, Yugo, and even Fei were all rushing towards Omegamon.

Are you still looking at that MetalGreymon?

Following Omegamon's gaze, Sanada Shin looked up and saw that the original MetalGreymon and Nine-Tailed Foxmon X had disappeared, along with the powerful Digi-wave.

If it weren't for the fact that the data traces left by the other party during their "leapfrog" still exist, Sanada Shin wouldn't even be sure if they had ever actually appeared.

The ability to jump directly from a blocked area to other networks goes far beyond the scope of "hacking technology".

Perhaps only Takumi's "login jump" can compare to his?

The so-called "login jump" is actually Takumi's ability to use his special physique to ignore various limitations of network data and directly traverse the network.

In theory, as long as electromagnetic waves that enable communication exist in the world, Takumi can use his abilities to jump between worlds.

This is remarkably similar to the "leapfrog" ability that MetalGreymon demonstrates using Digivice.

"That MetalGreymon is heading to a very dangerous place."

Unaware of what Sanada Shin was thinking, Omegamon merely frowned slightly, staring intently at the spot where MetalGreymon had disappeared with a somewhat serious expression.

As a Royal Knight who surpasses all Ultimate-level Digimon, Omegamon's sensitivity to data and network fluctuations is in no way inferior to the extraordinary intuition that homeostasis grants to MetalGreymon.

In its perception, in the real world outside the EDEN network, a force is impacting the already fragile "dimensional wall" between the digital world and the real world.

"YUGO?!"

However, before Omegamon could figure out the connection between the two, Fie's scream attracted everyone's attention.

Then, right before everyone's eyes, inside the Valhalla server, which was theoretically completely sealed off, YUGO suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight.

Forced offline?!

Without time to think about what was going on, Takumi, who had already vaguely sensed YUGO's true identity, did not hesitate at all. Following YUGO's disappearance, his figure also vanished from everyone's sight.

—Login Jump!

Chapter Seventy: The Opening of the Digital Gate

At almost the same time, Yuko Kamishiro, who was lying inside the giant EDEN device, also showed signs of waking up.

MetalGreymon, who was fighting SwordGreymon, quickly realized this, and NineTailed Foxmon X also noticed that Yuuko Kamishiro was about to awaken.

However, unlike MetalGreymon, Nine-Tailed Foxmon X did not pay any attention to Yuko Kamishiro, the human.

Because in the mind of Nine-Tailed Fox X, the humans who could appear here, even if they were not enemies, could certainly not be teammates.

SwordGreymon's next reaction confirmed her thoughts. After briefly forcing MetalGreymon back, it turned around and rushed outside without hesitation.

Boom!

In an instant, the ceiling of the underground space was torn apart, and the Sword Emperor Beast shot into the sky like a meteor, rushing towards the ground.

[The Sword Emperor Beast doesn't want to hurt this girl? Is it protecting her?]

Looking at the empty ceiling outside with some disbelief, MetalGreymon felt that besides this guess, it could not find any other reason for SwordGreymon to back down.

"Is it her?"

Realizing the same thing, Nine-Tailed Fox X stared at Yuko Kamishiro with a very dangerous look.

Nine-Tailed Fox X has never been a righteous person; on the contrary, she is more often than not a model of being vindictive and petty.

Therefore, after realizing the "preferential treatment" that the Sword Emperor Beast had given to Yuko Kamishiro, her first reaction was to take her hostage.

"Do not harm anyone unrelated; our target is only the Sword Emperor Beast."

MetalGreymon decisively shook its head and rejected Nine-Tailed Beast's idea, not believing that a mere human could threaten SwordGreymon.

The reason why the Sword Emperor Beast took the initiative to retreat despite having the advantage may be partly due to the human girl, but it is more likely that it was due to its own sense of urgency.

"If the Sword Emperor Beast really wanted to protect this girl, it would have no reason to leave us behind alone."

In fact, this is why MetalGreymon doesn't believe it can use this girl to threaten SwordGreymon.

"The Sword Emperor Beast must have realized something, which is why it took the initiative to change the battlefield."

The more MetalGreymon talked, the more certain he became of his guess. He was now almost certain that SwordGreymon had sensed something.

Regardless of what unexpected situation occurred on the other side of the "dimensional wall," or what enemy discovered its whereabouts, it would be a good thing for the two of them.

At the very least, MetalGreymon was now more confident about Destroyermon's next move.

"Too soft-hearted..."

Despite complaining, Nine-Tailed Foxmon X ultimately did not disobey MetalGreymon's will and ran out right behind SwordGreymon.

What does it mean to be soft-hearted?

“I’m not one of those ruthless ‘protagonists’ who kills people; killing is something that crosses my bottom line.”

Seeing this, Mechanical Tyrannosaurus shrugged helplessly and then followed Nine-Tailed Fox Beast X outside.

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boom!

The sharp impact pierced the earth, and in the blink of an eye, the Sword Emperor Beast tore a huge and deep crack in the streets of Tokyo, creating a "shortcut" for itself to burst out of the ground.

From dozens of meters underground to bustling concrete streets, the sudden appearance of the Sword Emperor Beast unsurprisingly caused immense panic among humans.

In particular, the enormous, bottomless crack caused several driverless taxis to plummet straight down before they could avoid it.

In today's automated society, driverless cars, available on demand, have long since replaced traditional taxis and become one of the mainstream travel options for urban dwellers.

Under normal circumstances, driverless cars traveling on designated routes can adjust their routes in a timely manner and handle various traffic accidents and violations according to the pre-set program schemes within the system.

However, the pre-designed scheme for driverless vehicles clearly did not take into account the situation where the road surface is directly torn apart and a huge crack appears in the middle of the road.

Even though the staff behind the surveillance cameras changed their driving methods in time and replaced the original driverless system with manual operation, a large number of driverless cars still experienced chain collisions.

After all, these positions were specifically created to handle moral dilemmas such as the "trolley problem" and "saving the driver or the pedestrian."

Similar to the training programs for these staff members, the scenario of a sinkhole suddenly appearing on the ground was not covered.

Fortunately, humans are still humans, and their ability to judge and handle emergencies is far beyond what artificial intelligence and autonomous driving technologies, which are still developing, can match.

In less than a minute, the suddenly collapsed road was transformed into a danger zone, allowing subsequent self-driving cars to avoid the route.

Compared to the driverless vehicles that actively avoided danger zones under the control of staff, the passengers in the first few vehicles who couldn't react in time and plunged directly into the crevice were far more unfortunate.

"Humble humans..."

Turning his head to glance at the chain of car crashes behind him, the Sword Emperor Beast scoffed with his usual contemptuous attitude.

Just as MetalGreymon had guessed, the fact that Yuuko Kamishiro suddenly woke up was only a small part of the reason why SwordGreymon actively shifted the battlefield.

Sword Emperor Beast could even guess the reason why Yuko Kamishiro suddenly woke up. It was nothing more than that the fictional "virtual personality" sensed danger near the real body and took the initiative to awaken Yuko Kamishiro's physical body in reality.

After all, in a sense, that "virtual personality"—YUGO—is the EDEN device, a computer device of the same level as the Valhalla server.

Compared to Yuko Kamishiro's sudden awakening, what truly made Sword Emperor Beast decide to shift its battlefield was the "special data" that jumped from the other end of the network along with Yuko Kamishiro's awakening.

Swordmon, who had studied the "Data Body" for so long, would not be mistaken; the "special data" that jumped over was none other than Aiba Takumi, who had always been under Alphamon's protection.

Even if it were to face either the MetalGreymon duo or either Xiang Yu or Takumi alone, even if it were not yet back to its peak, SwordGreymon would be confident of victory.

Even with its arrogance, the Sword Emperor Beast knew its chances of winning were slim when facing both of these combinations at the same time.

Not to mention the Royal Knight Omegamon that suddenly appeared on the Valhalla server. Who knows if that Royal Knight, who has always stood on the side of humanity, will also follow up and turn against them?

Besides their renowned combat prowess throughout the Digital World, the Royal Knights are most famous for their internal strife.

In any digital crisis in history, the members of the Royal Order have never truly been united.

When necessary, members of the Royal Knights have even occasionally confronted the World Tree in their pursuit of justice, not to mention the other Royal Knights.

SwordEmbomon is not afraid of defeat or death; it simply does not want to fail inexplicably before the gate to the Digital World is officially opened.

At the very least, SwordGoldmon will only confront any Royal Knight who appears in the human world after completing the mission of opening the gate to the Digital World.

"The two worlds have begun to overlap..."

With these thoughts in mind, amidst the fearful and horrified gazes of the onlookers, the Sword Emperor Beast soared into the sky, shooting straight into the clouds.

The next moment, the clouds in the sky began to rotate and twist around it.

Vortex... Vortex... Vortex...

It is far more terrifying than any natural celestial phenomenon.

Just as that enormous vortex was gradually forming, two digital waves of different intensities, controlled by SwordEmperormon, simultaneously impacted the "dimensional wall" protecting the two worlds in a synchronized manner.

Transforming two dimensions into three dimensions, reducing a solid to a plane...

Within that enormous vortex, the boundaries between matter and data became blurred, and only the empty, endless "gateway," like a black hole, was slowly opening.

Chapter 71 The Fallen Dragon Emperor

"That is?"

After Nine-Tailed Foxmon X and MetalGreymon, carrying several driverless cars, jumped out of the crack one after another, what they saw was the sudden change in the celestial phenomena.

Vortex... Vortex... Vortex...

Like the eye of a storm, the clouds high in the sky spun continuously, forming a dark, unlit void in the center.

Even more terrifying is that, with the formation of that enormous black hole, hundreds of powerful Digimon are attempting to cross the boundary between the two worlds and enter this real world that belongs to humanity.

Boom!

It sounded like the sounds of battle, or perhaps it was the prelude to the collapse of the sky...

Just when MetalGreymon thought the effects of the giant black hole had ended, a huge explosion suddenly came from the world inside the "gate".

"hold head high!"

Immediately afterwards, a dragon head so enormous it defied description emerged from it, and let out a deafening roar.

Even ordinary people who don't know what's going on the other side can feel the "magnificent dragon's" rage and fury from that earth-shattering roar.

Unfortunately, just as ordinary people don't know what happened on the other side, none of those who witnessed this scene knew why the so-called "Dragon Emperor" was so angry.