Digital Hackers' Memories

If it weren't for the fact that being too flashy might cause trouble for Chen Ze, the fox spirit X's performance would have been even more outrageous.

Fortunately, Chen Ze had a habit of exercising regularly, and coupled with his special experiences during this period, despite the exaggerated performance of the Fox Spirit X in physical education class, he did not reveal any obvious flaws after returning.

While Chen Ze in his human form might not be as good as a real Digimon, he possesses physical abilities that surpass the imagination of most people his age, making it not difficult for him to demonstrate athleticism on par with Renamon X.

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"Teacher, I'm here."

A moment later, the fox spirit X, who had gradually adapted to the rules of human society, stood obediently at the office door.

However, what Rei-Fox X didn't notice was that as she passed by Nogi Yu's class, he gave her a thoughtful look.

"come in."

The teacher, who had been furious in class, beckoned to the fox spirit X to come to him and regained his composure, a habitual smile appearing on his face.

“Chen Ze, I know you haven’t been in Japan long and you’re probably not used to life here yet.”

"Given the previous fight, it's normal to feel repulsed and disgusted with your current life."

She paused slightly, and at that moment, the teacher demonstrated her uniquely female observational skills.

"But none of this is the reason you've given up on yourself..."

"Judging from your behavior a few days ago, I originally thought you were not affected by the previous fight, but now I realize I was wrong."

"if you……"

Silently listening to the teacher's ramblings, Demon Fox Beast X really wanted to say that the person who came here a few days ago was the real Chen Ze, and that he had only come to class in place of him on a whim today.

However, considering Chen Ze's previous warning, the fox spirit X had no choice but to obediently accept the teacher's criticism and pray that the teacher would not let the real Chen Ze know about this tomorrow.

Thus, Reijumon X, who once dominated the EDEN network and the real world and didn't even put the Royal Knights in his eyes, can now only listen to the scolding and instruction of a strange human, and doesn't dare to talk back.

What is Chen Ze doing right now?

Chapter Fourteen: The Chosen One

When the Mechdramon successfully traversed the temporary seven-colored passage and arrived at Nogi Yu's private terminal, it was greeted by a miniature digital space with a capacity of less than 2 terabytes.

Just like all standard digital spaces, in this world without the concept of distance and space, pixels of different colors are stacked and assembled in a mosaic-like form, creating a series of strange and bizarre scenes.

But when these bizarre scenes are piled up illogically, they form a huge natural labyrinth.

The mecha dragon is currently at the "entrance" of this natural maze, a space that appears to be materialized using a certain communication app as a medium.

"If Nogi Yu makes even her private space so complicated, there's definitely something wrong with her."

After looking around at the strange space, Mechadramon had to admit that, in terms of protecting his own data, Nogi Yu was definitely one of the world's top hackers.

Just like how the Mech Dragon previously managed to hide its "shady" account information, the most it could do was hide it on the hard drive.

However, in this digital space that has been transformed into a maze, useful and useless information are constantly shifting positions, making it impossible to obtain complete data through normal searching and scanning.

Because in this constantly changing terminal, the data you just searched for a second ago may appear on a completely different disk channel the next second.

In theory, while this practice of frequently changing the location of data can indeed play a role in hiding it to some extent, it also greatly shortens the lifespan of electronic devices.

After all, ordinary people might only update their data once every three to five months, while Nogi Yu's private terminal is essentially updating data every moment.

According to the knowledge that the machine-made dragons have about EDEN's electronic devices, a private terminal that can normally be used for five to ten years can only be used for a maximum of six months in Nogi Yu's hands.

"Isn't it just about hiding data through frequent random backups? That's not a problem for me at all."

Fortunately, the current Pyramidmon is not just a pure hacker; possessing both the identity of a Digimon and a hacker, he quickly found a solution.

"As long as you're human and have your own personal usage habits, I don't believe you can actually come up with any complicated 'random mechanism'?"

There is a popular theory in the world of the internet that any program written with code does not have a true sense of "randomness".

Whether in games or other areas, humans simply cannot create a true "random mechanism" in the online world.

Even the most outstanding programmers can only use some kind of algorithm code to create a "pseudo-random mechanism" that is infinitely close to a "random mechanism".

In fact, even in the real world, proving the existence of a "true random mechanism" is a famous concept used to prove whether "the world we are in now is artificially created".

If the same coin is tossed using a "true random mechanism," then regardless of whether you have tossed the coin before, the next head or tail will be random, with at least a 50% probability.

If it's a "pseudo-random mechanism," then the more times you've flipped heads, the greater the probability of getting tails next time, gradually increasing from 50% to 100%.

In a way that gamers can easily understand, if you have a one-third critical hit rate, and the first two attacks don't crit, the third attack will definitely crit. This is the so-called "pseudo-random mechanism".

If this concept is extended further, it will lead to controversial academic ideas such as fatalism, inevitability, and even the creation myth.

The way the mecha dragon is trying to crack this space is somewhat similar to how to crack a "pseudo-random mechanism".

Unless Nogi Yu comes up with some bizarre "pseudo-random mechanism," the data that the Mechdramon wants will eventually appear in a fixed area of ​​this space as it focuses on it.

Moreover, the longer the time and the more random backups are performed, the higher the probability that they will appear in this area.

Like now...

"Sure enough, it showed up!"

By continuously recording the changes in this enormous natural labyrinth, the Mech Dragon Beast quickly detected two identical changes.

Starting with these two identical changes, he quickly deduced the structure of the entire maze and the pattern of the next change.

As a manifestation of this "breakthrough", a three-dimensional image involving the changes in the entire maze was quickly projected in front of the mecha dragon beast.

"This is the time!"

Taking advantage of the brief moment of change in the maze, the MechDragon immediately rushed into the depths of the maze and appeared inside Nogi Yu's real private terminal.

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At school, this is the class that Nogi Yu belongs to.

[Was the previous transfer student named Chen Ze?]

While casually glancing at the teacher's office, Nogi Yu noticed that Chen Ze, disguised as Rei-Foxmon X, had come out.

Is it because of the previous fight? Or is there some other reason?

Although both Nogi Yu and Chen Ze were seen as having the potential to become heroes, Chen Ze's feelings towards Chen Ze were completely different from Keisuke's.

This can be seen from the fact that after the bullying incident, Nogi Yu deliberately controlled the school bullies to block the door of the fox spirit X.

If Nogi Yu hadn't known that Chen Ze had achieved considerable success in hacking, she would have secretly hacked into his computer long ago to search for and access his detailed information.

Even so, Nogi Yu never gave up on observing Chen Ze.

Therefore, compared to other teachers and classmates, Nogi Yu was more aware of Chen Ze's changes during this period.

Could it be... that he was also one of the 'chosen'?

Aside from this reason, Nogi Yu couldn't think of any other reason why Chen Ze had changed during this period.

No! Only Keisuke can become a 'hero,' and only I can walk alongside Keisuke!

As if a devil were whispering in her ear, Nogi Yu's gaze toward the fox spirit X gradually turned dangerous.

Yes, to you, there's no difference between pity and violence; they're both proof that they look down on you.

In a daze, the whispers in Nogi Yu's ears became clearer and clearer, so clear that he could hear them in reality.

So, accept my power!

Just like back in the EDEN network, make those who looked down on you pay the price!

Chapter Fifteen: Faceless Men...?

Nogi Yu's private digital space is more complex than Mechadramon imagined.

Even with a "map", it took the MechDragon a long time to actually invade its core space.

"That guy's mind is way too dark!"

Although the Armored Dragon Beast doesn't have the ability to discern a person's psychological state from their spatial layout, it believes that someone who decorates their private digital space like a blood-red battlefield is unlikely to be mentally healthy.

Everything within the sight of the mecha dragon beast was shrouded in blood-red and black cubes, like a hellish prison, filled with an atmosphere of oppression and terror.

In the very center of this dark and oppressive space, a strange black and white mask floats prominently.

Like a collection of madness and obsession, just looking at that mask, the Mech Dragon Beast could feel endless madness emanating from it.

However, before the mecha dragon could react to what those things were, several figures hiding in the shadows caught its attention.

"student?"

With a deep and slow voice, Chen Ze, who had transformed into a mecha dragon beast, strictly adhered to his "setting" and did not reveal any personality traits related to his original form.

Especially in this completely data-driven world, as long as Chen Ze himself is willing, it is not difficult to distinguish the mecha dragon beast from his original body by paying a little attention and modifying his personality.

Of course, this distinction is limited to the online world; Chen Ze has no intention of becoming a psychopath or a person with a split personality.

In a sense, Chen Ze's behavior is more like a cosplay with an overabundance of chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) than a split personality.

However, he wasn't cosplaying a fake manga character, but a real Digimon, a mobile calamity with different abilities and personalities.

"Ok?"

To the mecha dragon's surprise, after realizing they had been discovered, the figures panicked and ran deeper into this blood-red world.

Moreover, throughout the entire process, these figures dressed as students did not utter a single sound, creating an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.

"Wait, I'm human!"

As if realizing something, the MechDragon immediately took corresponding measures, projecting a tall and burly human figure next to itself.

In this era where Digimon are wreaking havoc in Tokyo, it's easy for a Digimon that appears out of nowhere to be seen as an enemy by humans.

In contrast, a Digimon controlled and tamed by a human is more likely to gain the trust of others, even if the human who controls the Digimon was previously a notorious hacker.

Between those of the same kind and those of different kinds, biological instincts lead humans to tend to trust their own kind.

"I meant no harm."

Under the reassurance of the mecha dragon beast projection, the students indeed stopped running away, and then turned around with suspicion to stare at the special combination of "one person and one beast".

In certain crises, to protect the security of their account data, hackers do indeed hide in some unknown corner, simply projecting their image elsewhere.

In particular, the avatar projected by the mecha dragon beast was so lifelike, just like a real data avatar.

Or to be more precise, that projection was actually a real data avatar, except that the person controlling this avatar projection was not in another area of ​​the EDEN network, but was the mecha dragon beast next to him.

"What happened here..."

Carefully controlling the projection to slowly approach the students, the mecha dragon beast realized that their situation was very bad.

"No-Face?!"

Where their mouths should have been, there was a smooth expanse, as if they were born without mouths and only had a layer of skin.

Moreover, these student-like avatars exhibit various anomalies in other aspects, as if someone had deliberately modified or disabled certain functions within them.

This is also why the mechadramon itself uttered the words "Faceless Man," because their current appearance does indeed bear some resemblance to those legendary monsters.

Seemingly realizing that the mecha-dragon beast was not the enemy they had imagined, the several student-looking avatars immediately started waving their arms and legs, anxiously pleading for help from the projected avatars.

"As expected, the data related to the avatar has been modified."

Without making any move to reveal its identity, the Mech Dragon Beast's eyes flashed with various data about these avatars.

Thanks to its experience of independently creating a "hacker avatar," Mechdramon is very clear about how to create a data avatar.

In these student avatars, Chen Ze discovered that some of the structures and abilities that normal data avatars should possess had been blocked in a very crude and simple way.

For example, the mouth, or any language-related function, has been forcibly shut down.

In other words, these students trapped here not only had their appearance transformed into the ghostly form of "No-Face," but even the most common communication functions of the internet were shut down.

Did Nogi Yu make all of this?

Despite repeatedly overestimating the danger posed by Nogi Yu, the Mechdramon still felt a sense of silence as it looked at these data avatars imprisoned in their private terminals.

That guy, who looks like a complete effeminate man, is just as the MechDragon once described him, a very dangerous fellow.

Whether in terms of technical skills or personality, he is undoubtedly a dangerous individual.

Fortunately, the data avatar is the product of the highest technological achievement of the Kamishiro Group, and even a hacker of Nogi Yu's caliber cannot tamper with its internal code data.

The current situation of these student avatars looks terrifying, but in reality, their ability to communicate with the outside world has simply been artificially blocked, rather than their corresponding data code being modified from within.

For the mechs with equally advanced hacking skills, the difference in difficulty between the two is like the difference between tearing off the tape from their mouths and making them a new mouth.

The former is just a simple task that an ordinary person can accomplish with a flick of their wrist, while the latter is a "miracle" that even the most outstanding genetic engineers cannot achieve.