Digital Hackers' Memories

This has gone beyond the adult stage—no, this has gone beyond the realm of Digimon—reaching a level that could be described as "god-like."

"Is this the origin of the 'Tower of the Seven Deadly Sins,' the 'evil god' sealed away by the World Tree?"

At this moment, Astaroth's calm tone revealed not fear, but an excited, almost trembling thrill.

"Unfortunately, you are not yet in your complete form."

Astarmon was not intimidated by Arkadimon's "absolute defense" ability because it knew that the number of times the opponent forcibly decomposed data in its Champion form was very limited.

Otherwise, Arkadimon wouldn't have been sealed by Yggdrasil, and its disintegrated body wouldn't have turned into seven towers that became the residences of the Demon Lords.

"Speaking of manipulating data, I can do that too."

Before he finished speaking, Astaroth raised his "Golden Salmon" machine gun again, and the more ferocious hellfire turned into an even more powerful spiked explosive bullet.

Furthermore, to prevent Arkadimon from disintegrating its bullets again, each bullet is equipped with a small firewall program.

This was originally a basic program that hackers created by separating their computer firewalls to prevent their avatars from being attacked by malicious viruses. Now, it has become Astaroth's best offensive weapon.

More importantly, Arkadimon's enemies are no longer just Astarmon alone.

Matadormon, who had just been completely defeated by Arkadimon, was not completely incapacitated and naturally seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to launch an attack.

Boom!

With a huge explosion and roar, three Digimon whose strength surpasses that of Ultimate level Digimon dragged the battle into the next round.

Chapter 47 The Unlucky Guy Who Died in the Dimensional Rift?

Inside the safety passage of the replaced Kamishiro Central Hospital.

"Huh? This is... semi-digitalization?"

Chen Ze, who was in the Central Hospital, naturally noticed the Astaroth that had just broken through the window. Its powerful presence was so strong that anyone could notice it.

In particular, the other party's act of swapping the data world with the real world and mixing a part of the two together reminded Chen Ze of the semi-digital space created by the Sword Emperor Beast.

Whether it's the semi-digital tunnel where Chen Ze first came to Japan, or the Shinjuku subway station later on, they are all similar places.

However, compared to the material space that has been assimilated and eroded by digital waves, Astarmon's current behavior is simply pulling the data world into reality, rather than transforming the real world into data space.

One is erosion and assimilation, the other is mixing and superposition...

Although they appear to be the same, their essence is completely different.

Of course, Chen Ze didn't know the difference between the two. The only thing he knew was that after this distorted space appeared, he was "imprisoned" in this safe passage.

It was as if he were walking through an endless corridor. No matter how hard Chen Ze tried to run upwards, he could never get through this endless corridor and reach the rooftop of the Central Hospital.

Because this is a data world trapped in a logical dead loop, a bug space that is endlessly looping like an ouroboros.

The phenomenon of "infinite loops," which does not exist in reality, can be easily achieved in the data world, which is composed of basic logic, by simply modifying one of the simple algorithm codes.

"So, is that Digimon protecting the people here?"

Although the other party beat him to it and did what he wanted to do, Chen Ze did not show any emotional fluctuation.

On the contrary, if Astarmon could really stop the battle between the other two Digimon, Chen Ze wouldn't mind being an insignificant passerby.

However, Chen Ze knew in his heart that Astaroth was simply no match for this battle.

If Chen Ze wasn't mistaken, one of the two Digimon fighting was clearly the Arkadimon he had encountered that morning at the "Scrap Metal Park".

As for that Digimon that is classified as a "Demon" in the Digimon Encyclopedia, its danger is no less than that of Emperormon, which plans to call on the Digital World to invade reality.

In Chen Ze's memory, besides its power attribute that surpassed its level, Arkadimon was also one of the few Digimon that was officially defined as being able to evolve into a "super ultimate" form.

The so-called "Ultimate" usually refers to a realm that ordinary Digimon can never reach no matter how they evolve. It has the power to disrupt the balance of the Digital World's ecosystem and cause the world to collapse. It is also the form after the evolution of Ultimate.

Let's not even talk about how many Digimon have power surpassing Ultimate level.

At least before Chen Ze's transmigration, the setting clearly stated that only a handful of Digimon possessed the potential to reach "Ultimate Level".

Unfortunately, the evil god in the lore—Arkadimon—is one of them.

In other words, while Astarmon is powerful, it is still significantly weaker than Arkadimon, which can infinitely devour data and evolve.

"When necessary, we will have to use MetalGreymon's form."

Taking a deep breath, Chen Ze's Mechanical Tyrannosaurus form, though still severely injured, would have to be used if things got really bad.

As for whether MetalGreymon can defeat Arkadimon?

In Chen Zhe's mind, this was not even a question that needed to be considered.

It is essentially an enhanced and modified form of a regular MetalGreymon, and it also possesses a "Nuclear Mode" that unleashes its ultimate potential, as well as "Nuclear Breath" that maximizes the power of "Nuclear Mode".

Chen Ze's MetalGreymon has never lost a battle against a monster of the same level. Even when challenging monsters of a higher level, it has defeated a deserving BOSS-level monster like SwordGreymon.

Therefore, Chen Ze was quite confident in dealing with a mere Arkadi Beast that had not yet fully grown.

Of course, once Arkadimon evolves to its Ultimate or even Mega level, the situation will be different.

"But before that, we need to crack this infinite loop corridor first."

Looking up at the endless corridor again, Chen Ze connected to this space, which had already been mixed and overlapped with the data world, just like he was on the EDEN network.

Then, Chen Ze was surprised to find that the code that constituted this data space was so familiar.

Or to be more precise, this is clearly a "loop code" that I wrote myself, and even the writing habits for certain specific codes are exactly the same.

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"Is this what Astaroth called the 'Vulcanus Domain'?"

Keisuke sat back in his specially made wheelchair, remotely supporting Astaromon's battle while diligently deciphering the code structure of this special space.

Back then, it was with Keisuke's help that IceDevimon entered the "Vulcanus Domain" located in the lower space of EDEN and successfully evolved into Astarmon with the help of the "Goldfish".

Now, Astaroth's ability to forcefully pull the "Vulcanus Realm" into reality through its own power surprised Keisuke and also made him very interested in this special realm that appeared in the EDEN Network.

After all, according to Astarmon, both Vulcanusmon and Beelzemon are top-tier figures in the Digital World, and there has never been any rumor of them appearing in the human world.

So how did this "Vulcanus Realm," which contains the "golden salmon," appear in the space between the human world and the digital world?

Could it be true, as Astarmon suspected, that eight years ago, when the first batch of Digimon appeared on the EDEN Network, Vulcanusmon took the opportunity to break into the human world and then unfortunately became the unlucky one who died in the lower dimension?

"This field seems to be hiding some secret?"

After Astaroth pulled the "Vulcanus Realm" into the real world, Keisuke, who possessed superb hacking skills, keenly noticed the changes.

It seems that the "Vulcanus Realm" was designed with the possibility of being pulled into the real world in mind from the very beginning, which is why it automatically activated its hidden programs.

This situation seems to suggest, from another perspective, that the Vulcanus had plotted to invade the human world.

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PS: While writing this, I was reminded of Ultimate V-Dragon from Cyber ​​Sleuth.

It seems that it died between two dimensions while crossing the "dimensional wall".

This led to the protagonist later going to a parallel world to seek help from another UltimateVeedramon, which also resulted in a female version of Masaru Daimon's storyline.

A royal knight was killed by a door. In terms of bad luck, this guy must be the most unlucky royal knight, right?

Chapter 48 Erica's Insect Beast

"It really is the code in my database, and its programming habits are exactly the same as mine!"

Having easily broken through the "infinite loop" corridor, Chen Ze stared blankly at the opened door in front of him, his face showing both surprise and curiosity.

The surprise lies in the unique programming method of this digital space, with its many details and habits that are clearly unique to me.

Unfortunately, Chen Ze had never written this program before, but the underlying logic of this data space was somewhat similar to the "loop code" he had written and used.

Curiosity stems from the question of what this space has to do with Astaroth, and how it knows my programming habits.

Or to put it another way, why was your source code leaked?

Why is this space written with its own unique code and programming habits?

"Could it be that my database has been hacked?"

He shook his head in disbelief. Since Chen Ze became a hacker, no one other than the Fox Spirit X had been able to hack into his database.

Not to mention, even if someone did obtain the source code in Chen Ze's database, it would be impossible for them to imitate his habits and write programs.

But if you think about it carefully, even Digimon from the anime from the previous life have appeared in this world, so what is impossible?

Putting aside everything else, just consider those invasive beings that are like natural disasters. If they obtained Chen Ze's database and devoured his mental data, they would definitely be able to write similar program code.

The only question now is, what exactly is hidden behind that opened door?

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The main entrance of Kamishiro Central Hospital.

"No, the structure of this distorted space is different from the previous digital spaces."

With a slight frown, Erica realized that the entire central hospital was shrouded in a strange barrier, and immediately took appropriate measures to break through it.

However, although Astarmon's ability is somewhat similar to the digital space created by Digital Wave eroding the material world, they are fundamentally two completely different things.

The former involves using digital waves to erode the material world, thereby expanding the digital world's domain until the entire human world becomes a "captive" of the digital world.

The latter superimposes two different dimensional worlds, creating a unique phenomenon where matter and data coexist in one space.

"To break through this place, we must rely on the abilities of Digimon."

Before she could finish speaking, the Bug Beast, which had been waiting for her on the EDEN network, appeared on Erica's shoulder.

"Erika! You finally remembered me!"

With that silly, cute expression still on its face, the Insect Beast seemed completely unaware of what it meant that it had appeared in the real world so easily.

It's important to know that there are generally only two ways for Digimon to come to the human world.

One method is to directly cross the "dimensional wall" and forcibly enter the real world.

Another option is to digitize the body and reconstruct a physical form in the real world that can support oneself.

In essence, there is no inherent superiority or inferiority between the two; the difference lies only in the difficulty and technology of their implementation.

Without a doubt, the memory server that Erika shared, which is to some extent Erika's clone, Wormmon, uses a more difficult and technologically advanced form of digitalization.

Otherwise, with the power of the Insect Beast, let alone crossing the "dimensional wall," it would be a problem whether it could even find that non-material firewall.

"Insect Beast? Do you know what Erica is planning to do?"

It wasn't that Keisuke doubted Wormmon's abilities, but Wormmon's silly and cute expression was really hard to put one's mind at ease.

In contrast, Leomon, who cannot appear in the real world, is more reassuring in all aspects.

"Don't worry, I'm a Digimon that shares memories with Erika. I'll definitely help you break through this 'firewall'!"

Upon hearing this, Keisuke couldn't help but recall the time when the Bugmon invaded Ryuji and Chitose's accounts and turned their avatars into a mosaic.

At that time, BugBeast only had a basic grasp of hacking techniques, yet it dared to hack into the accounts of two big shots.

Although the final result was that Bugmon apologized with a long face, it showed Bugmon's fearless personality.

Erica alone is already hard enough to handle, and now there's another one, the Worm Beast, who's practically a carbon copy of Erica. It's no wonder that Keisuke is worried about what kind of trouble the two of them will cause next.

"That's not what I meant..."

Keisuke first glanced at Erica, who showed no sign of giving up, and then noticed the eager expression on the face of the insect beast Na. He could only sigh helplessly.

"In short, we're just going to see our older brother, so let's not cause any unnecessary trouble."

At this moment, this is Keisuke's truest thought.

Regardless of whether the man who just fought while piloting a Digimon was Ryuji, Keisuke didn't want Erika to get involved.

If so, it means that Erika will have to confront her brother who "abandoned her" and the man who seems to have fallen into a state of madness.

If not, it means that Ryuji is still missing, and that he and Erika have to face a man who can control powerful, demon-like Digimon.

If he were alone, Keisuke would go and find out whether the man was Ryuji or not.

The problem now is that Keisuke is not alone; he is accompanied by Erika, who has just come from the hospital.

Erica had been suffering from headaches from time to time due to her illness, and often looked at herself blankly after uploading her memories to the server.

This means that Erika's condition has become so serious that it has begun to affect her daily relationships.

No one knows whether Erika will completely forget herself, forget Chitose, or even forget Ryuji after a certain treatment.

Now, all Keisuke can do is pray that Erika's condition won't worsen because of this accident.