Digital Hackers' Memories

Each Terminal 7D6 possesses combat power comparable to a top-tier Ultimate, and multiple Terminal 7D6s can team up via a local area network to achieve a leap in combat power.

However, these terminals 7D6, which are touted as the "Digital World Security System," are now presented to Blue Sistermon in such a dilapidated state, so it's no wonder she exclaimed in surprise.

"In addition to the regular battle, that WarGreymon also used hacking techniques."

After simply crouching down and briefly examining the remains of Terminal 7D6, the experienced Stubborn Beast recognized the signs of intrusion on them.

"Based on the intelligence you previously obtained from the human world, that WarGreymon appears to have been transformed from a human hacker."

"In that case, everything that happened here can be explained."

Ultimately, Terminal 7D6 is merely an embodiment of the World Tree, a security device similar to a robot.

Compared to Digimon that truly possess their own will, the biggest weakness of these Terminal 7D6s is their inherent fixed program.

As long as it is possible to intervene in the LAN of Terminal 7D6 through external means, it is possible to paralyze most of their combat capabilities in a very short time.

Even so, his performance was exaggerated enough!

Blue Sister Beast knew that even if Terminal 7D6 stood there motionless, destroying them to this state would not be an easy task.

Moreover, judging from the situation on the scene, WarGreymon was clearly surrounded and attacked by the activated Terminal 7D6 before it could successfully infiltrate.

"After all, he was chosen by 'He,' so it's not surprising that he has some extraordinary qualities."

Slowly standing up, the stubborn beast first reached out and rubbed the blue nunmon's head before laughing at the nun's displeased expression.

"Haha, you really do suit this kind of expression better."

His words revealed a strong sense of wicked humor, and it wasn't until he saw that Blue Sistermon's "dissatisfaction" seemed to be escalating to the point of "killing her master" that the stubborn beast slightly restrained its smile.

"Alright, enough joking around. Now you just wait here."

"After all, that's the Void Arena. Even without the protection of Terminal 7D6, it's still a very dangerous place. You're not qualified to go there yet."

Having said that, knowing full well that the other party was proud and stubborn, he decisively leaped into the air.

In an instant, the stubborn beast shot towards the "reflection" overhead like a rocket, leaving behind a bewildered blue nunmon.

"Damn it, that old bastard left me behind again!"

Gazing at the disappearing figure of the stubborn beast, Blue Sistermon felt both angry and somewhat helpless.

She could understand the stubborn beast's care for her, but she couldn't tolerate his behavior of letting her hide away every time he was in the most dangerous situation.

Even though it is also a disciple of the stubborn beast, why can't it train itself in the same way that Hackmon was trained?

As a result, Hakumon, who was originally the weakest, has become the thirteenth Royal Knight, while I myself have yet to truly evolve into my Ultimate form.

Perhaps this is the perfect embodiment of the idea of ​​"raising boys frugally and girls lavishly" in this stubborn beast?

Chapter Eleven: Infinite Mountain

"Is this Mount Infinite? It's so magnificent!"

Looking up at the mountain peak that pierced the clouds, Nochia couldn't help but exclaim in amazement as she saw such a straight and tall mountain range for the first time.

Unlike real mountains, the so-called "Infinite Mountain" looks like a mountain with a near 90-degree right angle, so regular that it has no undulations at all.

"Do we have to climb up there?"

As a pure human being, Sanada Shin didn't think he could climb this mountain that seemed to reach straight to the sky.

"I don't think I can climb up."

The usually taciturn Yuko Kamishiro unusually agreed with Arata Sanada's point of view, also expressing her own inability to climb such a high peak.

In fact, even the most outstanding extreme athletes in the real world could not climb such a cloud-covered peak.

"This is the digital world."

Seeing this, Omegamon, who had kept a straight face the whole way, finally smiled.

"Unlike the material structure of the human world, this world is made up of information."

As they were talking, Omegamon, as if to demonstrate to the four little ones, actually crashed straight into the towering cloud peak.

"what?"

Before Takumi could even utter a cry of surprise, it turned into astonishment.

As if it had crashed into a virtual projector, Omegamon disappeared from everyone's sight amidst ripples.

Seeing this, the curious Nokia followed with a look of surprise and ended up crashing into the wall of the Infinite Mountain.

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"This... is the real Infinite Mountain?"

After Takumi and his group crashed into the mountain one after another, the real Infinity Mountain appeared before them.

Unlike the towering, pillar-like wonders found elsewhere, the true Infinite Mountain is a columnar spiral mountain composed of countless segments of different adaptive domains.

Taking a step forward could lead to the scorching heat of September, while taking a step back could lead to the frigid cold of December in the Arctic...

The drastically different environmental layout is completely different from the normal material world. There is no gradual change or transition between environments. It is very abrupt to change from high temperature to low temperature and from land to ocean.

Most importantly, on the structures and components that originally belonged to the mountain, black and white tentacles twisted and wriggled like living creatures, making it seem as if they had suddenly invaded the domain of an evil god.

"This is the Infinite Mountain, but not the Infinite Mountain in its normal state."

It was Alphamon, who followed behind, who responded to the four little ones' questions in a deep voice.

"In this world of data, size and distance are just a simple matter of logic."

"What may seem like a small space may contain an infinitely large domain, and what may seem like an insurmountable cloud peak is actually not that far away. This is the rule of the digital world."

After pausing slightly, Alphamon glanced around at the eerie tentacles formed by the Invaders before continuing its explanation.

"What truly determines the height and size of the Infinite Mountain is the amount of data it can carry."

"As the foundation of the world and the pillar connecting the realm of the gods, Mount Infinity has the same carrying capacity as the entire Digital World."

Nodding in sudden realization, Sanada Shin and Kamishiro Yuko, as the strongest hackers, immediately understood Alphamon's explanation.

This is similar to a hard drive; no matter how much data you put in it, the size of the hard drive doesn't change at all from the surface.

Because the things stored on a hard drive exist in the form of information and data, even if every single byte on the hard drive is filled, the appearance of the hard drive cannot change.

Even the size of the data stored on a hard drive depends on the hard drive's capacity and quality.

The rules of general physics have little impact on the information level, and are not suitable for thinking about everything in the digital world from the perspective of the real world.

"Those invaders are the real reason why Infinite Mountain has become abnormal!"

Although it is a question, Shin Sanada uses an affirmative tone here.

Forcing an excessive amount of data onto a hard drive can not only affect the hard drive's loading speed, but may even overwrite or damage the hard drive's original programs.

Without a doubt, those eroders that have clearly devoured the Infinite Mountain and formed a "new Infinite Mountain" are "overloaded" excess data.

"Yes, our journey up the mountain was a bit more dangerous than we had imagined."

Under normal circumstances, once the true entry point to Infinite Mountain can be determined, intruders would only need to face the drastically changed environment and the knight beast legion that the Royal Knights had deployed there.

But now, the real crisis that intruders need to face is the invaders who primarily devour data and evolve in a frenzied, twisted manner.

drop!

As if in response to Alphamon's statement, the Invader, which had been merely wriggling, began to wave its arms proactively after realizing the presence of the "intruder."

The next second, a Terminal 7D6, whose defects had been strangely filled and repaired by the invaders, suddenly appeared in front of them.

drop!

His narrow, dark eyes occasionally flashed with a dark red light.

Tentacles connected to the Infinite Mountain extend continuously from behind Terminal 7D6, transmitting the power of the eroders that constitute the entire mountain to it.

“Someone arrived at Infinite Mountain before us and even alerted these monsters.”

The voice was filled with helplessness. Omegamon could tell that this controlled 7D6 had only recently been reconstructed.

In other words, other Digimon broke into Infinity Mountain and alerted the invaders that make up the entire mountain.

In order to fight against that unknown enemy, the Infiltrators chose to capture the Terminal 7D6 that fell from the Void Arena and then transform them into their own minions.

In a sense, any Terminal 7D6 that crashes near Infinite Mountain may have been corrupted and transformed into their minions by the Infiltrators.

"Wait a minute... if that's the case, has anyone counted exactly how many 7D6s crashed just now?"

Takumi, whose mind was the most active, opened his mouth wide in disbelief. If things were really as Omegamon said, he and his group might be facing multiple "Ytsubo clones".

"Who remembers?"

Shaking her head in frustration, Nokia pointed to the terminal 7D6 that was still appearing not far away and stated what she had observed.

"Anyway, we are now facing at least ten 7D6s, and there is no rule out the possibility of more."

Chapter Twelve: The Protagonist Group's Advance

Unbeknownst to them, their forceful intrusion, along with that of Blue Sistermon, would lead to Alphamon and his group facing a large number of Terminal 7D6s upon entering Infinity Mountain.

When the stubborn beast soared into the sky and fully entered the void arena, it realized that what it had seen from the outside was only a corner of this dilapidated scene.

"..."

Stepping on the broken ground beneath its feet, what came into the stubborn beast's view was the shattered remains of 7D6.

It was far more shocking than what they had seen on Mount Infinity. The stubborn beast even felt that compared to the remains that had been completely torn apart by WarGreymon, the Terminal 7D6 that had only been knocked down into the Void Arena could be considered "lucky".

"Even if it's done with some hacking techniques, it's a miracle that the 7D6 could be damaged like this."

As it slowly passed through the graveyard made up of countless 7D6 remains, the stubborn beast felt it should reassess the aggressiveness of that WarGreymon.

Especially the "Dragon Beast Killer" that pierced through Examon; among all the Royal Knights, only Skullmon and Magnamon could truly withstand its attack.

The stubborn beast never believed that its strength surpassed that of ordinary royal knights, even though that was indeed the case.

In the eyes of the stubborn beast, it was merely someone who had experienced more battles and knew better how to utilize its strengths, but in terms of raw power, it was no better than any of the Royal Knights.

Or to be more precise, each Royal Knight is a unique and powerful individual.

On a battlefield suited to their strengths, each royal has their own "invincible" side.

The stubborn beast itself happens to be the type that is relatively balanced in all aspects and can stably exert its strength in various extreme environments.

"However, the last guardian of the World Tree is Skullmon. WarGreymon shouldn't be able to break through its defenses, right?"

Looking down at the "well" in front of him, the stubborn beast knew that as long as he jumped down from here, he could quickly reach the legendary "realm of the gods," the true core of the World Tree.

"I always have a bad feeling."

With its eyes slightly narrowed and a deep unease filling its heart, the stubborn beast hesitated for a moment before leaping into the "deep well" that connected the Digital World to the outside world.

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On Mount Infinity, where Takumi and his group are located.

"Since we can't avoid it, let's fight!"

Realizing that they must destroy the corrupted Terminal 7D6 in order to move forward, Takumi and his companions summoned their partners without hesitation.

The legendary dragon—Bliveruddramon!

The legendary blade—Durandamon!

The Cataclysmic Beast—Diablomon!

The shadow warrior in the dark—Kaiwangmon!

When these four Digimon, whose strength surpassed that of ordinary Ultimate-level Digimon, appeared, even the multiple Terminal 7D6s supported by the power of the entire Infinity Mountain had to temporarily avoid their sharp edge.

Not to mention that in addition to these four Ultimate-level beings, there are also Alphamon and Omegamon, the two strongest Royal Knights who are outside the standard range.

"What an amazing talent!"

Completely ignoring the surrounding Terminal 7D6, Alphamon instantly turned its gaze to its partner, Sanada Shin, when it saw Diablomon.

As far as Alphamon knew, Sanada's new Digimon partner should have died in the pursuit of SwordEmperormon long ago, and even his data after death was completely erased by Aromamon's repeated formatting.

Otherwise, Sanada Shin wouldn't have used himself as a vessel to forcibly run the code assimilation eroder, Suedo Akemi.

However, this hacker, whose partner had already died in battle, managed to cultivate a new Digimon partner in a very short time after returning to normal.

It even went a step further, allowing the original Hellmon to break through its limits and evolve into the ultimate form Diablomon.

"This is a 'gift' from the Hellbeast."