Digital Hackers' Memories

Looking at Piccolo unfolding its body, Renamon felt that the scene before him seemed somewhat familiar.

Yes, a familiar glow is emanating from Little Bick.

Moreover, as the light spread, Little Bick's body unfolded like a sheet of paper, directly wrapping around Chen Ze who was rushing towards him.

Agumon (subspecies) - Evolution...

As if its body were melting, a faint layer of flames began to appear on the surface of Agumon, which had merged with Piccolo.

That was the flame of the Flame Beast, and also the ability that Little Piccolo recompiled and evolved after assimilating some of the data from the Invaders.

As the flames spread, Agumon's original dragon-like appearance gradually distorted and changed.

First his height increased, then his limbs began to lengthen, and then even his head began to take on a more human-like form.

It was at this moment that the Agumon data, which was enveloped by Piccolo, began to decompose and reconstruct, combining with Piccolo in a completely new way.

The crimson flames were then tinged with white, and the flame-shaped humanoid form became even more slender and agile.

In the blink of an eye, the data within Agumon reversed the evolutionary form given to it by Piccolo, and it evolved into a more intimidating form.

—White Flame Beast!

Having a similar body shape and posture to Flamemon, but the evolved Agumon is not a pure red flame or a subspecies blue flame, but a pale white flame with a temperature close to 1,500 degrees Celsius.

Faced with the blazing heat, even the Corruptor unconsciously took a step back, and the surrounding air was completely distorted as a result.

tumultuous!

"A white fire beast?"

Staring incredulously at Chen Ze's sudden evolution, the hidden fox beast could no longer contain its surprise and cried out.

"How can it be?!"

It has only been a short month since Chen Ze obtained Agumon's data.

For a typical Digimon, it might have just been born from a Digi-egg and evolved into its baby stage.

In contrast, Chen Ze had already evolved to the Rookie stage, and now he has broken through his own limits again, becoming a Champion-level Digimon.

From infancy to childhood and then to adulthood, even with the assistance of "evolution programs," this exaggerated speed of evolution is enough to shatter the understanding of most Digimon.

Moreover, Chen Ze's path of evolution is not just a matter of speed, but also of evolutionary tendencies.

In its infancy, it was a Snowball Beast. During its evolution into a baby beast, Chen Ze actively reversed its evolutionary tendency for the first time, becoming a subspecies of Ice Blue Agumon.

This time it was even more outrageous, evolving into an unprecedented white flame beast without any relevant data.

It's important to understand that the reason Digimon are described as having an "evolutionary chain" is because they cannot actively choose their own evolutionary path; they can only evolve by following a predetermined trajectory.

Only those Digimon powerful enough to filter data can selectively absorb data and actively interfere with their own future evolutionary direction.

Even so, they had already determined their future direction before they evolved, and they transformed and evolved based on the data they already had.

But what about Chen Ze?

The fox beast dared to swear to heaven that it had never seen him actively absorb any data related to flames or humanoid forms in the past month.

If it weren't for Renamon's prank out of curiosity, Chen Ze probably wouldn't have revealed his Digimon form yet.

"It's Little Piccolo?!"

The highly intelligent fox-mon didn't hesitate for long before realizing a fact it had overlooked.

Chen Ze did not absorb any data related to evolving into a Flame Beast, but that does not mean he cannot evolve into a Flame Beast.

Because back in Kowloon's fifth floor, the newly born Piccolo had already used the power of Angelmon to devour some of the Infiltrator's data.

At that time, the Invaders had already assimilated the data of the Flame Beasts and humans, and then, due to the influence of a mysterious will, they evolved a special ability similar to "time travel".

Therefore, after obtaining some data about the Invaders at that time, Little Bick's nature had already changed.

It's not surprising that Little Piccolo, an intelligent program written using the source code of the Invaders and incorporating some data from the transformed Invaders, could evolve into a form similar to Fire Beast.

After all, Little Bick was created based on the concept of "artificial digital core", so it naturally has a certain degree of evolutionary ability.

"Yes, that's another way to use Little Bick."

Unlike his slightly childlike tone during his Agumon days, Chen Ze's tone became more restless and arrogant after evolving into White Flamemon.

"It was originally an 'artificial digital core' created using my data, and now it's just returning to my body."

In a sense, Agumon is still Agumon.

Chen Ze is now simply adding a "Flamemon shell" evolved from Piccolo to Agumon's data.

Of course, the evolution of Digimon is definitely not that simple.

Just like the white flame beast at this moment, it is definitely not just a "shell". It has all the power and attributes that a mature beast should have.

Even due to the effects of the "overload program," the flames of the white flame beast turned into pale flames that were completely different from those of ordinary flame beasts.

Theoretically speaking, White Flamemon's core is still Agumon's Rookie-era Digicore.

However, outside of this core digital core, the "artificial digital core" that runs the evolution program also belongs to Chen Ze, and is part of Little Piccolo, and even Agumon.

Agumon and Piccolo's dual data, controlled by their respective Digicores, "fused and evolved" into the current White Flamemon in a way that did not affect their original structure.

This is the true nature of the White Flame Beast, and also Chen Ze's profound utilization of the "artificial digital core".

Without affecting Agumon's Digicore, the "artificial Digicore" can safely run some dangerous programs—such as evolution programs whose harm is yet to be determined.

Since the "artificial digital core" is directly affected by the evolution program, discarding this "artificial digital core" when necessary will not affect Agumon's own digital core.

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PS: Monthly pass 84/200, blade 130/200.

Chapter 51 Berserk State

"It seems your 'evolution program' has stabilized?"

Renamon, who understands Piccolo's true nature very well, naturally wouldn't overlook the subtext in Chen Ze's words.

Regardless of the process Chen Ze went through when creating Little Bick, including removing redundant data and purifying the digital core.

Simply having a "man-made digital core" like Little Bick is equivalent to having the ability to make unlimited mistakes.

At the very least, Chen Ze can now use Little Bick to test the "Light of Evolution" that he created by combining Pure Data and Corruptor Code.

The fusion evolution of Agumon and Piccolo was undoubtedly influenced by Chen Ze's version of "Light of Evolution".

"Whether it's stable or not is another matter, but at least I have successfully evolved into the mature stage."

At this point, Chen Ze paused slightly before continuing.

"I am now... a genuine Champion-level Flame Beast."

More than the joy of successful evolution, Chen Ze is now concerned about the evolutionary tendency of this self-developed version of "Light of Evolution".

Although, as things stand, the "Light of Evolution" that I wrote myself neither inherits the ability of the Invader to indiscriminately assimilate data, nor will it evolve into a female-oriented Digimon like the "Light of Innocence".

But Chen Ze's worries did not lessen as a result; on the contrary, they increased.

My current state... seems a bit off.

A strange sense of anxiety arose within Chen Ze, and he felt as if he had overlooked something.

However, the invaders, being his enemies, wouldn't give him that much time to think, and charged towards him again, facing the pale flames.

boom!

In an instant, the surging pale white flames transformed into streaks of blazing fire that shot into the sky, and Chen Ze, enveloped in the pale white flames, charged straight at them.

"Chen Ze?"

The fox demon was taken aback by the opponent's "reckless" actions. Then, it conjured several figures and charged towards the invader together with the opponent.

boom! boom! boom!

A punch, a kick, a pullback and a dodge...

Relying on the fighting instincts of the white flame beast, Chen Ze showed no signs of nervousness on his first battlefield experience.

Aside from his combat experience and timing being inferior to the fox spirit, Chen Ze showed no trace of the "weak human" he had appeared to be before.

Because evolution has changed not only Chen Ze's body and form, but also his instincts and even his personality.

Just like a real fire beast, Chen Ze's evolved white fire beast is also a proud and powerful warrior.

Unlike humans, the white flame beasts are born with a natural talent for various fighting techniques and combat methods, without needing to learn different fighting skills and combat styles.

Compared to those battle-hardened warriors, the only thing the White Flame Beast lacks now is the ability to assess the situation in battle.

In fact, Chen Ze can now deeply feel the "impact" of this evolution on him.

Not only have his human instincts changed, but Chen Ze also feels that his personality and temperament have become unlike himself.

Putting everything else aside, this kind of arrogance and irritability that comes from the heart is absolutely not the kind of emotion a qualified hacker should have.

Chen Ze had only experienced this obvious "personality distortion" during his first battle against Angemon.

However, Chen Ze at that time only inherited some of Agumon's residual data, so the feeling of restlessness and excitement was not very obvious.

However, at this moment, the unruly, irritable, and easily angered nature of the white flame beast had already deeply penetrated Chen Ze's heart, as if he himself had such a personality.

Most importantly, Chen Ze, who was already aware of this, did not feel that there was anything wrong with it.

boom! boom! boom!

It wildly unleashed pale flames, and the raging flames distorted the surrounding air.

The current Chen Ze is a far cry from the calm and rational Agumon era; every move he makes is filled with undisguised brutality and arrogance.

That evolutionary process doesn't seem stable.

Like an assassin, the fox demon beast, appearing and disappearing in an elusive and unpredictable manner, was searching for a suitable opportunity to attack, but still focused a considerable amount of its energy on Chen Ze.

In Renamon's memory, although evolution can change a Digimon's personality and temperament, it is rarely as obvious as Chen Ze's.

It's important to know that Chen Ze in his Agumon form maintained his human personality and preferences and wasn't too influenced by his Digimon instincts.

Not to mention, Chen Ze had previously used Little Bick to split off some redundant data, which can be said to have minimized the impact of abnormal data on himself.

Or is this a drawback of using an evolutionary process?

Generally speaking, Digimon like Renamon, which consciously selects their evolution path, not only have predictable evolved forms, but their personalities also don't change much.

Only those Digimon that absorb far more data than they can handle in a short period of time are likely to have their evolutionary tendencies and personalities influenced by the massive amount of data.

In particular, some Digimon with extreme or obsessive personalities are more prone to abnormal evolution or dark evolution due to absorbing data that is opposite to their own attributes.

For those Digimon, while the alien data greatly enhanced their power, it also changed their original personality, making them no longer "themselves".

It goes without saying which is good or bad, superior or inferior.

Of course, since there are dark evolutions in this world that cause people to lose their personalities and have their wills distorted due to the influence of different data, there must also be Digimon that can "reverse" this process.

Crimson Knightmon, one of the thirteen Royal Knights who stand at the pinnacle of the online world and guard the World Tree, is such a being.

As one of only two Virus species among the thirteen Royal Knights, Gallantmon is known among the Royal Knights by titles such as "gentle knight," "righteous hero," and "the only conscience."

It is said that Gallantmon, which bears the "Digital Crisis" symbol, should not have become a Royal Knight. Its normal evolution path should have been that of Apocalymon, which was destined to destroy the Digital World.

However, in order to uphold the justice in his heart, Gallantmon forcefully reversed the world-destroying power and successfully "bred" itself out of the body of Apocalymon.

In this sense, as the two sides of the same coin, MagnaGarurumon is actually constantly suppressing its inner rampaging and destructive will.

Therefore, even within the proud Royal Knights, Gallantmon is one of the few true knights who commands the respect of everyone.

tumultuous!

Unaware of what the fox beast was thinking, Chen Ze was now completely immersed in the power of the white flame beast.

The urge to ignite everything, the will to burn everything, unknowingly spread through his heart.

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PS: Monthly pass 90/200, blade 130/200.

Chapter Fifty-Two Fatal Negligence

"Is that an Invader?"

"Those two fighting it were Digimon, right?"

"What's with that white fire beast? Is it a new species?"