Digital Hackers' Memories

Although she didn't want Chen Ze to be too involved in her work, seeing his curious expression, Makiko Date decided to give a brief explanation of the current situation.

"Just now, a large-scale power outage occurred in most parts of Tokyo."

"Through the police station's internal detection and analysis of network data, Uncle Ji suspected that hackers had damaged the power system, and it may also have involved attacks on certain servers."

"Therefore, after locating all members of the 'Computer Crime Investigation Division,' Uncle Ji discovered that there was a 'node' near me, and immediately called me..."

At this point, Makiko Date paused for a moment before continuing to speak to Chen Ze with an apologetic expression.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to go out for a while."

"You can eat here for now. You can order more if you're not satisfied. We'll settle the bill when I get back."

Seeing this, Chen Ze did not press the matter further, but nodded to indicate that he would obediently wait for the other party to return.

"Haha, sorry, I'll have to go out for a bit."

Before she could finish speaking, Makiko Date, who was always in a hurry, got up and walked out of the store.

In her haste to resolve the incident, she failed to notice Chen Ze's thoughtful expression as he watched her departing figure.

“I knew it, I should never have let that ‘jinx’ go out alone.”

After a moment, once he was sure that Makiko Date couldn't hear him, Chen Ze muttered something in annoyance.

"That fox beast has clearly regressed into a small fox beast, so why hasn't its troublemaking level 'regressed' in sync?"

The little fox beast had just said it was going to "hunt" when this massive power outage occurred – a "hacking" event.

Chen Ze would never believe that there was no connection between the two.

Anyway, he was almost used to the other person's inherent "jinx" attribute, and at most he was just curious about what trouble the other person had gotten into this time.

"I just hope she remembers that she brought little Bick along."

Chen Ze quickly took out his phone and opened one of the apps that resembled a mechanical eyeball.

Unlike the virtual EDEN world, Chen Ze in the real world does not have the built-in computer of the digital core, so all programs must run through electronic devices such as mobile phones and computers.

Moreover, considering the differences between the EDEN network and traditional networks, even with Chen Ze's technology, he could only write a simple "temporary program" that could be used to control Little Bick.

This is all thanks to Little Bick's unique circumstances.

The source code from the invaders is not limited to the EDEN network; a significant portion of it is also applicable to the traditional internet and mobile terminals.

I need to buy an EDEN terminal tomorrow; otherwise, we're in a really passive position.

Looking at the app that he couldn't open due to network problems, Chen Ze's desire to replace it with a complete EDEN terminal resurfaced.

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"what is that?!"

Just as Chen Ze was anxiously trying to contact Little Piccolo, Little Foxmon, who was still in the semi-digital tunnel, finally saw the alternate dimension Digimon that had broken through the space-time barrier and was about to come to this world.

"Ow!"

It was a Deinosuchus that looked as if it had just emerged from a primitive Native American tribe in the Americas.

Its deep blue skin was covered with red patterns reminiscent of Native American culture, and it wore a chief's headdress full of Native American style.

Moreover, this unusual Deviljho even wore ornaments on its neck and arms that only powerful Native American warriors were entitled to wear.

It is obvious that this is a Digimon born from the absorption of Native American culture and dinosaur data.

"An Allosaurus? How is that possible?"

Allosaurus, or it can be called Allosaurus.

In Agumon's memory, this is an Ancient Species, Champion-level Digimon that was mainly active in the ancient period of the Digital World. It is also the third major evolutionary branch of Agumon, after Greymon and Giantdramon.

However, due to the lack of information about Native American culture online, and the fact that Allosaurus itself is an ancient species, this ancient Digimon has long since faded from the historical stage.

Today, only a few Digimon with ancient species data can revert to their ancestral form and evolve into Alldramon through a special device called DigiSpirit or DigiArmor.

However, Allosaurus, having evolved in that way, clearly no longer possesses the aptitude to continue evolving upwards. It can only exist independently of the normal evolutionary path and is referred to as an "Armored Digimon" by other normally evolving Digimon.

"Ow!"

Completely ignoring the little fox beast's astonishment, the powerful Allosaurus roared excitedly as soon as Pu appeared in this world.

Immediately afterwards, an aura far exceeding that of a normal mature armored body suddenly enveloped the entire tunnel, instantly transforming Piccolo from its "Cradle Form" into its "Eye Form".

"Complete body?!"

This was the little fox beast's first reaction upon sensing such power.

This power surpasses that of the Enhanced Humanoid Invader in the Digimon Black Market, and is even comparable to the Greymon and Parrotmon he encountered in Hikari Hill.

"Complete body?"

At that moment, Chen Ze, who had just witnessed this scene through Little Bick's perspective, was also stunned.

"No, it's not in its complete form yet, but it's no different from it."

Looking at the alien dragon that roared to the sky as if it had survived a catastrophe, Chen Ze, far away in the snack shop, couldn't help but recall the records of his previous life - the X-antibody.

Based on some settings from the previous life, in a parallel digital world.

In order to solve the crisis of data expansion and overload in the Digital World, the Yggdrasil, which routinely destroys the world, released an X-virus specifically targeting Digimon.

Under the influence of this X Virus program, the vast majority of Digimon died and became raw data for reconstructing the new world.

However, some Digimon were unwilling to perish, and their mutated Digicores spontaneously generated enhanced programs to fight against this X virus—the X Antibody.

Influenced by the X-Antibody, the original Digimon were unleashed, their forms mutated, and they gained terrifying power far exceeding that of their peers.

Thanks to the widespread availability of various anime resources on the internet in his previous life, Chen Ze, who was already quite "chuunibyou" (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), had a very deep impression of these "enhanced Digimon" that were different from ordinary Digimon.

Chapter Nine Unknown Space

"This is an X-Antibody Digimon?!"

Upon hearing Chen Ze's affirmative words, the little fox beast no longer cared why the other party knew so much, and immediately stared wide-eyed at the unusual alligator beast.

The legends surrounding the X antibody are not limited to Chen Ze's past life.

Even in Kokomon's original Digital World, a considerable number of Digimon were rumored to be the same.

However, in the original world of the little fox beast, the source of the X antibody is not detailed.

All Little Foxmon knew was that this was a special program possessed only by certain Digimon from another dimension, a power that allowed Digimon to unleash their full potential.

However, for some unknown reason, whenever such a Digimon appears in the Digital World, the Royal Knights will spare no effort to arrive at the scene and kill it immediately.

This directly resulted in the X-Antibody being just like rumors about evolution programs, digital armor, and the Iron Empire—few people knew its inside story and the truth.

At this moment, if Chen Ze could share the little fox beast's knowledge base, he would definitely tell her that this was because the X virus appeared along with the X antibody.

A special virus created by the World Tree itself, capable of completely destroying and reshaping the Digital World.

"How could there be an X antibody here?"

Through Little Piccolo's perspective, Chen Ze was almost certain that this Allosaurus possessed the X-Antibody—that is, Allosaurus X.

Could it be that the real world I'm in now corresponds to the Digital World in the 'X-Evolution' movie?

If that's really the case, then the world's military strength is terrifyingly high.

Whether it's Omegamon X, which can wipe out the entire world with a single sword strike, or Alphamon, which has the X-antibody, both are beings capable of directly destroying the world.

Living in a world where gods fight like this seems to be much worse than the "worst transmigration experience" I had imagined.

"Ow!"

Before Chen Ze could think any further, Allosaurus X, who had already arrived in this semi-digitalized space through the spacetime vortex, let out another long roar and then turned its gaze to Piccolo and Mikomon beside it.

Compared to the bizarre robot from Kamishiro Corporation, the little foxmon, a "Digimon," clearly attracted its attention more.

Because in the world where Alldramon X originally lived, ordinary Digimon and X Digimon had long been at odds, it naturally regarded Kokomon as an enemy and adopted a wary posture.

"Ow!"

Without any hesitation, knowing full well that she was no match for this Allosaurus X, the little foxmon decisively chose to run away.

However, to the little foxmon's utter surprise, even though she was in a digital space, she couldn't jump directly to other digital spaces like she could in the EDEN network.

This feeling is as if this space, although presented in a digital state, is still a real world with strict rules, just like the digital world and the human world.

"what happened?"

Chen Ze, who had control over Little Bik, also realized the seriousness of the problem, because he found that although he could remotely control Little Bik, he could not manipulate it to make jumps using any UDL.

This is not normal. Within the area where the EDEN network is located, UDL is the key and link to all digital spaces, and theoretically there should be no situation where it cannot be redirected.

"Wait, where are you now?"

After realizing this, Chen Ze seemed to suddenly remember something and began to use Little Bick's artificial digital core to repair and rewind this "digital space" covered with mosaics.

"This is... an elevated tunnel?"

Soon, Chen Ze used Little Beek's computing power to construct what the tunnel looked like before it was eroded.

"This is the real world."

It was at this moment that the little fox beast spoke again.

"Just like what we encountered in Hikari Hill, this world has also experienced a phenomenon of 'digitalization'."

Since Hikari returned, Chen Ze and Kokomon had discussed the issue of "digitization".

After considering both of their opinions, they agreed that this was a sign that the barrier between the digital world and the real world was malfunctioning and beginning to merge.

However, in Hikari Hill, the first to be digitized are the creatures of the Digital World.

Here, the first thing to appear in the digital world is the material world.

Based on the information Chen Ze and Little Foxmon currently possess, this digitizing tunnel should be the first "digitalized" thing they come into contact with.

"The real world?"

Hearing the little fox's guess, Chen Ze immediately thought of Makiko Date, who had just left.

"I think I know where you are now."

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"Find a place to hide now, I'll be there soon."

Chen Ze quickly closed his phone, stood up abruptly amidst the surprised looks of those around him, and then ran in the direction where Makiko Date had gone.

If he wasn't mistaken, the dangers that both the little fox beast and Makiko Date were about to encounter were far greater than he had imagined.

With Little Viktor protecting them, the little foxmon was alright, but even for Alldramon, which had strength beyond the Champion level, breaking through the Invader-level defense was no easy task.

What really worried Chen Ze was Makiko Date, that outgoing and very sociable older sister.

If things are really as the little fox beast says, then the place that Makiko Date is going to is a space that has already been "semi-digitalized".

Regardless of whether there are any terrifying Digimon like Allosaurus among them.

Simply trespassing into that mysterious digital space is already an extremely dangerous act for ordinary people.

"I hope it's not too late."

He began to pray silently, not wanting the first phone call he received the next day to be news of Makiko Date's death.

"Hey? You haven't paid the bill yet?"

The shop owner stared in disbelief as Makiko Date and Chen Ze left their seats one after the other. Only then did he realize what was happening and hurriedly chased after them.

But by the time the shop owner reached the shop entrance, Chen Ze had already disappeared into the darkness.

"That little rascal runs really fast."

Somewhat surprised by Chen Ze's extraordinary speed, the shop owner thought that even if Chen Ze participated in a city-level or higher sprint competition, he would probably be among the top ten.

"Huh? Why didn't they take their bags?"

The shop owner initially thought that Makiko Date and Chen Ze were planning to skip out on their bill, but when he looked back at their seats, he found that Chen Ze's backpack was still on the seats.

"What happened?"

The shop owner, who had a history of strife, instinctively frowned and sensed something was amiss.

Leaving aside Chen Ze, Makiko Date is a familiar face at this store.

If the shop owner remembers correctly, the person seemed to often come to eat at his place wearing a police uniform, clearly an officer from the Police Department.