Digital Hackers' Memories

As if in response to the tall woman's speculation, a cold, electronic voice suddenly came from behind her.

"This is the private space of the Kamishiro Corporation..."

“Your intrusion has caused financial losses to the company, and I have the right to arrest you.”

As the cold voice appeared, a mechanically modified humanoid Digimon slowly came into view with not-too-stiff steps.

"You have the right to remain silent, but your every move will be recorded in the server's logs."

This is an Andromon that has undergone full-body mechanization, with only its ankles retaining some flesh and blood structure.

Like all its kind, this Andromon had no will or emotion, only mechanical logic that acted according to its programmed instructions.

Compared to firewalls that are simply composed of programs, this fully-formed Andromon is the true "guardian" of this digital space.

"Is that the automated 'firewall' from Shindai Corporation?"

"Wait, so those two guys were hackers?"

Why would such dangerous individuals be here?

……

Amidst the screams of the surrounding crowd, Andromon, the tall woman, and Ryuji stood facing each other in an equilateral triangle formation, remaining silent.

Chapter Thirty-Five Antivirus Program

"It seems like something happened there?"

Renamon X was the first to notice the network fluctuations. The fluctuations, like the firewall data reorganization, instantly reminded her of the Revolvermon from the Hikari Hill incident.

Both being Digimon manifested by a firewall and both being Vaccine-type Digimon with the "Virus Buster" attribute, the Digimon wave that appeared this time was much stronger than that of Hikari-oka.

"It's a fully evolved Andromon!"

Just one step slower than the fox spirit X, Chen Ze discovered the source of the disturbance—the three people who were confronting each other.

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"Did A-Zhe send you?"

Maintaining a high level of vigilance, the tall woman kept an eye on Andromon while casting her question at Ryuji.

"Yes, 'Stone Buddha' is my client."

Without concealing his purpose, Ryuji said this after he had found a tall woman.

"He commissioned me to 'arrest' you."

"Arrest me?"

Slightly stunned, the tall woman glanced at the stern-faced Ryuji and was momentarily at a loss for words.

"So you deliberately alerted Andromon?"

The tall woman initially thought that Ryuji was simply unaware of the existence of the Andromon, which was why he recklessly went to hack into the server.

However, judging from the current situation, it is clear that the other party intentionally alerted Andromon and then wanted to use its power to capture him.

After all, the task that A-Zhe gave to Ryuji was to "capture the hacker", not to "defend against hacker intrusion" or "protect this digital space".

Therefore, compared to painstakingly searching for and capturing tall, elusive women on their own, leveraging the power of the Kamishiro Corporation for large-scale searches and scans is undoubtedly a shortcut.

"Thanks to Andromon, I was able to find you so quickly."

Making no attempt to conceal his intentions, even if Ryuji obtained all the data on the server, he would still have no chance of finding a tall woman among so many people.

So rather than saying that Ryuji found the tall woman's whereabouts, it would be more accurate to say that Andromon had "locked in" all the abnormal data in this digital space in advance.

At most, Ryuji simply arrived in front of the tall woman before Andromon officially appeared.

"What a nasty guy."

She made no attempt to hide her disgust for Ryuji; the tall woman despised people who would stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

Because such people are prone to extremes, especially when the two sides are likely to become enemies, tall women are even more worried about the other party's instability.

"Although I'm glad Ah Zhe sent you to find me, I don't intend to surrender easily."

Before she finished speaking, the tall woman suddenly took a step forward, and the surrounding data was immediately altered, emitting a fragrance like lilacs.

"I want more money!"

Somewhat bewildered, Long Si looked at the tall woman whose body was undergoing changes. He immediately connected to his employer's communication channel and transmitted everything he was seeing in real time.

"You didn't tell me that 'she' is a Perfect-level Digimon, and that I'd have to pay extra if I wanted to catch 'her'."

As the fragrance gradually spread, the tall, slender woman disappeared, replaced by a humanoid Digimon that resembled a "flower fairy."

Standing nearly two meters tall, he crushed the vast majority of humans, including Ryuji...

Beneath her beautiful face lay an expression of haughtiness and capriciousness, like that of a queen...

In comparison, her pink outfit only added a touch of elegance and innocence to her, but could not conceal her strength and domineering nature as a Perfect-level Digimon.

This is the perfect-level, fairy-type Lilacmon, which is also the "true form" of a tall woman.

Are you sure this is the Digimon you're looking for?

It seemed like the first time they had seen the original form of the Lilac Beast, or perhaps it was simply a matter of being dull and aloof...

A Zhe remained silent on the other end of the network for a long time until Long Si reminded him again, at which point he finally came to his senses and spoke.

"It's 'her,' that's right."

Not used to such intimate conversations, A-Zhe didn't show much emotion, but spoke in a tone that was both indifferent and firm.

"If you can help me catch her, the commission will be ten times higher afterward."

Ah Zhe's extravagant spending left not only Long Si dumbfounded, but even the Dingxiang Beast, which had already revealed its true form, showed a hint of astonishment.

"First you gave up the competition, then you squandered money. You're just asking for a beating!"

After giving a soft scolding, the lilac beast, having confirmed that Ah Zhe was really not there, decisively turned around and prepared to leave.

She didn't want to be enemies with the Kamishiro Corporation, represented by Andromon, nor did she want to be captured by that hacker who was obviously very powerful.

"Come forth, Cyberdramon!"

However, Lilacmon wants to leave, but Ryuji and Andromon won't let it go so easily.

Especially for Ryuji, as long as A-Zhe can fulfill his promise, Erika will have the funds for the next stage of treatment.

Boom!

And so, a massive surge of data poured out from Ryuji's body, transforming into a dragon-human type Ultimate Digimon—Cyberdramon.

Its entire body is encased in special rubber armor, with four tattered wings extending behind it like a cape.

Despite possessing powerful vaccine-type attributes, Cyberdramon is not a true "virus killer," but rather a "lone warrior" that indiscriminately hunts down all Digimon.

Just like its partner Ryuji, CyberDragonmon is a terrifying being that will stop at nothing to achieve its goals.

This can be seen from its full-body rubber armor; only a dragonman with a firm will and a ferocious nature could adapt to the constraints imposed by the rubber armor.

Thanks to its special rubber armor, Cyberdramon has gained a significant boost in both attack and defense compared to a regular Ultimate-level monster.

"Ow!"

With just a roar upon its arrival, Cyberdramon's presence stunned everyone present.

Even Andromon, which has no self and simply follows the program instinctively, immediately loaded special combat data from the server and upgraded its privilege level.

Furthermore, to prevent Cyberdramon from harming the players around it, Andromon even activated "Firewall Space," which only activates when encountering the highest level of intrusion.

tumultuous!

In an instant, the illusory, dark green grid rapidly expanded outwards from the center of Andromon.

"Firewall program?"

Having spent so much time in the online world, Dingxiang Beast naturally recognized this special "firewall program," and she had almost been eliminated by it once.

This is an antivirus program that targets all intruders indiscriminately, and it is also a special review method of the "whitelist mechanism".

Once this resource-intensive program is started, all data exhibiting abnormality on the server will be pulled into a junk site called "firewall space" for virus scanning.

Chapter Thirty-Six: Resetting Factory Settings

"A fox beast?"

The moment Andromon activated "Firewall Space," dozens of "players," including Renamon X, suddenly experienced data anomalies.

Immediately afterwards, the entire digital space launched a large-scale, indiscriminate elimination process, and all data that showed abnormalities were included in this investigation.

Whether you are a hacker or not, and regardless of whether you have committed any intrusion acts...

If any abnormal data is detected on your device during an inspection or scan, it will be isolated by a special procedure and placed in a dedicated "firewall space" for virus removal.

Without a doubt, Renamon X failed this screening because she did not log into this digital space through normal means.

In fact, including those dozen or so "players" whose data suddenly became abnormal, none of them came to this digital space through normal channels.

Although these "suspected hackers" did not commit any intrusion, they were still caught in the crossfire.

Those who reacted quickly managed to unplug the network cable as soon as their data became abnormal, preventing their data from being completely isolated in the "firewall space".

Therefore, their current avatars are at most blacklisted by the Kamishiro Corporation, and cannot be completely destroyed.

However, those that are slow to react, or those like the Fox Spirit X that are temporarily unable to escape, will have to endure a series of antivirus measures from the "firewall space".

Faced with a behemoth like Kamishiro Corporation, which is almost dominated by EDEN, no matter how well ordinary hackers disguise themselves or how many defense programs they have, they cannot directly confront its heavy antivirus measures.

"Is it an antivirus system?"

As he watched helplessly as the fox spirit X's figure gradually disappeared before his eyes, Chen Ze quickly realized the seriousness of the situation.

Even if Renamon X can bypass different forms of antivirus programs, it will inevitably encounter a big boss like Andromon in the "firewall space".

Even after undergoing X-transformation, the Rookie Renamon is still far from being a match for a normal Ultimate level Renamon.

Not to mention, Andromon will not be the only creature to appear in the "firewall space"; there will also be the equally powerful Lilacmon and the clearly more powerful Cyberdramon.

"Hold on to me!"

Without time to think too much, Chen Ze instinctively reached out and grabbed the arm of the fox spirit X in the last moment before it disappeared.

Click...

The next moment, Chen Ze's "Zhao Yun skin" began to collapse, revealing his original appearance.

But that's not all. Because Chen Ze logged into the EDEN network with a "legitimate" identity, the antivirus program there did not treat him as a hacker.

Chen Ze's attempt to forcefully retain the Fox Spirit X will only cause a bug in his "legitimate" data avatar, leading to the discovery of the anomaly by the Kamishiro Corporation.

"Let go!"

Realizing this, the fox spirit X decisively rebuked.

Through this period of contact and experience, Youkomon X has come to understand the importance of "secrecy" to hackers.

Unlike Digimon, human hackers may be lawless in the cyber world, but they are usually just as vulnerable in the real world.

Once someone discovers your true identity, even a top hacker as powerful as Chen Ze cannot avoid ending up in prison.

Renamon X has not forgotten the existence of SwordEmperormon; the other party must be trying hard to find the true form of Whiteflamemon.

The reason why Sword Emperor Beast did not connect White Flame Beast with Chen Ze was simply because it had not yet realized the fact that "White Flame Beast might be a human".

"Credit for Hackers, Rule Number Four..."

"A qualified hacker may be afraid of trouble, but he will never be afraid of danger, let alone abandon his companions."

With a slight upturn of his lips, Chen Ze stared at the still-disappearing fox demon beast X and spoke with unusual firmness.

Chen Ze hadn't forgotten the scene when he first encountered the fox demon, how it disregarded the rules of the human world and planned to storm into the convenience store and destroy the surveillance data.

Back then, the fox spirit was like a real wild beast, caring about nothing but becoming stronger and hunting.

However, the current Youkomon X is different. She not only feels shy and annoyed, but she has also begun to think about things that she would never have thought about before.

"Besides, when have you ever seen me do something I'm not sure about?"

To Renamon's astonishment, Chen Ze's data avatar began to collapse, and his appearance gradually transformed into the form of Blue Agumon.

"What did you do?"

Just like those hackers who are considered "abnormal" by the firewall, as Chen Ze gradually transforms into the form of Agumon, his body also begins to be exiled.