Digital Hackers' Memories

"What can 'justice' obtained in this way truly save?"

Muttering to itself, Alphamon felt that this matter could not be delayed any longer.

After all, this was just one Royal Knight, and there were eleven others like him besides himself.

No one knows how those saviors who once saved the world will ultimately achieve their "justice."

If everyone were as "righteous" as SwordKingmon, even Alphamon, as the "Royal Knight Counter Force," wouldn't believe he could defeat them all.

Therefore, even if it's just to reduce the possibility of a major war in the future, Alphamon must quickly find a way to truly resolve this crisis.

"The body of data?"

With a slight movement of its eyes, Alphamon's gaze seemed to pierce through the collapsed earth's crust, revealing a chaotic land that had become a spacetime vortex.

That was the core battlefield between the Sword Emperor Beast and the Asura Beast, and also the last place where those hundreds of spacetime rifts appeared.

Alphamon originally thought that only Takumi possessed both biological and data characteristics.

But just now, Alphamon detected another being with the same characteristics near that chaotic spacetime vortex.

Although Alphamon is not yet sure who that being is, it is certain that the being is not the kind of Digimon that has achieved "digitalization".

Moreover, compared to Takumi, who had not yet grown up, that person seemed to have already understood the importance of the "Data Body" and had begun to explore his own potential.

The only pity is that he was killed before he could truly grow up, because he angered the Sword Emperor Beast.

In that earth-shattering strike, the person who also possessed a "data body" would only have a chance to escape if they entered a vortex of time and space.

However, this would put him in an even more dangerous situation than the Sword Emperor Beast's attack—a spacetime vortex.

If we were to say that the unknown being's chance of survival in the face of the Rose Impact of the Sword Emperor Beast was one in ten thousand.

So, the probability of him surviving after being caught in the spacetime vortex is one in a billion.

Within that spacetime vortex leading to countless other dimensions, there are things and beings far more dangerous than the Sword Emperor Beast.

Even true royal knights, if they enter without any coordinates or guidance, would find it very difficult to return to this world.

"If it's Mikagura Mirei, she should be able to bring people back from other worlds, right?"

Thinking of this, Alphamon suddenly remembered Mirei Mikagura's Mostimon.

As a chaotic demon god and the ultimate form that controls the power of space and time, Mostimon could indeed find its target in countless other dimensions without the aid of any coordinates.

"Also, Mikagura Mirei should know 'his' identity, right?"

Alphamon muttered something uncertainly, then turned its gaze to the humans caught up in the disaster.

Because compared to the whereabouts of the other "data entity," the humans below who are not yet completely out of danger are the ones who need help the most at this stage.

"Well, I'm sorry, Anzu, I'm afraid I'll have to 'trouble' you again."

Shinjuku sinkhole at the end of the volume

The day after the "Shinjuku sinkhole" incident.

After wandering around Shinjuku subway station all night, Ah Zhe is now staring blankly at the sinkhole that extends dozens of meters underground, a sad expression appearing on his face.

After searching all night, A Zhe still couldn't find any trace of the Lilac Beast in the ruins.

But Ah Zhe's intuition told him that the Lilac Beast must still be in these ruins.

Just as he knew that the reason the lilac beast left him was simply to avoid being dragged into the disaster.

Lilacmon's previous actions of stealing Digiwaves and creating the Philosopher's Stone clearly angered the powerful being known as "SwordEmperormon".

The only thing A-Zhe couldn't be sure of right now was whether the massive earthquake that affected the entire Shinjuku was the work of Swordmon, or whether it was targeted at Lilacmon.

Where exactly are you right now?

A Zhe instinctively didn't want to believe that the Lilac Beast would die in the earthquake. In his memory, the Lilac Beast had always been so wise and aloof.

"If you're looking for the Lilac Beast, I don't think her chances of survival are very high."

In a daze, a blurry phantom appeared before A Zhe's eyes—it was the Sage Beast.

Since escaping from the clutches of SwordEmperormon, Wisemon has been hiding in some unknown dimension, too afraid to show itself.

In fact, if A-Zhe hadn't lingered around Shinjuku subway station all night and seemed to intend to continue, it would have been impossible for him to appear in this dangerous place at this dangerous time.

Because the Sage Beast is quite certain that there must be many unknown beings hiding near the Shinjuku subway station.

Humans or Digimon...

Faced with such destructive power that is almost like a natural disaster, they will definitely try their best to find out what exactly happened here.

Unfortunately, Ah Zhe is one of the few Sage Beasts in the human world who can be called a "friend".

Therefore, unwilling to see the other party become depressed, it had no choice but to show itself.

"No, she must still be alive."

He firmly and forcefully refuted the Sagemon's judgment. Without confirming that Lilacmon was truly dead, the somewhat obsessive Azhe refused to believe any bad news.

"In that case, are you willing to take the gamble?"

Upon hearing this, A Zhe looked at the illusory figure with delight, because he could hear some subtext in the other party's words.

"Can you save...find her?"

Nodding affirmatively, the phantom of the Sage Beast casually flicked its wrist, and a dark yellow "Time Stone" appeared out of thin air in its palm.

"If the Lilac Beast really likes you, she must have backed up her data on your personal EDEN terminal..."

The Sagemon wasn't joking. Given the "cloning" ability that Lilacmon had previously demonstrated, it would be strange if the other party hadn't created a backup of itself somewhere else.

"With the backup data of the Lilac Beast, it is not impossible to 'reconstruct' her spiritual body."

What the Sagemon didn't mention here is that this "reconstruction" is predicated on the Clovemon leaving behind a residue of mental data in this area.

Only then can the Sage Beast use its time-space abilities to restore the data fragments to their original state and import them into the backup data.

In other words, if SwordEmperor's sword was aimed directly at Lilacmon, then given her abilities, there would be absolutely no chance of her "surviving".

"As long as there is hope, I will not give up."

Without any hesitation, A-Zhe removed the EDEN terminal worth millions of yen from his wrist.

If we're talking about where the Lilac Beast is most likely to leave its data backup, then there's no other possibility besides this EDEN terminal specially customized by the Shindai Corporation.

Besides its technological value, this EDEN terminal was also a prize that Ah Zhe won for his first participation in the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" tournament.

It is of great commemorative significance and value to both A Zhe and Ding Xiang Shou.

“I don’t dislike this kind of ‘persistence’.”

Calmly taking the EDEN terminal from A-Zhe's hand, Sagemon simply said in a low voice.

hum!

The next instant, the priceless EDEN terminal began to change.

Almost simultaneously, countless fluorescent spots visible only to Digimon surged from the depths of the massive sinkhole and converged on the changing EDEN terminal.

Then, under the influence of some mysterious program, these originally illusory fluorescent spots, using the EDEN terminal as a carrier, became physical entities that humans could see.

—Digitalization!

This is true "digitalization," a digitalization program unique to Sagemon.

hum...

In less than two or three seconds, the original EDEN terminal disappeared, replaced by an exceptionally beautiful "lilac".

The reason for putting quotation marks around the word "lilac" is that although this flower has the shape of a lilac, its color is not the usual pinkish-purple, but a more alluring deep red.

Moreover, with the appearance of this flower, which resembled more of a rose than a lilac, the "Time Stone" in the other hand of the Sage Beast shattered due to the loss of its power.

"This is the 'Lilac Beast'."

Completely unconcerned about the disappearance of the Time Stone, the Sage Beast simply handed the "lilac" he was holding to A Zhe with a slight look of amazement.

Because it never expected that the Lilac Beast would actually retain some fragments of its spirit under that kind of impact.

More importantly, the fragments of the Lilac Beast's spirit contain not only her own will, but also data belonging to the Philosopher's Stone.

This is precisely why the color of the lilac changes from pinkish-purple to deep red—that deep red color is the color of the "Philosopher's Stone".

It could be said that the lilac beast turned misfortune into a blessing in disguise this time.

Not only did they achieve their wish to digitize, but they also unexpectedly gained the power of the "Philosopher's Stone".

The only regret is that it is unknown how long it will take for the lilac beast, which has transformed into a lilac flower, to "awaken" from this severe injury.

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A moment later, as A Zhe and the Sage Beast left the sinkhole, a pale yellow fox demon that had been hiding in the shadows slowly emerged from the ruins.

"The Lilac Beast is indeed not dead."

Staring at A Zhe's receding figure, the fox demon X's expression was cold and murderous.

At this moment, Reijomon X is no longer just data that can only travel through the network, but a real living being.

However, Reijomon X was not grateful to Lilacmon, because if it weren't for Lilacmon's series of actions, Chen Ze's fate would still be unknown.

Renamon X, after spending time with Chen Ze, has gradually developed the intelligence of a sentient being, but still retains the wildness that belongs to a Digimon.

Fighting and killing are perfectly normal things for a wild beast.

Even if he couldn't kill the Lilac Beast, killing Ah Zhe as a second-best option to vent his anger was a "justifiable" choice in the mind of the Fox Beast X.

Of course, if it were Youkomon X from a few months ago, she definitely wouldn't have had the thought of "revenge".

Because in the dog-eat-dog world of Digimon, being hunted by others only means you're not strong enough.

Any act of opposing the strong is tantamount to "suicide," something that the former Youkomon X resolutely rejected.

However, as mentioned earlier, after being immersed in the human world for so long, Renamon X is no longer a simple wild beast.

Besides the option of "survival", Reijou X gradually realizes that there are many other things in this world that are worth her attention - such as Chen Ze and cooking.

However, considering the existence of Sagemon, Renamon X had to temporarily abandon this idea of ​​taking its anger out on others.

"Once I rescue Chen Ze, I will definitely find a chance to kill you all."

Her murderous gaze reveals the true nature of the fox spirit X; she is not the kind of person who only talks tough words.

However, before that, Youkomon X must find a way to retrieve Chen Ze, whose fate is unknown.

“Mikagura Mirei, is that it? I will definitely find you.”

That being who calls himself the "Observer of Parallel Worlds" is a demon god who possesses the power to manipulate spacetime...

As long as she finds her, even if Chen Ze is really killed by the Sword Emperor Beast, she will definitely have a way to save him—the Fox Beast X firmly believes this.

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PS: The next volume will return to the original Digital World four thousand years ago, during the peak of the Steel Empire.

PS2:月票57/200，刀片33/200.

Chapter One: The Steel Empire

Digimon are not the only life forms in the Digital World.

Or more precisely, Digimon are simply the most outstanding evolvers in the Digital World.

Before the birth of Digimon, the Digital World had also given birth to some other forms of data life.

However, with the survival of the fittest and natural selection, those primitive data life forms were gradually replaced by a more superior species—Digimon.

Just as humans are the masters of the Earth, before humans dominated the Earth, there were other planetary rulers similar to dinosaurs.

In fact, even the Digimon that have continued to this day are not static.

Digimon from different eras have different characteristics and abilities, and even their most basic forms differ greatly.

In the ancient Digimon era, before mechanization became mainstream, the powerful Dragonmon was the evolutionary form that the vast majority of Digimon dreamed of.

Greymon, Giantdramon, Ursaringmon, Triceratopsmon...

With their diverse types and vast numbers, Dragonmon Digimon dominated that era with their absolute advantage, laying the foundation for the main evolutionary direction of Digimon in later generations.

The era of the Dragonmons lasted for a very long time, and at the same time there were various insect-type, elemental-type, and spirit-type Digimon that evolved.

However, no matter how these Digimon evolve, their main evolutionary direction is still to explore their own potential.