Digital Hackers' Memories

Aside from Digimon that exceed the limits of their specifications, few Digimon can rival Motormon in speed.

In long-distance speed competitions, the motorcycle beast is undoubtedly the "uncrowned king"!

Rumble…

As if responding to Agumon's intuition, the increasingly faster Motormon quickly approached his current location, its anthropomorphic eyes fixed intently on him.

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"It really is coming for me."

Before the Motorbikemon could get close, Agumon quickly made a decision and chose to flee the dark railway tracks.

He discovered that while the motorcycle beast possessed incredible speed, it was, like all trains and high-speed rails, confined to the ever-expanding railway tracks.

Those seemingly appearing rails were not laid by the locomotive beast itself, but were buried beneath this desert beforehand.

However, due to the special nature of the Digital World, these tracks "do not exist" when not in use. They only form a long, winding track when the Motormons are running through this area.

This gave Agumon the illusion it had before—that Motormon seemed to be running and laying tracks at the same time.

"Woo..."

Clearly noticing Agumon's escape, Motormon's huge eyes immediately started to dart around, and its long whistle blared even more sharply, as if it were angry.

"You reacted pretty quickly?"

Still seated cross-legged in the control seat of the Motorbeast, the Molecularmon watched with great interest as Agumon fled.

As the latest mechanized creation of the Steel Empire, the Motorbeast differs from the biomechanical modifications that have recently become popular in the Empire; it is a genuine "machine".

Like Andromon and Molemon, these "prototype modified Digimon" are mechanical creations without an evolutionary path, and are born as Perfect level.

In theory, the Steel Empire could install any mechanical components on these "prototype modified Digimon" without worrying about biological rejection reactions.

From this perspective, apart from the outlier Molecularmon, these "Prototype Modified Digimon" are less like living beings and more like machines maintained by "artificial Digicores," existing without any self or will.

Therefore, it is only natural that the motorcycle beast has various monitoring systems installed inside its body to help the driver observe the outside world—those huge eyes are one of them.

The original prototype for those eyes came from an ancient Digimon that was adept at observation.

After being captured and modified by the Empire, the mechanized eyes not only retained their excellent dynamic capabilities, but also could record everything they could observe in real time, just like a real camera.

At this very moment, Molecular Beast was analyzing Agumon's escape route bit by bit through the images captured by its mechanized eyes.

"This route?"

Surprised to see Agumon deliberately avoiding the railway tracks, Molemon suddenly felt as if it had discovered some rare "mutant".

It's not surprising that they could discover the movement patterns of the motorcycle beast and deliberately avoid the tracks to evade it.

Strangely, even in places where there were no railway tracks, the Agumon was still trying to avoid them.

"What an intelligent Agumon!"

As the pilot of the Motormon, Molemon, who has considerable authority in the Steel Empire, naturally knows that the "blind spots" that Agumon is avoiding are the railway tracks that have not yet appeared.

In other words, Agumon not only realized the patterns of the Motormon, but also analyzed the overall layout of the Steel Empire's railway based on the existing tracks.

This is something that ordinary growth-stage digital systems cannot do. Even those powerful mature systems may not be able to calculate those rails that have not yet appeared.

"It seems I've discovered some incredible 'material'."

With a soft sigh, the molecular beast's eyes flashed with excited red light.

As if influenced by its agent, or perhaps due to an unknown virus, Molemon's logic has always been out of sync with that of other Digimon.

Even within the Steel Empire, Molecular Beasts belong to the marginalized and excluded group.

Therefore, after realizing Agumon's special nature, it not only failed to notify the Empire's high command in a timely manner, but also cleanly and decisively cut off the communication equipment.

This Agumon... is my trophy!

Chapter Four: Dark Dragon Beast

"What exactly is that motorcycle beast planning to do?!"

After quickly changing its escape route several times, Agumon finally felt relieved and stared at the terrifying train that was still speeding away in the distance.

According to Agumon's Digicore calculations, this location should be the largest blind spot in the railway track layout, with the nearest track being two to three hundred meters away.

Theoretically speaking, no matter how fast the motorcycle beast is, the gusts of wind and sonic booms it generates cannot reach this area.

"Woo!"

Seemingly aware of this, the Motorbeast, after a brief deceleration, abruptly stopped on the track closest to Agumon in a manner completely contrary to the principles of dynamics.

Bang!

The next moment, the door of a train carriage behind the motorcycle beast suddenly slammed shut, revealing a huge and wild figure inside.

"hold head high!"

After a brief hesitation, the wild, giant shadow let out a painful roar before slowly emerging from the carriage.

"hold head high!"

With another desperate roar, Agumon, not far away, finally got a clear look at the giant creature.

That was a giant dragon beast, a jet-black virus-type giant dragon beast—Darkdramon.

As one of the subspecies of Giramon, on par with Greymon, DarkGiramon possesses a similar humanoid posture and equally sharp claws and teeth.

Moreover, unlike Tyrannomon, which absorbed beetle data and evolved a hard skull and sharp horns.

Apart from the green thorns that dot its back, the Darkdramon still retains some primitive dragon-like features, maintaining the well-developed muscles characteristic of dragon beasts.

Especially its dark skin with dark red markings, which instilled a sense of fear and trembling in everyone who saw the Dark Dragon Beast.

That is the dragon's might unique to powerful dragon beasts, and it is also the biggest characteristic that distinguishes Tyrannomon from Megadramon.

If Greymon evokes feelings of cruelty and ferocity, then Darkdramon evokes feelings of awe and fear, as dark as an abyss.

"hold head high!"

As Darkdramon walked step by step toward Agumon, he realized that this Darkdramon had one major difference from the ordinary Darkdramon.

Three metal collars resembling restraint devices were clearly visible around the neck and wrists of this dark dragon beast.

It was under the control and stimulation of these collars that Darkdramon went against its own tyrannical nature and was imprisoned in the Motormon's carriage.

Now, it is these same restraints belonging to the Steel Empire that make the Dark Dragon Beast lower its noble head and attack the "weakling" it once looked down upon.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Each step kicked up a cloud of dust, and each footprint left a deep imprint...

As Darkdramon gradually approached Agumon, its pace quickened until it escalated into a violent charge.

—Dragon Charge!

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"Little Bick!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Agumon once again stripped away the excess data from its body and reassembled it into a mechanical, one-eyed "artificial digital core"—Piccolo.

After all, although the previous artificial Digicore was destroyed, Agumon still retained Piccolo's initial program, so it was not difficult to recreate an "artificial Digicore".

tumultuous!

However, this newborn Piccolo is clearly no match for the Piccolo that previously devoured the data of the Invaders.

Simply transforming itself into an overloaded flame consumed all of Piccolo's abilities, let alone unleashing the power it had previously displayed against its fully evolved form.

"Oops!"

Unaware that the newborn Piccolo would be so "weak," Agumon, upon seeing the thin layer of white flames in front of him, decisively rolled over to dodge.

boom!

In an instant, Darkdramon's massive body had already passed through the thin layer of Overload Flame, almost colliding with Agumon.

"what!"

Even so, the tank-like charge still narrowly missed Agumon, causing it to let out a painful cry.

However, Agumon today is no longer the novice he was back in Hikari Hill; he has long since gained his own experience and insights into how to fight.

Bang!

Despite the excruciating pain that felt as if his body was being "shattered," Agumon stomped his foot without looking back and charged forward.

Click...

Just then, Piccolo, who had transformed into white flames, timely reverted to his initial form, using his perspective to provide Agumon with the possibility of continuing to dodge Darkdramon's attacks.

After losing the data supplement from the Invaders, all Little Piccolo can do now is become Agumon's third eye, observing and analyzing Darkdramon's next move.

"hold head high!"

Just as Agumon had predicted, the inherently ferocious Darkdramon had no intention of letting him go.

On the contrary, after the initial shock, Darkdramon looked at Agumon with anger and roar.

Although Darkdramon was controlled by Molemon to capture Agumon, its brutal nature still remained, just like its arrogance.

The Dark Dragon Beast disdains hunting the weak, but it also cannot accept the fact that the weak escape from its grasp.

boom!

Without the slightest hesitation, a ball of orange-red flame suddenly gathered in the mouth of the Dark Dragon Beast and then spewed out.

—Breath of Flames!

Just like the Tyrannomon's Super Flame, this high-temperature flame breath turned the surrounding desert into a scorching inferno the moment it was released.

"Overload Flame!"

At the critical moment, Agumon, who saw the giant fireball from Piccolo's perspective, quickly turned around, inhaled, and exhaled a ball of white flame that was completely out of place with his fire breath.

Although he didn't know how big the difference was between Giantdramon and Greydramon, Agumon, who knew the power of Mega Flame, immediately controlled Piccolo to stand in front of him again after spitting out the fireball.

Agumon didn't expect his attacks to break through Flame Breath; all he needed was a little time to fuse with Piccolo again and evolve into a mature White Flamemon.

Boom!

In an instant, a violent explosion swept across an area of ​​tens of meters in radius.

Dust filled the air, obscuring the figures of the two Digimon, with only the orange fireball still colliding and intertwining with the white flames.

The orange fireball, due to its enormous size, once melted the ground into a crystalline state.

The white flames, taking advantage of the special properties of the overload program, gradually disintegrated the high temperature of the orange fireball until they were completely consumed.

Chapter 5 Digital Armor

"That's... Armor Evolution?!"

When the dust settled, the Molecular Beast in the driver's seat of the Motorbeast finally saw everything that had just happened.

Opposite to Darkdramon, the blue and white subspecies Agumon had disappeared, replaced by a tall white Flamemon.

Molecular Beasts were very familiar with this special evolution method, because it was clearly "armor evolution"!

The digital armor that forms the basis of "Armor Evolution".

It was a special device created by the Steel Empire to study the secrets of evolution before the birth of "prototype modified Digimon" such as Andromon and Molemon.

The principle behind this device is simple: it collects data from mature and fully formed organisms that have died, and then uses that data to create corresponding egg-shaped "digital armor".

As a great invention that allows Digimon to evolve briefly and challenge opponents of higher levels, "Digi-Armor" was extremely popular during the ancient Digimon era.

However, as time went by, the higher-ups of the Steel Empire discovered that while "Digital Armor" could temporarily give Digimon powerful combat abilities, it could not change their pre-evolutionary nature.

Because "Digimon" only allows Digimon to acquire the abilities of their predecessors, but few Digimon are able to break through the limits and further transform the potential abilities of "Digimon".

In order to gain temporary power, they constantly hunt down those who have successfully evolved to maturity or complete form.

Such an outcome is undoubtedly a "waste" and an "unacceptable regression" for both the Steel Empire and the Digital World.

Furthermore, in order to use the power of "Digital Armor," the Digimon using it must possess the corresponding genetic traits, which greatly limits the scope of its use.

With both factors combined, the Steel Empire chose to abandon the production of new "Digital Armor" and instead began researching a "Prototype Modified Digimon" program.

According to information obtained by the Molecular Beast from an unknown entity.

There was another important reason why the Steel Empire abandoned research on "digital armor": the original data that enabled the creation of "digital armor" was lost.