Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Dark Noble Mansion; Factory City Q&A

To reach the Dark Noble Mansion, you must first pass through the noble cemetery in the southern part of Document Island.

The noble cemetery is an area connected to the tropical rainforest. After all, it is a cemetery, even during the day, the cemetery is shrouded in a thick fog, and there is no sunlight at all, giving people a gloomy and cold feeling, and the atmosphere is also very gloomy, and occasionally you will see fierce ghost beasts floating by.

When Mina arrives at the noble cemetery, she is actually a little startled by the gloomy atmosphere of the cemetery, but quickly overcomes her fear. After all, there is no need to be afraid of places that do not pose a threat. Seventeen-year-old Mina is no longer a little girl who trembles in fear at the sight of terror.

"Miss Mina, don't be afraid that the noble graveyard is the territory of the vampire beast, so it's safe, but the atmosphere is a little weird"

The demonic beast who was leading the way looked around a little uneasily, and said a little nervously. Its words are not convincing.

"You don't need to call me 'Miss Mina,' just call me 'Mina.'"

Mina corrected that she wasn't used to having a growing Digimon formally called her.

"I'm a subordinate of Lord Vampire Beast, so of course I should respect your important guests."

After overcoming the nervousness, the monster turned to Mina and smiled.

"Monster, don't you hate humans?"

Concerned about the strife between Digimon and humans, Mina asks the monsters.

"Humans are weak and neurotic, and I don't like them very much, nor do I hate them. It is true that my homeland was destroyed by humans, but for this digital world, it is normal for the weak to be killed. Fortunately, my most important companion is still alive. It was the Vampire Beast who saved us, and in exchange for surviving, I swear absolute loyalty to the Vampire Beast with my Digicore. ”

The mention of humans makes the expression of the monster gloomy. Even the voice was a little colder. It's only been a few days, how could it have forgotten that in the quarantine area, it witnessed the destruction of its home and the ruthless killing of the Digimon it lived with. The killers who destroy their homes and kill everyone are humans who can turn into Digimon.

"Miss Mina and your companions are working hard for the Digital World, and the Vampire Beasts have always recognized you and held you in high esteem. If you blindly become an enemy of humans because of the so-called hatred, it is tantamount to betraying the Vampire Demon Beast. So, I'm not going to hate humans. ”

It's really a very helpless word.

"The sins committed by mankind should be corrected by us humans, and the culprits who caused the calamity will be punished, I promise."

Stretching out her hand and gently stroking the head of the demonic beast, Mina said softly and calmly. In the words, there is also a coldness.

"Sanctions? Shouldn't humanity turn to its fellow man? ”

Make the monster look at Mina with incredible eyes.

That's why we have come to our senses. It's foolish to impose the views of humans on Digimon and decide whether they live or die in a way that escapes reality and their own guilt."

"That kind of person, I can't forgive"

It should have been angry words, but Mina's voice was unusually calm.

"Then we seem to have been delayed for a lot of time, so let's go to the Dark Noble Mansion first. I don't want to keep Vampire Beasts waiting too long. ”

The overly calm voice inexplicably made the monster a little scared, and it was also very surprising. It makes Warcraft feel that the girl has a unique charm, so the Vampire Warcraft will recognize humans.

"Thank you for your hard work, making Warcraft."

Mina's expression returned to its original gentleness.

"Actually, it's a very simple task."

There was no continuation of the topic, so that Warcraft would lead the way for her again.

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The Dark Noble Mansion is a Western-style building built in the depths of a noble cemetery.

As if sensing the arrival of the guest, the heavy iron door opened automatically, and Mina followed the demonic beast into the mansion.

The mansion has an ancient atmosphere. The chandelier hung on the ceiling, the candles were automatically lit, and the dim light shone on the gray stone walls, giving people a sad feeling. There was a strange sound from time to time, and a white shadow flashed from the side of the wall. However, the mansion has an eerie atmosphere that feels like a demon's castle.

The mansion is large and divided into two floors. The lower floor is the first floor, and in addition to the hall in the middle, there are four or five interconnected rooms. The upper floor is the second floor, and on the first floor there is a curved staircase on each side of the hall wall, leading to the sky corridor on the second floor. If this mansion is carefully organized, it will definitely become very magnificent.

Mina and the beast walked down the curved staircase to the second floor, the wooden staircase she stepped on made a creatic grinding sound. The horizontal corridor on the second floor leads to the walls on both sides, and there is a door on the wall.

Make the monster lead Mina to the door on the right, and before knocking, say to Mina.

"Miss Mina, Lord Vampire is waiting for you inside."

"I see."

Seeing Mina nod slightly, the monster stretched out its little paws and knocked on the door.

"Lord Vampire, I brought Miss Mina here."

"Let her in, you can step down."

The sound of vampire beasts came from the room.

"Yes. Miss Mina, please come in. ”

After pushing the door open, Mina stepped inside.

It is a spacious and tidy study, and the room is full of classical taste. The huge shelves along the walls are filled with heavy books, each with a thick dark cover, and the back of the book is scalded with golden text. I saw that the vampire beast was putting a very heavy book on the shelf.

Mina gazes at the shelves full of books, "On the Origin and Foundations of Human Inequality", "The Complete Works of Plato", "The Republic"

They are basically books that belong to the human world.

"You're a big fan of human books."

The one that was put back on the bookshelf by the vampire monster was "Beautiful New World", which Mina had also read. This book is one of the most classic dystopian literature of the twentieth century.

"If you use an e-reader, it's much easier to read the content. If you don't mind, I'll lend you the e-reader, it's sound. ”

Mina said kindly.

"Reading books is not only used to read the words on them, but also to adjust the spirit and mentality, and the reading of paper books is more realistic and cultural. Relying too much on technology can lead to the loss of the original substance. ”

"That's right, maybe it's time for me to choose to read paper books again."

Mina's expression was a little embarrassed by her partner's words. However, she soon understood that the vampire monster was only reading books to adjust his mentality to the best, was it because something affected his mood?

"That's probably the trick you can keep in the best frame of mind."

"Mostly. After all, it is not easy to fully comprehend the content of the book. ”

"I think most of the books you collect are very esoteric, and even scholars don't grasp them in a short period of time."

Looking at the books full of books, Mina complained.

After that, the vampire beast pushed a book that protruded a little from a certain position on the shelf, and the bookshelf began to move to the left, and a secret passage appeared in front of them.

"Is it a secret passage to the basement?"

Mina looked at the secret passage with some surprise.

"It's the underground research institute of the Molecular Beast."

After a short answer, the vampire beast entered the secret passage first.

"Come on, you have the right to know about the digital world."

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In the dimly lit passageway, Mina cautiously followed behind the vampire beast. Maybe considering that she is just an ordinary human, the pace of the vampire monster is not too fast.

After a few minutes of trekking, the two of them gradually approached the end of the secret passage. Seeing the white light shining from the end, Mina stepped up and stepped inside.

Under the bright light, the research room is full of cold and hard steel, and the table in the middle is full of research equipment and materials. A third of the research room is occupied by a terminal with a giant screen. In front of the terminal, a molecular beast is sitting in a chair and intently typing on the keyboard. The speed of its input is unimaginable and dizzying.

Because of the operation of the molecular beast, the program code scrolled quickly on the screen.

"It's rare to accompany humans into my research institute, vampire beasts."

Stopping the operation, the molecular beast turned around and looked at the pair, showing a ** smile.

"For recognized humans, I wouldn't mind accompaniment."

The tone of the vampire monster was very indifferent.

"It shouldn't be a simple recognition."

The Molecular Beast then shifted its gaze to Mina, who was beside the Vampire Beast.

"This is the first time this little human girl has come to the Digital World, do you want to get all the information about the Digital World?"

"Can you really have the same information about the entire Digital World as the Infinity Dragonmon?"

Mina asked. While traveling to Document Island with the others, Ryder tells himself that the Infinity Dragonmons of Factory City hold the information of the Digital World. It's not easy to just see it.

"The digital world is made up of the Internet as a carrier and filled with data. As long as I am linked to the Internet, I can know everything that happens in this world. ”

The light in the molecular beast's eyes flickered a few times, and he said.

"Of course, there are very few mechanical Digimon that can connect to the Internet. In the Digital World, the only ones who have the ability to link are Infinity Dragonmon, Me, and Andulumon who have left the Digital World. ”

(Andulumon?) Could it be Mr. Li's guardian beast? ）

Mina thought to herself.

"Please wait, it will be fine soon."

After typing a large number of programs into the terminal, the molecular beast inserted its left hand into an excuse.

Suddenly, the program on the screen began to change, and the lights of the research institute suddenly turned off and plunged into darkness, only the screen flickered. Like a movie, a large amount of information is constantly becoming physical on this screen, and you can clearly see the digital scene of the world.

After debugging, the molecular beast finally spoke.

"Alright, little human girl, it's your turn to ask questions."

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In the control center room on the third basement floor of Factory City, Kaye and Yabei are asking questions about the Infinite Dragonbeast.

Question 1: Ten years ago, what was the truth about the connection between the digital world and the human world? Digimon appear in the human world and disappear again?

Infinity Dragonmon: Once upon a time, the Digital World and the Human World were originally unrelated, and the Human World was rumored to be another world to the Digital World. It wasn't until more than a decade ago that the sky suddenly changed, with the appearance of spheres and teleportation pillars representing the human world, and then abnormal weather phenomena in the digital world, and environmental changes also directly affected the Digimon's temperament.

Infinity Dragonmon: Over the course of a year, the ferocious Digimon affected by the mutation frantically entered the pillar of light and came to the human world. Due to the instability of the dimension, Digimon appeared in the human world and disappeared very quickly. It wasn't until a year later that the mutation disappeared and the affected Digimon returned to their original state. But the spheres of the human world are forever present in the sky.

Question 2: Why is the evolution of the Human Digimon partner different from other Digimon? Do you need a D-ark to evolve and revert to the way it was?

Infinity Dragomon: Digimon evolves through a certain process, and the body data can be kept as it is in a stable state. While D-ark is an ancient Progenitor Digimon created a miracle based on a parallel world, your partner has actually met the requirements of maintaining the evolutionary form, because D-ark limits evolution, and can only be forced to evolve through D-ark during battle. However, once the energy is exhausted, the Digimon will degenerate, but the data will remain in the Digimon's body.

Infinity Dragomon: The Digimon is designed to maintain a good balance between humans and Digimon partners, and the D-ark functions like a contractual relationship. If you want to maintain your evolutionary form permanently, you will have to wait until your human partner loses her life before the contract is dissolved.

Question 3: What is a space-time concussion bomb? Why is it possible to forcibly open the doors of two worlds?

Infinity Dragonmon: The Space Concussion Bomb is not a product of the human world, but was inadvertently researched by Sagemon. Eventually, for some reason, the Temporal Concussion Bomb was lost, and the Sagemon had no interest in studying it again.

Infinity Dragonmon: As for why the doors of the two worlds can be forcibly opened, I'm afraid I can only ask the Sagemon himself.

Question 4: What is the Light of Evolution?

Infinity Dragonmon: The Light of Evolution is the light that the Digimon sacrificed themselves to carry the world's purest data, and once touched, it will be forcibly injected with various data, and then evolve to the highest level, so you don't have to worry about degradation after evolution.

Question 5: How is an artificial Digimon created? Why can humans evolve into Digimon?

Infinity Drakemon: Artificial Digimon can create new Digimon by combining the collected Digimon data with other traits. But it's not easy for anyone to create a Digimon, not even me.

Infinity Dragomon: Humans Evolve into Digimon? This is not an area that I know at all, and you should ask the founder himself.

Question 6: Where is Tomosaki Osawa?

Infinity Drimon: Because of that human, the Digimon were attacked by Kizmon all over the world, and innocent Digimon were killed and could not be reborn. No one can forgive him for his atrocities

Infinity Dragoon: Unfortunately, I don't know where he is. The man was cunning and evaded my information hunt with special means. So, it was impossible to find him.

Infinity Drakemon: However, I know something of concern. All the data of the Digimon that were killed was collected in a machine. It seems that the man was collecting the core information of Digimon in order to prepare something.

There were only six questions that came to mind for the time being, and after learning the answers from the Infinite Dragon Beast, everyone fell into thought.

"What happened ten years ago that affected the human world and the digital world, and innocent people were harmed?"

Kaye agonized that ten years ago was where it all began.

"The Temporal Concussion Bomb was unintentionally developed by the Sagemon, and the human world is unable to produce it. So, how exactly did Osawa mass-produce it? ”

Ryder also thought about it, Zhishi should have gotten the space-time concussion bomb ten years ago. As for the space-time concussion bomb developed by the Sagemon, it was inexplicably lost, and the reason was also very involved. Maybe the Sage Beast deliberately gave the item to Chishi, but there is not enough evidence to prove it. Chishi, who hates Digimon, will not accept Digimon's 'help'.

Deliberately let him pick it up inadvertently? No, it doesn't make sense. A human being who has been severely mentally battered will not pay attention to irrelevant things.

(Could it be that someone gave a hint that controlled the action?) And then was the memory erased? ）

Ten years ago, when Ryder and the Hemdylumon were searching for their father and Ahai and Chishi with the adults, they only found their father in the cave, and then met the mentally deranged Chishi, from which they learned the truth about Kaye's father's death. However, after arriving at the scene, in addition to the blood on the ground, Ah Hai and the Digimon were gone. But Chishi has already confirmed that Hai was killed by Digimon. Then, Chishi drops the space-time concussion bomb, and he has had enough of the digital world. In the case of spatial distortion, everyone is forcibly sent back to the human world.

Since then, Chishi has become very abnormal.

However, DHT has of course studied the space-time concussion bomb, but has not obtained any results. Although there is also a teleporter that can open the digital world, it is more cumbersome to operate and more precise than the Temporal Concussion Bomb. The space-time concussion bomb is a forced opening of the door to another world, and it is also unstable.

"I can't find Daddy, how can I stop him?"

Yabei is depressed.

"It's better to go with the flow."

Compared to Yabei's depressed mood, the little demon beast didn't care. It was concerned about D-ark's limited evolution, and complained a little.

"What, it's been a long time that D-ark has restricted Uncle Ben's evolution. Uncle Ben has always been able to maintain the ultimate body form, and the digital elves are really nosy, and it's really troublesome to partner with something. ”

"The little monster is really excessive, it's a happy thing to have a partner by your side. The multi-way beast never cared about evolution. ”

The number of multi-way beasts fell into small demon beasts.

"Uncle Ben is not a pet, so I don't feel happy to have this idiot partner."

Thinking of the treatment of the multi-way beast and the black road beast, the little demon beast was completely envious and jealous.

"You're annoying, little monster!"

As soon as the words fell, the little demon beast was hit on the head by Yabei.

"What are you doing! Uncle Ben has freedom of speech! ”

Holding his head with his hands, the little demon beast glared at Yabei.

"You're really an idiot, if you say such a thing in front of Yabei who is in a bad mood, of course you will be beaten."

The black road beast said with white eyes.

"Huh, do you have any questions?"

The puppet beast, which fell asleep because it was too bored, woke up with a saliva wipe after the Q&A and asked everyone with a sleepy face.

"Infinity Dragonmon, do you know where the Sagemon is?"

The final question was raised by Ryder, who suggested that the Sagemon had something to do with the accident of a decade ago.

"He's somewhere on Document Island, and no one can find him except to accept the invitation of the Sagemon."

The Infinite Drake replied.

"Ryder, why are you looking for the Sage Beast? It can't be because of the space-time concussion bomb, right? ”

Yabei keenly sensed something.

"Hehe, almost."

Ryder laughed, but felt like his smile was a little dark.

"Kaye and I have received a lot of attention from him for our trials, and of course I want to thank you in person."

"You don't want to get revenge on him, do you?"

The tone was completely wrong, Yabei Ma said.

"Absolutely, yes, no, yes~"

Whether it's the tone or the smiley face, it feels more suspicious.

"I said you, Ryder wasn't that careful."

The Hemdilummon kind of hates Yabei's attitude.

"You're more of an idiot if you're always skeptical."

"That's what you've always seen me that way, anyway."

Turning his face angrily, Yabei didn't want to pay attention to them.

"The Trial of the Sagebeast"

Thinking back to the trials in the cave, Kaye lowered his head slightly.

"Kaye, are you alright?"

The multi-way beast cared.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little concerned about something."

Then, he looked at Ryder.

"Ryder, can you take me to look out over the mountain? Where my dad used to die."

"I've got that in mind, Kaye."

Understanding Kaye's feelings, Ryder readily agreed.

"Infinity Dragonmon, thank you for helping us."

"Oh."

With a simple response, the Infinite Drake Beast returned its attention to the screen, looking intently at the scene on the screen.

"Yabei, do you want to come with us?"

Kaye asked Yabei.

"I don't want to go to the place where my dad is ugly"

Yabei was not willing. Soon, she looked at the puppet beast with a pretended indifferent expression.

"Huh, puppeteer, do you know where there is a lot of fun on Document Island?"

"Fun place? Toy City, of course! ”

The puppet beast was stunned for a moment, and then said cheerfully.

"Toy City, of course! It's the best place to do on Document Island! Speaking of which, I haven't been there in a long time. ”

"Really? Can you take me there? ”

"Good! Let's take advantage of the fact that I'm going to have a trip today! ”

"Then let's go to Toy City, see you at night~~! Little monster, come too! ”

Ignoring the opposition of the little demon beast, Yabei pulled it and the puppet beast away.

"It's really going to make excuses to escape from reality."

The Hedilummon could see that Yabei was escaping reality.

"Kaye, are we going to look out over the mountain now?"

After Yabei and the little demon beast and the puppet beast left, the multi-way beast asked.

"yes."

Kaye answered, then turned his gaze to Ryder.

"Ryder, please."