Chapter 147: Stronghold Infiltration; Space is lost

Due to the sheer size of the flying ships and the unique topography and climate of the Misty Canyon, the flying ships could only land in the open space near the entrance to the canyon.

After sending everyone off the flying ship, Julia said,

"The flying ship will still be cruising over the Misty Canyon, so please let us know if you know where Osawa is hiding."

"Well, don't worry, we'll definitely find Daddy."

Yabei nodded and said.

"When I find out about Osawa's hideout, I'll let you know with a communicator."

After confirming the readiness, Mina, who turned on the communicator, assured.

"Don't hesitate to contact us."

Julia also reminded you again.

"Everyone must be careful"

"It's alright, Julia. With the stubborn beast and the ability of everyone's partner, you will be able to easily avoid the crisis. ”

Don't let Julia worry too much, Ah Hai said in a relaxed tone.

"But don't take it lightly, Ah Hai."

The stubborn beast didn't 'cooperate' with him so much.

"So, Captain Julia, it's time for us to go. Let's go, everyone~~"

So, at Ryder's reminder, everyone entered the Misty Canyon.

―1―

At night, the canyon is completely surrounded by frost and mist, and in order to make it easier to walk in the dark, the Divine Angel Beast at the front deliberately let its wings continue to shine to illuminate the surroundings, and Mina, who is next to the Divine Angel Beast, is operating a mobile computer terminal to analyze the map to guide everyone to the correct route. Thanks to the Divine Angel Beast, a 'mobile street lamp' companion, it is basically possible to ensure that everyone can walk smoothly at night.

"Keep going northeast to reach the entrance of the cave."

Looking at the map displayed on the screen of the mobile computer terminal and the blue punctuation marks representing everyone, Mina, who was at the front, reminded.

"It's so quiet, though, and I don't feel the breath of other Digimon at all."

Looking around slightly, Ledrumon didn't sense the aura of the other Digimon.

"There's a good chance that all the Digimon in this area have been wiped out."

The Stubborn Beast added. Since Project ARK, more than 80% of Digimon in the Digital World have been wiped out by Darkdo-Tyrannosaurmon. Of course, there is also a high chance that Osawa Kizmon will annihilate all the Digimon that inhabit the canyon ahead of schedule. But even if you care about these issues, it doesn't make much sense.

"But there's still no guarantee that Kizzmon will reappear."

On the way, everyone was vigilant.

"Hmph, what about appearing! Those shitties aren't going to be our opponents! ”

The little monster didn't care about the appearance of Kizzmon at all.

"But if the Kizzmon appears, if you fight them, it is likely to alarm Osawa, and everyone doesn't know if they are being watched."

Contrary to the little monster's idea, the multi-way beast's speech was very rational

"The multi-way beast is right, although we are now in the Misty Canyon, there is still no guarantee that Daze has placed a monitor in the canyon to monitor the situation in the canyon."

Ryder agrees. Since the awakening and evolution of the multi-way beast, its mind has matured much more than before.

"That's why we need to find him as soon as possible without alerting my uncle."

Looking at his father, who was by his side, Kaye's expression became even more determined.

"yes, it's too late for him to correct it"

I hope that my friends will not continue to go astray, and Ah Hai also has the same mood as Kaye.

“”

When it came to her father, Yabei was just silent, her expression was gloomy. Noticing Yabei's gloomy expression, Kaye tried to comfort her.

"Yabei, please believe uncle, everyone will be"

"Yes, I know"

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Not long after the five men and five beasts walked forward, they saw a cave.

"Guys, the hiding base is in the cavern, and we'll be there soon."

Looking at the screen display on the mobile computer terminal in Mina's hand, the Holy Angel told everyone in advance.

"Ah, it's almost time for us to get motivated."

With a clenched fist, the stubborn beast was ready to fight at any time, and the closer it got to the enemy's stronghold, the closer it got to the trap.

"Ah, wait a minute, it's almost time to get in touch with Captain Julia."

Mina wants to get in touch with everyone who is on the flying ship before approaching the hiding place.

"Yes, too."

Everyone agrees with Mina's approach.

"Okay, now it's ready."

With a simple operation of the mobile terminal, Mina quickly ended the communication.

"Oh, everyone, cheer up and move forward!"

Ah Hai encouraged everyone with full spirit.

"Hmm!"

"No problem!"

After talking about it, everyone went in and out of the cave several times, and finally came to the front of a big cave, but went in to take a look

"It's empty, there's nothing at all!"

After walking hard for a long time, when I reached the final destination, I found that the cave was empty, and the little demon beast was very unhappy.

"Mina, are you sure Daddy's hiding place is here?"

A little disappointed, Yabei looked at Mina, who still had a calm expression.

"Don't make a decision just yet, come with me."

Without further ado, Mina continued to walk towards the stone wall inside the cave. Everyone followed Mina to a stone wall, then stopped.

"This wall is the secret passage to the hiding place."

To verify her words, Mina first reached out and touched the stone wall. Sure enough, her hand did not make contact with the stone wall, but went straight through.

"I see, it's a stereoscopic image."

Ryder deliberately feigned a look of sudden realization.

"That's right, on the surface, it looks like a stone wall, but in fact, it is a trick used to assimilate the stereoscopic image with the surrounding environment."

Mina explained simply.

"Daddy is really cunning, and if it weren't for Mina, I really wouldn't have seen that this was a secret passage."

Once again, he regained respect for Mina's abilities, and complained a few words about Daddy's cunning.

"Yabei"

Before entering the secret passage, Mina looked at Yabei with a solemn expression on her face.

"What's wrong? Mina. ”

Yabei looked at her a little nervously, for some reason, after Mina acted with everyone, Yabei always felt that she was a little weird, but she couldn't explain the reason.

"If our persuasion really fails, and your father is still obsessed with making enemies of everyone, what will you choose?"

Her expression was very serious.

"Mina, like me, doesn't believe Daddy will correct it easily, right?"

Yabei understands that Mina's doubts are not unreasonable.

"However, Kaye and Mr. Kajo both believe that with everyone's ability to make Uncle repent, even if the hope is very small, we still have to try"

She smiled wryly and said in an optimistic tone.

"Even if we fail to persuade Daddy, we can still arrest him! After everyone arrests Daddy, you can slowly let him correct it! ”

"Be confident, Yabei, don't underestimate me!"

Ah Hai can only do to encourage Yabei, hoping that she can believe in herself.

"Sorry, it seems like I'm demoralizing people too much"

After confirming Yabei's answer, Mina stopped continuing the conversation.

"No, no"

Kaye shook his head, dismissing the percussive words.

"So, please enter the secret passage as soon as possible, time is limited."

At Mina's urging, everyone entered the 'door' one after another.

“”

Looking at the 'eldest lady' who was a little different from usual, Ryder didn't show any expression, just quietly followed everyone into the 'door'.

There was no hindrance to the entrance, and it was easy for everyone to enter.

The moment everyone entered the secret passage, strange fluctuations appeared, causing the five humans to feel uncomfortable.

"Kidding, aren't you?!"

"Is this really my uncle's hiding place?"

The scene in front of us was as if we were in a wonderland -- surrounded by a dizzying array of colorful floors welded with steel plates, and strange roads crisscrossed in all directions; Looking down, under the passage is the bottomless universe

"I don't have dazzle, it hurts!"

To confirm whether he was dazzled, Yabei pinched himself, it really hurt.

"The map is unclear, the signal is jammed, but we are indeed at Osawa's hiding place"

Operating the computer's mobile terminal, Mina was unable to parse the map data inside, and what was interfering with the terminal's signal.

"It is the interference of 'foreign objects' that causes the distortion of space. Hmph, it's amazing that a human being has mastered such technology. ”

Lilithmon, who knows how to spell, quickly explains the reason for the spatial anomaly, while feeling disdainful of Osawa's little tricks.

"No, humanity is unable to control the power of the 'High Dimension', and I am afraid that it is a defensive measure prepared by the 'Lord of Calamity' to prevent the enemy from entering the hiding place."

The stubborn beast added that the man, no matter how high his technical ability, could not control the power of the distorted space.

"Even if we can't parse the map, we can find Daze on our own feet."

Ah Hai is very optimistic and signals Mina not to care too much about analyzing the map.

"But there should be a way to break the space warp, right?"

The distorted space may increase the danger, but the Holy Angelmon still hopes to find a way to break it.

"There are two types of space warping, one is that the powerful Digimon uses its own power as a 'dependent' to 'transform' the space within the planning area, and the second method is more complicated, which is to use several 'energy blocks' to place them in a hidden place and activate the 'technique' at the same time to provide energy for the final 'dependent' to alienate the space. To put it simply, just like the power switch, if you want to fully turn on the power, you must turn on all the switches. Anyway, the Vampire Beast used to distort the space inside the castle by using this principle; Osawa should also use the second method. ”

The explanation of the Hedilumon is very detailed.

"Hmph, instead of wasting time on breaking the spatial distortion, we might as well go straight to that guy!"

The trouble-nasty little monster doesn't want to waste time trying to find a way to break the spatial distortion.

"But we can look for it as we go, and we don't have to be too deliberate to break the way of spatial distortion."

The multi-way beast suggested.

"Well, what the multi-road beast said is not wrong at all, so let's move forward cautiously!"

Kaye agreed.

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The spatial distortion in the hideout was more complex than expected, and thankfully, no Kizzmon was encountered. But walking in the distorted space made the humans who were not used to it somewhat tired, and even felt slightly dizzy.

Until everyone walked to the center of an open field, they saw that in the middle of the ground was a Rubik's Cube energy array shining with golden light, and the energy array was covered with striped patterns.

Then, an anomaly occurred --

"Ahh?!!h

The energy array suddenly shot out of light, and Yabei let out an exclamation, and her body disappeared as if it had been erased. Then, Kaye and Ryder, as well as Mina, all disappeared in shock

―2―

In the rest room of the base, Tomoshi Osawa sat at the table. He held his forehead in his hand, and his face was pained by the headache. Since the morning, the headache has been worse than usual, and even if the dose of painkillers is increased, the exacerbated pain has not been relieved in the slightest.

And, along with headaches, sometimes even consciousness is suddenly interrupted. When consciousness is interrupted, he always feels as if someone is controlling his body. Maybe it's just a hallucination caused by a side effect of a headache

Secretly laughing at himself for being too nervous, Tomoshi stood up and prepared to leave the lounge. It's been a bit of a long break, and it's time to head to the control room to monitor what's going on outside. Thanks to the sudden appearance of the Dark Tyrannosaurusmon, the Digital World was shattered by the dragons, and his wish was brought closer. It's just a little bit closer, and with his own ability, he will definitely make his desire for revenge fully realized!

"What the hell is going on?!"

Leaving the lounge, Tomoshi had a look of shock on his face when he saw that the familiar hallway had completely turned into another twisted space.

It shouldn't be like that! When did your own stronghold begin to become alienated in space?! I'm restless, it seems that the stronghold has become unsafe, and I have to find a way to get out of here! Trying to calm himself down, Tomoshi was vigilant and began to walk in the distorted space, which was distorted only by the corridor, and the other rooms did not change in any way. If you find a room that connects to other emergency passages, you'll be able to escape

- They're coming. ――

Auditory hallucinations appeared in my mind again, and the spatial alienation in the hiding base must have something to do with those little ghosts! I really have to leave as soon as possible, and I don't have a trump card against them for the time being

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Due to the sudden light of the Rubik's Cube energy array on the ground, everyone was scattered everywhere by this force. In short, the situation is still relatively bad

The Divine Angelmon looked around anxiously, worried that Mina and the others would start to blame themselves for being too careless; Ryder, on the other hand, used the communicator and D-ark to communicate with the lost ones and the Hedilummon, but unfortunately the signal was interfered with and the contact failed. He sighed lightly, and could only comfort the Divine Angel Beast first, and then suggested that he could continue to move in the other dimension, and by the way, he would come to find everyone.

Suffering an accident, Yabei, who was forced to be separated from everyone, moved with the Hedilummon who lost Ryder, and on the way, the resentful Yabei had been complaining about his father in fragments, and the Hedilumon, who was fed up with her 'noise', finally couldn't help but get angry with Yabei, and scolded her for keeping quiet. It's really troublesome to have such a backtime!

The little demon beast that felt that it was being teased was in a very irritable mood, and it completely ignored the multi-way beasts around it, and just walked forward on its own, while cursing Daze in its heart. The embarrassed multi-way beast also followed, and kindly reminded the little demon beast that he should stay calm, everyone will be fine, and so on, but he was still ignored by the little demon beast. The little monster beast is really childish, the multi-way beast thought to himself.

Only Kaye was lucky enough to have his father and the Stubborn Beast by his side when he was separated from everyone. Compared to the uneasy Kaye, Ah Hai and the stubborn beast are much calmer as adults, and they believe that everyone will be fine if they are scattered, not to mention that everyone must be looking for each other's lost companions. Encouraged and comforted by his father and the Stubborn, Kaye quickly recovers and joins them in search of his lost companion and his hidden uncle.

Finally, there's Mina, who is alone

―3―

The moment she was teleported, Mina was completely deprived of her knowledge of the space around her. In just a few seconds, she was transported to a large metal room.

Inside the room is a giant terminal console, in front of which is a display screen the size of half a wall; About one-third of the huge display screen on the right side is used to monitor the inside of the cave and the Misty Canyon, but the other two-thirds of the display screen is a dizzying and colorful display. Those screens are probably used to monitor the status of the hideout, perhaps due to the distortion of space, which makes it impossible to monitor the interior of the secret base.

This room must be the control room. But what about the crystal that stands in the center of the room?

What attracted Mina's attention more than the terminal console in the room was a large diamond-shaped crystal that glowed cyan and floated in the center. Mina could feel some kind of power hidden in the crystal, perfectly matched by the discomfort in the warped space.

"Could it be that the space warp has something to do with this crystal?"

Recalling the Hedilummon's explanation, Mina was able to determine that the disobedient crystal must be the 'dependent' that caused the spatial distortion. So, the 'energy block' that provides energy for the 'dependents' must be hidden somewhere else, right? If this crystal is allowed to cease functioning, the space will definitely stop distorting. However, if you simply destroy the crystal to achieve your goal, there is a high chance that the crystal that manages the energy will cause an explosion. In short, very dangerous

If you want to stop the spatial distortion, you may need to solve the operation of the 'energy block' first, stop it, and reduce the energy transmission. It is common sense that when all the 'energy blocks' have ceased to function, it is the last turn to dispose of the crystals and turn off their functions.

When the signal is jammed, Mina can't get in touch with her companions, so everyone who is separated should be moving forward with each other and looking for their companions. She doesn't plan to leave the control room, acting blindly and looking for it will only waste precious time. At present, although I can't stop the crystal that caused the space warp, I can at least operate the terminal console to get more beneficial information.

Just as she was about to walk to the terminal console to get information, she felt something crawl in her backpack suddenly. Soon, the 'little thing' crawled out of the backpack and flew in front of Mina, a small black bat with a sparkle of reason in its shiny red eyes.

"Vampire Monsters?"

The bat is supposed to be the demon of the vampire monster, when did he hide the demon bat in his backpack? Mina regretted that she hadn't checked her backpack before she went with the group. There are dangerous items hidden in his backpack that represent his own determination, I'm afraid, the vampire monster already knows what he thinks, right?

[You are lucky enough to have directly found the 'dependent object' that distorts space, which increases the possibility of breaking the alienation of space.] ]

Completely ignoring the dangerous items in the backpack, the bat makes the demon open its mouth and make a vampire sound.

"Sure enough, I know you'll be alone to help us."

Knowing that the other party did not expose herself, Mina smiled wryly. She believed in her partner, and the vampire beast knew how to break the spatial alienation. However, the signal must have been jammed, so why was he able to use the demon to communicate with him?

[Only local areas, i.e., terrain, are distorted in space.] As for what you see, it's just a technological product that was discarded more than a thousand years ago. But a simple space warp is enough to jam the signal. The demon is a 'clone' made by myself as a 'medium', and it doesn't need a 'signal'. As long as I'm within a certain range, I can use the demons to share my five senses. ]

Seeing Mina's doubts, the Bat Demon patiently explained.

[Alright, let's stop talking about irrelevant topics.] Now, you follow my instructions to turn off the 'Relying on Things' function. ]

"Understood."

Without asking more, Mina followed the bat spell's prompt. The Vampire Beast must be looking for a 'block of energy' that is being hidden somewhere else, so stop it from working. That's why I left the task of closing the crystal function to myself.

[First, touch the concave layer in the middle of the 'dependent object.'] ]

As reminded by the bat envoy, there was indeed a spot on the crystal that was a concave layer that would be difficult to find without looking closely, Mina stretched out her finger and touched it lightly. A large screen in the shape of a three-dimensional image suddenly appeared in front of her, and a large number of strange words began to pop out of the screen; In addition, a stereoscopic image similar to a keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen, and the text on the keyboard is exactly the same as the text on the screen.

"Are these all words from the digital world?"

After coming to the Digital World, Mina has been exposed to the writing of the Digital World to some extent. But it's the first time I've seen such a huge amount of text.

[That's right, type it all in against the keyboard.] ]

After staring at the text on the screen and confirming that it was the abortive of the 'Relying on Things' technique, the bat made the demon tone aggravated.

[Type all text without any errors.] Be calm, but move fast, you can do it. ]

"I'm not going to throw in the towel."

Carefully comparing the text, Mina carefully manipulated the keyboard with a serious expression to enter the text of the digital world. Believe in yourself and you will succeed.

Looking at Mina, who was entering the 'technique', the vampire monster that stayed in the other space temporarily stopped controlling the demon. He turned his gaze to the golden glowing Rubik's Cube energy array on the ground, which was one of the 'energy blocks' that provided energy to the 'dependents'. Therefore, the 'explorers' who passed through here inadvertently activated the 'defense function' of the 'energy block', which was forcibly separated and teleported to various places. In order to get close to the 'Energy Block', you must hide your aura.

The vampire beast walked to the middle of the Rubik's Cube energy array, he squatted down, stretched out his hand and pressed the center of the energy array, injecting his dark power into it, causing its energy transmission function to be disrupted. Then, he concentrated his energy and tried to forcibly take out the 'energy block' hidden in the square energy array.

The Rubik's Cube energy array was restless, but it could not resist the erosion of dark forces. Soon, the light of the energy array immediately dimmed, and a cyan spar emerged from the array, and then shattered with a 'snap-'.

The first 'energy block' ceased to function --

It is impossible to find the hidden 'energy block' with the naked eye, but to rely on accurate perception. Discerning incongruity from distorted space is not an easy task. However, the stubborn beast, which is a royal knight, and the black dilumon, which is good at distinguishing the aura among the seven demon kings, did not notice that the place where they passed was the area that exuded a strong sense of incongruity and hid the 'energy block'. It seems that he expects too much from those two

While walking and calmly observing the distorted space, the vampire beast relied on its perception to find the hidden 'energy blocks' separately and stop them from running. At the same time, Mina, who was staying in the control room, also happened to finish typing all the words on the 'Relying on Things'.

The distorted field disappeared, and suddenly the eyes suddenly opened up, and the space returned to normal.

"You're doing a great job, Mina. Albarrea. ”

By making demons, the vampire monster recognized her partner in an affirmative tone, and Mina did not let herself down.

[Because terminal operation is my strength.] ]

Mina's voice was calm.

[I think that when the space returns to normal, everyone will definitely encounter Kizzmon.] So, you must be more careful when you are acting alone]

"It's the same with you. However, I hope you don't be blinded by excessive awareness. Human beings only have one life, and it is foolish to choose to sacrifice in order to satisfy a momentary 'sense of responsibility' and let yourself lose more opportunities. ”

Knowing what Mina wanted to do in the future, the vampire beast reminded her in advance of what to choose.

"Don't take too much responsibility that doesn't belong to you."

[]

Mina was silent for a moment, her calm voice unchanged.

[That's not not my responsibility]

[Sorry, I need personal time now]

Respecting Mina's original intention, the vampire monster stopped operating the demon, and it was better to leave the rest to her own judgment. The Vampire Beast will not interfere too much with her choices, but it will not let her make unnecessary 'mistakes' and bear the 'price' that she shouldn't have.

But until then, it's better to get rid of the trash fish that get in your way.

Since the space has just returned to normal, it is only natural that the Kizz Beasts patrolling the normal space will find uninvited 'guests'. The vampire beast's red pupils glowed with a bereaving light, and he looked contemptuously at the Kizz beast that appeared in front of him.

A black bat-like shadow quickly released from his cloak and struck at the Kizzmon.

Boring battles are good for pastime