A different kind of digital world adventure

"It's alright, it's not your fault. Let's hurry up and find the Wind God Beast."

Taichi casually offered a word of comfort to Betamon, then turned to the crowd watching them and shrugged.

"As you can see, Betamon is actually MetalSeadramon, one of the Dark Masters. Although it has now turned to the light, it is still in danger for the time being because it is affected by Apocalymon from time to time."

"Hello, let me formally introduce myself. I am Betamon. I used to be involved in the underworld for a while, but now I have turned over a new leaf and only want to be Tai's dog." Betamon said solemnly, "Being Tai's dog is my greatest honor."

""

Everyone looked at Taiyi with a strange expression.

Sora couldn't help but ask, "Tai... what did you do to Betamon?"

“I didn’t do anything.” Taiyi said helplessly, “I just fought with it, that’s all.”

"It's none of Taichi Yagami's business," Betamon said from the side.

"It's my own fault. The Apocalypse Beast... the Apocalypse Beast completely brought out some of our inherent traits, which is why we exhibited some rather extreme elements."

"For example, Puppetmon wants to control all Digimon with puppets, which is a characteristic of Puppetmon itself."

At this point, Betamon looked a little embarrassed. "As for me, my trait is that... I'm quite pragmatic."

The innate surrendered holy body, right?

I never expected it to have this trait. Does your boss, Apocalypse Beast, know about it?

Regardless of what everyone thought, they now understood why Puppetmon was acting so erratically. However, compared to Puppetmon, they were more interested in knowing something else.

"You mean you've already met the mastermind and even fought with them?"

Mugen Taichi said somewhat uncertainly,

"I understand correctly, right? Is this what you meant?"

"No problem, that's exactly what I mean."

"...You're awesome."

Wuyin Taiyi Er Er i Shan Ling viii Yue/Yi Chao Taiyi raised his thumb.

Goodness, while the others are still thinking about how to defeat one of the Heavenly Kings, Taiyi skips the plot and starts beating up the final Demon King directly. Is this what a pro player's gaming experience is like?

Is it all about skipping levels in combat?

"That Apocalymon is really something else. Even I would need to train seriously for a while to defeat it," Taiichi said with a serious expression. "So everyone, don't let your guard down. We still need to keep working hard."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions immediately turned serious.

Even Taiichi needs to train seriously for a period of time, so it seems that this Apocalypse Beast is indeed of very high quality and truly lives up to its identity as the mastermind behind the scenes.

In that case, they can't fall behind; they have to intensify their training.

Alright, after we take down the Infinite Dragon Beast, let's use the city's advanced equipment for a big training exercise first!

The thought crossed everyone's minds, and then immediately, they heard A-Wu exclaim in surprise.

"Look everyone, there's a huge gray mountain ahead!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked over and indeed saw a towering mountain vaguely rising from the clouds in the distance. The mountain was entirely gray and reflected light, making it look like...

"It looks like an iron mountain."

Sora spoke for everyone.

"Does this mean we've entered the territory of the Infinite Dragon Beast?"

"Probably not."

Taichi Mugen had already taken out his binoculars and was looking ahead.

"That looks like a mine... I saw a lot of Digimon mining there."

"This is... Digital Three V Starting Wine Willow Scattered Japanese Mine."

"Digital mine?"

Upon hearing this, Koushiro immediately looked up. When it came to digital mining, the first thing that came to his mind was virtual currency. But upon closer inspection, he realized that the digital world probably didn't need such a thing, so even if he were to mine, he probably wouldn't be able to mine anything like currency.

So what exactly is the ore they dug up? Koushiro was very curious.

So, for the first time, Koushiro took the initiative to suggest to everyone...

"Should we go over there and take a look? I'm really curious about what digital mining is like."

Although no one knew why Photon was curious about mining, no one really cared. After all, it was just to see what it looked like over there, and it shouldn't take too long.

So the group headed towards the digital mine.

Chapter 98 In the Mine

They hadn't walked far towards the mine, and hadn't even entered it, when they saw a dark figure appear on the mine's surface. This figure must have spotted them, because after pausing for a few seconds, it suddenly rushed towards them.

"It seems the mine isn't very welcoming to us."

Taiyi was the first to notice the situation over there. He squinted and observed carefully.

"It looks like... a large mole."

"That must be a burrowing beast."

Upon hearing Taiichi say this, Taiichi next to him chimed in.

“We’ve encountered this before.”

[Drilling Beast, Mature Stage]

Should we drive it away?

Azhu watched as the burrowing beast charged towards them.

"It looks like it's going to attack us."

"Let's drive it away." Taiyi rolled up his sleeves and was about to walk forward.

"I was just about to ask this guy why he attacked us. Was he coerced by the Infinite Dragon Beast, or was he just inherently evil?"

With that, Taiichi walked directly towards Digmon with Agumon.

Even when it was close to the Burrower Beast, Tai didn't let Agumon evolve. In fact, Agumon was the one who attacked first. It suddenly accelerated, first using a powerful slam to knock the Burrower Beast into a stagger, and then using a small flame with compressed power to knock the Burrower Beast back to the ground, unable to get up again.

When they first debuted, they were able to defeat Champion-level Digimon alongside Tai. Now, after so much training, they can easily defeat unremarkable Champion-level Digimon like Digizmon in an instant!

At that very moment, the burrowing beast collapsed right in front of Taiichi. Taiichi didn't stop there; he rested his foot on the beast's drill bit and glanced at it sideways.

"I said, we've just arrived here and haven't done anything yet, so it's a bit unreasonable for you to attack us the moment you meet us, isn't it?"

"You are human, aren't you? You are the chosen children, aren't you?"

After struggling and finding it still couldn't muster the strength, the burrowing beast finally gave up. Then, it looked at Taiyi and suddenly said,

"Enough with the nonsense. I'm outmatched, so I have nothing to say. Do with me as you please!"

"Oh ho, it sounds like it's my fault."

Taiyi chuckled upon hearing this, but since the creature didn't seem like a bad apple, he removed his foot, patted the drill bit of the burrowing beast, and asked...

"We're on our way to take down the Infinite Dragon Beast, we don't have time to chat with you here."

"If you have any difficulties, just tell us. We'll definitely help you solve them if we can. If you don't want to say anything, then forget it and we'll leave now."

"So, tell me, what's the current situation at Digital Mines?"

"And why did you attack us?"

""

The burrowing beast hadn't expected Tai to say such a thing, but after a moment's consideration, it still spoke up.

"It's the Infinite Dragon Beast... It has issued a bounty, offering your heads as a reward."

"Oh." Taiichi raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. "So, you're a bounty hunter?"

"You're the bounty hunter!" The burrowing beast seemed insulted and fiercely protested. "I just want to mine in peace and quiet, I have no interest in being a bounty hunter!"

"If it weren't for Lord Heavy Leomon being in their hands, we wouldn't obey that Mugendramon's orders at all!"

"Masked Leo?"

Upon hearing the name, Taiyi immediately understood that the main event was about to begin.

"what is going on?"

""

"Stop wasting time! How do you expect to save Leomon with your dawdling? Tell us everything and we'll work together to figure out a solution!"

Taiichi's words put him on the same side as the Digizmon, and the Digizmon didn't seem to have any major problems. After hesitating for a while, the Digizmon explained the current situation of the Digital Mine.

It's actually not complicated. The leader of the Digital Mine, HeavyLeomon, was severely injured by Mugendramon and is on the verge of death. Currently, only Mugendramon has a way to save HeavyLeomon. Therefore, its subordinates, in order to save their leader, have no choice but to submit to Mugendramon, becoming its slaves and providing raw materials for its frenzied mining.

After all, this place is the largest digital metal mining base in the Digital World. If Mugendramon, who controls the city, wants to build its territory, it has no choice but to come here to mine.

Originally, it would have taken them a very long time to save HeavyLeomon, but a few days ago Mugendramon went crazy and started throwing money around as a bounty for the Chosen Children. Even the miners were confirmed to be able to participate in this event, and the rewards were very generous. As long as they saw a Chosen Child, they could get some of the resources to repair HeavyLeomon. And if they could defeat Taichi Yagami from the other world, Mugendramon promised to let HeavyLeomon go and completely repair him!

"The bounty does sound quite generous."

Upon hearing what the burrowing beast said, Taiyi actually nodded in agreement.

"However, I have a question: how can you guarantee that Infinite Dragon Beast will keep its promise?"

"We can't guarantee that."

The burrowing beast sighed.

"But it's the only thing we can do, so we have to comply."

"Could you please tell me where Heavy Armor Leomon is right now?"

"There's nothing I can't say. Lord HeavyLeomon is so huge that it's impossible for him to move around freely, so he's currently inside the Digital Mine."

As it spoke, the burrowing beast pointed to the mine behind it.

"It's right there."

"I see. I understand the details now."

Taiyi gazed at the mine over there, and nodded slightly.

"Would that make it convenient for us to go over and check out the situation?"

"Perhaps I have the ability to save Leomon?"

"Can you save Lord Heavy Leomon?"

The burrowing beast eyed Taiyi suspiciously.

"The intelligence report didn't mention any medical skills you possess."

"People always improve," Taiyi said nonchalantly. "The information about the Infinite Dragon Beast is outdated."

"But that information was only updated by Infinite Dragon Beast three days ago."

"You've changed a lot in just three days," Taiyi said, glancing at the burrowing beast. "You don't even understand such a simple principle?"

Could it be that the "three days" refers to a figurative number rather than a real three days?

But the burrowing beast couldn't say anything; it had already achieved its goal.

The burrowing beast remained silent for a moment, then finally nodded and said...

"In that case, please follow me."

With that, the burrowing beast led everyone toward the digital mine.

As they walked along, once they entered the mine, Taiichi discovered that all the Digimon except for the Digivice were working silently, like machines. Only the occasional glances they stole made Taiichi realize that they were living beings.

Suddenly, Taiyi's expression changed. He couldn't help but take out the Divine Plan, examine the screen carefully, and a look of understanding appeared on his face.

"I see..."

Chapter 99 Trap? Go for it!

It has to be said that these Digimon have probably spent their entire lives mining, as their acting skills are somewhat clumsy.

Judging from the expressions of the Digimon beside him and the atmosphere in the mine, Taichi felt that there might be a trap waiting for them inside.

These are all just speculations. The main thing is that Taiyi just looked at the Divine Plan and discovered that BlackGatomon is currently inside this Digital Mine.