Digital Hackers' Memories

Most importantly, this is not a digital space modeled after Hikari Hill, but a genuine material world.

Yes, this is the biggest contradiction—this is a physical world, not a digital space.

In the minds of both Chen Ze and the fox spirit, all that could be connected through the EDEN network was the virtual network space.

Breaking down the boundaries between the virtual and the material, allowing what is originally a data-driven form to appear in the real material world, goes far beyond the scope that "technology" can explain.

Even for a fox spirit from another world, this was the first time she had ever truly touched the concept of "matter".

Before this, Renamon could only indirectly learn about another world through the EDEN network, a real world that was completely different from the digitized digital world.

"Guangqiu?"

Unlike the fox spirit, Chen Ze was more concerned with the word "Hikari Hill" than with so-called material things and reality.

Because if Digimon and the Digital World truly exist in this world, then "Hikari Hill" is, in a sense, the origin and the beginning.

Since the beginning of the Light Hill, matter and data have begun to converge, and beings capable of existing in both worlds simultaneously are about to be born.

This process can be called digitization (the concept in Part 1 and Part 2), quantum transformation and recombination (the concept in Part 3), or the materialization of artificial intelligence (the concept after Part 5).

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Chapter Three: The Head Pat

Just as Chen Ze was pondering whether the Light Hill here was related to the "Light Hill" in his memory, the fox demon had already quietly appeared behind him.

It seemed like a mixture of curiosity and, perhaps, simply ignorance...

Renamon looked at Agumon, who was barely taller than its waist, and couldn't help but reach out and pat his head.

"Huh? What are you doing?!"

Feeling the strange sensation on his head, Chen Ze looked up in surprise, only to see the fox demon beast trying its best to act as if nothing had happened.

"Hmm, are you patting my head?"

After tilting its head slightly, the fox-like beast seemed to realize that it couldn't keep up the act any longer, so it muttered to itself with a puzzled expression.

"I know you're touching my head, but I'm asking why you're touching my head?"

Chen Ze was so angry at the fox demon's inexplicable behavior that he forgot all his previous thoughts and raised his voice to question her again.

Perhaps because he was still developing, or perhaps because he overused his brain when he was young, Chen Ze in this life did not keep up with the average development level of this era.

Especially in terms of height, Chen Ze is half a head shorter than his peers, so he is often treated like a child—especially by his irreverent parents.

In his parents' words, he was clearly just a little kid but he insisted on acting like an adult, which made people want to tease him.

The direct consequence of this is that Chen Ze, after transmigrating, is particularly sensitive about his height.

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Unaware that height had always been a "taboo" for Chen Ze, the fox demon simply shrugged innocently and then said very sincerely.

"Don't you know that a man's head and a woman's waist are the two parts of the body that should never be touched?"

Hearing Chen Ze's loud question, the fox demon beast nodded in realization—she made no attempt to hide her ignorance.

"But you're just a boy."

It's like I understand something, but it's also like I understand nothing at all...

The fox demon first touched its chin with its paw, then touched its waist, before bowing its head to Chen Ze as if it had made a great decision.

"Then touch my waist! That should calm you down, right?"

Chen Ze was completely stunned. What kind of trick was this?

Although Chen Ze had long known that the hacker who broke into his personal computer was somewhat naive, he never expected that the other party could be this naive.

As a hacker with such advanced computer skills, even if the other party is ignorant, it is impossible for them not to understand such a small amount of human etiquette, right?

Wait, social etiquette?

As if suddenly remembering something, Chen Ze, who was in the form of Agumon, immediately took two steps back before raising his head again to really examine the foxmon in front of him.

"you are not human?"

The sentence that came out of his mouth perfectly expressed Chen Ze's feelings at that moment.

He initially thought that the hacker who broke into his personal computer was just a genius hacker with an IQ higher than EQ, which explained his previous actions, which would have seemed like "provocation" to an ordinary hacker.

However, judging from the current situation, Chen Ze suddenly realized that things seemed to be much more complicated than he had imagined.

"Wait, you're a Digimon?"

Immediately correcting the "mistake" he had just blurted out, Chen Ze stared intently at the fox demon beast that was so close to him with an expression that was hard to describe.

After setting aside preconceived notions, Chen Ze realized that the Foxmon was different from himself—it was not a hacker disguised as "Foxmon" data.

Even the hacking abilities that the other party had previously demonstrated could very well have been just a "misunderstanding".

"Didn't you just call out my name?"

This time, it was the fox spirit's turn to be puzzled. Chen Ze had clearly called out his name before, so why was he looking so surprised now?

"So you don't recognize me?"

Clearly feeling a bit down, Renamon's reason for loading Agumon's data onto Chen Ze was actually to try and have a closer conversation with him.

When Chen Ze called out his name, the fox demon thought he had met an "insider".

Despite some doubt about how Chen Ze knew her identity, the fox demon was more overjoyed than surprised.

After all, Chen Ze's personal computer was her only way to peek into reality from the digital world. If the other party knew something about the digital world or the EDEN cyberspace, that would be even better.

But it turns out that Renamon was overthinking things. Chen Ze might know some information about Digimon and the Digital World, but it wasn't because of him.

Like all foxes, Renamon enjoys the feeling of teasing others and hates those who give him false hope.

"Uh, I know you..."

"Something seems off. I know you, but I don't know the fox spirit beast..."

Watching the fox demon's antics with a mix of amusement and exasperation, Chen Ze opened his mouth to explain his overreaction, but he couldn't find the words to describe his current feelings.

"Ah! Anyway, I know that fox hacker from before, but I don't know the fox beast."

"I just happen to know a little about 'Digimon'!"

Now, Chen Ze finally understood his biggest question—why the fox hacker always managed to "log in" to his personal computer first.

The other person is essentially a data entity that has never left their personal computer.

Thinking about it now, I realize that my reaction just now was indeed a bit excessive.

For a Digimon that can only exist in cyberspace, it's already quite difficult to understand terms like "chuunibyou" (middle school syndrome) or "tech geek."

To expect this life form, so different from humans, to further understand the different habits of "individual humans" is inherently a demanding task.

Chen Ze simply disliked being treated like a real child, but he didn't dislike the fox spirit's behavior, which was merely driven by curiosity and instinct.

"So, you don't mind me touching your head?"

Sensing Chen Ze's change in mood, the elegant and composed fox demon beast once again quietly extended its claws, a look of eager anticipation appearing on its face.

"I hate it!"

Having dodged the other party's next move in time, Chen Ze retorted irritably.

"Touching someone's body without their permission at any time or place is a very immoral act."

At this point, Chen Ze deliberately emphasized it.

"Especially for me, I hate it when people touch my head without my permission."

"No, I won't allow anyone to touch my head!"

Listening to Chen Ze's completely contradictory language skills, the fox demon beast simply nodded as if it understood.

"So, as long as I get your permission, that's fine, right?"

Chapter Four: Digital Egg

"Are you still angry?"

Ten minutes later, the fox demon followed Chen Ze at a leisurely pace and cautiously asked.

"I am not angry!"

I don't know if it's because I've been in this world for too long, or because of the influence of my current body...

Chen Ze found himself becoming more and more accustomed to being a child, and his behavior patterns were becoming increasingly similar to those of a real child.

If it were Chen Ze from before he transmigrated, he wouldn't have shown such obvious emotions, like a real child throwing a tantrum.

"But you're angry!"

Completely unable to understand why Chen Ze refused to tell the truth, the fox demon, who knew nothing of human relationships, bluntly exposed the other party's lies.

"Oh, forget it."

With a helpless sigh, Chen Ze suddenly realized that arguing with such a "pure idiot" was pointless.

More important than that is figuring out what happened and why I've "time-traveled" again.

After observing for just ten minutes, Chen Ze realized that he had indeed "time-traveled" again, and this time he had traveled to Japan at the end of the 20th century.

After all, in my time, there weren't so many shops; instead, there were automated stores without human intervention.

Especially in Japan, where ENED networks were already widespread, the ubiquitous presence of ENED on the streets was a characteristic of Japan at that time.

"Don't you really know what's going on right now?"

"This really has nothing to do with me."

She shook her head decisively, and Renamon was also puzzled about what was going on—she was quite certain that she hadn't done anything else besides loading Agumon's data.

"If it's not with you... then what is it?"

Not expecting to get any useful information from the fox demon, Chen Ze was about to say something when he suddenly opened his mouth wide, revealing a shocked expression.

"..."

Following Chen Ze's gaze, the fox demon also saw what he was seeing, and a look of surprise appeared on its face.

"The Digital World?"

Under the pitch-black moonlight, countless network reflections composed of 0s and 1s appeared in the once silent starry sky...

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling color silently streaked across the sky, reflecting directly from the virtual world of the internet into reality.

It was a data stream that seemed to be made up of pure information, a sign that data was transforming from illusion into reality.

Especially Renamon, a native of the Digital World, stared wide-eyed as if trying to see through the essence of that data.

"The Digital World?"

Repeating the words of the fox demon beast, Chen Ze seemed to have thought of something and immediately ran towards the direction where the data "fell".

With the light from the hill and the reflection of the Digital World, Chen Ze immediately thought of the Digimon movie he had seen in his previous life—Agumon: The Birth of a Koromon.

If I want to figure out what happened and return to my own world, this might be the only clue.

"Is this the world setting of the first Digimon series? Is it the world of the 'Chosen Children'?"

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The period from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century was a time of rapid development in computer and information technology, and also a new exploration of informatization by humankind.

High-speed information technology, intelligent electronic devices, globalized internet...

The foundations of almost everything that will exist in the 21st century were laid at this point in time.

However, few people know that the rapid development of information technology has brought not only convenient living, but also created a completely unknown alien world.

It is a world entirely composed of electronics and information, whose development depends on the human world, but will ultimately transcend the real material world.

The original inhabitants of that world called themselves "Digimon" and their world "Digital World".