Agumon who wants to become Omegamon

In fact, for Digimon, there is no such thing as 'right' or 'wrong' evolution; it only depends on whether they can control the power after evolution.

While Zombiemon appears to have completely lost its mind after evolving, this is ultimately just an appearance.

In reality, some Zombiemon can still retain their self-awareness after evolving.

Otherwise, how would the evolution path of the Ultimate form follow after Zombiemon?

Relying on luck?

Does it absorb data irrationally until it evolves to its ultimate form before regaining consciousness?

That would be a gross underestimation of the Zombiemon's evolutionary path.

Evolution inherently represents self-optimization; any unexpected events are simply the result of failed or incomplete evolution.

Therefore, it is not true that evolution results in a worse outcome than before.

Getting back to the original topic, after Yagami Taichi finished speaking, Huangfu Weilai decisively led the group away from the beach and into the dark forest they had come from earlier.

Although it's uncertain whether there will be any danger here, Huangfu Future can guarantee that at least the forests near this sea area will not be in danger in the short term.

Because of the fierce battle between Dagomon and its savior Hackmon, anyone in the forests near this sea area who isn't stupid will immediately follow their survival instincts and leave any place that could bring them danger.

This only applies to Digimon below the Ultimate level.

As for the fully-formed level, each of them naturally has its own means of judging the opponent's strength.

Those who want to take advantage of both sides being injured should compare their own strength.

Two Ultimate-level Digimon, far surpassing even the Ultimate level, clashed. Ordinary Ultimate-level Digimon were no different from Champion-level Digimon in their eyes.

Regardless of the outcome, they are not ordinary, fully-fledged athletes who would attempt to scam others.

Therefore, Digimon that understand their strength will naturally feel wary and retreat. Those who don't understand can also consider whether they have a strong enough brain and think about whether they can do the work of bandits.

As for the ultimate forms beyond that, it's hard to say in the depths of the forest, but in the area near this sea, which is equivalent to the outer edge of the forest, the resources produced certainly won't give birth to ultimate forms.

Therefore, Hakumon, which has now revealed its strength, can be said to be the uncrowned king of this sea area and the outer edge of the forest.

Once crowned, he will be able to rule the outskirts of the forest and live the life of a landowner.

Furthermore, he doesn't need to worry about his neighbor Dagomon, since Dagomon, having experienced failure, certainly wouldn't dare to cause trouble for his savior Hakumon again.

A wonderful life seems to be beckoning to Hackmon.

Of course, Hackmon rejected this kind of life with unwavering resolve. His goal was not merely to claim territory and become king, but to become a guardian who, along with his predecessors, protected the safety of the Digital World.

Hakumon, with its lofty ideals, would never be deterred by such a small temptation.

Therefore, this temporarily peaceful outer edge of the forest is just a temporary stop on their long journey.

After they have rested well, they will embark on a new journey.

As they traveled, Huangfu Weilai suddenly had a thought: if constancy had an expression, he wondered what its face would look like.

Losing two important pieces, Hikaru Yagami and Taichi Yagami, in one fell swoop, it's uncertain whether the opponent can continue playing.

I'm really looking forward to it.

Chapter Twenty-One: The Collapse of Young Gennai

In fact, just as Huangfu Weilai had predicted, only the target was different.

Since constancy has no body, we don't know whether He has a body or not, but the young man did indeed reside in the inner sanctum.

Young Gennai was aware of the fact that Hengchang had chosen to ambush Huangfu Weilai and Wangyue Yaxin, throwing them into the dark area, and that he had orchestrated the whole thing.

Before Huangfu Weilai left, the young man Xuan Nei’s seemingly helpful words were nothing more than a subconscious attempt to shift blame and make excuses.

If Huangfu Weilai really returns from the Dark Zone to settle accounts with him, he will have an excuse to say that he has already warned them, and that they were just 'slow'.

But now, his words have come true; the tunnel connecting the real world and the digital world has indeed collapsed.

This means that they will no longer be able to use physical means such as dispatching Digimon to interfere with the real world in the short term.

That's fine, at least the goal of banishing Huangfu Weilai and his group to the Dark Zone has been achieved.

Therefore, it is not unacceptable to build that tunnel and render it unusable for a short period of time.

What truly broke the young Gennai's composure, and also caused the Constancy Project to be half destroyed on the spot, happened.

That is, coincidentally, Yagami Taichi and his group, who were traveling in the same tunnel as Huangfu Weilai and his group, one going out and the other returning, also disappeared along with the tunnel when it collapsed.

Among the missing persons are not only Yagami Taichi, but also Yagami Hikaru, the designated backup.

They're all gone now.

If nothing unexpected happens, surviving means reaching the dark zone; not surviving... there's no point in saying anything more.

In any case, after losing Yagami Hikari, Homeostasis completely lost its ability to directly intervene in the battle.

It's not like controlling Himekawa Maki, where you personally intervene when the situation collapses, giving the Digimon power to evolve into Ultimate forms and fight against the enemy.

Now that Hikaru Yagami is gone, even if the Chosen Children are attacked face-to-face by the Dark Masters, He can no longer provide them with cheat codes.

At this point, half of the chosen children were ruined.

At the same time, it also ruined more than half of His grand plan for a thousand years.

Without Hikaru Yagami and Taichi Yagami, how can Yamato Ishida fight the Dark Masters?

Let alone the Dark Four, he might not even be able to get past the Vampire Beast.

Now, the original plan has essentially failed completely.

Now we can only try to make up for the losses, or rather, use the chosen children like cattle and horses, especially Ishida Yamato and Takaishi Takeru, the barely qualified holder of the Crest of Hope. It's time for them to play their part.

I don't expect to be able to kill all four Dark Kings as originally planned. Now I can only barely hope that killing even one of them would be a bonus in order to achieve my goal.

But upon closer reflection, it turns out I still lost out.

It's like an ordinary person winning a million-dollar prize, and they're just one step away from exchanging their winning ticket for the money they're about to receive; but then the ticket gets damaged, and the million-dollar prize is lost. Fortunately, the conscientious merchant still gives them a consolation prize of 100,000.

At this point, you can comfort yourself—something is better than nothing!

But as expected, the more I thought about it, the more I felt I was losing out.

Fortunately, homeostasis does not have a body, and its emotions are not as active as those of beings with bodies. Otherwise, if this grand plan of a thousand years were to collapse because of such a thing, who knows if it might go crazy.

Of course, while Homeostasis didn't go mad, young Gennai felt like he was going insane.

Who has paid the highest price for this monumental project?

Is it homeostasis?

Or the Four Divine Beasts?

Young Gennai can loudly proclaim that none of these are true.

Those who have contributed the most are the members of the Xuan Nei!

Homeostasis has no body and cannot carry out plans; the Four Divine Beasts need to confront the Four Heavenly Kings, and similarly cannot act openly.

It's him!

Or rather, it was these people within the Xuan family who worked tirelessly and contributed to this plan!

Now that the plan has yielded no results, it has simply fallen through.

This means that their millennia of effort have been completely wasted.

As the young Gennai's mentality collapsed, he seemed poised to transform into the corrupted Gennai from Tri, even exhibiting signs of madness.

Fortunately, young Gennai still held onto his last shred of reason and, with a last glimmer of hope, cautiously asked Homeostasis, "Could... I mean, could you send a Digimon to the Dark Area to find Hikari Yagami? If all else fails, I'll go myself."

However, constancy gives a harsh answer—no!

This answer immediately caused the light to fade from the eyes of the young man, Xuan Nei. He was probably thinking, "I'm tired, let's just give up."

In fact, it's not that Homeostasis didn't want to find Hikari Yagami, but that it couldn't.

The influence of homeostasis is limited to the Digital World, while the Dark Areas outside the Digital World... well, that's not within the scope of homeostasis's influence.

Especially the subordinates who are constant, are all data types and vaccine types.

In the dark realm, a world teeming with viruses, it's already a miracle that His subordinates didn't return as infected.

As for dispatching powerful individuals...

Heh, the only ones who can be considered strong in His hands are the Four Holy Beasts. Even if Homeostasis could give them evolutionary power to evolve them to the Ultimate level, Homeostasis would not do so.

Because He didn't want to give His power to these scoundrels; that would only be a waste of His power.

Although the plan collapsed, the constancy remains calm.

He still had one last card in his hand that he hadn't played.

Initially, even after the Four Holy Beasts gained His power and evolved into their ultimate forms, they were still no match for the Dark Masters.

It wasn't until they chose to merge with the four poles of the Digital World and become the guardians of the four directions that they truly gained the power to rival the Dark Lords.

Thus, the Four Holy Beasts became an indispensable part of the Digital World, sharing its glory and its loss.

If any one of the Four Holy Beasts were to perish, the Digital World would become utterly incomplete.

This is equivalent to falling directly from a top-tier city to a second-tier city, and this level continues to decline as the number of the Four Divine Beasts dies.

Therefore, it's not that the Dark Masters couldn't kill the Four Holy Beasts, but rather that if they didn't want the Digital World to become a small village, then sealing the Four Holy Beasts was their only option.

After all, nobody wants their big cake to suddenly turn into a tiny piece that can't even fill a tooth gap for one person.

Therefore, as long as the four sacred beasts survive, the last card of constancy will always have a chance to be used as a trump card to turn the tide.

So, although this plan took a lot of their effort, if the plan failed in terms of eternal constancy, then let's start the next plan.

As long as I'm alive, there's always a chance to change things.

The only ones who are really upset are probably the young Gennai... or rather, the Gennai themselves.

Chapter 22 Agumon Wants to Get Stronger

"Hey! You blind Digimon, how dare you attack us! You're asking for death!" Huangfu Future said fiercely, "Go, Hakumon!"

Maintaining its Rookie form, Hakumon heard Huangfu Future's command, its eyes turned cold, and it launched an attack without hesitation.

With a single, powerful 'Five-Flash Combo,' he pierced through the chest of a Devimon, ripped out its Digicore, and crushed it.

This caused the data constituting the opponent's body to collapse, and it was then absorbed by Agumon.

"Did you see that clearly?" Hakumon turned around and looked at the yellow-skinned dinosaur behind him. "Agumon."

"Hmm... I still don't quite understand, but it's about concentrating energy for use, right?" Agumon scratched his head, his tone somewhat uncertain.

"Sigh, I still need to practice more," Hakumon sighed.

"Hehe." Agumon chuckled sheepishly.

...

Several days had passed since they entered the forest.

Over the past few days, both sides have shared their experiences with each other.

Taichi Yagami recounts everything he and his friends experienced from summer camp to the Digital World, culminating in MetalGreymon defeating Etemon and returning to the real world, before finally falling into the Dark Area to conclude the story.

This caused Hikari Yagami to exclaim in surprise.

Meanwhile, Mochizuki Meiko recounted that upon arriving in the Digital World, she encountered intense battles that lasted for a month. In the end, she met a young man named Gennai, who persuaded her to return to the real world. However, she was ambushed and forced to fall into the Dark Zone.

At this point, Mochizuki Mei couldn't help but apologize to Yagami Taichi on behalf of Huangfu Mirai and Hakumon. They were probably caught up in the Dark Area because of their actions in destroying the tunnel.

In response, Yagami Taiichi generously said it was no problem, since all the blame lay with Gennai.

"However, what is the connection between that young man named Gennai and the old Gennai we know?" Yagami Taichi pondered. Even if his wisdom wasn't top-notch, how could he not be suspicious when faced with this obviously problematic Gennai with the same name?

"Although I haven't met the elderly Xuan Nei you mentioned, I'm guessing they're the same person." Huangfu Weilai secretly put eye drops on Xuan Nei.

Who told them to dare plot against me?

You should know that he's not exactly a magnanimous person!