Chapter 1678: with translation of chapter title

NO. 293: Every family has its own hard‑to‑chant scripture.

The advertisement screen promoting a certain brand of juice flickered on and off, as if washed by rain causing poor contact.

This shouldn't be—anyone looking would think so.

Unlike the strictly air‑traffic‑controlled Heaven's Gate City of the Boundary Gate District, Heaven's Gate City indeed has an overabundance and overcrowding of flying objects in the sky, ranging from machinery to energy‑constructed bodies to organic mounts—truly everything one could want.

But that does not prevent Heaven's Gate City from having a stable simulation of the four seasons' weather conditions, and the frequent rain at the transition between spring and summer has always been prominently displayed.

Rain will definitely fall, and a sudden heavy downpour is also possible.

Although such suddenness often stems from not paying attention to the Meteorological Bureau's daily updates, such negligence is still common.

Yes, the Meteorological Bureau.

Because the sky is constantly inhabited by a group of high‑energy vehicles that make no distinction between machinery, energy, and living beings, the atmospheric activity of Heaven's Gate City is based on the premise of 'first human intervention to stabilize, then human intervention to set'.

Therefore, the daily‑updated weather dynamics are less a weather forecast and more like a posted work schedule.

If it's marked as sunny or rainy, you must guarantee that weather; if it really isn't sunny or rainy, you should go to the comment section to point and discuss whether the modern 'Dragon‑Slaying King' should have wages deducted or be fired outright.

Most of the time it's the former, and sometimes no punishment is even given.

After all, Heaven's Gate City is a port metropolis that experiences explosions every few days; the cause of weather not matching the schedule can be workers' passive slacking, or being struck by a power beyond the Meteorological Bureau's capacity to handle.

For example, your atomic breath sweeping back and forth like a disco ball.

Also like when you wield a bright red, whatever‑called REPLIKNIGHTCALIBUR, a several‑meter‑long great sword that emits a larger‑scale light cannon, somewhat mindful of your mom and that someone, deliberately closing in to fire obliquely at the opponent, piercing the clouds.

——At such times, you can't blame the originally pouring heavy rain.

Although the Meteorological Bureau is still trying, under external force, to let the clouds merge and keep the rain going, you still cannot explain why the big screen that should have waterproofing would stutter, flicker on and off, and flash a sharply angled pipe‑like face.

At this moment, if you have undergone certain enhancement and can catch with the naked eye the instant that face appears, you would surely also notice the messy wreckage behind its conspicuous pointed head.

The scattered beasts and machines, each with dark‑red and pale‑blue wounds, are decomposing and rising with endless data, indeed a hopeless death scene.

Whether in the world of data or the material realm where biomass resides, division is the norm and aggregation is a rare miracle for the living. Moreover, the unfolding of data fusion at a Digimon's death that gives birth to new life is exceedingly rare. Thus you can see that Alexis's side already shows a crushing advantage clearer than the real battlefield, and you can hear the real alarm bells approaching from afar—indeed, an efficiency many times that of the Boundary Gate District.

【No need to keep holding the lotus root; better to degenerate back sooner, for the danger in Heaven's Gate City is also quite relative.】

Watching the faint image transmitted by Belster Beast, Aomo greeted thus.

"Safe? Really or fake?" Belster Beast doubted greatly.

Although many Digimon immerse themselves in higher‑level power and the way of survival, never thinking of ways to degenerate, the Witch Beast is indeed one of the extremely few exceptions.

Fond of the intellect of the mature stage while also having a somewhat carefree life, she disdains the combat desire of the constantly resident ultimate form.

Unless Barbar Beast. X appears.

【For most local residents, the security here is actually quite good】 Aomo replied.

【Among them, some have even summarized a fairly complete set of lifestyle guidelines, akin to ghost‑story rules; if you lack the patience to read them, like Xiao Xi you just go three‑points‑one‑line, and being a dead‑otaku on ordinary days would also be not bad.】

"Won't everything be destroyed by a sudden attack?" Belster Beast asked.

【Cannot say it's impossible, but it is indeed as low a probability as drawing cards in a mobile gacha game】

"Sounds really low enough, but after watching Bourbon's gacha draws a lot, it seems not that low."

【In the game you can rely on endless ten‑draws to push progress, but in reality it's not easy to encounter a danger factor that constantly accelerates progress.】

"Alright, help me draw away the data."

Gazing upward at the black magic‑circle ring that instantly appeared above her head as soon as she finished speaking, even though a purple‑colored iron giant claw promptly protruded from within it, she was already accustomed and relaxed, welcoming its coverage.

In a brief two seconds, the pitch‑black digital soul surged from between the closing claw's gaps and then vanished; the giant claw retracted in the process of extending, leaving the witch who clutched the tip of her hat's brim and gazed up at it standing in place.

"You're getting lazier and lazier~"

That unharmed Witch Beast even complained about her partner's no‑longer‑personally‑drawing‑digital‑soul approach, simply because this was already the fourth time she had her degeneration duty performed by Gilbalis's giant claw.

Of course, this also accompanies the process of having her evolution duty performed four times by Gilbalis's giant claw.

That scene, identical to one of the transformations Lipiya underwent in the past using the body of Shin'ei Shinji, at first still managed to make Belster Beast quite excited and happy about a new novelty.

But this cowgirl's fresh feeling came fast and went fast—namely, after four times she grew tired of it, beginning to feel it lacked the collective sense of her partner initially covering the digital soul to mass‑produce Digimon machines. Even if later, during a period when the mass‑produced Digimon machines were damaged and no replacement was obtained, she simply pressed the digital soul into her own body in a casual way, that at least felt more interactive, more like a partner, right?

"What? Not so? Ah, you humans' notions are just inexplicable; clearly the digital soul flows through the whole body, its source palm even feels like molten lava surging with scorching contact, rather pleasant—why shouldn't we continue afterwards?"

Belster Beast, somewhat annoyed yet unable to argue, merely threw in a couple of sarcastic remarks, then turned back into the Witch Beast and watched a string of characters form and then fall.

【Just now I'm a bit tied up; if you're doubtful, feel free to come over and witness it directly.】

"Forget it; anyway you surely have a prepared speech, and I'm not like Belster Beast—knowing I'll be annoyed, I still go ask."

After degenerating, even the Witch Beast's personality underwent a slight weakening change, yet she expressed a degree of agreement with Gilbalis's giant claw transformation.

"I'll still keep an eye on that little guy; he seems straightforward, without flexibility."

【So the Second‑Generation Miss always prefers he not leave her sight.】

"Then why did you split them up this time?"

【He himself wanted to go solo.】

"Liar, you could have paired those few horse girls with partners back then, but now you don't care about that guy?"

【Yes, once you understand this difference, your understanding of humans can also advance further.】

"Anthropology isn't my field of study; just learning what you're doing counts as me caring enough about you."

【No problem, anyway you're free, aren't you? smile. jpg

【Observing him would also be somewhat amusing, especially when the Second‑Generation Miss appears.】

"Heh? Won't it be like when I usually keep Belster Beast's form beside you, the reaction of Xiao Xi and the raccoon and such?"

【…can't say it's completely unrelated, but it's also quite far off】

"Can't you explain it more clearly? It's too complicated."

【Just watch; since it's become such a big deal, the Second‑Generation Miss should soon arrive at the scene

【If he's rushing to run, you just pull him along】

"Ah? How to pull?"

【No matter how you drag it out, it's fine; you can even directly say that I asked him to stay, Kailifu should also help you】

"You've gotten involved with Him?"

【No, my relationship with Him has never been good, and I also don't want any contact beyond official matters】

"But do you still think He will help me keep someone?"

【After all, it cannot be denied that in certain aspects, I do share some similarities with Him】