Chapter 1747: with translation of chapter title

NO. 361: Seize the opportunity

In fact, the doctrine of a monotheistic religion inevitably breeds a god with a strong fatherly vibe.

It's good at teaching you what to do, good at pointing fingers at you, good at stubbornly opposing your behavior; when you don't comply, it will give you a hard kick.

Interpretation: "It's good at teaching you what to do, good at pointing fingers at you, good at stubbornly opposing your behavior; when you don't comply, it will give you a hard kick."

Therefore, in the religious view of monotheism, God is not only omniscient and omnipotent but also absolute, and He regards all sentient beings as base, inevitably bearing some innate 'sin'.

Translate.

The Digital World is the same.

Before the deity named Constancy was born, the earliest deity was the unique Yggdrasill.

Its prototype is clearly the world tree from Norse mythology recorded when the Internet was first established; this concept information that supports the whole world became the main computer managing the Digital World, and naturally became the god of the Digital World.

Although the Digital World's religion is diverse and without climate, a legend was widespread in the early world: Digimon are lifeforms born from Yggdrasill's experiments in the Digital World.

Just like God creating humans.

Truth and falsehood are hard to verify, after all, as the internet develops, entirely new-concept Digimon are still born; the so-called world tree creating Digimon may merely be a preset program of the Digital World's operation.

However, in the early stages of development, the Digimon's data capacity expansion indeed exceeded Yggdrasill's expectations—they passively absorb data while actively fighting to absorb opponents' data, undergoing a transformation called 'evolution', ultimately becoming Ultimate-level Digimon with great power and data volume—and this process would cause the Digital World to face a cosmic-scale expansion, eventually leading to collapse.

This is just like the world lacking possibilities akin to the homeland of those people from Chaldea; facing the world-collapse crisis, Yggdrasill's decision was also a pruning.

But what it pruned was not the world, but life.

Whether the X Program is the Digital Core it designed, or whether it was already a base program composing the Digital Core's main body when Digimon were first born, it does not hinder the X Program's normal operation to completion—overloaded Digimon will be forcibly deleted, and those most affected are clearly the Ultimate-level Digimon that struggle to evolve further, their containers already overflowing.

Yet there is a solution in this deadlock: as long as one possesses strong vitality, one can alter one's Digital Core, allowing life to continue. The X Antibody is thus a byproduct of that Digital Core change.

Holding an X Antibody and having one's potential stimulated as much as possible will produce an X Evolution, becoming a powerful Digimon with greatly increased attack power, capable of challenging higher levels!

Even the appearance undergoes a major change, and even the name gets an '. X' appended.

"Precisely for this reason, most X-type Digimon you can see are veteran Digimon that survived that catastrophe and retained their X Antibody."

"Although research shows that some Digimon retain certain information when they die and revert to Digi-Eggs, even the X Antibody may be retained there, and further research has succeeded in transplanting and storing X Antibodies—but… among the Seven Great Demon Lords of the Dark Region, aside from the current Gluttony Demon Lord Beelzebumon, all are indeed veteran old-timers."

"As both survivors of the World Tree's Ark Project purge and victims, they naturally can criticize the leader of their Royal Knights in front of Jesmon."

"Even the phenomenon of congestion at the bottom of the Digital World can rightly be criticized, for what she says is hardly not factual."

"Even those lurking in the dark likewise urgently pull out their X Antibody to swiftly undergo X Evolution—Barbarimon. X called out."

"However, Xiangyu Tuohai doesn't care about all that."

"In other words, your stance is that you believe the World Tree caused all these omens, right?"

"He was sent to the ground by Seraphimon, standing together with RustTyrannomon and Mugendramon; as he spoke those words, a faint circular light pillar manifested beside him, revealing the newly summoned Darkdramon, and in a flash of light he swiftly completed his X Evolution, taking on a deeper mechanized combat stance."

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"As for the X Antibody, even without veteran Digimon companions, there are other ways to obtain it; this is also one of the fruits of progress."

"And when he asked the question, Lilithmon. X's reaction was also a quick reply:"

"\"Stance? No……\""

"Almost instantly smelling danger from Xiangyu Tuohai's question and the flash of the summoning, Lilithmon. X immediately denied it, even raising the scarlet middle finger of her black claws!"

"However, this was already too late."

"The Darkdramon Tornado had already risen, RustTyrannomon's rear-mounted large cannon unfolded, and a charged strike called the Shocking Electromagnetic Cannon followed close behind Mugendramon's rear gun barrel's Ultimate Cannon!"

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"The cruel temptation goddess's Nazareth Claw can indeed corrupt anything it touches, but that corruption clearly does not include pure firepower and electromagnetic cannons; thus in that moment's explosion, Lilithmon. X was flung backward amid black smoke, concentrating the radiance of her 'Crown of Lust' entirely onto her hands——"

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"The intangible authority spreads as data through every inch of the Digital World's air, and the wide-range charm ability named Seven'sFascinate/Seven's Temptation can make all surrounding Digimon obey her when she launches an attack—while drawing out power beyond their limits by draining their lifespan!"

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"Under data scarcity, all Digimon must face the trial of the World Tree-activated X Program, launching a survival offensive amidst rampant vitality!"

"Those lacking sufficient will to survive will self-destruct, while the resolute will gain an X Antibody, hoping to attain the X Evolution that elevates life's level."

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"The effect of 'Seven's Temptation' is continuous."

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"As long as she does not interrupt the release of the lust permission, those Digimon she tempts will maintain that overdriven life-burst pattern, lacking time to accumulate data to enter the evolution realm, they will face the ending of self-exhaustion and self-destruction."

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"But in the past, during the process of being tempted until death, Lilithmon would have happily enjoyed the fading light of that life."

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"Moreover, while fleeing, she cries out urging Barbarimon. X and the other remaining Seven Great Demon Lords to appear."

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"And at that moment, unnoticed by her, a pitch-black data pillar rose from the diagonal below."

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"Although she didn't notice the pillar, the highly compressed black data still stirred her heart, making her look toward the partner who had just stepped into the Ultimate level, and even more, her comrade raised a gun and fired a condensed X Antibody pellet at her forehead; instantly after stepping into the X Evolution realm——"

"Purple-red wings covering the field of view."

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"And as those wings fluttered past, a deathly light struck at her side."

"——" => Just an em dash line. We'll output "——" as is? Probably keep the dash.

"DistanciaCero/Zero Distance, Belphemon X's talent finishing move: when the enemy's attention is diverted by a fly pellet, bright black feathers shot from the wings take away the enemy's vision, defeating the enemy with an invisible zero-distance shot."

"?? Although I really want to release Belphemon. X's card art, she's just too sexy, the review can't handle it. jpg"

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"? Moreover, there are some discrepancies between the X Program's settings and the original Digimon IP; this should be mentioned to avoid confusion."

We keep leading "?". Translate rest.

? (End of chapter)