Chapter 188

Fifteen minutes ago.

The extraterritorial headquarters building of Yuger Company faced its greatest test since its construction.

There is one point worth emphasizing again.

Due to its special positioning, the extraterritorial area of Jiemen District uses building materials that match the strength of Heaven's Gate City.

Especially the skyscrapers erected here!

Each one seems to vie to become a landmark, competing to be a wonder, so prominent that they naturally become easy targets.

Out of such considerations, skyscrapers over fifty stories strive to be sturdy, whether using special building materials or solidified barriers and magical patterns; in short, they must reach the threshold where a rank‑D Ascendant can pour in full power, at least able to withstand a barrage from three‑winged warplanes.

Earthquakes are trivial; the extraterritorial foundations were reinforced early on, so anything below magnitude 8 is nothing to worry about.

This is the building strength standard for the extraterritorial area of Jiemen District.

This is also why they can remain standing here long‑term without being easily destroyed by frequent conflicts and battles.

But today, before the Yuger Company building's defense‑control AI could even sigh, 'What a high‑end game,' it was smashed to pieces by the iron hooves of a black horse.

It really was a black horse, and really iron hooves.

Xiongjun's black horse, its four hooves covered in even deeper black metal, let out a resonant snort after trampling that AI.

Its forehead bore a white mark matching Zhouri Ningjing's brow, and as it approached her a few steps, it merged into the shadow behind her.

Horse girls are girls bearing the souls of otherworldly racehorses—let alone horse girls, this is common knowledge among anyone who knows about horse girls.

But they may not know that, although the horse soul is hard to separate, it can still be activated and mobilized to a certain extent.

One only needs to study a little soul‑craft and have sufficient mastery of one's own soul.

Of course, the threshold of soul‑craft is actually high, but the real difficulty lies in the latter.

Many people lack even self‑awareness, so how could they master the soul that reflects everything about them?

Zhouri Ningjing is the one in a million among the one in a million.

When she acts in spirit form, summoning that soul, which obeys like an arm, requires no gestures or incantations.

Having reclaimed that power, Zhouri Ningjing looked up and saw an eight‑to‑nine‑meter‑tall Battle Fury Dragon Beast locked in a bitter struggle with six Million‑Dragon Beasts each over twenty meters long.

She then walked over to the red‑haired girl standing not far away and asked, 'Is this all you bragged about as your dinosaur‑slayer?'

'You're not going to say it's a flying dragon, not a dinosaur, so it's tougher, to change the subject, are you?'

'We've just started fighting, and Agumon reaching Ultimate is recent too; our data volume isn't as much as theirs!'

Clad in black‑yellow, with short hair split red in front and yellow in back, the dissatisfied girl's whole outfit is avant‑garde; she is Aiba Ami, the helper Zhouri Ningjing brought in.

She belongs to the Moyu Detective Agency.

That is, she is a subordinate of Moyu Xingzi, who once delivered a message to Zhouri Ningjing in the secondary cyber realm.

As one of the cyber detectives, Aiba Ami has a digital monster partner that can evolve into an Ultimate at any time; although her own combat ability is worrisome, summoning her is tantamount to summoning several Ultimates—generally speaking, that's how it works.

'The net regulation laws have gotten stricter lately, huh~'

'Before, if you let an Ultimate degenerate to a child stage, you could avoid the 【Ultimate High‑Speed Data Toll】, but now even the child stage is charged normally! My pocket money only covers bringing one.'

She said that, and also shouted, 'It's fine, I brought Agumon! The Million‑Dragon Beast you mentioned will definitely be easily dealt with by your "Dinosaur Slayer"!'

Then, after meeting for less than a minute without even taking down a single Million‑Dragon Beast, Zhouri Ningjing felt it wasn't enough.

'I need overwhelming suppressive force—call your brother!'

'My brother is still helping with data repairs in Heaven's Gate City, oh right!' Aiba Ami brightened, 'I can call Xiao‑jin; just using him to suppress should work!'

Xiao‑jin?

Dragging in the Royal Knights would be risky… no, wait, this time we should be able to resolve it directly.

Knowing what kind of figure 'Xiao‑jin' is, Zhouri Ningjing frowned, then a second later relaxed, waving her hand: 'If there's a way, do it! By the way, I'll open the door—let the Battle Fury Dragon Beast pull the battlefield outside!'

'Eh? But that's dangerous! Even with data‑layer compression weakening it, an Ultimate's destructive power is at least rank E—' 'Just have you break the building! I've already activated the structure's solidified field—go!'

Zhouri Ningjing held a miniaturized data console; after killing the management AI, she immediately seized authority, and with a thought could cut power to the displayed company building and also start unfolding its extradimensional generator.

Moreover, she could activate the building's isolation layer to 'protect' all personnel inside the rooms.

The building's defense‑control system has many functions, and the authority is top‑level, allowing her to interfere with another system's underground facilities; she was quite satisfied.

No wonder the guard is so strong… Looking at the distant scene where the Battle Fury Dragon Beast fights six Million‑Dragon Beasts, with five Steel‑Giant Dragon Beasts rushing to reinforce, Zhouri Ningjing glanced at Aiba Ami with a uneasy feeling.

When it comes to combat experience in the data realm, this young girl is actually more seasoned than she is.

'Battle Fury Dragon Beast, get ready to drive them all out!'

'All right, Ami!'

The Battle Fury Dragon Beast responded to its partner's expectation, while those dragon beasts not lacking intelligence sneered.

They generally thought that even if the opponent had a weapon that restrains dragons like the 'Dinosaur Slayer,' trying to drive away their group with that data volume was just a lot of junk data.

However, they all unconsciously overlooked that human, who was tapping at the pop‑up light screen before them.

They muttered, 'Well, this reckless move really does need Xiao‑jin; I hope he can protect as many people as possible.'

Having said that, she tapped send, and the recipient, as if never having looked away from the net, instantly replied:

【Sure, I owe Alpha a favor】

"I've been waiting for these words!"

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"I've been waiting for these words!"

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Without doubting the Royal Knights' speed in the data world, Zhouri Ningjing simply stepped forward.

A massive data void emerged before them, while the hyper‑vigilant dragon herd awaited the anticipated shout: 'Gaia Energy Cannon!'

Gathering all perceivable atmospheric energy into one point, they formed a high‑density, high‑temperature massive energy bolt; this move of the Battle Fury Dragon Beast is famous enough that even the enemies have long prepared defenses!

From the missile‑woven 【Extinction Attack】 and 【Gigaton Destruction Cannon II】, to the arm‑mounted cannon‑fire 【Nuclear Laser】, all poured out at this moment!

The metal giant dragon beasts and million dragon beasts both attempted to intercept the wave with long-range attacks, while also guarding against the push of the shockwave.

They absolutely did not want to fall into the real world.

When moving from the data world to the real world with higher data density, one first feels a substantial pressure.

Just like the burden of going from low gravity to high gravity, it causes them to malfunction and be in poor condition.

What's more, the humans and horse girls across from them seem to be plotting something.

To stay in their homeland, they cautiously gave it their all; when the missiles and beam barrage collided with the orange light energy ball that could be tens of meters in diameter, exploding, they each secured their bodies to the ground in their own ways—absolutely not allowing themselves to be blown into that rift!

But at the same time they heard an unfamiliar roar:

「Flash Gold Solar Storm! 」

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woc！？

The dragon beast herd that had acquired human-like reactions through contracts with humans was repelled by a single wave of the golden energy burst out of the mist, and was also struck at a point of collision.

Then, after three seconds, they were met with continually enlarging foreclaws, along with matching huge claws that protruded.

Barely arriving were the gold-armor dragon beasts, and the battle tyrant dragon beasts that had long been waiting.

Their silent coordination stemmed from the command of a certain girl.

They all struck out fiercely at this moment!