"Phew... fixed."
After some hammering and patching, Qian Lai used wooden planks to seal up the gap in the fence.
The three little ones on his team had not been idle either.
Led by Liu Jie, they had sneaked out to gather information.
With the camera crew following them, Qian Lai was not too worried about their safety.
"Run! Run!"
Horned Beast tugged at Liu Jie's hair, glancing back from time to time.
Although Horned Beast could not exert any force with its grip due to its projected form, the Flying Camera hovering in midair could create a similar effect through psychological suggestion.
At this stage, nearly all interaction between Digimon and humans relied on psychological suggestion.
Of the other two children traveling with them, the boy was Ma Xingyu, a sixth grader, with Bukamon, which looked like an aquatic baby dinosaur, sprawled atop his head.
The girl was Su Xiu, a first-year middle schooler. She held Seedmon, a green Digimon, in her arms. Plant-like buds sprouted from its head, while its four short little legs paddled frantically.
"Uncle Qian! We brought two monsters over!"
The three little ones only focused on running for their lives, but Bukamon atop Ma Xingyu's head loudly claimed credit to Qian Lai.
"Even two is more than I can handle!" Qian Lai froze for a moment, then came to his senses.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" he shouted as he dialed a number. "A Lie! You know where the gap is, right? Get Elecmon over here for support!"
"They're here already? I haven't even had lunch yet!"
A burst of clattering came from A Lie's end, followed by his loud shout: "Tiantian! Take Elecmon and go support Uncle Qian! Quick! Choromon, you go too!"
A Lie had found a lighter and was still preparing to cook when Qi Tian had already taken Lian Jin and Ning Jing to Liang Xing to act cute and mooch lunch.
The little ones had even secretly wanted to bring food back for A Lie, but Liang Xing caught them.
After all, Liang Xing was not some demon. He allowed A Lie to have a piece of meat to fill his stomach.
The livestream viewers all said:
'Everyone else is on an autumn outing. You're the only one fighting to survive.'
Liang Xing could not possibly let A Lie starve himself sick just because he was participating in a show.
That would have been far too inhumane!
But Liang Xing had never expected that A Lie's so-called special talent was... not knowing how to stir-fry!
He could only make egg fried rice!
He had watched plenty of cooking videos, though, and thought that meant he knew how.
Luckily, Liang Xing had not made the rules too rigid.
Otherwise, Qi Tian's group of three would definitely have gone hungry.
Snacks might have helped a little, but with so much physical activity here, they would not last long without proper staple food.
"Go, Uncle A Lie!"
Qi Tian could not bear to watch, so he offered support from afar before running off with Koromon on his head.
Ning Jing could not offer any help. She was actually very interested in cooking, but she was far too young. Her family definitely would not allow her near the stove, so she had never had the chance to truly try.
If Qi Tian had not led her off to act cute and mooch food, she would definitely have wanted to give it a try!
Actually taking charge of the cooking might have been impossible, but giving a few pointers would not have been a problem.
After all, she had read quite a few books before and still remembered the basic steps.
What a shame~
Lian Jin left behind his laptop. That was all he could do to help A Lie.
As for whether A Lie could really learn to cook by watching videos, that was A Lie's own problem.
"I seriously doubt you can last until tomorrow when you go back."
The camera crew left with Qi Tian and the others, leaving only Liang Xing behind to film while making snide remarks.
"Next time, prepare leftover rice and eggs for me. My egg fried rice is really delicious!" A Lie was still arguing, while Liang Xing simply held up the camera and watched the show.
Meanwhile, Elecmon received Qi Tian's group's signal for help and arrived at the scene first.
Goblinmon was confronting Qian Lai and the others.
Qian Lai's Digimon was a gray-black, smoke-type Digimon with a flame burning atop its head, called Smokemon.
It had been staying inside his phone before, but not enough time had passed for it to reach the threshold for evolution.
The reason it could maintain the standoff was largely thanks to the smoke Smokemon gave off.
These Goblinmon had been chased around and beaten by Elecmon all this time. Unable to gauge Smokemon's capabilities, they did not dare attack rashly.
Then, after dragging things out for so long, Elecmon arrived. The two Goblinmon shoved each other back and forth, neither daring to make a move.
Then they would not make a move.
Goblin Strike!
—It was really just a fireball thrown at high speed.
The two fireballs were aimed at Elecmon, but they missed, destroying the fence that had just been repaired.
Qian Lai was very curious about how buildings damaged by these Digimon worked.
He saw Elecmon pass through the broken fence and wanted to go over for a look.
But instead of attacking Elecmon charging straight at them, the Goblinmon targeted Qian Lai.
—Obviously, they were not going to let him see.
Goblinmon had not actually intended to stop him. Instinct simply drove it to prevent real things from approaching shattered illusions.
But unexpectedly, Elecmon actually protected Qian Lai.
Of course, it was not really protecting Qian Lai.
Smokemon was simply near Qian Lai. If it ignored Goblinmon's attack, Smokemon would sooner or later get caught in it.
But whatever the reason, Goblinmon had found Elecmon's weakness, so naturally it tried every possible way to exploit it.
There were two reasons it had lost before. First, Elecmon had absorbed more data, so it was naturally stronger.
Second, Elecmon was especially agile. Under Elecmon's deliberate guidance, Goblinmon's fireballs often struck their own companions by mistake.
That was why they ended up being chased around and beaten.
But Elecmon had to protect the Digital Egg, and it had only managed to defeat many opponents with few through tricks.
In a true head-on clash, Elecmon could not possibly defeat multiple Goblinmon.
"Uncle Qian! Hide!"
The Digimon did not rashly interfere in Elecmon's battle. They could tell that they had actually been holding it back.
Qian Lai had also been blinded by curiosity. After being reminded, he naturally would not foolishly stand there as a target.
He knew his own limits. Elecmon would not protect him for no reason—unless what it was really protecting was Smokemon!
As it happened, Qian Lai also wanted to find out what the fatigue caused by a Digimon's attack actually felt like.
"You stay with A Jie."
Smokemon reluctantly floated over to Liu Jie's side, while Qian Lai charged out from another direction.
Here it came!
Qian Lai had been mentally prepared, but the fireball was simply too fast. He had no time to react and was hit head-on!
Fortunately, his guess had been right. Elecmon did not care in the slightest whether Qian Lai lived or died.
The instant Goblinmon was distracted by attacking Qian Lai, its finishing move, Flashing Lightning Strike, activated!
Wrapped in electrical current, Elecmon slammed fiercely into Goblinmon. This was also the first time it had landed such a direct hit on Goblinmon.
Both were growth-stage Digimon, so a single attack was not enough to defeat the enemy. But before it could follow up, a similar explosion sounded from the direction of the Digital Egg.
"Damn! A diversion!"
Qian Lai's head buzzed, and the sudden wave of fatigue nearly knocked him down.
But if he endured it, he could barely hold on.
"Go support them! Don't worry about me!"
The other Goblinmon turned and ran, completely ignoring its fallen companion.
Elecmon hesitated for a moment. Facing Goblinmon's desperate counterattack, it was not confident it could finish the battle quickly.
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