"Oooh, oooh, oooh—"
Outside the village's Digital Egg room, three Goblinmon hugged Digital Eggs as they hopped about, waving wooden clubs in their hands.
A Lie had already tried to stop them, but only when he truly faced the Goblinmon alone did he realize how lucky his previous victory had been.
—Koromon's bubbles had been crucial!
Goblin Strike!
Boom!
A fireball flew into a corner of the roof. A Lie was still racking his brains for a response when the space above his head suddenly lit up.
Crash!
A broken beam smashed down in front of him. He instinctively retreated two steps, narrowly avoiding being struck by the collapsing debris that followed.
The billowing dust and drifting wood chips made it hard to believe that everything before his eyes was fake.
Holy shit! That scared me!
Are they seriously going this far? That's way too dangerous!
The livestream viewers were also frightened by the falling building fragments. They might enjoy watching chaos unfold, but at the core of it, they had gathered in A Lie's livestream because they supported him.
And the consequences of that chaos had to remain within controllable limits for their heckling to count as entertainment.
If A Lie were genuinely injured in an accident, they would be the ones hurting the most.
Now that they could see the danger at the scene even through the livestream, most people instead began worrying about A Lie.
This money wasn't easy to earn!
They did not even know that neither A Lie nor Qian Lai was being paid at all.
Of course, Liang Xing did not interfere with A Lie's livestream earnings, while Qian Lai was more interested in experiencing high-tech products.
Forget Liang Xing paying them—even if he asked them to pay, no one would refuse!
Take the people near the top of A Lie's gift rankings. Every single one of them would not even get the chance to pay.
But only a scene this realistic could truly deliver a fully immersive experience.
"Phew... phew..." A Lie had no time to watch the livestream comments. He took several deep breaths to calm himself.
He could clearly see Liang Xing standing outside the camera's range, yet the Goblinmon did not attack him.
That alone proved everything was under Liang Xing's control and within the limits permitted by the show.
"What is there to be afraid of if it's fake?"
A Lie muttered to himself, partly to reassure the viewers, then bent down and grabbed a handful of wood chips.
—When the program officially aired, they would definitely edit out the word "fake." Realism made it more immersive, after all~
"Oooh, oooh, oooh—"
One of the Goblinmon set down its Digital Egg and cautiously approached the room where A Lie was hiding.
Whoosh!
"Take this!"
He threw the wood chips before shouting.
The Goblinmon's eyes were irritated by the chips before it heard his voice. Its instinctive counterattack struck the wall, while A Lie staggered forward and shoved over the broken beam.
That feeling... it really was fake!
The sensation simulated by the Holographic Projection was certainly different from actually pushing over a broken beam.
After all, there was no real tactile feedback.
But do not think that knowing it was fake meant you could simply withstand it. Pain caused by psychological suggestion could linger even longer than real pain.
After all, being buried beneath falling debris in reality might mean losing your life instantly, while psychological suggestion brought sustained pain and suffocation.
It would not be fatal, but it would certainly leave a lasting impression.
Liang Xing did not want the participants to confuse reality with illusion.
You had to understand that injuries like these would be fatal in real circumstances. Without the resolve to risk your life, never attempt this lightly!
A Lie wanted to press the attack, but the broken beam clearly could not deal a fatal blow to the Goblinmon.
The blindly swinging club and support from the other Goblinmon in the distance forced him to retreat.
Goblin Strike!
It was an old-fashioned attack, but its effectiveness was not diminished in the slightest.
The wall was blasted open. Though it did not shatter, it swayed so precariously that it could hardly still serve as cover.
The truth was that Liang Xing did not dare casually use blank overlays on buildings within reach.
This was different from the fence. Earthen and wooden walls could genuinely withstand Goblinmon attacks, so Liang Xing had no reason to take that risk.
Psychological suggestion could only create something from nothing; it could not erase what truly existed.
Meanwhile, Qian Lai and the others had been drawn back to provide support near the fence, giving the prop team ample time to synchronize the virtual and the real.
Once this stretch of time passed, even Qian Lai would begin doubting whether his original guess had been correct!
While A Lie fled in a sorry state, Qi Tian and the other two had only made it halfway when they heard explosions from the direction of the Digital Eggs.
Aside from Qi Tian, the children present were all child actors. Their backgrounds meant their knowledge and experience differed from those of ordinary children.
After a moment's consideration, the three simply turned back the way they had come!
"Uncle A Lie!" Qi Tian saw A Lie's disheveled figure and was just about to help when Ning Jing grabbed him.
"Let's go around them and protect the Digital Eggs first!"
A Lie's route was clearly deliberate. Since the three children would not be able to make a decisive difference, it was better to first eliminate everyone's worries.
"Over there!"
They had not gone far when the three spotted the Digital Eggs on the ground.
Since it was inconvenient for the Goblinmon to pursue anyone while carrying the Digital Eggs, they had temporarily placed them on the ground.
With intelligence like that, how could they possibly know a tactic like luring the tiger from the mountain?
They were simply splitting up. Both sides had misjudged the timing, and while the frontline was nearly wiped out, the group circling around for a sneak attack had only just arrived.
These Oni-type Virus-type Digimon, born from viruses and redundant data under Liang Xing's guidance, were among the most common in the Digital World.
In any case, Liang Xing had basically used the data attacking Liang Xing Toys Factory's official website as nourishment for the birth of Goblinmon.
Naturally, other Virus-type Digimon had also been born, but under Liang Xing's guidance, Goblinmon had been produced in the greatest numbers.
They were naturally social Digimon, and their appearance suited them as villains. It was a case of putting everyone to good use.
The Goblinmon did not disappoint Liang Xing. In fact, they gave him a huge surprise.
When the Goblinmon had previously attacked Qi Tian, A Lie, and the others, one Goblinmon had escaped through A Lie's phone.
Liang Xing had originally assumed it had returned to the Digital World, because its underlying logic did not permit Digimon to wander outside.
But by sheer coincidence, that Goblinmon was still lying low—preparing for the possible battles it would face upon returning to the Digital World—while A Lie had shut off his phone and sent it in for repairs.
With the phone shut down, no data could flow through it. Without a Flying Camera to assist it, the Goblinmon ended up trapped inside A Lie's phone.
By the time the phone had been repaired, A Lie had already switched to livestreaming with a different phone.
Under normal circumstances, once the Goblinmon reconnected to the data network, it should have continued its return to the Digital World.
But A Lie had obtained a Digivice by then. Strictly speaking, the network around him counted as an extension of the Digital World, so the Goblinmon was no longer considered to be wandering.
Besides, on one side lay a difficult journey back to the Digital World, where it would have to fight other Digimon for survival; on the other, plentiful food and drink with no one watching over it.
No matter how unintelligent the Goblinmon was, it could still make that choice.
And A Lie's Choromon had never had a chance to enter the network before. Even though it had entered briefly recently, the gap in strength meant it still could not discover the hidden Goblinmon.
Until today, when A Lie was pursued again, the Goblinmon struck him while he was down and successfully took its revenge in one stroke!
Unfortunately, its brothers had not stopped.
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