Go easy?

"Run!"

Qian Lai's shout echoed from within the pitch-black cave, a point of light growing ever closer.

Smokemon floated beside Qian Lai, releasing smoke along the way to obscure their enemies' vision.

Whoosh—whoosh!

Boom!

Qian Lai dove forward, throwing himself out of the cave as two fireballs shot from within, landing on the ground.

"Run!"

Qian Lai glanced at Smokemon, only breathing a sigh of relief after confirming it wasn't injured.

But remembering the plan they'd made earlier, he hurriedly reminded them.

In truth, Liu Jie's Horned Beast, Ma Xingyu's Bukamon, and Su Xiu's Seedmon – the three Rookie II Digital Monsters – weren't really suited for combat.

But Qian Lai had assumed that only the two Goblinmon who'd fled back were left in the cave.

If that were the case, they had come prepared, and their chances of victory weren't low.

Unfortunately, they'd plunged headfirst into the enemy Digimon's main camp. How exciting!

"Ooo-ooo-ooo—"

The chaotic cries of Goblinmon rang out from the cave, and Liu Jie and Ma Xingyu tightened their grips on the wooden planks in their hands.

They couldn't understand why Qian Lai kept yelling for them to run.

Everything was proceeding as normal, and the sounds of the Goblinmon in the cave were getting closer and closer.

The two little guys gritted their teeth. There was no way they could run now!

Thwack!

The Goblinmon burst out of the cave, only for two wooden planks to suddenly appear on either side, hitting them squarely in the face.

Bubbles!

A series of bubbles, though limited in damage, still caused the Goblinmon to fall flat on their backs after being smacked in the face with the planks. Then, with the bubbles interfering, and seeing the two little ones preparing to pursue, the two Goblinmon were truly a little flustered.

You had to know that kids of this age could pack quite a punch.

And because the feedback from striking the Holographic Projection wasn't that strong, the two little ones adjusted slightly and prepared to press their advantage.

"No! Get out of the way!"

As the only girl in Qian Lai's team, Su Xiu hadn't managed to snag a spot for the ambush – the two little boys wouldn't allow her to participate in such a dangerous activity.

So, since she was free, she came over to help Qian Lai at the first opportunity.

As for Qian Lai, he'd thrown himself onto the grass, and the damage was far more severe than any Digimon attack.

—Actually, it was just a scratch.

Frankly, Qian Lai's leap had given the camera crew quite a scare.

He was really getting into it!

Fortunately, the cave itself was only a temporary structure, a scene created by the Holographic Projection.

In this specially chosen location, the nearby stones and pebbles on the ground had already been dealt with.

Of course, Qian Lai didn't have time to pay attention to these details.

"You run first."

Without time for much explanation, he pulled Su Xiu up, while loudly reminding the two little ones at the cave entrance, and attempting to provide support himself.

Fortunately, Liu Jie and Ma Xingyu listened this time, and reacted quickly.

They had already raised their wooden planks, but without another word, they dodged to the side.

After all, the Goblinmon were already struggling to retaliate, yet Qian Lai was repeatedly and loudly reminding them. This couldn't help but make them suspect that something had gone wrong.

And if something had really gone wrong, then the danger definitely came from the cave.

So, the two little ones cleverly avoided the cave entrance, and Ma Xingyu even poked the Goblinmon with his wooden plank.

Under normal circumstances, Goblinmon were bullies who feared the strong. After being knocked to the ground like this, they would mostly have already retreated.

But these two Goblinmon were different.

These were thugs specially controlled by Impmon using Black Gear.

The sneak attack and bubbles had only made them slightly flustered, but without any follow-up strikes, the Goblinmon quickly became even more manic.

Ma Xingyu's poke caused that Goblinmon to flip over and stand up, and then it got hit.

Poison Mushroom Bomb!

"Haha—haha—hahahaha—"

Qian Lai had guessed that the Digimon inside would attack outwards, but he hadn't expected this result.

"Run! There are still enemies inside!"

Liu Jie and Ma Xingyu were still a bit slow to react – why was it suddenly laughing uncontrollably?

But hearing Qian Lai's repeated shouts, the two didn't think twice and hurriedly grabbed their Digimon and ran.

Immediately afterward, more Goblinmon emerged from the cave, along with two new Digimon.

The first was a purple mushroom with arms and legs, and it looked poisonous at a glance.

The other was a gray stone man with half a Black Gear stuck on its head.

It has to be admitted that Liang Xing's actions of using network viruses and redundant data to cultivate Goblinmon directly led to the proliferation of Goblinmon in the Digital World.

Impmon didn't spend much effort in easily finding these 8 henchmen.

In fact, even without the Black Gear, the Goblinmon would still obey Impmon's leadership.

But as the evolved form of Goblinmon, Impmon knew the nature of Goblinmon very well.

So, to save trouble, Impmon had Hagurumon control them all.

"Didn't you say there were only two?"

Su Xiu, holding Seedmon, ran at the front, but when she looked back, she found that they weren't chasing after them at all.

"Hiss – that should be all of them, but there's an even more ruthless one inside! Luckily, I ran fast."

Now that safety was guaranteed, Qian Lai finally felt the pain from the abrasion on his elbow.

"It's a pity that my backpack is still inside."

Qian Lai's backpack was quite big!

He had prepared a lot of things for this autumn outing. Not just self-heating hot pot, but also many other daily necessities.

If he could get it back, it would really save their team a lot of time.

But he couldn't count on it now.

With this group of Digimon guarding it, there was no way he could bring the backpack out.

Moreover, if Liang Xing hadn't told Impmon to hold back, Qian Lai wouldn't have been able to escape himself!

"What do we do now?"

Liu Jie also looked back, the Goblinmon laughing wildly at the entrance of the cave had stopped.

They were also looking in the direction of Qidian Village, as if waiting for something.

Probably the more ruthless Digimon that Qian Lai mentioned?

"Let's go back and notify them, the Digital Egg must not be left in the original room!"

Qian Lai still didn't understand the reason why the Goblinmon stole the Digital Egg.

So he didn't know that, compared to the Digital Egg, their Digimon were actually more popular.

They couldn't do it before.

The Goblinmon couldn't catch Elecmon, so they could only steal the egg to try to plunder data.

Now that the opponent had changed to Impmon, it didn't have the habit of bullying the weak, it preferred to challenge strong enemies.

This also coincided with Liang Xing's principle of letting it put pressure on the Digimon.

As for holding back, the Digimon had to be worthy of it themselves!

Impmon could send henchmen to provide an environment for growth, but these henchmen could at most help them evolve to the Child stage.

As for the Adult stage, they could only achieve it by using the Digivice to absorb the power of belief.

Impmon had already asked Liang Xing.

If they ultimately couldn't evolve Adult Digimon, then there was no point in holding back.

It was not the shame of Adult Digimon!

A group of Child Digimon, without the aid of Ability Boost cards, what were they going to use to fight it?

At the entrance of the cave, Impmon's wooden stick pointed towards Qidian Village.

The 8 henchmen, scrambling to be first, rushed out with wild cries.

This was Impmon's way of holding back.

The growth environment had already been prepared for them.

It looked forward to the birth of strong enemies!

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