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Level 2.
Yang Tao put away the pickaxe in his hand, stretched, and said, "It must be daytime in the Digital World by now, right?"
He glanced at his energy.
62453
"I can upgrade again. As expected, pipes are worth much more than concrete walls."
Of course, various miscellaneous Entities also provided a lot of energy. The darkness, combined with Yang Tao's BUFF that attracts Entities, led to a rampant presence of Entities in this area.
"Wooden Door!"
Yang Tao summoned the Wooden Door back to the Overworld.
"You go in first."
The Iron Golems lined up and bowed as they walked through the Wooden Door. Yang Tao didn't use them as one-time tools; if they couldn't be repaired with iron ingots, no matter how strong the Iron Golems were, they would eventually be worn down by the Entities.
He glanced at the current space.
"I'll go to the Digital World first, and then upgrade the Overworld when I return."
He guessed that each time the Overworld was upgraded, a New World would connect to him.
He carefully pushed open the Wooden Door leading to the Digimon World, muttering as he entered, "I hope the New World is smaller…"
If it was smaller, he could explore it faster, which would allow him to acquire mods more quickly.
He desperately hoped it wouldn't be like the Backrooms, where he had explored several levels and encountered many Entities, yet his progress was still less than 1%.
This was quite puzzling…
Behind the Wooden Door was Kari's bedroom, which was filled with a warm feeling, making Yang Tao's face involuntarily break into a smile, though the smile didn't last too long.
Because Kari's mother's voice came from outside.
"Taichi, what are You going to do so early in the morning? Finish your breakfast first."
"Mom, I have an appointment with a friend, and I'm already full."
Then there was a sound of footsteps and Taichi's mother's complaints: "This child, really, always in such a hurry."
Yang Tao looked at Kari's bedroom and thought to himself: 'Speaking of which, if I go out like this, will I be mistaken for a pervert who molests little girls?'
Just imagine, a strange young man in his twenties coming out of an eight-year-old girl's bedroom early in the morning…
'It seems… even I wouldn't believe it…'
Just as he was about to jump out the window, the bedroom door opened, and the cute Kari came in from outside. Seeing Yang Tao, her face showed a surprised expression: "Uncle, why are You here?"
Before Yang Tao could speak, Kari's mother's voice came from outside: "Kari, who are You talking to?"
Yang Tao quickly put his index finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture, and said in the quietest voice: "Kari, You absolutely cannot let your mother know about me, otherwise I will definitely be mistaken for a bad person. Uncle will wait for You downstairs."
Saying that, he opened the window and jumped from the bedroom onto the protruding platform below.
Kari was startled when she saw Yang Tao jump out the window. She quickly ran to the window and leaned out to look down, only to see Yang Tao already standing downstairs, waving at her.
"Kari, who were You talking to?"
Kari's mother, Yagami Yuko, wearing an apron, stood at the door and asked Kari with a puzzled expression.
Kari quickly turned around and said, "Mom, I want to go for a walk in the Park downstairs."
Yagami Yuko glanced at Kari's bedroom and, finding nothing unusual, simply assumed she had misheard. She stepped forward and said gently, "Go ahead, but be careful."
The Park was downstairs, and Kari often went for walks there, so Yagami Yuko didn't refuse Kari.
Kari smiled and nodded, walked out of the bedroom, put on her shoes, and left home. When she arrived downstairs, she looked around and quickly saw Yang Tao standing not far away, waving at her.
"Uncle…"
"Kari, how's your cold?"
Kari nodded and said, "It's already better. I don't feel uncomfortable at all now. Thank You, Uncle, for the milk yesterday."
Yang Tao patted Kari's little head.
Honestly, Kari is much cuter than Conan. No… how can that kid Conan compare to Kari?
He reached into his backpack and pulled out an apple.
"Kari, here's an apple for You. Oh, and I have another gift…"
Yang Tao reached out again, and soon a golden key appeared in his hand. He solemnly handed the key to Kari.
This key was formed by fusing ten disposable keys. Its function hadn't changed, it was just easier to carry.
"Kari, if You encounter danger, hold this key and think about opening a door, and Uncle can come and save You."
Yang Tao was still a bit worried. After thinking for a moment, he pointed to the Park ahead and said, "Let's go to the Park, You can try it."
It's only 15 energy points.
What if Kari couldn't summon the Wooden Door at a crucial moment… Uh, given Yagami Kari's attributes, it seems she wouldn't encounter any life-threatening danger.
If anything were to happen to her, Taichi's holy plan might just explode from the energy.
At that time, let alone Tyrannosaurusmon, even Taichi himself would personally enter the fray and fight Vampiremon.
How could his courage not be off the charts?
Kari held an apple in one hand and the key in the other, following Yang Tao towards the Park.
The reason she trusted Yang Tao so much was because her intuition told her that the uncle in front of her had no ill intentions towards her.
As the eighth chosen child, Yagami Kari possessed the ability to sense darkness, and was also exceptionally sensitive to the malice of others.
The two arrived in the grove of the Park. Yang Tao squatted down and said gently, "Come on, Kari, don't be nervous. Hold the key and think about opening a door."
Kari nodded and followed Yang Tao's instructions. Without any ripple, a Wooden Door instantly appeared before her.
"If there's danger, You open the door and run inside, got it?"
"Uncle, I understand, but why does a door appear? How does it appear?"
The little girl began her three thousand questions.
Yang Tao was not impatient and explained to the little girl with various reasons, smiling. Time passed quickly without them noticing. Just as he was about to send Kari home.
A cat walked past them.
"Digimon??"
After all, a cat with a holy ring on its tail and gloves on its hands, besides Digimon, there was no one else.
Digimon was Kari's Digimon. Due to some accident, it didn't follow Agumon and the others to File Island to await the children's arrival. Instead, it ended up by the side of the main villain, Vampiremon, becoming his subordinate.
Precisely because it was Kari's Digimon, they would unconsciously be drawn to each other by some unseen force.
This encounter was the guidance of fate.
Digimon heard Yang Tao call out its name and immediately stopped, looking at Yang Tao with a puzzled expression: 'Why can this human call out my name?'
'Could this be the eighth chosen child?'
However, this thought was immediately suppressed in its mind as soon as it arose.
'This doesn't look like a child at all!!'
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