[Congratulations! You have gained 20 World Origin Points from the Pokémon World]
[Congratulations! You have gained 8000 Dimensional Points]
These were Rin Aokawa's latest rewards.
Without hesitation—
He threw himself fully into preparing the next video:
TOP 8.
Now that he knew his videos connected to the entire multiverse…
Even though Pokémon was his favorite—
Wouldn't it be a bit repetitive to only rank Pokémon Legendaries?
He decided—
This time, TOP 8 would feature a Legendary from another world.
After thinking for a while—
An idea formed.
A world similar to Pokémon—
Centered around creatures and evolution.
Digimon World.
A childhood classic.
He quickly finalized the topic:
"Top 10 Strongest Legendary Beasts — TOP 8: Yggdrasil"
Yggdrasil.
Also known as the World Tree.
A supreme existence that governed the entire Digital World.
It commanded the Royal Knights.
It was—
The God of the Digital World.
Rin Aokawa began editing.
Smooth.
Familiar.
Hours passed.
The video was complete.
He clicked:
Upload.
…Failed.
A system prompt appeared:
[Error: The selected entity does not meet the criteria for the "Top 10 Legendary Beasts" series. Please place it in another series.]
Rin Aokawa: "???"
Yggdrasil… didn't qualify?
Not even worthy of TOP 8?
Not above Groudon, Kyogre, and Ho-Oh?
The system responded:
[Detected: The world this entity belongs to is incomplete. It is a non-standard world.]
"…Incomplete?"
Rin Aokawa froze.
Actually—
While editing earlier—
He had already felt something was off.
The visuals were spectacular.
The scale was massive.
But—
It lacked realness.
Now he understood.
The Truth About the Digimon World
The Digital World—
Was fundamentally different.
It was—
A data-based world.
A quantified network space.
Originally—
It was created by humans.
A digital game.
Then—
It mutated.
Data gained consciousness.
And over time—
The Digital World formed.
But fundamentally—
It was still:
A virtual worldCreated by humansBuilt on data
Digimon—
Were programs.
Data that had gained awareness.
And Yggdrasil?
The so-called "God"?
It was just—
The system administrator.
The central host of the Digital World.
A Flawed World
The Digital World—
Did not possess true laws (fundamental rules of existence).
And laws—
Were the foundation of reality itself.
They maintained balance.
Defined existence.
The Digital World had none.
It couldn't even sustain its own ecosystem.
If Digimon multiplied too much—
Data overflow occurred.
Yggdrasil would overload.
And if it reached a limit—
The entire world would collapse.
So what did it do?
It reset.
It deleted.
Entities like:
YggdrasilD-Reaper
Would initiate purges.
D-Reaper—
Was essentially a rogue antivirus program.
Created during the Cold War.
Forgotten.
Then awakened.
Its purpose?
Delete all data.
Power… But Only Within Its World
In the Digital World—
Top-tier Digimon could:
Destroy planetsReset universes
But in reality?
Their influence was limited.
Even beings like Diaboromon—
Couldn't directly destroy the real world.
They had to:
Hack networksLaunch missiles
The only true threat—
Was something like:
Quartzmon
Which attempted to convert reality into data.
Humans vs Digimon
Even more absurd—
Humans could fight back.
In later developments:
Humans discovered the Digital WorldCreated programsKilled Digimon
Rin Aokawa sighed.
"So that's why…"
Compared to Pokémon—
The difference in world hierarchy was clear.
Pokémon World:Complete lawsStable ecosystemReal matter and lifeAncient originDigital World:Data-basedArtificial originNo fundamental lawsSystem-dependent existence
If Pokémon scientists obtained Digital World data—
They might even create Digimon themselves.
After all—
They had already created:
Porygon.
A digital Pokémon capable of existing in cyberspace.
"System… can the Digital World become complete?" Rin Aokawa asked.
The system replied:
"The Digital World has great potential. It exists between reality and virtuality."
"If it gains fundamental laws, it can evolve into a complete real world."
Rin Aokawa nodded.
If that ever happened—
Then across all dimensions—
Very few worlds could rival it.
"…What a waste."
He sighed.
The Yggdrasil video—
Was shelved.
For now.
He still had other powerful beings in mind.
But—
They weren't suitable for TOP 8.
"Forget it…"
"I'll fill in that previous foreshadowing instead."
Decision made.
He began editing again.
Hours later—
A new video was complete.
"Top 10 Strongest Legendary Beasts — TOP 8: The Ruler of the Sky"
Upload…
Success.
The next shockwave—
Was about to begin.