After hearing the Group Owner's answer, Taichi frowned deeply, lost in thought.
'So that meant…'
'Before finding a way to deal with Homeostasis, I couldn't lay a hand on the Chosen Children at all.'
'Not even the one I wanted revenge against the most… Yamato.'
[True Love Is Agumon: Group Owner Boss, is there any way to deal with Homeostasis? You know I have a reason I must kill Yamato. No matter how difficult the method, I will absolutely do it.]
Taichi clenched his fists, speaking coldly and resolutely.
[Dark Group Owner: There naturally is. But once you choose this, you will become mortal enemies with Homeostasis, with no room for reconciliation. This path is very dangerous. Are you sure you want to...]
After consulting Kurai, Hattori had gotten an answer.
But even he wasn't entirely sure if Taichi could ultimately succeed.
[True Love Is Agumon: I'm sure, Group Owner Boss. Please tell me.]
Seeing Hattori's message, Taichi made his choice without hesitation, his eyes filled with the flames of revenge.
He would no longer hesitate, no longer be conflicted.
From the moment he stepped into the Digital World and joined the Darkening Chat Group, he had long passed the point of no return.
If the Crest of Courage symbolized adventurousness moving forward, the ultimate praise for human bravery…
Then the Crest of Revenge symbolized an unending cold flame, the Gungnir spear thrown at the betrayer.
Sworn upon the spear's tip, revenge must be had, until death.
[Dark Group Owner: Since your mind is made up, I have nothing left to hide.]
[Dark Group Owner: First, you need to understand a concept: the definition of Homeostasis.]
[Dark Group Owner: As the will of the Digital World, Homeostasis and Yggdrasil, the world's host, balance and oppose each other.]
[Dark Group Owner: Its goal is to prevent the Digital World from intervening in the real world, to erase Yggdrasil's instinct for infinite expansion as much as possible, and to maintain a false equilibrium.]
[Dark Group Owner: And what you need to do is destroy this equilibrium.]
[True Love Is Agumon: How do I destroy it? Ten years ago, powerful beings like Devimon, the Dark Masters, and Apocalymon still couldn't oppose Homeostasis. It only used us Chosen Children to easily bury them.]
Although it was hard to admit, back then, they were just tools chosen by Homeostasis.
If it wanted, it could replace them with a second or third generation at any time.
In fact, in the original work, it did just that later on.
[Dark Group Owner: The method is simple. Think about it, what is the opposite of 'suppression'?]
Taichi thought for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up.
He quickly understood.
[True Love Is Agumon: The opposite of suppression is expansion!]
[True Love Is Agumon: The Group Owner Boss means that as long as I expand the Digital World to a degree that Homeostasis can no longer control, I can fundamentally destroy Homeostasis's existence, even erase the world's will?]
[Dark Group Owner: Quite perceptive. It seems you haven't wasted your time.]
A smile appeared on Hattori's lips… he was very satisfied with Taichi's understanding.
If Yggdrasil is compared to a host computer, then Homeostasis is a program within that host.
To improve performance, the host will continuously download hardware and upgrade equipment.
But the program is fixed.
To maintain its position within the host, the program will constantly sabotage the host's upgrades.
This is what Homeostasis has always done to Yggdrasil in the Digimon Series.
However, if the host upgrades too quickly, exceeding the program's ability to sabotage, then the high-performance host will automatically update and uninstall the original program.
As for whether to install a more advanced program (Homeostasis) in the future, that would be up to the world's ruler, Taichi, to consider.
[True Love Is Agumon: I understand. As long as I take advantage of this rare opportunity of the Digital World merging with the real world, I can expand the Digital World's database (The Digimon) countless times. By increasing both the evolution level and the numbers to a point where Homeostasis can no longer suppress them, I can truly destroy it.]
A smile curled Taichi's lips.
The flames of revenge and the heart of a ruler within him not only did not dim but grew even stronger.
It was foreseeable that this path would be thousands of times more difficult than the one the Chosen Children walked back then.
Where was Homeostasis's limit?
No one knew.
Perhaps the peak of the Metal Empire barely touched its edge.
But their final outcome was complete destruction,
Leaving only a few ruins for later generations to ponder.
However…
"Once, you gave me false courage, making me fight with all my might for the beauty of a lie."
Taichi looked towards the distant horizon, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if staring directly at the intangible Homeostasis.
"Now, I have gained the calm and determination to face reality from the Group Owner."
"This time, it's not to save the world, nor to maintain a false balance."
"There are only two goals."
Taichi raised two fingers, a strange smile curling his lips.
"Revenge against the betrayer, and..."
"Sing a dirge for the hypocritical deceiver!"