Chapter 7: The .hackers

Project X Zone
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Area:	Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, Delta Server, The World
Origin:	.hack//INFECTION (2002)
Previous Chapter:	Chapter 6: Justice Among the Skyscrapers
Next Chapter:	Chapter 8: The Domain of Dreams

Overview

"The .hackers" is the seventh chapter and twelfth overall chapter in Project X Zone. Lindow, Zephyr, Leanne, Kite, and BlackRose join the party. This marks the first encounter with Skeith. Bazooka Dwellests, Goblins (.hack//), and Headhunters first appear here.

Synopsis

Inside a church, three people emerge from a flash of light. The three, Vashyron's friends Zephyr and Leanne, and Soma and Alisa's friend Lindow, start sharing information and find one thing in common: they were heading for a church and suddenly got hit by a flash of light. Suddenly, they spot some monsters from Basel, Zephyr and Leanne's homeworld. They decide to get ready to fight, but not before Leanne starts piling on some makeup.

The heroes suddenly arrive and find themselves in the church. The God Eaters and PMF Hunters managed to find each other, but they have no idea where they are. Tron gets a feeling of déjà vu, and Xiaomu thinks she remembers this place somewhere. They decide to talk later and focus on the fight.

Suddenly, more monsters show up. No one seems to recognize them, but Xiaomu thinks she saw them on a mission once. One of the Servbots detect someone coming, and two people find their way in. The two ask where they got their PCs (Player Characters) from, and Xiaomu recognizes them: Kite and BlackRose of the .hackers.

She said they're in The World, an online game in a fully virtual world. It seems that Xiaomu was quite the avid player (but Reiji plans to come up with a punishment later.) The .hackers decide to help them out, and start asking for info later.

Suddenly, a new monster appears: Skeith, a monster that caused the huge server crash that nearly brought The World crashing down. He was the start of everything and now he's back.

After defeating Skeith, he warps away. Kite notices that the statue of Aura has chains on it, meaning something is threatening Aura. Tron is willing to believe Kite's story, since her era has ways of diving into Cyberspace. Kite manages to explain everything, though it's very confusing to some. He says that when they login to The World the players in the real world lose consciousness, and their real forms are kids. Kite is in middle school, and BlackRose in high school. So either events are repeating themselves, or something worse is happening, according to Kite.

The pair warp everyone to Mac Anu, the nearest Root Town. Suddenly, Ciseaux finds himself in the church halls and encounters Due, who is affiliated with the Belanos brothers, who wants to have a chat with him...

Strategy

Deal with the remaining enemies before handling Skeith. The rails bar him from attacking, allowing you to get your units close enough to attack him.

Party Members

Pair Units

• Zephyr & Leanne

After Turn 1

• Kogoro & Mii
• Chun-Li & Morrigan
• Akira & Pai
• Frank & Hsien-Ko
• Reiji & Xiaomu
• Soma & Alisa
• Gemini & Erica

After getting past the pews

• Kite & BlackRose

Solo Units

• Lindow

After Turn 1

• Bahn
• Tron & Servbots
• Vashyron

Enemies

Image	Name	Lv.	Amount	HP	ATK	DEF	TEC	DEX	RNG	M-RNG	SP-RNG	MOVE	Block	Item Drops
	Blood Doll Chainsaw	7	4	3611	142	133	100	97	1	0	0	5	No	Green Herb Restore Pill
	Treasure Mimic	6	2	3192	129	156	99	117	1	0	0	4	Yes	Ether Pack M Tiger Pancakes
	Dolled-Up Dwellest	7	2	6190	139	148	106	92	1	0	0	4	Yes	Mochi Balls
	Bazooka Dwellest	7	2	6755	145	158	101	93	2	3	0	4	Yes	Green Herb

After getting past the pews

Image	Name	Lv.	Amount	HP	ATK	DEF	TEC	DEX	RNG	M-RNG	SP-RNG	MOVE	Block	Item Drops
	Goblin	5	5	3189	126	127	100	98	1	0	0	5	No	Green Herb Restore Pill
	Headhunter	8	2	6484	152	154	101	98	2	0	0	4	Yes	Green Herb First Aid

After defeating all the initial enemies

Image	Name	Lv.	Amount	HP	ATK	DEF	TEC	DEX	RNG	M-RNG	SP-RNG	MOVE	Block	Item Drops
	Skeith	8	1	39439	154	156	132	111	4	3	4	6	Yes	Mage's Soul Vital Charm

Items

• Barrier Padding
• Aura Figurine
• Treat
• Golden Brown Pizza

Transcript

• Chapter 7: The .hackers (Transcript)

Trivia

• This chapter introduces the .hack// series to the Cross series.
• This chapter has the most characters join the party, at five. It also is the one to introduce the most playable units.
• Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground was where Kite first used Data Drain. He used it on an infected Headhunter that was about to attack BlackRose. After using it, his clothes turned from green to red.

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Project X Zone 2
Chapters
Prologue 1 - Prologue 2 - Prologue 3 - Prologue 4 - Prologue 5 - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - Chapter 13 - Chapter 14 - Chapter 15 - Chapter 16 - Chapter 17 - Chapter 18 - Chapter 19 - Chapter 20 - Chapter 21 - Chapter 22 - Chapter 23 - Chapter 24 - Chapter 25 - Chapter 26 - Chapter 27 - Chapter 28 - Chapter 29 - Chapter 30 - Chapter 31 - Chapter 32 - Chapter 33 - Chapter 34 - Chapter 35 - Chapter 36 - Chapter 37 - Chapter 38 - Chapter 39 - Chapter 40 - Chapter 41 - Final Chapter
Challenge Stages
Challenge 1 - Challenge 2 - Challenge 3 - Chapter 4 - Challenge 5 - Challenge 6 - Challenge 7 - Challenge 8 - Challenge 9 - Challenge 10