The program, which had the power of shutting down the activity of the whole Internet, was placed in the custody of Serenade.EXE, an immensely powerful NetNavi titled the Lord of the Undernet (or Underking), to grant to the individual who proved “worthy” of bearing it, and it remained in his possession until the Officials (represented by Eugene Chaud) commissioned Lan Hikari and MegaMan.EXE to infiltrate the Undernet's society to approach a Navi called 'S' (Serenade's alias), a Navi who their records identified as the guardian of the Giga Freeze. Surprisingly, the Network was a creation of SciLab ( some have called it a weapon), a massive, empty space designed to house the powerful Giga Freeze program – which was to be the last-resort method of defense against Alpha, the embodiment of the prototype Internet that malfunctioned and was sealed into the Guardian program, over which powerful coding was written to form a personal prison for the monster (all three programs, Alpha, Giga Freeze, and Guardian, were designed by none other than Tadashi Hikari). No detailed in-game history was given to the Undernet until the third Battle Network installment. Worthy of consideration is that the Undernet may be constant in its design throughout the series, as compared to the regular Cyberworld, which evolves between every Battle Network game the Undernet seems to exist as a more or less massive space that has no regular maintenance or upkeep schedule – it may very well be that MegaMan and Lan never visit the same part of the Undernet twice between games (the one possible exception is in Mega Man Battle Network 4, in which the sixth area of the Undernet is highly reminiscent of an early area of the Undernet from Battle Network 2). In Battle Network 5, the UnderNet is accessible through a Message Board in Nebula's hideout. Curiously, the Space Center in Sharo has a hidden direct link to the inner Undernet, though to make proper use of the path, MegaMan has to take the long way around, traveling to a hidden sector of the Sharo Network through the NetFrica Network, of all places, and find the representative from Sharo in the Undernet. For example, in Battle Network 3, DrillMan.EXE forces his way into a deep sector of the Undernet by drilling into the underlying structure of the Cyberworld after stealing Alpha's capsule – Takamiski's manga, whose version of the Undernet is literally under the main Internet, may coincide with this. The Undernet seems to, depending on the incarnation, exist on an entirely different plane of the Cyberworld that has access points to different areas on the Internet, located in the Global, Kotobuki, Netopia ( Mega Man Battle Network 2), Beach, Town, Park, Sharo, End, and Sky Areas, undoubtedly in other areas, too. MegaMan.EXE and ProtoMan.EXE discover the Undernet through a hole in Cyberspace.
However, the exuberant poster returns in the next game. The content of the character's next post is totally empty – following posts on this and other boards heavily imply that the character was dealt with by the members of the Undernet. There has been at least one incident where this taboo was broken – in the lead up to Wily's Cybergedden ( Mega Man Battle Network 3), a BBS poster boasts about receiving event tickets through the Undernet, despite the fact that such an acquisition is implied to be illegal. The subject of the Undernet is a social taboo among Civilian Navis, who are referred to as “Topsiders” (and other less-complimentary terms) by its denizens. The Undernet is home to an undefined number of criminal NetNavis and serves as the primary location of the Mega Man Battle Network universe’s black market and underground, with dealers in “wares” who will sell both power-ups and powerful battle chips for already exorbitant prices which only rise. Spoiler warning: Details of plots, secrets and/or endings may follow.
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