Digimon: I really didn't want to be the Digimon Emperor!

Snowballmon → Coldmon → SnowAgumon → Mammothmon → SkullMagmamon

Snowballmon → Coldmon → Penguinmon → Yetimon → Polar Bearmon → Ice Queenmon

Without a doubt, Cheng Yuan chose the Angewomon route.

Therefore, allocating points to the Ice and Snow element is a no-go.

"Let me check the conversion ratio..." Cheng Yuan stared at the system interface and began trying to add points.

Cheng Yuan stared at the few lines of small print in his line of sight and began to silently read the addition.

Wealth: 99900 (-100)

Digimon: Snowballmon

[Element: Light 2 (+1)]

"100 wealth points to 1 element coefficient point, a ratio of 100:1, is reasonable." Cheng Yuan nodded.

But when he tried to add points to the form attribute, his expression suddenly changed.

[Attribute point allocation failed due to insufficient system permissions or failed to allocate attribute points for race type. Only elemental attributes can be allocated.]

Surprisingly, the attribute allocation for form and element is different. Currently, it is not possible to allocate attribute points to the racial form; only the form attribute values ​​can be seen.

Is it because racial attributes are deeply bound to digital nuclei and genetic information, thus requiring higher permissions?

In that case, it seems unlikely that Snowballmon will be able to rapidly increase its Angel-type attribute data to accelerate its evolution into Angewomon.

However, being able to add elemental attribute values ​​is still pretty good. This is equivalent to having an additional path of adding wealth points in addition to purchasing data with "cash," which can accelerate the growth of Digimon.

"Maybe directly absorbing attribute data would be more cost-effective?" With a try-it-out mentality, he logged into the "Sacred Relics" store and spent 100 yuan to buy a sacred data package containing 10G of sacred data.

After the data packet was downloaded to the Digivice, Cheng Yuan clicked the "Release" button. A semi-transparent data cube appeared in the air, its surface covered with patterns of "0" and "1". Snowball Beast's eyes lit up when it saw the data cube. With a "chirp", it pounced on it and began to suck on the cube like it was sucking on gel.

Cheng Yuan couldn't help but smile as he watched it eat with great relish.

But to his surprise, Snowball took a few breaths and then suddenly stopped, pushing the data cube toward him with its bright black eyes full of anticipation.

"You mean...you want to share with me?" Cheng Yuan was stunned. This little guy, who was only recently born, already knew how to share.

"Thank you, but this was prepared especially for you, so I can't eat it." Cheng Yuan gently stroked its head, a warm feeling welling up in his heart.

Snowball nodded as if it understood, then continued to bury itself in the data blocks.

After the Snowball Beast finished eating, Cheng Yuan couldn't wait to check the attribute changes:

Digimon: Snowballmon

[Element: Holy System 1.6]

The sacred data pack purchased for 100 yuan only increased the Snowball Beast's attribute value by 0.6. Even excluding the effects of absorption efficiency and impurities in the data pack, the conversion ratio is still 100:1, which is basically the same as the system's attribute point allocation.

However, data packets contain impurities, and Digimon have limited absorption efficiency and food intake. Therefore, for the same wealth and money, the conversion rate and efficiency of recharging attributes are much higher than that of purchasing data resources.

He slumped onto the bed, watching the little Snowball Beast bouncing around, and suddenly realized a cruel reality: the amount of money needed to raise a powerful Digimon would probably be astronomical.

This isn't a Digimon, it's a money-devouring beast!

"Looks like I need to find a way to make money..." Cheng Yuan rubbed his temples. "Not only do I need to support myself, but I also need to support this little guy."

The snowball seemed to sense its master's troubles, and hopped over to Cheng Yuan's legs, rubbing its furry head against his hand.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuan fell into deep thought. It seemed that he needed to work hard to earn money. If he wanted to evolve Snowball Beast into a mature form as soon as possible and become a professional beast tamer, the easiest way at present was to convert its attributes through wealth points.

Even disregarding the system, to get into the Beast Tamer University and become a powerful Beast Tamer, one must spend countless sums of money to purchase data resources.

In other words, everything is inseparable from money.

Indeed, becoming a beast tamer and raising Digimon are both money-devouring beasts.

Chapter 4: To Become the King of Beast Tamers

Cheng Yuan stared at the numbers on the system interface, his fingers unconsciously tapping the desktop.

With 100,000 wealth points in hand, I wonder if I can make Snowball evolve to the adult stage in one go.

"Let's start with the Divine attribute..." he muttered to himself, continuing to raise the Divine attribute to 10 points, consuming 840 wealth points.

Snowballmon's body suddenly glowed with a faint golden light, and its originally fluffy white fur became even softer and finer, as if it were coated with a divine halo.

The little guy looked down curiously at his glowing body and chirped twice, as if asking his owner what had happened.

"Don't be afraid, this is a good thing." Cheng Yuan gently stroked its head, feeling the warmth from his fingertips. "Let's add some more light-elemental attributes..."

Snowball Beast immediately perked up, its eyes sparkling as it pulled a bouncy ball of fur around its head.

“+1+1+1…” Cheng Yuan held his breath, watching the moment when both attributes simultaneously reached 10 points—

[Holy 10, Light 10, Darkness 1, Ice and Snow 1...]

Snowball Beast suddenly stopped jumping, its body trembling slightly.

To Cheng Yuan's surprise, the once icy little creature was now burning hot, its body radiating a dazzling golden light, with countless points of light swirling around it like stars.

"Is this about to evolve?" Cheng Yuan's eyes widened, his heart racing.

A golden hexagonal cocoon completely enveloped the Snowball Beast. Cheng Yuan knew this was an evolutionary cocoon; he had learned about it in textbooks.

The Digimon vibrated violently in Cheng Yuan's hand, but he didn't bother to check it, his eyes fixed on the evolving Digimon.

The dazzling light lasted for about a minute. When the light faded, a brand new little guy appeared in front of Cheng Yuan—a yellow body, a long tail, two pointed ears standing up high, and obsidian-like eyes sparkling with a lively light.

"Meow Meow Beast!" Cheng Yuan exclaimed in surprise as he picked up the little guy.

"Meow~" The meowing beast affectionately rubbed its head against Cheng Yuan's wrist, its long tail gently brushing against his arm, the touch incredibly soft.

Cheng Yuan opened the Dinosaur Machine Image Gallery.

【Meow Meow Beast】

[Vaccine variety is small]

[Childhood Stage II]

[Skill: Fox Tail]

[Introduction: Possessing cat-like physical characteristics, small in size, and adorable in appearance, they typically have a fluffy body and a long tail. They are fickle, curious, and somewhat capricious, full of curiosity about their surroundings, and love exploring new places and things, but they also have a lonely side.]

Cheng Yuan looked at the system interface again:

Wealth Value: 80660

Digimon: Meowthmon

[Types: Beast type 5, Angel type 1, Fallen Angel type 0.1, Dragon type 0...]

【元素：光13、神聖12、暗3、冰2，火0、風0……】

Cheng Yuan was pleasantly surprised to find that as Snowballmon evolved into MeowMeowmon, some of its main attributes, whether in terms of form or elemental attributes, had significantly improved compared to before the evolution. This was the attribute bonus brought about by evolution.

Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up; this meant he could save a lot of wealth points.

He decided to evolve to the growth stage in one go, but as his wealth points decreased, he found that when he tried to continue improving his attributes, even after the Light and Holy types reached 100 points, MeowMeowBeast still showed no signs of evolving.

"Could it be..." Cheng Yuan had two guesses, "either that more attribute combinations are needed, or that the numerical range required for evolution to the growth stage is more than ten times greater?"

For example, to evolve from the first stage of infancy to the second stage of infancy, the value only needs to reach 10. However, if the second stage of infancy evolves into the adult stage, the value required is not 100, but may be 1000, that is, 100 times!

But if you have wealth points, you have to spend them; that's inevitable. There's no need to hoard them.

He spent all his wealth points this time, investing the rest into the Divine category, instantly raising his points to 818. The divine aura on Meow Meow Beast was indeed much stronger, and a golden circle formed on the fur at the end of its tail, but it remained at the Juvenile II stage.

"If the catalyst for long-term evolution is for the Divine and Light systems to reach 1000," Cheng Yuan quickly calculated, "we're still 114100 wealth points short..."

Cheng Yuan thought it was worth a try, but how could he fill the wealth gap of nearly 12?

Just as he was worrying about how to raise this huge sum of money, he heard the sound of a key turning outside the door.

"Xiaoyuan, we're back!" Cheng's mother's voice came from the entrance hall, accompanied by the rustling of plastic bags.

Cheng Yuan carried the cat out of the room and saw his mother carrying bags of groceries toward the kitchen. When she turned around and saw the little yellow furball in her son's arms, she was so surprised that she almost dropped the bags.

"This is...your Digimon?" Cheng's mother's eyes widened. "How can it be so cute!"

Mr. Cheng, on the other hand, was much calmer. His factory, a machine manufacturing plant, had many Digimon employees in their growth stage. He walked over and expertly patted MeowMeowmon's head. "What kind of Digimon is this?"

"Dad, its name is Meow Meow Beast."

"Meow~" The meow beast squinted its eyes comfortably, its long tail swaying happily.

Looking at Meowmon's adorable appearance, Cheng's mother was somewhat surprised. Clearly, the young Digimon was vastly different from the majestic Digimon she had seen in the news and on the streets.

Cheng's mother had a great fondness for the cat-like creature, and she hadn't expected it to be so cute.

Cheng Yuan smiled and opened the encyclopedia function on the Tyrannosaurus Rex machine to give his parents a detailed introduction to Meow Meow Beast.

Although Cheng's parents were still confused by what they heard, they nodded repeatedly when they saw their son's excited expression.

Cheng's mother wanted to cook something delicious for it: "What does Meow Meow like to eat? I'll cook something delicious for it, how about fried fish?"

Cheng Yuan explained with a smile, "Mom, a Digimon in its infancy is like a baby in the real world. Its digestive system hasn't been fully developed yet, so it can't eat food. Right now, it can only absorb pure data packets."

Cheng's mother realized, "Ah, so it's still a cub!" She reached out to pet the cat, but was afraid of scaring it, her expression a mixture of anticipation and trepidation.

Before Cheng Yuan could answer, the Meow Meow Beast obligingly jumped into Cheng's mother's palm and gently rubbed her hand with its tail.

"I heard that these Digimon will evolve in the future. I wonder what this little thing will evolve into?" Cheng's father asked.

"Dad, if you had two choices, one was the beautiful and holy Angewomon, and the other was the mysterious and alluring Bewitchemon, what would you choose?"

"Only children make choices; adults know...it's all nonsense."

Cheng Wang looked at him like he was a stupid child. "Your mother is right here. How can you dig a pit for me like this?"

Cheng Yuan touched the scar at the corner of his eye and said seriously, "Dad, I think I can get into the intensive animal trainer class and become a professional animal trainer in the future."

"Pfft!" The father, who was helping Cheng's mother pick vegetables, suddenly laughed and said, "The last time you said that, I was being invited to the office by your homeroom teacher for a chat."

Cheng's mother said, "Son, even in an ordinary profession, with the help of a Digimon, you can still stand out."

"..." Cheng Yuan was speechless for a moment. What had he done in the past to make the two elders feel so helpless?

Cheng Yuan rubbed the tip of his nose: "Dad, I really want to become a professional animal trainer. Ordinary jobs are not my goal at all."

He had won the system's favor and was destined to become the King of Beast Tamers!

Seeing that his son didn't seem to be joking, Cheng Wang stopped laughing: "You really want to be a professional animal trainer?"

"Ok!"

"Okay, then let's get him into the intensive class first. Just tell me how much it will cost."

"???"

Cheng Yuan was completely bewildered. You can be exceptionally talented, you can accumulate knowledge and skills and you can rank at the top of your class in Pengcheng No. 1 Middle School, but you can't just buy your way in.

Unless you give too much.

“Old Cheng, I heard from the neighborhood aunties that with our son’s grades, getting into any of the elite classes requires a sponsorship to buy a spot… that 10 yuan from before…”

Old Cheng waved his hand and said, "My son has ideals and drive, and as his father, I will definitely support him."

Cheng's mother didn't say anything more after hearing this. Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to train the beast trainers and Digimon to the professional level, like raising money-devouring beasts. He didn't expect his parents to agree so quickly. Could it be that his father had some other business outside that he was hiding, and that he was actually a hidden rich second generation?

If you can't become a professional animal trainer, you'll eventually have to accept your fate and go back to inherit the family business.

"Dad, to be honest, am I a second-generation rich kid?" Cheng Yuan asked expectantly.

Mr. Cheng stopped picking vegetables, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and said with a sense of loss, "I asked your grandfather the same question before. Do you know what he said?"

"Is there another story behind this?"

"He said, 'I asked your grandfather the same question before...'"

"..."

Cheng Yuan knew that he couldn't rely on his family; he could only try to improve his chances through his class ranking soon.

As long as you can evolve into your growth phase first, you can seize this opportunity.

Because it's said that everyone in classes 1-17 has already evolved into a Rookie Digimon, except for class 18...

Old Liu: Ah, what a painful realization...

"Oh, right!" Mr. Cheng suddenly remembered something, shook the water off his hands, and took out a red gift box from his briefcase. "This is a quarterly benefit that the factory gives to Digimon employees. One of my Digimon colleagues didn't need it, but when he heard that you were going to sign up for Digimon, he gave it to me."