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

The mischievous monkey beasts were even more grateful—after all, Cheng Yuan and his companions had genuinely saved their tribe.

The two sides quickly reached an agreement, and the baby monkey was added to the list of human partners.

"The moment of harvest has finally arrived!" Kang Zhao rubbed his hands together, his eyes shining.

As dawn broke, Xu Xin stood before a pile of spoils and began assigning tasks with a serious expression.

In this war, Xu Xin does not intend to return the legacy of the Wind Calamity Beast—the digital core and the incomplete data—to the Savage Beast, because this would hasten the birth of the next Wind Calamity Beast.

Wang Lin said from the side, "The Wind Calamity Beast is not only powerful, but even more terrifying is its intelligence. This riot was planned by it."

Using a brand-new digital collector, she collected data on the participation of the Wind Calamity Beast, then took the digital core and carefully placed it into a specially made shielded container. "If this data is allowed to flow back to the Savage Beast tribe without any control, it will give rise to new Wind Calamity Beasts in less than six months."

Cheng Yuan nodded thoughtfully.

He recalled the cunning tactics of the Wind Calamity Beasts during the battle. They even arranged for tribes to launch feigned attacks on outposts to mislead the human tamers, and then secretly moved to Green Fruit Mountain. They were indeed quite different from other wild beasts.

The Digimon, Calamitymon, evolved from the more intelligent Shamanmon within the Savagemon tribe. The evolved Calamitymon became more cunning and shrewd, making it impossible for it to be a tamer partner. This uprising, which was extinguished in its nascent stage, was also instigated by Calamitymon.

"As for this..." Xu Xin picked up the broken digital core of the Vajra Beast, his tone softening, "Although its energy is almost depleted, it is still very valuable as a mature core."

Zhao Lu curiously leaned closer to examine it: "Teacher, can this still be used?"

“Of course.” Xu Xin’s lips curled up slightly. “The Digital Nursery can be used to replicate and breed 10-15 Digi-Eggs. Digi-Eggs produced using mature Digicores will also have better potential.” He paused, “They should still be worth about 80,000 or 90,000.”

Xu Xin turned to Sepikmon: "The Naughtymon's core and data are now returned to their rightful owner."

He solemnly handed the data collector, filled with data, to the old monkey, saying, "I hope you will use it properly."

The Sepikmon trembled as it accepted the harvester, its eyes glistening with tears beneath its mask: "Thank you...this is the soul of our people..."

"As for the legacy of the Savage Beast..." Xu Xin suddenly revealed a sly smile, looking at the students, "Consider it a reward for your practical experience. Remember, when collecting data, make sure the data is pure and do not mix it with other Digimon data."

The students cheered and immediately pulled out their digital data collectors to start working.

As dawn broke, the inventory was finally completed.

Cheng Yuan rubbed his aching back, looked at the data acquisition device filled with data, and a satisfied smile appeared on his tired face.

"A total of more than 180 Wild Beast digital cores and 140 sets of clean data," Xu Xin announced. "By exchanging them through professional beast tamers, taxes can be waived, and the remaining total value is close to 600 million."

This number made everyone gasp. Even the usually calm Zhao Lu stared wide-eyed.

Even more surprisingly, the Sepikmon, representing the Squirrelmon tribe, gifted them 30 precious green berries, which were almost all the treasures of the four Squirrelmon tribes.

"This is just a small token of our appreciation," the old monkey said, his voice filled with gratitude. "Without your help, our tribe might already be..."

This was an unexpected windfall. Based on the calculation that each green apple is equivalent to an intermediate-level Data Cube, its value is close to 120 million!

Cheng Yuan knew that each of these green fruits, as intermediate-grade digital gems, was quite valuable. This gift of gratitude once again proved the significance of this adventure.

This was a huge sum of money. Xu Xin knew very well that the person who connected the whole thing was Cheng Yuan, so he specifically sought out Cheng Yuan for a talk.

Xu Xin called Cheng Yuan aside to an ancient tree. This usually decisive and efficient professional animal trainer showed a rare look of hesitation at this moment.

“Class representative,” Xu Xin said bluntly, “the total value of the harvest from Savage Valley this time exceeds 700 million.” He paused, looking directly into Cheng Yuan’s eyes, “I know very well that without your mediation, we could not have achieved such results.”

“I plan to allocate it like this,” Xu Xin continued, “80% will be used to train this year’s students and help them get into the Beast Tamer University. The remaining 20%…” He paused meaningfully, “will be split equally among your team. This allocation might be a little unfair to you. I’d like to hear your opinion?”

Cheng Yuan roughly calculated in his mind that he would get close to 29! Holy crap, that's equivalent to 10 days of sparring, and he's still making a killing!

"Teacher Xu, you saved my life." Cheng Yuanzhen said, "I will do whatever you say."

Indeed, if Xu Xin's team hadn't arrived in time, Cheng Yuan would have died in the claws of death because of his impulsiveness and recklessness.

Xu Xin smiled and said, "Not bad, you know how to be pragmatic and know when to advance and retreat. I didn't misjudge you. In 3 to 5 years, you will understand how wise it was to back down today, and it will be of greater help to you in the future."

“I know you must have a lot of questions.” He winked mysteriously. “In return, you can ask me any questions you want on the way back, all the way to the outpost, and I’ll answer the ones I can.”

He added, "The intelligence consultation fee for a leader of an elite professional beast tamer team is not low!"

Cheng Yuan was overjoyed. He understood that sometimes information and intelligence were priceless.

Cheng Yuan was pondering what to ask when he suddenly heard a gasp.

The golden-haired black ball beast on the puppy's head is about to evolve.

"Woof! Cheng Yuan, look!" The little dog excitedly jumped up to Cheng Yuan. The golden silk black ball beast on its head was wrapped in dazzling golden light—not the common green evolutionary cocoon, but a rare golden holy evolutionary cocoon!

"This, this... So that's how it is! Divine type... It's actually a Divine type..." Sepikmon exclaimed in surprise.

The evolutionary cocoon burst open, and a white-bodied, golden-striped dog-cat beast leaped out.

The tail of the dog-cat beast has a ring of golden fur.

Cheng Yuan recalled that when the puppy beast was still the meow beast, its tail also had a tuft of golden ring-shaped fur.

"Gold Warrior Hanumon is coming back!" Sepikmon exclaimed, tears streaming down his face.

Cheng Yuan was dumbfounded. He never expected that this journey would not only solve the mystery of the wild beast cub, but also unexpectedly reveal the evolutionary path of the Hanu beast!

Although reluctant to part with the golden dog-cat beast, the dog-dog beast still said goodbye to it with a heavy heart, and waved goodbye to the entire monkey-monster tribe in the team.

After all, a trainer can only bind one Digimon partner, and the system can only correspond to one Digimon at a time. Therefore, if Cheng Yuan takes the Golden Woofyom out, it may not necessarily provide it with a better environment to grow up in. On the contrary, here, the Mischievousmon tribe will devote all its resources to raising it.

"Goodbye, Woofmon. I'll come visit you when my trainer is on vacation. When you grow up and become stronger, we'll go fight Skeletonmon, Spidermon... and Renamon together!" Dogmon said goodbye heartlessly, leaving behind a tearful golden Woofmon.

Chapter 61 The Dark Zone and the Digital Spacetime Secret

The Golden Horned Beast stood atop the Silver Horned Beast's broad shoulders, strode majestically at the head of the procession.

In the middle were several students and professional animal trainers, while Cheng Yuan, carrying the little dog, deliberately slowed his pace and walked at the back with Xu Xin.

“Teacher Xu,” Cheng Yuan said, kicking a pebble casually, “you’ve gone to all this trouble to make this trip, and you’ve even given away all the money. What are you after?” He blinked, looking completely innocent.

He asked questions skillfully, seemingly casually, but actually trying to understand the tasks and motivations of professional animal trainers.

Xu Xin chuckled, seeing right through his little scheme: "You little rascal, do you think we don't get anything out of it?" He lowered his voice, "The merit points, star-level promotions, and those rare evolution resources that money can't buy... those are the real treasures."

Xu Xin didn't mind telling him; consider it as introducing him to the door ahead of time.

Cheng Yuan suddenly realized and said "Oh".

"Besides," Xu Xin suddenly changed the subject, "after today, you don't need to call me teacher anymore. The special training course is over. I'm not much older than you. You can call me Brother Xu."

“Brother Xu?” Cheng Yuan looked Xu Xin up and down. “But your demeanor is so mature… it’s like you’re a generation behind us.”

“If you can’t speak, you don’t have to,” Xu Xin replied expressionlessly.

But Cheng Yuan's joke did bring the two closer, and Xu Xin's tense expression visibly relaxed a lot.

Cheng Yuanmin keenly noticed this and immediately took advantage of the situation, putting his arm around Xu Xin's shoulder: "Old Xu..."

Xu Xin's veins were bulging; she really shines when given a little sunshine. She "accidentally" stepped on Cheng Yuan's foot.

"Hey, Brother Xu!"

"What's wrong?" Xu Xin asked innocently.

"N-nothing, I just stepped on a stone..." Cheng Yuan rubbed his foot, wincing, and changed the subject, "By the way, Brother Xu, can you tell me about the Digital World? We saw the Digital Space and heard about the Dark Area this time. What is the Digital World like? Can you tell me about it?"

Xu Xin glanced around. The two of them were lagging behind the group, and there was no one around. He lowered his voice and said, "Okay, there are some things that you should only know after you go to the Beast Tamer University. They can't be circulated in society..." He paused, "But since you've done a good job as the class representative this month, I'll make an exception and tell you."

"The so-called digital world, based on current exploration, is a collective term for many digital spaces. Some of these digital spaces, like the one you saw in Savage Valley, are spaces where Digimon can live and reproduce normally. They can be divided into small, medium, large, and super-large according to their size."

Cheng Yuan pricked up his ears, afraid of missing a single word.

"A small space is roughly the size of a small town, with its maximum strength generally at the growth stage; a medium-sized space is equivalent to the size of a county, with its maximum strength at the mature stage; a large space is comparable to a city, with its maximum strength at the fully developed stage..."

Xu Xin paused for a moment.

At this point, Xu Xin suddenly stopped, looking at Cheng Yuan meaningfully: "As for super-large... there's only one in the entire Eastern Kingdom. As for the upper limit... do you know what level is above the complete form?"

"Ultimate form?" Cheng Yuan blurted out. In the original world, anyone who had gone to elementary school would know the answer to this question.

"Oh? You know quite a bit." A hint of surprise flashed in Xu Xin's eyes: "Currently, this level hasn't been officially announced; it's a legendary existence. The reason it needs to be controlled is because..."

“Humanity does not yet possess ultimate-level combat power. If this were to be made public, it would likely cause panic.” Xu Xin’s voice was almost inaudible. “Moreover, in reality, no Digimon of this level has ever actually appeared; they are all legendary beings. The appearance of such a level would be as destructive as a forbidden weapon.”

Cheng Yuan chuckled inwardly. In the anime of his previous life, he had seen quite a few Ultimate-level beings and even collected their cards. But he wisely remained silent, after all, soul transmigration was not something that could be easily explained.

Moreover, the digital world Xu Xin described was different from the digital world of the anime he created in his previous life. The digital world of the anime he created in his previous life was an existence where planets and planes coexisted, rather than a series of independent and fragmented spaces of varying sizes.

"Teacher, what about the dark area?" Cheng Yuan pressed.

According to Cheng Yuan's memories of his past life, the Dark Zone is the stronghold of dark energy in the Digital World, a graveyard and prison, and a place where a large number of Dark Digimon and Demon Lord Digimon live and are sealed.

"The Dark Zone?" Xu Xin swallowed hard; clearly, this was no ordinary place. "Originally, this wasn't something you should know, because ordinary people who knew this truth might very well give up becoming professional beast tamers."

"Class representative, are you sure you're prepared to know this?"

Cheng Yuan nodded firmly.

Xu Xin took a deep breath and said, "You know, more than 20 years ago, the Digital Space suddenly appeared and merged with Earth, triggering a war between humans and Digimon..." His voice was low and heavy, "Later, it evolved into a war between humans and friendly Digimon in alliance against evil Digimon."

"These evil Digimon... come from the Dark Sector?"

Xu Xin nodded.

“That’s right.” Xu Xin nodded. “Remember the difference between these two terms—the ordinary digital space is ‘fusion,’ while the dark zone is ‘intrusion.’”

“There are 18 Dark Zones globally, where evil Digimon constantly attempt to invade the human world.” Xu Xin’s fist clenched unconsciously. “More than twenty years ago, humanity faced a life-or-death crisis. Ultimately, we poured all our strength into driving the evil Digimon back into the Dark Zones and building outposts at the rifts… keeping the evil Digimon out of the human world. Guarding these fortresses and resisting the invasion of evil Digimon—that’s the reason the profession of Beast Tamer was born…”

Xu Xin stopped there, afraid that he might scare the newcomer away and leave the professional animal trainer industry without such a troublesome prospect.

Seeing that Cheng Yuan wanted to ask more questions, he changed the subject: "Actually, in addition to the two types of digital space mentioned above, there is a third special type of digital space, or what is called the digital spacetime secret realm."

"A digital spacetime secret realm?" Cheng Yuan's eyes lit up.

Xu Xin nodded. "This is an even more mysterious realm, controlled by the Digital World Administration, the highest organization in the human world. Every year, a group of the most outstanding beast tamers are selected to enter the Digital World for training..."

“And my Agumon also won the opportunity to evolve into BlackGreymon during that training. However, only the most outstanding people have a chance to be selected by the Bureau, so if you have the idea, you still need to keep working hard.” He patted Cheng Yuan on the shoulder.

Cheng Yuan nodded thoughtfully. This digital world was completely different from what he remembered, filled with a sense of "fragmentation." A flash of inspiration appeared in his mind, but it vanished in an instant.

The last rays of the setting sun shone on the outpost's metal facade, bathing the entire building in an orange-red hue. Cheng Yuan's pet dog, Shou, yawned widely, its golden halo shimmering softly in the twilight like a small nightlight.

In this peaceful moment, a piercing alarm suddenly shattered the sky.

"Warning! Two wild adult Digimon detected." The mechanized broadcast echoed over the outpost. "Suspected wild Digimon riot. All defensive armaments to be in position immediately!"

Cheng Yuan looked up and saw that the outpost's defensive fortifications were instantly filled with armed personnel.

Two imposing guardian beasts appeared on the city wall with heavy steps, followed by dozens of military beast tamers and their mature partners.

All sorts of weapons were aimed at the Silver Horned Beast's conspicuously large body.

The Silver Horned Beast's size and color are so striking that it's like a bright light bulb in the dark.

Xu Xin sighed helplessly, "Wang Lin, show your credentials."

The flying beast immediately donned its professional beast tamer certificate and transformed into a streak of green light, flying towards the city wall.

The certificate gleamed in the setting sun, its gold-plated professional badge particularly eye-catching.

Cheng Yuan was dumbfounded—the fully armed soldiers immediately lowered their weapons the moment they saw the identification. The two guardian beasts even made a human-like "please" gesture.

The tense atmosphere just moments ago quickly turned into a joyful one.

"Let's go." Xu Xin patted Cheng Yuan on the shoulder and led the group through the defensive fortifications with an air of nonchalance.

The enormous Silverhorn strode into the outpost, and the Goldhorn also received VIP treatment.

"It passed with such a smooth finish?" Cheng Yuan blinked in disbelief.

Wang Lin, with a blade of grass in her mouth, said casually, "We're professional animal trainers, you know?"

Chapter 62 Gear Crisis

The moment Cheng Yuan stepped out of the outpost, the blinding lights made him squint.

A team of association staff in dark blue uniforms had been waiting for a long time. They surrounded us with serious expressions, holding various testing equipment.

"Captain Xu!" The lead staff member handed over a communicator. "The Pengcheng branch has reported to the association headquarters. A high-ranking official will be coming to deal with the complete crisis."

Xu Xin nodded, turned to the students and said, "You all go back and rest first. You're done here." He paused, then looked at Cheng Yuan with a meaningful gaze, "You all did a good job this time."

The students dispersed in twos and threes, all exhausted and too tired to even make plans to have a meal together.

Cheng Yuan was not at ease, because his little beast dog might have been infected by the Dark Gear of the Demon Beast.

During the battle at Qingguo Mountain, the dark gear that appeared on the demon beast's chest and eventually exploded perfectly matched the terrifying creature from the animation in his memory—

That's the evil tool used in the anime to control powerful Digimon like Andromon and Lionmon!