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

Cheng Yuan returned to his seat absentmindedly, opened the drawer in his desk, and sure enough, there was a copy of "Digimon Breeding Guide" and "Basic Battle Theory" inside.

There was also a sticky note on the desk: 98 days until the college entrance examination for animal trainers.

"Cheng Yuan, this is the 74th time you've bumped into my chair this semester!" The girl in front of him turned around and pretended to be angry at Cheng Yuan.

This girl's name is Zhao Lu. She is a top student in the class and is guaranteed to get into the honors class.

"ill……"

"What?!"

"I'm sick! I'm having a fit!"

Zhao Lu whispered, "I think you're quite ill." Clearly, she didn't believe him.

Why am I not sick? I woke up one morning and my worldview collapsed.

"Hmph..." She picked up her Digimon. "I went with my dad to sign up for my Digimon yesterday. Guess which one it is?"

Zhao Lu's father, Zhao Zheng, is a second-level sheriff in Pengcheng. He has solved many cases of crimes involving Digimon and is a professional Digimon trainer.

According to Cheng Yuan's recollection, animal trainer levels are divided into "apprentice, ordinary, and professional," and Zhao Zheng is a professional-level animal trainer who can enjoy special national treatment.

Cheng Yuan's mind raced—what kind of Digimon would Zhao Lu choose? Her father is a sheriff, so she'll most likely choose a Digimon that's standard for the law enforcement system…

"Electric Mouse Beast!"

"How did you know?" Zhao Lu asked, her beautiful eyes wide.

Electric Mousemon can evolve into Gearmon during its growth stage, and then it can be further trained to evolve into Guardianmon. This evolutionary path is very common in the security system.

He smiled and said, "Because the Champion form of Electamon, Guardianmon, is your father's partner, right? I've heard you mention it before. Your essay, 'My Sheriff Father,' is still on the Wall of Honor. Hmm, Guardianmon is a very powerful and righteous partner, so I guess you'll follow that path too."

The ultimate form of the Guardian Beast—Andromon—looks like RoboCop and is more suitable for a security system, but it's unknown whether they've figured out the evolution conditions yet.

Electric Mousemon → Caprimon → Gearmon → Guardianmon → Andromon.

Zhao Lu gave a wry smile and said, "My dad does want me to apply for the police officer major, but I haven't decided yet..."

Cheng Yuan remained silent. After all, choosing a major was a major life decision for someone else, and it was best not to interfere.

Upon seeing Zhao Lu's Turbo machine, Cheng Yuan also found the same device in his drawer, with a silver-gray casing, a display screen, and several buttons.

"This is the Digimon Machine?" Cheng Yuan carefully took out the palm-sized device. When he pressed the power button, the screen lit up with blue light and displayed a line of text: [No Digimon signal detected].

By filling in the gaps in his mind using the original owner's memories, Cheng Yuan learned that although this world had formed a complete economic system for tamers, and students in key middle schools could receive national subsidies, such as the Digimon machine in his hand, which was subsidized by the state and worth more than 15, tamer students had to bear the costs of raising Digimon and computing chips themselves.

The government and schools subsidize basic Digimon machines, which can only meet the computing power needs of Digimon as they grow to the Rookie stage. Replacing them with higher-performance computing chips can easily cost over 10 yuan, and further upgrades are even more expensive, with no upper limit.

"No wonder it's a key high school... The government subsidizes each student 10 yuan!" Cheng Yuan muttered to himself.

With some time before school ended, Cheng Yuan reluctantly went to read "Five Years of College Entrance Examination, Three Years of Simulation." He learned that the Beast Tamer College Entrance Examination consisted of two parts: a written test and a battle test. The written test included humanities subjects such as Digital World encyclopedia knowledge, Digital World languages, history, geography, and politics, as well as science subjects such as mathematics, biology, and programming. In addition, there was a separate battle theory course independent of the humanities and science subjects.

Although I've watched and played many Digimon anime and games, none of them have really explored the world to this extent. It has deepened my understanding of the Digital World by studying multiple disciplines, demonstrating the profound integration of the two worlds.

After finally getting through the school day, Cheng Yuan slung his backpack over his shoulder and rushed to the digital center.

At 3:30 p.m., Cheng Yuan stood in front of the entrance to the Shenzhen Digital Center in Qingtian District.

The building, known as the "Digital Center," features a streamlined elliptical structure and is covered with a nano-coating that changes with the light, refracting a dreamlike iridescence in the sunlight.

Through the semi-transparent outer wall, you can see various holographic projections of Digimon floating inside, and their agile figures attract many passersby to stop and take pictures.

"This is Pengcheng's digital center..." Cheng Yuan murmured to himself, his heart beating faster.

Some wealthy families have already purchased their desired Digimon through other channels. However, many ordinary people are using government subsidies to choose specific Digimon for targeted breeding at Digimon centers.

With government subsidies, the prices of these Digimon are more than half off the market price.

His fingers unconsciously touched the Digivice in his pocket, his heart filled with both trepidation and excitement: "If it's really as I guessed, and the wealth system in my mind can recharge Digimon attributes, then the growth, evolution, and skill mastery of Digimon will give me a huge advantage in raising them. Maybe..."

The digital center is bustling with people; it serves as both a trading hub and a research base.

The central hall is spacious and bright, with a huge holographic projection platform in the middle displaying the three-dimensional evolution forms of various Digimon. Different functional areas are distributed around it, including a Digimon egg display area, a Digivice testing area, a data resource purchase area, and even an arena.

Staff members in white coats and animal trainers were busy in various areas.

"This place is even more professional than I expected..." Cheng Yuan muttered to himself, "It seems that beast tamers have a really high status in this world."

He looked around and saw a poster on the wall:

Requirements for Animal Trainer Qualifications in Dongguo Kingdom

1. Must be 16 years of age or older;

2. Passed the physical examination and has no history of mental illness;

3. Pay taxes on time every year;

4. Obtain the Digimon Machine and Digi-Egg, and complete the registration.

The hall was bustling with people, many of whom were senior high school students who had come this week to select digital eggs, intending to apply for the animal trainer major.

Cheng Yuan chose the direction of the Digimon Nursery, and the sensor door opened automatically, with a woman in a white uniform coming forward to greet him.

"Welcome to the Digimon Nursery. I'm Zhou Mo, a breeder." She wore a professional smile, her voice as gentle as a spring breeze. "Judging from your school uniform, you must be a student at Pengcheng No. 1 High School?"

Cheng Yuan nodded slightly, his gaze involuntarily drawn to the silver badge on her chest—a certificate of intermediate-level trainer qualification certified by the Beast Tamer Association.

Following his gaze, Zhou Mo explained knowingly, "This is a breeding facility directly under the Beast Tamer Association. Every digital egg undergoes thirty-six rigorous testing procedures, including gene sequencing and health screening." She gracefully stepped aside and gestured for him to follow her.

As you walk through the purification corridor glowing with a deep blue light, the smart glass screens on both sides continuously scroll warning messages: "According to the 'Digimon Management Law of the Eastern Kingdom,' any unofficial trading of Digivices, Digi-Eggs, or computing chips is illegal and can be punished with up to ten years in prison."

"Don't be surprised, Cheng," Zhou Mo explained softly. "Last week, the sheriff seized a batch of smuggled substandard digital eggs. Many of the digital eggs had mutated digital core sequences, so the association has intensified its public legal education efforts."

Inside the cultivation room, more than ten constant-temperature ecological chambers are arranged in a circle, each connected to a sophisticated vital sign monitoring system. Several uniformed cultivators are recording data in front of a holographic projector, while a giant display screen on the wall updates various cultivation parameters in real time.

Each incubation chamber contains digital eggs of various shapes floating in a special solution, slowly rotating. Holographic labels on the surface of the chambers clearly indicate the breed name and price range, occasionally flashing with a faint light indicating data updates.

Cheng Yuan quickly scanned the price tags, forcing himself to remain calm, and said, "Let me take a look and get to know them first."

"How about I introduce you?" She gestured invitingly and led Cheng Yuan into the inner room.

"This year, the National Digital Center has provided five types of specially bred Digimon eggs for students in Shenzhen to choose from," Zhou Mo introduced as they walked. "They are Grain Beast, Electric Mouse Beast, Smoke Cloud Beast, Green Leaf Beast, and Floating Ball Beast."

Cheng Yuan's gaze swept over the digital eggs, silently recalling their evolutionary paths:

Pelpie can evolve into Pangolin;

Electric Mousemon can evolve into Gearmon;

Smoke Cloud Beast can evolve into Candle Beast;

Leafmon and Floatmon lead to Bugmon and Palmon, respectively.

These Digimon are quite good and functional, showing which directions the country needs for development—Sandshrewmon is for mining, Gearmon for industry, Candlemon for firepower-related industries, Bugmon for textiles, and plant-type Digimon like Palmon for agriculture…

However... the main problem is that the price is too high.

Cheng Yuan felt the bank card in his pocket, thinking, "10 yuan. After buying the digital egg, I won't have any money left for breeding data. How will I raise it later?"

"The price is marked above, between 9 and 11," Zhou Mo said. "In addition, we also offer a data resource package to promote growth and evolution. If you purchase it together with the digital egg, you can enjoy a 9% discount."

"As expected..." Cheng Yuan sighed inwardly, "Being a beast tamer is really an expensive profession."

The 100,000 yuan he had was all the savings his family could muster. The money his parents gave Cheng Yuan was a gift, thus increasing his wealth value by 100,000. With the system and wealth value, he wouldn't need to spend too much money on resource purchases when training his Digimon. However, the exact conversion rate still needed to be explored.

Following the principle of saving money wherever possible, Cheng Yuan hesitated for a moment before tentatively asking, "Are there any other digital eggs?"

Zhou Mo pondered for a moment, then noticed Cheng Yuan's fingers gripping his pocket, seemingly sensing his predicament.

She lowered her voice and said, "Actually... there's another digital egg that a customer returned. It was once infected by a virus and degenerated into a digital egg, but after thorough disinfection and testing at the center, it has been confirmed to be safe. It's just that many people have concerns about it, so it hasn't been sold yet."

"Can I take a look?" Cheng Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

Zhou Mo nodded, turned around, opened a constant temperature box deep inside, took out a white digital egg with blue patterns, and placed it in front of Cheng Yuan.

"It's a Digi-egg of Snowballmon," Zhou Mo explained. "Its evolutionary paths are diverse, including the mature forms of Hairymon, Snowmanmon, and Icestonemon, all of which are ice-type. However, recently it has been discovered that it also has a new beast-type path, evolving into a mature form called Gatomon, which possesses holy power. This is still under investigation..."

"What? Snowballmon?" Cheng Yuan was shocked. "Isn't that Angewomon's baby form?"

Cheng Yuan learned through the internet that, due to the real existence of the Digital World, there is no Digimon anime or game series in this world. In just over twenty years since the world merged, many aspects of the evolutionary chain of Digimon have not yet been explored and are still in a relatively early stage, without forming a complete theory.

To date, there is no record of anyone seeing an Ultimate-level Digimon, and Perfect-level Digimon are extremely rare.

It's important to understand that Digimon evolution is a network-like evolutionary chain. If there's even a slight mismatch in data or resource matching, it's very likely that it will evolve into a different chain.

In other words, if you're not careful, you might accidentally evolve into a Poopmon or a Snotmon, making the exploration of the Digimon evolution chain extremely costly.

Clearly, the world has not yet fully explored the other route for Snowballmon besides the Ice Evolution route—the Holy route.

Snowballmon → Nekomon → Puppymon → Gatomon → Angewomon! And many powerful ultimate forms that Angewomon can evolve into!

The people at the Digital Center clearly don't know Snowballmon's true potential... Angewomon, Ophaniwomon, Venusmon, and others are all top-tier fighters!

Cheng Yuanqiang suppressed his wildly beating heart and frowned, feigning hesitation: "Indeed... the southern climate is not very favorable for breeding ice-type Digimon..."

But he knew in his heart that his special system and wealth could completely make up for the lack of regional resources and data!

Seeing his interest, Zhou Mo continued, "If you're really interested, I can help you apply for a 30% discount."

"30% off!" Cheng Yuan's pupils contracted slightly. This was like a windfall!

My fingertips unconsciously traced the cool lines on the eggshell, and childhood memories suddenly came vividly to life—

When he was eight years old, he saw Angewomon descend on television for the first time, turning the tide of battle and saving the main characters: under the bright moonlight, eight holy wings slowly unfurled, her long, golden hair fluttering in the energy storm, that beautiful and divine figure single-handedly reversing the entire battle. From that moment on, Angewomon became synonymous with his goddess, and he always treasured limited edition Angewomon cards in the lining of his backpack, and his sketchbook was filled with countless redrawn sketches.

Holding this digital egg now, it's as if he's transformed back into that boy who used to sit glued to the TV, listening to even the last syllable of the ending theme song.

Ding! Snowballmon Digimon egg detected. Notification: This Digimon's attribute tendency is light and dark. Bind?

Cheng Yuan: "???"

The iconic scene from the Digimon anime where Angewomon and LadyDevimon slap each other flashed through his mind.

"I want it," Cheng Yuan said decisively.

Zhou Mo asked again for confirmation: "Are you sure? Its cultivation might be quite difficult..."

"It's okay," Cheng Yuan said with a confident smile. "I believe that things can be accomplished by human effort (the system)."