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

In the early morning training hall, Cheng Yuan was doing warm-up exercises, his joints making a slight "clicking" sound.

The little dog squatted to the side, tilting its head to watch him stretch, occasionally imitating him by raising its front paws, looking adorably clumsy.

"Let's continue with speed training today." Cheng Yuan patted the huge professional treadmill. "Let's start with a 30-minute warm-up, and then see if we can break last week's record."

The little dog jumped onto the treadmill with a "woof," its sacred ring around its neck glowing slightly, and its four short legs couldn't wait to start marching in place.

Cheng Yuan set the parameters, and with a "beep" sound, the conveyor belt slowly started.

After intensive training last week, Puppymon's top speed has reached 90 km/h. This speed is considered elite among Rookie-level Digimon.

At first, the little beast moved with ease, even having the energy to wag its tail at Cheng Yuan. As its speed gradually increased, its expression became focused, its snow-white fur and droopy ears fluttering in the airflow, and the light of its sacred ring growing brighter and brighter.

When the speed exceeded 100km/h, Cheng Yuan noticed an unusual phenomenon—the little dog's limbs moved with unusual fluidity, each step landing precisely on the optimal point of contact, as if it were a sophisticated machine.

"120km/h..." Cheng Yuan's eyes widened. This speed had already surpassed last week's record, but the little dog beast still seemed to have plenty of energy left!

At this moment, the puppy's body underwent a special change—

At extreme speed, the little dog's figure suddenly blurred, leaving a faint gray afterimage trailing behind it! The shadow moved almost in sync with the main body, and although it only lasted for a few seconds before disappearing, Cheng Yuan saw it clearly.

"You little dog beast..."

"Woof!"

But Cheng Yuan roughly knew what had happened to it.

Shadow Clone Technique! This prototype of a speed-oriented technique for shadow-type Digimon was learned by Puppymon.

Shadow Clone is a skill that creates clones by moving quickly to disrupt enemies. With practice, it can even create energy clones for even better disruption.

A simple clone, like the afterimage we just saw, is illusory and blurry, and easily detected. But an advanced shadow clone can synchronize with the body, even the moves, making it truly indistinguishable from the real thing.

The puppy beast that has appeared so far is just a very rudimentary afterimage, but with training, its skills can be gradually forged into a complete form.

However, Cheng Yuan couldn't laugh.

The Holy-type Puppy Beast has actually learned a Dark-type skill from the Dark branch?

Cheng Yuan immediately thought of the puppy beast's recent abnormal attributes.

He checked the puppy beast through the system—

【Little Dog Beast】

[Elements: Holy 1680, Light 1550, Dark 630, Ice 12...]

The Dark attribute surged by 280 points overnight! Moreover, a value of 34 suddenly appeared in the virus category?

"Teacher Xu, take a look at this." Cheng Yuan found Xu Xin and first showed him the training video—the skill development results of the speed training of the puppy beast—Shadow Clone.

Xu Xin rubbed her bloodshot eyes and looked at the screen.

His eyebrows twitched slightly when he saw the afterimage behind the little dog beast.

The puppy-like beast on the training field moved at high speed along the track, leaving a faint gray afterimage in its wake. When its speed exceeded the critical point, the afterimage suddenly solidified for a moment, transforming into a clone almost synchronous with the original body. Although it only lasted for a few seconds, it was already enough to be awe-inspiring.

Xu Xin rubbed his dark circles, squinted at the little dog beast on the field, and said with a hint of surprise, "Tsk, the Holy type has actually learned a Dark type speed-type move." "Rapid Charge, Holy Barrier, Dog Roar, Holy Light Bullet Prototype, Shadow Clone Prototype... your tactical combinations are becoming more diverse."

"But this doesn't mean we've mastered the development technology. After all, development technology can only be considered complete when it truly forms combat power."

"Keep training hard." He reached out and patted Cheng Yuan's shoulder, the force so strong that Cheng Yuan almost lost his balance. "Kid, don't get cocky. On the path of a beast tamer, hard work is just the most basic requirement. Those who truly climb to the top have all trained like crazy, plus a bit of luck."

"Teacher Xu, what I'm actually worried about is..." Cheng Yuan hesitated for a moment before finally revealing the abnormal increase in the dark attribute of the puppy beast.

"So what if it's a dark attribute?" Xu Xin waved his hand dismissively. "Isn't my Greymon also a dark attribute? Energy isn't about what attribute it is, but how you use it! As for going berserk or losing your mind..." He gave Cheng Yuan a meaningful look. "That depends on how you train your partner and how deep your bond with them is."

Xu Xin offered some suggestions on the training details for Cheng Yuan's two development skills: "Although Shadow Clone originates from dark energy, it's essentially a speed technique. When you've mastered it enough, you could try incorporating other energies to perhaps develop different clones. As for Holy Light Bullets... you need to focus on both quantity and quality!"

With thoughts still lingering, Cheng Yuan returned to his department at lunchtime to begin his academic classes.

The Beast Tamer College Entrance Examination is divided into academic subjects and combat subjects. Although they are participating in intensive training in the elite class this month, they cannot neglect their academic subjects. Therefore, they conduct elite class Beast Tamer and Digimon training in the morning and afternoon, and return to the regular class for academic subjects at noon.

As they were getting ready for class, the students in Class 18 were all talking excitedly. The topic of their conversation was the variety show "Digital Queen Creation Camp," which had just premiered the night before.

This is a program where creators and their Digimon compete on the same stage to perform original works. Original works are not limited to those created by the creators themselves, but can also be new works created in collaboration with external parties.

The students were actually discussing a song that had become incredibly popular on the show!

Did you guys watch "Digital Queen Producer" last night? That song was amazing!

"My Upamon's stats actually increased a tiny bit after hearing that!"

"Really? I thought it was just a marketing gimmick..."

The reason this song became so popular is not only because it's catchy, the singer is beautiful, and has a great voice, but also because Digimon that listen to it on repeat experience a slight increase in their stats!

Although the increase is not large each time, its advantage lies in its versatility, as it can improve almost all Digimon with different attributes.

More importantly, compared to the thousands or tens of thousands of attribute cubes that can cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, the subscription fee for a song is negligible.

This discovery was initially made by a small number of live stream viewers, but with the launch of the on-demand service, word of mouth spread rapidly, and it has now become a hot topic in the animal trainer community.

Some animal trainers, with a try-it-out mentality and others with the intention of dispelling rumors, went to try out the classes. After experiencing the effects firsthand, they immediately became fans and went on to promote the classes online.

Which song has the effect of boosting Digimon's attributes?

Just as Cheng Yuan was wondering, the campus radio suddenly started playing, and the familiar melody made him freeze in place!

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"It's that legendary song, 'Butterfly'! Quiet! Listen! Let the Digimon absorb more attributes!"

I long to transform into a butterfly, to flutter my wings and fly to your side.

"It's just because I want to see you as soon as possible."

……

The classroom fell silent instantly, all the students holding their breath, afraid of missing a single note. Even the usually noisiest boys obediently placed their Digimon on their desks, allowing their partner Digimon to "absorb" the energy from the music.