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

Cheng Yuan happily became a hands-off manager, leaving the studio's operations entirely to Yun Yao and her incredibly powerful uncle. He then happily went home with 20 yuan of "ill-gotten gains"—or rather, revenue from on-demand subscriptions.

"Ding! Wealth points +200000!" The system's notification sound was more melodious to him than heavenly music.

After receiving some familiar stat allocation tips, and seeing the Holy and Light stats on the attribute panel once again widen the gap with the Dark stats, he finally felt relieved.

[Holy type 3630, Light type 3560, Dark type 2110, Ice type 10]

With this wave of spending, the little dog beast's size noticeably increased, and the holy ring around its neck radiated a more intense holy aura. What surprised him most was that the number of Holy Light Orbs he could summon increased from four to five!

"Woof!" The little dog spun around excitedly, seemingly quite pleased with its improved abilities.

The intensive training continued this week, with Coach Xu Xin explaining many practical techniques and points to note. Cheng Yuan mostly served as a sparring partner, and later, outstanding students also joined the sparring team to learn from each other and improve.

"Cheng Yuan! Zhao Lu! Xue Qian! Come out here for a moment! The rest of you are studying on your own." After the midday cultural class, teacher Liu Liuyan called out from the classroom door, her expression as complicated as if she had won the lottery but then found it had been washed in a washing machine.

Among the three, Cheng Yuan is undoubtedly the "Martial Arts Champion". His little beast grows faster than a rocket and his combat record is unparalleled. Unfortunately, his academic performance is as messy as his hairstyle.

Xue Qian is a typical "scholar," ranking at the top of his grade in academic subjects. Unfortunately, his Candlemon evolves slower than a snail, and his battle prowess is comparable to Cheng Yuan's academic achievements. However, this academic star seems to have little interest in raising combat-type Digimon, spending his days engrossed in reading "Digital World Customs."

As for Zhao Lu... she's practically the perfect child, excelling in every subject, with her combat performance steadily improving, a true example of being "well-rounded in both academics and martial arts".

Her recent performance with Cheng Yuan in the intensive training class made Teacher Liu Liuyan walk with a swagger at the teachers' meeting, her smile brighter than a blooming chrysanthemum.

However, Ms. Liu also had her own thoughts – she heard that Xu Xin, that junior teacher, was incredibly popular in the special training class, which made her, as the class teacher, feel quite uncomfortable.

"These children are the result of three years of painstaking effort I've put into nurturing them!" Teacher Liu thought to herself. "How can I let a junior teacher steal all the credit?"

"I'm very confident in Zhao Lu's grades," Teacher Liu pushed up her glasses, her gaze sweeping back and forth between Cheng Yuan and Xue Qian. "But you two... one's academic performance is like a rollercoaster, and the other's battle results are like an ox pulling a broken cart. Especially Cheng Yuan!" She suddenly raised her voice, "Don't think that everything will be fine just because your Digimon are growing fast. Failing your academic subjects still means you won't get into Tamer University!"

"As expected, they still see me as a slacker..." Cheng Yuan rolled his eyes inwardly. This familiar formula, this familiar taste.

"Teacher, Cheng Yuan has made great progress in his academic studies recently!" Zhao Lu quickly chimed in.

Cheng Yuan thought, "Yeah, when tutoring students, they flick their ears for making mistakes. I wonder which evil woman came up with that wicked trick."

Thinking about this, I couldn't help but rub my ears.

"What a coincidence, Cheng Yuan! I was just looking for you!" History teacher Xu Hong suddenly appeared, looking as aggressive as if he had come to collect a debt.

He pushed up his reading glasses and slammed the two test papers on the table: "Teacher Liu, look at this! Is this acceptable? Cheng Yuan cheated on the bi-weekly quiz!"

"Cheating?" Liu Liuyan's face instantly turned from sunny to stormy, her brows furrowing into a knot.

Cheating is a big problem; it's a matter of discipline and moral character. You can accept it as a grade, but you can't cheat.

"Cheng Yuan, what's going on?" asked Ms. Liu Liuyan. She had just finished praising him when this happened, and she was a little angry.

"Cheating? Me?" Cheng Yuan looked completely bewildered. "Is there some mistake?"

"Teacher Xu, I sat next to Cheng Yuan the whole time, and he didn't cheat," Zhao Lu said firmly.

"You dare say that? Look for yourselves!" Teacher Xu threw out two test papers, which turned out to be Cheng Yuan's and Zhao Lu's papers respectively. "Zhao Lu, I always had high hopes for you, thinking you were a good student. Why did you let Cheng Yuan copy your work? This is cheating! It's extremely egregious!"

"I told you we shouldn't have let Zhao Lu be transferred next to him. She's corrupting him. Look at the state she's in!"

Cheng Yuan glanced at it and thought, "Zhao Lu has been helping me with my homework for the past two weeks. Isn't it reasonable that we made the same mistakes?"

Zhao Lu looked on incredulously. What she couldn't believe was that Cheng Yuan had copied her homework, but that she had gotten the questions wrong.

But Zhao Lu was speechless at such a coincidence and kept giving Cheng Yuan meaningful glances.

Cheng Yuan said, "Teachers, I really didn't cheat. It's just a coincidence! If I had to give a reason, it would be that I have the same learning talent as Zhao Lu."

"You're still being stubborn!"

"Teacher Xu, if you don't believe me, you can test me on the points I've studied over the past two weeks."

Liu Liuyan chimed in, believing that Cheng Yuan wouldn't cheat for a perfect score, since his grades hadn't been great before. What would he gain from cheating on a quiz, especially since there was no prize money?

Cheng Yuan, who wouldn't do anything without a profit, would never do such a thing.

Xu Hong still didn't believe it. He picked up the exam paper and asked directly:

"In what year did the digital space first appear within the territory of the Great Eastern Kingdom, and how was it ultimately suppressed?"

"In 2005, in the Rotten Wood Forest of Shennongjia, all the Digimon in the space were Virus-type Plant-type Digimon, including a large number of Mushroommon, as well as a mature Virus-type Plant-type Digimon—Rotten Woodmon, and even a Perfect-level Tree Spiritmon, also known as Zulimon. At that time, the Central Plains War Zone of the Eastern Great Power dispatched tank units, together with the digital information forces of neighboring provinces, to suppress the riotous digital space, and spent a year building a firewall to seal the space rift."

"Huh?" A hint of surprise appeared in Professor Xu Hong's eyes as he continued, "In what year and where was the largest digital space ever to appear in Dongda Country? What was its scale?"

"In 2008, a super-large digital space called Dragonfall Abyss appeared in Yanjiao, northeast of the capital. To this day, Dragonfall Abyss remains the most dangerous digital space in the Eastern Kingdom. Dragon-shaped Digimon, symbolizing violence and power, roam within it. The spatial rift has not been completely sealed off and is currently being suppressed by the Digimon Legion of the Tamers Association."

In which year did the digital crisis have the greatest impact on the entire Eastern Kingdom in history?

"In 2015, Hellmon invaded, secretly developing by using the data network in the real world, and attempted to hack into the military firewall to steal control of forbidden weapons, causing the national digital network to be paralyzed. Although Hellmon was eventually destroyed, it also caused the national network to be destroyed and the economy to decline. It took three years for the economy to recover."

The others were dumbfounded as they watched Cheng Yuan answer fluently.

A poor student? I just haven't given it my all yet.

Cheng Yuan looked at Xu Hong and Liu Liuyan with confidence.

"Alright, I'll trust you for now." Xu Hong sized up Cheng Yuan.

"Alright, alright," Liu Liuyan said with a smile, smoothing things over and lightly dismissing the cheating incident. "From now on, the three of you need to help each other. Xue Qian, strengthen your Digimon training. Cheng Yuan, continue to improve your academic subjects. Zhao Lu..." She paused, "keep it up! Strive to get into the Digimon Tamer University. Your teacher has high hopes for you."

The three of them are the hope of Class 18.

After making her presence known, Liu Liuyan let the three of them go back to the classroom, feeling satisfied.

During the afternoon training session, Xu Xin announced some major news.

"Assemble!" Xu Xin's voice lashed across the training ground like a whip, and all the trainees immediately stood up straight.

His sharp gaze swept over everyone, finally landing on Cheng Yuan, a smile that sent chills down Cheng Yuan's spine curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Today's assessment will be a real battle!"