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

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 evolve Snowball Beast to the Rookie stage in one go.

"Let's start with the Holy attribute..." he muttered to himself, raising his Holy attribute to 10 points, which cost him 840 wealth points.

Snowball Beast'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 sacred halo.

The little guy curiously looked down 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 attribute..."

The snowball beast immediately perked up and bounced around on Cheng Yuan's bed like a bouncy ball of fur.

"+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 1...]

Snowball Beast suddenly stopped jumping, and its body trembled slightly.

To Cheng Yuan's surprise, the little guy, which had been icy cold, was now burning hot, with a dazzling golden light emanating from its body, and countless points of light swirling around it like stars.

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

A golden cocoon of hexagonal light completely enveloped the Snowball Beast. Cheng Yuan knew this was an evolution 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 creature 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 delight as he scooped 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 Digivice.

【Meow Meow Beast】

[Vaccine type small]

[Childhood Stage II]

[Skill: Fox Tail]

[Description: Possessing cat-like physical characteristics, small in size, and cute in appearance, usually with a fluffy body and a long tail, they are fickle, curious, and somewhat changeable. They are full of curiosity about their surroundings and love to explore new places and things, but they also have a lonely side.]

Cheng Yuan looked at the system interface again:

[Wealth Points: 80660]

Digimon: MeowMeowmon

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

【元素：光13、神圣12、暗3、冰2，火0、风0……】

Cheng Yuan was pleasantly surprised to find that as Snowball Beast evolved into Meow Meow Beast, some of its main attributes, whether in terms of form or elemental attributes, had significantly improved compared to before the evolution. Was this 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 Rookie 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, Meow Meow 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 to evolve to the growth stage is far more than ten times greater?"

For example, to evolve from Juvenile Stage 1 to Juvenile Stage 2, the value only needs to reach 10. However, if Juvenile Stage 2 evolves into Adult Stage, the required value is not 100, but may be 1000, which 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 remaining ones into the Holy type, raising it to 818 points in one go. The Holy aura on Meow Meow Beast was indeed much stronger, and a golden circle condensed on the fur at the end of its tail, but it was still at the Baby II stage.

"If the catalyst for evolution into a long-term stage is for the Holy and Light elements to reach 1000," Cheng Yuan quickly calculated, "wealth points are still needed..."

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

Just as he was struggling with 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 sound of plastic bags.

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

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

Mr. Cheng, on the other hand, was much calmer. His factory, a machinery manufacturing plant, had many employees who were Rookie-level Digimon. 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 Meow Beast squinted its eyes comfortably, its long tail swaying happily.

Looking at the adorable appearance of Meowmon, 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 Meow Meow Beast; she hadn't expected it to be so cute.

Cheng Yuan smiled and opened the encyclopedia function on the Digivice, giving his parents a detailed introduction to Meow Meowmon.

Although Cheng's parents didn't quite understand what they were hearing, they nodded repeatedly as they saw their son's excited expression.

Cheng's mother wanted to cook something delicious for it: "What does the cat 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 early stages is like a baby in the real world. Its digestive system hasn't materialized yet, so it can't eat food. Right now, it can only absorb pure data packets."

Cheng's mother realized, "Ah, so it's a cub!" She reached out to pet the Meow Meow Beast, 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 its tail against the back of her hand.

"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 pure Angewomon, and the other was the mysterious and alluring LadyDevimon, 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 elite class for animal trainers 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 called to your homeroom teacher's office for a chat."

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

"..." Cheng Yuan was speechless. What had he done in the past to make the two elders like this? "Is my fate in the hands of heaven?"

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?"

"Um!"

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

"???"

Cheng Yuan was completely bewildered. You could be exceptionally talented, accumulate knowledge and experience, or rank at the top of your class at Pengcheng No. 1 High School, but you simply couldn't buy your way into the elite class.

Unless you give too much.

"Old Cheng, I heard from the older women in the neighborhood that with our son's grades, getting him into any of the top classes requires paying a sponsorship fee to buy a spot... that 10 yuan from before is already..."

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

Hearing this, Cheng's mother stopped talking. Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to train the beast tamers and Digimon to the professional level, like raising a gold-devouring beast. He didn't expect his parents to agree so quickly. Could it be that his father had some businesses outside that he was hiding, and that he was actually a hidden rich second generation?

If he can't become a professional animal trainer, he'll eventually have to accept his 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 once asked your grandfather the same question. Do you know what he said?"

"Is there more to this story?"

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

"..."

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 we can be among the first to enter the growth phase, we can seize this opportunity.

Because it's said that students in classes 1-17 have already evolved into Rookie-level Digimon, except for Class 18...

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

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

Cheng Yuan took the gift box, opened it, and his eyes widened in shock—inside was a data cube!

Data Cube is a high-energy compressed version of Data Cube. With the same capacity, it contains nearly 10 times more data, and the data is purer with fewer impurities.

Seeing Cheng Yuan's expression, Cheng's father asked, "Is this little Rubik's Cube very precious?"

"Of course, this is a compressed file of metal-type data cubes, which can permanently enhance the metal attribute of Digimon. One of these probably costs several thousand."

"Oh dear, look at this... I'll have to thank him properly later."

Cheng Yuan shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity I plan to have Meow Meow Beast follow the Holy route, so I won't need the Metal type..."

"Oh? What should we do then?" Mr. Cheng asked, somewhat annoyed. "Should I return it tomorrow?"

"No need, no need," Cheng Yuan's eyes darted around, "I have a classmate who happens to need metal-related resources, we can exchange." Actually, he was already secretly making a plan—

If I sell this, I'll not only get a few thousand dollars for free, but I'll also increase my wealth by several thousand dollars.

The moment this thought crossed Cheng Yuan's mind, a sudden inspiration struck him—

If he buys data packages from the store and resells them to classmates who need them, wouldn't he be able to "get" wealth points for free?

Digimon data resources are priced uniformly in the official store, which is the recognized price anchor. Even if he buys them and resells them to his classmates at a discount, he can still make a profit with his wealth points.

In this way, he can quickly accumulate wealth points and accelerate the evolution of Meow Meow Beast!