Takuya Kanbara has decided to stop being human.

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After the two sacred beasts became kings, some time passed.

The news that the central area had been razed to the ground and Huanglongmon had disappeared quickly spread throughout the Digital World. Seeing that the Beast-type Digimon no longer had anything to fear without Huanglongmon's support, the humanoid Digimon turned around and began hunting Beast-type Digimon.

Can't beat the beast form in a one-on-one fight?

It's ok!

If one-on-one fights don't work, then gang up on each other and use weapons.

Humanoids have more intelligent brains and more dexterous hands, so how could they possibly compete with beastoids in terms of brute force?

They studied physical biology, developed mechanical projectiles, and created a large number of mature mechanical Digimon as powerful weapons and cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Humans were subjected to mechanical modification, and their emotions and thoughts were abandoned, giving birth to the Ultimate-level modified Digimon—Andromon!

The power of the machine granted humanoids power that was no less than, and even surpassed, that of beast-type Digimon!

This discovery thrilled humanoid Digimon, who continuously modified themselves, resulting in the birth of more and more cyborg Digimon and the creation of a new type of Digimon in the Digital World—cyborgs.

The emergence of modified versions instantly raised the average defense and destructive power of Digimon to a whole new level.

With the support of the modified version, the humanoid Digimon gained a lot more confidence.

"Why should only the Four Holy Beasts be the Digital Kings? Why can't we humanoid Digimon be?"

This question struck a chord with humanoid Digimon, and more and more of them expressed their desire to create their own Digimon King.

However, no matter how many modified forms they have, the difference between the complete form and the ultimate form is still enormous.

Humanoid Digimon also need to have their own Ultimate form. Coincidentally, they made a huge breakthrough in their research on biotechnology and created the Ultimate-level modified Digimon - Frankenmon.

Frankenstein's monsters possess a certain degree of emotion and are stronger than Andromon.

The humanoid Digimon were overjoyed; they finally had the chance to compete for the title of King of the Digimon.

However, despite its immense power, Frankenstein's emotions caused it to lose control, rendering it unable to serve humanoid Digimon and frequently causing trouble. The humanoid Digimon had no choice but to seal it away.

Some humanoid Digimon asked, "Why is this happening? Is the path of cyborg evolution wrong?"

It's no wonder they think that way. In the digital world, evolution is a long process. Even the process of evolving from infancy to adulthood can take decades, hundreds of years, or even longer.

In the human world, evolution takes tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years before some differences become visible to the naked eye.

Modification and evolution, whether mechanical or biochemical, can allow Digimon to evolve to a higher level within a few days or ten days.

Perhaps the rapid pace of change has made it difficult for these Digimon, who are accustomed to evolutionary units of decades or centuries, to accept it all at once.

"No, modification and evolution are by no means a mistake!" Some countered, "The reason why this or that problem occurs is simply because our modification technology is not good enough, which is why there are side effects."

Others said, "With the current level of modification, a stronger body is needed to withstand the side effects of modification. A human body is not enough; a beast-type body is needed."

Some objected: "Beast forms are our enemies, how can we allow them to evolve!"

Some people argued, "What's wrong with letting beast forms evolve into our tools?"

Considering the current situation, the existing modification technology turns Digimon into emotionless tools. Transforming the beast form into such a tool not only avoids humanoid modification but also enhances its strength.

Why not kill two birds with one stone?

Ultimately, the supporters prevailed over the opposition.

As a result, more and more beast-type Digimon that were left alone in the natural spirit area were captured and modified, and modified beast-type Digimon such as MetalGreymon were gradually born.

This area, which modifies Digimon, has also seen the rise of humanoid Digimon, creating a completely new adaptation zone in the Digital World.

The Iron Empire!

Chapter 126, Ultimate Evolution

After a year of traveling around, Takuya Kanbara finally gathered the power of all the oldest Ultimate-level Digimon and returned to the place where Ancient Sagemon was with Puppetmon.

The little dog is obsessed with ancient legends, and this time, thanks to Takuya Kanbara, he has seen all ten of the oldest Ultimate forms.

Her round-the-world trip also benefited her greatly, allowing her to witness the dramatic changes in the digital world.

This year has seen more changes than the past thousand years!

After the Yellow Dragon Beast disappeared, the Bright Beast went into hiding.

Suzakumon first established the Suzaku Empire, which encompassed almost all bird-type Digimon, and then recruited half of the world's beast-type Digimon forces under its command.

Following closely behind, Azure Dragonmon also established an Azure Dragon Empire, encompassing almost all dragon-type Digimon, as well as 30% of Beast-type Digimon and 10% of Human-type Digimon worldwide.

The humanoid Digimon established a steel empire, capturing lone beast-type Digimon for mechanical modification. While their cutting-edge power might not match that of the empire established by the Four Holy Beasts, their overall strength was formidable, and no one dared to provoke them.

"With the world now divided into three, who will invite me to join them?"

The ancient sage gently waved his feather fan, hoping someone would invite him to come out of seclusion so as not to fail the name of Zhuge Liang.

Takuya Kanbara, who also knew a little about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, smiled and asked when the ancient sage beast brought up the matter, "Who would you like to invite? The Vermilion Bird Beast?"

The ancient sage beast shook its head and said bluntly, "The Vermilion Bird Beast is stubborn and self-willed, and is of the same lineage as the Yellow Dragon Beast. Helping it unify the world is tantamount to being an accomplice to a tiger, which is not good."

The little dog asked, "What about the Azure Dragon Beast?"

The ancient sage beast shook its head and said regretfully, "The Azure Dragon Beast is exceptionally intelligent. I have long admired him, but he has his own code of conduct. Working under him would make it difficult for me to fully utilize my talents, which is not good."

The little dog beast nodded as if it understood, then said, "Then only the Steel Empire is left."

The ancient sage beast shook its head again and sighed, "The Steel Empire has developed too fast and doesn't know how to bide its time. Its potential has been exhausted, and it will soon be besieged by the Vermilion Bird Beast and the Azure Dragon Beast. This is not good."

It would seem reasonable to anyone that the Vermilion Bird and Azure Dragon had built up two empires over thousands of years, since these two empires were actually split off from the Yellow Dragon Empire.

The Steel Empire rose to prominence within a year. Although it had humanoid Digimon as its backing, its rapid development and overt prowess made it a threat to the other two empires.

Furthermore, the Steel Empire's wanton capture and modification of beast-type Digimon has offended the other two empires.

For these two reasons, the two great empires could not allow the rising star, the Steel Empire, to continue to exist.

Ancient Sagemon said, "The Steel Empire needs to cooperate with Dragonmon to fully develop, but Azure Dragonmon is relatively conservative. He would rather maintain the status quo than cooperate with the Steel Empire. He and Vermilion Birdmon are both afraid, afraid of the Steel Empire's development speed... too fast."

Behind the Steel Empire are humanoid Digimon, and interestingly, the Azure Dragon Empire also has a group of humanoid Digimon.

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"Modification and evolution are heresies!"

This is the idea of ​​humanoid Digimon in the Azure Dragon Empire, most of whom are Ultimate level.

"Exactly! To cut open a perfectly healthy body and stuff it with a lump of iron is too cruel!"

"Evolution requires hundreds or thousands of years of accumulation to be logical. What kind of modification is this? It's a joke."

"Moreover, modified Digimon become very weak, have shorter lifespans, and require maintenance. Without maintenance, they will simply break down. Our naturally evolved Digimon don't need any maintenance at all."

"Hahaha--!"

"Stop laughing. I saw with my own eyes a Tyrannomon that was modified, its skin rotted and turned from orange to blue. You can't even imagine, it was terrifying!"

The crowd suppressed their laughter and began to sigh, expressing their sympathy for the modified Digimon.

Even the powerful beast-type Digimon are like this, let alone those whose humanity has been modified. Countless humanoid Digimon have sacrificed themselves to create an Andromon.

"Why are you still here? Lord Azure Dragon has summoned everyone."

Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly went to the Azure Thunder Mountains to gather.

The Azure Thunder Mountains are the center of the Azure Dragon Empire, lush and vibrant with life. At the very center, Azure Thunder Mountain soars into the clouds, and the Azure Dragon Beast peeks its head out from the mist.

"Angewomon, come up." A deep voice came from the mouth of the Azure Dragon Beast.

Among the humanoid Digimon, Angewomon flew up to Azuryomon.

"I bestow upon you the power of light."

"Thank you, Lord Azure Dragon Beast!"

After saying that, Azuredramon threw out a ball of light, which merged into Angewomon's body. Pink holy light burst out and enveloped Angewomon. A moment later, Angewomon evolved into Holydramon.

The Digimon couldn't help but gasp in surprise at witnessing the birth of an Ultimate Digimon.

As expected of Lord Azure Dragon Beast!

Azure Dragon Beast calmly addressed the other beasts, saying, "Angemon, come up."

Among the humanoid Digimon, HolyAngemon flew up to AzureDragonmon.

"I give you the power of hope."

"Thank you, Lord Azure Dragon Beast!"

The Azure Dragonmon threw the Hope Orb into the body of HolyAngemon, and golden light bloomed. A moment later, HolyAngemon evolved into Shendramon.

The Digimon were in an uproar once again.

Two ultimate forms!

I witnessed the birth of two ultimate forms in a single day!

"Qilin Beast, come up," the Azure Dragon Beast said again.

As soon as the words were spoken, a Qilin beast flew out from the herd.

The Azure Dragon Beast took out a bright, scarlet orb of light and instructed the Qilin Beast, "Qilin Beast, you are a sacred beast, but this power is not divine; rather, it is an evil power capable of destroying the world. Are you willing to accept it?"

"I am willing."

The Qilin Beast knew he could choose to refuse, and the Azure Dragon Beast wouldn't blame him, but he resolutely chose to agree.

"Alright, I hope you can use the power of the sacred beast to suppress the evil heart."

The Azure Dragon then threw the red orb in its hand into the Qilin Beast's body. An ominous red light bloomed like a lotus flower, and an evil dragon, seemingly born to destroy the world, was born.

Destroyermon!

Two humanoid Digimon and one beast-type Digimon eventually evolved into dragon-type Digimon.

Whether it's a dragon, a beast, or a human, none of them complain, which perfectly demonstrates the Azure Dragon Beast's fairness. The Azure Dragon Beast nodded in satisfaction.

Meanwhile, the same thing was happening in the Vermilion Bird Empire.

However, unlike Azure Dragonmon, Suzakumon did not evolve its Digimon into its Ultimate form in front of everyone. Instead, it carefully selected two Digimon: Agumon and Berserkermon.

They represent bird-type and beast-type respectively.

"This is the Heart Orb, and this is the Innocent Orb." Suzakumon simply and bluntly tossed the fiery red Heart Orb to Agumon and the emerald green Innocent Orb to Tyrannomon.

The former evolved into a phoenix, and the latter evolved into a griffin.

"Familiarize yourselves with your power," the Vermilion Bird said, its eyes filled with murderous intent. "Then come with me to destroy the Steel Empire."

Chapter 127, You Are the One Chosen by Fate

"If all three are unsuitable, then who do you actually want?"

Upon hearing this question, Ancient Wise Beast smiled slightly in the darkness with its mysterious, almost invisible face, and said meaningfully, "Before, I hoped to be Yellow Dragon Beast, but now I hope to be Luce Beast."

Takuya Kanbara raised an eyebrow, and said in surprise, "You don't know..."

The ancient sage beast waved its hand, saying confidently, "I know, but he is not yet. If I assist him, he will surely become a wise ruler."

"That future..."

“I am different from you. As a person of this era, people can do whatever they want. Even if I can foresee the future, I don’t need to have any scruples. All my actions are to promote the arrival of the future. This is the will of Heaven, this is the way of Heaven.”

People in the future will always be bound by certain constraints.

The ancient Sage Beast was a visionary, and its identity differed from that of a future human.

Takuya Kanbara chuckled, "You and your descendants are really different. He still dreams of ruling the world."

He was referring to the Mirror Beast.

The ancient sage beast, who could foresee the future, also knew of this descendant and laughed, "People who suddenly gain knowledge are like this. Just as they suddenly gain power and develop the illusion of being invincible, they instantly gain a lot of knowledge and feel that the whole world is theirs. Moreover, at that time, they are dominated by a greedy and evil heart."

Takuya Kambara nodded.

The little dog looked left and right, completely confused.

"What are you saying? I don't understand. Can you explain?"