What does it mean when a pet evolves incorrectly?

As evening fell, the lights of Qinglan City streamed through the bedroom's floor-to-ceiling windows, casting dappled light that made the room exceptionally tranquil.

The Flameclaw Beast lay sprawled on the fabric sofa by the window, its body rising and falling slightly with its even breathing. A trace of saliva still clung to the corner of its mouth, and it occasionally let out a few soft hums, as if it were dreaming of munching on something delicious.

Lin Chen sat at the desk next to the sofa, his fingertips lightly touching his brow, his expression focused and absorbed in the system interface in his mind.

The system activation voice from earlier that day now echoed clearly in my ears—"You have successfully arrived in a fantasy world before it was shrouded in darkness. The danger of darkness is ever-present, and the world awaits your salvation."

These words lingered in his mind like a fine thorn, impossible to shake off.

Clearly, there were some errors when the system appeared in this world.

He frowned slightly, his fingertips tapping unconsciously on the table, his thoughts racing.

According to past memories, although this world is not absolutely peaceful, there are always frictions between the human federation and various pet kingdoms due to disputes over territory and resources, and small-scale conflicts occasionally break out. However, it is generally stable and has never experienced the "dark crisis that affects the entire world" mentioned by the system.

He didn't know if the dark crisis the system spoke of was real, when it would arrive, or what he, the chosen child, could actually do.

But right now, anxiety is useless. The only way to deal with the unknown dangers is to first understand the system's functions and improve the strength of yourself and the Flameclaw Beast.

Even if a global crisis were to strike right now, it would be impossible to expect a mere apprentice beast tamer to save the world.

Suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind, Lin Chen focused his attention, and with a thought, his personal data panel clearly appeared in his mind:

[Player: Lin Chen]

[Level: Apprentice Beast Tamer]

[Skill: Telepathy]

[Pet: Agumon]

[Items: Double EXP Card x2, Small Blast Move Learning Machine]

[Available Experience Points: 15]

Lin Chen began his research by focusing on the Beastmaster skill [Telepathy].

This is the most basic talent skill for all beast tamers. Without needing to learn it deliberately, they can directly perceive and understand the basic emotions and simple thoughts of their contracted pets, enabling barrier-free communication between humans and their pets.

Just like now, he could vaguely sense that the Flameclaw Beast on the sofa was in a comfortable and secure state, and must be sleeping very soundly.

By continuously raising his Beastmaster level, he can learn more Beastmaster skills, including buffs to his pets or protection for himself, but these are still too far away for him as an apprentice Beastmaster.

The description of the Double EXP Card is concise and clear: [Double the speed at which you gain EXP for 24 hours]

Upon seeing this, Lin Chen's eyes lit up instantly.

He knew very well that experience points were the only way to level up his pet. Flameclaw Beast was currently at the lowest level, and if it wanted to grow quickly, it had to accumulate enough experience points.

This double experience card is undoubtedly a godsend, doubling the growth rate of the Flameclaw Beast and greatly shortening the time it takes to become stronger.

As for the mini explosive technique learning machine, it made Lin Chen fall into a brief state of contemplation.

As is well known, Agumon is born with the basic move "Small Flame".

In some settings, Agumon X can learn and master the more powerful but energy-intensive [Small Blast].

In other words, this move is an advanced version of [Small Flame].

Can Flameclawmon, which is not a Digimon, master this move?

He was familiar with TMs, which could be obtained by completing tasks or spending real money in the game, allowing Digimon to learn the skills and moves of other Digimon with a single click.

After all, Digimon themselves have very few skills and moves that they can master, which is not enough to support a fierce battle.

However, precisely because of this, the game's battle system has been criticized by countless players, resulting in a highly polarized reputation.

Finally, Lin Chen's gaze fell on the [Distributable Experience Points] section.

Drawing on his memory of the game, he quickly clarified the categories of experience points:

In the game, experience points are divided into two types: growth experience points, which Digimon can obtain by defeating other Digimon and are used to increase their own level;

Another type is evolution experience points, which can be used to fill the evolution slots of Digimon and allow Digimon to evolve. These usually need to be obtained through in-game purchases.

The 15 experience points he gains from completing tasks are versatile; they can be used to level up Flameclaw Beast or to fill the evolution slot.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's face lit up with joy.

This will allow the Flameclaw Beast to grow even faster.

For other beast tamers, improving their pet's rank requires persistent training and nurturing, and they may even encounter bottlenecks at each stage due to various factors.

But for Lin Chen, as long as he has enough experience points, he can ignore all obstacles and make his pets stronger at the fastest speed.

"This is a good mission."

"We need to do more missions!"

Lin Chen chuckled as he massaged his slightly tired thighs, which were still a little sore from the intense exercise.

Then, Lin Chen opened the Flame Claw Beast's data panel and studied it carefully:

[Pet: Agumon (Local name: Flameclawmon)]

[Level: Tier 1 (Growth Experience Points 0/300)]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Race Level: Intermediate Transcendent]

[Movements: Flame Breath (Beginner), Sharp Claws (Beginner)]

【Intimacy Level: 21】

[Evolution Method: Evolution Experience Points (0/500), Tyrannosaurus Heart x1]

Lin Chen's gaze slowly swept over each piece of information, his expression thoughtful.

This was different from the game's data panel in his memory; in fact, it was quite different.

But he recalled that the system had initially stated that "the dimensional anchor point was lost and the worldview was being reshaped," which meant that the system had undergone some integration with the world's system, but the degree of integration was not very high, otherwise it would not have called Flameclaw Beast Agumon.

In this world, the strength of pets is divided into nine tiers, and the Flame Claw Beast is currently at the lowest tier, Tier 1, with weak combat power.

"It takes 300 growth experience points to advance from Tier 1 to Tier 2." Lin Chen's eyes flickered as he muttered to himself, "That's not too many."

There's nothing special about the attributes section; the current Flameclaw Beast is just an ordinary pure fire attribute pet.

Next, Lin Chen looked at the [Race Level] section.

A pet's racial rank largely determines its growth potential; at the same level, the higher the racial rank, the stronger its combat power.

In this world, the pet beast races are ranked from low to high as follows: Awakening, Extraordinary, Elite, Lord, Epic, and Legendary. Each rank is further divided into three levels: low, medium, and high.

Awakening level is the lowest racial level. Most common low-level pets belong to this level. They have low combat power and only the lowest-level beast tamers would choose to form a contract with them.

The extraordinary level possesses a certain level of combat power and is the best choice for novice beast tamers;

Elite-level and above pets are extremely powerful, requiring a high level of mental strength and experience from the tamer, making them unsuitable for novice beginners.

The Flameclaw Beast's racial level is intermediate transcendent, which is considered intermediate among transcendents.

As for the skills, Flameclaw currently only possesses two innate skills: the basic fire-type skill [Flame Breath] and the normal-type skill [Sharp Claws].

Lin Chen couldn't yet figure out the use of the intimacy level.

In the game, players can increase their Digimon's affinity by spending real money to unlock exclusive Digimon skins. However, in this realistic world of Digimon taming, affinity may have a different effect.

Lin Chen had no clue for the time being, so he could only keep it in mind and explore it slowly in the future.

The last column of information caught Lin Chen's attention the most.

After contracting Flameclaw Beast, the system gave a main quest to evolve Flameclaw Beast into Greymon.

If Flameclawmon is indeed Agumon, then evolving into Greymon is naturally not a problem.

But the Flameclaw Beast is the Flameclaw Beast, a native pet beast that has thrived in this world for thousands of years.

It may have an unknown connection with Agumon, but it is definitely not Agumon.

But how can he complete this main mission in this way?

Looking at the evolution section, Lin Chen's thoughts gradually drifted away.

According to the evolution path given by the system, Flameclaw Beast needs 500 evolution experience points and a Tyrannosaurus Heart to evolve.

If he remembers correctly, the Tyrannosaurus Heart is a rare dragon-type resource in this world.

Does Flameclaw require Dragon-type resources to evolve?

Lin Chen's gaze grew increasingly profound.

Although he knew very little about the field of pet evolution, he was clear about one common sense: if a pet's evolution requires resources of a certain attribute, it means that it will possess that attribute after evolving.

Doesn't this mean that Flameclaw will have the Dragon attribute after evolving?

Neither of the two current evolutionary forms of Flameclaw Beast has the Dragon attribute, which means that this is a completely new evolutionary form!

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's pupils contracted slightly as he gazed at the sleeping Flameclaw Beast and murmured, "Could it be that you can really evolve into Tyrannomon?"