Shangri-La Project
The Shangri-La Project (シャングリラ計画 Shangurira Keikaku) is a secret plan devised by Chairman Wong and implemented by World Union in Digimon Beatbreak. Presented as a means of establishing an ideal world in which humanity is protected from Digimon and other threats, its true purpose is to place the emergence of Digimon under Wong's control by using Albatusmon and the worldwide Sapotama network to detect and absorb abnormal e-Pulse.
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The project is named after Shangri-La, the fictional utopia described in James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon. Its name is also shared by the Shangri-La Egg arcologies developed by World Union, which are promoted as safe and technologically advanced settlements capable of protecting their inhabitants from disasters. Access to them is highly restricted, while residents who violate their rules may be expelled.
World Union publicly conceals the existence of Digimon and finances the Cleaner system to eliminate those that emerge from Sapotama. Its highest-ranking Cleaner team, the Five Stars, is placed under Chairman Wong's direct authority and assigned to assist in the implementation of the Shangri-La Project.
The completion of the project requires the power of an exceptionally powerful Digimon. Wong initially seeks to obtain the White Core, which contains Helios Boamon and the e-Pulse of Tenma Asuka. After the e-Pulse of Asuka and Tenma Tomoro is absorbed, Helios Boamon evolves into Albatusmon, giving Wong the power necessary to advance the project to its final stage.
Albatusmon takes control of the core of Apraxas, World Union's central server in the Mirror World. As Sapotama are ordinarily connected to Apraxas through the Mirror World, Albatusmon can use this network to detect abnormal e-Pulse and absorb it along with the person linked to the affected Sapotama. Through this system, Wong intends to control every future emergence of a Digimon, thereby creating what he considers an ideal world free from the threat they represent.
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Digimon Beatbreak[edit]
The Shangri-La Project is first mentioned when the Five Stars assemble in Apraxas for a meeting with Chairman Wong. In response to the increasing number of Cold Heart cases and the rapid emergence of Digimon, Wong announces that the project is ready to be put into operation and orders the Five Stars to cooperate in its implementation.[1]
Klay Arslan later reveals that Wong became obsessed with recreating the extraordinary power he witnessed during the Kano Island incident. According to Klay, Wong subsequently used World Union's influence to promote e-Pulse technology and the widespread adoption of Sapotama, while concealing the truth about Digimon from the public.[2]
Wong and Kanada Genjo seek the White Core as a component required to complete the project. Kishiwada Kanchi delivers it to Wong after being appointed as the new Earth Element Star of the Five Stars.[3] The White Core is revealed to contain Helios Boamon and the e-Pulse of Tenma Asuka. After Asuka and Tenma Tomoro are used to bring about Helios Boamon's evolution into Albatusmon, Wong obtains the power needed to initiate the project's final stage.[4][5]
Albatusmon subsequently takes control of the core of Apraxas. Through Apraxas' connection to the worldwide Sapotama network, it begins detecting and absorbing abnormal e-Pulse together with the people linked to the affected devices. Wong reveals that this will allow him to control the emergence of Digimon throughout the world by remotely Cold Hearting anyone about to give birth to a Digimon, which he regards as the realization of the Shangri-La Project.[5]
After Kawarazaki is Cold Hearted, Kutsuwada Maki relays his final assignment to Glowing Dawn: infiltrate Apraxas, stop the Shangri-La Project, and defeat Chairman Wong.[5]
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