"The mining area in Crystal City is ahead, right? I'm so tired... It's only been five or six days since we started from Tanigawa Town, but it's much more tiring than the few days from Miare City to Tanigawa Town..."
Esther said "I'm so tired", but she was very excited. Obviously, she had great expectations for the caves and mining areas.
Although according to Guan Liyuan's idea, it's okay to expect to encounter mineral-type Pokémon such as "Stone Ball" and "Iron Dumbbell", expecting to find Super Stone is equivalent to expecting to be the "chosen one". Even Guan Liyuan, who has seen many mythical beasts, doesn't think he will be so lucky... But he didn't take the initiative to pour cold water.
"Of course, although we haven't really climbed the mountain these days, the terrain has been 'up and down'... If your mount lamb evolves into a mount goat, you can ride it to travel." Guan Liyuan said.
"Wait, which abandoned mine or natural cave should we go to? There are many caves in this area, right?" Esther asked.
"This... that depends on our purpose. If we go to abandoned mines, we have a higher chance of encountering ghost-type Pokémon. If we go to natural caves, we are more likely to find unknown areas. If there are really undiscovered mega evolution relics, they should be in some remote natural caves, but there must be very few Pokémon in such caves." Guan Liyuan said.
In other words, if you want ghost-type Pokémon, go to abandoned mines. If you want to capture mineral-type Pokémon normally, go to the large caves marked on the map. If you want to gamble... go to those remote small caves!
Because abandoned mines are all dug by humans, there is no mystery in the terrain inside, but there is a chance to find some missed ordinary evolution stones, and this environment is also the favorite of ghost-type Pokémon who likes to scare people.
As for those caves suitable for Pokémon to survive and reproduce, there must be many trainers who have been there. There are even some "popular" caves, and even the internal maps are clearly drawn. It is unlikely that the relics that have not been discovered are in such places.
On the contrary, some natural caves with few Pokémon are rarely visited by trainers, so they are rarely visited by people...
After all, Pokémon also need a living environment. For example, normal life Pokémon such as Diglett, Sandshrew, and Caracara, although they like to live in underground environments or cave environments, they will choose caves with fungi, rich underground water sources, and even light-proof fruit. Bare caves, do they have to chew stones?
As for mineral Pokémon such as Stone Ball and Magnemite, they generally live in places with high mineral content in rocks so that they can reproduce.
Therefore, not all caves will have a large number of Pokémon living. Some caves with few Pokémon naturally have few trainers going there.
"I... I want to go to those remote caves to have a look. Will it affect your plan, Liyuan?" Esther asked a little embarrassedly
. "I don't have any plans. I just want to continue training the four Pokémon I have recently. In theory... unless I can meet Slimy, there is no Pokémon nearby that I particularly want to capture." Guan Liyuan said.
That's right. In the previous four days, Guan Liyuan captured another Pokémon, that is, the Bronchi... also known as "Bonus".
Guan Liyuan had never thought that he would actually encounter a Bronchi. According to the official information on the illustrated book, the Bronchi in the Kalos region is a very rare Pokémon. Even in the world, Bronchi is a rare Pokémon and is defined as a "prohibited trading" Pokémon in most regions.
In other words, unless the trainer captures it himself, any transfer of the right to use the Bronchi Poké Ball is prohibited. Moreover, after capturing a Bronchi, it is also necessary to leave evidence in the local illustrated book. Even gangs with their own Poké Ball transmission facilities find it difficult to smuggle Bronchi.
Moreover... according to the current recognized cognition, a Bronchi with a racial value of 490 points can only be regarded as a "not bad" Pokémon. Some gangs that are capable of smuggling will not take such a risk!
Sakaki also has a Bronchi, which he captured in the Kanto region and has evidence in the illustrated book.
Being able to be captured by a trainer is not necessarily a bad thing for endangered Pokémon. The reason for prohibiting trading is to prevent certain organizations from capturing them on a large scale for profit, which will destroy the living environment of the Bacchus.
Therefore, there are no Bacchus in the world's No. 1 House...
The few Bacchus in the Kalos area can usually be found in the forests of the northwest coastal area. In the area where Bacchus is captured, although there are records of sightings, the probability is very low.
Therefore, even if there was no plan to capture Bacchus before, Guan Liyuan still captured Bacchus. If you don't capture it yourself, you won't be able to breed it in the world's No. 1 House in the future!
In addition, Esther captured a "Mount Lamb" and Serena captured a "Powder Fragrance"...
"Mount Lamb" is a grass-type Pokémon that can evolve into a "Mount Goat". As the Pokémon that is best at interacting with humans, the Mount Goat can be ridden by people, and it can be as flat as walking on mountain roads and swamps.
"Pink Fragrance" is a fairy-type Pokémon that emits an intoxicating fragrance. It is as rare as other fairy-type Pokémon. Because Serena does not have the "power of the fairy", the training of "Pink Fragrance" is not very smooth.
Soon Guan Liyuan and the other two arrived at the area where the mines and caves are densely populated. However, because it was late, they decided to camp and rest first...
Guan Liyuan, as usual, methodically nurtured several Pokémon and asked them what they wanted to eat. Pokémon have instincts in this regard. According to their wish recipes and theoretical recipes, it is basically the best feeding plan.
And the one who really prepared the food was naturally Serena...
"Ah!" Serena, who was preparing the food, suddenly exclaimed.
"Are you okay?" Guan Liyuan and Esther came over immediately.
I saw that Serena's finger was cut with a small wound...
"I'm fine, but dinner will be slower today." Serena pretended to smile indifferently.
However, Guan Liyuan and Esther both saw that she was worried. Otherwise, with Serena's cooking skills, she wouldn't have cut her fingers. Besides, Serena has been worried these past two days!
"Serena, you're not still worried about Pinky, are you? Didn't I tell you to relax? Since Pinky is willing to travel with you, as long as you keep a normal mind, you will be able to get its recognition." Guan Liyuan advised.
Serena showed a "regretful" look when she heard it. She was indeed thinking about this matter just now. Pinky looked very cute to her, and she did successfully capture it, but then...
Compared with Esther, Serena's confidence was obviously insufficient. After capturing Pinky, she couldn't get its recognition, which made Serena a little shocked.
Normally, fairy-type Pokémon, like ghost-type, psychic-type and other special attributes, are more dependent on special talents.
As a trainer without the talent of "Immortal Power", it is a strange thing that Serena can subdue Pinky.
Moreover, the level of this Pinky is not low. If it is not actively subdued, the little fox cannot beat it. The level is the highest among all the Pokémon in the team... and it is more than a little higher.
Guan Liyuan did not tell Serena this, so as not to put more pressure on her.
According to the result of Guan Liyuan's mental communication, Pinky said that "Serena has the smell I like", so she was subdued, but it was just subdued. Now, whether it is command or training, Pinky is not very cooperative.
"Brother Liyuan, is it really not that I lack talent?" Serena said dejectedly.
"Of course not, I think you really have the potential to awaken the power of the Immortal, otherwise why would Pinky follow you?" Guan Liyuan said.
"Does Xiangxiang really want to follow me... instead of brother Liyuan?" Serena looked at Pinky with resentment, who didn't pay much attention to her, and was rubbing against Guan Liyuan.
Guan Liyuan: "..."
Well, in this situation where he was in front of the Minotaur, Guan Liyuan's words were not convincing at all!
If it weren't for the fact that Powdered Fragrance was not a Pokémon that liked to lie, Guan Liyuan would have suspected that it was looking for him to get the buff.
"Fragranced Fragrance" Powdered Fragrance whispered a few times.
"By the way, Powdered Fragrance said that it wanted to eat extra Strange Fruit at night to adjust the smell." Guan Liyuan translated.
The fragrance of Powdered Fragrance will change with the food. The sweeter the smell, the better the cultivation and feeding.
"Oh." Serena continued to be depressed about why she couldn't understand Powdered Fragrance's words.
When resting at night, Guan Liyuan and the other two were used to releasing all the Pokémon. The Frog had evolved into the Froghead at this time, and it took turns to keep watch with the "Brother Sparrow" who had evolved into the Rocket Sparrow.
In fact, in the Pokémon world, the possibility of being attacked by wild Pokémon when camping at night is not great, but if you don't keep watch, you will often encounter some "inexplicable" things.
For example, when you wake up in the morning, you find that all your luggage has been stolen by a mischievous Pokémon...
However, an accident really happened that night!
In the middle of the night, Guan Liyuan and others were awakened by the cry of Rocket Sparrow...
"Rocket Sparrow, what's wrong?" Esther asked in confusion.
"Ah! Fen Xiangxiang is gone? Could it be... that she was attacked?" Serena exclaimed.
Guan Liyuan immediately communicated with Rocket Sparrow...
Esther and Serena also looked at Guan Liyuan nervously. During these days of travel, they also knew some of Guan Liyuan's abilities.
For example, he can get along well with Pokémon of all attributes, and he can communicate with Pokémon telepathically... Any of these abilities can make other trainers envious!
Seeing that Guan Liyuan seemed to have ended the conversation, Serena asked anxiously: "Brother Liyuan, what happened? Is Fen Xiangxiang in danger, or did it leave because it was bored?"
Serena hoped that it was the latter. She had almost lost confidence in Fen Xiangxiang, who was training a fairy type. Therefore, although she would be depressed if Fen Xiangxiang left by herself, she was not completely unprepared. She did not want Fen Xiangxiang to encounter any danger! However,
judging from Rocket Sparrow's reaction, Fen Xiangxiang obviously did not leave by herself, otherwise there would be no need to warn, and there would be no need to leave quietly at night...
"It is true that something led Fen Xiangxiang away, but it is hard to say whether there is any danger." Guan Liyuan frowned.
Then Guan Liyuan also briefly told him what Rocket Sparrow told him. Before, when it was on guard, it found noises around it, so it went to check... Then he just remembered that he seemed to see a human-like, but very short, dark-colored Pokémon in a trance, and there were two blue lights... and then he lost consciousness.
When Rocket Sparrow regained consciousness, he found that he was already some distance away from the campsite, and vaguely remembered that he had attacked a certain target in anger before, but when he woke up, there was only an empty space in front of him. He did not faint and lose consciousness, but lost his memory of his own activities.
"...From Rocket Sparrow's description, it is very likely that he was hit by the evil-type 'Provocation' skill, and it was a very high-level evil-type Pokémon, so Rocket Sparrow completely lost consciousness and wanted to attack the other party. When Rocket Sparrow came back, he found that Pink Frost had disappeared." Guan Liyuan said.
Serena became more worried after hearing this. Obviously, it was even less likely that Pink Frost left on her own initiative, otherwise there would be no need to choose such a time!
"What should we do now?" Serena was a little panicked.
"Let me think about it first... How can I know where Pink Frost went... Well? I think I have an idea!" When Guan Liyuan was having a headache, he suddenly saw a colorful butterfly with green jungle patterns. It is
better to come at the right time than to come early. Guan Liyuan said directly: "Quick! Conquer that colorful butterfly!"
"Colored powder?" The passing colorful butterfly said that she was innocent.
"Eh? The Pokémon that 'provokes' Rocket Sparrow, is it Butterfree? Impossible, Butterfree can't learn 'provoke', and it doesn't look like what Rocket Sparrow described..." Esther asked in confusion. "
No, Butterfree is very sensitive to smells. Even if Pink Fragrance has left, it can still follow the smell to find the route it left! Quick, Serena, you come and capture it." Guan Liyuan said.
Although it would be faster for Guan Liyuan to capture it himself, but... because of Serena's current situation, Guan Liyuan felt that if she captured Butterfree herself and participated in the "search and rescue" of Pink Fragrance, it would be more likely to build her confidence.
Moreover, Guan Liyuan had already judged that this Butterfree was only at the level of 13 or 4, and was also restrained by the fire type, so the little fire fox could completely deal with it... More importantly, Guan Liyuan had already reached a deal with Pink Fragrance in secret!
With just two appropriate gestures, Pink Fragrance was successfully captured by Serena.
"Pink Disc, please help me find Pink Fragrance. It was here just now. You can smell it, right? Please!" Serena said sincerely.
Pink Disc (for the sake of a set of buffs) nodded and signaled Guan Liyuan and the other two to follow it...
Seeing that Pink Disc could really smell Pink Fragrance, Serena felt relieved and quickly followed it. Following
Pink Disc all the way, they moved closer and closer to the sparsely populated non-dense mining area, and even passed through two small caves with multiple exits. There were no Pokémon around. Obviously, this was a "remote area" where trainers rarely returned.
"Don't worry, Serena. Pink Fragrance is definitely not in any danger for the time being, otherwise the smell it emits would be different..." Guan Liyuan comforted her.
After tossing and turning for most of the night, it was already early morning when the colorful powder butterfly brought Guan Liyuan and the other two to the entrance of a cave...
"Colorful powder, colorful powder..." Colorful powder butterfly called twice, and Guan Liyuan's expression became more serious at this time.
"Be careful, don't get too far away from the Knight Snail and the Possum Dragon. Pink Fragrance seems to have fought here not long ago." Guan Liyuan said.
After thinking about it, Guan Liyuan added: "Esther, you and the little arrow bird, the rocket bird and the quack frog stay at the entrance of the cave. In case of any situation, you can help us in time."
Hearing what Guan Liyuan said, Esther couldn't refute that at this time, one person should stay outside the cave, and the little arrow bird and the rocket bird were restricted from flying in the cave, and the cave didn't look big.
As for Serena...even if Guan Liyuan asked her to stay, she would definitely not agree. What's more, it's her Pokémon that's "missing" now. As a trainer or coordinator, what she has to do now is to find it back herself!