The leader of the green caterpillar acted quickly and planned to take Mark to the pomelo fruit tree, but found that Mark did not follow him immediately. Instead, he untied the green caterpillar's hammock and carried the green caterpillar on his back.
"hiss?"
The green caterpillar leader was puzzled by the green caterpillar on Mark's back.
Mark gently stroked the green caterpillar on his back twice and said with a smile: "I'm a little worried about leaving it here, so I might as well take it with me."
The green caterpillar leader tilted his head and looked at Mark.
After some contact, although it was no longer so afraid of Mark, it was still a little frightened. However, looking at Mark's movements at this time, all its fearful emotions had disappeared.
There was only one thought in its mind, and that was that this terrifying human trainer was really gentle to that green caterpillar.
He didn't observe it for too long and found that Mark couldn't place the green caterpillar on his back for a while. It spit out a thread to help Mark fix the green caterpillar perfectly.
"Thank you, Green Caterpillar Leader!"
"Hiss!"
The leader of the green caterpillar nodded slightly and led Mark deeper into the forest.
A few minutes later, Mark and the green caterpillar leader arrived at a three-meter-high tree, which was the pomelo fruit tree.
The number of fruits was not large, but not many. Mark did a rough count and found that there were about seventy fruits on the tree including the unripe fruits.
"Hiss, hiss."
The leader of the green caterpillar gestures with his legs continuously.
Perhaps they had gotten acquainted with the conversation by the fire not long ago. The leader of the green caterpillars told him that he could take half of the pomelo fruits on the tree and keep half for himself and the group of green caterpillars.
It can be seen that although the leader of the green caterpillar is very smart, he has no experience in the world and is extremely simple-minded.
If he could be ruthless enough to deceive, he would probably be able to defraud most of the grapefruit trees on this tree. It would even be easy for the green caterpillar leader to thank him while defrauding the grapefruit trees.
Unfortunately, he really couldn't do it.
Mark shook his head and said: "You don't need that many, ten should be enough. By the way, I forgot to ask you one thing. Is it because of this pomelo fruit that your body can grow so big?"
The leader of the green caterpillar tilted his head, showing an expression of memory and thinking.
It shook its head first, then nodded, and then shook its head again...
Under Mark's puzzled gaze, the green caterpillar leader quickly waved his legs and gestures, and explained with hissing sounds.
Since he was not his own elf and could not communicate with each other, the leader of the green caterpillar explained for a long time before Mark understood some of the general outlines.
According to the leader of the green caterpillar, its original size was not that big, probably only a little bigger than the ordinary leader's guards, and it was not as smart as it is now, and it was a bit muddle-headed.
It wasn't until the last green caterpillar leader evolved into a big butterfly and flew away, that it defeated its competitors and became the new green caterpillar leader. Only then did its wisdom slowly increase further, and its size also grew further.
The green caterpillar leader's narration reminded Mark inexplicably of some doubts he had when watching Pokémon animations before traveling through time.
When Xiaozhi was traveling, he encountered many giant elves, not the ones that became Dynamaxed in the Galar region later, but truly giant individuals, such as giant dragons, giant stinging jellyfish, giant telepathic clay dolls...
The leaders of some elven groups are often much larger than what is recorded in the Elf Encyclopedia.
Could it be said that these large elves are related to becoming the leader of a group of elves?
Yes, not only the current green caterpillar leader, but also the green caterpillar leader from a few years ago seemed to be quite big as well.
Mark mused.
In addition to the leader of the green caterpillars, his green caterpillars also seem to be somewhat special, possessing an IQ that far exceeds that of similar species.
While thinking, a word suddenly appeared in Mark's mind, and a conjecture was also born.
——Bond.
The word "bond" accompanies the entire journey of the Pokémon anime protagonist Ash.
With the help of bonds, Xiaozhi's Pikachu has defeated powerful enemies countless times. In the special episode, there are even cases where the new elves defeated the mythical beasts with the help of bonds.
In the world of Pokémon, the bond represents the emotional resonance between the trainer and the Pokémon, which can really become strength.
The world seems to be the same way.
In the school textbook "Encyclopedia of Knowledge about Elves of the Kingdom of Shia (3)", some words are used to describe the emotional resonance between trainers and elves, which can burst out with powerful power. The only problem is that the description is very rough. The following books The books also provide no further explanation.
So, did his green caterpillar gain IQ because of its bond with him?
Mark thinks there is a very high possibility.
Because he had been a confused idiot for the past ten years, so in order to help him, the green caterpillar relied on its bond with him and gradually gained wisdom far beyond that of ordinary green caterpillars.
——Since he has no brain, let the green caterpillar be his brain.
And through this bond conjecture, Mark suddenly realized that since there is a bond between humans and elves, shouldn't there be a bond between elves and elves?
The leader of the green caterpillars may have formed a bond with the elves of the entire group, so he gradually gained a larger body and became more intelligent.
So, what about his green caterpillar?
If his green caterpillar becomes the leader, will it also grow further through its bond with the tribe?
Mark rubbed his temples with his fingers.
Although his conjecture seems to be reliable, whether it is actually the case requires a series of verifications.
In addition, the leader of the green caterpillars had just given him some pomelo fruits, and he was too embarrassed to go back on his promise and directly led the green caterpillars to seize the leadership position.
In addition, he and the green caterpillars have to exercise through the green caterpillar group. If he becomes the leader of the green caterpillars, he will lose the way to exercise.
However, the green caterpillar breeding base in Qingxi Village could try to find a way to make his green caterpillar the leader there.
Without thinking too much, Mark continued to listen to the leader of the green caterpillars.
According to the leader of the green caterpillar, after it became the leader of the green caterpillar, its body gradually grew to about one meter.
It was also during that time that its [silk spinning] skills improved by leaps and bounds. At the same time, due to its improved IQ, it became aware of the threat from the ethnic group.
Adjacent to the green caterpillar's territory, there lives a powerful elf.
The leader of the green caterpillar elf didn't know the name. He only knew that it was a purple elf, about three meters tall, extremely strong, and highly poisonous.
Based on the description of the green caterpillar leader, Mark guessed that the elf should be Nido King.
The Nido King often attacks the green caterpillars, but the green caterpillars are always powerless.
For this reason, the leader of the green caterpillars thought hard and created a wooden thorn slingshot trap activated by silk threads. With hundreds of traps triggered at the same time, he killed the Nidoking in one fell swoop.
In the end, the Nidoking escaped, and it naturally took over the Nidoking's territory. At the same time, it obtained several orange fruit trees and a dwarf pomelo fruit tree in the Nidoking's territory.
Mark looked at the green caterpillar leader with admiration. He really didn't expect that there was such a tortuous story about these fruits.
"So, by taking these tree fruits, your body size has further grown from about one meter to nearly one meter and three meters now.
Is this why you shook your head and nodded again just now?
The reason why your body has become so big is because of these fruits, but it is not entirely because of these fruits. "
The leader of the green caterpillar nodded repeatedly, confirming Mark's guess.
"How many of these pomelo fruits have you eaten in total to get to your current size?"
The leader of the green caterpillar continued to gesture with its legs, which meant that it ate for a period of time, eating one every few days. As for the specific amount it ate, it could not describe.
Mark shook his head and said: "Forget that you haven't learned to count yet. Let's wait until you learn to count before talking about how much you ate. In fact, mathematics is very interesting if you get started. I will teach you in a moment. Bar……"
The green caterpillar leader tilted his head. For some reason, he once again had the urge to escape. However, out of his affection for Mark, he endured his physical discomfort and stayed...
