After bidding farewell to the owner of the medicine shop, Xiao Ye took off on a big bird and headed straight to the place where cold vanilla grows, the Bailang River.
She had already made plans to spend the morning collecting medicinal herbs, and in the afternoon she would conduct pre-match training on the spot in the mountains - the Pokémon Center training ground in Bailang Town was not big, and the seats were almost all reserved. She wanted to find free The only open space is to stay away from the city and go to the suburbs. After all, we have to be on the road, so dedicating half a day to "pulling weeds" can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Unlike Mount Aso on Xiangju Island, the vegetation in Fengxue Mountain is not dense, and the cold gray mountain rocks and deep and light green interweave to create mottled tones. As we continue to look upward, the green that represents the plants gradually fades away, and the mountain is gradually covered with white snow.
Fengxue Mountain is more than five thousand meters above sea level. The snow on the top of the mountain never melts. Whether in midsummer or cold winter, the mountains on this tropical island are dotted with pure white. The Fengxueshan branch of the Himi clan, an ancient family named after ice, lives above the snow line. The Fengxue battle hosted by them will also take place in the snow-covered mountains.
Xiaoye had conducted a preliminary investigation and knew that the temperature and wind in Fengxue Mountain could not be endured by wearing autumn sportswear. Fortunately, the rules of the Snowstorm Battle are special. Since contestants must enter the arena as "characters in the story," the organizers have already prepared clothing corresponding to the character's identity, which fits the storyline and is warm enough. The poor new trainer was very happy about this - the price of winter clothing that could withstand the cold wind in the snowy mountains was so expensive that she would rather buy ten kilograms of snacks to feed Ghost Stone.
Icy vanilla is most common at an altitude of about two to three thousand meters. Compared to Bailang Town at the foot of the mountain, it was just the right amount of cool and pleasant. When the Big Bird landed on the river bank, Pichu, who had endured the scorching heat for many days, couldn't help but stretch his little arms and legs and lay comfortably on the grass. Get out of here.
The breeze swept through the jungle, the river lapped at the rocks on the shore, and the clear and clear sound echoed in the mountains. Although the vegetation nearby is not luxuriant, the interlacing of vegetation and rocks also creates a cool-toned beauty.
Xiaoye found a relatively flat open space nearby, released the Pokémon, and asked these energetic guys to do some physical training such as running and jumping - this is a Pokémon sanctuary, in case they use any moves. If you make any big noise, you might attract a protection officer who collects fines.
In front of the medicine shop owner, Xiaoye vowed to ask Ghost Stone to help collect medicine in order to win his trust. But seeing the big ghost's eyes shining, the trainer decisively decided to let it fly back and forth carrying rocks to exercise its strength.
Even if it's to protect your hair from being chewed in half... you should still do the work of collecting herbs yourself.
The cold herbs growing in the cracks of the rocks are difficult to search with the naked eye, but for the waveguide messenger, finding objects is an easy task.
The purple-haired girl jumped up and down on the jagged rocks by the river. After a while, there were several blue grasses in her backpack. Slippery rocks and steep terrain didn't seem to bother her—
Not counting Yukidouji either.
Xiaoye was shocked when she saw that this little guy didn't run in circles around other companions, but jumped up and down behind her. However, it turns out that the snow boy who was born in a snowy mountain does not find it difficult to walk on the "mountain without snow" at all, and can even run faster than the trainer himself. Seeing this, Xiaoye simply gave it a task of picking mushrooms.
After receiving the instructions, Snow Boy was very happy. He ran around with a bamboo basket on his back and soon collected a basket of colorful mushrooms. It felt unsatisfied when looking at its own results, so it cleverly changed its goal and ran to the tree to pick up nuts.
——For freelance trainers who like to go into the wilderness, this kind of food collection work is considered normal.
Humans and Pokémon have coexisted for thousands of years, and domesticating and raising Pokémon have been attempts since ancient times. Nowadays, thanks to advanced technology and successive scholars, the nutrients required by Pokémon of each race have been analyzed more clearly than the definitions of the words in the dictionary, and convenient Pokémon food has also emerged. It has already been found in major shopping malls and small stores.
Any quality-tested dry food can provide your Pokémon with enough nutrients to support its healthy growth. For example, the most popular "Wild Feast" among freelance trainers is large in quantity, good in quality and low in price. It has made an outstanding contribution to trainers in reducing the cost of feeding Pokémon. Even Xiaoye, who is struggling on the poverty line, All the players can rely on it to feed their big eaters. If she wanted to express her feelings about this, Xiaoye would definitely squeeze out two tears with genuine emotion and shout "Feast in the Wilds, save my dog's life."
Of course, this affordable dry food also has obvious shortcomings - it has a single taste and a very ordinary texture. If you only eat this for three meals a day, I am afraid that the best-tempered Dabi Bird will start a revolution. Experienced travelers have already anticipated this, and countless incubators on the GT Forum have left refined posts that point out solution strategies for newcomers.
Dry food is the "staple food" of Pokémon, similar to rice; and a pleasant meal also requires a variety of side dishes. Each Pokémon's favorite food is different, but the good news is that most of them can be found in abundant nature.
Almost no Pokémon dislikes tree fruits, especially orange or pomelo fruits that can replenish physical strength. In addition, Charizard likes roasted mushrooms, and Riolu prefers mushroom soup; nibbling nuts is a daily pleasure for Pichu, and forest lizards always have fresh wild vegetables in their food bowls - and so on. Ingredients are quite common in any forest, and the combination is enough to make a Pokémon meal rich.
Every Pokémon Center has Pokémon Block making equipment that you can use for free. Xiaoye recorded many recipes for Pokémon's favorite foods in her notebook. From time to time, she would use tree fruits as raw materials to make a batch of Pokémon cubes to give her friends a change of taste.
Oh, there’s no need to go out of your way to make it in the near future - as the first guest to discover the "Gray Fireball Rat", Xiaoye received a large gift bag of Poké Cubes as a reward. The weight was so heavy that she almost doubted her life, and she might have to eat one. It will take two or three weeks to see the end.
After receiving the Quartz League's top four bonus, Xiaoye's financial situation improved slightly, and she could finally try to buy slightly more expensive dry food.
The taste categories of Wilderness Feast are divided simply and crudely, and they are only distinguished by attributes. As for the slightly higher-priced dry food - well-known brands that are stocked in friendly stores such as Aina and News, they are usually classified in more detail according to attributes, body shape, egg group and even personality, etc., and there are dozens of them at every turn. Money is just the norm.
For example, Pokémon such as Charizard, Gyarados, and Riolu are all high-level predators in the natural food chain, and their dry food will contain more fresh meat ingredients; the dry food of Taobao contains more grains and skin. The dry food of hill and forest lizards is mainly made of vegetables and tree fruits.
Compared with them, the dry food of the mineral group and the amorphous group is much weirder. For example, the one that Snow Boy often eats looks like just a pile of ice cubes and does not look like a staple food at all; while Ghost Stone even eats the wrapping paper. …
Well, this probably has nothing to do with the egg group, it’s just a weird difference.
Since trainers have become richer, the quality of food for all Pokémon has improved a lot. Charizard and other "beasts" are especially happy. They can also eat canned meat of different flavors every now and then. While they were immersed in eating, the trainer held the can he bought from the friendly store and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
In the Pokémon League, it is a crime to hunt Pokémon for food. Only the parts that naturally fall off Pokémon can be collected and used as food. It is said that the main raw material for canned fresh meat provided to land Pokémon is Slowpoke's tail.
Reminiscent of the cans he saw on the shelves in the store, a question mark slowly appeared above Xiaoye's head.
...how many Slowpoke are there in this country?
Half a morning passed, and Xiaoye had collected a lot of cold herbs, and the various ingredients collected by Yukidouzi were also piled high. The trainer sorted and packaged the ingredients with ease, picked out small colored stones that were obviously not food, and put them into glass bottles to use as toys for Snow Boy. Then, she temporarily called her Pokémon back and planned to go to the other side of the river to search.
The trees along the river are lush and not suitable for the flying bird, so the only way to cross the river is with the help of Gyarados. Xiaoye looked at the wide surface of the river and the rapid water flow, and silently prepared herself for getting soaked before setting off - Gyarados was a player with no manned experience, and with its rough behavior, Xiaoye felt dragged. It would not be surprising if it spirals 360 degrees into the water at the same time.
One minute later——
Lying on top of the Gyarados, Xiaoye stared dumbfounded as her partner crossed the river in an unprecedentedly steady manner, with his head raised as steady as a camera tripod, and his swaying tail did not pick up even a drop of water. The impact of this scene was comparable to that of a fire-breathing dragon suddenly becoming polite and polite. Xiaoye was so shocked that she forgot to tighten her hand holding the dragon's horn, and almost slipped into the river.
On the contrary, Gyarados was startled by the sudden miss of the person above him. He hurriedly raised his tail and rolled it up, catching the trainer in the middle, with confusion written on his ferocious face.
Xiaoye hung on its dorsal fin and blurted out, "Did you carry your former trainer?"
Gyarados: "..." (Water Dragon Question Mark.jpg)
Xiaoye: "...Sorry, pretend I didn't ask."
The girl shook her head and let her IQ return to her head - Gyarados had not yet evolved at that time, so I believe no trainer would swim on Magikarp's back.
In this way, Xiao Ye remembered that Gyarados seldom caused trouble in daily life. Leaving aside the stupid green ones such as Charizard, even the steady Big Bird and Forest Lizard made mistakes such as accidentally knocking over the soup pot and ruining their lunch, or inadvertently scratching the trainer's paw. As the biggest guy in the team, Gyarados never did any damage, and even protected food from Charizard's claws many times.
Maybe... this is the experience of a Pokémon that has had a trainer before?
By the time the trainer cleared his mind of all the messy speculations, the Gyarados cruise ship had steadily arrived at the other shore.
Xiaoye jumped down and reached out to catch the Pichu that rolled off Gyarados's horns.
The terrain on the east side of Bailang River is more dangerous. The trainer looked around and couldn't see any open space suitable for physical training. Instead, he first spotted the cold vanilla caught in the cracks of the rocks more than ten meters away. Therefore, Xiaoye did not call out to the Gyarados rolling and stretching in the river. She jumped forward on the wet stones and approached the cold blue herbs.
Halfway through the jump, ripples suddenly appeared on the river surface. Xiaoye had a keen premonition of something, and suddenly stopped - the moment she stood still, a huge creature broke out of the water, and amid the curtain of splashing water, it fiercely waved its glowing purple tentacles at the humans who invaded its territory. !
The appearance of stinging jellyfish did not panic the trainer. She still remembers one of the reasons why the Bailang River was designated as a protected area - it is because there are rare colonies of stinging jellyfish that live in freshwater areas. It's just that the ferocious beast from underwater appeared so suddenly that Xiaoye didn't even have time to open her eyes to detect it, and jumped back hastily to avoid its venom-filled tentacles.
In just a few seconds, the second and third stinging jellyfish also emerged from the river.
Xiaoye knew that she shouldn't fight head-on when facing a group of Pokémon, not to mention that she was in a protected area and would be severely fined for injuring a stinging jellyfish. After setting the goal of retreat, Xiaoye took out the Poke Ball in one hand and opened it in the direction of Gyarados without looking back. At the same time, the stinging jellyfish's tentacles extended like a snake, quickly stabbing humans who had no time to dodge.
Xiaoye's right arm held in front of her body lit up with a faint blue light. She retracted Gyarados and parried the blow at the same time, and at least three retreat plans popped up in her mind. However, the next moment, a sonorous collision made the trainer's eardrums numb.
The water dragon's huge body blocked the front, shrouding the trainer in the shadow behind him.
The failed red light has returned to the elf ball. Xiaoye raised her head in surprise——
The dark blue water dragon blocked the blow with its hard body and let out a deafening roar. The sound waves spread out in all directions, causing chaotic waves on the river in the mountains.
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However, it turns out that the snow boy who was born in a snowy mountain does not find it difficult to walk on the "mountain without snow" at all, and can even run faster than the trainer himself. Seeing this, Xiaoye simply gave it a task of picking mushrooms.
After receiving the instructions, Snow Boy was very happy. He ran around with a bamboo basket on his back and soon collected a basket of colorful mushrooms.
Ghost Stone: (cheerfully) A little girl picking mushrooms~ carrying a big bamboo basket~
Stinging jellyfish group: (collapse) Where did the ghost scream come from? It’s so unpleasant! Guys, beat it up! !
