Let you make a game, what the hell is Pokemon?.

Chapter 230 Liuli's First Battle: Elements Integrated into the Environment?

At first, she found it strange that the world only had Pokémon. If the world only had Pokémon, then why did they need rescue? And why did they need to enter the dungeon?

If it's just because of "bad guys" like the gas bombs and supersonic bats from before, it just doesn't feel right.

These questions remain unanswered, but now it seems to make a lot more sense if we look at it this way: the Pokémon in the dungeon have been affected for some reason and have become different from ordinary Pokémon. This setting is quite interesting.

These reasons will probably be revealed in the later part of the game's story, right?
Liuli couldn't help but wonder how the plot would explain this part of the story.

Just then, the bushes next to us suddenly shook!
Swish!

Two Pokémon suddenly darted out and blocked their path!

A creature with a green carapace, a sharp horn on its head, and fierce eyes—it's a unicorn beetle!
The other one is entirely purple, with sharp needles and compound eyes, and its tail is raised high—a stinging beetle!

They emitted a distinctly hostile red glow, clearly recognizing them as intruders.

As soon as these two Pokémon appeared, Liuli immediately observed their condition. Sure enough, just as Squirtle had said, these two Pokémon looked completely different from the previous Zubat and Koffing. The former two at least had the ability to communicate, but these two had empty eyes, and their eyes were filled with a scarlet color.

What's even more special is that if you look closely, you can see that their bodies are shrouded in a layer of purple mist. Although it's very thin, it's easy to spot with the fine pixelation.

Seeing this, Ruri instantly understood, and this clearly confirmed her guess. There really are many such strange Pokémon in this world.

It is precisely because of them that Pokémon that enter the dungeon need to be rescued.

But why would Pokémon enter this so-called maze?
Before Liuli could think further, in the game...

The battle interface opens instantly!

[Encounter Battle: Unicorn Beetle Lv3 / Tail Beetle Lv3!]

At the same time, a notification popped up at the bottom of the screen:

Please select the battle command mode:

[Only command the main character (teammates are controlled by AI)]

[Global Command (Complete command of the protagonist and all teammates' actions)]

"Oh? You can command your teammates too?" Liuli's eyes lit up. Squirtle was so fierce in the cave just now, wouldn't it be so awesome to command it?
"Why even choose? Of course, it's global command!" She confidently selected the [Global Command] mode.

The battle begins!
Liuli immediately looked at the Burning Bug's skill bar—it still only had one skill: [Silk Spit].

Without hesitation, she chose to have the Burning Bug use its Silk Spear on the seemingly more threatening Unicorn Bug!

A white thread shot out precisely and stuck to the unicorn beetle.

The unicorn's speed has decreased!

"Squirtle! Use the water gun to attack the Wurmple!" Ruri immediately gave the order.

However, after the command was given, Squirtle hesitated for half a second before suddenly spraying out its water gun.

In that half-second delay, Wurmple had already unleashed its Poison Sting! Several thin purple needles shot towards Squirtle!

Squirtle's water gun hit Wurmple right away, but it was also hit by Poison Sting at the same time, losing some of its health and a purple skull icon appeared above its head – [Poisoned]!
"Oops!"

Liuli's heart tightened, and she quickly commanded the Burning Bugs again: "Use Silk Spit again! Entangle the Stinging Tail Bugs!"

The burning insects spun silk again, this time targeting the stinging beetles.

But the stinging beetle seemed to have anticipated this, and with a twist of its body, it managed to dodge!
【Silk-Spitting Miss!】

"Squirtle! Quickly use the water gun to attack Weedle!" Ruri hurriedly directed Squirtle to turn around.

Squirtle followed the command again, but due to the time difference in command, its movements seemed a little slower.

Despite being slowed down, Weedle used Tackle and slammed into Squirtle, who was still stiff from spraying water!
Squirtle cried out in pain, its stamina dropping even further!
Seeing that the status bars of her two teammates on the screen were decreasing, and Squirtle was also poisoned, while her own team's output was almost zero, Liuli immediately became flustered.

She had to direct the Burning Bugs to move and dodge attacks, command the Squirtle to attack and move, and also pay attention to the enemy's movements and skill cooldowns. She felt like her brain was about to overwhelm her.

Before you know it, the second wave of Poison Sting from the Stinger has hit the Burning Bug again!

Liuli felt the Burning Insect flashing purple light, and its stamina bar dropped significantly, indicating that it was also [poisoned]!
The battle situation collapsed instantly.

The continuous loss of health due to poisoning, coupled with the opponent's considerable attack power and the fact that Liuli was unable to keep up with the overall command, soon caused Squirtle to collapse from exhaustion and lose its ability to fight.

Immediately afterwards, the Burning Bug, caught in the crossfire of the Horned Bug and the Stinging Bug, also went black.

【The battle failed! 】

You have been returned to the entrance of the Silk Thread Forest.

The screen was instantly flooded with "hahaha" comments:
[Hahaha! It's a disaster!]

[Professional difficulty? That's it?]

[The overall command went awry!]

[Hilarious! So chaotic and frantic, it's so relatable!]

I really like the streamer's rebellious attitude.

[The poison is draining my health so fast, it feels even scarier than Emerald!]

[Go back and change the difficulty, Ruri! Experience the new difficulty!]

Looking at the grayed-out word "Failure" on the screen, and the Burning Bug and Squirtle being teleported back to the maze entrance, Ruri's cheeks flushed slightly, and she clenched her fists.

Damn it! We lost the very first battle! And we got mercilessly mocked by the viewers in the chat!
I can't believe it!
"Again!" she clicked to re-enter the maze, unwilling to give up.

A few minutes later.

Even though Liuli gave it her all, she still lost several times. This kind of real-time command is indeed too difficult.

In addition to AI-controlled gameplay, the game also offers two other options: voice input and key bindings. The key bindings are quite complex and require voice input to function. While voice input is convenient, in real-time battles, if you're not proficient, you might miss good opportunities like Liuli did just now, thus slowing down the pace of the entire battle.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, there will be several more members in the rescue team. At that time, the thought of having to command the entire team via voice made Liuli feel immense pressure.

This time, she learned from her mistakes and started by choosing the "Control Only the Main Character" mode, letting the AI ​​manage Squirtle. She focused on controlling the Flamethrower, using its silk-slinging to constantly harass and slow down the opponent, and moving more carefully. The AI-controlled Squirtle indeed demonstrated the same level of skill as in the cave, with high accuracy in its water gun and agile movement.

Liuli immediately felt much more relaxed, and the rhythm of the battle seemed to have stabilized.

However, as the fight progressed, Liuli noticed something was amiss.
At the [Professional] difficulty level, these two Bug-type Pokémon seem to have much more stamina than expected!

The water gun from Squirtle didn't cause nearly as much damage as when it hit the gas bombs and Zubats.

As for the burning insects from the glass, their silk-spitting attacks only slowed the enemy down, dealing virtually no damage. The battle quickly devolved into a war of attrition.

Even worse, while the AI-controlled Squirtle is quite skilled, it doesn't seem to understand how to prioritize attacks or avoid key skills.

On one occasion, it could have easily dodged the stinger of the spiky beetle, but instead chose to take the hit and attack the unicorn beetle, resulting in it being poisoned again.

Although Ruri desperately directed the Incinerate to reposition and kite, the lack of any offensive output was glaringly obvious. Ultimately, under the continuous attacks of the two Incinerates, Squirtle once again succumbed to poison and continuous damage, and Ruri's Incinerate, which dealt no damage whatsoever, quickly succumbed as well.

【The battle failed! 】

You have been returned to the entrance of the Silk Thread Forest.

Failed again!

The viewers in the live chat started to show some surprise:

【Seriously? Even with auto-play, they can't beat them?】

Are these two bugs really that bloody?

[The Squirtle Water Gun seems to be dealing less damage?]

[Is the difficulty level really that high? Can't even pass the beginner quests?]

[The stats are way too much, right? Streamer, quickly switch to a different difficulty level!]

I really liked a comment in the live chat: "The difficulty level is for newborn babies (lol)."

Two consecutive failures caused Liuli to frown.

She had considered changing the difficulty level as suggested in the comments.

But isn't it a bit too embarrassing to change the difficulty now?

Since the game has set this difficulty level and puts it here for players to choose, there must be a way to complete it!
This can't be a dead end!

She suddenly remembered the exciting battle scenes she had seen in the game's promotional videos.

Charmander and Pikachu used the shockwave of the explosion to leap over the cliff, while Squirtle and Bulbasaur used water vines to extinguish the will-o'-the-wisp... These were not simply skill clashes, but rather interactions with the environment and teammates' skills!

Freedom!
This combat system offers a high degree of freedom!

Liuli's eyes lit up, as if she understood something.

She immediately chose to enter the maze again, heading straight for the spot where the car had overturned.

The battle has begun again! The unicorn beetles and thorntail beetles pounced fiercely!
This time, Ruri did not rush to issue any attack orders.

She quickly found the button in the corner of the battle interface that she had previously overlooked—an hourglass icon with the label "[Battlefield Observation (5-second time limit)]".

"I was just wondering what would happen if I paused for five seconds, now I understand!" Liuli suddenly realized. She immediately pressed the button!
The entire battle scene was instantly enveloped in a pale yellow halo, as if time had been briefly frozen, leaving only Liuli's perspective to move and observe freely.

She immediately turned her gaze and quickly scanned the entire battlefield environment.

Dense trees, hanging vines, tangled roots, spiderwebs shimmering with silver light…

Also, diagonally above the heads of those two Bug-type Pokémon, on a steep rock face that appears unstable and is entangled by huge vines, a huge rock, about half a person's height, is wedged between two large trees, teetering on the verge of collapse!
A bold plan instantly formed in Liuli's mind!

Five-second observation time is over!

Battle time has resumed its flow!

"Squirtle!" Ruri practically shouted, her voice brimming with excitement, "Quick, use Water Gun! Attack the roots of that big tree on the left with the vines wrapped around it with all your might! Hurry!"

The AI-controlled Squirtle seemed to pause for a moment, but an instruction is an instruction. Without hesitation, it changed direction, and a thicker and more powerful jet of water shot out, slamming into the roots of the tree that Liuli was pointing to!
Splash! Water splashed everywhere! The soil around the tree roots, violently washed by the water gun, loosened instantly, and the entire tree shook violently! The vines wrapped around it were also pulled by the enormous force!

It's now!

Liuli controlled the burning insects and used all her strength to unleash her only skill—[Silk Spit]—on the thickest vine that was hanging down from the tree and was taut!
The tough silkworm thread did not attack the vine directly, but instead stuck precisely to the middle of the vine. Then, Liuli manipulated the burning insect to retreat sharply!

Boom!
The taut vines were suddenly pulled by the tension of the silk threads, making a sound of being unable to bear the burden!

As the vine snapped, a violent sound rang out.
Rumble——! ! !
The huge rock, which had been barely supported by tree roots and vines for who knows how long, lost its last restraint and rolled down the slope with a roar, accompanied by dust!
It crashed directly into Weedle and Wurmple, who were somewhat bewildered by Squirtle's sudden change of target!
"Squeak—!" "Hiss—!"

Two piercing screams rang out instantly! The immense impact shook the ground! Dust billowed everywhere!

As the smoke and dust dissipated, the boulder was seen firmly resting on the edge of the spot where the two Bug-type Pokémon had just been.

The unicorn and the thorntail were violently thrown by the rolling shockwave, crashing into the tree trunks next to them before falling heavily to the ground!

Their stamina bars instantly plummeted by more than two-thirds!

The two insects were seeing stars and were lying there in a daze, clearly having lost most of their fighting ability. Above their heads, there was a notification that they had entered a [dizzy] state!
The entire live stream room fell into a deathly silence.

Immediately afterwards, the barrage of comments erupted like a volcanic eruption, instantly flooding the screen:

【? ? ? 】

【Fuck! ! 】

[This actually works?!]

[What's this? Environmental killing?!]

[True justice descends from heaven!]

[Epic buff for the Burning Bugs!]

Looking at the two limp, blood-soaked insects on the screen, and then at her own unscathed team, a huge sense of accomplishment and excitement surged into her heart!

She couldn't help but swing her fist hard in the chair!
"Did you see that! Family members! Did you see that!"

"That's strategy! That's execution! Who says a streamer can't do it!"

Controlling her Flamethrower, she declared victory to the still-dazed enemies: "Squirtle! Give them the final blow! End the battle!"

Squirtle seemed startled by the earth-shattering impact, but it didn't hesitate. It fired two precise water shots, taking away the last bit of energy from the two Bug Pokémon and rendering them unable to battle.

【Battle won! 】

The golden notification stood out brightly at that moment.

(End of this chapter)