I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

"You suddenly got a perfect score..."

"No way, Fatty, I got a perfect score. Shouldn't the teacher be praising me? Why are they scolding me?" Ye Feng asked curiously, deliberately raising his voice a little.

"Oh, this..."

Gu Siming knew that Ye Feng's words made sense, but he felt that something was not right, and he immediately started scratching his head in a panic.

"Ye Feng." Zhang Qiang suddenly walked over, stood in front of Ye Feng, and called out to him from above.

"What's wrong?" Ye Feng looked up at Zhang Qiang, suddenly feeling a little uncomfortable, so he stood up and looked down at Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang frowned and took a step back: "I don't know how you got a perfect score, but you won't be so lucky next time, hmph!"

After saying that, Zhang Qiang turned and left.

"Are you crazy?" Ye Feng stared blankly at Zhang Qiang's retreating figure, completely bewildered.

In his past life, it was one thing—he and Zhang Qiang had always been at odds. But in this world, he and Zhang Qiang shouldn't have had much interaction, right? Why are they now at odds with each other? Is this fate?

Ye Feng naturally didn't know that Zhang Qiang in his previous life might have been opposing him for the sake of grades, but in this world, there were other reasons.

"What's wrong with him?" Ye Feng sat down and asked Gu Siming curiously.

Gu Siming glanced at Ning Xian, who was chatting and laughing with her female classmates on the other side, and smiled: "Ah Feng, you don't know?"

"How would I know? I don't usually interact with him much," Ye Feng said tentatively, looking carefully into Gu Siming's eyes.

“That’s true.” Gu Siming nodded, seemingly oblivious to Ye Feng’s unusual expression. “You’ll see when you see.” He then gestured towards Ning Xian with his chin, “You got a perfect score again this time, suddenly losing out, so…”

"Huh?" Ye Feng looked over and naturally saw the little red flower among the green leaves, raising his eyebrows in understanding.

"I see. Kids these days are so precocious." Ye Feng sighed unconsciously, forgetting that he was the same age as them. Perhaps because of his time travel, he unconsciously thought he was older than them.

"..." Gu Siming's face twitched, and he looked at Ye Feng speechlessly, not knowing what to say.

The results didn't cause much of a stir; after all, it was just a test, and most people wouldn't take it to heart.

Even if Ye Feng suddenly got a perfect score, they would only be slightly surprised, and would quickly forget about it, and then they would either study or slack off.

Another day has passed.

It was truly agonizing for Ye Feng. What was taught in class was, in his opinion, very basic knowledge about Pokémon. He already knew most of it from playing games and watching anime. He used to learn about it out of interest, but now, in the form of a class, he found it to be torture.

As the school bell rang, Ye Feng cheered, grabbed his schoolbag, and rushed out of the classroom.

"Ye Feng!"

Hmm? It sounds like someone's calling me? Never mind, I need to hurry home. I have important things to do. He already has some preliminary plans for the future.

Ye Feng thought for a moment and realized he hadn't forgotten anything, so he quickened his pace and hurried home.

"That darn Ye Feng, he stood me up again! What happened to the ice cream I was promised?! I'm so angry!"

Not far behind, Ning Xian stomped her feet, her face puffed up with anger, gritting her teeth as she watched Ye Feng disappear into the distance.

Chapter 5: Trial Submission

Back home, Ye Feng threw down his backpack, quickly turned on his computer, and started typing away on the keyboard.

Soon, the webpage displayed the content he wanted to see.

"Let me take a look at the research on Pokémon abilities..." Ye Feng roughly browsed through some of the research papers on Pokémon abilities that had been published in this world, and roughly understood the current situation.

"I see. There are currently around 400 kinds of Pokémon in this world. Let me see, there are about 60 verified traits? That's still a long way off." Ye Feng was a little surprised.

If he remembered correctly, in his previous life, up to the sixth generation, there were a total of 721 Pokémon in the National Pokédex, and nearly 200 abilities. There is still a lot of room for exploration in this world!

But why are there still so many Pokémon that haven't been discovered? Nearly 300 species—does that mean those Pokémon don't exist in this world? Ye Feng pondered deeply.

But I can't think of a reason, so never mind, I won't think about it anymore.

Ye Feng was overjoyed; this meant he still had a glimmer of hope.

Although he wasn't good at plagiarism, he had a skill that all students possessed!

Copying an essay (crossed out) as a reference!

That's right, borrowing. As a former top student, I naturally have a certain level of writing ability. Although it's unrealistic for a high school student to write a professional paper, there are ready-made papers online. I can just borrow from them, right?

Since it's all about features anyway, I don't plan to write a professional submission. This is just a trial run; with some minor modifications, it should be pretty much acceptable...

Ye Feng also found many student submissions, none of which were professional papers—in fact, they weren't even papers, just simple articles. Most were simply there to add something to their resumes.

This put even less pressure on Ye Feng.

Without further ado, Ye Feng opened several papers online, created a new document, and began his creative endeavor.

Regarding the characteristics of spirits, a speculation about their fiery bodies...

Flame Body: When used by a Pokémon in direct contact moves, there's a chance to inflict a burning status on the opponent...

Continuous attack moves may seem to have a higher chance of triggering burn, but in reality, the probability of triggering burn is equal for each attack; the increased frequency of attacks simply raises the probability of triggering it.

Pokémon with fiery bodies can accelerate the hatching speed of their eggs to some extent...

Ye Feng worked tirelessly in front of the computer all night long.

After an unknown amount of time, Ye Feng rubbed his sore neck, looked up at the window with somewhat dazed eyes, and realized that it was already dawn.

He turned to look at the computer screen, where dense text filled the pages—the result of his all-night struggle.

"Luckily it's the weekend, no school today, otherwise I wouldn't be able to hold on."

Ye Feng yawned, quickly sent the document via email to a well-known "Elf Studies" magazine, then plopped down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

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"Elf Studies" is a science magazine with over a century of history, primarily publishing articles about elves and possessing a very high level of authority.

Many renowned elf scholars choose this magazine as their first choice for publishing their work.

Editorial Department

Xu Bowen, an experienced editor-in-chief of "Elf Studies," is responsible for professional article review.

Today, as usual, he checked the large number of submissions in his email inbox.

"Sigh, another batch of submissions with no technical merit today." Xu Bowen looked dejected. He hadn't received a decent submission in a long time, and this had been giving him a real headache lately.

Although most of the submissions were uninformative, Xu Bowen was a dedicated editor who endured the discomfort of browsing them every day.

"Hmm, this is... Flame Body? A new Pokémon ability?"

Xu Bowen perked up and opened the email. There was no content in the body of the email, only a document attachment.

"Let me see... My speculation about the Flame Body ability: when a Pokémon uses a direct-contact move, there's a chance to inflict a burn status on the opponent..."

Xu Bowen became more and more engrossed in reading, and his body began to tremble slightly. He quickly finished reading the article.

"This is... a new Pokémon ability? Has someone finally discovered a new ability? It's been so many years!" Xu Bowen was extremely excited. He had originally thought today would be another day of getting paid for doing nothing, but he never expected to receive such a submission.

Although the writing style is somewhat immature and there are obvious traces of borrowing in many places, it does not prevent it from being a very substantial submission.

It's worth noting that Pokémon studies have stagnated for far too long, with no significant findings published. If this article were published...

Xu Bowen seemed to see a bright future ahead.

He immediately sent an email to the email address that sent the submission, wanting to talk to the author of the paper in detail, but he did not receive a reply for a long time after sending the email.

Xu Bowen couldn't help but fall into self-doubt. Could this paper be a forgery?

While the article does list many Pokémon possessing this characteristic, it lacks detailed experimental data to support it. However, as the title suggests, it's merely a conjecture…

If we take this as a guess, Xu Bowen could simply create a section and post it as a regular article without any impact.

But when it comes to new features...

Xu Bowen contacted several PhDs in Pokémon studies he knew and sent them the article to verify its authenticity.

I received a reply very quickly.

The responses criticized the paper for its obvious plagiarism and lack of detailed evidence, deeming it unworthy of being considered an academic paper. However, they argued that it was merely a conjecture, and that the responses themselves confirmed the authenticity of the paper's content after conducting experiments.

One of them even called directly, asking for the author's contact information.

The PhD student explained that he had recently been researching flame bodies and had just made some discoveries. He was surprised to find that someone had already published their complete research findings. Although presented as a hypothesis, his current findings were very similar to those in the article. He was thrilled and wanted to discuss the matter thoroughly with the scholar who had published the paper before him.

Xu Bowen glanced at the professor's name, Deng Ruizhe. Goodness, a big shot known throughout the entire Pokémon academic community.

Xu Bowen really wanted to get to know Dr. Deng Ruizhe better and try to get some research results from him, but unfortunately, the other man wasn't interested in him at all and only wanted to have in-depth discussions with the author of "Body of Flames".

After agreeing with Deng Ruizhe to inform him as soon as he contacted the author, Xu Bowen sent another email to Ye Feng's email address, but still received no reply.

Meanwhile, Ye Feng was fast asleep in bed, completely unaware of what was happening outside.

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"Young man, come find me quickly, quickly..."

It's that voice again.

Ye Feng opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Who is it? They always disturb me when I'm sound asleep. Could it be the legendary old man? But then they tell me to go find him...

Hmm, but I don't have any clue right now. It's probably not the right time to trigger the plot yet, right?