Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

Unable to leave the secret realm on her own, she asked Ye Chen for help to rescue the Celebi that was in danger.

Ye Chen blinked and said, "Um... Celebi, I really want to help your fellow creature escape danger, but you've seen my strength. What good would it do if I went to put something of your level in danger?"

As soon as Celebi appeared, Ye Chen used the system to check its information.

Pokémon: Celebi

Rank: High-level Champion (Gradually recovering)

Qualification: Level 3 God

Features: Natural reply

Skills: Magic Dazzle, Grassy Terrain, Foresight, Magic Leaf, Primal Power, Leaf Storm, Song of Destruction...

Celebi, who is very expressive in the original anime but has seriously weak combat power, actually has the strength of a high-level champion and is gradually recovering. It is estimated that it will eventually reach the level of a third-level god.

Ye Chen was very self-aware. His strongest Pokémon, Milotic, was only at the mid-high level. Was he going to save Celebi or go to his death?

“Bird~ But in the future I see, you succeeded.” Celebi scratched her little head, looking puzzled as well.

"So you actually saw the future all along, which is why you found me?" Ye Chen instantly understood.

Celebi probably saw himself in the future, but was unsure whether he was trustworthy. So, after I entered this secret realm, Celebi probably kept observing me in the dark.

It was only the choice Celebi made when facing the Lizard King that made Celebi decide to show itself to her.

"So, in the future you saw, how did I save your kin?"

"I don't know," Celebi replied matter-of-factly.

"Are not you just saw it?"

"It's not time for elves of our level to be born yet. I can only see your existence through the future, which is already the limit. As for the details and process, they are all shrouded in mist, and even I can't see them clearly."

Seemingly noticing Ye Chen's hesitation, Celebi continued:

"To help you better save my kind, I can use my life energy to improve your Milotic's aptitude. And after you successfully return, to repay you, I can upgrade the blessing power within you. Then you will not only be able to understand all Pokémon's words, but you can also use its power to heal Pokémon."

Ye Chen was stunned when he heard this. It could understand the meaning of any Pokémon and also had healing abilities. Wasn't this the power of Viridian from the Pokémon special manga?

Moreover, consider how difficult it was for that lizard king to improve its aptitude. It took a full ten years since it descended from the Green Forest Secret Realm to successfully improve its aptitude.

"The forest guardian Celebi requests your help, triggering the following options:"

Option 1: Grant its request and help its kin escape danger in the future. Reward: One Silver Feather.

Option 2: Refuse its request. Celebi will leave disappointed. Reward: One Poké Ball.

Good grief, it even triggered a system option. What reason is there to refuse now?

Although Ye Chen was secretly overjoyed, he still forced a smile and said, "Alright, it has nothing to do with anything else. The main thing is that I can't bear to see the kind and lovely Celebi in danger!"

Celebi didn't care whether Ye Chen was truly righteous or not. Seeing that Ye Chen had agreed, it happily flew around in the sky a few times.

"Let's help Milas improve its qualifications now."

Countless green light spots appeared on Celebi's body again; these were the life energy of Celebi as a mythical beast.

These life energies slowly drifted toward Milotic, entering its body and beginning to strengthen Milotic's physical genes and life energy.

"Nus~ It feels so warm!"

This is the first time I've heard Milotic's voice; it's like an elegant lady, yet it seems to carry a hint of arrogance.

Fifteen minutes later, Celebi finally stopped, covered in sweat and panting, and said:

"Alright, now your Milotic has the potential to be a Champion. I will let you know when that secret realm descends."

After saying that, he disappeared. It seems that forcibly enhancing a Pokémon's aptitude is not a simple matter.

This is different from the gradual improvement of Lizard King's aptitude over ten years of dedicated effort; Celebi is using its own life energy to enhance Milotic.

Short treatment time, no side effects!

Everyone who uses it says it's great!

When Ye Chen checked Milotic's information, he indeed found that Milotic already had the potential to be a Champion, and even the highest level of potential among Champions.

This left Ye Chen deeply impressed.

"Celebi is such a kind person... no, such a kind spirit!"

Chapter Ten: Paper Publication

Ye Chen then casually picked some low-value tree fruits from the secret realm, mainly to cover his tracks when leaving.

To avoid being suspected of going into the secret realm without taking anything.

After paying 10% of the tax, Ye Chen went straight home.

Milotic has finally evolved successfully, and its paper can finally be published!

Furthermore, the top-tier water-type energy cubes provided by the system in the previous dungeon have already been used up. In order to maintain rapid progress after Milotic, logistics absolutely cannot be compromised.

Fortunately, the rewards for defeating the Lizard King—the Mysterious Water Drop and the "Experience in Making Top-Tier Water-Based Energy Blocks"—have already been distributed. Once the paper is published and I have enough money, I can buy materials to make my own energy blocks. At that time, I can make as many as I want!

Furthermore, after Feebas evolves into Milotic, the fish tank I bought is no longer big enough. If I have the money, I'd like to buy a house with a yard, preferably with a pond in the yard so that Milotic can swim freely in it!

It's too early to think about those things now. Ye Chen clicked to use "Experience in Making Top-Tier Water Energy Blocks" in the system panel, and the familiar feeling came over him again.

However, there wasn't as much information this time as last time, and Ye Chen quickly recovered.

Now, in terms of making water-based energy blocks, he is no different from a true top breeder, and the method for making energy blocks provided by the system is even more powerful!

View information about newly acquired items in the system panel.

Mysterious Water Drop: A teardrop-shaped gem that enhances the power of water-based skills when carried.

Silver Feather: A magical feather that radiates a silver glow. It is said to be the feather of Lugia, the sea god. Using it can summon Lugia to descend.

Ye Chen was very satisfied with both items, especially the Silver Feather, which was used to summon Lugia in the game, but Ye Chen naturally wouldn't summon it now.

Firstly, if you summon one, you can't defeat it yourself, so it would be a waste if you couldn't subdue it.

Secondly, Celebi said that now is not the time for the legendary spirits to descend, and Lugia is not even in this world yet, so summoning them would probably have no effect.

After returning home, Ye Chen held Milotic's Poké Ball and said softly:

"Our circumstances don't allow it right now, so we won't release you for now. We'll buy you a big house with a pool when we have more money, so you can swim all you want."

The Poké Ball gently shook twice in response.

Ye Chen smiled and put down the Poké Ball. His relaxed expression turned serious as he pulled out all the data he had previously recorded and officially began writing his first research paper on Pokémon.

"A hundred years ago, the first secret realm descended upon our world, and afterwards, spatial anomalies appeared all over the world. Along with the secret realms, there also appeared magical creatures known as elves. Over the past hundred years, our research on elves has become increasingly in-depth, but there are always some elves whose rarity means that we know almost nothing about them."

Milotic, hailed as the most beautiful of all Pokémon, is also one of the least understood. We've always believed Milotic to be a one-form Pokémon, meaning it has no degenerate or evolved forms, similar to Lapras, Seviper, and Zangoose. But is that really the case…?

I wrote from the afternoon until 2 a.m., but because I had made some drafts beforehand, I wrote relatively quickly.

Go to the Pokémon Academic Forum and find the Pokémon Evolution section.

Click to upload and publish!

The Pokémon Academic Forum is the official forum designated by the League, specifically for publishing research papers related to Pokémon.

Its review mechanism is very comprehensive. You can't just write a paper, submit it, and have it published directly. The forum has dedicated reviewers to review papers.

The main focus is on whether the paper is original, whether it is plagiarized, and whether the conclusions of the research are plausible based on the data and various evidence in the paper. At the very least, it must be ensured that it is not just random writing.

Your research findings can only be published on the forum after the reviewers have verified that there are no problems.

As for whether the content of the paper is big or small, it is not so important, because the Elf Realm has only been around for fifty years, and the research on elves is not yet in-depth enough. Therefore, as long as the research content is related to elves and meets the standards, it can be published, regardless of the importance of the research content.

Therefore, the research papers on academic forums cover a wide range of topics, from minor differences between the male and female forms of a certain Pokémon to major developments and improvements to Poké Balls, and speculations about the reasons for the appearance of Mystic Realms, and so on.

……

Elf League ** Branch

Shen Yuanwei, the paper review editor of the Elf Academic Forum's ** section, picked up his coffee, took a sip, and tried to stay alert before continuing his review.

Because so many people submit papers every day, the alliance arranges for reviewers to work in three shifts. Otherwise, they simply cannot review all the papers, and the pile would only keep growing.

Shen Yuanwei was one of the staff members working the night shift.

A new reviewer next to him complained, "Brother Shen, you know, those people submit so many papers every day, but when we look at them, they're all utter nonsense, even contradictory in their own words. And yet we have to work in three shifts to review them."

"Yes, I've never heard of any other clerical department that operates 24 hours a day like ours."

Shen Yuanwei comforted him, saying, "Our understanding of elves is far from complete. Sometimes, a small paper on the personality of a certain elf can provide key clues for one of our major research projects."

Therefore, we need to be even more careful and meticulous during the review process. Even if we read a hundred nonsensical papers, it's worthwhile to find just one correct and useful one.

"Yes, Brother Shen, don't worry, we're just complaining a little."

Then everyone returned to work, and Shen Yuanwei continued to open the next paper to view.

The title is "A Study on the Relationship between Milotica and Feebas".

Well, it's probably another far-fetched idea, but a paper without any data to support it.

Milotic is an extremely rare Pokémon. Often, just seeing its graceful form can soothe anger and rage. A photo of Milotic taken in the wild can fetch a high price online.

As for having Milotic as a Pokémon, Shen Yuanwei only knew of one person.