Pokémon: Hard work pays off, moves can be upgraded infinitely.

"A short-term mission has been activated?"

Mu Yun immediately looked away from his phone and focused his attention on the short-term tasks that had just been activated.

This short-term task, called the "opening-of-school assessment," is somewhat similar to the long-term task called the "college entrance exam training camp."

The rewards for completing tasks are not fixed; they are determined based on the final ranking.

I'm not sure if it's because of the difference in task deadlines, but the rewards for the short-term task of the opening-of-school assessment are clearly marked.

In addition to the fixed points rewards, the first place winner receives a total of four rewards.

Energy Cube crafting skills, energy cube recipes, skill learning and memorization, and storage space expansion cards.

Each one is a great reward.

For the first two examples, unless you enroll in a trainer program and study diligently, most trainers will never have access to the actual production process of Energy Cubes.

But more than crafting energy cubes, what Mu Yun cared about most was the third reward—

Learn and memorize a set of moves with random attributes!

You should know that there are no learning machines in the real world that can teach you new skills with a single tap.

There are only three ways for a Pokémon to learn a new move.

The first type is growth, which means that as the level increases, the Pokémon naturally learns the moves hidden in its bloodline genes. This method is the most common and is the main source of most Pokémon moves.

The second type is teaching, which is active learning. This can be done by finding someone to teach you offline or by purchasing instructional videos online for self-study.

Compared to the former, the latter requires a high level of comprehension from the Pokémon itself. If the Pokémon isn't quick-witted, it might take a long time to learn a new move.

The third type is called opportunity, which is a general term for all situations other than the first two.

There is no absolute explanation for this situation. It could be due to enlightenment during evolution, insights gained during battle, or even simply learning a new move by seeing some natural scenery.

Because there is no unified conclusion and it depends entirely on luck, this method is not the mainstream approach.

It's worth mentioning that the probability of gaining some understanding during evolution is quite high, which is why the starter Pokémon with three stages of evolution are very expensive and highly sought after by new players.

"I wonder if learning and memorizing moves is as simple as just 'dinging' it all in one go..."

Mu Yun didn't quite understand this so-called learning memory, or how it differed from the learning machine in the game from his previous life. He could only find out after school started.

Mu Yun doesn't have high requirements; he just needs to be able to display the moves on the panel. As for proficiency, he can always get it by grinding.

Mu Yun didn't react much to the last reward related to space expansion.

It's good to have more space, but it's also fine if you don't.

After carefully reviewing all the rewards for the first short-term mission, Mu Yun was filled with excitement and looked forward to the combat assessment after the start of the semester.

Although Weedle is only level 6 now, thanks to the extremely fast evolution speed of Bug-type Pokémon in the early stages, it will definitely evolve into Beedrill before the start of the school year.

With the advantage of being able to fly, plus the powerful moves he'd mastered, Mu Yun was confident he could take first place in the "Baby Cup".

"Ugh!!"

Seemingly sensing Mu Yun's excitement and fighting spirit, the Unicorn Beetle, which was watching TV nearby, also sat up straight and let out a powerful howl.

Just then, the television screen showed a young trainer's proud expression as he won the match.

His weathered face and thick beard gave him a rather mature appearance.

If this weren't the Silver Tournament, Mu Yun would have thought his opponent was a man in his forties or fifties.

..............................

After calming down, Mu Yun turned off the TV and carried the unicorn back to his bedroom.

The night outside the window was pitch black, with only the crickets chirping loudly because their clappers were not working properly.

Occasionally, you can hear a few barks from dogs.

I guess it was Grandpa Liu downstairs whose crickets were chirping so annoyingly that it yelled a few times.

Whether it was Hayok's imposing presence that scared the crickets away, or the poor crickets that died on the spot, the annoying chirping finally stopped.

The quiet moonlit night brought Mu Yun a good night's sleep.

I slept without any dreams.

When he opened his eyes, it was already the next morning.

Just like yesterday, the unicorn beetle obediently fed itself and successfully remembered Mu Yun's reminder to turn off the refrigerator.

After that, Mu Yun did the same thing as yesterday: got up early to cook and prepare a simple lunch. Unicorn continued its silk-spinning training, while he started with gymnastics. Then they went out together for physical training.

After a 2.5-kilometer jog, the rest stop was still the old pavilion surrounded by vines.

"Mwah~~!!"

As soon as we arrived at the pavilion, a fluffy-feathered Popo flew over, flapping its wings.

It was Bobo, the "unlucky guy" who got stuck on the ground by a unicorn bug's silk yesterday.

After yesterday's misunderstanding, Mu Yun left a sandwich for poor Bobo, but he didn't expect that guy to come again today.

Perhaps because of yesterday's experience of facing fear head-on, when the unicorn saw Bobo flying over today, it no longer trembled with fear. Instead, it stood up straight, raised its little head, and looked at its opponent with full fighting spirit.

"Mwah!! Mwah!!"

Poppo, noticing the horned beetle's burning gaze, froze and quickly stopped at a distance, chattering as if to show that it meant no harm.

"It's alright, Xiao Du. Bobo in our neighborhood is very docile," Mu Yun patted the little unicorn's head and gently comforted it.

Upon hearing this, the unicorn beetle nodded, its upright body slightly lowering, but its pair of dark little eyes remained fixed on Bobo.

It's as if it's saying, "I'll keep an eye on you, always, so don't even think about trying anything funny!"

"Mwah~~~"

Seeing that the unicorn beetle's hostility had largely dissipated, Bobo finally breathed a sigh of relief, flapped its wings, and slowly flew towards Muyun.

He is a Pidgey born and raised in this old neighborhood. His parents, and all the other Pidgeys who haven't evolved into their Pidgey form, have lived in this neighborhood for generations.

Since his birth, he has lived with humans and has always been fed by them.

In his mind, humans were just as safe and reliable as his tribesmen, and were partners with whom he could play, frolic, and beg for food.

Unexpectedly, yesterday, when he followed the scent to beg for food, he was smeared in the face with silk and left to bake in the sun for a good ten minutes. It was definitely the most painful day of his twenty-odd days of bird life...

Fortunately, fortune and misfortune are intertwined.

That sandwich tasted amazing, just as good as the sun he'd been basking in!

He felt that as long as he could eat that sandwich, it would be worth it even if he had to bask in the sun!

So, after a night of reflection, he came again.

Just as he had observed during his twenty-odd days as a bird—every morning without rain, there would be elderly humans appearing in the park. By the same token, at midday in the pavilion, there would also be that tall, handsome human carrying food and that hateful, terrifying insect.

He endured his hunger all morning, and now it has finally appeared!

Next up is the part I've been most looking forward to: begging for food!!