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

"Congratulations, Mu Yun, on winning the provincial championship!"

At the awards ceremony, Lu Shouhe, who had a serious expression, managed a rare smile.

However, the smile looked a bit forced.

It had the air of an honest person forced to go on stage, forcing a smile.

The champion receives a generous reward: one starter Pokémon egg or Pokémon of your choice from any official breeding center within the province, one beginner Pokémon treasure of your choice by type, and a voucher worth 50 League Coins, all of which can be purchased from the Trainers Association's official website shop.

As for the runner-up prize, it is a starter Pokémon egg and a voucher for 50 League Coins.

The next four finalists only receive a voucher worth 50 Alliance Coins.

"Hello, Mu Yun, we are reporters from Changqing City TV Station. Could we possibly take a few minutes of your time for a solo interview?"

After the awards ceremony, Mu Yun was surrounded by a group of reporters.

As the provincial champion, Mu Yun is likely to be a strong contender for the top scorer in the Northeast China college entrance examination, so they naturally wanted to interview him.

The interview questions were fairly polite, mainly asking about my high school, high school life, and my experience raising Pokémon.

Mu Yun's answer to this was also very simple:

There are no shortcuts to success; it all comes down to hard work and dedication!

That's the truth!

Heaven rewards diligence; it all comes down to sweat and hard work!

"Mu Yun, I'm going to exchange for the starter Pokémon this afternoon, do you want to come along?"

After escaping the reporter's interview, Lü Jiayi asked.

"My aunt told me that a new batch of Pokémon eggs arrived this afternoon, and the quality is pretty good. I can go check them out."

"Does he have the potential to become a top-tier player?"

Chi Duoduo, who was clinging to Mu Yun's arm, asked curiously.

My Yun-ge finally won a championship, so it's not unreasonable for him to want a Pokémon with the potential to become a Champion!

"How could that be? Do you think Pokémon with the potential to become Champion-level are as common as cabbages?" Lü Jiayi said, speechless.

With a father who is a superstar and an aunt who is a superstar, she doesn't know how long she would have to wait to assemble a team of superstars!

After all, Elite Four level Pokémon aren't breeding boars; they can't just be born whenever they want.

"Is it difficult to breed Elite Four level Pokémon?"

Mu Yun was also somewhat curious.

According to his understanding, elves reproduce in a completely different way than ordinary creatures.

Unlike traditional creatures, elves do not require internal fertilization; their reproductive process is rather idealistic.

Two opposite-sex Pokémon from the same egg group, if they stay together for a long time and have the intention to lay eggs, will naturally produce the embryonic form of a Pokémon egg in the mother's body.

The time it takes for a Pokémon egg to condense varies depending on the type and level of the Pokémon.

Generally speaking, the stronger the base stats and the higher the level of a Pokémon, the longer it takes to hatch its egg.

For example, a regular Beedrill takes about half a month to incubate a Pokémon egg, but a professional Beedrill takes a month.

Aside from the fact that female elves cannot fight during the gestation period, there are no other effects afterward.

According to a well-known field observer, a wild, ordinary female beetle can produce more than seventy unicorns in its lifetime (about ten years).

Especially when she had just evolved into the Beedrill stage, she would lay one beetle almost every month.

For male Pokémon, the impact of hatching a Pokémon egg is even smaller.

Aside from feeling a bit listless while accompanying the female Pokémon as she waited for the egg to hatch, it had virtually no lasting effect.

Often, in breeding houses that produce large numbers of eggs, the number of female elves far exceeds that of males, and the male elves are like breeding pigs, running around to different places.

"Well, it's not a complicated matter," Lü Jiayi explained after gathering her thoughts.

"As you know, during the incubation process of a Pokémon egg, female Pokémon cannot fight, while male Pokémon will be weak for a period of time."

"For low-level Pokémon, that is, Pokémon below the Elite Four level, this impact is very small, or even negligible, even for Gym Leader level Pokémon."

"But once you break through to the Elite Four level, the cost of breeding a Pokémon egg increases significantly. The most obvious change is the incubation time of the egg. Even for a Bug-type Elite Four level Pokémon, it still takes up to a year."

"This is unacceptable to most Elite Four level trainers."

Being unable to fight for a year would be difficult for even low-level trainers, let alone Elite Four level trainers.

"If it's just a matter of time, then it's not so bad. We can just treat it as a break. The most important thing is the impact on the parents after the egg is hatched."

"At lower levels, breeding a Pokémon egg has almost no effect on male individuals. However, at the Elite Four level, even male Pokémon will enter a period of weakness that can last from one month to half a year when breeding an egg."

"The same is true for female elves. Not only can they not fight during 'pregnancy,' but after giving birth to an elf egg, they will also have a period of weakness lasting six months to a year. During this time, they need to replenish a lot of nutrition, otherwise their potential may be damaged and their strength may stagnate for life."

"Therefore, many Elite Four level trainers rarely let their main Pokémon breed during their training period. For example, my Heracross was born from my grandfather's Heracross."

"I can't help but sigh," Lü Jiayi remarked.

"But conversely, the offspring of Elite Four level Pokémon are naturally stronger than their own kind, and their moves are also much more powerful at the same level," Lü Jiayi added.

Mu Yun had a deep understanding of this.

The panel clearly states that the Crown Prince has an improved energy quality, which means an additional boost to the power of his moves.

Could this be the reason why Elite Four level Pokémon have difficulty producing offspring?

Mu Yun seemed to be deep in thought.

After learning from Lü Jiayi that it was difficult for Elite Four-level Pokémon to reproduce, Mu Yun had given up hope of finding a Pokémon with potential Elite Four-level Pokémon.

It's better to honestly accumulate breakthrough points and break through them step by step on your own.

Welcome to Evergreen Breeding Centre!

Upon entering the official provincial breeding center of Changqing Province, a sweet-looking young woman in uniform greets you.

After showing the receipt, she led Mu Yun and the other two to the selection area for the elf eggs.

As Lu Shouchun said, a new batch of Pokémon eggs arrived this afternoon, and the shelves in the Pokémon egg storage room are now full of Pokémon eggs with tricolor spots.

Fiery red, light blue, and grass green.

Looking through the glass window made Mu Yun's eyes blurry.

Every single one of the starter Pokémon has the potential to be a top-tier Pokémon, and occasionally you can even see a few with the potential to be Gym Leaders.

For a moment, Mu Yun was at a loss as to which one to choose.

Lü Jiayi, on the other hand, seemed to have planned ahead and arrived at the storage place of the three fire-attribute starter Pokémon with ease.

After some careful selection, I chose a Torchic Pokémon egg.

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[Pokémon: Torchic]

[Gender: Female]

[Attribute: Fire]

Level: 0 (Egg)

【Characteristic: Acceleration (During combat, the user's movement speed gradually increases)】

[Movement: Tear Claw, a sneak attack on vital points, double the damage]

[Potential: Dojo Level]

[Racial stats: 310]

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"A Blaziken with the potential to reach Gym Leader level..."

Looking at the elf egg that Lü Jiayi was holding in her arms, Mu Yun felt that she was really lucky.

Potential might be able to be obtained through connections, but when it comes to special traits, it's all a matter of luck.

"If you don't find one you like, you can pick one from here?"

Seeing that Mu Yun hadn't made a decision yet, she pointed to the place where she had just taken the elf egg.

There were also a few elf eggs with fiery red spots.

Mu Yun activated the Eye of Data.

Chimchar, Tepig, Torchic, and five in total, all of which will eventually become Fire/Fighting type Pokémon, and all have the potential to be Gym Leader level.

Unsurprisingly, this was specially reserved for Lü Jiayi.

To be fair, all three Pokémon are quite good. Although they only have the Blaze ability, it is still a very useful ability.

If you can't find one that catches your eye, picking one from these is a good alternative.

Thinking about it, Mu Yun looked at the Pokémon eggs on the ordinary shelf again, focusing on those with gym-level potential.

"Transformable at will?"

Suddenly, Mu Yun was drawn to an elf egg with grass-green and light black spots.