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

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[Ding! Alolan Vulpix (25) defeated Litten (24). Permanent Quest 1: Battle Completed. The opponent's level was detected to be lower than yours. Congratulations, host! Your reward is halved, and you have gained 5 points!]

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[Ding! Target detected as a non-wild Pokémon from Short-Term Mission 10: Wilderness Training. Congratulations, host, you have received an extra 120 points!]

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[Ding! Alolan Vulpix (25) defeated.........]

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A series of system notifications rang in Mu Yun's mind.

After the last notification sound ended, Mu Yun finally calculated the gains from this raid on the supply points.

3520 points!

With a fivefold increase in yield, this wave of gains exceeded Mu Yun's expectations.

Most importantly, this is just one of the supply points.

There are quite a few supply points like this around here.

If you sweep through them all, the harvest will be quite good.

With this in mind, Mu Yun quickened his pace.

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The Trainers Association meeting room, first conference room.

"Such excellent control over the moves!"

Yan Wu, sitting in the main seat, looked at the dissipating ice storm on the tablet, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes behind his black eye sockets.

He had previously witnessed Mu Yun's battle in the provincial competition, and it was very strong.

Especially the opening move, which resembles a blizzard, is quite powerful.

But to his surprise, this alien six-tailed creature also had such strong control over its moves!

Especially considering that Blizzard can cover such a large area and accurately select its target, even most gym-level Pokémon cannot do that.

Only those veteran elves who have been immersed in the skill for many years can do it.

How big is this aberrant six-tailed creature?

According to the registered information, it's not even a year old!

The younger generation is truly formidable!

"Chairman Yan, Captain Yang and the others have arrived."

Just as Yan Wu was filled with emotion, Yan Denggao walked in with two men dressed in special attire.

Both of them were tall and strong, clearly muscular men who trained regularly.

Besides that, what's most striking is their faces; each of them has a fierce look in their eyes, and with their bronze skin, they exude the aura of ruthless bandits.

Of course, the fact that they were able to get here shows that they are not some kind of ruthless bandits.

They are a special operations team under the Heijiang Provincial Trainers Association, or special operations team for short.

Because of the presence of illegal organizations operating in the border region of Heijiang Province, which is close to the Ice Alliance, the Trainers Association there established a special department to deal with these illegal organizations.

Because of his long-term dealings with vicious and wanted criminals, he inevitably picked up some of their fierce aura.

"Captain Yang, Captain Wu, long time no see!"

Yan Wu stood up and shook hands with the two men with a smile.

"President Yan, it's been a long time!"

A slight smile appeared on Yang Ze's serious face.

After a few polite exchanges, the two got straight to the point.

"Our people are already dispersed around the perimeter of the entire area, everything is ready, and we can begin at any time!" Yang Ze said.

He was originally unwilling to do this childish game, but since this pilot program was jointly applied for by the regional Elite Four members and the Trainers Association, he had no choice but to obey.

In addition, the triple salary during the training period is a great way to treat my underlings to a paid trip.

It's a pity that this mission only allowed him to bring new recruits; otherwise, he could have gotten some benefits for his old buddies.

"Alright, in that case, I'll leave the command of the operation on the third day to Captain Yang."

Yan Wu nodded.

Leave professional matters to professionals.

Yang Ze and his companions have spent years fighting against elf hunters and even illegal organizations in the wilderness, so they naturally know how to play the role of a "hunter".

"Don't worry, Chairman Yan, I guarantee these little brats will never forget this!"

Yang Ze grinned and said confidently.

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"This woodland is really huge!"

Looking at the vast expanse of white scenery, Mu Yun, who was hurrying towards the cave, couldn't help but sigh.

After winter set in, the days became quite short, so after clearing out three nearby supply points, he didn't venture any further.

Instead, they returned the way they came and revisited the supply points they had already swept.

While getting some food, they also cleared out the newly appeared "wild monsters".

The results were also very encouraging.

A busy day earned him over 6,000 points, and including the initial big one, his daily point income had reached 10,000.

"I've checked all the nearby spots, but to maximize my profits, I need to find a different location tomorrow..."

Back in the cave where he was staying, Mu Yun prepared dinner while pondering.

The same Pokémon has a one-week cooldown period for battles.

Therefore, if you want to maintain a rapid increase in points, you can only spend time going out further and exploring more distant areas.

"Meow?"

Just as Mu Yun was pondering, Xiao Xin, who was holding a Limu fruit and preparing it as an appetizer, suddenly made a puzzled sound.

"What's wrong?"

Mu Yun put down the deluxe self-heating hot pot he was about to add water to and looked at Xiao Xin in the corner.

"Meow!!"

(The fruit pit I threw here yesterday is gone.)

Shin-chan pointed to a certain spot in the cave.

"The pit is gone? Could a wild spirit have been here?"

He didn't know if it was because he didn't like going out in winter, or because they were so few in number, but he didn't encounter a single wild elf all day.

He did encounter a few of the "unclaimed sprites" released by the school, which added a few more dark blue and light purple badges to his collection.

"It's probably a Rock-type Pokémon that lives deep in caves."

Mu Yun guessed.

"Let's go in and take a look. Bofeng, you guard the entrance and wait for us to come back. Xiaodu, you go and clear the way ahead."

"Meow!"

(I'm with my older brother!)

Shin-chan raised his tender green little paws and volunteered.

"Okay, then be careful."

Mu Yun did not refuse.

There aren't many wild Pokémon in abandoned mines to begin with, and those that stay are probably not very strong.

After all, if someone really had the ability, they wouldn't steal the fruit pits that Shin-chan had left over.

"Little Du, it's all up to you!"

Mu Yun strapped a searchlight to Xiao Du's smooth head.

"Hiss!"

Xiao Du nodded and took the lead.

Shin-chan followed closely behind, looking left and right, just like a child playing an adventure game.

Mu Yun followed behind Xiao Xin, carrying Bingbing in his arms.

In case Shin-chan gets lost while playing.

"Who could be the Rock-type Pokémon that stole the fruit pit? Pot? Geodude? Shuckle? Rockruff?"

Many images of Rock-type Pokémon flashed through Mu Yun's mind.

These were once numerous Rock-type Pokémon in the mining areas surrounding Matsue City.

In addition to these, there are also some larger, relatively smaller groups of elves.

For example, Onix, Nosepass, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Aggron, and so on.

"Hiss!"

Just then, Xiao Du, who was scouting ahead, suddenly gave a warning.

Immediately afterwards, Mu Yun saw a series of white lights flashing on a certain spot on the rock wall under the light.

The speed was so fast that Mu Yun thought it was a flashlight on strobe mode.

Only after the white light dissipated did Mu Yun see the elf's figure in the crevice of the rock wall under the lamplight.

"This is... CocoDora!?"