Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 18 I'm digging and digging again

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" Anjie, are you alright?

Fen Xiangxiang looked at An Jie, whose face was somewhat pale, her eyes already brimming with tears.

Anjie rubbed its head. "Don't worry, it's just a minor illness. It'll be fine after a nap."

"Kiruru~ Kiruru~" Really?

The blue cotton bird flapped its wings and flew to Anjie's chest, gently brushing its wings against Anjie's cheek.

Just as Anjie had imagined, the wings of the blue cotton bird were indeed softer than cotton, and they felt so comfortable to touch. I really wanted to sleep with them as my pillow.

"Really, really, I'm not lying to you." Anjie nodded repeatedly.

Although Angel couldn't understand Pokémon language, he could easily understand what the three Pokémon meant and clearly feel their concern for him.

Afraid of disturbing Ange's rest, the three Pokémon only chatted with Ange for a short while before flapping their wings and flying off onto the balcony.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" Anjie, you need to take good care of yourself!

As Fenxiang flew, she turned back to wave her wings at Anjie.

"I know, don't worry." Anjie smiled and waved to the three little ones.

After Fenxiang and the others left, Anjie placed the flower and the herb together in the empty vase by the bedside, and put the tree fruit on the table next to the bed.

A day passed in the blink of an eye, and the next day Anjie opened his eyes to the chirping of the little arrow sparrow. He stretched and jumped out of bed full of energy.

"Fully revived!"

After a day of rest, Anjie now feels full of energy.

Tianxi then pushed open the door and came in with a big smile on her face. "Now that you're awake, hurry up and wash up. Everyone is already waiting outside."

"Coming, coming!" Anjie ran quickly into the bathroom.

After washing up, Anjie went straight downstairs to the kitchen and found that Munchlax was already busy inside.

"Little Snorlax, you're here early today," Angel teased it.

"Just!"

The little Snorlax held a kitchen knife in its hand, its face full of seriousness, indicating that it would work hard to become capable of handling things on its own as soon as possible, so that its master could enjoy a comfortable life.

It turns out that Ange's illness this time had really frightened Munchlax. Diancie even told it about how Ange had been sickly since it was a child, which made Munchlax very distressed.

After Diancie conveyed Munchlax's aspirations to Ange, Ange hugged Munchlax with satisfaction, saying, "Good boy, your master has truly not spoiled you for nothing."

"Gang~~"

Held in its master's arms, the little Snorlax also hugged its master, a silly smile on its face.

After the two masters poured out their hearts to each other, Anjai started working with Munchlax.

However, when he opened the refrigerator, he was surprised to find it full of lotus roots. After asking Diancie, he learned that during his illness, Diancie was worried that he would overwork himself, so she personally visited the Mud Loach and the Catfish King and asked them to help dig out all the lotus roots.

Of course, Diancie only dug up a portion, because Ange's place only opens once a day, and they couldn't leave the mudskippers and catfish kings with nothing to eat.

After digging up the lotus roots, Diancie organized the Pokémon to clean them thoroughly and then stored them in the refrigerator.

Angie gave Tianxi a thumbs up and said, "Well done! Our family really can't do without you!"

"Hmph!" Tianxi turned her head away arrogantly, ignoring Anjie.

Soon, a pleasant breakfast began. The Pokémon were overjoyed to see Angela recover her health and offered their congratulations.

After breakfast, Anjie saw his Pokémon out one by one, then opened the system interface to check his Happiness Points. However, when he looked at his personal information interface, he was surprised to find that the data had changed slightly.

Anjie

Race: human

Sex: Male

Age: 16 (+500)

Physical condition: 5

Intelligence: 3

Culinary skills rating: A complete novice, barely able to eat it.

He clearly remembered that his constitution was only 4 points! How did it become 5 points?

"Dianci! Diancie!" he called out loudly to his guide sprite.

"What are you doing?" Diancie, who was wiping the table, poked her head out and asked.

Anjie strode over to Tianxi and showed her his personal information interface. "Look, look at this, what's going on?"

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Tianxi asked after glancing at him.

"Look, my constitution has inexplicably increased a bit," Anjie said, pointing to the constitution section.

"Oh~~~" Diancie seemed to have thought of something, "Didn't I say that your daily training in the culinary training room can improve your physical fitness?"

Anjie yelled, "Why didn't you tell me sooner that this was so important?!"

"Isn't it the same now?" Diancie said helplessly, then suddenly added, "Oh, right, not only you, but Munchlax's stats have also changed."

Upon hearing this, Ange immediately used his Eye of Observation to look at the little Munchlax.

Little Capbie

[Attribute] General

【Characteristics】Thick fat

[Gender] Male

[Level] 20

[Skills] Impact, Lick, Round, Recycle, Crave, Bite, Charge, Swallow, Slam, Act Cute, Seed Bomb, Break Tiles, Double Back.

Individual Value

Blood volume: 29

Attack: 17

Physical defense: 20

Special Attack: 6

Special Defense: 10

Speed: 31

Sure enough, Munchlax's level also increased by 2 levels.

ω) "Just now?" Is there something wrong with me?

Seeing Anjie staring straight at him, the little Snorlax, who was diligently mopping the floor, tilted its head with a puzzled look.

Diancie explained to Ange, "You and Snorlax knead dough and chop vegetables in the training room every day; that's a form of training too."

"Okay, you have a point!"

Ange accepted Tianxi's explanation.

After breakfast, Anjie went to inspect his vegetable garden. Looking at the vibrant and lush garden, he was in a very good mood.

The vegetables in the garden are growing very well. Fast-growing vegetables like scallions and garlic are already ready to eat, but Anjie is not in a hurry to touch them.

Anyway, he's still in the beginner phase, so he can use the ingredients provided by the system as he pleases. If he doesn't take advantage of the beginner phase to use them more, he won't have the chance after the beginner phase is over.

It's foolish not to take advantage of a good deal!

It's a pity that the ingredients provided by the system can only be used as needed, otherwise he could have taken advantage of the loophole and stored more.

After inspecting the vegetable garden, Anjie was about to head back when she saw a blue-winged bird flapping its wings and hurriedly flying over her head.

"Bluebird, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?" he greeted the bluebird.

"Chiru~ Chiru~"

The blue cotton bird called out and gestured to the sky, indicating its name.

Anjie asked, guessing, "You mean it's going to rain?"

"Chiru~ Chiru~"

The blue cotton bird nodded quickly.

Because of their fluffy wings, the Swaboon and the Tanabata are very sensitive to changes in air humidity and can easily predict weather changes.

"Oh, I see... Then you should go home quickly, it's not good for you to get wet in the rain." Anjie said to the blue cotton bird, whose wings were not suitable for getting wet in the rain.

"Chiru~~"

The blue cotton bird nodded, quickly flapped its wings, and flew away.

After the bluebird left, Anjie looked at her vegetable garden and fell into deep thought. This vegetable garden was cultivated on the grassland and the drainage was not very good. If it rained, the vegetable garden would likely be flooded.

As Anjie pondered the problem, he walked home. At that moment, a butterfly hurriedly flew past him, clearly sensing that rain was coming.

"Hey~ Butterfly, can I ask you for a favor?" Anjie asked.

"Li~Li~"

The butterfly readily nodded in agreement.

"I need the help of the Gopher Brothers. Do you know where they are?" Angie asked.

"Li~Li~~"

The butterfly gestures with both hands to indicate that it can help find it.

"Thank you very much," Anjie said gratefully.

Soon enough, the white butterfly brought the groundhog brothers over, and Anjie told them his idea.

He wanted to dig a pond next to the vegetable garden and connect it to the garden with a ditch so that the garden could drain water into the pond at any time.

Moreover, once the pond is full of water, the problem of watering the vegetable garden will be solved when the weather is sunny, so there will be no need to keep bothering with floating bubbles.

The mole brothers immediately said no problem at all; digging holes and pits was their specialty.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Anjie chose a low-lying location, and the mole brothers began to work diligently.

They eat and drink for free at Anjie's house every day, and apart from occasionally weeding and loosening the soil in Anjie's flower bed and vegetable garden, they can't help with anything else. So they were extremely happy to be able to help Anjie today.

Diglett lives up to its mole Pokémon name; it digs incredibly fast, successfully creating a pool over four meters deep and more than ten meters in diameter in just two hours.

No, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a small pond.

The pond is in a perfect location, neither too far nor too close to the vegetable garden.

After the irrigation ditch connecting the vegetable garden and the pond was dug, the groundhog brothers gave Anjie a suggestion, which took Anjie a while to understand.

They suggested that they help Angel dig an underground passage connecting the pond to Lake Nibel, so that they wouldn't have to worry about the pond overflowing or drying up in the future.

"Can I ask you to help with this as well?" Anjie asked.

"Muttering~" Of course!

"Tick-tock~~" Don't worry about it, leave it to us!

The Mole Brothers confidently guarantee this.

"Then I'll leave it to you," Anjie said gratefully.

The mole brothers jumped into the still-dry pond again, and soon a deep tunnel was dug out of the western wall at the bottom of the pond.

This passage is horizontal and will lead all the way to Lake Nibel, which is not far from Anjie's house. Once the pool is connected to Lake Nibel, the water from Lake Nibel will immediately flow back in.

Another advantage of doing this is that the water in the pool will become running water, and the water quality will not gradually deteriorate and become smelly due to prolonged stagnation.

About an hour later, the gopher brothers scurried out of their hole in a panic. The next second, a torrent of water gushed out of the tunnel and soon filled the pool.

Anjie was amazed; Pokémon's efficiency was incredible. If it were done manually, who knows how long it would take.

"Thank you for your hard work. Stay for dinner tonight." Anjie squatted down and patted the heads of the two gophers.

Despite burrowing around in the ground all day, gophers are spotless, and their skin feels cool, slippery, and very pleasant to the touch.

"Muttering~"

"Muttering~"

Upon hearing Anjie's words, the gopher brothers' eyes narrowed into crescent moons. To repay Anjie, they offered him more practical advice.

One method is to plant a few trees next to the pond, so that silt does not easily accumulate at the bottom of the pond and the surrounding soil and water are not easily lost.

"No wonder you're farming experts!" Anjie thought it made perfect sense. "You guys are really little geniuses at farming," he praised frankly.

"Muttering~" That's all too late~

"Diguda~" is a saying based on experience.

The two groundhogs were quite embarrassed after receiving Anjie's praise.

However, at that moment, a bright light suddenly emanated from the two ground squirrels.

"This is...?" Evolved? Angie's eyes widened in surprise; this was the first time he had ever seen a Pokémon evolve.

When the Pistilbug evolved into a Pistilbug pupa, he was hiding in the kitchen. The Pistilbug was surrounded by everyone, so he could only see a sliver of light and nothing else.

The mole brothers, enveloped in light, are rapidly changing size; their once solitary heads are visibly multiplying into three.

When the light faded, two gophers appeared in front of Anjie. It was truly amazing.

(Note: Diglett evolution in this book follows the rules of the game; it evolves as soon as it reaches a certain level, without the need for multiple individuals to combine. This also applies to Magnemite, the Dragapult family, and the Beldum family, except for combinations like Shellder and Slowpoke.)

"Diggle~"

"Diggle~"

The two brothers were momentarily stunned when they saw their unfamiliar younger brother (older brother), and then they looked at their own newly grown heads and became even more panicked.

Anjie quickly reassured the two brothers, "Don't be afraid, you've just evolved."

After being comforted by Anja, the two dugong brothers quickly calmed down and began to adapt to their new bodies.

Then Anjie bought six peach saplings from the system store and planted them around the west side of the pond.

Since we're going to plant trees, why not plant fruit trees instead of ordinary trees? They can help retain soil and water, and we'll have fruit to eat later. Why not?

After planting the fruit tree saplings, Anjie looked at the sky and found that it had indeed become overcast. So he said to the two gophers, "Let's go home."

"Diggle~"

"Diggle~"

The three gopher brothers nodded in unison.

"Let's include the Violet Butterfly too." Anjie turned to look at the Violet Butterfly again.

Unlike other Pokémon, Vivipers do not build nests and therefore have no home. When the weather is sunny, they flutter among the flowers, and when it rains, they simply find a patch of grass or a shady tree to take shelter from the rain.

Their wings are covered with special scales, allowing them to fly normally even when wet by rain.

"Li~~~"

The butterfly nodded and quickly flapped its wings to follow Anjie home. Although it wasn't afraid of getting wet in the rain, it didn't mean it liked it. Of course, it was more than happy to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

(End of this chapter)