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

Chapter 86 Fishing for Fragrant Pork Belly

After breakfast, Angie and the others will set off for the Padiya Pit.

Just as they were about to board the spaceship, Nasir suddenly called out to Anja.

"Your Highness, I have a gift for you."

"A gift?" Anjie looked puzzled.

"That's right, that's right." He waved to An Jie as he spoke.

Anjie leaned closer, and two Poké Balls were immediately stuffed into his arms.

Anjie: "This is..."

Nasir chuckled and said, "You'll see when you open it."

With a sense of doubt, Angie opened the two Poké Balls, which were two pink Sweet Balls.

As two beams of light flashed, two Pokémon that looked similar but were different appeared in front of Ange. What was it but the Scented Pokémon?

Male and female porpoises look different.

Male Scented Pokémon have black skin, a pink nose, hooves, and a tail. The tail can release a seductive fragrance that can drive female Pokémon wild.

The female Scented Pokémon has brown skin with pink nose, hooves, and tail tip. It releases a flower-like fragrance to heal other Pokémon.

The two fragrant pigs immediately huddled together affectionately after leaving their Poké Balls; it was obvious they were a couple.

"A gift for me?" Anjie asked, dumbfounded.

"Yes, yes!" Nasir said, "My fragrant pig has a very keen nose and is very good at finding all kinds of rare ingredients in the wild. When you find some good ingredients, you must treat me to a meal."

Anjie: ...

"Did they agree to give them to me?"

Nasir: "I agree, you can ask them if you don't believe me."

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

Sure enough, the two fragrant pigs nodded repeatedly.

Nasir: "See? I told them that they'd get good food if they followed you, and they agreed."

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

The two fragrant pigs nodded vigorously again.

"All right."

Anjie observed the two fragrant dolphins.

Fragrant Pork

[Attribute] General

【Features】A lingering odor

[Gender] Male

[Level] 39

【Skills】Tackle, Tail Wag, Echo, Charm, Mud Shot, Dig, Headbutt, Self-Motivation, Yawn, Slam, Noisy, Charge, 100,000 Horsepower, Feast.

Individual Value

Blood volume: 30

Attack: 26

Physical defense: 21

Special Attack: 23

Special Defense: 11

Speed: 22

Fragrant Pork

[Attribute] General

[Features] Aroma Curtain

[Gender] Female

[Level] 39

【Skills】Tackle, Tail Wag, Echo, Charm, Mud Shot, Dig, Headbutt, Self-Motivation, Yawn, Slam, Noisy, Charge, 100,000 Horsepower, Feast.

Individual Value

Blood volume: 31

Attack: 19

Physical defense: 18

Special Attack: 15

Special Defense: 29

Speed: 21

Anjie was silent after reading it; the stats for both of the fragrant porcupines were quite good.

Nasir said, "You'd better treat my little darlings well! They're all carefully nurtured by me."

"Cough cough~~"

"Cough cough~~"

The two fragrant dolphins nodded naturally; they were precious babies who needed careful care!

"Really for me?" Anjie asked.

"Of course," Nasir nodded.

"Alright then," Anjie said, looking at the two fragrant porcupines. "Then please take good care of me from now on!"

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

The two fragrant pigs nodded in unison.

After putting the two fragrant porcupines into their Poké Balls, Anja said to Nasir, "It's almost time. I should board the ship. See you next time."

Nasir: "See you next time."

Anja waved goodbye to Nasir and boarded the airship.

The airship slowly took off and flew towards the Paddy Cave, arriving at its destination in less than an hour.

The place where the airship lands is called Zone Zero Gate.

The Padiya Crater is located in the very center of the Padiya region. Two hundred years ago, the expedition team that explored it called its bottom "Zone Zero," a name that has been used ever since.

The Padia Crater is surrounded by steep cliffs, making it difficult to enter. Only the section towards Jinhui Town is accessible. Therefore, the Alliance established an entrance here, which is known as the "Zero Zone Gate".

After the airship landed at the Zero Zone gate, the two doctors, along with Ange, Rakel, and the research team from the Kingdom of Azot, disembarked and showed their access passes to the guards at the Zero Zone gate before leading Ange and the others into the Zero Zone.

The doctoral students explained to An Jie and his colleagues that Zone Zero is generally spiral-shaped, extending deep into the earth's interior. Currently, observation stations have been established in the upper, middle, and lower layers.

However, according to the doctors' survey, there are parts below Zone Zero that they were unable to access.

Anjie knew that in the game, Zone Zero also had a lower level and the Great Void of Zero, and that the two doctors in the game eventually died in an accident at the 4th Observatory in the lower level.

I just don't know what the actual situation of Zone Zero is like.

Led by the two doctors, Anjie and his team entered the upper level of Zone Zero and headed towards Observatory No. 1.

The first and second observation stations were established in the upper layer of Zone Zero, the third observation station was established in the middle layer, and the fourth observation station was established in the lower layer.

Upon entering the upper level of Zone Zero, Angel saw vast expanses of lush green grass, where many Pokémon were active, including Raichu, Jumpluff, Rockruff, Marshall, Corviknight, Brutus, and Mothant.

In addition, Anjie also saw sparkling crystals in the grass and by the river, which were crystallized from the crystalline energy seeping from the bottom of Padiya.

Soon, Ange and the doctor arrived at the first observation station. As soon as they arrived, they got busy with the research team, including Rachel, leaving Ange and Piper staring at each other.

Anjie asked the two doctors, "Doctors, may I wander around?"

Dr. Orin, who was busy, looked up and said, "Of course you can, but don't go too far. Wild Pokémon here sometimes attack people."

Anjie: "I understand, I'll be careful."

Dr. Fortu: "Angel, could you please look after Pipa?"

Angie nodded. "Of course, Doctor, you all go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of Pipa, and you can take care of Rachel too."

The two PhDs smiled and gave Anjie an OK sign.

Angie looked at Pipa and said, "Pippa, let's go."

Piper nodded and followed Angie outside.

Once outside, Anja asked Pipa, "Have you been here before?"

Pipa nodded: "I've been here, occasionally."

"Then let's wander around and take a good look at where your mom and dad work." With that, Anjie released the two hogs.

As soon as the two fragrant pigs came out, they sniffed around at the lush green grass, and Angie and Papa followed them forward.

"Cough cough~~"

A short while later, the female dolphin returned with a bunch of mushrooms and placed them at Anjie's feet; all of these mushrooms were edible.

After picking up the mushrooms one by one, Anjie patted the fragrant pig's head and praised, "Great job! I'll make you something delicious later."

"Crunch~~" It's delicious, I love it!

The female dolphin happily ran off.

A little while later, the male dolphin returned with a few pomelos in its mouth, not forgetting to show off to Anjie.

Anjie quickly patted its head, "Well done, well done."

"Cough cough~~"

So the male dolphin also ran off happily.

Before long, Anjie had a pile of materials in her hands.

Just as Nasir said, these two fragrant hogs were simply geniuses at finding food in the wild.

Looking at the abundance of ingredients in Anjie's hands, Papa asked curiously, "Are all of these edible?"

"Yes! What's up, interested?" Anjie asked with a smile. He remembered that Pipa in the game was very good at cooking.

Pipa hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"I'll teach you."

Anjie explained the materials in his hand to Pipa one by one, and Pipa listened with great interest.

As the two walked, they suddenly saw two fragrant pigs squatting by the river, their heads close together, whispering to each other.

As Anjie and Papa arrived there, they saw two fragrant dolphins with their tails in the river, their rear ends wiggling back and forth, and a faint, inexplicable fragrance emanating from them.

"throat!!!!"

Suddenly, the male dolphin cried out in surprise and quickly pulled its tail out of the water. A light cod was seen biting its tail and being pulled out of the water.

The male pufferfish kept swishing its tail, and the light-bodied cod fell back into the river with a splash. At the same time, a piece of snow-white fish fell to Anjie's feet.

Upon seeing this, the male porpoise immediately ran up to Anjie to claim credit.

"Cough~ Cough~"

Anjie stared in disbelief at the fragrant pork, then at the fish meat on the ground.

What a unique way to fish!

Lightweight Cod, a Water/Psychic type Pokémon, possesses powerful regenerative abilities. It will shed unnecessary flesh from its body to hone itself, hence its name.

The meat discarded by the light cod is said to be extremely delicious.

So what just fell to Anjie's feet was the excess fat discarded by the light cod.

This was the first time Anjie had ever seen the meat of the light cod.

Anjie looked at the fragrant dolphin and asked, "Are you fishing with your tails?"

"Cough cough~" Yes, yes!

"Cough cough~" We're clever!

The two fragrant pigs nodded in unison, their faces full of pride.

"Cough cough!!!"

At this moment, the female dolphin suddenly cried out, and another light-bodied cod was seen biting its tail and being pulled up.

Snap~ Snap~

The light-bodied cod swung its body and quickly broke free from the female fragrant porcupine's tail, while another piece of fish fell at Anjie's feet.

Anjie bent down to pick up the fish meat, sniffed it, and was surprised to find that the cod meat had no fishy smell at all, but instead had a faint fragrance.

These are indeed top-quality ingredients!

"Looks like we're in for a treat today," Anjie said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed a notification from the system. He opened the system and saw that several new tasks had suddenly appeared in the system taskbar.

Needless to say, it was definitely Diancie who took over for him.

The new task is as follows:

[Ingredient Collection Task] Tame at least 10 Light Cod - To be completed.

【Spices Collection Task 1】Catch at least 1 Mini Fu, Orion, or Oliva - To be completed.

【Seasoning Collection Task 2】Capture at least one Salt Stone Treasure, Salt Stone Fortress, or Salt Stone Giant – To be completed.

【Seasoning Collection Task 3】Catch at least one Hot Lava or Chili Pepper - To be completed.

The prerequisite for these tasks is the task that Anjie accepted the invitation from the two doctors.

Moreover, these tasks are only transitional; after they are completed, there will be an ultimate task.

This was the first time An Jie had received so many tasks at once, but he was very happy because more tasks meant more rewards.

Dry!

After thinking for a moment, Anjie said to the two fragrant porpoises, "I'd like to tame some light cod, could you please help me?"

"Cough cough~~"

"Cough cough~~"

The two fragrant pigs readily agreed without hesitation.

So Ange started assigning tasks to the Pokémon.

"Fragrant Pig, you guys are in charge of using your tails to fish up the light cod."

"Cough cough~~"

"Cough cough~~"

The two fragrant pigs nodded in understanding.

"Tree pillow bears, once the light cod are caught, please help me defeat them."

Upon hearing this, the tree-pillow koala rolled off Ange with a whoosh and landed on the grass, wobbling.

It's clear that it agreed.

Anjie couldn't help but remind him, "Tree-pillow koala, be gentle with your touch later, or the light-bodied cod won't be able to handle it."

Anjie could vaguely sense that his own tree-pillow bear was a big shot.

"Alright, let's begin," Anjie said.

"Cough cough~"

"Cough cough~"

After the two fragrant porpoises responded, they simultaneously dipped their tails into the water, wiggling their rear ends as before. They were releasing fragrance into the water through their tails to attract light cod.

The scent of male Scented Pokémon, in particular, is incredibly potent against female Pokémon when mixed with water.

"Cough cough~~"

Sure enough, the male Scented Piglet reacted shortly after being placed down. It flicked its tail upwards, sending a bright red Pokémon flying into the air.

pat~

The Pokémon fell onto the grass, thrashed about twice, and then remained still.

Anjie: ...

Pipa: ...

Oh, it's a Magikarp! And a female at that.

The male and female Magikarp also differ in appearance; the male Magikarp has yellow whiskers, while the female Magikarp has white whiskers.

"Sigh~~"

Anjie sighed, picked up Magikarp, and put it back into the water.

"Cough cough~~"

This time it's the female fragrant dolphin's turn.

Anjie asked expectantly, "Is it here? Is it here?"

"Cough~~"

The female baboon let out a loud cry, then vigorously swung its tail, sending a pink Pokémon flying up.

Glug glug~~~

After landing, the Pokémon rolled around on the grass several times before slowly getting up.

()? "Ya-dong?"

The pink Pokémon tilted its head and sized up Angie and her group, its eyes vacant and lifeless.

Anjie said, both amused and exasperated, "Oh, it's Slowpoke!"

As he spoke, he picked up Slowpoke and put it back into the water. Slowpoke swished its tail and slowly sank into the water and disappeared.

"They say Slowpoke's tail is delicious too!" Angel couldn't help but think.

Anjie had just put the Slowpoke back into the water when the male Fragrant Dolphin reacted again.

"Cough cough~"

As it forcefully swung its tail, a light cod was finally flung into the air. Before it could fall, a piece of fish meat automatically dropped onto the shore.

Ignoring the fish, Anjie shouted loudly to the tree-pillow koala, "Tree-pillow koala, it's you I choose!"

Upon hearing this, the tree-pillow koala leaped high and slapped the light-footed cod with its paw. It used the skill "Slap Down," following Ange's instructions, not daring to use a powerful skill or exert too much force.

The light cod couldn't resist at all; it was knocked unconscious and fell onto the grass.

(End of this chapter)