Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 4 Why does this dog start destroying the house as soon as it hatches?

Return to the ranch with the Poké Ball.

Besides the three woolly sheep, Su Yu also bought ten ordinary sheep from Uncle Yang to raise. Although the ordinary sheep were not as valuable as the woolly sheep, they still provided an additional source of income.

The three woolly sheep were released, and the three lambs were now curiously looking at this pasture they had never seen before. Strange, how did they end up here in the blink of an eye?

Su Yu then asked the lambs:

"Can you understand me?"

One of the lambs nodded obediently.

Seeing this, Su Yu smiled and said:

"Alright, from now on, this will be your home. You can walk around this meadow, but remember not to wander too far or you'll get lost."

"Remember to come back before dark, because if you get lost, you might get caught and eaten by the rock golems, understand?"

The Woolblade sheep initially didn't think much of it. But upon hearing "Hoopy Werewolf," the little sheep immediately nodded obediently. Su Yu thought for a moment, then decided to stop letting the sheep run around; he dared not let them out of his sight.

Before the ranch can develop steadily, let's keep them in the sheepfold for now, and just keep an eye on them when they're let out occasionally.

"At times like this, it would be great to have a sheepdog."

Su Yu thought to himself that Yang Shu's ranch kept a lot of rock dogs as sheepdogs.

Back in the room, Su Yu habitually glanced at the incubator. At first glance, it didn't seem like anything special, but upon a second glance…

Wait, where's my egg? Where's my huge egg?

After searching the room thoroughly, Su Yu finally pulled an orange-yellow dog-shaped Pokémon out from under the bed. Looking at the Pokémon, Su Yu fell into deep thought.

"Emm...Growlithe?"

"Wow, something's happened! A Growlithe has hatched from the egg! Isn't that exclusive to Officer Jenny? When did it end up outside?"

In Donghuang, wild Growlithe are practically impossible, so the origin of this Growlithe is self-evident. The strange thing is, how did a Growlithe even hatch?

This drawing is wrong!

Looking into the eyes of Growlithe, Su Yu glanced at the dog, then at the eggshell fragments left in the incubator, and pointed to the incubator, asking:

"Did you hatch from here?"

"Woof!"

Upon hearing this, Growlithe nodded obediently. It stuck out its tongue and licked Su Yu's face, wagging its tail in a friendly gesture.

Su Yu felt a little dizzy. Well, he'd initially been hoping for a Fire-type starter Pokémon, even wondering if he was daydreaming. Now, the hatched Pokémon was even rarer than the starter Pokémon—it was exclusive to the Officer Jenny family.

Moreover, it was given to him by his mother, the significance of which is self-evident. Either it was stolen, or it was given openly and honestly.

Stealing...that's probably unlikely, right?

Am I really a child of Officer Jenny?

After putting Growlithe back on the ground, Su Yu was a little overwhelmed by the amount of information contained therein.

But then, Growlithe pounced back into Su Yu's arms. Its force was so great that it knocked Su Yu onto the bed. Then, Growlithe began to lick and lick Su Yu incessantly.

"Hey, okay, okay. You're not acting like a Growlithe, you're acting like a Siberian Husky..."

After restraining the Growlithe and repeatedly reiterating the need to control its behavior, the Growlithe finally calmed down and obediently sat on the ground.

"Alright, go out and play with the Woolstätters. Dinner will be served later."

Because they had made preparations in advance, they still had MooMoo milk at home, which was specially prepared for new Fire-type Pokémon. However, Su Yu saw that Growlithe wasn't hungry, so he decided to wait a while before eating it.

After Growlithe left, Su Yu looked at the Divine Beast Raising System. Several notifications were currently flashing on the system interface.

"Congratulations, host, on obtaining your first Pokémon and becoming a novice trainer."

"The system has been upgraded, new features have been successfully unlocked, the skill of cooking has been acquired, and one unit of environmental modification fluid has been obtained."

"Cooking Lv1: With the system's support, the food you cook will gain special and powerful effects, providing logistical support for Pokémon training."

"Environmental Modification Fluid: Can be used to improve the ranch environment. After using the modification fluid, the growth rate of ordinary crops on the ranch increases by 100%, fish density increases by 80%, soil energy intensity increases by 50%, pseudo-legendary Pokémon attraction increases by 10%, the livability of the environment is greatly improved, and the growth rate of Pokémon is accelerated."

"PS: Environment Modification Fluid can greatly improve the quality of the environment, making ordinary environments comparable to high-level secret realms, but it is easy to attract the covetous eyes of powerful Pokémon, so please use it with caution."

The so-called high-level secret realms are actually secret realms with extremely high energy concentrations. Secret realms are also divided into different levels, and powerful Pokémon are more likely to be produced in higher-level secret realms.

This environmental modification fluid clearly has the effect of improving the environment. And with an improved environment, the output of the ranch will naturally increase as well.

"It's a good thing," Su Yu thought to himself.

Then, Su Yu's gaze turned to that skill.

cooking?

Seemingly remembering something, Su Yu immediately went into the kitchen and casually fried an egg.

He immediately saw the effect of the food after plating the eggs.

"A regular fried egg: gives the user 10 minutes of satisfaction, 30 minutes of fullness, and makes it easier to concentrate."

"PS: The person who made this food treated the important event of dinner with an extremely perfunctory attitude. Their cooking skills are poor, and the ingredients they used are extremely low-grade, which shows their casual attitude towards life."

It looks very effective; it's amazing that a simple fried egg can produce such an effect. It's hard to imagine what kind of power it could bring if the subsequent skills and ingredients were improved.

The effect of this skill reminded Su Yu of the Energy Cubes in the Pokémon world; the two seemed to have similarities. He wondered what effect using the [Cooking] skill to make Energy Cubes would have.

Seemingly wanting to try again, Su Yu casually made another seaweed and egg soup. This time, the result was a full hour of [cold-resistant] effect.

Su Yu was already exhausted after finishing this task. It was clear that making this kind of dish was extremely physically demanding.

"Phew... Time for a rest. Oh, right, it's time to call Growlithe for dinner."

Su Yu walked out of the kitchen. Just then, he seemed to smell something strange in the air.

"Did something catch fire? That's strange, I wasn't cooking."

"Wait... Could it be Growlithe? Oh no!"

Upon realizing this possibility, Su Yu immediately rushed out of the hut. Sure enough, a large fire had already broken out outside and seemed to be spreading towards the hut.

Woolworth and Growlithe were right next to the fire, looking helpless and panicked.

"Holy shit, Kati, you dog!"

Without time to say more, Su Yu picked up the bucket and immediately joined the firefighting efforts.

(End of this chapter)