I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

Xu Li’s cooking skills are not great, but the food is edible. With the help of the Growlithe, it is very convenient to make a fire.

Soon, Xu Li made two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, added berries and energy cubes, and started eating lunch with the Pokémon.

After lunch, Fang and Growlithe got together to discuss fighting techniques.

After being subdued by Xu Li for a few days, Growlithe was impressed by Yaya's rich fighting skills. Now he is tirelessly discussing fighting skills with Yaya. Even after just finishing a battle, his eyes are still a little excited.

Xu Li was researching the fruit mixer for the energy block he had obtained. Fortunately, he had the instruction manual. Xu Li barely understood the theoretical basis for using the fruit mixer and was now practicing it step by step.

With the large amount of tree fruits given by the seal ball tribe, Xu Li can now explore to his heart's content.

Where's Paras? Paras is still concentrating on eating the energy cube.

Why were there so many energy cubes? They were, of course, the product of Xu Li's experimentation, not a failure. Although they didn't taste as good as the system-generated energy cubes, Paras accepted them all, eating so much that the two mushrooms on his back were trembling.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Li prepared to go out to see Dr. Laben.

Entering the Galaxy Team headquarters, there is a large red carpet with the Galaxy Team emblem printed on it, a large staircase on each side, and rooms in front of you.

As soon as Xu Li entered the headquarters, a service staff from the Galaxy team came to ask Xu Li.

"Sir, what can I do for you?"

Xu Li replied, "I'm looking for Dr. Laben."

"Okay, Dr. Laben has given the instructions. Please follow me."

As he spoke, he led Xu Li to the door of Dr. Laben's office. Xu Li knocked on the door and walked in.

There is a large water tank, a tree landscape, and a stove in the room. The three Xicui Yu families that Xu Li recovered are now living quietly in it.

The water otter in the water tank saw Xu Li coming and turned its head to the side, but couldn't help but keep an eye on Xu Li out of the corner of its eye.

Xu Li looked at the water otter's movements and couldn't help laughing. He raised his hand and greeted the water otter.

Dr. Laben, who was working at his desk, looked up and saw Xu Li, and said in surprise:

"Xu Li, you are finally here. If you don't come soon, I will go find you."

As he spoke, he picked up a badge from the table and handed it to Xu Li, eager to take credit for it.

"I've discussed this with Magamu. This is the Galaxy Team's investigator badge. It means you can use the Galaxy Team's ranch and other facilities."

"Don't rush to refuse. This doesn't mean you're a member of Team Galactic. It's just proof of use of the facility. Well, you can say you're an extra-staff investigator, mainly helping me complete the Pokédex. You don't need to get involved in Team Galactic's internal affairs."

"In Zhuqing Village, I will be fully responsible for you. No one else has the right to do anything to you. You only need to hand over the Pokémon encyclopedia to me."

"I have also arranged accommodation. Someone will take you to another house later. That is your house, Xu Li."

"I'm in charge too. If you'd like, you can choose one of the three Pokémon you recovered at the training ground for research. I believe you, Xu Li, will make that child's life better. You only need to cooperate with the research occasionally."

"it is good!"

Xu Li nodded without saying anything. This treatment was very generous considering the strength he had demonstrated so far. He stepped forward and hugged Dr. Laben.

"Come on, let's start connecting the Pokémon Encyclopedia data."

Next, Xu Li reported in detail to Dr. Laben about the information needed for the Pokémon encyclopedia, including the living habits, social habits, personalities, skills and moves of various Pokémon, as well as the most important characteristics of Pokémon.

Dr. Laben was surprised. "Characteristics!? I've never heard of them."

Xu Li continued, "Each Pokémon has at least one special ability, and most have two. For example, Growlithe. Have you noticed that some Growlithes are immune to fire-type attacks, while others are? This clearly proves that Growlithes have at least two different special abilities."

"I've observed that Growlithe possesses three special abilities: Intimidation, which makes the opponent retreat and not dare to attack; Igniting, which makes it immune to fire damage; and a hidden special ability. This special ability is relatively rare in Growlithe compared to the other two. It's called Hard Head, which allows it to be unaffected by the reaction of attacks."

"I think every Pokémon should have its own unique characteristics. This is a huge project. Obtaining this information requires us to continuously observe and interact with Pokémon to summarize it."

When Xu Li came to Xi Cui and came into contact with his first Pokémon, he realized that this Xi Cui was not like the ones in the game where there were no characteristics. The Pokémon here had characteristics.

Perhaps the "trainers" of Xicui have sensed the existence of characteristics, but have not yet systematically summarized them.

Telling Dr. Laben about the existence of the characteristic will have almost no effect on Xu Li, and you can also complete the task of [Release the First Generation Pokémon Encyclopedia].

For Dr. Laben, it is a new topic that has not been discovered.

Because the task of [releasing the first generation Pokémon Pokedex] is very simple, even if you do nothing, it will be naturally completed once Professor Laben releases the incomplete first edition Pokémon Pokedex.

If this is done, the reward will definitely not be huge. If you want to release a Pokédex, you have to release the complete one.

Dr. Laben was very excited to learn about this new information. He excitedly pumped his fist and said to himself:

"Yes, characteristics, characteristics, it is indeed like this. I should have known that some little fire horses are also immune to fire-type attacks. I think it is also the fire-attracting characteristic."

Dr. Laben excitedly took Xu Li's hand and discussed the possibilities of various characteristics with Xu Li.

Even though Xu Li knew the characteristics of most Pokémon, he couldn't tell them all to Dr. Laben. He could only vaguely guess some of the Pokémon's characteristics, but this still made Dr. Laben applaud.

In this way, the discussion continued until 6 o'clock, until the staff came to Dr. Laben's office to deliver food. Xu Li had a free meal and then stopped.

Dr. Laben reluctantly let go of Xu Li's hand, and said, "It's really getting late. Let's discuss this next time!"

Then, Dr. Laben took out three ancient Poké Balls from under the table and said to Xu Li, "Oh, right, among these three children, Charmeleon, Owl, and Otter, choose the one you like."

After hearing Dr. Laben's words, Firemouse and Owl didn't react, but the Water Otter in the water tank was instantly alerted.

He wanted to see what choice Xu Li made at the table, but he didn't want to show it, so he could only turn his body sideways and stare at Xu Li out of the corner of his eye.

Xu Li had already thought about it. Without hesitation, he took the water otter's Poké Ball and walked towards the water tank in the corner of the room.

Seeing the water otter with a somewhat uncoordinated body, knowing that Xu Li had chosen him, he was very happy but wanted to hold it in. He felt a little funny, reached into the water tank and touched the otter's smooth head, and said:

"Water Otter, be my Pokémon. I will take good care of you."

At the same time, he extended the Poké Ball and stopped it where the Water Otter could reach it.

"Meeyou~"

The water otter's little hand moved impatiently for a moment, then stopped abruptly. Two seconds later, it touched the Poké Ball again and turned into white light and was absorbed by the Poké Ball.

Xu Li saw these little movements and laughed secretly, saying, "You little arrogant guy."

He released the water otter, looked at it standing on the floor, a little confused, not knowing what to do, squatted down, and said, "Here, a meeting gift."

As he spoke, Xu Li took out the Shell Bell he got from the Emperor Sea Lion King from his backpack and handed it to the Water Otter.

The water otter looked at the shell bell in front of him and seemed to like it very much, with his eyes shining. After taking the shell bell, he couldn't wait to take out the scallop on his chest and replace it.

Look left and right, admiring this new scallop.

Finally, she held her original scallop in both hands, feeling a little embarrassed and with her cheeks slightly red, but she still had to give it to Xu Li.

"Meeyou~Meeyou~"

"Okay, I'll keep it well. Thank you, Water Otter."

Xu Li took the scallop shell handed to him by the water otter and put it into the bottom layer of the system backpack, together with the little seal ball's Poké Ball.

Dr. Laben, who was standing nearby, laughed and said, "Hahaha, it seems like you two are getting along very well."

Xu Li touched the dark blue horns on the water otter's head and replied with a smile: "Yes, I like this child very much."

Dr. Laben patted his head and pointed to the blackboard behind him. There were sheets of yellow paper on it. He said, "By the way, can you take a look at these commissions? If there are any that come along, can you help me complete them? I will pay you extra."

Xu Li looked forward at the commission on the blackboard, and quickly picked out two commission papers and handed them to Dr. Laben.

Dr. Laben looked at the commissions in his hand and introduced them, "Oh~ These are all commissions from the Black Jade Plains. Let me see. This is a sighting report of a strange little fire horse. It was discovered by Yao You from the investigation team. The report reports that a strange little fire horse appeared in the Horseshoe Grassland. The flames are blue, unlike ordinary little fire horses. Yao You has tried to capture it several times but has not been able to catch it. Yao You described that this little fire horse often appeared in the central pool of Horseshoe Grassland to drink water, but it is very alert and escapes very quickly."

"By the way, there's a leader of the Flame Horses on the Horseshoe Prairie. He's the king of that prairie, but he just likes running around on the prairie and doesn't care about anything else. As long as you don't provoke him, he won't pay any attention to you."

"The other is a report of a red fireball. It was reported by villager Huan Xi. He found a red fireball on a tree on Yingfeng Road in the evening. He was very scared and ran back. A red fireball on a tree, hmm~ it's really a strange phenomenon. I'll ask you, Xu Li, to help investigate it. I'll prepare a reward."

Of course Xu Li knew the reason for these two tasks. One was a shining Charmeleon, and the other was a Blaziken climbing on a tree. Both were good Pokémon that he could try to capture.

Taking the commission handed back by Dr. Laben, Xu Li nodded and said, "These are the two commissions. When I go out for training next, I will go to the Black Jade Wilderness. If I encounter these two commissions, I will pay special attention."

Dr. Laben smiled and replied, "Okay! I'll leave it to you. If you encounter other Pokémon, please try to capture them. I'm desperately short of Pokémon."

"It's getting late. I'll ask someone to take you to the new house, Xu Li, so you can have a good rest."

Chapter 10 Daily Life and Training

Soon, the person who took Xu Li to see the new house arrived. He stood at the door, knocked on it, and said seriously:

"Hello, I'm Mingyao from the investigation team. Let me lead the way."

Xu Li followed Mingyao to the new house.

On the way, Mingyao wasn't as serious as he was at Team Galaxy headquarters. He said to Xu Li with a hoppy pace, "Are you the one who captured those three Pokémon this morning? I heard that you captured three Pokémon with just three balls. That's amazing. Can I ask how you did it?"

"Especially when you tamed Mumuxiao. I heard you knocked him out with one ball and tamed him straight away. That's amazing!"

Xu Li smiled slightly. Based on his previous experience playing games and entering Xicui, he concluded, "You need to have enough strength. As long as you have enough strength, you can capture any Pokémon. Of course, strength includes your understanding of Pokémon, the Pokémon's combat power, your tacit understanding, and your own physical strength."

"I think the most important requirement for survival in the wild as an investigator is a strong physique. This is the only way to survive well in the wild. A strong physique can also help when fighting hostile Pokémon in the wild, allowing you to dodge enemy skills and use items like Clamballs to coordinate with Pokémon to defeat them. Furthermore, like when I captured Rowlet earlier, I was able to efficiently capture him by simply using a Poké Ball from behind."

Mingyao nodded, as if he understood something. His eyes gradually became clearer and he said, "Yeah, yeah, I get it. As long as my physique is strong enough, I can become an excellent member of the investigation team."

Then, Mingyao continued, "You know, the doctor has a strong obsession with the Pokédex, but our investigation team often fails to produce any results. The doctor has lost all his hair because of this. So, even if it's just for the doctor's hair, I have to work hard."

They arrived at Xu Li's house, which was located in the southeast of Zhuqing Village, near the pasture of Zhuqing Village. It was a two-story house with a small open space on the side of the house where a small tree was planted.

Overall, it looked much larger from the outside than the guest room Xu Li had stayed in before.

Xu Li said goodbye to Mingyao and turned to go into the house. He could still hear Mingyao muttering words like "physique", "powerful", "knock out" on his way back.

Xu Li wondered if Mingyao had misunderstood something.

After entering the house, Xu Li released all his Pokémon.

Standing next to the water otter, Xu Li introduced the water otter and the three little ones to each other.

"This is a water otter. It will be our companion from now on."

"Water Otter, this is Fang, Growlithe, and Paras."

"Ya Ya~"

After being released, Yaya lay on the sofa in the living room. Obsidian Yuanye's actions had used up all of its action bar, and it lazily greeted the water otter.

Having lived with Xu Li in modern times for five years, its personality has become very similar to Xu Li's. It is very Buddhist and likes to lie down.

If Xu Li hadn't been trapped in Xi Cui and had a goal that he had to work hard for, he would have been able to enjoy life even more than Yaya.

"Wa ...

Cati Dog ran to the water otter's chest and sniffed it, as if asking about the water otter's injury.

The water otter patted his chest and shook his head to indicate that he had recovered.

"Pie~Pie~"

After greeting the water otter, Paras went after Xu Li and reminded him that it was time for dinner.

Xu Li patted his head, took out the energy cube, and shouted, "By the way, everyone, let's eat."

The water otter ate the energy cube for the first time and couldn't stop eating it.

After the Pokémon finished their lunch, Xu Li found Water Otter and looked at its system panel.

Water Otter (Washing Green)♀

Attribute: Water

Level: Lv15

Ability: Torrent

Moves: Shell Blade, Water Wave, Combo Slash, Energy Gathering, High-Speed ​​Star

Favorability: 71]

Water Otter is already level 15, unlike the other two starter Pokémons, Rowlet and Inchara, who are only level 7 or 8. It seems that they fight frequently and have accumulated a lot of experience.

Take out the special ointment and give it to the water otter.

[Features: Torrent → Hard Shell Armor]

The effect of the hard shell armor is that the opponent will not hit the vital parts, but this is not the point. After the water otter evolves into a greatsword ghost, its characteristics will evolve into sharpness, which is an absolutely divine characteristic.

As one of the Four Sharp Generals, Xicui Greatsword Ghost can benefit from the sharpness bonus of his exclusive skill Secret Sword Thousand Waves, Holy Sword, Shell Blade, Water Wave Blade and other moves, and his strength is definitely enough. Although in the game battle, Axe Mantis, who is also one of the Four Sharp Generals of Xicui, is slightly better than Xicui Greatsword Ghost, Xicui Greatsword Ghost is much more handsome.

Strength is strength, but being handsome is a lifelong thing.