Pokémon Appear in Large Quantities

Chapter 30 Pokémon Appear in Large Quantities

After chatting with Mu Xiu for a while, Xia Mu finally led the four little ones out of the house.

I spent the whole morning working with Uchimu on his research, so I have to speed things up this afternoon to make up for the time I lost this morning.

Xia Mu also told Mu Xiuli that he would be back very late that night, and that she didn't need to wait for him for dinner.

After these past few days, Mu Xiuli's worries about Xia Mu have lessened, and she is now completely at ease.

……

Leaving Yuujima City, Natsuki rode his mountain bike towards Crescent Lake, deep in the Yuujima Forest.

Lucario and Growlithe naturally followed along.

In a sense, it can also be considered as training their endurance, even if this amount of training is nothing, it is better than some simple warm-up exercises.

There are also Beedrill and Red Gyarados.

Xia Mu continued along the river, allowing the red Gyarados to swim freely in the river.

Although Beedrill doesn't have the Flying type, its flying speed is indeed quite fast.

Half an hour later, Xia Mu brought the four little ones back to the shore of Crescent Lake.

The first thing I did was check on the energy cubes I left behind yesterday, since they were for Dream.

If Xia Mu wasn't eaten, she would feel uncomfortable.

Seeing that the box had been opened and all the energy cubes inside had already been eaten, Xia Mu felt a little relieved.

After asking the nearby wild Pokémon and confirming that Mew had eaten it, Natsuki smiled knowingly.

Even though Dream wasn't here, he still had to keep his promise from the beginning. He bought another box of energy cubes and put it here. Then he took out another box containing some desserts, which he bought at a dessert shop he passed by before leaving Round Island City, costing 200 Alliance Coins.

It has to be said that although it's only 200 Alliance Coins, it's more expensive than a box of Power Cubes.

To prevent being eaten by other Pokémon, Xia Mu also fed the wild Pokémon around her so they could keep an eye on the area.

……

Time flew by, and it was evening.

In one afternoon, Xia Mu led the four little ones to challenge high-level wild Pokémon in the forest.

Of course, it's not just high-level Pokémon; they also conduct large-scale harvesting of Pokémon that have reached level 25 or higher.

It has to be said that the battles these past few days have been quite fierce. Many Pokémon have actually fought against Natsuki's Pokémon, so some of them hid after seeing Natsuki approaching.

In short, the results weren't great, and the upgrade progress was getting slower and slower.

Growlithe only leveled up by 1, while Lucario, Beedrill, and Gyarados only leveled up by 2 each.

As night fell, Xia Mu rested with the four little ones by Crescent Lake and cooked food.

Unfortunately, the dream still didn't appear.

Xia Mu had only held onto that pitiful hope, thinking that Meng Huan was probably hiding and hadn't appeared yet. He thought that as long as he persisted, or used very fragrant food, he could lure it out.

Reality taught him another harsh lesson, most importantly, the energy cubes and desserts he had placed there were still untouched.

The wild Pokémon told him that Mew had never appeared again.

Either the dream is intentionally avoiding me, or it has truly left Round Island.

There are two possibilities.

We'll have to wait until tomorrow to determine which one it is.

Xia Mu hoped it was the former; perhaps it was a test from the dream.

After all, the dream didn't appear yesterday, and when I came back here at noon the next day, the energy cube had indeed been eaten.

If I come back here tomorrow and the energy cube has been eaten again, it means that Dream hasn't left, but just doesn't plan to see him.

But if everything remains the same tomorrow, then we'll have to wait until seven days later to enter the new island before we can encounter Dream again.

But by then, the anticipation of the first meeting was gone, and instead, a sense of unease would arise.

They made an agreement but left without saying goodbye, giving people the feeling of being played.

As night fell, Xia Mu led the four little ones in a night battle for the first time!

It must be said that the Round Island Forest at night is very eerie and terrifying. Strange noises and the cries of unknown Pokémon can be heard from time to time, which is quite chilling.

Fortunately, the four little ones were all with him, so Xia Mu wasn't alone and wasn't really afraid.

Sure enough, at night, all kinds of Pokémon, both high-level and low-level, came out of the forest.

Xia Mu even encountered many Pokémon that were above level 45.

A level 47 Kael'thas, a level 47 Parasect, a level 46 Ariados, and three level 46 Bellossoms...

In addition, especially for Bug-type Pokémon, there were at least two or three times more wild Pokémon above level 30 than during the day. I wonder where they were hiding during the day.

This also shows that the forest at night is indeed the domain of insect-type creatures.

Even though there are quite a few Grass-type Pokémon, most of them are in a semi-dormant state.

Most thankfully, Xia Mu accidentally entered a valley and discovered a group of Scythers around level 40. Surprisingly, some Bug/Grass Pokémon from other regions also lived there, such as Ninjakamaru, Volcarona, Psydike, and Lilac.

A major battle is inevitable.

Xia Mu and his four little ones barged in recklessly, immediately provoking the hostility of the flying mantis swarm and suffering a group attack.

All of this gave Xia Mu the feeling of encountering a single Pokémon appearing in large numbers in a game.

It's a pity there wasn't a flashy Scyther, otherwise Xia Mu would have liked to catch one.

After all, in the later stages of the game, people spend their days immersing themselves in various Pokémon that appear in large numbers, specifically in order to get shiny Pokémon.

If a glittering creature appears, even if it's not very attractive, it's still a glittering creature and must be captured.

This idea, naturally, remains unchanged in this world.

For example, shiny Dragonite and shiny Espeon are indeed ugly, but they can't be denied that they are shiny.

After a fierce battle, Xia Mu and the four little ones were also in a sorry state, but they still won.

To be honest, it's fortunate that we've been doing this recently, otherwise we would have really failed here.

After leaving the forest and returning to Round Island City, Growlithe was level 44, Lucario was level 40, Gyarados was level 38, and Beedrill was level 38.

It was indeed much more fruitful than what I would have gained in an afternoon.

However, this level of improvement is only so-so, especially the improvement after level 40, where each level is a major hurdle.

Looking back on the progress made in the past few days, the improvement was clearly visible.

In short, starting tomorrow, Xia Mu will have to make other plans.

Round Island Forest is no longer the best place to level up, unless you encounter a large swarm of Scythers like today.

But the probability of that is extremely small, and he is unlikely to try again tomorrow.

Most importantly, in the coming period, wild Pokémon will likely hide from him due to the immense pressure they've been under recently.

Xia Mu wouldn't bother targeting those wild Pokémon that are only level 10 or 12 again; even if he did, the experience points wouldn't be much.

(End of this chapter)