Meixing and Muzi, the eruption of the volcano.

Chapter 85 Meixing and Muzi, the eruption of the volcano.

Brock's Vulpix, Misty's Psyduck, and Meowth...

Finally, there's Ash's Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and a clone of Pikachu...

It has to be said that Natsume has an irresistible affection for Pikachu.

However, apart from Pikachu, Pikachu is just Pikachu, except for this one, because it's a replica of Pikachu, a high-quality imitation of Pikachu...

Xia Mu has always believed that luck and fortune are real.

So, this one is also a little bit high and low, right?

Pikachu felt uneasy under Natsuki's strange gaze.

It wasn't until Xia Mu realized that his gaze was too blatant that he gave an awkward smile and changed the subject.

After gathering all the information about the Pokémon, Xia Mu watched as Mei Xing and Mu Zi distributed food to the Pokémon.

After all, he was a trainer of these Pokémon himself, so he took the initiative to help distribute them, using this opportunity to deepen his bond with the Pokémon.

Working together as a team makes the work easier. I had never experienced this before, but Xia Mu experienced it this time.

It's fair to say that which man wouldn't want to show off when surrounded and admired by beautiful women?

This is a very strange phenomenon that cannot be changed even if there is a huge gap in social status.

It may be a bodily instinct to feel that the better one performs in front of the opposite sex, the more attention one will receive, thus attracting the opposite sex and gaining the right to mate and reproduce.

Even though Xia Mu suppressed his wicked thoughts, he still cared a lot about their opinions.

Perhaps after seeing each other more often and becoming more familiar with each other, I won't feel this way anymore.

[The Pokémon world is truly the Pokémon world! Even a research institute like this produces stunning beauties. Who can resist that...] Xia Mu thought to himself.

Natsuki, Sonia, Mikami, Muko... Natsuki still remembers that there were many charming researchers and doctors in the original work.

Watching Meixing and Muzi working efficiently, Xia Mu couldn't help but nod again.

If they were willing, he would like them to take care of the Pokémon here for him long-term.

In fact, their job at the research institute is also to take care of the Pokémon's daily needs.

According to their self-introduction, their research focuses on breeding, so they have put a lot of effort into the food for Pokémon.

Naturally, it was also because Mushouli gave them enough money; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to prepare such a sumptuous meal, nor would they have had the opportunity to experiment with the effects of various foods on Pokémon.

Xia Mu's return was too coincidental this time. They were in such a hurry that they didn't prepare many kinds of ingredients, and there weren't many raw materials left.

Despite these circumstances, they still managed to create food suitable for Arcanine, Gyarados, Beedrill, Gardevoir, Charizard, and Dragonite, which shows they are quite capable.

Of course, this is also partly because Natsuki's Pokémon are not picky eaters.

During the feeding, Xia Mu naturally took out boxes of energy cubes from his spatial backpack.

Actually, it wasn't placed in the spatial backpack, but rather it was used as a pretext to rummage through the storage space.

Each box has a label indicating it contains a unique energy cube.

Xia Mu prepared three boxes for each Pokémon, with one hundred pills in each box, enough for one Pokémon to eat for a month.

Moreover, this is calculated based on eating to death.

After all, unless you're consuming a lot of energy, one or two energy cubes per meal is enough. With three meals a day, that's a maximum of six cubes, plus a late-night snack, that's only eight.

Based on this calculation, you would only consume 240 pills a month, and 300 pills would be more than enough.

Of course, the energy expenditure will naturally differ depending on the size of the Pokémon. For example, there's no comparison between a heavyweight Pokémon and a cute one.

However, Xia Mu didn't take out too much; he'd eat it all first.

Xia Mu is still grateful that the energy cubes were cheap enough.

Otherwise, how could he afford to raise so many Pokémon?

In the future, he still needs to develop some private property as soon as possible, otherwise no matter how much savings he has, he won't be able to make money from money, and it won't be enough for him to spend.

Thinking that he only had 27,645,000 Alliance Coins left in his account, Xia Mu felt that the money was too easy to spend, even with intentional restraint.

[I wonder if those three from Team Rocket will come and join me. If they do, I can ask them to help me build a Power Cube manufacturing plant...] Xia Mu thought to himself.

This was the first idea that came to mind.

Despite the existence of cheat code simulators and system stores, and despite numerous other ways to make money, none are as stable as this.

Firstly, revealing other things would be too shocking; one needs to gradually build up one's own power and foundation before making any moves.

Secondly, the energy cubes in the system store have terrifying effects, and they have already been sold in other regions. Even if they are investigated, it doesn't matter, since it only involves Pokémon food.

……

In the blink of an eye, an afternoon had passed.

Natsuki spent his time with Pokémon, interacting with each of these replicated Pokémon.

Actually, Natsuki was somewhat surprised, because he thought some Pokémon would not want to stay and would want to leave.

As a result, all the Pokémon were willing to stay, and it seems that because they were clones, they were all exceptionally competitive.

In the evening, Xia Mu saw Mei Xing and Mu Zi off.

They usually come at seven or eight in the morning and go back at four or five in the evening.

After finishing their care work here, they still have to go back to the research institute to organize materials and report research data from various aspects in order to accumulate enough knowledge and finally get rid of the title of intern graduate student.

It has to be said that being a researcher is a very tough job, not at all as simple as Xia Mu had imagined.

Without outsiders around, Xia Mu could relax more, as she no longer needed to worry about Mewtwo being discovered and could freely communicate and interact with the Pokémon.

Even though there are surveillance cameras installed in every corner of my own home, all they can see are my own family members.

Xia Mu can also directly control the on/off state of these devices, turning them off and stopping recording.

"This kind of life is actually quite nice, and it would be great if it continued like this." Lying on a deck chair in the yard, Xia Mu said while playing with her phone.

"But you don't seem to be the kind of person who would settle for pleasure." Mewtwo's untimely remark left Natsuki looking embarrassed.

If Xia Mu had said that he had nothing after transmigrating, that he was just an ordinary person among ordinary people, and that he didn't have any cheat codes or simulators, then he might have accepted his fate, peacefully raised some Pokémon, proved himself, settled down somewhere, and then found a woman who wasn't very pretty, but definitely not ugly, to spend the rest of his life with.

However, this is not the case.

He's not only a time traveler who knows everything, but he also has a cheat-like simulator and a system store that grants direct access to games...

All these factors combined, along with his family background, prevented him from being an ordinary person.

Ambition is something that is gradually built up step by step.

"At first, I just thought that as long as I had a certain level of ability, that would be enough for me to live a good life."

"Later, I felt that I had to have a certain level of strength. After all, I've come into this world, so I can't just do nothing, right?"

"Then, I received your invitation, and I suddenly felt that I might be able to try doing some daring things..."

As he finished speaking, Xia Mu sat up.

His serious expression made the Pokémon surrounding him also take it seriously, especially the Vaporeon he was holding.

"So, what is your goal now?" Mewtwo asked.

Xia Mu pondered for a moment, then his lips curled slightly: "My current goal is naturally to improve every day and then achieve what I can. For example, winning the Indigo League championship in a month. Of course, this is just the beginning; what I want to do is become the regional champion!"

"To do this, I must have sufficient strength and sufficient foundation."

"A tall building starts from the ground up. Just like building a skyscraper, I need to lay a solid foundation before I can gradually reach the top! It's the same with everything. If I really become the regional champion one day, I will have more say and be able to do more things."

"I might be selfish, because I only want to live a better life for myself, and for you all to live a better life, at least, so you won't be threatened by anyone..."

Xia Mu paused at this point.

He didn't go any further to describe his inner vision, since it would be too abrupt to say many things now.

And how did Natsuki know about the future?

Even with his own Pokémon, Natsuki would never reveal its true nature.

It's not that I don't trust them, but rather that I don't want the Pokémon to share this pressure.

"Humans are too complicated." Mewtwo fell into thought because of what Natsume said.

It has its own opinions, even though it is now Natsuki's Pokémon.

"What you see is still very one-sided. Human nature is much more complex than you imagine." After saying this, Xia Mu put down the Water Eevee and then got up to stretch.

Because of his words, the surrounding Pokémon all remained silent, and none of them made a sound.

After an in-depth discussion in the afternoon, everyone fully accepted him as their host and was willing to get close to him.

Xia Mu communicated more with the people he wanted to focus on developing.

For example, Pikachu, Vaporeon, Pidgeot, Ninetales and Vulpix...

In some ways, Xia Mu is also a sucker for good looks; who doesn't like pretty and cute girls?

Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Xia Mu looked at the little ones one by one, and then looked into the distance.

The Pokémon were chasing and playing, creating quite a lively scene.

In short, the backyard now looks completely different from when it was first built.

At that time, there were only four small ones, and even with the addition of Gardevoir, there were only five.

There are now at least 31 Pokémon in this yard!

No, it's 32, including Mewtwo!

These numerous Pokémon, though mostly just there to fill the quota and not very valuable for training, have brought life to this otherwise empty ecosystem.

In the future, more Pokémon will arrive, and Natsuki knows that Pokémon with the same egg group will breed eggs if they stay together for a long time.

With my parents mentioning that they're bringing back all the Pokémon they've been fostering elsewhere, it's bound to get even more lively in the future.

'Ring ring~~'

Just then, Xia Mu's phone rang.

When I picked it up, it showed Sonia's profile picture from the call.

Without hesitation, I clicked to answer; it was a video call.

Sonia was very proactive; most women wouldn't casually video chat with a man.

"Xia Mu, are you home?"

After the call connected, Xia Mu saw Sonia supporting her back and looking at him.

"Yes, I'm home. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Can't I contact you if there's nothing wrong? I finally finished work and the first thing I thought of was contacting you." Sonia looked a little sulky, which was quite cute.

Xia Mu laughed and could only say no, no.

Then, we got down to business.

It turned out that Meixing and Muzi had returned to the research institute and were reporting their work for the day to her and Dr. Mulan.

After learning the details, Professor Mulan asked Sonia to contact him, hoping to establish a temporary research site in the Natsuki family's wilderness area. This way, they could use Natsuki's Pokémon for research, saving a lot of money.

How could Xia Mu refuse such a request?

Even if it were Mulan who came to him, let alone Sonia asking, he wouldn't be able to refuse.

Moreover, it can also provide proper care for his Pokémon.

It must be said that for a Pokémon research lab to be truly stable, it needs a sufficient number of trainers to send a sufficient number of Pokémon over a long period of time to provide to researchers for study.

Most research institutes rely on the support of trainers in the local area and nearby towns, who continuously send newly captured Pokémon to provide them with a constant stream of research topics.

Only with research topics can breakthroughs be possible, and only then can more benefits be created.

Mulan has her eye on the newly built wilderness area of ​​the Xia Mu family, undoubtedly because she feels that there is no more suitable place on Round Island.

Furthermore, Natsuki has many rare Pokémon, which is enough for them to conduct a lot of research.

Having agreed to Sonia's request, Natsuki's only condition was that she not joke around with these Pokémon or conduct any reckless experiments.

Sonia understood what Xia Mu meant and knew that these Pokémon were all clones, so her answer was very serious, and she stopped joking.

After finishing their business, Sonia provided Xia Mu with another piece of information.

That's the information just transmitted from the Earthquake Observatory of Madoka City. Several nearby islands, including Madoka, have experienced earthquakes of varying degrees.

Xia Mu didn't sense it, but through Sonia's account, he found some related information online.

These events all occurred within one or two hours.

According to the official explanation, ocean currents and slight crustal movements caused the Lantern Volcano on Juyuan Island to be compressed, and the underground magma broke through the original safety line, resulting in the largest eruption in history.

The epicenter of the earthquake was Mount Deng.

After ending the video call with Sonia, Xia Mu found a lot more information.

So far, the people living on Juyuan Island have been evacuated from the island with the help of the police on the outer island, thus avoiding the impact of the volcanic eruption.

However, some elderly people remained, believing in the existence of gods and that this was the fire god's anger, punishing evil, which caused this natural disaster.

The God of Fire, if he were truly the God of Fire, could indeed trigger a volcanic eruption, but these people are indeed foolish.

They entrust their lives to the fire god they worship, but that fire god is actually just a Pokémon that exists to maintain the balance of nature.

Xia Mu suddenly felt that something was amiss about what had happened.

The sudden eruption of the previously stable Dengshan Volcano is unprecedented.

Some time ago, because of the Moltres, Natsuki had collected some information, which mentioned that although there were earthquakes on Juen Island in the past, they were only minor earthquakes and had never caused a volcanic eruption.

So, it's quite possible that, just like in the game, there really is a Moltres in it.

Furthermore, it is highly likely that Moltres encountered some kind of threat, which caused it to unleash its power and trigger this disaster.

After thinking it over and over, Xia Mu began to wonder if he was overthinking things.

After all, this scene wasn't in the original anime, nor in the game...

It's impossible that Team Rocket, the dark forces, found Moltres's trail and tried to capture it, but ended up angering Moltres.

"Judging from your expression, you seem to be quite concerned about the volcanic eruption over there?" Mewtwo stood beside Natsuki, sensing the change in Natsuki's emotions, and asked.

"I just have this feeling that something is definitely fishy about this..." Xia Mu said.

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