He knows Pokémon better than me.

One day later, the construction of the castle was on track.

Lucario was meticulously repairing the original old wall, while Bricaron was turning into a working machine and frantically building two new walls.

With the bonus of Magearna's Encouragement Aura, the two Pokémon at Construction Level 2 were like they had taken drugs and were completely tireless.

The giant crab was also spitting bubbles like crazy, providing cement.

"Knock cough."

It's just that it feels like it's about to spit out its own crab roe.
However, the effect of Magearna's encouragement aura was too strong, and the giant crab could not be stopped at all.

The Magic Wall Doll, who serves as the butler, wears a safety helmet and holds a blueprint, and provides construction advice to the two Pokémon from time to time.

"Right!"

He also took the time to report his work progress to Xiaozhi.

At this rate, the new castle wall can be completed in no more than five days!

Of course, the construction project of the watchtower castle next to it will be put off until later.

"good."

Xiaozhi nodded with satisfaction. After only one day, he could already see the outline of the new castle taking shape.

He planned to go to Jiqing City to buy some more Frosty Milk Cakes to speed up the project!
"Well!"

However, compared to speeding up, the Magic Wall Doll pulled Xiaozhi and pointed at the opponent's stone bricks in the corner.

Since the wall is made of stone, wood and steel bars are sufficient and are basically just used to reinforce it.
Now there are not enough stones.

You have to go mining!

Xiaozhi looked at the miner, the Giant Claw Crab, and he was about to spit out the crab roe.

"Well, let it rest for a while."

This retired veteran has indeed had a very hard time during this period.

Lucario is also good at mining, but now, the reconstruction of the city wall is inseparable from its delicate insight.
But Xiaozhi has a better candidate.

"Melutan, it's decided that it's you! Come with me to the mines today!"

Ever since Meltan realized the ability to condense his liquid metal arms into hard nuts in Grass Road Town, Xiaozhi discovered that the column for Meltan's job level was finally not blank.

"Meltan: Mining level 2."

The steel attribute restrains the rock attribute. After Meltan obtains the nut arm, he can suddenly mine with ease!

Xiaozhi also brought the two Sakura bombs that the Magic Wall Doll had made before, and it seemed that there was also the idea of ​​blasting mines, which blasted out the ore in a large area at once.

Speaking of which, he had always heard about the small mine in the back mountain, but had never been there in person.

"Milu~!"

Meltan was waving its nut arms excitedly on Ash's shoulder. It had been eager to have a big fight for a long time.

But let me make it clear first, all the iron ore mined belongs to it!
Coming out of the watchtower castle, there is a dense forest path behind.

However, many of the outermost woods were cut in half, which was the result of Onion Duck's continuous logging in the past few days.

Occasionally, you can see some large rhizomes, wild wasabi and other mountain products on the roadside. You can make money by collecting them and putting them in shipping boxes.

Of course, the unit price is not high.

Near an abandoned field, Xiaozhi also saw three black and white serpentine bears mingling together.

When they saw me approaching, the three snake bears ran away in panic, leaving behind only a few plants that looked like green onions.

"Shiny Serpentine Bear?"

Xiaozhi was stunned. He remembered that the serpentine bear in Hoenn had brown and white hair, right?

"Beep! A Galar-like snake bear with normal and evil attributes. This seems to be the oldest form of the snake bear. It likes to mess with Lotor everywhere~!"

Xiaozhi nodded. According to the description in the encyclopedia, Galar's Serpentine has a rather bad temper.

But these three seem to be... farming?

There were still a few garlic-like plants left in the abandoned farmland. Could it be that they were planted by the serpentine bear? He knew this garlic. Man Yue had taught him how to identify it when he was in the Alola region. It was a basic herb.

Wild leek is one of the ingredients for making vitality fragments. If eaten directly, it can also restore a small amount of physical strength.

Although it takes energy to go down the mine later, it is just right to pick them and eat them.
But, it was not him who went down to the mine.

But Meltan is not a carbon-based creature and does not eat grass at all.

"Let's leave it to them."

Xiaozhi did not rob Galar Zorro of its things, and continued walking along the path to the end, where a small hill came into view.

The mountain is not very high, and there is a cave nearly two meters high that can be entered.

There is also a natural hot spring next to the cave, with steam rising from the surface of the water.

If you feel tired after working in the mine, you can come out and take a bath to refresh yourself at any time.

Xiaozhi: "."

Is this really a natural creation?
However, are there some giant crabs targeting him?

If you go to the hot spring, it will soon become boiled crabs!

"It feels good~! Let's go, Meltan!"

With Meltan in tow, Xiaozhi walked in curiously, holding a torch in his hand for illumination.

This was thoughtfully prepared for him by the Magic Wall Doll before he came. It can be easily made by hand with a piece of wood and resin, and can continue to burn for 3 hours.

The flames lit up the cave. Xiaozhi looked around and found that it was just a stone cave with a radius of less than 30 square meters. There were half-meter-high raw stones piled up in a random pattern on the ground.

The ceiling rock walls weren't very high, and there wasn't even a single wild Pokémon.

"Well, isn't this too small?"

Xiaozhi frowned and looked around. There were only 20 pieces of raw stones. Isn’t that too few?

At this time, Triple-Fold Rotom kindly reminded:

"Beep! The cave is layered downwards, and the stairs leading down are hidden under a random piece of raw stone. You need to actively dig it out."

"The number and placement of the raw stones on each layer are completely random. Every new day, new changes will occur in the cave."

"The items that drop from the raw stone are random, but the lower you go, the more rare and precious ores, gems, and special items you will find, Loto~!"

Xiaozhi: "."

Well, Galar has a Pokémon Nest, which is a completely unscientific dimension.

If it were mining science, it would be unscientific.

"Let's start digging! First, that piece of stone! Meltan!"

Xiaozhi pointed to a piece of rough stone diagonally above.

Meltan understood, leaped forward a few steps, and smashed it hard with his nut-shaped fist.

Boom!

The raw stone shattered in an instant, which was a piece of cake for Meltan with level 2 mining ability.

Soon, the raw stone shattered to the ground, leaving only a gray-black round stone. This is the most common mineral in the mine and the main material for castle construction.

As the original stone disappeared, the wooden ladder buried underneath came into view.

"Milu~!"

Meltan cheered in surprise.

Xiaozhi was not too surprised that he opened it.

With the perception of wave power, he could see the location of each step at a glance!
"Let's go straight to the bottom, Meltan!"

Without wasting time digging on the first floor, Xiaozhi and Meltan drove straight down! (End of this chapter)