Monster Hunter: Farm Story Begins with Pokémon

Chapter 353: Volcano Stone (5.2k, supplemented on 5.4th)
Bai Zhen enjoyed the lunch box made by Shui Yun.

After eating, Bai Zhen did not forget to take a photo of Shui Yun and thanked her for the thoughtful preparation of the lunch box.

While Bai Zhen was eating, Riko hesitated for a moment, then realized that she would not get an answer if she continued to worry about it, so she simply stopped worrying about it.

After Bai Zhen finished his meal, Riko asked Bai Zhen about how to train Pokémon.

Bai Zhen also gave Riko some advice based on the information he learned through the panel.

For example, let her magical masked cat learn some powerful physical moves.

Magical Masked Cat's own physical attack racial value is very high, which is about 40 points lower than its special attack racial value. The strongest move she can learn by leveling up is the special move [Leaf Storm], level 1, with a power of 130.

The highest-ranking physical attack move that can be learned by leveling up is a fairy-type move [Playfulness], which has a power of 1 points at level 90, but cannot enjoy the same bonus as the racial value.

The only move that is automatically learned during evolution, the [Thousand Changes] move, which has a 1.5% hit rate and is sure to hit the vital point to cause times the damage, is a physical move. Continuous practice will definitely give you good feedback.

Bai Zhen also suggested that Riko learn a physical move [Falling Petals] from Oliva, one of the six heroes, which has a power of 1 points at level 90 and can attack the entire field.

When explaining the training plan to Riko, Bai Zhen unexpectedly discovered that Riko had no idea about the so-called physical attack and special attack. She didn't even know whether the skills increased the physical attack or the special attack. She didn't know what the power of the skills depended on.

Li Ke is a student, so it's okay that she doesn't know at the age of twelve or thirteen. He talked about this with the chef Madek, but Madek, as an adult, didn't know this information either.

Bai Zhen asked many people again, and in the end only Qi Shu, the gym master, and Fried, the leader of the attack team and Pokémon doctor, knew about this.

Even Xiaodian, who usually does science popularization and is very familiar with the knowledge on the Internet, has only heard and understood it. She has no idea how to identify it specifically and how to improve these attributes in a targeted manner.

When asked the reason, Qi Shu also gave Bai Zhen an answer.

Knowledge about attribute values ​​such as Physical Attack and Special Attack, as well as the racial values ​​of each Pokémon, is actually advanced knowledge. Only people at the level of Gym Leaders, the Elite Four, and Champions can learn and use it.

Among them, racial values ​​are even listed as content that only champions and some Pokémon doctors know.

As for why we don't promote it more vigorously and teach these trainers who have just embarked on their journey, it's simply because we don't want a bunch of abandoned Pokémon to appear.

Just imagine if these new trainers, who have just turned ten, or are twelve or thirteen years old, embarked on their journey under the influence of knowledge about physical attack, special attack, racial values, etc.

Not all of them, but at least a large number of boys will deliberately screen their Pokémon.

After all, no little boy would not like a Pokémon that is potential, handsome and powerful.

What's more, knowledge like racial values ​​roughly divides Pokémon into different levels.

In this era that promotes love and peace and hopes that Pokémon and trainers will grow together, racial values, individual values, and other content have been intentionally suppressed from being promoted.

After listening to Qishu's explanation, Bai Zhen suddenly understood.

To be honest, he himself has a deep understanding of this point.

Because he knows a lot of information and can clearly see the specific abilities of these Pokémon.

This also made him deliberately avoid partners with insufficient potential when choosing his own battle pet.

When he first chose his partner, he didn't actually care much about his partner's racial value and potential, because he didn't aim to become the champion at the beginning.

The reason why the heavy mud horse was tamed was because of how helpful it was to the farm and how it could help pull the cart.

But later, as the heavy mud draft horse evolved into a heavy steel draft horse, and as the battle pets became increasingly powerful, Bai Zhen also began to consider important criteria such as potential.

As for why they are so obsessed with high potential, it is entirely because they are worried that partners with insufficient potential will join this team of battle pets full of freaks, and over time they will develop inferiority complexes, or be forced to be eliminated, etc.

Bai Zhen now has a lot of training resources, and he can make even the weakest Pokémon become very strong.

But potential is not something he can change at will at the moment. The evolution of the Heavy Steel Draft Horse and the dominance of the Red Lotus Armored Cavalry are very rare resources that can only be obtained with extremely good luck.

His resources can help Pokémon develop all their potential, even beyond their own potential, but if the same resources are invested in other partners, the battle pets will still have to compete with their initial potential in the end.

After all, when the internal competition reaches a certain limit, the effect of hard work will become negligible, and in the end it will still be a competition of resources and talents.

Otherwise, Bai Zhen actually wanted to capture cute Pokémon like Eevee, Pikachu, and Tanabata.

If these Pokémon are captured, they will most likely only be able to help out on their own farms like Paparazzi and Mahua, and they may not even be able to appear on the farm like Huhu. In the end, they will completely become "ornamental Pokémon" in the home.

After listening to Qishu's description, Bai Zhen was not obsessed with explaining this knowledge and content to Liko.

He mostly provides some training advice to Lico to help her better understand her Magical Masked Cat.

After seeing Bai Zhen provide a training plan for Li Ke, Roy also asked Bai Zhen to give him some advice. Bai Zhen naturally met these requests one by one.

After giving the two people training advice, Bai Zhen and Fried applied for permission to use the airship in the war zone.

The wings on top of the airship can be transformed into a combat zone, and there are facilities such as barriers around the combat zone.

Bai Zhen came to this area with a net bag on his shoulder, and Qishu, Riko, Roy and others followed him.

They had long noticed what Bai Zhen brought back from the volcano yesterday.

Roy asked Bai Zhen curiously: "Mr. Bai, what is this thing you brought back from the volcano yesterday?"

Without saying anything, Bai Zhen took out a Fire Gem from the net bag and threw it to Roy, saying, "This is for you and your Bone Pattern Giant Crocodile."

"What is this?" Roy took the gem in a hurry. He could clearly feel the high temperature of 40 to 50 degrees from the gem in his hand, which made Roy almost unable to hold it steadily.

Bai Zhen explained: "This is the Fire Gem. If you use it directly, it can increase the power of the Bone Pattern Giant Crocodile's fire-type moves once, but I don't recommend you use it this way. Using this gem in another way can speed up the improvement of the level of your Bone Pattern Giant Crocodile's fire-type moves."

Although Roy and the others didn't know about things like racial values ​​and attributes, they knew that constantly practicing a skill could increase its power.

Roy held the Fire Gem in his hand and thanked Bai Zhen with excitement on his face.

"You are welcome."

Bai Zhen collected a total of 35 fire gems under the volcano. There are still many fire gems in the volcano. Giving a few to Roy will not have any impact.

But the only 'lava' cannot be delivered.

After receiving the Fire Gem from Bai Zhen, Roy looked at the large lava in Bai Zhen's net bag and asked, "What is this? It looks very dangerous."

Bai Zhen took out the large piece of lava. As soon as the lava touched the flight deck, the deck made of special materials began to show signs of burning due to the extremely high temperature.

Bai Zhen introduced: "This thing is called [Volcano Stone]. It is said that in some places, this item can even be used to summon the mythical Pokémon Sildran."

"Can it summon Sidoran?" Roy, Rico and others did not expect that the big lava in Bai Zhen's hand actually had this ability.

Bai Zhen explained: "Although it is called summoning, in fact, if you take this volcanic stone away from certain volcanic areas, as long as there is a Xiduolan living in the volcano, the Xiduolan will wake up because of anger, so it is equivalent to having the ability to summon. In addition, since it is a stone, it also plays a role in suppressing volcanic eruptions."

After listening to Bai Zhen's explanation, Roy and Li Ke both smiled bitterly.

Roy: “So this is a very dangerous thing?”

Rico: "Then if you take out this rock from the volcano, wouldn't it be very likely that the volcano on the island will erupt?"

Bai Zhen said: "Don't worry, the volcano on the island is a dormant volcano. Even if there is no volcano stone, the volcano will not erupt within a hundred years, and a new volcano stone will be born after a hundred years."

Bai Zhen, who possesses the Fireball Slate, can feel very clearly the direction of the heat in the volcano.

What's more, the island is his private property and he can't joke about his own property.

After confirming that there was no risk, Roy, Rico and the others became curious about the purpose of this stone.

Bai Zhen said: "This talisman and the fire gem can both speed up the level of fire-type moves. But this talisman has a better effect." [Volcano talisman Lv.3 (A-level material): a product formed by the solidification of rocks melted by hot lava. There is still lava inside. It has the effect of suppressing 'natural energy'. If used for training, it can greatly speed up the level of 'lava' type moves. ]

Unlike ordinary fire gems, Volcano Stone can very effectively speed up the level increase speed of the [Lava Storm] move.

This stone is the most suitable for Bai Zhen himself.

Among all his companions, only he and Honglian Kaiqi mastered fire-based moves. Naturally, only he and Honglian Kaiqi could use the Fire Gem and Volcano Stone.

During the time on the airship, Bai Zhen was not idle. Except for meal time, he almost always stayed on the deck with the Red Lotus Armored Cavalry to practice and train.

Bai Zhen has a crazy schedule where he starts training as soon as he wakes up and continues training until night.

Everyone in the attacking team began to worry whether Bai Zhen's body could handle it.

In response to this, Bai Zhen had already sent the materials he needed to the airship, and there was enough vitality drink to support Bai Zhen's sleepless training for a month.

Moreover, the intensity of this training is much lower than the previous training before the Hundred Dragons Night Parade.

During the time on the airship, Bai Zhen did some physical training, and spent most of the rest of his time on special training of technical moves.

On the first day of the voyage, Riko, Roy and others, led by Bai Zhen, also actively participated in the training.

But by the time they had trained for about an hour or two and were exhausted, Bai Zhen had just finished her warm-up exercises.

The two didn't take it seriously at first, but when they went back to rest and then looked for Bai Zhen at dinner time, they were surprised to find that Bai Zhen had been exercising non-stop from the afternoon until the evening.

This is not the end yet. After Bai Zhen finished his dinner, he did not rest, but continued to start special training in fire-based moves with the Red Lotus Armor Cavalry.

It was not until 12 o'clock in the night that Bai Zhen finally finished his training.

Then at 8 o'clock the next morning, Bai Zhen got up on time for training again. His self-discipline was somewhat unbelievable.

At this time, Roy remembered the training plan that Bai Zhen announced some time ago. At the beginning, even he, a true fan, thought that the training plan was a joke and exaggerated, but after seeing Bai Zhen's training for a day with his own eyes.

Roy realized that the plan was probably a cut-down version.

The next day, in the morning Roy tried to exercise with his Pokémon like Bai Zhen.

But after only four hours, he felt that life was worse than death. The soreness in his muscles was secondary. After all, Bai Zhen would give him energy drinks to relieve the physical pain, but the mental torture was the most terrifying.

He persisted for four hours and felt that he had used up all his perseverance. Without someone supervising him or without strong motivation, he would not be able to hold on.

Roy also felt that Bai Zhen’s current strength was not just due to the good luck that Bai Zhen always talked about, but was also inseparable from his own efforts and perseverance.

The next day, Roy, who had been training with Bai Zhen for four or five hours, was forced to quit training. On the third day, when Bai Zhen started training again, Roy felt a huge gap and became depressed.

On the third day, the kind-hearted Riko noticed Roy's mood. In order to encourage her friend to cheer up again, Riko took Roy to find Bai Zhen again.

Looking at Bai Zhen who was exercising tirelessly, Liko helped Roy ask the question that Roy was most concerned about when Bai Zhen was drinking water and taking a break.

"Mr. Bai, how did you manage to hold on?"

"How did you persevere?" Bai Zhen took a sip of the vitality drink and said to Riko and Roy, "As for the initial motivation for training and the reason for persisting, it was naturally because the person I liked said that she liked someone stronger than her, so in order to make myself a man worthy of her, I started training and exercising."

Li Ke knew without asking that it was Huoya who said these words. She asked curiously, "Then you should be stronger than Sister Huoya now, right?"

Bai Zhen shook his head regretfully, "Unfortunately not."

The answer was completely beyond their expectations. They originally thought that Bai Zhen was the most powerful person, but it turned out that the most powerful one was still Huo Ya?
Bai Zhen said honestly: "Let me put it this way, my current martial arts were all taught to me by Huo Ya. Her realm is very high. Even if I train so hard, I can't even see her back in martial arts."

Bai Zhen was not being modest when he said this.

Now, if he didn't use the crystallization and the power of the stone slab, she wouldn't even be able to touch the corner of Huoya's clothes.

Once, Puxian defeated Zhulan's Super Biting Land Shark with his own skills.

Even Puxian would be shocked by Huoya's martial arts and talent, and he would not hesitate to praise her.

The skill combination of All Weapons + Flame Concubine Silk + Concubine Flame + Chen Shen, combined with the enhanced skill [Shadow Hunting] learned by Huo Ya, can increase her own speed and reduce the opponent's toughness by 30%.

In a situation where one will be absolutely suppressed if the attribute value lags behind by 100 points, Huoya has the ability to fight back even if the attribute value lags behind by 300 points.

With the control of spider silk and her mastery of all martial arts, her strength has increased by at least three or four times compared to three months ago.

Moreover, when Bai Zhen was out training, Huoya and Shuiyun also participated in many hunting trips.

Both of them have reached level 75, and now they only need to complete a few tasks to successfully advance to become master hunters.

Speaking of Shui Yun, Shui Yun's strength is weaker than Huo Ya's, but her use of the spear is superb, so it is no problem to say that she is the strongest in Yanhuo Village.

Shui Yun was able to suppress Bai Zhen, who was level 65 without using the power of crystallization and stone tablets, just by relying on her spear.

And both of them have learned some very powerful skills.

Huoya's transformation, Shuiyun's imitation.

These skills give the two the possibility of counterattacking and killing the enemy above their level.

After hearing Bai Zhen's words, Riko once again had a more comprehensive understanding of Huo Ya and Shui Yun.

"So Sister Huoya and Sister Shuiyun are so powerful?"

"They are really amazing. I think it will take me another three or four years to learn Huoya's martial arts to reach her level, right?"

After Bai Zhen expressed his admiration for Huoya and Shuiyun's talents, he quickly brought the topic back to the topic and said.

"That's why I worked so hard in the beginning. But the reason why I was able to persevere was because my gains motivated me. My growth was visible to the naked eye. When I could see the results, I would naturally work very hard in training."

About five months ago, he was an ordinary person who couldn't even defeat Tan Xiaoshi, but now he can even lift a dragon and throw it out.

This feeling of getting stronger quickly turns into dopamine and makes him addicted.

And being able to see the panel was one of the reasons why he was able to persevere.

To be honest, increasing a certain attribute by 5 points or a move level by 1 will not be a noticeable increase in real combat.

But being able to view the dashboard is something completely different.

This feels a bit like playing a game. Your goal is to increase an attribute value by 20 points. Every time an attribute value is increased by 1 point, it is equivalent to a 5% increase.

Being able to see the progress bar and not being able to see the progress bar are completely different situations, and being able to see it also makes it easier for people to feel a sense of accomplishment.

Bai Zhen said: "The most important thing is the initial sense of accomplishment. If you really want to become stronger, I can help you develop a detailed training plan during this period of time."

Intense exercise is likely to cause symptoms such as muscle dissolution, but the vitality drink has its own body recovery effect. Drinking the vitality drink immediately after exercise will help the body's muscles recover quickly. It only takes less than a week, which is enough for Roy's body to undergo some changes.

Roy rekindled his fighting spirit, bowed earnestly and begged Bai Zhen: "I want to become stronger!"

"Very good. Now let's start with some physical training."

While Bai Zhen was helping Roy with his training, he himself did not fall behind in his progress.

Eight days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was October 8th in a flash.

The heroic Scallion successfully arrived at Green Ridge City in the Hoenn region.

(End of this chapter)