Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game.

At least Xia Chen saw that she was willing to put in the sweat and effort for it.

However, given this name, it's not certain that Mingyi is truly the chosen one of this world.

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Xia Chen did not eat lunch at the school cafeteria.

To be honest, the food in the cafeteria at Gucheng Middle School is not bad, but the food is also just so-so.

However, compared to Chef Xia's cooking, it is still far inferior. Eevee has already developed a condition where he feels unwell if he doesn't eat Xia Chen's cooking.

Mingyi and Tengtengshe still shamelessly came to freeload their meals.

After preparing lunch at home, Xia Chen put the ugly fish back into the aquarium and then put his lunch in as well.

"How was it? Did you get bored after not being out and about all morning?"

This question had been troubling Xia Chen ever since he watched anime in his previous life.

Most of the time, Pokémon stay in their Poké Balls. Won't they get sick from being cooped up like that?

Ugly Fish looked completely bewildered.

Huh? Has a whole morning already passed?

Xia Chen was speechless. "Are you a Snorlax?"

So you just slept through the whole morning?

But besides sleeping, there doesn't seem to be anything else to do inside a Poké Ball?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that's really the case. In addition, since he hasn't implemented a training plan for Ugly Fish, Xia Chen has even less reason to blame Ugly Fish.

However, Xia Chen was unaware that the Ugly Fish, who seemed to be doing nothing and sleeping soundly in his eyes, had been diligently absorbing the energy of the two beads without stopping for a single second throughout the morning.

Just like fitness and training, Ugly Fish has become addicted to its current "cultivation" state.

The feeling of sensing the energy within the body becoming increasingly abundant is like an addictive drug for the fiercely competitive Uglyfish, making it impossible for the fish to extricate itself.

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The lunch break at Gucheng Middle School is two hours long. After lunch, Xia Chen and Ming Yi took a short nap for half an hour before returning to school to continue their classes.

This afternoon, Xia Chen had a class that she found quite interesting, called "Understanding and Choosing Energy Cubes".

This is a basic course in Pokémon training. Energy Cubes are an important source of energy for Pokémon to absorb and replenish. Trainers may not know how to make them, but they must know how to choose and use them.

This lesson will not teach how to make energy blocks, but it will explain the principles behind their creation.

Xia Chen is currently lacking this kind of knowledge. Relying solely on his own blind exploration to discover the possibility of the Beautiful Energy Cube is no different from a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse.

For academic research, one still needs to systematically learn some professional knowledge.

However, after one class, Xia Chen was completely disappointed. This basic course was really basic enough that it took an entire class to explain the taste and effects of tree fruits!

But seeing his classmates taking notes diligently, Xia Chen realized that it wasn't that the course was too basic, but rather that he was going beyond the scope of the curriculum.

Although his ideal is to be a lazy gym leader, did he really know he could be so shrewd?

After class, Xia Chen, still unwilling to give up, asked the teacher for help again. The teacher was very happy about Xia Chen's initiative to ask questions, and was even a little flattered.

However, she still stated that she did not understand the question of "the influencing factors of various factors in the process of different fruits forming energy cubes".

Her answer was very tactful: "If the teacher can answer this question, he should be able to get a job at the Donghuang Elf Breeding Science Research Institute."

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Does this mean the Beautiful Energy Cube project has to be shelved?

Late at night, Xia Chen sat in front of his computer, feeling somewhat resentful after finishing editing the video.

But this relates to research on how Feebas evolved into Milotic without using beautiful scales.

Not to mention, he had promised Feebas that he would help Feebas evolve into Milotic.

Never mind, I'll talk about it tomorrow.

It was late at night, so Xia Chen temporarily put aside this troublesome matter and drifted off to sleep.

We've advanced to the second round! I'll keep my promise and add two more chapters.

There will be two more updates tonight, which is considered normal.

Asking for votes with a clear conscience!

By the way, please also check in next Tuesday! (bows over)

Finally, let me recommend another book.

Chapter 35 Xiaogang's Invitation (Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!)

Xia Chen never carries her troubles into the next day.

The next morning, he got up early, full of energy, and drank the fresh milk that Big Bird had just delivered. While eating breakfast, Xia Chen opened Pixiv as usual.

The video uploaded last night was a reel of the first time Xia Chen made an energy cube video a few days ago, and Xia Chen had high hopes for the number of views for this video.

Although my Energy Cube wasn't very good, the backstabbing between Eevee and Feebas was quite fun, and my camera faithfully recorded the whole scene.

Moreover, this is Xia Chen's first official video appearance. With his looks, he should be worth at least a million views, right?

Xia Chen's guess was quite accurate; this video did indeed get over a million views.

Twelve hours, 1.07 million views, a little faster than the last travel video.

However, such viral videos are rare. Xia Chen is not yet a well-known content creator, and his current number of followers is only about 400,000.

The time it takes to eat breakfast is just enough for Xia Chen to watch the video filled with countless bullet comments.

Various interesting bullet comments streamed across the screen, making even the most ordinary millet porridge taste much better.

Xia Chen made a brief summary: one-third of the comments were filled with creative jokes praising their own good looks, although it was unclear whether the people posting the comments were male or female, or even human.

Another third of the comments were dedicated to the backstabbing and witty battle between the two Pokémon.

Xia Chen thought about it and decided that future videos would not develop in this direction.

While this might be entertaining for the show, these are, after all, the first two Pokémon I ever caught, and they'll be with me for a long time to come. I need to find a way to ease the tension between them.

However, they don't seem to know why they're having this argument.

The last third of the comments were mostly criticisms of Xia Chen's technique for making energy cubes.

"Well done, don't do it again!"

Are you playing with permutations and combinations here?

"breaking Bad!"

A series of excessive comments ruined Xia Chen's good mood early in the morning.

Honestly, what do these people know? Can you call it poisoning when breeders are experimenting?

Xia Chen thought angrily.

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After finishing breakfast, it was almost time to leave for school. Before turning off her phone, Xia Chen glanced at the comments section one last time.

An unexpected comment made him stop in his tracks.

Iron Will: "It's clear that Master Pigeon has a lot of innovation and ideas in making energy cubes. The World Breeders Association is holding a seminar on energy cubes next month. If you are interested, please contact me."

Star River Shore: "Low EQ: Breaking Bad, High EQ: Very innovative and creative. If you used your EQ on girls, you would have been married long ago!"

Yellow-skinned Mouse: "After failing to win over a woman, Master Gang has finally realized his true orientation. Is he going to make a move on Master Pigeon? No way!"

Xia Chen ignored the joking comments; his attention was completely drawn to Xiao Gang's message.

World Association of Breeders! Seminar on Energy Cubes!

Isn't this exactly the advanced knowledge acquisition method I've been looking for?

The seminar itself may not yield any definitive results, but this summit will undoubtedly gather the world's top breeders.

Perhaps some of the methods used by those masters can offer some inspiration for the research on Beauty Cube?

In any case, I can't miss this opportunity.

Xia Chen immediately sent a private message to Xiao Gang, "Hello, Senior Xiao Gang, I'm very interested in the seminar you mentioned. It's not very convenient to chat here. If possible, let's add each other as friends and discuss in detail. My ship is..."

He didn't wait foolishly for a reply. After sending the message, Xia Chen quickly got up and went out.

If we don't leave now, we'll be late for school.

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As we all know, most of the time on the first day of school is spent picking up books, chatting with a classmate you haven't seen during the holidays, and listening to the homeroom teacher's nagging.

The nightmare began on the second day of school.

Xia Chen never expected that even in a world where elves exist, mathematics is still something he can't escape.

The reason why Pokémon trainers have to take math classes is supposedly because science has proven that math can train a trainer's thinking, enabling them to make more timely and advantageous judgments in battles.

Xia Chen didn't know if this was nonsense, but as a student, he certainly couldn't fight against the massive education system and could only accept it.

Eevee lay down in the desk hole to sleep. Although Xia Chen felt that this was no more comfortable than sleeping in a Poké Ball, for some reason, Eevee had a psychological resistance to Poké Balls.

It's as if she feels uneasy staying in the Poké Ball for too long.

After all, she was an elf who had wandered outside for a period of time, so it's possible she had some kind of past.

Xia Chen didn't delve too deeply into the details and continued to listen attentively to the dry and boring math lesson.

Xia Chen doesn't particularly like math, but to fulfill his dream of becoming the head of the Salted Fish Dojo, the more prestigious the university he gets into, the better.

Xia Chen, who has no resources or background but a clear life plan, will not miss any opportunity to change his destiny.

Fortunately, high school math in this world is really just for developing thinking skills, and Xia Chen, who has struggled through another hellishly difficult world, easily withstood the pressure.

The bell rang, and the classroom gradually erupted in noise, not just because the ordeal of math was finally over.

Furthermore, the next class is the Pokémon battle class that everyone has been looking forward to.

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