I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

You can also get a free Poké Ball then.

Poké Balls aren't expensive, but due to technical and other complex reasons, aside from public educational institutions like schools that can apply for a student's first Poké Ball in advance, everyone else needs to purchase one themselves based on their trainer status.

Trainers can carry a maximum of 6 Poké Balls containing Pokémon, and there is also a limit to the number of empty Poké Balls. Furthermore, each Poké Ball must be linked to the trainer's ID.

This aspect is surprisingly consistent with the game.

In addition, if a Poké Ball is lost or broken, the replacement process is very complicated, so you must keep it safe.

Although the chances of a Poké Ball breaking are extremely low, losing it...

Some trainers throw the ball in exaggerated ways to look cool, but then they lose track of where they threw it. This has happened before.

Ye Feng was quite clever; he hung the ball around his neck with a chain and didn't use any fancy movements when throwing it. After all, he's handsome, so even if he throws the ball with his feet, it's still a sight to behold.

This ensures that the Poké Ball won't be easily lost, and also maintains the closest possible distance with Ralts, allowing Ralts to grow healthily under the protection of Ye Feng's aura.

After spending half a day at the Pokémon Center, Ye Feng finally completed all the formalities, and Ralts was transferred from Liu Ye's ID to Ye Feng's ID, thus returning to Ye Feng's registered address.

Once Ralts is bound to a Poké Ball, the ball becomes its identity card.

Wherever you go in the future, as long as you scan the QR code on this ball, you can connect to the Pokémon Center's database and it will be able to identify that Ralts is a Pokémon of a trainer named Ye Feng, and it will not be considered an unregistered Pokémon.

Unfortunately, Ye Feng tossed the red and white ball in his hand. New trainers can only buy the lowest-level Pokémon. He is not qualified to buy things like Luxury Balls yet and can only wait until his trainer level increases.

In reality, higher-level Poké Balls not only offer a higher catch rate, but also provide a more comfortable living environment for the Pokémon. Currently, Luxury Balls offer the best living conditions, but unfortunately, they can't be bought with money. Even if you could, you couldn't link them to your Trainer ID because your level wasn't high enough. Forcibly changing them would make Ralts an unregistered Pokémon, which is unacceptable.

Poké Balls are truly amazing. You don't realize it when watching the anime, but once you actually hold one in your hand, you discover how incredible this ball can change size. It can easily hold even the largest Pokémon, Wailord.

It is precisely because of this that trainers have been able to develop rapidly.

The person who invented the Poké Ball is amazing, I bow down to the master Orz.

"Fine, let's leave it like this." Ye Feng hesitated for a while, then said helplessly, "I'll get Ralts a better Poké Ball later when my trainer level is higher."

Ye Feng planned to just wander around.

As they walked, they came to a nearby public battle arena, which was specially set up not far from the Pokémon Center so that trainers could easily send their injured Pokémon for treatment.

The public battle arena is mainly frequented by new trainers, as well as some casual trainers who often engage in simple battles here.

Ye Feng found an empty spot and sat down, then began to read with great interest.

Because these two days are the registration period for new trainers, many new trainers have gathered here, and some even started battling.

However, Ye Feng felt a little disappointed after watching for a while.

It wasn't that Ye Feng was harsh; it was just that these new trainers were really bad at the game. They could only mindlessly shout out the names of moves like Ember, Water Gun, and Razor Leaf, and they couldn't even shout out basic commands like "Get out of the way!" "Stand up!" "Hold on!" "I believe in you!"

These are amazing skills that can help trainers turn the tide in adversity. It is said that as long as these commands are given, the Pokémon will be divinely aided and defeat the opponent in a flash.

Ye Feng and Ralts spent the entire afternoon watching the battle with great interest. Although their skill level was not high, watching two noobs fight each other was still quite entertaining.

Ye Feng also tried to play a couple of matches, but quickly returned to his seat.

There is no other reason than that I have no rivals.

Although Ralts currently only knows two non-offensive moves, Psychic-type Pokémon, their attacks are always unpredictable. In addition, Ye Feng has begun to give Ralts some basic training, so even though its only attack method is to use Psychic to grab the Pokémon and slam it to the ground, no one can hit it.

Putting aside the unpredictable nature of teleportation, even Ralts's own reaction speed is something these untrained Pokémon can't keep up with.

The psychological gap between being unable to hit your opponent with your own Pokémon and having to watch them slam your Pokémon into the ground repeatedly is something these new trainers can't accept, and soon no one wanted to battle Ye Feng anymore.

No one wanted to fight Ye Feng, and Ye Feng, after watching for a while, also got bored, so he patted his behind and went home.

On the way home, I bought the best Pokémon food I could find for Ralts.

At the dining table, Ye Feng looked at the elf food in his hand for a while, then flicked it away and caught it precisely with his mouth.

"The taste is quite good."

Elf food is made from various tree fruits and some basic ingredients, providing elves with the nutrients they need to grow.

However, Ye Feng was not satisfied with this. Although he had plenty of money to buy the best elf food, he knew that the nutrition that elf food could provide was ultimately limited. There was a type of food that was more suitable for elves than the current elf food.

That's the energy cube.

If Ye Feng remembers correctly, the Energy Cube is made by cutting several kinds of tree fruits into small pieces, throwing them into a tree fruit mixer, and then forming a cube-shaped crystalline product under the rotation and stirring of the machine.

These crystals are energy cubes.

However, reality is certainly not this convenient. Not only is there no tree fruit mixer, but Ye Feng doesn't even understand the formation principle of crystals.

Generally speaking, when fruit pulp is crushed, it should be a mixture of juice and pulp, and it is impossible for it to form crystals like that.

This means that after the material is pulverized by rotation, there must be a very important process to compress the mixture into cube-shaped crystals.

This process is the key to forming the energy cube.

Thinking about this, Ye Feng felt a little restless.

However, while it's easy to break up the pulp by rotating it, how do you handle the compression process? And how is crystallization finally formed? Is it solidification at low temperatures?

Thinking too much is not as practical as doing it.

Ye Feng decided to start trying to make energy cubes tomorrow.

Chapter 15 The Experiment in Progress

The next day, Ye Feng went to the home appliance market and bought a blender and liquid nitrogen, and then he also bought some tree fruits.

Ye Feng originally wanted to buy a cooling machine, but the machine was too big and couldn't fit in his small, run-down apartment, so he had to make do with liquid nitrogen for now.

However, Ye Feng is also considering moving to a different place. It wasn't a big problem when he was alone, but now that he has an elf, and there will definitely be a second one, a third one in the future... it will be a bit cramped to continue living in the small 30-square-meter apartment.

But there's no rush, there's plenty of time. Let's focus on studying the energy blocks first.

Although tree fruits are also produced in the secret realm, they can be artificially cultivated, so compared to other resources, their price is very low, basically the same as that of fruit. Ye Feng said he didn't have to worry about the cost of buying them.

Ye Feng bought a variety of tree fruits and brought back several bags of them.

In theory, any tree fruit can be made into an energy block, but the effect and quality of the resulting block depend on the recipe and the technique used.

Compared to fairy food, energy cubes can maximize the nutrients contained in tree fruits and are absorbed more effectively, making them the most suitable nutritional supplement for elves.

With the support of Power Cubes, Ye Feng's special training plan for Ralts can be put into action.

"Ralts, once the mixer stops, use your telekinesis to move the fruit puree above the liquid nitrogen to cool it down. Just control the puree; don't touch the machine," Ye Feng reminded him.

After this period of training, Ralts has mastered its psychic powers to the point that it can precisely control very small objects. Ye Feng even saw it wringing a rag with its psychic powers... It seems that using psychic powers to do housework can indeed train control, hmm.

"Ra~ru~" Ralts raised its little hand and nodded to show that it understood.

Under Ralts's watchful eye, Ye Feng poured the chopped fruit pulp into the blender and then turned the speed up to the maximum.

The fruit was quickly crushed, and the pulp and juice began to mix, forming a muddy mixture that looked somewhat different from ordinary fruit puree.

Seeing that the tree fruit was completely crushed, Ye Feng cut off the power, quickly opened the lid, and shouted "Ralts!"

At the same time, Ralts used his telekinesis to control the berries, which had turned to mud, and moved them above the liquid nitrogen.

hiss-

The temperature was successfully lowered.

"..."

Ye Feng looked at the lump of fruit puree that had turned into ice, glanced at Ralts, and fell silent—the color and shape were truly indescribable.

"Lu~"

Ralts looked at Ye Feng with some grievance, indicating that Ye Feng only asked it to move the fruit puree, and did not say that it had to control the shape.

"It's alright, it's not your fault," Ye Feng comforted her.

This isn't an energy cube, is it? Definitely not! Perhaps "energy poop" would be a more fitting name?

Ye Feng poked at the iced fruit puree with his chopsticks; it was rock hard. Then he looked at Ralts and asked, "Want to try some?"

Larulas immediately showed a somewhat disgusted expression, but in the end he still stuck out his tongue and licked it, then shuddered, pushed the fruit puree away, and shook his head desperately.

"Okay, it failed."

Ye Feng didn't care. He casually threw the failed creation into the trash can, then poured out the remaining fruit puree from the blender and washed it.

"Next, try compressing the fruit puree into cubes. The shape we just saw... well, it's hard to describe."

Although he failed, Ye Feng had never intended to succeed on his first try, so he was not discouraged.

The production process definitely needs continuous improvement, so let's start by improving the shape.

Ralts seems to have a talent for controlling his psychic powers; after a little practice, he successfully compressed the fruit puree into a sugar cube shape.

Judging from its shape alone, it is quite similar to the energy cube in Ye Feng's memory.

Ye Feng guessed that perhaps this shape might be the most stable structure for the energy cube... Well, that's just pure guessing, there's no evidence.

"Then let's try again."

Stir, rotate, cool...

hiss--

A decent-looking square of fruit puree has been successfully made.

"This size..."