Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

They spent a pleasant evening together amidst the laughter and strange cries of the elves and Ye Chen.

Milotic curled up on the hotel bed, Gardevoir's slender body resting gently against the headboard, her hands draped over Milotic. Ye Chen slept at the other end of the bed, with a bloated Gible nestled on his chest, its belly rising and falling with Ye Chen's breath.

It's impossible for Ye Chen not to worry about Milotic during this time, since legendary Pokémon have no concept of time when they fall asleep, often sleeping for hundreds or thousands of years.

What if Milotic also encountered such a situation? Fortunately, it only took three days for it to wake up and awaken a portion of Kyogre's power.

After putting his mind at ease, Ye Chen arranged this celebratory party to help everyone, including himself, relax!

The quiet night passed just like that, but the sensation caused by Milotic did not stop.

The heavy rain that appeared in Beijing came without any warning, and the meteorological bureau had not previously detected any dark clouds drifting towards the city in the past few days. It seems that the rain clouds were formed by some unknown transformation of ordinary clouds from within.

Moreover, the rain came and went very quickly, much like when a Pokémon uses the Rain Dance move, but no one suggested that the Pokémon caused this incident.

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Because no elf has ever been able to change the weather of an area on such a large scale!

In Elite Four battles, Pokémon frequently use weather-related moves like Sunny Day or Rain Dance, but these moves can only alter the weather within a one-kilometer radius. This level of rainfall completely overturns people's imagination of Pokémon moves.

In an effort to find out the cause, the alliance even established a weather investigation team, but ultimately failed to reach any conclusions and had to disband it.

The next day, when Ye Chen turned on the TV, he could still see news reports about the previous day's torrential rain.

He secretly resolved that when he got back, he would make Milotic train more in controlling the properties of Primal Water, so that it wouldn't make the whole city rain every time it appeared.

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At first, people might think it's a coincidence, but if it happens too often, they will inevitably become suspicious.

At this point, Ye Chen's trip to the capital was basically complete, and with the start of the school year drawing ever closer, it meant that Ye Chen could prepare to return home at any time.

However, there was still one thing he hadn't done, which was what He Sheng had told him to do earlier: go to a place at any time, where someone wanted to see him.

Ye Chen was very obedient about this matter, and he didn't rush it until it was almost time to leave.

According to the address given by He Sheng, the location is on a mountain in the suburbs.

Ye Chen arrived in the vicinity by car and found that he was deep in the mountains. The road was only half-built and then stopped. Ye Chen had to walk the rest of the way.

At this moment, Ye Chen finally realized the benefits of having a riding Pokémon. Fortunately, he still had Gardevoir, which could teleport him around at a decent speed, although Gardevoir would get quite tired.

Soon, Ye Chen arrived at a relatively flat area, where he could vaguely see a building with a hemispherical top through the leaves in the distance.

Many different kinds of Pokémon live around that building, including Butterfree, Beedrill, Charizard, and even a Goodra.

These elves seemed to have very good tempers. When they saw Ye Chen walking over, they just observed him curiously, without running away or roaring at him.

Chapter 74 Lu Xinghe's Research

It seemed that the chirping of elves outside had drawn the attention of the people inside the building.

A moment later, the building's main door opened, and out came an elderly man with white hair, wearing a pure white overcoat, and with a slightly hunched back.

Ye Chen recognized the old man; in fact, he was very familiar with him—in fact, there was no one in the world who didn't know him!

Lu Xinghe!

The greatest Pokémon researcher of the last fifty years, he was awarded the title of Pokémon Doctor by the Pokémon League at the young age of thirty-three. He also organized and researched many world-shaking research results, playing a vital role in the progress of human research on Pokémon!

Furthermore, he remained unmarried and childless throughout his life, dedicating himself entirely to the study of elves!

Moreover, his research interests are often very broad, unlike the kind of academic research that is "790" or "90" to the death, which has made **the country recognized worldwide for more than ten consecutive years as the one with the most in-depth research on Pokémon!

Ye Chen had studied Pokémon research since childhood, so he was extremely familiar with this old man!

However, since ten years ago, there has been no news of him, and he has not published any more papers.

Ye Chen never expected to meet him here, this legendary old man.

"Are you... Elder Lu?" Ye Chen asked respectfully.

Lu Xinghe said with a smile, "You must be Ye Chen. You've kept me waiting!"

Ye Chen said awkwardly, "If I had known earlier that it was you who wanted to see me, I would have rushed here immediately."

“Come in and talk. It’s not my way of treating guests to stand outside.”

Ye Chen followed Lu Xinghe into the strangely shaped building. What was quite surprising was that although the building's interior space looked small from the outside, the ground had actually been hollowed out, and most of the research equipment and props were placed underground.

It looked like a small research institute, and many of the instruments were so advanced that Ye Chen had never even seen them before.

Ye Chen used to wonder why this person, who was so passionate about Pokémon research and even dedicated his life to it, would suddenly stop doing research?

At the time, there were rumors that his health was failing and he was no longer able to carry out his research activities.

The old man seems to be in pretty good health now; he may not be as energetic as he seems, but he is certainly full of spirit.

This made Ye Chen suspect that it might be a feint, a deliberate attempt to avoid everyone's attention and come to this desolate place to concentrate on his research.

The underground research institute was somewhat cluttered due to the large amount of equipment and props stored there. The two entered the only relatively clean and tidy room in the institute. Lu Xinghe asked Ye Chen to sit down and then brought out two cups to pour water.

Ye Chen quickly took the kettle and poured water for the two of them himself.

You have to understand that this old man is no ordinary person. There are probably no more than a handful of people in the world who would have him personally pour water for them, and Ye Chen doesn't think he belongs to that group.

Lu Xinghe said, "I don't like beating around the bush, so I'll be frank. Actually, I had two reasons for asking the Alliance to meet with you."

"First, I also want to meet you, this genius researcher, and see what someone who can research the eighteenth attribute looks like."

Ye Chen said, "Now that you see me, what do you think of me?"

Lu Xinghe said in a serious tone, "There's nothing special about him. If I had to say, he's a little handsome, but not quite as good-looking as I was back then."

Ye Chen had seen photos of Lu Xinghe when he was young in the book. He was indeed handsome, but to say that he was more handsome than himself would be a bit of a lie.

"I'm really nothing special, just an ordinary person."

Lu Xinghe countered, "This is also your first time seeing me in person, right? What do you think of me?"

Ye Chen replied in a similarly serious tone, "Nothing special, just an ordinary old man from Xia Country."

Lu Xinghe laughed heartily upon hearing this: "You're right, I'm just an ordinary old man! We're all just ordinary people from Xia Country, and there are 1.4 billion ordinary people like us in Xia Country!"

The two laughed for a long time, until they finally seemed to be laughing so hard they couldn't breathe.

Lu Xinghe picked up his water glass, took a sip to moisten his throat, and said, "You're a good kid, just my type!"

The old man before him had none of the airs of the world's number one Pokémon researcher; in fact, Ye Chen found him somewhat childlike.

"My second purpose is to see just how high your research skills have reached. I'm sure you've noticed that I'm still conducting research. To be honest, I've been working on this project for ten years, but progress has been slow, and recently I've hit a bottleneck."

Based on what can be observed in my institute, can you deduce my research project? Just tell me which aspect it relates to.

Later, Lu Xinghe seemed to think that the question he had given was a bit too difficult, so he told Ye Chen to just guess a general aspect.

Ye Chen glanced around the research institute. His first impression was that it was very messy, but he could still see a lot of Pokémon items piled together, as well as various printed blueprints with Pokémon drawn on them, but they were all quite different from the Pokémon he knew so far.

Ye Chen recalled the elves that surrounded him when he first arrived at the research institute. At first glance, they seemed to have no connection, but upon closer inspection, they had something in common.

All these clues, when put together, led Ye Chen to an unbelievable conjecture!

This is incredible! Has human research really progressed to this level?!

Turning his head, Ye Chen looked at Lu Xinghe with surprise in his eyes. This was the first time he had ever been so surprised!

"What, you've already guessed it? Then tell me, what's it about?" Lu Xinghe was very curious about the answer from this genius boy who suited his taste perfectly.

Ye Chen parted his lips slightly and uttered three words that left Lu Xinghe dumbfounded.

"Super evolution!"

"You...you...how did you guess?" Lu Xinghe was completely incoherent.

You should know that most people don't even have this concept in their minds, let alone guess in that direction, but Ye Chen directly summarized the results of his research over such a long time in just three words.

This seems impossible, unless he already knew about his research project, or...

An even more terrifying thought flashed through Lu Xinghe's mind!

Chapter Seventy-Five: The Power of Emotion

Besides the fact that the boy knew about his research project in advance, Lu Xinghe could only think of one reason, otherwise there was no way to explain why he could guess a concept that had not yet appeared!

The reason is that Ye Chen had long suspected this and may have already taken action!

"It's very simple. I noticed it when I arrived. The Pokémon gathered outside your research institute are all in their final forms, but they are clearly not strong enough to protect you."

Furthermore, most of the items in your research institute are related to the evolution of certain Pokémon. For example, the Spirit Cloth is used for Dusknoir to evolve into Dusknoir, and the Light Stone is also an essential item for the evolution of many Pokémon. Most of the items here are of this type.

The elves depicted on the drawings here are elves that have never appeared in the world before.

Of course, there's another crucial reason: I'm also researching hyper-evolution projects, so I was able to make the connection immediately!

After saying a lot in one breath, even Ye Chen was a little thirsty. He drank the water in his cup in one gulp, showing a rather heroic spirit.

After receiving Ye Chen's personal confirmation, Lu Xinghe remained silent for a long time.

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This young man has brought himself one surprise after another in just half an hour since he arrived at the research institute!

Suddenly, a new idea popped into Lu Xinghe's mind. Since this boy was also researching super evolution, why didn't they share their insights together? After all, many hands make light work, and it would be best if their research directions could complement each other!