Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

So Lu Xinghe said, "To be honest, I have been doing this research for ten years and I have now hit a bottleneck. We might as well exchange and verify our findings, which may give each other some inspiration."

Ye Chen thought to himself that although he was very clear about the steps and procedures of MEGA evolution, which is also known as super evolution, Elder Lu had been studying it for a full ten years. Perhaps communicating with him would bring some unexpected surprises.

Ye Chen nodded in agreement.

Lu Xinghe said, "Since it was my idea, to show my sincerity, let me first talk about my research."

When the topic of research came up, Lu Xinghe became serious, as if he were a completely different person from the seemingly unreliable old man he had been before.

"I first had this idea because I once saw a Pokémon that had already evolved to its final form radiate the light of evolution again. Although it failed to evolve in the end, I have always kept this idea in my heart."

It wasn't until ten years ago that I had the opportunity to retire and conduct secret research..."

Each evolution of a Pokémon is a leap in its level of life, a fact well-known in the Pokémon academic community. However, theoretically, the higher the level of life, the more difficult it is to advance.

Lu Xinghe recalled that some Pokémon require special items to evolve, so he turned his attention to these items.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen secretly admired Lu Xinghe, who indeed knew that super evolution required tools to achieve it, and he had guessed the research direction right away!

During this experiment, Lu Xinghe even discovered some previously undiscovered evolutionary methods. For example, Slowpoke can evolve into Slowking by resonating with the King's Token, and Seadra can evolve into Kingdra by resonating with Dragon Scales.

However, he ultimately concluded that these examples were not evolution beyond evolution, but rather evolutionary methods that people had not yet discovered, because their life levels had not reached the standard.

He anonymously posted these evolutionary methods on academic forums.

After experimenting with countless tools, Lu Xinghe still couldn't find a way to help the final form of the elf evolve again.

So he changed his approach and tried to irradiate the elves with a specific energy wave to see if he could achieve evolution by stimulating their genes.

However, the elf exhibited a strong rejection reaction. Because this experiment caused the elf great pain, he decisively stopped this method.

Remember in the original theatrical film "Volcanion and the Mechanical Magiana", the Azot Kingdom minister Jarvis also used a mysterious science to release a mysterious power called MEGA Evolution Wave.

It can force a Pokémon to Mega Evolve without even needing to be in sync with its trainer. However, because this evolution wave is a one-sided forced evolution, there is not enough bond between the Pokémon and the trainer, making the Pokémon extremely miserable.

This research is similar to Lu Xinghe's, but fortunately he stopped it in time!

However, due to two consecutive major setbacks, Lu Xinghe's research came to a standstill, and he was unable to decide on the next research direction for a long time.

Even though Ye Chen already had a very good understanding of the methods and steps of MEGA evolution, he still felt he gained a lot after listening to Lu Xinghe's research journey over the years, especially his unique research approach, which was truly insightful!

"Therefore, my research has stalled until I find the next direction."

Lu Xinghe sighed.

Ye Chen thought for a moment and said, "I think using items to promote the evolution of Pokémon is the right direction, but you've missed something."

"I'm missing a little bit?" Lu Xinghe asked, puzzled.

“I think you can try to draw upon the spirit’s emotional power.”

In addition to having evolution stones and key stones, the key to Mega Evolution is that the trainer must have a very deep bond with the Pokémon, even a spiritual connection!

Or rather, Ye Chen prefers to compare the key and evolution stone to the key that unlocks the door to Mega Evolution, while the bond with the trainer is the pointer that guides you to find this door!

“The power of emotions…” Lu Xinghe murmured, “This is a point I hadn’t considered.”

It is indeed possible. Mankey, for example, can control the power of anger, and the angrier it is, the stronger the power becomes; Magikarp even uses the power of anger to evolve.

The power of the move Return can even change depending on how much the Pokémon likes its trainer; the more the Pokémon likes its trainer and the closer it is to its trainer, the greater the power!

His powerful intuition kicked in again, and a strong feeling told him that there was a great chance of uncovering the secrets of hyper-evolution by going in this direction!

“You can continue your research in this direction. I do have some other ideas, but I don’t have any evidence yet. Let’s discuss them together when I have more progress.”

Therefore, Ye Chen exchanged contact information with Lu Xinghe, becoming one of the few people in the entire Xia Kingdom who could contact Lu Xinghe at any time.

After such a long conversation, the two had finished their water. Lu Xinghe picked up the kettle again to pour water for the boy in front of him, but the boy raised his hand to refuse.

Lu Xinghe, however, poured the water into Ye Chen's cup with an almost forceful attitude, insisting, "In fact, everyone underestimated you, including me. You deserve it!"

At this moment, Lu Xinghe had already placed Ye Chen on the same level as himself.

PS: Ye Chen will definitely publish the final research results on MEGA evolution, so everyone can rest assured. Lu Xinghe will play a more supporting role!

I'm asking for some flowers, ratings, and monthly passes!

Chapter 76 The Gible's First Battle!

The winter vacation is coming to an end, and airports, train stations and other places are gradually becoming more crowded.

Chengdu, one of the most prosperous cities in Southwest China, officially opened its second international airport just before the Lunar New Year, which greatly increased the number of tourists and locals traveling to Chengdu.

Although the airport is newly built, there is a large flow of people coming and going.

Two people, a man and a woman, walked out of the spacious and bright airport terminal.

The man was tall and upright, and the woman was sexy and intelligent. Although their faces were obscured by sunglasses that almost covered half of their faces, it was still clear from their demeanor that they were no ordinary people.

"I'm telling you, you're a world-renowned research genius, and you expect me to pay for a taxi?" The woman took out her phone and called a car.

"You know how much of a glutton I just tamed is. My meager resources aren't enough to keep up with its antics!" the man complained bitterly.

These two were Ye Chen and Mu Xue, who had just returned from the capital.

Although Ye Chen could earn around ten to twenty million a month through the business of buying and selling energy cubes, his savings were rapidly dwindling ever since another mouth to feed was added to his household!

Gible is, after all, a pseudo-legendary. Ye Chen has spent over ten million just on custom training equipment for it during this period.

Of course, these props are worth so much money, so their quality must be top-notch.

For example, Ye Chen's custom-made Gible weighted vest not only provides all-around weight-bearing without compressing only one area and causing bone deformation, but also offers a certain degree of protection. At the same time, it does not affect the movement of the Gible when worn.

There are also eco-friendly and healthy teeth-grinding sticks specifically for teeth grinding, various dragon-themed items, and so on.

Fortunately, Ye Chen revealed the existence of the Fairy type, which slightly reduced the price of products related to Dragon-type Pokémon; otherwise, they probably wouldn't have been able to acquire them for 20 million.

In short, Ye Chen has now fallen to the point where he has to worry about money again.

The taxi Mu Xue had called arrived quickly, and after getting in, it drove towards the location of their villa.

Ye Chen kept looking out the window when he suddenly saw that an event was being held at a battlefield in a park by the roadside, and many people were gathered there to watch the excitement.

In fact, these battle parks often host a variety of events, some officially organized and others privately.

"Ding! Competition activity detected, triggering the option for Gible's first battle:"

Option 1: Use Gible to participate in the competition and win. Reward: Experience in crafting top-tier Dragon Energy Blocks.

Option Two: Ignore the competition and go straight home. Reward: Top-tier Fire Energy Block crafting experience.

What else is there to say? The ten top-tier dragon-type energy cubes that the system rewarded him with these past few days have almost been eaten up by the Gible. Now Ye Chen is worried about how to replenish the Gible's food supply.

Here it comes!

So Ye Chen immediately called out, "Driver, please stop the car!"

Although the driver was puzzled, he still pulled over to the side of the road.

"What's wrong?" Mu Xue asked.

After getting out of the car with Mu Xue, Ye Chen said to the driver, "We'll pay you as usual, just drop us off here." Then he ran towards the event venue where the crowd was gathering.

"Today's match is simple: whoever defeats me will win a prize of 10,000 yuan. The match will be a singles battle, and only trainers below the senior level can participate!"

Standing in the middle of the battlefield was a very young-looking boy, with a Blaziken standing next to him, looking fierce and full of fighting spirit!

"It looks like a privately organized competition."

"You're in such a hurry to get off the bus just for this competition?" Mu Xue asked, speechless. "Is this kind of trivial competition really worth our Researcher Ye's attention?"

Ye Chen used the system to look at the Blaziken next to that person.

Pokémon: Blaziken

Level: Advanced Beginner

Potential: Gym Level

This boy seemed very confident, daring to hold a competition with a high-level beginner Blaziken. Although the prize money was only 10,000 yuan, there would definitely be many other high-level Pokémon participating.

Sure enough, no sooner had he finished speaking than someone shouted, "I'll go first!"

After saying that, he walked into the battlefield and released a high-level, low-tier Flame Horse.

Logically, Blaziken's base stats should be higher than Rapidash's, and the two Pokémon are roughly equal in strength. However, the challenger had an extremely relaxed smile on his face, as if he had already won.

"Such confidence, could it be that trait?" Ye Chen thought to himself.

The boy organizing the competition took out a coin and tossed it into the air. As the coin landed, the two Pokémon charged out simultaneously.

The challenger shouted, "Flash Charge!"

Rapidash transformed into a ball of blazing flame and charged toward Blaziken, but Blaziken dodged it with a simple sidestep.

The boy quickly said, "Sonic Fist!"

Blaziken's fist, wreathed in wisps of fire, struck with astonishing speed, instantly hitting Rapidash's head.

The fiery horse suddenly felt dizzy and even couldn't stand up straight.

"Hang in there, Rapidash!" the challenger hurriedly encouraged, but he wasn't Ash and didn't have the "Hang in there" buff.

Blaziken didn't miss the opportunity and quickly charged towards Rapidash.

Rapidash quickly recovered and unleashed a burst of flames into the air, aiming directly at Blaziken's face. However, a pair of powerful legs pierced through the raging flames and kicked Blaziken in the head.