Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 397 Ecological Park Completed, Merloh Meta Evolution (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Receiving so many valuable gifts on the first day of the new year caught Mingyou completely off guard. All he wanted was the water-drop stone slab to complete the final part of the ecological park, nothing more.

"So what should we do with the remaining stone slabs? We can't exactly use them as cutting boards for vegetables, can we?"

"Give it to whoever wants it; the power within the stone tablet greatly enhances Pokémon. If no one wants it, just keep it at home as a decoration."

Xiao Zhao offered his suggestion: if Chi Ri heard that they wanted to hang the stone slab in their homes as decoration, he would probably explode on the spot in prison.

Mingyou thought about it for a moment and decided it was feasible, so she would wait until she could gather everyone together to ask them...

Xiao Zhao went back upstairs to continue tidying up, while Ming You, after collecting all the stone slabs, planned to go to the kitchen to cook. Just then, the voice of the Queen of the Raiguan suddenly rang in his mind.

"Give it to me if nobody else wants it."

All it wants is the Magical Stone, which represents the psychic type and can be used to enhance its mental power—something it desperately needs right now.

"Alright."

Mingyou didn't think too much about it and handed the magical stone tablet to the other party, then asked curiously, "By the way, didn't you regain a lot of your power now?"

"That's far from enough. We need to be able to control at least a thousand computers simultaneously using our mental powers!"

"..."

Mingyou really didn't want to complain anymore. Watching it leave the villa, she shook her head slightly, but her hand suddenly touched something soft. Her eyes subconsciously swept downwards and saw that Meilutan was lying on the steel slab, looking like it wanted to eat her.

"Can you dissolve this too?"

"Meilu..."

It seems impossible.

Meltan shook its head. Although it couldn't dissolve it, it could swallow the steel slab whole. The steel energy emanating from it was so delicious that it couldn't resist tasting it.

Then, it used its molten metal body to completely envelop the steel slab, and its own body instantly turned into a rectangle, with its hands and feet disappearing completely, leaving only its wire-shaped tail and nut-shaped head still hanging on it.

"You..."

Mingyou smiled helplessly. Previously, when they were on the Galaxy Spaceship, Meltan ate a lot of equipment from Future Pokémon, but there was no obvious change from beginning to end. He wondered if it was accumulating power, waiting for the right moment to unleash it.

However, this Meltan was a Pokémon that Professor Willow had entrusted to him, and he would have to return it sooner or later, even though he had already developed a bond with it.

He had contacted Dr. Vero again a couple of days ago. The doctor hadn't gone home for the Lunar New Year; instead, he was at Cerulean Cave with his assistants. He said he would come over here once he finished his work.

But this still made him quite panicked. After all, his claim of seeing other Meltans in the Cerulean Cave was just a lie to Dr. Vero, and it was impossible for him to find any Meltans. So he could only wait for the other party to come and confront him, and then apologize properly.

Watching Meltan, who was almost turned into a slab of stone, stagger away from the floor, he snapped out of his thoughts and went back to the kitchen to cook...

That noon, apart from the water droplet stone slab being taken away by Xiao Zhao's ghostly fish to build the ecological park, no one claimed the other stone slabs. No one needed the power boost from the stone slabs; if they wanted power, they would naturally work hard to become stronger!

As a result, all the other stone slabs became decorative items in the villa's living room, and Mingyou placed them in a temporary glass cabinet like figurines.

In the afternoon, Danyu and Wuli, siblings, invited the two to visit the shrine for the New Year. They had gone together last year, but the incident with the monkey spirit caused some unpleasantness in the end.

Since there was nothing else to do, the two of them went to the Taipei Center together. Mingjiu made his first public appearance, attracting many children and tourists to sign autographs and take photos with him. He was not used to this feeling of fame for a while.

After the New Year's worship ceremony, he went with everyone to the newly built school in Emerald Town. It was not very large, but the environment and scenery were very good, and the playground was divided into several battlefields.

"How is it?"

Xiao Zhao smiled and asked, wanting to hear Ming You's opinion, since she was responsible for designing and planning the school and hoped to receive some praise.

"Pretty good!"

Mingyou nodded gently. Although it couldn't compare to Blueberry Academy and Orange Academy in terms of scale, it was already quite good for a school in a town.

Then he asked curiously, "Don't the kids in town have Pokémon? It must be inconvenient not having Pokémon for school."

"I've already thought of that. After teaching these children the basics about trainers, I'll select some Pokémon from the manor that are willing to find trainers and hand them over to them. I've already talked to them about this at the manor, and quite a few Pokémon are happy to go see the outside world with their trainers."

"sure……"

Mingyou was very satisfied with this decision. No matter how well the manor developed, it would not be an obstacle to restricting the Pokémon, but rather a home they could return to at any time!

After visiting the school, we left and headed to Greentown.

In just a few months, the development of Emerald Town has far surpassed that of the past. Ponpon's dessert shop is now very well run by the Chestnut Squirrel and its friends, and has become a popular spot for internet celebrities to visit.

Thanks to the opening of the railway, Beishang Township now attracts many tourists even outside of peak tourist season. Even the community center is undergoing expansion to accommodate more visitors…

After wandering around for a while, Mingyou arrived at Momozawa Store in the evening. Because it was too cold, Grandma Momozawa, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, was warming herself by a fire at the door and continuing her cross-stitch. She had been much more relaxed since the business was handed over to the children.

After saying goodbye to Granny Taoze and ending the last stop, Mingyou sighed as he looked at the changes in Beishang Township. This was all he could do; as for the future, it was up to the people of Beishang Township to rely on themselves.

The first day of the new year ended in the blink of an eye. In the following days, Mingyou was busy with the final coastal area construction of the ecological park. Because of the early preparations, everything progressed very smoothly.

A week passed quickly...

That noon, Mingyou finally received the message from Dr. Vero, so she rushed to the train station located a few kilometers outside Beishang Township. As soon as she arrived at the entrance, she saw a burly man with a backpack standing not far away, looking around.

"Doctor, it's been a long time."

Mingyou took the initiative to step forward and greet the other person.

Upon seeing him, Dr. Vero smiled and walked over to shake his hand: "Yes, you're quite the celebrity now. You're always being talked about online."

"It's just an empty reputation."

Mingyou responded modestly, then glanced around and asked curiously, "Doctor, did you come alone? Where are Candira and the others?"

"They're still in the Cerulean Caves. I was worried you might be in a hurry, so I came over first..."

Before he finished speaking, several tiny nuts suddenly peeked out from Dr. Vero's backpack, looking around curiously, which caught Mingyou's attention.

"Huh?!"

"Haha, these little guys seem quite curious about this place too. Speaking of which, how's my Meltan that I left with you?"

"Always full of energy, but..."

Mingyou hesitated, looking at the several Meltans on Dr. Vero's backpack with disbelief, and continued to ask, "What are these little guys?"

"Them..."

Dr. Vero reached out and took a Meltan, smiling as he said, "Thanks to your information, we found quite a few Meltan living in the Cerulean Cave. I also discovered that the birth of the Meltan may be related to the Cerulean Cave. The crystals in the cave will have a special reaction when they touch the Meltan. I am still investigating this."

"..."

isn't it...

Mingyou really didn't know what to say. She was prepared to tell the other person that she had made it all up and had never actually met Meltan.

But now you're telling me this isn't made up?

It's hard to say whether it was a coincidence or luck...

In short, he managed to get away with it, and naturally he wouldn't bring it up again.

"Let's go to the manor first. Meltan will be very happy to see you, Doctor."

"Hmm, I'd also like to see how much it's grown now."

As they chatted, the two took a flying taxi towards the manor. Dr. Vero saw the manor, which had now become an ecological park, from afar and was immediately stunned.

"How...how did they do that?!"

He couldn't understand why the Blueberry Academy's ecological dome was powered by deep-sea energy from the United States, while Kitakami Township was still an open-air ecological park, where everything seemed to have formed naturally.

Mingyou smiled but didn't explain in detail, since things like stone slabs weren't easy to expose.

Dr. Vero didn't ask any further questions. Everyone has their own secrets, and asking too many questions might just upset the other person. After all, he was just there to help the eco-park adjust the threshold.

From the air, it can be seen that, apart from the polar regions, other areas are affecting the natural environment of Beishang Township to some extent. In the long run, this will definitely pose a serious risk of ecological damage. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the threshold so that the ecological park can be stably controlled within a fixed area.

The two arrived at the manor villa. Xiao Zhao had gone to Emerald Town, so she wasn't home.

Mingyou was already on her way and told Dr. Vero about some of the current problems with the ecological park. Dr. Vero said there were no problems. The ecological park was not as big as the Blueberry Academy Ecological Giant Egg, so it was very easy to make adjustments.

"Would it be convenient to visit in person?"

"no problem!"

The two first went to the newly built coastal area, where the seawater was made of water-dropped stone slabs, making it look like a huge lake with many small islands.

Next, Dr. Vero visited the grassland area and the canyon area. He could sense a peculiar energy spreading from underground within the ecological park, maintaining the park's environment and even controlling the weather.

He didn't know how he did it, but he collected soil and water samples from the eco-park and analyzed the data using the tools he carried. To his surprise, he discovered that this energy even surpassed the natural energy in the deep ocean of the Unova region, which was simply incredible.

Mingyou stood aside, unable to understand his analysis of the data, but he asked Pengpeng to find Meltan. Since eating the steel plate, Meltan has maintained its square body and lived like that, and other than that, it has not been affected.

After a moment, Dr. Vero finally finished his analysis and wrote down several pages of data that needed to be modified. Mingyou couldn't understand it and could only wait to hand it over to Kirlia before adjusting the threshold.

Dr. Vero put all the tools into his backpack, stood up, and said with a smile, "All done. I must say, your eco-park is really interesting. I've never seen such pure natural energy before; it's as if it were created entirely by nature."

"After all, this is the power of creation..."

Mingyou muttered to herself, then expressed her gratitude to Dr. Vero.

"It's alright, it's alright. Seeing such a unique ecosystem makes my trip worthwhile, and I'm also grateful to you for telling me about the Cerulean Caves."

Dr. Vero waved his hand; if anyone should be thanking someone, it should be him.

Then his gaze shifted and landed on the cube-shaped Meltan. He was slightly taken aback and almost didn't recognize him. How did he end up like this? But it was clear that he was being taken good care of.

"Miroku~"

Meltan greeted the doctor, and upon hearing its call, the other Meltans in the backpack popped out, and seeing their companions, they jumped down happily.

"Miroku~"

"Miroku~"

Several Meltans gathered together, surrounding the square Meltan in the middle. Dr. Willow smiled and nodded: "It really is a social Pokémon. I just didn't expect such a big reaction."

"Yeah... wait a minute!"

Mingyou suddenly noticed something and quickly pulled Dr. Vero back to avoid it. She saw that the Meltans were getting closer and closer, as if they were being magnetically attracted, and at that moment, they stuck together with the one in the middle.

At that moment, the body of the middle Meltan suddenly emitted a dazzling silver light, and then their liquid bodies suddenly merged into one.

It continued to expand, becoming incredibly large, transforming into a giant silver Pokémon made of liquid metal, with nine dark gray hexagonal nuts embedded or attached to its body, distributed in its arms, shoulders, and the center of its torso.

A large, golden hexagonal nut encircles its neck, while a smaller nut serves as its head. A small, dark gray sphere floats in the center of its head, giving it an incredibly powerful appearance!

"Is this... evolution?"

Dr. Vero was astonished; this was the first time he had ever observed such a phenomenon of multiple Pokémon fusing together.

Mingyou was also surprised, but after calming down, he thought of something and said, "Meltan is not only a social Pokémon, but when the time is right, the strongest Meltan will instinctively absorb other Meltans to evolve into Melmetal."

"When a Melmeta reaches the end of its lifespan, its body will rust and decompose, giving birth to a large number of new Meltans from the fragments. This is their species' survival instinct. Perhaps a Melmeta was once buried in the Cerulean Cave, which is why so many Meltans live there."

Listening to Mingyou's explanation, Dr. Vero was completely convinced. This was knowledge that even he had never had any understanding of, yet a young man knew it all. Perhaps this was the reason why the other party had achieved such success.

After a moment's thought, he made a decision and said, "In that case, this Meltan... no, I should say Melmeta, will continue to be in your care from now on. I believe it will be happy to stay here!"

……

(End of this chapter)