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

Ralts first showed signs of this when she used that hypnotic spell, and then it became unstoppable.

However, it seems plausible to explain it as the accumulation of energy within the egg for three months or even thousands of years.

That's not important. What Xia Chen is struggling with now is whether or not to start preparing for Sticky Baby's training tasks.

This matter... is both appropriate and inappropriate.

From the perspective of Pokémon biology, Pokémon that have left the juvenile stage are already physically ready to begin training, and it's perfectly fine to start even earlier.

From a humanitarian perspective, it seems rather inhumane to make a five-day-old baby Pokémon train...

However, while Xia Chen was still hesitating, Nian Nian Bao had already volunteered to train.

She wasn't some clueless baby. During her three months in the egg, she had already gained a general understanding of the world by eavesdropping on Xia Chen's conversations with the elves.

Training makes you stronger!

Only by becoming stronger can I repay Xia Chen!

Sticky Baby doesn't want to waste the top-tier talent it worked so hard to obtain, so training should start as early as possible.

Since Nian Nian Bao was so proactive, Xia Chen stopped worrying and began to prepare Nian Nian Bao's training plan.

However, before that, we need to determine the characteristics of Sticky Treasure.

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As we all know, Goober has three traits: herbivorous, wet body, and a relatively rare exclusive hidden trait called Slime.

The first two characteristics are not particularly outstanding, especially since the Green Grub is a Steel Dragon with four times the grass resistance.

In comparison, the sticky slippery property is pretty good; it can reduce the speed of opponents who make physical contact with you, making it a usable defensive property.

However, after three experiments, Xia Chen discovered that Sticky Treasure's properties did not belong to any of these three properties.

This isn't surprising, considering it's a Pokémon from a thousand years ago, from a different region, so it's normal that its abilities differ from the regular Goomy.

However, traits are still very important for a Pokémon, and Xia Chen definitely needs to understand them.

It has to be said that trying out hundreds of features one by one was quite arduous, even after he categorized the features.

Finally, after several hours of tireless experimentation and effort, Xia Chen discovered the properties of Sticky Treasure.

One feature that surprised and delighted him was the Magic Mirror!

To be honest, before the experiment, Xia Chen hadn't thought that Sticky Treasure's characteristic would be this, because it was so rare.

Only a handful of Pokémon possess this trait: Natu, Espeon, and Brimwyn.

If we include the super-evolved forms that haven't yet been discovered in this world, we can also add Super Sableye, Super Absol, and Super Diancie.

Its properties are rare, and its effects are exceptionally powerful.

Pokémon with the [Magic Mirror] ability can be immune to status moves used by their opponents and can reflect them back.

This is a nightmare for countless support spirits.

Whether it's techniques that induce abnormal statuses like hypnosis, will-o'-the-wisp, and electromagnetic waves; techniques that reduce abilities like demonic masks, metallic sounds, and fake crying; or techniques with varying effects but equally disgusting, like parasitic seeds, spikes, and taunts...

Everything will be reflected back in front of the magic mirror.

Of course, there are special variations of moves like sharing pain, curses, and magic that cannot be countered, but that's more than enough.

Goodra is already an excellent defensive Pokémon, and when paired with Magic Mirror, which protects against annoying moves, it truly becomes a wall of despair that leaves opponents in despair.

I just don't know if this [Magic Mirror] trait comes from real magic, or if it's something that the Green Goomy already possesses...

It doesn't matter, we have enough magical sprites at home anyway, one more won't make a difference.

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After determining its characteristics, Xia Chen began to work on the breeding and training plan for Sticky Baby.

The most important thing is to ensure that Gooop doesn't grow out of shape and can successfully evolve into Steelix.

It can now be confirmed that the first-tier form of the Jadeite Sticky Treasure is no different from the regular Sticky Treasure; both are single-dragon type.

This means that Goooburst will evolve into a Steelix-type in its second or third form.

Besides genetic differences, the external environment during growth is also a very important influencing factor in the evolutionary differences between the two types of Sticky Baby.

As for why Xia Chen was so certain, it's because this isn't an isolated case of Gooo, but rather a common characteristic of all Pokémon with different regional forms.

For example, Mingyi's form in the Padiya region is Ubo.

The common upo lives in cold water and doesn't need to worry too much about skin moisture, while the Padia upo is said to have come to live on land because it couldn't defeat the slender cod there and lost the battle for territory.

There isn't much water on land, so to prevent their skin from drying out, they protect their bodies with toxic mucous membranes.

Over time, Wobo transformed from a little blue man into a little black man, and his evolved form became the Earth King, which was more suited to living on land.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the Xicui Nian Nian Bao could not have grown a snail shell out of thin air. In addition to genetics, it must also be influenced by some special environmental factors in the Xicui region.

However, times have changed, and a thousand years have passed. Xicui has become Shen'ao, and that special environment is long gone.

Otherwise, Xia Chen simply couldn't understand the reason for the extinction of the powerful Steel Dragon.

So his current idea is to try to make up for what's lacking in this growing environment in Sticky Baby's daily life, namely iron.

It's not a difficult task, but there are many aspects to consider, such as food, drinking water, and bath water.

Aside from this most important thing, the other breeding and training points are not so difficult to understand.

After all, Xia Chen is now a seasoned trainer who has bred five Pokémon and has developed his own unique training template. He only needs to make slight modifications based on the characteristics of Goooburst.

By the way, Karuni also has a Goomy that will definitely reach Champion level in the future. She can ask Goomy for advice on breeding and training as a reference.

Xia Chen pondered for a moment, then typed another line on the computer.

Meanwhile, outside the window, in the courtyard.

Sticky Baby, who was playing with Doromecia and a family of mice, found something strange...

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Although winter is not over yet, the gradual rise in temperature in the past few days has caused the snow and ice that had accumulated in the yard to begin to melt.

Taking advantage of the last chance to play in the snow, Nian Nian Bao and Xiao Duo Long started building a snowman in the yard.

When the elves with special abilities play at building snowmen, it's not as simple as rolling two snowballs together.

Instead, they piled up complex snowmen like they were kneading clay, with Xia Chen and his friends as the templates.

Since it's difficult to build up humanoid versions of Xia Chen and Gardevoir, we started building up Xiaolong and Goomy from Milotic.

After a while of effort, a Milotic, several times smaller in size, appeared in the yard.

It must be said that GooBao and Little Dragon are truly skillful. This Milotic Yeti, while not exactly lifelike, is at least remarkably similar.

It's just... something seems to be missing.

Sticky Baby's beady eyes and Little Dragon's dead fish eyes stared at each other.

Suddenly, a glint of intelligence flashed in the eyes of both elves—it was their eyes!

Without eyes, there is naturally no charm.

There's a story called "dotting the eyes of a dragon," which tells of a very skilled painter who painted a giant green caterpillar... wait, no, he painted Rayquaza on the Sky Pillar, but he didn't paint Rayquaza's eyes.

When others asked him why he did this, the painter simply smiled and said, "Paint the eyes, and it flies away."

Others didn't believe him and thought he was being ridiculous, so the painter added a stroke to his brush.

Suddenly, a storm arose, and lightning struck the pillar in the sky. Lie Kong Zuo actually rode the clouds and ascended to the heavens, disappearing without a trace.

Then, the painter was asked by those around him to paint one hundred Gardevoirs...

The rest of the story is obviously fake, but this anecdote illustrates one point.

The eyes are key to expressiveness.

So, Little Dragon and Sticky Treasure immediately decided to dot the dragon's eyes.

After finding a few stones of suitable size, Little Dragon tried to attach them to Milotic's head. They were dark and dull, without any luster, so they didn't fit.

Luster... Little Dragon suddenly thought of something and magically produced two water-dragon dual-element energy gems.

The energy gem with a hint of purple in its aquamarine color is absolutely gorgeous and will surely perfectly capture the essence of Milotic!

With that in mind, he placed the two energy gems in the eye slots reserved for the Milotic Yeti.

Then, a Milotic with bulbous eyes appeared in the yard.

Little Dragon looked at his masterpiece and nodded in satisfaction.

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"Sticky—(Do you think it looks good?)"

Sticky Baby asked speechlessly.

Little Duolong nodded naturally and said, "Messi~ (Of course he's handsome, look at his eyes, they're so expressive.)"

Nian Nian Bao turned to look at Xiao Duo Long's similar light bulb eyes and roughly understood the reason for his aesthetic deviation.

She patiently prompted, "Sticky? (Aren't its eyes a little too big?)"

Sensitive little Duolong felt that Nian Nian Bao was making a veiled attack and immediately retorted: "Do you want me to draw beady eyes like you?"

Sticky Baby: "......"

How did the dragon start attacking?

Youlong is getting anxious, but I won't say who it is.

Instead of arguing with Little Dragon, Sticky Treasure took out a round, transparent stone that emitted a strange green light, or... it would be more appropriate to call it a crystal.

"Sticky—(How about trying this?)"

Little Dragon took it from Sticky Treasure's antennae and examined it curiously.

The crystal is a perfectly round shape and much smaller than energy gemstones, but its aura is unlike any other gemstone I've ever encountered.

This is no simple matter. You see, Little Dragon, who has a synthesis system, has come into contact with all sorts of treasures. This crystal that appeared out of nowhere... is definitely not simple!

Little Dorgon asked seriously, "Messi? (What is that, and where did it come from?)"

Sticky Baby paused for a moment, then replied, "Sticky—(I don't know, I just picked it up in the yard.)"