Pokémon development strategy

As the distance from Waterfall No. 1 increased, the soft light emitted by a large amount of energy substances was lost, and the environment was gradually shrouded in darkness. The lantern in Lukia's hand lit up again.

Finally, the noise caused by the impact of the water was weakened to a level that could be tolerated without wearing earplugs.

When Shen Qi took off his earplugs, he felt as if he had just watched a movie with extremely strong sound and visual impact, and his nerves were still recovering from the shock.

"Ah... I'm so tired." Lukia wailed, "It's really tiring to come here."

She never slacked off along the way, her mobility and direction were online, and she only wailed wildly when she reached a place where she could rest.

Signs guiding stranded explorers point to the interruption, a flat area about three meters above the ground, roughly the size of two basketball courts, with many large and small caves, like naturally prepared capsule apartments.

This is a rare resting place within the Meteor Waterfall area. It is generally dry and has a relatively stable geological structure. There is also a clear spring as big as a bathtub in the corner.

In addition to the excellent natural conditions, some luminous energy minerals are intentionally placed evenly throughout to provide basic lighting for the entire shelter.

These changes originated from those made by the earliest explorers.

Shen Qi noticed the corner of the natural campsite, where many items were placed on the stone walls that were scattered like shelves.

There are emergency food and Pokémon rations, as well as dry batteries, tents, sleeping bags, portable pots and pans for cooking in the wild, and various ropes and tools.

Lukia and Shen Qi reached the No. 1 Waterfall smoothly, which took no more than two days. This was only possible with the guidance of a large number of predecessors and the exploration of the underground maze.

The earliest group of pioneers, explorers and scientific researchers risked their lives to explore the map.

The predecessors left some dried meat and water bottles here, and explorers of all generations have passed down this custom. When they leave Meteor Falls, they will also store their extra emergency items here. If someone is really at the end of his rope and rushes here, they can use them at will.

After receiving the favor and escaping danger, some of them would buy supplies and send them over specially to replace the supplies that were about to expire and replenish the consumption of the natural camp.

In fact, the area around the No. 1 Falls has been explored very thoroughly. Except for extreme weather and special changes, explorers will hardly encounter any danger. At most, they will rest here overnight.

The supplies stored in the natural camp are more of a continuation of the spirit of adventure.

"Kathy! Don't go to sleep yet!"

Pinching Casey and making him fall asleep again, Lukia asked him to make a super power mark here.

Just now at the No. 1 waterfall, Shen Qi wondered why Lukia didn't let Casey update the super power mark.

Now it seems more appropriate to place the instant teleport save point at the natural camp.

"Shen Qi, how do you feel?"

“It’s amazing. It’s absolutely beautiful.”

The waterfall with colorful minerals dotted through it really deserves the name "Meteor Falls", or you can just call it "Galaxy River".

Lukia peeled off the outer packaging of the cereal bar and took a bite. "Every time I come here, Meteor Falls gives me a different experience."

After a short rest, Shen Qi recalled the appearance of Waterfall No. 1.

"Lukia, where is the place above the No. 1 waterfall?"

“It’s the water outlet up high.”

According to the game map, you have to climb the waterfall twice to the upper level of Meteor Falls, and then climb down the metal stairs to reach the deepest room.

However, that deep room is not the residence of the Meteor People, but only contains the move learning device "Dragon Claw" and rare Pokémon that can be encountered in the wild.

There is no "Meteor Village" in the game.

"Inside Meteor Falls...are there any iron pipe-like stairs going up and down?"

"Ah?" Lukia paused while eating. "You wishful thinking. The explorers left ropes here for those in need. That's already very good. Who would build a ladder in Meteor Falls, and an iron ladder at that?"

"Right."

"Do you have any ideas... I always feel like you're looking for something."

"Well, Duoduo used electronic fortune-telling to tell us that there is something extraordinary in the depths of Meteor Falls."

Guji! ?

"I see." At first, Lucia didn't care about the so-called electronic fortune-telling. She just wanted to take a look at the sacrificial text.

When we checked at the site, we found that the carving of the characters was extremely sophisticated, obviously inheriting the orthodox ancient Hoenn sacrificial culture.

At this point, Lukia half believed what the electronic fortune-teller said.

I didn't believe it completely because the statement "there is something extraordinary deep in the Meteor Falls" is too vague.

The meteor waterfall created by the big meteorite has produced a lot of good things, so it's not surprising that some extraordinary things appear.

I have arranged a week's itinerary, and now less than two days have passed, so I have a lot of free time.

Lukia asked, "How are you going to leave?"

"What's the place in Meteor Falls... After climbing the waterfall, you can reach a closed stone chamber, which is mostly a pond."

The place Shen Qi described was exactly the room deep in Meteor Falls where the "Dragon Claw" learning device was placed.

“There seem to be a lot of places like this.”

It's just a dead end with a pond, which is not uncommon in the low-lying areas of the mountain. It has no clear direction and is not enough to be used as a location.

Shen Qi asked back, "Where do you want to go?"

"Big Waterfall No. 2."

Ordinary tourists stop here and basically won't go any deeper.

The scenery in Meteor Falls is magnificent, but the sunlight-less environment and the roar of the waterfall in the enclosed space can make people feel uncomfortable.

If the No. 1 Great Falls is the dividing line between ordinary tourists and explorers;

The No. 2 waterfall is the place that separates regular explorers from advanced explorers.

Lukia has only reached the No. 2 waterfall at the farthest she has ever been. Going further in would be too risky due to unknown circumstances.

"Oh, you definitely don't have the iron staircase, but the No. 2 waterfall is divided into two sections, upper and lower, which does meet your need to climb the waterfall a second time."

Chapter 386 Climbing the No. 2 Waterfall

"Duoduo, how long have I been operating in Meteor Falls?"

Guji!

Duoduo calculated the time accurately. It was now noon on the fourth day since Shen Qi entered Meteor Waterfall.

The sound of water became louder and louder, and this familiar feeling meant that we were not far from the No. 2 waterfall.

We planned to return in a week, and the time limit was exactly halfway through. If we didn't explore the No. 2 waterfall to our heart's content, we would have to return.

"Oh!"

Even though he had seen the majesty of the No. 1 Waterfall, Shen Qi was still shocked when he saw the No. 2 Waterfall after trekking for more than a day.

As Lukia said, Waterfall No. 2 is divided into two parts, the upper and lower parts.

The water flow at the top is quite concentrated, like a solid ice wall that keeps sliding down and hitting the rocks that are protruding outwards from a height of twenty or thirty meters. The subsequent scattered water flows down like a peacock spreading its tail.

In terms of volume, it may not be as loud as the No. 1 waterfall that flows directly into the pond, but the pattern is really amazing.

Especially here, because the water flow has accumulated luminous energy mineral elements, people always feel that there is another world behind the translucent waterfall.

Lukia had said in advance that behind the waterfall was just a groove that could only fit a container, and there was no subsequent extension.

Around the No. 2 waterfall, there are far fewer instances of lettering.

Those who can come here are generally more experienced explorers. The inscriptions they leave behind tend to indicate that a certain cave is dangerous or that a certain cave is a dead end. Furthermore, they are to warn future generations that if they want to go deeper, they must think twice before proceeding.

Due to limited time, Shen Qi did not play around like he did at the No. 1 Waterfall before. He just admired it for a while and then began to help Lukia find the sacrificial texts.

Unfortunately, after a brief search, nothing was found.

Lukia didn't find what she was looking for, so she climbed up the waterfall as Shen Qi requested.

As we got closer to the waterfall, the roar, attenuated by the earplugs, still made our hearts race.

There was no way to talk in detail. Lukia pointed upwards, indicating that they were ready to climb the waterfall, and then threw the package she was carrying over.

Shen Qi didn't know why Liu Qia did this, and there was no need to ask now. He silently carried the two people's backpacks and waited for her to take action.

The two streams of light gradually stabilized, one was the Slowpoke seen in the winter season, and the other was Shellder.

Under the command of Lukia, Slowpoke uses "Surf" to create a water-based mobile energy platform that can carry people.

silence…

Slowpoke was motionless, apparently in a daze as if his soul had left his body.

Shen Qi sighed. Can Pokémon really be trusted if it is so stupid?

As a trainer, Lukia has her own way.

She squatted down and gently hugged Slowpoke, said a few words in his ear in a pleading tone, and gave him a big hug. Slowpoke woke up on the spot and successfully used "Surf".

Good guy.

Shen Qi took back his previous description of Slowpoke as stupid. This one is really smart.

The same goes for Casey, who usually can't wake up, but Lukia will give him a hug and he will get up and work.

Even when he was very sleepy, Lucia would hug him and give him a kiss, and Casey would still wake up full of energy.

smart!

Shen Qi and Lucia used the "Surfing" skill to approach the main body of the waterfall.

At first it just felt like a downpour, but then as it went on, the splashing water droplets hit my body, and the feeling was comparable to shooting with an air rifle at a balloon in the park.

At the bottom of the pool, a king goldfish saw someone approaching, and hurried back to the deep ravine, then turned around and swam up with a piece of rag in its mouth.

What it means is: There was once a very brave trainer who had the courage to approach the waterfall, and now all he has left is this piece of rag.

If you rashly touch the main body of the waterfall, your fate will be the same as that of Jigglypuff Egg at the No. 1 waterfall, where you will be instantly smashed into the deep water of the pond.

Shen Qi certainly had no intention of withstanding the impact of the rags.

In an area where Slowpoke had difficulty maintaining the stability of the "Surf" skill, Lukia summoned Swamp King again.

At this point, Shen Qi finally understood her intention.

Slowpoke is responsible for transportation back and forth in regular waters, while Shellder and Swampskull use "waterfall climbing" to go up respectively.

With only one Pokémon, "Waterfall Climber", it was too difficult to carry two people and double the luggage upstream in the turbulent water of No. 2 Falls.

Therefore, the higher-ranking Swamp King used "waterfall climbing" to carry Shen Qi and the luggage;

Lukia rides on the Shellder.

In terms of skill distribution, Slowpoke and its subsequent evolved forms are more inclined to be special attackers, and he is naturally able to comprehend the "Surfing" of special attack judgment.

"Waterfall Climbing" is a physical attack judgment in the water system, and is learned by Shellder and Swamplord whose physical attack racial values ​​are higher than special attack.

Using "Waterfall Climb", Swamp King floats in the air above the pouring water, emitting a skill aura similar to "Surfing".

Shen Qi picked up two bags and entered the halo effect, and the scattered water droplets suddenly decreased a lot.

Swamp King took Shen Qi, and Shellder took Lukia, and they climbed to the first step of the No. 2 Waterfall, and did not dare to stay for long.

The water beams here hit the rock protrusions and scatter, with an impact force greater than that on the surface of the pool.

Then he continued to "climb the waterfall" upwards, and Shen Qi clearly felt that the process was much slower.

Unlike any waterfall in the game where you can climb it at a normal speed, the difficulty of "climbing a waterfall" in reality depends on the difficulty of the objective conditions and the strength of the Pokémon itself.

At the upper part of the waterfall, the difficulty of "climbing the waterfall" is reduced because the water falls a short distance and has little inertia.

More importantly, the water flow above has not yet hit the rocks and the water surface below. There is only the "gurgling" sound of water produced by the flow. Although there is the noise of surging waves, it is much better than the strong sound below. Earplugs can also effectively protect the ears.

After another three or four minutes of hard work, the Pokémon was close to the upper edge of the waterfall. Lukia threw the Poké Ball and let Slowpoke "Surf".

"Huh, finally up."

The almost soaked sportswear stuck to Lucia's body. She patted her chest and stuck out her tongue. "If my family knew that I was going on an adventure like this, they would probably scold me."

Shellder also stuck out his tongue, synchronizing his movements with his trainer.

“It’s much more exciting than I thought.”

Shen Qi was still frightened.

I didn't encounter any danger while climbing up the waterfall, but it did feel extremely dangerous.

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