Pokémon development strategy

The villain brothers (other researchers at the Dark Gray Science Museum)… they weren’t too shocked.

After all, they are in the academic circle, so you can imagine how much Dr. Solans dislikes Maoxiong's behavior.

The most likely scenario is that Dr. Solans takes back the fossil skeleton and refuses to sell it to Maoxiong because he doesn't want to make any extra money.

As long as Shen Qi or Li Ke finds some way to report the whole matter to Dr. Solans, Mao Xiong will not be able to steal the scientific research results.

But there is money to be made by flattering the boss, while the researchers who follow Maoxiong around do not have much scientific research ability, and they will not be able to make big money if they leave.

So he was mainly flattering and did not warn him of the danger in advance. Instead, he praised Maoxiong a lot during the dinner two days ago, and now he is just pretending to be shocked.

"Brother Shen Qi, I came to Yuhong City this time to express my gratitude to you and to give you the fossil bones on behalf of my father."

“Gift…gift?!”

The situation skipped the financial competition that Mao Xiong was determined to win, and there was no need for bidding at all. Dr. Solans gave the fossil skeleton directly to Shen Qi.

"Thank you so much, thank you so much."

Bone fossils cannot be spent as money, and Shen Qi will not sell them for money, but the value contained in them cannot be measured by money.

If it weren't for the gift from Dr. Solans, the Pokémon egg corresponding to "Stone Bone Lovesickness" would most likely have been taken away by Mao Xiong, and Shen Qi and Li Kebai's efforts would have been in vain.

The skeleton fossils belong to the Deep Gray Science Museum. Maoxiong can find various reasons to blame Li Ke and even make him pay a large amount of liquidated damages, which means he will have to work for the museum in his next life.

"Dr. Solance... I, our Deep Gray Science Museum has excellent conditions for storing fossils..."

Maoxiong still wanted to fight for it, and his words were a little incoherent.

Dr. Solance just turned around slowly and asked in a cold tone, "You said good storage conditions, but such a large piece of stuff disappeared?"

"I… uh."

"Have you figured out the reason for the disappearance?"

"Uh..." Maoxiong looked at Li Ke with a threatening look, wanting him to explain what was going on.

Li Ke's heart was filled with great passion for scientific research, and all the humiliation and pain he had suffered before rushed up from his dantian.

"We are currently researching, but the relevant topic I submitted was rejected by the Deep Gray Science Museum, so I can only invite Shen Qi to do research together in my personal capacity. When the results come out in a few days, I will inform Dr. Solance."

"Oh?" Dr. Solance's eyes turned even more hostile. "Director Maoxiong, you also refused to investigate the fossils."

"I thought it was too simple."

Maoxiong has been in the mountains and seas for so many years that he has a strong ability to adapt to changing circumstances and will not remain speechless just because of simple shock.

He explained that the investigation of the case was heavily entrusted to the Security Bureau, so he didn't expect that the researchers in the museum had such ability.

The excuse was barely acceptable and Dr. Solans was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore. Maoxiong also knew that he would not get any advantage this time, but he could not leave due to his face. He could only stand by and watch Dr. Solans and Shen Qi negotiate in a friendly manner. The veins on his head almost burst.

Chapter 494 Stress Response

"Is this...about to hatch?"

In a temporary laboratory in Yuhong City, Engineer Du He saw Shen Qi and Li Ke pacing back and forth when he went downstairs.

The other people from Shanhai Group had something to do, so they evacuated first, and Du He stayed behind to wait for the experiment to be completed.

Dr. Solans's intention in making such an arrangement is obvious.

He knew that even if Shigeo didn't get the fossil skeleton, he might still find a way to interfere with the experiment, so he asked Tsuga to stay.

With engineers from Shanhai Group present, the Deep Gray Science Museum didn't dare to act rashly.

It is not convenient for outsiders other than Shen Qi to live in Meng Ai's home, so the current incubation equipment is also provided by Shanhai Group.

"It's almost there. It's really almost there."

Similar to the expected incubation period, on the 19th day, the energy activity of the egg reached its peak, and it was detected that the energy chakra and energy body structure had taken shape.

"Oh!" Du He became excited.

As a shipbuilding engineer, he had only seen normal Pokémon hatched.

What has hatched from the egg now should be a clay doll, an existing Pokémon. The special thing is that this clay doll was resurrected from an energy factor that died thousands of years ago. What's even more special is that the energy factor is actually inside the fossilized pterosaur skeleton.

Not only Du He was excited, but Li Ke was also very excited.

Shen Qi even thought that this was the first Pokémon that he had personally found a way to obtain in the past year of traveling through the Pokémon world, and he was working with scientific researchers to hatch it.

Miss Skirt and Jackrabbit were walking around the room hand in hand, already a little silly from the intense mix of nervousness and happiness.

Mrs. Hua Jie stared at the laboratory door with relief.

[Narrator: Mrs. Hua Jie was very touched. This is her and her husband’s first child.]

The text prompt almost frightened Shen Qi to death.

Fortunately, no outsiders knew about it, otherwise I would have to live in the cooling-off room all the time.

"Shen Qi, I have to tell you something in advance."

Li Ke seemed to suddenly remember something and gave a serious reminder.

"The pterosaur skeleton is yours. It is the important scientific research material you provided and the source of energy factors. Therefore, the Pokémon that hatches should belong to you, but there are exceptions."

"What else could happen?"

"The energy factor of the resurrected Pokémon actually carries a very vague feeling similar to 'having died once'..."

It is this little bit of fear of death that is engraved into the DNA, making the resurrected Pokémon extremely unable to adapt to the changing environment and strangers and other unfamiliar Pokémon.

It’s like when cats and dogs change to a new living environment, they may sometimes be extremely unable to adapt, triggering a “stress response”, causing excessive anxiety and mental stress, and ultimately leading to death.

After the ancient Pokémon are resurrected, the current world is very different from the era and environment in which they lived, and there is a high probability that they will have a stress response as soon as they are hatched.

In the past, when resurrection research and technology were still immature, researchers would cheer when the eggs hatched. However, they did not expect that the ancient Pokémon that they had worked hard to resurrect for months or even years would have a direct stress reaction and die.

They die directly in the larval stage, and their energy factors are fragile and subtle, making it difficult to revive them. As a result, many ancient Pokémon fossils that could have been used to revive them are wasted.

Li Ke was unsure of the clay doll's condition, so he mentioned it to be on the safe side. No matter whether the hatched clay doll died thousands of years ago or had the fear of the death of a fossil dragon hundreds of millions of years ago engraved in its energy factors, it might have a stress response.

At this time, don't even think about letting it recognize its owner and start raising it. It should be placed in a dark, quiet incubator first, and given a long time to gradually adapt.

"If this happens, you can't just take the clay doll away. You have to stay here with me and observe that the clay doll is stable."

"clear."

While they were talking, a "beep beep" sound was heard from the incubation equipment in the laboratory.

The egg is about to crack!

Shen Qi, Li Ke, and Du He rushed in hurriedly. The Pokémon behind them who didn't understand scientific research could only stand outside the door and pull at the door frame to look inside.

Shen Qi came to the table where the incubation equipment was placed and could see that the eggshell inside the transparent cover was broken by 1/3.

As expected of a clay doll, its shell-breaking efficiency is quite high, and its little hands with rock arm armor are reaching out.

On the rock head that looks like a big bun, two nearly vertical rectangular eyes emit warm yellow light.

Suddenly, the clay doll's body began to tremble, and light flickered in its eyes.

"Sure enough, a stress reaction!"

While Shen Qi and Du He were in a panic, Li Ke, who had been mentally prepared, had already switched the incubator to one-way glass mode, so that people outside could see inside, but the clay doll could not see outside.

It formed a space that seemed enclosed and stable to him.

"Is this... okay?" Shen Qishi asked cautiously.

"Not necessarily. Some ancient Pokémon suffer from claustrophobia and are afraid of staying in small, enclosed spaces. They become afraid of looking outside and being locked inside."

"This is too tricky. Opening it up won't work, and closing it down won't work either." Du He broke into a sweat.

It is so painful to think about the Pokémon that was finally resurrected dying in front of him because of improper stress response.

"Oops! This clay doll seems to be a little uncomfortable with the enclosed environment."

In the incubator visible from the outside, the clay doll, which is only 50 cm tall, has removed all the eggshells. Its body twitches unconsciously, and it huddles itself into a ball in the corner. From time to time, it nervously raises its head and looks around. The neat spiral patterns on its chest flicker.

The worst situation really happened. If the sunshade was closed, it didn't work, and if it was opened, it couldn't adapt to the outside environment.

This is also the most difficult situation for fossil resurrection researchers to deal with.

"What should we do now?"

"There is no good way. First draw the curtains in the room and then turn on the incubator."

Clay Man and Clay Giant are Pokémon that still exist in modern times, so even if they are still in their infancy after hatching, there is no need to simulate any ancient elemental environment.

The key is how they deal with their stress response.

In an open, well-lit environment with people watching, the clay dolls have a severe stress reaction;

If placed in a confined space, the mental fluctuations will also be abnormal.

The only compromise was to turn on the incubator, use laboratory partitions to make the room smaller, and use curtains to block the sunlight.

The overall space is not as open, nor as enclosed as an incubator. A compromise method is used to allow the clay doll to adapt.

If this method doesn't work, you can only use potions or skills to make the clay doll fall asleep, but this is only a temporary solution and can easily form a vicious cycle.

In the dimly lit laboratory, the clay doll on the stage twitched involuntarily. Rocks should not have had any changes in expression, but everyone could see his pain and fear.

If this continues, we can only take compulsory sedation measures against him...

Chapter 495 You Call This a Baby

[Narrator: (Nervous, trembling, fear, despair)]

Without any conventional statements or descriptive narration, the game directly conveyed a lot of negative emotions to Shen Qi, like a lamb to be slaughtered.

This is how to do…

Ok? !

I'm so stupid!

Shen Qi realized what it meant to be too concerned and confused. It was only when he saw the narration that he remembered that confirming the emotional script of the strategy guide could directly convey the player's feelings to the clay doll.

me…

For a moment I didn't know what to say to the clay doll. I couldn't just say: I am your father.

"Wait a minute." Shen Qi stopped Li Ke from taking coercive calming measures, "I'll try again."

What else can I say? Let’s just get straight to the point…

Shen Qi took two steps forward and stared at the clay doll with sincere eyes.

"Become my Pokémon, and I will raise you well."

[Narrator: The clay doll felt the call of the soul]

The newly hatched Pokémon actually couldn't understand such complex emotional communication, but it felt a sense of intimacy from the flexible transmission of information. The clay doll moved closer to Shen Qi, and its appearance was no longer as frightened as before, but rather a little curious and nervous.

"It's done!"

Shen Qi suppressed his excitement. Although Li Ke and Du He didn't know the principle, they didn't dare to speak loudly for fear of disrupting the situation that was just turning around.

Maintaining a simple and pure emotional transmission of care at the soul level, Shen Qi slowly approached the clay doll and gently held his little hand.

Gudong…

A sound like that of rolling stones came from the invisible "mouth" of the clay doll.

[Narrator: (friendly)]

It was just a simple transmission of emotions, a connection at the level of soul communication, and the clay doll quickly showed its affection towards Shen Qi.

Now, Shen Qi not only holds hands, but can also touch the head and back of the clay doll. He even opens his arms for a hug.

"Great!"

It was not until this moment that Li Ke and Du He were sure that the situation had been stabilized by Shen Qi, and they hugged each other and cheered.

Miss Skirt wiped away her tears of joy, and the long-eared rabbit stared with wide eyes, marveling at the miracle of life.

"This is my child!"

A sense of pride rose in Shen Qi's heart.

The 50-centimeter-tall clay doll is actually about the same height as a standard infant or toddler, and is as cute as your own child asking for a hug after it is born.