Pokémon, start your journey from the East Glory Alliance

"It may not be enough to keep only one or two."

"Yes, after all, there are still so many of us."

"Hahaha~!"

Everyone laughed together and the team atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Looking at the young people, Zhao Xuanzhen nodded with satisfaction.

"Alright young men and women, go back to the rest area and get some rest. We still have another round of competition this morning."

Among the singles events held in the morning, there was still one competition that was not yet fully enjoyed, and that was the simulated environment battle.

Back in the preparation lounge, Li Zhong prepared drinks for the people who had just finished the competition.

"Everyone has performed well. Come drink some water and recover your strength."

"Thank you, Director Li!"

"Thank you~!"

"thanks, thanks!......"

Li Zhong picked up two bottles of water and threw one to Su Yuan and the other to Zhang Long.

"Well done, played a pretty good game."

Zhang Long shrugged helplessly.

"It was a beautiful fight indeed. The only downside was that I didn't play."

Li Zhong laughed and patted Zhang Long on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Hahaha, don't be sad, you will have a chance to play later, you will have a chance."

"Really? Then I want to participate in the next simulated environment battle."

"Ah this..."

Li Zhong paused. He just wanted to comfort Zhang Long, but this boy took it seriously.

"Okay, I won't fight in the next simulated environment battle, you can do it instead."

Su Yuan sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, opened the bottle and took a sip of the drink.

"Is it true, Su Yuan?"

Zhang Long sat down next to Su Yuan, grabbed his arm and shook it hard.

"Stop shaking it, stop shaking it, the drink will spill!"

Su Yuan rolled his eyes at him, put down the drink in his hand and said.

"I have no objection. If you want to go ahead, go ahead. But the question is, do you think Director Zhao will agree?"

"Cut~!"

Hearing this, Zhang Long's expression changed 180 degrees in an instant.

"I thought you were really going to let me take the field. It turns out that Director Zhao has to make the final decision."

Su Yuan shrugged.

"Nonsense, Director Zhao is the leader of this race. If you don't ask him, who else can you ask?"

"Tsk, forget it. With Director Zhao's persistence in his plan, it's basically impossible for me to play. I'd better wait obediently."

Zhang Long sat back on the sofa with a resigned look on his face, drinking Coke through a straw.

On the other side, Zhao Xuanzhen was planning the players for the third round.

Because in the previous elimination match, Su Yuan single-handedly flattened most of the Yong team and protected the information of several members, which created an excellent opportunity for Zhao Xuanzhen to plan for the third round of the simulated environment battle.

"By the way, Su Yuan, I have a question for you. What was the first Pokémon you used in the arena?"

Li Zhong raised his eyes and thought of the sticky Meir that Su Yuan had hit on the ring. He immediately asked Su Yuan curiously.

Su Yuan took out the Poké Ball and released Slimy Meir.

"Director Li, you mean Nian Mei'er."

"Sticky?"

Looking at Nian Meir sticking her head out from the huge silver-white hard shell in front of him, Li Zhong rubbed his eyes.

"Is this Slimy? This Pokémon is Slimy?"

He moved closer in excitement, and Slimy Beauty shrank back into her shell in fear.

"I'm sorry Director Li, but Nian Mei'er is rather timid."

"Are you timid?"

Li Zhong paused with his hand supporting his eyes and said, "You said that Nian Meir was timid and she pierced through several opponents in the ring?"

Chapter 396: The future is in our hands?

Li Zhong didn't pay attention to what Su Yuan said about Nian Mei'er being timid, and started to study Nian Mei'er's shell.

After a long time, Li Zhong suddenly spoke.

"From the perspective of environment and climate, there are indeed several areas in Donghuang that are suitable for the survival of crustacean Pokémon, but from the existing information, those areas are not suitable for Pokémon of this size to live.

Therefore, your sticky beauty is most likely not the regional form of Donghuang."

Su Yuan nodded. As expected of the head of the biology department, he was quite capable.

"Su Yuan, where did you subdue this sticky beauty?"

"No, I didn't subdue Nian Mei'er."

Su Yuan patted Nian Mei'er's shell, and Nian Mei'er poked her head out of the shell. When she saw that it was Su Yuan, Nian Mei'er smiled happily.

"During my travels, I helped the Alliance a little by chance. As a reward, the Alliance gave me a Pokémon egg, and what hatched from the egg was the degenerated Pokémon of Slimy Beauty."

"Helped the Alliance a little?"

Li Zhongshi really didn't know what to say. What kind of small favor would make the alliance give out a quasi-god-level Pokémon egg as a reward?

However, although he was curious about these things, he couldn't ask, and even if he asked, Su Yuan would definitely not tell him.

After all, at this level, many things must be covered by confidentiality agreements.

Li Zhong followed Su Yuan's words.

"I know something about this. Donghuang and Kalos regions had exchange activities before, and they exchanged a batch of Pokémon. Maybe your Slimy Beauty is the offspring of one of the Pokémon exchanged in that batch."

Su Yuan nodded. Duan Chun had told him this a long time ago.

"It's just that you look so clingy..."

Li Zhong folded his arms across his chest and fell into deep thought. After thinking for a moment, he said.

"There is a typical example in Pokémon morphology. Slimy is a soft-bodied Pokémon. After evolving into Slimy, it has a spiral structure on its back similar to a snail shell, but it is just a soft-bodied structure similar to a shell.

Pokémon researchers have previously suggested that the soft structure could be what's left after the shell degenerated.

He speculated that: there was nothing in the environment that could threaten Nian Mei'er's existence, and the existence of the shell had no practical significance but instead became an obstacle and burden to Nian Mei'er's life. So over a long period of time, Nian Mei'er gradually lost her protective shell.

Hearing this, Su Yuan nodded in agreement.

Indeed, both Xicui Nianmei and Xicui Nianmei are too malignant. There are very few Pokémon in the environment where they live that can threaten them.

Zhao Xuanzhen said thoughtfully.

"Perhaps your Slimy Beauty is the one and only Pokémon that has reverted to its original form. Perhaps, you can write a paper on Slimy Beauty!"

"What? Thesis?"

Zhao Xuanzhen grabbed Su Yuan's shoulders and said with some excitement.

"That's right, it's the thesis. This thesis can even help you graduate early. No, that's not right. If it's well written, I can apply to the school to allow you to continue your studies. If that's not enough, you can also study for a master's and doctoral degree simultaneously! Su Yuan, your future is now firmly in your hands!"

"What, what what?"

Su Yuan was still a little slow to react. He looked at Li Zhong and then at Nian Meir.

"Guaranteed to study for graduate school? Master's and doctoral degrees? Relying on sticking to Mei'er?"

"That's right!"

Li Zhong seemed even more excited than Su Yuan himself.

“Well, after the competition is over, I will take you back to the Ecological Research Base, and Professor Jiang will guide you in conducting research and writing your graduation thesis, as well as publishing and researching subsequent papers.

If we do well, perhaps we will leave a mark in the history of Pokémon research."

In a trance, Li Zhong seemed to have seen the day when Su Yuan would wear a white coat and become a famous Pokémon doctor in the future.

This is no joke, the study of Pokémon's morphological structure is an important study of the evolution history of Pokémon species.

With a real material like Nian Meir here, it is even possible to discover more things.

However, Su Yuan was not as excited as Li Zhong. He broke free from Li Zhong's hands, squatted down, touched Nian Meir's head and asked.

"Will this research have any negative impact on Nian Mei'er? If that's the case, forget it."

Compared with research achievements and scientist status, Su Yuan cares more about his partners.

If it would harm Slimy, he would not do it even if it would make him the number one in the Pokémon research world.

After all, if I did that, wouldn't I become one of the crazy scientists under Sakaki?

"Don't worry, Su Yuan, it won't do any harm to Nian Mei'er. On the contrary, in-depth research can help you understand Nian Mei'er better and know what it needs and what it doesn't need.

Furthermore, all the resources that Nian Meier needs for her future growth will be provided by our school’s ecological research base, ensuring that everything will be the most suitable for her.”

"Let's wait until the game is over."

As he spoke, the battle in the simulated environment began.

As the name suggests, simulated environment battles require contestants to fight in different simulated environments. The simulated environments on site include rivers, swamps, mountains, deserts, heavy rains, snowfalls, sandstorms, etc.

Various extreme environments are extremely demanding for Pokémon and trainers, so it is a great test for the team leader to select players for different environments.

“Welcome dear audience friends to the third round of the competition, the simulated environment battle. Lingnan University has already taken a two-point lead in the previous battle, so what kind of counterattack will Nanning University launch next?

Let's wait and see. Now please invite both teams to enter the venue!"

Accompanied by passionate music, the two teams walked into the venue.

"Then let's start the first extraction of the simulated environment. Please look at the big screen!"

Various environments on the screen began to rotate, and a countdown began to appear in the center of the screen.

"Countdown, nineteen eight...three two one! Stop!"

As the supporter's shout of "stop" echoed throughout the venue, the picture on the screen was completely frozen.

"It's out. The venue for the first city's simulated environment battle is..."

What was frozen on the big screen was a picture of a rushing river.

"River battle! Please raise the battle area below!"

The center of the stadium began to tremble, and a huge crack appeared in the center of the stadium. Then the crack slowly expanded, and a rushing river appeared in the center of the venue.

"Now, please invite the first round of contestants to take their seats!"

Chapter 397: Lingnan University begins losing streak

In this round of competition, Su Yuan and Zhang Long once again became spectators, along with Geng Gui and Li Zhong.

The three people and the ghost sat together and nodded repeatedly as they watched the contestants working hard on the screen.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at this Gotha Duck, look at this King Goldfish, they fight really well."

"Geng Ga, Geng Ga!"

Su Yuan and Geng Gui nodded in sync, then took a bite of the watermelon.

Zhang Long on the side said with some dissatisfaction.

"Did you play well? I think it was just average. If I, Rakuten Kappa, played instead, I would definitely play better than them."