Pokémon, but cultural invasion.

As the music video played, Qi Shu concluded:

"To be honest, when I decided to contact the creators of this game, I never expected the game itself to be so amazing."

"Both the content and the gameplay far exceeded my preconceived notions of games. I am grateful to the development team for their hard work in bringing us a unique and wonderful experience."

"We also hope that the development team can continue their efforts and create more interesting games in the future."

After the brief excitement subsided, Qishu found it difficult to fight off sleepiness.

"Although it's hard to say goodbye, it's time to say goodbye to our audience."

"I will be streaming again at the same time tomorrow night, but it's uncertain whether the content will be about this game."

That's all for today's live stream, see you later!

...

The live stream ended, and the screen went black, but the audience did not leave.

"Okay, okay, the streamer's already logged off, what are you all still doing here?"

"It's wonderful to have a live stream with a black screen on while I'm playing games all night."

"Sigh, the streamers have already finished the game while I'm still only at night."

"What's the big deal? Someone on Pikachu uploaded the entire walkthrough an hour ago."

"There are more experts?"

"That can't be right, it can't be that fast..."

Qi Shu, who had just finished her broadcast, naturally didn't go to sleep immediately. She was observing the reactions of the viewers in the chat, feeling somewhat uneasy.

Although she has tried her best, she sleeps even more soundly if there are comments in the chat saying things like "Let's continue the live stream tomorrow".

But what does it mean that someone has already completed the game?

Qi Shu was very surprised, as she had been playing continuously for half an hour before all the other players.

Searching for related terms on Pikachu.com does indeed yield relevant results.

"The walkthrough of Plants vs. Ghosts takes 7 hours and 20 minutes in total."

There was no voiceover or editing; it was more like a documentary video.

Qi Shu clicked incredulously to watch, jumping to what she considered a difficult level.

The video blogger seemed to have a deeper understanding of the game and didn't fall into the traps she had encountered.

"What kind of situation is this?"

The strange tree seemed to be wearing a mask of pain.

If she plays ahead of time but is still slower than others, wouldn't that make her seem stupid for playing the whole game live?

She glanced at the blogger's IP address before going to sleep.

Kanto region, Tamagotomi City.

Will they win in Chapter 24?

"102564, 103124..."

The game sold over 100,000 copies on its first day of release, and sales continue to rise.

Quanshu sat in front of the computer, staring at the rapidly changing backend data, a look of joy on his face.

The fact that such sales were achieved despite distributing a large number of free keys on the Gear platform to respond to crowdfunding participants is unexpected.

Quanshu was quite satisfied with the result.

The game, priced at 24 Pokémon, sold 100,000 copies. After deducting the revenue share from the Gear platform and income tax from the alliance, the net profit was around 1.5 million.

And it is foreseeable that game sales will continue to rise in the coming days.

The fact that all the machines in the game area where Quanshu was playing Plants vs. Ghosts was a clear indication of this.

The most popular game-related videos on Pikachu are almost all related to "Plant Ghost".

Quanshu opened his calculator and started planning his finances. He needed to burn money to the maximum extent possible, without affecting the development of the next game, so that he and Yanshibao could become stronger as quickly as possible.

After all, crowdfunding is acceptable once, but to do it a second time after creating a hit game is just too greedy.

It's essential to take care of your reputation in the early stages, but as for what to do later... a certain penguin can give you the answer.

After making several estimates and confirming that there would be a surplus of funds, Quanshu closed his eyes.

My consciousness was absorbed into the handheld console.

[Friends]: Unlocking requires one million Pokémon.

"Even when you skip stones, you have to make a sound. Brother Ji, come and do something useful."

Quanshu muttered to himself, but his expectations had already dropped to the bare minimum after discovering the backpack function's lack of utility. He no longer expected this handheld console to enable his life to enter an easy mode.

[Friends feature under update...] (Estimated 8 hours)

Once you've used up all your Pokémon Coins, the rectangular option for the Friends feature will go into a grayed-out update state.

The handheld console update had only happened once before, when Izumi had just transmigrated, and now that the same thing was happening again, he was actually looking forward to it.

When I logged into Deep Grey City, I watched a bit of the Strange Tree's live stream, and then took Salt Stone Treasure to a 24-hour tea restaurant. It was almost midnight by then.

The number of people visiting the arcade gradually increased.

The front half of the building is filled with gaming machines covered in LED lights, somewhere between slot machines and pachinko parlors.

At that moment, a large crowd had gathered in front of a certain machine, making a lot of noise, so much so that Quanshu spotted it immediately when he went to the counter to buy a drink.

As far as he knew, these gamblers would only swarm around the machine like flies, trying to catch some of the good fortune when someone made a big win.

"I won! I won again!"

"This kid is really lucky; when luck comes, you can't stop it."

"I was using this machine yesterday..."

Every vibration of the lottery machine, every pleasant clinking of coins, and every dazzling display of multicolored lights elicited shouts and cheers from the onlookers.

Izumi glanced at the machine from afar and saw a boy dressed as a rookie trainer sitting in front of it.

He was wearing a baseball cap, a red jacket, blue trousers, and black and red sneakers.

It looks somewhat familiar.

His expression was neither as enthusiastic nor envious as the surrounding audience; in fact, it could be described as expressionless, making him appear taciturn.

Having seemingly won several rounds, and with the lottery machine still doubling its rewards, the boy manually turned it off and left with a bag of steel balls he had won.

The vacant spots were immediately snapped up.

Quanshu, however, had no interest in having fun, because he felt that the person in front of him was becoming more and more familiar.

The boy walked up to the front desk and threw a bag of steel balls on the counter.

The staff spoke with him and asked what prize he wanted to redeem.

He remained silent and pointed to the Thunder Stone in the reward list on the wall.

Quanshu then realized that this was crimson.

Considering the rumors circulating at the Pokémon Center these past few days about a trainer with Pikachu challenging the Pewter City Gym, it's highly likely that the trainer is Red Red.

Won't asking for their contact information directly scare them away?

Quanshu hesitated. He had no experience in approaching women, let alone men.

In fact, according to the traditional virtues of the Pokémon world, the most effective way to get to know a trainer is to say to him, "Let's battle."

But he fought the crimson...

Will it win?

Quanshu couldn't bear to see Yanshi Baobai get a beating.

In the few seconds of hesitation, Crimson had already put the Thunder Stone into her backpack and walked out.

When Quanshu went out, he looked around but couldn't see anyone.

"She has a slight language impairment, but she walks quite fast."

"Never mind, as long as we're still traveling in the Kanto region, we'll meet again someday."

Quanshu gave up the idea of ​​continuing to look for people; his motivation for getting to know Chihong was simply to see this living legend up close.

He patted Yanshibao, who had followed him all the way.

"Let's go, next stop is Pewter Gym."

After the midterm exams, Quanshu kept thinking about what level he and Yanshibao had improved after a month of intensive training.

It's impossible to make a leap in just one month, so he considers himself to be at the level of a rookie trainer, but he doesn't have a clear understanding of his own strength.

Yesterday's battles against ordinary students were completely meaningless; the best way to test your skills is to challenge the gym.

The gym leader will assess the challenger's skill level based on the number of badges they have earned and adjust the difficulty accordingly.

A rookie trainer challenges the Pewter Gym; their opponent might be Geodude.

If a trainer with seven badges were to challenge Deep Grey, their opponent would be a Mega Steelix.

The reason why Misty, the Cerulean Gym Leader, is jokingly called "Savage Bass" by many Kanto Trainers is largely due to her tendency to Mega Evolve Gyarados in battles at the slightest provocation.

"If this time passes, I will probably be the first challenger."

The Dark Grey Gym has a rather plain exterior, and at first glance it looks like a large, ordinary gymnasium.

The internal roads are paved with various kinds of stones, and large and small limestone rocks are placed on the battlefield.

Just like the Cerulean Gym requires challengers to fight in a pool, Dark Grey also has its own unique venue features.

The dojo has a simple exterior and a small number of apprentices responsible for its daily operations.

Izumi found one of them and told him his basic information as a challenger.

A few minutes later, Xiao Gang, wearing an apron, appeared on the battlefield.

It looks like he was just making breakfast.

"Is this your first time challenging a gym?"

"Yes, I'm a rookie trainer who recently went on a trip."

Those squinty eyes made Izumi, who was used to looking people in the eye when they spoke, feel extremely uncomfortable.

Can you really see it clearly?

"Very good. This battle will adopt the common rules of 1V1 battles. The battle will continue until all the Pokémon sent out by either side are unable to battle."

Brock took out a Poké Ball, a flash of white light, and Geodude appeared on the Rocky Terrain.

"According to the rules, the gym leader sends out their Pokémon first, and the challenger attacks first."

The scenario is different from the one Izumi imagined, where he would chat casually before the battle and even help the gym leader solve problems before he could challenge the gym leader.

Xiao Gang didn't waste any unnecessary words; the entire challenge process was concise and quick.

"That's true, the gym owner has to deal with dozens of challengers every day."

"If everyone were as busy as they are in games and anime, they would be exhausted long ago."

Quanshu cast aside all distracting thoughts and prepared for battle.

Chapter 25 Randomly picks a dojo master to torture

The challenger chooses their hero second and attacks first.

Every gym leader goes all out when facing challengers, otherwise no newcomer would be able to collect all eight badges.

Most new trainers will have already caught two or three Pokémon with Poké Balls by the time they reach their first city.

But there's no spring tree, so there's nothing to choose from.

"Saltstone Treasure, prepare for battle!"