Pokémon, but cultural invasion.

However, considering the nature of this world and the practices of the Galactic Federation, the father's idea was perfectly normal.

It's true that ordinary families can't produce trainers.

After the meal, Izumi returned to her room.

He held a handheld console in his hand, and already had an idea for how to take the first step in game development.

As we all know, Pokémon often possess all sorts of strange and wonderful abilities.

However, there happens to be a Pokémon that can help him initially solve the problems of low production capacity and insufficient funds.

Quanshu entered the Dark Gray Game City with ease and posted a recruitment notice on the mutual aid forum.

[Urgently need a support network job with Duobians. Attractive hourly rate. DM for details.]

Porygon is an artificially created Pokémon equipped with AI capabilities, allowing it to fully digitize and enter the online world.

They can be used for all kinds of online tasks, from photo editing and document collection to PPT creation.

Paying to be lazy has a market in every world.

Not long after posting the recruitment notice, Izumi received a reply that appeared to be from a Porygon trainer.

The communication went smoothly, and he eventually rented Duobians' valuable labor force at a rate of 200 per hour.

Quanshu sat quietly in the computer chair and waited. A minute later, a lifelike red and blue duck appeared on the screen.

Polygon Type 2.

"Why is it this dead duck?"

The red and blue ducks covered most of the screen, stirring up some unpleasant memories for Izumi.

"Never mind, let's get to work."

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Meanwhile, in a secluded corner of Yuhong City.

Two men wearing uniforms with the letter "R" were sitting in front of a computer, one of whom looked somewhat uneasy.

"Captain, is it really a bad idea for us to just rent out the organization's Pokémon like this?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Every penny that Multi-Side Beast earns is part of our operating funds, and the organization will understand."

The most important thing in Chapter 5 of the game is to make empty promises.

As a seasoned programmer, Quanshu clearly understands that human strength has its limits.

Even if he were given a groundbreaking AI like the Polygon Beast 2, it would be difficult for him to complete the game's code in a short period of time.

Even though the game's prototype, Plants vs. Zombies, is not a large game and is a truly small game.

If you spend a month or two painstakingly coding, it might be possible to achieve that with the help of Polygon.

But this goes against Quanshu's original intention.

He was coding before he time-traveled. If he keeps coding after time-traveling, then he'll have wasted his time-traveling experience.

Therefore, what Izumi Tree needs to do at this moment is not a game, but a promotional animation with extremely high precision and a UI interface that is indistinguishable from a real one.

What's the point of making a promotional animation?

That, of course, means solving a series of major problems after the code is done, such as art, music, and marketing.

Quanshu still remembers his hometown on Earth, in some remote corners, where domestically produced games were made in the wood industry.

With just a few character illustrations and a few paragraphs of background story description, a considerable amount of funds can be crowdfunded for game creation.

Although these crowdfunding games didn't end well, either the initiator ran away or the final quality was unsatisfactory.

But at least they managed to raise the money, didn't they?

Izumi Tree wasn't sure if the people in the Pokémon world were as easily fooled as the players in the Gakkaido game.

But he believes that the local indigenous people who did not experience the era of empty promises and broken promises will not be able to see any clues in his promotional PV.

People from Guandu don't lie to other people from Guandu.

Generate some animations, carefully craft some text, explain some background, share some character profiles, and harvest some profits from unsuspecting investors.

Quanshu thought to himself with delight, and really wanted to hum a few lines of lyrics.

He found several pictures online, which were photos of trumpet buds and sunflowers in their natural state.

Most Grass-type Pokémon like to bury their lower bodies in the soil to absorb nutrients while sunbathing.

The spring tree extends four fingers to form a frame, aiming at the trumpet bud in the picture.

They have identical gourd heads, identical "O"-shaped mouths, and the same slender bodies.

Isn't this just like Peashooter?

He chuckled, realizing he could save money on character art this time.

Next, Quanshu used a photo editing software to cut out a Gengar and placed it on the same lawn picture along with two plants.

Who says Plants vs. Zombies has to have zombies?

"Polygon, generate an animation of Gengar moving at a constant speed, Bellsprout using Energy Ball, and Sunflower using Photosynthesis."

Polygon Type 2 in the corner of the screen: ?

What is this human saying?

No customer had ever given such a peculiar instruction before, and the Porygonian was puzzled, but it still complied.

Dozens of seconds later, Izumi looked at the poorly animated and fell into deep thought.

There must be something wrong with his instructions.

"Polygon, issue new commands: Bellsprout's attack recovery and delay angles should be controlled within ±30°; Sunflower's photosynthesis should generate specific sunlight patterns..."

"Searching the online database of impact sound effects to enhance Gengar's hit response..."

"Add a natural swaying motion to the waiting animation of the trumpet bud and the sunflower monster, with angle control..."

Half an hour later, Quanshu's mouth was dry.

He was quite satisfied with the animation effects that were beginning to take shape, as they were resonating with his childhood memories.

"Polygon, you did a great job. Now I want you to add the Nut Dumbbell to the basic image above."

"The nut dumbbell doesn't move, but it displays different facial expressions when Gengar bites at it..."

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

After continuous adjustments and modifications, the short animation, which was previously just a rough draft, has been completely transformed.

At this rate, if we give Duobian Beast another two hours, a promotional PV with a layered UI that looks just like the actual game will be ready to be released.

But seeing that the red and blue ducks looked very tired, Izumi gave up the idea of ​​ordering more.

After all, he's not some kind of demon, and the soundtrack for the later parts of the animation will need the help of Porygon.

That's all for today's work. I'll ask you again next time.

Quanshu watched as the Porygonian's figure grew smaller and smaller on the screen until it disappeared completely as a tiny black dot.

Pokémon are truly amazing creatures.

While working, Polygon was not idle; instead, he was reminiscing about the classic soundtrack of Plants vs. Zombies, known as "Brainiac Maniac," the "Zombie King's Execution Theme."

Quanshu still remembers the general melody, but he doesn't know the details or which instruments were used.

He hadn't studied music either; professional matters should be left to professionals.

Overall, the progress of the first day's fraudulent PV production was satisfactory.

To save money, Quanshu localized Plants vs. Zombies.

Replace all the plants with grass-type sprites, and also replace the zombies.

This made him think about who should replace Dr. Zomboss, who was originally the final boss.

The only one who can truly represent all Ghost-type Pokémon is probably Giratina, right?

"If I put Arceus's number one rebel into the game and he gets beaten up, will Giratina jump out of the Distortion World to come after me?"

Quanshu shook his head vigorously. He didn't believe that Giratina was bored and loved playing games while staying in the Reverse World.

Over the next three days, Quanshu spent his time on Blue Star handling the adoption procedures and preparations for Salt Stone Treasure, while also spending time at the Deep Gray City Game City polishing up the promotional PV.

He knew all too well that the most important thing in promoting a game was to make empty promises.

How well the pie is presented directly determines how much real money players are willing to invest.

Internet fees and the cost of hiring multi-faceted beasts drastically reduced Izumi's wallet.

However, the effect is significant, with a promotional PV that resembles the actual device almost complete.

Three days later, late at night, Quanshu sat in front of his computer, browsing various video websites.

The video file on the desktop titled "Plants vs. Ghosts" is undoubtedly a bombshell in a world where game marketing isn't very popular.

What he needed to consider was where to drop the bomb first.

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it is finally over.

Having completed its assigned task, the multi-faceted beast, exhausted, returned to Jade Rainbow City via the familiar virtual passage.

"Captain, Porygon looks especially tired today."

"You're overthinking it. It's just some small tasks like researching, editing images, and making PPTs. How could it possibly tire out Polygon, which has been specially trained by Team Rocket?"

"The captain is right."

The previously uneasy rookie team member thought for a moment and quickly accepted the captain's explanation.

The captain patted him on the shoulder: "Your work attitude is very good, but sometimes you think too much. Relax, you can't be happy if you're always tense."

After saying that, the captain shifted to a more comfortable position, opened the homepage of "Pika Pika," the largest video website, on his computer, and started browsing.

The newcomer immediately became uneasy. He whispered, "It's working hours now, isn't this...isn't this slacking off?"

The captain didn't reply immediately; he saw an interesting headline in the "Latest Releases" section.

"A revolutionary tower defense game; those who don't play Plants vs. Ghosts are destined for a relatively unsuccessful life."

The video was posted by an unknown blogger with the ID "Plants vs. Ghosts (Crowdfunding in progress)".

The captain opened the video and casually twisted the reddish cigarette butt into the ashtray.

"Little Ma, Lord Apollo once said: A person who doesn't slack off at work can only lead a relatively unsuccessful life."

Little Horse seriously doubts whether Lord Apollo actually said that, and even more so, he suspects that the reason it was Lord Apollo is because the captain didn't dare to make up a story about Boss Giovanni.

"Work hours belong to the Rockets; only the time you earn yourself is truly yours."

Little Horse nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

He dared not refute, and could only let his gaze drift to the colorful screen.

he noticed.

The team leader was watching the video's view count, which had multiplied several times in the short time it took them to say a few words.

Chapter 6 I'm coming

Late at night, in the city center.

Yuhong Dojo is like a dreamlike plant palace, with five huge, flat, flower-shaped roofs extending towards the sky.

Its dense array of highly efficient solar collectors are now in a dormant state, conserving power for the internal glass garden.

During the day, the place is bustling with people, mostly energetic challengers, plant lovers who come to visit, and women who are particularly fond of plant aromatherapy.

At night, the botanical garden of the Celadon Gym becomes a peaceful haven for Grass-type Pokémon.

Throughout the botanical garden, one can see arched flower trellises made of pine wood, densely entwined with blooming wisteria flowers, their flower spikes cascading down like waterfalls.

The Grass-type Pokémon buried themselves in the soil, enjoying a peaceful sleep under the flower curtain.