Pokémon League Chronicles/Farming, Pokémon Trainer!

"Oh, really?" Qi Yun raised his neck and looked back, grinning: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to go so smoothly... I originally thought they would hesitate for at least a while, but it turned out that Are you so decisive? The president of the Mercenary Guild is really a well-known big shot. It's a pity that his failure this time is probably due to the limited vision of the so-called 'big shot'..."

When Qi Yun sighed, the person next to him looked a little undecided. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Captain... tell me, can we really win this time?"

"Huh?" Qi Yun glanced at him and said with a half-smile: "Why, you have gone through so much specific training in this month, and the various knowledge points and attention points given by the chairman have been turned over and over again, and I almost vomited from my back. Are you worried that you can’t conquer the tornado?”

"No, that's not the problem..." The man hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "Just look, even if the Mercenary Guild is divided, there are still 150 people, and I heard that those people are all first-rate. Excellent Pokémon trainers. But we only have less than 50 people here. If we spread it out, each person would have to deal with three people at the same time..."

"Don't be stupid. If you believe that 'first-class' statement, you will have spent so long in the league in vain." Qi Yun chuckled, his tone full of disdain: "I used to be a gangster, so to this What 'first class' means could not be more clearly defined.

This 'top-notch' does not refer to combat effectiveness, nor does it even refer to comprehensive ability, it simply refers to their reputation.God knows how much water there is in that group of so-called first-class people.As long as you are lucky and take advantage of the trend, second- and third-rate characters can be promoted to first-rate people.

Moreover, even those who are truly top-notch people...their fighting skills may not be better than yours. "

"Eh?!" The man looked obviously surprised and pointed at himself: "Me, me? First-rate?"

"That's right." Qi Yun shrugged: "Training courses, tactical analysis, Pokémon illustration analysis, regular battle training, and unreserved guidance from masters... Do you think these things are for all Pokémon trainers? Can everyone enjoy it?

Don’t be stupid, I can guarantee you that the Pokémon League is the only one in the world that has this set of configurations!

Most of the so-called top-notch people are just random fools who broke into the world by mistake. It is very likely that they do not even fully understand the interrelationship between the eighteen attributes, let alone the Pokémon itself and its moves. Understanding the characteristics is not at the same level as people like you who have received scientific and systematic training.

As for the issue of the minority beating the majority... Humph, although these mercenaries seem to be outnumbered, they are actually just strangers who have gathered together because of the same interests. They have no trust in each other at all. The collective also has no discipline at all. They are all just those who rush forward when the wind is going smoothly and scatter when the wind is going against them. They are simply vulnerable to the established regular army.

No matter how bad it is, we still have a secret weapon here that the chairman specially transferred from the black gold mine.Although it has been working as a furnace worker for more than half a year, it is still a legendary Pokémon. One against ten is not a problem. "

After listening to Qi Yun's long words, the man finally felt relieved and let out a long sigh of relief.

Another person came up and whispered: "Captain, the group of people following us started to speed up... Should we also speed up and get rid of them?"

"Why are you accelerating? Slow down! Slow down to be parallel to them! We just have to reach the pure white frozen soil together!" Qi Yun said with a strange smile: "What if we don't subdue the tornado cloud in front of them?" Well, wouldn’t it be a waste of effort? The closer the distance, the easier it will be for them to find the gap!"

Chapter 193 Murder and Heartbreaking

After Sean proposed to split up, Akers quickly ordered No. 140 and led the team to the pure white frozen soil, following Qi Yun's team.

As the representative of the Sword and Shield Chamber of Commerce in this operation, he certainly knew how much preparation the Sword and Shield Chamber of Commerce and the Mercenary Guild had made this time, and he did not dare to delay at all.

In order to make these lazy mercenaries move faster, he also promised them that as long as they could reach the pure white frozen soil within two days, they would be rewarded an additional 1000 yuan each, which he would pay out of his own pocket. .

1000 yuan was not a small amount of money. Encouraged by the reward, the mercenaries worked hard and greatly accelerated their march. Finally, they caught up with Bao Ke before dark on the first day. The Dream League team was stationed less than 100 meters away from them.

Then...Akers regretted it!

The reason for regret is very simple. When the mercenary guild lit a fire and prepared to eat dry food and rest, the people of the Pokémon Alliance walked out of their cars unhurriedly and took out bundles after bundles. Fresh ingredients, gathered in several small circles and started cooking hot pot...

Yes, that’s right, a car!

Yes, that’s right, hot pot!

The people of the Pokémon League did not walk on foot like the people of the Mercenary Guild, but instead prepared five or six vehicles, each of which was pulled by a two-meter-tall flaming horse!

Damn it, God knows how they gave up so many precious combat resources to do hard work!

Unfortunately, Qi Yun's team was stationed upwind.When they were cooking hot pot, the wind blew slightly, and the aroma floated from the top to the bottom of the air, and reached the noses of the mercenaries who were gnawing hard on dry food...

This is where things start to go wrong.

These mercenaries are not rich young men who cannot endure hardships. They just eat dry food and drink cold water. It is nothing to them.

However, when they were eating dry food and drinking cold water, no one was eating hot pot beside them and their faces were shiny!

Smelling the aroma and looking at Qi Yun's team eating hot pot and singing songs in the distance, the mercenaries lowered their heads silently and found that the dry food in their hands that didn't taste that good seemed to be even more difficult to swallow...

Akers also discovered this problem immediately and immediately promised his mercenaries that when the matter was completed, he would arrange a grand banquet to reward them.

After the boss drew the pie, the mercenaries managed to regain some balance and ate the dry food.

Despite this, many mercenaries still fell asleep with their stomachs growling that night.

And when the Qiyun team and the Akers team hit the road together in the early morning of the next day, new problems arose.

When the mercenaries were carrying their bags and walking on the road, less than 50 meters in front of their sight, people from the Pokémon League were sitting leisurely on cars drawn by flames, some catching up on their sleep, and some While eating melon seeds and chatting, some took out a deck of cards to fight the landlord...

No, are these people really here on a mission?Why leisurely as if on a spring outing? !

Seeing the appearance of Qi Yun's team, Akers felt a chill in his heart.Looking back, as he expected, the atmosphere among the mercenaries gradually became a little strange.

These mercenaries are not rich young men who cannot endure hardships. They just march long distances on foot. They are already familiar with the road.

But, it's still the same thing... When they walked so hard that their feet were blistered and their bones were soft, no one was sitting beside them, sitting on the carriage, playing cards and chatting leisurely!

Why, why?How can there be such a murderous and heart-wrenching person?

At this moment, these mercenaries realized for the first time the profound meaning of the phrase "no contrast, no harm".

And such an injury can easily affect the morale of the team.Because Qi Yun's team was in front, the morale of the Akers team dropped significantly. All kinds of complaints and complaints slowly spread among the team, transmitting negative emotions to everyone in the team.

As soon as negative emotions arise, they will intensify the internal friction in people's actions.Akers could clearly feel that the physical exertion of his team members was significantly higher than expected - after arriving at the pure white frozen soil, it was hard to say how much state and strength they would be able to use to deal with the tornado. .

Now Akers hopes that Qi Yun's team can speed up quickly and get out of his sight, so that at least it can be out of sight and out of mind...

But... hell!

That guy seemed to be deliberately trying to go against himself. Not only did he not speed up, but he slowed down his marching speed over and over again!If Akers chooses to have the team stop and rest, then they will stop and rest for a while too!

Akers almost cursed out loud:

Give it a rest!It's obvious that Pokémon are pulling the cart, but your people don't have any physical exertion at all, right? !

What's even more annoying is that Ax's rest is nothing more than sitting down and eating some dry food to replenish his strength.

But it's different in the Pokémon League. They... eat sweets!

sugar!Still sugar!The most precious strategic resource, just a small piece of sugar can provide a person with energy for activities for most of the day!

Of course, the Mercenary Guild also prepared candy, which was wrapped tightly in a small bag on Akers.

But those are life-saving resources that will only be used at the most critical time. It is impossible to just take them out casually and show them off as snacks when you are on the road!

Ax couldn't understand it at all. In his eyes, the Pokémon League's behavior could no longer be said to be a waste, it was a complete luxury!Even more luxurious than the extravagant nobles of Carlos!

After several breaks, the teams of Qi Yun and Akers got closer and closer, and the contrast became more and more obvious.Until finally, the tail of the former team caught up with the head of the latter team.

At the end of Qi Yun's team, a female Pokémon employee was sitting in the car, looking at the leader Ax with curiosity, and said with a smile: "Brother, I see you have been gone for a long time, You must be very tired, right? Do you want to get in our car and take a rest?"

Akers wiped the sweat from his face, shook his head, and said nothing, pretending that he had not heard what the other party said.

But the female staff member would not let him go so easily.She thought for a moment and sighed pretentiously:

"Oh, looking at how sweaty you are from walking, you don't need to ask me to know that it must have been very hard.

If that's the case, then why don't you drink some sugar water?A small sip can replenish a lot of energy, which is very cost-effective.Why not drink it?Is it because you don't like it? "

Chapter 194

"Huh? Captain, you specially placed Miss Fengzi at the end of the team and asked her to tease the mercenaries about sugar and sugar water... Why is this?"

"Does that need to be said? Of course it's to mess with the other person's mentality."

Qi Yun shrugged and showed a gloating smile: "Speeches like 'Why don't you eat minced meat' or 'Why don't you eat cake' are particularly effective when used to ridicule.

In addition, that guy Yagyu Fuuko is a female brat appointed by the chairman... Hmm, how do you say that? 'Her status in the world of female ghosts is as sharp as Tiandao and Oga in the world of strong men'... Although I don't understand what this means, but it doesn't matter what it is, if she says it, it will make people laugh at the level. She has to improve her level by two or three, and it would be perfect for her to be responsible for the state of mind.

Wow, wow, if I wasn't responsible for leading the way at the front, I really want to run to the end of the team and take a closer look at what kind of expression the young master from the Sword and Shield Merchant Guild will show at this moment..."

Qi Yun's evil smile was not concealed at all, but beside him, the alliance employee who just asked the question shook his head and said slightly embarrassed:

"No, that's not what I meant...

I want to ask, why can you mock those mercenaries by talking about sugar and sugar water?After all, why don't they drink sugar water?I don’t understand this…”

Qi Yun's smile suddenly froze.

He took a deep look at the young alliance employee and said in a strange tone: "Are you serious?"

"Yes, yes!" The young staff member nodded vigorously, his face full of innocence and curiosity:

"I learned in the training class that sugar, a carbohydrate, is characterized by extremely high energy density, almost three to four times that of rice of the same mass, and is digested very quickly. It is very useful whether eaten directly or soaked in water. , it’s perfect to use as energy supplement for marching, but why don’t those mercenaries eat it? Is it because they don’t want to?”

Qi Yun was silent for a moment, and patted his forehead in confusion.

This feeling is so strange... It's like being hit by a thrown boomerang.

If I had known earlier, I should have put you in the last row!Show me what sincerity is and what is the greatest nirvana?

After sighing, Qi Yun shook his head and said: "Young people today...don't they know the suffering of the people in the older generation? In a few years, I'm afraid I won't even know 'Why do people in the world' starve to death?" I can say all kinds of things...

Xiaolu, do you know where sugar comes from? "

The young clerk whose name was called tilted his head and thought for a moment: "I remember this was mentioned in class...it seems to be related to sugar cane and sugar beet?"

"Yes, the mainstream sugar manufacturing method in the world is basically like this. Sugar cane and beet are used as raw materials, evaporated to obtain syrup, and finally crystallized into white sugar." Qi Yun shrugged: "This manufacturing method is very similar to wine making, and its characteristics It is extremely dependent on the harvest of crops. If the harvest of crops is not good, the production of sugar will be greatly affected.

Moreover, due to many problems such as technology and equipment, the efficiency of this evaporation and concentration sugar production method is very low. In many cases, ten tons of sugar cane can only squeeze out a few hundred kilograms of white sugar, and even this is already relatively good. situation.

It’s difficult to make, but the demand is huge.Many factors make things like sugar... very expensive!

Xiaolu, this small bag of white sugar in your hand can be bought for less than five yuan in Zhuqing Village...but in other areas, you will never be able to buy this kind of sugar without spending hundreds of yuan. The same quality as white sugar! "

"Ah?" The young staff member was dumbfounded. He picked up the half-eaten portion of sugar in his hand and said with disbelief: "Just a little bit...more than 100 yuan? This is impossible, right? Why? I'm completely I can’t understand it!”

"Can't understand? That's right, you can't understand! Let me tell you, let people from other areas come to see the prices in Zhuqing Village, that's really incomprehensible." Qi Yun chuckled: "You know why Zhuqing Is there such a big gap in sugar prices between the village and other areas?”

"Why, why?"

"Of course that's because the Pokémon League has special sugar-making methods!" Qi Yun spread his hands and said: "We can rely on a large number of three bees and cute flies to collect honey efficiently, and make syrup from honey, or through Collect the liquid secreted from the top of the yo-yo ball to make syrup... These methods are much simpler and more efficient than extracting crops.

Moreover, because there are many grass-type and water-type Pokémon to help with farming, and the Nostalgia Cloud is used as fertilizer to stimulate production, the crop output efficiency of Zhuqing Village far exceeds that of other areas. The wheat yield per mu is simply [-] or so. Nothing new.As the output of grain increases, the price will naturally drop; as soon as the price of grain drops, the price of wine and sugar will also drop, so that you can hold a bag of sugar in your hand that is extremely cheap. "

The young clerk was stunned for a moment, then looked at the sugar in his hand, and suddenly he looked like he had a sudden realization.

"This is the first time I know that there are so many details here..." He sighed: "Captain, I kind of want to go back and talk to my friends about these things. They must not know..."

Qi Yun smiled and waved his hand: "Go ahead, go ahead."

So he watched the young employee jump out of the car in twos and twos, quickly ran to the car behind, and started talking and laughing with several equally young employees.

Looking at their cheerful expressions and then at the miserable expressions of the mercenaries at the rear, Qi Yun's smile became even brighter.

Things like morale can be compared. As long as you are placed with the teams of the Mercenary Guild, the superiority of the Pokémon League's system and equipment will be easily reflected, thereby enhancing your own morale and confidence. , you can adjust to a better state when you go into battle, and it is not impossible to perform at a super level.

On the contrary, the group of mercenaries, even if they could use [-]% of their abilities, were affected by the Pokémon League, causing anxiety, irritability and other negative emotions to arise, which increased their physical strength and internal consumption. After the white frozen soil, I can only perform [-] to [-]% at best...

Even if the mercenaries are originally stronger than Qi Yun's team, it's hard to say what the specific situation will be like...

"What's next..." He leaned on the side of the carriage, looked up at the road ahead, and said leisurely: "We'll see what happens after we reach the pure white frozen soil and find the tornado cloud."

Chapter 195: The headlines in recent days are pretty normal.

Thanks to the infrastructure project of the Pokémon League, the road from Celebration Village to the pure white frozen soil is smooth and wide, saving time and effort when walking.The journey that originally might have taken close to ten days to complete, finally took Team Qiyun and Team Akers only two or three days to enter the range of the pure white frozen soil.

The Xicui area is originally located in the north, and the pure white permafrost is the northernmost part of the north. The temperature remains at a very low level all year round.At a glance, whether it is roads, plants or mountains, they are all covered by a thick layer of white snow; sometimes when the wind blows, no matter how tightly people cover themselves, the cold air will not make sense at all. The ground penetrates through the cuffs or neck, hurting people's bones deeply.

It's white and frozen, no wonder it's called pure white frozen soil.

After entering this low-temperature environment, the contrast between Qiyun's team and Akers' team became even more intense.

Qi Yun's team can sit comfortably on the carriage and warm themselves slowly by the flame horse. The biggest trouble is that some sections of the road are bumpy, or the snow falling from the sky will be unhygienic if it falls into the hot pot.

Team Akers, on the other hand, had to continue running in the calf-high snow, continuing to eat hard bread and cold water, and their morale continued to decline.

The lower the temperature, the easier it is for people to have the idea of ​​"wanting to eat something hot."At this time, not only did the mercenaries have no hot food to eat, but they also had to endure the smell of curry and hot pot cooked in the Pokémon League... Fortunately, this group of people are also known as first-class veterans. A group of people who are not very determined will have their mentality broken down even if they don't surrender to the enemy on the spot.

Qi Yun was very generous. He went to the end of the line to find Akers with a pot of curry, saying that we had cooked some more than we could finish, and it would be a waste to just throw them away. Why don't we just give them to you?Take it, take it, why don’t you take it...

Seeing Qi Yun smiling while holding curry, Akers and the mercenaries twitched their index fingers, feeling like they fucking hated this guy.

eat?They want to eat it!But even a fledgling mercenary knows that eating food given by the enemy on the battlefield is basically the same as seeking death!God knows what kind of medicine was put into that pot of curry that looked hot and fragrant. After eating it, he might have ended up in the iceberg and snow!

After Ax gritted his teeth and refused, Qi Yun had no choice but to show a very pityful look and poured the pot of curry on the roadside in front of them. The brown sauce stained the white snow with color and color. The aroma also made all the mercenaries present feel a layer of ashes in their hearts.

Akers could clearly feel that after Qi Yun repeatedly tried various methods, the morale of his team had dropped to the limit... If it weren't for him, the young master of the Sword and Shield Chamber of Commerce, every time When he sensed that something was wrong, he repeatedly painted cakes for the mercenaries to appease the morale of the army. I am afraid that this team will have to disperse before they find the tornado.

Fortunately, on the fourth day after departure, Akers no longer had to think about those issues for the time being.

They arrived at the freezing wasteland in the middle of the pure white frozen soil, and saw a green and violent figure in the center of the wasteland from a distance.

Whirlwind Pokémon, Tornado Cloud.

——Snowfall——

After discovering Tornado Yun, Team Qiyun and Team Akers ended their three or four days of "traveling together" with a tacit understanding. They separated at an intersection and drove in the left and right directions respectively. , and gradually formed a tendency to flank the tornado cloud.