Looking at the Slowpoke, which almost had the words 'feed me' carved on its face, Yang Tao chuckled and said, "I eat yours, and you eat mine, right?"
However, he wasn't short on food.
He opened the Sophisticated Backpack specifically for food, rummaged through the contents, and took out a large amount of food produced in Minecraft, placing it beside the Slowpoke.
This guy is a vegetarian.
There was no other way; if it ate meat, it couldn't even catch a Caterpie, and even when fishing with its tail, its tail was often dragged away by Water-type Pokémon.
In reality, it didn't even understand why it put its tail in the water; it just did so instinctively.
Yang Tao, however, knew why: Slowpoke instinctively wanted to evolve, but Slowpoke's evolution required it to fuse with a Shellder.
After a few seconds of sluggishness, Slowpoke lowered its head to look at the fruit on the ground, extended a claw, threw the fruit into its mouth, and began to chew and swallow slowly.
The Caterpie, currently gnawing on a leaf, remained unfazed, still happily munching away.
Yang Tao brushed his secret sauce on the Spearow and continued to eat the Slowpoke's tail.
Time passed by, minute by minute. Yang Tao, full and satisfied, contentedly picked up Caterpie and said, "We'll eat later. I'll get you some good leaves!"
With that, Yang Tao summoned a wooden door and walked through it. The resting Slowpoke watched the disappearing wooden door, its expression becoming even more sluggish, sitting motionless on the grass as if petrified.
The sudden change in environment made Caterpie a bit scared, and it clung tightly to Yang Tao's arm, not moving.
"You don't have to worry about any danger here."
As he spoke, a glowing face emerged from underground. Its mouth full of sharp teeth had a somewhat terrifying aura, causing Caterpie to immediately shrink its body, making itself as small as possible.
Yang Tao: "..."
"Frowny, you shouldn't just look around idly when you have nothing to do. What if you scare the plants and flowers?"
Frowny, who had just finished work and was about to sigh: "???"
I only have two eyes and one mouth, and they're LED. Who can I scare??
In the entire Overworld, I can only take advantage of my own children. What else do you want from me?
A sense of inexplicable sadness welled up in his heart.
The curve of his mouth couldn't help but turn downwards even more.
Yang Tao ignored Frowny, who was always focused on his wife, children, and warm bed. He walked to the chest in the storeroom marked 'Twilight,' opened it, and rummaged through it to find all the special saplings he had obtained previously.
Using a bonsai pot, he planted a Time Tree sapling, inserted an Acceleration Torch, and then held Caterpie while waiting by its side.
With the Acceleration Torch's boost, the Time Tree in the pot grew and shrunk, grew and shrunk, just like in an animation...
Time Trees, Transformation Trees, Ore Trees, Tall Twilight oaks...
Worried about taste preferences, Yang Tao planted one of each type.
"Maomao, what abilities do you have?"
When Caterpie heard Yang Tao call it 'Maomao,' the entire bug felt unwell, but a bug under the eaves had no choice but to bow its head.
It looked up ahead, tensing its body, and a sticky white substance shot out from Caterpie's head.
"Pfft~"
Yang Tao burst out laughing, mainly because Caterpie's String Shot skill was too vivid.
"It's okay, you did great!"
Caterpie's stage should have three skills: Tackle, String Shot, and Bug Bite, as well as the Thunder Web skill obtained from a TM.
"Come on, try biting me."
Caterpie looked up, a puzzled expression in its black eyes. This command was no less than telling one's own dog to bite them.
Yang Tao smiled and extended his hand, saying, "It's fine, my defense is very high."
Caterpie hesitated slightly, opened its small mouth, and bit Yang Tao's finger, gradually increasing the force.
But it was too light.
Even with his quantum suit's defense and datafication turned off, Yang Tao didn't feel any pain. The hard teeth in Caterpie's mouth felt more like a massage.
'My HP is too high...'
"Alright, no need to bite anymore. I will cultivate you well and make you a unique Shiny Beedrill."
He put the different leaves from several chests into his Sophisticated Backpack. The leaves harvested this time were enough for Caterpie to eat for a very, very long time.
Standing up and holding Caterpie, he didn't return directly to the Pokémon World. Instead, he went to the wooden door leading to the Digital World, opened it, and walked in.
This world, even in its materialized form, still felt dreamlike. After all, it was a world born from the internet, and all sorts of strange things could appear here.
Looking around, he quickly spotted Angemon. However, he wasn't alone at the moment; beside him was a tall Angewomon.
This Angewomon was not Kari's. Although Digimon looked similar, each one was actually unique.
Whether it was height, markings, or abilities.
Yang Tao: "..."
'I was worried you'd be bored in the Digital World and wanted to take you to the Pokémon World for a stroll, but you're here wooing girls...'
'But then again, Digimon seem to be able to lay eggs with each other too...'
"Yang, why are you here?"
Yang Tao's appearance immediately caught Angemon's attention. Without a word, he abandoned the Angewomon beside him and flapped his wings, flying to Yang Tao's front.
Looking at the increasingly mature Angemon, Yang Tao smiled, sighed, and teased, "I thought you'd be bored here. It seems I overthought it completely."
Glancing at the Angewomon who followed, Yang Tao inexplicably felt like his own pig was trying to get to the cabbage.
At this moment, a question popped into his mind: 'Does Angemon count as an early relationship? After all, the incubation time was so short...'
"Bored? Not really, it's just that there are too few opponents and data, so my evolution speed has slowed down."
The Digital World had been reformatted, and all Digimon had reverted to their most primitive Digiegg forms. Plus, Angemon himself was the kind of existence that was very difficult to evolve but would turn over a new leaf once evolved.
It was normal for his evolution to be a bit slow.
However, he still complained inwardly: 'Then stop flirting every day!'
Of course, as a father figure, he naturally wouldn't say that. He just gently patted Angemon's shoulder and said earnestly, "Strength is something that improves slowly. If you have time, you can visit other worlds, collect more data, and just let it happen naturally."
Angemon nodded slightly, looking as if he had learned a lesson. Yang Tao looked at him and asked, "Do you have time to come with me to an interesting world? Of course, if you don't have time, staying in the Digital World is fine too."
"I have time!"
Angemon was very excited to hear that Yang Tao was going to take him away. Unlike other Digimon, he had a master.
At this moment, the unfamiliar Angewomon landed beside Angemon, looked up slightly at Angemon, and asked, "Where are you going? Can I come too...?"
Sigma Angemon looked at Angewomon and said, "No, I'm with..."
"Yes! Why not?"
Yang Tao immediately interrupted Angemon, looked at Angewomon, and chuckled, "You and Angemon can both come with me, but that world is a bit special. Once we're there, you must follow my arrangements."
Angewomon glanced at him, then turned her gaze to Angemon beside her. Yang Tao felt as if his mouth had been stuffed with dog food.