After this idea popped into Yang Tao's mind, he became eager to act. He was the type of doer who, once he thought of something, would immediately do it, and do it to the best of his ability.
Just then, the Cerulean City Gym's three sisters came up to him. Daisy, the eldest sister, smiled and said, "You are a powerful trainer. It's incredible how strong even a Caterpie can be trained to be."
"This is our Gym's badge, please accept it."
With that, Daisy pulled out a teardrop-shaped badge from some part of her swimsuit and handed it to Yang Tao.
"Thank you."
He put the still-warm but not-damp badge into his backpack.
Yang Tao was ready to leave and find a place to establish his own Gym, to welcome challenges from trainers across the Pokémon World.
But just as he was about to turn and leave, Daisy, the eldest sister, called out to him, saying with a hint of embarrassment, "Sir, could we please see your Pokémon?"
Hearing this request, Yang Tao nodded slightly and chuckled, "Of course, no problem, as long as they don't resist."
Upon hearing him agree, the three sisters' eyes instantly lit up.
Daisy, the eldest sister, squatted down and was the first to embrace the Caterpie that was about to climb onto Yang Tao's shoulder. Violet, seeing that the Caterpie had been taken, could only settle for looking at the Growlithe with mysterious purple markings beside Yang Tao.
As for the third sister, she had already gone swimming in the water with Slowking.
Yang Tao: "…"
Actually, I wouldn't resist being touched either.
Currently, all the Pokémon under Yang Tao's command are special Pokémon. Even the seemingly most ordinary Slowking is a King Pokémon with King's aptitude.
The Growlithe's appearance has now also become a shiny Pokémon; although only its markings' color has changed, it is still considered a different-colored Pokémon.
After spending over an hour watching a VIP private performance of synchronized swimming by the three sisters, and undergoing a baptism of youthful art and long legs, Yang Tao left the Cerulean City Gym.
"No wonder there were so many spectators…"
Leaving the Cerulean City Gym and walking towards the forest outside the city, he softly murmured to himself before taking out his Pokémon Pokedex from his backpack and opening it. It didn't just contain information about Pokémon.
It also had a detailed map of the Kanto region. Looking at the map, he muttered to himself, 'Where would be a good place to build a Gym…'
Soon, his gaze turned towards Goldenrod City.
Goldenrod City is a huge, well-connected metropolis in the Kanto region, situated right at the central junction of Cerulean City, Celadon City, Vermilion City, and Lavender Town.
Goldenrod City can be said to be the largest and busiest city in the entire Kanto region, and it is also very famous in other regions.
'The southwest direction of Goldenrod City is good… It's near a bay, and there are forests and plains. The only trouble is there's no mountain, but that's not a big problem; I can just build one myself.'
Convenient transportation and abundant resources—the more Yang Tao looked, the more satisfied he became.
He took out the Growlithe's special Iron Skin and chuckled:
"Growlithe, come into the bowl."
After tossing Growlithe and Slowking into his backpack, Yang Tao didn't waste any time and quickly flew towards the southwest of Goldenrod City.
In less than ten minutes, he arrived at the place he had in mind.
Looking at the extremely prosperous Goldenrod City to the northeast and the huge bay to the south, Yang Tao nodded in satisfaction.
He picked out a relatively flat grassland, then descended from the sky and surveyed the surroundings. A gentle breeze blew, and his mood couldn't help but become pleasant.
"I'll build a Gym here, and then build a mountain on the open space behind it. The underground also needs to be tidied up to attract some Pokémon that like to live underground…"
"Also, the bay is still a bit far; the canal issue also needs to be considered."
The Kanto region is not large; its prototype is a small area of Japan. If it were based on China, even a medium-sized province, Ash's walking journey would probably have to be several times longer.
Looking at the Pokémon running in the grassland, Yang Tao thought it would be better to first hollow out the underground to lay the foundation and, incidentally, collect all the materials for building the large mountain.
He took out the pickaxe from his backpack.
"You three, follow me, don't fall behind…"
That way, if they encountered any danger, he could directly open a door and take them away.
Thump thump… Bang…
At a depth of ten meters underground, a large space appeared. Rocks suddenly vanished, and some items that couldn't be classified as rocks fell from mid-air.
Bones, fossils, minerals, and even an evolution stone.
As well as a few Digletts.
"Holy cow, so this is what it's like under Diglett!"
The Pokémon Diglett are not as mythical as people say. How could they be muscular tough guys? Their bodies are very similar to real-life voles, just much rounder and cuter.
Only their heads are a bit disproportionate…
Speaking of which, there are plenty of disproportionate Pokémon in the entire Pokémon World; a few Digletts are nothing.
A few Digletts and their evolved forms, Dugtrio, scurried into the wall, escaping this dreadful place. From their demeanor, they didn't plan on coming back.
Growlithe joyfully picked up the items fallen on the ground. Whether it was bones or fossils, they all automatically flew into its backpack.
backpack Dog: Each upgrade will add three item slots to your dog in the backpack interface. This interface needs to be opened by right-clicking your dog while holding a wooden plank. After reaching level five, your dog will automatically pick up surrounding dropped items when there is space in its item slots.
The only relatively troublesome thing was the ores, which still required Yang Tao to mine them himself.
He used the Building Staff to reinforce the area to prevent collapse. Since it was prepared for Pokémon that would later prefer to live in caves, Yang Tao did not place any light sources.
"Geodude, Golem, Onix, Zubat… I'll catch some of these underground-dwelling Pokémon to expand the ecosystem."
He emerged from underground with a bountiful harvest and glanced at the materials in his backpack…
"I feel… it's not enough."
Building a house is no problem, but making it luxurious might be difficult. Since he was going to build, he might as well build a wonder.
Not only should there be a Gym underground, but there should also be one in the sky.
The amount of work seemed a bit large, but it was nothing in front of Chain Mining and the Building Staff.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, a week passed, and an incredibly luxurious Gym appeared on the grassland.
Yang Tao stood in front of the Gym, looking at the busy Villagers decorating, and showed a satisfied expression.
In reality, the time spent building the Gym wasn't long, but the detailed decoration took up most of his time, and this was with the help of the Villagers.
Otherwise, if he had to build and decorate it by himself, the time would have doubled.
Turbulent river water flowed past the Gym, and some Water-type Pokémon had already moved in as the river channel changed.
"It's finally taking shape!"
As for the high mountain he had mentioned before, it had also taken shape, but it was merely a prototype, a very small rocky hill. For this, he had used all the materials from the previously excavated underground area, Mt. Moon, and even the canal.
It's just that there are no Pokémon…