Chapter 102: Mei Xing and Mu Zi, the eruption of the Mount Lantern, Brock's Vulpix, Misty's Psyduck, and Meowth...
finally, Ash's Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and a clone of Pikachu...
It has to be said that Xia Mu has an irresistible affection for Pikachu.
However, apart from Pikachu, Pikachu is just Pikachu, except for this one, because his a clone of Pikachu, a high-quality replica of Pikachu...
Xia Mu has always believed that luck and fortune exist.
So, this one has a bit of that too, right?
Because Xia Mu's gaze was a bit strange, Pikachu felt uneasy under his gaze.
He wasn't until Xia Mu realized his gaze was too blatant that he smiled awkwardly and looked away.
After grasping the situation and information of all the Pokémon, Xia Mu watched Meixing and Muzi distribute food to the Pokémon.
After all, he was also a trainer of these Pokémon, so he took the initiative to help distribute the food, taking this opportunity to deepen his bond with the Pokémon.
Teamwork makes the dream work, something Xia Mu had never experienced before, but he truly understood it this time. It's a fascinating phenomenon;
which man wouldn't want to shine when surrounded by beautiful women? Even a significant difference in social status doesn't change this.
It might be a primal instinct, a feeling that the better one performs in front of the opposite sex, the more attention they'll receive, thus attracting mates and securing mating rights to reproduce.
Even though Xia Mu suppressed those wicked thoughts, he still cared deeply about their opinions.
Perhaps with more exposure and familiarity, he wouldn't feel this way anymore.
[The Pokémon world is truly the Pokémon world! Even research institutes produce stunning beauties; who can resist…]
Xia Mu thought to himself.
Professor Ivy, Sonia, Mei Xing, Mu Zi… Xia Mu remembered the many charming researchers and professors in the original story.
....
Watching Mei Xing and Mu Zi working efficiently, Xia Mu nodded again.
If they were willing, he'd like them to take care of the Pokémon here for a long time.
Actually, their job at the research institute was also to take care of the Pokémon's daily needs.
According to their self-introduction, their research focused on breeding, so they put a lot of effort into the Pokémon's food.
Naturally, it was also thanks to the generous funding from Mu Xiuli that they were able to prepare such a lavish meal, and they wouldn't have had the opportunity to experiment with the effects of various foods on the Pokémon.
This time, Xia Mu's return was just too opportune; they were in such a rush that they hadn't prepared many varieties, and there weren't many raw materials left.
Under these circumstances, they still managed to create food suitable for Arcanine, Red Gyarados, Beedrill, Gardevoir, Charizard, and Dragonite, showing their skill.
Of course, this was also partly due to the fact that Xia Mu's Pokémon weren't picky eaters.
During the feeding, Xia Mu casually took out boxes of Energy Cubes from her spatial backpack.
Actually, she didn't actually store them in her backpack, but rather used the backpack as a pretext to rummage through her storage space.
Each box was labeled as a special Energy Cube.
Xia Mu prepared three boxes for each Pokémon, one hundred energy cubes per box, enough for one Pokémon for a month. And this was calculated based on consuming them to excess.
After all, unless under extreme conditions, one or two energy cubes per meal are sufficient, three meals a day, a maximum of six cubes, plus a midnight snack, only eight.
This means a monthly consumption of 240 cubes, more than enough for 300.
Of course, the consumption will differ depending on the size of the Pokémon, for example, a heavyweight Pokémon and a cute one are incomparable.
However, Xia Mu didn't take out too many; he'd deal with the rest later.
Xia Mu is still grateful that energy cubes are so cheap.
Otherwise, how could he afford to raise so many Pokémon? He
needed to establish some private businesses as soon as possible; otherwise, no matter how much savings he had, without the ability to generate more money, it wouldn't be enough.
Thinking about the meager 27,645,000 League Coins left in his account, Xia Mu felt the money was too easy to spend, even with deliberate restraint.
[I wonder if those three from Team Rocket will come to me for help. If they do, I can have them help me build an Energy Cube manufacturing plant…] Xia Mu thought to himself.
This was the idea he initially came up with.
While there were many ways to make money—the existence of the cheat simulator and the system shop—none were as stable as this.
Firstly, other methods were too shocking; he needed to gradually build his own power and foundation before he could slowly lay the groundwork.
Secondly, the Energy Cubes from the system shop had terrifying effects, and they were already sold in other regions; even if he were investigated, it wouldn't matter, since he was only involved in Pokémon food.
…
In the blink of an eye, an afternoon had passed.
Xia Mu spent his time with the Pokémon, interacting with each of these cloned Pokémon.
He was somewhat surprised, as he had expected some Pokémon to leave.
However,all the Pokémon wanted to stay, and seemingly because they were clones, they were exceptionally competitive.
In the evening, Xia Mu saw Mei Xing and Mu Zi off.
They usually arrived around 7 or 8 am and returned around 4 or 5 pm.
After finishing their work here, they had to return to the research institute to organize data and report on various research findings, accumulating enough expertise to finally shed their intern graduate student status.
Being a researcher was indeed a very demanding job, far from the simple one Xia Mu had imagined.
Without outsiders, Xia Mu could relax more, no longer worried about Mewtwo being discovered, and could freely communicate and interact with the Pokémon.
Even in his own home, although surveillance cameras were installed in every corner, only his own family could see them.
Xia Mu could also directly control these devices, turning them off and stopping the recording.
"This kind of life is actually quite comfortable. If it continues like this, it'll be pretty good." Lying on a recliner in the yard, Xia Mu said while playing with his phone.
"But you don't seem to be the kind of person who would settle for leisure." Mewtwo's untimely remark left Xia Mu embarrassed.
If he had transmigrated with nothing,
just an ordinary person among ordinary people, without any cheat-like simulator, Xia Mu might have accepted his fate, peacefully raising some Pokémon, proving himself, settling down somewhere, and finding a woman who wasn't particularly beautiful but definitely not ugly to spend the rest of his life with.
However, the reality was not like that.
He was not only a transmigrator who knew everything, but he also had a cheat-like simulator and a system store that allowed direct access to games...
All of this, plus his family background, prevented him from being an ordinary person.
Ambition is something that grows step by step.
"At first, I just thought that as long as I had a certain level of strength, that would be enough for me to live a good life.
"Later, I felt that I had to have a certain level of strength. After all, I've come to this world, I can't just do nothing, can I?"
"Then, I received your invitation, and I suddenly felt that I could try doing something bold..."
Xia Mu sat up as he spoke.
His serious expression made the Pokémon surrounding him also become serious, especially the Vaporeon he was holding.
"So, what is your goal now?" Mewtwo asked.
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