Fearow led its flock away. He could have escaped, but he didn't dare, not only because of the connection to the Poké Ball, but more so because of the deep-seated fear etched in his mind.
Lin Zhi moved to a different spot, climbed onto a tree branch, and closed his eyes to rest.
He didn't dwell too much on whether Fearow would take the opportunity to flee; it was just a tool, after all.
Without this leader, the spearow flock, completely freed from restraint, would probably have very few members left.
As night deepened, and past dinner time, Lin Zhi's parents, who had been waiting for him to return, tried calling his phone, but it was hung up. This happened several times in a row.
They only saw a message he sent: he was fine, and he reiterated his intention to drop out of school.
Immediately, Lin Juemin, who was already impatient, turned completely grim. He slammed the table: "This is getting out of hand! Does he know how worried we are about him?
He didn't even make dinner, and who knows where he's run off to."
Lin Juemin was exasperated with his eldest son. The family paid for him to go to school, but he wasn't happy about it. What right did he have to complain about being tired when he was just studying in a classroom?
Didn't he understand that if he didn't study hard now, he would suffer when he entered society? A good diploma was more important than anything else.
He spent all day thinking about becoming a Trainer. Couldn't he still become a Trainer after going to college? Didn't he know his own limits, and how dangerous the wilderness was? One wrong move and his life could be over!
Which child nowadays doesn't study? He's truly embarrassing himself.
"Wait a moment, you should go check the residence tonight," Qin Huayu said, her face full of worry, as if she had aged a few years.
"Hmph! When I find that brat, I'll skin him alive. If he doesn't want to read, what else can he do?
He's useless!" Lin Juemin almost roared the last sentence.
He was already burly, and his expression at this moment was extremely fierce. He walked out of the house without a word, got on his electric scooter, and left.
After only a few minutes, he finally saw his car at the residence. His angry expression remained, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Woof! Woof!..."
Hearing the commotion, Wangcai and Xiaohua ran out, wagging their tails to greet their master.
"Where's Xiao Zhi?" Lin Juemin parked the car and opened the door to the residence.
The two Poochyena seemed to sense their master's mood, but they immediately reported truthfully. Lin Juemin also noticed that the off-road suit, machete, backpack, and the Poké Balls from the drawer were all missing.
His pupils contracted violently, and his anger was like a volcano about to erupt, but at some point, his tone became a little panicked: "That brat isn't brainless, let's search nearby first..."
Frantically grabbing his gear, Lin Juemin quickly took Wangcai and Xiaohua up the mountain.
Under the same moonlight, Fearow led the spearow flock back. The difference was that each pokémon was carrying something, more or less, in its mouth.
The items piled together included spatial backpacks, Poké Balls, berries, pokémon materials, and various other Miscellaneous things. The most valuable items were an Everstone and the Mystic Water.
Lin Zhi curled his lips, jumped down from the tree, and sighed: "A man cannot get rich without ill-gotten gains, just as a horse cannot grow fat without night fodder.
Does this count as indirect internal corruption?"
These items were steeped in blood, symbolizing the broken homes of countless people, but what did that have to do with him? He decisively began to examine his haul.
The quality of the spatial backpacks was all low-grade, with a standard of five cubic meters of internal space. The medium and high grades above that were 10 and 20 cubic meters, respectively.
But it was enough. After categorizing the items one by one, Lin Zhi's current shortage of Poké Balls was alleviated. He had just enough to capture the spearow flock, with a few left over.
After capturing and then releasing the spearow flock one by one, he planned to return immediately after using up all the Poké Balls.
In the wilderness, one must be filled with reverence and maintain vigilance at all times to maximize one's chances of survival.
Relying on his many years of survival experience in the wilderness, Lin Zhi quickly found suitable targets for tool Pokémon: Raticate, Arbok, Breloom, Sandslash, and Scyther.
Then he selected two of the best from these.
They were Arbok and Breloom, both at Elite Level. They were the pokémon he would use as tools after Fearow. The others were just incidental spoils of war.
pokémon: Arbok
Level: Elite Low Rank
Talent: Yellow
Attribute: Poison
Ability: Intimidate (Ability)
Learned Skills: Wrap, Glare, Poison Sting, Acid, Bite, Screech, Glare, Fire Fang, Ice Fang, Crunch, Acid Bomb, Dig.
Note: The patterns on its belly look like a terrifying face. Weak enemies will be scared away just by seeing this pattern... Pokémon: Breloom
Level: Elite Low Rank
Talent: Green
Attribute: Grass, Fighting
Ability: Poison Heal
Learned Skills: Tackle, Absorb, Leech Seed, Growth, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Mach Punch, Mega Drain, Focus Punch (Skill), Headbutt (Skill), Fake Out, Toxic, Worry Seed, Mach Punch, Brick Break, Dynamic Punch, Spore.
Note: The seeds on its tail are made of poisonous spores. It punches down enemies at speeds invisible to the naked eye.
Breloom's talent and ability were quite good. The Poison Heal ability could be paired with a Toxic Orb. Lin Zhi planned to train it as a second-tier team member, but nothing more.
The main force position remained vacant; the problem was still that he hadn't caught a pokémon with good enough talent.
Talent was truly too important. Green and Cyan might only be one rank apart, but the corresponding upper limits were completely different.
Elite Four Level, in the official domestic context, meant a powerful figure, while Gym Leader Level was at most a leader in a small city.
The resources needed to break through to Quasi-Heavenly King were simply unaffordable.
Therefore, although Green quality pokémon were one in a thousand, if one was willing to pay, all but Pseudo-Legendary pokémon could be bought on the market. Cyan, however, had no price on the market; even in auction houses with entry barriers, they were still priced in the tens of millions or even over a hundred million.
In the early stages of becoming a Trainer, resources were key. The upper limit for ordinary people was Elite Level, but the cost required was no less than a million and over a decade of time.
However, the further one progressed, the more stable and vast resource consumption became a basic condition, and the importance of talent gradually emerged.
One hurdle after another filtered out countless people. In his previous life, Lin Zhi wasted decades, and his main Pokémon were replaced again and again, so he deeply understood the helplessness of it all.
But now, he was confident he could reach the "scenery" he had never seen before.
Possessing Elite Level strength overnight, Lin Zhi briefly marveled. He had easily reached the pinnacle of power in Xinqing Town. The only hidden danger was a trivial matter of loyalty.
Mere Elite Level, he could still control them!
Who could understand the bitterness of his past decade in the previous life?
The evening wind was cool, and gazing at the continuous mountain ranges and rivers was another kind of unique beauty.
On the way back, Lin Zhi deliberately restrained his aura, quietly waiting for "roadblocks" to appear. He released Breloom to deal with them all, to build rapport and cultivate some feelings between them.
The machete in his hand grew heavier with the smell of blood; he had dissected many corpses to obtain Pokémon materials.
Retreating to the outskirts, he quickened his pace. With his keen perception, he quickly determined that a battle was happening not far away. He initially didn't want to interfere, but then he discovered that the person being attacked by wild Pokémon and in danger was actually his father, Lin Juemin!
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