chsdbacks Chapter 177: The Great River Crab of Life with Pokémon 1?
Chapter 177: The Great River Crab of Life with Pokémon 1?
Chapter 177: Life Crab with Pokémon?
"How's it going, Dr. Elm? Have you figured anything out?"
Awakened by the professor's voice, Ash and Misty quickly came to his side to watch.
At this moment, Dr. Kumoki, still wearing his exaggerated glasses, excitedly showed them the content on the screen.
"Ash, your egg must have been attacked by external energy right after it was hatched."
"Then it is also very powerful, not only resisting the invasion, but also assimilating the energy to become what it is now."
Professor Elm spread out a large amount of data reports on the table, then looked up and asked Ash.
"This egg wasn't originally black, was it?"
When Ash got the little black egg, it already looked like this preserved egg.
However, given Lugia's silvery-white body, its egg couldn't have been this black from the start, so he immediately nodded to Professor Elm.
"In that case, I understand roughly." Professor Elm has an encyclopedic knowledge of all Pokémon eggs.
I also recall seeing a Pokémon egg with a similar pattern in the Johto League database.
After only a moment's thought, Dr. Kongmu had already confirmed the true identity of the little black egg.
"Ash, how did you obtain this special Lugia egg?"
"After I saved the world, this child's father asked me to take care of him," Ash answered truthfully, but the content was quite surprising.
"Oh! The muscular boy Professor Oak was talking about who solved the world-ending crisis of the three legendary birds, that's you."
Ash's situation is a secret within the Kanto, Johto, and Orange Leagues, but Dr. Elm is a key member and therefore knows about it.
At this moment, Professor Elm finally remembered Ash's identity, which shows that he is indeed a science and engineering student who is always focused on research.
Ash told him his name from the beginning, and he's only just realizing it now.
【bite! Kongmu Botu: Favorability +3】
"Amazing, Ash! You actually managed to gain Lugia's approval."
Dr. Kumo took out another incubator and began to test it.
"This egg is indeed about to hatch, but the life inside cannot control the leakage of its own energy, which emits a kind of black mist."
"This fog is uncontrollably absorbed by the eggshell, causing the shell to continuously reinforce itself, which prevents it from hatching."
"Moreover, the black mist seems to have some other undesirable functions." With a somewhat serious expression, Dr. Kongmu manipulated the instrument to collect a portion of the black mist, intending to conduct further in-depth research later.
The nature of these things always made him subconsciously uneasy.
However, through the observation device on Dr. Kōki's face, he could also clearly observe a peculiar phenomenon.
The black mist that was rampaging through the air and acting so domineeringly dissipated immediately upon contact with Ash.
This relieved the doctor, allowing him to continue focusing on the little black egg.
"Xiao Zhi, this black mist is behaving rather strangely. You'll have to be more careful in the future."
"But there's nothing unusual at the moment, probably because you're here with it—"
Ash remembered that Lugia had mentioned it before, and it must be the effect of the Ho-Oh feather inside his body.
No wonder the little black egg sticks to Suicune; it probably wants to use the power of the same origin within Suicune to help it hatch.
After a few taps, Professor Elm modified the device. The little black egg fit perfectly inside, and he even made a rope to make it easier for Ash to carry around.
"I will help you build an incubator that can extract the black mist, so it should be able to hatch normally."
"For the time being, try to keep the egg with you as much as possible and don't put it in your bag so that the black mist can evaporate."
"Okay, thank you so much, Dr. Elm!"
Xiao Zhi took it and casually hung it around his neck.
"You're welcome. After all, you've done me a great favor. Here, I'll give you this as well." Professor Elm took a book out of the cabinet and handed it to Ash.
"This is a manual I wrote for hatching Pokémon eggs. I believe it will be helpful to you as a trainer."
Xiao Zhi took the notebook over and immediately opened the table of contents to read it as soon as he got to the sofa.
This document details the identification methods and care techniques for various Pokémon eggs, as well as precautions for hatching them.
It even explained how to obtain Pokémon eggs, which greatly piqued Ash's interest, and he immediately went to that page.
Unfortunately, when he flipped to the back, he didn't find the exciting content he wanted to see.
It turns out that Pokémon don't have organs like humans.
Therefore, the way to obtain a Pokémon egg is to make the two Pokémon's relationship reach a point of mutual affection.
Then build them a comfortable nest, and the two Pokémon will hold hands together inside.
The energy of both converges between them, and through a magical evolution, a Pokémon egg will eventually emerge between the two parent Pokémon.
"How incredibly innocent! I've learned something new."
This is a very useful manual. Xiao Zhi happily accepted it and can read it while he works out.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for triggering a new legendary quest series: "Shocking! Everyone Loves Grass-type Pokémon!"]
(I) "Please use the same method as a human crab to help a Pokémon lay an egg!"
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +30000; Speed +2; HP +5; Free Attribute Points +6; The system will unlock a new feature "Pokémon Body Modification" (Want to see the adorable expressions of these soft, trusting Pokémon excitedly under your big hands?)]
[Accept/Reject]
[Accepting this will unlock the next legendary questline, "Take This, Typhoon!": Embark on a journey to Wushan with a Typhoon!]
[Rewards: League Coins +40000; Speed +4; HP +6; Free Attribute Points +8; New title "Ditto": You can now have Pokémon Eggs with Pokémon outside the Egg Group! (You're such a little beast~)]
[Stay tuned for more episodes like "Take this, Gardevoir!" and "Take this, Pheromosa!"!]
[Refusing will unlock a new side quest "My Beloved Pokémon": Help your Pokémon grow up healthy and reach a maximum friendship level of 10.]
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +2000; Speed +2; Stamina +2; Charisma Trait Level +1]
"?!"
"I don't accept this! Are you kidding me?! And what kind of method is this, a human-made giant river crab?!"
Although Ash is a bit too masculine, he should at least be in human form.
He's not furry!
[Refuse to monitor the host's Pokémon status]
[Ding! Congratulations on completing the new side quest "My Beloved Pokémon": Let your Pokémon grow up healthy and strong, and reach the maximum friendship level of 10 Pokémon.]
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +2000; Speed +2; Stamina +2; Charisma Trait Level +1]
[Characteristic "Charm" Iv2→Iv3: Every gesture you make exudes an attractive aura, making it very difficult for your favorability rating to drop]
"Okay, that's good." Ash gave himself a thumbs up for his choice!
But then the system notification sounded again.
[Ding! Legendary quest series, you can choose to accept it again at any time, meow!]
"unnecessary!"
This damn system always gives Ash some weird and strange tasks. It's so annoying.
The little red dots for unfinished tasks in the task list interface are almost curing Xiao Zhi's obsessive-compulsive disorder.
After taking what Professor Elm gave them, Ash and Misty stopped bothering him and waved goodbye.
As he left the research institute, Ash carefully examined the new incubator for the black egg.
Turn on the switch on the device, and after a sound, a large cloud of black mist immediately gushed out from the top of the incubator.
However, Ash had the little black egg hanging around his neck, and the black smoke just happened to rise up from Ash's neck.
Strangers might mistake it for Ash's own head smoking.
However, after the black smoke was purified by the Ho-Oh Feather and Aura power on Ash's body, it dissipated after floating for a while.
This incubator is very efficient! It seems like Ash's Lugia is finally on the agenda.
However, the continuous black smoke after it was turned on was really annoying, so Xiaozhi quickly turned it off.
After that, we can only endure it for a while.
After resting and replenishing their supplies for two days, Ash and his friends left Wakaba Town.
Ash has already chosen the first location to challenge: Violet City, the city with the nearest gym.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a new side quest, "Go and light up all the teleportation anchors! (Johto Chapter)": Please light up the teleportation coordinates in the important cities of the Johto Alliance! (0/9)]
[Rewards: Alliance Coins +8000; Speed +2; Free Attribute Points +4; Milton Battle Ticket Fragment +1 (Rumor has it that collecting four fragments can summon Shenron!)]
The task of lighting up the anchor point has finally arrived, but Ash is currently short of funds. However, Kojiro and the others have already returned to the group to help.
With his continued efforts, he should be able to save enough money to buy property before reaching the next city.
As Ash set off from the starting city, he became extremely excited.
"I'm going to explore the area ahead now!"