Choosing a Pokémon Egg

"That was pretty good..." Hearing those final words, Lin Feng immediately smiled.

After thinking for a moment, he said softly:

"Whatever game you want to make is your own choice. When you first entered the town, you held a lot of hostility toward humans. Now, I only hope that whenever you harbor deep hatred toward humans in the future, you'll remember this town...

Of course, if you ever miss the food here, you can come back too. I'll always have something prepared for you."

As his words fell,

Mewtwo's phantom fell silent for a moment before dissolving into energy and disappearing.

Meanwhile, high above Wutong Town.

Mewtwo stood amid the clouds, staring blankly at the town below. "He discovered my identity long ago?"

After standing there for a long while, it opened a Poké Ball at its waist. "Forget it. This town really is wonderful..."

A Goodra immediately floated into the air.

"Use Rain Dance on the town."

"Goodra..."

Three days later...

July 24th.

The town had been much cooler these past few days. Even the weeds beside Bluestone Path felt damp and moist beneath one's feet.

All because of a dark cloud that had drifted in from somewhere three days ago and gathered overhead.

Within moments, a torrential downpour had fallen, forming a curtain of rain and filling the town's only river back up.

For Wutong Town, which had not seen rain for an entire month,

it was naturally a rare piece of good news.

At the Plantation...

On the two plots near the Breeding House, the Spicy Pepper Fruits had grown blood-red, each one as large as an apple. Their branches were propped up with forked wooden sticks to keep them from collapsing.

A fresh batch of turnips had also sprouted, their snowy white roots peeking out from the soil.

And the watermelons... In just three days, they had already grown as round as basketballs. Their stripes were clear and distinct, and they would probably be ready to eat in another day or two.

The pasture grass had also grown into a lush second crop, reflected in the Water Reservoir like a painting.

Other than the Water Reservoir and the rice paddies, the entire Plantation was full of vibrant life and lush greenery.

Yet Lin Feng wore a bitter expression as he harvested the mature vegetables alongside Servine.

As he picked them, he placed them into a Storage Ball.

He sighed inwardly for no particular reason.

"Sure enough, I should've kept it here to work."

After experiencing how convenient it was to have a Psychic-type Pokémon harvest crops, he truly could not stand this purely manual harvesting method anymore.

About half an hour later.

Lin Feng wiped his forehead and looked at Servine, who had withdrawn its Vine Whip. Thinking that three or four days had passed and the energy from its evolution had stabilized, he took out his only Intermediate Rare Candy and handed it over. "Here, have some candy."

"Servine?"

Servine caught the candy with its Vine Whip, looking confused.

Hadn't its Trainer told it that the candy no longer worked?

"This is a new one."

Lin Feng explained briefly, then waved at Pidgeotto in the sky. He tossed up a basic Rare Candy, which Pidgeotto caught precisely, letting out a cheerful cry.

Hmm...

Pidgeotto needed to grow stronger to reclaim its territory. Besides its Energy Level, he also had to help it become more proficient with its moves.

That would take some time.

After all, he would definitely be exploring the Wild Area near his home in the future.

Ring ring ring~

As he was thinking, his phone suddenly rang.

It was an unfamiliar number.

Lin Feng picked up the phone and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hello? Is this Mister Lin Feng? The Starter Pokémon Eggs you reserved at Wangwang Supermarket are ready for you to choose from..."

Lin Feng's eyes lit up.

It looked like his Plantation was getting another new helper...

Choosing a Pokémon Egg

After three days, the online buzz surrounding the Baby Cup gradually died down. The number of new customers visiting the Breeding Shop each day had more or less stabilized. Including returning customers, around a hundred people came to the Breeding House every day to buy Energy Cubes.

Most of them were returning customers.

Still, they brought Lin Feng quite a few special rewards each day.

The rarer ones included various TMs and some treasures.

For example, Grass Slide, Aqua Tail, Grass Pledge, Flamethrower, Mystic Guard, Surf, Gale Wings...

Lin Feng had transferred most of them to Servine and the others. He kept the unsuitable ones for now, intending to see whether he could sell them in the future.

The more ordinary rewards were Berries with special enhancement effects.

Lin Feng thought that he needed to find an opportunity to turn those Berries into Energy Cubes with special effects as well.

That way, the Trainers he attracted would naturally be stronger.

After all, Energy Cubes for stamina and maintenance could ultimately only attract Rookie Trainers.

And the system's mechanism was simple.

The stronger the Joyful Pokémon, the richer the rewards received.

It was a bit unfortunate that

the Douyin account he had created did not seem to have caught ByteDance's attention. It had only made a little progress thanks to the traffic from the Baby Cup.

By now, it only had around ten thousand followers.

Though that was not much, its conversion rate and completion rate were both high.

Most viewers had been drawn in by Milotic, as lovely as a water lily emerging from the surface. They watched her slender, graceful body sway across the water as she sprayed water over the vegetable fields.

Under the sunlight, the water shimmered, reflecting Milotic's figure. It was practically a perfect match!

"Holy shit, Milotic! You actually made a Pokémon like that water your crops? What a waste of a treasure! If she lived at my house, I'd worship her!"

"So pretty! Blogger, blogger, how did you catch such an obedient Milotic?"

"Isn't that easy? Catch her while she's still a Feebas. Then this Milotic will basically devote herself to you for life..."

"Wuwuwu, but I don't have money to buy a Prism Scale."

In this situation,

he only needed to wait for an opportunity... If one video went viral, the account would truly take off.

Maybe he could even start selling online in the future?

He could sell his Energy Cubes to every League!

Let all Pokémon become joyful because of them!

Lin Feng emerged from the Plantation, happily imagining the endless system rewards he would receive then.

Then he checked his account's daily stats. Yesterday's video had more than fifty thousand views, over three thousand likes, and more than eight hundred comments.

He immediately felt that while his ideals were grand, reality still required him to take things one step at a time.

After telling Qin Shu to keep an eye on the Breeding House and call him if anything happened, Lin Feng headed out with Servine.

Because many more people had been coming and going from the town recently, the bus driver, who had previously only made one round trip each day, had begun traveling back and forth to the town much more frequently.

However, that also brought new problems.

For example, Lin Feng, standing at the town entrance, told Servine, "Now that you've evolved, you can't ride the bus anymore."

After evolving, Servine had grown to around 1.45 meters long. Pokémon of that size were not permitted on public transportation.

"Servine..."

Servine looked at its body and suddenly felt that things had been better before it evolved.

Not only had its arms become shorter after evolving, but it could no longer lie on...

The moment that thought appeared, Servine cut it off.

Wangwang Supermarket.

Following the directions, Lin Feng quickly found the person in charge, Chi Heng.

He stood at the supermarket entrance. When he saw Lin Feng, he immediately put on a flattering smile. "You're here."

Chi Heng was a businessman. Weighing gains and losses was ingrained in his bones.

During the previous Baby Cup, he had discovered that although his child, Chi Chang, had not taken first place in the end, his decision to surrender had instead earned praise from most netizens, who called him a loyal and righteous Trainer.

Though the outcome was different, the effect was the same.

Chi Heng felt much better about it.

Combined with Lin Feng's generous assistance during the Baby Cup and his... suspected status as a Breeder above the advanced rank,

it completely changed Chi Heng's opinion of Lin Feng.