Was it really that delicious?
He was starting to doubt his own cooking skills.
He tried slurping a mouthful of noodles...
Three minutes later...
Lin Feng, drenched in sweat, slurped down the last mouthful of broth and shouted, "Awesome!"
The two Pokémon beside him wore equally satisfied expressions.
"I don't feel like anything else changed. Why does it taste so much better?"
Even Lin Feng could not understand the change in the noodles' flavor.
In the end, he could only attribute it to the System's gifts somehow causing him to unconsciously alter his cooking technique.
"Alright, now that we've finished eating, I'll have to trouble you, Sandshrew~"
Lin Feng took out a bag of Golden Fertilizer gifted by the System from the System Space. It was not very large, probably around five hundred grams.
This world's storage technology was completely maxed out.
There were even Storage Balls similar to Poké Balls.
So Lin Feng was not worried that taking things from the System Space in front of the two little Pokémon would make them suspicious.
"Sandshrew!"
Having never eaten anything so good before, Sandshrew was visibly fired up and indicated that it would definitely handle the task Lin Feng gave it.
Leading the two Pokémon back to the Plantation, Lin Feng first spread the Golden Fertilizer evenly across a plot of land.
According to the System's assessment,
this fertilizer could increase the growth speed of ordinary plants within a 10x10-meter area by ten times.
If he was planting ordinary crops,
one bag of Golden Fertilizer was enough for one plot.
The System really was generous with this stuff.
He already had dozens of bags...
And more than a dozen Rare Candies...
"Alright, Sandshrew, just till this plot of land..."
Grassy Terrain TM
Dusk.
In the two tilled plots, Lin Feng planted quite a few plants used to make Super Potions. He had also bought some Spicy Pepper Fruit, millet chili, turnip, and other vegetable seeds from the seed shop in town and planted them.
On the way back, he had also bought a fish tank.
To show his gratitude to Sandshrew,
Lin Feng made another bowl of Spicy Noodle Soup that evening.
Sandshrew was overjoyed by this. It looked toward the still-uncultivated land in the Plantation, and its eager little eyes practically said, "Those jobs are mine too. Remember to call me when the time comes."
"Here, have some candy."
Seeing Sandshrew about to leave, Lin Feng took out a Rare Candy.
"Sandshrew?"
Sandshrew took it with its claws, looking somewhat confused.
"It's tasty."
Sandshrew sniffed it, did not think much of it, and swallowed it in one bite.
After swallowing it, it felt the fatigue from a day of work fade away. It seemed more energetic and stronger.
The simple-minded Sandshrew did not think much of it. After clasping its paws and bowing to Lin Feng twice, it left.
Only through Lin Feng's Eye of Investigation could he see
that Sandshrew's Energy Level, originally between 11 and 12, had now become 13 to 14.
Overall, it had risen by two levels!
"Snivy..."
Snivy let out a resentful sound from the side.
It understood now.
As long as it was food made by the human in front of it,
it was basically always top-tier cuisine!
"Alright, you worked hard too. You pulled weeds from two plots all day."
Lin Feng crouched down and looked at Snivy with an inexplicable smile.
Yet that smile somehow made Snivy feel embarrassed. After accepting the candy, it thought for a moment, as though it had made some sort of decision. Then it moved closer to Lin Feng and lowered its head.
Did that posture mean it was asking Lin Feng to pet its head?
"Haha..."
Lin Feng could not help but chuckle. As he handed over the candy, he finally got to place his hand on its head.
The smooth texture felt like jelly, yet it was also soft and supple. Stroking it gently, he could even feel a slight coolness.
In other words...
...Mm...
It felt exceptionally good.
Now that Snivy was willing to let him pet its head, Lin Feng did not keep teasing it. Instead, he took out a Poké Ball and placed it before Snivy with a sincere attitude.
"Snivy?"
Snivy had just put the Rare Candy into its mouth and had not even had time to chew when it saw a large Poké Ball placed before it.
Its chewing immediately stopped, and its entire body froze awkwardly in place.
Lin Feng said very seriously, "Would you like to become my Pokémon?"
After spending a day together,
he had grown rather fond of this Snivy.
"Snivy~?" (So... so sudden...)
Snivy turned its head away uneasily.
Although it had a very favorable impression of Lin Feng,
and could not help wanting to agree upon hearing the question,
they had only spent one day together. Was this not a little too fast?
Lin Feng smiled. "When fate arrives, how can it be called sudden? Besides, I'm sincerely asking whether you can become my Pokémon."
After swallowing the Rare Candy in its mouth, Snivy looked at the Poké Ball before finally turning its head away. However, it placed its hand on the Poké Ball.
"Snivy~!" (Since you've... put it that way, then alright...)
With faint flashes of red light, Snivy's figure vanished into the Poké Ball the next moment.
"Tsk, what a proud yet adorable little thing."
Lin Feng shook his head and released it again.
Pokémon: Snivy Gender: Female Ability: Contrary Aptitude: Red Individual Values: HP (23), Attack (21), Special Attack (25), Defense (25), Special Defense (24), Speed (31) Strength: Level 14–19 Moves: Leaf Blade, Grass Whistle, Glare, Vine Whip, Leech Seed. Description: It felt that it might have met a pretty good human. Friendship: 60 (It thought you were pretty good) Joy Value: 60 (Joy mixed with a trace of uncertainty)
"Snivy~?"
"Come on, I'll introduce you to a new companion."
Lin Feng took out Feebas's Poké Ball.
He had been busy all day and had not yet had the chance to release Feebas.
"Snivy..."
Seeing that Lin Feng was still the same as before, with no changes at all, Snivy did not know why, but it let out a sigh of relief and followed him with tiny steps.
When they arrived beside the Water Reservoir,
after settling for a day, the Water Reservoir had become clear.
With a light tap,
Feebas, which had spent half the day inside the Poké Ball, immediately swam out.
Upon seeing Lin Feng again, its dull fish eyes revealed a hint of delight.
Lin Feng lifted it from the water for the curious Snivy to see. Looking at the uneven scales on its body, he fell into deep thought.
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