Unexpected Surprise

[Caterpie]

[Type: Bug]

[Gender: Female]

[Potential: 41%]

[Level: 5.67%]

[Ability: Shield Dust/1.31%]

[Moves: (Tackle/2.51%)(String Shot/1.87%)]

"Yoho, this Caterpie's potential is pretty good..."

This was the Caterpie caught in the grass later on. Its potential was actually forty-one, the highest he'd encountered so far.

However, he still chose not to catch it. Based on his past gaming experience, Pokémon maxed out at level one hundred, which should correspond to the Champion Pokémon in the Pokémon World.

But this wasn't a game; it was the real world. Max level Pokémon? How was that possible?

To borrow a famous person's words, no two leaves in the world are exactly alike, meaning it's impossible for Pokémon to have a max level.

Of course, Legendary Pokémon were a different story...

Legendary Pokémon had a separate rating standard. He hadn't seen any, so he didn't know.

Since there was no max level, levels eighty or ninety should represent the peak for ordinary Trainers in the Pokémon World.

Excluding Legendary Pokémon Trainers.

Therefore, based on this deduction, the easiest way to reach that level would naturally be to obtain a Pokémon with eighty to ninety potential.

That... was pure wishful thinking, a pipe dream.

So, settling for the next best thing, he would only consider catching Pokémon with at least sixty potential.

This was just one direction of choice; there was another, unless the Pokémon was particularly special.

For example, Shiny Pokémon, or very unique Pokémon.

Like those with Egg Moves, or Hidden Abilities...

Then there was Ash's Snorlax with Butter Dance, the water-resistant Crystal Onix from the Orange Islands, and the Giant Dragonite from Bill's Lighthouse...

Among these, his favorite was Crystal Onix because it wasn't weak to water, making it perfect for his rain team.

If he had the chance, he would definitely catch that giant snake.

Of course, catching a Golden Magikarp would also be acceptable.

Even though he looked down on Magikarp, it was a Golden Magikarp. Even if he looked down on it, he'd still want to raise one, just as a daydream.

He didn't consider Pseudo-Legendaries or Starters because it was impossible, the chances too slim.

By the time he had the strength to obtain such Pokémon anytime he wanted, he probably wouldn't need them anymore.

Was it possible to mimic Ash and pick up a Starter Pokémon along the way?

He felt it was unlikely. If his guess was correct and every Starter had Elite Four potential, they would be recalled by the League and wouldn't be found wandering around.

Did he think Pokémon with Elite Four potential were like common cabbage, found everywhere?

He had caught so many Pokémon on the deserted island, yet he hadn't encountered a single one with over sixty potential. Forget sixty, not even fifty.

The highest potential Pokémon he'd encountered was this unremarkable Caterpie in his hand. It had no Hidden Ability, no Egg Moves, nor was it a Shiny Pokémon. Truly unremarkable.

Although he only caught ordinary Pokémon, if the sample size was large enough, he should still encounter one or two high-potential Pokémon, right?

Damn it, why did he feel inexplicably guilty?

Was he really that unlucky, that he wouldn't encounter even one? Or were Pokémon with over sixty potential really that rare?

Even if he lowered the requirement by a quarter, only catching Pokémon with over sixty potential or those that were particularly special, he still felt like he was searching for a needle in a haystack.

Forget it, take it slow, no rush. He'd rather have none than settle. His starter Pokémon, Poliwag, was enough.

Putting away the Caterpie's Poké Ball, Yu Hai trained his Poliwag in Water Gun for a while longer.

After the Water Gun move proficiency broke through five percent and its accuracy stabilized at eighty percent, the sky had darkened. He called his Poliwag ashore to return.

"Poliwag, let's go back," Yu Hai stood up and called to the Poliwag in the sea.

"Yoohoo, yoohoo," Poliwag heard the call, immediately stopped training, and returned to shore, panting, calling out to Yu Hai.

"Are you tired from training? We'll go back and eat," Yu Hai squatted down, stroked Poliwag's round head, picked up its slippery, wet body, and returned to their temporary shelter.

"Yoyo," Poliwag shook its head, indicating it wasn't tired.

Seeing this, Yu Hai was surprised. He wasn't surprised by Poliwag's stamina, but by the fact that the little tadpole could understand what he was saying and had learned to nod and shake its head. It had made significant progress and was getting smarter.

This way, their communication would have fewer obstacles. He smiled and replied, "Not tired! We'll go back now so little tadpole can have a good meal..."

Returning to the temporary shelter, Yu Hai picked up the protein paste from the Stew Pot, placed it on the campfire to heat with some Lukewarm Water, then poured it into the Frying Pan for Poliwag to eat.

"Poliwag, you eat first. I still have some things to do," Yu Hai calmed Poliwag, then, unable to bear eating alone, went to the beach where he had buried the plastic buckets to fetch water.

There were originally over twenty buckets here, but some were damaged by the fallen giant trees.

There were still over a dozen plastic barrels, all filled with fresh water. For the next half month, he wouldn't lack drinking water. To prevent evaporation, he had covered each barrel with a foam board.

There was also firewood. They wouldn't lack firewood for burning either. He discovered that the giant tree had fallen not because it swayed left and right, but because its core had been hollowed out by insects. No wonder it couldn't withstand the typhoon's destruction.

"I'm talking about you, Caterpie..."

He was lucky he had chosen the giant tree as his backing before. Turns out it was a fake. But it had contributed firewood, so he couldn't say it was a loss, nor a profit.

The four essential elements for survival: water, fire, food, and shelter.

The current priority was shelter. If he didn't want to be soaked like a drowned rat again, he needed to find a shelter that could protect him from the rain, store dry firewood, and allow him to make a fire.

He felt the trunk of the fallen giant tree would be quite good. It was already dried, natural building material.

But could he build a house? He didn't know how! This was really frustrating.

Without any proper tools, could he, alone, handle the workload of building a house?

It wasn't like building with blocks, where you could just put them together.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it. So damn annoying," Yu Hai filled his water container and returned to his makeshift shelter to start boiling water.

He wasn't hungry from the meal he had earlier, so he didn't need dinner. The Poliwag had replenished its stamina after eating the leftover meat porridge.

It didn't matter if he wasn't full; he was going to sleep soon, so it wasn't good to eat too much.

Leaning against the tree trunk, with the fire boiling water and the Poliwag smacking its lips in his arms, Yu Hai found his fulfilling island life somewhat pleasant.

But the prerequisite was that it absolutely must not rain. No rain, no rain, no rain...

He was truly afraid of the heavens. Please, no rain.

Roasting by the fire, drinking hot water, and bored, Yu Hai opened the Poliwag's proficiency panel, which he had read many times.

[Poliwag]

[Type: Water]

[Gender: Male]

[Potential: 31.01%]

[Level: 8.01%]

[Ability: Damp/0.53%] [Hidden Ability: Swift Swim/1.53%]

[Known Moves: (Mind Reader/0.21%) (Ice Ball/0.31%) (Soothing Mist/0.51%) (Water Gun/1.31%) (Hypnosis/0.72%) (Chain Slap/3.14%) (Tackle/0.71%) (Water Gun/5.01%)]

The proficiency panel might appear frequently. Readers who find it tiring can skip it. I will generally explain below the proficiency panel which moves will increase, and by how much. Once there are many moves, some that are not being trained will be hidden.