"Begin the test, Trial Participants. Stay alert around those beside you. Don't trust anyone easily."
Although Coach Frostwolf was only stating the truth, his words made even more people wary.
Damn, this instructor really is constantly encouraging everyone here to kill one another! Qing Wu grumbled inwardly.
Qing Wu also saw the testing equipment in full. It was a large Nano Testing Robot.
The Nano Testing Robot was about three meters tall. Its head was made up of screens, while its stomach was the target area. They had to hit the robot's stomach to earn points.
Under the arrangements of the Team Rocket Robots, everyone lined up and took the test in order.
"Koffing, use Self-Destruct!" A Trial Participant holding a Koffing issued the command.
"What a pity." Qing Wu sighed. After this Koffing self-destructed, it would be left with only a sliver of health.
The base wasn't a charity. It wouldn't take the initiative to restore a Pokémon's stamina, and this wouldn't end well for the Trial Participant.
One could only say that Self-Destruct felt great for a moment, but the whole family would end up at the crematorium.
Koffing flew foolishly to the vicinity of the testing robot's stomach, its body swelling violently as it emitted light and heat.
When Koffing had completely turned into white light, there was a thunderous boom, producing a huge cloud of smoke.
The instrument immediately displayed a Power Value of 120.
"Power Value: 120." The Team Rocket auxiliary robot immediately recorded the Trial Participant's data, and the Trial Participant was ecstatic.
He failed to notice Coach Frostwolf's cold gaze. Using Self-Destruct to obtain a Power Value was the stupidest possible method.
This Trial Participant had also set a bad example. Over the next few moments, several other Trial Participants with Koffing made their Koffing self-destruct as well.
One Trial Participant's Koffing actually obtained an excellent Power Value of 150 after self-destructing, temporarily taking first place.
Qing Wu watched everything unfold like he was watching a show. The more excited they were now, the more tragic things would be later.
"Participant �, Power Value: 67."
"Participant �, Power Value: 121."
One Trial Participant after another took the test, and everyone wore a different expression.
Some people were even willing to damage the foundation of their Pokémon just to obtain a high score. That was something they would regret for the rest of their lives.
Everyone seemed to have gone mad, desperately trying to beat the others' scores. Looking at the lively atmosphere, Qing Wu found it extremely abnormal.
It seemed as if they were all being encouraged to use every possible means just for the sake of a score.
"Power Value: 200."
A beautiful young woman with gorgeous blue hair used Razor Wind with a different-colored Zubat, claiming first place for the moment.
Qing Wu widened his eyes. He remembered that this seemed to be the same Trial Participant who would ultimately fight her way through the others and earn the right to choose a Blue Quality Pokémon.
This Blue Quality Pokémon will be mine, and you'll always be beneath me. Qing Wu raised an eyebrow and thought calmly.
Next, a cold-faced young man manipulated an Ekans and achieved an � excellent score.
The young man cast an emotionless glance at everyone around him, then slowly left with Ekans.
This otaku-like young man was far from simple. Qing Wu recognized him as the future Poison-type Elite Four.
He always liked to stare at his opponents with yellow snake eyes. He was an expert in poison and excelled at using snake Pokémon.
For example, Arbok, Arbok, Sand Snake, Serperior, and so on.
By the time it was Qing Wu's turn to take the stage, the testing had already reached its later phase. Qing Wu's number was �.
Qing Wu watched Zubat flap its wings as countless air currents swirled around it, and knew that Zubat was ready.
Qing Wu gave Zubat only one command.
"Zubat, use Quick Attack."
That's right. With Tailwind active, Zubat's body was also larger than that of an ordinary Zubat.
Therefore, Zubat's speed would reach an extreme under Quick Attack.
Zubat flew high into the air, using gravitational acceleration, Quick Attack, and the effects of Tailwind to dive directly toward the instrument.
The Trial Participants only saw a streak of white light flash by before seeing � appear on the instrument. It was the highest score so far.
"Participant �, Power Value: 245, the highest score in the entire field, temporarily taking first place." The Team Rocket auxiliary robot announced the final result.
This result left everyone present unable to believe it.
"That was only a simple Quick Attack. How could it have such great power?"
"Could this be cheating?"
"How is this Zubat's destructive power so great?"
Everyone began discussing it animatedly, and some even shifted their gazes, seemingly unwilling to accept the score.
"Silence! The instrument cannot be wrong. This score is valid." Coach Frostwolf delivered the final verdict.
Everyone present immediately fell silent, looking incredulously at Qing Wu as he calmly recalled Zubat into its Poké Ball.
After a while of silence, everyone finally understood why Zubat had obtained such a score.
Qing Wu had simply used the technique of combining high altitude with gravitational acceleration, giving Zubat greater power.
Although everyone understood Qing Wu's little trick, there weren't many Trial Participants left behind him in the rankings.
Some Trial Participants were deep in thought, while others became so anxious that they burst into tears. In this Trial Base, all kinds of emotions could appear.
However, even more Trial Participants believed that Qing Wu's method was nothing but a cheap trick unfit for the stage, so Qing Wu received many disdainful looks.
Qing Wu didn't care about other people's opinions. If he had cared, this man-eating Trial Base would have devoured him long ago.
Thus, the final results were as follows:
First place, Participant �, Power Value: 245
Second place, Participant �, Power Value: 210
Third place, Participant �, Power Value: 200
Qing Wu was already calculating what he could exchange with his � points.
After the rankings were finalized, every Trial Participant received a special Wristband marked with a red R symbol.
They also received a Trial Card exclusive to Trial Participants. Each card displayed the Trial Participant's number.
The Wristband was made of nanomaterials and contained a storage space of approximately one cubic meter.
Six ordinary red-and-white Poké Balls were also embedded in the Wristband. They could be removed simply by prying them out with a finger.
The Trial Card could be used for point transactions and point exchanges. It was essentially the means of payment between Trial Participants.
After the gathering ended, Qing Wu headed straight for the Point Redemption Center.
As someone who had once been a member of Team Rocket, Qing Wu knew exactly where the Exchange Office was.
Moreover, Team Rocket's Point Redemption Center was the warehouse of the entire Team Rocket. It contained everything under the sun.
Even a large airship could be produced for you, as long as you paid enough Team Rocket points.
Qing Wu had many things to exchange this time, and they were all rather miscellaneous. Most importantly, he needed the special alloy that Kecleon had to consume.
That was the key to increasing the metallic strength of Kecleon's entire body.
When Qing Wu arrived at the Exchange Office, a Team Rocket member handed him a tablet listing all the items currently available for exchange.
Qing Wu once again recalled how expensive Pseudo-Legendaries were. A Dratini without any Quality evaluation at all cost ten million points to exchange for.
Any Pokémon connected to a Pseudo-Legendary cost ten million points to exchange for.
Slightly more powerful Pokémon cost several million points.
Qing Wu also saw a Green Quality Kecleon. Its exchange price was 3.5 million points.
Qing Wu felt that he was quite lucky. All the Pokémon he had encountered had been Green Quality.
Whether it was Rattata or Caterpie, none had an exchange price below one million points.
This showed that even Team Rocket had very few Green Quality Pokémon.
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