Quilava

Luo Mu didn't like self-destruction. Without any suicidal thoughts, he remarked that Moltres' current posture resembled a hen on its nest. He crouched down, reached under Moltres, and directly took out the incubator, casually patting Moltres' warm feathers with his hand.

Moltres clearly felt a pair of hands messing with its belly, and its anger flared up. However, under the indifferent gaze of the Luxray beside Luo Mu, Moltres was forced to suppress its rage.

Moltres felt utter despair. It was a legendary Pokémon, yet it was being molested by a human and dared not resist.

If this got out, how would it ever be respected again?

While Moltres was sulking alone, Luo Mu picked up the incubator and examined it closely. He frowned and whispered, "It's only the fourth day, and it's absorbed so much already. Is it thanks to Moltres?"

The originally emerald green nutrient solution in the incubator had turned completely transparent, indicating that all the energy contained within had been absorbed.

He remembered the manual stating that a normal Pokémon Egg would absorb most of the nutrient solution in seven days. Even fast ones would only be a day or two ahead. But for a Pokémon Egg to completely absorb the nutrient solution in just four days, the manual had no examples of such a case.

It was simply outrageous.

Luo Mu sighed, returned to the house, and poured the second bottle of nutrient solution into the incubator. He said with a worried expression, "At this rate, it won't even last half a month."

He silently placed the incubator back under Moltres, hoping that the legendary Pokémon's Flame Body ability would be strong enough to speed up the hatching of this Pokémon Egg.

Otherwise, he would be eaten out of house and home.

The Farm was being looked after by Serperior and the others. Moltres seemed quite well-behaved, and Luo Mu had also asked Mimikyu to keep an eye on Moltres from the shadows, just in case it suddenly decided to attack the Pokémon Egg.

Luo Mu left with relative peace of mind.

While searching for sellable materials and items in the wild based on the system's prompts, Luo Mu and Luxray made their way towards their destination.

Time always flew by when searching. Luo Mu had set out at noon, and now the sky was already turning dusky, nearing complete darkness.

Luo Mu tallied his harvest from the half-day spent searching. Excluding the herbs he wanted to keep for himself, the most valuable item was a Hard Stone, a held item for Rock-type Pokémon.

On the market, a Hard Stone typically sold for around three thousand League currency. This item could be dropped by many Rock-type Pokémon, so it wasn't particularly expensive.

Adding in some miscellaneous items, he estimated he could make a small profit of about five thousand League currency by selling everything in Pingdie Town.

Upon reaching the foot of a mountain covered in dense trees, Luo Mu stopped his advance. He signaled Luxray to wait where it was and began contemplating what to eat for dinner.

Although he had some dry rations in his backpack, they were for emergencies when food was scarce. Given the lush vegetation on this mountain, he figured there should be some wild delicacies within.

As Luo Mu was thinking, Luxray, which had been lying alertly on the spot, suddenly got up and sniffed the air, as if it had caught a scent.

After discerning the smell, a look of pleasant surprise flashed in Luxray's eyes, and it called out to Luo Mu, "Meow!"

"What is it, Luxray?"

Luo Mu looked at Luxray with a questioning gaze. Luxray didn't gesture wildly to explain; instead, it gestured with its eyes for Luo Mu to follow and then started running into the mountain.

Luo Mu blinked, finding the scene somewhat familiar, as if something like this had happened before.

Without time to think further, seeing Luxray about to disappear into the mountain, Luo Mu had to temporarily put aside his memories and quickly followed Luxray's pace.

The path up the mountain was difficult, with almost no traces of human passage, not even what could be called a proper path.

Luo Mu, however, moved with practiced ease, his gaze following Luxray's intermittent stops, climbing rapidly like a monkey.

As they moved forward, even Luo Mu's nose could detect a faint fragrance in the air.

Memories resurfaced at this moment. Luo Mu recalled the time shortly after he had transmigrated.

Penniless back then, he and Luxray, who was still a Shinx, had earned their first pot of gold in the mountains thanks to Shinx's keen eyesight and sense of smell.

The most memorable event from those days also began with a scent like this in the air.

After climbing more than halfway up the mountain, even Luo Mu was starting to pant from the weight of his large backpack. Fortunately, Luxray also stopped its advance at this point.

Luxray didn't make a sound but gestured with its eyes for Luo Mu to look in a certain direction not far away.

Luo Mu felt a rich aroma lingering at the tip of his nose, but this didn't prevent him from looking at the spot not far away with a surprised expression.

There, stood a male Quilava.

The Quilava's skin was black, with its eyelashes, tail tip, and hooves being a rosy pink.

Instantly, Luo Mu's mouth began to water.

Don't misunderstand; Luo Mu wasn't interested in the Quilava itself. He was merely interested in what its abilities brought.

Quilava, like its pre-evolution Cyndaquil, was a Pokémon famous for its sense of smell. Their olfactory senses were incredibly powerful, capable of detecting various delicacies buried deep underground.

Because their exceptional sense of smell was solely dedicated to finding food, the Quilava showed no reaction even though Luo Mu and Luxray, sources of unfamiliar scents, were so close.

The Quilava continuously sniffed the ground, occasionally digging up the soil to put the delicious fungi growing within into its mouth.

Only at night, when its nearly black body was less visible to predators, could it hide its fragrant form.

Eating and digging, the Quilava remained unaware of the two followers behind it, who were constantly picking up the food it left behind.

Suddenly, the Quilava caught an extremely sweet scent in the air. Its eyes lit up, and its limbs, which looked fatty but were actually all muscle, powered up as it sprinted madly towards the source of the scent.

Luo Mu and Luxray, who had been trailing far behind, exchanged a look and unhesitatingly gave chase.

Judging by Quilava's reaction, there was something!

Quilava's sprint lasted for a full ten minutes. Hissing sounds and strange calls echoed through the dim mountains. While most people would find it eerie, Luo Mu and Luxray grew more excited the further they ran.

Because, not far from where Quilava stopped running, a pair of enormous pincers lay on the ground!

Jackpot!

Luo Mu suppressed his excited voice, his gaze fixed on the pair of pincers.

Naturally shed pincers from a Crabominable!

Its meat was tender, smooth, and sweet, a legendary ingredient that even high-end restaurants struggled to acquire, no matter the cost!

At the same time, this was the source of Luo Mu's first travel funds as a Champion-level Trainer!