Lucky Wheel

After returning home from the black market, Ye Lan briefly dealt with the Berries he had bought, cutting them into fifteen portions and sealing them in bags for refrigeration. One portion was set aside as Snivy's lunch for today.

As he placed the Berries into Snivy's bowl and prepared to pour out another bottle of Moomoo Milk, Ye Lan caught the fragrant scent of the milk and could not help swallowing.

Because he had woken up late that morning, he had only had time to prepare breakfast for Snivy. Ye Lan himself had not eaten anything yet.

The rumbling of his stomach broke the silence in the room. Snivy, who had been slowly chewing her Berries, stopped and shot Ye Lan a disdainful glance.

Ye Lan was rather embarrassed as well. Looking at the Moomoo Milk in his hand, he could not help growing curious.

"How about... I try some too?"

As he spoke, Ye Lan poured himself a small cup and placed the rest beside Snivy.

He drained the Moomoo Milk in one gulp, and its rich flavor burst across his tongue.

Ye Lan smacked his lips. If he had to describe the taste, it was like the Pro Max version of Wangzai Milk from his previous life. After drinking it, he could even feel a warm current flowing through his body.

"Ding! Snivy is in a pleasant mood. Obtained 5 Sunshine Points!"

The system's voice suddenly rang out in Ye Lan's mind, startling him.

"This can raise Sunshine Points too...?"

Looking at Snivy beside him, who still wore a proud expression with barely any change on her face, Ye Lan's mouth twitched.

Without the system, he really would have had no idea what this little princess was thinking!

Unable to bother with that for now, Ye Lan hurriedly opened the system menu. As he recalled, 10 Sunshine Points could already be useful.

Looking at the dazzling array of grayed-out functions before him, Ye Lan fell into a dilemma.

"Should I upgrade the Scan function, or unlock a new function?"

As he browsed through the options, one name appeared before Ye Lan. His eyes lit up, and he immediately chose to activate it.

"Ding! Confirm spending 10 Sunshine Points to activate the Lucky Wheel function?"

Ye Lan confirmed. The next second, aside from the plus signs next to "Scan" and "Lucky Wheel (Level 1)," which showed that upgrading required 10 Sunshine Points, every other function now required 50 Sunshine Points to activate.

This was completely beyond Ye Lan's expectations. He had activated the Lucky Wheel out of curiosity, thinking that 10 Sunshine Points would not be too difficult to earn and that he might gain a new ability in a day or two. Who would have thought this damn system had been waiting to trap him here!

"Ding! It has been detected that the host has unlocked Lucky Wheel (Level 1). One free draw has been granted. Please claim it in the function interface."

Ye Lan quickly opened his newly acquired function. A wheel with an unknown number of slots appeared before him.

The items within every slot constantly shifted, and every slot looked exactly the same. In other words, no matter which slot the needle landed on, the reward would be random and unrelated to where the needle stopped.

When Ye Lan saw the listed probabilities, he nearly broke down on the spot despite having just calmed himself.

White Item: 70%

Blue Item: 30%

Purple Item: 0 (Lucky Wheel Level 1 has no chance of purple items!)

Gold Item: 0 (Lucky Wheel Level 1 has no chance of gold items!)

[Tip! The items provided by this function only offer effects such as assisting training and improving efficiency. Host, do not become overly reliant on this function!]

In other words, even if Ye Lan were blessed with absurd luck right now, the best he could draw was a blue item. The Lucky Wheel would need to consume a massive amount of Sunshine Points to increase its level before he could possibly draw rare items.

This was clearly an ability meant to be unlocked later, when Sunshine Points were plentiful! In the early stages, not only did he need to upgrade the wheel, but drawing also cost Sunshine Points. This was practically an early-game money pit!

The system's later reminder also made Ye Lan realize that even if he raised the Lucky Wheel function to max level, it would still be impossible to directly draw Rayquaza and then beat up the entire League. The system placed more importance on cultivating the host himself rather than directly granting him power.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Lan tremblingly chose to use the Lucky Wheel's free draw.

Snivy beside him also noticed that something was wrong with Ye Lan's state and stared at him suspiciously.

"Sni?"

As a burst of intense music began playing, Ye Lan was completely dumbfounded.

It was one thing for this wheel to come with sound effects, but it was actually using the sound effects of a slot machine from his previous life!

As the music faded away, the needle stopped on one of the slots. The item in that slot also stopped changing. From its appearance, it seemed to be a candy.

"Why does this look so familiar?"

A bad feeling washed over him. As Ye Lan pondered, a flash of white light appeared alongside the system notification, and the candy fell into his hand.

"Congratulations! Obtained: Big Black Rabbit Milk Candy!"

Name: Big Black Rabbit Milk Candy

Effect: Provides a tiny amount of experience to Pokémon

Description: A candy from another world, a consolation prize for Africans. "Eat Big Black Rabbit Milk Candy, become the greatest African chieftain!"

Ye Lan looked at the milk candy in his hand. Its design was almost identical to the one from his previous life. Other than its richer milky fragrance, he could not see anything special about it.

He handed the milk candy to Snivy. Snivy hesitated for a moment but still ate it. Before long, the system sounded again.

"Congratulations, Snivy has learned a new skill: Glare. Sunshine Points +5."

"Snivy is in a pleasant mood. Sunshine Points +5. Current Sunshine Points: 10."

Ye Lan perked up. It seemed this milk candy was somewhat useful for Pokémon that had only recently been born, and Snivy unexpectedly liked its taste very much.

If Sunshine Points had not been so difficult to earn, and if unlocking more abilities were not his top priority right now, Ye Lan would have wanted to spin the wheel again immediately.

Now that Snivy had already learned Glare, practicing Iron Tail had instead become the top priority.

He took out his phone and opened the official Trainer app. After logging into his beginner Trainer account and searching for a while, Ye Lan finally gritted his teeth and bought the item he had picked out several days ago.

Watching another seven thousand disappear from his account, Ye Lan sighed. Fifty thousand was far too little. It had only been a few days, yet he had already spent a fifth of it.

The next day arrived quickly. As soon as basic culture class ended, Ye Lan headed straight for the training grounds.

Along the way, quite a few students cast envious looks his way.

After all, the first two people to take the assessment had both passed, leading many students to believe that the assessment was not as difficult as they had imagined.

So that afternoon, many overly confident students applied to take the assessment. There were so many applicants that the school even specifically arranged a classroom to serve as an examination room.

However, the assessment proved unexpectedly difficult. Of the thirty-five students who took it, not a single one passed.

"Are these questions really meant for people? A Pokémon with no weaknesses? How could a Pokémon have no weaknesses?"

"I think Ye Lan and the others probably pulled some strings."

The students who had failed the assessment discussed it endlessly. It was not until the principal released Ye Lan and Lin Yan's test papers that the matter finally settled down.

(Pokémon Encyclopedia: Eelektross has only one weakness, Ground-type moves, but thanks to its Levitate Ability, it ignores Ground-type attacks. Theoretically, it has no weaknesses.)