Milotic's Other Evolution Condition

Since they were going out, they naturally had to make thorough preparations.

In the days before the trip, Xia Chen worked especially hard on his videos, while Eevee trained even harder than usual to make up in advance for the guilt of taking a day off.

It was Xia Chen's first trip with Eevee, so he brought along a camera and even strapped a small camera to Eevee's head.

This was a new field he planned to explore, inspired by first-person videos of cats and dogs from his previous life. This world had yet to see anything like them.

Xia Chen did not expect this series to make him wildly popular, but every little bit counted. He was in no position to complain about money, no matter how little.

Under the blazing sun, Xia Chen put on a sun hat and gave Eevee a pair of sunglasses. One human and one Pokémon boarded the subway and set off for Misty Mountain.

Misty Mountain was an island in the middle of a lake, located east of Zhijiang City's outskirts, within Cloud Marsh Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the Donghuang Region.

Due to various factors such as climate and soil, Misty Mountain had abundant Berry resources. Its several varieties of pear Berries were particularly renowned as high-quality Berries.

Aside from the areas planted with fruit trees, the other half of Misty Mountain was reserved for wild Pokémon, upholding the worldwide principle of harmonious coexistence between humans and Pokémon.

Thus, the well-preserved natural ecology of Misty Mountain and the surrounding waters of Cloud Marsh Lake had always made it a popular place for Zhijiang City's Trainers to catch Pokémon.

Restricted by his tight finances, Xia Chen had no plans to raise a second Pokémon for the time being.

The purpose of this trip was simple: to have fun.

After taking the subway to the terminal station, they still had some distance to cover before reaching Misty Mountain, so Xia Chen and Eevee switched to a bus.

With the vast waterscape of Cloud Marsh Lake to admire along the way, the journey was not boring.

"Mommy, look! It's a Gyarados! It's so huge!"

In the seat in front of Xia Chen, a child of about six or seven pressed his face against the bus window, staring wide-eyed at the Gyarados that had suddenly leaped from the water.

It looked like they were also heading to Misty Mountain for the Pear-Picking Festival, just like Xia Chen.

"That's right. Don't be fooled by how big it is now—before it evolved, it was only about as big as your face. Pokémon evolution is amazing, isn't it?"

The young mother gently stroked her son's head and explained patiently.

"I know! It was that silly-looking Magikarp! But why is Gyarados a Flying type instead of a Dragon-type Pokémon?"

The curious child pressed on.

But how could a young mother know an age-old mystery that even professional scholars could not explain? She gave an awkward dry laugh, unsure how to answer.

Suddenly, a slender, elegant, breathtakingly beautiful figure leaped from the lake, drawing the child's attention away.

"Wow, Mommy, what Pokémon is that? It's so pretty!"

The woman sighed in relief and replied, "That's a Milotic, a very rare Pokémon. I never thought we'd encounter one today. Like Gyarados, she evolved from the equally unremarkable Feebas."

"However, its evolution requirements are rather demanding. It needs an extremely rare Prism Scale."

"Ah, it can only evolve with a Prism Scale? There's no other way?"

The one who asked was not the child, but Xia Chen. His face showed slight surprise, along with a hint of excitement.

Young women tended to be more tolerant of handsome young men. Though Xia Chen's interruption was a little rude, she still explained carefully.

"That's right, that's the only way. Feebas are quite rare, so they're indeed rather obscure. I only remembered because I work in Pokémon breeding."

The woman puffed out her chest slightly and smiled with some pride, thinking that this young man was quite nice to give her a chance to show off in front of her child.

The child obligingly clapped his hands. "Wow, Mommy, you're amazing!"

But Xia Chen had no mind for that. After politely thanking her, he picked up his phone with slightly trembling hands.

If this information was true, then there was another low-cost Pokémon study waiting for him to uncover!

Although he had been transported here for over half a year, Xia Chen still could not be completely certain how different this world was from the Pokémon world he knew.

The world was so vast that some gaps in information were only natural.

When Xia Chen had looked up information online, he found that the Feebas-to-Milotic evolution line seemed complete, so he assumed there was nothing left to explore.

Moreover, Milotic were extremely rare Pokémon, and Xia Chen had not encountered one again afterward.

Who would have thought there was still something to work with here?

Xia Chen's thoughts gradually became more active.

In the games, Feebas had two evolution conditions for evolving into Milotic. One was using the item Prism Scale, and the other was raising Feebas's Beauty.

This world had no concept of Beauty, so naturally, no one had discovered Milotic's second evolution method.

Could he try something himself, then?

Xia Chen knew that developing Pokéblocks that could raise Beauty would not be easy, but that was precisely why the rewards would be so high once he succeeded!

Just imagine it: when people learned that Feebas could evolve into Milotic without needing a Prism Scale worth tens of millions, what kind of uproar would that cause?

And by then, if he monopolized the Pokéblocks that could raise Beauty, would he still need to worry about lacking money to raise Pokémon?

When that time came, he would raise a whole bunch of adorable Pokémon and switch to hugging and petting a different one every day.

"Vee?"

Eevee tilted her head in confusion. She could not understand why Xia Chen was wearing such a lecherous grin at his phone. Was he thinking about something strange again?

"Eevee, what do you think about us raising a Feebas?"

Xia Chen's question stunned Eevee. A Feebas?

She had never heard her Trainer mention such an idea in her previous life.

Which butterfly had flapped its wings this time?

But as someone reborn, Eevee felt obligated to set the timeline back on the right track.

"Vee? (Do you have money to buy a Feebas? Do you have money to buy a Prism Scale?)"

Though Xia Chen could not understand Pokémon speech, he understood Eevee's doubtful gaze.

He gave a mysterious smile. What would a little Eevee know?

"Let's give it a try. What if we get lucky and find one?"

Eevee's gaze instantly turned worried.

"Vee? (Did the heat fry Trainer's brain today?)"

"Alright, don't worry. I have my own clever plan. So, do you agree or not?"

Xia Chen rubbed Eevee's head and asked with a smile.

He gave his starter Pokémon plenty of respect. He still needed to ask Eevee's opinion before catching any future Pokémon.

Of course, it would be best if she agreed. If she did not, he would find a way to make her agree!

Could a dignified Trainer really fail to persuade a little Eevee?

Eevee did not give Xia Chen the chance to show off his eloquence. After thinking it over, she agreed.

Jokes aside, she had accompanied Xia Chen for ten years, so she naturally knew that he had some ideas that differed from ordinary people's, including her own evolution.

Milotic was probably the same.

As long as she maintained her position as the big sister of the team, that was enough. After being reborn, it would be far too embarrassing if she did not even have that much confidence.

"Terminal station: Ethereal Mountain Scenic Area. All passengers, please take your Pokémon and belongings with you when getting off."

The announcement interrupted Xia Chen and Eevee, each lost in their own thoughts.

"Let's go. Let's enjoy this vacation properly!"

"Vee!"