A Training Camp That Guaranteed Admission? The Quest System Activated by a Lucky Koi!

Night had fallen, and a bright moon hung high in the sky.

At the neighboring mother and daughter's home.

Under Wang Dan and Chi Duoduo's warm hospitality, Mu Yun ultimately took a seat at the dining table and joined them.

Although the dishes were plentiful and looked delicious, Mu Yun did not eat much since he had already had dinner.

However, none of the remaining food went to waste. It all ended up in Chi Duoduo's stomach.

Despite her small stature, her appetite was anything but small.

She could eat five or six times as much as Mu Yun.

Who knew where all that food went...

While the three of them chatted over dinner, Weedle and Stufful were having quite a lively time as well.

Weedle straightened its body and tried hard to raise its head. Only after it stood noticeably taller than the Stufful lying on the ground did it begin passionately explaining something.

"Uoh!!"

"Don ou!?"

"Uoh, uoh!!"

"Don ou!!"

After that incomprehensible exchange, the cute expression on Stufful's face somehow became much more determined.

She wobbled to her feet, her short, thick, rounded forelimbs swinging through the air again and again.

She seemed to be practicing punches.

"Uoh!!"

Watching Stufful train diligently under its supervision, Weedle nodded in satisfaction.

After the hard-to-refuse dinner, Mu Yun did as usual and checked on Chi Duoduo's recent studies.

As expected, it was still hard to watch.

Mu Yun looked at Chi Duoduo, who sat blankly before her combined physics, chemistry, biology, geography, history, and politics exercises, her eyes seemingly spiraling into swirls, and helplessly shook his head.

Unfortunately, this world had no system for guaranteed admission through athletic talent. Otherwise, with Chi Duoduo's natural physical gifts, she could have easily gotten into even the Five Capital Universities or the Top Ten.

Still, Chi Duoduo was lucky to have a Stufful with Gym Leader Level potential.

As long as she raised it properly over the next year, her Pokémon battle score would not be low. Even if her academic scores fell short, she would still be able to get into Evergreen University.

"This is so hard, Brother Yun. Can't I just stop studying~~"

Pouting like a kitten begging for comfort, Chi Duoduo leaned back against her chair and looked up at Mu Yun pitifully.

Whenever she studied, she felt as though one head had turned into three.

Even Brother Yun, whom she liked best, could not smoothly stuff knowledge from those heavenly books into her brain.

"Of course not. What are you going to do about the College Entrance Examination if you don't study?"

Mu Yun reached out and rubbed Chi Duoduo's little head, speaking gently.

For most people, the College Entrance Examination was a rare chance to change their fate through their own efforts.

Especially in this world with Pokémon.

The resource gap between top universities and ordinary universities was absolutely not something hard work alone could bridge.

"Master said that next year, the province will organize some kind of training camp. As long as Stufful performs well, I can get a guaranteed admission spot in Evergreen University's Trainer program, or maybe even Black River University's," Chi Duoduo said, crossing her arms and lifting them slightly as she tilted her head and recalled what her master had told her.

"Guaranteed admission to Evergreen University, or even Black River University?"

Mu Yun raised an eyebrow.

If Evergreen University was among the best universities below the Yanhuang League's Top Ten, then Black River University was one of the Top Ten, second only to the Five Capital Universities.

The so-called Five Capital Universities referred to five universities established across the four great capitals.

They were Imperial City University and Shuimu University in Imperial City, Magic City University in Magic City, New Capital University in New Capital, and Flower Capital University in Flower Capital.

Whether in terms of faculty, history, or the caliber of their outstanding graduates over the years, the Five Capital Universities stood at the very top of the League's universities.

Although the Five Capital Universities were ranked among the Top Ten, the bottom five of the Top Ten were nowhere near their level.

Netizens even jokingly called them the Lower Five.

Even so, getting into one of the Top Ten was still a dream that most people could only ever look at from afar.

And Black River University was the strongest of the Lower Five.

In last year's National College League, it had even pulled off a major upset, eliminating Magic City University's team and making it into the top four.

In the end, it narrowly lost to the championship-winning Imperial City University and stopped in the semifinals.

Because of that, applications for Black River University's Trainer program would definitely surge this year.

Even Mu Yun, before his system awakened, had only dared to consider Black River University's Breeder program.

After all, the Trainer program involved real combat. No one would make exceptions just because your academic scores were high.

Just as Mu Yun was about to ask for more details, an electronic notification suddenly rang out in his mind.

[Ding! It has been detected that the host has triggered the long-term quest, College Entrance Exam Training Camp. The quest system has officially activated!]

The quest system had activated?

Mu Yun's expression did not change, but inwardly, he was pleasantly surprised.

After the system activated, he had known it possessed a quest system, but it had shown no reaction until now.

He had not expected that simply chatting with Chi Duoduo for a while would activate it directly.

This little girl really was a lucky koi.

"Ah, Brother Yun, don't look at me like that. I'll get embarrassed too~~(//＞///＜//)"

After Mu Yun muttered a few words about Evergreen University and Black River University, then looked at her with affectionate, tender eyes—from Chi Duoduo's perspective—Chi Duoduo immediately felt her cheeks flush. Her voice unconsciously grew softer and sweeter, full of shyness.

Could it be that Brother Yun had not seen her in so long that he had discovered her charm had skyrocketed, finally come to his senses, and wanted...

But I'm only in my third year of high school. Would Brother Yun get arrested for doing that...

No, as long as I don't say anything, no one will know. Hehe~~~

When the time came, should I play hard to get, or seize the upper hand right away and have little Brother Yun wrapped around my finger~~~

The more she thought about it, the more Chi Duoduo could not help curling her lips into a smile. She had even thought through most of the names for their son and daughter, as well as how they should be raised in the future.

Just as she immersed herself in her "fantasy time," Mu Yun's voice pulled her back to reality.

"Since your master has arrangements, you can handle your studies as you see fit. If there's anything you don't understand, just come find me. You have the key to my house anyway."

Mu Yun did not notice Chi Duoduo's strange state. All of his attention was focused on the quest system that had just activated.

"Get some good rest tonight. It's getting late, so I'll head back first."

With that, Mu Yun turned and left without looking back.

Leaving only Chi Duoduo behind, her cheeks rosy but her expression completely blank.

She stretched out a hand as if she wanted to stop him, but Mu Yun had already disappeared from the room.

"???"

Chi Duoduo was dumbfounded...

Chi Duoduo was confused???

Chi Duoduo miserably burrowed into her blankets!!!

Since things had come to this, even alone, she would fight on with these hands!

After greeting Wang Dan, Mu Yun carried Weedle back to his own home next door.

Only after dropping onto a wooden chair did he carefully inspect the system notifications from earlier.

[Ding! Based on the number and levels of Pokémon currently possessed by the host, corresponding daily quests and permanent quests are being generated. Quest generation in progress...]

[Ding! Quest generation complete. Please check them yourself!]

[Ding! Once the host completes a quest for the first time, the Points Exchange Shop section will activate!]

"Open the quest panel."

After reading the final system notification, Mu Yun immediately muttered inwardly.

A pale-blue translucent panel silently appeared before him.

[Quest types: daily quests, short-term quests, long-term quests, and permanent quests.]

[Daily Quest 1 Training: A Pokémon's growth can never be separated from diligent training every day.]

[Quest requirement: Have any Pokémon complete level × 10 move training sessions.]

[Time limit: 24 hours]

[Quest reward: 10 Points (no penalty for failure)]

[Daily Quest 2 Training: A Pokémon's growth can never be separated from diligent training every day.]

[Quest requirement: Have any Pokémon complete running training for level × 1 kilometer.]

[Time limit: 24 hours]

[Quest reward: 10 Points (no penalty for failure)]

[Daily Quest 3-Training Massage: Balancing work and rest is the correct and scientific training method.]

[Quest requirement: Give any Pokémon a ten-minute massage.]

[Time limit: 24 hours]

[Quest reward: 10 Points (no penalty for failure)]

[Daily Quest 4 It Wash Up: After sweating through hard work, a comfortable shower is urgently needed.]

[Quest requirement: Thoroughly rinse any Pokémon once.]

[Time limit: 24 hours]

[Quest reward: 10 Points (no penalty for failure)]

[Daily Quest 5 It: After training, the body urgently needs nutritional replenishment.]

[Quest requirement: Feed any Pokémon once.]

[Time limit: 24 hours]

[Quest reward: 10 Points (no penalty for failure)]

There were five daily quests in total, and none of them were difficult. Or rather, they were simply things Mu Yun already did every day in his normal life.

They were basically free rewards.

He just did not know how much purchasing power those ten Points had.

He would have to wait until the Points Exchange Shop activated to find out.

Below the daily quests was a blank short-term quest section, and below that was the long-term quest that had triggered the system's activation.

[Long-Term Quest 1 Entrance Exam Training Camp: To select battle geniuses, a resource-rich training camp with numerous guaranteed admission spots has begun!]

[Quest requirement: Successfully participate in the training camp and achieve a higher ranking within it.]

[Time limit: Before the training camp ends.]

[Quest reward: 500 Points for successfully participating. Other rewards will depend on final ranking and include, but are not limited to, large amounts of Points, Energy Cube Recipes, Move Learning Memory, special abilities, and more.]

Compared to the daily quests, whose requirements were simple and clear and whose rewards were clearly defined, this long-term quest was somewhat troublesome.

Not only could he not see the rewards, he did not even know how to complete the quest.

Considering that Chi Duoduo had said it was next year, Mu Yun could only set this quest aside for the time being.

Below the long-term quest was the permanent quest section.

[Permanent Quest 1: Pokémon battles are the eternal topic of this world. Fight bravely, young man!]

[Quest requirement: Command Pokémon in battle.]

[Time limit: None]

[Quest reward: Winning a battle against an opponent of the same level grants ten Points. Points gained are doubled for fighting above your level and halved for fighting below it. (No penalty for defeat)]

[Permanent Quest 2: All-Attribute Master I: Only children make choices. Adults want them all. A true master has no weaknesses, young man!]

[Quest requirement: Raise any three Pokémon of different attributes to Professional Level.]

[Time limit: None]

[Quest reward: Three corresponding-attribute Move Learning Memories, three corresponding-attribute Basic Energy Cube Recipes, one corresponding-attribute Poison-type Intermediate Energy Cube Recipe, Portable Pokémon Space (space area equals the host's total attributes × 1 square kilometer, height equals the host's Luck attribute × 1 kilometer), and 10,000 Points.]

[Permanent Quest 3/4: Bug/Poison-type Master I: Only children are greedy without limits. Adults know to act within their means. Young man, only specialization can lead straight to mastery!]

[Quest requirement: Raise any three Bug/Poison-type Pokémon to Professional Level.]

[Time limit: None]

[Quest reward: Three Bug/Poison-type Move Learning Memories, three Bug/Poison-type Basic Energy Cube Recipes, one Bug/Poison-type Intermediate Energy Cube Recipe, Bug/Poison-type Pokémon Affinity Aura (increases attraction toward Pokémon of that attribute), and 10,000 Points.]

"Only children make choices. Adults want them all?"

"Only children are greedy without limits. Adults know to act within their means?"

You got to say both the good and bad sides yourself...

Mu Yun was speechless as he looked at the permanent quest descriptions.

Other than the battle quest, which was relatively easy to complete, the other two quests about becoming a "master" were rather difficult.

Not to mention how expensive raising three Pokémon would be, just finding three Pokémon with Professional Level potential was enough to leave Mu Yun without a solution for quite some time.

Moreover, these two tasks were clearly part of a series.

For the long term, the higher a Pokémon's potential, the better the value.

All in all, completing the tasks was a long and arduous journey.

For now, he should do some daily tasks first and see what the Points Exchange Shop had.

"Xiao Du, come on. Let's go to the bathroom and I'll show you something good!"

"Whoa?"

What kind of good thing had to be seen in the bathroom?