Recaps

Lu Li and Misty escaped some Mandibuzz that attacked their bus, though Lu Li could not understand why an elite-class leader had targeted them. After gaining distance, Lu Li asked Misty about her use of Trick Room.

• Lu Li wondered why the Mandibuzz were attacking the bus.
• The Mandibuzz leader broke through Indeedee's Protect and led several Pokémon against the bus.
• The bus put distance between itself and the Mandibuzz.
• Lu Li asked Misty whether she had used Trick Room, and Misty nodded.
• Lu Li praised Misty's knowledge.

Lu Li learned that the dormitories had no single boss and instead made decisions collectively. The chapter ended as Chen Shu and Liu Nuo explained how this system shaped their decisions and handling of supplies.

• Lu Li was surprised to hear that someone more formidable might be involved.
• Lu Li asked whether the dormitories used a parliamentary system and had no actual boss.
• Chen Shu and Liu Nuo confirmed that neither of them held unilateral authority despite representing their dormitories.
• Liu Nuo explained that the students discussed decisions together and that the sacrifice system had required broad discussion before it could be implemented.

Lu Li offered nutrient solution to the Pokémon after Beedrill recognized Xiaomei and Feebas's bond. Feebas and Beedrill drank, while Indeedee and Turtwig refused it.

• Beedrill realized it had lost to Feebas again.
• Beedrill acknowledged the bond between Xiaomei and her Trainer, while Scyther turned away.
• Lu Li stroked Feebas's head and offered the Pokémon nutrient solution.
• Feebas jumped into the solution and began drinking, and Beedrill drank from its own bucket.
• Indeedee and Turtwig sniffed the solution and turned away.

Lu Li planned a battle strategy against Sableye, assigning Scyther to create attack opportunities for Mimikyu while Skarmory relied on its physical defense. The chapter ended before the battle began.

• Lu Li ignored Skarmory's complaints and explained Scyther's role in giving Mimikyu chances to attack Sableye.
• Scyther refused to use sneak attacks but accepted the idea of fighting Sableye head-on.
• Lu Li reasoned that Mimikyu could disrupt Sableye and Skarmory could withstand its attacks.

Lu Li helped Turtwig settle into fertile soil to absorb Earth Power, then noticed Beedrill doubting her strength. He decided to learn more about psychology so he could support his Pokémon.

• Turtwig found soft soil on the university grounds and burrowed into it to absorb Earth Power.
• Lu Li asked Beedrill if something was bothering her.
• Beedrill asked whether she was too weak.
• Lu Li decided to seek advice from an older university student about psychology.

Indeedee admitted being afraid of the Voltorb, whose explosions could leave them incapacitated for months in this world. The chapter ended mid-explanation of their reckless behavior.

• Indeedee nodded and admitted that it was afraid of the Voltorb.
• The narration explained that most Pokémon in the new world feared the Voltorb.
• The narration described how Voltorb explosions triggered their self-protection mechanism but left them recovering very slowly in this world.
• The narration said that Voltorb still detonated themselves at the slightest provocation, and the explanation cut off.

Lu Li considered how the Miltank could feed his Pokémon team, but Tauros guarded them. He recalled that Miltank were deeply influenced by humans before the preview cut off.

• Lu Li decided that keeping the Miltank fed would provide food for his Pokémon.
• Lu Li noted that one Miltank could feed an entire team and that three Miltank were present.
• Lu Li ignored the twenty-odd Tauros, judging them less useful than Miltank.
• Lu Li wondered how to approach the guarded Miltank and persuade them to come with him and provide milk.
• Lu Li recalled that Miltank were deeply influenced by humans and had been modified by them.

Lu Li secured two buckets of Miltank milk and let Indeedee eat as much as it wanted. The chapter ended as Lu Li considered how long the milk would last his Pokémon.

• Lu Li reflected on Miltank's close ties to humans and how deeply most Pokémon seemed connected to people.
• Lu Li asked Indeedee to store the Miltank milk, which was extremely valuable in the apocalypse.
• Indeedee put the milk into a secret pocket dimension.
• Indeedee reminded Lu Li of something, and Lu Li generously told it to eat as much as it wanted.
• Lu Li estimated that the 40 liters of milk would last his three little ones about a week.

Lu Li told Professor Yuan that the ecological farming facility was unsafe because poisonous magical beasts had taken it over. Professor Yuan planned to visit the experimental field with two students the next day to help Lu Li grow the special fruit trees.

• Professor Yuan suggested the ecological farming facility as a place to grow the special plant.
• Lu Li rejected the idea, warning that venomous magical beasts had taken over and the facility might be filled with poisonous gas.
• Professor Yuan decided to take two of his surviving students to inspect the experimental field with Lu Li the next day.
• Professor Yuan hoped his students could help Lu Li grow the special fruit trees.

Jin Suining asked Lu Li how he had gotten the magical beasts to obey him, and Lu Li said they submitted to the strong. His answer left Jin Suining, Zhao Cheng, and Professor Yuan stunned.

• Jin Suining curiously asked Lu Li how he had made the magical beasts obey him.
• Lu Li said magical beasts submitted to the strong and obeyed those powerful enough to command them.
• Jin Suining, Zhao Cheng, and Professor Yuan were left speechless by Lu Li's answer.

Lu Li arrived at a gathering of people who had signed their names to a demand to leave. Fan Heng led them in defying Lu Li, while Beedrill's pressure silenced the room.

• Everyone in the room signed their names before Lu Li arrived.
• Lu Li kicked open the door and entered with Beedrill, whose pressure silenced the crowd.
• Lu Li asked whether they wanted to leave.
• Fan Heng stepped forward and declared that the young people would not bow to a dictator.
• The others joined Fan Heng in demanding freedom and refusing to submit to Lu Li.

Lu Li rushed to take the power department to repair the Magnemites’ power supply equipment, then led Ding Li and a recruited crew toward the sheet-metal building. He brought Indeedee along with an offer of Miltank milk, while Indeedee savored the thought of the Scythers and Misty having a worse time.

• Lu Li left with Beedrill after intimidating everyone, still hurrying to repair the Magnemites’ power supply equipment.
• Ding Li finished recruiting a crew and prepared to inspect the sheet-metal building.
• Lu Li led the group toward the sheet-metal building and brought Indeedee for safety, promising two liters of Miltank milk.
• Indeedee thought about the Scythers living in the gymnasium and Misty hiding and weeping, then inhaled the resulting happy emotions.

Lu Li found a lone Aron and considered adding it to his team, noting that it could eventually evolve into the powerful, Mega-Evolving Aggron. The chapter preview ended before he tried to catch Aron.

• Lu Li recognized the Pokémon in the picture as Aron.
• Lu Li asked Indeedee whether other Aron were nearby, and Indeedee reported that it found none.
• Lu Li decided the lone Aron might be a valuable addition to his team because Aggron was powerful, could Mega Evolve, and could eat metal.

Theresa Windsor thanked Hatterene for helping her search for her daughter, though the effort had cost her many Pokémon Berry seeds. Zygarde dismissed Hatterene as unremarkable.

• Theresa Windsor thanked Hatterene and said her subordinate was fine.
• Hatterene acknowledged Theresa, having helped only because Theresa brought Pokémon Berry seeds.
• Theresa worried that the seeds would take time to grow, though she hoped they would provide food.
• Zygarde glanced at Hatterene and paid her no further attention, judging her Elite Four-level strength unremarkable.

Lu Li spent three days training Pokémon while Dawn Camp continued to run smoothly and its survivors became more satisfied. Indeedee expected the camp to soon rival the previous one.

• Lu Li spent three days accompanying the Pokémon during training and did not manage the camp.
• Dawn Camp remained orderly, and Indeedee reported that positive emotions among its survivors had steadily increased.
• Jun Shutong improved ordinary survivors’ treatment, and the camp’s atmosphere remained harmonious.
• Indeedee said Dawn Camp would soon catch up with the previous camp, and Lu Li noted its ample food and Jun Shutong’s efforts.

Lu Li received a collection of books on Pokémon care and cooking from Indeedee to study on his own. The chapter ended with Lu Li thanking Indeedee for the books and its notes.

• Indeedee said Lu Li’s sincerity had won it over.
• Indeedee dropped several books on Pokémon care, energy, nutrition, cuisine, and medicinal cooking in front of Lu Li.
• Indeedee told Lu Li to study the books, saying they contained everything it knew along with its notes.
• Lu Li sincerely thanked Indeedee.

Lu Li asked Clover Alcremie to turn his remaining Miltank milk into whipped cream. Clover Alcremie sulked after realizing she had already given him some of her own whipped cream.

• Clover Alcremie set aside a cup of whipped cream for Lu Li.
• Lu Li accepted the cup and asked Clover Alcremie to make whipped cream from his Miltank milk, offering to pay her.
• Clover Alcremie glared at Lu Li and regretted sharing so much whipped cream with him.
• Lu Li found Clover Alcremie cute when she sulked and wished he could keep many Pokémon like her at home.

Lu Li planted Pokémon Berry saplings and arranged protection for them after worrying the Tauros might eat them. He left the Tauros herd to guard the outer perimeter and planned to find guards for the inner perimeter.

• Lu Li worried that the Tauros herd might chew on the Pokémon Berry saplings.
• The Tauros leader assured Lu Li that its herd would not eat the saplings.
• Lu Li decided the Tauros would guard the outer perimeter and considered who could guard the inner perimeter.
• Lu Li milked the Miltank and helped the construction workers as sunset approached.

Lu Li explained the levels of magical beasts to the people in the conference room, warning them that the Camp was not invincible. He left them facing the threat posed by even young magical beasts.

• Scyther went back to work.
• Lu Li told the conference room that magical beasts had different levels, much like game levels or cultivation realms.
• Lu Li explained that hatchling magical beasts had destructive power roughly equivalent to a hand grenade.
• Lu Li warned that growth-stage magical beasts could destroy a small building, citing Turtwig as an example.

Lu Li gathered a force of five hundred people to attack the school's granary in the hills behind the school. The group set out with Skarmory patrolling overhead, while the chapter ended before their encounter with Pokémon on Skarmory's level was described.

• After discussing things with Scyther, Lu Li contacted Huang Jiafei.
• Huang Jiafei recruited more than three hundred survivors in addition to the search division's two hundred-plus members.
• Lu Li set off with Scyther and the assembled force toward the school's granary.
• Lu Li had Skarmory patrol overhead to guard the group from Flying-type Pokémon and scavenging weaker Pokémon.

Lu Li had Beedrill exploit its ability to fly and Nidoking’s recovery lag, but Nidoking remained far stronger in most respects. The preview ended as Lu Li prepared his next move.

• Lu Li’s battle revealed that Nidoking outclassed Beedrill in nearly every respect except speed and flight.
• Lu Li ordered Beedrill to use Poison Sting while Nidoking recovered from Earth Power.
• The narration explained that Nidoking had weakened after more than a month in a low-energy world and prolonged hunger.

Lu Li offered Nidoking and the others food as payment for a week of work. Nidoking accepted the arrangement, and the group began drinking the Miltank milk.

• Lu Li considered what to do with the Pichu but did not place much value on them.
• Nidoking said he was willing to work for Lu Li and gestured toward his hungry companions.
• Lu Li told Nidoking that the food was their pay for the week.
• Nidoking drank half a bucket of Miltank milk and gave the rest to Nidoqueen.
• The remaining male and female Nidoran shared what was left.

Liu Nuo concluded that Lu Li was a Magical Beast in human form after witnessing his extraordinary abilities. The preview ended with Liu Nuo looking at Lu Li with envy and respect.

• Liu Nuo considered Lu Li's ability to tame Magical Beasts and speak their language.
• Liu Nuo recalled that Lu Li could command stronger Magical Beasts and trade with them or hire them to work.
• Liu Nuo decided that Lu Li must be a Magical Beast in human form.
• Liu Nuo looked at Lu Li with envy and respect.

Lu Li brought Ditto home to begin building their bond, but he sensed Ditto remained distant. Late that night, Ditto woke and cautiously transformed into a Caterpie to crawl toward the window.

• Lu Li took his companions home and brought Ditto along to build their bond.
• Lu Li wondered whether Ditto's distance came from not having a Poké Ball.
• Lu Li ate dinner, copied books, fed Jun Shutong fresh cream, and went to sleep.
• Ditto woke late at night and checked that everyone was asleep.
• Ditto transformed into a Caterpie and slowly crawled toward the window.

Lu Li tried to persuade Cosmog to join him by offering food and using Betsuten Mouth and Money Power. Cosmog’s response was not shown, leaving the recruitment attempt unresolved.

• Lu Li judged Cosmog easier to catch than Ditto and roughly as strong as Xiaomei, with Teleport as its advantage.
• Lu Li wondered whether the sun and moon deities existed and might be watching him.
• Lu Li decided to persuade Cosmog rather than use force and called Indeedee to bring it whipped cream.
• Lu Li offered Cosmog more treats and activated Money Power alongside Betsuten Mouth.