Chapter 3: Thoughts as a Trainer_1

The senior who had picked up the documents didn't stay long; after greeting him, she went home, leaving Fang Yuan alone in the club room.

Fang Yuan wasn't idle either; he was digesting the memories he had just acquired by consulting the books here and searching for information on his phone.

But as he was reading, Fang Yuan suddenly patted his stomach.

Gurgle...

His stomach embarrassingly made a sound.

"Forgot to eat, wonder if the school cafeteria is still open during the college entrance exam time."

"Let's go check..."

Fang Yuan tidied up a bit, then glanced at the time; it was almost two o'clock, so it was unlikely that the cafeteria would have any food, but he mainly wanted to get a loaf of bread from the convenience store inside the cafeteria, preferably with a bottle of nutritional express.

However, the reality was that on such a day, the convenience store aunty had already packed up and left; she wasn't there at all.

After wandering around to no avail, a very helpless Fang Yuan had no choice but to leave the school and casually find a restaurant to order a rice dish.

"Waiter, a fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl."

"Alright," said the young man at the restaurant.

Wait a minute!

After sitting down in a cool spot near the air conditioner, Fang Yuan suddenly fell into thought.

Fish-flavored shredded pork? What meat?

That's right, in his memories, this world coexisted with Pokemon and ordinary animals.

Although the ecological balance was severely damaged when the Secret locations first appeared, after decades of human interference, the ecological environment had gradually stabilized.

The cost of balancing the ecology outside was that most ordinary animals could only live in zoos, breeding farms, specific conservation areas; the wild had become a playground for Pokemon.

How Pokemon can coexist with ordinary animals in an ecological system has always been one of the significant challenges for humans to overcome.

Experience proves that it's best not to put Pokemon and ordinary animals together. There was once a Trainer who made the news for doing just that; he left his pet dog Teddy and the Fire-type Spirit Growlithe alone at home, only to come back at night to find Teddy nearly burnt alive...

"Pfft..." Recalling this, Fang Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud. What a talent, and that was one of the milder examples. It wasn't uncommon for ordinary animals to become food for Pokemon, considering the vast difference in their fighting powers.

Soon, the food arrived, and Fang Yuan, who was truly hungry, finished the dish in just a few bites and even grabbed a bottle of ice-cold cola to drink, quite satisfied.

"I'll pay with a scan," said Fang Yuan as he wiped his mouth with a napkin, taking out his phone and turning around.

...

After leaving the restaurant, Fang Yuan thought it over and didn't return to school but went straight home instead.

From six in the morning to ten at night, there were no other people at Fang Yuan's house; Father Fang was an electrician, and Mother Fang sold clothes in a mall, both working late.

At this moment, back at home, Fang Yuan had only one thing on his mind: What kind of Beginner Elf would suit him?

Although there was still some time before he could purchase a Spirit egg at the Breeding House, it wouldn't hurt to consider in advance.

Hmm...

Shui Jun is quite beautiful...

Articuno is also decent.

Otherwise... Di Anxi?

For a moment, Fang Yuan also felt that his speculations were unreliable.

"Coming from a family that isn't very wealthy, Grass type spirits are definitely the first choice."

"This point has also been subtly hinted at by our class advisor, and Teacher Li has given me advice on it."

After looking it up online, Fang Yuan saw that Pingcheng Public Breeding House openly had a variety of Grass type spirit eggs for sale, Weepinbell, Walking Grass, Bellsprout, Sunflower seeds, Paras...

But...

"No Bulbasaur... no Wood Guardian... no Grass sprout turtle... not a single one from the three great families!"

After checking it again carefully, the sharp-eyed Fang Yuan noticed a reservation notice on the top right corner of the webpage.

After clicking on the small question mark icon, he realized that if he wanted to buy a spirit egg of a more rare Pokemon, he needed to make a request to the breeding house in advance.

"Forget it, I definitely can't afford the rare spirits."

Fang Yuan did some calculations and found that during his senior year of high school, he had a large amount of tuition fees to pay. Every person registering for the first time as a Trainer needs to pay at least 5 years of taxes. Right after that, he would have to save money for his Pokemon's nutritional supplements and food for the year, and only then would the remaining money be for buying a spirit egg. The budget was not enough.

Everyone wants to choose a rare and potential-filled Pokemon as their beginner Elf, and Fang Yuan was no exception. However, considering his family's finances, he could only cough awkwardly.

"Easy to breed, great potential, I'll just focus on these two labels. It seems that I still have to look among the Grass type spirits, which also appear to be the cheapest on average."

When it comes to easy breeding, Grass type spirits definitely rank first. Most Plant system spirits can survive just by basking in the sun, of course, if anyone dares to raise one like this for a year, its Elf fighting power would definitely be very weak.

After looking for a while longer, Fang Yuan began to worry as he found himself suffering from decision paralysis; every option looked good to him.

"Is there really no other way."

"Wait... there is still that."

Fang Yuan's eyes lit up, how could he forget about the anime; it seemed he was still shaken by the Breeder's test questions from earlier.

In the anime protagonist Xiaozhi's long journey across several regions, there must be some experiences that could inspire him.

"I remember in the anime, there was a plot where Xiaozhi's Forest Turtle accidentally swallowed its Energy Ball move, and then suddenly exploded in growth, demonstrating very strong power."

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan quickly searched for information about the Energy Ball move. Unfortunately, the information was scarce, and the online data only mentioned that Energy Ball is a move containing a huge amount of Energy and listed a few Pokemon that could learn it.

No matter if there was not much information online, he had some other impressions of the move.

"Energy Ball, the principle is to launch life force collected from nature, this is described in the game, I should remember it correctly. But what does this have to do with Forest Turtle swallowing an Energy Ball and increasing its power? Besides, does the explosive growth method apply to other Grass type spirits... Never mind, mark it down first, Energy Ball is a must-learn."

Fang Yuan smiled proudly, feeling that he had found the right approach.

"Hmm, perhaps, I could develop my own breeding plan around the idea of 'greatly increased power by swallowing Energy Balls'?"

"But it always feels a bit unreliable; the Energy Ball might leave some hidden injuries inside the body..."

"Let's assume that it will cause some hidden injuries, then can they be repaired?"

"Let me think, Photosynthesis is a must-learn, Ultimate Absorption, I must learn it, Growth, also very useful, and Rooting, Grass Field..."

Fang Yuan took out a pen and notebook, noting down earnestly, deeply engrossed in his thoughts.

As the pen scratched across the paper, looking at the contents it depicted, Fang Yuan suddenly realized something. Regardless whether this concept was feasible or whether he would really buy a Grass type spirit egg, he felt that he couldn't give up halfway because this was his first independent thought as a Trainer.