Chapter 18: The Bugcatcher and Team Rocket (1)
There are nearly three days between Golden City and Wind's Breath, two of which need to be spent in the Golden Forest.
At night, the three of them slept in tents, Masano and Lin Qing lived in a large tent, while Elena lived in a small tent by herself.
In the morning, the first to wake up was Zhengye, followed by Lin Qing.
Zhengye will take the elves to do morning exercises, and Lin Qing's walking grass and ghosts are also in the morning exercise team.
Lin Qing prepared breakfast for the three of them and the elves during this period, usually when Lin Qing's breakfast was finished, Zhengye's morning exercise was almost over, and Elena would generally follow the fragrance of breakfast out of the tent and start washing.
After getting along for the past few days, the ghosts have basically integrated into Lin Qing's team. Although he still doesn't have a lot of courage, at least he doesn't get as scared as he did at the beginning.
To Lin Qing's surprise, Walking Grass recently comprehended paralysis powder and hypnotic powder by herself.
Although, Masano said that the walking grass race itself is easy to learn all kinds of powder moves, but in the eyes of the "old father" Lin Qing, it is great!
Lin Qing began to add hemp hemp, fruit and sleepy fruit in the food of walking grass in turn. The walking grass race is indeed easy to comprehend the moves of powder, but the power and effect are actually average.
The energy in the Ma, Fruit and Sleepy Fruit can help the Walking Grass to improve its mastery of the Paralyzing Powder and Hypnotic Powder moves, respectively.
Later, Lin Qing thought about it, it was time to develop the poisonous ability of the walking grass, but fortunately, the ordinary food had also changed from a single grass-based high-grade special food Qingling Crystal to a poison-based high-grade special elf food Zitong Fruit Paste and Qingling Crystal.
Zitong fruit paste is made of poison high-grade tree fruit, Tongtong fruit as the main material, and toxin extracted from Tongtong fruit. The toxin energy in the natural material does not harm the elves.
Developing the ability of the poison system, on the one hand, strengthens the power of the current dissolved liquid of the walking grass, and on the other hand, it also helps the walking grass to comprehend the new poison moves, such as learning the poison powder as soon as possible, and making up the three powders or something.
It was the second day of leaving Windrest.
The breakfast prepared by Lin Qing was naturally flawless from people to elves.
The three of them have a clear division of labor, and when everyone finishes breakfast, Elena and Masano pack up the dishes, chopsticks, tools, and tents.
Just as Lin Qing was holding his elf egg in his arms and wiping it carefully, there was some movement in the distance.
Soon, the voice came from far and near, and I saw a young man running in the direction of the three people, the young man looked very nervous, saw someone in front of him, and shouted eagerly:
"Run! ×××'s coming! ”
There were a few words, Lin Qing didn't hear them clearly, but in less than an instant, Lin Qing understood, and hurriedly shouted at Masano and Elena:
"Run away, there's a big needle bee behind that man!"
In the wild, a large needle bee may not be so dangerous, and it is not difficult for a trainer with elves to deal with. However, a group of big needle bees, even professional trainers who have signed a contract with the alliance, do not dare to provoke at will.
Elves are intelligent and will not attack humans easily, so this young man must have done something to provoke this group of needle bees. Lin Qing and the others only needed to find a place to hide, and the big needle bee would naturally not take the initiative to attack them.
With a "poof", the boy jumped into the river, where Elena had not finished washing the dishes and chopsticks, and Lin Qing and the three of them hid in the bushes on the side.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, several people did not have time to take back their elves, so now, in this small bush, there are also Marilou, ghosts, walking grass, catty dogs, and night skeletons.
The other elves were fine, but the ghosts seemed to be a little scared, and they pulled their mouths and floated behind Lin Qing's shoulders, looking like they were about to cry.
When the big needle bees walked away, the young man came out of the water, and Lin Qing and a few people also came out from behind the bushes.
The young man has neat short hair, but his facial features are very handsome, and he is a little less mature and old than Masano , but a little more sharp.
The boy said that his name was Mukai Tian, and that he was a trainer who had just come out on a trip, and that he was chased by the big needle bee swarm because he stole the honey of the big needle bee.
Xiang Tian did not explain why he wanted to steal the honey of the big needle bee, but took out a Poké Ball from his shorts pocket, and the Poké Ball opened, and a green chrysalis-shaped elf appeared in front of several people - it was an iron armor chrysalis.
Xiang Tian took out a small bowl from his backpack, then took out the stolen large needle bee honey, poured a small half bowl into it, and then scooped some water from the river to dilute and stir.
Lin Qing noticed here that Xiang Tian's backpack was not the space backpack that most trainers carried when they traveled, but a simple ordinary backpack.
In the end, Xiang Tian smeared the diluted large needle bee honey on his iron armor chrysalis, and Lin Qing had already seen it.
This young man, it seems, did not obtain the initial elf from the hands of the Alliance, but did not know how to use it, and caught a green caterpillar or an iron chrysalis by himself. This is the choice of many people who are not well-off and want to become elf trainers.
However, these people generally have limited resources, and without resources, the cultivation of elves is naturally backward, and the path of trainers cannot go far.
Most of these people either give up on the path of trainers in the end, or spend their lives at the bottom of the league trainers, for some insignificant resources and rush.
But the young man's ironclad chrysalis in front of him was obviously cultivated well, although it couldn't be compared with the elves on Lin Qing's side who were eating the food he had carefully prepared, but it was still much stronger than some ordinary trainers.
The honey of the wild needle bee is rich in insect energy, and the green caterpillar has no way to replenish energy by eating during the iron chrysalis period, and can accumulate more energy during the iron chrysalis period, and the evolved Bada butterfly is naturally more powerful, more potential, and has a higher ceiling.
Dilute honey and water to smear the iron chrysalis, although this method is very simple, but the effect is still very straightforward.
Xiang Tian didn't say anything, gave Lin Qing and the others a tree fruit as an apology, then put on his backpack and left with the Poke Ball containing the iron armor chrysalis.
Lin Qing looked at the back of the young man leaving, and suddenly spoke: "Wait a minute, you can take these." ”
In Lin Qing's bag, all the high-level special elf food of the department has a reserve, which is usually made by Lin Qing and prepared for the elves with corresponding attributes in the team in the future.
Xiang Tian watched Lin Qing take out a few jars of elf food from the space backpack, he didn't care about it, but the moment he opened the lid, his face, which had been unwavering, also changed for a moment.
Then, Xiang Tian put the thing down, and his tone was very calm: "This thing is too valuable, you better keep it for yourself." ”
However, Lin Qing still saw the struggle in the young man's eyes, and said with a smile: "I'm an intermediate cultivator with good skills, this thing is not rare for me, so I should give it to a friend?" ”
Seeing that the young man still didn't make a move, Lin Qing said again: "Between friends, there must be contacts between them, and you can share some of the good things you encounter in the future." ”
Lin Qing's words had already come to this point, Xiang Tian didn't refuse anymore, put away the jade gelatin in front of him, and then raised his head and looked at the man in front of him with deep eyes:
"Your name is Lin Qing? I remembered! ”
Xiang Tian said goodbye and left again, Elena watched Xiang Tian walk away, and asked puzzledly:
"Why did you give him such precious elven food?"
Lin Qing smiled, why? It's just that I think of myself, although the world is generally beautiful, and there is no shortage of general material resources, but there are still some places that are very skinny.
If, when you crossed over, you didn't meet Mr. Reed, or you didn't have the talent of such a cultivator, you didn't become an elf cultivator. Can you only be like Xiang Tian, with elves and dreams, you can only run around for a little resources and adventures.
After separating from the young Xiangtian, Lin Qing thought that this matter was over, maybe somewhere in the future, the two would meet again, maybe they would never meet again.
However, reality is always full of coincidences and accidents, and Lin Qing didn't expect to meet Xiang Tian again when they were about to walk out of the golden forest.
But this time Xiang Tian was very strange, with some sneaky feelings, and was lying in the bushes and looking to the other side. Elena saw Mukaida's back and wanted to shout and say hello, but was stopped by Masano .
Lin Qing quietly walked behind Xiang Tian, patted Xiang Tian's right shoulder gently, and felt the body of his hand shake, Lin Qing's eyebrows and eyes turned upward.
Xiang Tian turned around, saw that it was Lin Qing and the others, relaxed again, and then made a silent gesture, and pointed to the back of the bushes.
Lin Qing and the three of them also lay lightly on the edge of the bushes, looked through the sparse branches and leaves, and saw such a scene:
Several people in black clothes and black hats are moving the cages on the ground one by one to the dark green truck behind them, and in each cage is a pink, but plasticine-like elf, it is a variety of monsters!
Changelings are not common in the wild, and counting the trucks and the ground, there are nearly a hundred Changelings in total.
These people have caught so many Variety Monsters, even if they catch all the Variety Monsters in the entire Golden Forest, there may not be so many, I'm afraid these Variety Monsters were not caught in one place.
One of them, who seemed to be the man in black in the lead, picked up a communicator from his waist and dialed a phone call.
In this world, there are no smartphones yet, and even mobile phones are not sold publicly, only the police or some organizations use communicators to facilitate communication and carry out tasks.
Lin Qing and the others couldn't hear what the man said on the phone, and could only occasionally hear some words like "task", "doctor", and "research".
But there is no doubt that these people in front of them are not good people, most likely poachers or members of some underground organization.
Using a cage instead of a Poké Ball to catch a Pokeball is the most obvious evidence, the purchase channels of Poké Balls in this world are controlled quite strictly by the Alliance, and all Poké Balls need to be strictly filled in with identity information when purchasing, and are not subject to inspection by the Alliance from time to time. At the beginning, Lin Qing accepted the Poke Ball of Walking Grass, but Lin Qing bought it in the name of the cultivation house.
Information such as which elves the Poké Ball has caught and how many times it has been used will be recorded, and the risk of wanting to use the Poké Ball to do something illegal is very high.
This is also the reason why poachers and underground organizations generally do not use Poké Balls to catch elves.