The next day.
The faint light of dawn, filtering through the not-so-effective blackout curtains, shone into the room, hitting Mu Yun's face and stinging his eyelids.
He took a deep breath, picked up his phone, and checked the time.
7:10 AM.
Normally, he would already be sitting in the school cafeteria eating breakfast, but it was summer vacation now, so he chose to... get straight out of bed!
Looking at the progress bar in his mind, which was already at 98%, Mu Yun had no intention of sleeping.
After quickly eating a red bean paste flavored Taoli bread to fill his stomach, he went to the Pokémon Egg next to his desk.
According to the staff member yesterday, this Pokémon Egg was due to hatch in the next two days. Combined with the system in his mind, which showed a 1% loading progress bar every hour.
Mu Yun reasonably suspected that the day the progress bar finished loading would be the day the Pokémon Egg hatched!
Perhaps it was the impending awakening of the system that filled Mu Yun with anticipation for this Pokémon Egg, which had a guaranteed Professional-level potential.
Transmigrator + System = ???
Naturally, it was a bright and boundless path to success!
Originally, he had planned to coast through life in the Breeder profession, but now he naturally had the idea of becoming a Trainer!
As long as the system was powerful, he would directly change his path and join the large family of Trainers, which had many talented individuals.
Of course, the premise was that the system didn't charge money.
Otherwise, given his relatively tight finances, he would still choose to start as a Breeder.
Waiting should have been long and tedious, but because of the anticipation, it felt like time passed quickly.
As the time on his phone reached 9 AM, the Pokémon Egg in his arms suddenly stirred.
“Buzz ~ ~”
A faint buzzing sound suddenly emanated from the incubator.
Along with the sound, there was also a constantly flickering bright white glow.
Wave after wave of white light, like the rhythm of life, full of vibrant vitality.
Seeing this, Mu Yun immediately followed the instructions in the manual and poured the nutrient solution that came with the incubator into the container.
The infusion of the nutrient solution made the Pokémon Egg flicker more frequently.
Immediately after, the Pokémon Egg, like a thirsty sponge, absorbed all the nutrient solution in a breath.
The next second.
Dense cracks appeared on the surface of the Pokémon Egg. Mu Yun immediately opened the incubator and took out the Pokémon Egg.
Perhaps sensing the warmth of Mu Yun's palm, the Pokémon Egg's shell cracked even faster.
“Crack ~ ~”
As the eggshell completely shattered, a Pokémon that looked somewhat like an enlarged bug appeared in Mu Yun's eyes.
“Woo oh ~ ~”
A soft and sweet Growl sounded, and Mu Yun looked over at the sound.
He had brown skin, and his body looked like a series of smooth spheres fitted together, as long as Mu Yun's forearm.
There was a snow-white horn on his head and tail, which felt not too hard because he had just been born.
A pair of round little eyes blinked at Mu Yun.
He was quite cute.
This was one of the most common Bug-type Pokémon on the market—Weedle!
The round little Weedle ~ ~
【Ding! Detected that the Pokémon Egg has hatched, the Heavenly Reward System is officially activated!】
Ignoring the system's prompt, the first thing Mu Yun did after Weedle hatched was gently hold him in his arms, then pick up the moo-moo milk placed nearby and offer it to Weedle's mouth.
“Woo oh ~ ~”
Smelling the rich aroma in the bottle, Weedle happily murmured, then snuggled into Mu Yun's arms and quickly sucked on the nipple.
“Weedle, short evolution cycle, quick formation time, good physical attack and speed. I just don't know if, with the system, he can compare to Sakaki's one in the future.”
Looking at the obedient and cute Weedle in his arms, Mu Yun smiled slightly.
While Weedle was eating, Mu Yun finally began to study the system that had just been activated in his mind.
The system's function was very simple, just like its name, Heavenly Reward!
As the name implies, effort yields rewards, and once certified, it's permanent, without any signs of rustiness or regression even after long periods of disuse.
In addition, there was also a task panel.
However, it was currently blank.
【Ding! System successfully activated, novice rewards (Eye of Data, one cubic meter portable storage space) have been issued!】
Just as Mu Yun had clarified the system's functions, another cold electronic prompt sounded.
“Eye of Data, portable space, very common rewards in web novels from my previous life...”
Feeling a slightly cool clear stream flowing through his eyes, Mu Yun muttered to himself.
Besides the clear stream, Mu Yun also felt that within his perception, there was a small storage space.
Although invisible to the naked eye, items could be stored and retrieved using perception.
He tried it; the farthest distance for retrieval was one meter, not far, but sufficient.
“Woo oh ~ ~”
After two bottles of moo-moo milk, Weedle let out a milky burp, then snuggled into Mu Yun's arms, wiggled around, found a comfortable position, and fell into a deep sleep.
Newborn Pokémon would have an infancy period of five to seven days.
During this stage, Pokémon would fall into prolonged sleep due to rapid growth.
After gently placing Weedle in a small nest made of old clothes stacked by the bed, Mu Yun finally activated the Eye of Data to look at Weedle... 【Pokémon: Weedle】
【Gender: Male】
【Type: Bug + Poison】
【Level: 1 (Novice-level)】
【Ability: Run Away (When attempting to escape battle, movement speed will be faster)】
【Moves: Poison Sting (Uninitiated, 0/10), String Shot (Uninitiated, 0/10)】
【Held Item: None】
【Potential: Superior-level】
【Base Stats: 195】
【Limit Break Points: 0】
...“Run Away..., is a rare hidden Ability.”
Looking at Weedle's Ability panel, Mu Yun's mind instantly recalled the Ability he would gain after his final evolution—Sniper!
(Sniper: When a critical hit is landed, the move's power becomes 225% of normal.)
Compared to the 50% Bug-type move power boost of the ordinary Ability, Swarm, Sniper's boost was significantly higher.
The only problem was the determination of a critical hit.
According to the knowledge Mu Yun had accumulated over the years, Pokémon in this world were not ordinary animals like in his previous life.
There were no fixed critical points like “copper head, iron bones, tofu waist” or “strike a snake at its seven inches.”
Instead, it leaned towards a luck-based determination.
In other words, hitting a Mightyena's head or kidney could both trigger a critical hit.
Similarly, when a Pokémon's stamina was critical, it wouldn't die directly but would enter a fainted state with swirly eyes.
As long as continuous malicious attacks were not made, and timely nutritional supplements and good rest were provided afterwards, there would be no lasting side effects.
Because of this, Pokémon battles and various other competitions were so popular.
For these “rule-based” magical phenomena, Mu Yun could only attribute it to a certain Alpaca God being mischievous.
Recalling his thoughts, Mu Yun continued to look down the panel.
The newborn Weedle only had two moves with uninitiated proficiency.
Looking at the explanation, uninitiated meant that the Pokémon could only successfully use the move when undisturbed.
It was clear from just looking that this proficiency level was not suitable for combat.
But it didn't matter, if he was bad, he would practice more, and with more practice, he would become proficient.
He just didn't know how quickly these ten points of move proficiency would increase.
He would only know after a week, when he could train Weedle.
Skipping the blank held item section, Mu Yun continued to look down.
“Superior-level!?”
Looking at Weedle's potential section, Mu Yun's eyes widened slightly.
Pokémon potential, from lowest to highest, was divided into Normal-level, Veteran-level, Professional-level, Superior-level... According to Pokémon genetics, the upper and lower limits of a child's potential largely depended on the parents' strength.
Only a very small probability would result in a mutation with higher potential.
Mu Yun didn't think that with official screening, he would encounter such a small probability event.
“Are all the Pokémon Eggs in that small room Superior-level potential?”
Mu Yun suddenly remembered that at the Gymnasium, the staff member didn't take the Pokémon Egg from the outer shelf, but from the small room.
An invisible reward for ranking high in academic performance?
He just didn't know if it was a policy requirement from Zhou Shijin or an internal arrangement by the school.
But no matter what, a Superior-level potential Weedle would be enough for him for a long time.
What's more, the system also had the function of boosting Pokémon potential.
【Limit Break Points: When a Pokémon's move proficiency level breaks through to Perfect, one Limit Break Point can be obtained. Consuming Limit Break Points can increase the Pokémon's potential or strengthen the Pokémon's Ability.】
“Breaking through move proficiency to Perfect, I don't know how long that will take...”
Mu Yun recalled the system's classification of move proficiency levels.
From lowest to highest, they were Uninitiated, Initiated, Mastered, Proficient, and Perfect.
“This really is quite a grind. You might have to work hard in the future, Weedle.”
Mu Yun gently stroked Weedle's smooth skin.
The sleeping Weedle by the bed seemed to dream of something and suddenly shivered.