It was a while after his parents left that Zhou Yuan recovered from his joy.
In Zhou Yuan's opinion, there was simply no option to refuse.
Zhou Yuan knew that Growlithe was the best starter Pokémon he could get at the moment, and the news had a certain impact on him.
Although Zhou Yuan appeared calm and collected on the surface, when he was about to have his first Pokémon, the sense of impact was difficult to ignore.
After all, this was no longer a cold string of data, nor was there a barrier between two and three dimensions. Instead, it was a living, flesh-and-blood Pokémon.
As a Transmigrator, getting a starter Pokémon meant that he had truly integrated into this world, and had a bond unrelated to family in this world, a feeling he had never experienced in his past twenty-plus years.
Zhou Yuan turned and went back to his room.
“I don’t need you anymore.”
Zhou Yuan picked up the draft paper with a few Pokémon names written on it, ready to throw it away, but after thinking about it, he folded it up and placed it on his desk.
Pulling out a brand new notebook, Zhou Yuan pondered how to make a good plan for Growlithe's training.
“System, are you there?”
“Here.”
“Pull up Growlithe’s Pokedex information.”
“Aren’t you a human Pokedex?”
“You can even complain?” Zhou Yuan was surprised. Is the System's intelligence level so high now?
“With you here, I don’t have to recall Growlithe’s information myself, so I can be a little lazy.”
“Helping the host understand and memorize information about different Pokémon is also within the scope of this System’s business.”
“NM, are you the System or am I the System? What’s the use of you if you can’t even do this small thing?” Zhou Yuan slapped the table and stood up, “Return! I want a return!”
“Once this System is bound, it cannot be returned or exchanged.”
Just as Zhou Yuan was about to continue arguing with the System, he received a prompt.
“Time-limited mission: State Growlithe’s Pokedex information within five minutes, and receive energy point rewards based on completeness.”
“Damn, you’re still ruthless.” Although he said that, it didn’t stop Zhou Yuan from searching for and stating Growlithe’s Pokedex information in his mind.
“Growlithe, the Fire-type Puppy Pokémon, with the Abilities Intimidate or Flash Fire, and the hidden Ability Justified. Its height is generally around 0.7 meters, its average weight is about 19 kilograms, the male to female ratio is one to three, and it belongs to the Field Egg Group.”
“The Pokedex entries for Growlithe vary across different regions, but they can be summarized as follows: loyal, brave, honest, friendly to people, keen sense of smell, and strong territorial instincts.”
At this point, Zhou Yuan hesitated and asked:
“Do I have to recite the Skill list too? That’s a bit too much.”
“No need. Based on the host’s answer, the System has determined the accuracy to be over ninety-five percent.”
“Energy points +100, current energy points: 100.”
Zhou Yuan also felt a bit emotional. It wasn’t easy, he finally earned his first pot of gold after transmigrating. Although it wasn’t much, did it count as a good start?
While cheering himself on, Zhou Yuan began to formulate a training plan for Growlithe.
“Growlithe is a Fire-type Pokémon, but a newborn Growlithe is temporarily not suitable for excessive or stimulating food. The most suitable is moomoo milk, which is Miltank’s milk. Uncle Liu has Miltank, so I can buy it from Uncle Liu. Although Uncle Liu might not charge money, I should still show the proper attitude.”
“After the initial period, Growlithe can be fed certain Pokémon food. It’s best to consume Fire-type Pokémon food in this regard, which can be mixed with milk to form a solid-liquid mixture, making it easier for Little Ka Growlithe to eat.”
Zhou Yuan smiled proudly, suddenly feeling that Pokémon training didn't seem so difficult after all.
“When Growlithe grows a bit bigger, probably around half a meter tall, I can separate moomoo milk and Pokémon food. Pokémon food will be the main diet, and moomoo milk can be used as a nutritional supplement.”
“It’s not good to only consume these two types of food. I need to expand the food intake. Can I add Berries and energy cubes to the food?”
Writing here, Zhou Yuan was troubled again. Not all Berries could be easily purchased; some Berries had very low yields and were the type that had a price but no market. The price of energy cubes also far exceeded Pokémon food, and he couldn't make energy cubes himself. It seemed he would have to rely more on the System for this, which would require a significant amount of energy points.
“As for Berries, let me think. Growlithe is more suitable for Passho Berry, lum berry, and grass silkworm fruit. These three Berries can increase Growlithe’s resistance to weaker types.”
Zhou Yuan decided to check the prices of these Berries in the System store.
“System, open the store.”
As the light blue page unfolded before his eyes, Zhou Yuan began to search, first focusing his attention on the permanent store.
“Cheri Berry, Chesto Berry, peach fruit, Oran Berry… System, why don’t you have Berries like Passho Berry here?”
“These types of Berries are rare Berries and need to be purchased in the limited-time store or obtained through ten consecutive draws before they will be added to the permanent store.”
“You profiteer, it’s better to just destroy it, unbind it, I don’t want to love anymore.” Zhou Yuan’s face lost its glow, feeling as if he had fallen into the malice of some unknown shady planner.
“Once the System is bound…”
“Alright, stop. Show me the limited-time store.”
The opening of the limited-time store made Zhou Yuan’s eyes widen and he gasped.
“Hiss… Are you against maid outfits or something, you shady System, come out, let’s fight.”
“Please respect this System.”
“I respect your ****, you dare to sell a maid outfit for a thousand energy points?! Why don’t you just rob people? I could buy one myself on Taobao for less than a thousand Pokémon dollars.”
While muttering words like “shady System” and “profiteer,” Zhou Yuan shifted his gaze to other items. There were eight items in total. Besides the unreliable maid outfit, the remaining items were: Cherish Ball (500 energy points), Fighting Mastery LV.1 (500 energy points), razz berry (300 energy points), Fire Gem (1000 energy points), shaling fruit (500 energy points), five servings of neutral energy cubes (1000 energy points), and lum berry (500 energy points).
“Ah… so expensive.” Zhou Yuan sadly realized that his savings were not enough to afford any of the limited-time items, so he could only close the store page. But this also strengthened Zhou Yuan’s confidence in making money, no, in getting energy points.
“I want all the items except the maid outfit. That’s a big expense, so it seems I need to expand the channels for obtaining energy points.” Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan recalled his previous idea for self-media.
He immediately got to work. Zhou Yuan opened his computer again and first did a rough search of the existing video websites in this world. He found that only one website, called A-Station, had become the industry leader. Its user coverage, both on mobile and PC, far exceeded other similar websites, and its live streaming section was also top-notch in the industry.
Although its founder often said, “Uncle, I love money the most,” A-Station was widely recognized as the website with the best welfare benefits.
A-Station’s operating model was not like ordinary video websites that prioritized traffic. When A-Station’s reviewers reviewed a video, if they deemed its quality high enough, they would recommend it to the team leader above them. This way, the video would be recommended up layer by layer, and each recommendation would provide a certain amount of traffic support.
Therefore, as long as the video quality was high enough, even a new blogger could quickly gain a large amount of traffic and rapidly increase their followers.
Seeing this, Zhou Yuan had a rough idea.
Just as Zhou Yuan was pondering what to base his video recordings on, he saw a software on his computer desktop called “Pokémon Virtual Battle.”
After opening this software, Zhou Yuan found that it was similar to the Pokémon battle games in his previous life, but the difference was that virtual battles were commanded by real-time voice, and the battle modes were divided into limited-move 4 and unlimited-move two modes. Of course, there were no legendary Pokémon in the optional Pokémon, presumably because this world didn’t know enough about legendary Pokémon yet.
“This software is pretty good. Even if I don’t have enough ability to raise so many Pokémon in reality, I can still experience battle command in the game, and I can also find Pokémon that suit me through the feedback from virtual battles.”
Zhou Yuan tapped his index finger on the table.
“So what should the first video be about? It needs to be able to quickly gain recommendations and attract viewers, so it definitely needs tactics that are high enough in quality or can make people feel good.”
Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan fell into a dilemma again. Although he had mastered many tactics, most of them had certain requirements for the lineup, and most of those lineups were not affordable for ordinary Trainers. Therefore, the choice of lineup and tactics gave Zhou Yuan a headache.
“Can a Rain Team work? Using Pelipper or Politoed as the weather setter, combined with Pokémon with the Drizzle Ability for a quick offensive push…”
“What about a Sunny Day team? Or a Sandstorm team?”
While conceiving and writing, Zhou Yuan unconsciously filled a page.
At this point, his stomach began to rumble. Zhou Yuan turned his head to check the time and realized it was already noon. After stretching, Zhou Yuan walked out of the room.
After finding yesterday’s leftovers from the refrigerator and quickly heating them up, Zhou Yuan began to eat lunch. Even eating couldn’t dispel the wild ideas swirling in his head.
Mid-meal, an idea began to linger in his mind, refusing to leave.
“Can I do something entertaining? Like an entertainment lineup, but one that’s still strong enough to climb the ranks, and even looks really satisfying to watch. Ideally, it should make the audience exclaim, ‘You can do that?!’”