Trainer? I’m just an ordinary hot spring owner.
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If the last time was an autumn outing to relax, this time it was a real wilderness survival.
Some people may say, Jiang Cheng, does your Magikarp really want to be held in your arms?
In response, Magikarp wanted to answer him: I advise you not to meddle in other people’s business!
I’ve never felt so good!
Jiang Cheng stepped forward lightly, tapped the ground lightly, and then stepped firmly. He took every step carefully. The reason for being so cautious was very simple. Beside him, there was a raised piece of land that kept moving forward. The land was turned over during the movement, forming an obvious path.
Obviously, these are traces left by Pokémon moving underground. There are quite a few Pokémon that can travel underground, it could be Diglett or Diglett. No matter which one it is, the land they pass by may look fine on the surface, but in fact it is full of holes underneath. If you don’t try to step on it, it is natural that you will step on empty air and fall into the pit.
In such a wilderness, it would be quite dangerous if one of your legs got stuck in a pit and even got injured.
Even though he has become a treasure, Jiang Cheng’s many years of experience working in the field still make his actions more conservative. No matter what, his own safety comes first. If the person is gone, everything is gone.
“Rotom, can you confirm our current position?”
“Locating Loto! Current location is Loto on Melemele Island! For a more accurate positioning, we need to go to Loto in the open area!”
“MeleMele Island?” Jiang Cheng was a little surprised, and couldn’t help but look at the little nebula in his arms. Wow, you created an island for me in one go, you are really amazing.
Although the Pokémon world is technologically advanced, there is one thing that is very inconvenient – there is no satellite.
Since the entire sky above the world is the territory of the god of the sky, Rayquaza, and Rayquaza is a divine beast with a very strong territorial nature, any flying object that breaks through the atmosphere will be attacked fiercely by it.
Because of this, map drawing and terrain data are very difficult in the Pokémon world, and every accurate landmark was created by our predecessors walking on foot.
The jungle is dense and it is difficult to accurately locate the target, so we still need to find a place where we can see the sunlight.
Jiang Cheng raised his head. The tall trees stacked up one after another blocked the sunlight above his head. Every tree was competing for more sunlight. Every inch of space was fighting for. If he wanted to see the sunlight, he had to either walk out of the rain forest or climb up to the high canopy.
Jiang Cheng’s choice to walk out of the rainforest was more practical.
Not to mention that each of these trees is thirty or forty meters high, and his left and right hands are all occupied. Although he has a strong physique, he has no chakra after all, and he cannot run up the tree with just a pair of legs. In the high canopy layer, who knows what kind of Pokémon’s habitat it might be. If it comes up and gives him an electric cannon, will he still be alive?
“Magikarp, can you sense where there is water vapor?”
Jiang Cheng turned his gaze to the Magikarp. The most important thing now was to find a water source first, and then he could get out by following the water source.
Magikarp opened its mouth wide and turned its head in one direction.
As a water-type Pokémon, sensing where there is water is a basic operation, let alone a survival master like Magikarp. As a fish that can reproduce in large numbers in this world, Magikarp has four life-saving methods: drought resistance, water seeking, fertility, and inability to eat. You can question its strength, but you must never question its ability to survive.
“Is it over there? Thanks, Magikarp!”
Jiang Cheng followed the direction pointed by Magikarp and searched all the way.
What he didn’t notice was that a bright yellow figure was quietly watching him in mid-air.
“Hmm?” Jiang Cheng seemed to sense something and turned his head to look somewhere, only to find that there was nothing there.
“I clearly felt something was watching me… I’d better be careful. There’s nothing surprising in the forest…” Jiang Cheng’s heart became alert. He was not the kind of fool who would mistake his sense of danger for an illusion and continue walking without any precautions. The feeling just now was definitely not out of thin air. There was 100% certainty that something was staring at him just now and now it was hiding again.
Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng tightened his grip on Magikarp and involuntarily sped up his pace by three points.
The figure looked at Jiang Cheng from the shadows, seemed to have thought of something, and quickly flew towards an area in the jungle.
Water-type Pokémon are very useful for survival in the wild. With a Water-type Pokémon, there will be an inexhaustible source of clean water. At the same time, it can also help sense the location of nearby water sources, which is very useful. With the guidance of Magikarp and Jiang Cheng’s sense of crisis at heart, he galloped all the way. Soon, even he could hear the sound of gurgling water and the smell of water vapor in the air.
Jiang Cheng showed surprise on his face and walked faster. Soon, he saw a small river in the forest.
Walking quickly forward, Jiang Cheng put the Magikarp into the water.
“I’m sorry, Magikarp.”
“.0O” The Magikarp spit out a string of bubbles, and Jiang Cheng actually saw a hint of disappointment in its dull eyes.
“Next, we will just keep walking downstream along the direction of the river, and we will definitely be able to get out of this dense forest.”
Jiang Cheng looked at the little Xingyun in his arms, hoping that the little guy would stop exerting his strength and bring him to a completely unfamiliar place. He would be really at a loss if he continued.
Finding the water source made Jiang Cheng relax a little. Next, if nothing unexpected happened, he only needed to find an open area along the water source, determine his position and then ask Millerton to come and pick him up. With Millerton’s speed, he shouldn’t have to wait long.
I didn’t expect to encounter so many things when I went out fishing. It was really hard to handle. There were also unknown things in the forest that coveted me…
“From now on, I’ll rely on you to protect me, Magikarp!”
Chapter 249: Asking Wu Bo for directions
Water is the source of life. No matter in which world, this is an eternal truth.
All life activities depend on water. Compared with deep in the forest, the life forms and species near the water source are much richer.
And because of the river, the dense forest is separated, so this area can see some sunlight, which makes the number of creatures here more.
However, the wild Pokémon in Alola seemed to have very regional characteristics, and they were all lazy, which made Jiang Cheng feel a little more at ease.
Stepping over a thick tree root, Jiang Cheng saw several Poké Balls under the root.
Jiang Cheng chose to distance himself and did not move forward. Rotom’s commentary followed closely behind: “Aiyama, a mushroom Pokémon. For some reason, it has a pattern similar to that of a Poké Ball and will blow poisonous spores at the enemy to repel them.”
If you look from a distance, you can see that under the Poké Ball there is a cylindrical body, a big cap, a thick pink mouth, two small hands that look like Tyrannosaurus Rex claws, and black eyes. The Pokémon Gougeres actually look quite patient, but as poisonous mushrooms, they have a very bad temper, so it is better not to provoke them.
Sure enough, after seeing Jiang Cheng, a few of the Oyster Ball Mushrooms showed a look of vigilance on their faces, as if they were facing a formidable enemy. If Jiang Cheng continued to approach, they would start spraying poisonous spores.
In fact, the Oyster Mushroom is also very useful. If its poisonous spores can be collected and dried, they can be used as a medicinal material to treat abdominal pain.
The little guys gave Jiang Cheng a fierce warning, but before they could make any move, a stream of water sprayed on their faces, stunning them. With their small black bean faces, it seemed as if a question mark appeared above their heads.
Jiang Cheng turned around and saw the carp king with a determined look on his face, half of its body exposed in the water, staring at the Oyster Mushroom.
When the Oyster Mushrooms were attacked, they shrank their bodies and used their Poké Ball-like caps to block the water attack from the Magikarp.
“Thank you, Magikarp. You really protect me with all your heart.”
Jiang Cheng thanked him with a smile, and the Magikarp jumped up and down in the water.
The wild Pokémon in the Alola region have one unique feature compared to other places: the wild Pokémon here are not afraid of humans.
Before he had taken two steps, Jiang Cheng encountered a group of little blue round heads.
It has a small round blue head, a teardrop-like body, and two lavender horns extending from both sides.
“Woobo!”
“Wubo~”
These little guys had eyes as big as black beans and they were looking at Jiang Cheng and talking a lot.
Jiang Cheng’s system can only begin to understand Pokémon’s words after the Pokémon has developed a favorable impression of it. Now, watching this group of Woops chatting happily, Jiang Cheng couldn’t understand what they were saying.
Woop is a Pokémon with distinct male and female characteristics. Unlike Superman, which is all muscle, no one can tell whether it is male or female. Only Caidou’s appearance is more obvious because it is shiny.
The sexual characteristic of the Wubo is the horns on both sides of its head, which is very consistent with the laws of nature. The male’s horns will be brighter and longer, and there will be more forked spines on the horns. This is also the Wubo’s criterion for courtship. The male Wubo whose horns are larger, more forked, and brighter in color is healthier and more likely to be favored by females.
When we see Wubos hugging each other face to face in the wild, they are not actually a couple hugging each other, but two men fighting to see who has the bigger horns.
Wubo generally lives in cold water stream areas. This small river is the perfect habitat for Wubo. They have very high requirements for water quality. The presence of Wubo here means that the water quality of this river is quite good.
Jiang Cheng looked at the group of little guys, and something moved his mind. He took out a few fruits from the warehouse, put them by the river, and waved to the group of little guys.
When the little blackbirds saw the fruits on the tree, they smiled naively and jumped into the water with a bang. Under the water, their little tails pushed them forward quickly like a propeller, and they swam towards Jiang Cheng.
Magikarp wanted to step forward to stop it, but was stopped by Jiang Cheng: “It’s okay, Magikarp, it’s okay.”
Little Wu Bo jumped onto the shore with a thud. When he saw the fruit Jiang Cheng had placed on the ground, he jumped up happily on the spot: “Wu Bo!”
“Upo-upo!”
The little blackbirds gathered around the fruit tree, opened their mouths wide and started eating. Their cheeks were bulging, making people want to poke them.
Jiang Cheng didn’t reach out his hand, but he remembered that Wu Bo’s body was covered with a layer of poisonous mucus, which would paralyze people if touched.
Jiang Cheng turned his head and found that there was a little white guy in the group of black birds, hiding outside and unable to squeeze into the circle.
Jiang Cheng stretched out his hand and handed the fruit in his hand to the other party. The little white cub looked at Jiang Cheng and hesitated for a moment, then immediately lowered his head and started to take a bite, filling his mouth with one bite.
[You have gained Wu Bo’s favor]
Hearing this reminder, Jiang Cheng lowered his head. The “Wubo Wubo” calls of these little guys slowly began to have real meaning in Jiang Cheng’s ears.
“Ubo” is delicious!
“Wu Po Wu Po!” I want more!
Looking at the small black eyes and the faces full of wisdom, Jiang Cheng half squatted down and said, “Of course there are more, but Wubos have to answer some questions for me.”
“Wubo!” you ask quickly!
“Wupo Wupo!” You’re going to have a problem!
“Okay, okay,” Jiang Cheng reached out to calm the excited little Wubos, “It’s like this, I want to ask, what is the place downstream here, and will there be any powerful Pokémon on the road?”
“Wu Bo!” It’s the river!
“Upo Upo” is the big river Upo!
彳庍口巴.
Sure enough, I shouldn’t have expected anything from Wu Bo’s intelligence and ability to understand the terrain.
But at this time, Jiang Cheng heard another weak voice.
“Ubo” still has the way for humans…
Turning around, there was the little white guy. Little Wu Bo was looking at the fruit in Jiang Cheng’s hand with eager eyes.
“Okay, what kind of road is it? Do you know how far it is from here?” Jiang Cheng handed the fruit over, and the little guy took another big bite.
In order to prevent the little guy’s food from being snatched away, Jiang Cheng also gave some tree fruits to other Wubo. After all, he only asked them to answer the questions, and did not say that they had to answer correctly or get rewards if they answered.
“Upo, Upo Upo” – a very high road with a river flowing underneath it!
Is that the bridge?
This is really good news. Jiang Cheng looked at the little Wubo in front of him with some surprise. This little thing is actually a rare individual with brains among the Wubo group. This is really not easy.
Oh, I forgot to ask if there is any danger.
Chapter 250: The Threat Finally Revealed: Toad King!
It was a rare opportunity to catch a little creature in Wubo that could communicate, so Jiang Cheng decided to press on and ask it a few more questions.
It’s old England at first glance.
“Then, is there any danger on the road ahead?”
Jiang Cheng handed the fruit in his hand back to little Wu Bo and watched it take another big bite.
After he had swallowed the fruit in his mouth, the little Upo answered, “Upo, Upo, Upo, Upo!”
Yes! There are many scary guys in the woods ahead! There is one bad blue guy, be careful!
The answer of the heterochromatic little Wubo seemed to have aroused the memories of the other little Wubos, and they all started to talk and fight.
“Wupo Wupo!” That’s right, Wupo, the blue guy Wupo, has occupied the river Wupo!
“Wubo-woo-woo-woo!” Watch out for the Wubo! The bad guys are strong, Wubo!
The blue bad guy?
Listening to Wooper’s description, Jiang Cheng really couldn’t guess what kind of Pokémon the other party was. After all, there were too many blue Pokémon, especially in Alola, a place where many heroes gathered, it was possible to encounter any Pokémon.
There is no way to confirm the target until you see it with your own eyes.
However, it was still crucial to get a simple piece of information, knowing that there was a dangerous person lurking on the road ahead. It prevented Jiang Cheng from rushing into the enemy’s territory without knowing it and getting into a fight.
Jiang Cheng was always generous in rewarding meritorious officials. He took out a lot of tree fruits and fed them to the little guy one by one. The little guy ate the fruits happily. The Wubos nearby crowded over and were led away to other places by Jiang Cheng using the tree fruits.
The little fellow was so full that he burped. Jiang Cheng stood up and patted the non-existent dirt on his thighs. “Okay, thank you very much for your guidance. It’s time for me to leave. See you later.”
Leaving a series of wubo wubo sounds behind, Jiang Cheng continued walking downstream.
He knew there would be Pokémon blocking the way ahead, but at the same time, the road belonging to humans was also downstream. Jiang Cheng would not do anything to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Moreover, now that he already knew there would be Pokémon blocking the way, he just needed to explore carefully and then bypass the section of the river where the Pokémon was, right?
Even if I can’t afford to offend you, I can always avoid you, right?
Without Jiang Cheng’s fruit to feed them, the wupos continued to jump into the water one by one, dived underwater and buried their tadpole-like bodies in the soil, ready to rest.
Only the pink little creature that looked like a hexagonal dragon stared at Jiang Cheng’s slowly leaving figure, then looked at where it was living, turned its head, and quietly followed him.
Jiang Cheng walked more carefully on the rest of the way, and saw more and more different things, including the footprints of some even-toed ungulate Pokémon, several insect treasure bags on the tree trunks above his head, the calls of large gun-billed birds in the forest, and the looming figures in the water. This was a place full of life.
Jiang Cheng also gained a lot of experience, and operating in the wild made him feel like he was back in the old days.