Chapter 122: Success in Making?_1
Little Magnetic Monster, Electric and Steel Property, a Magnet-type Pokémon, thus the moves it masters are mostly from the Electric Series and Steel Series.
Fang Yuan's Little Magnetic Monster wasn't much different from the Beginner Elf of a New Trainer.
Tackle, Electric Shock, Electromagnetic wave, Awakened power... These were all the moves the Little Magnetic Monster knew.
The Electric Series had the Electric Shock move; for the Steel Series, it had yet to comprehend the corresponding moves, but Fang Yuan wasn't in a hurry, after all, the Little Magnetic Monster had just learned to fly.
What should be the top priority?
Of course, making it fly faster and more agilely...
This was not only training for the Awakened power but also for the Electromagnetic wave.
After all, Little Magnetic Monster mainly hovers in the air by emitting Electromagnetic waves from its left and right components to shield against Gravity.
The extent of its use of Electromagnetic waves is equivalent to its speed and agility of flight.
"Train Electromagnetic waves and Awakened power together, and once you're skilled in their use, you should then be able to control your ability to destroy electronics," Fang Yuan said to Little Magnetic Monster.
In the Pokémon World's web of heaven and earth, Little Magnetic Monster had shown a Special Ability to destroy electronic locks, and not only did Fang Yuan want Little Magnetic Monster to develop in that direction, he also wanted it to become stronger in this regard, to maximize its strengths... so as to easily destroy or dismantle various electronic devices.
And all these relied on the use of Electromagnetism...
Besides these, Fang Yuan also brought out a big project that had been shelved for a long time, back to the forefront.
The production of Energy Blocks could finally continue as Little Magnetic Monster made a breakthrough in mastering the Awakened power.
Seizing the moment, Fang Yuan commanded Little Magnetic Monster to try again that very night.
Eevee had intended to return to its room alone, but Fang Yuan was there, so it couldn't get its way...
"Next, we're going to make a very delicious food. If you don't help out, there won't be a share for you later..."
Fang Yuan issued another IOU, and Eevee sat down on the ground with a huff...
But the difficulty lay in the fact that Eevee knew Fang Yuan's capabilities and was genuinely worried that Fang Yuan and Little Magnetic Monster would concoct some delicacy and end up without a share for it...
After some thought, Eevee sighed, was it going to become a tool Bwoo again?
...
Eevee stood on the table in charge of operating the mixer's switch, while Little Magnetic Monster handled the previous steps; Fang Yuan was in charge of timing and directing.
The three of them, with their roles clearly divided, set to making Energy Blocks again.
Fang Yuan recalled the previous steps, to make Energy Blocks, one must do the following...
The first step, cut the Tree Fruit into chunks easy for blending, throw them into the mixer without water, mix directly, and the speed of turning should be fast. During the rotation, the nutritional substances of the Tree Fruit would concentrate in the central position due to the high-speed Rotation.
These steps were easy to achieve. The challenge was the second step.
It was to separate the core nutritional part of the fruit mash in the mixer perfectly with Superpower in an instant...
Following that, compression was required.
If the separation wasn't swift, the nutrients of the Tree Fruit would be lost, and if the compression wasn't timely, alongside the nutrient loss, the quality - that is, the appearance - would also deteriorate.
Through his experiments, Fang Yuan found that there was a reason they were called Energy Blocks. Only a standard block shape could best lock the energy within; other shapes, like circles, triangles, all were ineffective.
During the previous production process, they were stuck at the second step.
Little Magnetic Monster's Superpower wasn't fast enough to take out the core nutritional part and then compress it... So how did the Tree Fruit Mixer complete this step?
Was it another piece of Pokémon World's black technology...
"Now!"
Right after Fang Yuan's crisp command, Eevee and Little Magnetic Monster sprang into action. Eevee opened the lid, and Little Magnetic Monster controlled a lump of fruit mash to fly out and then compress it—taking about half the time it did before. This time, the fruit mash cube Little Magnetic Monster created with its Superpower finally looked a bit like something, although impurities were still present, and it didn't solidify, which was the third step they had failed to resolve last time.
"Next... is to heat it up!"
After the failure of solidification by cooling last time, Fang Yuan planned to try heating this time.
Little Magnetic Monster used its Superpower to place the fruit mash cube into the oven...
The oven baked the fruit mash cube, making a sizzling sound, and as time went by, the fruit mash really began to solidify. However, the impurities did not decrease; they actually increased.
Fang Yuan exclaimed, "Holy shit," it really solidified??
This definitely wasn't a physical change, and it might not even be a chemical change; wasn't there a university subject called Elf Energy Studies? Perhaps it involved something from this field?
"Wait a minute... Little Magnetic Monster... your mental power..." Fang Yuan blinked, and as Little Magnetic Monster used its Superpower to heat the fruit mash cube, its control became unsteady. Apparently, the mental power enveloping the fruit mash cube changed when the temperature rose.
Sizzle...
At that moment, Little Magnetic Monster interrupted its control, and the Energy Block fell onto the plate, making a clinking sound that proved it had completely solidified. But looking at the charred black Energy Block, Fang Yuan wondered if it was even edible...
It was probably another failure.
"In the game, there are black Energy Blocks... They're the lowest quality type... the taste is messy, the flavors of various Tree Fruits have not successfully merged, and they have almost no nutrients... Could it be because they're burnt?" Fang Yuan looked at the black Energy Block on the plate, his eyelid twitched, then he picked it up and licked it, and immediately shook his head.
A burnt taste that even covered the flavor of the fruit pulp.
Logically speaking... the temperature shouldn't have caused it to burn so quickly.
"You're half right."
Heating was already a reliable method, at least more reliable than cooling, since the Energy Block had naturally solidified. But, it still differed from what Fang Yuan had imagined.
Fang Yuan thought about everything he'd learned in his life, and then he thought of electricity.
He looked at Little Magnetic Monster, whose gaze made it a bit uncomfortable, and seeing this, Eevee smirked slyly, knowing that Little Magnetic Monster was in for more overtime.
...
Thirty minutes later, Fang Yuan, Little Magnetic Monster, and Eevee shakily looked at the brand new black Energy Block on the table, their expressions grave.
Did they succeed?
After using countless Tree Fruits, it seemed like they had finally succeeded once. The Energy Blocks looked much better in appearance, with a translucent color, no burns, and a natural shape.
The heat generated by the electric current passing through the fruit mash stimulated the solidification of the Energy Blocks. Moreover, the electric current refined the last of the impurities in the Energy Block, significantly improving its quality.
It turned out that a critical step in the Tree Fruit Mixer for decontamination and solidification required electricity.
Fang Yuan held up the black Energy Block, as if it were a rare treasure, overwhelmed with excitement.
"This has to be it this time... Well done, Little Magnetic Monster. Eevee, you've worked hard too, come and try it."
"Bwoo!" Eevee nodded eagerly, then took the Energy Block from Fang Yuan's palm and bit into it.
Eevee: (´～`)
One second later...
Eevee: Crumble╰(〒皿〒)╯Collapse
It had never tasted anything so awful.