Chapter 43: The Legend of the Falling Mountain and the Second Nature of Caterpie
After a busy period of transferring Caterpies to the caterpillar breeding base, it was almost dawn when Mark and Old Man Aaron returned.
After instructing Mark to go to the tomato garden in the north of the village in the morning to help drive away the Arbok snakes and prevent them from running around, Old Man Aaron went back to the house to sleep.
In the room, Mark and Caterpie were sitting at the table.
Mark was looking at a huge map, while the Caterpie stared at the Poké Ball on the table with his eyes wide open, fiddling with it with his limbs from time to time. Next to the Poké Ball was a stack of coins, a total of four thousand five hundred yuan.
Yes, Caterpie has obtained a brand new Poké Ball from Old Man Aaron, and no longer needs to go to the Pokémon Supply Store in Stone Town to buy one.
As for the 4,500 Pokédollars, it was the remaining reward after deducting the cost of the Poké Balls.
The only problem is that Caterpie cannot enter the Poké Ball at this moment.
"Ss ...
Hearing Caterpie's question again, Mark shook his head slightly and said, "I told you, your Poké Ball is right here, it won't be lost, wait another two to three days."
Caterpie nodded slightly and continued to stare at the Poké Ball in a daze.
In fact, the reason why Caterpie has to wait two to three days to enter the Poké Ball is mainly related to something called life magnetic field.
Specifically, as long as humans stay near a charged Poké Ball, the energy magnetic field inside the Poké Ball will be affected through the human body's life magnetic field.
Generally speaking, after two to three days, the energy magnetic field inside the Poké Ball will be assimilated by the human life magnetic field.
After successfully capturing a Pokémon with such a Poké Ball, the captured Pokémon will naturally become close to its owner, making it easier to interact with the owner and establish a bond.
This is why Poké Balls are so expensive in this world and the cost of recharging them is not low.
It looks simple to operate, just press a button to throw the Pokémon, but in fact the Poké Ball is a high-tech item.
Well, it's not quite appropriate to describe it as a high-tech item. It might be more appropriate to describe it as an alchemical item from the magical world.
Actually, if you think about it carefully, 500 Pokédollars is not expensive for such items. For example, in the Pokémon game, they are 100 Pokédollars each, and in the animation, it is outrageous to buy a bunch of them with coins from a piggy bank.
Without too much thought, Mark continued to look at the Maple Leaf Mountain Map given to him by Uncle Aaron, while occasionally checking the information in the Pokémon Atlas.
It has been a while since he awakened his time-travel memory. Although he has gained some understanding of the Summer Kingdom through several textbooks, this understanding is very one-sided.
At this time, as he looked at the map and consulted the information in the Pokémon atlas, Mark had a more comprehensive understanding of the world he lived in.
The map of Maple Ridge on the table occupies the western and northern parts of the Fallen Leaf Province of the Kingdom of Summer.
The entire mountain range is made up of dozens of peaks. In autumn, you can see large tracts of red maple forests, which is why it is named Maple Leaf Mountain.
Clear Creek Forest is a forest located in the northern part of Maple Mountain, covering an area of about one-tenth of the total area of Maple Mountain.
To the north of Clear Creek Forest is a chaotic area where disasters frequently occur. According to the markings on the map, further north of the chaotic area is a desert called No Return.
On the south side of Clear Creek Forest is the last peak in the northern part of Maple Mountain Range, Sky Cone Mountain.
Clear Creek Village, where Mark lives, is a small village sandwiched between Clear Creek Forest and Sky Cone Mountain.
Across the Sky Cone Mountain, there is a small town sandwiched between the three big mountains of Taro Mountain, Grand Plan Mountain and that is the Stone Town that Old Man Aaron often mentioned.
It is worth mentioning that by looking up the information about Sky Cone Mountain, Mark discovered a very ancient Pokémon legend.
The so-called Falling Mountain does not mean that the mountain is very high, but that a meteor once fell on this mountain.
The thousand-year-old wishing star - Jirachi.
It is said that every thousand years Jirachi will wake up for a few days, fulfill the wishes of some innocent children, and then fall into sleep again.
According to legend, the wishing star Jirachi first appeared ten thousand years ago. At that time, Jirachi was not in Sky Cone Mountain, but somewhere else.
Until seven thousand years ago, an unprecedented wave of chaotic Pokémons broke out in the Qingxi Forest. The nearby humans were in danger. At this critical moment, a girl made a wish to the sky, and then a meteor fell.
Jirachi fulfilled the girl's wish, ended the chaotic Pokémon tide in the north, and helped the girl establish a kingdom called Hope.
In fact, King Arthur, who founded the Kingdom of Summer 150 years ago, called himself a descendant of the Kingdom of Hope.
However, the time is too long. During the seven thousand years, this land has undergone many dynasty changes. Mark feels that the so-called descendants of the Kingdom of Hope are likely to have been fabricated by King Arthur.
In short, according to the information searched in the Pokémon Encyclopedia, Jirachi has been sleeping in Sky Cone Mountain for seven thousand years.
Although many people have explored Sky Cone Mountain over the past thousands of years, no one has ever actually found Jirachi. However, there have been several reports of Jirachi sightings in other parts of the world over the past thousands of years.
Without thinking too much about the thousand-year-old wishing star, Mark focused his attention on the Clear Creek Forest near Clear Creek Village.
On this map, there are many markings of Pokémons' habitats.
Referring to the markings on the map, Mark quickly found the location of the swarm of Caterpies where he had been exercising these days.
There is no swarm of Caterpies marked on the map, but there is a habitat of the Arbokrug marked near the swarm of Caterpies.
After a quick glance at the Pokémon habitats on the map, there were no special Pokémons in the entire Clear Creek Forest.
In addition to the known Beedrill swarms and Spearow swarms, there seems to be a huge cave some distance west of Arbok's habitat, inhabited by some Zubats, Geodudes, and Digletts. In addition, there are some Trumpet Buds in the lower reaches of the Clear Creek River.
"According to the description of Caterpie leader, there should be a colony of Scythes in the Clear Creek Forest. It seems that like Caterpies, the Scythes are also hidden. I just don't know how many such hidden colonies there are."
Mark pinched his chin lightly, and suddenly frowned.
"Speaking of which, we often encounter some Arbok snakes near Caterpies' territory these days. According to the description of Caterpie leader, Arbok snakes occasionally invaded in the past, but the frequency did not seem to be so high.
Today, while carrying more than a hundred Caterpies back to the village, I also encountered a few Arbok snakes.
In addition, the village chief, Uncle Aaron, also told me to go to the tomato garden after dawn to help drive away the Arbok snakes..."
As Mark spoke, he estimated the distance between the Arbok habitat and Clear Creek Village on the map.
"Could it be that something happened in the habitat of the Arbok snake?"
Hearing Mark's puzzled voice, Caterpie, who was staring at the Poké Ball in a daze, turned around and tilted his head.
Then, Caterpie's body began to tremble continuously as if something had happened.
After a few breaths, the Caterpillar's body stopped shaking. As if it had discovered something, it looked nervously towards the northwest, which was the direction of Caterpie's territory.
"Ss ...
"You're telling me not to go to Caterpie territory, where I might be in danger?"
"Hiss!"
Mark pinched his chin lightly and opened Caterpie's Spirit panel.
…
[Caterpie]
[Five-dimensional potential:]
[Strength: F][Physique: F][Agility: F+][Spirit: E][Sense: E+ (D-)]
[Features: Scale powder, (escape)]
[Special Ability: Evolution]
[Skills: Impact (charged attack, instant attack, hard and soft penetrating attack, multi-stage combo), silk spinning, insect bite]
…
At this time, Caterpie's panel was in a certain unstable state. The [Perception] in the five-dimensional potential kept jumping between E+ and D-. At the same time, a constantly flashing [Escape] characteristic appeared in Caterpie's characteristics column.
No fully awakened second characteristic?"