Let you make a game, what the hell is Pokemon?.

Chapter 13 Then and Now (4k) (Please continue reading QAQ)

This time, Shirona took a full half minute to explain the matter clearly to Professor Oak.

After hearing this, Dr. Oak obviously found it a little unbelievable.

"Is this really possible?"

Shirona had previously entrusted him to find information and clues about this sky dragon. However, even though Professor Oak used his own resources and connections to visit, inquire, and search ancient books in the Fengyuan area, he found nothing in the end.

——Not even a hair related to this mythical beast was seen.

But now Shirona told him that she saw this mythical beast on the cover of a game?
But after a brief moment of disbelief, Professor Oak immediately became excited.

—Not only did the creator of this game manage to perfectly recreate the appearance of a fossil Pokémon, he even used Rayquaza as the cover. This means he might even have more information about rare Pokémon!
Moreover, the fact that he could produce such a restored image of ancient Pokémon showed that his attainments in the field of fossil research far surpassed his own and that group of researchers!
If we can recruit such people or cooperate with them...
As soon as he thought of this, Professor Oak's eyes lit up.

"What was that game called? Let me try it too."

"Ah? Doctor, you want to play too?"

On the other end of the phone, Sirona was stunned this time.

It’s no wonder he reacted like this. After all, Dr. Oak is almost 70 years old this year.

The word "video game" really doesn't relate to people of his age.

"What's wrong? Xiao Zhulan, I'm just old in body, but not in heart. Back then, I was a trainer who was no less than you."

On the other end of the phone, Professor Oak laughed.

After hearing this, Shirona remembered that this world-famous doctor was also a champion trainer in his youth. It was only later because of his love for Pokémon that he turned to the path of Pokémon research.
"In that case, I'll send you the link later, Doctor."

"However, this game may be a little difficult and requires serious treatment."

Sirona said.

"Hey, it's just a game, what's so difficult about it?"

"Don't look at my age, I actually play various games secretly. This is not difficult for me."

Professor Oak smiled cheerfully.

"Don't worry, if I, an old man, take over Shoutong, you will also have that guy's contact information."

"Thank you, Doctor."

Sirona said.

For some reason, he always felt that Professor Oak looked a little familiar with his current confident look.

Isn’t this me when I first started playing Emerald?
After hanging up the call with Professor Oak, Shirona turned her attention back to Qishu's live broadcast room.

After watching for a while, she finally understood the difficulty of challenging the first Pokémon "Tentacle Lily" in this Rock Gym.

In addition to having extremely high dual resistance, it also carries items that can continuously restore physical strength. Using the "self-regeneration" skill can directly restore half of the physical strength. Coupled with the control effect of the strange light, it is indeed a very tough opponent.

However, as a champion, she is knowledgeable and has seen such Pokémon before. Some advanced trainers will tend to focus on defensive counterattacks when training their Pokémon, using super high defense and recovery capabilities to engage in a war of attrition with their opponents.

If she used her own team configuration to deal with a Pokémon like this, there shouldn't be any big problems.

But now we are in the game, and still in the early stages... the Pokémon that can be captured and cultivated are quite limited. This is the difficulty of Cradle Lily, which has undoubtedly increased dozens of times!
Seeing that Qi Shu's electric spider was confused and used a "bug bite" to hit her face, successfully taking away her last bit of physical strength, Shirona couldn't help but chuckle and turned off her live broadcast room.

She also knew that she shouldn't laugh, but when she saw Qi Shu's face flushed and he stood up from his seat and stood at attention, she was indeed a little unable to hold it back.

By watching Qishu's live broadcast, she obtained some key information.

The attribute of the next gym is rock attribute, so you can prepare yourself in advance.

This seems to be good news for his own Tree Gecko - after all, the grass attribute restrains the rock attribute.

But she didn't think that Boshigan could successfully break through the Cradle Lily. After all, the attributes of the Cradle Lily seemed to be grass + rock. Due to the mutual resistance between grass-type skills, Boshigan's grass-type skills were not advantageous.

Therefore, we must find a way to cultivate a Pokémon that can deal with Cradle Lily!

But the most important issue at the moment is to deal with the powerful enemy "black-haired boy" who is waiting for him at the end of the road.

Otherwise, let alone the gym, I can't even leave this novice village.
With this thought, Shirona turned on the camera and microphone again, sat back in front of the computer, and said apologetically:
"Everyone, I'm sorry for the long wait. I just had to make a phone call."

[It's okay! I'm willing to wait no matter how long it takes!]

【She warms me and makes me cry】

[Who is it for? Not the Dodo, right? Or Stone Brother?]

At this moment, the Emerald game has also been successfully launched and a window pops up.

However, this time the opening animation was replaced with a prompt box.

Shirona looked at the content in the prompt box and couldn't help but be stunned.

Is this an update prompt?

Moreover, judging from the time in the upper left corner, it seems that the content was updated just a few minutes ago?

She looked at the prompt box with some curiosity:
[Dear players, please note that the game has been updated! Current game version: 0.2]

【The latest update content is as follows】

1. Added a "weather" system. The weather conditions in the game will change with the region and time. When fighting outdoors under weather conditions, it will have a corresponding impact on the battle and activate some non-combat mechanisms. Please explore it on your own.

[2. Further enhanced the intelligent AI of Pokémon and NPCs, and they now have more distinct personalities]

3. Optimized the animation particle effects when Pokémon use skills in the game, making them more visually appealing.

[4. The map has been developed to "Fighting City". Now, after clearing the first gym, players can go to Fighting Island to challenge the second gym!]

After seeing this series of prompts, Shirona's first reaction was a little surprise.

If I remember correctly, this game seemed to have been released just the day before yesterday?

How come there are already two updates in just two days?
While she was thinking, her eyes suddenly fell on the second line of the update prompt, and she was stunned.

Wait.

What is enhanced intelligence AI?
When did this game quietly incorporate AI?

Having played Battle Road for more than a year, Shirona naturally understands how difficult it is to add intelligent AI to the game.

Even a large company like DreamWorks spent a significant amount of time and resources adding AI to some PvE characters in its games, but the results were minimal, and instead, a host of bugs were introduced. This is understandable, as AI is a relatively new field globally, only a few years old, and the difficulty for game companies to develop it in depth is exceptionally high.
But now I haven’t seen the Emerald game I’m playing for just one day, and you’re saying that I’ve taken out the AI?

If it were any other game, Shirona would never believe anything you said.

But if it is this "Pokemon Emerald", the situation is completely different!
She believed that if the author said it existed, then it must be true!

While Shirona was thinking, the barrage began to refresh.

[Ah? There really is AI?]

【Has anyone bought the game and can tell me if this is true? 】

[Don't ask, who has bought the game and has time to watch the live broadcast? They're too busy playing it. You know how fun this game is.]

Is it my love for the streamer that keeps me here? No, it's the poverty of not being able to afford games that keeps us here...

Some viewers who watched Qishu’s live broadcast gave a positive answer.

[It really exists, and it’s super smart! ]

You'll know when you see it in a moment.

But the performance of this game on the first day of live broadcast has far exceeded the expectations of most viewers. Now, after only one day, they say they have come up with an AI function...
Even if someone in the live broadcast room proved it, others still didn't dare to believe it.
When everyone was in disbelief, Sirona had already re-entered the game and controlled the character to walk out of the Pokémon Center.

She glanced at the prompt on the screen.

"Can I use the E key to interact with the user by voice or inputting commands?"

Just as he was talking to himself, he suddenly noticed that the wood gecko following him had a subtle expression at this moment.

This is different from the cool look that Wood Gecko always put on when he first started playing.

At this moment, the wood gecko stood beside Shirona, looking at him with squinted eyes, his hands folded in front of his chest, and chewing a branch in his mouth, as if he was very dissatisfied with Shirona.

Although it is a pixel, but because the picture is very delicate, Shirona can see at a glance that her wood gecko seems to be a little emotional at the moment.
Seeing this, she tried to press the E key to input a command, wanting to touch the wood gecko's head.

However, the next moment, as the character in the game stretched out his hand, the wood gecko actually took a step back and jumped away!
"Chamo——"

He even let out a cry of disgust.

Seeing this scene, the audience in the live broadcast room were stunned.

Immediately, barrages of comments were flying all over the sky again.

[Holy crap! There really is artificial intelligence! How is this different from real Pokémon?]

[Hahahaha, I lost twice in a row, I'm not happy! ]

Is this a pre-set setting? If you lose to someone repeatedly and then interact with them again, it'll trigger?

Everyone's focus was different, but Shirona looked at the wood gecko in front of her, took a deep breath, and pressed the E key again.

But this time she didn't type in any instructions, but spoke directly in a sincere tone.

"Kimiya, I'm really sorry for the defeat just now. The two battles were not lost because of your fault."

"Later, I will find a way to improve our team. I won't let you fight with disadvantaged attributes, but instead find a way to bring out your strengths."

"Besides that, I promise that one day, I will make you able to fight no matter how powerful and difficult the Pokémon is!"

"So, give me one more chance, okay?"

After saying this, Shirona stared closely at the wood gecko on the screen.

Upon hearing this, the latter turned his head to look at Shirona's character, curled his lips slightly, wagged his tail gently, and took two steps towards her without leaving any trace.

"Chamo, chamo."

Along with this somewhat dissatisfied cry, a prompt popped up on the screen.

[It's obvious that the Wood Gourami seems to have reluctantly agreed with your statement, but you must prove it with your actions next.]

[Also, he told you that if you ask him to fight a Fire-type Pokémon again, he will go on strike.]

Seeing this scene, the barrage of comments exploded again.

If everyone was still doubting the authenticity of the "intelligent AI" in this game just now, now there is absolutely no doubt - this so-called AI is absolutely real!
Otherwise, how could there be such a quick, accurate and real reaction?

[Holy crap, this AI is way too advanced! It's like a real Pokémon, right?]

[Isn't it that even the narration is equipped with AI intelligence? 】

This wood gecko is so tsundere, I love it. So this is what they mean when they say Pokémon all have unique personalities.

[This is way better than Dream Factory's awful Battle Road AI! In comparison, theirs is pure artificial idiocy!]

At the same time, Shirona was slightly stunned when she saw the reaction of the Wood Gecko on the screen.

Some images from deep within her memory suddenly emerged in her mind.

That was many years ago, when she had just obtained her first Pokémon and was just an ordinary little girl.

At that time, the Land Shark was not as powerful and majestic as it is now. It was just a round land shark that had just hatched from an egg.
In the important first battle with other trainers of the same age, he ended up failing due to his own command mistakes.

After the battle, the round land shark was like the wood gecko, with its hands on its hips, its head held high, and a look of displeasure.

But my younger self immediately made a promise.

"Roundland Shark, don't be angry. It's really my fault for giving orders this time."

"..I will definitely work hard to improve my command ability and won't hold you back. I promise!"

"One day, we'll be powerful! Powerful enough to surpass all the other trainers!"

These promises made the round land shark curl its lips, snort reluctantly, and move closer to him.

As for what happened after that... naturally, there is no need to say more.

In the end, I fulfilled this promise.

And now...
Shirona looked at the wood gecko with his hands behind his head and a dissatisfied look on his face, and suddenly chuckled.

This moment is just like that moment, isn't it?
Does this count as becoming a trainer again?
(End of this chapter)