Pinnacle of the Stars

Chapter 2 2. Hometown in Distress

"Goodbye, Brother Lu Qiu, remember to write to me."

"Don't worry, I will."

With the car engine running, the girl sitting in the car finally only left Lu Qiu with a reluctant back.

The boy waved his arms until the vehicle passed the horizon and became invisible, and then he lost his strength and slowly fell to his side.

He finally glanced at the closed door of the villa next to him, took a deep breath, calmed down, and walked back towards the breeding house.

This has been the No. 12 year since Lu Qiu came to this world.

Before that, he had been living in the game world woven by data and code.

As one part of the jigsaw puzzle, it provides nurturing services in the game system for the group of individuals called players.

It is said to be cultivated, but there is actually no technical content.

No tending, feeding, or custom growth forecasts are required.

As the owner of the breeding house, all Lu Qiu has to do is to accept the two Pokémon of the opposite sex handed over by the players, and then return a born elf egg to them when they come to the door for the second time.

Day after day, year after year.

In that game world where times overlapped and intertwined, even Lu Qiu couldn't remember how long he had lived.

I don't even know how many unclaimed Pokémon were sent away.

Anyway, after generating self-awareness, he has seen the birth of many champions.

The players who are destined to reach the top will not be mentioned for the time being.

Red, green, brilliant, Yushu, Douya.
Their presence is powerful and unique.

Therefore, even Lu Qiu didn't understand why he was the one who was reborn in the end.

And the malice that seemed to freeze his soul at that time.

'Wake up from the nightmare. '

'Do what you want to do, see what you want to see, save and restore. '

'It's okay to destroy, I'm waiting for you. '

Woke up unexpectedly in the dark.

When he regained his consciousness, Lu Qiu found that he was already in this breeding house.

A few years ago, the grandfather who adopted him passed away. After the funeral was held for him, it was simply that no white-haired person sent a black-haired person.

Then came the growing depression of the town.

"I am back."

"Meow."

Pushing open the door of the breeding house, the next moment, a light red fluffy dumpling flew into Lu Qiu's arms.

Then, he bit it down with his teeth.

It hurts, but not enough to hurt.

After all, after so many years of getting along, it has already been able to grasp the strength it should have when punishing the trainer.

If you bleed and get injured, it's your fault.

But if he doesn't take such a bite, he will always forget who is the queen in the family.

Various thoughts flashed through Xiang Weimao's little head, and finally, they all turned into a roar full of resentment:

"Meow~"

"Stop messing around, I'll cook for you."

Scratching the opponent's chin, Lu Qiu casually threw Xiang Weimao onto the mat.

'Look, he knew he was wrong. '

Self-consciously victorious, Xiangwei snorted contentedly on the mat.

Elf: Meow to the tail
Trait: Charming Body
个体值：HP（31）物攻（31）特攻（31）物防（31）特防（31）速度（31）

Comments: It can be called the perfect Pokémon, but it seems that it has always had some small grievances against its trainer.

Dietary tendencies: sweet.

Lu Qiu sprinkled the tree fruit powder into the dough that had been prepared, then divided it into pieces, cut it, put it on a tray, and sent it to the oven.

Xiangwei is a Pokémon that is only abandoned by players.

As an unconscious "NPC", Lu Qiu had seen too many players incubating eggs indefinitely in pursuit of "flash" and "6V" before the game world stopped.

Among them, it is not uncommon to abandon the pit halfway.

And the Pokémon they fostered in the breeding house naturally became abandoned elves that no one needed.

Thanks to that group of people, Lu Qiu once had a period when he hated elves extremely.

In other words, he didn't dare to look into the expectant eyes of the little guys.

Until the end, even the world was abandoned.

Data deleted, code broken.

Lu Qiu guarded all the Pokémon in the endless darkness, and waited for the day when they died naturally.

Of course, let's not talk about the beasts among them.

In short, the only one who was reborn into this world with Lu Qiu was Xiangwei, who was hatched from what he thought was a "dead egg" at first.

It's just one of those things that happens when the player is chasing the flash.

"dinner's ready."

Lu Qiu took Xiangwei Meow's rice bowl, and delivered the baked Pokémon biscuits to the sleeping mat where it lay on its stomach.

Stubborn and competitive, this Xiangwei cat has achieved "flash", but its personality is quite different from the gentle and submissive appearance of its fellow cats.

Although he likes to stick to himself, Lu Qiu always feels that the desire to prey will always jump out of this guy's eyes.

Obviously he can eat just by being cute, but he started practicing serial slaps since he was a child.

With a light red fur that is different from ordinary Xiangwei cats, it has been proposed to be traded more than once.

Of course, as a trainer, Lu Qiu naturally rejected them all.

Those with a bad attitude are also taken care of by Miss Junsha in the town.

Lu Qiu knew that this world was real.

There is light and there is darkness.

There is fire, there is heat.

So naturally there will be various realities that are not in the game.

As an NPC who gained life, he originally just wanted to live a good life.

Simple, just like ordinary people.

Marry a girl who you like, who also likes you.

Then we will grow old hand in hand, worrying about daily necessities, rice, oil and salt from time to time.

This should have been an easy wish to fulfill.

As a result, shortly after his birth, he learned that he was going to die soon.

The whole body is icy cold, and even exhaling will condense into frost mist at the very beginning.

Unless you get the feather of Phoenix King.

Otherwise, when he can't resist the negative effects of the Heart of Winter, he will be frozen to death in the ice cubes.

Looking at the job that Xiangwei Miao shared with him, Lu Qiu, as usual, shook his head and rejected its kindness.

To be honest, he didn't really want to die.

At least not as ordinary as death.

What's more, I have an appointment with someone now.

Sighing, Lu Qiu got up and prepared to pack his bags.

He intends to go out and have a look.

Leave here and embark on a journey that all trainers will have.

In this world where ten-year-olds are adults and are bound by alliance laws, Lu Qiu is already about two years behind his peers.

At first, he didn't have the idea of ​​going on a trip.

Now that he made a sudden decision, it didn't all depend on the melancholy and sadness that Leah had just brought to him.

In fact, the breeder was on the verge of closing down.

The only account of the month was brought by the ugly fish that Leah fostered.

And the fee was forced by the other party to him.

Otherwise, it will be another month of drinking northwest wind with Xiangwei.

The cause of this phenomenon does not mean that his skills are not good enough.

You must know that while gaining the ability in the game and being able to see the specific talents of Pokémon, Lu Qiu also learned a lot of precious elf cultivation knowledge from the players in countless hours.

In terms of knowledge alone, he doesn't think anyone can beat him.

The role of the tree fruit, the growth tendency of Pokémon, and the unknown racial habits. Just publishing Eevee's undiscovered evolutionary form can make Lu Qiu directly break into the eyes of the world with a tyrannical posture.

As for the reason for not doing so, it is because he understands that everything must have a gradual process.

Before gaining the status and strength to match it, speaking out these secrets will not only harm himself, but also harm the wild Pokémon affected by it.

You know, greed is a terrible force.

You'll never be able to satisfy their ever-hungry stomachs.

Unless you punch those people in the face, let them know that they are not easy to mess with while getting sweets.

Otherwise, let yourself grow up obediently first.

"Meow."

After eating the biscuits, Xiangwei Miao rolled away. It watched Lu Qiu packing his luggage, and cried a few times in confusion.

'Servant, where are you going? '

'Take me with you? '

"Let's go on a trip." Lu Qiu poked Xiangwei Meow's stomach, and said with a smile, "Just like what you usually see on TV, set foot on the duel field, and then kill all those Pokémon who don't know the heights and depths of the world. Get down."

"Meow!"

Stars flashed in Xiangwei Meow's eyes, and it circled around its tail excitedly.

The feedlot is on Route 34, a small town that doesn't even deserve a name in league records.

To the south of it is a tung forest that can be called a land forest.

After going through the tung forest and walking a long way to the east, you can reach the town of juniper with relatively complete facilities.

In the distance during this period, there are still a few large and small towns scattered here and there. Like Lu Qiu's house here, they are all small and unpopular places.

In other words, it is the "village" where there are no gymnasiums stationed.

The rural area in front of Tongshulin was originally all belonged to Manjin City further north.

On this road before, I could see many travel trainers traveling north and south, and the surrounding area had a thriving growth momentum because of this.

Unfortunately, the good times are not long.

In the past few years, the rapidly developing city has narrowed its jurisdiction, and a series of remote town roads, including the No. 34 road where the breeding house is located, are no longer managed by it.

In other words, they were all abandoned by their superiors.

It's brutal, but the city has impeccable reasons to be up.

As the economic lifeline of the Chengdu area, Manjin City promised that the annual tax paid to the alliance would be increased by a few percentage points on top of the original amount, in exchange for a large degree of free management.

According to the official explanation, all the areas north of Tongshulin, up to the boundary of Manjin City, are under the direct jurisdiction of the Chengdu Alliance.The alliance's funds have always been public ownership. In other words, as long as there is no special contribution from the local area, the alliance will not give up its resource supply for personal gain.

If it hadn't been for a period of time relying on the surrounding aquarium, flower street, forest hotel and other supporting facilities, this breeding house should have considered closing down and relocating a long time ago.

And the reason for the depression of the town does not depend entirely on Manjin City's abandonment of management.

After all, there are more ruthless ones.

That economically developed city, after abandoning the management of many small towns, invested in the opening of a new road, which claims to be safer and more efficient than passing through the forest, making Tonglin no longer a link between the two regions. the only direction of .

Coupled with the various overfishing in the past few years, it has seriously affected the ecological balance in the forest, and the reduction in the number of elves is no longer attractive.The accumulation of various factors has made the rural towns, which are already in depression, even worse.

This is the root cause of Lu Qiu's idea of ​​going out.

He's going to save the town.

At least don't let it decay so early.

If he couldn't get Feng Wang's feather to relieve the heart of winter, then Lu Qiu would not want to watch the town where he was born and raised leave before he died.

For myself who rarely has a life, such a situation is too tragic.

(End of this chapter)