Pokémon: Master System.

"There aren't many restaurants on the street. There's a good restaurant at two consecutive intersections, then turn left. The prices are cheap too. Hurry up, I only have an hour to wait for you."

After Wu Dongqiang finished speaking, he left first, leaving only Xia Yu and the other three behind.

"Let's go get something to eat first." After riding the flying Pokémon for several hours, Xia Yu and the others were starving, so they went together to the restaurant that Wu Dongqiang had mentioned.

It's called a restaurant, but it's really just a roadside eatery with poor hygiene. However, when in Rome, do as the Romans do; you can't be picky in a place like Qingshan Town.

Despite the unappealing ambiance of the hole-in-the-wall restaurant, the food was surprisingly delicious. After a quick meal, the four of them went to the supermarket Wu Dongqiang had mentioned to buy some groceries. By the time they returned to the square, it was almost time.

"Let's go, take your things, and hike up the mountain. The most important thing in joining the patrol team is to obey orders. If any of you can't, you can leave immediately. Anyone want to leave?"

The four remained silent. Xia Yu looked at Wu Dongqiang and had a feeling that he came with ill intentions, clearly intending to establish his authority right from the start.

"Very good." Wu Dongqiang's face showed a satisfied expression: "Take your things up the mountain, and you are not allowed to use any Pokémon."

Chapter 195 Mountain Patrol Team

Upon hearing that Pokémon couldn't be used during the hike into the mountains, Fatty Wu's face instantly turned ashen.

Seeing how bad the environment was in the town, he thought that the environment in the mountains must be even worse, so Fatty Wu bought a large bottle of Coke and Sprite to take with him, as well as a lot of snacks.

He had originally planned to have the mane rock werewolf carry him into the mountains, but now he's the one suffering.

"Brother Yu, Brother Yu." It has to be said that Fatty Wu is a true man, able to bend and stretch.

Normally, they call him "Xiao Yu" or "Xiao Yu," but now, whenever they need help, they call him "Brother Yu" so smoothly and obsequiously.

"Ah Zu, what's the matter?" Xia Yu looked at Wu Yaozu with a smile and said.

"Brother Yu, could you help me get some?"

"Alright, I'll help you carry it," Xia Yu said with a smile. "When we get there, you can share half of what you get with me."

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The four followed Wu Dongqiang up the mountain along the winding path. There was only one path leading to the camp, which was very narrow and winding.

Wu Dongqiang was already used to walking on such roads and could walk on flat ground as if it were flat ground, but it was the first time for Xia Yu and the other three to walk on such a winding and steep mountain road. It was extremely difficult to walk, especially when looking at the cliffs below. Those who were afraid of heights had already fainted from fright.

Even though Xia Yu's physical fitness far surpassed that of his peers, he still found it difficult to walk such a mountain path for the first time. In addition, the thin air at high altitude meant that everyone was panting heavily after a short while.

“You guys aren’t physically fit enough.” Wu Dongqiang turned to look at the group and said jokingly, “You need to train harder. This is your first lesson. In the patrol team, you must remember one thing: physical fitness is extremely important. The best way to win in a battle in the wild is to kill the trainer.”

Hearing Wu Dongqiang's serious words, the four remained silent, panting heavily. Apart from Xia Yu, who had actually experienced combat, the other three had not yet experienced fighting.

They continued up the mountain, and fortunately the journey wasn't long. It took them an hour to finally reach the patrol team's camp, but they were all panting heavily from exhaustion.

Especially Zhao Ruohan, girls are generally less physically fit, and this short journey had already left her drenched in sweat. Her long hair was soaked with sweat, and her face was flushed, making her look especially adorable.

"Boss! I've brought the man." Wu Dongqiang's tone was fierce, making him seem less like a patrol team member and more like a ruthless bandit.

Wu Dongqiang's shout immediately attracted everyone's attention. In addition to the patrol team that was on patrol this week, members of the second and third patrol teams, as well as the two cooks, all came out.

The patrol team members are all men, except for a young girl who came from Lin'an City to support the patrol team two years ago. However, she is not here today; she went on patrol with another team.

"What a pretty young girl, even prettier than Xiao Zhao."

"I still prefer Xiao Zhao a bit more. But this girl is not bad either."

"Girl, are you in a relationship?"

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"What are you howling about? What are you all looking at? Get back here!" the leader shouted.

Xia Yu's gaze also fell on the leader. He was not tall, had single eyelids, a beard, and a fierce look as he swept over the four men.

"Come in, everyone. My name is Roger, and I'm the captain of the patrol team." Roger's Mandarin wasn't perfect, but at least Xia Yu and the others could understand him.

Before coming, Xia Yong mentioned that the patrol team's captain was an Elite Four level trainer. His strength might not be comparable to the Elite Four, but he had at least three Elite Four level Pokémon.

The four followed Roger into the house and found that the environment inside was quite simple. Roger was carrying an iron cup with peeling paint, and the words "Unity is Strength" were written on the cup.

"What are your names?" Roger asked as he entered the room, sat down in a chair, pulled up the collar of his thick fur coat, and looked at the group.

The temperature difference between day and night in the camp is extreme. During the day, due to direct sunlight, the surface temperature can reach as high as 40 degrees Celsius. After sunset at night, the temperature drops to minus ten degrees Celsius, so you have to wear a thick fur coat and cover yourself with a quilt at night.

"Xia Yu."

"Li Zhiqiang".

"Wu Yaozu".

"Zhao Ruohan".

After listening to everyone's self-introductions, Roger looked at them, frowned, and said, "Although you're only staying here for a month, once you're here, you have to listen to me and be under my jurisdiction."

"Xia Yu, you go to Team One."

"Li Zhiqiang, you go to the second team."

"Wu what Zu, you go to the third team."

"Captain! My name is Wu Yaozu!" Wu Yaozu shouted loudly.

"What are you yelling about!" Roger picked at his ear. "You're making me almost deaf. From now on, call me Captain, not Captain."

"Yes, Captain... Captain!"

"Little girl, which team do you want to join?" Roger was quite polite to Zhao Ruohan. There were very few women in the patrol team. Apart from two middle-aged women who cooked, there was only one young girl who had been transferred from Lin'an City. She was going back after two years of support, and there were still six months left to complete her two-year service. "There is another young girl in the first team. She went on patrol today and will be back later. You can share a room with her tonight. Just tell me which team you want to join, and you can choose whichever you like."

"Team one."

"Come join our second team!"

"Team Three!"

Laughter and chatter came from outside.

"Get lost, stop howling like that!" Roger yelled.

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"Team One." Zhao Ruohan didn't hesitate much and directly chose Team One.

"Jin Yan! Tashi Delek! Wu Dongqiang! Come and take your men away!" Roger shouted. "Give each of them an overcoat and a quilt; they'll freeze to death in the middle of the night."

"They're here! Captain!"

The three patrol team leaders walked in one after another. Apart from Wu Zhiqiang, who was at the beginning, Jin Yan was tall, about 1.85 meters tall, with a well-proportioned figure and obvious muscle lines.

Tashi Delek, on the other hand, was broad-shouldered and burly, with a robust physique, and looked like a brown bear.

Xia Yu and Zhao Ruohan both belonged to the same team, so they naturally followed Jin Yan to the team's camp.

"Looking at your delicate skin, you should share a room with the vice-captain. You're both scholars, you two will definitely get along well," Jin Yan arranged to Xia Yu, then tossed the cotton coat in his hand to Xia Yu: "The vice-captain's room is the third one on the right."

"it is good."

“Miss, you’ll share a room with Xiao Zhao. Xiao Zhao is also a girl, she went on patrol and isn’t here today.” Jin Yan said, then suddenly changed his tone and said to Zhao Ruohan, “Miss, you’re so beautiful, you should pay more attention to your appearance. Don’t dress up too much. We’re all rough people here, when have we ever seen a girl as beautiful as you?”

"Mmm." Zhao Ruohan nodded, her face flushed.

After the four of them divided up into teams, they went back to their respective rooms to sleep.

After Xia Yu finished washing up, she put down the mosquito net. There were a lot of mosquitoes in the mountains. If she didn't have a mosquito net, she would definitely wake up the next day covered in bites.

Lying in bed, Xia Yu looked at his phone, but there was no signal at all; it was completely useless. Helpless, Xia Yu could only choose to go to bed early, and that's how he spent his first night with the patrol team.

Chapter 196 Xu Shanhe

Night, eleven o'clock.

Xia Yuzhong was still in a daze when he suddenly heard a noise. He sat up abruptly and looked up to see a dim desk lamp on, and a figure sitting at the table writing something under the lamp.

"Excuse me, did I disturb you?" The speaker spoke in fluent Mandarin, not at all like a local, and in a very soft voice: "I have a student who wants to send a letter to his father. I can write it to him in two or three minutes."

Xia Yu finally snapped out of his daze and looked at the man who had spoken. Xia Yu remembered that Jin Yan had mentioned that the person he lived with was the deputy captain of the patrol team. He figured this man must be the deputy captain of the patrol team.

The deputy captain's face was weathered, his temples were slightly gray, and he looked old, around forty years old, wearing a pair of old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses.

Several textbooks were laid out on his desk, covering everything from first to sixth grade in Chinese and mathematics. He looked more like a teacher than the deputy captain of the patrol team.

It should be noted that the deputy captain of the patrol team also possesses the strength of a Heavenly King, but Xia Yu doesn't seem to have that quality at all; he looks more like an ordinary person who can't even kill a chicken.

"You're new here today, right?" Xu Shanhe asked uncertainly. He had heard from Roger that four young people had come to train for a month. "My name is Xu Shanhe."

"Captain Xu," Xia Yu said, "My name is Xia Yu. Why are you back so late?"

"I have to teach the students." Xu Shanhe couldn't help but smile as he thought of his students. "After class, I have to take all the students home, which will take a little longer on the way."

"Captain Xu, are you a teacher?" Xia Yu was still slightly surprised, even though he had already guessed it.

"Yes. There's a shortage of teachers in these mountains, so I was temporarily pulled in to be a strong man and teach the children to read and write. I don't expect them to be educators, I just hope they won't mislead the children." Xu Shanhe spoke in a refined and gentle tone.

“Teacher Xu, your accent doesn’t sound like that of a local,” Xia Yu asked.

"I'm from the capital." Xu Shanhe didn't hide anything and admitted frankly, "I was transferred from the capital to support the patrol team. I was supposed to go back after two years, but if I left, there would be no one to be the teacher, so I've been staying here."

Xu Shanhe spoke in a rather calm tone, using the simplest words to say the greatest thing. Xia Yu greatly admired his willingness to give up the superior environment of the capital and stay in Qingshan Town.

After all, most people who come to help nowadays are doing so with the aim of enhancing their resumes, and they return to the city as soon as the two-year period is up.

Even if it's just a gilded experience, it's still quite impressive. Many people are unwilling to leave their comfortable, privileged urban environment, and wouldn't even come for two years of gilded training, which only further highlights Xu Shanhe's greatness.