Pokémon: Master System.

The two walked through the mountains, chatting as they went.

"Zhao Ruohan, didn't you want to be a Pokémon nurse and breeder?" As they walked through the forest, Xia Yu took off his cotton coat. With the rising sun and warming sunlight, he asked, "Why did you suddenly become a trainer?"

Hearing Xia Yu's words, Zhao Ruohan's eyelashes fluttered, and she kept walking, saying softly, "There's no particular reason. I used to want to be a Pokémon breeder, but after working in the gym for a while and meeting more people, my thoughts changed. I still want to be a trainer."

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Chapter 201 The Trail of Steelix

Xia Yu and Zhao Ruohan walked in the mountains and forests, chatting about the interesting things that happened when they were studying.

Zhao Ruohan is beautiful, academically excellent, and gentle in nature. She has always been the white moonlight in the hearts of many boys, and many people have written love letters to her.

To be honest, Xia Yu used to have a slight crush on Zhao Ruohan. It's normal for men to like pretty girls, but Xia Yu was very restrained.

Now, more than half a year has passed, and Xia Yu has lost interest in Zhao Ruohan in that regard.

For some reason, Xia Yu suddenly thought of Teacher Long, who was far away in the capital. He wondered how Teacher Long was doing lately. There was no cell phone signal in this deep mountain forest, so he couldn't contact Teacher Long.

"Xia Yu, Xia Yu." Zhao Ruohan waved her hand in front of Xia Yu, interrupting his thoughts: "What are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed in your thoughts."

"Oh, I was thinking about something and my mind wandered off." Xia Yu said with a smile, "Where were we?"

"You asked me why I suddenly want to be a trainer. Don't blame me. I remember you didn't want to be a trainer before, did you?" Zhao Ruohan looked at Xia Yu and asked.

She remembered that Xia Yu had never caught a single Pokémon before. When people asked him why, he would say that he only wanted to become a Pokémon professor. But after a summer vacation, Xia Yu embarked on the path of a Pokémon trainer.

Xia Yu was speechless. Did he not want to be a trainer before? It was because his passive skill "Master's Style" had prevented him from catching any Pokémon with Champion-level potential.

"Actually, I don't want to be a trainer right now. I'd rather be an ordinary Pokémon professor. I'd buy a big villa by the sea, marry a beautiful wife, have a few chubby sons, do research every day, and play with Pokémon. That would be such a comfortable life. Unlike trainers who are out fighting and killing every day, it's too dangerous." Xia Yu was telling the truth. He really wanted to live that kind of life. A simple and peaceful life is the best, but reality didn't allow it.

Xia Yu couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, it's a pity that when you're in the martial world, you're not in control of your own destiny."

Hearing Xia Yu's words, Zhao Ruohan couldn't help but chuckle, her bright eyes looking at Xia Yu: "You still say you have no choice? Now you're Dr. Xia, with a bright future ahead of you. You have a big house, and so many girls want to marry you. Your dream is actually very easy to achieve."

“You don’t understand.” Xia Yu sighed. “Do you know where I got that Gallade? The Pokémon Association specially lent it to me to protect me. Now, there are a lot of people who want me dead, or to capture me alive to do experiments for them.”

"No way." Zhao Ruohan frowned slightly. After all, she was just a high school girl and didn't know much about the world, so she naturally couldn't grasp the danger Xia Yu was talking about: "Is it really as dangerous as you say?"

"Of course, am I lying to you? That's how it is for all researchers. Once you reach the top level in a certain field, you have to consider your safety." Xia Yu had read too many reports of scientists dying mysteriously in his previous life. Just by searching for keywords such as "scientist murder" online, you can find many related news articles: "So I have to become stronger, otherwise I will live in fear all the time, worried about being assassinated."

It wasn't that Xia Yu was maliciously speculating about the dangers of this world; it was simply that when it came to his life, he had to consider the worst-case scenario.

"Okay, have you ever encountered any danger?" Zhao Ruohan asked Xia Yu with concern.

"Yes, didn't we encounter danger during our night patrol?"

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The two walked through the mountains and forests, and before they knew it, they had come to a stream. The babbling water flowed through the mountains, and as the sun rose higher, the temperature rose to over 20 degrees Celsius.

"boom."

Suddenly, a sound came from ahead. Although the sound was not loud, it was quite obvious and startled Bobo, who was perched in the tree, causing them to fly away.

"What's that sound?" Xia Yu and Zhao Ruohan exchanged a glance, their expressions immediately becoming tense. Could they really be so unlucky? They had just encountered poachers two days ago, and now they were facing them again today?

Xia Yu said, "Let's go, let's go take a look."

"Okay." Zhao Ruohan nodded and followed closely behind Xia Yu as they walked up.

"Come out, Buzzbat." Xia Yu said as he walked toward the source of the sound, releasing the scout Buzzbat to check the situation: "Buzzbat, go check first, don't get discovered."

The buzzing bats made cheerful sounds, flapped their wings, and flew towards the direction from which the sound came.

The two followed the buzzing bat and ran toward the source of the sound. As they got closer to their destination, they became more cautious and gradually slowed their pace.

Just then, the buzzing bat, having gathered intelligence, returned from afar. As its strength increased, its telepathic abilities also became more proficient, allowing it to communicate with Xia Yu through telepathy.

"You mean you found a giant Steelix?"

The buzzing bat nodded.

"Let's go, let's hurry up and take a look."

The two quickened their pace and finally arrived at their destination a dozen minutes later. There, they saw a huge hole in the ground, which was obviously left by the giant steel snake.

"Want to go in and take a look?" Xia Yu turned to Zhao Ruohan and asked, looking at the hole left by the giant steel snake.

"Are you going?" Zhao Ruohan asked instead of answering.

"Of course I have to go in and take a look."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

The two walked toward the hole dug by the giant steel snake. As they approached the hole, Xia Yu realized that it was very large, big enough for the two of them to walk side by side, which meant that the giant steel snake must be quite big.

As they descended into the cave, Xia Yu found the interior increasingly spacious. After walking for nearly ten minutes, the cave entrance disappeared, leaving only darkness below, with no bottom in sight.

"Buzzing Bat, go down and take a look."

The buzzing bat continued to act as a scout, flapping its wings and flying down, and soon brought back information.

Below the cave entrance was an open area, as wide as a plaza, but it was about tens of meters below the cave entrance. At this height, Xia Yu naturally had to release the fire-breathing dragon to descend to the bottom of the pit with Zhao Ruohan.

For safety, Zhao Ruohan lay on top of the Charizard, while Xia Yu protected her from behind. Fortunately, Xia Yu's Charizard was large enough, otherwise it might not have been able to fit both of them.

Riding the Charizard to the bottom of the cave, they found it pitch black, without a glimmer of light. Just then, a sound came from the darkness, as if something was approaching them.

"Charizard, spit fire!"

Xia Yu didn't care about anything else and immediately had Charizard use Flamethrower. This would both threaten the enemies in the dark and allow him to identify what they were by the light of the flames.

Flames flashed, and Xia Yu finally saw clearly that it was several Alolan Sandshrews, led by an Alolan Sandslash, that had attacked them!

However, Alola Sandslash is weak to Fire with both Ice and Steel types, and it collapsed after taking just one Flamethrower.

By the light of the fire, Xia Yu discovered that there seemed to be many Pokémon lurking around him. Looking at them one by one, he found that the vast majority of them were Steel-type Pokémon!

Chapter 202 Steel System and Rock System

For Xia Yu, a Steel-type Pokémon enthusiast, this place is simply his dream paradise.

Steel-type Pokémon were everywhere, and shiny Pokémon were everywhere, which made Xia Yu grin from ear to ear.

Looking at the Steel-type Pokémon gleaming with metallic luster hidden all around, Xia Yu was incredibly excited. He quickly looked around, searching for a Steel-type Pokémon with good potential.

Using the flames from Charizard's tail, Xia Yu discovered that in addition to Steel-type Pokémon, there were also many Rock-type Pokémon on this underground platform.

Small diamonds with elite-level quality.

An elite-level Alolan Diglett.

A North-facing nose with Lord-level aptitude.

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"There are so many Steel and Rock type Pokémon here?" Zhao Ruohan couldn't help but exclaim in amazement as she looked at the large number of Steel and Rock type Pokémon.

"How about we tame one?" Xia Yu asked Zhao Ruohan with a smile.

"Xia Yu, we don't have a quota for catching Pokémon. If we try to catch Pokémon without permission, it's poaching, and we'll be caught when we get back," Zhao Ruohan reminded them. They weren't qualified to catch Pokémon in the Wild Area.

“I know, but we can buy capture slots. Each person can capture one Pokémon in the Wild Area every two years.” Xia Yu explained while examining the Pokémon’s aptitude, “I can pay for it.”

“One million per spot. You can catch them yourself; you don’t need to buy me any,” Zhao Ruohan said, looking at Xia Yu. Her Pokémon training costs were all provided by the Xia family; where would she get so much money to buy catching spots? “Besides, I have enough Pokémon myself.”

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After chatting for a while, Xia Yu began to carefully examine the aptitude of the Pokémon around him. He had not yet caught any Steel or Rock-type Pokémon, which might be an opportunity for him.

After scanning the area, Xia Yu regretfully discovered that although there were many Pokémon in this underground world, their quality was clearly unsatisfactory.

So far, the highest-potential Pokémon Xia Yu has seen is the Overlord level; he hasn't even seen a Gym Leader level Pokémon, let alone an Elite Four level Pokémon.

"There are five tunnels here." After exploring the open underground platform, Xia Yu had no choice but to continue deeper into the underground world to search for other Pokémon.

What lay before Xia Yu were five tunnels, the entrances of which were pitch black and stretched as far as the eye could see, their destinations unknown.

Which way should we go?

"casual."

In the end, Xia Yu chose the largest cave entrance and went inside. After all, the larger the cave entrance, the larger the Pokémon living inside, and the larger the size, the better their aptitude.

Watching Xia Yu go inside, Zhao Ruohan followed closely behind, and the two began to explore this underground world together.

The tunnel Xia Yu chose was extremely wide. Even if the two walked side by side, it was not crowded at all, and the sound of the wind could be faintly heard.

The two walked through the winding tunnel, and the small diamonds and rocks that were everywhere were no longer surprising to them. Xia Yu continued to use the system to investigate the aptitude of these Pokémon.

"Elite level. No way."

"Even a lord-level one won't do."

"The Overlord level is still not enough, it has to be at least the Champion level. The capture slots here are so expensive, we have to capture a Pokémon with the potential to reach the Champion level or above."

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The two walked on like this. Suddenly, they heard a series of thumping footsteps ahead, and with each sound, the ground seemed to shake slightly.

"Charizard, spit fire!"

Because it was pitch black, Xia Yu had Charizard use Flamethrower again.