Pokémon: World of Wonder

Jiang Ye took the rice bowl and looked at the fish-roe-like things in it. The blue color itself was meant to suppress his appetite, so he tentatively sniffed it. He found that there was no smell, only a bit of steam.

Looking up, there was no one in front of him. Lancer and the others had gone outside to guard the area, leaving only a set of tableware and two steaming food buckets.

After a slight hesitation, Jiang Ye picked up a spoon, scooped up a full spoonful, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The initial taste is similar to some kind of sago pudding. When you press it between your upper and lower teeth, it bursts out as a thick, coarse, syrupy liquid, which you then chew slightly before swallowing.

It felt much stronger than swallowing a whole spoonful of peanut butter without chewing; you could clearly feel it slowly flowing down your throat and slid down your esophagus before the sensation disappeared.

Although the taste is a bit strange, it is surprisingly delicious due to its overall sweet, salty and sour flavor.

Over the next half hour, Lancer's expression went from somewhat serious to extremely serious, because Jiang Ye ate a whole bucket plus a little more than half a bucket before stopping, a total of 13 bowls!

He usually gets full after eating three bowls of rice, and even the clan leader usually stops after eating five or six bowls. Is this guy a bottomless pit?

However, thinking of what the chieftain had told him, Lanse breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, it was only a very few people. Let them eat. He couldn't possibly empty the granary.

Lan Sai entered the room. Jiang Ye had already tidied up the tableware on the table. He had only eaten until he was nine-tenths full, which was more than enough.

"Hmm, not bad appetite. You need to eat more to have the energy to work. Here's a manual for you. It contains some operating instructions. You can go to the lakeside anytime you want to start work. Someone will guide you through your first job."

After Lanse finished speaking, he had the tableware and food containers carried away from the room, leaving Jiang Ye alone with a booklet in his hand. The booklet contained some underwater hand signals and work procedures.

Because the tools are now very complete, Jiang Ye's main job is to move the trash into the net and then pull it out of the water with the others. The dolphins are responsible for the other sorting and collection work.

Jiang Ye wiped his mouth, deciding to finish early. After preparing for the activity, Jiang Ye changed into a close-fitting wetsuit and went to the lakeside.

At this moment, the lakeside was still bustling with dolphins and people. A sonic dolphin that was in charge of command saw Jiang Ye's strange equipment and hopped over.

"Are you new here? Take off your clothes, you're not allowed to wear clothes when you go into the water!" A clear female voice rang in my ears.

"You're not allowed to wear clothes? Why?"

Although the humans emerging from the water appeared to be completely naked, Jiang Ye still raised questions to protect his privacy.

Noticing Jiang Ye's gaze, the female dolphin patiently said, "Don't worry, although they look like they're not wearing clothes, their private parts are actually well protected and won't be seen. Look carefully for yourself."

As she spoke, the female dolphin stepped aside, and Jiang Ye took two steps forward to a group of people who had just climbed out of the lake. He glanced at them discreetly and found that, indeed, something resembling dolphin skin was stuck to their bodies, completely invisible.

At this point, the female dolphin spoke up again: "These clothes of yours are not very effective on the body and do not provide any exercise. And this is also..."

As she spoke, the female dolphin opened her mouth and spat out a water droplet covered in saliva, which appeared in her hand. Jiang Ye hesitated for a moment when she handed him the droplet.

Unexpectedly, this was the very thing that made the female dolphin roll her eyes in annoyance and embarrassment: "What? You're disgusted?"

As she spoke, the female dolphin threw the bead on the ground. Since there was a shallow layer of water on the ground, the female dolphin casually stepped on the bead a couple of times, and then the bead floated up again and was handed to Jiang Ye.

"Alright, alright, it's clean now. Boys shouldn't be so fussy."

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Jiang Ye was completely speechless. Although seawater was indeed effective at disinfecting, it still felt awkward, especially since it had been stepped on.

With a sigh, Jiang Ye took the bead, wiped it on his body, and then put it in his mouth.

Once inside his mouth, the bead seemed to come alive, bouncing all the way up his throat like a water balloon! Finally, it squeezed into his nasal cavity!

It felt like a wad of paper was stuffed up my nose, and because it was so small, it just went straight inside. Maybe because it went directly into my nasal cavity from my throat, I only felt a slight foreign body sensation, but I didn't feel itchy or want to sneeze.

"Alright, wait a minute, I'll find you a senior to mentor you."

As she spoke, the female dolphin hopped and skipped to the side, looked around, found a group of humans preparing to go into the water, and stood next to them, raising her fins and waving them at Jiang Ye.

Seeing this, Jiang Ye put the diving suit he had taken off into his spatial storage and swaggered over. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he still forced a smile to appear more approachable.

"Jiang Ye, this is a four-person team, but one of their teammates got injured at work this morning and has to rest. So you'll fill in for them. Would you like to work with them for a day?"

Jiang Ye smiled and said, "Of course I'm willing. My name is Jiang Ye, and I hope the three of you will give me your guidance."

The man with bulging muscles nodded and replied, "Yes, hello. My name is Zhang Lin, and I'm the captain of this team. I hope you'll observe and learn a lot after we get in the water and get familiar with the job as soon as possible."

"My name is Liu Ya. Let's help each other out when we get in the water!" a plain-looking brown-haired girl said cheerfully.

"Trint, it's a pleasure to meet you." The dark-skinned woman with azure hair spoke in a flat tone, not seeming as happy as she claimed.

"Very good, Zhang Lin, I'm entrusting this person to you. You'd better take good care of him, or I'll punish you!"

"Hehe, don't worry, boss, I'll make sure he's safe and sound!"

After hearing Zhang Lin's assurance, the female dolphin poked Zhang Lin's biceps with her fin and then hopped away.

"Jiang Ye, I'll call you Little Brother Ye. You can come with us after we go into the water. Some underwater Pokémon often treat piles of garbage as their private property, which is a real headache."

"If any Pokémon attack underwater later, move closer to us and we'll provide support as soon as possible."

"Okay, I understand, but I have a question."

Zhang Lin smiled and put away the trawl net, saying, "Alright, ask away. I'll tell you everything I can."

"Did everyone come here after the trials on the first island?"

Upon hearing Jiang Ye's question, Liu Ya immediately replied, "Of course not. A significant portion of the people here were abandoned at sea, or were shipwrecked. The people undergoing the trial are only a small fraction."

Zhang Lin chimed in, "That's right. Only a small portion of the participants in the trial are ordinary people who have settled here for various reasons. However, due to the special environment here, even ordinary people are much stronger than normal humans outside."

"I was one of the participants in the trial, but after passing it, I decided to stay here for the time being. Although I can't be of much help, it's impossible for a bunch of Pokémon to come and help us humans deal with ocean debris every day, right?"

"Alright, Brother Ye, that's enough chit-chat, we're going to get in the water."