A water-type trainer who specializes in dragon-type water.

Buzz buzz buzz~ The lawn mower possessed by Rotom roared like a mechanical engine, and surrounded by fireballs, it rushed through the group of electric spiders, forcing its way out.

Frog, which has changed to a ground-type, sprints behind Rotom-Slicer, continuously spewing mud shooting skills from its mouth, bombarding the electric spiders to prevent them from getting close to the trainer behind them.

With the help of Cutting Rotom and Frog, Zhang Heng and Zhuzi also slowly moved forward along the passage.

Zhang Heng and the Shining Water Leaping Fish on his shoulders were both looking at the charging Quaking Frog, but their focus was different.

Zhang Heng was observing the Transformation feature. Because this feature was too special and could change attributes at will, it was somewhat similar to the ninth generation's Titanium Crystallization. It was severely weakened and only took effect once per battle.

However, Zhang Heng observed that the Quaking Frog had only been using the ground-attributed mud shooting skill. If it could only be effective once, it would have been fixed as a ground-attribute skill. Why not use other skills to connect with it?

Because the attack speed of the Mud Shooting skill is still too slow, it is difficult to effectively attack the Electric Spider, so the only reason may be that using other skills will refresh the attributes, losing the effect of the ground system being immune to the electric system.

It can be seen from this that the characteristics of free change in this world are still stuck in the rules before the eighth generation, and the attributes will be refreshed every time a skill is used.

The Water Leaping Fish looked at the mud shooting skills of the Quaking Frog and was eager to try it. Its cheeks bulged as if it was gathering ground energy, but it couldn't find the trick yet.

Zhang Heng felt the unusual movement of the water-leaping fish on his shoulder, and turned his head to observe the little guy's situation. He found that it was imitating the movements of the croaker frog to release ground-based skills.

Zhang Heng's mind felt like it was being electrocuted, as if he had just realized some crucial information. He pondered, "Oh right, Water Leap Fish can learn the Mud Shooting skill when it evolves into Swamp Leap Fish, but it probably can't learn it on its own while still in Water Leap Fish form. So, could the opportunity for evolution be mastering this ground-based Mud Shooting skill?"

Zhang Heng thought so in his heart, and encouraged Shuiyueyu, saying, "Go ahead, Shuiyueyu, just give it a try."

Shuiyueyu had been itching to try it out for a long time and was very interested in ground-based skills. He felt that he would be able to master the skills quickly. He jumped down from Zhang Heng's shoulder, touched the ground with his limbs, and began to gather ground-based energy, but he still couldn't get it right.

Zhang Heng was also somewhat surprised. He felt that relying solely on the Water Leaping Fish would be difficult to achieve. He muttered, "Looks like I still need to seek special training from King Ou's Toad King."

After a battle, the electric spiders were gradually defeated and fled in all directions, retreating back to the depths of the passage. Zhuzi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the retreating electric spiders, but he found that Zhang Heng did not catch up. Looking back, he saw that one man and one Pokémon were training.

He said, "In this kind of environment, I'm impressed that you're still willing to train. Does your Water Leap Fish want to learn the mud shooting skill? I'll lend this to you. Remember to return it to me. This is the only one I have left."

Zhang Heng looked at the leaf-shaped prop that Zhuzi handed him. The leaf's color was mainly a gradient of green and yellow, with wavy edges. There was a slender yellow stem at the bottom of the leaf.

Zhang Heng didn't understand what Zhuzi meant, so he used the system's ability to check the item panel.

Item Name: A-Level Item - Vanilla Imitation

Effect: When a Pokémon is in a battle with this device, there's a 75% chance that it will learn the moves of other Pokémon in the battle. Moves learned this way must be in the Pokémon's own skill pool.

Zhang Heng slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten this? In the Zhuzi game, if a Pokémon with fewer than four moves brought Vanilla to a picnic, it could learn the moves of the other Pokémon at the picnic. It was a very convenient way to learn skills and moves, and he had never expected it to be possible in real life.

Zhang Heng said gratefully, "Thank you so much."

Zhuzi was a little embarrassed. He coughed twice and said, "Ahem, I'm short of funds. Many of my skills were stolen by Pokémon with Mimic Vanilla. Remember to return them to me after you use them."

Zhang Heng was also a little confused when he heard this. He felt that it was really inappropriate for the Chinese top leaders to let the descendant of the first champion live like this.

"Even if you, as a descendant of the original champion, come to search for the Pokémon left behind by the champion, won't the League give you a break?"

Zhuzi was quite carefree and said, "After losing my grandfather's protection, my family lost its voice long ago. If the Zhang family loses Old Master Zhang as the leader, how much say will your family have among the top leaders of China?"

What Zhuzi said was somewhat similar to what Zhang Heng's father said. They both had unequal distribution of benefits due to changes in status. The difference was that Zhang Heng's father had the ability to challenge for the championship and break the power monopoly of those senior officials, while Zhuzi's Jiang family had no successors.

Zhang Heng didn't continue the topic and changed it, saying, "It's okay. Once your Wealth-Seeking Spirit evolves into a Super Rich Man, you'll be on your way to the pinnacle of life with a single Gold Rush skill."

The two smiled at each other and didn't say anything else. Zhang Heng put the imitation vanilla on the water-leaping fish. Without a break, the two continued to go deeper along the main road, looking ahead vigilantly.

The electric beast had already hidden itself, possibly in the passage, waiting for an opportunity to strike, and the place where it disappeared was on the path that the two of them had to take.

...............

At this time, in the waters of the South China Sea, it was around ten o'clock in the morning.

There was a team of twenty people on the sea. They were wearing the official uniform leather jackets of the Chinese Alliance, riding various Pokémon, and hovering above the sea where the cargo ship that was looted by Zhang Leiyuan sank.

This team was a special operations team that came to rob the Water Blade Group's cargo ship under the order of Li Guanjun from Central China. The leader was a female trainer named Xiao Chu, one of the eight strongest trainers in South China.

The female trainer was about thirty years old, with short, neatly styled hair. Although plain in appearance, she possessed an imposing presence. In a cold voice, she gave the order, "Send the divers to the seabed to explore the sunken ship and see what they can find."

With the help of a snorkeling weasel, the two divers began to dive to the bottom of the sea and explore the trench where the freighter sank.

The seemingly calm team was actually experiencing undercurrents. Several ordinary elite trainers registered with the league had received a text message that read: "Freighter sunk, mission canceled, do not expose the target."