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

Chapter 338 The wool comes from the sheep

Zhang Heng was watching the freshman ranking competition intently. As Yishu won, he suddenly noticed someone standing next to him. The person next to him suddenly greeted him in a slightly stiff Chinese voice.

He turned around and saw a tall, thin man in a research uniform and black-framed glasses, his eyes revealing an unconcealable excitement.

Next to this tall and thin man is a Pokémon that looks like a human, with arms, body and legs, but it has a huge shell on its head. This shell actually looks like a Pokémon with a ladybug body - Iolup.

"Zhang Heng, I finally found you!" the man said with a smile. "I'm Ivan An, the head of Xingyao Technology. We met before at the training dome."

Zhang Heng was slightly startled. He looked at the man and Pokémon in front of him. The scene of that day instantly emerged in his mind, and his face unconsciously became a little hot. "So it's you. I'm so sorry. That day was such a surprise."

Ivan smiled brightly and waved his hand. "Let's not talk about that for now. It's such a coincidence that I ran into you here today. I've been looking for you for a while. There's something I want to talk to you about."

Zhang Heng looked at the noisy crowd around him and the man in front of him who was clearly Asian but spoke broken Chinese. Then he said, "This is not the place to talk."

"Yeah, that's right. Then come with me to the training ground. It's currently under construction, so not many people go there."

As the two talked, they slowly walked out of the arena behind Iolup.

Aiwen seemed to be casually asking Zhang Heng about his opinion on the competition. Zhang Heng answered one by one, but he was always guessing in his heart what Aiwen's real purpose was in looking for him.

As they walked out of the school gate, Alvin's tone gradually became serious.

"Mr. Zhang Heng, please help us improve the training dome. I've been trying to contact you, but I can't find your contact information."

Zhang Heng nodded with a complicated expression. He finally understood why the principal had canceled his freshman ranking competition.

I didn't quite understand it before, but now seeing the scale of the freshman ranking competition, I understand the principal's intention. Each round of this competition takes too long, and I really can't spare the time to help others.

"Tell me how I can help you. Since I'm responsible for your company's losses, I will do my best to assist you in developing the next generation of training domes."

Ivan smiled and changed the subject, "Don't worry, we won't take up too much of your time. You just need to spare an hour or two after class every day to come and help us complete some debugging."

The two of them came all the way to the underground floor full of modern technological beauty, where the training dome was stored. It was a bit messy now, and fragments of the dome that were broken due to energy loss could be seen everywhere.

Alvin led the way, and after several turns, they arrived at a relatively open area on the underground floor. Here was a model that was even larger than the ordinary training dome, more than twice the size of the original one.

Ivan and Zhang Heng stopped at the same time and looked at the huge monster in front of them. At this time, Ivan's expression became very serious, and he looked at Zhang Heng's profile and said.

"Student Zhang, the power you displayed in the training dome that day shocked our entire research team. Especially that red energy, we had never seen it before."

Zhang Heng had already prepared himself mentally, thinking to himself, "They really do want to know about the power of Dynamax." He couldn't help but look back at Ivan.

Ivan paused, staring intently into Zhang Heng's eyes, and said, "We hope you can cooperate with us to figure out the mystery of this energy. This could have extraordinary significance for improving our training equipment and even for the entire Pokémon battle field."

Zhang Heng's expression remained calm, his gaze calmly meeting Ivan's fiery gaze. He knew very little about the man before him, and it was difficult to tell whether he was motivated by pure passion for scientific research or simply by a strong curiosity about Dynamax power.

Zhang Heng is not the kind of person who is easily coerced by others and forced to do things against his will. He responded calmly and steadily.

"You know who my father is, right? In China, no one can force me to do anything as long as I don't want to."

Zhang Heng's aura changed instantly. He could be a gentle and elegant gentleman in daily life, but when necessary, he could also transform into a stubborn person who would do anything to stick to himself.

After all, his status as the son of a champion is enough to allow him to enjoy many conveniences in China and act without hindrance.

Upon hearing this, Aiwen's eyes flashed with anxiety, and he quickly said, "Student Zhang, you must believe me. Although I grew up abroad, I have always had a strong sense of identity with China. After returning to China, I have always wanted to make some tangible contributions to my country."

As he spoke, he pointed to the wreckage of the training dome, his emotions growing a bit emotional. "Look, these training domes are my gifts to the new trainers. With a more complete training dome, trainers no longer have to frequently go out into the wild for those dangerous life-or-death battles. They can improve their strength more efficiently and better protect the next generation of trainers. And the research on new powers will further safeguard the new trainers."

Zhang Heng could truly feel the eagerness in Aiwen's words to promote the progress of scientific research in China. Perhaps this man was indeed a sincere and down-to-earth person.

But after all, this was the first substantive communication between the two parties, and it was obviously unrealistic to expect Zhang Heng to tell them the key factors of Dynamax without reservation.

However, Zhang Heng changed his mind and realized that all the previous signs showed that this Alvin might be trustworthy.

Principal Duan and Duan Guanjun are cousins. Duan Guanjun once witnessed a gigantic swamp leaper at a sea fishing competition, so he naturally knew that Zhang Heng possessed this special power.

Given Duan Guanjun's character, he would definitely not force Zhang Heng to contribute this ability for free.

Advancing Dynamax research through scientific collaboration is a good idea. Even if it doesn't involve revealing core secrets, it wouldn't hurt to make a friend in the scientific field and expand one's network.

After pondering this, Zhang Heng silently called out to the system in his mind: "System, are you there?"

Soon, a mechanical response sounded in his mind: "Ding, I'm here, host."

Zhang Heng then asked, "Do you have any wishing stars that can be exchanged in the system mall?"

The Wishing Star is one of the key props for Gigantamaxing and is also an indispensable raw material for making Gigantamax wristbands.

"Ding, we can provide you with wishing star fragments for redemption." The system replied.

"Okay, what do you want me to give you in exchange?" Zhang Heng asked.

"Ding~ Pokémon items and Poké Balls of equivalent value are acceptable."

Zhang Heng had quite a few high-quality items on him, such as Z crystals and evolution key stones, which could be used to exchange for the lowest-level wishing star fragments. He always felt that it was not a good deal.

After all, the wishing star fragment is one level lower than the wishing star block. Throwing it into a specific nest will only have a chance of summoning a Dynamax Pokémon, while the wishing star block will definitely summon one. As for the wishing star, it can be used to make a Dynamax wristband.

The same props can have very different functions due to differences in size and shape.

"Um... can those diving balls you gave me be exchanged?" Zhang Heng asked tentatively.

For a moment, there was no movement from the system. This kind of operation of getting something for nothing seemed to have put the system into a short logical dead loop.

After a while, "Ding~ OK, 10 diving balls can be exchanged for one fragment."

"Damn, it's so expensive?"

Zhang Heng couldn't help but marvel at it. You know, the current price of a diving ball on the market is as high as 3 Chinese yuan, and the price of 10 of them is not something that an ordinary trainer can afford.

"Ding~ This is not a mandatory requirement, you don't have to redeem it." The system mechanically reminded.

Zhang Heng gritted his teeth and said, "Switch!"

In the system's temporary storage space, the number of diving balls is: 998 minus 10, and the number of wishing star fragments is plus 1.