Pokémon: Yunxiao

Today's preliminaries ended successfully. Xiaozhi and Yunxiao both passed the preliminaries smoothly. In the evening, at the invitation of Hanako, Yunxiao and others had a sumptuous dinner.

"Yun Xiao, you know what? I went to watch Masamune's match today and found that the iron dumbbell he brought only had one special move, collision. If it hadn't evolved in the middle of the game, Masamune might have stopped in the preliminaries."

Xiaozhi had his mouth full of croquettes, and he was spitting them out while chattering to Yunxiao.

"Xiaozhi, you are so rude. Eat everything in your mouth before you speak."

When Hanako saw Xiaozhi's look, she immediately knocked him on the head. Xiaozhi had no choice but to wolf down the food in his mouth with a look of grievance, and then continued speaking.

"What kind of Pokémon is this Iron Dumbbell? Why was it so weak before it evolved, but its strength has made a qualitative leap after it evolved?"

Xiaozhi was obviously interested in this Pokémon, and even ignored Professor Oak, the authority in the Pokémon world, and turned to ask Yun Xiao, whom he believed to be the know-it-all in the Pokémon world.

"That iron dumbbell is a quasi-god Pokémon. As the name suggests, a quasi-god Pokémon is above ordinary Pokémon and below legendary Pokémon."

After thinking for a while, Yun Xiao first told Xiaozhi the basic information about the iron dumbbells. Professor Oak, who was eating nearby, also listened to the conversation between Xiaozhi and Yun Xiao with great interest.

"A quasi-god? This iron dumbbell is such a powerful being? I didn't expect Masamune to be so lucky to obtain a quasi-god."

Hearing about Iron Dumbbell's strength, Xiaozhi seemed a little bit unconvinced, and at the same time he was envious of Masamune's luck.

"Are you envious? That's all earned with the brain. Iron Dumbbell was relatively weak in the early stages because the only skill it could learn before evolving was collision. It can be said that its evolution was all built on collisions with its head."

Yun Xiao picked up a piece of fried chicken wing in front of him and took a bite with relish.

The final evolved form of Metagross is very powerful, but the transition time to the Iron Dumbbell period is too long. In addition, the money required to raise an Iron Dumbbell is huge. If there is no money to feed the Iron Dumbbell, even if it is a quasi-god, it is no different from a Magikarp.

"But the illustration says that the Iron Dumbbell needs another Iron Dumbbell to evolve into a metal monster. Why did Masamune's Iron Dumbbell evolve just by itself?"

After being with Yun Xiao for a long time, Xiao Zhi also developed the habit of checking the illustrated book. When discussing the iron dumbbells with Yun Xiao, he opened the illustrated book to check the information about the iron dumbbells.

"Xiaozhi, this is another point of knowledge. Let me explain it to you."

Professor Oak, who was eating at the side, watched the two people's serious discussion. At this moment, he could no longer hold back and interrupted. When they heard that Professor Oak was about to explain, everyone stopped eating, especially Xiaosheng.

At this moment, Xiaosheng had already taken out his notebook. As a fan of Professor Oak, he planned to write down the knowledge points that Professor Oak mentioned.

"Ahem~ The iron dumbbell is a very special species. We once found a group of iron dumbbells in the wild, and also encountered different ways of evolution of the iron dumbbells."

Professor Oak coughed lightly to moisten his throat, then looked around. Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, he nodded with satisfaction and continued speaking.

"One evolved independently, and the other evolved from two metal dumbbells fused together. Out of curiosity, we captured both the independently evolved metal monster and the fused metal monster."

"The final conclusion is that the independently evolved metal monsters are stronger, while the fusion evolved ones are relatively weaker. The energy required for independent evolution is extremely huge. Once the independent evolution of the metal monster is completed, it will have more powerful power."

"As for the fusion-evolved metal monster, it combines the power of the two iron dumbbells and gains the energy for evolution at the cost of losing some of its power."

Professor Oak shared knowledge about Metal Monsters with everyone present. At some point, some trainers who were eating nearby also gathered around because of Professor Oak's explanation. After all, tickets for Professor Oak's explanation are hard to come by.

Professor Oak and Yun Xiao did not drive away these trainers. After all, it was Professor Oak's dream to let everyone understand Pokémon better.

"Professor Oak, if we use two saturated iron dumbbells that can evolve independently to perform fusion evolution, will the evolved metal monster be stronger?"

Yun Xiao also raised his own doubts. If he could really get a bonus of 1+1 greater than 2, he wouldn't mind asking Daigo for two. After all, this guy was very rich, and their group also had a lot of iron dumbbells and metal monsters.

"Haha, Yun Xiao, you asked a good question."

Dr. Oak chuckled, picked up the teacup in his hand and took a sip, then looked at everyone pretending to keep it a secret. Finding that everyone was already eager to know the answer, Dr. Oak continued to explain.

"Our research team once found two iron dumbbells that could evolve independently in Daigo's Iron Dumbbell Cave. After getting Daigo's permission, we fused and evolved the two iron dumbbells."

"It's a pity that the two iron dumbbells did not gain any extra power after evolving together. Instead, their strength was almost the same as that of the metal monsters that evolved independently. When their power merged, a lot of it would be lost in the air, which is also a major disadvantage of taking shortcuts to evolution. After all, you only need two iron dumbbells to complete the evolution, and such a simple evolution comes at a price."

After Professor Oak's explanation, everyone nodded in understanding, and even Qianli benefited a lot.

Seeing that Professor Oak had no intention of continuing his lecture, everyone thanked him and said goodbye. They said to Xiaozhi and Yunxiao, "See you in the game!"

"A quasi-god Metagross! I kind of want one too!"

There was a gleam in Xiaozhi's eyes, and he became curious about Metagross. It was a pity that as a quasi-god, Metagross was rare, so it was not easy to meet one.

Well...you know what, it really exists!

"Xiaozhi, if you want Metagross, I know a place where there is a powerful Metagross. If it is your Charizard, it should be able to defeat him!"

Yun Xiao thought about it for a moment and it really reminded him of where the Metagross was.

"Really? Yun Xiao, you don't want to subdue him?"

Xiaozhi's eyes lit up, and then he asked Yunxiao curiously. After all, it would be too strange for someone to know the location of a quasi-god Pokémon but not capture it!

"I still prefer a white Metagross like the one in Mr. Daigo's hand. I'd rather not have these ordinary ones."

Thinking of Daigo’s white Metagross, it’s really like a dream!

"But before I capture them, I need Professor Oak and Teacher Chisato to promise me one thing, otherwise I won't tell you what happened there."

When Yun Xiao said this, there was some seriousness in his eyes. Professor Oak and Qianli looked at each other, then nodded solemnly to Yun Xiao.

"You tell me, we'll agree to it as long as we can do it."

Qianli knew the importance of the matter and asked Yun Xiao directly.

"The place I found has a group of Steel-type Pokémon living there. There is also a King-level Metagross. In addition, there is a large amount of magnetite there!"

Yun Xiao told everyone the news seriously.

"magnetite!!!"

Chisato and Professor Oak both exclaimed in surprise, and then immediately shut their mouths. After all, a magnetite mine is enough to create a billionaire.

"Are you telling the truth?"

Qianli and Dr. Oak asked Yun Xiao secretly, after all, this was about a magnetite mine.

"Yes, that place has become a paradise for Steel-type Pokémon. If Xiaozhi intends to capture the Metagross there, I hope you can apply to the Alliance to protect that area, or provide those Steel-type Pokémon with a better living environment."

Yun Xiao nodded. If they lost the protection of Metagross, the steel-type Pokémon would not be able to protect the magnetite ores. It would be better to let the Alliance take over so that the steel-type Pokémon would have a better living environment.

"Don't worry about that. If it's true, the Alliance will definitely focus on protecting that place, and the Steel-type Pokémon inside will definitely have a more comfortable living environment than they have now. After all, these are the places the Alliance has the most of."

Dr. Oak guaranteed that if he could obtain this magnetite, he would not have to worry about research funding!

"That's great, Xiaozhi, do you want to capture that Metagross?"

Yun Xiao nodded with satisfaction after getting Dr. Oak's assurance. It's not that he had never thought about embezzling these mineral veins, but he really didn't have enough strength. How could it be easy to keep these riches?

"I want!!"

Xiaozhi answered immediately, he had been interested in Metagross for a long time.

"Then I'll take you there after the Caiyou Conference is over."

Everyone finished their dinner while chatting and returned to their resting place, looking forward to tomorrow's preliminaries.