Chapter 1: This Unfamiliar Ceiling
Opening his eyes, he saw an unfamiliar ceiling and a bed that was not as soft and comfortable as he remembered.
“Ah, this…”
He got up and looked around. The unfamiliar surroundings made his sleepy brain momentarily freeze.
Before Li Wei’s slow-witted brain could process anything, he heard a few “knock knock knocks” on the door.
Knock, knock, knock.
There were no words, as if they would keep knocking if he didn’t respond. Combined with the unfamiliar environment, Li Wei couldn’t help but feel a chill down his spine, as if he had stumbled onto the set of a terrifying movie.
“Who is it! What are you knocking for! Come in!”
Honestly, Li Wei didn’t know where his courage came from. Perhaps he had silently chanted ‘Great Vajra, Ksitigarbha, Prajna Buddhas, Prajna Paramita!’ and had the assistance of Fa Hai.
Anyway, since he had already shouted, it was too late to regret it.
But what no one expected was that Li Wei’s domineering shout actually stunned the person knocking outside the door. After three more stubborn knocks, the door was pushed open.
“Hiss…”
Li Wei’s mind was blank; in short, he was extremely flustered.
What met his eyes was a strangely shaped creature that looked like a clown.
The description ‘strangely shaped’ seemed a bit harsh, after all, this was probably how it was born.
It was entirely pink, with limbs similar to humans, each of its five fingers had a suction cup, a round head and a round body, and it wore a pair of dark blue pointed clown shoes. Its comical appearance might even be considered cute by children.
It was skilled at using air to create walls and… performing pantomime.
At that moment, upon seeing this familiar yet strange creature, Li Wei’s mind went blank for a while before the official voice of the Pokémon Pokédex with its commentary sound effects appeared.
What appeared in Li Wei’s room was not some perverted clown killer, but a Pokémon called Mime Jr.
Mime Jr., who had just pushed the door open, was frantically waving its arms, using exaggerated gestures and expressions, seemingly trying to convey some message.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the room became very awkward.
Li Wei was bewildered; he felt that his way of waking up might have gone slightly wrong.
However, both the Mime Jr.’s vivid and strange performance and the pain in his thighs, which were almost turning blue from being squeezed, told him that this was the stark reality.
Only sixteen years old, after staying up all night and sleeping, he seemed to have transmigrated to the Pokémon World. Are there any big shots who can offer guidance? Waiting online! It’s really urgent.
But clearly, even if Li Wei was dying of urgency, no one would answer him.
After a period of self-deprecating breakdown in the air, Li Wei chose to accept reality.
Yes, he had transmigrated.
Older anime fans had strong adaptability; one second they were screaming, the next they were saying “hurry up.”
Anyway, standing up and roaring at the sky now would be useless, so it was better to see what this Mime Jr. in front of him was up to.
Thinking this, Li Wei calmed himself down, took a few deep breaths, and gave up thinking.
He stared at Mime Jr.’s movements, trying to figure out what this thing that had suddenly barged into his room wanted to express.
He was very familiar with Mime Jr.’s pantomime behavior, having seen it in Pokémon TV shows and even in the Pokémon movie that came out not long ago.
These Pokémon were like this; they wouldn’t speak properly or express themselves properly, they just had to act.
So, while staring, Li Wei also began to imitate Mime Jr.’s movements with his hands, hoping to facilitate understanding through this method.
But obviously, he failed.
It’s unclear where things went wrong, but now he and Mime Jr. were nodding their heads rhythmically, waving their arms exaggeratedly, ‘Hey! Draw a dragon with me on the left, and a rainbow on your right!’
……
The two remained in a stalemate for a long time, until a somewhat familiar roar came from outside the door.
“Li Wei! You little brat, wake up! What time is it! Do you know you have a physical examination today?!”
The terrifying voice made Li Wei jump out of bed instantly. He took a deep breath and instinctively threw on clothes at lightning speed.
His fear of his mother was ingrained in his DNA.
At this moment, seeing Li Wei scurrying around like a headless fly, Mime Jr. helplessly shrugged its shoulders.
┓(`)┏
‘Humans~ I clearly reminded him~’
After a moment of contemplation, it twisted its arms, tapped its feet to the beat, and performed a popping dance, leaving Li Wei’s room to help with breakfast.
Meanwhile, Li Wei, feeling the call of death, rushed into the bathroom to wash up and then ran downstairs to the dining room.
Strangely, although he knew nothing about this place, his body moved with extreme familiarity.
It was as if his subconscious knew the layout of the house perfectly and what he needed to do now.
Even so, he didn’t get any memory recall to understand this world like in a novel.
All his actions had to be based on guesswork.
With nothing but instinct, Li Wei, like a greenhorn, rushed down the stairs to the dining room.
But before he could reach the dining table, he froze in place, startled by an unexpected sight.
Who were the two people in the dining room downstairs?
These weren’t his parents, were they??
What’s going on, did he even get new parents with this rebirth?
Li Wei’s stunned look only made his mother, who was already displeased with his late rising, even more agitated.
“Li Wei! What are you daydreaming about! Are you waiting for your dad and me to carry you over??”
“Ah…”
Li Wei was still very confused. This appearance and temper were indeed his mother, but he just felt something was off.
His mother, who was already middle-aged and past her prime, had suddenly gone back twenty years to how she looked in the photo his father treasured.
This was not scientific.
He really wanted to complain, but it felt like complaining about science on top of an already established transmigration was missing the point.
So Li Wei remained standing there, dazed.
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“Why are you still standing there!” After finishing her tasks, seeing Li Wei still standing in place, his irritable mother continued to inquire.
“I’m thinking,” Li Wei replied blankly.
“Thinking about how you’re going to get punished?”
“No, I’m thinking about why my mom suddenly became young and beautiful again.”
Just as Li Wei realized he had accidentally blurted out this sentence and was about to face doom, his mobile phone in his pocket suddenly emitted a pleasant sound.
Beep, Alipay transfer of fifty thousand yuan received.
???
What’s going on??
The transfer information was from his mother, who was just berating him, this…
This world is truly wonderful.
At this moment, Li Wei completely abandoned his previous doubts and dislikes about this world being “unscientific,” gave up agonizing over why his life had changed so drastically after a night’s sleep, and stopped obsessing over why Pokémon appeared in reality.
He, Li Wei, was tough as nails… but truly smelled the roses.
Walking to the table, he watched Mime Jr. perform what seemed to be the “Gokuraku Jodo” dance while bringing out the prepared breakfast. Li Wei couldn’t help but clasp his hands together and pray, ‘I hope the plates are okay.’
His stomach rumbled. A beautiful day starts with an exquisite breakfast, so Li Wei assumed his dining posture, ready to eat.
His mother sat at the dining table, looking very leisurely. His father had just returned from his morning exercise and a shower. Looking at this scene, and with a fitting Conan background music playing, Li Wei realized that this breakfast seemed to be made by this Mime Jr., who wasn’t very reliable from any angle.
‘Oh, really? Even Pokémon can make breakfast these days?’
While marveling at the convenience, Li Wei also showed anticipation as he looked at the variety of breakfasts laid out before his parents’ seats.
A large bowl of seafood congee, two slices of fried bacon with green vegetables, a fried egg with a little soy sauce, and finally a glass of hot soy milk. Such a luxurious combination made Li Wei, who only smelled the aroma, incredibly envious.
Mime Jr.’s cooking skills were beyond his imagination; truly delicious and appetizing dishes could be determined from the moment you smelled them.
Li Wei could bet his head that this meal would be delicious!
Just as he was about to dig in, Li Wei was shocked to discover that what was in front of him was not delicious food but a measuring cup?
And it only contained precisely 180ml of water?
This… is bullying an idiot???
His mother saw Li Wei’s wronged expression. She swallowed the porridge in her mouth, raised her eyebrows, and asked Li Wei, “What? You’re not satisfied with just a drink of water?”
I must say, today’s mom was full of gunpowder too! Such a real mom!
“No…”
“You have a physical examination, and you still want to eat fancy food? We’ll talk about it after the examination.”
“Oh.”
Cannot eat before a physical examination.
He forgot, so never mind.
So why, knowing he had a physical examination, did they wake him up so early and make him sit at the dining table?
‘Do you want me to watch you eat!!!’
I must say, after pondering his mother’s bizarre temper, Li Wei felt he had figured it out.
His mother definitely did it on purpose to make him watch them eat!!!
That’s why she made his favorite seafood congee!!!
Even without parallel world memories, he would absolutely believe in his mother’s character and his own taste preferences for delicious food!!!!
Wuwuwuwu!!!
It was the same before; whenever he went out with friends, his mother would deliberately make a table full of delicious food, meticulously plate it, and post it on Moments!!
Braised pork ribs, cola chicken wings, dry pot cauliflower, anything he liked!!!
It was simply too much.
orz.
Li Wei felt that the reason he had become so lawless, his thinking so erratic, and his heart so large was all his mother’s fault!!! No snowflake is innocent under an avalanche!! Everyone is forging ahead bravely!!
With a heartbroken sigh, Li Wei gave up struggling. He couldn’t even be bothered to drink the water and got up to go to the living room to escape this place of sorrow.
However, the living room didn’t seem to be a place of leisure either.
Mime Jr., wearing an apron, was holding air and posing as if vacuuming the floor. About half a meter away from it, a vacuum cleaner was operating by itself.
Wherever Mime Jr. went, the vacuum cleaner would soon follow to clean. If he hadn’t seen the faint blue light on the vacuum cleaner, Li Wei probably would have exploded on the spot and ascended to heaven.
This supernatural event would make anyone’s scalp tingle.
‘It’s a Psychic-type Pokémon, using Psychic Power to do housework, well, not excessive, not excessive.’
Thus, during the break between his parents’ breakfast, Li Wei watched Mime Jr. work with great interest.
Having a Pokémon running around by his side was a novel experience. Of course, it would be even better if he could have a Gardevoir on his left, a Florges on his right, and a Scyther to bring him tea and water.
I must say, Li Wei had only been here for thirty minutes, and after ten minutes of adapting to the situation, the remaining twenty minutes were spent fantasizing.
Following Mime Jr.’s movements, it cleaned the house. Seeing that his parents had not yet finished their breakfast, Li Wei sighed and picked up his phone to organize the publicly available information through high-tech means.
He opened his browser and searched for the word ‘Pokémon,’ then clicked on the dedicated entry to view it.
After browsing for over ten minutes, Li Wei, relying on his experience of browsing novels on a certain website for over a decade, quickly understood the worldview and structure of this world.
In this world, Pokémon and humans had coexisted for thousands of years. It could be said that the origins of human civilization were already filled with Pokémon elements.
From being called monsters, then spirits, then elves, and so on, the names were eventually unified into the current Pokémon.
The history of this parallel world was all intertwined with Pokémon. For example, the Statue of Liberty in Eagle Country had become a V-shaped Victini; Zhonghua Family’s entrance had a statue of Ho-Oh; and all ruins were filled with Unown.
Everything seemed bizarre, yet it all made perfect sense in this world.
The Pokémon species sequence in this world was recorded up to 786, nearly a hundred less than the 896 he knew. After roughly scanning the Pokédex, Li Wei discovered that the unrecorded Pokémon were mostly Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. Occasional Shiny Pokémon and regional forms were also recorded as new species, so the significance of these 786 was much less than Li Wei had anticipated.
After all, in reality, Legendary Pokémon were equivalent to gods.
Most people only heard legends passed down by word of mouth or saw records on murals to know of such Pokémon, whether they were figments of ancient human imagination or truly existing ones. They could only adhere to a professional and academic attitude, treating them as non-existent until observed.
However, in a peaceful era, what would be the probability of convincing authoritative experts, who could prove the existence of such Pokémon, to witness Legendary Pokémon like Dialga and Palkia with their own eyes?
Upon seeing the creator god Arceus, would they also question things like the theory of evolution?
Of course, these were none of Li Wei’s business. He didn’t transmigrate to do science; he just came to be a Pokémon trainer.
Dreaming, does it require logic?
Li Wei believed it did not.
He felt very relaxed and at ease about this accidental transmigration.
He came from a well-off family with a stable life, and today he was preparing to become a Pokémon Trainer.
After gaining a general understanding of the world, Li Wei put away his phone. Not long after, his parents finished their meal, and he was naturally taken to his physical examination.
Going to the garage to get the car, Li Wei was surprised to find that the driver was neither his father nor his mother, but Mime Jr.
Li Wei didn’t know what to say to this all-powerful and convenient Pokémon anymore.
He could only exclaim “This works too??” to express his shock.
In such shock, as Li Wei sat in the car and looked at the scenery of his mansion flashing by outside the window, his heart had no reaction at all; he was no longer shocked.
After all… he had seen many mansions in his previous life, and he had watched many videos of houses worth tens or hundreds of millions on Bilibili. He was already well-traveled and unflappable.
He had seen mansions, seen luxury cars drive by, but he had never seen a Mime Jr. drive a car in reality! Was it really okay to be driven by a Mime Jr. that could drive? Did this puppet have a driver’s license? Could it read road signs? Did it know where they were going??
At this moment, Li Wei was panicking like a dog.
Watching the car he was in merge slowly into the traffic lane, he was very panicked and really wanted to ask, “Did I buy health insurance!”
With the help of a popular science narrator and a tool person, if you encounter any ‘professional terms’ or Pokémon you don’t understand, you can click on ‘Chapter Comments’ to find the Pokédex (＾Ｕ＾)Y.
