Chapter 205: The Shiny Beldum!
Lu Li, holding the trophy, had a joyous expression. Although the trophy was made of pure gold, gold was the least valuable aspect of it; this trophy represented a pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
After the award ceremony, Lu Li was led into a meeting room.
A middle-aged woman wearing glasses handed Lu Li a form.
“These are all the pseudo-legendary Pokémon Eggs that our Jiuzhou Alliance possesses. You can choose one freely.”
After a brief glance, Lu Li asked, “Can I go and choose on-site?”
“No,” the female secretary directly shook her head and refused, then explained, “The location of the pseudo-legendary Pokémon tribes is an alliance secret and cannot be exposed.”
Lu Li thought about saying he could go to the incubator to take a look, but doing so would make his objective a little too obvious.
Lu Li flipped through the documents in his hand, contemplating how to choose.
Most pseudo-legendary Pokémon are of the Dragon Attribute. Non-Dragon Attribute Pokémon currently include only two: Metagross and Tyranitar.
The former needs no further introduction. Metagross, with its four brains, possesses computational power surpassing supercomputers. Such terrifying capability in a living being is itself an outrageous matter.
Tyranitar is known as the “Desert Tyrant,” a powerful Pokémon through and through.
Besides these, those Dragon Attribute pseudo-legendaries are also formidable, such as Dragapult, which possesses both the noble Ghost Attribute and Dragon Attribute.
Dragonite, hailed as the world’s number one speedster, and Hydreigon, with its three heads capable of simultaneously unleashing three types of beam attacks.
In conclusion, there are almost no weak Pokémon among the pseudo-legendaries.
As someone who suffers from indecisiveness, Lu Li wished he could have them all.
But such a wonderful thought was best left as just a thought; he could only have one now.
“Give me the Metagross Pokémon Egg,” Lu Li returned the document to the female secretary.
Lu Li’s reason for choosing Metagross was simple: he possessed a Mega Stone for Metagross.
“Metagross?” The female secretary looked at Lu Li with some surprise, then earnestly advised, “I suggest you choose a different Pokémon. Metagross is not suitable for you.”
After a moment of thought, the female secretary added, “I know your background. As someone of commoner origin, you are not suited to nurturing Metagross due to its extremely low cost-effectiveness. I suggest you switch to something else.”
“Why?” Lu Li looked at her in confusion.
Although he hadn’t interacted with her for long, Lu Li could tell she wasn’t someone who looked down on people of commoner origin.
The female secretary asked, “Do you know the conditions for Metagross to evolve?”
Hearing this, Lu Li also recalled something.
Before his transmigration, the official Pokémon guides had stated that Mega Metagross was formed by combining 1 Metagross, 1 Metang, and 2 Beldum. Its weight was equal to the combined weight of the four Pokémon that formed it.
Metagross is formed by combining 2 Metang, yet it weighs more than 2 Metang.
While this requirement wasn’t present in the game, nor directly explained in the anime, fusion evolution did exist.
“For Metang to evolve into Metagross, two Metang fuse and evolve. This means if your Beldum wants to evolve, you must find another Beldum, and that other Beldum must be weaker than the Beldum you are nurturing. Otherwise, the other Beldum will take the lead. I believe you understand what I’m saying?”
After speaking, the female secretary looked straight at Lu Li.
Lu Li asked in confusion, “I remember there’s another way to evolve, right?”
The female secretary smiled and retorted, “Are you referring to split evolution? That is possible, but it would mean you would have to spend four times or even more resources.”
The so-called split evolution is somewhat similar to Pokémon breeding. Metagross is a genderless Pokémon, and they typically reproduce by splitting themselves.
Beldum can indeed split off new individuals, but that new individual cannot truly be considered its offspring; at most, it can be considered a clone.
However, this method is similar to breeding and consumes life origin. To evolve into Metagross through splitting and then fusing would require resources potentially four times that of other pseudo-legendaries, or even more.
While all are pseudo-legendaries, the resources required for Beldum to evolve into Metagross far exceed those of other pseudo-legendaries. The cost-effectiveness is so despairingly low.
Even Hydreigon, which also evolves through splitting, has higher cost-effectiveness.
Lu Li stated firmly, “It’s fine, I don’t lack resources.”
Do you understand the value of an Alchemy Master? Would my Metagross lack resources?
“I am only offering advice; I am not qualified to make decisions for you. As long as you don’t regret it,” the female secretary said, giving Lu Li a deep look, and then continued, “The Metagross Pokémon Egg will be delivered within two hours. During this time, you can stay at the Pokémon Center.”
The female secretary handed Lu Li a tablet computer: “What Pokémon Secret Treasure do you need? Here are the types of Pokémon Secret Treasures the alliance has. You can choose one freely.”
Lu Li quickly took the notebook and began flipping through the Pokémon Secret Treasures.
Secret Treasures are unlike Pokémon Items; they are genuinely priceless and unavailable on the market.
Tropius has already used a Pokémon Secret Treasure. That leaves only Onix, Charmander, and Milotic.
Charmander and Onix are currently too weak and do not require the assistance of a Pokémon Secret Treasure. Strictly speaking, Milotic doesn’t seem to need one either.
After all, Milotic has not yet reached the point where she needs a Pokémon Secret Treasure to break through a bottleneck.
Although Tropius has used a Pokémon Secret Treasure once, Tropius has already grasped the Origin of Laws and can grow to Heavenly King Level with almost no bottlenecks.
For Tropius, a Pokémon Secret Treasure is merely icing on the cake, only accelerating its growth speed with little other utility.
And Tropius’s growth speed is already sufficiently fast.
After much deliberation, Lu Li ultimately chose a Water Type Pokémon Secret Treasure.
After all, the main effect of the Spirit Beauty Pill is not as potent as the Grass Spirit Pill and others. Milotic’s growth speed is actually the slowest among all his Pokémon.
Even the newly joined Onix is stronger than Milotic in this regard, as the pills Onix is currently taking have effects similar to the Grass Spirit Pill.
With a target in mind, Lu Li directly searched for Water Type Pokémon Secret Treasures.
Water Type Pokémon Secret Treasures are very limited, with only a solitary Water Gem among the representatives.
Lu Li looked at the Water Gem on display and hesitated.
Water Gems are born deep within Water Stone Veins. A single Water Stone Vein can typically produce 1 to 3 Water Gems.
The specific number depends on the energy richness of the vein. Veins with low Water Attribute energy concentration generally only produce one, while richer ones might yield two or three.
The issue now is that he himself possesses an undiscovered Water Stone Vein. As long as he makes an effort to search, it shouldn’t be difficult to find a Water Gem deep within the vein.
With this thought, Lu Li re-entered Fire Attribute and immediately selected the Fire Gem.
After selecting the Pokémon Secret Treasure, Lu Li returned the tablet computer to the bespectacled secretary.
“The Secret Treasure and the Pokémon Egg will be delivered to you within two hours,” the female secretary said, then turned and left the meeting room.
Her task was complete; it was now time for others to perform.
Shortly after the bespectacled secretary left, the door to the meeting room was knocked on again.
Lu Li said, “Please come in,” and two older gentlemen with smiles walked in.
“Hello, student. I am the Vice Principal of Kyushu University.”
“I am the Vice Principal of Alliance University.”
The two elderly men introduced themselves first.
Lu Li vaguely understood the purpose of these two old men.
Lu Li, feigning ignorance, asked, “Are the two principals here to recruit students?”
The Vice Principal of Alliance University glared unhappily at the Vice Principal of Kyushu University, then nodded and said, “Student, if you join our Alliance University, your tuition will be completely waived, you will receive an annual scholarship of 10 million, and you will be given one opportunity to enter the Alliance University Secret Realm each year.”
“Student, if you come to our Kyushu University, I will double all the treatment this old man mentioned,” the Vice Principal of Kyushu University said proudly.
Vice Principal of Alliance University: “???”
“Do you think your Kyushu University is richer than our Alliance University?” Vice Principal Li looked unhappily at Vice Principal Ji.
Vice Principal Ji said earnestly, “What I mean is, our school’s investment in talent is greater than you imagine.”
Vice Principal Li gritted his teeth and said, “20 million annually, you can enter the school’s Secret Realm as you please. If you need it, the school can prepare any Pokémon for you except for pseudo-legendaries.”
“We can provide all the benefits this guy mentioned, and I’ll give you an additional benefit: you can browse our school’s Knowledge Treasury freely,” Vice Principal Ji said seriously to Lu Li.
Hearing this, Lu Li’s eyes lit up.
He had no pursuit of money at the moment, but Kyushu University’s Knowledge Treasury was truly tempting.
Kyushu University had produced many commoner Heavenly Kings. After becoming honorary alumni, these Heavenly Kings would generally leave behind a Heavenly King Breeding Notes in the school’s Knowledge Treasury.
This was what Lu Li desired most.
Lu Li looked at Vice Principal Ji with great sincerity and said, “Principal Ji, I will join Kyushu University.”
Upon hearing this, Vice Principal Li could only sigh in dejection.
Kyushu University’s Knowledge Treasury was indeed better than Alliance University’s. This was partly because Kyushu University had a longer legacy, and partly because the graduates of Kyushu University seemed to be more grateful?
Kyushu University primarily recruited students from the Jiuzhou Region, unlike Alliance University, which recruited students from various regions of the Asian Alliance.
Some commoners from certain regions essentially cut off contact with Alliance University after graduation. Although some honorary alumni had left behind some knowledge legacies, they couldn’t compare to Kyushu University.
Vice Principal Ji cast a proud glance at Vice Principal Li.
“Old man Li, you still don’t know what you’ve lost at this moment,” Vice Principal Ji thought to himself smugly.
Having been born into the Ji Family, he had already made a guess about Lu Li’s identity.
While not 100% certain, he was at least 80% sure that Lu Li was the legendary Rainbow Hero.
Vice Principal Li might have known, but his certainty was definitely not as high as his, hence his hesitant betting.
“We start school on September 1st. There are still half a month until school starts. If you have any needs, student, you can return to school in advance.”
Vice Principal Ji added, “Oh right, our Kyushu University’s Trainer Academy is located in the Secret Realm, and your dormitory is also in the Secret Realm. If you have nothing else to do, you can come to school a bit earlier.”
Lu Li, of course, knew the difference between the Secret Realm and the Real World.
However, he had no intention of enrolling early. Firstly, the gains over the past few days were too immense, and he needed to digest them properly back home. Secondly, he had more important matters to attend to.
After bidding farewell to the two vice principals, Lu Li met with several reporters.
Those were missions assigned by the Alliance officials, and Lu Li had no choice but to cooperate, albeit reluctantly.
A commoner genius, a Special Ability User, who achieved Champion status with extraordinary strength – frankly speaking, he was now politically correct.
The Jiuzhou Alliance naturally wanted to publicize such an event. Firstly, it was to suppress the restless Noble Families. Some Noble Families had acted too excessively during the attack on the Ancient Capital.
Even if the Alliance had people pushing behind the scenes, this was something the Alliance could do, but the Noble Families could not.
Of course, the main reason was for all the commoner trainers in the Jiuzhou Alliance’s base.
After all, Lu Li was of the Academy faction. After breaking away from the Asian Alliance, the Jiuzhou Alliance also intended to support the Academy faction. There was no choice; the death rate for the Traveling faction was too high, and even consumables couldn’t be consumed at such a rate.
Lu Li, being a purebred Academy faction member, was perfect for propaganda.
Lu Li was aware of this, which was why he reluctantly cooperated with the Alliance for the interview.
If possible, Lu Li genuinely wished for more commoners to choose the Academy faction over the Traveling faction.
Thinking of Ai Ke’s brothers and sisters who went traveling and never returned, Lu Li felt the burden on his shoulders grow heavier.
After cooperating with the reporters’ interviews, it was already 4 PM.
Calculating the time, that Pokémon Egg should also be arriving.
Just as Lu Li was considering the timing, there was a knock on the door.
The female secretary, who had left earlier, entered with an incubator and a small box.
“This is the pseudo-legendary you requested. It was originally intended to be a normal pseudo-legendary, but the President and Champions debated extensively and prepared this egg for you.”
The bespectacled secretary looked at the incubator in Lu Li’s hands with envy.
“This is the offspring of a Champion Level Metagross. Most importantly, that Metagross was a Shiny.”
Hearing this, Lu Li’s eyes lit up.
A Shiny Metagross was incredibly cool!
It must be known that Metagross reproduces through splitting. This means that almost 99% of the offspring of a Shiny Metagross are likely to be Shiny. The probability of not being Shiny is even lower than the probability of a normal Pokémon appearing as a Shiny individual.
The probability of a Shiny Metagross appearing is also quite low, lower than the probability of other pseudo-legendaries appearing as Shiny.
This is because if it were through fusion evolution, the Shiny Beldum would certainly be corrupted, so split evolution would be the only option. However, the vast majority of Metagross are actually formed through fusion evolution.
This is because split evolution consumes time and resources proportionally. A Beldum might require about 60 years to evolve into Metagross through fusion evolution.
If it were through split evolution, it would take at least 240 years.
There’s a saying: one generation passes to the next, and the person dies before the Pokémon evolves. This refers to the split evolution of Beldum.
