Chapter 40: Crisis Under The Night Sky
Teach techniques?
Lei Wen was slightly stunned.
Was he to directly teach these techniques to the residents in his territory?
At this moment, a prompt similar to a novice guide reappeared on the panel.
【 Residents have more possibilities. Having residents engage in a certain production work can greatly increase their probability of comprehending related techniques! 】
【 At the same time, the lord also has a certain chance to acquire techniques shared by villagers, thereby unlocking certain technologies in advance! 】
Now Lei Wen understood.
This didn’t require him to directly tell his citizens the method, but rather he could dispatch them to raise Combee. During this time, the Combee would have a chance to learn honey processing techniques, thereby becoming professional beekeepers.
Of course, if he chose not to teach, then this probability wouldn’t occur, and whether the residents could comprehend it would purely depend on their comprehension and talent.
Only, seeing the sentence that followed, Lei Wen’s brow twitched involuntarily.
This made him recall a sentence from Civilization VI.
【 Villagers have shared controlled nuclear fusion technology with you! 】
This function was indeed quite convenient.
After understanding this technology, Lei Wen’s gaze once again fell upon the 【 Livestock 】 above, and the names of the Pokémon available for raising.
Miltank could produce fresh milk, Tropius would bear banana fruits on its body, and Wooloo and Mareep’s wool were strong and warm, making them excellent materials for making clothes.
It’s just that… looking at the conspicuous Groudon in the end, Lei Wen couldn’t help but feel a bit speechless.
Can Groudon truly be raised by humans?
【 Groudon: Embodiment of the earth, possessing the power to make rain clouds disappear and evaporate water with intense light and heat to expand the land. It once appeared as a savior to people suffering from floods. It loves natural energy, expanding land, and seeing its rival Kyogre falter. Its goal is to defeat Kyogre, seize its ocean, and transform it into land. Raising difficulty: Hell. 】
Lei Wen: “…”
Undoubtedly, the Legendary Pokémon at the end were just there to make up the numbers. With their dignity and temperament, there was no way they could be raised by humans.
Regarding this point, it reminded Lei Wen of something Koki said.
“Even if called a god, in the end, it’s just a Pokémon.”
Perhaps this was the reason why these Legendary Pokémon were also categorized here?
However, more than Groudon, Lei Wen was more interested in how to raise Cranidos.
【 Cranidos: It usually lives in deep mountains. To forge a steel body to protect itself, it digs iron ore from the mountains to eat. However, it occasionally appears at the foot of the mountains to eat bridges, railway tracks, or vehicles, making it a troublesome Pokémon. Its favorite food is all sorts of metallic ores. If it can be provided with a large amount of iron ore, it’s easy to get close to it. In the past, some miners used Cranidos to help find ore in the mountains. Raising difficulty: Normal. 】
Cranidos, a Pokémon of Steel and Rock types, and its final evolved form, Aggron, are incredibly powerful beings.
Even more interesting is that, as far as Lei Wen knew, Aggron would consider a mountain its territory.
And when its territory became barren due to landslides or forest fires, Aggron would continuously transport soil to the mountain and personally plant saplings, cleaning up its territory beautifully.
What is this called? The tiger in the heart delicately smelling the rose?
Even giant monsters have a gardener’s heart.
Lei Wen actually quite liked this type of giant monster Pokémon. If he had the opportunity later, he would like to capture a Cranidos to raise.
It would be excellent for guarding territory or for gardening.
When Lei Wen put away the panel, Dratini and the others had already finished dinner.
Lei Wen had the maid clear away the tableware. After playing with Dratini for a while, Elif hurried over and began reporting the day’s various affairs in the territory to Lei Wen.
With the completion of the wooden houses and the start of heavy snowfall, the residents were momentarily idle and all stayed at home to hibernate.
“…Your Highness, do you have any other tasks you need us to handle?” Elif asked after finishing his report.
Lei Wen shook his head: “Never mind, let everyone get some good rest first. We’ll deal with other matters after this winter is over!”
“Understood, Your Highness.” Elif responded, and seeing that there was nothing else, he prepared to leave, allowing Prince Lei Wen to rest well.
Lei Wen suddenly remembered something and called out to Elif, saying to him:
“Right, there’s one more thing.”
“Please speak, Your Highness.”
Lei Wen’s expression was somewhat serious: “This land is not only inhabited by us humans. If someone encounters some injured or starving monsters outside, we must do our utmost to provide them with assistance.”
It wasn’t just that he wanted to create a place where humans and Pokémon could live together, but also because their arrival had destroyed the homes of many Pokémon.
Lei Wen felt that they needed to do this.
Hearing these words, Elif was slightly taken aback, then nodded: “I understand, Your Highness.”
After interacting with monsters for this period, not only Elif but also most of the residents in the territory had realized one thing.
—Monsters might not be as terrifying as they imagined.
They are intelligent, possess emotions, are grateful, and even fight other monsters to protect humans.
“I believe everyone will be willing to do this,” Elif said.
Lei Wen nodded. Although he could wait for Dratini to evolve and ride a Dragonite in a circle around the territory to prove to everyone that Pokémon could be ridden by humans like this.
But these commoners would only think that he was powerful and wouldn’t think that they could do it themselves.
After all, these people were just commoners who had lived in the Royal City before. They were protected by high and magnificent city walls, and some of them might never come into contact with Pokémon in their entire lives. They could only hear about them from others.
Because of this, many of these commoners still held serious stereotypes about Pokémon.
Therefore, they had to see it for themselves and come into contact with Pokémon personally to slowly change their minds.
“Your Highness, please get some rest.”
After finishing his duties, the Old Butler Elif chose to take his leave.
Lei Wen was also a bit tired. After a simple wash-up, he got into bed and fell into a deep sleep surrounded by Dratini and a host of fluffy companions.
*
At the same time, deep in the forest.
In the quiet snowy night, four or five Sneasel stealthily hid their figures in the darkness. They were spread out in various parts of the forest, but their cunning and fierce eyes were all looking in one direction.
If a Pokémon scholar were here, they would immediately recognize that these Sneasel were using teamwork to hunt prey under the cover of night.
In a clearing with shrubs, a Snivy was advancing cautiously.
A blizzard was coming, and it needed to find a hiding place first.
But just then, the Snivy acutely sensed several malicious gazes lurking in the darkness.
It immediately became alert.
Seeing that it had been discovered, the Sneasel immediately launched their attack.
The next second, four or five Sneasel extended their ice-cold claws, which gleamed with a cold light, and leaped out from the darkness, attacking the Snivy simultaneously from all directions.
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