Chapter 324: The Machine Soul is Happy · Half-year Award · Baking Desert · Totem of Ancient Ruins
The picnic lasted until late at night, and the Pokémon around Luo Mu changed several times.

Although the nearly forty Pokémon on the farm were not enough to consume all the watermelons in such a large melon field, with the activeness of a few bottomless pits, more than half of the watermelons were consumed.

The remaining watermelons should be enough to get through the hottest days if eaten sparingly. Unfortunately, until all the watermelons were picked, no "badali" came to steal the watermelons from the field, and Luo Mu did not have the opportunity to perform his moonlit night bale-stabbing skills.

Fortunately, after picking off the stems and leaves on the watermelon vines in a few days, adhering to the principle of sustainable development, we can allow Hualiao Huanhuan and Bai Pengpeng to continue to cultivate the vines in the melon field, and perhaps we can welcome a second harvest before the end of midsummer.

Feeling that time was almost up, Luo Mu directed the Pokémon to start cleaning up the mess, sweeping up the garbage they had produced tonight, packing and sorting it into garbage bags of different colors, preparing to take them back to the farm and hand them over to the garbage truck that would pass by the farm every day.

The way the world deals with garbage is actually quite environmentally friendly and convenient.

Among Pokémon, there are several poison-type Pokémon that feed on all kinds of garbage, no matter what kind of garbage it is. Their powerful digestive ability can digest the garbage into energy for their own activities or poison gas for attack.

Slime, Slimey, Ragged Bag and Dust Mountain, as well as Alola-like Slime and Slimey are all good at it.

For example, the garbage generated in Flat Disc Town will be transported to a garbage disposal plant built outside Table City, where the Pokémon raised in the plant will handle the garbage.

Originally, Luo Mu planned to raise such a Pokémon on the farm to deal with kitchen waste.

But considering the stinky mud and its stench that could not be cured or isolated, he finally gave up the idea and just paid the money to let the garbage disposal plant deal with the garbage.

However, it is said that if the Ragged Bag and Dust Mountain are carefully cared for, they will not produce too much odor. Even the Alola-like Sludge and the Smelly Sludge will not produce any odor at all, but instead, they will produce toxin crystals that condense in their bodies after the garbage is decomposed.

Although the toxin crystals are very beautiful and shiny, they are even the favorites of some curious collectors.

But the highly toxic toxins contained in it were very scary. Luo Mu was worried that after introducing the Alola Slime, these toxin crystals would accidentally fall and be touched by other Pokémon, which would be troublesome. In the end, he gave up.

After all the garbage was packed up and the lawn was cleaned up, Luo Mu was just about to ask the Pokémon to follow him back to the farm when he heard the clear sound of machinery running and moving from not far away.

In the silence of the night, the crickets that were playing the concerto have all gone to rest, leaving only the sound of the gurgling stream. Even the sound of a needle falling to the ground is clear enough, not to mention this undisguised sound.

Luo Mu and the Pokémon looked towards the source of the sound, and immediately spotted the Pokémon that was shining pink and purple under the moonlight, and was extremely conspicuous.

"Iron Warrior."

Luo Muxu narrowed his eyes, as if trying to confirm whether the Iron Warrior was the one he knew.

Roentgen, Mimikyu, and Swampert did not rush forward, but each protected the Living Pokémon that had no power to resist the Iron Warrior.

Cang Yan Ren Gui, who was busy carving a watermelon rind into a little rabbit shape to hone his carving skills, stopped and looked at the person who came. He found that it was the Iron Warrior. The white smoke that replaced the pupils in Cang Yan Ren Gui's purple eyes swayed slightly, telling of the fluctuations in Cang Yan Ren Gui's mood.

If the competitions with Roentgen Cat and Swampert honed Blue Blade Demon's enemy fighting skills, then the battle with Iron Warrior injected new vitality into Blue Blade Demon's stagnant swordsmanship skills.

After a period of settling down, the Cang Yan Blade Ghost's swordsmanship became more and more sophisticated, and it could clearly feel its own progress.

At this moment, Cang Yan Blade Ghost's first reaction to the Iron Warrior coming to him again was surprise.

——That’s great. If I fight again, I will definitely become stronger.

Thinking so, Cang Yan Ren Gui looked at Luo Mu. After getting Luo Mu's approval, Cang Yan Ren Gui carefully handed the carved watermelon rind rabbit to Liu Wei, smiled lightly and walked towards the Iron Warrior.

Sister Huhu looked at the Iron Warrior curiously. The cheerful girl couldn't help but shrink her neck when her eyes met the Iron Warrior's data eyes. She sensed some powerful threat from the Iron Warrior.

Brother Hu Hu had already shrunk into his shell, and no matter how sister Hu Hu beat him, he wouldn't come out. After looking at her brother with disappointment, sister Hu Hu approached Frost Milk Fairy and curiously asked about the origins of the Iron Warrior.

Seeing that apart from the four absent Milky Ways, it seemed that only the new brothers Huhu and Huhu didn't know about the Iron Warrior among the farm Pokémon, Frosty told them roughly about the Iron Warrior's deeds, which made Huhu and Huhu even more scared.

Even the big black bird was chopped by it like cutting melons and vegetables, and it had no power to fight back. Every time the siblings saw the steel beak and steel claws of the Steel Crow, they were scared. In this situation, it is better for them to stay behind and be protected by the Roentgen cats.

In the silence of the night, the only sounds were the footsteps of the knight with the mechanical body and the blue swordsman with the cursed armor.

The two sides did not communicate at all. The moment their eyes met, they knew each other's thoughts. They transitioned from a slow stroll to a fast gallop. In an instant, the Blue Flame Blade Ghost and the Iron Warrior directly clashed with each other.

The Iron Warrior split the pink and purple blade into two and went straight into battle with the flaming swords burning with phantom fire on the arms of the Blue Flame Blade Ghost.

As the swords collided, the crisp hum of the swords resounded through the night sky.

"Hiss."

As soon as they fought, the Heavenly Flame Blade Ghost discovered that the Iron Warrior's approach was completely different from before. It was as if he had predicted or calculated his sword moves. He blocked his attack one step ahead and launched a counterattack like a storm.

Blue Blade Demon frowned slightly, realizing that his sword moves were seen through by the Iron Warrior in some way. Luo Mu once said that future paradox Pokémon like the Iron Warrior might have something in their bodies that could assist them in combat or even in daily calculations. Now it seems to be true.

Perhaps the Iron Warrior borrowed the thing called "calculation" to crack all his ways after only one battle.

However, fortunately, I did not waste my time during this period, and the changes in sword moves and the level of skills have improved a lot.

Thinking of this, the Cang Yan Blade Ghost's eyes narrowed, and he changed his sword moves without hesitation, launching a second round of attacks in a way that the Iron Warrior could not have expected. However, he regained the upper hand that the Iron Warrior had in a short while, and was still making fine adjustments in the battle based on the Iron Warrior's slashes.

Neither Pokémon used any special moves, and both relied on pure swordsmanship to compete. The two swords seemed to leave afterimages.

As the fight became more intense, the Iron Warrior became more confused.

It kept thinking and calculating through its thinking circuits, not understanding why it had copied all the sword skills used by the Blue Flame Blade Ghost in the previous battle and deduced them to a higher level, and why it could also use sword skills that were completely different from its deductions to fight back, while absorbing the sword skills it had deduced.

Does this mean that its learning speed is not even as fast as that of the Azure Blade Demon?
In the end, the Blue Flame Blade Ghost used a beautiful upward slash to knock away the pink and purple sharp blades wielded by the Iron Warrior, and pointed the sword tips at the Iron Warrior again, speaking calmly.

"Sirlo." (Go away.)
The Iron Warrior stood up silently and raised his hand gently. The pair of pink and purple blades that were deeply embedded in the soil seemed to be attracted by a huge magnet. They flew back to the Iron Warrior's left hand in an instant and reassembled into a double-sided pink and purple blade.

"Po Jin." (I'll come back again.)
The Iron Warrior looked deeply at the Blue Flame Blade Ghost and felt his chest filled with many emotions that it could not understand.

However, this time it will concentrate on deducing the sword skills of the Blue Flame Blade Ghost, and then completely defeat it next time, without any thoughts of hesitation or wavering.

Because if you are timid, you will never be able to defeat the Blue Flame Blade Ghost.

As quickly as it came, it went as quickly as it came.

The Iron Warrior tapped his toes lightly, and his nimble figure left only a shadow. He quickly left the scene like a fairy under the moon, leaving behind only the lawn that was neatly trimmed into a flat top by the aftermath of the battle between him and the Blue Flame Blade Ghost.

The only ones left were Cang Yan Ren Gui, who had fallen into deep thought after gaining some insights into sword skills, and Luo Mu, who had just picked up a watermelon but had not yet had the chance to give it away when he saw Tie Wuzhe Run, and was confused.

July 16th, Minor Heat.

They stayed up too late last night. It was already noon, but Luo Mu was still lying in bed. On the contrary, the Roentgen cat, monarch snake, mimicry and others were full of energy and got up early in the morning to make some fun outside.

Despite the deafening noise outside, Luo Mu managed to sleep until eleven o'clock when he was woken up by the vibration of his cell phone.

As soon as he turned on his phone, Luo Mu found that it was a text message from the bank.

【帕底亚人民银行：联盟历798年07月16日11:45橘子学院账户0101向您尾号114账户汇入，收入金额500000联盟币，余额1235767.61联盟币，备注：半年奖。】

"Well, it's over 100 again, that's great."

Luo Mu woke up instantly from his sleepiness and a smile appeared on his face.

The benefits of Orange College are quite good. Not only do they have four months of paid vacation every year, but they also have a half-year bonus like the one he received today and an even more generous year-end bonus. This half-year bonus alone is equivalent to more than two months' salary for him.

It seems that Luo Mu's salary increase is not as high as the output of Big Milk Tank and the others, but if this job is compared, it is like the civil servant before Luo Mu traveled through time. The salary may not be high, but there are all kinds of welfare benefits, which is very comfortable.

Not to mention that this job is relatively free. In the past, classes had to be attended regularly during the week, but now they can be adjusted at will according to the teaching situation. This is greatly beneficial for people like Luo Mu who like to search the world for suitable items and bring them back to the farm for development.

Luo Mu happily accepted the bonus, his wallet now bulging, and he tossed and turned in bed, thinking about how to spend the money.

The automatic milking machine prepared for the five large milk tanks only cost 150,000 Alliance coins to be customized in Niaoguang City. Considering the level of automation, it is already a good value for money.

The big milk tanks only need to put on the milking device when the time comes, and the machine will automatically operate, squeezing out the mooing fresh milk with the appropriate force. During this period, they can choose to stop or pause according to the actions of the big milk tanks, which is very user-friendly. Luo Mu, who is freed from this, does not need to be busy squeezing milk for a long time, but only needs to package the mooing fresh milk and seal it in glass bottles.

"This money should be enough to build a new house. There are more and more Pokémon recently, and it's always difficult to cook in the small kitchen. It seems that I have to include it in the farm development plan."

Luo Mu got up, thinking about the plan of rebuilding a bigger, more spacious and brighter new house, while he finished his work, changed into a fresh set of clothes, put on slippers and walked out of the room.

As soon as he went out, Luo Mu saw Dragonite and Dragonite Leader training Sanmao and his tribesmen.

The Steelix that looked very domineering in the outside world and the Blue Jay that looked very cunning were like quails in front of the two Dragonites, shrinking their necks and accepting teachings.

Leader Dragonite once delivered letters to passing trainers around the new island under Mewtwo's instructions, and has extensive experience in this area.

As long as you ignore its occasional interactions with the non-existent "ghosts" around it, Dragonite is a good delivery man teacher.

Kuailong accompanied Luo Mu everywhere all day long and was very familiar with the environment around Pingdie Town. He even had a rough map of it memorized in his mind. Since Luo Mu's initial milk subscription business only wanted to be piloted in Pingdie Town, his knowledge was completely sufficient.

Crows are considered extremely intelligent animals in nature. They can even form gangs. There are also fables about crows that use stones to drink water, not to mention Steelix, which is a Pokémon with even higher levels of intelligence.

One of the two Dragonites is very good at finding the way and is very experienced, while the other is familiar with the structure of Flattery Town and the location of each area. With their combined strengths, they have trained Steelix and the others into a very capable team.

Judging from this progress, the milk subscription business will undoubtedly be able to be launched smoothly after participating in the Pokémon Marathon Conference later this month.

With a smile on his face, Luo Mu said goodbye to Dragonite and the others, went straight to the warehouse, took out a slightly yellowed map and looked at it carefully.

"Well, it does indicate in detail the iron tracks and possible locations of the Majestic Fang, but it doesn't do much for me."

【uh-huh! 】

"Don't be so proud. I'll leave the directions to you when the time comes."

After a brief exchange with System Sang, which was of no use most of the time, Luo Mu rolled up the map again and put it into the painting tube that had been prepared long ago, taking good care of it.

Although this thing is usually used by art students to display paintings, it is also very suitable for displaying maps.

This was something Luo Mu brought back from Basaku's studio when he went to see Basaku and Kosa last time. When he saw that the size of the painting tube was very suitable, he brought it back directly to hold the map.

This map was given to Luo Mu by Terry. After Luo Mu received it, he had no intention of exploring there.

On the contrary, there is still some time before several major events, and most of the things that need to be done have been done. It is not a good idea to stay idle on the farm all the time. So Luo Mu took out the map and planned to go to the Honghong Desert to find out what is going on.

After all, in the game, the place where these two Pokémon live is where mature secret seasonings grow. Before the secret seasonings in his own farmland grow to maturity, he can rely on the secret seasonings there to verify Luo Mu's own series of conjectures.

As for the item that Terry mentioned that can evolve Pokémon that cannot evolve, Luo Mu thinks the probability of it being a Mega Evolution Stone is low.

Although Padia and Kalos are very close, there is a high probability that one or two Mega Evolution Stones will be left in the Padia area during the movement of people, but now the Swampert Evolution Stone has already been obtained, and Luo Mu does not have a Pokémon that can Mega Evolve.

Unless a new Mega Evolution appears in the XY remake after the Legendary Kyurem or even the Legendary Zygarde after he traveled through time, such as the Mega Evolution Stone of the Roentgen Cat, then the Mega Evolution Stone is basically useless to Luo Mu. At most, he can use it to exchange items with others, or give it to others as a reward.

Luo Mu's intuition told him that the evolution item might be able to enable a Pokémon to complete a permanent evolution, rather than a time-limited evolution like Mega.

This made him look forward to the trip to the hot desert.

at the same time.

Kanto and Johto regions, Orange Islands area.

Xiaozhi successfully defeated the head trainer Yuji at the Citrus Stadium and won his first victory. Although the honor of this victory is far less than that of winning the League Conference, he still smiled happily when registering in the Victory Palace.

On the ceiling of the Victory Palace, the Messenger Bird, who witnessed Xiaozhi's normal 6vs6 full-member battle, shook his head and lamented that the boy was still too young. He was so happy about this level of victory. When he participated in the Johto League, facing the old man who used ice and the last dragon messenger Xiaozhu, he would not be able to win as easily as he did now.

Thinking of this, the messenger bird flapped its wings and left the Victor's Palace, flew out of Citrus Island, and flew towards the other end of the horizon.

Although it and Mewtwo challenged all the gyms in the Johto region in their spare time to kill time, the process of the challenge was nothing more than Mewtwo taking it to teleport to the city and then challenging the gym, and then leaving after getting the badge.

In fact, I haven't seen many of the landscapes in the Johto area.

When the messenger bird was tired of flying, it landed on a coconut tree on a small isolated island on the sea. It opened the notebook that Luo Mu had given it and began to browse the contents on it. When it was almost dusk, it slowly closed the notebook and put it and a pair of blue slippers back into its hollow tail as if they were treasures.

According to what Luo Mu wrote on the notebook, there are many good places in the Johto area that are worth exploring and checking in.

Such as the ruins of Alfu, the Trumpet Bud Tower in Kikyo City, the Well of Slowpoke east of Hinoki Town and the Oak Forest west of Hinoki Town, the Scorched Tower and Bell Tower in Enju City, the Lake of Wrath near Kaji Town, the Lighthouse in Asagi City, the Whirlpool Islands and the Silver Mountains.

I think this will be another thrilling journey and adventure.

With a longing gleam in its eyes, the messenger bird leaned against a coconut tree and fell into a deep sleep.

In the Johto region, on the green grassland, near the ruins of Arufu.

A Pokémon archaeology professor named Shiuri Snowdon is investigating a dark ancient ruin with his assistant.

The camera in his hand kept taking pictures of the mysterious words carved on the stone wall until he found a rusty treasure chest. After opening it, many woodcut boards came into Shirley Snowden's eyes.

After hesitating for a while, Shiuli Snowden picked up three of the woodcuts. Before he could look at them carefully, the woodcuts suddenly lit up with a blue light and faint lightning flashed in the air.

"This is."

Xiuli Snowden was stunned, and before he could finish his words, he found himself surrounded by a group of strange-looking black one-eyed Pokémon that looked like letter symbols.

next moment.

Shiuli Snowden disappeared into the ruins.

Only a camera that fell from the sky startled the assistant who was concentrating on photographing the words on the stone wall. The assistant looked around but could not find any trace of Dr. Shiuli Snowden, and his face showed horror.

"PhD."

The Basking Desert is an extremely vast desert in the western part of the Padia region. It is a nightmare for novice trainers and an excellent place for experienced trainers to make a fortune.

As an old friend once said:

"Do you want my treasure? If you want it, I can give it all to you. Go find it! I put all the treasures there!"

Because of these words, the Great Pirate Era began.

Although the situation in the Padia region is not that outrageous, there are still many rumors circulating among trainers that seem very real.

About 2000 years ago, the Padya region was ruled by the Padya Empire. The emperor at that time not only drove his people to explore the Padya Pit, but also hid many of his treasures.

Among the countless places where Emperor Padya hid his treasures, the Hot Hot Desert took the first place with an overwhelming advantage. After all, among the countless trainers who went in and out of the Hot Hot Desert, many of them made a lot of money by exchanging the valuable items they picked up in the Hot Hot Desert.

Some people even picked up priceless comet fragments and became wealthy overnight.

Luo Mu, who has explored the Honghong Desert dozens of times and even has a full set of equipment, cannot deny the possibility of this statement. After all, he has picked up a lot of good things in the Honghong Desert.

Just as One Piece opened the Great Pirate Era, the Padia region also continues to set off an unprecedented desert treasure hunt fever.

Countless trainers and explorers have entered the Basking Desert one after another, just to search for the elusive treasure of Emperor Padya.

Terry used to be one of them, but now he has given up this dream and chooses to stay in Ziqin Town and live a stable life with a wife and children.

On July 7, Luo Mu was ready and rode on Dragonite, carrying the map provided by Terry and a backpack of water and food, and plunged into the scorching desert.

(End of this chapter)