Manor Lord in the Pokémon World

Chapter 213 Fangzhou is a promising member of Team Rocket!

Someone's seed has sprouted?!

The assistant perked up and immediately brought up the screen showing the direction of the commotion, then switched the view to the main screen in front of Lambda.

In the center of the picture is a little girl wearing light green overalls that are easy to move in, with a simple white T-shirt underneath and a pair of sturdy brown ankle boots.

Her dark brown hair was tied into a neat ponytail at the back of her head.

The person in the picture is Da Mei!

However, the Pokémon around her were not Grass-type Pokémon like the others before her.

A 3D dragon, its body made up of polygonal data blocks, floats in mid-air.

A Rotom is inside a small machine that resembles a portable soil analyzer, and the values ​​on the screen are jumping rapidly.

There was also a Coal Tortoise and a Giant Gull nearby, who were responsible for intermittently using the Rain Prayer and Sunny Day abilities in a small area.

Standing at the very front was a Torterra, the only Grass-type Pokémon in the team, who, like the other Pokémon, used its Grass-type energy to help the seed grow quickly.

Compared to the other Pokémon, this Pokémon, which should have been the star of the competition, became rather unremarkable.

"Oh my god! Let's look this way!"

The reporters from Zijin TV reacted quickly, immediately squeezing over with their cameramen and pointing their microphones at the girl.

"Contestant number 43, Da Mei! Congratulations on successfully sprouting the Thunder Berry! Excuse me, we noticed that your team composition is quite unique, with only one Grass-type Pokémon. Could you share your tactical strategy with us?"

Seeing the camera pointed at her and the admiring glances from the surrounding audience, Da Mei was overjoyed.

"My tactical philosophy is called 'Let technology change the future.' As you can see, my team consists of Torterra, Pelipper, Torkoal, Porygon, and Rotom. I call it the 'Weather Concerto Team.'"

She pointed to the busy 3D Dragon and Rotom: "The core of the strategy is actually these two—the 3D Dragon and Rotom!"

3D Dragon and Rotom?

What can these two things do?

These words aroused even more curiosity among the surrounding crowd, who began to discuss the matter animatedly.

The core of the planting competition team isn't actually a Grass-type Pokémon?

Da Mei continued, "Both the 3D Dragon and Rotom are adept at combining with electronic devices to achieve outstanding performance. With their help, I first used this portable analyzer to conduct a detailed analysis of the composition and structure of the 'extremely barren experimental soil' provided by the competition organizers."

"At the same time, by combining the known growth data of the prickly pear seed, we simulated and calculated the optimal growth process under these extreme conditions to make the most efficient use of the extremely limited nutrients in the soil, including the most suitable temperature, humidity, light, and the rhythm and intensity of energy injection at each stage."

She then pointed to the coal tortoise and the big-billed gull: "Then, according to the calculated process, the coal tortoise and the big-billed gull strictly follow the time nodes when the coal tortoise is working, and apply the most suitable sunny weather and rain in a small area to finely regulate the environment and ensure that the nutrients in the soil can be absorbed and utilized by the seeds at the most appropriate time."

Finally, she looked at Torterra: "Torterra's task is to inject Grass-type energy in the most economical and precise way according to the process instructions, guide and cooperate with the seed's own power, and allow it to break out of its shell, take root, and sprout in the optimal environment."

"To put it simply, it's not about forcing it with energy, but about using technology to analyze the best breeding plan and then using the Pokémon's abilities to perfectly execute that plan."

Da Mei launched a skills lesson, leaving the onlookers dizzy.

Although I don't know what Da Mei is talking about, she seems really impressive!

Lambda understood perfectly, and nodded approvingly as she watched the girl speaking eloquently on the screen.

In fact, the biggest challenge of this test lies in making the ultimate use of the residual energy in the soil.

The soil itself is extremely nutrient-poor.

Conventional methods of stimulating growth often involve a lot of energy loss and waste, much like using a high-pressure water gun to rinse a nearly empty cup of water, resulting in splashing water everywhere but leaving very little in the cup.

With energy supply already stretched thin, this waste directly leads to stagnation in growth.

This young girl's thinking hit the nail on the head!

By using technological means to analyze the optimal solution, and then through the cooperation of Pokémon, the maximum growth efficiency with minimal loss can be achieved.

Although the audience couldn't understand it, they still showed their support as always.

"Is this Da Mei from Wudou Town? I heard she's been exceptionally good at growing things since she was little, and she always won first place in the town's small competitions."

"This is incredible! How did they come up with this brain? Using technology to farm?"

"I think I've heard that she went to the Sinnoh region for training before, and studied with the Gym Leader of Bellagio City for a while! It seems that Gym Leader is here today too..."

"I don't know if she's more skilled than her master; maybe the student has surpassed the master!"

People love watching this kind of drama.

Hearing the exclamations of praise from all around, Da Mei couldn't help but smile even more brightly, her eyes subconsciously searching through the crowd, trying to find out where her teacher was.

How about it, teacher?

I firmly believed that leveraging technology to optimize the planting environment was the future direction.

But you say that Pokémon's potential is limitless, and that we should look inward for power and resonate more deeply with nature...

Due to differing philosophies, she left Bellagio City and the Sinnoh region, returning to Dewford Town in the Hoenn region to begin her research.

Finally, today, she took the lead in getting the seeds to sprout using her own method!

But at that moment, a gasp of surprise also erupted from the vegetable planting competition area.

Da Mei: ? ? ?

She suddenly had a bad feeling.

Da Mei plunged into the crowd of onlookers, following the throng to the side, and stood on tiptoe to look over there.

The area was completely surrounded, and in the center of the crowd, an elegant and powerful Roseradore exuded an astonishing aura.

It's Roserade, the trainer from the Ebisu City Gym!

What happened next made Da Mei's eyes widen; she could hardly believe what she was seeing.

Roseradore conjured an incredibly solid energy ball between her hands.

This is the same old trick. Da Mei also knows that Roseredo of the vegetable seed has this ability and has developed a way to turn energy spheres into nutrients for crop growth.

However, this time Roserade did not shoot the energy ball at the ground, but instead did something that surprised everyone.

With a slight tilt of its head, it actually swallowed the ball of light containing the violent grass-type energy in one gulp!

"Oh my god! What is it doing?!"

"Swallow the energy ball? That's too dangerous!"

"What is Miss Vegetable Seed doing?"

Amidst the exclamations, Roserade, having swallowed the energy ball, shuddered violently, and then a burst of brilliant green light erupted from its body!

Abundant energy was poured into the seedling, which greedily absorbed the energy and grew rapidly.

If Ark were here, it would recognize that this was a tactic Ash used in the anime.

After swallowing the energy ball, the Earth-type Tortoise unleashed an attack with several times more energy than normal.

The trainer from the Baidai City Gym, Caizi, stood with his hands on his hips, looking on with satisfaction as the seed grew rapidly.

Is the soil infertile? Then I'll use the energy of Pokémon, their vast energy, to provide the energy for growth!

Ordinary Pokémon cannot provide such a huge amount of energy, but she explored Roserade's potential and invented this tactic that can provide a huge amount of growth energy!

It's incredible that they were able to do something like that...

Da Mei clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and felt a deep sense of resentment, but she also knew that she had lost.

Seeing Roseradore displaying power far exceeding her own, she couldn't help but recall what her master had said before.

"Pokémon's potential is limitless; have faith in the power of Pokémon."

The power of Pokémon...

The onlookers were all amazed.

"She should be the champion this time."

"As expected of a gym leader and Grass-type expert, participating in this kind of competition is practically like playing in the Baby Cup."

"Master is still Master. I thought Miss Da Mei was already very capable, but I didn't expect there to be other experts."

The reporter who was just next to Da Mei also appeared next to the vegetable seeds, ready to start a new round of interviews.

In the VIP section, Lambda didn't seem to care much about this dish. After all, Lambda was already a Gym Leader, which meant he was part of the League, and they couldn't possibly be on the same side as them.

However, it is Da Mei, who just built the intelligent system, who is of value for contact.

But at that moment, a subordinate next to him made a sound as if he had seen a ghost.

"Lord Lambda, someone... someone has already completed the challenge!"

Lambda paused in his actions. "What did you say?!"

"See for yourself!" The subordinate quickly switched the view on the screen with both hands, his hands even trembling slightly from excitement.

In the picture, there is a black-haired boy who looks calm and composed, surrounded by a large crowd of spectators, making him the most popular spectator in the entire event.

A huge tropical dragon was seen circling around the boy.

This tropical dragon, simply by flapping its broad, leaf-like wings, gives off a vibrant and lively feeling.

What's most shocking is the planting box in front of the boy.

No, that can no longer be called a planting box!

The box seemed to be slightly opened by some powerful force, and the extremely barren experimental soil inside, which was originally gray and infertile, now showed a fertile, soft, dark brown color!

In the center of the soil, a thunderbolt fruit tree, nearly half a meter tall with thick branches, is growing vigorously. Several green fruits with tiny electric spark patterns have even begun to form in the canopy!

This is this...

It looks just like a mature fruit tree that has been carefully tended for months!

The spectators, especially many local residents of Weibai Town, were so excited that they gathered around the boy's playing area, waving their arms and chanting his name in unison.

"Ark! Ark! Ark!"

"I knew Fangzhou could do it! You know, I narrowly lost to him at the Textile Festival. It wasn't that I was too weak, it was that he was too strong!"

"Yes, yes, I'm just a little bit short of him in Fenglai Festival!"

The mayor's voice trembled with excitement as he announced the competition results over the loudspeaker: "Incredible! The first contestant to successfully complete the challenge has appeared! He is contestant number 33, Ark of Littleroot Town, the Lord of Pokémon Manor!"

"Let's relive the exciting moments of the Ark players' competition on the big screen!"

As he spoke, the large screens around the venue, used for live streaming and replays, all switched to the replay footage of the Ark competition area.

In the scene, shortly after the competition began, while the other contestants were still in a state of panic, Fangzhou calmly nodded to the tropical dragon beside him.

Then the tropical dragon let out a long cry and gently flapped its wings.

The next moment, an unforgettable scene unfolded!

As the tropical dragon flapped its wings, an indescribable, mysterious power spread out!

Where this force passed, the air seemed to become fresher, and the light appeared softer.

The once lifeless soil in the planting box seemed to be infused with the most primal vitality, its color changing from gray to brown at a visible speed, and its texture becoming moist.

The seeds of the Thunder Fruit buried within began to stir restlessly almost the instant this power descended, causing the soil surface to bulge slightly!

Then, a small green sprout emerged.

The very first step—germinating the seed—that stumped so many contestants, was accomplished effortlessly by this tropical dragon with just a gentle flap of its wings!

But it's not over yet.

The tropical dragon had just unleashed its Abundance Power, making the surrounding energy abundant.

The tropical dragon raised its head, and the fruit around its neck emitted a rich golden light.

Nature's grace!

Golden specks of light, like spring rain, sprinkled into the planting box.

Moisturizing is silent.

There was no grand scene as I had imagined; all the changes took place silently.

No wonder the audience gasped in amazement after Ark finished the race, and only then did others notice what was happening.

On the field, as the bounty of nature fell, the soil, which had been revitalized by the power of abundance, and the newly sprouted seedlings within it, began to greedily absorb this energy.

Seeds break through the soil, buds sprout, stems grow taller, leaves unfold...

The whole process was smooth and quick.

Time seemed to speed up in this small space; in a short time, a healthy thunderfruit tree had already taken shape, standing tall and spreading like a canopy.

Replay ended.

The entire audience fell silent, seemingly still reeling from the near-miraculous experience.

Immediately afterwards, cheers and exclamations erupted like a tsunami, sweeping across the entire Weibai Square!

"Too...too powerful!"

"This must be a legendary farming expert!"

"Is that tropical dragon some kind of mythical beast?!"

"Ark! Ark! Ark!"

The cheers soared into the sky and lasted for a long time.

In the VIP section, Lambda's eyes lit up. "This Ark is a great prospect to join Team Rocket!"