Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 490 Conspiracy Theory by A-Ju!

"Excellent! After completing this miasma training, your strength will increase significantly!"

Upon hearing what Chou Ni said, Qing Yuan immediately smiled and replied to Chou Ni.

Although it was wearing a mask, Mud couldn't see its face, but its curved eyes revealed its true form.

Even with the mud, you could tell that Qingyuan was smiling.

"Beidou? (This poison gas tastes pretty good, can we find a way to take some with us?)"

Looking at Qingyuan in front of him, Chou Ni spoke to Qingyuan after some thought.

It knew that Qingyuan would be leaving Black Cloud City soon, and it didn't know when it would be time to eat it again.

So Muddy thought it would ask Qingyuan to take some with it.

When the time comes, it can eat it whenever it wants.

"You stinky mud, it's not that I don't want to help you!"

"If you just mention something tangible, I'll bring it to you!"

"But you're saying this thing is gaseous, so even if I wanted to bring it for you, I couldn't!"

"How about this, I'll leave you Joey Lan's contact information. If you want to eat here in the future, I'll just teleport you here, okay?"

Looking at the mud in front of him who was looking at him expectantly, Qingyuan said to the mud with some difficulty.

It wasn't that he didn't want to fulfill his elves' wishes; they were already willing to follow him, so what else could he not want to grant them?

The main problem is that he really doesn't know how to carry those gases or anything.

Unless some kind of cutting-edge technology comes out now that can compress gas into energy cubes or something.

So, in order to store food for the mud, he might be able to stay on the beach for a whole day.

But without this kind of advanced technology, he really wouldn't know how to deliver it to Muddy.

He couldn't just go straight into the sea, dig up a huge pile of garbage, pack it up, and take it away; otherwise, the food he prepared for Scorpion King and the others in his spatial equipment would all taste mixed up.

“Bedo! (Okay!)”

After hearing Qingyuan's words, Chou Ni pondered for a while, then patted his belly and nodded to Qingyuan.

Although it's impossible to eat such delicious poison gas anytime and anywhere while traveling.

But if I want to eat it in the future, having Qingyuan teleport me here wouldn't be a bad thing.

"Alright, come back now and digest your food properly in your Poké Ball!"

"I wouldn't dare let you stay in my sleeve like this!"

Looking at the Grimer in front of him, Qingyuan took out his Poké Ball, aimed it at it, and said...

This guy was not only shiny black, but also emitted black energy from time to time around his body, giving it a completely demonic art style.

He tucked it into his sleeve, fearing that the stinky mud might suddenly spew out a burst of black gas, poisoning him and rendering him unable to fight.

After all, the toxic gases produced by industrial pollution are not ordinary toxic gases.

"Beiduo!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Grimer nodded to Qingyuan and was then recalled into its Poké Ball.

"Let me see how much you've improved lately, Muddy!"

Looking at the Grimer's Poké Ball in his hand, Qingyuan suddenly had the idea of ​​checking Grimer's information. He immediately took out his Pokédex, ready to see how much Grimer had improved after absorbing so much poison gas.

After all, everything in this world is made up of energy of various attributes.

Although the black gas was produced from industrial waste, it was still considered toxic energy.

Having absorbed so much poisonous energy, there's no reason why Mud's strength shouldn't have increased.

Sludge thrives on filth and secretes a bacterial-rich liquid that appears in dirty places. Its tracks are riddled with bacteria, making it impossible for any grass to grow. The parts of its body it leaves behind then sprout more sludge, making the surrounding area even more foul-smelling…

...No matter how tiny the crevice, its slimy, limp body can squeeze in. It gathers in filthy places to multiply its own bacteria, which will die if the bacteria decrease. When the filthy sludge sticks together, the bodies fuse together, producing new toxins...

The sludge and wastewater discharged from the factory are its main food source; it will even sneak into sewers to drink the dirty water. In clean environments, it will die because the bacteria inside its body cannot grow. Recently, the wastewater flowing from the factory has become so clean that it has nothing to eat, and it is said that it will soon become extinct.

As the Pokédex's electronic sound played, Grimer's information began to appear continuously on the Pokédex screen.

"Professor Oak's words are utter nonsense!"

"Is the wastewater from the factory so clean that it has nothing to eat? Are all the factories in Black Cloud City just cesspools?"

"We really should bring Professor Oak to Black Cloud City so he can see what the wastewater here is really like!"

Upon hearing the Pokédex's introduction, Qingyuan looked at the sky shrouded in dark clouds and the nearshore sea filled with black sewage, and said somewhat sarcastically.

The alliance's inspection efforts are still too weak; even in the state of Black Cloud City, the alliance has not taken it seriously.

Even someone like Professor Oak doesn't understand the specific situation in Black Cloud City. He even wrote something like, "Because the wastewater from the factory is too clean, the Sludge has nothing to eat and is almost extinct."

Yes, life is indeed extremely difficult for the people living in the mud near Black Cloud City.

There were even riots that occurred before, with attacks on power plants.

However, the reason the mud is stinking isn't because the wastewater is too clean; it's because the mud has nothing to eat.

It's because the wastewater is so toxic that even the foul-smelling sludge can't survive in it.

Wastewater poisons the sludge, and the sludge's remains decompose into toxins in the wastewater, making the wastewater even more toxic.

This vicious cycle ultimately led to the formation of this highly toxic black nearshore sea.

The toxic atmosphere of this sea area is so intense that Qingyuan's stinking mud only needs to ingest a little bit of the poisonous gas emitted from the nearshore waters to change its color and even transform into highly toxic miasma.

However, because Black Cloud City has little to do with Qingyuan, it is actually a very good place to cultivate Mud.

He's too lazy to report to the league now.

The fact that Nurse Joy is at the Pokémon Center while Black Cloud City remains the same shows that Black Cloud City is a very complex place.

He didn't want to get no credit and end up with a lot of trouble.

However, when he rises to power in the future and needs to achieve merit, it's not impossible for him to clean up Black Cloud City.

After thinking it over, Qingyuan glanced at the black seawater and prepared to look down at the information about the stinky mud.

But a sudden flash of inspiration left Qingyuan frozen in place.

This is a prime location for raising Grimer, or in other words, a prime location for raising Poison-type Pokémon.

Furthermore, Black Cloud City is located next to Red City. According to conspiracy theories, it's hard for Qingyuan not to suspect that this was intentionally maintained by Aju to better train Poison-type Pokémon.

"If that's the case, then the waters are really deep!"

"Ah Ju is destined to be one of the Four Heavenly Kings!"

Looking at the dark sky and sea before him, Qingyuan sighed and said softly.