7: Section 7

So during this time, he dared not be distracted, otherwise, if he wasn't careful, an accident would occur.

What bothered him, however, was that his own dinner was easy to solve, but what about Charmander's?

Name: Primary energy cube

Required Popularization Points: 20

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Name: Intermediate energy cube

Required Popularization Points: 40

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Name: Advanced energy cube

Required Popularization Points: 80

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Name: Advanced energy cube (Charmander Exclusive Edition)

Required Popularization Points: 100

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Logically speaking, his best option right now would be to directly exchange for energy cubes for Charmander within the system.

But when he clicked open the system mall and saw the prices of those energy cubes, he immediately gave up on that idea.

There was no way; his broadcast had just started, and today he had only encountered Charmander, so his wallet was empty.

Chapter 10: Unexpected Uninvited Guests (Begging for Flowers, Monthly Tickets, and Review Tickets)

Since this method wouldn't work, he only had one other option—making the energy cubes himself.

Although the price of an energy cube recipe was even more outrageous compared to the energy cubes themselves, the operation manual included with the berry blender came with a basic energy cube recipe, which temporarily solved his immediate problem.

So, the Water Friends in the live broadcast room witnessed an extremely magical scene: after Zhang Yu put the cut berries into a very strange-looking machine, in just a moment, some translucent, somewhat gummy-like blue cubes were produced.

"Char!"

Upon seeing the energy cubes completed, Charmander, who had been standing by, already impatient, immediately rubbed his little paws and happily scurried over.

He didn't make any unnecessary sounds; after a soft Growl to get Zhang Yu's attention, he stared at him with wide, unblinking eyes.

"Alright, eat if you want to. These energy cubes were prepared for you anyway."

Seeing this, Zhang Yu immediately handed a few energy cubes to Charmander.

The reason he didn't give more was because he knew that, despite their small appearance, these things actually contained a lot of energy, and a Pokémon of Charmander's size couldn't eat much at all.

After receiving the energy cubes, Charmander immediately began to eat them happily.

When he smelled them earlier, he was already craving these little cubes, and now that he was eating them, it was indeed true—these were much tastier than berries.

[Does any big shot know what Anchor is doing?]

[After putting those strange fruits into that device, how did those translucent cubes, like gummies, appear in just a moment? What kind of high-tech device is this? If it's not expensive, I want to buy one too; these are real fruit candies!]

[Rather than high-tech, it should be called black technology. As far as I know, the equipment needed to make candy is not small, and there's more than one machine. I have no idea how Anchor managed to make candy with such a small device.]

[Compared to that strange device, I'm more interested in the strange-looking fruits Anchor used; they seem to be something I've never seen before.]

[Are you just noticing now? I noticed earlier that I didn't recognize the fruit Anchor handed to Charmander at all. I suspect it's not from Blue Star.]

[Not from Blue Star, then where is it from? It couldn't possibly be from the Unknown Land, could it?]

[You know, those fruits might really be from those places. I remember when those Unknown Lands first appeared, my friend used a drone to check the periphery. He found some strange fruits at the time and even took pictures of them. I just found the photos he sent me, and one of the fruits in a picture is exactly the same as the one Anchor used earlier!]

[Hiss~ So, those strange-looking fruits were originally Charmander's food? No wonder he liked them so much.]

Watching Zhang Yu's magical operation, the Water Friends in the live broadcast room were instantly baffled.

However, once they recovered and discussed it, they still guessed the general idea.

What they still couldn't figure out was, although the berry problem was temporarily explained, what was the deal with the berry blender?

While Charmander was eating the energy cubes, Zhang Yu also reached out to pet the little guy again.

After spending half a day together, he had come to realize Charmander's slightly tsundere personality.

Although it hadn't reached the point of not allowing touches, if you petted him for just a little too long, he would object and directly swat your hand away.

However, there seemed to be an exception in one situation: when he was eating.

"Rustle~"

But just then, a sound that seemed like rustling leaves, yet also somewhat different, came from ahead and caught Zhang Yu's attention.

Most importantly, after this sound appeared, his Waveguide Power also sensed something approaching them.

When he looked in the direction the sound came from, he saw several Pokémon with small grass growing on their heads, but with dark blue, plant-like bulbous heads and bodies, and small feet beneath them, emerge from behind a large tree, looking longingly at Charmander—specifically, the energy cubes in his little paws—they were Oddish.

"Char!"

Charmander obviously noticed the Oddish's gaze and immediately hid the remaining energy cubes in his little paws behind him, looking at them warily.

[Huh? Did wild grass become spirits?]

[Uh, this should also be a Pokémon, right?]

[A Pokémon with grass growing on its head? Is it that magical?]

[Don't you dare say, this Pokémon actually looks quite cute, and since it's a plant, its aggressiveness should also not be strong, right?]

[You guys are so ignorant. This kind of magical beast was first discovered in the West. It's a dangerous magical beast called Screaming Grass. It's said that as soon as it sees a human, it will let out a terrifying Growl, hence its name.]

[Now that you mention it, I remember! Anchor, you should run quickly! I heard that the Growl of this magical beast is terrifying. Even if it doesn't really attack you, you probably can't stand its Growl alone. And I remember it also seems to spray venom? If it attacks, that would be terrible!]

[Are you sure that Screaming Grass you're talking about and what Anchor saw are truly the same creature?]

[Yeah, aren't they not Growling? And spraying venom and all that, it hasn't happened either, has it?]

[I don't know.]

The appearance of Oddish naturally caught the attention of the Water Friends in the live broadcast room, which immediately invigorated them.

After so long, they finally saw Pokémon again.

However, when some of them clearly saw Oddish's appearance and recognized his "identity," their expressions immediately changed.

Leaving the venom aside, they too would be affected by sound wave attacks!

Chapter 11: Oddish (Begging for Flowers, Monthly Tickets, and Review Tickets)

However, not everyone believed their claims. First, Oddish did look very cute and seemed to have no aggressive tendencies.

More importantly, the Screaming Grass they described, which supposedly screamed as soon as it saw a human, didn't look like the same creature as Oddish, no matter how you looked at it.

After all, he wasn't screaming, was he?

"Are you hungry?"

"I happen to have some extra energy cubes I made here. Do you want some?"

Zhang Yu, at this moment, naturally hadn't noticed the situation in the live broadcast room. When he saw those few Pokémon, he immediately recognized their identity—Oddish.

And when he noticed their gaze fixed on the energy cubes, he immediately guessed what was going on. Perhaps the Oddish were attracted by the smell of the energy cubes?

Thinking of this, he immediately took out a portion from the remaining energy cubes and reached out, intending to hand them over.

Upon seeing that there were still energy cubes left, Charmander immediately felt relieved. Since there was extra food, he didn't mind sharing some with other Pokémon.

"Oddish!"

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's words, the Oddish hesitated, but after exchanging glances, they ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of the food and waddled towards Zhang Yu on their short legs.

When they reached Zhang Yu, they first expressed their gratitude to him, then used the leaves on their heads to roll up the energy cubes and put them into their mouths, eating them happily.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu immediately abandoned his previous plan and instead reached out to pet the Oddish, and having accepted Zhang Yu's "bribe," the Oddish also didn't refuse his touch.

You know, the Oddish felt quite nice to touch, cool and comfortable.

It's just that for some reason, when he was petting the Oddish, he suddenly felt a very resentful gaze. He thought it must be his imagination, right?

"How should I put this? I've found that your understanding of Pokémon is really full of errors."

"I advise you not to believe what those so-called Expert Beasts say."

It was also at this moment that Zhang Yu noticed the situation in the live broadcast room.

When he roughly scanned the bullet comments in the live broadcast room, he immediately felt speechless and promptly began to complain.

[Anchor is right. What those Expert Beasts say really can't be trusted.]

[But the expert who named Screaming Grass is Professor Maclean, a very famous botanist from the West! How could what he says be wrong?]

[Yeah, Professor Maclean is a very famous scientist, not someone those so-called Expert Beasts can touch.]

[But the problem is, the current behavior of Screaming Grass is indeed completely inconsistent with what he described.]

[Yeah, not only does it not scream, but it also doesn't spray venom. Most importantly, it's acting so gentle right now. With this appearance, you tell me where it's dangerous? Could it be that it can actually make people die from cuteness? If that's really the case, then it's indeed quite dangerous.]