When Old Man Aaron woke up again, it was already bright.
In Mark's room, the two bottles of medicine had disappeared, leaving only a piece of paper on the table.
"Is this kid gone again?"
Old Man Aaron shook his head helplessly, picked up the paper with words on the table, and his brows gradually frowned.
"hiss..."
He thought that Mark had left some words of thanks on the paper.
In fact, there was a word of thanks on the paper, but the rest of the content had nothing to do with thanks.
According to the words Mark left on the paper, page 38 of "Encyclopedia of Common Knowledge of Pokémons in the Kingdom of Summer (I)" describes the food preferences of Carterpie, indicating that Carterpie hates spicy and bitter foods and likes sweet and sour foods.
In the exercises on page 39, there is also a multiple-choice question about Carterpie's food preferences.
The question is to choose the food that Carterpie doesn't like. The answer is sweet and spicy.
However, according to Mark's personal communication with Carterpie, it is true that Carterpie hates spicy food, but if sweet food is mixed with spicy food, it will become the type of food that Carterpie likes very much, second only to sweet and sour food.
"What Mark meant by leaving this question is that the writing is wrong?"
"It seems to be true. If you add some mustard powder to Carterpie feed, Carterpies appetite will obviously increase. Even if it is some stale feed that has been stored for a long time and is not very fresh, the caterpillars will still eat it happily..."
Old man Aaron rubbed the stubble on his chin and suddenly thought of something.
"No, something is wrong. This kid and Carterpie were already injured so badly yesterday. It's okay that they didn't rest well and woke up earlier than me, but why would they have the energy to write about this kind of question?"
"And after writing this question, did you run back to the forest with Carterpie?"
Old Man Aaron scratched his head and suddenly saw the basket of purple peaches.
He was a little annoyed and picked up a purple peach and took a bite. He found it was quite delicious...
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Clear Creek Forest.
While Old Man Aaron was eating the peach, Mark and Carterpie each took a small sip and drank half of the bottle of medicine.
"It seems that the medicine is not only useful for Pokémons, but also for humans. And unlike in games, the medicine is not a one-time item. You don't have to drink a whole bottle at once. The only drawback is that it tastes a bit bitter. I guess adding some sugar will make it better."
Mark was commenting on the medicine for the wound, when he suddenly noticed Carterpie's expression.
"Do you think the medicine tastes good and is not unpalatable?"
"Hiss!"
"So, you don't hate bitter food?"
"Hiss, hiss."
Carterpie shook its head continuously. It still hated bitter food, but medicine was different.
Mark was thoughtful, and took out the "Encyclopedia of Pokémons in the Kingdom of Summer (I)" from his backpack, and then took out the "Encyclopedia of Pokémons in the Kingdom of Summer (II)" and read the chapter on Pokémons taste carefully.
There is no clear conclusion in the book, but Mark and others have made some guesses.
"So, humans and Pokémons have different taste ranges. I find something bitter, but an Pokémons may not?"
Mark was lost in thought when he suddenly heard the sound of Carterpie, which seemed to be asking him why he was studying such profound things.
Mark explained with a smile: "I've told you all this, this will speed up the accumulation of experience, and learning knowledge is always beneficial. Don't you want to participate in the kind of battles on TV? If
I want to have that kind of battle, I must first become a trainer, and the prerequisite for becoming a trainer is to master enough knowledge to cope with the exam.
In fact, not only me, you should also try to learn knowledge.
It's not just about accumulating experience points, it's also related to your future growth path.
If I remember correctly, in the Pokémon games, Butterfree's Special Attack racial stat is twice its Physical Attack racial stat.
Your current practice of [Impact] is equivalent to asking a mage to train his muscles, which is twice the result with half the effort.
Besides, Butterfree is one of the few insect-type Pokémon that can comprehend telekinesis during its natural growth process, so it is necessary to develop its brain..."
Carterpie tilted its head, a puzzled look on its face, obviously not understanding what was said.
Mark touched Carterpie's head and said, "I decided to teach you math, but not now. You don't have to think too much. What we need to do now is to use Carterpie swarm to hone our combat skills and accumulate experience."
"Hiss!"
Carterpie nodded heavily and looked into the depths of the forest.
As they continued to advance in the forest, they were getting very close to the territory of Carterpie tribe.
Mark also noticed the surrounding scenery and asked Carterpie: "It seems that we are almost there. How about it? Do you have confidence in today's battle?"
"Hiss!"
Carterpie responded in the affirmative and accelerated towards the territory of Carterpie swarm.
Not long after, there was a commotion in Carterpie territory, and the battle began again...
…
…
Two days of fighting passed in a flash.
Although the medicine given by the village chief can heal some injuries, physical strength must be replenished through rest, so Mark and Carterpie still fight for about 7 or 8 hours a day, and the experience gained is also mediocre.
In general, you can gain about 7% experience every day.
On the afternoon of the third day, Mark's experience value reached 100% and he got a point as he wished.
After finding that the points were successfully accumulated, Mark did not continue to fight Carterpie swarm with Carterpies, and immediately withdrew from the battle.
Once you have earned the points, you naturally need to put them to use right away.
Saving points and planning to add them urgently in times of crisis is a completely stupid and mentally retarded behavior.
After finding a relatively safe area and preparing some necessary food to cope with hunger after adding points, Mark opened the system panel and started adding points.
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[Carterpie]
[Five-dimensional potential:]
[Strength: F (+)] [Physique: F- (+)] [Agility: F+ (+)] [Spirit: E] [Sensitivity: E+]
[Features: Scale Powder (+)] (Scale Powder: The body surface has a layer of fine scale powder, which can resist some special energy damage and can be strengthened)
[Special Ability: Evolution (+)]
[Skills: Impact (Charge Power Attack) (+), Silk Spinning (+)]
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[Mark]
[Spiritual Talent: None]
[Spiritual Skills: Impact Training (Powerful Attack) (+)]
[Special Talents: Strong Body (+), Poison Resistance (+)]
…
Mark briefly glanced at the system panel.
Compared to the beginning of the time travel, Carterpie now has more options for adding points.
The five-dimensional potential is the same as the previous time when points were added. Points can still be added to F-level strength, physique, and agility, but points cannot be added to E-level spirit and perception.
In terms of characteristics, Carterpie's characteristic [Scale Powder] was awakened in the past two days.
It probably appeared naturally as the body developed. After Carterpie had a nap, this characteristic suddenly appeared.
A layer of cool powder will form on the surface of Carterpie's skin. It feels like baby powder, but much cooler and smells like grass.
At this time, there is an extra (+) behind the [Scale Powder] feature on the system panel, and you can choose to add points.
In the game, the [Scale Powder] characteristic can make the Pokémon immune to the additional effects of moves.
In reality, according to the description on the system panel, this layer of scale powder has the effect of resisting special energy, and it is estimated that it can resist special energy such as fire, ice, electric shock, etc. to a certain extent.
Of course, the specific effect is still unknown, because Carterpie has not yet encountered enemies with abilities such as fire and ice.
In short, Mark does not plan to invest points in this feature that has never been used.
In addition to the [Scale Powder] feature, you can also choose to add points to Carterpie's [Evolution].
Mark estimated that as long as he added points to [Evolution], Carterpie would evolve immediately.
There is not enough time to use points to lay the foundation for Carterpie, and it is absolutely impossible to waste points on [Evolution] to force growth.
As for the remaining two skills, [Silk Spinning] is the same as before, Mark still does not plan to invest points in it, after all, it has little attack power.
Therefore, there is only one skill worth investing points in for Carterpie, and that is [Impact (Charged Power Attack)].
Although the power of [Impact] is limited, it seems a waste to add some [Impact] to a Pokémon like Carterpie that will take the special attack route in the future.
But this is the real world.
The power of [Impact] is indeed not great, and it doesn't seem worth adding points to it, but even the simplest sword drawing and swinging will become a terrifying sword drawing technique after practicing it thousands of times.
Carterpie has already crashed a million times and developed [Impact (Charged Power Attack)], so how about going a step further?
If [Impact] is increased to the limit, will the power definitely be worse than those powerful moves?
Mark took a deep breath.
In addition to Carterpie's [Impact (Charged Power Attack)], another option Mark wants to add is his Spirit Master skill [Impact Training Method (Charged Power Attack)].
Last time he added some points to Carterpie's skill [Impact], and ended up buying one and getting one free, allowing him to obtain the Spirit Master skill [Impact Training Method (Charge Power Attack)].
So if he adds some [Impact Training Method (Charge Power Attack)] this time, will it be a buy one get one free deal, allowing Carterpie's [Impact] move to be further improved?
Thinking of this, Mark asked Carterpie: "Carterpie, do you think we should add some of your [Impact] or some of my [Impact Training Method] this time?"
"Hiss?"
Carterpie tilted its head and shook it. It still didn't understand what the extra points meant, so the choice was entirely given to Mark.
Mark closed his eyes and thought for a while. "Logically speaking, it is safer to add some of your [Impact], which can steadily improve your strength. However, this kind of addition will have to be tested sooner or later. It is better to test it early than later, which can help us avoid many detours..."
Thinking of this, Mark did not hesitate and clicked the (+) after [Impact Training Method (Charge Power Strike)].
Buzz——
The roar sounded again...