Pokémon: The Climb

After eating, Yang Yan received another message saying that the high-quality metal film he ordered had been delivered, reminding him to sign for it.

"Calculating the time, it's indeed time. Now go back and paint Boscodora and Big Steel Snake!" Yang Yan hurried back.

The metal films of Boscodora and Big Steel Snake were scrapped due to the war, so Yang Yan ordered new ones after he came back.

Applying metal film is not an easy task. Although Yang Yan dare not compare himself to the Sinnoh master who once helped him apply metal film, he is not worried that his skills will waste the newly ordered metal film worth tens of millions.

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In the next two days, Yang Yan had a good rest and made various preparations to go to the Hezhong area.

Nagai and Haruhiko left Carlos on the same day, but because they departed from different ports, the station in Miare City was where they parted.

Because Yang Yan still needed Nagai's help to clear up his doctoral thesis, the two needed to communicate frequently until the end of the matter, so they only said a simple goodbye.

"It will take more than a month to get back to Kanto, which is twice as long as the time it took you to go to Hezhong. I hope the journey won't be too boring." Dr. Nagai couldn't help but complain before getting in the car.

"Teacher, if you think you might be bored, you can stay in Carlos for a few months. When the airport in Miare City is built, you can return to Kanto from Carlos in a day or two." Yang Yan said with a smile: " I think the Carlos Alliance wouldn’t mind reimbursing you for a few more months of food and accommodation.”

"Forget it, in a few months, I will have returned to Kanto. Once I finish working on your kid's thesis, I will be ready to retire and live in retirement. I don't want to rush around day and night again. Research." Dr. Nagai shook his head.

Indeed, Dr. Nagai is indeed much older at this time than when he first met a few years ago.

His energy could no longer support him to continue his high-intensity research work, so retirement was the right thing to do.

"Excuse me, teacher." Yang Yan thanked him again.

Nagai waved his hand, "Okay, I'll get in the car first. You kid, please continue to sit for a while. There's no need to send him off!"

Saying goodbye to Nagai, not long after, the train Yang Yan took arrived. As they passed through the suburbs of Miare City, a busy construction site appeared in their sights.

"That should be the airport under construction..." Yang Yan guessed in a low voice.

Airplanes are a more efficient means of transportation than trains and ships, but Yang Yan has never enjoyed it before. Firstly, the technology is not yet mature, and secondly, several major regions have been arguing about it for a long time.

The Hezhong region is the region with the most advanced technological capabilities in the Pokémon League, and its level of modern city construction cannot be matched by other regions.

Aircraft was the first to be developed in Hezhong, and it was also the first to build a large-scale airport in Hezhong.

As for why major regions did not introduce relevant technologies earlier, this involves political games at the upper level. Although Yang Yan can guess a little, he doesn't have much interest in understanding it in depth.

However, just as Carlos blocked the air routes and was fully prepared to deal with the war, the Kanto, Chengdu, Hoenn and Sinnoh regions began to build airports one after another.

Carlos followed closely after the "unblocking".

I heard that airports in Kanto and other regions are about to open. It has to be said that with the existence of Pokémon, the speed of infrastructure construction is very fast.

Carlos will be a few months late, which is why Yang Yan just said that Nagai can choose to wait.

"When the airport is built, it will be much easier to travel to various places in the future. This should be my last time taking an ocean ship..." Yang Yan couldn't help but sigh.

It takes about 10-12 days to travel from Carlos to the Unova area. Yang Yan is looking forward to this trip to Hezhong.

The change in strength has unknowingly affected Yang Yan's attitude towards things.

Looking back on this trip to Carlos, Yang Yan is still very satisfied. The only flaw is probably the inability to complete the battle with Barron.

Barron was the first opponent Yang Yan encountered who signed up for the King Ranking Tournament. When they fought side by side to defend the city before, he had made an agreement with him that after the war, he would invite him to a ranked battle.

However, in order to avoid being attracted by the Kalos Alliance, and because Barron himself was helping to rebuild Kalos everywhere, this battle had to be abandoned.

"Fortunately, the ranking battle of the King does not require you to go up one level at a time. You can also start a ranking battle if you are higher than dozens or even hundreds of places, otherwise it would be really troublesome!"

Clicking on the King of Heaven ranking battle page again, Yang Yan saw his current ranking, 972nd. This is more than 958 places lower than the initial registration number of 10.

It must have been that a new trainer signed up during this period and ranked higher than him, which would have caused him to be squeezed out of the ranking.

The current ranking is not important, and Yang Yan is not prepared to study his opponent carefully, so after a casual glance, he focuses on the countdown at the top of the page.

"There are less than three years left. Three years should be enough for the Flame Chicken and the Self-Destructing Magneto to break through to the quasi-championship..."

If we can have two quasi-champions in hand, ranking in the top 10 is basically stable.

Yang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In Carlos' battle with the mythical beasts this time, his Pokémon saved an average of two or three years of growth time, and the originally worrying situation suddenly became much more relaxed.

"I should be in the top 100 now... Then I'll set a goal. After I go to Hezhong, I'll find a guy who's in the top 100. If I take that guy's ranking, I'll tell you!"

Yang Yan thinks that the top 100 is about the same. Any higher will be too conspicuous and will be stared at by many people. He didn't want to have to deal with challenges every once in a while, which would waste too much time.

When the time is about to end, it will be easier to rush to the rankings in one go.

"I guess I'm not the only one who has the same idea. There are countless guys on this list who have hidden abilities and are preparing to make a big splash in the end..."

Yang Yan couldn't help but smile as he looked from the 1st place to the 10th place, "I guess none of these names will be left at the end!"

The more visible it is, the higher the likelihood of being studied and targeted.

The battle between trainers involves both hard power and intelligence capabilities.

It's not a good thing to stand too high initially.

Closing the page and putting aside the ranking battle for the time being, Yang Yan took out a notebook and read it.

This research notebook is a note left by an unnamed elite trainer about his experience in training Pokémon.

Yang Yan still has a large pile of similar notes in his hand.

A small part came from trainers who died in his hands, and most of them were collected by the ghosts when they were searching for property from the ruins of the city.

At Yang Yan's level, most of these notes can only be used as entertainment, but some of them are of great reference and learning value and can improve Yang Yan's background.

Of course it shouldn't be thrown aside hastily.

Organize as you read. These can be passed down as heritage to the family, so they should not be taken carelessly.

Yang Yan, who had basically settled everything and had a lot of leisure for the time being, planned to use these notes from different trainers as entertainment during the sea journey.