Pokémon: From Magikarp

I am a giant rock snake.

I originally lived in a forest full of birdsong and flowers, where there were delicious stones and beautiful scenery.

There is a mountain outside the forest. The elves call it Devil's Mountain. They say that there are demons living in that mountain who will eat the elves, so I have never seen any elves go up there in all these years.

But occasionally I can feel a strong breath coming from that mountain. Maybe that is the devil, I sometimes think so.

I thought this kind of life would continue until one day, a piece of news came:

"The devil is angry, and his rage will devour all the spirits in the forest."

I don't know whether this is true or not, but seeing that many elves were scared and even began to leave their original places of residence, I chose to believe it. After all, I am weak and my safety is my first priority...

I left home, said goodbye to the elves who were reluctant to leave, and began to migrate towards a place far away from Devil's Mountain.

But things don’t always go smoothly. In the evening of the first day after I left, I was about to dig a hole to take a rest, but suddenly I found that the sky in the distance had changed.

I don't know how to describe it. It felt like a hidden dragon when it just turned invisible. Although it became transparent, it didn't fit in with the surroundings.

So, was that a big Metamorphosaur?

I do not know.

But soon, I saw a little square iron... Hmm... How should I put it? I remembered the appearance of the coal turtle brother.

Yes, shells, square iron shells ran in from that wrong sky. Their eyes were so bright that they could illuminate such a far place!

They lined up in a row and marched into the depths of the forest in a mighty procession, like an army in formation.

After they left, I crawled out of the hole and walked towards the direction they came from. As I walked, I felt like I was walking through a layer of water film. Well, it was a really disgusting feeling.

Hey? Where is this?

When I came to my senses, the world seemed to have changed. I tried to arch my body and look into the distance, but I didn’t recognize it at all. Even Devil Mountain was gone!

Just like that, I kept wandering here for a few days, and I felt like I was sick. Since I encountered those strange square shells, I felt that my body had become much heavier, and sometimes it was very painful.

So irritating!

But the elves here are so weak, so I became the boss here, and it feels pretty good.

I also found a tree with delicious fruits, but unfortunately I felt full after eating one and couldn’t eat a second one.

Well, there are still three ripe fruits. I can keep them and eat them slowly. They are mine and no one can take them away...

……

“Cha.”

Looking at the purple four-armed monster twisting its butt not far away, I felt angry.

Don't you know this is my territory? Who let you in?

"Ow."

I yelled, but the other party was not afraid. Instead, he walked towards me dancing.

I was furious and quickly gathered my energy to form several large rocks and threw them at it.

“Bang, bang.”

Several rocks were broken by its waving arms. It turned around and twisted its butt towards me, daring to provoke me, damn four hands!

I subconsciously swung my tail to hit it, and sure enough, the power I was so proud of knocked it far away. I felt a little smug, this was the result of provoking me.

The purple-skinned monster stood up slowly, looked at me, and tried to run outside.

Oh no, it's going to escape!

Humph, it’s too late if you want to run now. I won’t let you go easily, you four-armed purple monster.

I quickly chased after it, determined to teach it a lesson and let it know who is the boss here.

"Hoohoo."

It ran fast. If I hadn't been feeling unwell, I would have buried it under rocks.

I meandered back to the tree and looked up to inspect my fruits as usual. They looked so tempting…

"? Where's my fruit?"

……

The ones who stole the fruits were naturally Lin Shi and Guai Li. Lin Shi had never expected to meet the giant rock snake that chased him into the secret realm here. As the saying goes, enemies often meet on a narrow road, so these three fruits can be regarded as compensation interest.

Lin Shi had just observed that there were still a few unripe lychee fruits left on the tree. He planned to wait until they were ripe before picking some more. Now he had to trouble Onix to help look after them.

However, Lin Shi noticed that the condition of this giant onix was still abnormal. It seemed that the things inside its body had not been taken out yet, making the whole giant onix look very irritable.

If I have the chance in the future, I can take a look at it.

Lin Shi thought about it and said in his heart.

……

Night came quietly, and the forest in the darkness was like a wild beast that was ready to devour its prey.

"Come on, everyone, start dividing the spoils."

Next to the campfire, Lin Shi took out three lychee fruits from his backpack. In order to avoid any more trouble, Lin Shi decided to eat the fruits on the spot.

It first handed one to Guai Li, which was the hero of this event. Without it, Lin Shi would not have the courage to provoke the huge Rock Snake.

Then he took out another one and fed it to the baby bear who was licking his palm pitifully beside him.

The two elves did not refuse and swallowed the fruit in two or three bites. A hint of white light appeared on their bodies and then quickly faded away, which was a bit like Zhu Bajie eating the ginseng fruit.

After the two elves had eaten, Lin Shi instructed:

"I'll trouble you, Guai Li, to be the sparring partner for Baby Bear for the next two days. Only a high-intensity fight can maximize the effect of the Litchi Fruit and absorb its potency."

"Cha."

"Yigu."

Both elves raised their arms excitedly.

Looking at the two elves with high morale, Lin Shi felt relieved. He believed that with Guai Li as a sparring partner, the baby bear should be able to quickly become familiar with splitting tiles and even master the initial bodybuilding skills.

The bodybuilding skill is a variation of the fighting system. After use, it can temporarily increase the user's physical defense and physical attack. For the baby bear, it is a strategically significant skill.

After dealing with the two Pokémons, Lin Shi couldn't favor one over the other. He took out Magikarp's Poké Ball and slowly walked to the stream.

Although it was already night, the moonlight was bright enough to see the general situation around him. Moreover, Lin Shi only came to feed the Magikarp and had no plans to explore now.

"Come out, Magikarp."

Lin Shi put the Magikarp into the stream. After a few days, he found that this guy seemed to have gained a lot of weight, probably because the food was too good.

"Here, eat this."

Lin Shi handed the lychee fruit to the mouth of the Carp King and fed it.

"You move around a bit, then go back to sleep..."

"Susu..."

Before Lin Shi could finish his words, he heard the voice again that made him lose half a night's sleep last night.

"It seems to be coming from the water."

Lin Shi subconsciously looked into the water, his eyes suddenly widened, he saw many Magikarp swimming upstream in groups, and that sound was exactly the sound made by a large number of Magikarp's fins sliding across the water.

Lin Shi swore that he had never seen so many Magikarp in his life.

Well, there is still a long way to go to prevent the spread of wild Pokémon.

Recovering his thoughts, Lin Shi began to observe carefully. There must be a reason why so many Magikarp were migrating upstream. It couldn't be that they were too full and were swimming at night to digest their food.

"Puff."

As more and more Magikarp swam upstream, Lin Shi's Magikarp also began to jump restlessly.

Looking into Magikarp's eyes, Lin Shi seemed to understand what it meant: it wanted to go too!

The moonlight sprinkled down, as if covering the earth with a layer of silver gauze. The silver moonlight shone on the golden body of the Magikarp, reflecting each other and making the Magikarp look as if it was glowing.

Lin Shi suddenly felt that today it didn't seem as wise as before.

Lin Shi smiled helplessly.

In that case, let's go.

……