Pokemon Settler

A ququ sound like a clear spring caught Rock's attention. He raised his head to find the place where the sound came from. At this time, a tinkling sound like a xylophone came from another direction.

Bah!

Bayleaf turned his head to look in that direction, and the voice stopped suddenly.

The Abai monster quietly moved toward the direction where the first sound came from, and suddenly the sound of Qu Qu came out from a third place.

Haha, I found you.

This time Rock saw it clearly. The one making the sound was a red insect Pokémon with a pair of long mustaches and two balls protruding from the top of its head. The balls were connected to two long, downward-bent Must.

Come out, Speaker Cricket, I've spotted you!

Rock yelled at an oak tree on the branch of which the speaker cricket he had just seen was standing.

After hearing Rock's words, a meter-long speaker cricket emerged from the dense canopy of the oak tree and looked at Rock curiously.

Its belly is somewhat shaped like a violin, with black oval spots in the middle and on both sides. There is a beige vertical line pattern from the neck to the middle spot, and a black line like a string in the middle.

Just now, the speaker cricket made a sweet sound with its long knife-like forearms crossed in front of its chest. It also has a pair of black wings hanging left and right on its back, which makes it look a bit like a musician in a tuxedo with a big belly.

Bah, bah!

Bayleaf ran under the tree, put his two front legs on the trunk, stood up and stretched his neck to see how the speaker cricket made sounds.

Seeing this, the Speaker Cricket once again played a unique chirp. Its two blade arms rubbed and tapped the pattern on its chest. The sound reverberated within its unique body structure and turned into a sound that sounded a bit like a dulcimer.

It seems that Rock, Arbor Monster, and Bay Leaf are rare listeners. Two speaker crickets and five circle mages also emerged from several other oak trees, and together they played a Qingyue fantasy symphony.

Master Yuan is the speaker cricket's pre-evolved form, looking like a chubby cricket. The main body is red, and there are light yellow collar-like protrusions around the neck. Like its evolved form, it has the feeling of wearing a dress.

At this time, it was shaking its head, and the two black curved tentacles on its head collided and rubbed against each other, which is how the tinkling xylophone sound was made.

After listening quietly to the chirping of the speaker cricket and the Circle Master for a while, Rock gave a thumbs up and turned around to leave.

Although he decided to build a house next to this oak forest, he had no intention of getting rid of the speaker crickets living inside.

They usually live in tall oak trees and have no impact on Rock's life. They may even be a unique embellishment.

Moreover, according to Rock's perception, the level of the three speaker crickets is not low, each one is about level 30. Keeping them in the oak forest is also a kind of defense for his house in the future.

Since coming to his own land, Rock has discovered that due to the superior natural environment and long-term inaccessibility, there are many types and numbers of elves here, and their levels are all in the 20s and 30s in perception.

But what puzzled him was that according to common sense, there should be many powerful predators in such a resource-rich ecosystem, but he didn't find any in the past two days.

Dangerous and powerful predatory wild elves are one of the biggest difficulties in pioneering the Pokémon world. Every year, people who want to pioneer and even ranchers and forest rangers are killed in the wild.

Whether it is for the settlers or the wild elves, when an uncontrollable being appears on the land and robs their own survival resources, the two are bound to conflict. It's not about right or wrong, it's just a matter of survival.

Rock was already prepared to drive away dangerous elves in his territory, but he didn't expect that he hadn't encountered them even after exploring half of the area, which made him both relaxed and confused.

No matter, whoever will do it!

Chub!

Bah!

The Arbo monster is now also a powerful predator, and its five-meter-long snake body contains huge power.

It now regards all the wild Pokémon on this land as its own meal, and any enemy that comes to prey is snatching food from its mouth.

As for the bay leaf, it also tastes great on grilled meats.

Hahaha, don't be so greedy guys. Our land is huge, and as long as it doesn't threaten us or damage our property, it's not a bad thing to have some small predators.

Rock patted the necks of Arbor Monster and Bayleaf. They had reached the hills they had just watched.

This hilly area covers about fifty hectares, steep in the east and gentle in the west. It is located in the northeast of the flat land where the oak forest is located, about one kilometer away from where Rock wants to build a house.

To the north of the hills is a section of the Yunhui Mountain remnants of the territory, and not far to the east is the upper reaches of the big river.

Tall zelkova and linden forests grow on the steeper slopes in the east and north. It is early May and the zelkova trees are in bloom.

Clusters of small beige flowers bloom on the full emerald canopy, like auspicious clouds. Several big butterflies flutter their wings and gather nectar in the forest.

Rock wants to open a tree orchard in this beautiful place, but before that, he needs to test the environment here to see if it is suitable for tree fruit growth.

First of all, the most important thing is to have an irrigation water source, because there is a river to the east of the hills, and the quality of the river water is proved by the Marsh King. In addition, Rock has tasted it personally, and the water quality is excellent.

Therefore, Rock has nothing to worry about when it comes to water sources. He can just dig a few irrigation canals later.

As important as the water source is the soil. Rock squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground. The soil was soft and reddish brown.

He didn't know much about it, but it looked pretty good.

The most important thing to test for Rock was the light. When he was in Sunshine Town, he checked some information on fruit planting and learned about a special judgment method that was suitable for him.

Bay leaf, stand here and use photosynthesis. Don't be nervous and relax.

When the light converged on the sickle leaf above the bay leaf, Rock pressed the countdown button on his watch, and then stared at the sunlight gathering on the leaves.

This is the method he looked up, which is to judge the lighting conditions of a place based on the time when Pokémon uses photosynthesis.

Generally speaking, the time it takes for a Pokémon to use its Photosynthesis skill under normal conditions is about two seconds. In places with strong sunlight or under the effect of the skill 'Sunny Day', the photosynthesis time will be reduced to less than one second.

Therefore, after calculation, if the Pokémon's photosynthesis skill time is within 1.3 to 1.7 seconds, then the lighting conditions there are basically suitable for tree fruit growth.

Rock took the bay leaf to several different locations. After testing each location multiple times, he came up with a satisfactory average value of one point and five seconds.