Time flew by, and above, a few Murkrow circled, rustling.
It was already evening when the group retreated to this temporary camp, and now it was late at night, almost ten o'clock. After Swampert laid two Pokémon eggs, it was out of mortal danger, but its body was still extremely weak, and its potential had also dropped to Lord-level. Without a major opportunity, it likely wouldn't recover.
Zhang Heng casually put the Dive Ball back on his waist, and the Divine Beast Field created by Walking Wake gradually dissipated. He quickly took out a recovery potion from his backpack and fed it to Swampert, continuing to administer the IV drip.
Then, he gently stroked its head and comforted it, “You’ve worked hard. Get some good rest.” Swampert blinked, as if understanding Zhang Heng’s words, but it didn’t close its eyes. Instead, it stared at the two eggs between its legs.
Zhang Heng said, “It’s alright, I’ll help you look after these two eggs.” He carefully picked up the two eggs, holding them in his hands. These two eggs didn’t look small; one weighed about 6-7 jin, like a newborn, yet he could feel the endless vitality within them even through the shell.
Zhang Heng called out from outside the Wonder Room, “Dr. Chen, you can have Beheeyem retract the Wonder Room now.” With that, the semi-circular pink space began to shake erratically, then twisted, split, and finally dissipated into the air.
Beheeyem seemed to have exhausted all its strength; it couldn’t even float anymore and slowly descended to the ground. It appeared that maintaining the Wonder Room’s operation was a huge drain on Beheeyem, so Dr. Chen immediately recalled Beheeyem into its Poké Ball.
Meanwhile, the other Mudkip and Marshtomp swarmed towards Zhang Heng and Swampert. Zhang Heng, holding the two eggs, stood in front of Swampert and said, “Swampert just gave birth and is extremely weak. It still needs quiet rest.”
The One-Eyed Marshstomp standing behind Dr. Chen let out a Roar to stop its other clan members and had the other two Swampert take all the troublesome little ones back to the camp to Sleep. The little ones looked back at them every few steps, then reluctantly returned to the camp.
Suddenly, the blue-and-white Pokémon egg in Zhang Heng’s hand, whose surface shimmered with a mysterious light, began to shake violently. Zhang Heng quickly placed it beside Swampert and retreated, holding the other egg.
Immediately, the blue-and-white egg emitted a faint white light. The light was initially weak, but as time passed, it grew increasingly intense. In the dead of night, the previously dark camp was instantly illuminated by this sudden strong light.
After the light flashed, a tiny crack suddenly appeared on the Pokémon egg. Following this, the crack rapidly spread. With a soft “crack,” the eggshell completely broke. A small head emerged from within, and then a slightly larger Mudkip struggled out of the eggshell’s confines. Its body was still covered with some mucus.
The newborn Mudkip’s limbs were slightly curled, and it gently lay on the ground, as if still not quite accustomed to this new world. It quietly lay beside Swampert, blinking its clear eyes, curiously observing everything around it, occasionally letting out a few faint Growls.
Pokémon Name: Mudkip
Type: Water-type
Level: 1 (Infant-level combat power)
Potential: Elite Four
Tera Type: Water-type
Nature: Adamant (Boosts Attack, Lowers Special Attack)
Ability: Torrent
Special Ability Bonus: Infused with Ground-type Z-Power
Learned Moves: Tackle, Growl
Egg Moves: Ancient Power
TM Moves: None
Zhang Heng’s eyes widened, seemingly shocked. He thought, “It’s an Elite Four-level Pokémon, and with an excellent Adamant nature! If only I could catch it. The egg in my arms should have even better potential.”
Just as he was about to use his system ability to check the Pokémon egg’s potential, he found that the system ability was unusable.
He silently chanted to the system, “Oi ~ System, are you there?”
A mechanical voice chimed, “Ding ~ Yes, Host.”
“Can the system appraise unhatched Pokémon egg information?”
Ding ~ The system replied, “Given that the Host’s Water-type and Dragon-type Pokémon team building progress is zero percent, currently only the attribute panels for Dragon-type and Water-type Pokémon eggs can be accessed. They are now being activated for you.”
Zhang Heng twitched his lips. It seemed other transmigrated protagonists didn’t have this kind of setting. But when under someone else’s roof, one had to bow their head. With a darkened face, he responded in his mind, “I understand.”
Then, Zhang Heng used his system ability to observe the panels of the two eggs.
Pokémon Name: Shinny Mudkip (Unhatched)
Type: Water-type
Level: 0
Potential: Champion
Tera Type: Water-type
Nature: Naive (Boosts Speed, Lowers Special Defense)
Ability: Torrent
Affection: 60
Held Item: None
Special Ability Bonus: Infused with Ground-type Z-Power
Learned Moves: None
Egg Moves: None
TM Moves: None
Zhang Heng was slightly surprised and also moved. He thought, “This… this is Champion-level?! And it’s the pink Shinny that tough guys love?! Infused with Ground-type Z-Power? The other hatched Mudkip also has this bonus.”
He immediately began to communicate: “System, Ground-type Z-Power, what does that mean?”
“Ding, because it absorbed the remaining Ground-type energy from a damaged Z-Move, the Pokémon will become more proficient in mastering and utilizing Ground-type moves in the future. Furthermore, the wind-up for using Ground-type Z-Moves will be shorter, allowing for instant execution.”
“Does that mean no more awkward dancing?!”
The system was silent… then, “Ding ~ That’s right.”
As is well known, in the original world, Z-Moves were first discovered in the Alola region. The prerequisite for using this combat system was not only the synchronized hearts of the Pokémon and Trainer but also those strange dance moves, chuunibyou lines, and passionate move names before the move’s release.
For example, for a Ground-type Z-Move, after a series of spinning and jumping awkward dances, one would shout the specific Z-Move line, and finally Roar the move name—Tectonic Rage! Fighting a battle like that would make your toes curl up and run away.
After a moment of internal struggle, Zhang Heng still sighed. These two Pokémon were the hope of this clan; selfishly capturing them would be too inappropriate!
Zhang Heng, holding the Shinny Mudkip egg, placed it next to the weak Swampert and said to Swampert, “This egg is very healthy. It just has better potential and needs to settle in the egg for a while longer before hatching.”
He then stroked Mudkip’s head: “Little one, your potential is also very strong, stronger than your parents. You must grow up well.”
The One-Eyed Marshstomp also came over. The two mates exchanged glances, nodding slightly, both understanding each other’s thoughts. Swampert licked the newborn Mudkip and the Pokémon egg, then slowly pushed them towards Zhang Heng.
Dr. Chen Chunjiang smiled slightly: “Xiao Heng, it seems you have a choice between two.”
Zhang Heng: “???”
Is it blue? Pink? A choice between two, then?!”