In a daze, Ye Ming felt himself rising, or perhaps his soul was drifting far away, leaving the cave. Then, scene after scene flashed before Ye Ming's eyes, as if only a moment had passed, yet also as if 16 years or even longer had gone by. Was this Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly? Or an adventure in a Pokémon movie?
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Ming woke up in the dark cave. Climbing out of his sleeping bag, he found that the wound on his lower abdomen had completely healed. Perhaps it was the excellent effect of the healing spray, but more likely it was due to some mysterious power. At this moment, Ye Ming had completely transmigrated, taking over everything of this body, including its memories. This also marked the new 'Ye Mingcang's' re-re-re-start.
"So, the name of this body is Ye Mingcang, and it's so similar to my original name. Is that why I transmigrated? Thank you, Grandma Dean!"
That's right, before transmigrating, Ye Ming was, as expected, an orphan. His name was given by the dean of the orphanage, Grandma Ye. She hoped he would have a bright future, so she named him Ye Ming, implying that the night would always pass, and he would have a bright future. He never expected that one day, this name might lead him to the world of Pokémon.
Why say "re-re-re-start"? Because Ye Ming was not the first transmigrator; to be precise, he was not the first transmigrator of this body, but the third! Surprised? Unexpected? Anyway, Ye Ming was numb. Ye Ming was the fourth owner of this body.
All of this felt like a dream, or like watching a long movie.
Ye Mingcang's story began 16 years ago.
That year, a boy lost his parents due to a wild Pokémon riot and became an orphan. Fortunately, he was never sent to an orphanage but was adopted by the owners of a breeding house located on the outskirts of Goldenrod City in the Johto region, Grandpa Ye Ming and Grandma Cang. They had no children, so in their old age, they adopted a boy and named him Ye Mingcang.
In terms of origin, Ye Mingcang was a genuine Alliance-lineage Trainer. Under the guidance of his grandparents, he showed excellent Breeder talent from a young age. By the age of 9, he could already independently make basic Energy Cubes, a genius among geniuses. At that time, Ye Mingcang's biggest dream was to become an Advanced Pokémon Breeder and then develop his grandparents' breeding house into the largest Pokémon ranch in the Johto region. For this, he worked hard, until one night when he was 10 years old.
The Mightyena in the backyard of the breeding house suddenly became agitated, howling "Awoo~ Awoo~" with Snarls, and the Miltanks also mooed "Maa Maa~" incessantly, signaling that something bad was about to happen.
Suddenly, a "boom boom boom" explosion broke the quiet night, and flames soared into the sky, illuminating the dark night. Ye Mingcang was startled awake from his sleep and vaguely heard:
"Who are you, and what are you doing here?"
"Get out of the way if you don't want to die!"
"Houndoom, Flamethrower!"
And other voices. Before he could react, a huge rock, glowing with fire, smashed through the roof and came straight at him.
How could a ten-year-old boy, who didn't even have a starter Pokémon yet, possibly survive?
The good news was that Ye Mingcang dodged the boulder. The bad news was that he was hit in the head by the debris from the aftermath, successfully dying at the age of 10.
..........
The scene shifted.
A miraculous sight appeared: a faint green light emerged from Ye Mingcang's body. The injury on the back of his head gradually healed, and his tightly closed eyes opened again.
The three soul-searching questions of "Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?" echoed in the ruins…
Before "Ye Mingcang" could react, the room door was violently kicked open with a "bang." A man in a black jumpsuit walked in. "Ye Mingcang" only had time to see a conspicuous letter "R" on the man's chest before being struck on the head by a heavy object. His already scattered consciousness became even more blurred…
Vaguely, "Ye Mingcang" could hear:
"He's really lucky to be alive. There's a live one here."
"Kill him."
"No, we don't have enough candidates for the trial island yet. Take him back; we can still use him."
"The Pokémon capture mission is complete. Let's go."
Then "Ye Mingcang" completely lost consciousness…
.............
When he woke up again, Ye Mingcang found himself tied up and thrown into a dark space, next to dozens of boys and girls about his age… The dark space constantly swayed irregularly, and from time to time, the sound of water "splash, splash" echoed in his ears.
"Ye Mingcang" knew he was most likely in a ship's cabin and would be transported with these children to an unknown place.
While he was unconscious on the ship, he successfully inherited the memories of the body's original owner, as well as all the knowledge of a Junior Breeder.
Until the ship docked, these dozens of teenagers were led by men in black to a deserted island.
A man named "Viper" told them that they would undergo a year-long battle to the death here! After one year, only the ten most excellent individuals would leave this hell alive. Then "Viper" had each of them choose a Pokémon as their starter.
At this time, "Ye Mingcang" was the first transmigrator. Perhaps because of his past life experiences, he quickly accepted that he had transmigrated to a world with magical creatures called "Pokémon." But precisely because of his unique profession, he had never watched anime or played games; in his previous life, he was an assassin.
With a firm mind and long past childhood, he knew he had to survive.
Perhaps in his previous life, he had already intended to retire and live a quiet life. After transmigrating, he only wanted to live an ordinary life.
However, he also knew clearly that in this world, weakness was a sin. Even if you only wanted to live an ordinary life, you needed strong power as a foundation.
"In my previous life, I had no name. Now, I am Ye Mingcang!"
Just then.
"Ding, feeling your strong will, a reminder: choose the third shelf on the left, the fourth Poké Ball from the left."
That's right, the first transmigrator's benefit was just this one sentence.
Ye Mingcang successfully chose a Nidoran♂, and from a Breeder's perspective, this Nidoran♂ was exceptionally outstanding.
He later vaguely learned from the idle chatter of Team Rockets grunts on the island that his Nidoran♂ was special. It was casually sent in by Boss Sakaki when he was in a good mood, one of the descendants of Nidoking from Sakaki's third team. It possessed deep cyan aptitude, which was a cut above the rest, as most Pokémon in the same batch were yellow, with very few being green. Moreover, this Nidoran♂ had the Hustle Ability, meaning it would eventually evolve into a Nidoking with Sheer Force!
It's important to note that these Pokémon given to the trial participants were still filtered by Team Rockets using aptitude testing equipment. Common wild Pokémon usually only have red and orange aptitudes.
If he had a Data Eye, he would see Nidoran♂'s data as follows:
Pokémon: Nidoran♂
Gender: Male
Category: Poison Pin Pokémon
Type: Poison
Ability: Hustle
Aptitude: Deep Cyan
Level: 5, Growth Class
Held Item: None
Moves:
(Inherited) Confusion, Double-Edge, Thrash, Sucker Punch;
(Self-Learned) Focus Energy, Glare, Poison Sting, Double Kick;
This data truly lived up to the transmigrator's benefit. Once it grew, it would be a reliable main attacker for a long time.
After Ye Mingcang selected his Pokémon and received the initial supplies distributed to everyone, he walked into the forest without looking back.
There was a trial camp on the island. For the first half of the year, trial participants could live in the camp and exchange points for food and other daily necessities. Trial points could be obtained by capturing wild Pokémon.
In the second half of the year, the camp would be dismantled, and no more daily necessities would be available for exchange. Trial participants would have to survive in the wild for half a year on their own.
Since receiving his initial supplies and leaving the camp, Ye Mingcang had lived in the wild. Except for returning to exchange for TM's and essential items, he almost always slept in the forest.
One day a year later, a huge roar echoed on the trial island, and a striking "R" shaped firework lit up the night sky!
This was the notification that the trial had ended. After the notification was issued, survivors on the island needed to return to the camp's gathering point within 7 days. Those who failed to return on time would be considered deserters and would be directly eliminated.
Ye Mingcang returned. At 11 years old, he had grown to nearly 1.6 meters tall, with a muscular physique, completely unlike a child. And when he emerged from the dark forest, a purple giant beast over 1.8 meters tall followed behind him.
(In this book, Pokémon's height and weight can increase. As your energy level increases, your body size will definitely change.)
If he had a Data Eye, he would see Nidoking's data as follows:
Pokémon: Nidoking
Gender: Male
Category: Drill Pokémon
Type: Poison/Ground
Ability: Sheer Force
Aptitude: Deep Blue
Level: 22, Superior Class
Held Item: None
Moves:
(Inherited) Confusion, Double-Edge, Thrash, Sucker Punch;
(Self-Learned) Megahorn, Focus Energy, Glare, Poison Sting, Double Kick, Toxic, Poison Jab, Earth Power;
(TM) Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Mega Punch, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Sludge Bomb, Protect, Substitute;
Over the past year, Ye Mingcang had invested all his resources and effort into Nidoking. Although he had never played or watched Pokémon before transmigrating, he had the original owner's Breeder memories. Therefore, his Nidoking was raised according to the highest standards. Even the Moon Stone used for evolution was a top-grade Moon Stone he stole from a Nidoking colony deep within the trial island. After evolving, Nidoking's aptitude successfully increased to Deep Blue Class. Once it fully grew, it would definitely be a formidable Elite-level ace!
Unfortunately, the trial period was too short, and Ye Mingcang didn't earn enough points to exchange for a Life Orb, Hyper Beam, Earthquake, and other powerful moves. Otherwise, this Nidoking would have been completely perfected.
【Pokémon in this book are divided by aptitude, from lowest to highest: White, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Gold. The corresponding growth limits and levels are:
White: Growth Limit Basic Class (Levels 1-10);
Red: Growth Limit Entry Class (Levels 11-20);
Orange: Growth Limit Superior Class (Levels 21-30);
Yellow: Growth Limit Gym Leader Class (Levels 31-40);
Green: Growth Limit Pseudo-Elite (Levels 41-50);
Cyan: Growth Limit Elite Class (Levels 51-60);
Blue: Growth Limit Pseudo-Champion (Levels 61-70);
Purple: Growth Limit Champion Class (Levels 71-80);
Gold: Growth Limit Master Class (Levels 81-90);
Above Gold are ??? Legendary Pokémon. First-tier Legendary Pokémon with divine duties are set at Level 100, according to the game.
As for the level settings, they refer to the familiar Cynthia.
Cynthia's Pokémon in "Pearl/Diamond" first appearance are in the Level 60-70 range, which can be considered Pseudo-Champion;
When players obtain the National Pokédex and she reappears, Cynthia's Pokémon are in the Level 70-80 range, which can be considered Champion Class;
And when Cynthia appears in "Black 2 White 2," Garchomp is Level 82, and the others are Level 80. Here, Garchomp can be considered to have broken through to Master Class, while the others are at the peak of Champion Class.
Referring to the Pokémon levels of various Gym Leaders, when challenging Gyms again after completing the entire game, Gym Leaders' Pokémon are generally Level 50-60. This can be considered that the Gym Leaders of the eight Gyms all have Elite Class strength. The Pokémon of the regional Elite Four are generally Level 60-70, with even their ace Pokémon being above Level 70, as the Elite Four must be stronger than ordinary Elite Class Trainers.
After all, in the game, there are also Individual Values and Effort Values, but writing about Individual Values adds too many words. It's better to distinguish by color and level.】