Luo Mu didn't like to court disaster, so he didn't foolishly say that Moltres's current posture resembled a hen squatting. He squatted down, reached out, and directly pulled out the incubator from beneath Moltres, while also taking the opportunity to touch Moltres's warm feathers.
Moltres clearly felt a pair of hands messing with its underside, and its anger surged. However, under the casual gaze of Luxray beside Luo Mu, Moltres forcibly suppressed its rage.
Moltres only felt sorrow. As a legendary Pokemon, it was being taken advantage of by a human yet dared not resist.
If word got out, how could it ever show its face again?
As Moltres stewed in its own silent anger, Luo Mu picked up the incubator and observed it closely, frowning. He muttered, "It's only the fourth day, but it's absorbing things too quickly, isn't it? Is this Moltres's doing?"
The originally emerald-green nutrient solution in the incubator had now completely turned transparent, which meant that the energy contained in the nutrient solution had been fully absorbed.
He remembered the instructions mentioning that ordinary Pokemon eggs could absorb most of the nutrient solution in seven days, and even fast ones only finished a day or two early. However, there was no case in the instructions of a Pokemon egg absorbing the nutrient solution completely in four days, like this one.
It was simply outrageous.
Luo Mu sighed, returned to the house, and poured the second bottle of nutrient solution into the incubator, saying with a worried expression, "At this rate, it won't even last half a month."
Silently, Luo Mu tucked the incubator back under Moltres, only hoping that Moltres's Flame Body ability as a legendary Pokemon would be more effective and hatch this Pokemon egg quickly.
Otherwise, he would be eaten out of house and home.
With Serperior and the others looking after the farm, Moltres seemed quite well-behaved. Moreover, Luo Mu had asked Mimikyu to watch Moltres from its shadow, to prevent it from suddenly acting impulsively and harming the Pokemon egg.
Luo Mu left with peace of mind.
While searching for sellable materials and items in the wilderness based on the system's prompts, Luo Mu and Luxray moved towards their destination.
Time spent searching always passed quickly. Luo Mu had set out at noon, and now the sky had already turned dim yellow, close to completely dark.
Luo Mu tallied up his half-day's harvest. Aside from the herbs he wanted to keep for himself, the most valuable item was a Hard Stone, an item that Rock-type Pokemon could hold.
A Hard Stone typically sold for around three thousand alliance currency on the market. This item could be dropped by many Rock-type Pokemon, so it wasn't particularly expensive.
Adding in some miscellaneous items, he should be able to make a small profit of about five thousand alliance currency when he packaged and sold them in Pingdie Town.
It wasn't until he reached the foot of a mountain covered in dense trees that Luo Mu stopped, told Luxray to stay put, and began to ponder what to eat that night.
Although he carried some dry rations in his backpack, those were for emergencies when no other food could be found. Since the plants in this small mountain were growing so well, there should be some mountain delicacies inside.
As Luo Mu pondered, Luxray, who had been lying on the ground on alert, suddenly stood up and sniffed the air with its nose, as if it had caught a scent.
After distinguishing the scent, a look of surprise flashed in Luxray's eyes, and it called out to Luo Mu, "Lux!"
"What's wrong, Luxray?"
Luo Mu looked at Luxray with a puzzled expression. Luxray didn't explain with gestures; it simply gestured with its eyes for Luo Mu to follow, then set off running into the mountain.
Luo Mu blinked, feeling that this scene was somewhat familiar, as if it had happened before.
Too late to think much, seeing that Luxray was already about to disappear into the mountain, Luo Mu could only temporarily cut off his memories and quickly followed Luxray's pace.
The path up the mountain was difficult, with almost no traces of human footsteps; it wasn't even really a path.
Luo Mu, however, was accustomed to it. His gaze followed Luxray's occasional stops, and he climbed quickly like a monkey.
As they moved forward, even Luo Mu's nose could detect the faint fragrance in the air.
Memories also awakened at this moment. Luo Mu recalled the period shortly after he had transmigrated.
At that time, penniless, he and Luxray, who was then a Luxio, earned their first pot of gold in the mountain forest by relying on Luxio's excellent eyesight and sense of smell.
The most memorable thing from that period also began with a fragrance like this in the air.
After climbing more than halfway up the mountain, even Luo Mu was panting somewhat due to the weight of his large backpack. Fortunately, Luxray also stopped its advance at this moment.
Luxray didn't make a sound, but simply gestured with its eyes for Luo Mu to look not far away.
Luo Mu felt a strong, persistent fragrance at his nose, but this didn't prevent him from looking at the nearby area with a surprised expression.
There, was a male Oinkologne.
Oinkologne's entire body was black, with pink eyelashes, tail tip, and hooves.
In an instant, Luo Mu's mouth began to water.
Don't misunderstand, Luo Mu wasn't thinking of harming Oinkologne; he was only interested in the things brought about by Oinkologne's own abilities.
Oinkologne and its pre-evolution, Lechonk, are both Pokemon famous for their sense of smell. Their sense of smell is incredibly powerful, capable of detecting various mountain delicacies buried deep underground.
Because their super sense of smell only serves to find food, even with Luo Mu and Luxray, two sources of unfamiliar scents, so close, Oinkologne still didn't react at all.
Oinkologne constantly sniffed and snuffled at the soil, occasionally digging up the dirt to put delicious mushrooms growing inside into its mouth.
Only at night, with its nearly black body, was it less likely to be detected by predators, and only then could it conceal its body, which emitted a rich fragrance.
Eating and rooting, Oinkologne didn't notice the two small tails following behind it, constantly picking up the food it had passed over.
It wasn't until Oinkologne caught an extremely sweet scent in the air that its eyes lit up. Its seemingly fatty but actually muscular limbs exerted force, and it sprinted madly towards the source of the scent.
Luo Mu and Luxray, who were trailing far behind, exchanged glances and then unhesitatingly gave chase.
Judging by Oinkologne's reaction, there was something there!
Oinkologne's sprint lasted a full ten minutes. In the dark mountain, occasional roars and strange cries could be heard. While most people would find such a place terrifying, Luo Mu and Luxray became more and more excited as they ran.
Because, not far from where Oinkologne stopped running, a pair of huge pincers lay on the ground!
Jackpot!
Luo Mu suppressed his excited voice, his gaze fixed on that pair of pincers.
Naturally shed pincers of a Crabominable!
Its meat is tender and sweet, a dream ingredient that countless high-end restaurants spend huge sums of money on and still might not be able to acquire!
At the same time, it was also the source of Luo Mu's first travel funds as a Champion-level Trainer!