The mission was completed very smoothly, and Luo Mu returned to the farm that afternoon, the same day he captured the four Poliwags.
He first went to observe Moltres and the Pokémon egg in the incubator beneath it.
Moltres was sleeping soundly, and Mimikyu, hiding in the shadow of the small house, noticed Luo Mu and Luxray's return, reporting that during Luo Mu's absence, Moltres had only eaten and slept, with no unusual movements.
Luo Mu stroked Mimikyu's head in a praising manner and told it to prepare for a big feast tonight, then took Luxray to the next destination—the Farming Area.
Beside the fields, Serperior was idly using its vines to change into different shapes to entertain the two Gossifleur, while Eldegoss roamed among the fields, ensuring there were no traces of pests or weeds.
Noticing Luo Mu's footsteps, Serperior instantly abandoned the two Gossifleur, who were happily playing, and gracefully slithered over.
"Kaga?" (You're back?)
"I'm back. Thank you for watching the fields. We're having a big feast tonight!" Luo Mu noticed Serperior's tail tip wrapped around his finger and smiled without exposing it. He then looked at Eldegoss in the field and shouted, "Eldegoss, you worked hard too. After a rest, remember to come home for the big feast tonight."
"Puff puff!"
Eldegoss smiled and nodded.
Next, Luo Mu went to notify Swampert, who was staying in the lake area inspecting its future residence, Ceruledge, who was practicing swordsmanship on a small hill not far from the farm, and Dragonite, who he thought was flying in the sky taking a nap but was actually nestled in the small house.
In the evening, Luo Mu gathered his Pokémon behind the small house and started a barbecue party.
Ceruledge stood by the grill, skillfully using its flaming greatsword to skewer and grill various wild mushrooms Luo Mu had brought home.
Luo Mu evenly divided the crab meat from the second Crabominable's pincer into 15 portions and steamed them.
Then, taking advantage of the free time, Luo Mu released the four Poliwags.
Three Poliwags hid behind their leader, curiously surveying their surroundings. They felt that what Luo Mu said was indeed true.
So many powerful Pokémon were gathered here coexisting peacefully, especially that large bird burning with flames. The Poliwags felt as if the other party was vastly different from them, unattainable.
Soon, Ceruledge's grilled wild mushrooms and Luo Mu's steamed Crabominable pincers were ready one after another. Luo Mu distributed the portions to the corresponding Pokémon, and he himself took a portion and squatted on the ground to eat it.
Moltres first tasted a skewer of Ceruledge's grilled mushrooms. After the seasoned skewer entered its mouth, Moltres's eyes instantly lit up.
The chili powder was evenly distributed on the mushroom surface, and all the moisture had been grilled out, making it crispy but not dry, extremely delicious.
And the crab meat was a stroke of genius. After eating the spicy grilled skewer, the extremely sweet crab meat was a critical hit.
Moltres, who had only ever absorbed energy from volcanoes and occasionally found some snag berries to eat, had never tasted such a delicacy. A thought even arose in its heart that it might not be bad to stay here for this food.
The five main Pokémon who tasted the crab meat finally understood why Luo Mu and Luxray were so obsessed with it. Even if it were them, after tasting this crab meat, they would surely be unable to think of anything else for a while.
Tears welled up in the Poliwags' bright black round eyes. As they savored the ultimate delicacy, they felt from the bottom of their hearts that selling themselves to Luo Mu was the most correct decision they had ever made.
Three days later, the irrigation canal from the lake where the Poliwags were captured to the farm was successfully completed. Since the canal would be refilled after the water was diverted, Swampert didn't need to worry about aesthetics and could simply use brute force all the way.
Serperior wove a large net with extremely small gaps from sturdy green vines to block the outlet of the lake, which would prevent wild Water-type Pokémon or unknown species of fish from entering Thunderclap Lake without Luo Mu's knowledge.
The entire project lasted three days, ending completely after Swampert refilled the irrigation canal.
Although the original Thunderclap Lake only had an average depth of 3.5 meters and an area of five mu, Luo Mu believed that one day, he would develop it to its true extent.
As soon as Thunderclap Lake was completed, the four Poliwags moved in. Although there was only the somewhat fierce-looking Swampert in the lake besides them, they were very satisfied with the environment and looked forward to the continuous increase of future companions and species.
In the Farming Area, strawberry fields already had flower buds, and a few had already bloomed. The same was true for tomatoes, eggplants, and cabbages.
In the fastest-growing cucumber field, small cucumbers could already be seen.
With the two major areas on track, the pasture area naturally needed to be arranged as well.
Still following the same pattern, Luo Mu had Swampert use a large-scale Stomping Tantrum to clear weeds and gravel from the barren land, and then had several Pokémon use their unique abilities to quickly sow edible pasture grass seeds across the turned-up soil.
The pasture grass grew extremely fast, not even needing Eldegoss to share nutrients. Coincidentally, as if heaven was helping Luo Mu, a light rain quietly arrived on the evening of the day the pasture grass was sown.
At the same time, the nutrient solution in the Pokémon egg turned transparent again.
Luo Mu gritted his teeth and replaced the last can.
Two more days passed, and patches of tender shoots had already emerged from the ground in the pasture area. It would probably only take a week for them to fully grow.
At that time, Luo Mu planned to spend money to buy some Pokémon suitable for raising in the pasture.
For example, Miltank, Mareep, Skiddo, and so on.
After selling the gains from that day's wilderness exploration, Luo Mu received 12,000 alliance currency in income. Including the subsequent expenses for purchasing some ingredients, his current savings were 55,000 alliance currency, so there wasn't too much pressure to buy a few Pokémon to keep in the pasture.
After a while, the farm harvest would bring in new income, and there were only three days left until he went to Orange Academy to take up his post.
Everything was steadily improving.
On the morning of the sixth day, Luo Mu, who was sound asleep in bed, was suddenly awakened by an extremely penetrating cry. Luxray and Dragonite, who were lying beside him, Mimikyu and Serperior on the bed, and Ceruledge, who lived alone in another room, were also awakened.
Luo Mu instantly woke up, quickly analyzing that it was Moltres's Growl coming from the backyard of the small house.
Moltres had been exceptionally well-behaved during this period. In the past two days, Luo Mu had even felt safe enough to let Mimikyu, who was responsible for monitoring, move freely.
He didn't expect Moltres to pull this on him today.
Without even having time to put on clothes, Luo Mu, with his heart pounding, directly stepped into his slippers and quickly went downstairs with his Pokémon, heading straight for Moltres's location.
Under the small shed, Moltres was staring blankly at the Pokémon egg, which was flashing rhythmically, cold sweat pouring down its body.
What was happening now?
Could it be that it had hatched this egg too explosively? Would Luo Mu bring six Pokémon to gang up on it?
At this moment, Moltres and Luo Mu's feelings were surprisingly consistent.
Both were extremely panicked.