However, Dr. Olin's words made Luo Mu breathe a sigh of relief.
Since the plan related to the Paldea Great Crater was still in the restart phase, it meant that the Time Machine had not yet been built by the couple, which implied that everything might still be changed.
The entire Pokémon violet storyline basically had no deep-seated grudges, filled with a sense of an 'ideal land'.
The only major regrets were Dr. Olin/Fu Tu, who would eventually pass away, and Pai Pa, who had lost both parents.
He might be able to change some things in the future.
When Dr. Olin started talking about Area Zero, she displayed a talent for talking as much as Pai Pa, if not more so.
Perhaps there was also a reason for wanting to pique Luo Mu's interest in Area Zero.
Dr. Olin's incessant words flowed like a string of pearls, professional terms emerging one after another, seamlessly connected like beads on a strand.
Dizzy from listening, Luo Mu finally understood only one thing.
Pai Pa's nagging was likely inherited from his mother.
What stopped Dr. Olin's incessant talking was neither a natural disaster nor a man-made one, but a sharp alarm sound suddenly ringing from the high-precision research equipment behind her.
"It seems to have failed again," Dr. Olin sighed, stopping her torrent of words. She skillfully put on gloves, approached the instrument, and used tweezers to pick up a clearly scrapped special core, her expression filled with distress.
The experiment on the spatial teleportation's endurance had failed again.
The wild Pokémon in the Paldea Great Crater were very powerful. To enter its depths, establish stable research institutes and observation stations, and move freely, they had to base their research on Poké Ball teleportation technology and, on top of that, develop a teleportation device between observation stations.
With the teleportation device, they wouldn't need to retrace the complex environment of the Paldea Great Crater every time they transported supplies.
The technical calculations were complete; the only problem was the repeated failure of the core experiments, with no cause found.
If this continued, the plan to restart the tera research would have to be postponed, which was something Dr. Olin and Fu Tu, who longed for past/future Pokémon, did not want to see.
Looking at the core Dr. Olin held, Luo Mu, suddenly wanting to test the prompt system's function, curiously asked in his mind: "System, can you prompt on this?"
The blue solution in the second bottle and the pink solution in the fourth bottle on the doctor's left can be mixed together.
Luo Mu followed the system's prompt and looked over. Indeed, those two bottles of solution were there. He suddenly said, "Dr. Olin, could you tell me what those two bottles of solution on your left are?"
"No problem." Although puzzled, Ao Lin still picked up the two bottles of solution Luo Mu mentioned, gently shaking the bottles as she slowly said, "They are spatial solidifier and an extract of the Psychic energy contained in Abra's saliva, respectively."
"Spatial solidifier?"
"Simply put, it's to shrink and solidify the spatial range."
Luo Mu didn't quite understand the profound scientific knowledge Dr. Olin spoke of. He just saw her talking, and as if she had a sudden inspiration, she greeted Luo Mu and then buried herself in research.
Perhaps it was due to countless previous failures, but Dr. Olin's movements were very skilled. She took out some cores that were clearly just empty shells and began to try out her sudden inspiration.
There's no need to dwell on the number of failures. Luo Mu waited another hour and a half. Dr. Olin, who was constantly muttering formulas, finally produced two cores emitting a faint green light after several more failures.
She installed the cores into the device on the ground, and as the light rings on the device lit up, her expression instantly became excited.
"It's a success!"
Luo Mu, who had transmigrated from modern times, never tried to understand any of the black technology in the Pokémon world, as it was merely a meaningless consumption of his brain cells.
But the moment Dr. Olin activated the device, he still recognized what it was.
"Hiss..."
Isn't this the black technology from the game that allows you to teleport back and forth between observation stations?
Ao Lin tentatively placed an empty beaker on the teleportation device, her right hand trembling slightly as she pressed the retro red button that looked like it could launch a nuclear bomb.
After a faint hum, a dazzling green glow lit up and then extinguished, and the beaker appeared on another teleportation device four or five meters away.
Luo Mu was stunned. Is research and invention really that easy?
It was too absurd, whether it was the prompt system that seemed to know the future, or Dr. Olin, who had a sudden epiphany for no reason.
This gave Luo Mu a sense of frustration, as if his intelligence had been completely crushed.
Luo Mu said in shock in his mind: "Are you that good?"
"Humph!"
Even though it was just two short words, Luo Mu knew from the amplitude of its shaking that this guy was very proud.
Let it be proud; its heaven-defying and controllable prompting function will certainly contribute to the farm's development in the future.
Luo Mu still had that foresight.
After entrusting the raw tera orb ore to Dr. Olin, she seemed to believe that she was able to successfully create the teleportation device because of Luo Mu's reminder.
While expressing her gratitude, Ao Lin enthusiastically invited Luo Mu to consider a career as a researcher, stating that she could offer better benefits than Orange Academy, with the only requirement being occasional overtime.
That 'possible' and 'occasional' were very telling. Luo Mu vaguely remembered that after the couple dedicated themselves to research in Area Zero, Pai Pa truly became a 'left-behind child' in the literal sense.
The number of times he could meet his parents in a few years was few and far between.
If the employer was like that, how busy would her subordinates be?
Goodbye!
Seeing Luo Mu reject her invitation with a strangely resolute expression, Ao Lin, regretting it, could only give up. She took out several suspicious-looking, unlabeled bags of seeds from a preservation refrigerator nearby and handed them to Luo Mu.
Ao Lin said, "These are a few bags of seeds I accidentally obtained while researching ancient history. Although I don't know the variety, the energy inside the seeds is very active, so they shouldn't be ordinary plants."
Luo Mu picked up one bag and examined it carefully for a while, but with his meager knowledge, he couldn't determine its variety.
His farm would definitely need to grow crops to make money after it was built. Unknown seeds of unknown varieties might not sell even if they were grown.
Luo Mu wasn't particularly intelligent, but his emotional intelligence wasn't low.
Even though he wondered what these seeds were for, it was still Dr. Olin's kind gesture. He would accept them and temporarily put them aside, planting them in a free spot once the farm was on track.
After all, that person once said to make as many friends as possible.
Before Luo Mu left with the seeds, Ao Lin seemed to suddenly remember something and called out to his retreating back: "Teacher Luo, please take care of Pai Pa at Orange Academy!"
Luo Mu's steps faltered, and his expression instantly became strange, feeling a sudden pang in his stomach.
Since Pai Pa would become his student...
Then wouldn't he encounter all the other main characters and problem children!?
Gulp... No, not that!
Before even starting work, Luo Mu already wanted to resign.