Zou Yi responded to Qi Shu's rapid-fire questions unhurriedly, while his keen eyes scanned the surroundings.
He spotted the Jellicent's Poké Ball lying quietly beside the Little Boss's corpse, so he bent down to pick it up.
With a slight movement of his finger, a red light burst forth from the Poké Ball, like a nimble red ribbon, instantly coiling around Jellicent and successfully recalling it into the Poké Ball.
Immediately after, Zou Yi skillfully pulled out the official law enforcement officer's exclusive Pokédex, his expression focused, preparing to Lock-On the Pokémon owned by these criminals.
With a soft "beep," the Pokédex emitted a clear prompt, indicating that it was performing a tense and orderly scan. A moment later, detailed information about this Pokémon gradually appeared on the Pokédex screen.
The screen clearly displayed: "Pokémon Jellicent, Level 57, a Quasi-Champion level Pokémon. This Pokémon has currently been placed under the League's strict control and registration, and the Poké Ball locking procedure is being executed. Please do not move it arbitrarily."
At the same time, Qi Shu, standing by, was not idle. He carefully took out two treatment aerosols, meticulously developed by Zhang's Pharmaceutical Group, from his pocket.
These two aerosols had unique designs, their bottles shimmering with a faint silver light, looking quite high-tech. Qi Shu held an aerosol, first aiming it at Vikavolt's Poké Ball, then unhesitatingly inserting the needle into the prominent small white dot on the Poké Ball.
Accompanied by a faint "plop," the transparent medicine from the tube slowly injected into the Poké Ball's interior like a trickling stream. Immediately after, Qi Shu repeated the process, accurately inserting the needle of the other aerosol into the small white dot on Araquanid's Poké Ball, similarly allowing all the medicine from the entire tube to flow into the Poké Ball.
At this point, it was clearly visible that the liquid in the medicine tubes gradually decreased until completely empty, while the potent medicinal power was continuously delivered into the Poké Balls through special channels, initiating urgent and highly effective treatment for these two Pokémon on the verge of death.
The ground was a mess, with the Little Boss's corpse, as well as the remains of Mandibuzz and Quagsire. Because Quagsire's body was not suitable for making any items, and Mandibuzz's aptitude was too poor, it could only be made into the lowest-grade C-rank items.
It's important to know that the beaks of all bird Pokémon can be used as raw materials for the item Sharp Beak, which is an indispensable item for Flying-type Pokémon!
Just then, Qi Shu seemed to smell the strong, pungent scent of blood, his brows furrowing slightly, then he spoke: "Rotom, use Will-O-Wisp to cremate all these guys' bodies."
Upon hearing his master's command, Rotom responded quickly, its surrounding Fire-type energy instantly becoming exceptionally active. Immediately after, three dark purple ghostly flames appeared out of thin air like ghosts, circling around Rotom.
At this moment, Rotom wore a strange smile on his face, emitting a giggling sound.
Afterward, he skillfully controlled these three ghostly flames, like precisely guided missiles, striking directly down onto the three corpses on the ground.
In an instant, flames shot skyward, forming a giant fiery cap, and the raging inferno began to mercilessly incinerate these remains, which were filled with sin in life.
After the two of them finished all this, they prepared to pursue Zhang Heng in the direction he had gone.
...
Returning to Zhang Heng's perspective, he had been very safe along the way, but the Mudkip Pokémon egg in his arms was becoming increasingly anxious, shaking more and more frequently, seemingly eager to hatch, and was suppressed repeatedly by Zhang Heng using Hydro.
Hydro allows for psychic communication with Water-type Pokémon through physical contact, and Zhang Heng had been continuously trying to communicate with the little guy inside the eggshell.
However, there was no response. Could this little guy be quite tsundere? Zhang Heng couldn't for the life of him figure out that it was his own problem, so he asked the system.
"System, is your Hydro a fake or shoddy product? Or did you send me a defective item?"
Ding ~ A mechanical voice sounded in his mind.
"To answer the host, when you initiate communication, if the other party doesn't respond, is there a possibility that they just don't want to bother with you?"
"Huh? What do you mean? So I should just leave?"
Zhang Heng reluctantly stopped trying to communicate with it using Hydro. However, Hydro also possessed another unique ability—it could establish a connection with and control Water-type energy.
Thus, Zhang Heng always carefully restricted the surrounding Water-type energy, striving to prevent it from being excessively absorbed by the Mudkip inside the egg. After some effort, he finally succeeded in controlling the speed and amount of Water-type energy flowing in.
In reality, being in such a pure and concentrated Water-type energy environment, this Mudkip should have Shell Smashed much earlier.
After all, its other companion, born at the same time, the egg with Elite Four level potential, had already hatched smoothly on the night it was born.
The reason Zhang Heng had been suppressing the Mudkip's hatching process was simply to obtain the water scroll to improve the Mudkip's aptitude.
At this moment, Zhang Heng's heart surged with emotion, and his thoughts ran wild: "I must get my hands on the water scroll as soon as possible! In my opinion, the potential of this Mudkip, which has Quasi-Champion aptitude, is definitely not limited to this. I firmly believe it can become even stronger!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Heng couldn't help but quicken his pace, wishing he could reach the Divine Beast Field's location immediately.
The reason Zhang Heng knew he could improve Mudkip's aptitude was because a series of detailed introductions to Pokémon egg treatment methods were circulating within his family.
One particularly important point was that changing a Pokémon's aptitude while it was still in the egg was the easiest and most efficient method. This was because their life forms had not yet fully solidified at this stage, possessing great malleability and developmental potential.
However, if one wanted to change a Pokémon's aptitude after it had hatched, it would become extremely difficult. Under normal circumstances, this would require obtaining some quite special and precious materials.
Besides that, there was another possibility—receiving generous gifts from certain powerful Divine Beasts, but such opportunities were undoubtedly as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
At this moment, Zhang Heng could clearly see a gray-white Divine Beast Field about thirty meters away from him.
This mysterious area seemed out of place with the real world, constantly radiating strange ripples. And with the fluctuation of these ripples, extremely concentrated Water-type energy continuously emanated from it, as if forming a thin mist that enveloped the entire field.
Just then, suddenly, a sharp, piercing sound abruptly entered Zhang Heng's ears without warning.
He couldn't help but frown slightly, a strange sense of familiarity welling up in his heart.
"Drednaw, Quicksand Abyss!"
In an instant, a thunderous roar echoed, and the ground trembled violently again. Moreover, the magnitude of this tremor was clearly far greater than what he had felt in the outer area before, as if the entire world was about to be torn apart by this power.
