Pokémon: World of Wonder

Chapter 390 The End of the Work

"By the way, Jiang Ye, you need to be careful. You can't work underwater for too long in a day. You need to take a break. If you feel that your skin might bleed, then you should rest today."

"Of course, we can still continue working, but it's very dangerous. You know, there are Pokémon at all depths down there, especially some predatory Pokémon that are very sensitive to the smell of blood."

"If you're not careful, you could easily die a horrible death in that kind of physically extreme situation! I'm not kidding you. Two of the men I brought with me thought they were being clever and sneaked down at night."

"They thought they were safe just because they were near the palace. Some Pokémon lurking under the mud were easy prey for them. And the dolphins couldn't possibly clean up all the Pokémon under the mud."

"So we have to be very careful when we're working down there. Of course, it'll be much safer if we're together and can look out for each other." Liu Ya said as she leaned closer, waving a white rag in her hand.

As a newbie, Jiang Ye nodded solemnly: "Okay, I understand."

"Hmm, not bad. Let's rest for a bit. We'll continue our descent in 5 minutes." Trint also came over, his tone much better than before, probably because he felt that Jiang Ye wasn't the kind of young and impetuous guy he seemed to be.

Jiang Ye and his team only stopped their underwater operations when the sun set.

"That's about enough for today, Jiang Ye. Make sure you get a good rest tonight, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow. We're leaving now."

"Bye-Bye!"

Liu Ya and Trint waved goodbye and left the lakeside with Zhang Lin, disappearing among the coral huts. Jiang Ye, who had climbed up and recovered, stretched and yawned.

Before he could finish stretching, he was slapped and stumbled, spitting out the bead stuck in his throat. Looking at the bead that had fallen into the water at his feet, Jiang Ye, with a black line on his face, steadied himself and turned to look behind him. It turned out to be the female dolphin that had given him the bead at noon.

Upon seeing her, Jiang Ye immediately put on a smile: "Ah, it's you. I was wondering how to return this bead to you."

The bead that had fallen onto the water's surface was caught by the female dolphin's superpower and flew into her mouth. After swallowing it in one gulp, she said, "Don't worry, we'll be watching you every day. This thing only lasts for one day and needs to be retrieved and recharged."

"By the way, my name is Lan Lan. I'll be the one to give you the beads when you come here tomorrow. Go back and rest early. If you don't rest properly after finishing the first day's work, you might be forced to take a day off on the second day."

"Okay, thank you for today, Miss Lan Lan. By the way, Miss Lan Lan, I would like to ask what the quota is for five days?"

"index?"

Lan Lan rubbed her head with her fish fins in an anthropomorphic way, then seemed to realize something and showed a look of sudden understanding: "Oh~ the quota, this is not the quota we set, it is your quota. You can work in the water for 12 hours a day and the quota will be completed."

12 hours?

Jiang Ye shook his arms unhappily. He felt bloated and uncomfortable all over. His muscles seemed to have their own independent consciousness, wriggling on their own, and he felt sore and achy.

In just four hours, from noon until now, he's been in this state. In three days, has it gone from four hours to twelve hours? You can't possibly torture someone to death, can you?

Lan Lan patted Jiang Ye on the shoulder nonchalantly: "Hey! Go back early, have dinner, and get some rest! Why worry so much? It's just a target, isn't it?"

Jiang Ye chuckled twice: "Indeed, but I'm in a bit of a rush. But let's take it one step at a time. I'll be going now, you go ahead with your work."

After saying that, Jiang Ye turned and left. Lan Lan stood there with his hands on his hips and sighed, "Indicators? Why does Dad always talk nonsense just to show off? Honestly, I have to clean up his messes."

Feeling unwell, Jiang Ye fell asleep instantly after dinner, lying on the bed. Meanwhile, his friends were tumbling and splashing on the ice under the setting sun.

On a smooth, icy surface, nestled among the trees on the outer island, his Pokémon stood ready, watching the surroundings.

At this moment, some trees around the ice rink seemed to come alive, each opening a large hole in its trunk, with two thick branches and dense vines wrapped around them like tentacles.

They were continuously pulling out one neat ice spear after another from the tree trunk and hurling them out, whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!

Silver Claw Howling Moon and the others stood on the skating ice, and could only dodge the flying ice spears. Suspended Shadow, Nine Suns, Sky Gazing, and Red Pretty Girl were alright, as they were petite but also quite agile.

Some can fly. Tianwang is a Water-type Pokémon and is very familiar with standing on ice. Jiuyang, on the other hand, has such a high body temperature that it can stand very steadily wherever it goes, leaving a crater in its wake. The ice spears that pierced its shell quickly melted away.

It was tough on Silverclaw and Howling Moon, as Silverclaw is a Ground-type Pokémon and is completely unfamiliar with ice. In addition, its two legs were not designed for ice environments.

Among all the friends, his butt was the only one that was red. Although the ice spear looked very strong, it was actually quite fragile. It would easily shatter and be absorbed by the ice after it pierced the body. But even the most fragile spear is still a spear, and it still hurts when it pierces the body.

Xiaoyue himself is not very agile due to his large size, and his body is also jingling. However, because of the high defense brought by his size, his attitude towards these ice spears is to dodge if he can, and take them head-on if he can't dodge.

As for the guy with the lightning bolt, he didn't care about these ice spears at all, because he was too fast. Although he often couldn't control himself and fell on the ice, the electric current generated on his body made the ice spears shatter easily, and they didn't affect him at all.

As for the remaining Magikarp and Rockruff, Huang Qiren was also thinking about how to deal with the two guys not far from this area.

Unable to defeat this guy, the Flower Rock Monster fought back for a long time but ended up getting a head full of bumps. It could only silently shrink its spirit into the stone and start playing dead. Huang Qiren smiled and picked up the Flower Rock Monster's body and played with it, just like an old man who saw a walnut worth playing with.

The former tyrant of Hejian was left behind. Ever since Jiang Ye painstakingly fished him out, he had encountered nothing good along the way. Whether it was the humiliating onlookers after being caught, the desperate attempts to escape being released halfway through the journey, or being used as a meat stake on an island and getting beaten up like crazy.

Finally, here he is. His eyes, which were once bright and clear, have now returned to the dead fish eyes that Magikarp should have, with what seems to be faint tears in the corners of his eyes. Huang Qiren is sitting on him as if he were a cushion.