Pokémon: World of Wonder

Chapter 379 Sharing the Blessings

when!when!when!

Inside the gloomy cave, Jiang Ye used a pickaxe to repeatedly strike the somewhat loose volcanic rock.

If Jiang Ye hadn't been wearing a dust mask, the ferocious hatred on his face would have overflowed from the entire cave!

The volcanic rocks in this cave were formed not long ago, and they are relatively soft, so it takes less effort to knock them down.

On the other hand, the cave is about 100 meters deep, one side of which is covered with dense volcanic rock, and the back of the cave is completely sealed off by volcanic rock.

Moreover, this section of volcanic rock in the cave is the fastest appreciating. After Jiang Ye painstakingly chipped it off and transported it out in more than a dozen truckloads, the section at the cave entrance had already been cleaned up.

Jiang Ye glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that it seemed to be faintly emerging from the rock wall again, accompanied by tremendous heat. The entire cave was dusty and hot, and working in it was like being a slave among slaves!

Jiang Ye was unaware of all this until Mao Er brought him to this cave and then said that those who offered him food as bribes would face the most severe test.

Mao Er told him the whole story of the cave himself, and then ran away looking guilty, leaving Jiang Ye alone, bewildered in the wind.

The truck was almost full. Jiang Ye used a shovel to scoop the debris from the ground into the truck and then hauled it away. It was already dusk outside.

Jiang Ye has only made about 20 truckloads since this morning, and has only cleared about a quarter of the road, about 25 meters long. This is the section that was relatively easy to clear.

Jiang Ye took off his dust mask and gasped for breath. He only had five days left, and if he only worked during the day and rested at night…

Thinking of the volcanic rock that was still growing inside the cave, Jiang Ye shook his head and gave up the idea.

It's best to clean everything up in one go, have that lousy monkey named Mao Er inspect it, then rest well before challenging the Monkey King.

Thinking about it, Jiang Ye glanced to the side and saw two pits covered by thatched sheds and enclosed by burnt mud. In one of the pits were small, shiny, blood-red, and reflective red fruits.

There was another pit filled with clean water. Although the Monkey King said he went to find food on his own, Mao Er said that any Pokémon or person working in the pit could eat the fruit and drink the water freely.

Not far away, at the edge of the woods, there was a small ditch that seemed to have come from nowhere. The water in it was about 1 meter deep, just the right depth for washing one's body. The monkeys had seen many monkeys and humans washing themselves in it when they finished their shift.

After resting for a while, Jiang Ye fetched a pot of water, took some fruit as a side dish, and ate a hearty meal with the various dry rations he carried.

After eating, Jiang Ye lay down on the dry wasteland. The ground wasn't exactly clean, but it was much cleaner than Jiang Ye's body.

Lying down, Jiang Ye wished this time could last a little longer. He felt his muscles were sore all over, especially his skin, which felt very tight, as if his body was tightly bound in a skin.

After lying down for a while, Jiang Ye, who was exhausted, felt the thing in his stomach begin to recharge him. Although his body was a little tired, his strength began to surge up. This feeling of being both tired and energetic was very strange.

With renewed vigor, Jiang Ye put on his dust mask and went back into the cave to continue working.

Dang~dang~dang~

A fiery monkey ran over and looked around but couldn't find Jiang Ye. It then ran around observing the area and finally heard a clanging sound coming from the cave near the entrance that Jiang Ye was in charge of.

Knowing that Jiang Ye was probably inside, the Fire Monkey turned around and walked back along the path to the front of the tomb. The tomb was quiet at this time, with only a faint firelight flickering on the other side.

The Fire Monkey ran towards the firelight and found a disheveled old man huddled around the campfire with the Flame Monkey King, each holding a card and playing a game of drawing jokers.

Pop, pop, pop.

The Fiery Monkey King, having won, immediately grabbed the old man's wine jug with a smile on his face and took a big gulp, savoring the taste.

"Wow, this Liubao wine is really potent. Only you could brew it."

Beside the campfire was a large earthenware bowl containing piles of red berries soaking in wine. These berries were more translucent than the fresh red berries outside.

By the firelight, they looked like piles of rubies in the wine!

The old man chuckled, took a fruit from the earthenware bowl, and popped it in, crunch crunch~

"Your wine and fruit are really delicious! How was the kid who came this morning?"

The Monkey King's face was slightly flushed, and he said somewhat drunkenly, "Not bad, just lacking in cleverness. I speak human language, yet you still dare to bribe my subordinates."

Hearing the Monkey King say this, Huang Qiren felt relieved; it seemed this hurdle was cleared.

"When you're young, you don't have the ability, so you can only use your wits. You'll be better when you grow up."

At this moment, the Fire Monkey who had been checking on Jiang Ye earlier howled at the two of them, and the Flame Monkey King nodded and casually tossed him a wine fruit.

The Fire Monkey immediately swallowed it whole, and happily ran back to its cave while chewing.

After hearing the report from the Fire Monkey, Huang Qiren lay down, rested his head on a piece of wood, and turned to look at it.

On the training ground not far away, Jiang Ye's little guys were being trained hard. A group of little fire monkeys and fierce fire monkeys surrounded them, holding patina stone sticks that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

These monkeys wielded their sticks with great force, and the larger the monkeys were hit harder, especially the two big ones, Lightning and Howling Moon.

The heavy tank, Xiaoyue, charged left and right within the encirclement, but its clumsy figure compared to these monkeys meant it could only passively take hits. Occasionally, when it unleashed its skills, they were scattered by some high-level guys wielding sticks.

Lightning was a different story. Relying on its agility, it charged left and right through the encirclement, only to be caught by a group of high-level Infernapes who then beat it mercilessly with sticks, making it howl in pain.

Tianwang leaned against Xiaoyue's back, perhaps intending to use water-based skills to subdue the monkeys, but unexpectedly, the monkeys' flames dissipated completely after being doused with water.

Then his eyes turned bloodshot, and silver hair was revealed in the area covered by flames. The stick in his hand turned into a fire stick as if it had been activated by a power bank, with both ends burning fiercely.

Then, with a roar, it attacked, chasing after Tianwang and wielding a fire stick. Tianwang tried to use telekinesis or similar techniques to drive them back, but he couldn't control these red-eyed monkeys at all.

The remaining Silver Claw Shadow and Nine Yang were fighting back and forth with a group of Fire Monkeys. Among them, Nine Yang was the most tired. His fire energy was like a lighter. When the sticks in the hands of a group of Fire Monkeys caught fire, he would come over to heat them up.

The Flower Rock Monster remained huddled inside the rock, while two Infernapes used sticks as baseball bats to beat it up.

Red Chip was being relentlessly chased by a group of Chimchar, while Magikarp was lying in a shallow puddle, where the Chimchar were playing in the mud and occasionally smearing mud on him.

Helpless, Magikarp could only watch helplessly, tears of anguish streaming down his face. He thought back to his days as the tyrant of the river…