After finishing the Pokémon Ring Contest, Xiaozhi and his team headed towards the direction of Violet City.
This is a long and narrow road with a fairly flat ground in the center, forming a straight avenue.
On both sides are lush grass and gardens.
"Wu~"
"Wu~~"
In addition to the beautiful hunting swallowtail butterflies flying above the garden, there are also two chubby bright bugs wandering around. They are the electric fireflies and Tiantianying that we saw in the ring competition before.
Among the grass and leaves in the garden, several Pokémon holding roses in their hands danced gracefully, which filled the entire road with a pleasant fragrance.
"Is there still a foster sister? It's such an incredible scene..."
Xiaogang looked at the several nursery sisters who were tenderly taking care of wild Pokémon in the gardens on both sides, with expressions of fascination, as if they were admiring some unparalleled beauty.
Of course, the eldest brother who was a breeder was ignored by him by cutting out the picture.
Greenshade Town and the adjacent Route 117 are originally a very leisurely place, home to many wild Pokémon, and have attracted many breeders to take root here and improve their skills.
But the most famous thing about this road is...
Bang bang bang!!
Bang bang bang!!
Suddenly, there was a violent sound on the road in front of Xiaozhi and the three of them, and several black figures rushed towards them quickly.
"Hey hey hey!! You guys, get out of the way!!"
“This is not a sidewalk!!”
But they saw several strong and fit men riding wind-speed bicycles, speeding towards them.
Xiaozhi didn't realize it, and subconsciously hid on both sides of the Central Avenue, letting the men on bicycles pass by.
He also noticed that this group of people were obviously wearing very simple shorts and short sleeves, but they were actually carrying a large, square backpack on their backs, which was more than one meter high.
"Is this some kind of competition going on?"
Weight-bearing bicycle racing?
Xiaozhi and the other three were confused and could only move on.
Bang bang bang!!
Along the way, a speeding bicycle would come over from time to time, and the rider's back was also covered with a large square luggage bag.
It seems to be a local custom?
The strangest thing is that after a while, Xiaozhi saw the cyclist he just passed by turn back and pass him by again...?
...
By the time the three of them reached about the middle of Route 117, the gardens on both sides disappeared and were replaced by a vast expanse of lawn.
At least at first glance, there is no end in sight.
There are many kinds of Pokémon inhabiting the grassland, unlike the previous garden lawn where there were only local Pokémon such as Sweet and Shiny Electric Fireflies.
Xiaozhi even saw a few Pokémon from his hometown, and even Pokémon from the Johto region, which was very friendly.
On this side of the road, it is surrounded by a one-meter fence with a fence and cannot be entered directly.
"here it is...?"
Xiaozhi and the other three were very curious, and after walking dozens of steps, they finally saw a large wooden house between the fences, which seemed to be the entrance and exit of this large lawn.
The plaque on the wooden house finally made the three of them come to their senses. "Fangyuan Breeding House!"
Xiaozhi has seen buildings like the breeding house before.
Responsible for taking care of Pokémon temporarily sent by trainers...for a fee of course.
In addition to daily food and drink, you can also train your Pokémon's level a little, which is a much better storage place than the computer.
But compared to simple care, today's breeding houses have developed a main business.
Breeding and hatching eggs.
This is actually quite popular in the Johto area. After all, every time Xiaozhi passed a gym at that time, he was basically asked to hatch eggs...
Since the breeding house stores a large number of trainers' Pokémon, it has a rich variety, and the types of egg groups are naturally very complete.
Coupled with the natural and good environment around it, the bad things in the minds of the Pokémon stored here are amplified a lot.
They happened to be tired from walking, so Xiaozhi and the others planned to go to the breeding house to take a rest.
"Then it's up to you."
But as soon as I walked to the entrance of the breeding house, I saw a man on a bicycle, fully armed, pushing a bicycle out.
Behind him was a middle-aged man in a neat suit, who looked quite upper class.
In his hands, he held square boxes that were nearly a person tall, stacked one on top of the other.
"Then I leave these six elf eggs to you. Make sure they hatch as soon as possible!"
"Leave it all to me, boss!"
The man on the bicycle carefully carried it on his back, and then, just like the man on the bicycle he had seen before, he began to speed towards the side of the road, and soon disappeared from the end of the field of vision.
Xiaozhi: "..."
So they are hatching eggs?!
But is this man...?
"Excuse me, what are you doing?"
Xiaozhi couldn't help but approached and asked.
Noticing Xiaozhi and the others approaching, the middle-aged man rubbed his head in embarrassment.
"Haha, three kids, I just asked him to help with surrogacy and egg hatching, haha..."
After listening to the latter's explanation, Xiaozhi and the others suddenly opened the door to a new world, and were amazed.
...
This middle-aged man is an office worker from Zijin City next door. He has been working diligently moving bricks and tiles. He has accumulated a lot of savings, but he has also left behind his childhood dream of becoming a powerful trainer.
After all, not everyone would want to pursue the path of being a trainer so boldly as Xiaozhi.
So now that his job is much easier, he plans to regain his childhood and become a trainer to challenge the gym.
But now he is no longer the novice he was back then. He just grabbed one on the roadside and went on the road...
A good start can make this road easier and smoother.
Hatching eggs is the best option.
Optimize breeding, select offspring with good qualifications, and start the journey again!
"But I can't possibly waste all my time hatching eggs right from the start, right?"
The most troublesome thing about hatching eggs is the long incubation cycle.
As for breeding activities, egg laying, etc... the breeding house can help you complete it.
But once an egg appears, they will call you as soon as possible and ask the trainer to take it away and hatch it.
So the middle-aged man paid a triathlete to fly with his eggs to advance the hatching time.
He contributes the money, the athletes contribute their time and effort, and both sides benefit.
"The time for hatching eggs will be shortened according to the distance traveled by the trainer..."
The middle-aged man explained.
Normal incubation time ranges from one month to half a year...
But by letting one person carry it on his back and riding a bicycle back and forth on this straight road, the time can be basically shortened to 1/10.
Even more exaggeratedly, one may hatch in three days.
"The same goes for human pregnancy."
The middle-aged man also added a piece of trivia.
As the saying goes, it takes ten months to conceive...actually it only means that the time it takes for a human being to complete the journey from conception to delivery is about ten months.
If a pregnant woman rides a bicycle every day, she can be pregnant for five months, or even three months.
