Chapter 43 What is the coach saying?
Chapter 43 What is the coach saying?
"He asked you to give it a score of 1000?"
Lin Chong looked at the numbers in the upper right corner of the scoreboard and pondered, "Do I have enough points now?"
The simulator wasn't as fun as he'd imagined; once the initial excitement wore off, he lost interest.
The girl with the ponytail stared at him blankly and asked, "Is this your first time playing this simulator?"
Upon receiving Lin Chong's affirmative answer, the girl exclaimed excitedly, "You're amazing!"
"Coach Li said that this simulator can roughly measure a trainer's practical combat ability, and those who score 1,000 points are considered professional-level trainers!"
"Even the captain of our college team who graduated last year only scored 900 points!"
Lin Chong was somewhat surprised. He hadn't known what this score meant before, but after he broke through 1000 points, the difficulty of the challenge did increase significantly.
So it seems this simulator is quite accurate.
Seeing Lin Chong stop, the girl hurriedly asked, "Aren't you going to fight anymore? Your Pokémon looks pretty good, you can still continue."
Lin Chong waved his hand, making an excuse: "No, this is about my skill level. I can't beat them even if I try again..."
He's lying. Judging from the current trend of increasing difficulty, he could score at least another 300 or 400 points.
But he wasn't there to rack up points. It was enough for Li Weize to know that "he didn't need to learn the basics of command." Besides, playing this simulator too much was really tiring.
For the rest of the time, Lin Chong simply chatted with the girl with the ponytail. Her name was Zuo Youyou, and she was a 25th-grade elf candidate who made it all the way to the top 128 at the Wencheng test center and filled in the application for Mudu Academy.
In her first year, her abilities were just average, and she didn't stand out much in the academy. It was Coach Li Weize who discovered her potential and taught her his coaching experience and training techniques.
Thus, at the end of her first academic year, Zuo Youyou managed to squeeze into the reserve list for the college team.
Lin Chong noticed that Youyou's eyes were full of respect when she mentioned Li Weize, which suggested that the coach was probably a good person.
Is Coach Li a professional trainer?
"Yes, he is a professional intermediate trainer."
Lin Chong nodded knowingly, and was about to ask something else when the office door was pushed open again—this time it was Li Weize.
He wasn't surprised to see Youyou and nodded, saying, "Wait for me at the West Gate Gymnasium. The summer training camp doesn't officially start until next month. You can practice on your own for now. Xiaoyun is there too."
Youyou responded and got up to leave, waving goodbye to Lin Chong before she left.
After Youyou left, Li Weize leisurely walked to Lin Chong's side and said, "I forgot to tell you, this simulator has a corresponding score to measure the player's command level. You got it..."
"1100 points?!"
Li Weize's voice changed tone, and it was the first time Lin Chong had ever seen a surprised expression on his face.
He feigned ignorance and asked, "Is it considered high? What level is it?"
Li Weize was silent for two seconds: "Very high level."
"Did you really learn this while working part-time at the dojo?"
"Yes."
Lin Chong nodded in agreement, and Li Weize also fell into deep thought.
He muttered to himself, "Which dojo has such a high-level customer?"
He couldn't understand it, but that was clearly not the key issue. Li Weize looked at Lin Chong and asked, "Are you willing to join the college team to compete in the league competition in the second half of the year?"
"certainly."
Lin Chong nodded happily. The league competition is the most watched college event in the country besides the professional league. If you want to make money or get ahead, playing in the competition is a simple and clear way.
Not to mention that Mudu promised him even more rewards if he performed well in the league, so Lin Chong had no reason to refuse.
But before that, he needs to have enough strength.
Li Weize looked at Lin Chong and carefully chose his words.
"To be honest, I didn't expect you to have such excellent command skills, but your shortcomings are also very obvious now."
Honest advice is hard to swallow, so Lin Chong sat up straight and said, "Please speak."
"Elves," Li Weize said seriously, "your elves are not commensurate with your command skills, in fact, they are far from it."
At this point, Li Weize paused for a moment, and when he saw that Lin Chong showed no dissatisfaction, he continued.
"The intensity of the Academy League and the College Entrance Examination battles is completely different. Second-tier Pokémon are everywhere here, and there are quite a few prodigies who possess ultimate-tier Pokémon..."
"Being able to score 1000 points using a simulator means your command level is at the top of the league, even surpassing the professional level, but the ultimate core of the battle still comes down to the Pokémon themselves!"
Li Weize had been talking for a long time and felt a little thirsty, but as soon as he raised his hand, he saw that Lin Chong had already poured a glass of warm water and handed it to him.
He never received this treatment when he addressed students in the past; what ordinary college student would have such insight?
Li Weize looked at Lin Chong with surprise and said, "Thank you."
After drinking the warm water, Li Weize paused for a moment before continuing.
"You need to find your third Pokémon as soon as possible before the Academy League starts in December."
"And within these five months, we must try our best to evolve these three Pokémon to their second-tier forms, or at the very least... evolve the little black cat!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Chong's pupils contracted, and he shook his head.
"Finding a third Pokémon isn't a problem, but completing two evolutions within five months... that's too difficult."
However, Li Weize gave him a meaningful look and asked.
"Are you trying to say that the evolution of Pokémon is beyond human intervention?"
"What if I told you that there is actually a solution?"
Lin Chong: ? ? ?
What is this guy talking about? That's not what the experts and papers say!
Seeing Lin Chong's astonished expression, Li Weize smiled. Only now did he realize that he was facing a student who had just graduated from high school.
He cleared his throat and organized his thoughts, saying, "There are some things that are meaningless for you to know now."
"But I can tell you that the things that allow elves to evolve stably do exist, but they are so rare and impossible to produce that they are priceless."
"The Federation simply blocked this news, stating publicly that Pokémon evolution cannot be interfered with, but in reality, those family businesses and Federation trainers secretly use this thing, it's called..."
"Magic Dust".
"What the hell?" Lin Chong's expression changed. "What's it called?"
Li Weize assumed Lin Chong was too shocked to hear clearly, so he repeated it.
But what shocked Lin Chong wasn't that "elves can actually evolve stably," but rather the name "magic dust" itself...
Isn't this the item used to upgrade the star level of elves in the world of Rock Kingdom? How come it's appearing in this world!
Similarly, since there is "magic dust", what if other things in the world of Rock Kingdom suddenly appear one day?
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