I was so focused on collecting the quest materials that I forgot Combusken had no way to deal with the opponents without damaging the spores.
This place was also relatively narrow, so Pidgeot probably couldn't even spread its wings if it came out, let alone fan the air.
Calling Combusken back to prevent poisoning, Tetsuya quickly came up with a solution.
He had Combusken shoot Ember with the lowest power level towards Parasect's rear, avoiding damage to it while forcing it not to advance.
He controlled the drone to fly down and dismantled its fan system.
Connecting it to his explorer suit, the small fan, which was originally just used to support movement, suddenly increased in power.
Blowing the fan towards the slowly flying spores, the spores' speed became even slower and they began to fall slowly.
When Parasect saw this situation, its tiny head, which might or might not exist on its mushroom, didn't understand why this was happening.
Forced by Combusken and unable to move, it simply started frantically spreading toxic spores from its mushroom cap on the spot.
Tetsuya kept fanning with the fan. The spores Parasect released weren't infinite, and his fan was a machine.
Sure enough, after a while, Parasect stopped spreading spores. The entire Pokemon seemed to lose its soul and collapsed onto the ground.
"Finish it off directly with Flamethrower."
Seeing it in this state, Combusken also obeyed its Trainer's command and gave it a quick end.
Tetsuya carefully took out a container and continuously collected Parasect's toxic spores.
After being boiled in water, this stuff could become a good medicinal material. As for its specific effects...
Anyway, the person who posted the quest seemed to be a middle-aged man in his 40s.
After half an hour, he finally finished collecting the spores scattered throughout the entire cave.
During this time, Combusken was responsible for guarding the three Pokemon. As soon as they woke up, it would beat them down again.
Tetsuya walked over and patted Combusken's head, "Well done!"
"Cha!"
Combusken flapped its wings (hands?).
He took out a pair of gloves and began to pick the two small mushrooms from Paras's back.
The four small mushrooms were neatly placed in a bowl. Tetsuya took off his gloves and had Combusken burn them directly to prevent environmental pollution.
"There are enough Parasect spores, 100g is more than enough, but there's still a significant shortage of these small Paras mushrooms. Let's keep looking."
Putting the harvest into the bottom of his backpack, the person and Pokemon continued to go deeper.
Along the way, they passed countless岔路口. Tetsuya recorded his path using the navigator to avoid getting lost.
Although for him, if worst came to worst, he could just find a place where he could see the sky and release Pidgeot to fly him out. But he wouldn't use this method unless it was absolutely necessary.
After all, Mt. Moon's altitude is very high, even Pallet Town is visible from there.
To be safe, high-altitude flight is not recommended.
While lost in thought, Combusken dealt with another Geodude that didn't know any better and was stepped on.
Well, he had taken the wrong direction again.
Tetsuya looked at the continuously decreasing humidity, feeling a bit helpless.
In the cave, it was completely dark, and he had no idea where he was going.
Paras likes to live in dark and humid places because that's where they can find tree roots to survive.
He glanced at his position on the GPS. He was on the western outer layer of Mt. Moon, and there seemed to be an underground river nearby.
Finding a reference point, Tetsuya felt his way towards the underground river.
Generally, wild Pokemon often appear in such places because water is one of the fundamental necessities for survival.
As they got closer to the river, the air gradually became fresher.
Stalactites on the top of the cave would often collect water vapor, turning into small droplets that dripped from the top.
Combusken shook its head irritably. Another drop of water had just landed on its head.
Although the high temperature of Fire-type Pokemon's bodies quickly dried their fur, the feeling of being wet still made it very uncomfortable.
When he could hear the sound of flowing water, Tetsuya first sent out the drone to observe the situation.
The sound of the river surging echoed in the dark cave, and besides that, it was silent.
It seemed no Pokemon were here to drink water at the moment.
Carefully walking out of the cave entrance he was in, he walked a few steps along the stone wall, then turned and entered another stone cave that the drone had just detected.
After walking along the path for a while, he quickly found clues.
He squatted down and observed the movement tracks on the ground.
Four-legged crawling, about five of them. It seemed to be a relatively large family of Paras. Judging by the depth of the tracks, there shouldn't be any Parasect.
But even if there were, it wouldn't matter. Paras and Parasect are completely countered by Fire-type Pokemon.
Their Bug/Grass dual typing makes them take quadruple damage from Fire-type attacks. If their ability is Dry Skin, this multiplier increases by another factor.
Leading Combusken along the trail left by the Paras, they quickly spotted the group of little darlings. As expected, there were no Parasect.
Without needing Tetsuya's command, Combusken instinctively unleashed five bursts of Ember.
These Novice Level or just barely Normal Level Paras were no match for Combusken's attack.
Even though Combusken had greatly restrained its power, due to the huge difference in talent and the type advantage, the five Paras were still directly knocked unconscious.
With an indifferent expression, Tetsuya harvested the small mushrooms. Once finished, he left without hesitation.
Leaving behind the five unconscious Paras, it was truly like a man who left after getting what he wanted.
"Fourteen stalks, still need 3 more Paras. No rush," Tetsuya calculated the most time and effort-saving method.
"I can look for Sandslash first. If I'm lucky enough to find shed claws directly, I won't need to battle."
The two small mushrooms on the back of a Paras, before evolving, are excellent materials for nutritional supplements. Sandslash's claws, on the other hand, are an auxiliary medicinal ingredient for certain potions.
After being harvested, with replenishment, both the mushrooms and the claws will quickly grow back.
Therefore, some Trainers who own Paras, Parasect, and Sandslash also make money this way.
However, the market has always been undersupplied, and there are still many people posting quests seeking to purchase them.
For Tetsuya, it's impossible to train these types of Pokemon, so the best way is to come to the wild and obtain them from these Pokemon.
Unlike the Paras family, which prefers to live in dark and damp places, Sandslash likes to live in dry areas. Their pre-evolution, Sandshrew, is even afraid of water and usually stays far away from it.
Walking in the opposite direction from where they came, moving away from the river, Tetsuya randomly chose a cave entrance and walked in.
Five minutes later, Tetsuya and Combusken ran out in a sorry state.
"Why is there a Rhyperior in this damn place?! How can such a high-level Pokemon live in such an outer area? That's too unreasonable!"
Tetsuya complained wildly, but his steps didn't slow down in the slightest. Combusken trailed behind, using its hands and feet to destroy the cave entrance, blocking it with rubble.
Then it quickly followed its Trainer and left, only the distant sound of something huge could be heard from behind the blocked entrance.
Seeking investment, seeking collection, seeking recommendations, seeking Monthly Passes!!!
Seeking everything!!
(Adding another chapter at 2 PM, considered an early celebration for reaching over a thousand collections. It wasn't easy at all.
Desperately finding reasons to add more chapters, hahahahaha.)
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