Pokémon Era: Starting as a Team Rocket

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In the forest, Qing Wu stepped on fallen branches, making crunching sounds.

Qing Wu looked at the surrounding tender green bushes. With rumbling sounds, continuous dark clouds appeared before Qing Wu's eyes. The clouds collided, creating dancing silver lightning.

A fierce wind arose, blowing countless fallen leaves, and the trees rustled. Qing Wu, experienced in the wilderness, naturally knew this was a sign of an approaching storm.

"I must find a place to shelter from the rain." Avoiding getting wet in the wild was essential knowledge for all explorers, otherwise, catching a cold after heavy rain could easily lead to fever and chills. In a place where help was nowhere to be found, a small cold could claim most people's lives. Qing Wu, as a Pokémon Breeder, only studied Pokémon and had not yet mastered Nurse Joy's healing abilities.

"Fortunately, I exchanged for the Secret Power skill," Qing Wu felt extremely lucky.

In the games, Secret Power could create a secret base for 2-3 people in large trees, tall grass, or caves. It also had this function in the Pokémon world.

The rain began to fall in a drizzle. Qing Wu quickly found a large tree with dense branches that three people could embrace, climbed into the middle of the tree, and sent out Golbat. "Golbat, please, use Secret Power." Golbat flapped its wings, emitting a white glow all over its body.

Soon, a white energy ball was released by Golbat. The energy ball gradually merged into the tree trunk. As the energy ball corroded, the tree trunk emitted a corrosive sound. After lasting for over ten seconds, Qing Wu directly peeled off the bark, and countless tiny wood chips poured out.

"Golbat, use Hurricane to blow these wood chips away." Qing Wu held his breath and covered his nose with his hand. Golbat accurately controlled Hurricane, rolling the wood chips into a ball. A four-square-meter tree hollow space was cleaned spotless, emitting the fresh scent of wood.

Just then, the rain became heavier. Qing Wu recalled Golbat and entered the tree hollow, placing the bark back onto the tree trunk perfectly. This cave was very secret, making it impossible for anyone to detect that there was a secret tree hollow space above this tree. Qing Wu also chiseled several pinhole-sized ventilation holes in the bark for easier breathing. To observe the outside environment, Qing Wu thought for a moment and inserted a waterproof, high-definition pinhole camera outside the bark.

The items for outdoor survival given to Qing Wu by the Great Commander also included an electric hotplate and a laptop. So Qing Wu leisurely used the electric hotplate to boil a pot of water, brew a pot of hot tea, and dry his clothes on the electric hotplate.

The nearby river, due to heavy rainfall, rose rapidly in water level, becoming more turbulent and surging. Waves constantly crashed against the riverbanks, making rumbling sounds. The tree's location was near the river, and Qing Wu's secret base was high enough, so Qing Wu's high-definition camera could detect the scene outside the secret base. Qing Wu's purpose in setting up the camera was to detect the surrounding environment, to avoid being "surrounded like dumplings" by other trial participants. The second was to observe if there were any special Water-type Pokémon in the river. He hadn't yet decided whether to choose a Water-type or Fire-type Pokémon for his third Pokémon.

Noah had hinted that there were Starter Pokémon that could be caught on this trial island. Speaking of Starter Pokémon, the one Qing Wu admired most was Swampert. Apart from being quadruply weak to Grass-type, it had no significant flaws. Swampert had well-developed limbs, was entirely blue with a white belly, blue fins, and orange whiskers on its cheeks. Swampert was incredibly strong, capable of dragging a boat while swimming. It could use its fins to sense subtle changes in tides and winds, thus knowing the approach of a storm. It could easily pull rocks weighing over a ton and had eyes that could see clearly even in murky water. It had acute hearing and could sense the arrival of storms with its long ears.

In his previous life, Qing Wu had a green-Qualifications Swampert, but unfortunately, it sacrificed itself early to save him. If Qing Wu could choose the type of Starter Pokémon, he would definitely choose Swampert. After all, Swampert was not only loyal but also capable of Mega Evolution. Mega Swampert had even thicker arms and body, and the fins on its head changed from two to three, extending to its back and connecting with its tail fin, which also extended to its back. The orange parts of its body turned orange-red and became more numerous, and the objects on its cheeks became sharper and longer.

At this moment, thunder and lightning had begun outside. A huge bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, turning a towering tree next to Qing Wu's secret base into charcoal, creating a raging fire. The fire was quickly extinguished by the rain. Qing Wu also felt fortunate enough. If he hadn't created this secret base, he might have been sheltering nearby and been struck by lightning, dying from it.

After the lightning, torrential rain poured down. With a whooshing sound, Qing Wu connected his laptop to the camera. In an instant, raindrops formed lines. With a "whoosh," the heavy rain poured down from the sky as if the sky had fallen, covering everything.

At this moment, the wind outside had begun to rage. The rustling of leaves blown by the strong wind was very loud around them. From afar, the scenery was hazy. Trees and rivers were covered in a thin veil. Qing Wu sighed at the high pixel quality of the high-definition camera, which allowed him to see the specific appearance of the Pokémon in the river.

Abundant rainfall caused the river to swell, and the current became even more turbulent. In a short while, the riverbanks were submerged by the surging river. Even the large trees near the river's edge were shaking from the constant pounding of the waves.

Due to the heavy rainfall, the river became a rare paradise for Water-type Pokémon. Large numbers of Pokémon emerged from the bottom of the river, opening their mouths and breathing heavily. Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Crabrawler, Kingler, Shellder, Magikarp, and other Pokémon floated to the surface. Qing Wu watched clearly with his laptop in hand.

However, these Pokémon were all quite far away, making it impossible for Qing Wu to use the system to detect their potential. But a black shadow flowed past, catching Qing Wu's attention. However, because the black shadow moved too fast, Qing Wu had to rewind the camera footage.

Qing Wu set the video playback speed to 0.1 seconds and zoomed in on the black shadow, only then realizing it was a Mudkip. No, it should be something between a Mudkip and a Marshtomp, as the two were still very similar, and the camera couldn't distinguish them well.

"That's right, since I can see traces of Seviper on this trial base, why can't there be a community of Mudkip here?" Qing Wu's heart filled with joy.