Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

Not long after Wang Yao's camp was built, deep underground in the fruit forest...

Pokémon with strange appearances are working hard to dig tunnels to the surface.

"Crackle~Crackle~"

"Crackle~Crackle~"

As Pokémon that live underground, they come to the surface briefly every few years to move around. This is an instinct engraved in their genes.

……

"Haha - I'm so full!"

Wang Yao put down his bowl and chopsticks with satisfaction.

"It tastes great. I'll have it again for dinner - but the fruit combination could be a little more varied."

Wang Yao suggested to Daidai.

"Teeth~"

Daidai simply responded, then controlled a clean rag to wipe the rice pot that had been cleaned by the giant crab.

Then place it on a shelf fixed on the wall inside the wooden house.

During camping, in order to facilitate access, these pots and bowls are usually not put back into the backpack, but placed on makeshift wooden racks.

"Pidot! Go look around first!"

After lunch, Wang Yao sent Pidgeot out to look for the trace of the Dream Tapir.

"Pidiaodiao——!"

Not long after, Pidgeot flew back to the camp.

"Ah ...

Wang Yao took a bite of the freshly picked wild apple and asked Pidgeot who had returned empty-handed.

"Pidiaodiao~"

Pidgeot flew over the island in a full circle but did not find the Pokémon shown in the encyclopedia.

"Maybe they went back to their nest after lunch... Let's search again before dusk."

Wang Yao guessed.

Dreamcatcher is a humanoid Pokémon, and the daily routines of this type of Pokémon are very similar to those of humans.

They also have a sense of territory and usually return to their nest to rest after going out to forage for food.

"Okay, you should take a rest first!"

Wang Yao threw an apple to Pidgeot.

"Pidiaodiao~"

Pidgeot swallowed the apple in one gulp and flew onto the roof of the wooden house.

It is the nature of birds to build nests and rest in high places.

……

Although Pidgeot still did not find any trace of the wild dream-inducing tapir when he set out again in the evening, Wang Yao did not care too much.

Because he had already thought of a plan to lure the other party out.

In a blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

"Haa ...

Wang Yao rubbed his eyes, feeling a little sleepy.

Because the fruit forest is rich in resources, it supports a large number of wild Pokémon.

These guys are quiet during the day, but make a lot of noise at night.

He sent Chip to chase them away twice, but with little success. No matter how hard Chip tried, it couldn't compete with all the bug Pokémon in the forest.

Wang Yao finally gave up struggling, put on his earplugs, and slept soundly until the next morning amid the chirping sounds of insects throughout the forest.

"Coward, just cook some porridge for breakfast - I'm going to go out with Daidai."

After washing up, Wang Yao took Daidai and the others out to carry out the plan to trap the dream tapir.

So the task of cooking fell back on the coward.

"Ji Ka~"

Although Cowardly Bug's cooking skills are not as good as Daidai's, he can still do rough work like cooking porridge and stews.

……

Arriving at a gathering place of caterpillars, Wang Yao waved his hand and shouted to Daidai.

"Use the yawn trick—make them all fall asleep!"

"Ya~dong~"

Daidai began to yawn at the caterpillars non-stop.

Unlike the single-point skills in the game, the Yawn move can actually work on a group of people or Pokémon at the same time.

However, the other person has to notice Daidai's yawn, that is, he has to be assimilated by Daidai's yawning action, in order to achieve the hypnotic effect.

"Ya~dong~"

"tooth……"

But even so, it took a while to hypnotize an entire gathering of green caterpillars.

There are quite a few Metapods among them, but there aren't many Butterfrees...

Maybe after they grow wings, they will fly to other islands.

"Finally done, moving them together."

Wang Yao selected a lush green meadow in the forest, which would be a great place for the caterpillars to have sweet dreams.

"Haha!"

"Lada~"

Scyther and Rada began to help carry the sleeping green caterpillars.

After taking a short rest, Daidai used his telekinesis to pick the caterpillars and metapods hanging on the trees and placed them on the soft grass.

"Maomao~" (The cry comes from the third episode of the original series, "Capture the Pokemon!", a green caterpillar's cry.)

"..." (Metapoda won't make a sound)

The sleeping caterpillars and metallopods lay on the soft grass, smelling the scent of fresh grass, and fell into a sweet dream of eating grass.

"Such a perfect bait, a Pokémon that loves to eat sweet dreams will definitely not be able to refuse it!"

Wang Yao put his hands on his hips, looked at the "Green Caterpillar Tower" piled up in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction.

Yesterday, when he was searching for information, he saw a report about wild dream-inducing tapirs that could hypnotize children.

It mentioned the reason why the other party specifically chose children for hypnosis.

That is, compared to adults with complicated minds and thoughts, children have simpler minds—and are more likely to have sweet dreams.

Rather than eating fruits that can only fill its stomach, the food that the Dream-Inducing Tapir likes more is actually the dreams of other Pokémon or humans!

They can also detect whether there are sweet dreams nearby. Once they notice it, they will go to the dreamer without any hesitation and eat up the other person's sweet dreams.

"Go pick some delicious fruits, chop them up and stuff them into the mouths of these green caterpillars!"

Wang Yao felt that having green grass alone was not enough, he had to ensure that these caterpillars could have sweet dreams.

Fortunately, this group of caterpillars originally lived in an area densely populated with fruit trees. After a short while, they collected a lot of ripe fruits.

"Haha!"

Scythe's two sickles left afterimages.

The cut fruits, dripping with tempting sweet juice, were forcefully stuffed into the mouths of the caterpillars.

"Maomao~"

The green caterpillars tasted the sweet taste of the fruits in their sleep and began to have sweet dreams.

In the dream, there is endless fresh green grass and sweet fruit...

There is no need to pupate, just open your mouth and the grass and fruits will automatically fly into your mouth - life is so wonderful!

……

In a corner of the forest, there is a towering tree that ten people can hug.

But a strange and orderly space appeared...

This space seems to be built inside the tree, but upon closer inspection, it seems to be independent of the trunk.

In the space, a dream-inducing tapir was happily eating pomelo fruits that he had picked a few days ago in front of his small wooden dining table.

"Dream tapir?" (The cry comes from the cry of Zaobo's dream-inducing tapir in Pokémon Sun & Moon episode 130, "Mao and Suiren! A full-strength battle of friendship!!")

Suddenly, a unique fragrance of a beautiful dream drifted into the Dream-Inducing Tapir's pointed nose.

"Dream tapir!"

The Dream-Inducing Tapir shuddered and immediately dropped the pomelo fruit in his hand.

The originally sweet and delicious pomelo fruit suddenly seemed bland in comparison with the beautiful dream.

Following the direction of the beautiful dream... the Dream Tapir poked its head out of its nest and ran impatiently towards where Wang Yao was.