Pokémon: From Magikarp

"Don't worry."

"Once this storm is over, I will take you to Whitewater Forest immediately."

"You don't want to be followed as soon as you go out, do you?"

Baishan City, abandoned mine.

Three days had passed since Lin Shi signed the contract with the Zhou family. During this period, he had been conscientious and responsible. On the second day after the contract was signed, he came to the abandoned mine where he had obtained the brownstone last time.

But it was just as Zhou Qizhe said. For three days, Lin Shi almost went around the entire abandoned mining area, but still didn't see any ore.

Now he was trying to comfort the snakes and bugs in his backpack. After all, he had promised to help find a honey snake for it, but he actually only spent an afternoon looking for it. Lin Shi felt a little guilty about it.

Then he stood up and looked at the abandoned mining area covered by yellow and red sand.

Baishan City is a resource-based city. Thanks to the development of its abundant reserves of coal, iron ore, copper ore and some rare metals, it once enjoyed a period of prosperity.

Many mining development companies have sprung up, but along with them have also emerged various mining areas of varying sizes scattered across Baishan City, some of which are still being mined, while others have long been abandoned.

If you leave the city and walk towards some remote villages, you will most likely see some bare hills covered with reddish-brown fine sandy soil around the villages. They were not bare before, until mineral deposits were discovered inside them...

The exploration of mineral resources is actually very difficult, especially for new types of mineral deposits such as brownstone, for which data is incomplete.

After all, you can't expect that the minerals are hidden in the soil layer not deep from the surface and you can find them with a pickaxe.

Most of the mineral deposits, except for some hidden in the mountains, are buried deep underground, ranging from tens of meters to thousands of meters, and are extremely difficult to find. Most of the time, detection relies on remote sensing technology or electromagnetic, gravity and magnetic exploration technology.

However, these methods have certain requirements on terrain and are not very practical for new types of minerals such as brownstone.

Brownstone mine is a rather special mine. It is not developed to be used as fuel or some rare metal, but to be used as fertilizer, yes, the kind of fertilizer that promotes crop growth.

However, the difference is that the fertilizer made by Brownstone is a special fertilizer for fruit trees, which can speed up the cultivation of fruit trees. In today's world, its value can be imagined.

Due to the special nature of brownstone, some methods used to find other mineral deposits have little effect on it. In addition, Shenzhou strictly restricts exploration methods that damage the environment. This is why the Zhou family and Minghui Mining have not found it after searching for so long.

However, after a few days, Lin Shi did gain something.

"Baby Bear, Freezing Fist."

The baby bear's right fist was covered with icy light, and a chill drifted in the air. Then, it flashed and rushed quickly to the front of the sandrat, punching it down.

"Boom."

The Sandshrew, which was restrained twice, fell to the ground.

"Well done." Lin Shi praised the baby bear who was in high spirits after winning the battle.

"Thank you for being my opponent, Rat."

Lin Shi handed the mole a rice ball as a sparring fee, and left with the baby bear.

Yes, the harvest is that the baby bear has done a good job in leveling up here these days. Not only has he begun to master the Ice Fist, one of the farmer's three punches, but his level has also increased by one level to level 18.

This was not only because Lin Shi started to give various feathers to the baby bear, but also because this employment contract allowed Lin Shi to take advantage of the Zhou family.

During Lin Shi's exploration of the brownstone mine, the resources needed by Lin Shi and his Pokémon were provided by the Zhou family. Lin Shi did not hesitate to select some high-quality energy blocks of various attributes to help the baby bear upgrade its level.

Lin Shi estimated that Baby Bear was not far from breaking through level 20 and becoming a professional elf...

Detection failed!

Lin Shi drew another circle on the map. If you look closely, you will see that there are already many circles drawn on the map.

Although as Lin Shi's trainer level continued to improve, he found that the range of the detection system seemed to have expanded. At the beginning, it was only about 200 meters, but now it has reached nearly 230 meters, which can be said to be a significant improvement.

Lin Shi hadn't figured out the pattern of its expansion, but he guessed that it was probably expanding as the strength of the elves he possessed increased.

Therefore, Lin Shi’s detection of brownstone can only reach about 230 meters underground. If the brownstone mine is deeper underground...

I'm sorry, this is not within the scope of Linshi's service.

"Well, in this case, the entire abandoned mine has been explored almost completely. That's it for today."

"get off work!"

Because Lin Shi’s current situation is special, in order to avoid being followed and to protect the safety of his family, he has not returned home during this period of time, but has lived directly in Zhou’s house.

This was specially invited by Zhou Wanjin. On the one hand, it can ensure Lin Shi's safety. On the other hand, Zhou Wanjin's parents have not lived at home for a long time. Now there are only Zhou Wanjin, the nanny who takes care of him, and a few bodyguards in their home...

……

"Hello, Lin Shi? Uncle and aunt asked me to ask you if you are coming back today?"

Sitting in the car, Lin Shi received a call from Su Qimeng.

"Didn't I say I was working for Boss Zhou? How could I leave my post without permission?"

"You haven't told me yet, what did he want from you?"

"Of course, they are impressed by my abilities..."

"Okay, stop asking. I'll tell you when I get back."

Lin Shi laughed it off.

Su Qimeng didn't pursue the matter any further. He must have his reasons for not wanting to say anything.

"Oh, by the way, no matter how much you earn now, don't forget the field practice next month."

"You took Lao Zhang's things."

"If you don't come, he will make you die in an ugly way."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure to be there when the time comes."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Shi looked at the comic-like scenery outside the car window and muttered to himself.

By then, it should be over...

"Lin Shi, are you back?"

"How's it going? Did you gain anything?"

As soon as Lin Shi entered the door, Fatty Zhou came up to him and asked excitedly.

Because of Lin Shi’s special way of searching for ore, he specifically stated in the contract that he would act alone and not join the Zhou family’s exploration team. So even though Fatty wanted to follow him, he still held back.

Lin Shi shook his head.

"Nothing."

Fatty Zhou's expression instantly fell, and he didn't know whether he was comforting Lin Shi or himself when he said:

"That's right. Even my second uncle's professional exploration team spent so much time and couldn't find it. It must not be that easy."

"Bang bang..."

There was a sound of banging against the wall in the room. Lin Shi had heard this sound many times in the past few days. It was Zhou Wanjin's Kokodora.

It seems to be in the period of shedding its armor now. It bumps into things all over the house every day. It is much more cruel than a Husky. But I heard that many people are willing to collect the armor that Kokodola has fallen off.

"Ding dong..."

Just when Lin Shi was about to release his own elf, the doorbell suddenly rang.

"Little Boss, Secretary Wang is here."

……