Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

Sure enough, in the following days, Yang Ming's energy cube shop business became more and more prosperous. Not only did he have many repeat customers, but even trainers from surrounding cities came to visit.

Yang Ming's craftsmanship has also improved greatly. Although it is still far from those masters, it is already far beyond the ordinary Pokémon pastry chefs.

Contrary to his increasingly advanced energy cube skills, Yang Ming's own strength began to stagnate.

Yang Ming always felt that he was only a thin layer of window paper away from the elite level, but he could never break through this window paper.

In this world, the difference between ordinary trainers and elite trainers can be said to be "qualitative". More than 90% of civilian trainers will never be able to become elites in their lifetime.

When he was alone with the rich woman, Yang Ming also asked her for the secret to becoming an elite trainer, but she told him that every elite’s perceptions are different and he cannot simply imitate the other’s methods to achieve success.

During this period, Yang Ming continued to fight with various trainers, trying to break through the bottleneck, but he was never successful.

In this regard, Yang Ming felt that it was because the opponent was not strong enough to force out the full potential of himself and the Pokémon.

"Whether it is Tokugawa or the residents of the town, their Pokémon are far weaker than mine. This results in my Pokémon and I being in a relaxed state of mind during the battle, and it is difficult to gain a deep understanding," Yang Ming analyzed.

"It seems that I need to choose a relatively dangerous location to seek a breakthrough."

In the end, he chose to go to the Interconnection Cave to see the "hordes of wild Pokémon" mentioned in the report.

Before leaving, Yang Ming went to a friendly store opened by the alliance to make some preparations.

After showing his ID card, the store clerks were very polite. Not only did they let him choose any of the products, they even provided him with a trial service.

"What is this used for?" Yang Ming asked, pointing to a roll of rope.

"This is a cave rope. It uses special technology. If you encounter danger or get lost in the cave, just pull the rope and it will pull you back to the entrance of the cave."

Then, the clerk personally demonstrated how to use the hole-piercing rope.

"So that's how it is..." Yang Ming thought thoughtfully.

"This is an insect repellent spray. It can repel some weak wild Pokémon, like Rattata and Zubat."

While listening to the clerk's introduction, Yang Ming bought the items he needed.

He discovered that in friendly stores, whether it was Poké Balls, recovery potions, or other commonly used items, the Alliance's prices were quite low, and sometimes they were even given away for free in the name of new products.

However, when it comes to rare items and skill machines, the Alliance does not sell them to the outside world. Not only that, under the laws of the Alliance, it is illegal to trade these things openly, which has led to the rampant black market in various places.

Team Rocket is the opposite. In Team Rocket, every Poké Ball and every bottle of potion requires precious points to redeem. But for skill machines and precious items, it is completely up to the capable. As long as you have enough points, you can exchange for what you want.

Here we can also see the difference between the two organizations. In order to maintain its rule, the Alliance will give its certified trainers very generous daily benefits on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will monopolize rare items and skill machines, restrict the promotion channels of civilian trainers, in order to control potential unstable factors.

As an underground organization, the Rocket Team adopted the "breeding poison" model. On the one hand, it used the point system to force the lower-level members to continue to compete internally. As for the "malleable talents" who stood out from the internal competition, the Rocket Team was naturally willing to spend resources to cultivate them.

Although these two models seem to be completely opposite, their underlying logic is the same and they both exist for the benefit of their own organization.

After purchasing the items he needed, Yang Ming asked Tokugawa to look after the house alone, and then broke into the interconnecting cave alone.

The outer layer of the interconnecting cave was indeed as safe as written in the report. When Yang Ming went in, he even saw two young lovers taking photos together in the interconnecting cave.

Yang Ming followed the route marked in the report and entered a cave. After walking for a while, he felt a shaking under his feet, as if the ground under his feet was moving by itself.

Yang Ming took several steps back and saw that the "road" under his feet was actually moving.

Yang Ming quietly followed the moving "road" and discovered that the main body of this "road" was actually a giant rock snake.

The giant onix is ​​nearly ten meters long and its entire body is made of rock. It is difficult for ordinary people to notice anything unusual when stepping on a sleeping giant onix in a dim cave.

Yang Ming quietly followed behind the rock snake, moving forward cautiously. The rock snake was moving while eating the sand in the cave. Suddenly it turned around and fled in another direction.

Yang Ming was wondering when he saw an underground lake in front of him. In the lake, a group of Pokémon were staring at him eagerly.

These Pokémon are dark blue in color, have broad bodies, flat mouths, and powerful forelimbs.

"It's the Swamp King." Yang Ming immediately saw through the latter's origin.

Swamplord is a Pokémon with both water and ground attributes. This type of Pokémon is very common in the underground lakes in the Johto region. It usually moves in groups and moves relatively slowly.

Normally, Pokémon like Swampert are relatively docile, but the group of Swamperts in front of Yang Ming were extremely aggressive and actually pounced on him directly.

"Bulbasaur, use Leaf Blade! Parasite, use Seed Bomb!" Yang Ming immediately sent out Grass-attribute Pokémon to fight.

It has to be said that the grass attribute has an overwhelming advantage in this battle. Bulbasaur's Leaf Blade is like a black rain of arrows, forcing Swamp King to not dare to get close.

Although Parast's seed bomb cannot cause large-scale damage like the Leaf Blade, it is more powerful. Each of its seed bombs can knock down the Swamp King, and the aftermath of the explosion makes the surrounding Swamp Kings suffer.

Just when Yang Ming was gaining the upper hand, the noise of the fight attracted a group of Zubats that were extremely sensitive to sound. Leading these Zubats was a Big Mouth Bat with extremely huge wings and a bloody mouth.

Zubat led a group of Zubats and pounced directly towards Yang Ming's Grass-attribute Pokémon.

Although Bulbasaur, carrying the Evolution Stone, is capable of withstanding attacks of the Flying attribute, Parastel, which has four times weaker flying ability, cannot take a single blow. Yang Ming decisively sent Rattata to counter Zubat's attack.

"Go ahead, Rada, use your ultimate fangs!"