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 production skills also improved greatly. Although he was still far behind those masters, he was far better than ordinary Pokémon pastry chefs.

In contrast to his increasingly improved 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, ordinary trainers and elite trainers can be said to be "qualitatively" different. More than 90% of civilian trainers will never become elites in their lifetime.

When he was alone with the little rich woman, Yang Ming also asked for the trick to become an elite trainer, but the other party told him that each elite's perception was different, and he could not simply imitate the other's methods to succeed.

During this period, Yang Ming constantly fought with various trainers, trying to break through the bottleneck, but he never succeeded.

In this regard, Yang Ming felt that it was because the opponent's strength was insufficient and he could not force himself and his Pokémon to fully exert their potential.

"Whether it was Tokugawa or the residents of the town, their Pokémon were far weaker than mine, which led to my and my Pokémon's relaxed mentality during the battle, and it was difficult to gain a deep understanding." Yang Ming analyzed.

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

In the end, he chose to go to the Interconnection Cave to see the "groups 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 all the products at will, but they also provided trial services.

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

"This is a hole-piercing rope. It uses special technology. Once 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.

"I see..." Yang Ming thought.

"This is an insect repellent spray, which can drive away some weak wild Pokémon, such as Rattata and Zubat."

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

He found 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 will not sell them to the outside world at all. Not only that, in the laws of the Alliance, it is illegal to trade these things publicly, which has led to the rampant black market everywhere.

The Rocket Team is just the opposite. In the Rocket Team, every Poké Ball and every bottle of potion requires precious points to redeem. But for skill machines and precious items, only the capable can get them. As long as you have enough points, you can get 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 upward channels of civilian trainers, and control potential unstable factors.

As an underground organization, the Rocket Team adopted the "raising poison" model. On the one hand, it used the point system to force the bottom members to continue to roll inward, and for the "plastic talents" who stood out from the roll inward, the Rocket Team was naturally willing to spend resources to cultivate them.

These two models seem to be completely opposite, but their underlying logic is the same, and they all exist for the benefit of their own organizations.

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

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

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 found that the main body of this "road" was actually a giant rock snake.

The giant rock snake is nearly ten meters long and its entire body is made of rocks. It is really difficult for ordinary people to notice anything unusual when they step on the sleeping giant rock snake in the dim cave.

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

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

These Pokémon were dark blue, with wide bodies, flat mouths, and strong forelimbs.

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

Swamp King, a Pokémon with water and ground attributes, is very common in underground lakes in the Johto region. It usually moves in groups and moves slowly.

It stands to reason that Pokémon like Swamp King are more docile, but the group of Swamp Kings in front of Yang Ming are very aggressive and rushed directly.

"Bulbasaur, use Leaf Blade! Paraster, 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 approach.

Although Parast's seed bombs cannot kill as many people as Leaf Blade, they are more powerful. Each of its seed bombs can make Swamp King fall down, and the aftermath of the explosion makes the surrounding Swamp Kings suffer.

Just when Yang Ming had the upper hand, the sound of the fight attracted a group of Zubats that were extremely sensitive to sound. And the leader of these Zubats was a Zubat with extremely huge wings and a bloody mouth.

Zubat led the Zubat group and pounced directly on Yang Ming's grass attribute Pokémon.

Although Bulbasaur carrying the Evolution Stone has the ability to withstand the attack of the flying attribute, Parast, which is four times weaker in flying, can't take a single move. Yang Ming decisively sent Rattata to counter Zubat's offensive.

"Go, Rattata, use the fatal front fang!"