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It was already dinner time when they returned to the Lin family from the laboratory. Before leaving, Maximus said that Jacob could train with Nina during the weekends, because Nina would come to Fountainhead Laboratory every weekend to study the exclusive Z-Crystal, and Jacob could come too, so the two of them could be companions.
The reason why Maximus said this was undoubtedly because he saw Jacob's potential, otherwise he would not have let his daughter give Jacob special training alone.
Jacob naturally thanked him repeatedly, even though he was unwilling to train with Nina, but since Maximus had done him a good job, he had to show his gratitude.
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Looking back on his performance in the laboratory today, Jacob still felt that he was a little impulsive, but the opportunity was hard to come by, and if he missed this opportunity, he would not know when he would be able to enter the laboratory next time, so he had to seize this opportunity.
Although Jacob took certain risks, the rewards were quite good. Not only did he get the right to enter and exit the laboratory freely, but he also became the first author of the Z-moves dance project.
As long as this paper is published, Jacob will definitely become famous in the academic world. Next, as long as he publishes a research paper exclusively on Z-Crystal as the first author, he will definitely become popular in the national academic circle, and will definitely become an expert in Z-moves after Scott and Jude.
If Scott is the pioneer of China's Z-move, then he is the core figure who perfected the Z-move. By then, Jacob will not only have accumulated enough fame, but also be able to build good relationships with a group of masters who have Z-Crystals, such as Maximus, Sawyer, etc. This will be helpful for him to announce the Gigantamax and Terrestrialization in the future. At least it can deter the villains and make them consider their own strength before they covet the rare items in his hands.
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After dinner, Jacob trained his three Pokémon for another four hours. The system could help him obtain auxiliary items, TMs, and even improve his qualifications, but the strength of the Pokémon had to be trained slowly, bit by bit.
It was not until half past ten in the evening that Jacob finished washing up and lay down on the bed, thinking about his future plans. He had to focus on both academic research and his own strength.
"First, in terms of academia, I can announce a new research topic every three to five years. For example, I can announce Dynamax first, and then announce Gigantamax three years later. This way, I can keep your reputation hot and establish my position as the number one person in the Pokémon academic world."
"Secondly, in terms of combat strength, my short-term goal is to rank among the top two at the provincial level this year and strive to achieve a good ranking nationwide."
Jacob's expectations for the championship were not high. Unless he used Mega Evolution, he would not be able to win the championship. Even if he was confident in his own ability, he was still far from those geniuses who had obtained Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon since childhood.
Speaking of combat power, Jacob remembered that he still had two system reward items in his bag.
One is the [Rare Treasure Detector (One-time)] in the novice gift pack: it can detect the rarest undiscovered treasures within a radius of 100 kilometers.
The other is the reward for [Dragon-type Pokémon Master] for capturing three Dragon-type Pokémon, [Permanent Move TM Dragon Pulse].
Both items are very important. The first is the [Permanent TM Dragon Pulse]. The value of the Permanent Move Learning Machine is immeasurable, not to mention a powerful dragon-type skill like Dragon Pulse. But precisely because it is so precious, Jacob cannot show it to other people, and even when using it on his own Pokémon, he has to be sneaky.
If he allowed all three Pokémon to learn Dragon Pulse at the same time and were discovered, there might be a lot of trouble. That's why he had only allowed the Grovyle to learn Dragon Wave so far.
You can wait for a while for Noibat and Charmander to grow up and learn.
As for the other item [Rare Treasure Detector (Disposable)]: it can detect the rarest undiscovered treasures within a radius of 100 kilometers.
When Jacob got this item, he had already discovered the most important point of this Item, which is to explore the "most" rare treasures that have not been discovered within a radius of 100 kilometers.
The word "most" made Jacob realize that this item should be used in the right place, because it is the rarest item. Does it mean that if Jacob knows the approximate location of the Arceus Slate, he can find the Arceus Slate through this item? Theoretically, it should be feasible. At the same time, Jacob is not sure about one thing. Does "undiscovered" mean that it is an ownerless item or a item that has not yet been unearthed? Jacob does not know.
He had never used this item in order to maximize its value. Now that he had arrived in the Capital, the most prosperous city in the entire China, and naturally the city with the most treasures, it was undoubtedly most appropriate to use this item here.
Jacob's original plan was to visit the laboratory today and use the [Rare Treasure Detector (Disposable)] to go treasure hunting in the Capital tomorrow. However, on the one hand, Scott promised him to train with Nina every weekend, and he couldn't refuse. On the other hand, Jacob also had to spend time writing a paper on the exclusive Z-Crystal, so the treasure hunting plan had to be postponed.
After storing the two items back in the system space, Jacob opened the post for purchasing stones. Compared to the lack of interest in Starlight City, the number of replies to the post increased sharply after arriving in the Capital, which also meant that Jacob had a greater chance of purchasing rare treasures.
After reading the replies one after another, Jacob discovered that there were indeed many rare stones in the Capital. People had replied with prices for various evolution stones.
"Top-quality Shiny stone, good quality, only accept face-to-face transactions."
"The top item, the Evolution Stone, will make your Jigglypuff the strongest tank."
"A rare stone. The pattern on the stone looks like green pines and clear springs. It has a very high collection value."
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Jacob continued browsing and unexpectedly found another Mega Evolution Stone. It looked like a Gengar Evolution Stone from the outside, but he couldn't be sure.
At the same time, Jacob also found a item that looked like a wishing star, but this wishing star did not emit any light and looked extremely dim.
The appearance of these two special stones made Jacob overjoyed and he wanted to buy them immediately. However, perhaps because of the story of Z-Crystal's bargain a few years ago, the prices of these stones were generally higher.
The story of finding a bargain on Z-Crystal is about a stone collector who collected a Z-Crystal. However, because the Z-Crystal had not been announced at that time, he sold it as jewelry for 8000 Pokédollars.
At that time, everyone regarded it as a beautiful jewelry crystal, so the price was not expensive.
The lucky person who bought the Z-Crystal collected it for a year, and when the Z-move was announced, the price of a Z-Crystal soared to hundreds of millions. The lucky person naturally sent the Z-Crystal directly to the auction house, and sold it for hundreds of millions, making a net profit of tens of millions.
It is precisely because of this accident that the premiums for these strange stones are generally high now. Since there is Z-Crystal in this world, there may also be X-Crystal and Y-Crystal.
The item that looks like Gengar's Evolution Stone costs 15000 Pokédollars, and the Wishing Star is a little cheaper, but it still costs 8000 Pokédollars.
Although the price was expensive, Jacob gritted his teeth and bought it.
Looking at his meager savings, Jacob thought about his scientific research, academics, and combat strength. He had plans and wondered whether he should put the goal of making money on the agenda.