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Thus, half a month passed.
During this time, Ethan Black devoted all his energy to training his Pokémon.
Among them, Sandslash, Cacturne, and Shuckle continued their training in an orderly manner, steadily improving their strength.
As for Meltan and Trapinch, thanks to the guidance of Professor Reynolds, a steel-type Pokémon specialist, and Professor Harris, a ground-type Pokémon specialist, they were the ones who progressed the fastest of all.
After this period of research and observation, Professor Reynolds finally managed to gather the basic information about Meltan.
Moreover, with her help, Meltan managed to master the move Magnet Rise. However, although Ethan Black called it that, it wasn't exactly the same as the Magnet Rise used by other Pokémon.
Meltan's Magnet Rise consisted of first using the internal currents of its metallic body to generate a magnetic field around itself through the principle of electricity producing magnetism. Then, by taking advantage of its ability Magnet Pull, it became a magnetic body, and by controlling both the external magnetic field and its own magnetism, it managed to float.
In scientific terms, this ability was exactly magnetic levitation technology: using magnetism to overcome gravity and make an object float.
Magnetic levitation was based on three fundamental principles:
1. When a nearby magnetic field changes, electrons in the metal move, generating electric current.
2. Electric current produces magnetism: when current passes through a wire or metal, a magnetic field is formed, and a coil becomes a magnet.
3. The most well-known: magnets interact with each other, like poles repel and opposite poles attract.
Ethan Black clearly remembered a very famous experiment on the network of his original world: making a pencil float in the air!
The experiment was very simple: a normal pencil, a plastic stand to hold it, and magnets were prepared.
Four magnets were placed in the holes of the stand, and two more magnets were fixed to the pencil with adhesive tape.
Then, the pencil was placed horizontally on the stand. With some adjustments, by finding the balance point, the pencil floated.
In that experiment, the stoppers of the stand prevented the pencil from straying off balance. The six magnets all had the same polarity and remained on the same plane, thus achieving the repulsion effect.
The principle was simple: the repulsion of like magnets produced levitation.
In real life, magnetic levitation trains use this very same principle: both the train and the tracks have magnets, and by repelling each other, the train floats in the air.
In this way, Meltan used magnetic levitation technology: it turned its body into a magnet and, by controlling the magnetic field, managed to float.
The next step in its training plan was to use the principle of magnetic levitation trains so that Meltan could move at high speed within a magnetic field.
And when talking about electromagnetism, Ethan Black inevitably thought of the legendary railgun.
According to records, the railgun is an advanced weapon that uses electromagnetic launch technology: its principle is based on using the Lorentz force generated by the magnetic field on a metallic projectile, accelerating it until it reaches enough kinetic energy to hit the target.
The projectiles fired by a railgun had terrifying speed, range, and destructive power.
In Ethan Black's imagination, with its Magnet Pull ability and the great electrical energy contained in its body, Meltan could become the projectile itself. By using the principle of the railgun, it would be able to gain devastating speed and power!
And not only that: this technique could be combined with the Mercury Mold that Meltan was training. If in that state it turned into a spear and was launched like a railgun... the power would be indescribable!
Of course, all this was still just an ideal plan in Ethan Black's mind. Turning it into reality was still far away.
For now, Meltan's first step was to fully master magnetic levitation, until it could move freely within a magnetic field. This step was the foundation of the entire training plan and would take a great deal of time.
Aside from Meltan's progress, Trapinch had also managed to master the move Fissure. He only lacked a trigger to evolve into Vibrava.
When that time came, his strength would increase considerably, and reaching the second tier of the team's ranks would come naturally.
As for Slowking, he was Ethan Black's most carefree Pokémon.
After discovering that Slowking could learn the Calm Mind method on his own, Ethan Black simply handed him the Secret Manual to train independently.
Slowking didn't disappoint: through self-study he had completely mastered Calm Mind and was already able to apply it in battle.
Moreover, he was learning other moves by himself, proving that Ethan Black didn't need to worry about him.
Even the Shellder on his head had also been entrusted to Slowking for training. Since they were perfectly synchronized, the results would be even more efficient.
Among the other Pokémon, Absol deserved special mention.
After the improvement in his physical qualities in the last training, his strength had grown enormously. And perhaps due to the influence of dark energy, his mastery of dark-type moves had also increased considerably.
As a result, Absol had progressed greatly in a short time. In training, he could even face Sandslash as an equal. He was no longer too far from the advanced level.
As for the relationship between the Justified ability and dark energy, it was still under study, with new findings every day. The final result wouldn't take long to come.
On the other hand, Ethan Black also had great gains. Just the discovery of Slowking's evolution method had already brought him enormous resources.
And if he managed to clarify the relationship between Absol's Justified ability and dark energy, the benefits would be unimaginable!
(End of chapter)