Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

Chapter 14 『Acquired "Soft Soil"!』

For the next two days, Koke and Doublade continued to clear the land, not going anywhere else.

On the morning of the third day, several Diglett suddenly appeared near the cleared wasteland and began calling out to Koke.

Today is June 11th, a sunny day.

"Dig, dig!"

The Diglett are already here? Has the village's plowing finished?

This surprised Koke, but what surprised him even more was that the ground suddenly rose up, and three round, brown heads emerged together.

"Dugtrio!"

It's a Dugtrio!

Dugtrio are triplets of Diglett who are good at teamwork. Compared to their pre-evolution, they have two more heads identical to Diglett, but the three heads differ in height. As for their bodies, there's not much to say, as they remain buried in the soil and have never been seen.

The Dugtrio's six eyes stared at Koke, and they were saying something in Dugtrio language. Koke couldn't understand, but luckily Doublade was nearby.

Pokémon languages, although the calls are different, share the same meaning. It's so mysterious that no professor of Pokémon linguistics has been able to produce any results so far. Koke himself can understand the meaning of Ghost-type Pokémon through his knowledge, but he's powerless with other types.

"Yo~ Yo~!" Doublade tapped its hilt and began to explain to Koke.

Basically, the old man at the pharmacy told them about you and gave the Diglett food, and the Diglett felt it was about time to come.

Plowing has a specific time frame and can't be delayed for too long, especially this piece of land, which hasn't been planted with anything for a long time and is covered with weeds, with no trace of the soil being turned. So, they came to help immediately!

And some corresponding knowledge also emerged in Koke's mind:

The first plowing of the soil mainly involves cutting up and mixing the weeds and stubble on the surface of the land into the soil, laying a good foundation for subsequent plowing.

For softer soil, the number of plowing times can be reduced appropriately; for harder or compacted soil, the number of plowing times needs to be increased to ensure uniform mixing and refinement of the soil.

At the same time, Dugtrio's cultivation can turn the land into "soft soil," suitable for planting Berries, but if it is not plowed or fertilized regularly, it will soon revert to ordinary soil.

This is from the knowledge of the "Planter"!

"Diglett are natural agriculturalists, and few Pokémon can match their understanding of soil," Koke muttered to himself, while thanking the Dugtrio:

"You're really helping a lot. So you're all born farming masters. That's amazing."

"Dugtrio. Dugtrio!" Facing Koke's praise, all three heads of the Dugtrio showed proud expressions, and the calls they made were saying, "It's nothing, we do this every year, don't be shocked!"

The Diglett were also very happy. They quickly began to help Koke with the first soil plowing, with great momentum. The Dugtrio brought more than a dozen Diglett, singing the Diglett song, constantly digging and turning in the soil!

And Koke prepared food for them.

There were some food items at home, as well as some Berries and Pokémon-specific food.

The original owner carried Pokémon food to bribe wild Pokémon if they encountered them while treasure hunting in the wild, or to throw the food to them and take the opportunity to escape. Of course, in an emergency, humans can also eat this food.

Doublade floated in mid-air, watching the Diglett plowing with rapt attention. The scene of labor vaguely reminded it of some scenes it had seen in the kingdom era, but at that time, humans used various tools to force "magical beasts" to work.

The Diglett's work speed was quite fast. Even soil that hadn't been turned over for a long time quickly became loose under their power.

Along with their work, the compact soil layer became a loose and fragmented cultivated layer, and the soil porosity gradually increased, which is beneficial for receiving and storing rainwater, and also promotes the increase of potential nutrients in the soil, improves fertility, and allows the roots of crops to extend.

"Dig!"

The Dugtrio emerged from the cultivated layer, and its call also meant that all the land cleared by Koke had been plowed!

At this time, the thoughts in Koke's mind suddenly converged!

『Dugtrio and the Diglett have helped you complete a task!』

『Acquired: "Soft Soil"!』

『Dugtrio and the Diglett have gained experience and grown! Speed Effort Value increased!』

『Dugtrio acquired the knowledge: Vigorous Plowing - Plowing speed +10%.』

『Dugtrio learned the move: Earth Power!』

"Dugtrio?"

The Dugtrio noticed its own changes, and all three heads looked around in confusion!

I just plowed the land, how did I suddenly master a new move? And my body has become stronger, that's strange!

Koke was equally surprised to see this situation.

"I see, it's really similar to 'Pokémon Help'. As long as you ask Pokémon to help, they can gain experience and growth after doing a lot of work. The so-called growth here is probably level up and Effort Value increase."

After eating the Pokémon food prepared by Koke, the Diglett and Diglett happily left while digging holes.

In a short period of time, this wasteland was completely renewed. The brown, plowed, loose soil occupied the entire field of vision, and Koke and Doublade continued to clean up the stones and branches that had not been cleared, and used the branches to make simple area divisions.

"Herb area, Heal Herb, Energy Root, Antidote Herb, Revival Herb."

"Berry cultivation, fertilizer will be purchased online."

The seeds have been divided into areas, and the ones that should be planted have been sown, including the seeds of Sandshrew Radish, Growlithe Bean, Royal Herb, and Heal Herb.

Some of the transplanting has also been completed. Revival Herb has been reburied in the soil. The propagation of this powerful herb mainly relies on strong rhizomes, that is, "Vitality Roots," so the Revival Herb is replanted.

Using its growth characteristics to achieve rhizome propagation, or division propagation, that is, dividing the horizontal rhizomes into several small sections according to a certain length or number of nodes, retaining 3 to 5 buds per section for seed propagation, and replanting them to cultivate independent new plants.

During the continuous planting process, the knowledge of [Planter] continues to play a role, and those seeds will grow rapidly and become stronger and more luxuriant than their counterparts.

While Doublade was scraping the soil and winding branches with its blue ribbon, it suddenly seemed to think of something, and its single eye widened!

"Yo?"

Didn't my trainer say before?

Energy Powder is synthesized from Heal Herb and Energy Root?

"Yo!"

Doublade immediately became excited, looking at the two areas that were divided to plant Heal Herb and Energy Root, it immediately had an idea!

It's too small! It should be divided larger and plant more of these two herbs, so there will be endless Energy Powder to eat!

"Oh? Want endless Energy Powder to eat? Although the growth of herbs is indeed fast, it doesn't grow without limits, especially medicinal materials. Too fast maturity will also consume the soil's fertility. If there is not enough high-quality fertilizer to nourish it, the soil's nutrients will not be restored and replenished, especially large-scale, high-density planting, which can lead to land degradation in severe cases."

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Koke waved his hand and rejected Doublade's proposal, and Doublade's eyes widened even more.

Soil, soil degradation?

This is an area I haven't heard of!

Doublade began to ponder, and soon it waved its blue ribbon and thought of a new idea!

Eh, I got it!

It seems that some Grass-type and Ground-type Pokémon can increase soil fertility, so you only need to catch the corresponding type of

"It's too early to say that now, the first phase of herbs hasn't been planted yet, and catching Grass-type Pokémon is not that easy. Some Grass-type Pokémon not only can't strengthen the soil's fertility, but may also consume extra fertility. Without fully understanding the other party, how can you determine whether the other party's ability is beneficial to the land?"

That's right, the Grass-type Pokémon that will make the land barren, I'm talking about you, Wo-Chien!

But that guy is a Legendary Pokémon and is sealed in a distant land, so you don't have to worry about it suddenly refreshing in other areas.

Of course, among the common Grass-type Pokémon, Oddish will also affect the harvest of crops, because they will come to steal the land's nutrients.

This questioning startled Doublade, and then it began to reflect.

I see, the matter of Pokémon is really profound! It clearly has the Grass type, but it can still lead to land barrenness, which is completely opposite to its own attribute!

But Koke was indeed thinking about Doublade's proposal.

"If you want the grass and trees to grow vigorously... it would be great if Celebi could come and help... Hey! What am I dreaming about."

Koke shook his head. In the game, Mythical Pokémon must also be distributed to be received. In the real Pokémon world, who will distribute it to you? Arceus?

Grass type, the Grass-type Pokémon in the Hoenn region that like warm and humid conditions can be directly excluded, and the Grass Pokémon that can get used to the cold, the choice is only those in the Sinnoh Pokédex, and now it is very narrow. From a personal point of view, Koke really wants a Turtwig.

The shell on Turtwig's back is formed of soil. When Turtwig evolves into Torterra, it can directly become a mobile plantation, making it convenient to cultivate herbs on Torterra's body when traveling outside in the future.

From a production and life perspective, Torterra is a very good choice.

But one thing is very strange, it is clearly four times weak to Ice but lives in the cold Sinnoh region, a symbol of the strong.

In the evening, Koke started working again.

The cloths placed in the dark corner of the wall have already emitted a strange feeling. Koke picked up some of the cloths and saw the corresponding material information.

[Rare Material: Eerie Cloth.]

[Description: Rag stained with eerie energy. Let a Ghost-type Pokémon process it again to obtain 'Old Cloth'.]

[Making charms/clothing/decorations with this cloth may produce some unique effects.]

[Acquire related knowledge: 1]

[Eerie Cloth Processor: Eerie Cloth conversion speed increased by 10%.]

"Doublade, let's work!"

Koke called Doublade over, and Doublade was actually waiting for this moment.

Many days have passed, and it has finally come time to process it.

It skillfully rolled up some Eerie Cloth with its blue ribbon, and then injected its Ghost energy into it, gradually bringing it closer to its own nature, so the cloths began to turn blue, as if they had become an extension of the ghost hand-like blue ribbon, and this time the blue was obviously darker than the last time.

In Koke's eyes, the material information changed.