Chapter 31: Energy Detector
Bai Feng went home from school with Dongyu in the afternoon. The other children had already returned earlier than them. As soon as he entered the house, he heard Caicaizi say:
"Brother Bai Feng, a package for you was delivered today. I put it in your Room."
A package? A question mark popped up in Bai Feng's head. He didn't seem to have bought anything recently!
"Is it really my package? Not delivered to the wrong place?"
Caicaizi replied, "It has your name on it, and the address is correct. It shouldn't be wrong, right?"
"Alright then, I'll go take a look."
With that, Bai Feng returned to his Room and indeed saw a rectangular cardboard box on his desk. He picked it up and saw that the recipient's name was indeed his, and the address was the Blue Bird Orphanage.
When he saw the sender's information, he understood everything.
"So it was Lysandre..." At this moment, Bai Feng seemed to suddenly remember what Lysandre had sent, so he quickly opened the package box. Inside, he saw a phone-sized machine, about the size of an adult's palm. "As expected!"
Bai Feng was very happy to see the machine.
This machine was the Energy Detector Lysandre had promised to give one each to him and Calyrex back at the Sea God's Cavern. He had been quite envious of it at the time.
However, after returning, there had been no word from Lysandre for a long time. He had thought Lysandre had forgotten about it due to being busy, and he felt awkward asking for it. He didn't expect it to be sent today.
Besides the Energy Detector, the package box also contained an instruction manual for the instrument and a handwritten letter from Lysandre.
After reading the handwritten letter, Bai Feng finally understood why Lysandre had sent the machine a month late. It wasn't that he had forgotten, but rather that his Research Institute had recently improved the machine. Only after the improvements and testing were completed did he send the new product to him and Calyrex.
Bai Feng eagerly took out the instruction manual and studied it carefully. The machine's operation wasn't complicated, so Bai Feng quickly figured it out.
This Energy Detector had two functions. One was to detect the Energy Concentration in the environment, which Bai Feng had already seen Lysandre demonstrate in the Sea God's Cavern. The other was to detect a Pokémon's Energy Level.
This function was what Bai Feng was most interested in.
As far as he knew, there was currently no other instrument in the Pokémon World that could detect a Pokémon's Energy Level. A Pokémon's strength was often determined based on their battle records. Titles like Elite Four and Gym Leader were just Pokémon Trainer titles, not Pokémon Levels.
Unlike fruit trees, whose Energy Levels were easily detectable, a Pokémon's body was more complex. There was a special protective mechanism within their bodies that could protect them from external prying.
For example, during a Pokémon battle, if a Pokémon loses the ability to battle, they are unlikely to die unless intentionally dealt a fatal blow. They will merely lose consciousness temporarily. This is that protective mechanism at work.
While this protective mechanism protected Pokémon, it also increased the difficulty for humans to explore the mysteries of Pokémon. This is why there were so many people or organizations secretly conducting live Pokémon experiments.
Of course, simply measuring a Pokémon's Energy Level didn't have much significance, as this Level couldn't fully represent battle strength. However, if a Pokémon Trainer could know their Pokémon's Energy Level through some means, their training would be more targeted.
This was indeed a good thing.
Bai Feng hadn't expected Lysandre's Research Institute to have the ability to break through this Pokémon protective mechanism and detect their Energy Levels.
This was truly amazing!
However, everything has two sides. Once this technology was made public, Pokémon would likely have fewer secrets in front of humans.
For a moment, Bai Feng didn't know whether this technology was good or bad.
Of course, this technology wasn't in his hands, so he had no right to comment. It all depended on how Lysandre would handle it in the future.
Bai Feng first followed the instructions in the manual to detect the Energy Concentration in the Room. Soon, a stable green wavy line appeared on the machine's screen, showing an Energy Concentration of D+, which was very ordinary.
This didn't mean ordinary was bad; on the contrary, ordinary meant that such an environmental concentration was very suitable for human habitation.
High Energy Concentration environments like the Sea God's Cavern were only harmful to human survival and offered no benefits.
This was because high Energy Concentration environments would produce a weak pressure field. The higher the Energy Concentration, the greater the pressure field generated by the environment. If humans lived in such an environment for a long time, their bodies would inevitably be damaged.
Pokémon and plants had relatively higher tolerance for Energy Concentration, but if the Energy Concentration was truly high to another degree, plants and Pokémon would also die.
Perhaps only beings like Legendary Pokémon could truly be fearless of long-term erosion from high Energy Concentration environments.
The Energy Detector developed by Lysandre would not issue an alarm simply because the environmental Energy Concentration was high, because even if the environmental Energy Concentration was high, staying in such an environment for a short time would not cause much harm to humans.
Only environments with energy that directly eroded human health would cause the machine to issue an alarm, such as an environment filled with Yveltal's power of death.
Putting down the instruction manual, Bai Feng released Bai Ye and the other two from their Poké Balls, then waved to Popplio and said:
"Popplio, come here for a moment."
"Woo?" Popplio pattered over to Bai Feng, tilting its head and looking at him with a confused expression.
Bai Feng squatted down, held the Energy Detector in front of it, and said, "Put your hand on it and input a little energy into it."
"Woo~"
Popplio nodded, placed its hand on the Energy Detector as Bai Feng requested, and input a trace of its Origin Energy into it.
"Beep beep~"
The machine quickly reacted. Two bar graphs appeared on the screen, accompanied by text explanations.
Popplio
Energy Storage: B+
Energy Quality: A
Wow, it really detected it! Bai Feng exclaimed inwardly. Not only could it detect the amount of energy stored in Popplio's body, but it could also detect the Quality of its Origin Energy.
Lysandre was truly amazing! Bai Feng couldn't help but admire such a brilliant person. No wonder he could make a lot of money; how many people could compare with this kind of black technology?
Seeing Bai Feng's surprised expression, Popplio was completely confused. It leaned its head over, wanting to see what was displayed on the instrument.
Thump
Bai Feng's head was pushed aside by it, but it couldn't understand what the instrument was showing.
What is this thing?
Bai Feng was amused by its expression, patted it, and said, "You don't understand, right? This is the disadvantage of being uneducated. Read more books when you have time."
"Read what book?" Popplio had an expression that said, "Are you trying to trick me?", then turned its head and ran off to the side, full of disbelief.
Bai Feng then waved to Helioptile and said, "Helioptile, you try it too."
"Aip~" Okay!
Helioptile quickly ran to Bai Feng's side. Without needing Bai Feng's guidance, it skillfully placed its small paw on the corresponding position on the instrument and input its Origin Energy into it.
Bai Feng gave it a thumbs-up and said, "Good job, you're smart!"
Helioptile smiled shyly upon hearing this.
Popplio, not far away, saw this scene and was so angry its whiskers puffed out and its eyes widened. "Hmph! What a show-off!"
Soon, Helioptile's Energy Rating also appeared on the instrument screen.
Helioptile
Energy Storage: B-
Energy Quality: B+++
Compared to Popplio, Helioptile's Origin Energy was a bit weaker in both Storage amount and Quality, but that was normal since it joined the team a bit later.
Bai Feng patted Helioptile's head and said, "Good job, keep up the hard training in the future!"
"Aip~ Aip~"
Helioptile nodded frantically.
Finally, it was Bai Ye's turn.
With Popplio and Helioptile demonstrating beforehand, Bai Ye naturally didn't need Bai Feng's guidance either. After it input its energy into the instrument, the assessment result quickly appeared on the instrument.
Gardevoir
Energy Storage: A-
Energy Quality: A+
Double A rating! Does this mean my mom is already very powerful? Bai Feng thought to himself.
Since he didn't have data from other Pokémon for comparison, Bai Feng didn't know if his own Pokémon were considered powerful, but achieving an A rating should be quite good, right?
"Gardevoir~" Let me see, let me see!
Seeing Bai Feng spacing out, Bai Ye snatched the Energy Detector from his hand and looked at it herself.
Bai Feng said helplessly, "Can you understand it?"
"Gardevoir... Gardevoirvoir~" Why wouldn't I understand!
Bai Ye was very angry. She pointed at the display on the instrument screen and spoke at length, unexpectedly showing that she understood it clearly.
Seeing Bai Feng's stunned expression, Bai Ye felt very proud. "Hmph, you thought I watched TV with Limo at home every day for nothing? You can learn knowledge from TV too!"
Bai Feng sincerely praised her, "Good job, worthy of being my mom. Your brain is just like mine!"
Mm-hmm~ Hearing Bai Feng's praise, Bai Ye nodded in satisfaction. Suddenly, she realized something was wrong.
"What do you mean "Your brain is just like mine"?" Am I your mom, or are you my mom?
Bai Ye immediately looked at Bai Feng angrily.
"Hahaha..."
Bai Feng laughed loudly and got up, ready to run away, but how could his movements be faster than a Psychic-type Pokémon? In the next second, Bai Feng automatically floated up.
"Dear Mom, I was wrong! My brain is like yours! My brain is like yours, esteemed elder!" Bai Feng shouted.
"Gardevoir~ Gardevoir~ Hmph, I'm not an elder, and it's too late to apologize now!"
Bai Ye said angrily, with her hands on her hips.
Thump
Bai Feng was thrown onto the bed by Bai Ye using Psychic, then had his shoes taken off and his soles tickled. This was Bai Feng's biggest weakness.
"Hahaha... Help! Popplio, Helioptile, save me quickly!"
"Woo woo~ I'm coming too!"
Popplio shouted and pounced onto the bed, but it wasn't there to rescue Bai Feng.
Popplio used its small hands to mess with Bai Feng's armpits. It was still remembering how Bai Feng had praised Helioptile and neglected it, so of course, it was on Bai Ye's side now!
"Hahaha... I'm sorry, I... I won't dare again. Please, two great ones, stop using your powers!" Bai Feng's abs hurt from laughing.
"Aip~ Aip~"
Only little Helioptile was on Bai Feng's side, but unfortunately, it was one against two and couldn't resist the "tyranny." It could only pace back and forth below the bed.
They played and messed around for a while before stopping.
At this point, Bai Feng said to Bai Ye and the others, "I'm going to Fangxing Mountain. Do you want to come along?"
"Woo woo~" Popplio was the first to raise its hand.
"Aip~ Aip~" I'm going too.
"Gardevoir~" Of course I'm going too!
So the whole family planned to go out together.
Seeing Bai Feng come out of the Room, Caicaizi stepped forward and asked, "Brother Bai Feng, was the thing yours?"
Bai Feng nodded and said, "That's right, it's mine. It wasn't delivered to the wrong place."
"That's good." Caicaizi nodded. Then she saw Bai Feng holding a backpack and asked, "Brother Bai Feng, aren't you eating dinner at home?"
"I'm going to Fangxing Mountain. I'll have Talonflame Captain come back and get my dinner for me. Can you tell Director Meili for me?" Bai Feng said.
"Okay, but come back early tonight. Don't always stay out until dark."
"Got it, you little busybody!"
Upon arriving at Fangxing Mountain, Bai Feng immediately gathered all the Pokémon on the mountain, planning to give them all an Energy detection for a more comprehensive comparison.
First were the Diggersby family.
Diggersby Dad
Energy Storage: C+++
Energy Quality: B-
Diggersby Mom
Energy Storage: C
Energy Quality: B
Little Diggersby
Energy Storage: D-
Energy Quality: C+++
Talonflame Captain
Energy Storage: B++
Energy Quality: A
The Energy Storage of other Talonflame was generally between C and B, and Energy Quality was between B and A. Fletchinder and Fletchling were much weaker, with both Energy Storage and Energy Quality below D.
From these data comparisons, Bai Ye, Popplio, and Helioptile were indeed relatively strong.
While detecting, Bai Feng recorded the Pokémon's data with a pen. Now that he had the convenient item, the Energy Detector, Bai Feng planned to continue making these records in the future to observe the changes in the Pokémon's Levels.
Hmm? I wonder if a Pokémon Egg can be detected! Bai Feng suddenly thought.
So he took out the dark green Pokémon Egg he had brought back from the Sea God's Cavern. The Pokémon Egg was now in an incubator, which Bai Feng had bought from the Pokémon Center when he first returned to Biyi City from the Sea God's Cavern.
Bai Feng took the Pokémon Egg out of the incubator and placed the Energy Detector against it.
...
Half a day later, the machine showed no reaction.
As expected, it was just a wild idea!
After organizing all the data, Bai Feng took Bai Ye and the others to Fangcun Mountain. He checked all the fruit trees that had been grafted.
These fruit trees hadn't been grafted for long, so there weren't significant changes yet. Bai Feng was constantly worried, fearing that one day he would come and see all the fruit trees withered and dead.
(End of Chapter)