Wen Qi, carrying the Turtwig egg, returned home brimming with excitement.
This was his first attempt at hatching a Pokémon, and Turtwig was a species he had long admired.
He carefully placed the egg in a warm, cozy incubator, then activated the system to retrieve the blessing of the legendary Pokémon Landorus. Considering his future ambition to become a farmer and that this would be his starter Pokémon, Wen Qi didn’t hesitate to bestow this blessing upon the Turtwig egg.
As the legendary blessing was slowly absorbed by the egg, Wen Qi, using his Viridian Forest power, sensed the life force within the egg gradually strengthening.
He gazed at the shimmering light on the eggshell, sensing that it still needed some time to gestate. Through the system, he observed the egg’s potential steadily improving, a sight that lifted his spirits even more.
From then on, Wen Qi couldn’t resist checking on the incubator every so often, eagerly anticipating the arrival of the new life. Whenever he saw the eggshell quiver slightly inside the incubator, an indescribable joy surged within him.
Time flew by, and Wen Qi was about to graduate. Although he had no plans to pursue further studies, he still took the exams as a way to affirm his academic efforts.
On campus, he often saw his classmates coming and going with their own Pokémon, and those adorable creatures filled him with anticipation for his own.
After the graduation ceremony, Wen Qi took photos with his classmates, marking the end of his high school years.
He returned home, where sunlight streamed through the window onto the incubator. Suddenly, fine cracks appeared on the eggshell.
Wen Qi’s heart raced instantly. He stood by the incubator, tense and excited, awaiting the birth of the new life.
Finally, with a crisp “crack,” the eggshell split open completely, and a tiny, wobbly Turtwig crawled out.
It still had fragments of shell clinging to its body, but its eyes were already curiously looking around.
Wen Qi carefully cradled this newborn life, his heart swelling with a sense of accomplishment.
Just then, the system sent a notification, congratulating him on successfully completing the hatching task, earning him a Pokémon and a reward of 2,000 points.
Wen Qi eagerly checked the Turtwig’s information through the system:
Pokémon: Turtwig Level: 1 Type: Grass Ability: Overgrow (When HP is low, Grass-type moves become more powerful) Potential: Deep Cyan Moves: Tackle (Beginner), Withdraw (Beginner), Absorb (Beginner), Ingrain (Beginner), Growth (Beginner), Synthesis (Beginner), Razor Leaf (Beginner), Earth Power (Beginner, Variant), Grassy Terrain (Beginner, Variant) Training Method: Requires points to unlock
The diversity of Turtwig’s moves was astonishing. It not only included basic beginner moves like Tackle, Withdraw, and Absorb but also advanced moves such as Ingrain, Growth, and Synthesis. It even mastered two beginner-level variant moves—Razor Leaf and Earth Power—along with the variant move Grassy Terrain.
Its potential had reached the high level of deep cyan, a miracle undoubtedly brought by Landorus’s blessing.
The power of a legendary Pokémon was truly extraordinary, directly elevating Turtwig’s potential from light green to deep cyan and granting it two powerful moves. This was undoubtedly a major gain for Wen Qi.
However, the training method for Turtwig required points to unlock, which left Wen Qi in a bit of a bind.
Although he had been consistently checking in, the daily point rewards were meager, offering only a consolation prize of ten points. Even after thirty consecutive days of check-ins, he had only obtained an Evolution Stone, which, while valuable, was currently hard to put to use.
Wen Qi began to assess his resource situation.
Host: Wen Qi Pokémon Owned: Turtwig Points: 0 Abilities: Basic Viridian Forest Power, Basic Psychic Power Skills: Advanced Energy Cube Making, Basic Cooking, Basic Potion Making Items: Three Bottles of Green Potential Enhancement Potion, One Set of Top-Tier Evolution Stones, One Evolution Stone
Just as Wen Qi was about to use points to purchase the training method, Turtwig suddenly cried out.
Through his Viridian Forest power, Wen Qi understood its call and knew it was hungry.
So, he quickly brought out some Moomoo Milk he had bought earlier and fed it to Turtwig. Upon seeing the milk, Turtwig eagerly grabbed the bottle and started drinking. It downed three bottles before stopping contentedly and then fell asleep peacefully.
Watching Turtwig’s satisfied expression, Wen Qi couldn’t help but marvel at the high cost of raising a pet. He thought that if Turtwig kept eating like this—three bottles per meal, three meals a day—the daily expense would be considerable.
And as Turtwig grew, its appetite would only increase, making future costs even more staggering.
This also made him understand why many trainers only raised two or three Pokémon and stopped—raising Pokémon was indeed expensive, and not everyone could afford it.
If one only considered pet care without involving battles, the costs would be relatively low.
However, such an approach usually prevented Pokémon from breaking through the level 20 cap, keeping them from reaching the intermediate tier.
The level system for Pokémon was broad and complex, spanning from level 1 to level 100.
Levels 1 to 5 were the newborn stage. Pokémon at this stage had just been born and couldn’t be trained yet; they needed to grow to level 5 before training could begin.
Generally, Pokémon could break through level 5 within a week of birth and start training, though Bug-type Pokémon might take only two or three days, while pseudo-legendary Pokémon could take one to three months.
Thus, for beginners, choosing which type of Pokémon to raise required careful consideration.
When Pokémon grew to levels 6 to 20, they entered the ordinary tier.
At this stage, Pokémon with red potential, without special opportunities, often had their levels capped at 20. Most starter Pokémon would undergo their first evolution within this range, making them particularly popular.
As Pokémon grew, levels 21 to 30 marked the intermediate tier.
Pokémon at this level had a potential cap of orange, also requiring special opportunities to break through. Nevertheless, this tier represented the level of most Pokémon trainers, with many ordinary university graduates owning Pokémon at this stage.
When Pokémon reached levels 31 to 40, the advanced tier, their potential cap was yellow.
Most starter Pokémon issued by official sources had this potential, enough to ensure trainers could directly become advanced trainers, which was one reason starter Pokémon were so popular.
As levels rose further, levels 41 to 50 were the elite tier, and levels 51 to 60 were the gym leader tier.
At this stage, Pokémon with green potential were especially rare and remarkable, as their level cap could reach the gym leader level of 60. Such Pokémon were both popular and relatively scarce.
When Pokémon entered levels 61 to 70, the champion tier, they had cyan potential, with a slight chance of breaking through to the champion level.
Pokémon at levels 71 to 80, the champion tier, had blue potential, and even with careful training, only half had a chance of reaching champion level.
Pokémon at this level were extremely rare in the wild, often being the elite of large groups, and were hard to obtain.
As for levels 81 to 90, the master tier, Pokémon had purple potential. Such potential was either innate or came from special encounters with primary legendary Pokémon.
Trainers at this level typically existed only in a few major leagues, and their numbers were extremely limited.
In the current field, reaching levels 91 to 100, the grandmaster or divine tier, was exceedingly rare, almost like finding a phoenix feather or a unicorn horn.
To date, no one had truly reached this level. Even those close to it were more often enshrined rather than truly captured.
For example, the ancient Dragonite within the Yanhuang Alliance’s Dragon Island, serving as the island’s guardian, was a typical case.
Additionally, there were some tertiary and secondary legendary Pokémon serving as leaders with divine duties, but their strength was relatively weaker, mostly hovering around levels 91 or 92.
As for the ancient and powerful primary legendary Pokémon, their levels mostly ranged between 99 and 100.
Notably, after level 90, each level increase represented a massive leap in power, with almost a doubling of strength per level.
In particular, Pokémon reaching level 100 were often ten times stronger than those at level 99.
Thus, without strong type advantages or sneak attacks, dealing with such beings was nearly impossible.
As for entities above level 100, only Arceus existed, with a level roughly around 110.
Only those primary legendary Pokémon granted plates by Arceus could break through the level 100 limit, but even then, their maximum level was capped at 105.