Not a trainer this time

weird stuff?

Naoki stood up and followed the gopher into the salt house, followed the underground stairs all the way down, and finally came to the underground cave where the salt stone barrier lived.

"Tick tock! Tick tock!"

At this time, all the Salt Stone Barriers were playing on the ground. There was nothing in the cave and it seemed extremely quiet. It was so quiet that the sound of water droplets could be clearly heard.

Zhi Shu walked through the cave and came to a rock wall under the leadership of the three gophers.

He suddenly discovered that the color of an area on the rock wall was so incompatible with the surrounding area.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" The three gophers shook their heads, indicating that what they found was the strange stone.

Naoki looked closely and saw traces of something chewing on the stone. In order to see it more clearly, he asked the three gophers to help dig out the stone.

The three gophers agreed squeakingly.

Then, Naoki saw it use burrowing to sneak into the soil, making a small bulge in the ground.

Then, the three underground rats began to move and got into the rock wall.

After a while, with a rumbling sound, the soil around the stone was dug up by three gophers.

Without support, the stone fell to the ground with a clang.

"Huh?"

Zhi Shu knelt down and observed carefully. Suddenly, he felt that the stone seemed very familiar.

The color and texture are a bit like the immutable stone that Baby Bear picked up and gave to him...

Not sure, check again.

Naoki returned to the living room, took out an immutable stone and compared it with the big stone.

Soon, he got the result.

The big stone in front of me is obviously the original immutable stone vein that has not been polished yet!

Looking at the gnawed marks on this immutable stone, an incredible thought suddenly came to Naoki's mind.

Couldn't his salt stone barrier have been chewed on this thing? !

Naoki quickly found the salt stone barrier, took them back underground, pointed at the stones and asked, "Have you ever eaten this?"

The Salt and Stone Barriers looked around the Immutable Stone, and then nodded happily: "Fortress~"

That's right! They gnawed it when they had nothing to do, but the stone was not delicious at all. They only took one bite and then stopped eating!

At that time, a salt rock guard discovered this stone.

It banged a small piece off with its head and ate it, only to find it tasted terrible.

Seeing this scene, other salt stone barriers gathered around to watch and asked if it was delicious.

The first salt stone that gnawed on the stone was evil and deceived them, saying it was delicious.

Then a second stone-gnawing salt rock appeared.

Immediately afterwards, the third, fourth, fifth, and all the salt stone barriers were tricked into taking a bite.

The Salt Stone Barriers who finally discovered the truth got "angry" and chased each other in the cave. After they were tired of playing, they huddled together and fell asleep. No one cared about the rocks they had just eaten.

When King Lei Guan translated the truth to Naoki, Naoki couldn't help but hold his forehead.

Okay, now he knows the reason why the salt stone barrier did not evolve into the salt stone giant spirit!

"You guys! Tell me, who was the first to discover this stone?" Naoki asked with a straight face, pretending to be angry.

Seeing that Naoki was angry, several salt stoners became flustered for a moment. They were all at a loss and hung their heads, like a row of children who had made mistakes.

The salt stone barrier that tricked its companions into eating unpalatable stones said in a weak voice: "Lei..." It was its fault.

"Little bad guy!" Naoki poked his head with his hand.

Yan Shilei's eyes wandered around, not knowing where to look.

Naoki sighed helplessly, "Okay, I'm not angry, it's not a big deal."

The Salt Stone Barriers were stunned for a moment, then suddenly became happy.

However, Naoki's next words made them panic again.

"If you just eat this stone, you won't be able to evolve into a salt stone giant."

"Barrier?!" the Salt and Stone Barriers asked in shock.

Naoki turned around and introduced the stone to them:

"This is the Stone of Immutability. It has the effect of preventing Pokémon from evolving. As long as the Pokémon carries it, it can no longer evolve upwards."

Generally speaking, this kind of immutable stone veins discovered in the wild will be mined by dedicated personnel, and transported to the factory to be polished into round, small, and easy-to-carry immutable stones.

These Immutable Stones will be sent to major towns and sold to Pokémon and trainers who need the Immutable Stones.

The Salt Stone Barriers are in a panic, they are going to evolve into Salt Stone Giant Spirits to protect Zhi Shu and Frost Milk Fairy!

They all made an agreement with Naoki that after they evolved into the Salt Stone Djinn, they would let Naoki sit on them and carry Naoki on their shoulders to play on the grass.

And now this situation...does it mean that they will never be able to evolve again?

The Salt Barriers looked at the stone in panic, then at each other, and finally turned their attention to Naoki, who knew everything.

"Barrier?" A salt stone barrier asked with a trembling voice.

Although there was no translation from Lei Guanwang, Naoki still understood its meaning.

It's asking: Can they still evolve?

Naoki thought about it carefully and realized that the Salt Djinn is a rock-type Pokémon.

This Pokémon has a very special physique. Although they usually like to eat pickled meat, they will occasionally eat stones and ores.

Like most Pokémon that eat stones and ores, their bodies can perfectly digest these stones and metal ores, breaking them down into energy and nutrients for use throughout the body.

I just don’t know if the Immutable Stone is within this category...

But looking at the appearance of the salt stone barriers, it is obvious that the immutable stone in their bodies has not been digested, otherwise they would have evolved into salt stone giants.

However, Naoki didn't know that this kind of knowledge involved his blind spot.

After thinking for a while, Naoki decided to take the Salt Barriers to the Pokémon Center to check their health.

He remembered that there were machines there, similar to X-rays, that could see through Pokémon's bodies.

Naoki went back to the house to find the Poke Balls of the Salt Rock Barriers, and then took them in.

He spoke to Keri, and then handed over everything in the ranch to the caretaker. After everything was explained, Naoki called the nearest motorcycle lizard and rode it to Ziqin Town.

At this time, there were no other customers in the Pokémon Center except for a few trainers who had spent the night here yesterday.

When Naoki arrived, Miss Joy was fishing behind the counter.

She was very surprised to see Naoki: "Mr. Naoki, why are you here? Are the Pokémon in the pasture sick again?"

Naoki nodded and said the reason for his visit: "My salt stone barrier accidentally ate the Immutable Stone, causing them to be unable to evolve. I want to come over and check them."

"Understood!" Miss Joy didn't say much. She brought Zhi Shu to the examination room, and then asked Zhi Shu to release the salt stone barriers one by one and examine them with X-rays.

Along with the machine's scanning, Naoki quickly saw on the screen that there was an indigestible black shadow remaining in Yanshi Lei's body.

Ms. Joy: "That should be the Immutable Stone. The characteristics of this ore are very special. Even rock-type Pokémon cannot digest it."

"In order to prevent the Stone of Immutability from affecting the Pokémon's battle, some Pokémon trainers will even take the initiative to let them swallow the Stone of Immutability."

Speaking of this, Ms. Joy looked helpless: "I have met several trainers like this before. The Pokémon that ate the Stone of Immutability had stomachaches, and in the end they had to use vomiting treatment to make them vomit the stone. come out."

Naoki: "..." Are these trainers too lazy?

Then, Miss Joy inspected the other four Salt Rocks.

Sure enough, it was discovered that every salt stone barrier has an immutable stone of different sizes in its body.

"In this case, the only treatment available is inducing vomiting," said Miss Joy.

The Salt Stone Barriers immediately became happy when they heard that the stones they had eaten could still be taken out.

Seeing this scene, Naoki was very helpless: "Don't eat randomly again in the future!"

"Barrier!" The Salt and Stone Barriers nodded in unison.

Naoki breathed a sigh of relief and said to Miss Joy: "Then it's up to you, Miss Joy."

Miss Joy smiled slightly: "It is the responsibility of every Joy to provide treatment for Pokémon. Mr. Naoki, please wait outside for a moment."

Naoki nodded and told the five Salt Stone Barriers to listen to Miss Joy, and then took the Motorized Lizard to the hall to wait.

After a while, Miss Joy came over from the treatment room with five pale Salt Stone Barriers.

Her Pokémon assistant was holding a tray with the Immutable Stone that the Saltites had accidentally eaten.

"Okay, it's okay." Miss Joy pursed her lips and smiled.

Naoki paid the consultation fee, took out the elf ball and asked the Salt Rock Barriers to go back to rest: "Sorry to trouble you, Miss Joy."

Ms. Joy wrapped the Immutable Stone in a tissue and handed it to Naoki.

This is not a useless thing. The price of the Immutable Stone on the market is 3,000 alliance coins!

Naoki reached out and took it, deciding to frame it after he went back and commemorate it as the dark history of the salt barrier.

Then, he said goodbye to Miss Joy and returned to the ranch on the Motorized Lizard.

The Frost Milk Fairy was relieved to see them return safely. It ran back and forth among the Salt Barriers, worryingly observing the condition of each Salt Barrier.

It was not until she saw that all the salt stone barriers were intact that the Frost Milk Fairy breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Naoki couldn't help but laugh and asked: "What are you doing? Are you afraid that Salt Rock Barrier and the others will be bullied by bad guys?"

"Mama!" The Frost Milk Fairy put her hands on her hips in an awesome manner, indicating that she was now very powerful and would drive away all the bad guys and protect the Salt Stone Barriers.

Yesterday, it also used its finger-waving technique to perform a move that looked super powerful!

Naoki smiled.

The Salt Rock Barriers were also happy.

At this moment, a rich white light suddenly lit up on their bodies.

In the white light, the bodies of the Salt Barriers began to change rapidly.

They slowly stood up from their four-legged state, and eventually turned into five giant Pokémon that were tall and as powerful as door gods.

Their bodies are extremely pure, and a faint salty fragrance emanates from their bodies.

The golden warm sun shines on the salt stone giant spirits, making them look so sacred and pure.

After a brief moment of surprise, Naoki quickly came to his senses.

He smiled and said to the five salt stone giants in front of him: "Congratulations." It seems that the salt stone giants have already met the conditions for evolution!

"Boom~!"

The salt stone giants let out a series of cries. Their sounds sounded a bit like the collision of rocks. They were heavy and full of texture, and were filled with strong emotions of joy.

One of the salt stone giants walked forward with heavy and powerful steps. It squatted down slightly, stretched out its arms, and invited Naoki.

Naoki rarely felt a little embarrassed.

The evolved Salt Stone Giant Spirit is obviously over two and a half meters tall. Although it is much taller than him, it is quite embarrassing for a 1.8 meter tall man to sit on it.

However, the Salt Stone Giant Spirit didn't think so much.

Seeing that Naoki didn't come up, it scratched its head in confusion, then stretched out its other arm, lifted Naoki up like a chicken, and put it on its shoulder.

Naoki: "..."

"Boom~" The salt stone giant spirit roared happily.

Seeing this scene, the Pokémon around him gathered around him.

Zhi Shu turned around and saw that the Frost Milk Fairy had climbed onto a salt stone giant and was standing on top of it, like a captain commanding a warship giving orders for the entire army to attack.

"Mama!"

Frost Milk Fairy waved her fingers with fighting spirit.

Immediately afterwards, a purple light blade condensed and formed from its hand, and then flew forward.

Vaguely, the space around the purple light blade was torn apart by the powerful power.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise, and the light blade made a big hole in the ground.

"Mama!" Frost Milk Fairy immediately became panicked.

Naoki: "..." You don't use the Akon Splitting Slash like this!

Zhi Shu took a look and found that the green onion duck had not come over. It was still practicing its moves hard on the wooden pile dummy.

Fortunately, Green Onion Duck didn't see this move, otherwise he wouldn't know how to explain it.

After the fun, Naoki jumped off the salt stone giant spirit, ready to check on Keli's progress.

However, other salt stone giants came around again, and they also wanted Naoki to sit on them.

"..."

Naoki had no choice but to ride over one by one.

In the end, every salt stone djinn was happy.

"Okay, let's play! I still have things to do." Naoki said.

Five tall salt stone giants stood in the pasture, as majestic as the door gods here.

Near noon, the renovation work on the heating pipes in the house has come to an end.

When Naoki entered the house, Keri was working on the last work - kitchen renovation.

They hollowed out a cabinet, built it into a stove, and connected it to the heating pipes.

"Okay, it's done!" Kelly stood up and patted the dust on her hands.

Naoki stepped forward and looked around, and sure enough he found that there were heating pipes installed everywhere in the house.

The pipes connect to every part of the house, starting from the fireplace in the living room, to the kitchen, to the bedrooms, to every room on the second floor, including almost all areas.

It's almost exactly the same as the one in the cartoon called "Warm Lava Bug House".

Keri smiled and asked, "Are you satisfied?"

Naoki nodded with satisfaction. In this case, the lava bugs can move around the house in the future.

"I didn't dismantle the stove over there, because if I dismantle it, if the lava bugs get sick later, you won't be able to cook."

Keri pointed to the stove below and said: "I have installed special heat-conducting material here, which can transfer the temperature of the lava worms to the top very well. As long as the lava worms are below, you can start cooking with confidence. "

"Then what if summer comes?" Naoki asked.

If the lava worms are still heating in the summer, they will be heated to death...

Keri smiled and replied: "The material of the heating pipe can insulate the temperature very well. In summer, you can close the heating vent so that the heating cannot be transmitted to the room and the temperature will not rise."

"That's good." Naoki breathed a sigh of relief.

Keri: "Then if nothing happens, I will go back?"

"Okay, thank you for your hard work!" Naoki responded, paid the project fee to Keri, and then sent them away from the ranch.

When he returned to the house, he found that the lava worms that had been in the fireplace had begun exploring around the pipes without any instructions.

The lava bug crawled with a novel look on its face. Its movements were slow, and its lava-like body emitted the light of flames. The light and warmth spread to all parts of the room through the heating vent.

Soon, the house became warm.

Naoki crossed his arms and looked at this scene with a smile.

He watched the lava worms climb up the second floor, into his bedroom, and back up to the fireplace, getting to know each place.

When it crawled to the kitchen, Naoki squatted down, slapped the stove and called to the lava bug: "Lava bug, come over here!"

"Goooo?"

Hearing the sound, the lava bug turned a corner and crawled over slowly.

Naoki fed two berries to the lava worms and said with a smile: "Eat it, eat it! Let's live here in peace from now on!"

"Woo~"

The lava worm happily ate the fruit, and then a "pop" sound came from its body.

A puff of white smoke suddenly came out through the chimney of the house.

When the Babu woodchuck outside the house heard the sound and saw the white smoke, he knew that the lava bug was very happy now.

It immediately flew back to the living room, came to Zhi Shu, took out his treasured tree fruits and poffins, and handed them to the lava bug in front of him.

"Bamo!"

The lava worm began to eat slowly.

Seeing this scene, Babu was very happy.

Now they also have their own warm lava bug home!