Chapter 50 Egg Laying? Hybridization? Could this be considered
a fierce battle in a foreign land? Arcanine, with its superior speed and powerful Fire-type move, defeated Lucario.
Despite the battle being ostensibly a friendly sparring match between Arcanine and Lucario, both were holding nothing back in a battle exceeding level 55.
This made Xia Mu truly realize Arcanine's strength.
She truly lived up to its reputation as a legendary Pokémon with a base stat total of 555.
Even though Lucario is a special type in some ways, his base stats were still 30 points lower.
While 30 points may seem small, they represent at least a 5-point difference in each attribute, regardless of their distribution.
Of course, with Xia Mu's guidance, Lucario might not have lost.
However, defeating a newly evolved Arcanine, especially with its level and type disadvantage, was still very difficult.
Arcanine, through its strength, reclaimed its title as Xia Mu's strongest Pokémon from Lucario.
Actually, before Riolu evolved, even after Magikarp arrived and evolved into Gyarados, Growlithe's position as the strongest Pokémon in Xia Mu's possession remained unshaken. It wasn't until Riolu evolved into Lucario that Growlithe's strength began to fall behind.
Even though its level was consistently far ahead, Growlithe's strength was surpassed by Gyarados.
Arcanine proved itself, defeating Lucario.
While Lucario is competitive, it's only with other Pokémon.
In her heart, Arcanine has always been like an older sister.
This feeling stems from the fact that, besides Xia Mu, Growlithe was the first Pokémon she met after entering this world.
Growlithe is a female from the Land faction, and even though they aren't of the same species, Growlithe cares for Riolu like a family member.
Based on the order of arrival, Riolu can only be the younger brother.
Perhaps it's this similarity that makes the relationship between Growlithe and Riolu, and now Arcanine and Lucario, much closer than ordinary relationships.
Unlike Gyarados and Beedrill, who are just ordinary companions.
For example, even when Lucario is defeated, it doesn't get angry.
Arcanine doesn't overly show off; instead, it interacts affectionately with Lucario.
If it weren't for Aura Sphere, Xia Mu wouldn't understand what they were saying.
A detail revealed a possibility: could Arcanine and Lucario lay eggs and reproduce?
Lay eggs.
If this hadn't happened to his own Pokémon, Xia Mu wouldn't have dared to consider this possibility.
Even though in the game, eggs can be laid as long as the egg population is the same, in the real world, there's always some degree of hybridization...
Even if they're both dogs, and their species are somewhat similar, Arcanine is Arcanine, and Lucario is Lucario...
Nevertheless, Xia Mu still had some expectations.
If Arcanine and Lucario could actually lay eggs in the future, wouldn't that be considered an alternate world? After all, Lucario came from a system reward. Wouldn't that be considered an alternate world?
Wouldn't there be a high probability of producing a high-level, shiny Growlithe?
Since the offspring always inherits the species of the mother, Arcanine's eggs would definitely result in a Growlithe.
After pondering for a long time, Xia Mu gave them some simple treatment.
Then, to celebrate Growlithe evolving into Arcanine, he personally prepared food for them.
His cooking skills were actually quite good; with enough ingredients and a variety of seasonings, he could cook all sorts of food.
He also had some snacks stored in his storage space, which he kept there for emergencies, and now he took some out.
Naturally, he also added some Energy Cubes from the system shop.
...
It was 1:30 PM.
The four little ones had finished eating and resting. To experience riding Arcanine, Xia Mu put Lucario, Beedrill, and Gyarados into their Poké Balls.
To be honest, experiencing ground riding for the first time was incredibly exciting.
In his previous life, he had dreamed of trying things like riding Arcanine at breakneck speed, or soaring through the sky on the back of a Charizard or Dragonite.
He had already experienced flying on Gyarados.
Now, a new opportunity had finally arrived, and his dream could come true.
Speaking of which, the game description of Arcanine showed a height of 1.9 meters.
Xia Mu's Arcanine was clearly far more than 2 meters tall.
After all, he was over 1.8 meters tall; if he were only 1.9 meters, Arcanine would only be half a head taller than him at most.
A preliminary estimate suggested that his Arcanine's head height was at least 2.4 to 2.5 meters, with powerful limbs; its body height alone exceeded 2 meters, giving it the appearance of a colossal creature.
Let alone carrying Xia Mu alone, even two more people wouldn't be a problem, and there's plenty of space on its back.
Of course, it wouldn't actually let Arcanine carry several people.
Speeding along Route 11 in Cinnabar City, Xia Mu could clearly feel himself and Arcanine seemingly chasing the wind.
Although the speed only reached 150 kilometers per hour, far from Arcanine's limit, even that was incredibly exhilarating for Xia Mu.
If he didn't have enough confidence in Arcanine, he wouldn't dare drive so fast in the city.
Until he directed Arcanine out of the city and onto the suburban ring road, Arcanine's speed increased rapidly.
The feeling was like accelerating in an airplane; it wasn't him moving forward, but rather the surrounding objects constantly rushing past.
If it weren't for Arcanine's mane protecting Xia Mu from the fierce winds, he would have been thrown off balance.
Previously, he thought the information that Arcanine could travel 10,000 kilometers in a day and night was exaggerated.
Now, Xia Mu no longer doubted it; on the contrary, 10,000 kilometers seemed conservative, a statistical estimate of the average Arcanine.
Exceeding a certain speed limit, Xia Mu began to feel dizzy.
It was no longer just excitement, but a genuine feeling of being unable to withstand it.
Xia Mu could sense that the speed had reached unimaginable levels; he could no longer see his surroundings clearly.
Despite the advanced physical abilities of this world and the power of aura, this speed was beyond the human body's tolerance.
Of course, it was also related to it being his first time riding; after all, there's an adaptation period for anything, and one can't become proficient immediately.
Because of their telepathic connection, Arcanine could sense Xia Mu's discomfort and quickly slowed down, keeping the speed below 100 kilometers per hour.
Xia Mu took a long time to recover, finally calming down in the sea breeze and stopping the cold sweat.
After getting used to it, he directed Arcanine to head towards Cinnabar Lake.
He hadn't been to Cinnabar Lake for several days and still wanted to go see it, wondering if Mew had eaten the food he had left behind.
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