Eddie went home with Eli after school in the afternoon. The other children had returned earlier than them. As soon as he entered the house, he heard Nanako say:
"Brother Eddie, a package for you was delivered to your house today. I put it in your room."
Express delivery? Eddie had a question mark in his head. He didn't seem to have bought anything recently!
"Is this really my package? Did you send it to the wrong place?"
Nanako replied, "It's your name, and the address is correct, so it shouldn't be wrong, right?"
"Okay then. I'll go check it out."
After saying that, Eddie returned to his room, and indeed he saw a rectangular paper box on the desk. He picked it up and saw that the recipient was indeed his name, and the address was also Bluebird Orphanage.
When he saw the sender column, he understood everything.
"It turned out to be Lysandre..." At this moment, Eddie seemed to suddenly remember what Lysandre had sent, so he quickly opened the courier box and saw a mobile phone-shaped device the size of an adult's palm inside. "Sure enough!"
Eddie was very happy to see the machine.
This machine was the energy detector that Lysandre had promised to give to him and Diantha when they were in the Cave of the Sea God. He had been coveting it at the time.
But after he came back, there was no response from Lysandre. He thought Lysandre was too busy to remember about it, and he didn't dare to ask for it himself. He didn't expect that it would be delivered today.
In addition to the energy detector, the express box also contained an instruction manual for the instrument and a handwritten letter from Lysandre.
After reading the handwritten letter, Eddie finally understood why Lysandre delivered the machine a month late. It was not because he forgot, but because his research institute had recently made some improvements to the machine. Only after the improvements and testing were completed did he send the new product to him and Diantha.
Eddie couldn't wait to take out the instruction manual and read it carefully. The operation of the machine was not complicated, so Eddie quickly figured it out.
This energy detector has two functions. One is to detect the energy concentration in the environment. Eddie had seen this from Lysandre in the Cave of the Sea God. The other is to detect the energy level of Pokémon.
This function is what Eddie is most interested in.
As far as he knows, there is currently no other instrument in the Pokémon world that can detect the energy level of Pokémon. The strength of Pokémon is often determined based on their battle records. Titles such as Elite Four and Gym Leader are just titles of trainers, not the level of Pokémon.
Unlike fruit trees, which can easily detect energy levels, Pokémon's bodies are more complex, and there is a special protection mechanism in its body that can protect the Pokémon's body from being peeped by the outside world.
For example, when Pokémon lose their ability to fight during a battle, it is difficult for them to die unless they are killed with malicious intent. They will only lose consciousness for a short period of time. This is the protective mechanism at work.
While this protection mechanism protects Pokémon, it also makes it more difficult for humans to explore the mysteries of Pokémon. That is why there are so many people or organizations secretly conducting live Pokémon experiments.
Of course, simply measuring the energy level of Pokémon doesn't really make sense, because this level doesn't fully represent its combat power, but if a trainer can know the energy level of his own Pokémon through some means, then his training will be more targeted.
This is indeed a good thing.
Eddie didn't expect that Lysandre's research institute had the ability to break through the protection mechanism of Pokémon and then detect the energy level of Pokémon.
This is really amazing!
However, everything has two sides. Once this technology is made public, Pokémon will probably become less secretive in front of humans. For a moment, Eddie was a little unsure whether this technology was good or bad.
Of course, this technology is not in his hands after all, and he has no right to comment. It all depends on how Lysandre will deal with it in the future.
Eddie first followed the instructions in the manual to test the energy concentration in the room. After a while, a stable green wavy line appeared on the screen of the machine, and the energy concentration was displayed as d+, which was very ordinary.
This does not mean that being ordinary is bad. On the contrary, being ordinary means that such an environmental concentration is very suitable for human habitation.
An environment with high energy concentration like that in the Cave of the Sea God is extremely harmful to human survival.
Because an environment with high energy concentration will produce a weak pressure field. The higher the energy concentration, the greater the pressure field produced by the environment. If humans live in such an environment for a long time, their bodies will inevitably be damaged.
Pokémon and plants have a relatively higher tolerance to energy concentration, but if the energy concentration is really high to another level, plants and Pokémon will also die.
Perhaps only beings like Legendary Pokémon can be truly fearless of the long-term erosion of high-energy concentration environments.
The energy detector developed by Lysandre will not issue an alarm simply because the environmental energy concentration is high, because even if the environmental energy concentration is high, it will not be too harmful to humans if they stay in such an environment for a short period of time.
Only an environment with energy that directly erodes human health will cause the machine to sound an alarm, such as an environment filled with Yveltal's death power.
Putting down the manual in his hand, Eddie released Selene and the other three from the Poké Ball, then waved to the Popplio and said:
"Popplio, come here for a moment."
"Woo?" The Popplio ran over to Eddie, raised its head, and looked at him with a puzzled look.
Eddie squatted down, handed the energy detector to it and said, "Put your hand on it, and then input a little energy into it."
"Woo~"
The Popplio nodded, placed his hand on the energy detector as Eddie requested, and input a trace of his own original energy into it.
"Ding Ding~"
The machine responded quickly, and two bar graphs appeared on the screen with text descriptions.
Popplio Energy storage: B+ Energy quality: A
Wow, it really was detected! Eddie exclaimed in his heart. Not only can the amount of energy stored in the body of the Popplio be detected, but also the quality of its original energy.
Lysandre is really amazing! Eddie couldn't help but admire such an amazing person. No wonder he can make a lot of money. How many people can compare with this black technology?
Seeing Eddie's surprised expression, the Popplio was completely confused about the situation. It leaned its head over to see what was displayed on the instrument.
Bang!
Eddie's head was pushed away by it, but he didn't understand what was displayed on the instrument.
What the heck is this?
Eddie was amused by its expression, patted it and said, "You don't understand, right? This is the disadvantage of being uneducated. Read more books if you have nothing to do."
What book am I reading? Popplio had a look on his face that said, "Are you trying to fool me?" Then he turned his head away and ran away with a look of disbelief on his face.
Eddie waved to the Helioptile and said, "Helioptile, come and try it too."
"Hey~" Okay!
The Helioptile ran quickly to Eddie, and without Eddie's guidance, it skillfully placed its little paws on the corresponding position of the instrument and then input its original energy into it.
Eddie gave it a thumbs up and said, "Not bad, very smart!"
The Helioptile smiled shyly when he heard this.
The Popplio not far away saw this scene and was so angry that he glared: Humph! You pretentious idiot!
Soon the energy rating of the Helioptile also appeared on the instrument screen.
Helioptile Energy storage: B- Energy quality: B+
Compared with the Popplio, the original energy of the Helioptile is far inferior in terms of storage capacity and quality. However, this is normal, after all, it joined the team a little late.
Eddie patted the Helioptile's head and said, "Not bad, keep training hard in the future!"
"Hey beep~Hey beep~"
The Helioptile nodded frantically.
Finally, it was Selene's turn.
With the Popplio and the Helioptile demonstrating in front, Selene certainly didn't need Eddie's guidance. After it input energy into the instrument, the evaluation results of it quickly appeared on the instrument.
Gardevoir Energy storage: A- Energy quality: A+
Double A rating! Does this mean that my mother is already very good? Eddie thought to himself.
Because there is no data from other Pokémon for comparison, Eddie doesn't know whether his own Pokémon are very powerful, but to be able to reach an A rating, it should be pretty good.
"Shana~ Let me see, let me see!"
Seeing Eddie standing there in a daze, Selene snatched the energy detector from his hand and looked at it on his own.
Eddie said helplessly: "Can you understand it?"
"Sanana...Sanana~ Why can't I understand!"
Selene was very angry. She pointed at the display results on the instrument screen and talked a lot. He didn't expect that it could actually see it clearly.
Selene saw Eddie's look of astonishment and was very proud in his heart: Humph, do you think that I watched TV with Ramos at home every day in the past for nothing? You can also learn knowledge from TV!
Eddie praised it sincerely, "Not bad, you are worthy of being my mother, your brain is like mine!"
Hmm~ Hearing Eddie's praise, Selene nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly she realized something was wrong.
What does "Your brain like mine" mean? Am I your mother or are you my mother?
"(Angry)" Selene immediately looked at Eddie angrily.
"Hahaha..."
Eddie laughed loudly and got up to run away, but how could his movements be faster than that of a Psychic-type Pokémon? The next second, Eddie automatically floated up.
"Dear Mom, I was wrong! My brain is like yours! My brain is like you!" Eddie shouted.
"Shana~Shana~ Humph, I'm not that old man (Ramos), it's too late to admit your mistake now!"
Selene said angrily with her hands on her waist.
Bang!
Eddie was thrown onto the bed by Selene using his psychic powers, and then his shoes were taken off and the soles of his feet were tickled, which was Eddie's biggest weakness.
"Hahaha… Help, Popplio, Helioptile, please save me!"
"Woo woo~ I'm here too!"
The Popplio screamed and jumped onto the bed, but it was not here to rescue Eddie.
The Popplio used its little hands to play weird things on Eddie's armpits. It was remembering that Eddie praised the Helioptile and ignored it, so of course it stood on Selene's side at this time!
"Hahaha... I'm sorry, I will never... ever dare to do it again. Please stop!" Eddie's abdominal muscles hurt from laughing so hard.
"Hey beep~Hey beep~"
Only the cute little Helioptile stood on Eddie's side. Unfortunately, it was outnumbered two at a time and could not resist the "power", so it could only twist around under the bed.
After playing for a while, everyone stopped.
At this time, Eddie said to Selene and the others, "I'm going to Prosper Peak. Do you want to come with me?"
"Woo woo~" The Popplio was the first to raise his hand.
"Hey beep~Hey beep~ I'm going too."
"Shanai~ Of course I'm going too!"
So the whole family prepared to go out together.
Seeing Eddie coming out of the room, Nanako stepped forward and asked, "Brother Eddie, is this thing yours?"
Eddie nodded and said, "Yes, it's mine. I didn't send it to the wrong place."
"That's good." Nanako nodded, and then she saw Eddie holding a backpack in his hand, and asked again, "Brother Eddie, aren't you going to have dinner at home?"
"I'm going to Prosper Peak. I'll ask Captain Talonflame to come back and get dinner for me. Please tell Director Eleanor for me." Eddie said.
"Okay, then you should come back earlier in the evening and don't be busy until dark all the time."
"I know, you little housekeeper!"
When they arrived at Prosper Peak, Eddie immediately summoned all the Pokémon on the mountain, intending to perform an energy test on them all so as to make a more comprehensive comparison.
First, the Bunnelby/Diggersby family.
Diggersby Dad Energy storage: C+ Energy quality: B-
Diggersby Mom Energy storage: C Energy quality: B
Small Bunnelby Energy storage: D- Energy quality: C+
Captain Talonflame Energy storage: B+ Energy quality: A
The energy storage of other Fletchinder is generally between B and C, and the energy quality is between B and A. The Fearow and Spearow are much worse, with both energy storage and energy quality below level D.
Judging from the comparison of these data, Selene, the Popplio, and the Helioptile are indeed relatively strong.
While testing, Eddie recorded the data of the Pokémon with a pen. Now that he had the convenient prop of energy detector, Eddie planned to keep doing this record in the future to observe the level changes of the Pokémon.
Hmm? I wonder if Pokémon Eggs can be used to detect anything! Eddie suddenly had an idea.
So he took out the dark green Pokémon Egg he brought back from the Cave of the Sea God. Now the Pokémon Egg was placed in an incubator that Eddie bought from the Pokémon Center when he just returned to Coumarine City from the Cave of the Sea God.
Eddie took the Pokémon Egg out of the incubator and attached the energy detector to it.
...
After half a day, the machine had no response.
It's really a wild idea!
After sorting out the data, Eddie took Selene and the others to Mystic Mountain, where he checked all the grafted fruit trees.
These fruit trees have not been grafted for long, so it is not possible to see much change now. Eddie is worried all the time, worried that one day he will come here to see that all the fruit trees are dead.