As Eddie's golden finger energy entered the body of the ancient sapling, an energy diagram clearly appeared in his mind.
Eddie had never planted a Liechi Berry tree, so he didn't know what the energy diagram of a Liechi Berry tree looked like, but he knew that the energy diagram of this ancient Liechi Berry tree was definitely very different from that of modern Liechi Berry trees.
Although the energy diagram in the fruit tree and the energy circuit in the Pokémon are essentially the same type of thing, there are great differences in their forms of expression.
The energy circuits in a Pokémon's body vary greatly depending on the species. For example, some are spider-web-shaped, some are snake-shaped, some are cylindrical, and some are kelp-shaped... In short, the structures are all kinds of weird. Only Pokémon of the same species will be similar overall.
But the energy diagrams of fruit trees are different. They are generally tree-shaped, with the general structure being the main trunk plus branches. The differences are only reflected in the forked parts of the branches. The energy diagrams of different types of fruit trees will appear different when the branches are forked.
This difference pales in comparison to the differences in Pokémon's energy circuits.
But the energy diagram of the ancient tree that Eddie saw at this moment was completely different. Strictly speaking, it was not quite accurate to describe it as an energy diagram.
The structure of the energy diagram of an ordinary fruit tree is a trunk plus a crown. It also has roots, but the roots are not well developed, so the roots are often overlooked.
But the energy shape of this ancient sapling is different. Its roots are abnormally developed, almost to the point where they are comparable to the crown. If you turn it sideways, Eddie can't even tell which side is the crown.
Seeing Eddie fumbling around for a long time without moving, Master Ramos asked, "How's it going? Did you find anything?"
"No, you can't do anything about it, so what can I see?" Eddie shook his head and took his hand back, saying modestly.
"Oh..." Mr. Ramos sighed when he heard this.
After seeing the ancient saplings, Eddie said goodbye to Uncle Ramos and returned to Prosper Peak with the Popplio.
On the way back, he was thinking about the energy diagram of the ancient tree, so he looked a little absent-minded. The Popplio called him several times, but he ignored him.
After returning to Prosper Peak, Popplio went into the orchard to work, while Eddie stood on the top of the mountain, thinking.
After thinking for about half an hour, he suddenly walked to a Liechi Berry tree, put his hand on the trunk, transferred the golden finger energy into it, and checked the tree's energy diagram bit by bit.
The roots of the ancient saplings are so well developed, why do the energy diagrams of modern fruit trees look different? What is this? Degeneration? Or is there another reason?
What changes would occur if the energy diagram roots of modern fruit trees became like those of ancient trees?
While thinking, Eddie controlled the golden finger energy to extend towards the root of the Liechi Berry Tree. As the golden finger energy continued to penetrate deeper, he finally discovered something strange.
"This is..." Suddenly Eddie realized.
The roots of this Liechi Berry tree's energy diagram are not underdeveloped, but most of them are in a dormant state. Only a small part of it is still running and working, less than one-twentieth or one-thirty-third of the entire energy diagram root of the tree.
To use an analogy to describe it, the part of the energy diagram where energy flows is the active area that is lit up and can work autonomously, while most of the roots are in a dark state, have stopped functioning, and are the dormant area.
The dormant part of the energy diagram looks very inconspicuous. If you don't specifically explore it, you can't find it at all. No wonder Eddie never noticed it before.
Eddie thought: What would happen if this dormant part also started working?
So he controlled the golden finger energy to explore the dormant part. The moment he touched that area, he encountered a feeling of obstruction. The golden finger energy was blocked.
Eddie's golden finger energy had always been unobstructed in the energy diagram of fruit trees and in the energy circuit of Pokémon. Today was the first time it was blocked.
He was not discouraged and still controlled the energy of the golden finger to probe towards that part, over and over again, without getting tired of it.
He was very curious about what would happen if this area was awakened, and he was also very curious whether his golden finger could do this.
After an unknown amount of time, a corner of the dark part was finally revealed, and the active energy in the energy diagram immediately began to flow there.
Once a hole is opened, lighting up the other parts is not as difficult as it was at the beginning.
Over the next period of time, Eddie continued to study this problem. He would spend some time every day to light up the energy diagram at the roots of the Liechi Berry tree.
Gradually, the root structure of this Liechi Berry tree's energy diagram became more and more developed, and gradually it had a structure comparable to the crown of the tree.
The more complex the energy diagram, the more energy it can store, and the higher the energy rating of the fruit tree will be.
Of course, the energy rating of a fruit tree is not only related to the amount of energy stored in the energy diagram, but also to its quality and purity, which is the same as the energy circuit of Pokémon.
As the energy diagram root structure of the Liechi Berry tree became more and more developed, Eddie also discovered that the roots of the fruit tree were also gradually becoming developed and began to take root deeper into the earth.
When checking the sapling of the ancient tree before, Eddie did not check the development of its roots. After all, he couldn't dig up the roots of that precious treasure in front of Master Ramos. He didn't know whether the roots of the ancient sapling's energy diagram were as developed as those of this Liechi Berry tree.
As time went by, Eddie discovered that the Liechi Berry tree with the root energy diagram lit up was growing better than the other fruit trees. It grew taller and stronger, standing among the other fruit trees, and it began to stand out from the crowd.
For this reason, the mother Diggersby has added fertilizer to the fruit tree many times, fearing that it would become malnourished due to growing too fast.
If fruit trees grow too fast without timely application of fertilizer, it will not only affect the fruit bearing of the trees, but also damage the soil fertility.
Eddie will also prune the extra branches of the fruit trees in time to prevent them from growing too lush and affecting the light and future fruiting. The more lush the crown of a fruit tree is, the better it is. Appropriate pruning of branches is very necessary.
On this day, Eddie came to light up the root energy diagram of the Liechi Berry tree as usual, but when he looked up, he noticed that there was a small flower bud swaying gently in the gap between the leaves.
He quickly pushed aside the branches and leaves and examined them carefully. Sure enough, he found blue and white flower buds the size of a fingernail dotted on the branches of the Liechi Berry tree.
These fruit trees were planted not long ago. The other fruit trees are still sprouting, but this one has already started to bloom.
Clearly, this is the effect of lighting up the root energy diagram.
Eddie didn't know whether this impact was good or bad, so he didn't rush to do the same thing to other fruit trees.
Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. There is no flower bud on the fruit tree that Eddie has taken special care of. Instead, there are tender white fruits.
Eddie has already tested these fruits, and their energy levels are very high. Although they have just begun to bear fruit, their energy rating has reached B, which is almost the same as the energy level of the previous batch of mature fruits.
Although many of the first batch of fruits planted by Eddie had energy ratings of B after they matured, most of them were still C-level fruits. It was already very difficult to have a quarter of B-level fruits on a fruit tree.
But the fruits of this Liechi Berry tree are different. Most of them reach B grade before they mature, and the remaining fruits that are still C grade are very likely to reach B grade after they mature.
Eddie made a simple estimate and found that the fruits of this tree that can reach grade B account for about 80% of the total fruits.
Needless to say, this must be the effect of the root energy diagram being lit up.
With this discovery, Eddie almost couldn't stop grinning, so he began to light up the root energy diagrams of the remaining fruit trees one by one.
However, this work is even more tedious than sorting out the energy diagrams for the fruit trees, and the workload is incredibly large, so Eddie almost lived on Prosper Peak.
He built himself a simple wooden house on Prosper Peak, packed up some daily necessities, and moved in, spending most of his time cultivating fruit trees.
His daily activities are to cultivate fruit trees~cultivate fruit trees~train Pokémon~cultivate fruit trees~cultivate fruit trees~read and learn, and so on and so forth. His days are both fulfilling and boring. Only occasionally will he go to the Coumarine Gym to ask Master Ramos some questions or go back to the Bluebird Orphanage to see the children and Director Eleanor.
Occasionally, the children would come to visit him under the leadership of Director Eleanor and help him.
Eddie's daily food is brought back by Talonflame from the orphanage on a regular basis.
While helping the fruit tree light up the root energy diagram, Eddie was also thinking, since the fruit tree energy diagram has hidden parts that can be lit up, what about the energy circuit of Pokémon? Is there also a hidden part?
Judging from the feedback from the fruit trees so far, lighting up the hidden energy diagram has brought about beneficial changes to them. If Pokémon also have it, it is very likely that it will develop in a beneficial direction.
So Eddie found Selene and Popplio and said to them, "Let me check your bodies."
"Woo~" Is this a health care treatment?
The Popplio is very happy. Like Selene, it likes Eddie to give them health care. However, the reasons why they like health care are different.
Selene likes health care simply because the process is comfortable, but Popplio likes it because it can make it stronger.
Because of the experience of being rejected, the Popplio attaches great importance to its own strength, so it always actively cooperates with the major health care that can improve its strength.
With the assistance of great health care and a sufficient supply of energy blocks, the training efficiency of the Popplio is particularly high, and its strength is increasing rapidly.
Eddie did not answer the Popplio's words, but let Selene lie down, then injected the golden finger energy into her body, and began to examine it bit by bit.
The energy circuit structure of Pokémon is much more complicated than that of fruit trees, and it is more difficult for Eddie to inspect it. His golden finger energy swept through Selene's energy circuit inch by inch, not missing any place. Finally, after more than two hours, he found the dormant part.
It's inside the two red sensors on Selene's chest and back.
After finding them, Eddie did not try to light them up immediately, but instead motioned Selene to get up and let the Popplio lie on them.
[TL: Test Dummy]
Popplio was completely confused by Eddie. This didn't seem like he was doing a health check-up!
But it still lay down obediently, closed its eyes and lay motionless.
As a Pokémon in its initial form, the energy circuit in the body of the Popplio is much simpler than that of Selene, so it is much easier for Eddie to check it, and he quickly found the target area.
The Popplio has only one hidden energy circuit, which is located in its throat, and this part is much smaller than Selene's.
Eddie guessed that even if Selene devolved into Ralts, under the same ratio, Ralts's hidden energy circuit would be much larger than that of the Popplio.
He guessed that this might be due to the differences in the Pokémon species.
After the inspection, Eddie said to Selene and Popplio with a serious expression:
"I have an experiment that requires your cooperation. If this experiment is successful, you will become stronger faster."
"But this is just an experiment after all; it is based on my conjecture, there are certain risks, and I am not sure whether it will succeed in the end, so I would like to seek your opinions."
"If you are willing, I will start this experiment. If you are not willing, just pretend I never said anything. Please consider it carefully."
"Sanae~" I do!
"Woo~" I do!
Popplio and Selene said in unison.
As Eddie's mother, Selene has unconditional trust in him. In her heart, Eddie is the most powerful person in the world, and there is no possibility that he will not succeed.
The Popplio simply wants to become stronger. As long as it can become stronger, it is willing to try any risk. The higher the risk, the higher the reward.
And it doesn't think Eddie will fail.
"You have to think carefully. This is an experiment related to energy circuits. If it fails, the consequences may be irreversible."
"Woo woo~~" I've thought it through, I believe you!
The Popplio answered very firmly. It has to be said that it has a very strong character. Once it makes a decision, it will definitely stick to it.
"Okay, let's get started." Seeing the determined look on the Popplio's face, Eddie nodded and said, "Let's start with the Popplio."
The hidden energy circuit structure of the Popplio is relatively simple, so the pressure faced by Eddie will be relatively small.
Before the experiment started, Eddie explained all the details of the experiment to the Popplio, so that it knew clearly what kind of experiment it was conducting and what the success or failure of the experiment would bring to it.
After confirmation, the Popplio agreed to continue the experiment.
After the Popplio lay down again, Eddie controlled the golden finger energy to its throat and began to tentatively light up the energy circuit hidden there.
However, when Eddie's golden finger energy touched that area, the Popplio suddenly twitched and screamed, almost jumping up from the wooden board.
Eddie asked in astonishment: "What's wrong?"
The Popplio distorted his face and replied: "It hurts, it hurts so much!"
This confused Eddie. Could it still hurt?
Seeing Eddie stop, Popplio gritted his teeth and said, "Go on, I...can hold on."
Eddie hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll try again. If it really hurts, you must tell me. Don't just endure it."
The Popplio nodded and took the initiative to ask Selene to use her superpowers to suppress its body to prevent it from affecting Eddie due to its movement.
Eddie once again controlled the golden finger energy to test the hidden energy circuit. The Popplio endured the severe pain, his facial expression became more and more distorted, and more and more sweat beads appeared on his body.
This can't go on!
Seeing the increasingly violent reactions of the Popplio, Eddie finally had to stop.
"Why...why did you stop? I...can hold on." The Popplio spoke word by word. If we ignore its rapid breathing, it might be more convincing.
Eddie shook his head and said, "This won't work. You're already in so much pain just at the beginning. If you continue, I'm afraid you'll go into shock."
"I'll think of something else."