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Fountainhead Laboratory.
Fountainhead Laboratory had been established for more than 40 years. It was the most famous Pokémon laboratory in the Capital and even in the whole country. The reason was simple: Fountainhead was the first laboratory in the whole of China to successfully develop the Z-Ring and Z-Moves.
After the Z-Ring was developed, the main developers, Scott and Jude, also retired to the second line and handed over the laboratory to their eldest son Lewis. However, the two elders would go to the laboratory two or three times a week.
When Scott took Jacob through layers of security checks and entered the laboratory, the researchers in white lab coats who were walking around various areas of the laboratory greeted Scott one after another. At the same time, they looked at the young man following behind him, secretly curious about who this young man was.
Some people who had connections had naturally guessed Jacob's identity a long time ago. Recently, many people had heard that Scott's most beloved second daughter had brought Scott's little grandson to the Capital. It was said that she wanted her grandson to participate in the training camp in the Dragon Secret Realm.
Maximus had personally made an exception and added a place for the training class, which made many people unhappy.
"Mr.Scott, Jacob, Director asked me to pick you up."
The Director was naturally Jacob's uncle Lewis, the current director of the laboratory. Originally, Lewis said he would come to pick them up in person, but he had an emergency and couldn't come, so he specially called his assistant to pick up Scott and Jacob.
"Our laboratory is very large and divided into many areas. We have Pokémon of all types, and according to different environments, we divide them into mountains, lakes, deserts, plains and other terrains. We raise Pokémon of all kinds, such as the Espeon Pokémon from Japan, the Fennekin from Europe and America, and even the extremely rare Shaymin. These are all the life's work of Scott."
The assistant introduced Jacob as they walked, acting as a tour guide. Hearing about his own laboratory, Scott was very proud. He had devoted all his efforts to this laboratory. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was his child: "It's all in the past. Young people should still look to the future."
Scott took Jacob to the main laboratory door and said to Jacob, "This is the main laboratory. Your grandpa used to do experiments here. He would stay here every two or three days to do experiments instead of going home. And there would be explosions every two or three days. Because of this, many of my students secretly bought insurance for themselves. I heard them complain to me later that the first thing they did when they received their salary was to use half of it to pay for the insurance premium for that month."
Recalling the past, a smile appeared on Scott's old face. Although this laboratory had been renovated countless times, it carried his lifelong memories.
"Boom."
At this moment, a violent explosion was heard in the laboratory. Although the sound was loud, it did not cause any harm to the three people outside the laboratory.
After countless reconstructions, the laboratory's safety factor had reached an extremely high level.
"Dr. Lewis is researching a new topic on Z-Crystals," the assistant standing next to Elder Scott and Jacob explained to them with a smile. Then, after double verification by palm print and pupil scan, he led the two into the laboratory.
As soon as he entered the door, Jacob saw a middle-aged man in his fifties, who looked 80% similar to his mother. This man was his uncle Lewis, whom Jacob had met once or twice during the Chinese New Year.
Jacob knew one of the other two people. She was the beautiful teacher of the training class, Nina. Standing next to her was her ace Pokémon, Kommo-o. At this time, Nina was obviously in a bad mood and had a sad face. The other one was a tall, middle-aged handsome man in his fifties, with slightly gray temples, but an upright posture and a strong body. He looked a bit like Nina.
"Maximus. Nina, are you here?" Elder Scott greeted the two with a smile, and then introduced the identity of the middle-aged man to Jacob: "You must know Nina, so I don't need to introduce you. This is Nina's father, Maximus, the Dragon King in China, and you can enter the training class thanks to Uncle Maximus."
"Thank you, Uncle Maximus."
"Mr. Scott," Nina and Maximus greeted Scott at the same time: "It's all trivial matters. It's my honor to help, Mr. Scott."
"Dad, you're here?" Lewis was fat and had a big belly. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and looked worried. It was obvious that the experiment was not going well, but when he saw Elder Scott and Jacob coming in, he still forced a smile: "Long time no see, Jacob."
"Uncle."
"You can't rush an experiment." The experienced Scott saw the disappointment on Lewis's face at a glance. It was obvious that the experiment had failed again. "Is it that Z-Crystal again?"
"Yeah." Nina nodded. The Maximus family had two special Z-Crystals. One was a Dragon-type Z-Crystal in her father's hand, and the other was the Z-Crystal in her hand.
This Z-Crystal was found by Maximus in the territory of the Kommo-o tribe. Because one person can only use one Z-Move, he gave this Z-Crystal to his daughter Nina. However, Nina could not activate this Z-Crystal no matter what, even though she had let Kommo-o try various moves of various types, but it still didn't work.
Nina was quite frustrated about this.
Jacob's uncle Lewis was also very frustrated. This was the second Z-Crystal they had encountered that had no effect. Judging from the appearance, these two Z-Crystals did not belong to any of the eighteen types, but the instruments could detect the huge energy in these Z-Crystals, which made them quite distressed.
Jacob took a look at this Z-Crystal, and the system immediately gave a prompt.
[Kommo-o Z]: After equipping the Kommo-o Z, the exclusive move Clanging Scales can be transformed into a special Z-Move: Clangorous Soulblaze.
[Clangorous Soulblaze]: It is extremely powerful and will definitely hit. After using it, all your stats will be increased by one stage (Attack, Defense, Special Defense, Special Attack, Speed). (Requires a Z-Power Ring)
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Jacob saw the problem at a glance. First of all, this Z-Crystal was different from ordinary Z-Crystals. It was a rarer and exclusive Z-Crystal.
Just like this Kommo-o Z-Crystal, it would have no effect on any Pokémon except Kommo-o, and the Z-Ring must be upgraded to a Z-Power Ring, and Kommo-o must also use the move Clanging Scales.
All three conditions were indispensable.
Nina had not yet activated this Z-Crystal because she lacked the important condition of a Z-Power Ring.
In the game and animation, Ash's Z-Ring was directly upgraded to a Z-Power Ring by the four Island Guardians of Alola. From this, we can infer that the key to upgrading the Z-Ring to a Z-Power Ring is energy.
What should I do?
Jacob was thoughtful. Since the Z-Ring had already been developed in this world, it was only a matter of time before a Z-Power Ring would be developed. He could fully utilize his foreknowledge to seize the initiative, thereby gaining enough benefits for himself and establishing the Lin family's position in Pokémon research and academia, killing two birds with one stone.