Lin Province, afternoon.
A bus was driving along a country road.
Xia Mu leaned against the window, looking out.
A few Pidgeys flew past, landing in the nearby forest.
Ahead of the bus.
His trainer's Machop leaped past the bus quickly.
In the fields.
A Scyther wearing a straw hat was harvesting rice with his owner.
Spring planting, summer harvesting, summer sowing, autumn reaping.
This was the main theme of the southern countryside for a year.
Ding dong~
The phone's notification sound rang.
Xia Mu opened his phone.
High School Class 1 Group Chat.
Zhang Yan: Finally got my Pokémon.
Picture: A Nidoran eating Pokémon food.
Chen Xiao Ming: Your Nidoran is pretty good, but it's still a bit worse than my Growlithe.
Picture: A Growlithe running on a treadmill.
Zhang Yan: Haha, 1v1 on the battlefield?
Zhou Xun: Don't be noisy, you're affecting my Charmander's training.
Picture: A Charmander using Ember.
Chen Xiao Ming: Wow, Charmander, as expected of Zhou Gongzi.
Zhang Yan: Is this a Charmander from the Fire Dragon Valley?
Zhou Xun: Of course, after all, among the breeding bases in the country, only the Fire Dragon Valley sells Charmanders.
Xia Mu flipped through the chat history in the group.
The college entrance exams are over.
Most people have received their starter Pokémon.
Xia Mu closed the group chat and opened a game app on his phone: Farm Story.
The surrounding terrain immediately appeared on the phone.
There was a line of text in the upper left corner of the screen.
【Main Quest: Go to your farm】
【Quest Reward: Randomly draw a Pokémon with divine potential】
Ding dong~
The bus's broadcast sounded.
"We will soon arrive at Rice Fragrance Village, please prepare to disembark if you need to."
Xia Mu put away his phone, looking forward to it: "Finally arrived."
Creak~ Creak~
The bus slowly came to a stop.
Xia Mu got off from the back door.
This is Rice Fragrance Village, where Xia Mu is about to inherit the farm!
"Xia Mu?"
An old voice rang out.
Xia Mu looked in the direction of the voice, it was an old man in his sixties.
He was also accompanied by two Riding Goats.
Xia Mu walked towards him: "It's me."
The old man smiled: "I'm the village head here."
"The farm you're going to is a bit remote, so I came to pick you up."
Xia Mu quickly thanked him: "Thank you, village head."
The old village head smiled: "Don't be polite."
"You're basically home once you get here."
"But, I never expected Old Xia to have a nephew."
"It's quite unexpected."
{Don't even mention it, I'm also surprised.}
Xia Mu muttered to himself.
Three months ago.
Xia Mu was at home reading a fan fiction about Pokémon.
There was a comment in the comment section: Do you like Pokémon?
Xia Mu replied that he did, and as a result, he was transported to this parallel world where Pokémon exist.
Xia Mu's current identity is a high school graduate living alone.
He has a farm system on his phone, but it just finished loading yesterday.
As soon as the game finished loading, Xia Mu immediately received a letter.
The letter basically said this: Xia Mu's deceased uncle had once made a will saying that Xia Mu could inherit his farm after he turned eighteen.
Xia Mu doesn't have any uncles.
In this world, Xia Mu's identity was directly implanted by the system.
However, after living here for three months, Xia Mu has already completely integrated into this Pokémon world.
"Come on up."
The old village head got on his Riding Goat.
"They will take us to your farm."
"Meee~"
The Riding Goat walked in front of Xia Mu, bent down and bleated at him.
"Thank you, Riding Goat."
Xia Mu rubbed the Riding Goat's head and got on.
"Meee~"
The Riding Goat got up and walked towards the mountain road.
The old village head introduced to Xia Mu: "Your uncle's farm is very remote, and it has been abandoned for many years."
"There aren't even any villagers living nearby."
"Why would you want to take over the farm here?"
"After all, a young person like you should dream of becoming a professional trainer, right?"
Xia Mu was observing the surroundings.
He saw a Rattata darting through the bushes nearby.
Two Caterpies were hanging from branches.
A Spinda was looking around nervously, seemingly looking for a pond.
Everything around here felt new and exciting to Xia Mu.
After hearing the old village head's question, Xia Mu replied: "Of course I've thought about becoming a professional trainer."
"But, if a normal trainer doesn't have any financial backing, they can't even afford to train their Pokémon."
"Moreover, my high school grades weren't ideal."
"There's no point in continuing to go to university."
"So, I thought about coming home to farm."
"If I make money, then during the off-season I can still travel around with my Pokémon, and I can occasionally challenge gym leaders."
Xia Mu couldn't help but smile as he thought about his future life: "I think this kind of Pokémon rural life is also pretty good."
The old village head nodded slightly after hearing Xia Mu's words: "I understand."
"But, even farming won't be easy."
Xia Mu said confidently: "I have faith in myself."
Farm Story gave Xia Mu the confidence to say this.
Its function is simple.
The farm game will sync with the game based on Xia Mu's actions in reality.
And the harvest in the game can be fed back to reality.
"Your farm is right up ahead."
The old village head suddenly spoke.
The Riding Goat started to speed up, then leaped out of the woods.
The light outside the woods was a bit dazzling.
Xia Mu squinted slightly, looking forward to his farm with anticipation!
"Meee~"
The Riding Goat bleated.
The farm arrived!
Xia Mu looked at the scene in front of him, and the anticipation on his face suddenly became stiff.
The old village head awkwardly said: "As I said, it's been abandoned for a long time."
In front of Xia Mu was a vast expanse of wasteland.
Dead trees, scattered stones, overgrown weeds.
【Quest completed, you have arrived at your farm. 】
【Quest reward: Do you want to start drawing Pokémon? 】
Xia Mu took a deep breath.
"It's okay."
"I will make this place flourish again."
That year, at eighteen, my classmates all got their starter Pokémon.
I, inherit the farm!