He knows Pokémon better than me.

On the streets of Shenhe Town.

Zoroark, dressed in a bright green outfit, followed behind, immediately attracting the attention of countless newlyweds passing by, who frequently came up to ask for photos.

Ash walked and stopped intermittently, not paying attention to the vendors on both sides of the road or the newcomers who surrounded him, but focusing on releasing the power of Aura to conduct a carpet scan of the town.

Given Man Yue and the others' strength, it's absolutely impossible for them to all disappear and lose contact at once.

Something terrible must have happened.

When Ash reached a street on the west side, he stopped in his tracks and felt a familiar aura.

"Is that Miss Zhu Lan?!"

I didn't expect to sense her waveguide first!

"Let's go, Zoroark."

He hurriedly walked towards the direction of the waveguide. Zoroark nodded behind him and leaped gracefully out of the encirclement. As he ran, his purple hair fluttered like will-o'-the-wisps, drawing gasps from passersby.

However, Zhulan's waveguide location is not on the bustling main street, but on the westernmost open space. After passing a row of ancient-style buildings, there are almost no people here, and the noise level drops significantly.

An ice cream truck with a mini ice pattern is parked here, and a familiar figure is standing in front of it.

She was tall and slender, dressed in an exquisite black brocade robe, and was stroking her chin while staring intently at the types of ice cream displayed in the window, seemingly hesitating about which one to choose.

To Xiaozhi's surprise, Ms. Zhulan was wearing a large black sun hat today, and her clothes were no longer the usual combination of trousers and robe, but a floor-length formal dress.

Even her hair was tied up, revealing only her fair and beautiful profile.

Are you afraid of being recognized?

Xiao Zhi quickened his pace and walked up, just about to say hello:
"It's been a long time, Miss Zhulan. Hmm?"

He paused, and only after walking to the side did he realize that he seemed to have mistaken someone for someone else.

Although her profile resembles Ms. Zhu Lan's, her hair, which is styled in an updo, is not golden but gray.

It seems that she is ten or twenty years older than Miss Zhulan?

"Strange, isn't that Miss Zhulan?"

Ash looked puzzled. The auras were very similar, but there were also significant differences in their overall feel.

The "Miss Bamboo Orchid" in front of me also has the air of a dignified and elegant noblewoman.

Could it be Zhu Lan's mother, or another family member?

The elegant Miss Zhu Lan, wearing white dress sleeves, stroked her chin and carefully examined the ice cream display stand in front of her.

"Chocolate or strawberry? Like time and space, it's such a difficult choice!"

The ice cream truck owner nodded with a forced smile, but cold sweat was pouring down his back.

What a strange guest
She was clearly a beautiful noblewoman, and spoke in a gentle and soft voice, but she gave him an inexplicable sense of oppression, and he didn't even dare to look her in the eye.

The boss only breathed a sigh of relief when Xiao Zhi ran over, and quickly wiped his sweat.

Behind him, his mini ice cream maker kept blowing cold air to cool him down.
"Whoosh!"

The woman in the black dress also noticed Ash, turned her head to look at him, and then her gaze fell on Zoroark, who was following behind.

"Huh, your Pokémon doesn't seem to be from this world?"

Ash was taken aback and subconsciously looked at his Zoroark.

Zoroark hatched from an egg given to him by Mr. Wanglu. Nowadays, "regional forms" have actually been thoroughly studied by several Pokémon professors, and many papers have even been written about them.

One of the points mentioned is:
When a Pokémon breeds, the type of its offspring is only related to the current region and not to its parents.

For example, if two Ninetales from the Kanto region are bred in the Alola region, their future form is already determined the moment they lay an egg.

It will definitely be Alolan Vulpix.

Therefore, regardless of the type of parents, Zoroark must have been born in the Sinnoh region, which is the ancient Sinnoh region.

In other words, it must be a Pokémon egg that Wanglu brought from the Shizuo region.

"Strange, what's the background of this woman?"

Although he looked puzzled, Ash still took the initiative to greet him:
"Hello, my name is Ash, and I'm from the Kanto region. This is my partner Pikachu, and this is Zoroark!"

The gray-haired woman paused, then smiled faintly and replied:

"My name, um. You can call me Wusi."

Xiao Zhi raised an eyebrow. Was this a name made up on the spot?

Wu Si then gave up on choosing and pointed to the two types of ice cream.

The boss understood and quickly picked up a spoon to start cooking. To be honest, there was no need to choose; you could totally DIY it by adding a little of each to make a whole bowl.

While waiting for the ice cream, Wu Si looked Xiao Zhi up and down, with a hint of doubt in his eyes:

"Huh, you don't seem to be a lost soul from time and space, but you've encountered many lost souls, and you've picked up a lot of their scent on you~?"

"A time-space lost person?"

Xiao Zhi blinked; the person in front of him looked a bit eccentric.

Taking the ice cream from the shopkeeper, I noticed it was cut in half, one half brown and the other red. I smiled with satisfaction.

Especially when you see the owner directing the mini ice cream to blow out freezing air to keep the ice cream frozen, and then immediately letting the mini ice cream fly into the car to prevent it from melting in the sun.

"In this era, the relationship between humans and Pokémon is truly something else!"

She couldn't help but sigh, causing Ash and the ice cream shop owner to stare at each other, wide-eyed.

Then, while eating ice cream, Wu Si would occasionally look up at the sky and mutter to himself, it was unclear whether he was talking to himself or having a conversation with someone.

"The past and present are called the universe, and the four directions and the space above and below are called the cosmos."

Xiaozhi: "?"

"In other words, the time from now to the future is called time, which is called 'Zhou'; all directions, front, back, left, right, up, and down, are space, which is called 'Yu'."

"Time and space intertwine to form the universe. Do you understand?"

Seeing that the other person was looking at him, Xiao Zhi quickly nodded.

Is he lecturing himself?
I sigh with emotion:
Unfortunately, too many people in this world don't understand this principle: the universe and the cosmos are both indispensable and cannot exist independently.

As Xiaozhi listened patiently, he felt that the woman in front of him, who looked a lot like Miss Zhulan, might be related to Miss Manyue and the others, or even to Xiaoguang's disappearance.

Okay, I'll ask her after she finishes speaking.

He rambled on and on about the universe, time, space, and even interspersed a lot of history.
At this moment, Wu Si abruptly changed the subject and suddenly asked Xiao Zhi:

"So, have you decided which timeline you'll go to next?" (End of Chapter)