Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 274 The Undead on the Bridge of Fantasy

【mission completed! 】

[Rewards: Released Jade x3, Phantom Mechanics x1, Triple Acceleration Energy x3, Mysterious Wave x1.]

[Phantom Mechanics: This is the knowledge used to create phantom-like machines. It seems to have originated from someone in Raven City. The Tree of Connection stole this knowledge, and the machines created can project phantoms and also dispel them.]

[Can be crafted: Phantom Release Ring, Phantom Core, Pen-Shaped Camera.]

【Triple Boost Capsule: Can be used at any time during battle. When the opponent uses a move against you, it boosts your Pokémon's energy, instantly tripling any one of its stats! Boost will always activate faster than the opponent's move.】

[Unbelievable Fluctuations: The intense emotional fluctuations from another world lingering in the fantasy bridge elevator will enhance your psychic powers. You have mastered the "emotions of the soul," allowing you to gather specific emotional energies and infuse them into the soul, guiding it.]

[Note: It's not only negative emotions that are strongly connected to the soul; strong positive emotions can also give rise to a positive soul.]

Rotom can clearly be seen as a ghost that gives birth to positive emotions? Although "mischief" and "pranks" cannot be said to be positive things, Rotom is always happy and joyful when he is causing trouble.

Thinking about it this way, most Ghost Pokémon are actually quite happy when they're scaring people. Although some Ghost Pokémon are born from negative emotions, they are in a good mood when they are active in the wild.

However, some ghost Pokémon are quite happy when they absorb the life force of others. Compared to ordinary Pokémon, ghost Pokémon have a more blurred concept of good and evil.

The moss pondered.

Another type of ghost Pokémon is born from positive emotions, namely the Pleasant Goblin from the Padina region. Legend has it that it is a Pokémon born from the passion of a soul seeping into a coin.

[Note 2: The power of the soul seems to be able to create vortexes in time. Even the Tree of Entry doesn't know what this power is.]

Guangtai pondered for a moment.

Things related to time are very mysterious. Although Dialga, the god who controls time, is often beaten,
If time were to be personified and become a Pokémon, it would probably be just like a "health bar".

If the health bar is visible, then you can defeat it.

Considering that the workers had been suffering from Rotom for too long, Lightmoss did not release the three Rotoms here immediately, but instead took the elevator.

Without Rotom causing trouble, the elevator moved very quickly and smoothly, arriving at the Fantasy Bridge in a flash. However, at midnight, a very unusual situation occurred on the Fantasy Bridge.

Amidst the bustling crowds, everyone worried that the elevator across the street might break down, and they actually started a long-distance run on the Fantasy Bridge!

"Quick, quick, let's rest at the rest stop across the street!"

People and Pokémon ran energetically across the bridge, especially the people on the Lightmoy side. After listening to Ukulele's performance, they were now refreshed and full of energy. The enthusiasm of the group was high, and an emotional energy gathered on the bridge!
The light moss's spiritual power can clearly perceive the power of this emotion, and superpowers and the spirit of the sun can also perceive it clearly. It can even see people's souls burning fiercely through its power of insight. Some particularly powerful ones even have energy similar to the fighting spirit of heroes emerging from their bodies.

Those are probably elite trainers!

"I'm fired up! I'm not going to lose!"

Let's have a race to the other side!

The competition started out of nowhere, and even passersby joined in with great enthusiasm. It felt completely natural, with trainers and Pokémon running around happily, completely oblivious to the fact that it was midnight!
Cheers erupted across the Fantasy Bridge, leaving those on the other side stunned by the sight.

People from Black City, people from White Forest, people from Village Bridge, people from Ripple Town, people from Qinghaibo.
They dragged their tired bodies to the Fantasy Bridge, eager to get to the rest stop on the other side. But they could hear enthusiastic shouts from the other side of the bridge from afar, and then a large group of people came running towards them, as if they were in a race, having a crazy and happy time!
"I have some rare Pokémon here, buddy, would you like one? Magikarp is only 500 yuan!"

Just like in the game, Magikarp spawned on the Fantasy Bridge, but it seems he took the elevator from Raven's side, blended into the crowd, and ran up, taking advantage of the large number of people to start hawking his wares.

Believe it or not, Magikarp is quite a rare find in the Unova region. Compared to the rampant Brave Bass, Magikarp is not common in Unova, and the ways to obtain it in the game are quite limited.

Guangshao patted Uncle Magikarp on the shoulder and opened his palm to him under the latter's somewhat strange gaze.

My heart is shattered!

Selling Pokémon is not a good thing. Although Magikarp is essentially a comedic businessman and Magikarp is a comedic character in Pokémon, buying and selling Pokémon is a topic that is rarely discussed. You know, apart from Magikarp as a comedic character and the Celadon City arcade, what kind of people are the others who sell Pokémon?
Team Rocket and Pokémon Hunters are the ones!
But Yuhong Game Center is essentially still an industry controlled by Team Rocket.

Of course, there are many Magikarp uncles, so they are probably family members like Nurse Joy, right?
A family that specializes in catching King Carp?
"Waaaaah! What did I just say? I actually wanted to sell Magikarp?"

"I... I remember now. How hard I worked to get my first Magikarp! But then I was blinded by greed and packaged Magikarp as a high-end Pokémon to sell everywhere. Didn't I ever consider Magikarp's feelings?"

"Even though Magikarp always looks so silly, they must be watching me! I'm such a despicable person!"

"I want to release them!"

These words startled Guangtai, who quickly grabbed him!

Hey, I asked you to be considerate of Pokémon's feelings, not to release Pokémon randomly!

Releasing Magikarp into Unova has truly turned Magikarp into America's Magikarp!
Guangtai quickly advised the uncle, saying that Magikarp was too weak in Unova and would only get beaten by Bass in the water. He suggested that the uncle take Magikarp with him and raise it properly so that it could evolve into six Gyarados to beat up the short-shorts on the roadside and restore the glory of trainers.

The uncle nodded in agreement. At that moment, he felt incredibly pure inside, and his strength surged up continuously!
"Thank you so much, bro! I was almost lost in the Magikarp trade, you saved me and the Magikarp!"

"Originally, I planned to make a fortune and then continue doing this in the Black Market, but now I've changed my mind. I'm going to the White Forest!"

Guangtai's expression was somewhat strange.

Uncle Magikarp really hasn't changed his ways. At least other people who smuggle Pokémon have a wider variety, so why are you fixated on Magikarp?
Saying goodbye to the uncle wasn't quite a farewell, because he suddenly burst into energy and ran so fast he almost sprinted to the front. Guangtai was in the back half of the crowd. When the vanguard crossed the middle of the bridge, shouting and waving to the other side as if in triumph, it wasn't just the people crossing the bridge on the other side who were stunned.

At the edge of the fantasy bridge, a young girl stared blankly at the enthusiastic crowd.

A pure heart and positive enthusiasm—those invisible energies transformed into sweet rain, bathing her in a sensation that gave her the illusion of being truly alive. She quietly watched as people passed before her, each radiating vibrant life, along with the joyful Pokémon.

The girl clutched her chest, letting the midnight sea breeze tousle her hair, but those strands could no longer move.

Her soul was filled with chaotic and sorrowful memories, but now, that chaos and sorrow had subsided somewhat.
"Oh, it's you! Hello, it's a bit sudden, but how are you? Feeling the passion of life?"

Guangtai walked up behind the girl in the short skirt and greeted her.

The girl in front of him was the one that Guangtai had come to see.

The ghost girl from the Fantasy Bridge is also a dark spirit from the Stranger's House in Mountain Road Town.

The girl turned her head. Her appearance was no different from when she was alive, and her soul was also very focused, without any sense of illusion. She stood there quietly, without saying a word, but there was a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

If one is not a psychic, one would have no idea that the girl in front of them is actually a dead person.

Here, the moss sensed the echoes of the spirit world, a power that was deep and unfathomable.
However, even sending the girl's soul away on the Bridge of Fantasy would be meaningless.

The nightmares and obsessions that have trapped her have not yet subsided; the Crescent Feather must be obtained and the nightmares dispelled.

The soul here is nothing more than a projection.

"Don't worry, Cresselia sent me."

The words of the moss made the undead girl open her eyes slightly. She wanted to say something, but because this was just a projection, she couldn't convey it.

Among those memories that have been mostly forgotten, the only lingering, persistent longing remains for my parents, Casey, and Cresselia.

At the same time, the Lightmoss used its psychic powers. The enthusiasm and joy that people spread on the Fantasy Bridge were gathered by the Lightmoss and condensed into a dazzling energy cluster.

When the undead girl came into contact with the energy ball, those positive emotions surged into her soul!
The negative emotions were largely dispelled, and the girl looked more like she did when she was alive. A flicker appeared on her calm face, and then the blue crystal pendant on Guangtai's chest began to glow!
The sadness and fear gradually dissipated, and the girl's face was filled with intense curiosity and joy. She couldn't speak, so she could only walk around the moss, as if examining something magical. Then she pointed to herself and then to a certain direction.

"How do you feel? With the passion for life poured into your soul, even nightmares can be resisted!"

"I know you're pointing in the direction of Shanlu Town, right?"

"I will save you from this eternal nightmare. This is Cresselia's request. You have been waiting on this bridge for that Pokémon, wanting to return the Crescent Wing to it."

Lightmoss voiced the undead girl's obsession, and seeing her somewhat disappointed expression, comforted her, "Don't worry, Cresselia's absence isn't because she doesn't want to see you. Perhaps she has more important things to do, so I came!"

"I may have found the root cause of your nightmares, and the source of how those nightmares materialized. It might be two different Pokémon. I remember your parents were researchers, right?"

The ghost girl was surprised, but she nodded earnestly in front of this amazing older brother, Guangtai.

Ah, big brother.

Actually, in terms of age, the ghost girl was much older than the moss; the Fantasy Bridge had just been built when she passed away.

Did your parents participate in dream research?

This was Guangtai's conjecture, and Guangtai began to talk to her. In reality, it was Guangtai who was talking, and she was just listening.

The Stranger's House in Mountain Road Town has a vast collection of books, a number typically reserved for families with researchers. Even if the deceased girl's parents didn't conduct research at the Dream Ruins, they must have some understanding of dreams.

Therefore, after the undead girl fell into an eternal dark nightmare, they quickly found a lot of information about Pokémon related to dreams, trying to find a way to free their daughter, such as having the Dream Eater "eat dreams" in an attempt to devour the nightmare, but they failed.

Finally, they even went so far as to find Darkrai and Cresselia, who had left behind legends in Sinnoh.

However, among all the records, the local Mengmengshi is conspicuously absent.

This is because, before Professor Makomo, Professor Juniper, and even the wise Asura completed their investigation, no one knew that Momo had the ability to turn dreams into reality. Why did they investigate even the mythical Pokémon in Sinnoh, but ignore the local Pokémon?
It's not that we turn a blind eye, but that we don't know.

Mewtwo only appears in the Ruins of Dreams, and even in later generations, it is very difficult to obtain. This Pokémon does not exist in other parts of Unova.

The town of Shanlu is incredibly far from Sanyo City. Before the Fantasy Bridge was built, the internet wasn't as developed as it is now. The poor parents could only frantically search for myths and legends from all over the world, hoping to find a way to save their daughter.

We can even be a little bolder with our guesses.

Since Pokémon can appear in dreams and materialize, and Professor Barnett even saw the spirit beast forms of the three cloud gods in the gaps of dreams, he first defined the concept of alternate dimensions.

Could it be that the Pokémon Dreameat and Dreameat came from the dream world to the real world?

Because Pokémon are constantly dreaming and even sleeping in their dreams, their hidden abilities are normal when they come to reality from their dreams, while Evoque has its normal ability. This also corresponds to the theme of the Black and White game: everything is opposite and relative.

In the Galar region, although you can encounter Dream Eater in many places, there is one important point: all the weather when you encounter it is foggy. In the Pokémon world, fog represents "mystery" and even "the other world".

The fact that no Pokémon can actively evoke "Fog" across nine generations and all spin-off titles speaks volumes.

The ghost girl listened quietly, quite surprised. She hadn't expected that this mysterious older brother, Guangtai, would know so much!
If I had met him sooner, I might not be the way I am now. Those chaotic and fragmented memories seem to be piecing themselves back together!
The ghost girl tried hard to speak; she attempted to smile and mouth the words:

Please, please return the Crescent Wing to that Pokémon. Although I couldn't make it in time, I'm still very grateful to it.

Thank you so much for helping me.

Then she bowed to the moss.

"It's okay, just wait a little while, I'll be there to help you soon."

“You can trust me, because I wasn’t just summoned by Cresselia. From my personal perspective, helping others doesn’t need a reason.”

Then Guangtai chuckled silently:
"However, in terms of age, I should call you older sister."

Seemingly awakened by past memories, the undead girl stared blankly at the moss, finally managing to force a smile. She closed her eyes and then vanished from the fantasy bridge.

How wonderful it would be if I could meet you alive.

I will carry the warmth of everyone here and wait for your arrival even in the midst of nightmares.

She returned to that nightmare, waiting for the right "visitor" to fulfill her last wish.

This time, however, the nightmare will no longer be pitch black. Instead, many friends will appear, and the passion for life will protect her soul, keeping all sadness and fear far away!
"Whoa! What? She...she's disappeared?!"

Surprised shouts came from behind Guangtai. Although people coming from another direction were stopped by the enthusiastic runners, so few people noticed what was happening, but some people still saw the scene not far from Guangtai.

The strange gentleman stared in disbelief at the spot where the ghostly girl had disappeared, then wiped his face with a handkerchief and rubbed his eyes, thinking he was hallucinating.

But Guangtai knew that the old gentleman hadn't seen it by chance; he had been watching them the whole time, especially her.

"You've been watching for a long time, haven't you? Don't be so surprised. There are many supernatural forces in this world. So how much of what I said to the girl did you hear?"

Guangtai took the initiative to ask him a question, and the old gentleman was silent for a moment: "I didn't hear much. In short, it's a sad thing."

"Okay, I only heard half of it. I just felt something was off about the conversation, so I came over. I initially thought the girl was a pitiful mute, but you kept saying strange things. It was only right and proper for me to stop your harassment."

"But you're not an ordinary person!"

"I've seen people with superpowers or psychic abilities before, but I've never actually seen a ghost. Today I've seen one. Are you some kind of legendary character who helps ghosts fulfill their wishes? Such characters usually appear in games, don't they?"

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Scott. You just used some terms I didn't understand. Anyway, let's meet again up ahead, we'll definitely see each other again! Are you going to the Black Market? Or are you going to challenge the Black Skyscraper?"

Lightmoss: "No, I'm going through Black City to White Forest."

Scott stared intently at the moss for a while, then shook his head: "No, you give me the impression of being very upright."

"You'll definitely stay in the Black Market; there's no mistaking that feeling. It's very similar to two people I've met before."

"That was on the Saint 'T'annu in Vermilion Harbor when I was investigating a certain trainer."

"We'll definitely meet again! Sorry, I have to go now!"

After Mr. Scott left, Lightmoss heard Deochis's voice.

[What kind of Pokémon is causing this nightmare that is trapped in the life within it? And why does it do this, or is it simply out of some kind of instinct?]

Although I know you will definitely save her, I would like to ask you again to help her.

"Of course, this is something the Warriors of Light must do!"

　P.S.: Only two updates today. I've been having trouble sleeping lately.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)