Azure Star is also a Pokémon Master!

The wind whistled in his ears. After falling into darkness, Su Yi slid down the tunnel along with the yellow sand beneath him.

After sliding through this slide tunnel that seemed to have formed by some unknown means for more than ten seconds, a faint light appeared before my eyes.

As his body was thrown by inertia, Su Yi crashed onto the sandy ground with a thud.

"Meow!" Lucao followed closely behind and plopped down on Su Yi's back.

"Woo!"

"Lucky!" Chansey flew up with inertia and struck Su Yi again.

"Ugh!" Su Yi groaned again.

"Gurgle?!" The bear apprentice was thrown out of the tunnel. Seeing Su Yi lying on the ground, it immediately did a somersault and landed safely.

"Pah, pah, pah! The good thing is, I didn't faint this time, unlike when I fell into the Valley of Miasma." Su Yi spat out the yellow sand in his mouth, patted his butt, and stood up.

"Where am I?!" Su Yi had just checked his surroundings when a golden light instantly made his pupils shrink.

"Rotom, give me some lights!" Su Yi shouted.

"Understood!" The Rotom cell phone flew out, turned on its flashlight, and shone it on the surrounding rock walls.

Suddenly, the dazzling gold blinded Su Yi.

"Gold?!" Su Yi stepped forward and examined it closely.

On the yellowish-brown rock wall, pieces of golden metal appeared to have been melted and smeared onto the wall.

However, this gold did not have the rich and bright color of gold on the market; instead, it was somewhat dull, as if its purity was not very high.

"Rotom, look around!" Su Yi said.

As the light from the Rotom phone illuminated the surroundings, a lost golden fortress appeared before Su Yi's eyes.

Stone pillars stand tall in the vast underground space, and uneven rock platforms resemble undulating steps. Sunlight streams through the huge cracks overhead, making the palace, adorned with countless gold pieces, radiate a luxurious golden glow.

A scene flashed through Su Yi's mind: the Lonely Mountain in "The Hobbit," filled with gold and silver treasures and occupied by the dragon Smaug.

On the rock wall above the entrance to the tunnel, there is a somewhat blurry mural.

On the mural, several small figures carrying baskets on their backs surround a huge four-legged dragon. The dragon, with a pair of curled horns resembling those of a goat on its head, looks as luxurious as if it were wearing a huge evening gown.

"This tunnel was pioneered by the Golden Faced Clan, and this place is the Golden Land of the Radiant Dragon!" Su Yi said in awe.

Su Yi's second thought was: "Am I going to get rich?"

"Calm down! I wonder if Kulve Taroth is here." Su Yi took a deep breath, secretly thinking that everything might turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Kulve Taroth is a large ancient dragon whose adult individuals can reach a length of forty to fifty meters or more.

Living underground year-round, it digs and searches for areas rich in metals and minerals.

It melts the collected metals and minerals with heat waves and manipulates them with its large horns, turning them into a magnificent golden coat to wear.

Whenever it moves, the tens of tons of golden metal blocks on its body make a crisp, clanging sound, which is quite a spectacular sight.

When the Kulve Taroth moves or smelts metal, the metal and gold remain on the nearby rocks, and over time, this place becomes a gold mine.

The Golden Faced are a race of orcs who worship Kulve Taroth and follow him.

"Could this be the golden land that the first group discovered?" Su Yi pondered.

When the first crew first arrived at the Great Ant Hill Wasteland, they discovered the Golden Village.

However, due to the complexity of the underground fissures they discovered at the time, they did not conduct an in-depth investigation.

Subsequent geological changes may have covered up the cracks they discovered, so subsequent investigation teams were unable to investigate the specific situation in Golden Township.

As for the Golden City that players later discovered, it is located in the Elder's Recess.

Everything that needed to be removed has been removed. I got scolded for typing on my phone those few days, and then it was confiscated, haha. But I should be fine now.

Chapter 188 Sights and Sounds of the Golden Land

"Let's investigate this place a bit and see if Kulve Taroth is still in Goldenrod City."

Like some Elder Dragons, Kulve Taroth will ignore hunters unless they attack it first.

In Kulve Taroth's eyes, hunters and Golden Grimaces are like environmental creatures in the hunter's eyes—dispensable.

Therefore, although Kulve Taroth is a powerful Elder Dragon, investigating it will not pose much danger.

Su Yi, along with the amazed Dewgrass and Pokémon, climbed down the platform and walked through the rocky passage. The path in the passage had become wide and flat due to the activity of Kulve Taroth.

Looking around at the specks of gold on the walls of the passage, Su Yi could imagine the magnificent dragon roaming here.

Chi Chi Chi!

As we passed through a huge archway decorated with gold, a flock of golden bats scattered in fright.

These are golden scale bats, and the only difference between them and the scale bats found in caves throughout the New World is that they are entirely golden in color.

Although they are bats, a closer look reveals that they are actually tiny flying dragons.

Su Yi immediately thought of a Pokémon—Nutbat.

This layer of space is much larger than the map in the game, which is limited by its capabilities and capacity.

After all, it was a golden land that the Radiant Dragon had developed over decades or even centuries.

Moreover, this should only be the first layer. The Kulve Taroth will dig downwards to obtain more metals and minerals, and finally build a magnificent, golden palace at the deepest part of the Golden Country.

As the road widened, a huge square came into view, with a large pit not far away.

As Su Yi and his group approached, countless golden crabs scattered and fled from the pit.

"Quick, catch them!" Su Yi shouted, quickly loading the net and catching the crabs with a whoosh.

"Grumble!" The bear apprentice reacted quickly, kicking down several bears with a set of punches and kicks.

Chansey waved its little arms, but when it bent over, it was clearly not very agile, and the crabs scurried away from it.

"There's a big guy, meow!" Lucao exclaimed in surprise.

"Grab it from behind the mantou crab...!" Su Yi turned his head and saw a larger crab with a more dazzling golden color clamping down on Lu Cao's katana, which he lifted up.

"Gotcha, meow!" Lucao laughed, holding up her katana.

Su Yi chuckled and said, "Alright."

Su Yi quickly stunned the crab he had caught, then examined it carefully.

These crabs are called "mantou crabs," or sometimes "copper mantou crabs."

They are environmental creatures that live in the Golden Country. They are quite large, about 20 centimeters long, roughly the size of a rugby ball.

The larger crab that Lu Cao caught was a golden mantis crab, which had grown over many years.

The golden color of the copper mantou crab is duller and more mottled, while the golden mantou crab shines with a dazzling golden luster all over its body.

"They seem to have dropped something, meow." Dew Grass picked up the glittering object from the ground and saw that it was some gold flakes.

"This is the food they're carrying," Su Yi said, picking it up and examining it.

Looking further into the pit, sure enough, the rocks inside were covered with a large amount of golden metal, although most of the area was covered by sand.

Judging from the appearance, these are probably the pits left when the Radiant Dragon smelted metal and attached it to its body.

These mantis crabs and another creature that also lives in the Golden Land—the gold-leaf horseshoe crab—feed on organic matter mixed with metal that falls from the Shining Dragon. Over time, their bodies develop a golden hue.

The golden color on the golden-scaled bat is a body color that evolved for mimicry.

These creatures have all evolved under the influence of the Kulve Taroth, becoming part of the unique ecosystem of Goldenrod.

Not far from the square, there is a huge opening sealed by molten rock and metal.

Along the way, Su Yi discovered two such openings, and there were definitely more on their level.

These openings were created after the Kulve Taroth moved. We don't know what kind of space lies on the other side of these openings. Judging from this, the Golden Country created by the Kulve Taroth is incredibly large.

"We've been walking for so long, but we haven't seen any trace of the Radiant Dragon, footprints, scattered gold flakes, nothing at all, and there's no sign of the Golden-Faced Clan either," Su Yi said.

All of this indicates that Kulve Taroth hasn't been to this space for at least a long time.

However, this does not necessarily mean that Kulve Taroth has abandoned this Golden Land. It may be sleeping deeper within the Golden Land, or it may be active in another space within the Golden Land.

But there's no doubt that this is a great place to set up camp.

"Let's set up camp, have a meal, and rest." Su Yi smiled and shook the sack full of steamed buns and crabs.

Whether it's rare or beautiful, it's just a dish in my hands.

To the east of Golden Township, Su Yi found an underground river flowing through it, and he simply set up camp there.

Su Yi released the Burning Insects, letting them and the Dew Grass help set up the pot to boil water.

Su Yi removed the internal organs of the mantou crab, then cleaned it with a brush on the riverbank before putting it into a pot.

However, there were too many and too big of crabs to fit in one pot, so Su Yi took out another steamer and steamed all the mantou crabs in it.

"Let's steam it!" Su Yi rubbed his hands together, expressing his anticipation for this Crazy Golden Country set meal.

While the meat was steaming over there, Su Yi took out a grill and removed the armored dragon meat. He cut some of it into small pieces to make diced meat, and put the rest on the grill to roast.

The melted oil seeps into the cut made by the knife, and then the sauce is brushed on, instantly releasing a wonderful aroma.

Soon, the crabs were steamed. Su Yi took out a few small dishes, put in several kinds of sauces, then took out the golden crabs, pried open the shells, and revealed the tender pink crab meat.

Su Yi picked up a crab leg, dipped the crab meat in some sauce, and put it in his mouth.

The tender crab meat absorbs the sauce and permeates the meat. With one bite, the salty and savory sauce and the fresh and sweet crab meat combine to create a satisfying sensation on the taste buds.

"Awesome!" Su Yi said with satisfaction.

"Crunch!"

"Meow!"

"lucky!"

"Chirp!"

The little ones eagerly tried it, and the various combinations of crab meat and different sauces won them over. In an instant, all their fatigue was dispelled, and they were immersed in the gentle embrace of delicious food.

"I've heard that horseshoe crab porridge is very delicious. I wonder if golden horseshoe crab can be used. As for wild tilapia, I'll pass." Su Yi thought to himself as he ate.