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"Alright, Gallade, take Bai Yao back first and tell the people in the League about the situation here. I'm going to find that guy Longxing."

Lin Xuan didn't continue to argue with Bai Yao and Xiao Dian about this matter, but made a decision directly.

Gallade could only nod, after all, Lin Xuan's ideas on this matter were always very firm, and they probably couldn't persuade her otherwise.

"Then you'd better be careful!"

After Bai Yao finished speaking, she was taken away by Gallade, while Lin Xuan turned her gaze back to the desert before her.

"Where could that guy have run off to? Smaller, can you even find Long Xing's trail?"

"Dandan~"

Little Dot sighed. He's an electric mouse, not an electric dog! Why does he have to do this kind of thing? Shouldn't it be Ibu's job?

But Little Dot and the family of rats quickly began searching everywhere in the desert, and they did indeed soon discover the traces left by Dragon Star.

"This hole must have been dug by Garchomp, right?"

Lin Xuan glanced at the claw marks around the hole and said, "Those are marks that only a Garchomp could leave."

Of course, there are Garchomps in this secret realm, but there are too few of them. Lin Xuan didn't think that Long Xing's luck was any better than Xiao Xi's, that he would encounter a Garchomp just by walking around here.

Moreover, a single Garchomp wouldn't be enough to lure Dragonstar away, so it could only have been left behind by Dragonstar's Garchomp.

"Go down."

Lin Xuan didn't think much and jumped in directly.

The hole wasn't deep, only about three or four meters high, so Lin Xuan didn't even need to hold onto anything to land smoothly.

But the environment down here is a bit different from the one up here; it's a little too open.

It's obvious that this is something Garchomp couldn't have dug out. If it had had time to dig out such a large place, it would probably still be waiting for it underground right now.

After all, Lin Xuan and the others hadn't been gone for very long. It's strange, really. They were only gone for a few minutes, so why did they disappear?

"These must be some Pokémon that were dug up earlier, they've been here for a while. That Ryusei guy probably went down this path, right?"

Lin Xuan made a judgment, after all, Long Xing couldn't possibly teleport away from this path and travel to another place in an instant, could he?

"Let's go and have a look."

Lin Xuan now misses Eevee's psychic powers. If Eevee were here, it could use its psychic powers to investigate and see everything clearly without Lin Xuan having to go there.

Fortunately, they hadn't encountered any danger along the way, not even two Pokémon, but three minutes later...

"Gone?"

Looking at the tunnel that abruptly ended in front of him, Lin Xuan's face was indescribably ugly, because there was no fork in the road from the entrance to here. Lin Xuan had also checked very carefully along the way and there were no other special passages that could be passed.

At least that's how it seems from the surrounding traces. Even if someone wanted to hide it, they couldn't possibly fool the rats, since they are absolute professionals when it comes to digging tunnels.

"So, that guy Longxing came down from the cave entrance and disappeared somewhere in between? Or did he go back? But that doesn't make sense!"

Lin Xuan glanced at the footprints under her feet. The soil here was relatively loose, and she had left traces when she walked by. Long Xing's footprints were similar, since the two of them were not that different in size.

So there are also footprints left by Long Xing on the ground, but the problem is that only the footprints from the way here are visible; the footprints from the way back are completely invisible, as if they never existed.

"Did Longxing disappear after he got here?"

Lin Xuan's eyes widened. That guy couldn't teleport, so how could he just disappear here?

They vanished without a trace?

"Xiao Xi Xiaomi, dig straight through here and see what's behind it!"

Lin Xuan spoke directly, and the rats nodded, opening their claws to continue digging forward, but in the blink of an eye, Xiao Xi and Xiaomi disappeared together.

This startled Lin Xuan and Xiao Dian, who were still standing in place.

Lin Xuan and Fei, who were standing nearby, exchanged a glance. The family of rats that had just disappeared jumped back and reappeared in front of Lin Xuan.

At this moment, Lin Xuan seemed to understand why he couldn't sense Long Xing's presence and why Long Xing's footsteps had disappeared here.

There seems to be another passage here that connects to other secret realms? Or perhaps another entrance/exit to Earth?

Lin Xuan leans towards the latter, because at least so far, he has never heard of any other secret realm containing another secret realm.

But in essence, each secret realm is an independent space, which is only connected to the real world by chance. Logically speaking, there are still many secret realms waiting to be discovered in this world.

However, due to the special nature of the space, the situation where secret realms are connected to each other is something Lin Xuan had never heard of before.

"What's going on over there?"

Lin Xuan looked down at Xiao Xi and asked, while Xiao Xi and Xiaomi exchanged a glance, scratched their heads, and seemed to know how to describe the situation on the other side.

"Sweat~"

That was a very strange world~

"It's alright. If there's no danger, let's go straight there."

Lin Xuan was also very curious about what kind of situation could make even a family of rats unable to describe it. Moreover, Long Xing was most likely still in that world, and Lin Xuan had to go and find him and bring him back.

With that thought in mind, Lin Xuan didn't hesitate at all and stepped directly into the entrance.

In an instant, the scenery before Lin Xuan's eyes changed, and as a result, Lin Xuan's expression became somewhat uncontrollable.

This was a somewhat dim world, but not the kind of dimness you see in the dark of night. The entire sky was a strange dark blue, with numerous islands floating in the air. Lin Xuan and his companions were currently on one of these floating islands.

This place is made up of individual "floating islands," with upside-down trees, waterfalls, and water surfaces. This kind of situation, which is extremely contrary to the common sense of physics, seems to have no effect at all here. Newton's coffin would probably be rolling in his grave here.

The extremely bizarre yet distinctive scene before him caused Lin Xuan's expression to change instantly, because he knew where he was—

A destroyed world! In another world parallel to the real world, the legendary Pokémon Giratina was banished and sealed here by Arceus because of its excessively cruel nature.

Lin Xuan had previously learned that there were legendary places in the real world that were very close to the destroyed world, but she had never heard of this passage being opened!

This place was used to seal Giratina. If the passage between the two worlds were connected, wouldn't that mean...?

Even though his teacher was very strong on the other side of the league, Lin Xuan wasn't confident enough to think he could deal with someone like Giratina.

Even among mythical beasts, this guy's strength is probably quite formidable. The key issue is his personality; Lin Xuan would never dare to actually let him into the real world.

"Never mind, let's find that guy Long Xing first."

Lin Xuan gritted her teeth, but after circling around, she still couldn't find Long Xing. Where did that guy go?

Surely they wouldn't be so arrogant as to run around recklessly after arriving in such a special place? Seriously...

Lin Xuan was extremely anxious. He had to find Dragon Star as soon as possible and leave this destroyed world. Otherwise, if Giratina found him... it would be hard to say whether he could leave.

Just as Lin Xuan had this thought in his mind and was carefully activating his wave guide power to try to find some trace of Long Xing in the vicinity, the floating island beneath his feet suddenly began to tremble.

Not only the floating island beneath Lin Xuan's feet, but also the surrounding floating islands and even the tiny pebbles, all began to tremble violently.

Lin Xuan leaned back slightly, but the passage behind her that connected to the original secret realm had been closed at some point.

"It seems... we've gotten into big trouble."

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"Ahh~"

While still at the base, Ibuki picked up the juice handed to her by a staff member and took a sip, but for some reason, she had a strange feeling since earlier.

But when asked what it felt like, she couldn't quite describe it, which made Ibrahimovic very frustrated.

Eevee thought for a moment and finally contacted Lin Xuan with her bracelet, but as soon as the message was sent, Bai Yao and Gallade appeared in front of her.

"Buy?"

Eevee paused for a moment, because Lin Xuan wasn't next to Bai Yao and Gallade, and Lin Xuan's bracelet seemed to still be on Bai Yao's hand.

"This is Lin Xuan's bracelet. My bracelet is with him. I can use that to contact him."

Seemingly sensing Eevee's thoughts, Bai Yao quickly spoke up, but even so, Eevee still had many questions in his mind, namely, what did Lin Xuan do to give the bracelet to Bai Yao?

"It's alright. Lin Xuan still has a little one following her. I have something to report to the League first. Uh... could you please contact Lao Dai and get all the trainers out of the secret realms first?"

"Huh? Why, why?"

The staff on the side were confused by Bai Yao's appearance and didn't know what to do for a moment. After all, the person in charge this time seemed to be Lin Xuan, but Lin Xuan was not here at the moment.

However, Bai Yao didn't seem to be joking. After being stunned at first, the staff nearby quickly reported the situation to Lao Dai. This place was connected to the real world, and after hearing Bai Yao's words, Lao Dai immediately came over from that entrance.

Ten minutes later, Bai Yao and Lao Dai arrived at the place where Long Xing had disappeared earlier, which was now the place where Lin Xuan and Long Xing had disappeared together.

"I've already had all the trainers in the secret realm temporarily removed, but even with Gallade's help, it will still take some time. What about Lin Xuan?"

"I haven't been able to contact him since just now."

Bai Yao bit her lower lip. Lin Xuan's mother said there would be no problem, so why did he disappear like Long Xing?

"We can't get in touch with Lin Xuan either?"

Old Dai frowned. If Lin Xuan's search for Long Xing made him a little panicked, now that even Lin Xuan had disappeared—that was more than just panic.

It should be noted that even if Lin Xuan only has one Emolga by his side, among the many master-level trainers in China, there might not be many whose strength matches Lin Xuan's.

But Lin Xuan has disappeared under these circumstances? What does this mean?

"I'll go down and take a look too."

Bai Yao looked at the hole and Yi Bu, who was floating beside her, wanted to jump in, but Lao Dai stopped them.

"Don't be impulsive. If something happens to Lin Xuan, do you think your past actions would have been of any use?"