Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

Does it mean acceptance or agreement?

so tangled!

Su Hao had no idea what strange things Skadi was thinking. He unlocked each Poké Ball and released the Pokémon inside.

The four Genosects stood in a row, looking rather silly on the grass, as if they had a slight intellectual disability.

One of the Genesis was covered in grotesque cuts, but most of those cuts had already healed. Although I was curious about how the machine's body healed its wounds, now was clearly not the time to dwell on that.

Su Hao explained to the puzzled Skadi, "These guys are called Genesects. They were resurrected from fossils by a group of crazy people and given mechanical bodies."

"It seems that due to the modification, their thinking has also become AI-like. They will not move without the corresponding human's instructions, so they have become like this, dumbfounded."

"I'll leave them in the secret realm for the next few days. Please keep an eye on them and see if there's anything unusual about them."

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Chapter 773 Our Chengdu also needs its own Su Hao

As he spoke, Su Hao's waveguide circled around the four Genesistes that were sitting quietly in place, trying to observe whether they had any emotional fluctuations.

Unfortunately, the emotions of the Genesis were like those of the inhabitants of a morgue, fluctuating in a straight line.

It seems that the Genesis are either having their emotions suppressed by something, or they have truly had their emotions erased, becoming nothing more than ruthless fighting machines under the command of the R Institute.

A flash of indignation crossed Su Hao's eyes. No matter which one it was, what the R Research Institute did was as disgusting as ever.

Skadi listened for a long time, only to feel that her hopes had been dashed.

What? It actually thought it had a chance!

Skadi patted its chest with its wings. Although it didn't understand what AI was, it would definitely handle this small matter perfectly and ensure that these Genesects wouldn't cause any trouble.

Thanks to the secret realm's ability to block all outward electronic signals, Su Hao was relieved to confirm that Genesect had no apparent backup plan. He could then ask Su Qing to introduce him to a suitable scientist when he went to the Northern Township Secret Realm.

With one matter settled, Su Hao's smile became radiant. After telling Skadi that he would come back in a few days to pick up the Genesects, he activated Articuno Feather and left the secret realm.

Skadi, whose eyes suddenly widened and whose wings had been extended, stood frozen in place, her words "Wait a minute" filled with bewilderment and desolation.

When the Magic Masked Cat arrived at the scene with freshly brewed milk tea, it was both steady and agile, only to find Skadi looking guilty and four metal lumps.

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In Su Xu's office at the Sunrise Pokémon Center.

After leaving the Articuno Secret Realm, Su Hao took a taxi and came here.

Don't get me wrong, he's not here to play ranked matches. After all, although Yangcheng is where Su Hao grew up, the trainer resources here are not very good, and there are very few gym-level trainers. He probably won't be able to find many people to match with in ranked matches.

He came here mainly because Su Xu said he needed to ask him to do something and hoped he could handle it.

However, when Su Hao arrived at Su Xu's office, Su Xu was not there at all; only Qian Kun was waiting for him.

"Uncle Qian, where is Lao Su?"

Su Hao looked around for a while, and even used waveguide to detect if there was any hidden small room, but unfortunately there was nothing. Su Xu was indeed not there.

Qian Kun scratched his head awkwardly and said, "He suddenly got an urgent mission and went out. He didn't have time to tell you, so I had to ask you to give this to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Kun handed the thing he had been holding to Su Hao.

"Invitation card?"

Su Hao took the things Qian Kun handed him, glanced at them, and raised an eyebrow.

Qian Kun nodded slightly: "Why don't you open it and take a look at what's inside?"

Su Hao had no choice but to open the envelope and read its contents.

A moment later, Su Hao tossed the envelope onto Su Xu's desk, his lips twitching as he said, "Old Su's idea?"

Qian Kun nodded.

Su Hao asked, puzzled, "That's a really bad sense of humor. Did someone offend him over there?"

Qian Kun thought for a moment and then said, "Well... actually, the Shenzhou Alliance originally wanted to locate the Rising Sun Dojo in Chengdu, the largest city in Sichuan Province."

"However, in the end, Old Su overruled everyone's objections and settled the dojo in Yangcheng, where he grew up. Even though they offered many conditions, he was unwilling to move. As a result, the two sides developed a grudge."

"They've targeted us overtly and covertly a few times before, but it didn't really affect the overall situation. It was just really annoying, so Old Su still remembers it now."

"By the way, do you remember the team leader you were when you represented Sichuan Province in the University Cup?"

Su Hao recalled for a moment, and the image of a fat, middle-aged man with big ears came to mind.

Seeing that Su Hao seemed to have remembered something, Qian Kun spoke up again: "Actually, that person was only able to become a team leader through connections with their tacit approval, not for anything else, but just to annoy you guys."

Su Hao: "......."

They're so idle all day long.

Picking up the paper he had tossed on his desk, Su Hao stared at the title "Rongcheng Rising Star Trainer Challenge" and said helplessly, "What does Old Su mean by this? Does he really want me to participate in this ridiculous challenge?"

"Putting aside the fact that I'm from Yangcheng, what qualifications do I have to sign up? Isn't Lao Su afraid of offending people if things get exposed later?"

"As long as you don't expose yourself, that's fine!" Qian Kun blurted out, then noticed that Su Hao's gaze was a little strange. He chuckled and said, "Old Su has prepared an identity for you. You just need to put on some makeup and change your appearance. I've already contacted a disguise artist."

"But the main problem is that you need to send out a Pokémon that you haven't used before, and that Pokémon's strength must be able to stand out among the young talents in Rongcheng."

As soon as Qian Kun finished speaking, Su Hao's mind first conjured up the image of Metagross, but he quickly dismissed it. He had played too many ranked matches with Metagross, even though they were in Evergreen City. Anyone with a keen eye could probably find out.

After all, the silvery-white Metagross is extremely rare.

Metagross won't work, and Motolizard is easy to find because of its broken tail. After all, the Pang clan of the Dragon Royal Family still lives in Rongcheng, so the only one who can fight is... Zeraora.

Come to think of it, Zeraora hasn't really fought a match seriously under his command yet. Maybe this is an opportunity?

Although Zeraora's Pokémon species is hard to explain, it's a one-time identity anyway. After the competition, it can run away, and no one can stop it, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Moreover... judging from the bitter and resentful looks on Su Xu and Qian Kun's faces, those people must have caused them a lot of trouble in the past.

Oh well, let's just treat this as a practical exercise.

Qian Kun looked at Su Hao, who was deep in thought, with a conflicted expression. He was unsure whether Su Hao would be willing to accept this small personal favor that he and Su Xu had done for each other.

"Alright, I'll go and participate then."

Su Hao's calm voice rang out.

"Really!?" Qian Kun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't stop talking. "The registration deadline is today. I'll register you in a bit. I'll send you the temporary identity and the disguise artist's contact information later!"

"Okay, I see."

Su Hao nodded helplessly. Sure enough, Uncle Qian also harbored some resentment.

Soon, the identity information and the disguise artist's contact information were sent to Su Hao's mobile phone.

Just as Su Hao was about to leave, intending to play a few ranked matches in Rongcheng before dark, Qian Kun's voice suddenly rang out: "Little Hao, do you know what we in Yangcheng call this competition that Rongcheng is organizing?"

Su Hao shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

Qian Kun said quietly, "Our Rongcheng should also have its own Su Hao Challenge."

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Preview: If all goes as planned, there will be a bonus in tomorrow's update~ Stay tuned.

Chapter 774 The Overweight Emperor of Hired Workers

Inside a hotel in Chengdu, Su Hao held the documents in his hand and raised an eyebrow with a playful expression.

"An orphan, Xiao Ming. He grew up in an orphanage and has a seriously ill younger sister who is his only family. What kind of protagonist template is this?"

Most importantly, they look about three-tenths like me, but a closer look at their eyebrows and eyes will reveal the differences. No one with eyes can tell the difference. With makeup and disguise, they can be so convincing that they can be mistaken for me.

Moreover, this person is a real person. They are temporarily using his identity in exchange for sponsoring his sister's medical treatment. Now they are about to move to another city to start a new life, and even the problem of going to school has been solved.

Anyone who didn't know better would think Su Xu and Qian Kun were doing charity work, going to all this trouble just to annoy others?

Su Hao didn't really understand, but it was just a small favor, so he figured he'd help the older generation fulfill their wishes.

He has been in Chengdu for three days now. During this time, in addition to using Chengdu's platform to play ranked matches and advancing to the 3,000s, he has also contacted Su Xu and Liao Xingchen once each.

Liao Xingchen seemed to be busy resealing the Ancient Slip Snail. He only replied to Su Hao with the exact time he was going to the Northern Township Secret Realm. He would then report it to the higher-ups, and the Alliance would then notify Su Hao further.

Today is February 15th, and we are scheduled to depart for Beixiang Secret Realm in five days.

Because Su Hao spent half a day back in Yangcheng yesterday, February 14th, he and Diancie witnessed the grand scene of the new graduating class choosing their starter Pokémon and reminisced about some memories from a year ago.

When I got home and was eating the small cake I had just bought, I happened to run into Su Xu, who looked travel-worn.

From Su Xu, Su Hao learned of a somewhat serious issue.

Recently, the appearance frequency of Ultra Holes and Ultra Beasts has been increasing in the White Eagle Alliance area, especially around Hawaii, causing numerous casualties and chaos.

It's very troublesome. A large number of White Eagle Alliance members are tied up there, and they've even reduced their antics recently.

Meanwhile, perhaps due to a chain reaction caused by the anomaly over there, the Ultimate Cave, which doesn't usually appear frequently, has become much more frequent on the Shenzhou Alliance side.

Su Xu has been dealing with these matters recently, after all, he is considered the strongest force protecting Yangcheng.

This series of events was like a harbinger of a storm. Su Hao hadn't forgotten that the R Research Institute possessed some kind of technology to open the Ultimate Void, and perhaps their presence was still lurking in the shadows of the incident.

Su Hao knew exactly what the Ultimate Hole represented. It wasn't just a bunch of extremely dangerous Ultra Beasts, but also the Beasts that devoured the sun and the Beasts that summoned the moon... and Necrozma, the source of Diancie's power.