Elf: Start with small diamonds, then mutate into Diancie!

One or more unknown entities silently wiped out the entire Yanhuang Research Station, all the stationed researchers disappeared, and only their Pokémon remained, turning into ice sculptures.

If surrounded by wild Pokémon groups or encountering other dangers, Shi Wei still has the power to help.

But given this extremely bizarre situation, she realized she really needed to call for backup.

After having everyone temporarily leave the Yanhuang Research Station and refrain from touching any of the equipment there.

Without hesitation, Shi Wei pressed the "SOS" button on the watch that Su Hao had given her.

A barely perceptible beam of light shot out from the back of the watch, trailing a fiery tail, and flew towards the terminal.

As soon as Shi Wei pressed the button, Su Hao received the signal.

However, when the other two teams discovered the same situation, their first reaction was not to ask for help, but to send people to explore the empty research station, fiddling with the equipment and trying to contact other research stations.

After all, there was no insurmountable danger around them, and they preferred to decipher the code themselves rather than seek outside help.

What they didn't realize was that their actions were bringing danger to their side.

The Arctic continent, its central hinterland.

After losing its scientific eye that overlooks the sky, this place has become a place inaccessible to human sight.

Countless geometric snowflakes stood silently suspended in mid-air, as if guarding some great existence.

The area they guarded was a huge void, the depth of which was unknown. Countless thick ice pillars could be vaguely seen standing tall, looking like the prototype of a magnificent ice palace, filling the entire void.

If you look down, you will be surprised to find that many human-shaped ice sculptures of various shapes surround the palace. Their expressions are so lifelike that they look as natural as if they were living people frozen into ice sculptures.

A man completely covered by a black robe stood in this icy world, gazing into the enormous cave entrance.

As if he could see those uniquely shaped ice sculptures, a hint of disdain flashed in the man's eyes.

"Tsk, is this batch of people no good either?"

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Chapter 1506 The Trial of the Void

—Why not just hire a few more people to fill in the gaps?

The moment such a thought surfaced in Hyoga's mind, he personally erased it.

The reason is simple: in this vast Arctic continent, where can one easily find traces of humankind?

If it weren't for my identity and understanding as a researcher in the Arctic before I awakened to my greatest life goal, I wouldn't have realized this.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought of kidnapping people at the research stations set up by various alliances and then using them as his "guinea pigs".

When he first arrived in the Arctic, he didn't actually intend to interact with these research stations.

After all, once he finds the strongest dragon on Earth and commands it to freeze everything in the world into eternal ice sculptures, nothing else matters.

But things in this world are always unpredictable. Even though he successfully found the sleeping secret realm of the strongest dragon on earth and spent a lot of time integrating it with reality, things still changed.

But before he could wake the other party, a barrier stood in his way.

"Trial of the Void"

Only those who can fill the void are qualified to begin the trial and have the chance to awaken the strongest dragon on Earth.

As for how to determine whether you are qualified?

The method is very simple; you'll know once you go inside.

If it weren't for Regice, the Ice God Pillar, protecting him, Hyoga thought he would probably have become one of those humanoid ice sculptures.

The entire trial is based on countless geometric snowflakes, powered by an unknown energy source, and can determine whether an entrant possesses the "qualifications".

Although it was infuriating that he wasn't "qualified," Hyoga found a new method after understanding the rules of the trial.

—Just find someone qualified to start the trial, and then replace them.

The Arctic, shrouded in a long polar night, gave the glaciers this opportunity.

For Glacier, aside from "qualifications," everything else can be described as a perfect storm of favorable timing, location, and people.

With all the "satellites" that serve as the eyes of science destroyed, and the Arctic, with its complex environment, currently experiencing polar night, communication signals have become difficult to transmit.

Meanwhile, Binghe possesses some special devices that he obtained from that mysterious Second Seat. Through his understanding of the various research stations, he can capture the signals emitted by each research station attempting to contact the outside world, and then obtain the other party's detailed coordinates.

The next step is quite simple.

Even if some research stations remain silent, it doesn't matter. As a former researcher at an Arctic research station, Glacier has many ways to induce those stations to respond.

On this Arctic continent, which can be described as a "dark forest," once you make a sound, the glacier will lock your coordinates, and soon he will descend with legendary power.

All captured personnel were used as "guinea pigs" to test their "qualifications," while Pokémon that resisted were frozen into ice sculptures.

After the glacier repeated this behavior for a long time, a few research stations also noticed something was wrong and gradually stopped making a sound, remaining silent and waiting for the long polar night to end.

Glacier is unsure how many research stations still exist in the Arctic that he has not visited.

However, considering that the polar night will end in at most a month, there will be more unstable factors at that time.

With no other humans willing to attempt it, he figured he might need to increase his forces and try to force his way in.

As for his target, Hyoga had already locked onto it.

The opponent was the Ancient Sword Leopard, one of the four great calamity treasures, which had been unsealed at some unknown time and had regained its full power.

With the help of Regice's power and the disposable device he obtained from the Second Seat, Hyoga had severely injured him.

Judging by the time, the other party should be exhausted by now. In addition, with this "Dark Ball" with powerful brainwashing superpowers in hand, taming it will be much easier.

But before Glacier set off, three new signal sources suddenly appeared on the device beside him, which had been silent for a long time.

".......Huh?"

Even Hyoga himself didn't expect that this would happen when he was about to set off.

In addition to the new coordinate point, there were two areas that he thought had already been "sweeped" through, right?

Did outsiders or people from other research stations enter those two research stations belonging to the White Eagle and Northern Bear Alliance?

Hyoga narrowed his eyes, a number of thoughts surfacing in his mind.

In the past, he might have analyzed it with the rigorous thinking of a researcher.

But after his will had been distorted by mental manipulation and he "awakened" to his long-cherished wish to achieve it no matter what, Hyoga no longer thought about these superfluous things.

All he knew was that perhaps one of the three coordinates this time would be the one with the "qualification" to help him start the "Trial of the Void"!

"The third coordinate point may be the Good Luck Research Station, which was hidden from the beginning. There will be more people there than at the first two coordinate points, but in return, it will take a lot of time to capture them all and bring them back."

"In that case, let's capture the personnel at the research stations belonging to the White Eagle and the Northern Bear Alliance first. If that fails, we can then capture the personnel at the research station at that coordinate."

"The Ancient Sword Leopard has also escaped to that area; we can capture it then."

After quickly planning his route, Hyoga, whose mind had literally become distorted, chuckled and got up to embark on his inevitable journey to realize his long-cherished wish of freezing the entire world to preserve all beautiful things at their most beautiful moment.

Beside him, Regice, the Ice God Pillar who had been on standby, also began to move at this moment.

...................................

So what exactly is going on now?

Su Hao, who arrived at the Yanhuang Research Station aboard an Articulated Bird like a shooting star, asked a question about the "empty" snowfield below.

"........."

No one answered his question; apart from the mournful howling of the wind and snow, the whole world seemed eerily quiet.

Speechless, Su Hao rolled his eyes and simply stopped talking, directly using waveguide to transmit his words into the heads of the guys below.

He even turned up the volume.

"Stop pretending, your waveguide technology is crystal clear to me!"

Upon hearing this, it wasn't some kind of performance art; rather, Shi Wei and the others, who were trying to wait for Su Hao's arrival, all raised their heads.

At this moment, these guys were wearing homemade snow ghillie suits and lying on the snow, cosplaying as part of the snow pile.

If Su Hao hadn't possessed the waveguide, he might have actually been fooled by these old guys at first glance.

outrageous.

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I can't think of a title for Chapter 1507.

"A Pokémon ice sculpture...?"

Su Hao frowned slightly as he glanced at Shi Wei and the others behind him, who were still wearing full snow ghillie suits just to be on the safe side.

"No matter what, take me to see it first."

It wasn't that Su Hao didn't believe Shi Wei and the others; after all, he had seen all sorts of strange and wonderful people along the way.

I just wanted to see for myself whether there was any hope for those Pokémon that had been turned into ice sculptures.

Perhaps it was Su Hao's arrival that brought a sense of security as well, because Shi Wei and the others were slightly taken aback, and then immediately took the initiative to lead the way, "Okay, this way!"

As he followed, as if remembering something, Su Hao casually praised the group of old six.

"You did a good job. In the face of the unknown, caution is the best option to preserve your strength."

Although Su Hao could not make a definitive judgment due to limited evidence and examples.

However, based on the available information, the phrase "do not answer" is very likely a hint that led to this disaster.

Without knowing what sending a signal would elicit, choosing to contact oneself via a watch instead of using the Yanhuang Research Station's communication devices was undoubtedly a wise decision.

Mewtwo modified the Ultimate World Black Technology Watch, which was looted from the Ultimate Survey Team. The signal transmission method of this device is completely different from any form known on Earth.

It's pure alien black technology, so the distress signal is completely undetectable by Earth's current technology. Even if it were detected, it would only make it easier to lure the mastermind to their side.

In terms of positioning, the other two exploration teams have been overlapping with the light spots of the research stations to which their alliance belongs for some time now.

They haven't sent any distress signals yet, so they probably aren't in any danger. Hopefully, they're on guard.

While pondering, Su Hao, led by Shi Wei and the others, arrived at the area where the numerous frozen Pokémon ice sculptures were located.

Stroking an ice sculpture shaped like a frozen, long-haired pig, feeling its icy touch, Su Hao seemed lost in thought.