Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

To some extent, he did use Lillie to achieve this, so he should have agreed to it both morally and logically.

Something shimmered in Lillie's eyes.

She first bowed solemnly to Xia Chen to express her gratitude, and then said with a slight sob in her voice, "I would like to invite you to the Ether Paradise, where there is a passage connecting the two worlds."

Xia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. Sure enough, the Ultimate Cave was on the artificial island of Ether Paradise.

He pressed further, "Do you know the exact location? Or is there another passage somewhere else?"

Lillie was clearly prepared, nodding as she introduced, "Yes, I know. I've been secretly gathering information all these years without my mother's knowledge. Ether Paradise is an artificial island built around that [Singularity]. The passage will open around the Singularity from time to time. Oh, and I also secretly drew a map of Ether Paradise's secret research base."

Xia Chen took the scroll from Lillie, opened it, and glanced at it briefly. Although it was hand-drawn, the content was detailed.

He nodded; this girl was quite meticulous in her work.

Xia Chen rolled up the map and asked, "There's another question. We've found the passage, so what can we do? Destroy the passage?"

Even if it were possible, what about the parents who might be trapped in that world?

Perhaps they had already met with misfortune somewhere, but Xia Chen didn't want to destroy the Ultimate Cave, their only hope, before he had searched for it himself.

This question also left Lillie speechless; she really had no idea what to do next.

Not to mention that she shared the same concern as Xia Chen—what would happen to her father, who was lost in another world, if the passage were destroyed?

She lowered her head somewhat dejectedly and said, "Teacher, what do you think?"

Xia Chen was at a loss for the time being; he even had the idea of ​​traveling through the Ultimate Cave to another world.

However, given that it is an extremely dangerous world, this idea is still somewhat immature as it has not been fully considered. But one thing is certain.

"Those dangerous Ultra Beasts need to be sent back to that world."

Xia Chen said, "Then we'll figure out the principles behind the Ultimate Void, if possible..."

He still didn't say the second half of the sentence, "I want to go to that world," to Lillie.

Lillie didn't dwell on the abrupt end of her sentence. She blinked her slightly red but bright eyes at Xia Chen and thanked him again, "Thank you for granting my request, teacher!"

The girl said, "It's so wonderful to have met you!"

Xia Chen looked at her with a complicated expression, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "My purpose may not be as pure as you think, and perhaps I am not as good as you think."

He couldn't bear to deceive this innocent and kind girl.

Lillie shook her head, her face beaming with a smile, "You are the best teacher in the world!"

Chapter 496 Searching for the Paper Sword

Although Lillie was there as a "mole," Xia Chen still lacked sufficient knowledge about the Ether Foundation, and could only finalize a rough plan in the end.

As for the timing of the plan, Lillie will inform us.

Five minutes before each Ultimate Hole appears, the monitoring equipment manufactured by the Aether Foundation will exhibit unusual phenomena, and that is the opportunity Xia Chen has been waiting for.

At Guleton's speed, he could easily get from Hoola City to Etherland.

After discussing this policy, which could hardly be called a plan, Lillie took her leave. At present, Xia Chen and she were completely focused on the Ultimate Hole, and they could not study as calmly as usual.

After Lillie left, Xia Chen found the Fire Moth.

"Did you hear what Lillie just said? What do you think?"

Xia Chen and Lillie's conversation was not kept secret from the elves, and now they all know about the Ultimate Cave.

This could be considered a small meeting within Xia Chen's family.

Volcarona said gravely, "Kona—(My advice is, it's best to avoid the Ultimate World if possible; it's extremely dangerous there.)"

Having spent almost half of its life since birth, the Volcarona of that world is the most aware of its dangers.

Xia Chen pondered for a moment, then asked to confirm, "Even with Guleton and Deochis, is it still dangerous?"

Volcarona nodded without hesitation and said, "Kona—(There exists an evil and terrifying powerful spirit there!)"

The powerful being it spoke of was naturally the Dark Necrozma, controlled by the will of [Dark Matter]. It had felt the terrifying pressure emanating from that elf and knew that even if Guruton and Deoxys joined forces, they would not be able to contend with it.

"Kona—(So I think the best way is to wait here for the Ultra Beasts to appear, then contain them and send them back to that world.)"

The solution proposed by Volcano Moth sounds very pessimistic.

Xia Chen and the other elves fell silent.

They understood Volcarona's implication: even two incredibly powerful legendary Pokémon couldn't sweep through the Ultimate World.

Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, let alone that the elf is a dragon, while our side is just a "coalition of snakes and insects".

…………

In the ensuing silence, Gu Leton unusually spoke first, "Now that you mention it, I'm actually tempted to take a trip to that world."

Although Guleton usually appears easygoing, and even looks somewhat silly and cute when he carries Xia Chen and runs wildly across the land, he is, at heart, a proud legendary elf.

It's not like Zapdos, which surrenders so easily.

Although Volcano didn't say something like, "I'm worried that even Guleton wouldn't be a match for that guy," the meaning was undoubtedly the same, which is why Guleton wasn't aroused in his fighting spirit.

Deoxys is a bit better. Although its strength is no less than that of Guldurton, this cosmic visitor is used to the vast and boundless sea of ​​stars and will place itself in a lower position.

What difference does it make whether it's Caterpie or Rayquaza in the vast universe?

Other elves also felt that Volcarona's views were somewhat alarmist.

All the elves held Gul'dan in high esteem, even revering him.

That's a senior that can fight even Mega Rayquaza and even Maximal Eternatus for several rounds!

Even if we can't defeat the so-called "evil and powerful beings" you mentioned, we're not so vulnerable that we're afraid to go in, are we?

What, is the enemy Arceus or something?

In their minds, as long as Arceus doesn't appear, Mega Rayquaza is the top-tier fighting force in this world. Of course, cosmic visitors like Gigantamax Eternatus are not included in this discussion.

Next, naturally, are their beloved elder brothers, Gullton and Deochis.

So Dramberto was the first to stand up for Guruton, shouting, "Dragonto! (Hmph, what kind of evil, powerful being is this? Let it wait in the Ultimate World, we're coming for it!)"

Therefore, Leighton raised his head high, his long, slender, crimson feathers hanging down behind his head like twin ponytails, and his expression became even more smug.

The clamoring Dragon Baltto's battle cry effect: Increases the morale of allies by one.

The other Pokémon echoed Dragapult's words, expressing their opinions. Most of them, being proud, felt that they could take the initiative to visit the Ultra World.

Only Gardevoir and Tianci, a few of the gentler Pokémon, remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.

Volcarona looked somewhat anxious; it really didn't want its companions to so carelessly come to the Ultimate World, which was already ruled by darkness.

Even the Light, one of the world's wills, has been banished, so what use would it be for Leton and the others to go?

Volcarona could only look at Xia Chen with disapproving eyes. It knew that even if all the Pokémon thought it was possible to go to the Ultimate World, as long as Xia Chen rejected the proposal, no one would argue with it anymore.

Even the proudest of them all, Gulliverton, wouldn't.

Xia Chen is the soul and core of this family.

"Kona—(Trust me, think it over again. That world is already ruled by darkness, otherwise those Ultra Beasts wouldn't be so ferocious and violent.)"

The fire moth offered its final words of advice and warning.

Xia Chen remained silent.

…………

In fact, Xia Chen had already guessed who the "evil and terrifying powerful elf" that Volcarona mentioned was—Necrozma, of course.

Of course, it couldn't guess the form. It might be the normal form, or it might be the [Twilight Mane] or [Dawn Wings] form after combining with Solgaleo or Lunala, or even the legendary God of Light, Ultimate Necrozma!

Only its existence can explain what the Volcano meant by being "ruled by darkness".

In the original work, no one knows where Necrozma came from; it is rumored to be a being that was born in ancient times.

It needs to devour a large amount of light to gain energy. If it doesn't consume light, impurities will slowly accumulate, and Necrozma will turn black and become immobile.

There are rumors that Necrozma is also an elf from outer space, but it's hard to say which universe.

However, there is no denying that this is a powerful creature whose strength is second to none, even among all legendary Pokémon.

Even though its base stats in its ultimate Necrozma form are only around 700, which is even lower than Mega Rayquaza, Xia Chen felt that it was no less powerful than Gigantamax Eternatus.

This can be proven by just one point—the Radiant God in the anime lost his light and fell into a deep sleep after resisting the world-destroying meteorite, plunging the entire Ultimate World into darkness. Such an existence is almost indistinguishable from the sun, so one can imagine its strength.

However, Xia Chen was not so pessimistic. Who said that going to the Ultimate World meant going against the Radiant God?

If you can't beat them, just avoid them. The key issue isn't about the Radiant God, but something else entirely.

"Vulcan moth, do you have a way to freely travel between the two worlds?"

With such methods, even if they encounter Necrozma, which harbors great malice towards Xia Chen, they can still play the "run away if they can't beat it" strategy.

The fire moth sighed in frustration.

Xia Chen's meaning was crystal clear: he still hadn't taken his opinion. And rightly so, how could he believe his own words if he hadn't personally experienced the suffocating pressure of that terrifying being?

Well, since Xia Chen has already made his decision, I'll support him.

It thought for a moment, then looked up and said, "Kona—(Let me think about it carefully, I'll give you an answer in a bit.)"

Xia Chen nodded and said solemnly, "Okay, then I'll leave it to you!"

…………

Volcano had no idea how to do it; it could only force itself into a dream, and later sought help from [light] in the Ultimate World.

"Oh no! Xia Chen has finally decided to come to the Ultimate World!"

The Volcano hurriedly relayed the news to [Light].

[...Didn't you try to persuade them?]

Volcarona replied dejectedly, "I tried to persuade him, but it was no use. He should be confident in the strength of his predecessors, Guleton and Deoxys."

[Abandon the desire to help others and respect their fate.]

Volcarona retorted, "You've gone too far! Although you are my respected teacher, I won't allow you to talk about my trainer like that. We share a common destiny, including you!"

Guang could easily see this; he was just venting his frustration.