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

Overwhelmed by her emotions, the girl, on the verge of collapse, finally broke down and shouted, "Why? If you knew this would be the outcome, why did you do it?!"

Lusamine did not answer her daughter's question, but simply closed her eyes and began to count down to her own death.

"Ten, nine, eight..."

Her voice was calm and composed, as if she were reciting something that had nothing to do with her.

Xia Chen suddenly felt that he couldn't understand what this woman was thinking.

Want to learn about, study, and collect more Ultra Beasts?

Or do you want to glimpse the truth of the ultimate world?

Or perhaps she wants to go to that world to find her husband?

Perhaps both are true; who can analyze all of a person's inner thoughts with just a simple sentence?

Xia Chen suddenly said, "Stop, deal with the Ultra Beasts, and then I'll take you to the Ultimate World."

This was his compromise, and also his last chance for Rosamund.

Lusamine, who was imprisoned by Deoxys, quietly opened her eyes, her gaze complex. "I didn't lie to you. The opening of the Ultimate Void is an irreversible process. I have no ability to stop it."

"Then stop the growth of the spatial fluctuation deviation rate."

Xia Chen looked up at the number on the screen, which had already soared to 60%, and said coldly, "You should know that the higher the deviation rate, the more Ultimate Beasts will emerge, and the stronger they will be. I can still handle it now, so don't bring over the really difficult ones."

Lusamine bit her scarlet lips, and Xia Chen knew that it was a subconscious action when a person is hesitant and conflicted.

He said calmly, "You haven't caused irreparable consequences yet, give yourself a chance."

He paused, then said softly, "Give Lillie a chance too."

The girl beside him trembled slightly, and her still-damp tears began to glisten again.

Lusamine stared blankly at Lillie, who was silently weeping.

Then, her pupils gradually dilated, and her body, which had been taut like a wound-up toy, finally relaxed.

A bittersweet smile, tinged with relief, appeared on her lips as she whispered, "I understand. Let me go."

Xia Chen shrugged, signaling Deochis to release Lusamine.

He wasn't worried that the woman was lying to him, not only because he believed she still had a conscience, but also because he had absolute confidence in Deoxys.

Lusamine did not waste Xia Chen's last chance. After entering a password at the control panel, she pressed the button to stop the operation.

The number on the screen finally settled at 62.8%, an exaggerated deviation rate that could attract who-knows-what kind of Ultra Beast.

…………

"The Ultimate Cave will open at the latest in half an hour, or it could be half a minute later."

Rosamina asked in a rather complicated tone, "Is there anything I can do?"

Xia Chen didn't give this woman a friendly look and said coldly, "First, use your influence in Alola to inform everyone of this news and call on residents to evacuate. Second, bring out all the Ultra Balls you can use."

Lusamine nodded silently, called over two people from the laboratory, and instructed them to do this.

Xia Chen then asked, "Also, how long will the Ultimate Hole last?"

Lusamine shook her head. "There is no exact duration, but it is proportional to the deviation rate. The longest one lasted was 53 minutes."

Xia Chen silently calculated that the highest deviation rate was less than 28%, but this time it was 62.8%. If it were a simple linear relationship, it would last for two hours.

I don't know if I'll have enough time to clean everything up before crossing the passage before the Ultimate Cave closes.

If Rayquaza and Zapdos can arrive in time, we can leave the rest of the game to them.

Two hours should be enough time for Zapdos to get here from the East.

But what if not all the Ultra Beasts are contained before the Ultra Cave closes, and Rayquaza doesn't arrive in time?

Although this possibility is small, it cannot be ignored.

Xia Chen didn't hesitate and immediately decided in his heart that he wouldn't go and would wait for another opportunity.

While she was pondering, Lusamine's subordinates had already taken the Ultimate Ball.

The containers were several metal boxes, with purple mesh-like ultimate spheres densely arranged inside the custom-made pit.

Xia Chen roughly counted that each box contained about 20 Ultimate Balls, and there were a total of 50 boxes.

He frowned and asked, "That's all?"

With such a high deviation rate, it's conservatively estimated that there are hundreds of Ultra Beasts that have crossed over. If we don't capture them one by one with precise aim, these thousand Poké Balls will most likely not be enough.

Lusamine explained, "The materials for making Ultra Balls are very rare. These are all the stock we have, including the original Poké Balls, which didn't have such a high catch rate."

Xia Chen then asked, "Can you catch Ultra Beasts with regular Poké Balls?"

Lusamine shook her head. "No, we've tried, but we can't even capture the Ultra Beasts."

Xia Chen picked up an Ultra Ball and weighed it in his hand, feeling its heavy weight. He said helplessly, "Then we'll just have to use it sparingly. Don't throw the ball unless you've knocked the Ultra Beast out of its fighting ability."

Rosamina nodded silently in agreement.

Just as Xia Chen and Lusamine were discussing their plan, Gu Leton, who was standing to the side, suddenly raised his head.

Its long feathers trembled slightly like antennas, and it said in a voice that only Xia Chen could hear, "I sense... the Ultimate Cave is about to open."

…………

联盟历2026年1月23日，夜7点32分。

Alora TV, which has just finished its daily news broadcast, usually broadcasts the most popular Royal Battles among local residents during this prime time slot without fail.

But an unusual little incident occurred today, and of course, no one knows what kind of uproar this little incident will cause in a few minutes.

Just as an exciting royal battle was about to begin, the scene abruptly switched from the battlefield at the Alola Royal Dome to the news studio.

The beautiful female anchor with wheat-colored skin solemnly read out a message she had just received from her superiors in an urgent manner.

"Urgent! Urgent! An unpredictable and severe Pokémon disaster will occur within half an hour. All residents and your Pokémon, please prepare yourselves, protect yourselves, and quickly pass this message on to residents not watching television. Finally, do not approach the unknown object that is about to appear! Repeat, do not approach! Do not approach! Do not approach!..."

This seemingly inexplicable emergency broadcast quickly caused quite a stir.

This was because such an incident had never occurred before on Alora TV.

Some people believed the instructions in the broadcast and followed them, while others took it as a joke by the TV station. Everything was calm outside, so where was the "serious elf disaster" to speak of?

They either complained that the TV station's silly joke had ruined their enjoyment of the game, or they changed the channel only to find that all the local Alora TV stations were broadcasting this emergency announcement.

Just as the notification was playing on repeat for the sixth time, a loud bang suddenly came from the dark night sky.

Many alert and curious people quickly looked out the window, and they were shocked to find that what accompanied the loud noise was an enormous, deep crack in the night sky, like an eye.

A strange and powerful light shone through, illuminating the dark night sky that should have only had scattered starlight.

Some were surprised, some were afraid, some were curious, and some were deep in thought—a diverse range of reactions from all walks of life.

In this mobile internet era where self-media is prevalent, many live streamers have sensed an opportunity, a chance to become wildly popular.

They forgot, or rather ignored, the words "emergency," "serious disaster," and "do not approach" in the announcement being broadcast on television.

Driven by desire, they excitedly mounted their flying sprites, turned on their phones to live stream or record, and flew towards the crack in the night sky that looked close but was actually very far away.

Because they were too far away, they did not see that small black dots were constantly flying out of the crack.

What they didn't know was that this would be their last live stream—

Live broadcast of death.

…………

Meanwhile, on the artificial island of Ether Paradise.

In an open area at the center of the research institute, researchers and hundreds of Pokémon stared in disbelief at the Ultimate Hole hanging above them.

"How could this be... the passageway wasn't usually this wide..."

Lusamine shook her head slightly and muttered to herself, as if denying everything she was seeing.

Xia Chen sneered, "Who knows? Maybe the deviation rate exceeded a certain threshold and changed. Isn't that all thanks to you? You're a madman who doesn't consider the consequences at all!"

"I have no idea..."

Lusamine closed her eyes in pain, unable to utter a complete sentence.

After choking up for a while, she finally said, "After this is over, no matter what the outcome, I will turn myself in and accept the Alliance's judgment."

Xia Chen nodded calmly, "Of course, this is something you must do."

Lillie glanced at her mother with a complicated expression, then hesitated to speak.

Lusamine wiped her eyes and forced a smile, saying, "What should we do now? You must have a solution, right?"

In her haste, this woman of high status in Alora even used honorifics to address the young man who was twenty years her junior.

The latter, however, frowned without any courtesy and said, "It's not easy to handle. The Ultimate Hole is too big. Even if Deoxys isolates it with a barrier, it probably won't last more than a few minutes. It will also be attacked by those Ultra Beasts, resulting in a waste of its combat power. The cost-effectiveness is too low..."

He continued his analysis, while Lusamine and Lillie beside him looked even more nervous.

They had already made this young, almost excessively young, yet incredibly reliable man their pillar of support.

Xia Chen says it's difficult to handle now, so what other options do they have?

After brainstorming a solution for a while, Xia Chen finally gave up on empty talk.

He sighed and said, "The situation is more serious than I thought. There's no other way but to go ahead and fight first."

Chapter 505 The Ultimate Beast Shocks the World!

The speed at which messages spread in the mobile internet era is astonishing.

The sudden change that occurred at 7:30 p.m. swept across the entire online world with lightning speed in less than 15 minutes.

First came the discussion about the emergency news that was being broadcast repeatedly on television, and then the horrifying photos of the unknown cracks taken by busybodies.

Finally, everyone's attention turned to the adventure livestream started by the "brave warriors".

At 7:50 PM, six minutes after the crack appeared, the most popular live stream on Pixiv had changed hands from the super-popular [Strange Trees and Strange Tales] to the previously unknown [Do You Understand Rainy Day Teams?].

It's not quite accurate to describe them as unknown. Before this, the streamer Harper was a well-known Pokémon trainer in the Alola region.

He passed the Alola League's official gym level test with mediocre skills. Although the Alola League test was relatively easy, he was still considered an elite at the age of 28.