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

Cynthia and Gadriya, who were called over by Xia Chen to help, seemed calmer, but that didn't mean they weren't worried about Xia Chen's disappearance.

After all, in terms of personal relationships, they were the ones who had the best relationship with Xia Chen among these people. While others were still simply shocked by this matter, they were already thinking about how to catch up with him.

Gadriya looked at Lusamine and calmly asked, "You should know how we got there, right?"

She certainly didn't know as much of the inside story as Xia Chen, who knew the truth, but there was one thing Gadria knew: the opening of the Ultimate Cave was closely related to this woman.

Cynthia remained silent for the moment, piecing together the information she had gathered. Xia Chen had been very open with her, so she had a vague idea of ​​why he had entered the Ultimate Cave without a word.

Lusamine had already decided on her fate of confessing after the incident, so she frankly said, "The energy consumed in opening this time was too great. The Ultimate Cave cannot be opened again for at least half a year. At least I cannot do it."

Cattleya frowned and asked, "So, that means Xia Chen will be stuck in that godforsaken place for at least six months? And we won't be able to do anything about it?"

Lusamine's answer was ambiguous: "I don't know, because I only know this one condition for opening the Ultimate Cave, but I do know that there are other conditions."

Cattleya pressed, "What is it?"

Lusamine said bitterly, "I don't know, it must have started from the Ultimate World..."

"So, we have no other choice but to wait for Xia Chen, who is already in the Ultimate World, to take the initiative to find a way to open the Ultimate Cave?"

The calm and organized summary came from Cynthia. Lusamine glanced gratefully at the renowned Sinnoh female champion and nodded.

A quiet silence fell over everyone present, though their thoughts were largely the same—

If even a small fraction of the Ultra Beasts that escaped from the Ultra Hole are so terrifying, what kind of bizarre and fantastical world must the legendary Ultra World be?

Will Xia Chen, who is isolated and helpless over there, be able to return to the real world smoothly?

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Meanwhile, in the Ultimate World.

Perhaps due to his remarkable superpowers and aura, Xia Chen smoothly completed this journey through time and space.

However, the memories of the Ultimate Hole were somewhat blurry. What remained deep in his mind was a scene similar to the protagonist falling into a black hole in the movie "Interstellar" that he had seen in his previous life. He didn't know if it was a coincidence or just his imagination.

In short, he and Guleton were not separated, both were in good condition, and they still had all their Poké Balls and Storage Balls.

Afterward, he released Sylveon and the others from their Poké Balls. Only after confirming that they were all safe and sound did Xia Chen have time to carefully examine his surroundings.

Dim.

This was Xia Chen's first impression of his surroundings.

This world is almost completely dark, and visibility is naturally very low. In terms of perception, it is even darker than the bottom of the Padia pit that Xia Chen visited a year ago.

Although that place is also perpetually deprived of sunlight, the crystalline flowers covering the mountains and fields provide a considerable amount of light, while this world doesn't even have crystalline flowers.

Desolate.

This was the second impression that the world left on Xia Chen.

It makes perfect sense, as sunlight, air, and water are the three essential elements for the survival of most living organisms.

The remaining small number live in special areas such as the deep sea and underground. Over millions of years of evolution, they have developed special structures to survive in those environments, making them quite unique.

In short, if a world suddenly loses its sunlight, even a world of elves with countless magical powers would face the danger of collapse.

Having just arrived in this world, Xia Chen had already noticed this from his surroundings—

This world is doomed!

But what does all this have to do with me?

Xia Chen thought to himself.

I'm just an ordinary person passing by, trying to find a few people to take them back to their original world. What does saving the world have to do with me?

After figuring out his own position, Xia Chen felt much less depressed and began to plan his short journey in another world.

First, you need to understand the situation of the Ultimate World, such as how many regions there are and how they are distributed. This is the most basic thing; otherwise, you will just be running around aimlessly like a headless fly.

Ideally, you should get a map, and secondly, find a local elf to be your guide; the more places they've been, the better.

Speaking of which, Xia Chen does indeed have a few Ultra Beasts on him. He caught them outside the Ultra Cave and didn't have time to release them back into the Ether Paradise. They are quite ferocious, and it's unclear whether they can be communicated with.

Speaking of this, Xia Chen suddenly realized that he needed to figure out if all the Ultra Beasts in this world were like those violent maniacs, otherwise, fighting wherever they went would make this journey too tiring.

Then, Xia Chen also wanted to capture a paper sword that could freely cut through the ultimate hole. This was the only way he could freely travel between the two worlds, which he had obtained from the Volcano.

Xia Chen had also searched among the Ultra Beasts that had rioted this time for whether there was a Paper Sword that met the criteria.

Unfortunately, nothing was gained.

Of course, it's possible that they could do it but are unwilling to show it to him. Xia Chen thinks this possibility is very small, because if they had this ability, they could have carved out space and escaped before being defeated, and wouldn't have fallen into his hands.

Therefore, catching the paper sword of my dreams is the second most important thing.

If only we could communicate with locals, getting maps and finding paper swords would probably provide a lot of information...

As Xia Chen was thinking this, he suddenly remembered a place: the Ultimate Metropolis!

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Ultimate Metropolis is the home of the Ultimate Survey Team in the original work. It possesses extremely advanced science and technology. After Necrozma went berserk and lost his sight, he developed an artificial sun to sustain human survival.

In short, in this desolate and decaying wasteland, the ultimate metropolis is humanity's city of hope.

In the game, the Ultimate Metropolis sends a group called the [Ultimate Investigation Team] to the main world to seek hope of restoring the light.

Xia Chen didn't know if such a place existed in this ultimate world, but instead of wandering around aimlessly, he decided to find the possible ultimate metropolis first.

If a map of the entire Ultimate World existed, along with information about the legendary Kamitsuki, and even about his parents and Lillie's father, Xia Chen felt he could definitely find clues there.

So, how do we get to that place?

Xia Chen suddenly looked up at Volcano and asked, "Do you know if there's a place around here called Metropolis?"

Volcano was pondering where it was in the Ultimate World when Xia Chen suddenly asked it, leaving it somewhat bewildered.

It mumbled a few perfunctory words and was about to slip into its sleep to seek help from [light] when it heard a familiar voice ring out in its heart.

"Tsk tsk, you even know about Ultra Metropolis. It seems you trainer know quite a bit about the Ultra World."

The fire moth was both surprised and delighted. "I haven't even entered the dream world yet, how did you appear?"

Guang said disdainfully, "How stupid. You're already in the Ultimate World, so aren't we in the same plane?"

The fire moth seemed to understand but not quite, and asked, "Then where are you?"

"The real body... is still in humiliating imprisonment. My communication with you is a kind of projection, you can think of it as an avatar, that's not important. What's important is, do you understand your current position?"

The Volcarona, naturally puzzled, uttered the classic question, "Huh?"

"Ugh, you're so stupid. Let me ask you, now that you've arrived in the Ultimate World, what happened to your original projection in this world?"

The fire moth, like a broken record, kept repeating, "Oh right, where's the projector..."

"Ugh...you're really going to drive me crazy! Of course I want to become one with you!"

Volcano murmured, repeating, "To become one...that means I can now transform into the form of the sun?"

"You've finally come to your senses... Let me put it this way, you are now the sun god of this ultimate world... Of course, you're just a weak sun god, so don't be too arrogant for now, because your true form is now in the ultimate world, and if that guy finds out, the consequences will be even more serious."

Volcano realized that "that guy" must be the ultimate monster that devoured the light of this world.

"Alright, that's enough. Aren't you guys going to Metropolis? I'll give you directions. Hmm... it's not too far."

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"Flying six thousand kilometers northwest...that's so far."

Xia Chen remarked this after receiving the information from Volcano.

Because it's possible to fly there directly, 6,000 kilometers is a straight-line distance. In the original world, that would be enough to travel from the Eastern Empire region across the Kanto region to Unova.

Fortunately, the fire moth knew its way around; otherwise, groping around like this would have taken who knows how long.

Having decided on their direction, Xia Chen boarded the Guleton and headed towards the Ultimate Metropolis.

Six thousand kilometers is not a short journey, even for Gullardon.

Although it only takes two or three hours at full speed, it consumes a lot of energy.

Xia Chen didn't know if there were any places selling Power Cubes in Metropolis, so he told Gu Leton to travel at a normal pace.

Including rest and meal times, they should be able to reach the Ultimate Metropolis smoothly after half a day.

During his journey, Xia Chen did not forget to observe the environment of the Ultimate World.

The darkness and desolation that initially left a deep impression on Xia Chen enveloped the entire world, leaving mountains, plains, and rivers barren.

Ultra Beasts do exist, but they are either like zombies or as brutal and savage as those that invaded Alola.

The polarization is extremely severe, with the latter feeding on the former. Under the shadow of darkness lies a more brutal survival of the fittest than usual.

Xia Chen observed the world as they went, occasionally discussing with Gu Leton what exactly was happening in this world.

Therefore, Leighton believed that those extremely ferocious Ultra Beasts were clearly corrupted by some powerful will, resulting in a mental mutation.

Xia Chen's expression turned somewhat strange upon hearing this analysis; it sounded a bit like the mental pollution from the Cthulhu Mythos.

But this thing has absolutely nothing to do with the Pokémon universe...

Unable to understand this path, he did not pursue it further.

As I said before, I'm just a trainer passing through.

Unbeknownst to him, the [light] that overheard their conversation gave high praise to Gu Leton's analysis.

"This giant lizard has a good intuition; the essence of [Darkness] is to control the will of elves by corrupting their spirits."

Volcano asked, "So how do we deal with it? Do we have to completely destroy this [darkness]?"

[Light] said, "It's impossible. The existence of [Darkness] is inevitable. It was born from the energy formed by the aggregation of various negative emotions of the elves. Unless there are no negative emotions in this world, do you think that's possible?"

Volcano thought about it and decided it was impossible.

It was somewhat dejected for a moment. If that was the case, then everything it had done in the Ultimate World was in vain.

Seemingly sensing Volcarona's low spirits, [Light] comforted her, saying, "It's alright. As long as there are positive emotions in this world, we will not disappear."

The Vulcan moth murmured, "We...?"

"correct."

[Light] said matter-of-factly, "You are the successor of my will, you must believe in Light!"