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

Behind them, watching the red lightning bolt hurtle by, the divine tree radiating multicolored light swayed gently in the wind.

It seemed as if they were waving goodbye.

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After his brief trip to Carlos, Xia Chen did not immediately return to Alora, but instead went to Donghuang and Zhijiang first.

Most importantly, we need to settle Xia's parents, who are out of danger but still unconscious. Their old house in their hometown of Zhijiang is naturally the most suitable place for them to rest and recuperate.

If they were to wake up and find themselves in the most familiar place, they would probably think that their experience in the Ultimate Cave was just a dream.

Secondly, it involves handling miscellaneous tasks.

He brought back a lot of things from the Ultimate Metropolis, and these all need to be studied and digested.

Putting aside everything else, the advanced data that Theonila transferred to Rotom's cell phone alone would require a large number of scientists to study and learn from.

Although Xia Chen informed all the other alliances about the deal with Metropolis at the meeting in Ether Park for the sake of human progress, he also had his own selfish motives.

He wanted the Eastern Alliance to take a leading position in this technological innovation, and this information, which other alliances were unaware of, was the "unparalleled secret manual" he had prepared.

The Eastern Alliance was overjoyed by this.

Although the world is relatively peaceful and there haven't been any wars between alliances for a long time, human nature dictates that minor skirmishes and conflicts are inevitable.

In the past, the solution was usually to rank the champions in the eight-master tournament, and the people in the top four, or even the regions where the champions were located, would naturally feel proud.

As for the regions that are ranked fourth or fifth, it's not that they're shameful, but when you're surfing the internet and arguing with people from those regions, you're naturally at a disadvantage and have an extra vulnerability to be attacked.

This is the status and influence of Pokémon battles in the hearts of people in this world.

Unfortunately, Donghuang Champions haven't won the Eight Masters Tournament for many years, so they are naturally at a slight disadvantage in this aspect.

However, if Donghuang people can take the lead in the new technological revolution, they will naturally be able to stand taller abroad.

This is the source of my pride that the Donghuang Passport gives me.

In short, the Donghuang Alliance decided to invest heavily in establishing a state-of-the-art research institute at Yunze Lake, with Xia Chen contributing his technology as equity. In a sense, this tied himself to the Alliance, an official organization, on the same boat.

Xia Chen didn't insist on the details, but instead handed over the authority to Christa, the head steward of Yuanling Island.

Actually, it would be more appropriate for Jiang Qian to handle business matters, but in the end, the two are just business partners, and no matter how close or trusting they are, they cannot entrust such an important responsibility to her.

After all, the principle of "not putting all your eggs in one basket" remains irrefutable.

Chrissy, the former executive of the Lava Team [Fire Goose], has won Xia Chen's trust with her performance over the past two years. Of course, he is not so naive as to completely trust her.

More importantly, Xia Chen has the strength and confidence to completely control Christa.

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After spending a week in Donghuang and taking care of a series of miscellaneous matters, Xia Chen finally returned to Alora.

When Christina heard that Xia Chen was going to the Ultimate World again, she wanted him to bring Zapdos and Moltres with him.

But after witnessing the sheer density of powerful alien beasts in the Ultimate World, Xia Chen felt that bringing these two silly birds along was pointless, and decided to let them guard the house instead.

After all, there are dangerous entities like Team Rocket in this world. You don't want to go to the Ultimate World and come back to find your home has been robbed.

It's important to know that the Emerald Research Institute contains a considerable amount of valuable data and Pokémon, and the potential profits from them are enough to tempt some reckless outlaws to take desperate risks.

Returning our focus to Alola, during the days Xia Chen was away, the representatives of the various leagues gathered there were also quite busy.

A large amount of resources were airlifted in, including Pokémon eggs and Pokémon prepared for trade with the Ultra Metropolis.

The first group of people to go to the Ultimate World to investigate has been confirmed. In addition to the two champions, Cynthia and Gatria, there are three Elite Four members from different regions.

These are Adol from the Kanto region, Arcerola from the Alola region, and Cinnamo from the Padina region.

This was the result of a multi-party negotiation. Originally, champions like Dan Di and Ye Ci were also interested, but considering that too many champions leaving might cause instability in the world, they did not do so.

Originally, the one person per region should have been the one most in the best interest of the Ten Alliances, but Xia Chen said that he couldn't take care of so many people while traversing the Ultimate Cave, so he cut it in half.

The remaining representatives from the major alliances will go in the next batch.

Before setting off, Xia Chen, the only one who had been to the Ultimate World and returned safely, naturally gave the team members [Ultimate Training].

This team has a very impressive lineup, with two champions and three top players.

Among them, A-Du is also destined to become a champion.

He is the strongest of the three besides Cynthia and Gadriya, and also the one Xia Chen is most familiar with.

Although Xia Chen was not a member of the Yulong lineage, the two had met once at the Qianlong Martial Arts Academy in the capital and were connected by Dragon Island, so he quickly became friendly with this prodigy of the Yulong family.

A-Du is a straightforward person, and as long as you don't mention nicknames like "Flying King" or "Dodo Bird," he's easy to get along with.

Acerola is the native Ghost-type Elite Four member of Alola, a legal loli whose personality is nothing like that of a Ghost-type trainer.

The so-called "Ghost-type Trainer" personality refers to someone who looks somewhat sinister and has a gloomy temperament.

For example, there's Mo Lan, Xia Chen's former ghost-attribute teacher; Kikuko, the Kanto Tenno; and Onio, the Galar Retrograde Gym Leader.

Xia Chen had seen Acerola in the game, but this was their first time meeting in real life.

Xia Chen didn't recognize Xin Li, the last one, who had a green wolf tail and a cool and sassy demeanor, who was the ground-type queen of Padia.

He even made a blunder by mistaking her for a man.

Xia Chen was so embarrassed that she wished she could dig a hole and crawl into it. She wondered if she had mistaken the gender of another "unidentifiable" Frost Mountain Dojo Master.

However, this lesbian heartthrob with a very unique accent had a good personality. After making a couple of jokes, she let Xia Chen off the hook, who had been mistaking her for a man.

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It was supposed to be special training, but there wasn't really anything to train them in.

After all, they've reached the Champion level, and their strength can't be improved in just a few days. All they can do is fill in the gaps in their knowledge of the Ultimate World.

The point Xia Chen emphasized most during the training was not to have an arrogant attitude.

While controlling the minds of the spirits, the dark matter also greatly enhanced their strength.

Over a century of continuous impact has resulted in a situation where "event kings are no better than dogs, and champions are everywhere."

Okay, that description is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's perfectly normal for a large Ultra Beast group to have one or two Champion-level or even near-Legend-level Ultra Beasts.

These top trainers had read the materials about the disaster that happened more than a month ago, and some of them had even experienced it firsthand. They understood that Xia Chen was not exaggerating, and they all kept it in mind.

In addition, information about the ultimate world's environment and terrain is provided.

Xia Chen gave them all the maps that Theonila had given him, and also distributed a Sai Fuhao gold coin to each of them in case they got lost in the Ultimate World.

Saifuhao can accurately sense the location of every gold coin on its body, no matter how far away it is from the main body, as long as they are within the same space.

This is an excellent tracker and locator.

With this, the six-person team, temporarily named the [Alliance Investigation Team], had finally completed all preparations before heading to the Ultimate World.

On April 1, 2026 in the Alliance Calendar, carrying the goodwill of the Earth world, the Alliance Survey Team set off for the Ultimate World through the Ultimate Hole opened by the Paper Mighty Sword.

Chapter 532

Ultimate World.

An endless black curtain enveloped the heavens and the earth, the world was clear and silent, seemingly unchanging since time immemorial.

On the barren ground, where not a single weed remained, countless boulders rose up. Strangely, they were not round or spherical like ordinary stones, but rather square cubes.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that they resemble square fortresses built from dark gray bricks, as if carved by a knife and axe, without any trace of natural formation.

They lay silently piled up in this place, which was once a vast plain hundreds of years ago, motionless, like a group of giant stones used for some kind of ritual in ancient ruins.

Of course, if you ignore the eerie red light that flashes between the blocks from time to time, they would look more like lifeless, inanimate objects.

This tranquility lasted for an unknown period of time, until suddenly, a crack appeared in the perpetually dark sky.

A strange light, like a fusion of starlight and aurora, shone through the cracks and illuminated the group of giant rocks, making the eerie red lights even brighter and more conspicuous.

Suddenly, a large, fat body emerged from the crack, accompanied by a voice that said, "Tsk, there's really no light at all."

Swah——

In an instant, the red light that had previously been scattered across the ground suddenly shone brightly, followed by the loud rumbling of the boulders rubbing and colliding violently with the ground or with each other.

A beam of red light, like laser rays, shot directly at the source of the sound—the crack in the sky.

The handsome red-haired man who had just emerged from the Ultimate Cave and the large, orange flying dragon beneath him were both startled, and when they looked in the direction of the light source, they gasped in shock—

Those eerie red beams were actually emitted from countless eyes. The darker the surroundings were, the more bizarre these countless blood-red pupils appeared!

The red-haired man was still in a daze when he heard another series of loud booming sounds, this time coming from above.

Danger!

The awareness of a top-tier trainer instantly made him realize where the sound came from—a rockfall!

The next instant, he immediately issued the command, "Dragonite, Protect."

Then he quickly turned around and shouted, "Be careful, there's a group of Ultra Beasts outside using Rock Slide!"

Boom—

Because there were so many rocks and they were so densely packed, the sound produced by the friction between them was exceptionally loud, so loud that it gave the red-haired man the creeps.

How many Pokémon would it take to use Rock Slide at the same time?

No, more importantly, what kind of deep-seated hatred must there be to launch a Rock Slide attack without hesitation right after emerging from the Ultimate Cave?

The man named Yulongdu experienced the terror of this place firsthand upon arriving in the Ultimate World.

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Whether it was because it didn't hear Adu's warning or simply didn't care, a crescent-shaped elf, radiating a hazy pale pink light, appeared right after it in the crack.

Standing atop this elf was a dreamlike figure, like the goddess of the moon.

But then, her slightly curled long golden hair fluttered without wind, and the boulder falling vertically from the sky was strangely suspended and frozen in place!

She looked at the dumbfounded Yulongdu, her cherry-pink lips slightly parted, and said calmly, "What are you standing there for?"

Wataru twitched his lips. He had naturally heard of the title of Unova Champion Psychic Queen, but this was truly the first time he had witnessed her power in person.

He used his superpowers to directly control the rockfalls released by at least hundreds of Ultra Beasts.

This is a bit too terrifying...