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

While reflecting on his thoughts, he didn't forget his business. He reached around his waist and threw out several Poké Balls, which expanded and flashed with white light. Five Pokémon appeared in the air, the whole sequence of movements flowing smoothly and seamlessly.

For the most legendary prosecutor in the Kanto region, the way he throws the ball must be both fast and stylish, catching criminals off guard while also looking cool.

Otherwise, how could he have been voted the second most desirable male trainer to date by countless girls in the Kanto and Johto regions?

Incidentally, the first place is Xia Chen.

Returning our gaze to the sky, several dragon-like Pokémon, including Aerodactyl, Gyarados, Charizard, and Salamence, were already flapping their wings and circling in the air, bombarding the enemies below.

Despite being in an extremely unfamiliar dark environment, their outstanding combat awareness allowed them to quickly recognize who the enemy was and immediately begin fighting on their own.

Meanwhile, more and more elves appeared from the rift behind them, joining the battle.

Xia Chen was the last to emerge from the Ultimate Cave. Carrying the Paper Sword, he had to ensure everyone got out safely before he could feel at ease.

When he emerged, the battle was reaching its climax.

Due to the influence of the dark matter, these Ultra Beasts, while having their minds affected, have greatly increased in strength.

Although this Stone Clan is not as large as the Void Sea and Sword Valley that Xia Chen visited, its strength should not be underestimated.

A legion of hundreds of elite-level Ultra Beasts would be a huge headache for the Ultra Metropolis to deal with.

For this alliance investigation team, there was no threat. Lei Leishi had the advantage of terrain and launched a surprise attack. For a moment, it seemed a bit tense, but the difference in strength determined the course of the battle.

About half an hour later, there were no more stumps on the ground that were still conscious.

Xia Chen didn't make a move at all; otherwise, the matter would have ended even faster.

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"Phew, something so exciting has already happened so soon after we started. This trip is definitely going to be fun!"

Xinli's straightforward yet endearing words came from her mouth. This cool and stylish King of Padia was standing on a Milotic, habitually flicking her flowing bangs, looking handsome and dashing.

Xia Chen glanced at her long, slender legs that seemed longer than his own life and laughed, "Sister Xinli, you've been slacking off the whole time, don't act like you're putting in a lot of effort, okay?"

Xinli is the Elite Four member of the Ground type. Her main Pokémon, Earthshaker and Iron Track, are not very effective in aerial battles. If you throw them on the ground, hundreds of Rock Piercing Pokémon are no joke. So they just sit on the sidelines and do nothing.

Incidentally, Xinli doesn't own Milotic; this Milotic was borrowed from Xia Chen as her flying mount.

As a top trainer, Xinli does have flying Pokémon that she can ride, but because she mainly trains Ground-type Pokémon, Corviknight is purely a utility Pokémon.

Xia Chen was worried that something might happen while traversing the Ultimate Cave, so he lent Milotic to her.

Similarly, there's Dorombalto beneath Acerola.

With her rather petite figure, she lay on the flat nose of the Dorgon airplane, like a third little Dorgon Messia.

The Ghost-type Elite Four member, who was almost ten years older than Xia Chen but maintained a childlike face and figure, chimed in, "That's right, that's right! Little Xinli isn't as useful as us. Our Gengar has taken down at least thirty Ultra Beasts!"

Acerola's constant use of "zàn" (a vulgar term for herself) isn't an attempt to be cute; it's simply a verbal tic. She actually has a very mature and strong personality, which is evident from the way she adds "xiāo" (little) before addressing Cindy.

Unfortunately, her appearance and voice are so childlike that her attempts to appear mature only accentuate her unexpected cuteness. It is said that when she has a competition, the most frequent comment on the screen is "awsl".

Although it's an old trope for adults, that's the first impression Acerola gives off.

For example, right now, Xinli, who was being mocked, wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, she smiled and reached out with her long arms to start rubbing Acerola's head, all the while saying, "I can't stand it, she's just too cute!"

Acerola, who hates being treated like a child, got so angry that she stepped on Dragapult's head and jumped onto Milotic, where she and Cindy started petting each other.

Xinli is already tall, while Acerola is less than 1.5 meters tall. This scene looks more like delinquents playing with a child.

Even the usually aloof Gadriya curled her lips slightly upon seeing this scene, while Xia Chen directed his Rotom phone to frantically take photos and videos, preserving this embarrassing moment.

"Okay, stop fooling around."

In the end, it was Cynthia who spoke up and stopped the two Elite Four members from behaving inappropriately.

"This is the Ultimate World. Let's find a safe place first."

As she spoke, she glanced at Xia Chen with her beautiful eyes, the meaning of which was roughly, "What kind of captain are you? You're stirring things up and taking pictures when the situation is already unstable!"

Xia Chen pretended not to understand Cynthia's gaze and innocently blinked at her.

He understood what Cynthia meant, but felt that compared to himself, the Sinnoh champion, who was both renowned and skilled, was more suitable for the position of captain.

Cynthia rolled her eyes, realizing that this guy wanted to push the captain's responsibilities onto her, but her thoughts were the opposite of Xia Chen's.

He said directly, "Captain Xia, you are most familiar with the Ultimate World, so you should make the decision."

Seeing that Xiao Jiu Jiu had been exposed, Xia Chen couldn't continue to shamelessly refuse, so he said, "Let's rest here for a while. The two Ultra Beast groups are far apart, so this place is actually the safest right now. Let's confirm our location and check our Pokémon and items."

Watching the champions act swiftly and obediently under Xia Chen's methodical command, Cynthia smiled gently.

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The rest and recuperation work went very smoothly.

The group of six, along with 279 Poké Balls and 136 Storage Balls, all counted correctly.

Meanwhile, Rotom's phone pinpointed their location: a plain more than 3,000 kilometers from the Ultimate Metropolis. Xia Chen casually named it the Leilei Plain.

If he had come alone, the distance would have been enough for Guleton to fly for most of the day, but this time it was a team trip, and Xia Chen took on the task of planning.

"Of all our riding Pokémon, Lance's Dragonite has the slowest flight speed, so we'll use that speed as a benchmark. Taking into account the Pokémon's rest time, it would take about two days to arrive if it flew for twelve hours a day."

Xia Chen said, "Among the Ultra Beasts, only Naganadel, Kartana, and Celestial Maiden can fly. However, they don't stay in the air for long, so their safety during flight can be guaranteed. For rest, just send a few more Pokémon to guard them. Anyway, they can sleep in their Poké Balls..."

After meticulously planning their trip to Metropolis, Xia Chen looked around and asked, "Does anyone have any objections?"

Xinli shrugged. "You know the Ultimate World best. You're the one who decides."

Acerola blinked her big, envious eyes at Dorombalut and said, "I didn't expect Xia Chen to be so reliable. We have no objections!"

Her adorable appearance made Xia Chen unable to resist reaching out to pet her, only to be startled by Gengar making a funny face behind her.

The other three had no objections, and the trip to the metropolis was thus decided.

The journey was unusually silent.

Firstly, time was tight, and secondly, the oppressive environment was depressing. The truly dark and desolate Ultimate World had no scenery to speak of, except for the super-powerful spotlights on the heads of a few Pokémon, which told us that this world still had some vitality.

While resting on the ground, everyone chatted quite well. They were all close in age, top trainers from their respective regions, and none of them had particularly bad or arrogant personalities. Over the past two days, the friendship between these people who were not very familiar with each other has grown rapidly.

In this cold and desolate alien world, only their companions and elves could bring them a little comfort.

There was no sun in the sky, and two days passed quickly in a daze. Suddenly, Adu, who was flying at the forefront, shouted in a group call on his Rotom phone: "I see light, a city, it's a metropolis!"

Perhaps the prolonged darkness was too oppressive, because A-Du, whose personality was not particularly lively, became very excited when he saw the metropolis.

The others in the group call laughed happily; after all, they had finally arrived at their destination after two days of travel.

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Although Xia Chen had extremely high authority in the Metropolis and could freely enter and exit the outer barrier, the others did not, so they waited outside for a while before entering.

Soon, several Ultimate Defense Force members wearing mechanical exoskeletons and riding flying vehicles came out to greet them, including Mi Ling and Amam, whom Xia Chen knew well.

The more lively Amam was already waving excitedly at Xia Chen, while the quieter Mi Ling also smiled happily at Xia Chen riding on the dragon's back.

Both of the defense team leaders were in the group, and the one who came to greet them was the commander-in-chief of the defense team and the president of the Ultimate Metropolis Council, Cionila.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Xia Chen, and all the guests. Welcome to Ultimate Metropolis."

The gibberish of Ultimate Esperanto was only understandable to Xia Chen, who had been wearing a simultaneous interpretation device from the start. So he turned to Cynthia and the others and introduced them: "This is the head of Ultra Metropolis, Cionila, whose position is equivalent to our League President and Champion. He was just welcoming us."

Cynthia returned Cionila's and the defense team members' smiles with a faint smile. "It's also an honor to meet you, Mr. Cionila."

Although languages ​​may differ, smiles can convey goodwill in any world.

Cattleya, Cindy, and Acerola responded one by one, while Adu looked at the mechanical exoskeletons gleaming with metallic luster under the dazzling lights of the metropolis and secretly asked Xia Chen, "What are those things they're wearing? They're kind of cool."

Xia Chen chuckled and patted Adu on the shoulder, "As expected, we get along the best. That's true romance for men!"

Chapter 533 Searching for Z-Crystal

Visitors from another world naturally received the highest level of hospitality in the metropolis.

Even in these times of resource scarcity, they still held a high-profile welcome dinner, not out of vanity, but to represent an attitude.

Whether by coincidence or not, the human civilizations of the two worlds overlapped considerably. The banquet was held in a buffet style, similar to a ball, and Cynthia and her companions blended in smoothly. At this moment, they were communicating with the Metropolitan Defense Force using simultaneous interpretation devices.

People from both worlds were filled with curiosity about everything about the other, and the banquet atmosphere was joyful and harmonious amidst the clinking of glasses.

Theonila and Xia Chen, who were seated in the main seats, were also having a pleasant conversation.

“The past month or so since you left has felt like an eternity. Thankfully, you came back in time.”

Theonila adopted a very humble attitude. He had no choice; Xia Chen had already fulfilled most of the promises he had made to him, and having latched onto this powerful figure, he naturally couldn't let go.

It's no exaggeration to say that if the people of Metropolis have even a one percent chance of saving the world, it's all because of the appearance of this visitor from another world.

Xia Chen smiled slightly, "You flatter me. Since we have an agreement to help each other, this is what I should do."

Despite his polite words, Xia Chen felt a little heavy-hearted. He hesitated whether to tell him the cruel truth about this collapsing world.

In fact, he considered some alternatives before returning to the Ultimate World.

For example, relocating all the people in Metropolis to Earth using space jump technology.

The thought startled Xia Chen when it first came to mind. In that instant, he thought of many science fiction works he had read, such as The Three-Body Problem and The Prosperity of God.

Can a civilization with more advanced technology and knowledge coexist peacefully with the "indigenous" people?

To find the answer to this question in detail, we must analyze each specific issue individually. For example, we need to consider the moral standards of this civilization, its size, and the degree of threat it poses.

But even if there was only a one percent chance of the worst-case scenario happening, Xia Chen had to put an end to the dangerous idea.

Even if he could find countless reasons for himself—the metropolis only has a population of a few hundred thousand, which doesn't consume many resources and poses no threat; we possess powerful elven forces; we can imprison them on a small island...

But no amount of reasoning can overcome one truth: those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts.

Therefore, Xia Chen could not propose this plan, and he did not even want to hear any hints about it from Theonella.

For him, the optimal solution was for the Metropolitans to defeat the Dark Matter and banish it to nothingness, and then they would save Necrozma and their world.

A happy ending for everyone.

But the possibility is too small, so small that he can't imagine how to do it, that the dark matter would go mad and commit suicide.

Headache...

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A myriad of thoughts existed for only a moment in Xia Chen's mind, which could think at an incredibly high speed. The next second, he adjusted his mindset, raised his glass, and clinked glasses with Theonella, who was toasting him.