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

Xia Chen, Cynthia, and Gadriya went to the ruins of Daman City every day, trying to find a way to deal with Ultimate Necrozma.

However, before the Dark Ages arrived, the humans of the Ultimate World worshipped it as a [Radiant God], so how could such a thing exist?

The exploration ultimately yielded nothing.

Chapter 535 The Elf Craze in Metropolis

In order to mine and bring back as many Radiant Stones as possible, the Ultimate Defense Force has a large entourage.

With Xia Chen and Xilona accompanying them, their safety is fully guaranteed; the only problem the defense team needs to solve is logistics.

To ensure that the undefended Metropolis would not be overrun by the monster horde, Xia Chen left behind Deoxys and Zeraora.

The two spirits are among the top three in combat power among all of Xia Chen's spirits, and they can run to the valley thousands of miles away at extremely fast speeds even in extreme situations, making them the perfect match.

After settling everything in, the mining team, a mix of the Alliance Survey Team and the Ultimate Defense Team, officially set off.

Having been to the Sword Valley once before, Xia Chen led the way with ease, while Cynthia and Gadria formed a protective formation around the Ultimate Defense Force, much like an ancient escort team.

Despite the occasional sneak attacks from Ultra Beasts along the way, the group arrived at their destination safely without any casualties.

This was the first time for the Ultimate Defense Force. In the past, when they went on expeditions outside the city, they all set off with the tragic mentality of never returning, because the casualty rate of humans in the wilderness of the Ultimate World was too high.

This trip further solidified their desire to obtain the assistance of spirit powers.

The Sword Valley and Xia Chen's last departure were largely unchanged. If anything, the only difference was the absence of a few of the strongest Paper Swords.

The chuunibyou Paper Mitsurugi is now working alongside Xia Chen on the great cause of liberating the Ultimate World, while Xia Chen plans to arrange for the other two Paper Mitsurugi to protect the Ultimate Metropolis after healing the corruption of the dark matter.

The remaining Paper Swords in the valley posed little threat; their Champion-level strength was simply insufficient against the formidable lineup of several trainers.

Soon, the once infamous and extremely dangerous Sword Valley was no longer filled with the noisy sounds of clattering and clanging, and it transformed into a high-quality sapphire mine.

Cionila was absolutely right; the Ultimate Defense Force is indeed an expert in mining.

Locating, exploring, blasting, and mining—they did it all quite professionally, even though they didn't bring any large mining machines.

Soon, the mining work began to proceed in an orderly manner.

The Radiant Stone is extremely hard, so hard that even Guleton needs to concentrate his power to shatter it, while a certain high-energy electromagnetic laser weapon of the defense force can slice it into an extremely smooth and flat surface.

This certainly doesn't mean that Metropolis possesses weapons comparable to those of the legendary elves.

Therefore, the strength of Leton, or rather all Pokémon, lies not only in their ability to condense energy into moves, but also in their comprehensive abilities such as speed, defense, and combat awareness.

In contrast, the Metropolitan's weapons have an extremely long preparation time, consume a great deal of energy, and are rigid and difficult to change direction. While they are useful for mining or pinpoint strikes, their disadvantages are amplified when used in actual combat.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have suffered from the harassment of strange beasts for so long.

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The mining is expected to take five days; any longer and there won't be enough energy or space to bring them back to the metropolis.

These five days are destined to be boring and tedious. After all, the metropolis is a bustling city, not to mention it has so many cutting-edge technologies that you can't see on Earth.

The valley was desolate and barren, even Xia Chen found it boring.

Adu was the first to get restless, and he went up to Xia Chen during dinner on the first day.

"Hey, Chen, do you know where there are any Poison Baby or Jawless Needle Dragon habitats nearby?"

Xia Chen turned to look at him and said, "You want to breed one?"

A-Du was a little annoyed, "You guessed it right away... Was it really that obvious?"

Xia Chen laughed and said, "It's alright, because I think you're the kind of person who wants to capture Ultra Beasts."

A-Du stroked his chin. "Is this a compliment?"

Xia Chen nodded in agreement, "Of course, it's all about having an adventurous spirit."

Adu decided to stop dwelling on the matter and clapped his hands, saying, "In short, I think Jaw-Stinger is the most suitable Ultra Beast for me."

Xia Chen reminded him, "Actually, the Devourer King is also a dragon, although it doesn't look quite like one."

Adu shook his head and said matter-of-factly, "I know it's a dragon, but it doesn't have 'dragon' in its name."

Xia Chen: "......"

So the criterion was whether or not it contained the word "[Dragon]"? Is that why you caught Charizard, Gyarados, and Aerodactyl?

Xia Chen and A Du's conversation also attracted the attention of the others. Xin Li and Acerola both expressed great interest in Ultra Beasts.

The former's target is a Celestial Fire, while the latter's target is a Bang Head Clown.

Xia Chen complained, "What kind of weird taste do you guys have? You don't want the cool and powerful Paper Sword Master here, but you like those two?"

The chuunibyou paper sword was standing nearby, and after hearing Xia Chen's praise, he became even more smug.

Although this guy hasn't recited any poems that really stirred his emotions in a long time, this kind of praise... is barely acceptable!

Everyone has their own aesthetic sense, and Xia Chen couldn't force everyone to like paper swords. After making a couple of comments, he didn't try to persuade the two to change their minds.

However, it must be said that both of these Ultra Beasts are quite strong, especially Kaguya Ironfire.

Putting everything else aside, the Steel/Flying type combination alone is enough to make countless Pokémon drool with envy.

With only two double weaknesses, it has ten resistances, including two quadruple resistances and two direct immunity!

Although the base stats in the game are somewhat balanced, Ultra Beasts still have a total base stat total of 570.

Aside from speed being only 60, the other five abilities are all above 100, which is quite an excellent distribution.

Moreover, in terms of appearance, the Tetsuka Kaguya, which resembles a bluish-green rocket launcher, can be considered quite cool.

To be honest, he and Xin Li, who is tall, slender, cool and stylish, actually make a pretty good match.

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All three of them were interested in capturing Ultra Beasts, so Xia Chen decided to take them to the vicinity to find the Pokémon they wanted to capture.

Although the most numerous Pokémon in this area is Karatana, it doesn't mean there aren't other types of Ultra Beasts.

Xia Chen casually asked Cynthia and Gadriya if they wanted to consider raising an Ultra Beast as well. Gadriya said she didn't have any Psychic-types and didn't want one, while Cynthia replied that she wouldn't force it and would leave it to fate—two rather capricious reasons.

Leaving the two champions behind as gatekeepers in the valley, Xia Chen and the three Heavenly Kings wandered around the area.

When they encountered those Ultra Beasts, it was all about fighting; once they were defeated, they would throw the Poké Balls at them, their main strategy being brute force to capture them.

A sentimental approach? Not at all.

Even if they wanted to be sentimental, the Ultra Beasts weren't in the mood for the feel-good platitudes that Adu Shinri fed them.

After all, under the influence of the dark matter, the stronger the elf, the more severely it is corroded by the black mist.

The first to achieve his goal was A-Du, who captured a Poison Baby that was still in its infancy and not very strong.

Correspondingly, apart from being somewhat agitated due to the erosion caused by the black mist, its mind was still relatively clear.

From Xia Chen's perspective, Poison Baby is the only Ultra Beast whose appearance is associated with the word "cute".

With its big, round head, innocent and naive expression, and short, cute limbs, it's a spitting image of an adorable little purple dragon.

After being fed by Adu's Dragonite a few times, it became noticeably closer to the large one, often spinning upside down and circling around its much larger orange body.

This is how Poison Baby expresses affection. To get even closer, it uses the needle on its head to spray venom and draw smiley face graffiti.

Xia Chen gave Poison Baby a jade bracelet made of small luminous stones and tied it to the poison needle on its head. The energy continuously emitted from the bracelet could subtly cleanse the little black mist in Poison Baby's body.

Cindy and Acerola's journey to capture Acerola was much more difficult.

Poison Baby is one of the more common Ultra Beasts, while Celesteera and Bombardier are much rarer, especially Celesteera.

There are already few of these creatures, and they like to sleep; who knows where they're buried?

There is a place called [Sleeping Land] in the Ultimate World map of Rotom Mobile that contains many Kaguya 'Ironfire', but it's too far from here and inconvenient.

So the four of them could only wander aimlessly within a hundred-kilometer radius of the Imperial Sword Valley, hoping to stumble upon a lucky find.

And they actually did run into each other.

The encounter was quite dramatic; it was caused by Acerola's Mimikyu being hit by a Shadow Ball during her battle with Boomhead.

Then, naturally, it was a double blessing, with both Cindy and Acerola capturing their desired Ultra Beasts.

These two Ultra Beasts are both above the Elite Four level, so they will be much more difficult to train than Pocket Monsters. They will need to be taken back to Metropolis, locked in a small room, and slowly tamed with a Radiant Stone, much like training an eagle.

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It took three days to capture the three Ultra Beasts. When they returned to the valley, the Ultra Guardians had already begun the final cleanup.

According to Mi Ling's report, more than 3,000 tons of pyroxene were collected this time. It may not seem like a lot, but considering the hardness of pyroxene and the size of the mining team, it is already a large number.

It should be noted that the large piece of radiant stone that Xia Chen obtained last time was less than ten tons.

Having successfully completed the mining mission, the group immediately set off back to the metropolis. Including the time spent on the road, the round trip took a full ten days.

When they arrived in the metropolis, several of the pregnant elves they had brought from Earth had already laid their eggs.

The people of Metropolis treated these elf eggs like treasures, not only equipping them with dozens of nanoscale medical robots for all-round care, but also broadcasting the situation inside the incubation room 24 hours a day on the big screen in the most bustling Metropolitan Tower Plaza.

Even more outrageous is that thousands of people from the metropolis squat in the square every day to watch, some even bringing their own chairs.

Logically, advanced technology should allow them to watch whenever they want—at home, at work, in their dreams, or anywhere else—yet many still chose to gather at the Metropolitan Tower Plaza.

There's no other reason; I just wanted the atmosphere.

They watched the live stream of the Pokémon egg hatching in the square, excitedly chatting about everything related to Pokémon, even though the total amount of "everything" they talked about wasn't much.

But it doesn't matter; people in the metropolis haven't experienced what "hope" is for a long time.

In this dark age of despair, hope is as precious as sunlight.

And now, they felt it in these lively and energetic elf eggs.

Not only these few Pokémon eggs, but also the mothers who gave birth to them, and the Ditto with their beady eyes, have become national heroes.

This grand occasion reminded Xia Chen of the treatment the national treasure panda received abroad in his previous life—no, it was far more exaggerated.

As the Pokémon eggs continued to hatch, Xia Chen and Cynthia gradually became busier—

Busy teaching Elf hatching and breeding classes to people in Metropolis.

As we all know, a top trainer must be an excellent breeder... if not excellent, then at least competent.

The training level of these champion kings goes without saying; Xia Chen is among the worst.