Elf: Make the Rockets Great Again

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After the man and three elves were transferred out of the desert space, everyone except Jigglypuff was ready for a big battle.

However, what awaited them was ruins and desolation.

Most of the dragon's lair collapsed, and the peaks outside were in ruins.

Looking at the surrounding airspace, there were no swarms of scorpions, no Scorpio Kings, and no traces of desert dragonflies.

I don’t know whether the latter defeated the wolves and gave chase; or fought all the way and moved the battlefield to another place; or the desert dragonfly was defeated and eaten by a group of scorpions.

"Guguga~~"

The giant jaw ant showed a sad look, lay down listlessly, and snuggled up to the vine bed where the Dragon Mother once lay, trying its best to breathe in the lingering scent of desert dragonflies.

"Hey~"

Lu Ming, who was also an orphan, felt the same way. He sighed softly and thought to himself:

"No matter how cruel and ruthless a desert dragonfly may be when hunting its prey, it is always attentive to its own children. A mother's love is the greatest emotion and cannot be faked."

He walked over and patted the giant ant's head, saying, "We can't be sure whether your mother is dead or alive, but the most urgent thing is to survive. That way, maybe we'll see each other again one day."

"Guguga~~"

The big-jawed ant forced himself to stay awake, nodded his big head, and a determination appeared in his round eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ming climbed to the top of the already dilapidated mountain, looked at his location, and thought about his route to leave.

At this time, the surrounding area was filled with residual energy fluctuations from the battle between the two powerful men, Desert Dragonfly and Scorpio King, which was enough to scare other elves away.

But after all, this is the deep area of ​​Mount Tsukimi, a restricted area for humans except for those truly powerful trainers.

With the current strength of the Gangster Crocodile and the Giant Jaw Ant, it is impossible for them to survive for a long time and they must leave as soon as possible.

So, after observing from a high place, Lu Ming roughly chose a road that seemed the most reliable and set off immediately.

Because the Mandible Ant had a heavy head and short legs, it was inconvenient for it to travel, so Lu Ming put it back into the Poké Ball.

As for Jigglypuff, Lu Ming also wanted to put it in the ball temporarily, but it had already been captured and could not be put into other Poké Balls, so he had to hold its round body and continue on his journey.

Fortunately, Jigglypuff is small and not heavy, so it is not too difficult to hold him.

Lu Ming gave the little fat boy a self-deprecating smile and said, "You don't have to thank me, little guy. If you want to thank someone, thank your generous master."

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Chapter 31 The Place Closest to the Moon

Moonlight is like water,

A white figure was galloping between the blue-gray rock walls of Yuejian Mountain. It was agile and could walk on the rugged mountain road as if it were flat ground.

Only when it finally stopped jumping could we see clearly that it was an elf with a round body and light yellow hair.

Its limbs are somewhat similar to those of humans, but they have black iron rings on them. It is the evolved form of the monkey monster - Infernape!

Infernape ran all the way here, but when he saw nothing in front of him, he couldn't help but beat his chest with his fists in anger and howled with his head raised.

Afterwards, he vented his anger by punching and kicking the surrounding rock walls and rocks, making a mess before leaving cursing.

After a long period of calm, an inconspicuous corner of the rock wall where the Infernape was showing off his skills began to tremble faintly.

Immediately afterwards, a sneaky crocodile head poked out slightly, looked around, and after confirming that there was no danger, it crawled out of the cave.

If this crocodile is not a gangster crocodile, then who else could it be!

When the crocodile completely crawled out, it pulled up Lu Ming and the giant ant who were holding Jigglypuff.

After returning to the surface, Lu Ming exhaled the foul air from underground, and then said with lingering fear:

"Phew~, luckily Infernape doesn't have rock or ground attributes, so it didn't sense us hiding underground. Otherwise, we would have been in trouble this time."

"Bing Ding~~"

Jigglypuff nodded with lingering fear, expressing his deep agreement.

Since they left the dragon's lair of the desert dragonfly, Lu Ming moved towards the outer area of ​​Yuejian Mountain with extreme caution.

During this period, he also relied on careful observation to avoid several dangerous places where powerful elves were entrenched.

But just now, because of the arrival of night, the visibility became worse, and he and Crocodile unknowingly entered the field of vision of the Infernape.

The latter's strength was already close to the peak of "excellent level", and he had a bad temper, so he launched a fierce pursuit as soon as he came up.

The Rogue Crocodile had no advantage in either energy level or attributes, and soon fell into a disadvantage.

Fortunately, they mastered the "Swallow Return" skill, and cooperated with the giant jaw ants suddenly released by Lu Ming to use the sound wave skill to attack, causing damage and delaying the Infernape. They had the opportunity to escape here and used digging holes to avoid the former's pursuit.

However, they had strayed from their originally planned route and needed to find a safer route.

Lu Ming looked around, but due to the poor visibility at night, it was difficult to determine the direction.

Moreover, in this dangerous area deep in Mt. Tsukimi, the Infernape that was not even at the "senior level" was not actually a real strong one.

If they continued on their journey, if they encountered a truly powerful enemy, they would not even have the chance to resist or escape.

Thinking of this, Lu Ming immediately made a decision and said to the gangster crocodile:

"Crocodile, please use the energy of the ground attribute to sense it, and then choose a relatively safe place to dig a deep hole.

Let's spend the night underground and set off again tomorrow morning."

"Skull~~"

The crocodile bared its teeth in annoyance at first, but after thinking about it, it realized that there was really no other way, so it nodded and pressed its claws on the ground to feel it.

As a ground-attribute elf, its original energy can sense the conditions above and below the ground within a certain range. This is also the key to their ability to avoid most powerful enemies along the way.

Since the giant mandible ant happened to be outside this time and also had the ground attribute, it also helped to sense it.

However, compared to the hooligan crocodile that simply uses its own ground-attribute energy for detection, the giant jaw ant has another means of detection - ultrasound.

That's right, as the predecessor of the ultrasonic larvae, even if the elves like the Mandible Ant do not have sonic skills yet, they generally have this talent and can hear the frequency of ultrasonic waves.

Not to mention, the giant jaw ant that Lu Ming subdued already possessed a sonic talent that was unmatched among its peers.

Suddenly, countless secondary sound waves around and underground converged in the perception of the giant jaw ant, and it distinguished between safety and threat.

However, the next moment, it seemed to have sensed some incredible existence, and its originally clear eyes became strange.

"What's wrong, Big-jawed Ant, have you found anything?" Lu Ming asked hurriedly.

"Gugugugu~~"

The giant-jawed ant walked straight to an open space, called out to Lu Ming, indicating that there was something underneath, and then started digging a hole on the spot.

Seeing this, the crocodile showed a suspicious look. It probably thought that since it had not detected anything, the giant jaw ant must be trying to be mysterious.

However, as it also came over to join in the digging, and the hole became deeper and deeper, the original disdain in the eyes of the gangster crocodile was gradually replaced by solemnity.

Finally, after the two elves dug for more than ten meters on the spot, they finally connected with a cave buried deep underground.

Lu Ming turned on the flashlight he carried with him and found that this cave seemed to be man-made and was at least hundreds of years old.

Various strange murals are carved on the surrounding flat rock walls, mainly depicting images of humans and various elves worshiping the moon.

The Pokémon that participated in the worship probably included Nidorino, Nidorina, Pipi, and the Jigglypuff that Lu Ming was holding at the moment.

Lu Ming immediately discovered the common point of the elves in these murals, that is, they all needed the "Moon Stone" to evolve.

"Huh~, Yuejian Mountain has always been rich in "Moon Stones". According to ancient legends, this is the place closest to the moon. I didn't expect that people actually worship the moon here!"

Lu Ming let out a light exclamation and led the elves along the passage, looking around as they walked.

I discovered that in addition to the common types of Pokémon in Kanto mentioned above, there are also Rattlenose and Dreamcatcher on the mural.

This shows that even in ancient times, there were certain connections between the major regions.

But then, an elf image that was beyond Lu Ming's expectations appeared on the mural!

"Eh~, why is there a kumbha? He can't evolve using the Moon Stone!"

Just as Lu Ming was wondering, he suddenly felt a beating in his heart, as if something in front of him was attracting him.

But the next moment, Lu Ming reacted and realized that the thing in front of him was not attracting him, but the desert space he carried with him.

Since traveling to this world, the desert space has been completely connected with Lu Ming's mind.

Therefore, he can now go to that space with just a thought.

At this moment, he clearly felt that the desert space was conveying an unprecedented desire for him.

The feeling is like a hungry person suddenly smelling the fragrance of delicious food in front of him.

The desert space is his biggest secret and reliance. Lu Ming did not dare to slack off and hurriedly called on the gangster crocodile and the giant jaw ant to follow and check it out.

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Chapter 32 Observatory

Lu Ming held Jigglypuff in his arms, while the crocodile and the giant ant stood in front and behind, protecting Lu Ming in the middle, and walked into the underground passage together.

Finally, when the view became clear, a cave chamber that was much wider than the underground corridor he had walked through before appeared in front of Lu Ming.

In the center of this underground cave, there is a platform about five meters high, small at the top and large at the bottom, shaped like an inverted bucket.

The entire table is paved with very simple bricks and stones. The surface is very rough, but it looks inexplicably oppressive.

At this moment, Lu Ming was already very clear that the ancient platform in front of him was the target that the desert space longed for.

Influenced by the desert space connected to his mind, he had the urge to rush over and touch it immediately.

But fortunately, this impact was not enough to make Lu Ming lose his mind. He hurriedly told the hooligan crocodile and the giant jaw ant to be on guard around him, and then slowly and carefully approached.

Lu Ming's caution turned out to be right. Just after he took a few steps, the faces of the hooligan crocodile and the giant jaw ant changed at the same time, and they used the "Quicksand Abyss" move on his left and right sides respectively.

As two sand pools were formed and stirred, a strange elf with an oval brown head was pulled out from the ground.

"It turned out that it was the ground rat that wanted to attack me, but unfortunately, the scoundrel crocodile and the giant ant are both experts in ground attributes."

After a while, a dozen weak moles began to have circles in their eyes under the "Quicksand Abyss" cast by the two "Excellent" elves.

But the next moment, a special existence different from these gophers appeared. He seemed to have tied three gophers together, but the heights were uneven.