Elf: Is the bear apprentice the weakest? I'll shatter the sky with my fists.

Li Chen waved his hand casually: "I told you not to thank me, it's just a small favor."

As he turned around, Celebi on his shoulder suddenly looked back.

Those emerald eyes gazed deeply at the old man's hunched back.

Even after turning out of the alley, the little guy kept looking back, as if trying to see through the unusual aura of the seemingly ordinary old man.

The sunshine after the rain made their shadows very long.

And deep in the alley, the old man slowly fell down.

There was a hint of relief at the corner of his mouth.

Chapter 450 Are you doing charity here?

A mysterious and mysterious place.

They are disaster-level secret realms shrouded in mysterious rumors.

It is located on a moorland perpetually shrouded in thick fog on the outskirts of London.

As a holy place for ghost-type Pokémon, faint whispers are always floating in the air.

Rumor has it that there is a junction here that connects to the annihilation-level "Spirit World" secret realm.

Although no one has been able to confirm it yet.

The above is the information Li Chen searched on the Internet.

However, Li Chen did not go directly to the Lingyou Secret Realm.

At this moment, he was standing in front of the Alliance Agent in the Pokémon Center, tapping his fingertips on the marble counter.

Outside the window, several dream monsters floated by, casting strange shadows on the glass.

"Do you need a pass to the Lingyou Secret Realm?"

The staff member handed over the form without even looking up. "Sign it and go to window 3 to take the mental resistance test."

Her nails tapped the words "Catastrophe Grade." "Six trainers have gone insane there in the last three months."

When Li Chen took the pen, Celebi suddenly moved uneasily on his shoulder.

The little fellow's emerald eyes were fixed on the poster of the mysterious spiritual realm on the wall.

The scene of tombstones in the painting is exactly the same as the wax mark on the old man's envelope.

Like a crown...

......

......

Li Chen came to window No. 3 with the form. The cool touch of the steel seat made him sober up a little.

Behind a thick layer of explosion-proof glass, the staff inside were typing on the keyboard without even looking up.

"Confirm the information again and tell me your name."

"Li Chen."

The mechanical keyboard makes a crisp clicking sound.

"gender."

"male."

The staff member paused for a moment, looked at him over his reading glasses, and then lowered his head.

"age."

"eighteen."

"Ok?"

The staff member suddenly raised his head, his eyes widening behind his glasses.

She looked at Li Chen's graying temples, then lowered her head to check his ID, unconsciously drawing circles on the form with her ballpoint pen.

Celebi took the opportunity to stick his head out from over Li Chen's shoulder and looked curiously at the steaming cup of coffee on the other side of the glass.

"Eighteen years old?"

The staff member pushed up his reading glasses that had slipped to the tip of his nose, knocked on the blood-red warning sign on the wall, and suddenly raised his voice: "Are you sure you want to go to the Lingyou Secret Realm? That's not a place for children to play house!"

Li Chen looked at her calmly, the sunlight outside the window cast a layer of gold on his gray temples.

"Assuming your mental strength meets the requirements, even if you don't have enough strength..."

"A Chinese gym-level trainer."

Li Chen opened the China Alliance APP, and the sound of tapping on the counter made the entire hall quiet for a few seconds. Even the cat dozing in the corner pricked up its ears.

"It's really gym-level..."

The staff stared at the multiple languages ​​displayed on the APP and reluctantly pressed a red button.

A display screen suddenly dropped from the ceiling, flashing a blood-red warning sign.

“The test rules are simple.”

She pushed up her glasses, and the lenses reflected an eerie light. "Ten gym-level Gengars must simultaneously perform hypnosis. If they can hold on for fifteen minutes, they'll pass."

"walk slowly."

Li Chen nodded casually.

Then, the lights in the entire hall suddenly dimmed, and the surrounding walls slid open to the sides like curtains.

"Kouheikouhei~"

Ten pairs of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness, and Gengars slowly emerged from every corner.

Their round bodies floated in the air, and their big mouths, stretched from ear to ear, raised a strange arc at the same time.

Gengar in the front row even made a naughty face at Celebi, scaring the little guy so much that he went straight into Li Chen's collar.

"Let's fight quickly."

Li Chen yawned lazily and stuffed Celebi into his hat.

The next second, ten pairs of scarlet eyes burst out with dazzling blue light at the same time!

The superimposed mental fluctuations caused the air to distort, the temperature of the entire testing room dropped sharply, and a thin layer of frost instantly formed on the walls.

This power has already approached the threshold of the king level!

Of course, under normal circumstances, the hypnosis of one Gengar is enough for testing.

But when it comes to foreign trainers, the Sunset Empire Alliance clearly adopts a more "cautious" standard.

The staff in the monitoring room stared at the screen nervously, and the coffee in their hands turned cold due to the appearance of Gengar.

They had seen too many confident outsiders suffer mental breakdowns in this testing room.

However, the brain wave curve on the display screen is as steady as a straight line.

even...

Not even a slight fluctuation?

"This is impossible..."

The clipboard in the person in charge fell to the ground with a "click".

At this time, Li Chen was looking at Gengar boredly.

Fifteen minutes passed and Li Chen picked his ears out of boredom.

"F**k, what the hell is human..."

It was so quiet that one could hear the Gengars panting.

This group of guys, who were extremely eager to win, were floating in the air in a staggering manner because of excessive consumption of mental energy, just like ten punctured balloons.

"Test, test passed..." The staff's voice came from the loudspeaker with obvious frustration.

The explosion-proof glass slowly rose up. She rubbed her temple and handed over a receipt: "Pay the fee and receive the pass."

Li Chen took the bill and pointed at the numbers one by one: "Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands..."

Then, the fingers paused for a moment.

Then, the voice suddenly rose!

"One million pounds?!"

The papers rustled in Li Chen's hands. "Is this a secret realm pass or a vault key?! One million pounds to enter a disaster-level secret realm? This is disrupting the market price!"

Celebi poked his head out from his collar, scratching the bill with his little paws, but shrank back in fright when he saw the string of zeros.

Outside the window, several dream monsters who were originally watching the fun were frightened by the roar and fled in all directions.

“Disrupting market prices?”

The staff member suddenly laughed, his ballpoint pen tapping on the table. "So, how much do you think we should charge?"

Li Chen scratched his face innocently: "Isn't one hundred thousand Chinese yuan enough?"

"?"

The staff member's expression froze instantly, and the ballpoint pen fell to the table with a "pop".

She adjusted her crooked reading glasses, her voice changing tone: "Are you... starting a charity?"

Outside the glass window, several trainers waiting in line almost fell down when they heard this.

Obviously, everyone was shocked after hearing the amount reported by Li Chen.

It’s too cheap.

It’s so cheap that they don’t even dare to go!

The staff asked: "At your price, I'm afraid not many people will go there?"

"Hiss, it really is."

Li Chen nodded.

Since it’s so cheap, not many people really come to the secret realm.

At least compared to the outside world, the Water City Secret Realm is quite unpopular.

"Let me put it this way..."

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Chapter 451 Public opinion? Fishing!

"Let me explain it to you this way."

The staff member adjusted his sitting position and his voice became serious.

"The pricing system for secret realm tickets directly reflects the value of the resources within. If a disaster-level secret realm is priced too low, it will lead to two speculations."

She held up two fingers. "The first is that the Alliance's ability to control the secret realm is insufficient, leading to over-exploitation of resources. This situation often attracts a large number of speculators, ultimately accelerating the decline of the secret realm."

"The second one is more terrifying."

The staff member lowered his voice, "Some private organizations deliberately lower the price, then extort ransom from the trainers once they've entered. Last year, there were three such 'honey trap' cases, and in the end, not even the bodies were ever recovered."

"So the price of one million pounds is not only a protection of resources, but also a responsibility for the lives of trainers."

"Do you understand what I'm saying?"

"Understood. Thank you."

After listening to the staff's explanation, Li Chen suddenly realized.

He thanked him and readily paid one million pounds.

Then, Jie took a pass.