Yingxue City, inside the Flare Team's branch base.
This newly built secret base located underneath the Vladali Department Store has brought together a large amount of funds and technology from Team Flare and the Fradali Research Institute.
In addition to the headquarters in Shixiang Town and the branch in Miare City, this is the third largest base of Team Flare in the Kalos region.
And Vladali poured so many resources into Yingxue City, an ordinary town, naturally because it was the closest city to the place where Xerneas awakened.
At this time, in the main control room in the base, a woman with short blue hair and blue lipstick sat in the main seat and listened to her subordinates' remote reporting.
In the holographic image communicator, a man in orange clothes lowered his head and said respectfully: "Leader Momiji, we have searched all over the central and western parts of the Psychedelic Forest, but we still haven't found any traces of Xerneas... .”
"I got it, come back first to replenish resources!"
The work report, which was definitely not good news, made Momiji impatiently turn off the communication and tapped her fingers on the table unconsciously. Momiji rubbed her eyebrows sadly with her other hand.
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"Momi Ji, I have been in Yingxue City for half a year, and there is no progress at all. Everything you applied for has been approved by the headquarters unconditionally. You have spent so many resources and still got nothing. The boss is very disappointed with you."
On the guest seat next to her, a green-haired woman was blowing bubble gum, her legs raised and shaking, looking very happy about her misfortune.
"I didn't even ask you to search for Xerneas himself. You can't even find any traces. Tsk tsk..."
Momiji glanced coldly and said, "Bara, I'm not reporting to you, and are you sure this is why the boss asked you to come to Yingxue City?"
Both are senior researchers at the Fradali Research Institute and cadres of Team Flare. They are at the same level whether overtly or covertly. She has no intention of swallowing the cynicism of her colleagues.
"I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry yet."
After laughing at Momiji, Bala suddenly changed the subject, "Are you still following up on Xia Chen's tracking?"
Momiji frowned and said: "Of course I am doing the tasks that the boss emphasized, but I still don't understand the use of following him. Hundreds of us in the Flare Team have been searching for half a year in the Psychedelic Forest and found nothing. He is alone. Is there a way for people to do it?”
Bara clicked her tongue twice, "Either you don't understand the boss's thoughts. Xia Chen is of no use alone, but who is standing behind him?"
"Dr. Burratano?"
Mommie Ji was a little dissatisfied, "I think his research on Xerneas may not be as in-depth as ours."
Barra denied: "Wrong, not only Buratano, but also the Carlos Alliance. After the perfect cooperation in the Gorgeous Competition, the relationship between Xia Chen and the Alliance has been in trouble. No one is sure whether Xia Chen has got it now." Alliance help."
She spit out the bubble gum in her mouth, and then laughed: "Besides, isn't it better to open up a new path than to work around here all day?"
"What do you mean, busy work! You..." Momiji stopped talking in the middle of her angry words.
Although I felt very unhappy, I couldn't seem to find any reason to refute.
Momiji said with a somewhat depressed tone: "Then are we just going to watch like this?"
Bara chuckled twice, "This is the purpose of my coming to Yingxue City. Next, I will be responsible for following up Xia Chen's tracking mission. You provide me with a position in the rear, don't hold me back~"
Momiji frowned and asked, "Are you going alone? How will you conquer Xerneas if you really meet him?"
Bala was stunned, "Momiji, you are not crazy, are you? Subdue it, don't talk about me, even if the world's strongest champion Sirona comes now, it is not enough to beat the legendary elves. If we really meet, the best The result was to inject the tracker into Xerneas' body."
After a pause, she added: "Even so, this is a fantasy..."
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Although the addition of Karuni has greatly increased Xia Chen's workload during lunch and dinner every day, there are also many benefits.
Not to mention that at least he had someone to chat with to relieve his boredom along the way. Xia Chen also relaxed a lot with the company of someone with such strength.
Speaking of which, these two days of getting along with each other changed Xia Chen's impression of Karuni a lot.
Maybe it was because he was in the wild with no one paying attention, or maybe it was because he hadn't chatted with anyone for several months. The future champion didn't have the airs of a big star at all and was unexpectedly talkative.
The experiences of the past few months, the stories with the elves, the battle experience, the training experience of La Lulas, and even some gossip...
The two chatted about everything and became good friends in a short period of time.
At least that's what Xia Chen thinks...
In any case, this simple "alice friend" relationship should be much more pure than those friends outside in Vanity Fair, right?
"By the way, hasn't your Lalulas evolved yet? Judging from the intensity of the energy fluctuations, my Gardevoir had already evolved into Kirulian at that time, and was not even far away from evolving into Gardevoir. "
While chatting aimlessly, Karuni suddenly became concerned about Lalulas' evolution. Xia Chen also thought about this problem.
It stands to reason that in the game, the evolutionary levels of Lalulas and Chilulian are level 20 and 30 respectively, which are both relatively low.
It has been half a year since Lalulas hatched from the egg, but it still hasn’t evolved. Could it be that she has reached a rebellious stage where she doesn’t want to evolve?
As for why, it was naturally Yin Bu, the oldest senior in the team, who was responsible.
If it hadn't been for the poaching group incident, I don't know when she would be willing to evolve into Senbu.
Thinking of this, Xia Chen shook his head and replied: "I don't know yet. I'll ask her after I leave the psychedelic forest."
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"Howl!"
The two were chatting about the evolution of La Lulas, when the voice of the wrestling hawk suddenly came from above their heads.
Is there anyone in front?
Or have you stepped into the territory of a powerful elf?
Xia Chen and Kaluni looked at each other solemnly and slowed down their pace in tacit understanding.
Xianbu, who was leading the way, also returned to Xia Chen. With Karuni here, she didn't need to be brave and stand in front of him in everything.
Approaching the location prompted by the wrestling hawk, Xia Chen and Kaluni also heard some unusual noises, like... elves fighting?
This is also a relatively common thing in the wild, because food, mates, territory, or even seeing each other unhappy can all happen.
In short, if it were not a human being, the risk factor would plummet.
The two of them gradually relaxed and walked over slowly to take a look at the situation.
After walking for a while, Xia Chen and Kaluni saw two elves fighting, an Absol and a group of fire monkeys.
Perhaps due to the numerical difference and attribute restraint, Absol was already being chased and beaten, and his body was panting heavily due to lack of physical strength.
It seemed that an Absol could not satisfy their desire to vent their anger, and the wrestling eagle man who was watching the fight in the tree was also involved.
Several fire monkeys that were attacking Absolu saw the wrestling eagle man who was quietly waiting for Xia Chen and others to come over, and screamed strangely at him.
Although he didn't understand Elvish, Xia Chen somehow understood their meaning, "What are you looking at?!"
Before the wrestling eagle man could respond, the fire monkeys had already climbed the tree trunk to find trouble for him.
Is the Wrestling Eagle the kind of elf who doesn't fight back when provoked?
He sneered, jumped down from the tree trunk, and dived towards the fire monkeys who were causing trouble for him.
Before Xia Chen and Kaluni could react, they were already involved in this battle between elves.
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Xia Chen was a little confused. Did the Wrestling Eagle just quarrel with the Firestorm Monkey?
He gets into trouble at the slightest disagreement... I can only say that he is truly a fiery monkey who is in a state of anger anytime and anywhere.
"What do you mean, do we need help?" Xia Chen asked.
The target of help he was talking about was, of course, the victim Absol. The handsome and kind-hearted beast was much cuter than those fire monkeys.
Kaluni chuckled and said, "Help? Isn't the Wrestling Eagle already helping?"
Xia Chen was surprised. This is a huge group of fire monkeys with more than thirty individuals. Is there any guarantee that a gym-level individual will not appear? All it takes is the Wrestling Eagle Man to take action?
He turned to look at the main battlefield, only to see that the wrestling hawk had already torn off the mask on his head and started showing off.
The dazzling golden light enveloped his body, and with a graceful flying body, the fire monkey fell to the ground with a loud noise before it climbed up the tree, and fell unconscious on the spot.
The Firestorm Monkeys looked at this guy who suddenly joined the battle in astonishment, and even forgot their anger for a moment.
The wrestling hawk knelt down on one knee and made a standard heroic appearance. He slowly raised his head and raised his fingers towards the group of fire monkeys.
This standard international provocation common to humans and elves naturally angered the group of fire monkeys.
It was as if a voice appeared in my mind, "You must attack this taunting elf first!"
The fire monkeys all rushed towards this lone hero with strange screams.
Later, Xia Chen saw a 1v30 that was even more exaggerated than Master Ye's fight against ten...
Left kick, right whip kick, left jab.
In just half a second, the wrestling eagle man gave energy to the power point like lightning and performed these three moves!
The strong wind of fists blew by, and the first Firestorm Monkey that rushed to the Wrestling Eagle Man failed to defend himself. He was directly hit by a set of consecutive moves and was sent flying for more than ten meters. He was unable to get up again.
And this is just the beginning of Wrestling Eagle's personal violent aesthetic show.
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Five minutes later, the wrestling hawk returned to Kaluni without blushing or panting, and all the more than thirty fire monkeys fell to the ground!
Xia Chen smacked his tongue slightly as he looked at the wrestling hawk with a calm expression on his face.
It takes an average of ten seconds to kill a Firestorm Monkey. When it comes to showing off, it has to be you, the Wrestling Eagle...
But this was not important. Xia Chen looked at the trembling Absolu who stood up slowly and was about to leave, and called softly: "Wait until I finish healing your injuries before leaving."
Although the Firestorm Monkey is a fighting elf, there are no obvious wounds such as fire, thunder and cracks on the disaster beast's body.
But anyone could see Absol's weak state from his trembling body.
Absolu glanced at Xia Chen slightly, but still did not stop his trembling steps and insisted on leaving.
But before leaving, it barked at the two of them. To be precise, it barked at the wrestling eagle and the fairy Yin Bu beside them.
Looking at Xianbu's thoughtful expression, Xia Chen seemed to have some realization in his heart.
He shouted loudly towards Absolu's back: "Absolu, do you want to remind us that a disaster is coming?"
Absolu paused slightly, turned his head and took a deep look at Xia Chen.
This was the first creature willing to believe her warning in the two days since she came down from Kava Snow Mountain.
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Absol does not often appear in front of elves and humans. Every time he appears, it is to warn of disaster.
Therefore, Absol has not come to this forest for decades. How can the elves who live in the psychedelic forest all year round believe the words of this strange elf without reservation.
The group of fiery monkeys took Absol's words as a provocation and started fighting whenever they disagreed.
Absolu had been exhausted from the long journey in the past two days and could no longer even run.
Fortunately, the wrestling hawk appeared in time, otherwise she would most likely not be able to escape from the hands of the fire monkeys alive.
Absolu wanted to leave not because she was afraid of or disliked Xia Chen and the others, but because she wanted to go to more places to warn them.
Even if no elf believed it, she had no regrets.
Fortunately... the first person who believed her warning finally showed up.
This gave Absol a great psychological comfort. Then, the second and third such people or elves should appear, right?
Absol thought so, endured the pain in his body, and prepared to turn around and leave, running to the distance again.
"Wait a minute, you can't walk very far in this state. It's better to heal your injuries before leaving. Besides, the psychedelic forest is so winding, there's no way you can get out like this."
The humans behind him stayed again.
Perhaps because of his good reasons, perhaps because of the sincere emotion in his voice, Absol finally stopped.
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Absol was so tired that he fell asleep unconsciously after relaxing his mind.
Xia Chen took out the medical kit he carried with him from the storage ball and treated his injuries skillfully.
Kaluni looked at the attentive young man quietly from the side, and suddenly asked: "Do you believe Absol's words so much?"
Xia Chen asked in return: "Is it possible that Miss Kaluni, like many people of the older generation, believes that Absolu caused the disaster?"
Karuni shook her head, "That's not true, but data from the past twenty years shows that Absol's accuracy in predicting disasters is actually not as accurate as modern scientific instruments. I think we might as well discuss it with Yingxue City and Baike first. Contact the city’s weather bureau.”
Xia Chen nodded and said: "A very reasonable plan. In addition, I think we also need to temporarily capture two flying elves that can carry people. If there is a natural disaster, it will most likely be an earthquake, avalanche or the like. With this layer of insurance, No matter whether I continue to move forward or return to Yingxue City, I will feel more confident."
Xia Chen and Kaluni were discussing countermeasures, but they didn't notice that La Lulas quietly came to Absolu's side and put his hand on her snow-white fur.
Immediately, he looked horrified.
