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Chapter 169 The haunted ruins of Shuangmo Mountain, be careful of the Mimics...

Author: It’s a fox, not a cat

Chapter 169 The haunted ruins of Shuangmo Mountain, be careful of the Mimics...

Mount Frost is the highest peak in Padia. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can overlook the entire Padia area. Two of the ten scenic spots in Padia are located here.

Although the treasure hunt event was held on the edge of the mountain, it did not say where the ruins were, and Hoshino and his team came here.

"I'm numb...my motorcycle broke down."

Someone in the team complained that they usually travel on motorcycles. Although climbing mountains does not affect them, snowy mountains are a big problem.

It has been several hours since we set off from the Marked Forest, and some trainers chose to quit midway. They just couldn't stand it anymore.

"..."

Hoshino finally understood. The organizer was using this method to eliminate some people quickly. He probably didn’t expect so many people to sign up for the event. However, the registration fee will be returned after withdrawal, but only before the first round of treasure hunting begins.

quit.

There were so many people that Rotom, the drone responsible for shooting, didn’t know who to focus on, and the difficulty of subsequent video editing would be greatly increased.

And as an event where most people sign up voluntarily, exiting like this can also illustrate that the authenticity of this treasure hunt and its different levels of difficulty can attract more viewers.

Finally in the evening, under the guidance of official personnel, they arrived at a ruins. After dinner, the treasure hunt would officially begin.

Hoshino took a look and saw that his team had nearly 50 people when it set off, but now there were only a little more than half left. Fortunately, there was no one he knew in this team, and neither Qi Shu nor Lei He was here.

However, a few star trainers were indeed allocated reasonably, but neither the Raging Legged Locust Man nor the Speaker Cricket Man were in this team. It was just bad luck...

Everyone set up camp near the ruins and started cooking. For trainers who came out of the academy, these are basically necessary skills, except for some guys who have mines at home.

Naturally, Hoshino began to prepare. Since we were moving at night, our vision would be affected, and it was still on top of a snow-capped mountain. Although it had not yet snowed, the temperature was around minus 10 degrees Celsius.

"Mo Lizard..."

"Have a good rest, you have worked hard today."

Seeing the motorcycle lizard freezing, Hoshino touched its head, and after the hot soup was cooked, he gave it a drink to warm itself up.

I remember that the fruit tea provided by my boss can instantly dispel colds. Unfortunately, the boss has an exclusive secret recipe and refuses to teach him, otherwise he would be able to use it now.

After the motorcycle lizard was full, Hoshino put it back into the ball to rest and have a good sleep. It would not be needed in the ruins to deal with the situation later.

Gengar and Xinye Miao were very excited. They wanted to find the treasure quickly and enter the second round, then the third round, and finally compete with the Locust Man and the others. Thinking of these, they were instantly full of motivation.

Popper's dolphin shook his head. He was quite disappointed that those two guys were not assigned to this team. It can only be said that they saved their lives.

It no longer cares about its own business and will be honest after suffering losses, so it doesn't care how these people pick up treasures, it just wants to teach those two heroes a lesson.

"Jiwagu..."

Suo Cailing stood alone on the ice nearby, looking at the dim ruins in the distance, and the tentacles on his head that looked like treasure detectors also had some vague reactions.

There are definitely gold coins here, and there are quite a lot of them. There even seems to be something attracting it, as if it is the same kind of aura!

As the night gradually deepened, some ghosts and dream monsters began to appear around, but they did not take the initiative to attack others.

At the same time, lights began to appear in the ruins, which were some Bronze Mirror Monsters and Bronze Bells. These Pokémon like to appear in ruins the most.

"Okay, get ready to go!"

Seeing that the time had arrived, everyone immediately began to take action with the Pokémon. There was only one requirement for the operation in the ruins, don't cause damage casually...

This ruins is quite large. It should have been some kind of king's castle in the past. Even though it has been destroyed by time, you can still feel the splendor of the past, not only how much human and financial resources were wasted.

In the past of Padia, it was almost an era of hegemony between heroes. A lot of countries fought back and forth, and were later annexed and ruled by the Padian Empire, which is why so many castle ruins were left behind.

Gengar is floating in front of him, carrying the Wealth Spirit. In a place like this, ghost-type Pokémon have a unique advantage. They can quickly detect fluctuations in spiritual power and respond easily when other ghosts approach.

Hoshino took them alone. The castle ruins are huge. It would probably take several hours to explore them all.

However, he has a strategy and knows that there are 10 treasures hidden in this ruins, which means that this round, only ten people in their group will be able to pass the level.

But he was not in a hurry to look for it. He would first let Gengar and the others explore and play freely for a while. What was more important was whether there was a treasure chest-seeking spirit here.

They explored the ground first, and then went underground. The highlight was down there. It was completely dark, and some bronze mirror monsters were floating around, which made people feel even more frightened.

However, Hoshino was not afraid of ghosts and went down without hesitation. But just after he came down, he frowned slightly and felt something was wrong.

"Um?"

He looked back at the stairs when he came down. There was nothing unusual, but he felt something was strange. There were so many Pokémon and there were people hunting for treasures, but it seemed very quiet here.

"Strange, I remember someone has already come down? Did he go further down?"

Hoshino didn't understand, but he still kept an eye on it. Seeing Gengar and Xinye Miao looking for treasure seriously, he didn't care that much, but Popper's dolphin trembled and bumped into him.

"What are you doing?"

"Woo..."

"Afraid of ghosts?"

"Yiwu!"

Popper's dolphin shook his head unhappily. How could it be afraid of ghosts? It was just that it felt a little uncomfortable staying here, so it wanted to return to the ball.

"..."

Seeing its harsh words, Hoshino had no choice but to take it back, and then continued to follow Gengar and the others to hunt for treasures. But at this moment, a man's scream suddenly came from the front!

"ah!!!"

"Um?"

Hearing the screams, Hoshino immediately became vigilant, and Gengar and the others immediately put into attack posture, but except for a scream, there was no movement from the front.

But the bronze mirror monsters were frightened away by the sound, causing another layer of darkness to envelope the already dark basement.

The surrounding temperature is still so cold, I don't know if it is a climate problem or other reasons, but it really makes people shiver.

"Let's go over and take a look. Maybe it's some work organized by the program team..."

After all, the show crew wouldn't even talk about something as important as treasure hunting at night. Maybe they really arranged something similar to a treasure guardian in the ruins?

He glanced at the Rotom drones above that were responsible for filming. Each contestant had at least one drone nearby, which was responsible for filming the treasure hunting process, so the program team was completely aware of what was happening here.

"Gengar!"

Gengar nodded, and then floated forward, while Xinye Miao jumped back on Hoshino's shoulder. It was really not because of fear, but for protection.

But soon, Gengar in front seemed to suddenly notice something, and he quickly shouted towards the rear.

"Gengar!"

"What's wrong?"

Hoshino immediately ran over. After lighting it with a flashlight, he was stunned. On the ground in front of him, a trainer who had come with them before seemed to have lost any energy at this moment, and his eyes were paralyzed with no highlights.

on the ground.

Next to this, a formation soldier lost its fighting ability and fell apart, and the trainer still held a Poké Ball in his hand. It must have been that the formation soldier was suddenly knocked down and was attacked by a surprise attack when he was about to send out the second one.

"..."

Hoshino squatted down to check. Gengar floated to the side and observed the surroundings carefully. Then he saw a damaged drone Rotom. Apparently, the attackers did not let go of any of them and took them all away.

"Is this also the effect of the show?"

He muttered silently, then shook his head. It was obviously not like this trainer had his life energy taken away. If this was done intentionally by the program team, they could report it directly to the alliance.

In the past, ghost-type Pokémon in the wild would steal the life energy of humans and other Pokémon to feed on it when they were short of food. It was said that human life energy was more delicious than Pokémon's.

However, later on, human society developed to protect the environment and take care of wild Pokémon. Many fruit trees were planted in the wild for protection, so that many ghost-type Pokémon no longer lacked food, so this kind of thing became much less common, but still

Still exists.

People can only say that they should try their best to prevent this situation from happening, but it is impossible to completely prevent it. However, if a trainer directs Pokémon to steal life energy, once the alliance discovers it, the end will be very tragic!

Hoshino died once, and he had a deep connection with ghost-type Pokémon. Not only did he raise two of them, but the Lunala he carried with him was also a ghost-type, and even had the talent of a spirit world pass.

"Interesting, it seems that there should be a very powerful ghost-type Pokémon living here."

He couldn't help but become interested, and then patted the trainer's face. It was just that part of his life was taken away, and he would be weak for a period of time at most. Those with poor physical fitness would get seriously ill, but they would not die.

"Hey, hey, if you're still alive, just say something."

"..."

"You unlucky guy who doesn't know your name, wake up quickly. I'm Shafulin..."

Hearing this, it seemed that there was some kind of magic power. The man suddenly came back to his senses, coughed twice, and waved his hands in panic: "Ghost... there is a ghost..."

"What?"

"Ghost... inside the treasure chest... there is..."

After leaving these words intermittently, the man finally couldn't hold on, his body was too weak, he felt a sense of weakness, and he fainted.

Seeing the other party fall to the ground again, Hoshino thought carefully about what the other party just said, forget about ghosts, there are ghosts everywhere here, mainly that treasure box!

So this person discovered the treasure chest and thought it contained treasure, but was attacked by a Mimic? So what is a Mimic...

"The treasure-seeking spirit in the form of a treasure chest!"

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(End of chapter)