Pokemon Dawn

Twelve forty-five noon.

"The entrance is about a hundred meters ahead... it should be in that room."

Xiaoye, who was running at the front with an energy detector in hand, pointed at the bungalow not far away.

The energy detector pointed out the general direction of the institute, and precise detection was completed by the power of waveguides. The entrance to the underground that was finally found was quite remote, located on the outskirts of a sparsely populated city.

"This seems to be a utility room?" After looking through the window to make sure there was nothing unusual, everyone quickly instructed their Pokémon to break down the door.

There is no time to waste now.

The small room was filled with clutter, and a thin layer of dust covered it. But the ground was very clean, and it was obvious that people were passing by from time to time.

The smooth floor tiles look ordinary, but within the scope of the waveguide power, the downward tunnel is as obvious as if it were directly exposed in the air.

"Here."

"Understood, Yongjira!"

At Xiaoling's signal, the invisible force of thought lifted up all the floor tiles pointed by Xiaoye, revealing the metal surface.

"Bingo." Xiaojie showed a somewhat complicated expression.

Although it's just a coincidence, this place is quite close to the place where Xiaojie and Xiaoye met that day. If this place had been discovered earlier, things wouldn't have been so bad.

"Then, let me confirm again." Taking two steps forward, Xiaotian did not rush to open the door.

"Team Rocket will definitely deploy a large number of troops in an important research institute. Once we enter this door, our lives are very likely to be in danger. Even so, do we have to continue moving forward?"

Xiaotian simply issued the final inquiry.

Going deep into the research institute alone and assisting in the search are not at the same level of danger. The confirmation of will before the war will naturally have to be carried out again. Although Xiaotian thought so rigidly, everyone did not want to answer the temporary captain's questions properly, and even

Xiao Ye made an expression like "I don't want to talk".

"I'll leave you if you ask such nonsense again."

Xiaojie rolled his eyes angrily and knocked lightly on the metal door, "Why don't we come and see how to get in."

Having witnessed with their own eyes the horror of the disaster dozens of minutes ago, no one could indifferently refuse to help.

No one would leave their friends behind and escape alone.

"Well, it seems difficult to break through by force." Xiaoling tried to infiltrate her super power into it. Even if such a thick door could be destroyed with violence, it would probably cause a lot of noise and attract attention.

"...Eh?"

Xiaojie pushed the door with his hands hanging in the air, dumbfounded as he watched the door slide silently to the side, revealing the dark tunnel.

“The door is unlocked??”

The golden-haired boy turned around with a question mark, and received the same confused responses from everyone. It was really puzzling that such an important place had its doors wide open.

"Going in from here can indeed lead to the depths of the research institute." Xiao Ye described the detection results of the power of the waveguide, dispelling the question of "did we go to the wrong place?"

"Although I don't know why the door is open..." After saying that, Xiaoye went straight forward and jumped into the tunnel. "But no one is passing by below for the time being, so feel free to come down."

A job like pioneering should naturally be left to people with scope investigation capabilities.

"good."

Everyone followed Xiao Ye's footsteps into the tunnel. Xiao Ling, who came down last, did not forget to close the door and used telekinesis to put the lifted floor tiles back into place through the door panel.

When jumping into this darkness, everyone was ready to wake up.

From now on, no one will come to support, and no one will come to the rescue in times of crisis. All decisions and conflicts will be resolved by themselves as immature new trainers.

Fortunately, they are not fighting alone, but four people. Four people who can rely on each other.

Is it dangerous?

certainly.

Are you afraid of death?

certainly.

Do you want to continue?

certainly.

Thirteen:07 pm.

As everyone in the alliance expected, Team Rocket's researchers and some of the combat personnel responsible for the defenses were stationed underground. However, even if Xiaoye expanded the detection range, the number of people detected was not very large.

Perhaps because a large number of manpower is used in the battle on the ground - it is quite difficult to contain the elite executive Seiji Takada - the number of people left underground is not as many as hundreds or thousands as everyone imagined. However, the number of people

Scarcity does not mean lack of strength. It is too early to let go.

"It always feels like it's not very cool down there." Xiaoling muttered softly.

When they reached the end of the tunnel made of rough masonry, they turned left and saw the real gate of the institute. The four of them stopped before turning.

Before entering an unknown environment, investigating the current situation is of course the first priority - Xiaoye closes her eyes and expands the detection range of the waveguide power to the limit.

Hazy crystal blue light seeps out from its entire body. It is difficult to remain completely silent when a large amount of waveguide power is being output.

Through the power of the waveguide, Xiaoye vaguely "saw"——

This is a very large research institute, even bigger than the department store Xiaoye once visited. The foundation is slope-shaped, with the west being higher and the east being lower. The four people are currently at the westernmost entrance of the research institute, and the east end is

May have reached the Honglian volcano area.

There are many people walking around and patrolling in the institute, and there are also people who are completely stationary. Large-scale detection is not accurate enough to determine what everyone is doing, but what is certain is that for such a large-scale research

So speaking, these patrols are by no means too many.

Xiaoye frowned.

To the east, blazing fire energy filled the air, burning away the power of the spreading waveguide. The specific situation on the east side of the research institute could not be felt at all.

The underground magma is inherently hot, and coupled with the high-temperature energy generated during the artificial Phoenix project, it is difficult for any remote detection method to gain anything.

"Are you okay?" Xiaoling said cautiously, "It doesn't matter if you don't have to detect too far in one go. Large-scale detection is really difficult. I've tried it several times before, but I can't handle so much feedback information. It's super tiring."

Seeing that Xiaoling misunderstood her expression, Xiaoye quickly smiled and said: "It's okay, I'm pretty good at large-scale detection."

Therefore, Xiaoye briefly described the detected terrain and personnel deployment, and also mentioned the unsuccessful detection in the east.

"The energy fluctuations over there are too strong, I can't feel anything."

Xiao Ye tried to increase her efforts, and the crystal blue brilliance became more and more obvious, but unfortunately the result was still zero.

"That's it."

Xiaotian patted Xiaoye on the shoulder, "This information is enough."

"Yeah." Xiaoye nodded, and the detection of the waveguide power returned to the normal ten-meter radius, and the hazy light also dissipated, "There is another strange thing."

Taking the lead through the corner, Xiaoye pointed ahead.

A cold gray metal door stands in front of you, and the password disk is fluorescent, waiting for someone to enter.

In front of the door, two people wearing Team Rocket uniforms were slumped on the ground, already unconscious.

"This is……"

Everyone was a little stunned for a moment.

"She must have been hypnotized." Xiaoye lowered her voice. There were sleeping powder scattered on the ground, and it was easy to deduce what happened before their arrival.

"So...someone sneaked in here before us?"

"And they are most likely our friendly forces. Maybe Executive Officer Ayakawa and the others?"

"Probably not. Their energy detector is in our hands, so we shouldn't be able to determine the location here."

The four of them discussed in low voices while carefully approaching the door and pushing it gently.

The door opened a crack.

"As expected." Xiaojie smiled, "Although we don't know who the friend in front is, it's a good thing for us."

The metal door slowly opened, but the next second, Xiaojie suddenly stopped.

Unlike his sister, his superpowers focus on perception, and his five senses - especially vision - are much sharper than ordinary people.

He saw, at the end of the corridor in the distance, a corner of black clothes flashing past. If that person had been standing there just now, I'm afraid...

A chill filled his heart, and he held the elf ball in his hand.

"Someone."

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Small theater:

System prompt: Captain [Shen Yutian] sent a question: "Even so, do you still want to move forward?" (Y/N)

Xiaoye:...I chose "too lazy to answer and show an indifferent expression". (Indifference)

Xiaojie: What a coincidence, me too. (Indifferent)

Xiaoling: What a coincidence, everyone has the same choice. (Indifferent)