Pokémon: Trainers start as bounty hunters

"call--"

The cold wind shuttled between the darkness, and Zheya couldn't help but tighten the backpack on his back.

At this moment, he had entered the dark cave.

This extremely quiet and uninhabited underground cave makes people feel a little scared.

"Boom"

The electric dragon looked around in front of him, its tail emitting extremely bright light.

This ray of light also brought Zheya a sufficient sense of security.

No matter how good your eyesight is, people will inevitably feel a little scared and unfamiliar in complete darkness.

"Flame Chicken, have you sensed the stranger's waveguide?"

Zheye turned to the flame chicken with his eyes closed and asked.

"Xia Mo"

The Flame Chicken opened his eyes and slowly shook his head.

Tetsuya frowned.

From this point of view, the trainers who were lost in the maze must have gone a lot deeper, at least away from the approximate location of the dark cave that was initially demarcated.

This is also a normal thing. After all, the cave dug by Brother Tulong extends in all directions.

In other words, the Earth Dragon Brothers tribe came from nowhere and dug into the area of ​​the Dark Cave.

It was unlikely that those trainers who had lost their way would still stay in this area. He just came to take a look with a glimmer of hope.

What if, this is a matter of life and death, so we still have to rule out all possibilities.

Tetsuya squatted down and took a closer look at the traces on the ground under the dazzling light from the electric dragon's tail.

Unfortunately, due to the tide, the traces of human walking that should have remained are almost invisible.

Even if Zheye had good eyesight, he would not be able to deduce from these faint traces the direction in which the lost people were heading.

"It seems that we can only use the most brutal method to investigate step by step."

Zheye thought with a heavy expression.

This was also an important reason why Sutian was worried in the afternoon that he would not be able to find the person quickly.

This kind of searching method, which is like digging three feet into the ground, is very time-consuming, even if he has a flame chicken that can master the waveguide.

Unless he is a person with super powers, and a very powerful one, he can directly use his super powers to scan the entire cave to find people.

Otherwise, seven or eight hours might not be enough for him to find survivors.

Waveguides are strong, but they still fall short in terms of range.

"Pangyan Monster, please listen to the sounds from the ground."

However, he doesn't have elves who can shorten the time needed to search.

"Dangoro!"

The huge rock beast nodded obediently.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zheye's mouth.

His elves are all professionals when it comes to finding things.

You must know that when doing bounty missions in the wild, the biggest difficulty is not the battle, but the process of searching.

"Tsk, but I still need to find time to cultivate a super-type elf."

Zheya and his three companions searched and thought at the same time.

This was the first time he had thought of this issue during the mission.

The advantages of super elves can be fully reflected at this time. In addition to finding people faster, ensuring safety is also a very important aspect.

It’s not that the Flame Chickens can’t guarantee it, but that the super-powered elves will react faster and can more easily prevent themselves from serious harm.

However, super-powered elves are too rare, especially those that suit his liking.

Relatively speaking, the reasonable way to cultivate super-powered elves that only a few people know, that is, the method of training superpowers, is relatively easy for him.

After all, he could ask Sirona.

Her best friend Cattleya is a very powerful superpower user and superpower trainer, and has full say in this aspect.

If that doesn't work, finding an opportunity to ask Nazi can be an alternative.

The main reason is that the attitude of this super queen makes Zheya a little confused. Otherwise, he feels that she is quite reassuring, especially when it comes to matters related to super powers.

As time goes by, Tetsuya goes deeper and deeper into this intricate underground cave.

The notes he used to record the rough route had changed from a few strokes at the beginning to countless intertwined coils.

At this moment, he finally understood why no one was willing to take on the rescue mission issued by Sutian.

"This is not a place that you can get out of just by relying on your senses. Without excellent memory and observation skills, you might not know where you are after just a few more crossroads."

Zhe also felt very dizzy.

Even if he is extremely capable, he still has to repeat it four or five times in this situation.

As a result, the efficiency of rescue will be greatly reduced.

He took out the Hiluf brand detection instrument he took from his friend and looked at it.

According to the instrument's display, he was currently located two hundred meters underground. The surrounding moisture was heavy and the air was relatively thin but maintained at an acceptable level.

Forget about signals.

With this depth and the influence of energy, it is impossible for signals to be connected to the outside.

Fortunately, his detection instrument is advanced enough and comes with its own database, otherwise the analysis environment would not be possible at all.

"So, in fact, Senior Sutian doesn't know whether those guys have survived."

Tetsuya sighed.

Fortunately, ordinary people would not have the courage to go to Yanmo City through the abandoned dark caves. The few people who had the accident were all trainers.

Being a trainer means that they have at least good survival ability in the wild, and it also means that their space backpacks should contain enough food to sustain them for a long time.

This is a must for every trainer, and so is Tetsuya.

Whenever he goes into the wild, his space backpack will definitely contain enough compressed food and water for half a month.

In the most extreme state, this support time can even be extended to one month.

And he has an elf, so if he is in a hurry, there is no big problem in being a version of Robinson Crusoe in the elf world.

"It looks like there are indeed gophers out there."

Zheye put away the detector and found some clues at the bottom of the cave passage.

The mounds of soil rise.

This is the best evidence of a gopher's passage.

These little guys who move about one meter below the soil will definitely leave such a path to show that they have been there.

These are traces that even floods cannot cover up.

"Down"

While thinking, the Flame Chicken suddenly appeared in front of Zheye and took a defensive posture.

A white flame with a hint of blue-green flashed past the entrance of the cave not far away.

This is...

Zheye, who had experienced nine-year compulsory education in his previous life, changed his expression.

"I don't sense the presence of a waveguide."

The voice of the flame chicken rang in his heart.

"I know, go and have a look."

Tetsuya nodded cautiously, put down the gas mask that came with the adventure suit and put it on his face, and then walked over with his friends.

Entering the fork, a pile of skeletons appeared in front of him.

"really."

He must have it in his heart.

The eerie flame just now was phosphorus fire.

"The time of death has passed too long to confirm, but it should be a human male. It seems to be an unknown unlucky guy."

After carefully looking at the appearance of the skeleton, Zheya made a simple judgment.

Under the floods that come and go every day, it is not easy for this unlucky guy to have a well-formed skeleton gathered in one place.

He looked at the skeleton and saw that there was nothing else around it. It was probably all washed away.

Then Zhe also left here.

After all, the phosphine that causes phosphorus fire is highly toxic.

As for why the phosphorus fire suddenly appeared, it probably has to be attributed to the flame chicken.

Phosphorus fire should not occur in this humid environment, but the flame chicken's body emits intense heat all the time, which directly ignites the phosphine.

"So, where was this guy's original location?"

Standing at a central point extending in all directions, Tetsuya looked around.

"Flaming chicken."

He suddenly spoke up.

"Oh scare"

Although Zhe didn't say anything, Flame Chicken, who had a very tacit understanding with him, understood his thoughts immediately.

I saw that the flame chicken began to exude a hot red aura.

The phosphorus fire flashed past again.

"There."

Tetsuya immediately caught this fleeting color.

Go deeper, keep going deeper.

The surrounding soil gradually became lighter from the initial dark color.

I took out the detection instrument and saw that the humidity level here was already very low.

"In other words, this is a high point, so it can avoid floods to a certain extent."

Under the bright light of the electric dragon, Zheye made a judgment and recorded this special location in his notebook.

This isn't the first place he's found to escape flooding.

Presumably those trainers who died should be able to find similar locations, I hope so.

"Boom"

The electric dragon raised its shining tail and lifted a fragment from the ground and handed it to Tetsuya.

"Thanks."

Zhe also touched its little head.

Looking at the fragments of the elf ball in his hand, he fell into thinking.

"There are traces of gopher teeth, it looks like it was gnawed by gophers.

But there were also burnt black marks, and the gopher did not have any fire damage skills.

Then it should be that other wild elves attacked this guy, and then the gopher gnawed the discarded elf ball.

This guy's strength is a bit weak."

Zhe also quickly figured out the general process of the other party's murder.

By the way, he complained in his heart that he was very disrespectful to the deceased.

Although I don't know what kind of elf it is, but judging from the traces left on the fragments, this elf must not be much stronger.

If you're not too good at it, then you're not vigilant.

"No, or it is possible that he is too weak to resist."

However, he soon thought of another possibility.

This possibility made Zheya feel a little silent for a moment.

"Let's go, let's keep looking."

He threw the fragments on the ground and continued walking to other places with his three companions.

One hour, two hours...

"Something's wrong."

Tetsuya narrowed his eyes when he discovered human skeletons again.

This is the sixth body he has found during this period.

Moreover, the marks left on each body where they were killed were burnt.

The flame chicken was asked again to confirm the nature of the residual energy on the burn marks, and it said that there was a very eerie feeling on it.

"Is it a ghost elf?" Tetsuya said to himself.

In this environment, it is indeed possible for ghost elves to survive.

So, what kind of elf could it be? He stood there and started thinking.

"Pangyan monster, use gravity."

Suddenly, he let out a loud shout.

Earthy yellow light burst out instantly.

"gi——"

A shrill scream sounded, and the voice was full of panic.

A short humanoid creature with a dark purple body appeared from the gap in the cave under the pressure of Pangyan Monster's skills.

The Dark Pokémon, the Dark Pokémon, and the Ghost-type Pokémon have gem-like eyes that allow them to see their surroundings in very weak light.

They mainly live deep underground and dig the soil with their sharp claws. Their main food is stones, ores and even gems. Their sharp razor-shaped teeth are their eating tools and also very powerful weapons.

An introduction to this elf flashed through Tetsuya's mind.

According to ancient rumors, the eyes of this kind of elf living underground or in caves will absorb people's souls when they emit a strange light in the dark. This is why it is named the Soul-Educating Eye.

However, the seductive eye in front of Zheye is trying its best to curl up its weak body, showing that it does not pose any threat.

At this moment, Guhunyan's heart was filled with fear.

It was just hiding in the dark and taking a sneak peek as usual. How could it have been imagined that it had encountered a hard problem.

The aura of the three elves in front of them clearly told the eye of the soul the fact that it was a younger brother in their eyes, just like it bullied the earth dragon younger brother.

"Is it this little guy? It's not quite right."

Tetsuya muttered.

The reputation of seductive eyes is indeed average, but in fact this kind of elves are not too vicious.

Even among the evil elves and ghost elves, this guy can be considered friendly.

The main reason why they are notorious is that they like to play pranks because they live in darkness for a long time.

To put it more directly, many people don’t mind keeping this little guy as a pet at home.

This would be impossible to happen to other ghost-type elves.

Furthermore, the ordinary-level strength of the Seductive Eye in front of me doesn't look like it can attack the trainer at all.

"gi~"

Feeling that the Pangyan monster was only restraining itself and not taking any further action, the seductress made a begging sound to Tetsuya.

It knew that this strange guy with no fighting ability was the leader, just like the one it had encountered before.

"Flaming Chicken, ask it if there are any elves living in the nearby caves."

Tetsuya said to the wary flame chicken on the side.

"Down"

The flame chicken nodded.

The blue waveguide spreads.

Zheye even felt the surprise and disbelief in the gem-like eyes of the seductive eyes.

There are also many types of elves' languages, which can be simply understood as the differences between Mandarin, dialects, and national languages ​​in the previous life.

Many elves only speak dialects but not Mandarin, so it is actually very difficult to communicate.

At least Juhunyan has never encountered a second elf that can communicate with him.

But since we can communicate, everything is easy to talk about.

Feeling the flame chicken's waveguide, the young Gu Hunyan said that his life should not be in great danger this time.