Chapter 283: Connecting to Rotom!

【Mission Complete!】

【Rewards: Release Orb ×15, C-Gear Skin ×5, Unova Stone ×5, Entralink Pass ×?, Release Power Registration ×3, Intense Emotion ×1, Instant Intersect Power ×1.】

Xiang Guangtai returned to the side of the Entree, and two Dream Balls had already appeared on his person.

As for the spoils of war from Walking Wake, they were a bit troublesome; he had hauled two large bags full and still hadn't finished, so in the end, they had to be left in the depths of the forest.

This left Walking Wake feeling quite dejected. The items it had worked so hard to transport from the dream were still fresh, and they were just going to be left here like this?

Entei: "You are too greedy. Just how many Pokémon did you rob?"

Walking Wake made faces from inside its ball!

That is not the right way to put it!

Some things I picked up fair and square, some things that Zoroark was willing to give, and others I won through battle!

I feel that I have a rather lively personality! The things here were not obtained through any improper means!

However, the Phantom Entei knew full well that Walking Wake, this ancient dragon, had no concept of morality whatsoever. Previously, Calyrex had tried to teach Walking Wake some basic morals in the dream, but Walking Wake just played dumb.

The Phantom Entei just shook its head.

But it didn't say anything!

After all, they were all born directly from the dream and had nothing to do with reality; to those Pokémon, it was just like having a nightmare.

The Entei, who had run out from another black-and-white dream rift, knew well the unreasonableness of the Dream World.

【C-Gear Skin (Empty Slot): A skin used on the C-Gear. Completing special world events allows for one skin recording; perhaps it can record special fluctuations.】

【Unova Stone: A rare stone discovered in the Unova region that allows specific Pokémon to evolve. Its black-and-white surface is its defining feature.】

【Entralink Pass: A badge for world travelers.】

【Acquisition Requirement: Perform a C-Gear world traversal.】

【Effect: Can increase the initial favorability of life forms from other worlds. Favorability +50%.】

【Release Power Registration: You can consume Release Orbs to freely choose the residency and usage of three types of Release Power!】

【Entralink Emotion: Power granted by the Entralink Forest, capable of connecting emotions with any Pokémon, human, or even soul; it is a type of psychic ability.】

【Instant Intersect Power: Instant Intersect Communication—】

【Receive special events, activities, and competitions through Instant Intersect, or receive special information from certain locations. You can also use Instant Intersect communication to collect information on life forms from other worlds, and with the help of the C-Gear, this power can be manifested.】

The new leaves bursting forth on this ancient tree were also swaying slightly, celebrating the success of this Entralink.

This power capable of traversing worlds had finally been fully developed!

The Entree issued the rewards for the previous festival mission to Xiang Guangtai, and the rewards this time were also very generous.

Next, Xiang Guangtai would still need to continue helping out!

The goal of the mission was already clear, although in this process, continuing to unite hearts and perform artistic displays were also indispensable links.

"Uxie (Yellow Pixie), Azelf (Blue Pixie), and the last one is Mesprit (Red Pixie)."

"Celestial Tower."

The Celestial Tower, which represents the soul of justice—the Pokémon that appears after the distortion point is highly likely to be... Shiny Giratina.

And Xiang Guangtai always had a feeling.

The personalities of these different-colored space-time trio gods were likely very different from the ones in this world.

"Giratina of the soul of justice?"

"Hey, are you watching?"

Xiang Guangtai looked at the back of his hand, where a crest was gradually emerging.

Although Giratina's Distortion World was far from Unova, it could still see some things through the mirrors here.

And in his soul, Giratina also sent a distant call.

It was indeed... very interested!

A second self from a different universe, and the color was different, and even the personality might be different.

Giratina even developed a desire to have a contest!

Celestial power?

That kind of power was nothing to fear!

It was also a version enhanced by the Creator; everyone had the Creator's power, so why should your power be stronger than mine?

If there was a chance.

But to make the other party appear, a specific machine was still needed—a machine that connects time and space, connecting the past and the future...

Distant memories gradually surfaced and pieced themselves together.

In Opelucid City, there were two... no, it should be three special NPCs.

Grandpa Cedric, Mr. Thyme, and a child.

Of course, the child was not important; what was important were the father and son, Thyme and Cedric.

The concept of the time machine in the ninth-generation Paldea region, its prototype, came precisely from this father and son in the fifth generation.

"I remember they invented time machines in different time and space, but those time machines could only see the past or the future and could not perform traversal; they are very different from the time machines invented by the professors of the Scarlet-Violet era."

"But they had the advantage of being cheap, not needing any special Terastal energy, just needing Pokémon from other worlds that can charge... this requirement is actually not low; if you have the ability to traverse worlds to get the power source, you wouldn't need a time machine."

The small workshops of Unova are truly amazing.

"Then, we are going back."

"Awoo (Thank you!)~"

Walking Wake made a sound from inside the Poké Ball. Although it had never seen the Entree, it had heard about the existence of this old tree from Xiang Guangtai and Riolu. Although it looked a bit ugly, it was still quite impressive!

"Awoo..."

It actually controls such a large forest, and this place seems to be the center of this land. In other words, did the people of the past build a civilization on this land for the sake of this tree?

"You are absolutely correct! The people of the past regarded this place as the center of Unova precisely to use Release Power."

The dreams and ideals of humans and Pokémon gathered and swirled like a vortex, eventually becoming Release Power... Perhaps Release Power was born first, and the Entree was born later.

Because people's wills gathered in a special space, this strange plant called Entralink appeared here.

Walking Wake also had a rough understanding of civilization; anyway, it was just a place where humans gathered. Calyrex also often talked about how the civilization of the past was gone forever, missing its glorious days as a king, and so on.

Speaking of which, this king didn't have any requirements either; it was just like the leader of a Pokémon tribe!

Even a funny guy like Calyrex could become a king of humans; there is no prejudice between races among everyone!

However, Calyrex didn't seem to have any of its own kind.

"Hmm, indeed, Calyrex is different from us; it is probably some kind of special Pokémon naturally born in that region called Galar..."

The Phantom Entei also made a guess.

After all, the Legendary Beasts don't seem to be limited to Ho-Oh's guard in Johto; probably the ones in other places were also molded by Ho-Oh, or even its current self.

The branches and leaves of the Entree were swaying gently, and the wind of departure blew in this wonderful space.

The rest is left to you.

By the way, in the Entralink space, items can be stored infinitely in the depths of the forest.

"Eh? Is that so?"

Xiang Guangtai was surprised, but then he became happy.

Doesn't that mean... this place has become a natural storage warehouse?

"Ah, but when everyone can use the Entralink function, won't this place become a plaza?"

The Entree indicated that was not the case.

Although the Entralink Forest can manifest dreams, the depths of the forest are unique to each person.

Different people cannot enter others' forest depths, nor can they see the Pokémon that appear from other people's dreams, and naturally, only the owner of the items can retrieve the items stored in the depths of the forest.

The power of the Entralink is very huge; it is not such a simple thing.

"Oh! In that case, there is no problem!"

Xiang Guangtai looked into the distance of this grassland, where an ancient stone bridge extended continuously, and at the end of the bridge, there was thick fog, obscuring all sight.

That stone bridge is the "Wireless Connection Bridge," an important bridge leading to other people's worlds, and those mists are probably the barriers used in the game to separate one's own world from others' worlds.

Only when the fog clears can the inner world truly connect with this side.

Unlike the game, there was no special teleportation mechanism when returning; instead, one needed to click the Entralink button on the C-Gear again. After a gentle wave of Entralink psychic power enveloped him, it was just a blink of an eye, as if traversing endless time and space, and then he heard Professor Fennel's shout!

"You're back!"

Just like when he disappeared, his appearance was also abrupt.

When Xiang Guangtai disappeared, Professor Fennel was actually very nervous.

Fennel breathed a sigh of relief: "You don't know, my palms were sweating just now, and your Pokémon were also looking at me nervously... It made me re-examine all the data I had researched!"

"Musharna was also detecting the fluctuations of time and space and dreams here, and found that the Entralink psychic wave had been fluctuating continuously, which confirmed that the C-Gear should be effective, but I had never been to that world, so..."

"Anyway, welcome back! How was it! Is that world different from this one! You said the Entralink space is in the center of Unova, but the center of the real Unova is just a boundless ancient forest!"

Fennel had many questions she wanted to ask, and Musharna was the same; having finally woken up, she curiously tilted her head and looked at Xiang Guangtai.

"That world..." Xiang Guangtai briefly answered some things about the Entralink world.

"But for more specific details, why don't you go ask the Entree yourself!"

"Because you developed the C-Gear, you are also a registrant and user of Release Power, and the Entree is also very grateful to you."

Xiang Guangtai handed the C-Gear to Fennel.

But just at this moment, Rotom, laughing "hee hee hee," suddenly drilled into the C-Gear!

"Ah! What's going on? A Pokémon drilled in!"

Fennel pushed up her glasses, looking in disbelief at the Rotom appearing on the C-Gear screen!

This dream-loving girl even picked up the C-Gear and shook it vigorously as if shaking out water!

The Rotom inside the screen was still laughing "hee hee hee," not caring about the shaking outside at all!

"Any electrical appliance can be entered; this is the electric ghost Rotom, the Plasma Pokémon, a special Pokémon from the Spirit Realm that changes form when entering appliances with special motors."

"But I didn't expect it to be able to enter the C-Gear too."

Xiang Guangtai also curiously watched the changes in the C-Gear, but because there was no special motor, the appearance of the C-Gear did not show any abnormality, meaning no form change occurred.

The current world does not yet have the Rotom Dex or various Rotom products; those things were all custom-made at first and only mass-produced later.

However, the initial Rotoms seem to be able to directly use real-world electrical appliances to change into corresponding attributes without using special motor electricity; perhaps this is the strongest ability of Rotoms.

In the special edition, Rotom once turned into a "Tornadus-Ω Robot" and drove a toy Gundam; I don't know what the attribute of that Rotom was at the time.

If it's a robot, is it Steel + Electric?

"Special motor?" Musharna tilted her head, a bit confused. Xiang Guangtai crossed his arms and recalled: "I remember the R9 Shopping Plaza should have that kind of..."

"Ah! Are you talking about this kind of appliance! Wait for me!"

A light bulb lit up over Musharna's head; she kicked her little legs and ran away, and before long, she came back carrying a large box!

"Look! Before, my sister dismantled quite a few appliances at home to study the C-Gear, so she ordered some from the R9 Shopping Plaza. But I heard from Professor Juniper that these appliances seem to be slow-moving products and couldn't be sold at all!"

Musharna waved her hand: "These appliances used a special technology that was not yet mature, so they were not only very troublesome to use but also frequently crashed; because the quality control was not good, they became slow-moving goods."

"Roto~! Hee hee hee hee!"

At this time, Rotom ran out of the C-Gear, crossed Musharna like an electric ion, gave Musharna's hair a natural curl, and then drilled directly into the appliance in the box!

Buzz buzz buzz—

Rotom flew up!

Super form change!

Fan Rotom!

"... Fan Rotom is a Rotom that has drilled into an electric fan driven by a special motor, which will create strong winds to blow away enemies. It likes to use the wind to play pranks, blowing away things around it, and then making a triumphant giggle..."

"It's a troublesome guy that can spit out wild winds to do evil."

"Although there are several types of home appliance products that Rotom can drill into, the electric fan was the first one to be developed."

So it was an electric fan bought from R9!

Rotom blew a strong wind, messing up Professor Fennel's hair, but then it seemed to feel it wasn't enough, so it abandoned the fan and drilled directly into the oven!

Super form change!

Heat Rotom!

"Heat Rotom is a Rotom that has drilled into an oven/microwave driven by a special motor, very good at controlling fire. It likes to use heating to play pranks, roasting the surroundings until they are charred with high temperatures, and then laughing happily..."

Xiang Guangtai muttered, but Musharna tilted her head.

"That's not right... it seems to be feeling a bit uncomfortable."

"Roto-roto..."

Rotom's expression was like it was constipated, the corners of its mouth drooped, it felt like it was breaking out in a cold sweat, and then it flew directly out of the microwave and drilled back into the electric fan in a flash.

"If the oven/microwave itself is malfunctioning, the Rotom that drills inside will also become listless..."

"This is a super defective product; such a thing is actually sold in a big shopping mall... No wonder it can't be sold; these things wouldn't be imported from Sinnoh, would they?"

Musharna was surprised: "Ya! How did you know? It seems they were indeed imported from the Sinnoh region!"

Xiang Guangtai: "... Now I know who produced these defective products."

Team Galactic, it must be Cyrus's company that sold them!

No wonder Team Galactic has all kinds of advanced radio technology; it turns out they are selling home appliances in the legitimate market!

"Galactic Electronics Company... affiliated with the Galactic Group."

Musharna counted on her fingers: "Galactic Electronics Company is a very famous company! It involves home appliances and home equipment, digital audio-visual electronics, office products, aviation... equipment and systems for manufacturing and logistics, batteries and electronic components for mobile and social infrastructure, etc."

"The company slogan is: A better life, a better world!"

"Because of this, the Sinnoh region has a Global Trade Center. It's in Jubilife City!"

"The Galactic Group also seems to be a very large conglomerate in the Sinnoh region, investing in the construction of many buildings! The boss is an approachable wealthy businessman! Many researchers' equipment is also imported from there!"

A better life, a better world?

So the parallel universe counterpart of Team Galactic is Panasonic.

"It's really 'better'... as expected of Cyrus's company."

A better world → A world without hearts.

Then, based on Cyrus's level, these home appliances could be made into premium items by hand if he just tinkered with them.

There is only one person who can wholesale garbage defective products on a large scale, sell them at low prices, and is related to Rotom technology.

This batch of goods was sold by Team Galactic's chief researcher, the old man Charon.

"Hmm, lend me the C-Gear!"

Xiang Guangtai took the C-Gear back and shouted at the Rotom that was blowing wind "whoosh whoosh whoosh."

"Hee hee hee hee! ~"

Rotom darted out of the fan and drilled into the C-Gear with a cheeky grin!

【World Item (Special Pokémon Form): Connecting Rotom · C-Gear!】

【Description: The C-Gear is a special device used for world connection, now controlled by Rotom, becoming one of its forms! But because the C-Gear is relatively special, Rotom cannot change the C-Gear into a brand-new appearance.】

【Description: Go to Team Galactic and invite its leader, Cyrus, to perform a technical upgrade to adapt the C-Gear and the Connecting Rotom; perhaps you can unlock Rotom's special form!】

【Description: Expected form attributes—Electric + Psychic / Electric + Steel / Electric + Normal.】

【Expected learnable skills—Psychic / Flash Cannon / Hyper Voice.】

【Due to the special nature of the C-Gear, it is possible to additionally learn brand-new moves: all space-type moves, all gear-type moves.】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 284 =====