Chapter 1354: Ancient Ang-Lord

Future Lumiose?

After escaping, All Baimu held An Xin'er and Hu Pa, immediately having the Shiny Gengar and Poryphone assist in their retreat.

To do this, he used the Miracle Plate to construct a 【Platform】 they could stand on, and had the Sky Plate propel them forward, vanishing in the blink of an eye and reappearing on the roof of a distant block.

He frowned, gazing into the distance at the massive Prism Tower that looked like a living creature roaring at the sky, and watched the pitch-black tentacles wreaking havoc in the center of Lumiose City.

The original tower top had turned into a bizarre flower bud, and countless roots had sprouted from the base, destroying the earth. Surprisingly, he didn't see many casualties among the scattered fleeing people.

There were quite a few wild Pokémon fleeing, including some Mega Evolved individuals, radiating a strange, pinkish-purple light and looking rather abnormal.

No.

They were definitely abnormal!

Watching those Mega Evolved Pokémon begin to destroy the city, All Baimu felt as if he were witnessing the Mega Evolution waves of the past.

No.

It was just abnormal!

"Do you know what this thing is?"

"I don't know."

An Xin'er curled up in his warm embrace, feeling completely enveloped by a sense of security, and whispered, "An Xin'er hasn't seen this before~"

Poryphone monitored the details with remote imaging and said, "It looks like the result of a secondary modification to the Prism Tower—who would have so much free time? Lysandre?"

"Lysandre..."

All Baimu recalled the Team Flare leader who should have been paralyzed in bed but had mysteriously vanished.

Could it be that he had traveled to this parallel Lumiose City and rebuilt Team Flare to modify the Prism Tower?

That felt very likely!

As for the whereabouts of this parallel world's Lysandre, he was probably dead.

An Xin'er blinked when she heard the name Lysandre.

She knew of the lion-headed man, but had no memory of his face, as she was only six years old and Lysandre's incident had happened five years ago.

Poryphone said, "Given the current situation, someone in Lumiose City will surely come to handle it. Let's try to gather some intelligence first."

It was while it said this that All Baimu saw people engaging the rampaging Mega Pokémon.

"Let's go!"

He approached without hesitation.

On the ground, amidst the ruins of buildings.

A black-haired girl in a blue hoodie and a dark-skinned boy with dreadlocks in a white jacket were running about.

They were doing their best to dodge the attacks of the rampaging Mega Pokémon while commanding their own to launch counterattacks.

The former's partner was a Mega Starmie, and the latter's was a Mega Scrafty.

The Pokémon they were battling were a group of Mega Scizor.

All Baimu approached and immediately sent out Hydreigon. Without needing a word, Hydreigon unleashed a torrent of flames, incinerating the group of Bug/Steel Pokémon—which were quadruple-weak to Fire—on the opposite side.

The sudden, fierce fire startled the two children, and their Pokémon quickly retreated, falling back to protect their trainers.

"Who's there!?"

Both looked up alertly. All Baimu descended from the air and steadied An Xin'er.

Not far away, the flames gradually dissipated, revealing the defeated group of Scizor.

"Pardon the intrusion. What's the situation in Lumiose City? Why did the Prism Tower suddenly turn into this?"

He asked directly.

The boy and girl looked at each other and asked in unison, "Are you from outside?"

"That's right. I'm not from Kalos; I just suddenly saw this inexplicable situation."

All Baimu glanced at An Xin'er, who was clinging to his lapel very obediently.

And Hu Pa was the same, hiding secretly behind him.

Why was it acting so timid all of a sudden?

All Baimu didn't quite understand. An Xin'er had been brave enough to venture alone into the Ultra Lumiose City, yet now she was acting like a small child.

The boy opposite him said, "We are members of Team Ultra-Z, responsible for suppressing rampaging Mega Pokémon... My name is Piru."

"My name is Dailuo!"

The girl jumped up, raising her right hand, and pointed at the mutated Prism Tower on the horizon: "That thing is called the Ang-Lord; it's the culprit behind the recent Mega Evolution phenomenon among wild Pokémon in Lumiose City!"

All Baimu looked at the giant flower bud: "Ang-Lord? Was it modified by some evil organization?"

Piru shook his head: "No, it has existed for two thousand years. It was built by a man named AZ to protect the Kalos region, but..."

What?

AZ built the Ang-Lord two thousand years ago?

Then what was the Ultimate Weapon? And shouldn't that have been built three thousand years ago?

Which world did I travel to?

All Baimu frowned: "So the current situation is that it suddenly went berserk?"

"No! It didn't just suddenly go berserk! We were trying to stop the Ang-Lord from losing control, so our captain went inside with a Pokémon called Floette to try and restrain it, but the situation has gone a bit beyond our expectations..."

Dailuo smiled awkwardly.

In short, things had gotten a bit out of hand.

Floette had merged with the Ang-Lord, causing this device created thousands of years ago to go berserk, releasing Mega Energy that caused countless wild Pokémon to Mega Evolve and run wild.

They had no choice but to send personnel to deal with these wild Mega Pokémon.

But why were there so many wild Pokémon appearing in the city?

Just as All Baimu was feeling puzzled, Poryphone successfully connected to this world's network and displayed the basic information it had gathered.

It turned out that after Lumiose City was destroyed in this world, a large number of residents chose to leave, causing severe population loss and negative rumors.

After the people left, wild Pokémon began to invade the city ruins and occupy them.

The Kalos League had no choice but to plan a new urban development project dedicated to the coexistence of humans and Pokémon, which was the truth behind why wild Pokémon were appearing in Lumiose City.

"That's... quite a job."

All Baimu was speechless.

He couldn't comment on the situation of humans and Pokémon living together, but the current state of affairs was truly beyond his expectations.

Was this the main plot of an XY remake?

Once again, they had abandoned the traditional villain role.

All Baimu recalled the villain boss he couldn't find in Paldea, and then linked it to everything happening now.

"Does Clemont know there's this thing inside the Prism Tower?"

His intuition told him it was hard to say.

In any case, the top priority was to deal with the berserk Ang-Lord Floette.

All Baimu asked Dailuo and Piru: "How do you plan to handle it? Just blow it up?"

"Blow it up? No, no! We just want to calm the Ang-Lord's rampage." Dailuo waved his hands frantically.

Piru said: "We already have a member who has taken Zygarde to approach the Ang-Lord."

"Took who? Zygarde?"

All Baimu almost thought he had misheard.

Piru nodded: "Yes, Zygarde has a way to deal with the out-of-control Ang-Lord."

During their conversation, a pile of holographic projections suddenly appeared beside them.

"Who are you talking to? Have the rampaging Mega Pokémon been dealt with?"

The speaker was a woman with a princess hairstyle and chocolate-colored skin.

All Baimu didn't recognize her: "Hello."

"... An outsider?"

Yuzi bowed gracefully: "My name is Yuzi, the president of MSBC."

MSBC?

The completely unfamiliar organization made All Baimu look at An Xin'er.

An Xin'er knew this one; she whispered: "It's the Lumiose Social Battle Club, a very famous private battle organization."

"That's right—"

"Now is not the time for this!"

A voice came from a projection nearby. It was a cold-looking man with fair skin and round-rimmed glasses. His eyes skipped directly over All Baimu and asked Dailuo and Piru: "How are the rampaging Pokémon?"

Dailuo raised his hand: "They were all dealt with by this—"

"My name is All Baimu."

"They were all dealt with by Mr. All Baimu." Dailuo gestured for them to look at the ground in the distance.

The defeated Scizor lying on the ground came into view.

The hovering Hydreigon was particularly eye-catching, its massive size and terrifying aura visible even if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.

Yuzi covered her mouth and laughed: "I see! Many thanks for your help, Mr. All Baimu! I wonder where you are from, and if you have any interest in joining our MSBC?"

"Boring."

The man hung up the projection.

All Baimu said to Yuzi: "If there's time, please let me visit first."

Yuzi chuckled: "Then I shall await your good news."

She also hung up the projection.

Dailuo and Piru looked unsurprised, saying: "We have to go to the center. Do you want to follow along?"

All Baimu didn't respond, first looking at An Xin'er.

An Xin'er gripped his lapel tightly: "I'll go with Uncle."

"Fine."

He didn't refuse.

He might not be able to protect a hundred An Xin'ers, but one was more than enough, as he was different from before.

The four of them set off toward the location of the Ang-Lord.

Seeing Dailuo and Piru preparing to take a detour when faced with obstacles, he directly released Steelix: "Let's fly over; a straight line is the shortest distance between two points."

"This—"

"What a huge Steelix!"

The two had different reactions.

But they both accepted the suggestion, boarded the Steelix's head, and headed toward a building closer to the Ang-Lord.

Roof of the central building.

Steelix landed, but didn't get too close, worried about triggering the Ang-Lord's control like before.

Dailuo landed and immediately contacted his companions: "Shengcai! Tani! How are things on your end?"

A cheerful female voice came through: "I'm doing okay over here, except for still being unable to control the Ang-Lord... Speaking of which, it seems the Ang-Lord caught something just now, and was then attacked by something?"

"It was a person, I saw it."

Another crisp female voice replied: "Roots grabbed a little girl who suddenly appeared, and then they were broken by the Pokémon sent by the person who appeared behind her."

Dailuo and Piru looked at All Baimu and An Xin'er upon hearing this.

All Baimu nodded, indicating it was indeed them.

Dailuo opened his mouth, wanting to explain his presence, but didn't know where to start.

All Baimu whispered: "The top priority is to solve the Ang-Lord problem. We can talk about anything else later."

"That's true."

The two agreed.

The cheerful female voice asked: "Is there anyone else on your side?"

"We'll talk later, we'll talk later. Tani, focus on the Ang-Lord first!" Dailuo waved his hands frantically.

The crisp female voice said: "I'm in position and have gained Zygarde's approval."

As the words fell.

Green light suddenly lit up on the roof diagonally in front of them, and in a flash, a humanoid Gundam appeared on the roof.

It suddenly flew toward the Ang-Lord, circling the twisted giant tower and releasing a large amount of green light waves.

Dailuo and Piru let out cries of surprise, while All Baimu remained silent.

"..."

After all that, it was still just fighting!

He had thought Zygarde had some special means to make this so-called Ang-Lord stop its rampage.

"The Ang-Lord is moving again! Be careful!"

The crisp female voice warned, and then a large number of roots burst out of the ground at the base of the tower, colorful flower buds sprouted from the top, and it released terrifying light waves at everything living around it!

Hum—!!

A light wave tore through the air.

Dailuo and Piru were about to dodge, when All Baimu's giant Steelix met it head-on, spinning its steel bones horizontally to create a terrifying sandstorm that clashed with the light wave.

Rumble!

The air exploded, and both sides canceled each other out on the spot.

All Baimu shook his head: "This power... doesn't even equal one percent of Darkrai's."

The light waves released by the Giant-Eyed Darkrai back then hadn't been this soft!

Dailuo and Piru were confused.

All Baimu pointed to a figure falling from a high building in the distance: "Your companion is down there. Do you want to go help?"

Dailuo and Piru looked over and saw a figure in a white hat and green jacket falling toward the base of the tower, clearly intending to stop those roots.

"Yes, yes!"

They naturally wouldn't let their friend fight alone!

All Baimu said: "Then stand firm."

He pulled out a bunch of Poké Balls and threw them, shouting: "Porygon2! Gengar!"

"Pali!"

"Gen~ga!"

The two Pokémon responded, their eyes flashing with a bright blue light, and they used their psychic power to bring the appearing companions to the ground.

Dailuo and Piru were startled, but by the time they reacted, they were already standing on the ground.

Countless Pokémon surrounded them.

Regieleki and Regidrago were particularly eye-catching.

"These two Pokémon—"

"I came in a hurry today and didn't bring all my partners." All Baimu turned to ask: "Are your partners inside?"

Dailuo was stunned and didn't react, but Piru realized something and nodded hurriedly in the affirmative.

All Baimu said to his Pokémon: "As you can see, we need to take this thing apart, but be gentle—there are people inside. Do you all understand?"

"Guroar!"

The Pokémon responded in unison.

"Very well! Move out!" All Baimu pulled out his Key Stone, Tera Orb, and Mega Ring.

A group of Pokémon swarmed forward, wrapped in light, launching attacks on all the roots bursting from the ground.

The girl who had come down first hadn't even had time to Mega Evolve her Pokémon when a fierce silver light flashed across her vision, shattering all the thick roots in its path.

High in the sky, the Complete Forme Zygarde continued its attack, but suddenly a terrifying whistling sound reached its ears.

It looked to the side and saw a giant flame dragon lunging at the Ang-Lord's flower bud, subjecting it to the scorching heat of dragon fire, and in a flash, a pink light surged forward, knocking the entire flower bud askew.

The deafening roars were endless.

Zygarde: "..."

Where did this group come from? Why are they so fierce?