Chapter 1284

Boom—!!

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar echoed throughout the entire Mount Coronet.

Countless wild Pokémon looked up in terror, only to see a streak of bright silver light piercing the daylight, like a spear of judgment cast down by God.

The tough rock strata of Mount Coronet, covered in ten thousand years of ice and snow, were as fragile as thin boards at this moment; the surging energy released by the Heavy Slam caused the ground to "dissolve" instantly, and scorching rocks flew at high speed into the forest at the foot of the mountain, triggering a rain-like chorus of impacts.

The trunks and branches of a vast expanse of trees were shattered to pieces. Beneath the pillar of smoke rising to the sky, groups of wild Pokémon shrieked and fled frantically, just to get away from this mountain hollow that felt like the arrival of the apocalypse.

Without the constraints of a high-strength arena, the destructive power of the Super Gigantic Steelix far exceeded anyone's imagination.

But its attack did not end with this single collision.

Deep underground, the Super Gigantic Steelix was operating at full power.

"Roar!!"

It was like a speeding tunnel boring machine, constantly digging deep inside the mountain. Even the hardest soil layers were easily shattered, and the rotating lateral steel bones squeezed them to the surroundings or threw them backward.

The entire Mount Coronet continued to vibrate, and small-scale disasters such as avalanches and landslides even occurred in some areas. But under the full coverage of Calyrex's psychic field, no wild Pokémon were injured as a result.

"All Baimu—"

Calyrex's voice stopped abruptly because All Baimu was on a phone call.

"Yeah, yeah, I can solve it right away."

"I know, don't worry, it's no problem."

"What's that noise? It's nothing, I'm just driving a tunnel boring machine to dig a mountain here! Digging what mountain? Mount Coronet, of course."

Beep... beep...

The call ended.

All Baimu let out a soft breath.

The person who called was naturally Shanren. The impact of the space-time anomaly covered the globe, and many Trainers' Pokémon in Orre were experiencing abnormalities, causing the Pokémon Centers to be overcrowded.

With the Masters Eight Tournament imminent, Shanren was worried that All Baimu had also been affected, so he specifically came to ask.

He didn't expect to ask for the cause of the anomaly directly.

This really gave the dictatorial Chairman of Orre a headache. Two days ago, he said he was going to wander around, and immediately he pulled off a big stunt.

Shanren was helpless and could only urge him to act with caution.

"Let's hurry up."

All Baimu himself did not want to drag it out any longer and said to Calyrex, "I'll leave it to you."

"Mm."

The little deer nodded, wrapped himself, All Baimu, and Miraidon under a glowing blue light shield, and rushed into the smoke.

At the same time.

There was chaos inside the Team Galactic base.

The external shaking was transmitted inside, feeling even more earth-shattering. Large sections of the ceiling fell, cracks covered the concrete on all four sides, and the steel bars used for reinforcement inside let out miserable groans.

All cameras capable of monitoring the outside had been hacked, and alarm lights everywhere were flashing non-stop.

"What the hell is going on! Who is invading? International Police?"

Commander Mars shouted repeatedly.

Jupiter, who was operating the computer, scolded, "Stop shouting! We can't even open the base gate now!"

On the computer screen, a Porygon popped up from time to time, giggling.

Jupiter was so angry she almost took action, "Damn Porygon virus! Come and help!"

Bang!

With a muffled sound, the control room door opened. Saturn led Toxicroak and many subordinates inside, "Are you okay? Do you know who is invading?"

(From left to right: Saturn, Jupiter, Cyrus, Mars, and Charon.)

"The base's computer program has been controlled! We are trying to find a way!" Jupiter stared at the screen without blinking.

Thanks to her high technical level, control of the base system gradually returned to her hands.

Of course, this was also the result of Porygon2 intentionally letting it happen.

After all, reinforcements had arrived.

Accompanied by the continuously intensifying vibrations, the three major Team Galactic commanders looked up at the ceiling, an ominous premonition emerging in their hearts.

The next moment.

—Boom!!

The ceiling burst!

Countless rubble flew everywhere like bullets, and dust fell like a torrential rain, covering the entire control room.

Some Team Galactic members were directly knocked unconscious by the chaotic rocks, while others survived under the protection of the three commanders who had a premonition in advance.

"Cough, cough, cough! Who the hell is it!"

Jupiter gritted her teeth and looked up, trying to see the enemy's figure in the thick fog.

However, when the smoke cleared, there was no enemy in the broken gap, only a huge, glowing blue eye that was cold to the extreme.

It was like a fish in a fish tank being watched; a chill that penetrated to the bone marrow permeated Jupiter's body.

"Wh-what is that..."

Her voice slowed down involuntarily, and her instinct to avoid harm made her unwilling to disturb the other party.

At this moment, a hand suddenly grabbed her from the side.

Jupiter trembled wildly, "Purugly—"

"Shh!"

Saturn's hand suddenly covered her mouth; he had quietly crept to her side without anyone noticing.

The two communicated in low voices.

"While the smoke hasn't cleared, let's retreat quickly."

"But the Flame Plate and the plan—"

"As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood. Right now, we don't even know who is attacking us. Let's get out first!"

"What about Mars?"

Although Jupiter and Mars didn't have a very good relationship, they were at least like-minded companions. Naturally, she couldn't leave her behind in a crisis.

Saturn said, "I've already let her go out first!"

Having reached this point in their conversation, the two prepared to leave the control room first, leaving the Flame Plate behind.

However, when they ran to the passage entrance, they saw such a scene—

Among the Team Galactic grunts all over the floor, a Skuntank was scorched black, and their companion Mars was grabbed by a pitch-black figure, groaning with difficulty before being thrown aside like trash.

"Good afternoon, you guys who don't know how precious a peaceful life is."

The figure smiled slightly.

In an instant, terrifying pressure came from above. The two felt as if they were being pressed by a building, and they instantly collapsed to the ground, unable to move.

Their Pokémon—Purugly and Toxicroak—did not escape either, nor were they able to put up any resistance.

"Who the hell are you!"

Saturn realized that the other party was definitely not the International Police, "What do you want? As long as you let us go, we can give you anything!"

The figure, All Baimu, squatted down and chuckled, "How foolish. Even if I don't let you go, everything is mine anyway."

"You!"

Jupiter was so angry she screamed, "You just wait! When our boss Cyrus returns! He definitely won't let you off!"

"Okay, then I'll wait."

All Baimu kicked her unconscious and looked at Saturn, "You still have one sentence's worth of time."

Saturn: "..."

Where did this monster come from!

They had clearly been so low-key, so how could they still provoke such an inexplicable enemy.

"Nothing to say? Then goodbye."

All Baimu showed no mercy and kicked him unconscious as well.

If they had to blame someone, they could only blame Team Galactic for not coming ashore like Team Magma and Team Aqua, and for wanting to do things behind the scenes.

To some extent, it was inevitable that they would be targeted by All Baimu; after all, an innocent man is guilty of his own treasure.

Was the Flame Plate something they could take?

Mere Team Galactic juniors, how could they guard such a treasure?

All Baimu stepped into the control room, and the glowing Flame Plate immediately came into view.

"How beautiful."

"Baga!"

Terapagos flew over excitedly, and All Baimu reached out to grab it with quick eyes and fast hands.

Who knew its figure would suddenly flicker, advancing several meters forward like a teleport, causing him to grab nothing.

"Baga~"

Terapagos climbed onto the Flame Plate excitedly, crawling around like a cockroach, but fortunately, nothing unusual happened.

All Baimu stepped forward to grab it, ignoring its struggling movements, and said, "Alright, can you carry it away yourself? You're so small, carrying a Thousand-Arms is about all you can do."

"Ba~ga~"

Terapagos looked at him angrily. As if to prove it could, it broke free from his palm again, climbed to the bottom of the Flame Plate, and tried to lift it up.

The result was naturally futile.

All Baimu called out the Shiny Gengar, "You're the only one who can carry such large items."

The Shiny Gengar chuckled and patted its belly; with its figure, it was truly hard to distinguish between its chest and belly.

But before it could take action, Terapagos suddenly burst into a magnificent golden light, instantly attracting their attention.

"This is—"

All Baimu leaned forward and found that the source of the golden light was the Thousand-Arms.

Under the influence of the golden light, the Flame Plate kept shrinking, shrinking until it was only the size of a finger, circling leisurely around the Thousand-Arms, and then shrinking into it.

All Baimu's breath hitched when he saw this scene.

Something's wrong!

The Thousand-Arms can absorb the Flame Plate?

He stared wide-eyed at the Thousand-Arms on top of Terapagos's head. The little turtle also noticed something and took it off its head.

"Baga?"

"Let me see."

All Baimu took the Thousand-Arms and observed it in his palm.

Although he had long expected that this thing symbolized Arceus's eye, he didn't expect it to actually have the function of collecting plates!

"Baga! Baga!"

Seeing the Thousand-Arms being snatched away, Terapagos wanted to get it back urgently, tugging at All Baimu's clothes and begging constantly.

All Baimu ignored it because he discovered another wonderful thing.

The simulator's countdown was accelerating crazily!

After just a few breaths, the number of simulation attempts had increased by four, no! Five! Six!

It wasn't until it increased by nine times that the accelerating countdown stopped.

And nine simulation opportunities were just enough to exchange for an orange talent, adding bricks and tiles to All Baimu's initial goal of having everyone at level 90.

"So it's a collection reward."

All Baimu twitched the corner of his mouth and threw the Thousand-Arms to Terapagos, who was about to cry, thinking if this counted as the end of the side quest's introductory guidance.

Do it!

This side quest must be done!

Setting aside the two special plates, the Legend Plate and the Blank Plate, there were a total of seventeen, which was equivalent to seventeen extra simulation opportunities!

Good heavens, in this way, let alone getting everyone to level 90, getting a few level 100s might not be just empty talk!

All Baimu opened the exchange interface, which clearly contained a reward of exchanging three level 90 level rewards for one level 100 level reward.

In other words, he needed thirty levels... it's doable!

After all, there were seventeen extra simulation opportunities!

He couldn't help but beam with joy.

"Why are you laughing?"

Calyrex was very puzzled by the smile that suddenly appeared on All Baimu's face, "What happened to this object?"

All Baimu replied, "Nothing, just remembered something happy."

Immediately after, Porygon2 said, "The data on manipulating the Red Chain has been figured out; it requires a special pair of gloves."

"Made on the spot?"

"No, Team Galactic headquarters has spares."

Team Galactic's Galactic Building in Veilstone City had long been destroyed, but it still had a hidden headquarters base.

It was located underground in the warehouse district of Veilstone City.

All Baimu didn't waste any more time, quickly left the collapsing Team Galactic base, and brought all the captured Team Galactic members to the Spear Pillar.

"All Baimu!"

Cynthia looked at the group of Team Galactic members in astonishment. She had only arrived not long ago and had only seen the pillar of smoke rising to the sky.

All Baimu said, "I'll have to trouble you to send them to the police station later."

"What... did they do again?"

Cynthia's words made him pause.

Huh?

That's right, Team Galactic didn't seem to have time to do anything before they were wiped out by him.

All Baimu thought carefully for a while and said, "How about suing them for environmental destruction? Mount Coronet is such a sacred place, yet they hollowed it out to build a base!"

"..."

Cynthia glanced at the dust that had not yet dissipated at the foot of the mountain and sighed, "Let's talk about it after the incident is over. Have you found a way to control the Red Chain?"

All Baimu nodded, "Wait a moment, my Pokémon have already gone to get it."

Since Veilstone City was quite far from their location, the task was handed over to Porygon2 and Gengar.

The former was responsible for teleporting Gengar to the Veilstone City Pokémon Center, and the two went to the secret Team Galactic headquarters together to get the control gloves before returning.

Hearing this, Cynthia looked at him with a complex gaze.

It was clearly something that happened on the Sinnoh land, and it should have been done by her, the Champion.

"Ms. Cynthia—"

"Please just call me by my name, no need to be too polite."

"Okay, I heard that after Cattley finished battling me, her mood seemed to become a bit... um..."

Facing All Baimu's probing eyes, Cynthia smiled, "She was indeed depressed for a while, but I think she should have adjusted by now."

She added, "Cattley, this child, has often been troubled by emotional instability in the past, but her psychic powers have become extremely strong because of it. She has been able to control it in the last two years, and her psychic powers have declined slightly..."

In Cynthia's explanation, All Baimu got the reason for Cattley's breakdown.

On one hand, it was the mental shock he caused her, and on the other hand, it was related to her "illness" of being unable to control her psychic powers.

All Baimu sighed endlessly; it seems that sometimes having innate psychic powers is not necessarily a good thing.

"When she can fully master her latent power one day, her future achievements will definitely be higher than mine. By then, she will likely have the ability to take revenge on you."

Cynthia said with a smile.

All Baimu nodded and said, "I'm looking forward to it."

By that time, he would likely have everyone at level 100.

While the two were chatting, the Team Galactic commanders woke up slowly. When they saw Cynthia and All Baimu, they were shocked.

"Cynthia! Ah! It's you!"

"Yo, you ill-intentioned people." All Baimu greeted the three, "You must be very familiar with this place, right?"

Hearing this, the three looked around and realized it was the former battlefield, the place where boss Cyrus disappeared.

Mars shouted, "What the hell do you want! Just say it!"

"It actually has nothing to do with you. I know you've always wanted to bring your boss back, but I think he himself likely doesn't want to come back."

All Baimu chuckled.

What Cyrus yearned for was a world without hearts; reality was not suitable for such a person.