Chapter 1011

It wasn't until he reached this massive metal mountain that a small, very inconspicuous glass shard caught Su Hao's attention.

He could vaguely sense that this shard was completely out of place in this mountain made of discarded metal.

"Sister Shen, I'm going down for a moment."

Su Hao called out to the front seat, then, under Shen Meizhuang's puzzled gaze, left the back seat and walked toward the small metal mountain.

"Then you have to be careful! There will be sharp objects sticking out in the metal mountain. They have rusted under the wind and sun in the field; if you get scratched, you'll get tetanus!"

Su Hao didn't look back, just nodded in response. Under Shen Meizhuang's gaze, he easily crossed the steep and uneven slope, avoiding the "tetanus swords" hidden at tricky angles everywhere, and easily found the glass shard under the guidance of his Aura.

Su Hao didn't pick it up with his bare hands. First, he covered his palm with stable Aura to avoid causing secondary contamination, then Su Hao picked up the shard and examined it carefully under the sunlight.

The glass shard looked like part of a test tube, and there was still a trace of some dried liquid on it, looking extremely suspicious.

But this point alone was not enough to form a complete chain. Using this glass shard as a medium, Su Hao tried to find its companions in the metal mountain based on its out-of-place aura.

This search lasted for half an hour.

In different places, Su Hao found more than a dozen shards, and on one of the shards, Su Hao discovered a logo.

A red and blue double-colored English letter on one side; because it was broken, it was incomplete, but one could still recognize it as one of the twenty-six letters based on its characteristics.

R!

Su Hao was all too familiar with this letter.

In the world he went to during the First Trial, this represented the logo of Team Rocket.

And in this world, it represented the extremely evil organization that had been hiding in the shadows, colluding with the Nova Organization and persecuting the lives of countless Eevee, including Leafeon, to conduct cruel genetic experiments—the R Research Institute!

Was it a deliberate provocation to leave such a logo, or was it simply a case of being fearless because they believed their actions would never be discovered?

Su Hao didn't know, but there was only one thing he was clear about.

"Finally... I've caught your little tail!"

As if responding to Su Hao, the Luxury Ball containing Leafeon at his waist also shook slightly, as if it couldn't wait to take revenge.

Packing these shards properly in a PVC bag, Su Hao got back into Shen Meizhuang's car without revealing what he had found.

On the way back to the power plant, Shen Meizhuang seemed to have something to say but hesitated. Su Hao thought she was curious about what he had gone to the metal mountain for, but considering the important evidence in his hands, he still didn't explain.

Returning to the power plant, Su Hao said goodbye to Shen Meizhuang and Shen Zishan. Upon learning that Shen Lingyun had already run into the city center to go shopping, he politely declined their invitation to stay for a meal and headed straight toward Mingjin City.

The lightning issue on Shen Lingyun's side could be discussed later; the important thing now was... the R Research Institute!

Although this institute had never provoked him, ever since Leafeon became his partner, this grudge had already been settled.

He wanted to see exactly what kind of monsters and demons had mixed into the Shenzhou Alliance to stir up trouble!

Ever since Su Hao set his location to Mingjin City, the Trainer Task App had been popping up with endless notifications for available tasks, which was enough to show the scale of this incident.

The reason there hadn't been any major riots yet was thanks to the fact that there were quite a few powerful trainers in Mingjin who could suppress the runaway trend of wild Electric-type Pokémon.

At least, that was what Su Hao understood from the trainer forums.

As for the truest situation... naturally, he had to ask this gentleman.

Su Hao dialed the number Li Xiang had left him. After a few beeps, the call was answered, and Li Xiang's panting voice sounded: "Su Hao? Why are you calling me at this time?"

Su Hao could clearly hear the sound of explosions coming from the other end of the phone, and he could fully imagine that Li Xiang must be going through an intense battle.

Su Hao didn't delay and got straight to the point: "Boss Li, are you in Mingjin City right now?"

On the other end of the phone, Li Xiang looked at the two strange "Pokémon" in front of him that seemed to be made of cables. While commanding Meowscarada and Luxray to fight, he asked in surprise: "How did you know...?"

Su Hao said in a deep voice: "Because I'm also in Mingjin City. I just resolved an incident where the Electric-type Pokémon at a friend's power plant went berserk, and I also found an item that might be the source of their violent transformation."

"Hmm... are you talking about the glass shards with the R Research Institute logo on them?!" Li Xiang's movements froze, his expression turned terrified, and he twisted his body, dodging an electric shock at the last moment, and shouted into the phone: "Where did you pick up that thing!"

Su Hao was dazed for a moment and replied: "On an abandoned metal mountain near the power plant..."

"How many shards did you find?"

"Only a dozen or so, completely unable to piece together a complete test tube."

"Damn it!" Li Xiang couldn't hold back a curse, then jumped up and cursed angrily: "Those bastards at the R Research Institute! Besides opening three Ultra Wormholes, they actually hid another one, damn you all to hell!!"

Li Xiang roared into the phone: "Are the glass shards still on you? Hurry up and see how many are left. The more that disappear, the closer the location where you picked up the shards is to the opening time of the Ultra Wormhole!"

"When the Ultra Beast descends from the Ultra Wormhole, your friend's power plant and even the people there will be in life-threatening danger!"

"Damn! I'm currently one-on-two against Ultra Beasts and can't get away at all. You must hold on; wait until I solve this side and I'll come over to help!"

Li Xiang hung up the phone after leaving these words.

Su Hao froze for a moment. After quickly digesting the information, he took out the PVC bag he carried with him and found that there was only one glass shard left in it.

Su Hao's expression instantly turned ugly. He immediately summoned his Hisuian Braviary, got on it, and flew rapidly toward the power plant.

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