Chapter 636: Bagon's Terastal Form!

"Hello, I am Xiaoyao, and this is my younger brother, Xiaosheng."

The girl named Xiaoyao introduced herself with a touch of nervousness.

She had shoulder-length brown hair tied into a fluffy ponytail, accessorized with a red bandana featuring a white Poké Ball pattern.

Her red T-shirt, dark blue shorts, and white skirt gave her a slightly sporty look; a yellow waist bag was tied around her slender waist, and judging by her development, the girl indeed appeared much more mature than her peers.

Beside Xiaoyao, a boy about the same age as You You Lijia, wearing a green short-sleeved shirt and brown shorts with thick black-rimmed glasses perched on his nose, stared excitedly at Luo Mu, his enthusiasm almost overwhelming.

"I recognize you, Big Brother! Not only did you resolve the Legendary Bird incident in the Orange Islands, but you are also the pinnacle of Trainers, a Champion-level master!"

"In the live broadcast of the Paldea region's Champion Assessment not long ago, it was said that Hearing Hearing Nimo, who earned the Champion-level title just one year after debuting, was personally taught by you!"

Even though his older sister kept whispering reminders for him not to get too excited, how could Xiaosheng possibly hold himself back?

For him, who had dreamed of becoming a Trainer since childhood, Luo Mu's existence was nothing short of legendary.

And today, that legend had appeared right before his eyes!

Xiaozhi, whose excitement rivaled Xiaosheng's, was also chattering away beside Luo Mu's ear.

If not for Xiaogang's reminder, this kid would probably have stood at the station exit and recounted every single detail, big or small, of his journey through the Hoenn region.

You ask what Luo Mu's reaction to these few was?

He was already numb.

It wasn't just because of the sorrow of facing his imminent entanglement in the movie's plot.

It was also because he had planned to disembark a step later to avoid them, yet Xiaozhi and his group threw the script out the window, took a wrong turn, and barged straight into the business-class carriage, colliding with him head-on.

Thus, he was immediately surrounded.

The only consolation was that Hearing Hearing Nimo and her group were indeed not near Larus City.

But life must go on; letting out a sigh, Luo Mu refrained from any exaggerated displays of despair and calmly greeted the group.

Especially regarding Xiaoyao and Xiaosheng, by his count, this was his first time meeting this pair of siblings.

Now that Xiaoxia had already returned home to inherit the Cerulean Gym, starting from the Hoenn region, Xiaozhi's female travel companions began changing with each region.

Even Xiaogang had ended his travels starting from the Unova region, meaning Xiaozhi's male travel companions also began to change.

Chatting as they went, the group stepped onto the escalator together.

"Originally, I didn't believe what Xiaozhi said, but I never expected the Delibird to truly be your Pokémon, Big Brother."

Striving to find a topic, Xiaosheng's gaze fell upon several Pokémon interacting nearby, his expression filled with emotion.

During their journey, although Xiaozhi and Pikachu often challenged the Delibird and frequently failed, this Delibird had helped them quite a lot.

For instance, during the incident in the Mirage Kingdom when everyone was at a loss, if the Delibird hadn't appeared to assist, Xiaoxia's Togepi would have truly been snatched away.

And then there was that time in Fennel; the Delibird also helped them delay the actions of the Land Spirit.

Seeing it now, the Delibird's strength was not without reason; after all, it was Big Brother Luo Mu's Pokémon!

"Compared to other Pokémon, the Delibird prefers exploring and traveling in the outside world, tempering itself alone; that is the reason for its strength, and it actually has little to do with me."

Stroking the Delibird's head, Luo Mu watched with a smile as it, Victini, Bagon, and Pikachu interacted.

At that moment, the escalator brought everyone to the first floor.

A robot composed of four small green cubes and one large cube flew smoothly to a stop before them.

"Welcome to Larus City!"

A cute, mechanically synthesized voice rang out from within the cubes; the small cubes attached to the large one lifted into the air under some inexplicable power, reassembling above the large cube to reveal a line of English text.

"WELCOME"

"What a cute way to greet us!"

Xiaoyao's eyes lit up; she had always been powerless to resist such cute things, barely refraining from stomping her feet and shouting how adorable it was.

Xiaozhi and Xiaosheng also remarked with emotion that this high-tech city truly lived up to its reputation, even using such impressive robots for greetings.

Only Xiaogang wore a difficult expression, saying somewhat disappointedly, "This humble one personally feels it would be better to be greeted by beautiful ladies..."

Victini and the others also curiously gazed at the cube robot; even the Delibird, now considered well-traveled, was somewhat surprised.

It had visited many human cities, but a city like this was a first for it.

Just then, completely unexpectedly by the group, a small green square box on the ceiling suddenly opened, extending an internal lens.

A cute voice followed immediately.

"Come on, say 'Cheese'~"

Click! The flash went off.

"Eh?"

Xiaoyao froze slightly, her expression frozen in a slightly comical look of surprise.

After successfully taking the photo, the robot bypassed her directly and proceeded to photograph Xiaozhi, Xiaogang, Xiaosheng, and Luo Mu.

Before arriving, Luo Mu had specifically consulted relevant data on Larus City, so he explained to the four bewildered individuals who clearly hadn't done any homework: "The photos taken will be uploaded to this city's database, and then individual access passes will be issued."

"To live in or visit this city, one must rely on an access pass; identity proofs like Pokédexes or Navis cannot be used."

As if echoing Luo Mu's words, the cube robot handed out the freshly made access pass cards to each person.

"This is the city's access pass; whether going anywhere or purchasing items, everything can be completed using this pass."

The photo on Xiaoyao's pass was undoubtedly a disaster, capturing her most unbearable expression; she spoke with tears nearly in her eyes, "Can't we retake it?"

This was obviously impossible.

After producing access passes for the five of them, the cube robot busied itself preparing passes for the travelers behind them.

Watching the figure depart into the distance, Luo Mu felt a sigh rise in his heart.

Before his transmigration, many netizens jokingly claimed that this thing was actually the highest combat power in this movie.

Do not underestimate this little cutie; if their numbers grew large and they went on a rampage, their dense, sky-covering swarm, like locusts passing through, could forcefully make Rayquaza eat dirt.

One can only say that humanity occupying the dominant position on this planet is not without reason; some black technology is truly outrageous.

"Victi."

Victini perched on Luo Mu's shoulder, looking slightly displeased.

It had thought it could get its picture taken too, who knew the robot wouldn't even glance at it.

This was Pokémon discrimination!

Due to the crowds coming and going around them, Terapagos had already returned to the satchel on Luo Mu's body, peeking out from a gap with a pair of cute eyes to survey the surrounding environment.

At the same time, inside the City Management Command Center of LaRousse City.

A Miss Miss Junsha with a high police rank was monitoring the large screen before her, guarding the order of LaRousse City.

When Luo Mu's photo flashed by as a registrant, Miss Miss Junsha, who possessed an excellent memory, immediately recalled what Professor Lund, in his capacity as city administrator, had asked her to pay attention to.

Without hesitation, Miss Miss Junsha immediately instructed her subordinate: "Contact Professor Lund at once and tell him the guest he invited has arrived on time!"

In a city composed entirely of high technology, at least outdoors, no one had any privacy to speak of.

Luo Mu soon received contact from the self-proclaimed Professor Lund; the other party's call went directly into a convenience store near the station, with a clerk running out to have him answer the phone.

Because the Battle Tower was famous far and wide, Ash had specifically detoured to LaRousse City for the sake of battling.

Originally, Luo Mu had no intention of following the plot with them; coincidentally, Professor Lund's call arrived, so he openly stated he was going to meet the person who had invited him to LaRousse City, bidding farewell directly to the reluctant quartet of Ash, May, and the others.

Standing before the steadily rotating moving walkway, Luo Mu felt somewhat emotional.

The style of LaRousse City was truly different from most cities, with high technology fully applied to daily life.

Like the moving walkway before him, which spanned nearly the entire city; one wondered which great genius had come up with such an idea.

Furthermore, the moment he had just entered LaRousse City, Professor Lund had called immediately after.

It was as if the entire city was under surveillance.

Compared to the Skynet of his country before his transmigration, it probably wouldn't fall short by much.

Surprisingly, the meeting place Professor Lund had arranged with him was merely an ordinary coffee shop.

In this high-tech city, getting lost was almost non-existent; anyone holding a pass could seek help from the cube-shaped robots by the roadside at any time.

After confirming the direction, Luo Mu stepped directly onto the operating moving walkway.

Without needing him to walk, the moving walkway would follow the planned route and smoothly deliver him to the destination.

"Delibird!" "Victi!" "Pagos!"

Delibird and the others also curiously gazed at the rapidly operating tracks below, a look of eagerness rising in their eyes.

They wanted to experience it too!

The two Pokémon that could fly themselves simply flapped their wings and landed steadily upon it, whereas Terapagos required Luo Mu to bend down and place it on the tracks.

The little turtle opened its bright eyes, feeling that whether it was the moving walkway beneath its feet or the surrounding scenery, everything induced a dazzling sensation of not knowing where to look first.

After a while, having played enough, Victini was just about to approach Luo Mu to beg for some snacks.

As it fluttered the small wings on its back to take flight, as if remembering something, it innocently and curiously asked Terapagos: "Victini?" (Can Pagos fly?)

In Victini's view, if Terapagos could also fly, its chances of successfully begging Luo Mu for small snacks would greatly increase!

By then, it and Pagos would each fly on Luo Mu's left and right sides acting cute; it didn't believe they couldn't win him over!

Terapagos hesitated for a few seconds, but ultimately nodded.

"Pagos!"

It indeed could fly, but it couldn't do so right now, at least not here.

Their species possessed the ability to draw in and absorb Terastal energy from the surrounding environment to change forms.

In the era where it had formerly lived, because the bodies of the strong within their species overflowed with Terastal energy, crystallized Terastal Crystals containing this energy were found everywhere.

For a Terapagos like itself, which was not particularly strong, if it wished to transform, it only needed to absorb the Terastal energy contained within those Terastal Crystals.

Before leaving home, perhaps it could have figured out a way by relying on the Terastal Crystals that occasionally appeared in the environment.

But now there was truly no solution; there wasn't a shred of Terastal energy in the environment here, and the Terastal energy stored within its own body was insufficient to support its transformation.

The energy within the Terastal Orb in Luo Mu's hand might be enough to sustain its transformation for a while, but that would be putting the cart before the horse.

Terapagos looked at Victini with some guilt; it feared it couldn't fulfill the other's expectations.

Delibird also noticed the exchange between the two Pokémon; it had originally thought to simply hold Terapagos up and fly with it.

However, it did not expect that after pondering for a few seconds, Victini directly raised a brilliant smile, revealed its small tiger teeth, and made a "V" sign with its fingers.

"Victini!"

It had thought it was some difficult problem!

If it was just a lack of energy, that was no matter at all for it!

Victini directly placed its small hand on Terapagos, and a brilliant golden aura surged upward accordingly.

Feeling the energy within its body become unprecedentedly abundant, Terapagos widened its eyes, and then, its body instinctively began to change.

A burst of intense light completely enveloped its body.

Luo Mu, who had only just noticed their commotion: "????"

Wait, what are you guys doing!

Luo Mu admitted that when he saw Terapagos wrapped in dense crystalline light, he was stunned for a moment.

Pagos could actually evolve!?

No, ultimately, how did it suddenly evolve.

But Luo Mu's confusion would not affect the progression of Terapagos's "evolution."

Amidst the crystalline light, shining blue manes grew on the extremities of Terapagos's limbs, its neck, and the tip of its tail.

Within its spread limbs, while its shell expanded out of thin air, it simultaneously underwent massive crystallization, covering Terapagos's limbs and leaving only the small claws of its forelimbs exposed amidst the mane; the shape of that shell was simply like a circular disc.

Furthermore, on the back of that shell, eighteen dark blue pentagonal crystals surrounded the central hexagonal Terastal, with each pentagonal crystal engraved with eighteen patterns symbolizing different types.

After "losing" its limbs, Terapagos seemed to have directly mastered the ability to fly, floating in mid-air out of nowhere.

Luo Mu stared wide-eyed, looking at Terapagos's current form in disbelief.

"What exactly is this?"

The commotion generated here drew the attention of other pedestrians on the moving walkway.

Quite a few people looked over, pulling out their phones and preparing to take photos.

"Bago-bago."

Terapagos was extremely sensitive to gazes; realizing it seemed to have become a bit conspicuous, it instinctively let out a panicked cry, then directly dispelled the transformation it had just unconsciously performed.

Just as when dispelling Terastallization, accompanied by the shattering of the crystal, Terapagos once again reverted to its previous form as a small land turtle.

(End of Chapter)