Chapter 189

"No problem, follow me!"

They arrived at a room where the Secret Realm Key was placed on an instrument.

Zhao Long explained, "This instrument stores the energy generated during Pokémon battles; only by utilizing this energy can the gate to the Secret Realm be opened!"

"Open it!"

Under the operation of the instrument, the key shot out a beam of light, and a spatial gate slowly opened.

"Alright, go in!"

With a curious heart, Bai Jing stepped in, and Zhuge Chaoyue followed closely behind.

Finally, two soldiers entered to supervise.

Crossing the spatial gate, they saw a valley where a massive Charizard statue stood tall, and many Charizards were circling in the sky.

Bai Jing was greatly shocked, for this place was very familiar, almost exactly like in the anime!

Could it be that the so-called Secret Realm is connected to the anime or perhaps the games?

Then, do people from other worlds exist as well?

That shouldn't be; he had never heard of such rumors himself.

Truly strange!

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just my first time entering a Secret Realm, I'm very curious!"

"Actually, it's just like this; you can understand it as another world. This one counts as small; those Regional Secret Realms are truly vast!"

Bai Jing asked, "Then among these Secret Realms, have any humans been discovered? I mean humans from other worlds?"

"That hasn't happened, but there are indeed many ruins remaining, proving that human civilization once existed here; we just don't know why it disappeared!"

"It was precisely through excavating these ruins that our current Pokémon civilization came to be; many technologies and knowledge originated from within them."

Bai Jing became even more curious; what exactly did the humans of that world experience? Why were they completely exterminated?

And why did the Pokémon world descend upon this world?

Perhaps the answer to all this can only be found on Arceus!

As they drew closer, besides seeing Charmanders and Charmeleons running all over the ground, there were other humans present as well.

"They are..."

"Taking care of the Charizards here."

"This job is not easy!"

Staying in this small place all the time, with no internet and no entertainment facilities, would bore a person to death.

If it were me, I would never come even if beaten to death; no amount of money would make me want it!

An uncle who was obviously the person in charge came forward to greet them!

"Hello, my name is Xie Hua!"

"You must be the Bai Jing who helped us?"

"Thank you very much for your help; without you, we people would have been stranded in a foreign land, and the outcome is imaginable!"

"It is not an exaggeration to say you saved our lives!"

Bai Jing politely said, "It was just a matter of being in the right place at the right time!"

"I heard you want to tour this place; how about I act as your guide?"

"Then I shall trouble you!"

"Please!"

Under Xie Hua's lead, the group walked into the valley.

Seeing new faces appear, the Charmanders and Charmeleons curiously gathered around.

······ Requesting flowers ······

"Although this place is a bit monotonous, with these children accompanying us, it is not too boring!"

"You are truly amazing; if one did not genuinely love Pokémon, one could not be qualified for this job!"

"Hehe... we also came for the high benefits!"

As soon as they entered the valley, the system's prompt sounds kept ringing out because the Charizards here were all outstanding; there were many quasi-Tian Wangs, quite a few Tian Wangs, and even Champions.

This made Bai Jing feel distressed; he could only watch but not capture them.

"By the way!"

"Come out and meet the clan!"

Bai Jing released his Charmander!

As soon as the Charmander came out, it ran around wildly like an unbridled horse, not afraid of strangers at all, and played with its little partners.

Clearly, having so many clan members made it very happy!

Bai Jing's Charmander did not originate from here.

"You have trained this Charmander well!"

"Mm, it is very excellent!"

Next, Xie Hua took him around to look about.

There was a medical room, a breeding room, a rest room, a storage room, and so on.

The Charizards living here, besides eating and sleeping, spent the rest of their time fighting and sparring.

Perhaps this is the reason they maintain their excellent bloodline!

Walking along, the group arrived before a volcano.

"Ding! Beneath fifty meters ahead, a large amount of treasures has been discovered."

A massive amount of treasures?

He gauged the distance and realized it was nowhere else—right inside the volcano.

Good grief, just how massive is "massive" according to the system? And what kind of treasures?

His heart itching, he felt that not taking action would be a real disservice to having come all this way.

"This place is…"

"Although there are no divine beasts guarding this place, the Charizard leader is also very powerful—it lives right in the lava."

"Can we go up and take a look?"

"Of course, but be careful. This volcano is active, and inside it's all scalding lava. If you're not careful and fall in, the outcome goes without saying—even getting splashed by the tiniest bit is more than any human can endure."

Arriving at the volcano's crater and looking down, just as Xie Hua had said, inside was nothing but lava—nothing else could be seen.

The treasures are in the lava?

Bai Jing felt a headache—how could he get them if he couldn't go down?

None of his few Pokémon had the ability to swim in lava!

Facing a massive amount of treasures yet having no way to get them—wasn't this pure torment?

Just then, a majestic Charizard burst out from the lava, its commanding gaze fixing straight on the group.