Chapter 60: Little Nebula Evolved!

Mallow and Lusamine continued to wander through the Ultra Space; although Little Nebula was no longer by their side, powerful Ultra Beasts could also open Ultra Wormholes, and the Ultra Space itself was not particularly stable.

Random Ultra Wormholes would occasionally appear.

Using these Ultra Wormholes, Mallow and Lusamine traveled back and forth between various Ultra Spaces.

Ultra Canyon, Ultra Jungle, Ultra Megalopolis, Ultra Deep Sea...

How many days had passed? Mallow didn't know, but what was certain was that his backpack had gained many Poké Balls containing various Ultra Beasts.

A bountiful harvest!

"Only two days' worth of supplies remain, Mallow. We must return."

Lusamine spoke softly to Mallow; for this journey into Ultra Space, she had prepared plenty of water and food.

However, it was now nearly exhausted. Lusamine roughly estimated that they had been in this Ultra Space for over a week.

Originally, her estimated time had been merely two or three days.

"Mm, it is about time."

Mallow picked up a Great Ball from the ground and glanced at the incapacitated Poipole and Naganadel nearby.

That's right, the Ultra Space they were in was precisely Ultra Megalopolis!

"Let's go, find an Ultra Wormhole."

Mallow gazed into the distance; the boundless dim sky was extremely gloomy, making one feel oppressed in the heart.

Ultra Megalopolis was a world of infinite beauty and vitality, but because of the stupidity and shortsightedness of its former inhabitants, this world had now reached the brink of death.

Because this world had no 'Light'; without light, there was no vitality, and life could not survive in such a dark world.

The two mounted a Dragonite and began searching for an Ultra Wormhole.

Due to the dim, lightless environment, Dragonite dared not fly too fast, especially since the Ultra Beast of this world, Naganadel, also possessed flight capabilities.

About half an hour later.

"Hmm? Mallow, look there."

Lusamine seemed to have discovered something and pointed into the distance, speaking to Mallow.

Mallow looked over; amidst a dark world, a single light source in the distance was extremely conspicuous.

"That seems to be a city?!" Lusamine gazed from afar and exclaimed in surprise.

A city meant human civilization!

"What's so strange? Ultra Megalopolis originally had humans too; they just all moved away."

Mallow was not surprised at all, but his eyes were tightly fixed on that shining Gao Ta.

That was the Ultra Megalopolis Tower! And Necrozma was sealed within the Ultra Megalopolis Tower!

That's right, that was Necrozma's sealing place, and he was now not far from it.

"Should we go over?" Lusamine asked upon hearing this.

"Let's go around it to avoid unnecessary conflict."

Mallow pondered for a moment and shook his head, although he desperately wanted to see Necrozma with his own eyes.

But Mallow's reason prevailed, suppressing that restless thought.

The time had not yet come; if Necrozma appeared now, it would be a ferocious wild beast that could not be restrained, and no one could stop its rampage.

After all, Necrozma needed light, and it could travel to the real world at will; that would truly be a disaster.

Mallow was very calm; besides, he was not certain whether ascending the Ultra Megalopolis Tower would provoke the sealed Necrozma, causing it to break free from its seal prematurely.

"Alright." Lusamine naturally followed Mallow's lead.

The two directed Dragonite to bypass that black city and searched for an Ultra Wormhole to leave.

The real world, Alola.

"Zossie, haven't Mother and my lord returned yet?"

In front of Lusamine's mansion, Lillie, carrying a backpack, asked Zossie with worry.

"... There are currently no abnormal fluctuations, but Young Lady, please rest assured; there will be no accidents."

Zossie wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and comforted Lillie.

In fact, he was also very panicked at this moment, but he had to remain calm.

"But it has already been ten days!" Lillie bit her lip, her eyes hardening with determination.

"Zossie, prepare for another experiment. I want to go in and find Mother and Mr. Mallow."

"Eh? That won't do, Young Lady. You are not a Trainer, and that place is so dangerous..."

Zossie's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly soothed Lillie.

Ultra Space was such a place; how could Lillie, a girl who wasn't even a Trainer, go in?

"But..."

Lillie's expression dimmed; the long fingers gripping her backpack straps turned white from the force.

But she was truly worried about Lusamine and Mr. Mallow.

Just then, a net-like Ultra Wormhole opened in the sky, immediately catching Zossie and Lillie's attention.

Two Dragonite flew out from the Ultra Wormhole.

"Mother! Mr. Mallow!"

Lillie's pretty face lit up with joy as she looked at the two people on the Dragonite's back.

The Dragonite descended from the sky and landed steadily.

"Mother." Lillie ran over and threw herself into Lusamine's arms.

"Don't worry, I am fine."

Lusamine affectionately embraced the young girl, gently patting her back and speaking softly.

She could feel Lillie's hesitation and worry in her heart, which warmed Lusamine's heart.

"Phew~ Indeed, the sun and air of the present world are better."

Marmel stretched widely, looking at the warm sunlight in the sky and said slowly.

"Young Lady Lillie is really spoiled. There are outsiders present, you know?"

"Mr. Marmel, really, don't make fun of me."

Hearing this, Lillie's face turned red with shame; she quickly let go of Lusamine, for she did not want to leave an impression of being a spoiled child in Mr. Marmel's heart.

"My lord Mother, Mr. Marmel, did the trip to the Ultra Space go smoothly?" Lillie asked curiously afterwards.

"Very smoothly. Thanks to Mr. Marmel's protection, we have now fully understood all the Ultra Beasts! Once organized, I will send them to Professor Kukui."

Lusamine showed a faint smile and gestured to Lillie with the notebook in her hand.

"Yay! That's wonderful!" Lillie's big eyes lit up, and she clasped her hands happily in front of her.

Since reconciling with Lusamine and her daughter, the former depressive form of Lillie had slowly disappeared.

"Does this mean the Alola League can be established now?"

"There should be no problem. If Kukui applies with the Ultra Beast data, the success rate will be much higher."

"That's good. By the way, My lord Mother, Mr. Marmel, look."

Lillie seemed to remember something; she brought her backpack to the front and opened it.

Inside the bag was a Pokémon covered by nine yellow objects, with a nebula-like appearance in the middle.

"Ever since the Ultra Wormhole was opened last time, Cosmog has turned into this state; it hardly moves now, just sleeping."

Lillie held the backpack and said with considerable distress.

"This is Cosmoem. Cosmog has evolved."

Marmel glanced at Lillie with a strange look, because according to the Pokédex entry, Cosmoem weighs 999.9 kg, yet Lillie held the bag containing Cosmoem without feeling any heaviness at all. (PS: For your information, in the game, Lillie carried Cosmoem in a bag from Aether Paradise to Poni Island for a long time.)

However, one might think Cosmoem is not completely asleep; perhaps it can control its own weight?

Since it has already evolved into Cosmoem, the next step is to take it to the altar to evolve. Should it be the Moon Altar or the Sun Altar?

Marmel examined Cosmoem with great interest.

PS: As everyone knows, in the Pokédex, the weights of many Pokémon are filled in arbitrarily.

With this tonnage of Cosmoem, Lillie runs around carrying it, and in the anime, Ash casually picks it up. Notably, the Ultra Beast Stakataka, which is lighter than Cosmoem, could not even have one foot lifted by Ash in the anime despite him using all his strength.

I think the anime production team never looked at the Pokédex data.

So here, I have made a secondary setting: Cosmoem can freely control its weight.

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(End of this chapter)