An abstract trainer who taught Charmander the Incinerate move

Chapter 1 The Dream of United States
February 27, 2024, Pokémon launch event.

At the 2024 Pokémon Game Revival Tournament, Pokémon Legends ZA successfully defeated Black & White Remake, gaining the first right to be revived.

"No!!!! My black and white replica!!!"

No won't work!
Seeing the Mega Evolution symbol appear on the screen, the legendary artist Mo Zhen roared in a fit of rage.

"Damn it, Game Freak (the Pokémon developer), in the name of the god of art, I command you to immediately serve me a Black and White remake!!!"

Ding--

At that moment, a window popped up on the screen.

[Congratulations on being selected as a top-secret beta tester! Would you like to begin your Pokémon Black/White adventure?]

【Yes】【No】

"Pitch black? Pure white? This... this is the black and white replica I've been dreaming of!"

Although reason told Mo Zhen that this was absolutely nonsense, he had just proclaimed a divine oracle in the name of the God of Art, so it must be true.

So he clicked "Yes".

Then came a delightful flash of white light...

……

"Hmm... I'm gradually understanding everything!"

Sitting in the dim light at the bottom of the boat, based on his years of experience writing online novels, Mo Zhen understood...

I successfully played Pokémon Black and White Remake, a game using the most advanced fully simulated virtual reality technology.

"When did our godmother Fureike master virtual reality technology? No wonder this crappy factory has been slacking off all these years, turns out she's been secretly building up a huge project..."

Now, there's only one small problem: the people around them look more like a group of modern refugees trying to smuggle themselves in than a group of ambitious trainers.

Moreover, the timing of my arrival seemed rather unfortunate; everyone was asleep.

Just then, when Mo Zhen saw a girl with pigtails and a bun hairstyle next to him, he felt like he had seen her somewhere before.

To understand the current situation, he politely patted the other person's cheek and asked in a very gentlemanly manner.

"Hey... little sister, what's your name?"

However, the other person was sleeping too soundly and was not woken up by Mo Zhen. Instead, he mumbled back in his sleep.

"Hehe... My name is Mingyi... Want some bread?... My bread is big, soft, and delicious..."

Upon hearing this drooling self-introduction, Mo Zhen stroked her chin thoughtfully.

"Mingyi... isn't that the name of the female protagonist from Pokémon Black and White? It really is a Black and White remake!"

The final argument was complete, and Mo Zhen gradually came to understand everything...

The great detective and mystery writer Sherlock Holmes once said: "If you eliminate the impossible, then the one that remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

After careful consideration and eliminating all impossible outcomes, Mo Zhen arrived at his conclusion...

This must be the result of Elon Musk's research into virtual reality experiments using games after he acquired Nintendo!

BYD has completed the final technical breakthrough in brain-computer interfaces!

After a brief moment of shock following the revelation of the truth, a joyful smile quickly appeared on Mo Zhen's face.

As the first person in the world to experience the black and white replica, Mo Zhen was just about to enjoy this carnival feast alone when he suddenly heard a [ding] in his ear.

? !
At that moment, Mo Zhen's heart stopped.

Because when the "ding" sounded, he realized that he was no longer an ordinary person.

I am about to activate my cheat code, gain divine power, and enter the realm of terrestrial immortals!

After calming down for a second, Mo Zhen said composedly.

"When did you arrive, Venerable Feng Lingyueying?"

A voice resonated in Mo Zhen's mind.

"Child, do not look back. I am the God of Dreams; it was I who summoned you into this world..."

Before the other person could finish reading their lines, Mo Zhen immediately turned around.

Pressing the Skip button when encountering boring narration is his basic operation.

"Ok?"

Upon seeing the Dream God before him, Mo Zhen immediately blushed.

Damn it, you're playing tricks on me...

Isn't this just "Dream Eater"?

This Unova native, with a base stat total of less than 300, is virtually invisible in Black and White except when the multiplayer mode is introduced and Dr. Makomo, the bespectacled girl, brings it up for a bit. Otherwise, it's practically nonexistent in either PvE or PvP.

In the entire Pokémon series, his only highlight was when he was being chased by the Unova villains Team Plasma in the game, and took advantage of the gap created by the protagonist to disguise himself as Team Plasma leader Ghetsis and make a last-ditch counterattack against a wave of Team Plasma grunts.

In short, it's very puzzling. What's the point of this thing besides completing a collection?
At first glance, it was identified as: Tie Feiwu.

Using the tone of an unknown Pokémon streamer, Ruiping Speaker Shuaixia, Mo Zhen gave a cold laugh and began to chant.

"Dream God? You call yourself a Dream God? I can't help but laugh. Go evolve a bit more before you try again. Darkrai, the Nightmare God, even intervened when he saw the Time God and the Space God fighting. What can you do? Your racial stats are twice as high as theirs!"

These aggressive words instantly made the Dream God blush, and he became furious.

[Ha! Don't think you can unravel the mysteries of Pokémon just because you've played a few lousy, outdated video games from those crappy companies! What era are we living in? Still using such an outdated system as base stats? I'm the real deal... Hmph!]

Lacking patience to listen to the other party's sophistry, Mo Zhen truly understands that practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

While the other party was spouting nonsense, Mo Zhen had already launched the [Invincible Bullet Fist] first!
Fists, swift as bullets, rained down on the opponent's sandbag-like body. Judging from the volume of his cries of agony, this Dream God's health bar didn't seem particularly thick. "I understand now... so I am the true Dream God! You are merely an incarnation of my divine power! You want to rebel against my divine essence?"

Hearing Mo Zhen's incoherent and delirious words, Huanmeng Shen couldn't understand his thought process at all and said in disbelief.

Are you crazy? I really don't understand what's going on in your head. How can you act like a normal person... Ughh ...

Faced with this illusory dream god of dubious origin, Mo Zhen had already understood everything.

Subduing the divine avatar that tries to take over is the first test in the game!

Only by successfully subduing the other party can one return to the realm of immortals on land!

If the other party does not admit that they are the embodiment of your divine power, then beat them hard until they admit it!
After its physical defense effort value skyrocketed, the so-called Dream God let out a wail of accepting reality.

[Caw! Stop hitting me! I admit you are the true Dream God! I am merely an incarnation of your divine power, please spare me!]

Seeing that he had successfully resolved the machine malfunction using classical repair methods, Mo Zhen straightened his red suit and elegantly raised his hand.

"Very well, from now on I am the true God of Dreams. As for you... I will bestow upon you the name [Little Dream Child]! Little Dream Child, now show me my great divine power!"

I...okay...okay...

Faced with this title that sounded like that of a eunuch, and Mo Zhenli's obvious request, the great Dream God could only obediently agree.

A strange pink halo slowly emanated from Shi Mengmeng's red eyes, which were filled with resentment.

As the halo enveloped the people around them, pink smoke began to emanate from them.

"This is... Dream Smoke?"

Based on the storyline in Pokémon Black and White, Mo Zhen believes that this thing is probably the so-called Dream Smoke.

In Pokémon Black and White, this item has a lot of fancy and irrelevant descriptions, but in short, it's an online item and a specialty of Dream Eater.

But at this moment, as the dream smoke swirled around Mo Zhen, fragmented images, like slideshow slides, began to flash through Mo Zhen's mind.

To his surprise, he discovered that this Dream God had actually connected everyone's dreams together!

Peeping into other people's dreams—that's a genuine divine right!

However, as various images and information flashed by, Mo Zhen's expression gradually became subtle.

As Mo Zhen perused these bizarre dream fragments that kept appearing in her mind, she realized that the style of this world seemed a bit off...

These people's dreams are filled with all sorts of dark and profound fantasies, and they are all about people who are unhappy with their lives.

There are defaulters burdened with "Pokémon Loans" and with nowhere else to turn; there are day laborers who work like oxen, toiling away day and night; and there are machine parts in the Poké Ball factory, meticulously tightening screws...

The only one who seems relatively normal is Mingyi; her dreams are filled with "kneading dough and making bread"...

Well, it's perfectly normal for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl to have no interest in reading or studying, and to be completely absorbed in making bread.

Based on the fragments of information from various dreams, Mo Zhen can basically confirm that he is probably playing the "Dark" version.

It's so dark, so incredibly dark!
All the people around me are from the Kanto region.

The people there are divided into two classes: the trainer class and the non-trainer class.

Because of the Dark Duel Law, as long as two trainers make eye contact in the wild, they can engage in a Pokémon duel without any conditions.

The victor can legally seize half of the opponent's property!
Without a powerful family background in Pokémon, even if an ordinary person becomes a trainer, they will quickly go bankrupt.

Mo Zhen never expected that the basic settings he took for granted in the game would actually be such a terrifying thing.

It’s really terrifying when you think about it!
While the ship appeared to be a transport vessel, it was actually a smuggling ship.

The people around him were all from the high-pressure Kanto region, where there was no hope of advancement, and came to the Unova region to pursue their dreams.

Everyone on this ship shares a common dream...

【United Dream】.

As the newest region, the Unova region is a paradise full of freedom and hope!
There, everyone can realize their dreams and achieve a good life through unremitting efforts!
There, people achieve prosperity through their own hard work, courage, creativity, and determination, rather than by relying on a particular social class or the assistance of others.

Equality, freedom, democracy, human rights, welfare...

They have everything there!
In short, as long as we reach Hezhong, everyone can live a good life!

However, as a transmigrator who had already seen through everything, Mo Zhen felt that this propaganda model was somewhat familiar.

"Unova Dream? This looks more and more like the American Dream. If it were based on the traditional Pokémon worldview, I might actually believe it, but there's clearly something wrong with this world! Speaking of which, is this smuggling really feasible? What era of Unova is this? Are they going to give me some kind of story where I get a secure job after disembarking and spend my whole life building railroads...?"

Starting out on a pirate ship, and in a dark and profound fantasy world that everyone loves, Mo Zhen instantly felt the intensity of his main storyline surge.

Judging from this plot development, there's bound to be a major development after we disembark!

all in all……

I start out on a smuggling ship, ready to travel to the Unova region with a group of people with stories and ideals.

"No problem, a children's utopian world like Pokémon will definitely have a happy ending!"

Although he said that, Mo Zhen was not sure if he would be forced to work on the railway after he got off the ship.

Just in case, he now needs a powerful battle spirit to protect him.

Thinking of this, Mo Zhen immediately called out to the Dream God.

"Hey, Xiaomengzi, where's my starter Pokémon? Bring it to me right now! Don't tell me you're one with less than 300 base stats. I'm really good at training your Defense EVs!"

He was well aware of the imposter Dream God's fighting prowess. If he staked his battle on this guy, he might end up with a slave-like character instead of a black-and-white replica after disembarking.

Upon hearing this, Xiaomengzi immediately broke out in a cold sweat and explained.

[Ha...ha...of course not, your starter Pokémon is actually right behind you...]

(End of this chapter)