Let you make a game, what the hell is Pokemon?.

Chapter 143 Mewtwo: Dude, who are you?

At this moment, in front of Ling Feng, the reward for a main quest he had just completed was quietly floating there—it was a uniquely shaped card.

It is not a physical entity, but rather composed of flowing blue data light streams, with star-like glimmers at its edges, making it appear quite illusory.

In the center of the card, a simple vortex pattern slowly rotates, as if it can absorb everything around it, like a black hole.

A series of information began to appear before Ling Feng's eyes:

[Special System Item: Invitation Card]

[Once you have this card, you can invite any being to play all your games and use your products out of thin air through spiritual thoughts.]

[Note: This item is consumable. It lasts indefinitely after a successful invitation. However, after using this item, the player still needs to pay to purchase the game and software before playing.]

Please select your invitation target!

……

After waiting for so long, I finally got my hands on this!
Looking at the familiar prompt before him, Ling Feng made the choice he had prepared long ago without any hesitation.

"Target set, Mewtwo!"

He reached out and touched the invitation card, silently reciting it to himself with a hint of excitement and anticipation.

As for the reason for choosing Mewtwo... obviously, no reason is needed.

That's Mewtwo! The strongest artificial Pokémon, the most charismatic legendary Pokémon of the first generation, possessing both good looks and strength, an existence with unparalleled prestige...

Of course, besides personal sentiment, there are some more practical reasons for choosing Mewtwo.

—The timeline of this world seems somewhat chaotic, and he is unsure how far along Team Rocket's insane god-making plan has progressed.

This invitation can serve as a test.

If the invitation is successful, it means that Mewtwo has been created. I need to keep an eye on the movements of this powerful Pokémon in advance to prevent Team Rocket from deviating from the original storyline and completely taking control of this powerful artificial legendary Pokémon.

Conversely, if the link fails... at least we know it hasn't appeared yet...

Who cares? This thing isn't a consumable anyway... If it doesn't connect, I'll just use another one.

It's also a good opportunity to see if all the legendary Pokémon in this world have disappeared.

[You have selected your target: the legendary Pokémon "Mewtwo" in the current world. Each Pokémon is unique and does not require precise targeting. Do you wish to begin linking immediately?]

Ling Feng shook his head slightly, and with a thought, confirmed the use of the item again.

The next moment, as Ling Feng made his choice, the data light card in his hand suddenly lit up, turning into a thin blue beam of light that seemed to pierce through space and disappear into the distant void.

Ling Feng leaned against the dining table, holding his breath and waiting, hoping to receive some kind of response.

However, after a few seconds, all around remained silent.

The blue beam of light from the invitation card seemed to have sunk without a trace, leaving no ripples.

"Huh? It failed?"

Ling Feng was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.

Hmm... Could it be that Team Rocket really hasn't started working on Mewtwo yet?

However… this doesn’t make sense. Recalling the news reports about the Rockets’ lab that the league investigated, it proves that the Rockets were likely making moves in that direction…

So... or rather, the production has only just begun, and Mewtwo's consciousness has not yet been born?

Ling Feng scratched his head, feeling that the latter possibility was more likely.

Or rather, it doesn't really matter which situation it is now.

After all, given Giovanni's personality, his pursuit of the power of legendary Pokémon is endless—only such power can fulfill his ambitions.

In the Emerald game he released, he made some modifications to the storyline, but he depicted Mewtwo's power and story in detail, with Team Rocket's base serving as a prelude to this.

Given Giovanni's ambition and drive, once he came into contact with this part of the game and learned of Mewtwo's existence, it was almost inevitable that he would create it in the same way.

If I remember correctly, Giovanni has not provided any emotion points yet, which means he has not even touched the game.

I wonder when he'll be able to play Emerald...

As Ling Feng pondered, the system's notification sounded in his mind once again:

[Ding! Detection indicates that a valid connection cannot be established with the target unit at this time.]

[Note: The invitation card can be set to a continuous connection mode. The system will continuously attempt to establish a telepathic connection with the target. Once the target unit meets the condition of 'existing and possessing independent consciousness,' the link will be automatically completed and activated!]

Should we maintain persistent linking?

"Oh? It can be left running in the background?" Ling Feng's eyes lit up.

This feature is quite user-friendly... I'll just leave it running.

Without hesitation, he chose to stay connected. At the same time, he suddenly remembered the item in the item notes that required payment.

That was close; I almost forgot about that.

"Since it's for my favorite Meng Ge, I should treat him to his first experience..."

Ling Feng smiled as he navigated the operating system interface. He casually deposited a thousand yuan of game funds into the link card that was exclusively for the future Mewtwo, thus paying for the special player he had not yet met.

With so much money, you could play all the games you release next, and even make some in-game purchases—provided there's a way to recharge within your own games.

After doing all this, the blue data invitation card in front of Ling Feng completely disappeared, seemingly going into automatic shutdown mode.

A wave of drowsiness washed over me.

"All done, time to rest..."

Ling Feng yawned, decided not to think about it anymore, and got up to walk towards the bathroom.

……

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Late at night, on a remote island far from the mainland, on the high seas.

Deep within Team Rocket's most secretive research facility, a pale figure was immersed in a huge petri dish, connected by complex tubing, and the instruments emitted a regular, cold hum.

Apart from that, everything around was quiet.

But the next moment, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, the eyes in the petri dish, which had been tightly closed, snapped open!

Between the liquids, a pair of purple pupils reflected the dim white light of the laboratory, filled with endless confusion, bewilderment, and questions about their own existence.

Who am I? Why am I here?

This was the very first moment his consciousness was born; it had just begun to think, just begun to perceive the world...

But just then, a completely emotionless yet crystal-clear synthesized voice suddenly and directly resounded in the depths of its mind, interrupting its nascent thoughts:

Welcome, esteemed player! You have received a special invitation from 'Lingfeng Games Studio' and have the privilege of playing all of our games and products without any prior access.

[Inviter 'Lingfeng' has paid your initial game fee.] [Start playing?]

Mewtwo: "...?"

The immense confusion that had just begun was instantly overwhelmed by this incomprehensible content.

This was the second time he had felt doubt since he came into this world.

……What's this?
……

At this moment, the invitation card composed of flowing blue data light had disappeared before Ling Feng's eyes, replaced by a new prompt on the system interface: [Continuous connection established, awaiting response from target unit...]

But he had already fallen into a deep sleep and naturally could not perceive this.

……

Meanwhile, on Mewtwo's side...

Strictly speaking, this was not the first moment when his self-awareness was born.

Before today, when his body condensed and formed in the petri dish of the laboratory, Mewtwo discovered that he could perceive some of the things around him, and even understand the words spoken by the white creatures in the research institute.

Moreover, during the formation of his consciousness, it seemed as if something was pouring a massive amount of information into his mind, making him understand the identities of these people and learn a great deal more.

This is a laboratory, surrounded by many "machines," all belonging to their creators, used to monitor their own state and create themselves.

They are "humans," while I am a "Pokémon." As a Pokémon, I must unconditionally obey the commands of these creators.

However, this information did not explain the most crucial question.

--who is he?

Moreover, Mewtwo is now experiencing an even greater sense of confusion.

The voice that had just rang in his ear was truly bizarre.

It wasn't a "human" language, or even any language I could understand, yet I could precisely grasp its meaning.

Players? Game? Permissions? Fees? Lingfeng?

These words, taken individually, might have vague correspondences in the scattered conversations of the surrounding humans, but put together and appearing here and now, they certainly made Mewtwo feel quite eerie.

The next moment, in this deserted research institute, he made a decision.

Mewtwo's eyes suddenly lit up with a deep purple light.

Its powerful mental energy instinctively spread out, like the most sophisticated radar, instantly scanning the entire laboratory and even every corner of the island.

It was trying to find the source of the sound. Could it be another so-called "machine"?
Despite a thorough search, Mewtwo found itself still empty-handed.

It was as if the sound didn't come from the outside world, but was directly imprinted on its heart, as if it were something it was born with...

This very anomaly caused Mewtwo's alertness to instantly rise to its peak.

People often feel fear and skepticism towards the unknown, and as a newborn Pokémon, he was no exception.

Mewtwo attempted to use its nascent yet powerful telepathic abilities to send a chilling question to the air itself, towards the source of the voice: "Who's speaking? Come out! Tell me... where am I?!"

There was no response.

Only that cold, mechanical prompt, like a cassette tape machine, stubbornly repeats the same sentence over and over again.

【Honorable player, would you like to begin playing?】

This one-sided, non-communicative "communication" made Mewtwo feel irritated.

It decided to ignore it, withdrew its mental energy, and refocused its purple pupils on the petri dish glass in front of it, looking at its blurry reflection on the glass.

Mewtwo temporarily categorized this strange "auditory hallucination" as an inexplicable anomaly and suppressed it in the corner of its mind.

But the selection interface in front of it remained like a ghost, constantly hovering in the background it perceived, refusing to leave...

Silent all night.

……

The morning sunlight streamed into the room through the window, and a new day began.

Inside the villa, Ling Feng practically sat bolt upright. The first thing he did was open the system panel and check the status of the invitation card.

However, the status message in front of him remained unchanged: "[Persistent connection established, awaiting response from target unit...]".

Ling Feng clicked his tongue in slight disappointment and was about to exit when his gaze fell upon a line of almost ignored log entries below.

[Slight fluctuation in link status: The target unit previously underwent a high-intensity, wide-area mental scan, suspected of searching for the link source.]

[Slight fluctuation in connection status: Received an undefined formatted telepathic communication request (high intensity), filtered according to rules. Content analysis (for reference only): Inquiring about identity and location.]

"!"

Ling Feng was instantly wide awake, all sleepiness vanished.

It worked!
Not only is the connection established, but Mewtwo has also awakened!
Mewtwo even tried to communicate with the system in reverse, but it was directly filtered out by the low-end "customer service" of the invitation card.

Even so, a tremendous sense of excitement still welled up in Ling Feng's heart.

Sure enough! Mewtwo was right there, the most powerful man-made legendary Pokémon in the world, which had already developed its own consciousness!
He suppressed his excitement and tried to obtain more information through the invitation card link—Mewtwo's location, live footage, and his life status...

Unfortunately, he was met with a cold, impersonal system message:
[Insufficient permissions; the invitation card link is only for providing game-related services.]

"Tsk, it's not working again at a time like this," Ling Feng muttered.

But he soon felt relieved.

The greatest success would be to confirm Mewtwo's existence with this invitation card.

However, it seems that things aren't going very smoothly right now.

He stroked his chin, pondering for a moment.

Judging from the response to the invitation card, Mewtwo was clearly wary of this sudden voice. Although it received the invitation, it did not choose to play the game.

Hmm... Could it be that he simply doesn't know what a game is?
Given this situation, since Mewtwo's consciousness is not always awake, it is very likely that he is still in the incubation dish, or even that his consciousness has just awakened.

His genes come from Dream, but his nature is more brutal due to the Rockets' modifications. Naturally, he is also suspicious and prone to overthinking. It is reasonable that he did not choose to accept this suddenly appearing voice.

So now... how do I solve this problem?

We finally got connected, we can't just give up this opportunity, can we?
Ling Feng reached out and touched his chin.

The next moment, a brilliant idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Wait.

Mewtwo's first question to the invitation card was the classic one... "Who am I?"

And this question... can't he answer it?

(End of this chapter)