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

Chapter 155 The Darkness Hidden Underground (4k)

After searching with his character, Wataru indeed found a hidden compartment deep within the secret passage. After clicking the dialogue option and confirming, the hidden compartment popped up, revealing a black screen that looked like a computer. The screen lit up and displayed a line of numbers and letters at the top.

Clearly, this was a secret door that required him to enter a password to open.

Du stared at the unassuming input device in front of him, his fingers hovering over the keyboard, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

Based on his law enforcement experience, entering the wrong password in such a place could have serious and fatal consequences; the entire passage might collapse in an instant.

The good news is that this is within a game, so even if your character is buried in the ruins, you can respawn and return to the Pokémon Center to continue the game.

Furthermore, the save/load function allows you to explore the area an unlimited number of times.

So it's not a big deal if you enter the wrong password. But now there is a new problem: there are just too many letters and numbers on the keyboard, including some symbols that I don't even recognize, totaling nearly a hundred.

If I were to rely solely on guessing and keep trying different passwords, I would have to run through that long corridor every time I came here, which would be extremely inefficient.

What's even more fatal is that he had no idea how many digits were in the password.

Wataru fell into deep thought, deciding to look around for any relevant clues, or perhaps check if any Team Rocket NPCs had any items related to the password.

However, at that moment, a clear yet steady voice suddenly rang out from behind him, breaking the deathly silence in the underground passage.

Who are you? Why are you here?

Du's heart skipped a beat, and his fingers instantly flew off the keyboard. For some reason, the sound gave him a strange sense of familiarity.

The game screen freezes the next moment, and a figure emerges from the darkness not far away.

As the image on the screen became clearer, his hand gripping the mouse tightened involuntarily, and his pupils contracted slightly in surprise.

Because standing behind his character at this moment, emerging from the darkness, was a figure he knew all too well—a bright red cloak, unruly short red hair, and a handsome and resolute face.

That's "crossing"!
He is the Dragon King in this game... and that is him himself!
Although he had guessed at the beginning of playing the game that he might encounter such a situation one day, he did not expect that day to come so soon.

And...why does this pixelated character's model look a bit cooler than me?
Du couldn't help but reach out and touch his face, a trivial yet deeply painful thought flashing through his mind.

The "Lance" in the game seemed unaware that he was being observed by people in the real world. He continued to communicate in the manner typical of game NPCs, and a prompt box popped up: "Did you take care of those Team Rocket members outside? What are you doing here?"

Du took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

He pressed the interaction button and answered in voice, "It's me. I'm here to investigate Team Rocket's conspiracy."

The "Wad" on the screen nodded, a hint of appreciation seemingly appearing on its pixelated face.

"Oh? It really was you who did it. You're so young and already so accomplished. You must be an excellent trainer."

"However, this place is still a bit too dangerous for you... Please try not to go to places like this alone in the future, okay?"

As Watari spoke in the game, he slowly stepped forward, his gaze falling on the password input machine that appeared at the end of the wall.

"This combination lock... I should know what the combination is."

As he spoke, he stepped forward and, without hesitation, quickly and accurately entered a series of characters into the keypad.

With a soft "click," the seemingly indestructible wall slowly slid open, revealing a deeper and darker passage behind it.

This scene completely stunned Watari.

Why does the character in the game know the password belonging to Team Rocket?

Did he obtain relevant information somewhere and come here specifically for this purpose?

That must be it.

Otherwise, does that mean the character in the game can work for Team Rocket?
Just as he was pondering this, Wataru in the game turned around and took the initiative to explain.

"You're probably wondering why I know the Rockets' password, right? It's simple, because I worked for the Rockets for a while."

Crossing: ? ? ? ? ?

Dude, even though you look just like me and are handsome, you can't betray me!
At that moment, the "Watari" in the game seemed to see through his silence, or perhaps anticipate Watari's possible misunderstanding, and added a sentence with an exceptionally serious expression:

"Believe me, it's not what you think, he's an undercover agent."

"let's go."

Du, watching from outside the screen, was stunned. This sudden development and information left him somewhat unable to process it.

But he had no time to think it over. He immediately controlled his character, followed the figure in the red cape, and stepped into the more central restricted area of ​​the Rockets base.

The scene behind the door was more oppressive than anywhere else they had passed. The lighting was dimmer, with only a few emergency lights emitting a pale red glow, barely illuminating the outline of the surrounding space.

The air was filled with a mixture of metallic rust and some indescribable chemical smell, which Du could even smell through the screen.

Various instruments and equipment were hastily discarded on the ground, cables tangled and scattered like black vines, and some screens were shattered, revealing their complex internal mechanisms. Clear marks of explosions and claw marks were visible on the walls, indicating that this place had experienced more than one period of chaos.

"Unfortunately, it seems we're too late."

"Du," the character in the game, said in a deep voice. He began to carefully search around, examining the damaged equipment.

Watari himself was operating his character, his sharp eyes scanning every corner.

In the shadows beneath an overturned lab bench, he discovered a half-burnt notebook with a torn cover. He pressed the interact button, and the character successfully picked it up, followed by a game prompt:
[Obtained [Torn Experiment Log]]

Wataru scrolled the mouse wheel, beginning to read the text appearing on the screen. However, as line after line of records came into view, the expression on his face gradually changed from seriousness to shock, and finally was replaced by an uncontrollable anger.

In reality, his hands clenched unconsciously, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force. In the real world, as a law enforcement officer, he knew all along that Team Rocket was no benevolent organization, engaging in numerous underground transactions and illegal activities.

But he never imagined that their actions could be so heinous and cruel! This was not a criminal organization driven by profit, but a group of utterly insane lunatics who disregarded life!

The notes in the notebook coldly and cruelly revealed:

[…Subject #734 (Ultrasonic Bat) was injected with TX-7, resulting in a significant increase in speed and sonic intensity. After three hours, it entered a state of extreme frenzy, attacking indiscriminately, before its vital signs rapidly deteriorated…and it was confirmed dead. Autopsy revealed multiple ruptures in its internal organs…]

[...An attempt at forced evolution. A high-energy shock was applied to test subject #1020 (Ghost)...Evolution was successful (Gengar), but the new individual is extremely unstable, exhibiting strong destructive tendencies and self-decomposition...Existence time: 7 minutes and 14 seconds...Failure.]

[...11th live energy extraction experiment. Objective: Successfully induced the evolution of subject #341 (Nidorino) into Nidoking, and extracted a high-purity life energy sample at the moment of its most active energy... However, the target Pokémon crystallized... the sample's activity only lasted 30 seconds. Conclusion: Extraction efficiency needs improvement, or a better, more vibrant carrier needs to be found...]

Each line of text was like a cold knife, piercing through Du's nerves and mind.

This is hardly an experimental record.

This is practically a catalog of tortures that records the suffering and death of countless Pokémon!
Driven by power and their insane goals, Team Rocket treats Pokémon lives as experimental subjects to be consumed and discarded at will!
"These... damned bastards!" Watari gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words.

He felt nauseous and furious, as if all the blood in his body was flowing backward.

This anomaly even caused his in-game character to tremble slightly.

On the screen, the "Watari" in the game noticed his unusual behavior and walked over.

"What did you find?" he asked.

Without saying a word, Du directly controlled his character and handed him the tattered experimental logbook.

The "Walking" character in the game took the laptop and quickly browsed through it.

Soon, his brows furrowed, and his face revealed the same anger and disgust as Du in reality. "This is... unforgivable, you bastard," he muttered under his breath, his voice filled with suppressed rage.

"The Rockets...as expected, they always push the boundaries of morality. Although I know they will stop at nothing to pursue power, such behavior is beyond what we can call human."

However, his gaze seemed to be quickly drawn to the last few pages of the notebook.

What was written there was not ordinary text, but a code composed of a series of strange symbols and geometric shapes, somewhat similar to the incomprehensible symbols on the wall earlier.

“This…” In reality, Wataru also noticed this unusual content and pressed the interaction button to speak.

He had actually seen these strange characters earlier, but he couldn't understand them at all. "What do these symbols mean?"

"It's encrypted text used internally by Team Rocket," explained "Watari" in the game, his tone becoming unusually serious.

"They used this to record the most critical secrets, and also for passwords like those for doors."

He leaned closer to the notebook, as if doing so would allow him to more clearly discern the strange symbols. Soon, he began to decipher them in a low voice and read them aloud:

"...Project codename: 'Twilight'...Phase One...Gene sampling completed...covering a total of 147 Pokémon with high base stats and special abilities from the Kanto and Johto regions..."

"...The key to successfully overcoming the rejection reaction lies in...the matrix extracted from the 'Dream' eyelash fossil...its incredible inclusivity...it's the perfect base..."

"...The embryo has stabilized within an artificial uterus...vital signs are weak but persistent...injection of enhancement gene fragments extracted from the 'Twilight' project..."

"...Goal: To surpass legendary Pokémon and create an absolutely controllable, absolutely powerful, ultimate life-saving weapon belonging to Team Rocket..."

As the game's "Du" read out the deciphered message word by word, Du in the real world felt a chill run up his spine to the top of his head, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He froze in front of the screen, his mind even going blank for a moment, with only a constant buzzing sound.

Live experiments, forced evolution, energy extraction... He thought this was the limit of Team Rocket's cruelty and madness.

But it turned out he was wrong, terribly wrong.

The Rockets' ambitions extend far beyond plundering and reshaping existing life.

They actually... they actually collected, pieced together, and fused the genes of those Pokémon!
Team Rocket wants to play the role of creators, starting from scratch, forcibly creating a twisted artificial Pokémon that should not exist in test tubes and petri dishes!

It is even a power that surpasses that of legendary Pokémon.

But... could it create life?
They actually call this "creation"?!

Du's gaze swept over the mess around him. After understanding the contents of the writing, he knew exactly how many inhumane things had happened here.

This is not creation at all, but a desecration of life!

Team Rocket is using Pokémon's lives to satisfy their own ambitions and fantasies!

When he came to his senses, the cold words "embryo," "gene fragment," and "weapon of life" on the notebook struck Du's nerves like a heavy hammer.

He could almost see the cold laboratory, the culture tanks shimmering with eerie light, and within them, the painful and twisted unformed life forcibly stitched together by countless genes, quietly born and dying...

And then there are those Pokémon whose genes were forcibly extracted for experiments and then "cleaned up"...

The sense of crisis in reality and the plot of the game intertwine and collide violently at this moment, bringing an unprecedented heavy pressure.

Watari suddenly realized that Cynthia's previous concerns about him were entirely justified.

This game is far more than just a game; it is simultaneously revealing, in some incomprehensible way, the terrifying, ongoing plans of Team Rocket that are capable of upending the world in the real world!
Now, I must contact Cynthia immediately and tell her everything I've found here!

But just as he picked up his phone...

"boom!!!!!"

On the computer screen, a dazzling red light suddenly appeared, accompanied by the shockwave and a loud bang!

(End of this chapter)