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Chapter 158 The Mutant Eevee's Trust, the Destroyed Base! (4k)

At the critical moment, the character controlled by Lance immediately took a few steps back, and the radiance shining on Eevee's body dimmed a little, but his eyes remained vigilant.

"You found him? Take your time, Du."

Cynthia's voice came through the earpiece; she seemed to have temporarily paused her exploration on that side and was focusing on the situation on this side.

"The mental and physical torment it endured far exceeded our imagination. Building trust takes time and requires a non-threatening approach."

Lance didn't give up, nor did he rush forward again. Instead, he directly input the command and threw all the Poké Balls on his character onto the lawn next to him.

"Don't worry, I have no hostility towards you. Give me a chance, okay?"

He spoke softly to comfort Ibrahimovic in front of him.

Ibrahimovic seemed too weak; hunger and pain ultimately overcame his fear.

Finally, it cautiously glanced at the Poké Balls beside Du, poked its head forward, and licked a little bit of the delicious water very quickly.

Lance immediately seized the opportunity and chose to use the advanced healing potion. A soft pink healing light enveloped Eevee's battered body, and it seemed to whimper softly in comfort. Its tense muscles visibly relaxed, and the flickering energy phantom also calmed down temporarily.

It raised its head and looked at Watari's character again, the fear in its eyes lessening, replaced by a complex scrutiny.

Then, Ibrahimovic hesitated for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, and then gently touched Watari's hand with his nose, seemingly expressing a feeling of acceptance.

Then, it turned around and began to slowly and laboriously paw at the ground in front of it.

"Bamboo orchid, it looks like it's drawing something with its claws."

Du immediately spoke into the voice chat, as if he had realized something, and his spirits lifted.

“Look closely and tell me what it is.”

Cynthia responded immediately, her tone focused.

Eevee's lines were crooked and looked like it was struggling, but the meaning it was expressing gradually became clear: a large square, a zigzag line connecting from the outside to the inside, and then a point heavily poked with its claws inside the square, slightly below.

"It seemed to have drawn the outline of the base, a path leading in from the outside, and then marked a spot inside the base. It...it tapped that spot very heavily with its claws."

Du carefully described the pattern he saw and offered his own guess.

"That point likely refers to the detention location, or an area where important items are stored, or even the place where it was once imprisoned. Why don't you ask it about its situation in the base? You can mention the people who hurt it, but... be careful not to upset it, after all, the kid is quite pitiful."

Cynthia offered her advice.

Watari pressed the interaction button and tried to say two keywords to Ibrahimovic in the gentlest tone possible: "Rockets Giger?"

Upon hearing the name of that mad researcher, Ibu visibly trembled violently and let out a roar that suppressed immense pain and fear.

It frantically scratched out the dot it had just drawn with its claws, as if it represented a painful memory. Then it drew a few crooked, simple sketches of people, and next to these figures, it drew a larger, more ferocious and hideous shadow. It then pointed firmly with its claws at the crossed-out but emphasized point of confinement.

"It seems to be saying... there are guards there, quite a few? Or perhaps one particularly powerful guard?"

Du deduced from the pattern.

"Woo!"

Eevee let out a soft but unusually firm cry, nodding vigorously. A flicker of fear flashed in its deep red eyes, but more so, a resolute determination pointing in that direction. It confirmed Lance's question.
Just then, Cynthia's voice rang out again, echoing with a sense of emptiness, as if she were in a vast space:

“Watari, I’ve made some discoveries. The location of this ruin here might correspond to the upper or outer area of ​​your base. Although most of it has collapsed, the basic structure can still be barely discerned. If you go in through the secret passage that Ibu pointed out, the first large fork in the road should theoretically be a left turn. The area to my left is completely blocked by boulders and metal debris, which must have been intentional on their part.”

"Received. At the first fork in the road after entering, turn left."

Du repeated it over and firmly memorized the path forward in his heart.

He controlled his character and, following the diagram drawn by Eevee, carefully explored the depths of the rock wall. Finally, he found the extremely hidden ventilation entrance. Peeling away the disguised vines and moss, he found a dark and cold metal pipe inside, so narrow that his character could only crawl forward.

"Zhu Lan, I've found the entrance and am entering the pipe."

"Okay, keep in touch. I'm moving above a severely collapsed section of pipes. Based on the remaining structural framework, you should reach a downward shaft about 20 or 30 meters down the main pipe. I can see its wrecked framework from here, and you should still have an intact ladder to go down."

The character he was controlling struggled forward through the dark pipe, its walls damp and rough. Soon, he found the rusty but still intact metal ladder leading into the deeper darkness below.

"We've found the shaft and ladder, and we're climbing down."

"After you go down, pay attention to the first fork in the road you encounter. Take the right-hand path; I can see which way it leads—also, it seems there's an infrared device in the pipes over there, but it's broken. Your side should still be active; see how to fix it."

"Understood, go down and turn right."

Watari maneuvered his character toward the right corner, deliberately slowing down. Sure enough, he saw the red curve appear in front of him and immediately pressed the jump button to successfully dodge it.

This covert infiltration turned into a collaborative operation that transcended the dimension of time.

Relying on the raw intelligence and directional guidance provided by Eevee, which originated from painful memories, and combined with Cynthia's observation of the corresponding base structure that had become ruins, Lance made a slow and arduous journey through the maze-like ventilation duct system.

The pipes are not entirely safe either. Lance occasionally needs to use Flash to briefly illuminate the darkness and observe the way ahead, or carefully avoid the Zubats and Meowths that roost in the shadows of the pipes, so as to avoid any unnecessary battles that might reveal his whereabouts.

"There's another ventilation grille ahead, Cynthia, can you see what's outside?" "Let me see... The area below me seems to be an abandoned storage room, filled with broken equipment wreckage and discarded containers. You can go down, but be very careful and watch your surroundings. It might be a blind spot, but there could also be Team Rocket members there."

Wataru carefully lowered his character into the room below. Just as Cynthia had described, the room was filled with scrap metal and parts, but it was empty for the time being.

Following Ibrahimovic's map and Cynthia's constant guidance, he cautiously approached the "point" that was highlighted.

"Based on the remaining wall structure and pipe layout on my side, your target area should be very close. Be careful, the area in front of me is a huge void, which may be a central hall or a prison area in terms of structure. Be alert for guards, there may be quite a few of them."

Cynthia's voice carried a clear hint of warning.

Du took a deep breath to steady his heartbeat. He controlled his character to slowly move forward along a thick, still slightly vibrating pipe. Sure enough, at another vent ahead, the CG began to play—the character saw the scene in the room below through the gaps in the fence: a small, brightly lit detention cell where two Rockets were chatting and passing the time with their backs to the vent.

Behind them was a sturdy metal cage, inside which "Lance" from the game was imprisoned, leaning against the wall with a solemn expression, seemingly deep in thought. In the electronic safe beside them, their confiscated Poké Balls were clearly displayed.

"We see him. Two guards, with their backs to us."

Du lowered his voice to report, his mind highly focused.

"Get ready to move. The walls of the room I'm in look very thick, so the soundproofing should be good. But you need to be quick and aim for a decisive victory. Don't give them a chance to raise the alarm."

Cynthia quickly analyzed the environment and offered her suggestions.

There was no time to hesitate. Wataru, controlling his character, slammed the interaction button, kicked open the ventilation grille, and leaped down!

"Where did you come from?! You bastard?! Where did you crawl out of here?!"

A swift and intense battle erupted and ended just as quickly. The two Rocket members' Pokémon were not at a high level and were easily defeated by Lance's fully-equipped team, falling to the ground.

Wataru rescued his game counterpart, quickly retrieved his Poké Ball, pressed the interact button, and handed it to him.

Watari's face in the game was filled with surprise and urgency:

"It's you?! How did you find this place? This is too dangerous! Lance and the others must have already increased the security of the entire base to prevent the Alliance from sending people, but they probably didn't expect it to be you who came?"

Have you notified the alliance?

Watari pressed the interaction button, and the character nodded.

“I have given the notification, but now is not the time to talk about this.”

"Let's escape together first, then reunite with the Alliance."

In the game, Wataru shook his head, his tone quite resolute: "No, there's not enough time. They're already preparing to evacuate!"

"Now that we've come this far, we absolutely cannot leave empty-handed."

"As I was being escorted through the main corridor, I vaguely overheard a brief communication between Officer Lance and headquarters. They mentioned things like 'core transport completed' and 'transfer to Sector Zero.' The base's main database server room is on a lower level, where there must be more complete plans and transport records! We must find a way to get them!"

Although doing so now is extremely risky, as Watari just said, the value of this intelligence is even greater.

After a brief deliberation, the three decided to take a gamble and set their sights on the server room on the lowest floor.

The route to the server room was more complex and concealed, with surveillance and patrols everywhere. Fortunately, thanks to Cynthia's difficult reverse deduction of the structure and guidance in the ruins, they were able to move forward smoothly.

"The end of the passage ahead should be the edge of the main control hall. Right where I am is just a desolate wasteland. Follow the wall to my right and look for a metal door marked 'Backup Server Passage'. You can still see traces of the door frame and a number on the wreckage here."

They carefully avoided the patrols and, sure enough, found the hidden metal door.

After kicking open the door and forcibly entering the server room, it was temporarily empty except for the cold mainframes and huge monitors.

In the game, Du quickly sat down in front of the computer terminal, rapidly entered a series of characters, seemingly gaining some kind of access, and successfully logged into the system.

"found it!"

He quickly scanned the list of encrypted files, his voice tinged with shock at discovering the truth.
"...Transport log! The records show that the thing called 'Twilight' didn't escape, but was successfully recaptured in the recent chaos and secretly moved away! The transport destination code is... 'Kanto...Zero Island'!!"

Just as they were marveling at this unexpected discovery, an ear-piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the base without warning, and red warning lights began to spin and flash wildly, turning the entire room a blood-red hue!
"See, I knew you'd come back."

Lance's cold, authoritative voice, tinged with a hint of mockery, came through the surrounding broadcast system, clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"Unfortunately, you were too late. And this time, don't even think about leaving here! Leave your lives, the stolen intelligence, and this base here forever!"

The heavy metal gates began to slam down with a deafening roar, and Team Rocket sealed off all the base's exits!

"Zhu Lan!" Du shouted urgently into the microphone.

"Don't panic!" Cynthia's voice remained remarkably calm, but her speech was rapid, clearly indicating she was thinking quickly. "While exploring these ruins, I noticed a huge, irregular crack, which looks like structural damage caused by some powerful explosion! Run out from the southeast corner of the hall you're in! That was supposed to be an emergency evacuation route in the design! Hurry! Before the gates completely close!"

Without time to question or hesitate, Du turned without hesitation, leading his game self to the southeast corner of the hall.

Sure enough, there was a hidden door disguised as an ordinary wall, slowly closing!

A violent explosion and flash of light came from behind him, and the screen in front of Du's eyes flashed and turned into a large expanse of pale white.

(End of this chapter)