I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

"Is someone here?" Ye Feng frowned.

Why would anyone be in such a strange place?

"Let's go take a look," Ye Feng said softly.

Based on his senses, Ye Feng tiptoed toward the area where there were people.

Along the way, although the village looked eerie, no supernatural events as expected actually occurred.

Rather, most of the paranormal events reported in the world are due to the mischief of ghost-type spirits.

“!#@#%!@” From not far away, the voices of several people discussing loudly came, their words intense and even tinged with fear.

"Sakura people?" Ye Feng frowned. Was this in the land of Sakura?

Behind a patch of grass, Ye Feng cautiously peeked out and discovered a makeshift campsite. In the middle of the campsite, several people were standing and talking about something.

There are also many video cameras, computers and other filming equipment on display here.

"Is this... a movie shoot?" Ye Feng muttered. "In a place like this, are they filming a horror movie?"

Ye Feng began to observe the camp when he suddenly noticed a girl directly opposite him staring in his direction with fear.

Their eyes met, and the girl's face turned deathly pale in an instant, and she screamed loudly.

"what!!"

Chapter 313 The Legend of the Village

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," Ye Feng said apologetically to the girl, with Rotom translating.

"No, it's nothing." The girl, who had been frightened, was still a little shaken, and her face remained somewhat pale.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" asked Ye Feng, the bespectacled boy who seemed to be the leader.

He was puzzled; ordinary people wouldn't appear in a place like this.

If Ye Feng hadn't shown goodwill from the moment he appeared, he wouldn't be talking to the other party so calmly now.

"Um, actually I'm a... well, how should I put it, like an adventurer. I like to explore strange and legendary places." Ye Feng said, quickly making up a suitable identity in his mind.

"I stumbled upon this place online and heard some strange rumors about it, so I came to check it out."

“I see…” The bespectacled boy nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Rotom and asked, “Speaking of which, this is…”

"Rotom Compendium, Rotom." After translating this sentence, Rotom introduced himself.

"The Rotom Pokédex?" The bespectacled boy and his companion exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

Guo Pengfei's Pokédex has gradually become popular overseas, but it's only a basic version and not as good as Ye Feng's.

Of course, the difference exists, but it's not too exaggerated. To give a simple example, it's like the difference between a bicycle and a motorcycle.

They also knew about the Rotom Dex, but it was extremely expensive and not something the average person could afford.

The key to this valuable item is Rotom; after all, you can't just catch any Rotom, you need to train it systematically.

As for the specific training methods, China will not easily share them. Other countries will need some time to develop their own methods, and during this period, the Rotom Compendium will be monopolized by China.

Sakutaro Morishige and the others also realized that Ye Feng was Chinese.

However, since it was their first meeting and they had no prior grudges, they were able to get along amicably for the time being.

After some introductions, Ye Feng learned that the five people in front of him were students from a famous university in Tokyo and members of the paranormal research department.

The reason I came here is to film a horror movie during the summer vacation, which will be used as a presentation piece for the school festival after the start of the new semester.

"My name is Morishige Sakutaro, I'm a third-year student, the head of the Paranormal Research Club, and incidentally, a high-level trainer," the bespectacled boy introduced himself.

The girl who was just startled by Ye Feng is named Mochida Yuka. She is a cute girl with a round face and petite stature. She is a freshman in college and a beginner trainer.

Tetsushi Mochida, who looks tall and thin, is Yuka's older brother, a third-year university student, vice-captain, and a senior trainer;

There's also Shinozaki Ayumi, who has a very slender figure and looks a bit cold. She's a sophomore and an intermediate trainer.

Yoshiki Kishinuma, a sophomore and intermediate trainer, wears glasses and seems a bit introverted. When Sakutaro Morishige introduced him, he glanced at Ye Feng and quickly lowered his head.

As Morishige Sakutaro introduced these names, Ye Feng's expression began to turn strange.

Although his memory was hazy, Ye Feng vaguely felt that these names sounded very familiar, as if they were the names of characters from a famous horror game in his previous life.

He thought for a moment, then finally remembered and looked at Morishige Sakutaro, asking, "Do you know Tenjin Elementary School?"

"Tenjin Elementary School? You know about it too?" Morishige Sakutaro's face lit up with surprise.

"Uh, right..." Ye Feng was taken aback, then nodded. Could it be such a coincidence?

"Tenjin Elementary School is a famous legend, but we've never been able to find that place. It's such a pity! If we could film a movie there, it would definitely be very popular!" Sakutaro Morishige sighed.

Ye Feng noticed that the others also looked regretful.

"I think you guys should really avoid that place," Ye Feng thought to himself.

"What's wrong?" Morishige Sakutaro noticed that Ye Feng's expression was a bit strange and couldn't help but ask. The others also looked at him.

"It's nothing. To be honest, although I'm here, I don't really know much about the legends here. The descriptions online are vague. You all seem to know a lot about this place. Could you tell me more about it?" Ye Feng quickly changed the subject.

“No problem!” When Ye Feng mentioned Tian Shen Elementary School, Morishige Sakutaro knew that he was also a paranormal enthusiast. He temporarily put Ye Feng’s Chinese identity behind him and immediately began to enthusiastically introduce the school to Ye Feng.

This is a small village in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, called Minakami Village.

Legend has it that there is an entrance to the underworld here. Every once in a while, the village of Minakami needs to hold a sacrificial ceremony to offer young women as sacrifices. If the sacrifice is not performed or fails, darkness will spew out from the underworld and devour the village.

The village of Minakami is isolated and has almost no contact with the outside world.

One year, a young man stumbled upon this place and met the woman who was to be sacrificed that year.

The rest of the story is rather cliché: the man and woman fall in love and elope, causing the ritual to be impossible to perform. The underworld spews out darkness that engulfs the village, and no one here survives.

Minakami Village was also reduced to ruins.

"It feels a bit cliché," Ye Feng said subconsciously after hearing this.

“Uh…” Morishige Sakutaro was a little embarrassed and chuckled dryly, “After all, it’s just a legend. But this place has indeed been abandoned for a long time, and I haven’t been able to find any detailed information. All I know is that the village was destroyed because of a calamity. This legend is probably just something made up by some unknown person.”

"I see." Ye Feng nodded knowingly. "By the way, is there no one else here besides you?"

"No, why do you ask that?" Morishige Sakutaro asked in confusion, then suddenly looked at Mochida Yuka as if he had just thought of something.

Ye Feng noticed that Yuka Mochida's complexion, which had just returned to normal, suddenly turned pale again.

"Maybe I was mistaken, or perhaps it was a wild elf?" Ye Feng said, referring to the strange black shadow he had seen when he first arrived.

"Um, your name is Mochida Yuka, right? You don't look too good," Ye Feng couldn't help but ask. This girl seemed a bit timid.

"No, it's nothing." Yuka Mochida shook her head, looking slightly flustered.

“They must be wild elves,” Morishige Sakutaro said, seemingly not wanting Ye Feng and Mochida Yuka to talk much. “Few people come here, so it’s normal for some elves to live here.”

Ye Feng nodded.

"I'm planning to look around, what about you guys?" Ye Feng stood up and asked.

“We still need to adjust the camera equipment,” said Sakutaro Morishige.

"Alright." Ye Feng nodded, and without saying anything more, walked alone into the village.

Two advanced trainers, two intermediate trainers, and one beginner—are they really here to film a horror movie? Ye Feng pondered as he walked.

Although what these people said seemed to have no flaws, and the legends here might actually exist, Ye Feng felt that things were definitely not that simple, and he would not easily believe the Japanese.

Ye Feng remembered that since they couldn't use normal electronic communication methods here, how did they contact the outside world?

However, he was still unclear about the situation here, and these people were still useful to him, so there was no need to turn against them immediately.

Hmm? Ye Feng frowned and tilted his head slightly. He sensed that someone was following him.

He used his telekinetic power to investigate and found two people following behind him.

Was it one of those people from earlier? What are they doing following me? Ye Feng thought for a moment and then released Togekiss.

"Take a look and see if there's anything strange here," Ye Feng instructed, noticing that the people behind him had left immediately after Togekis appeared.

Are they afraid of being discovered? Ye Feng smiled, but it was all for naught. These people probably never imagined Ye Feng possessed superpowers, especially since he could already perform basic sensory abilities.

Tokiss closed his eyes and used his waveguide to sense things. After a while, he opened his eyes and looked at Ye Feng.

"A discovery?" Ye Feng asked.

Pokkis nodded and pointed in one direction in the village.

"Go over and have a look."

Ye Feng and Pokkis arrived at the deepest part of the village.

There was a huge wooden platform here, but it had completely rotted and collapsed due to its age.

Ye Feng turned his head and looked around. This place looked like the site of that sacrificial ceremony.

Ye Feng noticed a dark box in front of the platform. He walked over and peeked inside. The box was filled with black water that smelled nauseating and almost made him vomit.

Ye Feng covered his mouth and nose and took a few steps back. He looked around and saw that there was nothing else besides the box.

Tokis glanced at him, then pointed towards the platform.

Ye Feng walked over and found that there was a hole covered under the collapsed platform, and it seemed that there was a fairly large space underneath.