Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

Thinking about all this, Ye Chen couldn't help but wonder if the ultimate goal of the Creation Society was related to Arceus, since not only were their research contents related, but even their names contained the word "creation"!

The more Ye Chen knew, the more he felt his own strength was too low.

This college tournament is a great way to improve your skills, so you definitely shouldn't miss it!

……

Mu Xue was still in the secret realm, not having left, so that she could arrive as soon as she received the news from the Genesis Society's leaders.

At this moment, an investigator rushed over and said, "Reporting to King Mu, we have just discovered two corpses in a certain location. Their appearances are very similar to the two Genesis Society cadres you described earlier!"

"He's dead!" Mu Xue exclaimed in surprise. "Take me to see him quickly!"

When Mu Xue arrived at the scene, the two corpses were the two people she had fought with earlier. She never expected that they would die here so tragically after only a short time. She knew that they were still capable of fighting when they escaped.

Mu Xue checked and found that both of their Poké Balls 3.3 were still there and had not been taken.

Then I released the spirit to experience it.

"It's the aura of a champion!"

Combining the mysterious intruders reported by the investigators and the various strange things that happened in the secret realm, Mu Xue came to a guess.

It's possible that a mysterious powerful figure from the alliance learned of what happened here and came to help. The two escaped, but the senior found them and killed them directly.

As for that senior person now, Mu Xue believes that the other party has already quietly left.

"Clean this up, it'll be dawn soon."

Then, the mysterious senior that Mu Xue had imagined was hiding in a secluded place within the secret realm.

If Ye Chen leaves the secret realm now, he will definitely be discovered by the investigators. Therefore, the only reasonable and foolproof way for him to leave is to wait until the competition ends and then leave as a contestant!

Chapter 100: Entering the Secret Realm, Eight Wooden Plaques!

It was nine o'clock in the morning, and the elimination rounds were about to begin.

The original market area of ​​Qinglin Secret Realm has been transformed into a rest area for the contestants, where Jiang Shuyun and Lao Liu are waiting.

"Why hasn't Ye Chen arrived yet? Did he oversleep? The competition is about to start," Old Liu asked anxiously.

Jiang Shuyun said, "I called him, but I couldn't get through."

"Is something wrong with the captain?" Guo Shengfu asked worriedly.

"Shut your jinx," Qi Jun said, patting the fat man's stomach. "But what if the captain hasn't arrived by the time the match starts?"

"Then there's no other way. The four of us will have to go first. With our strength, getting through the knockout stage shouldn't be a problem."

With the match about to begin, Old Liu still couldn't contact Ye Chen and could only say helplessly, "There's nothing we can do but accept it."

Soon all the teams gathered in front of the entrance to the secret passage, and then the members of the 19th Alliance began to distribute emergency buttons one by one. They could press the button when in danger, and the investigators would arrive within one minute.

When the team was being sent to Rongcheng No. 1 Middle School, the staff asked, "Are there only four people?"

Old Liu said awkwardly, "There's one more person who's been delayed by something and will arrive in a while."

"The competition won't wait for him. The secret realm will close once the time is up, and then he won't be able to get in," the staff member said coldly.

In fact, he had encountered several teams like this before. The team members had agreed to participate yesterday, but when the competition came, they became afraid and dared not come, forcing his teammates to participate as a four-person or three-person team. He obviously thought Ye Chen was also this kind of person.

Time passed quickly as everyone waited.

"The emergency button we gave you earlier has a speaker on the back. It will make a sound when you get close to the wooden sign. Your task is to find the wooden sign and successfully bring it out of the secret realm! A warning again: you are not allowed to maliciously possess multiple wooden signs. Violators will be disqualified from the competition!"

"The match is now officially underway!"

At the host's command, many contestants released their Pokémon and rushed towards the entrance of the secret realm.

Although we haven't entered the secret realm yet, the competition has already begun!

The sooner you enter the secret realm, the greater your chances of finding the wooden plaque, so everyone is pushing forward with all their might!

At this point, speed-type Pokémon clearly had an advantage, and almost in the blink of an eye, several Pokémon broke away from the main force and rushed to the front.

They are a Pidgeot, a Greninja, and an Arcanine. Just by looking at their speed, they have already reached the level of advanced Pokémon.

As Pidgeot's trainer passed the crowd below, a disdainful smile appeared on his face, as if none of them cared about him. He even had Pidgeot fan out a huge cloud of dust before laughing heartily and flying away.

The league's event guests were sitting in the lounge, watching the situation on the monitor.

Of course, Mu Xue was not there at the time. The deaths of the two Genesis Society executives were no small matter, and she would have to deal with the series of chain reactions that followed.

Zhang Zhixing exclaimed, "Young people these days are really getting more and more amazing. Back when we participated in the college competition, we might not even have a single high-level Pokémon appear for several years."

The official spokesperson for the event stated, "As trainers become more widespread and more research on Pokémon is discovered, the booming development of the trainer industry is inevitable."

"I even think there might be quite a few high-level Pokémon that haven't been revealed yet. We'll only see the real showdown during the group stage!"

Meanwhile, Meng Ming's team from Rongcheng No. 2 Middle School was still mixed in with the crowd, moving forward with the main group.

One of the team members said indignantly, "What's so great about it? Captain, when you bring out your Blaziken, they'll all have to admit defeat!"

Meng Ming glanced around but didn't see the Garchomp he wanted to see in the prominent spot in the front row.

Slightly disappointed, he still explained, "No rush. This competition isn't about who's the fastest; in the end, it's about skill."

He paused for a moment after saying that, as if wondering if he would have said something like that in the past.

It seems that I have changed a lot since I lost to that person. I have become more low-key and less arrogant in my actions.

Jiang Shuyun and his three companions were not conspicuous in the main group; they even maintained a slow pace as they moved forward.

"Why don't we hurry up and rush in? If we get in too late, they might have already taken all the wooden signs."

Ever since Jiang Shuyun beat them up, they've called her "Big Sister".

Jiang Shuyun calmly analyzed, "There are only four of us. Although we are all quite strong, it's better to keep a low profile. The wooden plaque isn't something that belongs to whoever gets it first."

With Ye Chen absent, Jiang Shuyun had no choice but to imagine herself in Ye Chen's shoes and consider what she would do if he were in her situation.

As the strongest member of the team right now, Jiang Shuyun must take on the role of the team's backbone!

The group quickly followed the main force into the secret realm.

Although the tournament organizers stipulated that participants could not hold multiple wooden plaques to prevent a situation where there were not enough participating teams during the round of 803.

However, the rules did not prohibit snatching the wooden plaques, and everyone was well aware of this. So, the moment they entered the secret realm, they looked warily at the players from other teams, and then each of them found a direction with few or no people to move forward.

The challenge of this competition lies not only in preventing attacks from wild Pokémon, but also in preventing attacks from other contestants.

Jiang Shuyun and his group also chose to proceed in a less crowded direction.

……

Ye Chen was crouching on a large tree, next to the majestic and handsome Garchomp, watching a team cautiously advancing below.

The man who appeared to be the team leader looked around and said, "Strange, this device clearly went off, but we can't find the wooden sign anywhere."

"Is it broken?"

"Probably not."

Watching them gradually walk away, Ye Chen looked down at his waist, where several wooden tags were tied. He had found them while hiding from Alliance investigators.

At this moment, he had as many as eight wooden plaques on his waist, which made a thumping sound when he walked.

"The competition has already started, let's go find Jiang Shuyun and the others first."

Chapter 101 Advancement Plaques: The Most Capable Get Them!

Two hours have passed since the start of the match.

Despite the relatively weak overall strength of the Qinglin Secret Realm sprites in this competition, many contestants still pressed the danger emergency button not long after the start.

Some were caught off guard and ambushed by the Pokémon, while others were eliminated simply because too many members of their teams dropped out, resulting in a lack of overall strength.

Some people even took advantage of the fact that their Pokémon had intermediate to high-level strength and chose to fly directly in the sky in order to find the wooden sign as soon as possible, instantly becoming the target of many Pokémon!

For a time, the Alliance's investigators became the busiest people, shuttling back and forth in the secret realm to rescue those players who were in danger.

Fortunately, the elves in this secret realm were not very strong, so no one was injured by them. The most serious injury was when a contestant tripped over a tree branch while running away and fell to the ground, suffering abrasions to his skin.

Although the Green Forest Secret Realm is a small secret realm, it would still be quite difficult for Ye Chen to find Jiang Shuyun and the others without Celebi's help.

So he decided to go directly to the entrance of the secret realm to wait, since Jiang Shuyun and the others would return from there regardless of whether they got the wooden plaque or not.

He even rescued a small team along the way.

They were being attacked by two mid-to-high-level circle bears and were on the verge of being overwhelmed, but they refused to press the button.

So Ye Chen simply had Garchomp take care of the two Ursarings, then snatched their buttons and pressed them for them.

Because Ye Chen was still wearing a cloth covering his face, they didn't recognize him.

The squad leader tried to stop Ye Chen, but he obediently retreated under the fierce gaze of Garchomp.

what?

Why did Ye Chen press their button after saving them?

Although this is a secret realm, it is still a competition. If they hadn't encountered Ye Chen earlier, it would be hard to say whether they would be safe now. Ye Chen saved them and also helped them out of danger. For the sake of fairness, they should naturally press their buttons.

Ye Chen tossed the emergency button on the ground, waved, and said, "Bye-bye. I also called the investigator for you. No need to thank me 々々."