Pokémon: Did you play Pokémon today?

Chapter 206 "May you and the world... be at peace."

Professor Oak: Here, this should be the key. You can use it. If you can't open it, come back to me. Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll continue with my research.

Professor Oak smiled and gave a word of advice before burying himself back into the piles of documents and experimental data on the table.

The viewers in the live stream watched as Bai Zhou easily "tricked" the highly respected Professor Oak into giving him a key item with just a few nonchalant, readily available "lies".

A brief silence fell over them, followed by a volcanic eruption of complaints and memes.

"Is this your key? Take it!"

"I'm dying of laughter! When did that handsome researcher ask you to help him carry something? You've made up this lie without batting an eye! Aren't you afraid of being exposed? What if the handsome researcher finds out and refuses to help you on the street anymore?"

"Holy crap! You can actually trick NPCs like that?! This game has way too much freedom! Looks like I've been too conservative! I've limited my own gameplay!"

"Taking advantage of Professor Oak's unconditional trust in our protagonist to do something like this! It's simply—fantastic!!! That's right! In my game! I can do whatever I want! This is the essence of open-world RPGs!"

"About the incident where I committed fraud in front of a live stream camera and it was recognized by the system."

"I've already taken screenshots and recorded the screen! Teacher Salty Fish is publicly teaching how to scam and swindle! What if this corrupts children?! (Just kidding)"

"All I care about is—what good stuff is in that handsome researcher's room?! Hurry up, Mr. Salty Fish! Get it done!"

I can't wait to copy their homework!

"Teacher Salty Fish: If you cause trouble in the future, just don't mention your master!"

Having obtained the key to the handsome researcher's room, Bai Zhou didn't linger at all. He controlled Xiao Bai to turn around and leave Professor Oak's office with Xiao Chi.

He walked straight to the research institute's dormitory area, to the room belonging to the handsome researcher, which had a sign that read "No Trespassing."

As expected, with a soft "click," the room door was opened smoothly by the key.

The scene inside the room was finally revealed to all the curious players for the first time.

As one of the most mysterious and popular NPCs in the entire game, the "Handsome Researcher" has garnered a phenomenal level of attention.

Not to mention what the inside of his room is like, even the Easter egg room in Rainbow City that he occasionally visits.

It has become a regular "pilgrimage" site for various strategy groups and fan clubs, all of which have been camped out by players.

However, to the slight disappointment of most viewers, the handsome researcher's room didn't seem particularly special at first glance.

A standard single researcher's dormitory is furnished with a bed, a desk, a bookshelf, and some simple furniture.

If I had to point out a difference, it would be that the bookshelves were crammed with all sorts of academic books and research notes that looked very sophisticated.

Scattered on the table were draft papers covered with complex symbols, giving the impression that the owner had a strong academic atmosphere.

Before Bai Zhou could even control Xiao Bai to begin moving, Xiao Chi beside him had already turned into a blur.

With his top-notch player speed and "exploration (scavenging) instinct," he instantly appeared inside the room.

Start pressing the interaction button frantically on all the "suspicious" objects, such as bookshelves, bedside tables, and corner boxes!

The next moment, Crimson's impatient voice came from the voice channel.

"Teacher Salty Fish, come quick! I think I've found something great!"

Bai Zhou sighed somewhat speechlessly, controlling Xiao Bai to slowly walk to Xiao Chi's side, wanting to see what this "habitual offender" had discovered this time.

On the table near the window, which seemed to be the main workbench, besides scattered papers and a pen holder, there was a strange, jet-black stone sitting quietly.

Beside the stone lay an open leather-bound notebook, on which were written observation notes in neat and strong handwriting.

"Strange meteorite"

"Description: A black meteorite was unexpectedly discovered deep in an extremely remote cave during a Pokémon ecology scan mission at Mt. Tsukimi. It is unusually hard, and conventional energy testing did not detect any special energy reaction, so it does not seem to have any practical use."

"Supplement 1: —But for some reason, I always have a faint feeling that it contains an extremely weak, yet very unique, life force fluctuation, which is completely different from the life force of ordinary Pokémon. It is more like a dormant state, waiting to be awakened."

"Supplement 2: —.· Attempts to stimulate with energy of various frequencies yielded no significant response. The internal signal frequency was abnormally stable, and its source and meaning could not be analyzed at this time. Perhaps more sophisticated instruments are needed, or —. some special, unknown resonance condition?"

Crimson pondered this thing for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out, so she simply asked the "encyclopedia" White Boat:

"Salted Fish Teacher, what is this? Is it some kind of hidden battle enhancement item?"

No, this isn't a prop, it's a Pokémon—

Of course, Bai Zhou couldn't possibly say what was on his mind.

This thing was indeed one of the plot holes he created. It was simply made to attract players' curiosity and generate discussion. He hadn't even thought about the subsequent storyline yet.

"That's not important."

Bai Zhou changed the subject without changing his expression, manipulating Xiao Bai to turn to the other side of the room.

"The important thing is over there—"

Upon hearing this, the comments section was completely silent.

"Really? I don't believe it."

"How could something unimportant appear here? And you even bothered to write it down in a notebook? Mr. Salty Fish's lies are so casual—he can even say 'that's unimportant'!"

"I feel like the game mentioned this somewhere—but I can't quite remember."

"A meteorite? Something from space... Could it be related to some weird aliens? Like, aliens invading the Pokémon world or something?"

"Aliens are coming? This isn't some kind of space sci-fi game—(facepalm)"

"This thing might be a Pokémon! I remember there's a meteor-shaped Pokémon called 'Little Meteor' in the Alola region, which looks like a meteorite!"

"Hey you, go sit at the same table as that alien guy! Aliens are ridiculous enough, but Pokémon?!"

Seeing that Bai Zhou did not answer his question directly, but instead controlled Xiao Bai to walk to the other side, Chi Hong knew from his years of gaming intuition.

This thing is definitely not simple! In fact, it's extremely complex!

He controlled Little Red, and with an extremely "natural" movement, he decisively stuffed the "strange meteorite" into his backpack.

The first rule for players: A thief never leaves empty-handed!

Who cares what use it is now, I'll just stuff it in my bag first!

Anyway, there are plenty of backpack slots, so why not use them?

Moreover, given his "ironclad" friendship with Bai Zhou, he would definitely give away a mere broken rock if he wanted to!

Can this be called stealing? This is called safekeeping! It's trust!

Bai Zhou noticed Chi Hong's little action, but he didn't pay it any mind and just smiled to himself.

Take it, take it. Anyway, this thing is just a space-consuming decoration. It won't trigger any plot, and you won't be able to do anything special with it.

"Come and take a look at this, this is more important."

Bai Zhou called out again, his tone carrying a guiding mystery.

Upon hearing Bai Zhou's voice, Chi Hong, feeling guilty (but not really), immediately manipulated Xiao Chi to come to Xiao Bai's side.

Xiao Bai is standing in front of the desk at this moment.

On the desk lay a handwritten notebook with its pages clearly yellowed and its edges curled and torn.

The handwriting above is slightly messy, suggesting that the writer was in a very unstable emotional state while writing.

"—I don't know what time it is now, I don't know exactly how much time has passed—my memories are like a jumbled mess—but I know that person—he really succeeded—he ruled the world—"

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"Damn it! Why! Why conduct such inhumane experiments! Why couldn't anyone stop him! Weapons! Weapons have been created! That's not the fate Pokémon should bear! It's a desecration of life itself!"

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"I'm numb—what's the point of recording all this? He actually believed that absurd theory about parallel worlds! And he even used the entire world's resources to search for and verify it! Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous!"

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"Time! Space! All the rules! It's over! It's all over! He actually—he actually proved the existence of parallel worlds! This is impossible! This violates all the physical laws we know! He's a madman! A madman who has mastered the power of gods!"

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"I succeeded! I finally succeeded! This gene serum can perfectly resolve any genetic breakdown defect! As long as—as long as I feed it to him! As long as I feed it to him, everything will be over! I must stop him!"

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"I failed—the lucky one from another dimension, when you see this notebook, it means my world has been completely destroyed—I can hardly imagine how far that madman ultimately went—"

"If possible, please organize all available resources to defend your world—because that madman may already be eyeing your world."

"Please accept my final legacy—because this is the only and last thing I can do for you—for your world."

May you and the world be at peace.

Below the final passage filled with despair and prayer, a rectangular notch was carefully carved out of the page.

Inside the groove, a test tube-shaped petri dish was simply secured with tape, containing a small amount of crystal-clear transparent reagent.

"Strange gene serum"

"It seems to be an ultimate medicine created by the remnants of a vanished world to target a specific genetic defect in a particular organism. It emits a faint and strange energy fluctuation, and its specific effects are unknown."

Bai Zhou looked at the notebooks and props he had designed himself, full of the Riddler's style and tragic overtones, and felt no emotion at all; he even wanted to laugh a little.

It's nothing more than Giovanni of Team Rainbow Rocket creating Mewtwo, ruling the world, and then plundering across worlds.

It's just told in a more subtle and fragmented way, with a few embellishments added to increase the game's depth and suspense!

Judging from the current response in the live stream, the effect is very good.

Look, even the Crimson Man is dumbfounded. He's still silent on the other end of the voice call, probably because his brain is frantically processing this huge amount of information.

Not only was the red figure stunned, but even the live stream chat was collectively bombarded by this sudden influx of information, momentarily falling into a state of stunned silence.

The storyline of Pokémon has always been lighthearted and enjoyable.

Whether it's the main storyline of challenging gyms and becoming the champion, or the various side quests of exploring and encountering legendary Pokémon, even the hidden storyline of fighting Team Rocket, it's not particularly oppressive or heavy.

At most, it's something like poaching Pokémon or conducting inhumane biological experiments—that's level 2.

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Compared to the scale of "world destruction" or "world invasion," it's just child's play.

After a moment of deathly silence, a few comments expressing shock flashed by, and then, like a floodgate being opened, the comments section was instantly flooded with them!

"World domination? World destruction? Parallel worlds? What is all this about?! Is this still the same game as before?"

It feels so heavy!

"Could this be the new hidden storyline brought about by this major update? Parallel worlds—that's certainly an unfolding of a grand world view! I just wonder if The Pokémon Company is confident they can handle it well."

"Finally! They've finally put effort into the main storyline! While the previous storylines were classic, they were indeed too simplistic. This one is finally to our liking! This is what makes it worthy of the Pokémon IP!"

"The notes are a mess! And the timeline seems disjointed and unrelated! Is there any class representative or expert who can help me decipher them? My head is spinning; there's just too much information!"

"Judging from the information given in the last few paragraphs of the notes, the world of the person who wrote the notes has been destroyed, and the person who destroyed the world may even be targeting us"—Holy crap, who on earth is so powerful?!

"The person who wrote the notes must have been a researcher. It looks like he tried to stop it but failed—he also left behind a genetic serum, saying it was a final gift for us."

May you and the world be at peace.

As more and more people follow suit and share their opinions online, they express shock, analysis, and anticipation.

Bai Zhou finally controlled Xiao Bai to pick up the notebook that contained the despair of a world, as well as the heavy "strange gene serum" on the notebook.

"Have you finished watching? If you have, then we should go."

Bai Zhou's tone returned to its usual calm.

"I'll take you to meet an old acquaintance."

"etc!"

Crimson suddenly recovered from the overwhelming information shock, and an unbelievable guess surfaced in his mind. He blurted it out in disbelief.

"That madman in this notebook who rules the world and discovers the flat world—could he be Rainbow—?"

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