Pokémon: Having just completed the Pokédex, I'm now traversing the world of Beast Taming.

"Did you get it?"

Chi Hong closed his eyes, and his wave-guiding force began to spread. He could sense anything that was alive, even if it was only breathing or was still warm after death.

"My half-baked waveguide technique might not be reliable, Gardevoir! You need to help too!"

Chi Hong raised his hand, and Gardevoir appeared, spinning around as if dancing. It immediately winked at Chi Hong with its right eye – a Gardevoir wink, as Chi Hong wondered where it had learned it from. Maybe it'd been spending a lot of time at home watching short videos on its phone lately…

About a minute later, Gardevoir shook her head at Chi Hong, indicating that there were no living creatures left in the vicinity of the valley besides her, Chi Hong, Garchomp, and Shen Yuzhi and the others in the secret room.

Even the insects didn't survive...

"I'm still not at ease. I can sense what the Evil Flame Bone Bird is doing."

"They seem to have a second life..."

"I'll just wait for her here..."

Chi Hong sat down on the spot, surrounded by burning blue flames. He closed his eyes and began to circulate the Longhu Mountain magic again, and a sense of clarity began to appear in his mind.

Mental strength is beginning to recover!

He waited for a long time until Shen Yuzhi called him. Chi Hong looked at his phone in surprise. How could he make a phone call in the forbidden area?

Could it be that by invading forbidden areas in reality, some restrictions cease to exist?

"Are you done yet? I've used my connections to get the nearest ambulance from Dayun City to come here."

"I've kept your friend's life hanging by a thread, but it's hard to say when he'll wake up. He needs to be kept in the ICU for continuous observation; if it drags on any longer, he might really die!"

As soon as the call connected, Shen Yuzhi described President Li's current situation. Her words were full of confidence in Chi Hong's abilities, and Shen Yuzhi believed that Chi Hong could not possibly lose.

Absolutely impossible!

What kind of good person could possibly outmaneuver that big, black and red bird?

Shen Yuzhi even believed that Chi Hong could now be considered a worthy opponent even as a leader!

"I see. Then I'll go take another look to prevent any unruly and violent pet beasts from blocking the way."

Chi Hong stood up and said, glancing around again but finding nothing unusual.

"Alright, you come pick us up first. We'll just move to that mountain road and wait there. What do you think of this suggestion, Crimson Brother who can teleport?"

"I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with it." Chi Hong hung up the phone, glanced at Gardevoir, whose eyes lit up, and several figures instantly disappeared from the spot.

About an hour after Chi Hong disappeared.

The blue flames began to die down, and a sticky liquid began to seep from the scorched earth at two locations. The liquid increased and eventually formed the bodies of two people.

An old man and a middle-aged woman.

"Ha~~" The old man gasped for breath. All his hair had fallen out, and his flesh seemed to dissolve, quickly turning him into a skin and bones, an even older man on the verge of decay.

"Damn it!"

"I finally got the chance to turn back the clock and live a second life, but this time, not only did I use up my second life, but I also lost an S-rank pet!!"

The woman stood up. Because she had originally been wearing clothes meant for a little girl, but now that she was dressed like a woman, a lot of her skin was exposed. It must be said that she had maintained her figure and skin very well.

The old man caught a glimpse of the exposed white skin and immediately started bleeding from his nose...

"Back in Da Wan City, we need some time to recover." The woman didn't cover her exposed body, and the old man saw it, but she didn't seem to care.

"Yes...yes, sir!"

The old man stood up shakily; his condition was extremely poor, and he looked as if he could be blown away by a gust of wind.

"To the Greater Bay Area?"

"What are you going to do in Greater Bay Area? Are you planning some kind of forbidden zone invasion there? Because it's so far from the center of China, are you trying to infiltrate from the periphery?"

"And aren't there ferocious beasts there?"

A voice asked a series of questions in quick succession, and the woman and the old man froze in place in fright.

"What a... cunning brat!"

"They're still here after all this time?"

The woman turned around with a look of fear on her face. She began to regret why she had come to this place to carry out her mission.

I chose the most remote place, and I had been there before, so I was quite familiar with it, but I still ran into this jinx!

"You weren't careful enough. If you had just kept quiet for a week or two, you might have actually survived!"

Chi Hong shook his head with a regretful expression, seemingly feeling sorry for the woman.

"What a joke!" the old man said, pointing at Chi Hong, his voice trembling. "You young man, are you so cautious that you're watching us for a week or two?"

"No, this isn't just being cautious, you insidious brat!!"

"Likewise, alright, you can go now." Chi Hong said with a light laugh. Before the old man could react, he was struck by a burst of flames. The flames surged and propelled the old man into the air, leaving only a few wisps of black ash in the end.

"Cheers." The blazing chicken finished grilling and nodded to Chi Hong.

"Will he come back to life? With such amazing abilities, he must have worked for that so-called Forbidden God a lot, right?" Chi Hong asked doubtfully, his emotions unreadable.

"No more, only once."

"Chi Hong, I think we can talk."

The woman softened her tone; she seemed truly at her wit's end.

run?

Didn't you hear what this kid said? He can guard a corpse for a week or two!

"Oh." Chi Hong nodded and calmly asked, "Tell me, what can you tell me?"

"You must be very curious about what your father does, right?"

"Let's try another one. I'm not interested in this one. I know he's trapped in the forbidden area. Considering what you're doing now, I can understand that the plan called 'The Descent of the Forbidden Area' has gone wrong."

The woman's expression froze again. Chi Hong's associations were too quick and too accurate!

"And about yourself..."

"I'm not interested in this one either. Let's try another one." Chi Hong narrowed his eyes, and a dangerous aura began to emanate from him. He seemed to be getting impatient.

"What about...that girl?"

"Which girl?" Chi Hong asked immediately.

"It's alright, there's still something you want to know, and I can tell you." The woman breathed a sigh of relief. What she feared most was that Chi Hong only wanted to kill her; that would be the worst thing!

"But you have to let me go! I'll send it when I get back..."

"I was just kidding. I'm not actually interested in this either. Go to hell." Chi Hong interrupted her directly, and the Blaziken opened its mouth and spewed out flames, instantly engulfing the woman's body!

The woman, her face filled with terror, summoned an A-rank pet to block her way. The pet was engulfed in flames, but it only lasted for less than ten seconds before it grabbed the woman and rushed out of the flames to hide to the side.

"Chi Hong, you can't kill me! Look at this!" The woman took out an ornament, which was a longevity lock.

"Mega Evolution, use Charged Flame Strike."

"I am not a vessel for anything; I am who I am. Last time, you probably came specifically to check on my condition, right?"

"It's a pity you didn't see anything."

A mocking smile appeared on Chi Hong's face. Blaziken instantly completed its Mega Evolution. The woman's pupils contracted, and she exclaimed in surprise, "You...who exactly are you??"