Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

"Eru!!"

With a loud shout, his bulging muscles bulged instantly, and the two antennae on his head burst forth with dazzling lightning. Dense currents surged out wildly, electrocuting himself and the mini-dragon wrapped around him.

"Xia Yan!" Wataru shouted loudly as he saw the Dratini severely injured, his expression grave but not flustered.

"I know," Xia Yan replied, squinting, then quickly told the unicorn beetle, "Get close to it! Poison Sting!"

After being knocked away, the horned beetle quickly crawled back to Xia Yan and came back to him. With its seven pairs of legs moving, it approached Electabuzz and Dratini at top speed.

Dratini and Electabuzz are currently entangled, with Electabuzz still struggling frantically, and Weedle can't guarantee that its poison needle won't accidentally injure Dratini.

Furthermore, through two encounters with Electabuzz, Xia Yan roughly determined that its ability was not the common Static ability, but rather the hidden ability Energize.

This also explains why it didn't fall into confusion like the Magnemite and the others.

Therefore, there is no danger in getting close to the unicorn beetle.

The unicorn raised its head and aimed at the exposed body of the electric monster.

He arched his body and leaped into the air, his eyes fixed on the black fur that formed the lightning bolt on the Electabuzz's chest.

"Waaah!"

This time, instead of firing three poison needles, only one was fired, aimed at Electabuzz's chest.

puff-

The poison needle pierced through the gaps in Dratini's bindings, penetrated its skin, and embedded itself in Electabuzz's chest.

"Eru!!"

All that could be heard was a scream from the Electabuzz, its eyes wide open, as the fur on its chest was instantly corroded, exposing the flesh beneath.

A dark purple patch spread rapidly like a spider web, and a black, viscous liquid slowly oozed from the single small hole.

poisoned.

Wataru watched this scene in astonishment. He hadn't been able to tell how potent the venom of the unicorn was when he fought the giant bat before, but this time he had witnessed it firsthand.

I couldn't help but exclaim, "So poisonous?"

Xia Yan nodded. "Let's do it again."

The unicorn immediately fired its poisonous stinger again, which pierced the Electabuzz's ankle.

The Electabuzz, which had been holding on, was once again affected by the toxins and could no longer control its body. It staggered and fell to the ground, and at the same time, Dratini left its body.

Bang!

The Electabuzz lying on the ground convulsed, its body rapidly turning purple, the signs of poisoning becoming increasingly obvious.

"Such a potent poison," Du exclaimed.

He had witnessed the struggle between Dratini and Electabuzz, and Dratini could only barely restrain itself.

Such a strong body was actually poisoned by two poison needles, and judging from the appearance of the Electabuzz and the speed at which the poison spread, if it does not receive treatment within half an hour, it will probably be poisoned to death.

A terrifying toxin!

Dratini, still a little shaken, approached Weedle.

"Mmm~~" It raised its tail and gently rubbed against the unicorn beetle's body, showing its affection.

To the uninitiated, it might look like a unicorn disguised as a dwarf dragon, trying to curry favor with a dwarf dragon disguised as a unicorn.

"Woo!" The unicorn beetle raised its head with a hint of pride, its pointed horn shining brightly.

I, a unicorn, have no feelings!

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Chapter 45 Precision Devices

Xia Yan reached behind his waist and an empty Poké Ball appeared in his hand.

Under Wataru's slightly surprised gaze, it was thrown at Electabuzz.

This Electabuzz is quite strong, with a good foundation, which can save a lot of training time. Moreover, its resistance to single-type Electric-type Pokémon is also quite good.

Although Electabuzz's base stats may not be ideal, it can compensate for Weedle's weakness against Flying-type Pokémon. And most importantly, it seems that no one in the current Pokémon world knows that Electabuzz can evolve again.

Because the requirements are quite demanding, but there are indeed evolved forms.

The evolved Electivire has relatively balanced base stats, with its Attack and Speed ​​being particularly outstanding. With proper training, it can become a fairly excellent Pokémon.

just.

When the Poké Ball hit Electabuzz, it didn't open but bounced off.

"Huh?" Xia Yan was taken aback.

Wataru's expression was somewhat strange. "It seems that this Electabuzz has a trainer."

This is the only explanation for Electabuzz's condition.

"The control room is just ahead. We'll find out once we go in," Xia Yan said, taking out an antidote. After a slight hesitation, he used it on the Electabuzz.

Since there is a trainer, Electabuzz's excellent physical qualities are easy to explain.

“This Electabuzz should also be an Excellent-level Pokémon, but unlike my Dratini and your Weedle, it should be close to becoming a Senior-level Pokémon.” Seeing Xia Yan detoxify the Electabuzz, Lance’s eyes softened again as he explained.

Of those present, his observations were the most convincing.

"Ah."

Xia Yan nodded calmly, walked past the Electabuzz, and headed towards the control room with the Unicorn Beetle.

Seeing his slightly arrogant expression, Du grinned and followed him.

The control room door was closed, but not locked; it opened easily with a gentle push.

But as soon as the door opened, their faces darkened.

The overwhelming stench of blood made them instinctively cover their noses.

Inside the control room, the bodies of numerous power plant workers and elves lay scattered about. The blood that had been flowing everywhere had already congealed, and your shoes would stick to it when you stepped on it.

"That's too ruthless." Du's expression froze, and after a long pause, he finally uttered a sentence.

Xia Yan pursed his lips, taking in the entire situation in the control room, and said in a deep voice, "It should be described as cruel. These people didn't put up any resistance when they died."

No wonder the Electabuzz outside went berserk when it saw them; its trainer was probably among the corpses here.

They harbored strong hostility towards outsiders like Xia Yan and Du.

Du crouched down to examine the area, his brow furrowed. "There are no survivors. Who could be so cruel?"

The control room is a structure that is half glass and half wall.

Behind the wall was the passage they had just come from, and on one side of the glass was the power generation turbine, the core of the entire power plant.

Looking down, you can see rows of lightning balls and bouncy balls neatly arranged around the power turbine, with a large amount of current constantly radiating from them and flowing into the turbine.

But they seemed listless, looking tired and dispirited.

The current is split into positive and negative poles by a turbine and converted into alternating current, which is then transmitted to the entire Golden City.

At the same time, it can be seen that there are still many empty special rooms under the turbine, and the doors are open.

This place should have been inhabited by a large group of electric-type Pokémon.

It is precisely because of these Electric-type Pokémon, along with some relatively common power generation methods, that it is possible to supply electricity to a city as large as Goldenrod City.

"The turbo hasn't stopped," Watari said.

“But it’s too slow…” Xia Yan looked at the slowly rotating turbine, which was still supplying power to Golden City, but the power supply rate was far from meeting the huge power consumption of the entire Golden City.

Moreover, the rotation speed shows a clear trend of decreasing.

"Perhaps the group of Magnemites we encountered outside were the Pokémon that were supposed to live in the empty rooms," Wataru guessed.

"It's not impossible."

Now, the two of them were dumbfounded.

They arrived at the power plant, entered the control room, and found the root of the problem, but didn't know what to do.

They've already notified Golden City, but it should take them at least half an hour to get here.

And who knows how much damage this half hour will cause to Golden City.

"Waaah!"

Just then, the unicorn beetle, which had somehow scurried into a corner, chirped, attracting Wataru and Natsuhiko's attention.

It was seen dragging a strange device, which was obviously old and twice its own size, out from the corner of the mechanical gap in the control room.

"How did you find the unicorn beetle?"

Xia Yan took the heavy device, its intricate mechanics and complex structure dazzling him.

The fact that this complex and precise metal could be integrated into a device the size of a basketball shows that it is definitely not an ordinary part.

The techniques and processes involved in its production are definitely not something that ordinary people can accomplish.

It's no exaggeration to say that the precision of this device far surpasses that of a top-of-the-line computer, let alone its size.

"Waaah~~"

The unicorn's tail pointed to a corpse lying in the corner, whose clothing differed from the rest of the people under its control.

He was probably the person in charge of the control room.

His hand pointed precisely at the crevice from which the unicorn had crawled out.

"Well done." Xia Yan took out an energy cube and handed it to it.

The unicorn beetle has excellent observational skills.

"Woo!" The unicorn took the energy cube and swished its tail at the mini dragon beside it.

I am a unicorn beetle, and I am a keen observer.

"Mmm~~" Dratini saw the energy cube of the Weedle and realized that it was hungry after fighting for so long, so it let out a soft cry.

Du was a little embarrassed. "Uh, I was in such a rush..."