Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

“You’ve misunderstood, Yuxie. I’ve been busy with something these past few months. You know the Creator God asked me to collect the illustrations, right? I’ve been busy with this ever since my strength improved recently.”

Xia Shen wasn't lying; he explained confidently.

These words seemed to convince Yukexi, and in a flash, a familiar figure appeared in front of Xia Shen.

[Hey, you're too easy to fool! Didn't you say you wouldn't forgive him?]

Emredo voiced his frustration in the telepathic chat.

[But he really was worried about me just now...and he explained what he'd been doing these past few months, and he didn't lie.]

This scene... is just like a good friend advising her best friend to stay away from her scumbag boyfriend.

Xia Shen, who plays the scumbag in this scene, feels inexplicably guilty.

Seeing the red mushroom Memrigold appear, he quickly changed the subject, "Oh right, Memrigold, what brings you here?"

The clumsy attempt to change the subject was no match for the perceptive Emrido, who stared at Xia Shen with wide eyes.

[I came to visit Xiaoxi. What, do you have a problem with that?]

[Alright, stop bullying Xia Shen. He might be able to help with that matter.]

[Tch, with that superpower he only got thanks to you, how much help could he possibly be?]

[Superpowers aren't the key point. With the Father God's protection, he possesses a magical ability that can at least ensure Xia Shen's safety in that place. As for whether he can seal that thing, that depends on luck.]

…………

The two riddle tellers chatted away, each talking to themselves, while Xia Shen listened, completely bewildered.

"That place," "that ability," "that thing"...

Can't you just say it completely? Riddler, get out of Xicui!

"Stop for a second, can you please explain yourselves clearly?" Xia Shen couldn't help but interrupt them.

The two sacred mushrooms then realized that they had seemingly overlooked the feelings of the main character.

After a moment's thought, Kexi said thoughtfully, "[Simply put, we sensed a spacetime distortion about to occur on Mount Tianguan...]"

Xia Shen was stunned. This was... a spacetime distortion phenomenon in the game?

But isn't this... a bit too much of a coincidence?

My most important purpose in coming here is to find out about the time distortion.

Before he could even ask, Yukshi told him that this phenomenon was happening in a certain place.

I guess it's some kind of message from the alpaca again...

Arceus must have had his reasons for making this arrangement; it's just unknown whether it's related to what Yuxi wants him to find.

Xia Shen snapped out of her thoughts and continued listening to You Kexi's telepathic message.

……

[You can probably guess which two spirits are involved in this spacetime distortion, right?]

Xia Shen nodded and replied, "Dialga and Palkia."

As the cover gods of the Pearl and Diamond era, like Xerneas and Yveltal, who are unable to fly and are fatheads, the two gods of time and space also have a bad relationship.

In several Diamond & Pearl movies, you can often see them fighting.

While it might not destroy the Great Dao, it could certainly distort spacetime.

"So they were the two of them who caused this spacetime distortion? This... can I really help them?" Xia Shen said with a wry smile. He was still somewhat aware of his own strength.

[No, if that were the case, we definitely wouldn't have asked you for help. It's like this...]

Kexi then recounted the events in detail.

…………

Simply put, the spacetime distortion was not caused by the two spacetime gods, but it may have led to their meeting.

If we get involved, the guy living in the reverse world might get even more involved, and things will get even more interesting.

If a few spacetime rifts are created, no one can guarantee what impact it will have on the Xicui world.

Therefore, what Yuxi and Amrid wanted Xia Shen to do was to enter the area where spacetime distortion occurred and seal the rift that caused the spacetime distortion phenomenon.

As for what kind of blockade to use...

Xia Shen stared blankly at the red chain that Ke Xi had given him.

A red chain can be used like this?

The red chains can control the two gods of time and space, so they can also seal time and space rifts.

That seems to make sense...

……

In short, if Emrydo and I rashly enter that spacetime distortion, we might attract the attention of those two behemoths, since we were also created by the Father God. Therefore, I can only ask you for help.

[But if you really encounter any danger you can't handle, don't force yourself. Just leave Xicui and come back in ten days or half a month later. Even if those two big guys come out, Emrido, Azelf, and I have ways to deal with them, but... the price will be a bit high.]

Kexi kept giving Xia Shen instructions.

Emrido chimed in, adding what Yukshi didn't want to tell Xia Shen.

[The price is that the three of us will fall into a deep sleep from which we may never wake up. As Yuuki's friend, I'm sure you don't want to see that happen, do you?]

[Of course, if you succeed, we will reward you handsomely.]

Emlido used both soft and hard tactics to explain the advantages and disadvantages.

Even without these words, Xia Shen will definitely go.

Putting aside the factor of collecting illustrations, Washing Green can be considered one's own backyard, right?

Dialga and Palacio?

We'll make sure he never comes back!

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Author's Remarks

Sorry for the lateness, the company was quite busy today.

2022-07-13 18:55

## Chapter 181 Flying Bird Collided with Wooden Owl!

Although Yuxi didn't tell him the reason for the spacetime distortion, Xia Shen guessed that it was related to Arceus.

In the movie "The Time Traveler's Daughter," Arceus's impending awakening causes a disruption in spacetime, resulting in the appearance of the Time Dragons and Hades in the same world.

Although that theatrical version was full of flaws...

Arceus, the mighty creator god, was nearly killed after blocking a meteorite, and then betrayed and attacked by humans, falling into a deep slumber...

Although the theory of Arceus's clones was later corrected, Arceus's prestige among Pokémon fans still plummeted.

However, in this universe, anything can happen.

Arceus's strength, current location, and condition are all unknown.

But Xia Shen knew that even if he wanted to participate in such a major event, he would need to have at least the strength of a Heavenly King as a foundation.

…………

Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Xia Shen rode Togekiss over a forest at the foot of Mount Tianguan, waiting for the spacetime distortion that Yuxi and the others had mentioned to arrive.

He was teleported here directly by Yuxie and Amritod.

Although he didn't know how the two psychic-type Pokémon managed to do something that seemed to involve the laws of space.

However, this method has been shown by the Three Legendary Pokémon in the anime, and besides, it's normal for legendary Pokémon to have some special abilities.

As Xia Shen was lost in thought, he suddenly felt a strange tearing sensation in the space around him.

Unlike the feeling when the Crown Snowfield Secret Realm suddenly appeared, this time the tearing sensation felt more like a mixture and fusion of unknown space and the surrounding spacetime.

This confirmed Xia Shen's suspicions; it was likely a similar phenomenon to the spacetime distortion in the game.

There are differences, for example, as Amrid said, the spatial rift will not disappear unless it is "stitched" up with red chains.

For example... this unknown space merges into the verdant area, and it seems to be a tiny bit big.

It almost covered half of the southern foothills of Tianguan Mountain!

If Xia Shen were to set off on his Moon Bear, it would probably take him several hours to complete a diagonal route between the two furthest points.

Fortunately, we still have quite a bit of time left at Xicui Secret Realm today, about seven hours.

According to Yukshi, the mission can be basically completed as long as the spatial rift is found and sealed before today.

Dialga and Palkia wouldn't easily detect anything until the spatial rift was large enough.

Xia Shen's mental power also allows him to become a human-shaped detector; the closer he gets to the spatial rift, the stronger the reaction of his mental power becomes.

Therefore, Xia Shen can do both exploration and searching for spatial rifts simultaneously.

If the Pokémon are the same as those limited to Mount Celestial in the game, Xia Shen could encounter the Rowlet family, the Cranidos family, the Shieldon family...

These are wild creatures that cannot be caught in the native wilds of Xicui.

Moreover, there are quite a few resources scattered on the ground, including various evolution items and fragments.

Xia Shen's biggest concern was whether the Black Stone might exist here, an evolution item that could allow Scyther to evolve into Scizor.

Although Black Stones are not difficult to obtain in the game—they drop from Golems, can be obtained by digging for treasure with Moonbears, or by exchanging them with NPCs—there are many ways to acquire them.

Xia Shen rode his Moon Bear around the Red Lotus Wetland for months, but he still hadn't dug up a single black rock or peat block.

As for Golems... needless to say, he has defeated countless Golems, but has never dropped a single Black Stone.

Now, he can only pin his hopes on this time-space distortion.

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Before long, as the space completely merged, a strange magnetic field enveloped the forest in front of Xia Shen, and the spacetime distortion tended to stabilize.