Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

She was referring to events that occurred in another timeline.

Upon hearing that even her revered senior, Sylveon, had gone through similar experiences, Volcarona's guilty expression finally disappeared.

"The important thing is to learn from failures."

Xia Chen lectured with platitudes that were no different from empty words, "Once you fully understand the reasons for this defeat and find a way to deal with it, Little King Yan will be no match for you."

Chrissy, who had walked over, expressed her dissatisfaction, "Hey, I came all this way to help you spar, and this is how you talk about me?"

Xia Chen then remembered that the person in question was still there and immediately apologized.

"However, its progress is indeed very fast."

Chrissy remarked, "Every time it battles a Giant Swallow, its progress is visible to the naked eye."

"Hiss!"

Swellow smoothed its feathers, which were a bit messy from the battle, and agreed with its trainer.

The gloom on Volcano's face gradually disappeared with everyone's comforting words.

For a Pokémon that is still in its growth stage, self-confidence is more effective than anything else in solidifying its fighting spirit.

Seeing that Volcano had finally recovered, Xia Chen clapped his hands and laughed, "Alright, let's review the match we just played!"

"Kona!"

The fire moth nodded excitedly.

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Volcarona isn't the only one that needs to accumulate battle experience; Diancie, who only started playing Pokémon battles two months ago, also needs to.

Compared to Volcano, she is more gentle, which allows her to progress much faster.

However, there was nothing that could be done about it. That's just her personality. Xia Chen couldn't possibly train the soft and cuddly princess into a tough woman just for the sake of a battle.

He's not that ruthless.

Therefore, the strategy he devised for Diancie leaned more towards defense and counter-attack.

Diancie, with her extremely high defense, has the ability to use this tactic.

The team's overall style also tends to be more offensively oriented than defensively oriented.

Half a month passed uneventfully, and then Xia Chen received a message from the alliance: the Eastern Glory Alliance.

This is rather strange, as Xia Chen has very little contact with the Donghuang Alliance.

This time, the person who contacted him was Jiang Zheng, the vice president of the alliance. This person was also a big shot who had once served as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Donghuang. The purpose of contacting him this time was about the Donghuang Conference.

He wanted Xia Chen to think of a way to transform the venue into a space capable of maximizing.

Since the introduction of Dynamax, the number of people traveling to Galar has increased significantly, and the viewership of tournaments held there has skyrocketed.

The reason is simple: Dynamax battles are really exciting to watch.

It's not that the audience is tired of seeing super evolution and crystallization, but rather that it's often two giant beasts tens of meters tall exchanging attacks, and the sheer spectacle is enough to get anyone's heart racing.

Most importantly, Galar's competitions allow for the appearance of three special Pokémon, while other regions only allow two, as there are no other places with the conditions for Dynamaxing.

Jiang Zheng's intention was also very direct: if the Donghuang Tournament supported Dynamax, then the attention and popularity would definitely surpass that of other regional competitions.

This has greatly enhanced both the region's development and its attractiveness to outsiders.

Whether it was because Jiang Zheng had done his homework or it was just a lucky coincidence, Xia Chen happened to be a perfect match for this field.

Dynamax requires the Galar particles emitted by Eternatus, and if we're talking about who in the world today can bring Eternatus to the Eastern Region, there's probably no one else besides Xia Chen.

Xia Chen's main appeal is patriotism... no, patriotism towards the region.

He immediately agreed to Jiang Zheng's request without asking for any conditions.

For him, this would also make the competition he was participating in more interesting.

Xia Chen accepted the request and traveled to Galle the next day in the Guleton.

The Galar region is so vast that even if Wujitai had a huge head, it would be difficult to find him.

Fortunately, when we released Mujita, we installed a monitoring and tracking device on it.

After consulting with Dr. Mulan, he found Eterna on the other side of a mountain in northern Galar.

This big guy also did not refuse Xia Chen's request and readily agreed to go to the Donghuang region during that time.

After reaching the agreement, Xia Chen returned to Donghuang and told Jiang Zheng the news.

The vice president of the Donghuang Alliance was very pleased and announced the news on social media that same day.

As expected, this news caused a surge in the number of people registering for the conference.

For trainers who haven't traveled to Galar in a short time, participating in the Eastern Conference is the best opportunity to experience Dynamax.

Even many people from neighboring regions like Kanto and Hoenn plan to participate in this Eastern Tournament.

With more than two months to go before the tournament begins in November, collecting all eight gym badges during the special forces-style trip shouldn't be too difficult.

This also reminded Xia Chen of something: he also needed to start collecting gym badges.

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Including his own elemental badge, Xia Chen currently only has three badges.

The other two are the Hidden Dragon Badge, which I challenged two years ago, and the Yunze Badge, which is my neighbor on Yunze Lake.

These are all byproducts of winning friendly matches, and can be considered a memento.

Therefore, he is still five short of the eight required for registration.

If needed, he could easily travel to different cities in a single day to collect five badges.

However, Xia Chen did not intend to do that. He decided to take the most traditional approach—traveling while taking on gym challenges.

Having traveled to famous mountains and rivers in other regions, Xia Chen hadn't yet had a proper look at the scenery of his own hometown.

So, on September 1st, after settling things at home, Xia Chen set off again from Yunze Lake in the autumn on a Milos.

Zhijiang is located in the southeastern region near the sea in Donghuang, so Xia Chen's travel direction was naturally westward.

Our first stop was Huaijing City, another major city located more than 200 kilometers west of Zhijiang City.

Chapter 444 The sudden appearance of Team Rocket, their target is Mewtwo?

Xia Chen had carefully studied the history of the Donghuang region of this world.

Like that world, before the invention of the Poké Ball, this land also had a feudal dynasty history that lasted for more than two thousand years.

With the development of technology, and most importantly, the invention of the Poké Ball.

Productivity was liberated in a leap forward, and then, like other regions, Donghuang entered the era of alliances.

The city of Huaijing, where Xia Chen arrived, was a famous ancient capital of six dynasties and a renowned cultural city during the feudal era of Donghuang.

Xia Chen had traveled to cities like this in his previous life, but the city's appearance was quite different in the context of the elven world.

For example, there is a particularly magnificent black statue of a dragon seated in the imperial mausoleum. It is said that this was a deity worshipped by the emperors of feudal dynasties hundreds of years ago, in order to pray for favorable weather and abundant harvests in the coming year.

Xia Chen recalled that the Hoenn Rayquaza had mentioned that the Shiny Rayquaza in the Eastern Empire's airspace was incredibly ferocious, which was probably the reason for the severe drought that plagued this dynasty in its later years.

When visiting the statue, Gullett was quite envious of its imposing presence. Its size wasn't the main point; what mattered was that countless tourists came to admire it every day, a feeling that greatly satisfied Gullett's vanity.

Xia Chen kept it in mind and secretly decided to get one for it when he got back. Other legendary Pokémon have them, so his Guleton can't be without one!

As a famous major city in the south of Donghuang, Huaijing City naturally also has a dojo, the Genbu Dojo, which is based on the rock element.

Xia Chen cleared the game while visiting Xuanwu Lake. Considering that it was a rock-type monster, Xia Chen sent out the Volcano.

As expected, despite being outmatched in terms of attributes, Volcano managed to defeat three opponents single-handedly.

Although the challenge was easy and carefree, Xia Chen's challenge to Xuanwu Dojo became a minor news story.

Because this means he needs to collect gym badges and challenge the Eastern Tournament!

It wouldn't be entirely unexpected, but it's perfectly reasonable for an outstanding 18-year-old trainer to challenge the League Tournament, right?

That's utterly unreasonable!

Which eighteen-year-old brought two legendary Pokémon to the tournament?!

This isn't how you fry fish, is it?

Just when the onlookers thought the champion of this year's competition had been decided, even more explosive news came: some big shots who shouldn't have been there suddenly appeared in the dojos all over Donghuang.

Steven, Wallace, Darkrai, and even the Sinnoh Elite Four member, Leyce!

As familiar faces circulated on the internet through photos, the trainers of Donghuang were stunned.

Are we going to be facing these people as opponents this year?

No, Xia Chen is going to participate in this competition, so you guys have to come along?

Clearly, Xia Chen's participation instantly boosted the appeal of the Donghuang Tournament, while simultaneously intensifying the competition.

These trainers, often at the Gym Leader or even Elite Four level, will inevitably exclude a large number of trainers whose skills do not meet the requirements from the main competition.

This year's Donghuang Conference is undoubtedly the most prestigious conference in the history of all regions.

While the contestants were crying and complaining, the onlookers who didn't plan to participate or weren't qualified were overjoyed.

For them, the more exciting the match, the better.

Undoubtedly, the Eastern Tournament, with so many top trainers participating, will be a feast for Pokémon battle enthusiasts at the end of the year.

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Xia Chen was unaware of the growing public opinion online. After challenging the dojo, he left Huaijing City, or more accurately, left the city proper.

Although there are many fun things to do in the city, the wild world, where there are a large number of wild Pokémon, is still more interesting.

Huaijing City is surrounded by well-developed waterways, making it a paradise for water-type Pokémon. Xia Chen even saw rare Pokémon such as Dratini.

Although he hasn't been very interested in catching any more Pokémon lately, this little guy seems to really like Goodra, and he won't come out once he crawls into the big steel shell behind her tail.

Xia Chen had no choice but to passively subdue the mini dragon, planning to return it to Yuanling Island to enrich the island's diverse Pokémon ecosystem.

Traveling west along the Huai River, the scenery and vegetation gradually change, and more and more mountains come into view.