I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

Zhen Yifa had never expected that it was such a simple request. He swallowed an energy block handed to him by Xu Li in one gulp and nodded honestly.

Xu Li patted Papa and said, "Let's go. With this tour guide, our journey down will be smoother."

After all, Xu Li had already observed that the caves in Area Zero were not like in the game, where there were only one or two large roads leading players down. Instead, the complex stone suspended roads here twisted and turned, some of which were even deep inside the walls, making it impossible to tell where the route led.

If you are not a local, it is really difficult to get there.

Following the flapping hair that was floating and leading the way while eating energy blocks in big mouthfuls, Xu Li slowly heard and inquired about a lot of things from it.

For example, the two doctors in Area Zero had previously planned to gather all the Pokémon that came out of the "time machine" together to prevent them from harming ordinary Pokémon, but the effect was minimal.

Because there are always guys who like to provoke others, it’s so annoying!

So in order to avoid being provoked, Zhenyifa always chooses to provoke them first, beat them into submission, and make those guys dare not to provoke it!

Zhen Yifa replied in this way, which made Xu Li look a little strange.

"Haha~" Zhen Yifa was quite confident.

There are two lizards in this cave that fight all day long. It's so annoying. There were originally four of them, but two of them were chased away.

"Gass...?" Hearing this, Milton became alert instantly.

Where's the other lizard!?

"Huh?" Zhenyifa, who was obsessed with energy cubes, only then noticed Milton, the paradoxical giant lizard of the future, and there was a look of surprise in his eyes.

Were you the one that got chased away?

"Gas..." Millerton suddenly became anxious.

What does it mean to be beaten away?

It was just a selective tactical retreat! Otherwise, how could we possibly have encountered Xu Li? Find a way to beat that lizard?

Millerton's iron head immediately rubbed Xu Li.

Xu Li: “…”

Because of the two giants, Flutterwing and Flutterwing, we basically didn't encounter any attacks from Pokémon along the way.

Soon, they reached the bottom and could see the circular, pipe-like gate of the Zone Zero Research Institute.

"Haha...!" Zhen Yifa raised his little head and stared at Xu Li.

--arrive!

"These are your rewards." As Zhen Yifa wished, Xu Li handed a box of energy cubes to Zhen Yifa's arms and rubbed Zhen Yifa's fleshy tentacles. "Then we have to go in. See you again if we are lucky."

"Haha..." Zhen Yifa tilted his head.

Watching Xu Li press the button in front of the institute's door, open the door that looked like a ventilation duct, go in and disappear.

It looked at the box of exquisite energy cubes in its arms again, carefully took out a piece and put it in its mouth.

Delicious!

It's a pity to be separated from this person...

Zhen Yifa suddenly felt a little reluctant. He stared blankly at the ventilation duct, and then looked at the deserted environment around him.

"Hah...?"

……

Entering the pipes of the research institute, there was no scene like in the game where a group of paradox Pokémon rushed out of the pipes to fight. After walking for a while, I entered the interior of the research institute through a broken hole, into a small room.

There is no one here.

It still looked shabby and cramped. A few research computers and miscellaneous items were scattered around the corners. Several whiteboards sat upright or tilted, scribbled with calculations and essays, and a pile of research materials and notes were also posted.

Piper was stunned: "Is this my parents' research environment?"

He didn't expect that Dr. Olin and Dr. Futu, who had a high status in Padia for their research on the Taijing Pearl, would have such a simple research environment here.

"What should we do next? Can we look through these materials?" Xi Jiana looked around, picked up a book on the table, and carefully opened it to take a look, "Hmm..."

Xu Li: "Do you understand?"

Xi Jiana chuckled: "I don't understand."

She put the book back obediently.

Xiaoye stood beside a whiteboard and said in amazement, "Papa, come and take a look! This is a photo of you and my mastiff when you were little... I didn't expect that the doctor and his team would remember this during their research..."

Piper: "Ah..."

He was a little hesitant to accept it.

After all, Papa still doesn't know what's going on with his parents...

Nimo pointed to a wall and said, "There seems to be an elevator here! Should we go down?"

Xu Li nodded: "We are going down."

"But..." He looked at Mudan who was standing silently in the crowd and said, "Mudan, you don't have to go down."

Peony: “Huh!?”

Xu Li looked at the research materials he found in the research institute.

[Developing a ball-locking program for the Zero Area Research Institute's defenses, locking all but certain IDs...]

Handing the information to Mudan, he said, "Mudan, take a look at this information. With the help of the equipment in this research institute, you..."

Xu Li leaned over to Mudan's ear and told her a bunch of things to pay attention to and other matters.

"This is a very important task, and I believe you can do it, Mudan."

Mudan nodded blankly and said quickly, "I, I'll try my best... No, I will definitely be able to..."

"Okay," Xu Li smiled, "Then I'll leave it to Mudan."

It would be best if Mudan could crack this defense system. If not, Xu Li also has other methods.

……

The elevator continued to fall, and judging from the speed and duration of the fall, the destination was extremely deep.

Xijiana blinked: "Xu Li, are you saying that those Pokémon are really from the future or the past...?"

Xu Li: "Why are you asking this?"

"Because there aren't any traces of fossils!" Shijiana said as a matter of course. "Pokémon like the more ancient Pterosaurs and Pterosaurs have left traces all over the world. There's no reason why these paradoxical Pokémon from the past shouldn't have any traces out there. We can only rely on these Vermillion Books to get information!"

Hearing this, Xu Li looked at Xi Jiana in surprise: "How come you are so smart?"

Xijiana's cheeks suddenly puffed up: "I'm not stupid!!"

"Don't you think the word paradox, paradox, or paradox, is interesting?" Xu Li said, "Who named these Pokémon this way?"

He thought about it too.

The third Padya deity, Talebagos, doesn't represent the so-called power of time. He doesn't have any authority over time at all. It should be...

Cause and effect, cycle, ouroboros.

In this respect, it is somewhat similar to Jirachi, the wish-granting machine.

As I was thinking, the elevator suddenly stopped and shook for a while...

The elevator door opened.

Chapter 162: Finally see you!

When you get to the bottom of the elevator, you're greeted by dazzling crystalline reflections that fill the triangular walls of this enormous room, imprinting a colorful spectrum.

"Hmm..." Xiaoye narrowed her eyes subconsciously, "It's so bright."

Before she could fully adjust, she vaguely saw a figure slowly approaching from the front. He was wearing a rather wild orange outfit, a white coat, and his flaxen hair shone with a faint blue light as he stared at them intently.

Or rather, looking at Piper.

"You finally came."

Piper was stunned: "Mother..."

Dr. Olin shook his head. "I should probably apologize to you for something. I'm not Dr. Olin himself. I'm an artificial intelligence created by Dr. Olin based on his own knowledge and memories."

Piper had a bad feeling in his heart: "What..."

"Dr. Olin no longer exists. Six months ago, due to physical exhaustion, the doctor misjudged its power. So... from a human perspective, it can be said that it has 'passed away.'"

Olinai's calm words made Papa's legs go weak and she almost collapsed on the ground, her face full of disbelief.

But perhaps because Piper still didn't want to believe it, Olin added, "The same goes for Dr. Fotu. Your father... you could say he's passed away."

Olin AI watched calmly as Piper, now completely slumped to the ground and trembling, said this. She continued, "The only time they've worked together in this time was when they were both involved in that accident. So... Piper, you'll be alone from now on."

Xu Li: “…”

Olin's AI ruthlessly destroyed all the psychological assumptions he had made about Papa on the road at the Fourth Observatory.

He patted Piper's shoulder and sighed inwardly.

Xu Li asked, "...So, what was the accident?"

Olin's gaze shifted to Xu Li's face. After a flash of blue light in her eyes, she slowly said, "About the accident with the time machine."

simply put.

Six months ago, the doctor, eager to study the strange black energy he observed in the time machine, had rashly caused it to explode, completely sucking them all into the machine. Perhaps they had entered a different time and space, or perhaps they hadn't crossed time and space at all, perishing in the time tunnel.

"So, as the AI ​​left behind by Orin and Fortu, after this accident, we realized that the time machine is too dangerous, not only because of its constant summoning of paradoxical Pokémon, but also because of itself. So we hope that someone can shut down the time machine, which is why we are looking forward to your arrival..."

"But... let's not talk about the uncertain situation that might arise after forcibly shutting down the time machine."

Olin's AI closed its eyes. "Once you decide to shut down the time machine, our AI will be controlled by the program. You will then be forced to face the Paradise's defenses at full firepower."

“This is also the cause of Futuai’s psychological conflict. … It is now rebooting.”

"No need." Another voice sounded, "I'm already here."

Papa turned around in disbelief, and sure enough, she saw Futuai walking in slowly with an expressionless face.

Futu avoided Pipa's gaze and said, "So... Pipa, or you two, how do you choose..."

Piper: "I, I..."

He was torn between two things. Deep down, he wanted to follow his parents' wishes and shut down the time machine, but he was helpless because he was too weak. If he wanted to shut it down, he would have to put his companions in danger.

At this time, Xu Li said as a matter of course: "Then it must be closed."

Papa looked at Xu Li in a daze, his eyes wandering, and he was about to shed tears of emotion... Then Xu Li turned his head to face the Taijing wall.

"Don't look at me like that..." Xu Li pretended to be disgusted, then looked at Futu, "But... do we have to fight? Is it possible... that you volunteer to be tied up by us first? It doesn't matter if you are taken over by us then."

Futu shook his head decisively. "Our own programming will not allow our bodies to act in a way that is detrimental to Sector Zero. If you try to tie us up, 'it' will definitely resist."

"That's not necessarily true..." Xu Li said.

A white light flashed, and a silver-white steel lion suddenly pounced towards Futu, holding an extremely dazzling cannon in its mouth and looking fierce.

The sudden change caught everyone present off guard, including Futu and Olin. They had never expected Xu Li to launch such a sudden attack while they were talking calmly.

Caught off guard, Futu had no countermeasures. Just as Solgaleo's claws were about to strike Futu, his body suddenly and uncontrollably flung backwards, like a cannonball, ignoring Futu's endurance and nearly collapsing in mid-air.

Seeing that Solgaleo's normal move to take him down had failed, Xu Li grumbled, "Is this how the program takes over?"

However, this procedure also allowed Futu to successfully escape from Solgaleo's clutches.

He successfully made the two AIs quickly throw a Poké Ball each, summoning their trump cards - Roaring Moon and Iron Warrior, and quickly issued commands.

"Dragon Dive." "Close Combat."

When they were just concentrating on their moves.

The cannon in Solgaleo's mouth shot out, and in an instant, Roaring Moon and the Iron Warrior were within their coverage!

boom!

A violent roar resounded throughout the area made of Taijing, echoing continuously and taking a long time to dissipate.

The cannon stopped.

The Iron Warrior's slightly battered body was revealed, collapsed on the ground, its steel-attributed energy ineffective. Meanwhile, Hongming Yue, relying on his slightly greater strength than the Iron Warrior, barely managed to hold on for his last breath.