Guan Liyuan originally wanted to go straight to the gym in Nibe City, but he finally accepted Xiaoxia's suggestion to "go around Nibe City first"...
Not only is the gym in Nibe City dominated by "rock-themed", but the entire city is also full of rock style.
The biggest landmarks are the huge rock Pokémon sculptures, including the Rhydon and Onix sculptures in the Kanto region, the Banjira sculpture in the Johto region, the Boskodora sculpture in the Hoenn region, and the Pyrobot sculpture in the Unova region...
There are a total of twelve giant stone sculptures distributed throughout the city. Guan Liyuan and Xiaoxia spent a day visiting them all and taking photos.
The scale of Nibe City is larger than Guan Liyuan imagined. Even if he specially chartered a car, it was already dark after taking photos of all the twelve rock sculptures around the city.
"Let's go to the Pokémon Center in Nibe City later!" Guan Liyuan finally said to the driver.
Obviously, he wanted to rest for a night before going to the gym tomorrow.
After paying the fare, Guan Liyuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he looked at the Pokémon Center in front of him. If he hadn't passed by here when he was sightseeing before, he would definitely be surprised by the scale of the Pokémon Center!
It is completely different from the scale in anime and games, and it is "magnified" just like Professor Oak's research institute.
"Welcome to the Nibi City Pokémon Center, may I ask what service you need?"
As soon as Guan Liyuan and Xiaoxia entered the door, a service staff came to greet them.
Because the scale of the entire Pokémon Center is completely at the level of a "building", the operating mechanism is naturally not like that in anime or games. As soon as you enter the door, you will see a "Miss Joy" carved out of a mold standing at the service desk, waiting for the trainer to come forward.
If there is only one "Miss Joy", it is estimated that the trainers' time will be spent on queuing!
As the headquarters of the Pokémon Center in Nibi City, it is like a large hospital. Even though it is already evening, there are still people coming and going. Four or five staff members are busy at the service desk, and there are also many service staff in the lobby who will take the initiative to guide the trainers who come.
As for their looks... Of course they are not all the same!
And these staff members are not the legendary "Miss Joy".
However, most of the general managers of each Pokémon Center are indeed from the Joy family, and the reason why the Joy family occupies such an important position in the Pokémon Alliances in various places...
According to the legend, it was the Joy family as one of the representatives of mankind in ancient times, who sealed the evil destroyer together with the ancient beasts!
A more realistic statement is that the female members of the Joy family are likely to have "Joy's Power", a healing effect that is better and less consuming than "Evergreen's Power". At the same time, they have a natural favorability bonus and training amplification power for Pokémon such as Chandler, Jigglypuff, and Almost Doll, which are professional auxiliary treatments. Therefore, the Joy family can monopolize the Pokémon Center...
"This is my VIP illustration. I want to rest here tonight." Guan Liyuan said, taking out his "rich card".
Trainers with rich certificates... No, trainers with "VIP illustrations" can live in the Pokémon Center for free in the first year and enjoy free Pokémon treatment services.
"Please go over here to check in as a VIP room... Do you need treatment and recuperation services for your Pokémon? It's free for holders of VIP Pokédex."
"No need."
Although the Pokémon Center here looks more formal than the ones in anime and comics, Guan Liyuan still has a shadow of "Pokémon stored in the center is prone to accidents"...
And with the various props that Guan Liyuan "extorted" from Professor Oak, the Pokémon have always been in the best condition and do not need treatment at the Pokémon Center.
Suddenly, Guan Liyuan found that Xiaoxia, who was originally beside him, was gone. He looked around and found that Xiaoxia had gone to the service desk at some point...
After handing something to the staff at the service desk, she also received the room card for the VIP room.
"Huh? Are you 306? I'm 308, maybe next door to you." Xiaoxia said to Guan Liyuan when she came over.
But obviously she didn't explain what she just did...
Guan Liyuan didn't ask, but he knew that Xiaoxia's Pokédex was not for VIP, and he guessed that it should be some other official identity certificate.
Moreover, Xiaoxia was very relieved and left her three Pokémon in the Pokémon Center. After all, the main business here is the treatment, training and entertainment projects for Pokémon!
Guan Liyuan had seen it before. Xiaoxia's three Pokémon were "Jewel Starfish", "Dragon" and "Woopo" which is more common in the Johto region...
Guan Liyuan wanted to take a rest that night, but Professor Oak's message completely ruined his rest mood!
[Liyuan, the research you want has results...]
[How is it? Is there any restraint between the two?] Guan Liyuan replied quickly after seeing the message.
[No, there is no restraint.]
Just when Guan Liyuan was disappointed, Professor Oak's next words shocked Guan Liyuan and made him sit up from the bed...
[According to the existing research report, the individual you gave me the flesh and blood sample should be the evolution of the individual of the blood sample... By the way, didn't you say before that there is no such thing as "evolution" in your world?]
[What, what? Evolution?] Guan Liyuan sat up directly.
[Yes, although it is a completely abnormal evolution, it cannot be found by comparing genetic information alone, but there are many such examples in the Pokémon world, I will not make a mistake... But it is also somewhat different from evolution...] [
What is the difference?] Guan Liyuan looked forward to it cautiously.
If that mutant Abyss Lord is really "evolved" from a pack beast... The result is something Guan Liyuan dare not imagine!
[Well... The two samples are separated by a normal "evolution" similar to Pokémon, and there is also a process similar to "super evolution"...] Professor Oak replied.
Guan Liyuan then remembered that after that night, there were many incidents of mutant Abyss creatures attacking people in the suburbs of Duran City!
However, they were all at the level of Abyss Commanders, not the Abyss Lords at the beginning...
Guan Liyuan vaguely guessed that if this monster was really "evolved" from a pack beast, then those Abyss Commanders might be a mutation of ordinary pack beasts, and the Abyss Lords encountered at the beginning should be a stronger pack beast of the same type.
Everything was connected in an instant!
No wonder I was slapped in the face so quickly...
The other party was not targeting him, but deliberately released a smoke bomb to confuse the relationship between the mutated abyss creatures and the pack beasts!
Perhaps the attack of the Abyss Lord at the beginning was not expected by the other party, so the Abyss Lord, who was mutated by the pack beast, although lost his mind, still instinctively did not harm his own kind.
In order to cover up this point, the other party specially drove a group of mutated abyss creatures to carry out suicide attacks. Perhaps because of some guidance, this instinct to let go of the same kind also disappeared...
But who is the "other party"? How to induce the pack beast to mutate?
If this mutation only increases the number of abyss creatures, it is not a big deal. After all, there are countless species of abyss creatures, and one more species is not a big deal...
But if the other party can make normal pack beasts suddenly mutate...
You must know that those who need to use pack beasts are all beginners!
Guan Liyuan immediately told his guess to Dr. Oak: [...It is very likely! Dr. Oak, I need your help. I think there are about 20 days left. Can you help me find a way to suppress this mutation? ]
[Is there such a thing? Well... since this concerns the safety of so many people, even though we are not in the same world, I will suspend other projects in the institute and focus on research on suppressing mutations! 】