Chapter 123: Team Up to Recover Pokémon [VIP]
The player stuffed the empty scroll - [Present Tense of the Story (Incomplete)] - directly into the hands of Clue No. 3.
"Here," she said, her tone unequivocal. "You're connected to them. Take this, it'll help you find them quickly."
Clue number three, Yuukami, nervously grasped the cold scroll tube. "So... where do we go?"
The player spread his hands and said, "Just walk. When the feeling comes, it will naturally arrive."
She firmly believed that the combination of mission items and key NPCs would inevitably trigger plot points.
Thus, this strange search team (the player, clues 1, 2, and 3, plus a fat cat monster that curses) began to wander aimlessly in the mountains and forests.
Clue No. 3 held the scroll, looking confused at first, but as she walked, she seemed to really catch a vague sense of traction.
When this feeling becomes stronger, the surrounding scene will suddenly blur, like a camera switch - smoke rises and disperses, and they are already in an unfamiliar mountain forest several miles away.
"Wow!" Clue No. 1 and Clue No. 2 exclaimed at the same time, and even the fat cat monster on Clue No. 1's shoulder raised his eyelids.
The player thinks this method of transmission is quite environmentally friendly and saves her the need for [Ether Editing].
Before they could adapt to the new environment, the scroll in No. 3's hand suddenly became slightly hot.
She pointed to a dense patch of ferns on the other side of the stream. "Over there! The feeling... is strong!"
Player [Insight] passive trigger:
[Feathered Man (now shown as a male)
Characteristics: Extremely fast, likes to play pranks, Goal: To force... uh... impregnate male individuals?
Status: Locking onto target (a passing raccoon cat monster)]
"Ugh!" The player showed undisguised disgust on her face. She didn't want to see any restricted cross-species scenes!
She exerted force with her feet, and vector manipulation instantly acted on her own gravity vector - she was like a stone shot by a slingshot, suddenly rising from the ground, passing through the stream, and accurately hitting the fern bush.
In the ferns, a male monster wearing glittering feather clothes and with a seductive face was giving a malicious smile to the bewitched raccoon cat monster.
The player dropped from the sky and drew his sword without saying a word!
The sword flashed, not with a slash, but with a vector manipulation that imbued the blade with an extremely complex, high-speed oscillation vector! The moment the blade made contact with the feathered figure, the shockwaves madly impacted its spiritual structure.
“Ah——!” The man in feathered clothes let out a shrill scream, his body instantly became translucent, and his strength was forcibly dispersed to a state of low blood on the verge of collapse.
The player landed on the ground, and without any pause, he grabbed the back collar of the feathered man who was still screaming with his left hand, and with his right hand, he tore open the blank scroll in the hand of Clue No. 3 with a "swish" and pasted it accurately on the face of the feathered man.
With a soft "puff" sound, like a bubble being popped, the feathered figure twisted and struggled, transforming into a streak of light and being forcibly pressed into the blank scroll.
On the scroll, the image of a monster wearing feathered clothes and with a blurred face appeared, with a line of small notes next to it.
The player rolled up the scroll with satisfaction and stuffed it back into Clue Number Three's arms: "Next."
Clue No. 3 was stunned as he held the scroll that suddenly had a pattern on it.
Clues One and Two watched the player's smooth movements and swallowed their saliva. The Fat Cat Monster snorted, "Rude."
Relying on the magic object's guidance, they took a few more steps, and the scene instantly switched to the depths of an ancient forest that was dark, damp, and filled with miasma.
Chimei (plural)
Characteristics: Invisible and intangible, transformed from the resentment of the mountains and forests, likes □□ air, kills people silently.
Status: In hiding, encirclement formed. 】
Almost at the moment the player received the information, the originally quiet air around him suddenly became cold and sticky, and invisible malice enveloped him from all directions like a physical spider web.
Clues One and Two instantly felt breathless and lost in thought. Clue Three was even more pale, her hands trembling as she held the scroll, but she bit her lip tightly and refused to flinch.
"Be careful! It's a Chimei!" The fat cat monster warned sternly, slightly arching his body, ready to transform back into his original form at any time.
"Ha! Hide the head and show the tail!" The player shouted excitedly, completely ignoring the sense of oppression on the mental level.
Her eyes widened suddenly. In her Insight, almost nothing could escape. The invisible, resentful energy, like a twisted thread emitting a faint green fluorescence in the darkness, greedily pounced on the nearest living creature—Clue Number One.
"Number one! Three steps to the left! Lower your head!" the player suddenly said.
Clue No. 1 took three steps to the left almost as a conditioned reflex, lowering his head at the same time!
An invisible, cold air stream brushed past his scalp, and he broke out in a cold sweat. Before he could even stand firm, Player 7 shouted, "Number Two! Kick the tree trunk in front of you, right!"
Clue No. 2 reacted extremely quickly. Although he couldn't see the enemy, he chose to trust the player and headed towards the right front!
The tree trunk shook violently, and a blurry and distorted green light and shadow was shaken into shape for a moment, emitting a silent scream.
"Now!" A cold light flashed in the player's eyes, and vector manipulation acted on the fallen leaves and soft soil under his feet.
Countless dead leaves and gravel were like being fired from invisible cannon barrels, with sharp sounds of breaking through the air, accurately shooting towards the groups of resentment that had just been briefly visible due to the interference of Clue No. 2.
The kinetic energy given by the vector was extremely terrifying, and it instantly shattered the resentful energy body into pieces, bringing it to the brink of collapse.
"Number One
Clue number one was immediately revealed, and the player rushed forward like a ghost, grabbing one invisible energy ball in each hand and pressing it roughly against the scroll.
"Puff puff puff..." After a series of light sounds, several groups of Chimei appeared with several twisted green ghost patterns.
Clue No. 1 gasped with lingering fear as he looked at the newly added hideous pattern on the scroll.
Just now, when the player shouted at him to lower his head, he acted completely subconsciously. Even when the cold wind blew past, he was so scared that he swung his fist back and accidentally hit a cold, invisible object, knocking it stunned for a moment and creating an opportunity for the player.
Clue No. 2 also wiped the sweat from his forehead. The kick just now was completely based on trust in the player's instructions and instant judgment.
"Well done, number one, number two." The players gave a rare affirmation, although the name was still weird.
She clapped her hands and looked at Clue No. 3, whose face was pale but eyes were determined. "Go on."
The scene teleported again.
This time, their landing spot was filled with the smell of dampness and decay, resembling the remains of an abandoned logging camp. In the center, a massive creature, several feet tall and shaped like a giant bull, its eyes gleaming with a faint azure light, stood [the "Disease Ghost"]. Its four legs were sunken into the mud, its massive body heaving slightly, emanating a thick aura of sorrow and resentment.
Not far away, a ghost figure with a hunched body and blurry face [Daolao Gui] was vigilantly spewing dark green poisonous arrows into the air, making a whooshing sound.
"What a huge grudge!" Clue No. 2 frowned, feeling as if his breathing was being suppressed.
"Be careful of the poison gas!" Clue No. 1 immediately reminded.
Teacher Cat jumped in front of Clue No. 1 and let out a low growl in his throat.
Information instantly appeared in the player's field of vision:
【Suffering from ghosts
Characteristics: A body condensed from resentment, several feet long, with four legs stuck in the soil, constantly moving but not changing position, can be cured by alcohol.
Status: In action. 】
【Insight: Dao Laogui
Characteristics: Spews poisonous gas from its mouth, which shoots like an arrow, killing the victim within a day. If not burned after death, the victim will be assimilated.
Status: Be alert to your surroundings. 】
"Clue number two!" the player suddenly called out. "You have a can of beer in your backpack, right? Throw it over there! Hit the one that looks like a cow!"
Her [Insight] literally lets her know everything.
Clue No. 2 was stunned. Although he didn't understand why, out of a certain trust in the player's weird judgment, he quickly took out a can of unopened beer from his backpack and threw it hard at the huge body of the ghost!
The player's fingers used [Vector Manipulation] to control the beer can flying in the air. The can instantly accelerated and hit the center of the sick ghost's blue eyes with the precision of a cannonball.
Phew!
The jar broke, and the golden wine mixed with foam poured all over the ghost's face.
"Ah——" A low and long sigh, as if it had been suppressed for thousands of years, came out of the ghost's mouth.
The sorrow and resentment woven into the voice faded as the wine flowed, like melting ice and snow. Its massive form visibly shrank and faded, finally transforming into a wisp of smoke that drifted towards the scroll in Clue Number Three's hands and was sucked in.
"It's...really useful!" Clue No. 3 looked at Scroll 7 with surprise as he saw an extra ink mark.
At this moment, a dark green poisonous arrow shot silently towards Clue No. 3 who was facing away from Dao Laogui.
"Be careful!" Clue No. 1's pupils shrank, and his body moved faster than his brain, and he suddenly threw Clue No. 3 to the ground!
The poison arrow barely brushed past Clue No. 3's hair and hit a rotten wooden stake behind him. The stake instantly made a sizzling corrosion sound and emitted black smoke.
"Meow!" The cat teacher was completely furious. His body swelled up instantly and turned into a huge and mighty fox-like monster. He let out a deafening roar at Dao Laogui!
The terrifying demonic pressure spread out like a physical shock wave.
Dao Laogui was so frightened by the sudden pressure that he froze in his tracks while spitting out poisonous gas.
The player seized the opportunity and swung his hand fiercely at the next poisonous arrow sprayed by Dao Lao Gui.
The dark green poisonous arrow made a strange right-angled turn in the air and shot back at an even faster speed.
Phew!
The poisonous arrow pierced Dao Laogui's own chest accurately.
"Ugh..." Dao Laogui let out a short whine, and his body quickly disintegrated into a ball of dark green smoke, which was also sucked into the scroll.
The crisis was resolved, and Ban turned back into a fat cat, snorted, and jumped onto Clue No. 1's shoulder.
Clue No. 1 helped the frightened Clue No. 3 to stand up. Both of them were still in shock. Clue No. 2 looked at the still smoking wooden stake with a solemn expression.
The players clapped their hands, as if they had just solved a minor problem: "Good coordination, next one."
The journey from then on became relatively peaceful. They encountered a Tomb Ghost, whose only function was to scare people with will-o'-the-wisp and ghost-wall formations. The player simply ignored the fluttering green flames and approached the Tomb Ghost's true form (a translucent, melancholy-looking figure crouched behind a tombstone), pointing at the scroll.
The tomb ghost looked at the scroll, looked at Clue No. 1 and Clue No. 2 who were waiting behind the player, as well as Clue No. 3 and the attractive scroll in her arms, sighed, and slowly floated in.
I also encountered a big-headed ghost who walked slowly and held up his huge head with both hands with great effort.
The player walked around it curiously and even reached out to poke its big head which felt like jelly (the big-headed ghost was very good-tempered and didn't resist).
Finally, the player felt that it was moving too slowly, affecting efficiency, so he walked right up to it and thrust the unfolded scroll in front of it: "Go in. Hurry up."
The big-headed ghost blinked his huge eyes and looked at the scroll. 7 looked at the player's impatient expression, then slowly and actively integrated into the scroll.
Clue No. 3 looked at the newly added ghost figure on the scroll, who was trying hard to hold up his big head, and then looked at the player's simple and rough way of recycling, with a complicated expression.
Clue No. 1 and Clue No. 2 were already a little numb. The fat cat monster lay on the shoulder of Clue No. 1, occasionally complaining, "The little girl is really ordering people around" or "This big-headed ghost has a good temper."
As more and more monsters appeared on the scroll, the strange scent of ink became stronger and the pulling force became stronger.
Players know that the time to recycle all Pokémon is not far away.
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