Chapter 87: Singing To The Moon
Whether it was restricted by the world’s rules or Doublade’s strength had not recovered, Zuo Hang couldn’t reach a definite conclusion for the time being.
During the second half of the night, the Pokémon with ideas about the camp gradually increased.
Among them were no lack of Forest Lizard and Lucario-like Pokémon, top nocturnal hunters skilled at concealing their figures.
Pokémon that often hunted in the wild all had a talent ability—danger perception.
When approaching Pokémon stronger than themselves, their bodies would subconsciously issue danger warnings, reminding them which Pokémon they shouldn’t mess with.
And now.
Several Pokémon surrounding the periphery of the camp were lying on the ground, not daring to move, their bodies low to the ground, fur standing on end.
The Electric Mouse standing in the center of the camp looking at the moon!
Their instincts as hunters were telling them this group of prey—as long as they made a move! No matter how fast their speed was, no matter from which direction they cut in, or what skill they used to cut in, that Electric Mouse could blast them to bits!
The stronger the hunters, the more they dreaded Pikachu, while those weak wild Pokémon could approach the camp without hindrance.
They were weak, knew nothing, the ignorant were fearless, they had no idea they were sleeping next to such a terrifying creature!
The Lizard King quietly retreated from the darkness, and the numerous Forest Lizard little brothers also followed their leader in withdrawing.
Several Lucario-like Pokémon waiting for an opportunity also gave up the idea of attacking.
That Electric Mouse looked more and more terrifying, seemingly looking at the moon with no defenses around, but many strong ones liked to do this—pretend to have no defenses to make you drop your guard.
When you observed for a while, thought the other really had no defenses, and launched a sneak attack with your best skill, that Electric Mouse looking at the moon would definitely unleash Iron Tail, a Jump Kick smashing onto your forehead, striking with thunderous momentum, shattering your skull in half a breath.
The Lucario-like leader also retreated.
He wasn’t that foolish yet.
After all, he was considered a T1 or T2 tier nocturnal predator in this secret realm, such fake defenseless tricks couldn’t fool him.
At this moment.
Pikachu’s ears twitched.
“Pika??”
It trotted a few steps to a patch of grass on the side of the camp.
It seemed like it heard some strange sound just now.
“Pika??”
The Electric Mouse looked puzzled.
There was nothing in the grass, could it have misheard??
A certain fleeing Lucario-like Pokémon was panting heavily on a tree not far away.
Good thing it escaped in advance, if it had been spotted, this life would probably be over tonight!
It knew that Electric Mouse was faking it!
It must have long discovered it and that Lizard King lurking nearby.
“—Hoo~”
The Lucario-like leader let out a sigh of relief as if having survived a disaster.
It opened its four legs and kept running, dashing through the forest at full speed for nearly half an hour.
After confirming this position was absolutely safe, the Lucario-like Pokémon jumped onto a tree.
“—Meow~~~~~~~”
A long howl with full throat, sounding a bit like a large tabby cat’s cry.
The Lucario-like Pokémon’s initial form was Meowth, after evolution its body became more leopard-like, but its cry was still similar to a kitten’s.
It didn’t sound intimidating, but that didn’t affect the Lucario-like Pokémon becoming the leader.
This cry was equivalent to a warning.
A warning to the surrounding Pokémon.
Meaning there was a Pokémon nearby, one so strong that their group of nocturnal hunters absolutely couldn’t provoke.
“—Meow~~~~~~~”
Another long howl.
This howl’s meaning was to notify nearby companions that the absolutely untouchable strong one was an Electric Mouse.
At the same time.
The leaders of various groups in the forest passed on this message to each other, the news of an Electric Mouse strong one in the secret realm spread to every corner in less than five minutes.
On the other side.
Zuo Hang and the others kept hearing faint howls during the second half of the night, which was somewhat eerie.
And the instigator of this matter was looking at the moon with Doublade.
“Pi~ka~~chu~~~, Pi~ka~~chu~~~~”
“Buzz~buzz~~buzz~~~”
Mouse paired with sword hum, surprisingly a bit pleasant.
Pikachu wasn’t looking at the moon aimlessly.
It felt this night sky was unusual.
Looking at the moon was just incidental.
“Did you notice it too?” Zuo Hang sat down and asked Pikachu.
“Pika!” Pikachu replied.
Zuo Hang had always been sensitive to things like gazes.
He felt it during the day too, but at night it suddenly became exceptionally strong.
It was like something in the night sky was watching him.
Why weak during the day and strong at night—possibly because the thing in the night sky was also a nocturnal creature.
Zuo Hang thought about relatively strong Pokémon that liked to appear at night.
After thinking it over, only Darkrai fit.
Zuo Hang lay on the grass, hands behind his head, looking at the night sky.
Pikachu did the same pose as him.
The entire secret realm was a dead world. In that case, that Pokémon casting strange gazes at him from the sky was very likely a Pokémon from the dead world too.
The dead stars in the night sky didn’t form any constellations from Zuo Hang’s memory.
Bored with nothing to do.
Zuo Hang reached out and gestured in the air, trying to connect these dead stars into some pattern.
The stars on the right half could form half a broken wing, and the stars on the left could also form half a wing.
Pretty symmetrical!
Wings wings
Zuo Hang suddenly sat up from the ground.
He suddenly thought of a possibility!
The secret realm is the grave of the dead world
Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza—no, Giratina—dwells on the back of the world, staying in the destroyed world, quietly watching the Pokémon of the original world!
Different legends have different names, the Pokédex says Giratina, but in China, the name Underworld Dragon is more popular.
Zuo Hang was certain there was something in this false starry sky watching this secret realm, maybe not him, but there was definitely something on the other side of the sky!
And Giratina seemed to perfectly fit the identity of this mysterious Pokémon!
Just the fact that it dwells in the world of destruction was highly suspicious.
“Pikachu, do you feel it?” Zuo Hang suddenly asked.
“Pika!” Pikachu indicated it felt the Pokémon in the sky was very strong, possibly even stronger than the White Dragon one above.
Xingye and Lin Ping had lain down next to Zuo Hang at some point.
“I’m familiar with stargazing, I specially researched it when entering the secret realm, this Secret Realm No. 448’s dead stars have explanations.” Xingye pulled out a terminal from his pocket and opened an app called Little Black Stargazing.
The terminal scanned the night sky, and names of various stars immediately appeared on the screen.
Xingye pointed at the screen and said: “This Anos Star is said to have once been a world of swords and magic, with no Pokémon inside, but its projection gave the plants and Pokémon in the secret realm extraordinary vitality, making the plants in the secret realm grow much taller than outside, and allowing weak Pokémon in the secret realm to break through more easily.”
“And this one.” Xingye tapped a star, and a photo popped up on the screen, seeming to be the ruins that Zuo Hang and the others passed during the day.
“This star is called Gray White Star, originally also a world without Pokémon, and this world was very boring, humans bustled daily for endless work, with no surprises until death. Most people living in that world had dull lives, so it’s called Gray White Star.”
Xingye said: “This app’s screenshot function is disabled, and it can only be used at night, you can learn info about various corners of the secret realm by looking at the stars, this opportunity only exists at night, so… hurry and memorize as much as possible tonight, no chance during the day.”
Zuo Hang frowned: “Such a useful app, why did you only pull it out in the second half of the night?”
Xingye said: “Weren’t we sleeping in the first half of the night? And we were rushing during the day, too tired, brain not working well, forgot for a moment.”
“So you really are useless.” Lin Ping said: “I knew you weren’t reliable the first day of school, this secret realm exploration you’ve kept refreshing my lower limit of cognition about you.”
“What? Want to throw down in the middle of the night too?”
“Sure! Music to my ears! Snowy Child and Swablu are resting, so real person battle?”
“Fine! Been wanting to beat your ass for a while!”
Zuo Hang’s frown deepened.
“Can you chill for a bit?? Can you chill?? Fought during the day, fight at night? You’re not tired but I am!”
“Xingye, what’s the app called? Send it to me and Lin Ping, we’ll each memorize one-third of this starry sky, as much as we can, so tomorrow when we reach a new place we won’t have zero intel.”
“Got it, Hangzi Ge!” Xingye hurriedly said, “Don’t worry, let alone one-third, even if I memorize the whole thing tonight, no problem.”
Hearing this, Zuo Hang immediately said: “Great, then you memorize it all, Lin Ping, let’s sleep.”
Some tickets, brothers!
