Chapter 248: World-ending Disaster: Death Tide!
All gifts of destiny come with a price, and now is the time to pay it.
Everyone in Saint Gony City was trying to escape from here. Since teleport could not be used, people could only ride Flying Pokémon to flee.
However, compared to the time it took for Yveltal to awaken, the flying speed was still a bit slower.
As Yveltal opened its eyes, an invisible black energy aura instantly enveloped the entire Saint Gony City, which was also within the scope of its Legendary Aura.
In an instant, the entire world turned gray-white.
All things have an end, even plants and microorganisms cannot escape this law.
Flying Pokémon in the sky fell down like dumplings, and the gray-white Pokémon and people turned into ashes upon hitting the ground.
Trees turned into ashes and scattered with the wind, even skyscrapers turned gray-white and swayed precariously in the wind.
The greatest fairness in the world had arrived.
It fairly took away all life in Saint Gony City, whether Champion or Commoner, Pokémon or bacteria.
Even more terrifying was that the black energy continued to spread outward at a speed of ten kilometers per minute.
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American Alliance Headquarters.
Upon receiving the emergency call, Plante abruptly stood up from his office chair.
“What did you say? Say it again!”
“Great Leader Your Excellency, Yveltal has awakened! Now the entire Saint Gony City has turned into a desperate situation, Yveltal’s Legendary Aura is still spreading, we must evacuate quickly…”
The words from the other end of the phone had not finished before it fell into dead silence.
Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Plante loudly questioned, “Hello? Hello!”
“Motherfucker!!”
After viciously throwing away the phone, Plante hurriedly pressed the warning light nearby.
This was the button that the American Alliance would only press in moments of life and death.
Pressing this button meant that an world-ending disaster had occurred in the America Region.
At the same time, everyone in the entire America Region would receive the notification, then lead the populace to hide in Secret Realms.
Yes.
Not resisting, nor investigating the cause.
Just hiding in Secret Realms, clinging to survival.
This was the way of survival summed up by humanity over millions of years.
Almost at the same time, cities that received the alert began evacuating people into Secret Realms one after another.
This time, it was humans invading the Secret Realms.
Pokémon called this—human tide!
The blonde Female Secretary anxiously urged beside him, “Great Leader Mister, we should retreat quickly too. Next, we can only leave it to destiny.”
This was not because she cared much about Plante as the Alliance Leader, but because she had to go with him to enter the Secret Realm.
The reacting Plante nodded belatedly, then allowed the bodyguards to carry him away into the Secret Realm.
The distraught Plante muttered incredulously, “How could this happen… How could Yveltal awaken? Those damn Pokémon Doctors deceived me? They are the greatest sinners of the American Alliance.”
The blonde Female Secretary beside him listened to Plante’s muttering with a dark face.
Bringing Yveltal home, what kind of idiot would come up with such a thing!
Even if you wanted to bring it home, couldn’t you put it in a Secret Realm? You had to put it in the real world.
Scheming against the Jiuzhou Alliance, now it’s lose the wife and also break the soldiers, right?
The blonde Female Secretary vented angrily in her heart. She still didn’t know if her family members had evacuated into the Secret Realm.
Matt, who had just returned from the Secret Realm without resting, heard the world-ending alert.
Already stifling a belly full of anger from being cooped up in the Secret Realm, Matt aggressively found Plante.
“Plante! What the hell is going on?”
Upon seeing Matt, Plante was like grasping a lifesaver.
Plante shouted loudly with a face full of panic, “Something happened, Yveltal has awakened, America is finished. Quickly contact the Elder Council, now only they can save America.”
“Yveltal?”
Matt’s pupils shrank, then he looked incredulously at Plante in front of him.
Arceus above, as the Champion of the American Alliance, he had never heard of Yveltal.
The America Region was quite special; it was an alliance jointly ruled by ancient nobles and emerging conglomerates.
Just like the noble families and commoners in the Jiuzhou Region, the America Region also had internal faction struggles, which were the fights between emerging conglomerates and those ancient nobles.
Matt was a representative of the emerging conglomerates.
Hearing this, a trace of embarrassment flashed across Plante’s face.
He had deliberately concealed this news to nurture his own direct descendant troops.
But this matter definitely could not be explained that way.
“Yveltal is in the America Region. Not long ago, it awakened.” Plante hurriedly explained.
Plante quickly changed the subject, “Let’s not talk about the rest first, let’s hurry into the Secret Realm, otherwise death will descend.”
Matt nodded with an extremely ugly facial expression.
The emerging conglomerates relied on the populace, and most of their assets were in the real world. This wave of Death Tide would cause the greatest loss to them.
Matt had reason to suspect this was a conspiracy by those old nobles, specifically targeted at emerging conglomerates like them.
After all, unlike them, the old nobles also had their own foundation in Secret Realms. Although the real world being damaged would cause losses, the losses would absolutely not be as heavy as for these emerging conglomerates.
According to historical records, the Death Tide would spread across the entire world.
But the most severely damaged would definitely be their North American Alliance, because they were the first victims and had the least time to respond.
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Jiuzhou Region.
The Alliance President who received the call had the same reaction as Plante.
He unhesitatingly issued the world-ending alert.
Fortunately, the source of the Death Tide was the America Region, so their Jiuzhou Region had enough time to evacuate the populace.
By then, the greatest loss would merely be some worldly assets, which were basically within controllable range.
“This is the value of the Rainbow Hero.” The Alliance President lightly sighed with emotion, then calmly left the Alliance Headquarters under the protection of security.
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After Xerneas awakened, it directly left the Secret Realm and headed to the real world.
It still had to balance life and death in the real world and had no time to pay attention to those insignificant human believers.
Xerneas left as if in a hurry, but no one minded, after all, that was a lofty Deity.
Lu Li enviously watched those who gained eternal life. As a Cultivator, he could clearly feel the changes in his body.
Lu Li could confirm that he had not gained eternal life at all!
So…
This petty X deer had specially taken care of him. Everyone gained eternal life, except only him.
After Xerneas left, the believers prostrating on the ground finally shakily stood up.
“I felt it! Eternal lifespan!” An Old Man excitedly knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
“Finally waited for the favor of the God of Life.”
Almost everyone was weeping with joy, except Lu Li, who stood out like a sore thumb.
Fuck!
Envy, jealousy, and hate!
Lu Li’s facial expression darkened slightly.
He was the one who awakened Xerneas, yet he got no benefit.
What the hell?
Lu Li felt extremely unbalanced inside.
Although this wave of harvest was quite big, compared to eternal lifespan, that life knowledge was nothing.
As long as he lived long enough, he wouldn’t worry about not being able to Pokémonfy all cultivation knowledge.
The Old Man beside Lu Li kindly said, “Chosen One, from today onward, you are the Holy Son of our Life God Cult! You awakened Xerneas and let us obtain eternity.”
Lu Li: “…”
“Next, follow us to continue pursuing the footsteps of Xerneas Your Excellency, then wait for the next reincarnation.” The Old Man cheerfully invited.
Lu Li: “…”
Get the hell away from me!
You can have eternal life, but I can’t!
Lu Li extremely disdainfully glanced at the Old Man, then asked, “I’m not going. You just leave the Secret Realm to me.”
Adhering to the idea that since he was already here, he might as well get some benefits, Lu Li made a bold demand.
“I’m afraid that’s not possible.” The Old Man shook his head.
Lu Li unhappily questioned, “Why? Aren’t we all leaving? As the Holy Son, can’t you even leave this Secret Realm to me?”
He was already very annoyed to begin with.
He awakened Xerneas, yet got no share of the eternal life. Anyone would be upset.
So Lu Li could only make up for it elsewhere.
The Old Man explained, “Because this Secret Realm is about to collapse soon. Once Xerneas Your Excellency leaves, this Secret Realm will quickly disintegrate and turn into nourishment for the world.”
Lu Li: “…”
Hearing that the Secret Realm was about to collapse, Lu Li’s facial expression changed, and he hurriedly said, “Then let’s leave now?”
The Old Man nodded.
“Follow me.” As soon as the Old Man’s words fell, a sound of Po Kong rang out.
Giant Brimm appeared instantly in front of the two.
The Old Man respectfully requested, “Brimm Madam, we should leave.”
Brimm nodded, then turned her gaze to Lu Li.
Brimm exclaimed in admiration, “I didn’t expect you actually awakened Xerneas Your Excellency.”
Lu Li smiled awkwardly yet politely.
At this time, the Old Man beside tattled, “Madam, the Holy Son says he doesn’t want to pursue the footsteps of the god.”
Brimm nodded.
“It’s normal for you lively little one not to like staying in one place for long. Here, take back this little one.” Brimm returned the Pokémon Egg to Lu Li.
Brimm was not angry because of this. As the protagonist who awakened the God of Life, everyone and every Pokémon present owed him a great favor.
Moreover, those who could believe in the God of Life were Pokémon and people who respected life, so neither Brimm nor the Old Man had any malicious thoughts.
“After you leave, Hatenna can lead you to find us. I wish you all the best in your future adventures.” Brimm explained.
Lu Li happily took the Pokémon Egg.
“In that case, this old one will also give you a gift.” The Old Man took out a tattered Notebook and handed it to him.
The Old Man cheerfully explained, “This is my Training Notes. Don’t let my old age fool you; I am a genuine Master Level Trainer.”
Lu Li: “!!!”
Lu Li looked at the unassuming Old Man in surprise.
This plain-looking old guy was actually the ceiling of humanity?
“Then where are your Pokémon?” Lu Li asked curiously.
The Old Man chuckled, then said meaningfully, “They are all outside. You should have seen them when you came.”
Then the Old Man explained, “Those Pokémon outside are actually the Pokémon of Trainers who were sleeping here before.”
Lu Li had known this point long ago. Except for the Brimm in front of him, all the other Pokémon outside had owners.
The strength of the Life God Cult was terrifying. The Trainers here, once quickly integrated, could sweep the entire real world.
Lu Li thought even more.
He was thinking, if the Secret Realms still hid forces like the Life God Cult, how terrifying this world must be.
Holding the Pokémon Egg, Lu Li gained a new understanding of how deep the waters of this world were.
A purple radiance flashed in Brimm’s eyes, and before Lu Li could speak, he was teleported out of the Secret Realm.
Seeing Lu Li suddenly appear, Qu Suxin was filled with joy and relief.
If this wave had gotten Lu Li trapped inside, she would really have lost the wife and also broken the soldiers.
Qu Suxin asked full of expectation, “How was it? Did you find Xerneas?”
Lu Li nodded.
“I found it, and I awakened Xerneas. Didn’t you see Xerneas here?” Lu Li asked puzzled.
Normally, Xerneas should have run right into Qu Suxin after leaving the Secret Realm.
Hearing this, Qu Suxin smiled bitterly.
“Looks like I have no affinity with the King of Fairies.” Qu Suxin said with a bitter smile.
Lu Li didn’t know how to comfort Qu Suxin in front of him.
Qu Suxin just hadn’t obtained it before, but he had truly brushed past eternal life.
Just as Lu Li was about to speak, he sensed something wrong with his Space Ring.
“Hm?”
After looking inside the Space Ring, Lu Li’s facial expression instantly changed, his eyes full of disbelief.
“This…”
Unable to believe what he saw, Lu Li took out that shining Fragment from the Space Ring.
“This…”
Qu Suxin also looked at the Fragment in Lu Li’s hand in astonishment, her eyes full of joy and excitement.
“Xerneas’s Horn Fragment?” Lu Li muttered to himself.
Yes.
For some reason, an extra Fragment had appeared in his Space Ring—a Fragment of Xerneas’s horn.
To silently place something into his Space Ring, only a being above gods could do that.
Was it Giant Brimm, or Xerneas?
Lu Li pondered thoughtfully.
“I…”
Overly excited Qu Suxin opened her mouth but hesitated.
If not considering Lu Li’s identity and their relationship, she would absolutely snatch the item from Lu Li’s hand without hesitation.
A divine item of the King of Fairies! And it was an essence divine item!
This thing was absolutely a treasure that could spark a war between nations.
“You can borrow this thing first.” Lu Li directly handed the Fragment to Qu Suxin, then added, “But you have to return that Orb to me.”
Qu Suxin, unable to believe what she heard, hurriedly nodded. The Gardevoir beside her unhesitatingly returned the Deoxys Core to Lu Li.
Lu Li actually had no demand for Xerneas’s Horn Fragment, at least not now.
After all, Hatenna didn’t need it now either, and in the future, Lu Li wasn’t worried Qu Suxin would default on the debt.
Of course, most importantly, Qu Suxin had been good to him, so he was also happy to see her strength advance further.
