Chapter 320: War, Destruction And Protection, Conflicting Humans And Deities
“Which specific secret realm is it?” Lu Li hurriedly asked.
Freya said, “It seems to be in a new secret realm called Eight Extremes Secret Realm in the Southwest Region.”
“Eight Extremes Secret Realm?”
Lu Li narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, then picked up his phone and contacted Qu Tongtong.
“Tong Sis, do you have any information on Eight Extremes Secret Realm there?”
As the local tyrant of the Southern Region, the Qu Family definitely knew the news about Eight Extremes Secret Realm, and they knew far more than Freya.
Qu Tongtong also replied, “Eight Extremes Secret Realm? This is a new secret realm discovered just two years ago. Wait a moment, I’ll send you the intelligence on Eight Extremes Secret Realm.”
“Then I’ll trouble you.” Lu Li nodded, then hung up the phone.
A new secret realm discovered two years ago, the time when Wei obtained Kubfu was also two years ago, and pushing forward once more.
In other words, that secret realm had already been breached by someone before the Alliance discovered it, and they had even explored that secret realm together with people from the Dark Web.
This was not good news.
While Lu Li was pondering, the information about Eight Extremes Secret Realm from Qu Tongtong’s side also arrived.
First of all, Eight Extremes Secret Realm is a large secret realm, and the overlord of this secret realm is a Roaring Golden Gorilla that has stepped into the Divine Realm.
Moreover, worth mentioning is that Eight Extremes Secret Realm is a Gigantamax Secret Realm, and it is also the first Gigantamax Secret Realm to appear in the Jiuzhou Alliance.
As the secret realm overlord, the Roaring Golden Gorilla not only possesses the secret realm overlord aura but also comes with Gigantamax, its true combat power far exceeding that of ordinary Master Level Pokémon.
Most critically, the overlord of Eight Extremes Secret Realm, the Roaring Golden Gorilla, has an extremely irritable temper and even strongly resents humans.
The conclusion from the Alliance’s experts is that before the Alliance discovered that secret realm, some power had already offended the overlord of that secret realm.
That’s why the Roaring Golden Gorilla is so hostile to humans, even consciously driving out or eliminating humans in the secret realm.
Precisely because of this, Eight Extremes Secret Realm has never been fully explored, and the Alliance can only adopt a conventional strategy: spread the news of this secret realm and not impose control on the secret realm.
The greatest benefit of doing so is that trainers from all over the world can swarm into Eight Extremes Secret Realm like locusts, and the Jiuzhou Alliance only needs to control the secret realm exit.
This is the most standard method of developing a secret realm. As for sending troops to occupy it on a large scale and fully control the secret realm?
To deal with the Roaring Golden Gorilla, the Alliance would at least need to send three Master-level Trainers into the secret realm to battle it.
Moreover, such a battle could very likely cause the secret realm to collapse, or even result in the fall of Master Level Pokémon.
No matter which of these two scenarios, the Alliance could not afford it, nor would it take such an important risk.
Secondly, this large secret realm contains Wishing Stars, which are key items for making Dynamax Bands. Just this alone is enough to elevate the value of Eight Extremes Secret Realm to an unimaginable degree.
The Alliance could not destroy this secret realm, nor abandon it, as it is the first secret realm in the Jiuzhou Alliance that can produce Wishing Stars.
After reading all the information on Eight Extremes Secret Realm, Lu Li handed the phone to Freya.
Freya took the phone, looked at it for a while, and then returned it to Lu Li.
Freya said helplessly, “A large secret realm is not something we can covet, unless you can bring that Lord with you.”
If it were just a large secret realm, he and Freya could go on an adventure inside, but occupying the secret realm was basically impossible.
The size of a large secret realm is comparable to a continent in the real world. Finding Kubfu in such a vast place would be like finding a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, Lu Li was not certain if there really was a Kubfu in Eight Extremes Secret Realm.
Lu Li said reluctantly, “We could try going in to look for it.”
Freya was also somewhat tempted.
She had witnessed the power of Kubfu. Even if the attributes didn’t match, Freya also desired to obtain a Kubfu.
“Wait here for me.” After saying that, Lu Li returned to the bedroom.
He skillfully took out the Divination Set — Bagua Diagram, Turtle Shell, Ancient Copper Coin.
Although Kubfu is a Divine Beast Cub, it is still a Divine Beast. He couldn’t divine the exact location of a Divine Beast, but that was never the point.
He only needed to divine the gains from this trip.
Thinking of this, Lu Li unhesitatingly began the divination.
As the Ancient Copper Coin fell, Lu Li’s right hand began to calculate continuously.
The result of the divination was — harm oneself and others, an inauspicious omen.
The good news was that there would be no life-threatening danger in going to the secret realm previously. The bad news was that even if there were gains from this trip to the secret realm, they would not be proportional to the price paid.
Lu Li could not accept such a result.
The price paid not proportional to the gains? But there would be no life-threatening danger.
Lu Li didn’t know what the specific price was, but one thing was certain: he never engaged in losing deals.
“Forget it, better to stay home obediently.” Lu Li immediately dismissed the idea of going on an adventure in his mind.
Kubfu was certainly valuable, but he trusted his divination results more.
As for defying fate?
That was unnecessary, mainly because he had no foundation to change it now.
This wasn’t like the previous Grand Festival. First, Ekaterina was not by his side, then Qu Suxin was also not by his side, and Gimmighoul was desperately mining at the World Tree.
If even one of these three were present, Lu Li would try to change his fate, but the problem was that none of them were.
After doing all this, Lu Li put away the tools and returned to the living room again.
Freya didn’t know what Lu Li had done in the bedroom. In less than half an hour, Lu Li had given up on the idea of exploring Eight Extremes Secret Realm.
However, Freya didn’t ask more and instead chatted with Lu Li about other matters.
“By the way, I also asked my friend to investigate Wei’s family background. The gains weren’t great, but there are some. Do you want to hear?” Freya asked.
Lu Li suggested, “I think it’s best to call the protagonist over for this matter.”
Freya nodded.
Lu Li had the Starry Sprite call Wei, who was training with Kubfu.
Upon learning that Lu Li had information about her enemy, the revenge-eager Wei ran back directly.
Wei looked at Lu Li full of expectation.
Lu Li nodded to Freya.
Only then did Freya begin to recount another story.
“According to the information my friend gathered, the territory of your family is now taken over by a person named Silke, who is a Poison Type Heavenly King Level Trainer.”
“Before your father was killed, Silke was the second-in-command of the gang your father belonged to, and also the brother your father trusted most. Moreover, he has been looking for you all.”
Wei frowned and asked, “So the one who killed my father is Silke?”
Freya shook her head and explained, “I can only say that the one who betrayed your father might be him. As for the one who truly killed your father, it was actually the former champion of the North American Alliance, Matt.”
“Matt?” Lu Li looked at Freya in some surprise.
This could be considered an old acquaintance. The one who ambushed him and Qu Suxin in the Life Secret Realm before was this guy.
“If I remember correctly, Matt is now the president of the American Alliance, right?” Lu Li said.
After the North American Alliance disbanded, as the champion of the North American Alliance, Matt took over during the Death Tide Event and became the new president of America.
Poor Plante was backstabbed by his most trusted champion and is said to still be picking up soap in prison.
This was a relatively widespread rumor in the dark world, a fun fact shared with him by Ekaterina during a phone call.
Upon hearing that her enemy was Matt, there was no emotional fluctuation on Wei’s face.
Kubfu’s strength was improving every day, and Wei wasn’t worried at all about not having enough strength for revenge.
Don’t you understand the value of a God Trainer!
What she cared more about now was Silke.
She had always thought Silke was also killed by that champion, and even the gang might have been wiped out. She never expected Silke to still be alive, and living well.
Freya added, “By the way, your good uncle is still offering a bounty on you all. It seems he cares quite a bit about you.”
Lu Li frowned and asked, “Dead or alive?”
Freya shook her head and said, “Only alive, and uninjured.”
Hearing this, Wei breathed a sigh of relief.
If possible, she truly hoped Silke wasn’t the one who betrayed her father. Even if there was only a sliver of hope, she wanted Uncle Silke to be a good person.
Are there good people in the underworld?
Lu Li mentally put a question mark on this.
However, Lu Li didn’t pour cold water on Wei at this time.
“When you have the strength, you can ask him personally.” Lu Li said to comfort her.
Wei nodded vigorously.
Wei said firmly, “I will. If he really is that traitor, I will deal with him myself.”
Bao Bao, who was eavesdropping on the second-floor corridor at the moment, also had a flash of confusion in her eyes.
Unlike Wei, Silke actually doted on her quite a bit, treating her better than her dad did.
“I hope Uncle Silke is a good person.” Bao Bao silently prayed in her heart.
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Golden Triangle, Mewtwo Laboratory.
“Why is this happening? Clearly all data is normal, and the body of the god is ready. Why won’t the will of the god descend?” Dr. Fushan kept tapping the keyboard on the control panel.
“Still not enough… War! This world needs more war!”
Dr. Fushan maniacally stared at the Pokémon in the incubator.
Since the birth of humanity, the greatest authority humans could condense was war.
Pokémon only kill their own kind to fill their stomachs, but humans are different. Human desire is insatiable, so humans are forever accompanied by war.
In the vision of the Divine Cult pioneers, the deity born from humans should wield the authorities of war, desire, destruction, and even miracles.
Miracles are too vague and unpredictable, impossible to create artificially.
So the Divine Cult could only ignite the flames of war on this land, and war often comes with destruction.
Mewtwo was also suffering at this moment.
Having begun to wield authority, it did not have the capacity to bear the impact brought by the authority.
Endless sounds of gunfire, wails on the battlefield, desires to destroy everything, and like the hell of demons, constantly harassing its mind.
If it were a naturally bred deity, authority would not bring negative effects, because the so-called negative effects are actually a manifestation of the authority.
So Mewtwo had been avoiding it. It found that as long as its mind approached its body, those wails and destructive desires would deepen.
Mewtwo didn’t want to destroy this world, so it had never truly entered its body and instead stayed in the mind world chatting with Bao Bao.
Now Mewtwo’s mind world had become a vast grassland, where there was carefree Bao Bao, and also the soul bodies of the Pokémon that died in this laboratory.
Everything seemed so harmonious, as if this was the highest realm of coexistence.
This was also why Mewtwo wanted to protect the outside world. Bao Bao surely loved the outside world, like the older brother and older sister she mentioned.
To prevent itself from destroying the entire world, Mewtwo chose to refuse birth.
But this had urgently frustrated the Divine Cult doctors outside.
“Authority and Power of Rules are more like an invisible adhesive. Now that Mewtwo hasn’t been born, it seems there’s only one possibility.”
Dr. Futo, who had given up treatment, turned and left the laboratory.
After leaving the laboratory, Dr. Futo picked up the communicator.
“The god needs more war!”
A muffled voice came from the phone: “But we are already at war with the Jiuzhou Alliance now.”
Dr. Futo gritted his teeth and said, “Then ignite new war fires in other regions, like the A-San Region, or even the Korean Region.”
Now they had no way out. If Mewtwo couldn’t be born, what was the point of all previous efforts?
“I understand.”
The harassment of war and destruction grew more severe. At this moment, Mewtwo only wanted to protect the beauty in its mind world.
Even Mewtwo itself hadn’t noticed that it was nurturing a new authority — protection!
Humans have always been self-contradictory creatures, and the deities born from humans are the same.
…………
Another week passed quietly.
The biggest good news this week was that Onix’s strength had broken through to Mid Elite Level. If nothing unexpected happened, it was about to undergo a new transformation.
Therefore, the production of the Metal Coat was imminent.
Lu Li, who had collected quite a few rare metals, had a crazy idea in his mind.
What in this world is a more powerful metal fluid than Meltan?
If the metal fluid from Meltan were used as the raw material for the Metal Coat, Steelix’s qualification could potentially transform to an unimaginable degree.
The more he thought about it, the more tempted Lu Li became. He no longer hesitated; it was time to bring some shock from a God Trainer to the world.
Lu Li, who took out the Wellspring Mask and was about to summon Gimmighoul, suddenly felt a strange spatial fluctuation. The space in front of Lu Li suddenly cracked open.
Gimmighoul made a flashy entrance.
“Lu Li, I’ve gathered the materials.” Gimmighoul said happily.
Gimmighoul took out a head-sized Fire Law Crystal, then pulled out a piece of wood carrying a sacred aura.
Looking at the wood in front of him, Lu Li’s pupils shrank.
Lu Li asked with a ghostly expression, “What kind of wood is this?”
