Chapter 5: After The Novice Leaves The Village, The First Monster Is A Heavenly King?
Without hesitating, Lu Li turned around and prepared to flee from Primeape’s line of sight.
Although he was a cultivator, he couldn’t withstand being a lifestyle-oriented cultivator; the only thing that could be considered an attack method seemed to be the Spirit Farmer’s Golden Needle Technique.
But that thing was used to deal with spirit bugs in the Cultivation World, and with his Qi Refining Layer 1 strength, Primeape could easily crush him.
Upholding the principle of run if you can’t win, Lu Li chose a strategic retreat.
Escaping might be shameful, but at this moment, it was absolutely effective.
However, as soon as Lu Li turned around, he saw Primeape blocking his path like a ghost.
No, Primeape seemed to have Ghost attribute to begin with.
Lu Li, who first pretended to be speechless while complaining, was already prepared for a desperate fight.
What puzzled Lu Li was that Primeape, blocking his path, didn’t make a move but instead pointed to the big tree where it had been standing before.
That was a big tree so massive that it would take seven people to encircle it; just now, Primeape had been standing on that big tree’s trunk.
“Big Shot, what do you say?”
After taking a step back, Lu Li asked with utmost sincerity.
At this moment, Lu Li also noticed something off about the Primeape in front of him.
Normally, this kind of Pokémon like Primeape was an extremely dangerous Pokémon because it evolved through the rage of Rage Fist, and Primeape generally rarely maintained rationality.
This was the truth he had deduced through games and learning in this world; although it was just speculation, it was probably close to the mark.
After all, much Pokémon knowledge was a case of mastering one thing leads to mastering many.
Primeape still had blood-red eyes, then pointed again to the big tree behind.
After swallowing some saliva, Lu Li probed, “You’re asking me to go under that tree?”
“Dray~”
Primeape nodded.
Considering the strength gap between them, Lu Li chose to cooperate with the Big Shot.
After arriving under the tree, Lu Li realized that the big tree in front of him was a bit off.
Lu Li gently stroked the big tree’s skin, then whispered, “This is… a trace of Secret Power?”
In this world, Secret Power was a quite interesting move; outside of battle, the effect of Secret Power was to open an extremely hidden secret space on a certain object.
“Dray!”
Lu Li only felt his butt take a heavy blow, then his whole body crashed directly into the big tree.
Primeape, who had kicked Lu Li into the tree with one foot, nodded in satisfaction, then followed by jumping into the tree.
After being kicked into the secret space, Lu Li curiously surveyed the surrounding environment.
At this moment, Lu Li understood how the attribute energy emission point he had seen with Spirit Sight Technique had come about.
This was indeed a secret realm, and one hidden extremely secretly.
“How is this possible? Using Secret Power to open a secret space on a big tree, and then the secret realm entrance happens to be in this secret space? Is this a coincidence? Or did someone do it deliberately?” Lu Li calmly analyzed all this in his heart.
First, the possibility of coincidence could be ruled out.
First of all, there was no technology in this world to freely control secret realm entrances; the most advanced human technology regarding secret realms was researching the technique to close secret realm entrances.
But freely controlling the position of secret realm entrances, humans clearly couldn’t do it, or perhaps they could, but with his class, he couldn’t access those technologies.
But regardless of which, this secret realm entrance appearing in the secret space was definitely not a coincidence.
Primeape, who had jumped in, walked to the front of the secret realm entrance.
“Dray~”
Primeape impatiently waved its hand, signaling Lu Li to hurry and follow.
Seeing this scene, Lu Li already knew how to cooperate with the Big Shot.
Rubbing his sore butt cheek, Lu Li limped after Primeape’s footsteps.
The secret realm entrance looked like a mass of transparent light; after passing through this light, a novel world unfolded before Lu Li.
“This is a secret realm!” Lu Li exclaimed sincerely.
Towering crystalline big trees reaching into the clouds, attribute energy density higher than the outside world, and…
Lu Li stared blankly at the Pokémon suspected to be Dragonite that just happened to pass overhead.
Lu Li: “!!!”
“What kind of divine secret realm is this!” Lu Li was shocked again.
Running into Dragonite right at the entrance? This was a pseudo-legendary!
What status did pseudo-legendaries have in this world? They were the strongest Pokémon that only the descendants of launch players could enjoy.
Even if the Alliance’s publicly richest person went bankrupt, they probably couldn’t obtain a pseudo-legendary, showing the rarity of pseudo-legendaries.
Lu Li, blinded by the pseudo-legendary, even forgot Primeape’s oddity and the purpose of bringing him here.
“Dray!!!”
Primeape impatiently urged from ahead.
Coming back to his senses, Lu Li hurriedly followed Primeape’s pace.
The agile Primeape quickly climbed up a big tree, then urged Lu Li from above to follow.
Looking at the towering big tree reaching into the clouds before him, Lu Li steeled himself and began climbing; fortunately, he was a cultivator now, otherwise, this big tree’s height alone would absolutely despair this half-baked trainer.
After climbing for a full nearly 20 minutes, Lu Li finally saw Primeape enter a circular tree house; knowing they had reached the end, Lu Li hurriedly followed.
The structure inside the tree house was particularly sparse; aside from a table, there was only a bed left.
However, on the table was placed a notebook, as well as some primitive tools that looked very old and worn.
“Dray~”
Primeape pointed to the notebook on the table.
Lu Li asked, “You mean, for me to look at this?”
Primeape nodded.
Curious, Lu Li picked up the notebook from the table.
【Hello, youth.
When you see this notebook, I should have already turned to dust; this is the ending that the God of Future Miraidon long ago told me.
You cannot imagine the power of that deity; It is the god of thunder and the god of storms, the embodiment of lightning; wherever It goes, “Heavenly Fire”（ that is lightning） descends, and I was fortunate to see that god’s true form!
This is the supreme honor, and the highlight of my life.】
“Miraidon?”
Lu Li raised an eyebrow upon seeing this; Miraidon had such high prestige in this world?
After sighing inwardly, Lu Li continued reading the following content.
【Although I am trapped in this secret realm and unable to leave, I know that this secret realm will one day reconnect with the world again.
I can die, even be forgotten by people, but my research should not disappear with me into the river of history.
My life has been dedicated to pursuing the world’s most complete Pokémon atlas, but as I saw more and more Pokémon, I discovered that this world ultimately has regrets.
No matter how I pursued, I could not see Pokémon from the past, nor Pokémon from the future; how could there be such a cruel thing in the world? So I began researching the past and the future.
Then… I opened Pandora’s box; I succeeded! I successfully manufactured the world’s first time machine.
That was also the beginning of all nightmares; because of the time machine’s rampage, the time machine destroyed my research room, and likewise brought me to this secret realm detached from the world.
Here, I felt humanity’s most eternal loneliness—no companions.】
