Chapter 70: It’s Love At First Sight~ Your Eyes Can’t Hide It~
Cerulean Lake.
The white area where Zuo Rou is.)” 2
The area on the map isn’t very large; it’s a safe zone nestled within Unicorn Jungle.
It could be said that Zuo Rou’s luck is very good; there are only a few areas marked white in the entire No. 448 Secret Realm.
When the four arrived, Zuo Rou was sitting on a stone by the river, surrounded by many Water-type Pokémon.
Turtwig was chasing two Kingler around the stone that had clamped onto some blue berries; behind Turtwig followed a Marill, seemingly a little brother this guy had just caught.
Beside Zuo Rou was a vast Large Lake that stretched beyond sight; on the lake surface emerged a somewhat flat large head with two round eyes spaced widely apart, looking a bit silly, and two deep blue antennae on top of its head.
This was a Giant Wing Flying Fish.
For some reason, it seemed all the Water-type Pokémon nearby had gathered around Zuo Rou.
“Hangzi Ge, why is your sister’s Secret Realm Exploration different from ours?” Xingye asked, his head swollen with several bumps.
Zuo Hang didn’t respond and walked toward Zuo Rou.
Zuo Rou had naturally spotted Zuo Hang and the others long ago; all four were guys she knew well, so Zuo Rou wasn’t afraid, but taking the initiative to greet people had never been her strong suit.
“In the hour I was gone, you didn’t run into any danger, right?” Zuo Hang asked.
“Mm.” Zuo Rou said, “I’m doing fine. Oh right!” Zuo Rou suddenly jumped down from the stone and picked up a round blue Pokémon.
“This little guy says it wants to come with me; can I catch it?”
The Pokémon Zuo Rou was holding was a Marill, with a white belly, two round big ears that were red inside, and a long tail with a blue ball at the end.
“Sure, of course you can. You don’t need to ask me about catching; just decide for yourself.”
At this time
Xingye, who was watching this scene from outside the area, suddenly grabbed a handful of weeds and stuffed them into his mouth, saying somewhat viciously, “Is this how the legendary affinity catches them?? I’m so jealous!! Why doesn’t any Pokémon come with me voluntarily?!!!”
Lin Ping said very seriously, “I’ve heard that women’s affinity with Pokémon is often higher than men’s. Among men, those with high Pokémon affinity are usually the warm guy type, but I’ve heard of quite a few cases where male trainers’ affinity increased after turning into women.”
Xingye suddenly felt a chill in his lower body.
“Hahaha, turning into a woman? Forget it. Forget it. But why do you know about such weird cases?”
“Simple.” Lin Ping looked at Xingye, a flash of wise light in his black-and-white eyes, “Because I am one.”
Xingye: “!!!!”
Heichuan: “!”
Snowy Child: “Σ(☉▽☉“maoji?”
Swablu flying in the sky: “(⊙…⊙)?!”
Zuo Hang standing in the distance but with good hearing: “!?!?”
Gardevoir standing in the distance holding a Mudkip with an auntie smile: “????”
Pikachu stretching its tail to fish for something at the lake bottom like Slowpoke: “『_?』”
Something’s off!
“Pingzi Ge, you’re not quite right!”
Lin Ping suddenly smiled and patted Xingye’s shoulder, “Just kidding, I was fooling you.”
At these words, Lin Ping didn’t know how many people and Pokémon breathed a sigh of relief as if liberated.
After the five met up, Zuo Hang switched to the class group chat.
“@All members, you haven’t left yet, right? Those still alive type 1, those sent out type 2.”
Yuan Wenfeng（Sports Committee Member）: “1, I’m temporarily safe here, but no positions of others.”
Guan Qiqi: “1, I’m doing fine too; just sent off Class B.”
The others replied 1 one after another; no 2s.
A few hadn’t replied yet, probably hadn’t seen it, or maybe already sent out. Whether messages sent from outside the Secret Realm could be received in the terminal wasn’t clear.
Thinking of this, Zuo Hang sent a message to Jiang Xia.
“Received, reply 1.”
“22222.” Jiang Xia replied instantly. “Aren’t you inside the Secret Realm? Why ping me? Oh, you want to test that. No need; those sent out can’t reply. The signal inside the Secret Realm is independent; you can’t receive messages from outside.”
“Then why can you reply to me?”
“First Secret Realm Exploration is an exam! Of course there are restrictions. Your terminals should be able too, but permissions are probably disabled. The original purpose of the Black Terminal was to connect the Secret Realm and outside, but you can’t use that function now.”
Jiang Xia kept typing: “What’s the use of knowing who came out? Points are settled by class average; no matter how many come out, you just need to rack up points inside.”
“Best to find a few strong ones to block the Secret Realm Exit. That’s what we did back then; by day four we wiped out the other classes!”
Block the door?
Zuo Hang remembered Xi Ran saying the Secret Realm’s entrance was only one at White Dragon High School, but the Secret Realm Exits were many.
Betting could work; Gardevoir, Darkrai, Electric Mouse, Ninjask—that could cover four exits.
Zuo Hang glanced at the points on his terminal.
8120
He didn’t know what the points calculation mechanism was; he felt he hadn’t earned that many. Two Hydreigon together should be only 3000 points; where did the remaining 2120 come from?
Couldn’t be from Darkrai sleeping in that patch in Purple Gray Swamp, right?
8120 points; it felt like others could catch up soon.
Jiang Xia had told him the specific points on Tea Party day.
E-grade 200, D-grade 400, C-grade 600, B-grade 800, A-grade 1000, S-grade 2000, S+ 4000, SS 10,000.
10 E-grades could catch one S; as long as you grind enough, catching up was totally possible.
Zuo Hang minimized the map.
Secret Realm Exits were marked orange; the nearest exit to the five of them was a bit far. Gardevoir at full speed flight would take a few hours, but on foot… too many uncertainties on the ground; it could take five or six days.
Zuo Hang could fly, but the other squads basically had to walk; winding around, even without much grinding, 8120 points wasn’t very safe.
“What are you three planning? I’ll say first: if I fly straight, I can get you out in a few hours, but points might get overtaken. Just so you know, I plan to grind a bit more; rare chance to come to a Secret Realm.”
Xingye said, “Leaving now would be so boring. Plus, didn’t we agree to rob other squads?”
Zuo Hang was stunned: “When did I agree with you?”
Xingye said, “Doesn’t matter when; robbing a few more squads is definitely right. Send everyone else out of the Secret Realm! Then wouldn’t we be First Place?”
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