Chapter 86: Severing The Past, Perrserker Evolves!
“Me? Very scary??”
Zuo Hang touched his chin.
His old man in this world was very handsome, and his mother, whom he had never met in person but had seen in photos, was also very beautiful.
Zuo Rou looked a bit more like mother, the cute type.
Zuo Hang resembled old man more, with more three-dimensional features, plus somewhat naturally curly short hair and innate brown heterochromia, looking just like the male lead from a fanfic.
No matter what, it had nothing to do with the word “scary.”
Xingye and the others aside.
What did Zuo Rou mean by that?? Did even his own sister think her brother looked scary?
As if guessing what Zuo Hang was thinking, Zuo Rou nodded solemnly.
The telepathy between close siblings—the vague ability between humans—is not like Zorua’s ability to directly know what the other is thinking and even speak directly in their mind.
The connection between him and Zuo Rou was limited to “knowing the other’s current mood,” “sad,” “upset,” or “happy.”
As for why Zuo Rou could guess what Zuo Hang was thinking, that was probably just the tacit understanding between siblings.
It wasn’t too hard for a sister to guess what her brother was thinking.
Half an hour later
Zuo Hang’s judgment was very correct.
First half of the night had no danger.
Zuo Rou and Heichuan Nagi kept watch together, which basically meant sitting quietly for a few hours, with no particularly dangerous situations.
Even if a few Pokémon occasionally approached the camp, they were all very weak.
Zuo Rou’s affinity with Pokémon seemed innate.
Those weak wild Pokémon not only didn’t attack the resting group but gathered around Zuo Rou and Heichuan, looking very friendly.
Heichuan Nagi might not have that high affinity.
She just sat on the ground spacing out like Natu,
“—As long as I don’t move, others won’t see me.”
Heichuan thought to herself.
Facts proved.
Heichuan Nagi indeed had talent in meditating.
A few approaching wild Pokémon seemed to treat Heichuan like a wooden post or something.
A Mareep climbed onto Heichuan’s leg.
Heichuan didn’t move.
Her eyes glanced downward.
Mareep was fluffy, with light yellow soft fur covering most of its body, curly wool on its head, and an orange ball at the end of its tail.
How to put it.
It kinda looked a bit like Zuo Hang.
Heichuan wanted to keep pretending, but Mareep was too cute.
Giving up on practicing the skill “as long as I don’t move others won’t see me,” Heichuan stroked down along Mareep’s fluff.
“—Maa~~~~~~~~~”
Mareep let out a comfortable moan.
Sheep and cats are the same.
Anything fluffy can be petted.
Second half of the night.
Xingye and Lin Ping woke up one after another.
Seeing the camp surrounded by Pokémon, the two were baffled.
Mareep somehow ended up as Heichuan’s pillow, and Zuo Rou had long fallen asleep on the side.
If Zuo Hang hadn’t stayed awake, the camp would be no different from unguarded.
“Thanks for the hard work, Zuo Hang. We’ll take second half of the night.” Lin Ping patted Zuo Hang’s shoulder and said.
“I don’t mind, not sleeping for a day is no big deal.” Zuo Hang leaned against a tree on the outer edge of the camp, at an angle where he could see the sleeping Zuo Rou and Heichuan; if there was danger, Zuo Hang could act immediately.
Except for Pikachu and Perrserker, Zuo Hang’s other Pokémon had returned to their Poké Balls.
Compared to the wild, Poké Balls helped Pokémon recover better.
“Xingye.” Zuo Hang suddenly spoke.
“Remember today’s maze? I saw another world in the maze, a dead one, probably where Perrserker originally lived.”
“A rather primitive place where everyone rode flying swords, a bit like cultivation novels, and humanity’s combat power seemed stronger than Pokémon”
“The ruins we saw in Rainforest were clearly from a more modern world. An ancient world and a modern world appearing in the same secret realm—this bothers me.”
“Xingye, your family has artificial secret realms too. Tell me honestly, how do artificial secret realms come about?”
Zuo Hang’s tone was casual, voice not loud, looking like a casual question, but Xingye had the illusion that Zuo Hang was very serious.
Xingye said seriously: “Secret realms are projections of dead worlds, that’s beyond doubt. The Xingye family’s small secret realm is only a few hundred mu, can’t compare to White Dragon’s secret realm. This E-shaped plain we’re on is also about a few hundred mu.”
“A few hundred mu isn’t small.” Lin Ping interjected.
Xingye waved his hand: “A few hundred mu isn’t small, but as a venue for strength, it’s still a bit lacking. Plus, as a worldly family, secret realms have many other uses: growing berries, herbs, artificial skill inheritance, passed down generations until breeding Pokémon that can master the skills trainers want.”
Saying that, Xingye picked up Snowy Child, “This guy was born with great difficulty.”
“Xingye family’s secret realm has only one projection, that’s correct. That kind is called small secret realm. Big ones like White Dragon… just the name tells you, this is the tomb of many dead worlds.”
“Tomb?” Zuo Hang murmured.
This was the first time he heard this statement.
Secret realms are tombs of dead worlds.
Perrserker heard this, a trace of loneliness flashed across the ghostly face of the sword scabbard.
Tomb—that meant the world he once lived in was dead.
Buried in this secret realm.
Just a momentary sadness, Perrserker quickly snapped back.
That world before had no reason for him to linger, but it was still where he lived.
He was a sword; since he decided to follow Zuo Hang, the past became something he must sever.
Dazzling flowing light of various color combinations lit up on Perrserker.
This was evolution light.
—Single Sword became Doublade, crossed in an “X” shape, blue ribbons turned magenta, dark blue eyes turned deep red.
A shield appeared on its back, seemingly fixed together with the Doublade.
Even unsheathed, it felt far sharper than before.
Zuo Hang pulled up the terminal’s battle power evaluation system.
【Doublade】
Attack: 149
Defense: 160
Special Attack: 49
Special Defense: 59
Speed: 40
Intelligence: 2（Normal human is 10）
Charm: 5
Overall Combat Power: B
Combat Power Evaluation: Can take hits and dish them out!
Hmm, the combat power evaluation fits well: high attack, high defense, indeed can take hits and dish them out.
These four words are straightforward but lack some flair.
Feels like White Dragon AI isn’t too smart.
Doublade’s overall combat power went from C+ to B.
Zuo Hang had seen Perrserker’s memory of that dead world.
Able to fly a whole day carrying a companion while heavily injured, he felt Perrserker’s strength should be more than B.
Maybe it hadn’t fully recovered after waking, or things like “rules” in this world restricted Perrserker to some extent.
Ultra Beasts were just ordinary Pokémon in their original world, but very dangerous in this one.
Zuo Hang tentatively classified Ultra Beasts as “Pokémon less affected by world rules,” while Doublade was more affected, possibly unable to fully exert its original strength in this world.
（ps: Haven’t asked for votes in a while, brothers, gimme a vote~）
