Keep moving forward.
The terrain became increasingly open and flat, with no high mountains visible anymore.
There was only a vast, boundless wilderness, with lush trees and vegetation, like a green brocade intricately woven by nature, full of layers.
Stepping into this wilderness felt like entering a mysterious kingdom forgotten by time, dominated by thousands of Pokémon.
In the canopy of the jungle, sunlight filtered through the gaps in the branches, creating patches of light. A Politoed squatted on a broad Leafage, its body emerald green like a gem, perfectly blended with the Leafage, its eyes bulging as it vigilantly watched the surrounding movements. Suddenly, the Politoed lightning-fast extended its long tongue, precisely rolling a large yellow Berry into its mouth, its movements clean and swift.
On a nearby branch, an Aipom hung upside down, swinging agilely between the branches. Its fur was deep purple, shimmering in the sunlight. The Aipom's tail was five hands, tightly wrapped around the branches, helping it maintain balance. It hopped between branches, making chirping Growls, and casually picking Berries from the trees.
In the middle layer of the shrubs, a Dunsparce slowly crawled, occasionally stopping to taste the shrub Berries.
Several colorful Beautifly danced among the flowers, their wings covered with exquisite patterns, like a magnificent painting.
On the ground, a Lechonk was rooting through the fallen leaves with its nose, searching for roots and nuts. However, the Lechonk's eyes revealed a wildness and vigilance; when it sensed unusual movement nearby, it would immediately stop, prick up its ears, and listen carefully to the surrounding sounds.
In the jungle stream, a group of Wooper played in the water. In the crevices of the stream's rocks, a Wimpod could be seen hiding in a corner, secretly observing the outside world.
In this uninhabited jungle, time seemed to slow down. There was no hustle and bustle of the city, no worldly disturbances, only the tranquility and mystery of nature, which purified Chen Kai's soul like never before.
Chen Kai exclaimed, “Ah! This is more like it! Staying in school every day studying physics and chemistry doesn't feel like the Pokémon world at all!”
Miraidon commented, “There is indeed a unique beauty here; no wonder Iron Leaves decided to settle down here.”
“There are also many fruit trees here!
Big Boss, Second Boss, start picking now, choose whichever tree you like, and we'll dig it up!” Chen Kai said, patting the shovel and spade on Miraidon's back.
Big Boss had lived in the mountains before, where it wasn't as bountiful as here, so it happily chose its favorite trees.
Second Boss had even less experience of the world; it walked into the forest, looking around, dazzled by everything.
Treecko, with Chen Kai's permission, climbed onto a tree and greeted the Aipom.
Big Boss searched for a long time and first chose a Sitrus Berry tree. This fruit tree was not very tall, estimated to be less than 2 meters, so Miraidon could carry it, and the fruit tree had already borne Sitrus Berries!
Transplant it back, and it will bear fruit directly!
“Not bad! Sitrus Berry is quite useful! And it's big and filling.” Chen Kai nodded, deciding to dig it up.
Chen Kai picked up the shovel, and as soon as he approached the Sitrus Berry tree, he felt something was wrong.
“Xiao Kai, quickly retreat!” Miraidon also noticed something and warned him.
Chen Kai quickly rolled backward, glancing back to see several Vines growing and waving from his previous position, connected to a yellow-green plant.
“Holy crap, Victreebel!” Chen Kai scrambled away. He wasn't as strong as Kojiro in the anime; a single touch of Victreebel's strong acid would peel off a layer of his skin.
At the same time, Chen Kai commanded Dipplin to counterattack: “Big Boss, Dragon Pulse!”
“Mii!”
Big Boss had already been charging, and as soon as Chen Kai spoke, it fired a purple Dragon Pulse, which slammed into Victreebel.
Victreebel cried out in pain, its eyes burning with rage, and it retaliated against Dipplin with a purple, bubbling liquid.
The liquid hit Dipplin and caused a small explosion, dealing high damage to Dipplin!
The fruit shell they had just repaired yesterday was blown open again.
“It's Syrup Bomb, try to dodge it, and counterattack with Dragon Pulse.” Chen Kai commanded while taking out his Pokédex to check the opponent's strength. Just from that Syrup Bomb, this Victreebel's level wouldn't be low:
Name: Victreebel
Attributes: Grass, Poison
Level: Senior-level (over 40)
Ability: Chlorophyll
Seeing it was over level 40, Chen Kai made up his mind to have a glorious one-on-one battle: one Victreebel against all of Chen Kai's Pokémon.
“Xiao Mei, first use ‘Electric Net’ to restrict the opponent. Treecko, carefully use ‘Leafage’ from the tree to interfere with Victreebel, and gain some experience.
Miraidon, quickly come save me, I feel like it's going to use Syrup Bomb on me again!”
Miraidon directly pulled Chen Kai over and threw him onto its back, narrowly helping Chen Kai dodge a Syrup Bomb. Iron Bundle almost ran out of its Poké Ball to attack Victreebel.
Xiao Mei's Electric Net successfully restricted Victreebel a bit, and Big Boss seized the opportunity to use its initiative, firing a concentrated Syrup Bomb, which stuck to the leaves on Victreebel's head, preventing it from firing any more poison.
“Good!” Chen Kai waved his hand happily: “Keep attacking! Don't stop.”
Thunderbolt, Dragon Pulse, and Leafage all slammed into Victreebel.
But apart from Dragon Pulse, which caused some damage, the other moves didn't do much, especially Leafage and Syrup Bomb, which were like tickling Victreebel, a Grass and Poison type.
Although Victreebel's 'mouth' was sealed, it could still use Razor Leaf and Power Whip.
Xiao Mei took two Razor Leaf attacks, and several patches of its wool were cut bald, making it furious!
Seeing the stalemate, Chen Kai commanded: “Xiao Mei, hold on a bit. Dipplin, use ‘Growth’ once first, and prepare for Tera!”
Chen Kai didn't know what type Dipplin would Tera into; both Dragon and Grass were possible. However, if it was a Tera Dragon type, then Dragon Pulse's damage would greatly increase, which could break the deadlock.
It wouldn't hurt to try.
Chen Kai threw out the crystal orb glowing with seven colors.
The crystal orb touched Dipplin, successfully crystallized, and then burst open, revealing the Dipplin glowing with green light inside.
Both Dipplin crystallized, and even their fruit shells looked like crystal apples.
Big Boss had a large crystal flower on its head.
“Mii!” (Oh! So this is Tera!)
“Ah! It's Tera Grass.” Chen Kai covered his face.
Chen Kai had Dipplin try to attack Victreebel with Syrup Bomb. After Tera, the power of Syrup Bomb greatly increased, successfully upgrading from tickling Victreebel to giving it a massage and back rub…
“Let's stick with Dragon Pulse…”
In this way, Chen Kai commanded his three Pokémon, fighting for nearly ten minutes, before finally knocking out this Victreebel.
However, Chen Kai suspected that Victreebel might have actually fainted from exhaustion.
The man and three Pokémon were all exhausted, sprawled at the foot of a tree.
“My few Pokémon… have too few attack types.
I need to find out if there are any Tera Shards in Area Zero.” Chen Kai muttered to himself.