“The Crystal Dust originated from a highly efficient clean energy project. Initially, it was just an anomaly reported in laboratory samples, until later, the samples leaked.” Liu Feng sighed and continued, “At first, no one took it seriously, until it began to appear in a small area of this water body. To maintain project progress and stock prices, the company’s executives chose to cover up and suppress the data!”
“But I know how terrifying it is! It’s not just pollution; it’s more like a living ‘Petrification Curse’ that devours all aquatic ecosystems!”
Liu Feng’s words were like a bombshell.
Bohai Energy Company…
This pollutant called Crystal Dust…
All of this confirmed everyone’s worst fears.
“What about Suicune? Is it here?” Mu Li asked urgently.
“Suicune?” Liu Feng’s expression was a bit surprised, then he shook his head, “I haven’t seen Suicune with my own eyes. But the speed of ecological collapse here is abnormally fast. Ordinary pollution couldn’t turn such a large body of water into a dead zone within a few weeks. If Suicune had appeared, it should have already…”
Liu Feng’s pupils constricted, as if he had remembered something. He looked at Mu Li excitedly and said, “Before I resigned, I heard people from the company say that in the southwest corner of the most heavily polluted Lake ahead, a blue figure once appeared…”
“That must be Suicune!” Mu Li suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
According to Liu Feng, he had resigned more than a week ago.
If Suicune had appeared in this water body at that time, then Suicune might truly be in great distress.
No one had expected that they had originally intended to photograph Suicune living freely in this water body, but instead, they encountered such a situation.
Li Muhua’s face had already turned very grim: “We must report this matter. These damned capitalists, for the sake of money, are so disregardful of environmental protection.”
Liu Feng suddenly showed a bitter smile: “This place is still good. When you go to the center of the polluted Lake, you…”
Liu Feng did not continue, but everyone knew that the environment there would definitely be worse than here.
“Can you take us in?” Xu Aili suddenly asked.
Liu Feng hesitated, but quickly gritted his teeth and replied, “Yes.”
Mu Li was a bit confused: “Is that area currently restricted?”
Xu Aili nodded and said, “Actually, some seniors have been there before, but that area has been surrounded by people from Bohai Company, preventing any outsiders from entering.”
“Not even the police?” Mu Qingqing inquired.
“Without an inspection report, we can’t get the police involved,” Xu Aili sighed, “We only know that the water quality has problems, but we don’t have evidence to prove that the source of this pollution comes from Bohai Company, so…”
Everyone else also did not continue speaking.
“You all go ahead and take a look first, try to get as much evidence as possible,” Mu Li suddenly said, “I’m a bit worried about Suicune, so I’ll go check on it first.”
“This…” Liu Feng hesitated.
“It’s fine, I have my own way,” Mu Li said, then gave instructions to Li Muhua and the others.
There were two Champions in the team, so he wasn’t worried about everyone’s safety.
“Be careful,” Fu Peiyao said softly.
Mu Li nodded, smiling gently, “Don’t worry.”
Immediately, he jumped onto Togekiss’s back and ascended with the wind.
“Gardevoir, Mewtwo, please help me locate Suicune.” As soon as Mu Li finished speaking, Mewtwo and Gardevoir appeared around Mu Li.
Finding a divine Pokémon in this water body was incredibly easy.
Within a minute, the voices of the two Pokémon appeared almost simultaneously: “Found it.”
Mu Li’s eyes lit up, and Togekiss instantly accelerated, like a meteor streaking through the clouds in the sky.
“Here…” Mu Li descended a bit from the air and saw the shocking scene before him.
The once sparkling Lake had now become a desolate, gray-white hell.
More than half of the vast Lake was covered by a layer of uneven, murky, mottled gray-white crystals.
The areas not completely covered by water were an nauseating dark green or deep brown, viscous and turbid.
Large numbers of dead fish floating belly-up and aquatic plant debris drifted on the water’s surface.
The pungent stench of chemicals and decay mixed together, assaulting Mu Li, who even felt a bit dizzy.
The shoreline was even more horrifying.
Withered, blackened plants resembled charcoal, twistedly pointing towards the sky.
Large numbers of Goldeen, Magikarp, Wooper, and even several larger Quagsire and Seaking that hadn’t managed to escape, had their bodies solidified within the translucent crystals.
Like insects in amber, some had half their bodies crystallized and fixed, while the other half lay painfully stranded in the murky mud, long since devoid of life.
In some less crystallized areas, a few surviving Marill or Poliwag could occasionally be seen struggling futilely in the turbid puddles, emitting faint whimpers.
But gray-white spots had already appeared on their bodies.
“Blissey!” Mu Li’s voice revealed suppressed anger. After Blissey appeared, a shower of sweet dew descended from the sky, moistening the few surviving Pokémon.
The stains on their bodies slowly faded, gradually restoring them to their original appearance.
Seeing that the treatment was effective, Mu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This pollutant was, after all, a form of energy pollution. Activating the energy protection within a Pokémon’s body could heal the injuries caused by this energy.
The Marill and Poliwag gathered around to express their gratitude.
Mu Li couldn’t help but show a slight smile: “You all should leave here quickly. If you encounter other Pokémon on the way, tell them to stay away from here too.”
He didn’t have time to settle these Pokémon now, because he was more concerned about Suicune’s condition.
“Gardevoir.” Mu Li called out, and the next moment, the scenery before Mu Li blurred, and he appeared directly in another location.
Teleportation.
This was a small island, already some distance from the previous Lake, clearly indicating that the pollution here was not yet as severe.
Only, an elegant and powerful blue figure stood trembling before him, as if enduring immense pain.
Mu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief: “Suicune, how did you get yourself into such a sorry state?”
The original Suicune was majestic and divine, its azure fur like the purest deep sea, its white cloud-like mane and flowing ribbons moving without wind.
However, at this moment, it had lost its serene ability to walk on water without leaving a trace.
Its limbs, especially its two hind legs and abdomen, were covered in large patches of hideous gray-white crystal shells.
These crystal shells, like maggots clinging to bone, were still spreading upwards at an extremely slow pace. The tip of its beautiful tail was also crystallized, losing its agility.
Its head hung low, and each breath seemed heavy and painful.
Its ice-blue eyes were filled with unconcealed exhaustion.
Upon seeing Mu Li, Suicune immediately let out a pained groan: “It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!! You brat, stop watching and heal me now!!!”