Seeing a group of children excitedly rush out of the Mushroom House, Huang Xiaochu walked out curiously and asked, "Where did those kids go? They just finished eating and can't stay still?" He Lin replied dotingly, "They want to play, they said they're going fishing."
Huang Xiaochu couldn't help but cover his face and say, "These silly kids, the waves are so big today, they'll probably get seasick from fishing."
As expected, because the waves were too big, Mu Li and the others were exhausted just getting onto the boat from the foam raft.
"Are we sure we still want to go?" Mu Li asked, slumped on the boat.
"How about we don't force ourselves? Don't we still have Gyarados?" Peng Xiaochang suggested.
Mu Li said, somewhat speechless, "Think about it, what part of Gyarados can be used to catch fish?"
"Oh, right!" Peng Xiaochang suddenly sat up, "Then what are we eating tonight?"
"Ah! The Nth day of missing Tapu Fini." Mu Li let out a long sigh, "Who uses a Shell Smash Pokémon like Gyarados anyway?"
Just as everyone was still struggling on the unlaunched boat about whether to go out to sea, a middle-aged man arrived, carrying his box.
"Old Sha is here?" Huang Xiaochu was the first to spot the newcomer, whose name was Sha Yi, a well-known actor.
Sha Yi saw the group climbing onto the boat from afar and asked, confused, "Teacher Huang, are those kids from our family?"
Huang Xiaochu smirked, "That's right, Old Sha, they're just about to go fishing, do you want to come along?"
"No, no, I refuse." Sha Yi directly refused three times, "I get seasick, I can't ride a boat at all."
Huang Xiaochu acted as if he hadn't heard anything and shouted to He Lin, "What? Teacher Sha, you want to go fishing?"
He Lin immediately walked over and feigned surprise, "Teacher Sha wants to go fishing? Perfect, go with the kids! I was just worried the kids didn't have an adult watching them, how dangerous!"
"Ah? Even Teacher He..." Sha Yi felt like he had been tricked. How could he be going out to sea before even sitting down?
However, just then, Mu Li and the others had already gotten off the boat and walked back to the Mushroom House.
"Why didn't you go again?" He Lin asked.
"The waves were too big, the captain said to go again tonight." Mu Li quickly explained.
"That boat was like Surf, it was almost flying." Peng Xiaochang complained.
At this time, Zhang Xiaoyang's expression was a bit off. He already had a stomach problem, and with all this tossing, his stomach felt like it was churning, making him very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, after Gardevoir's treatment, Zhang Xiaoyang's condition improved slightly, and everyone finally relaxed and chatted with the newly arrived Sha Yi.
Everyone had just arrived today. Besides collecting some trash on the beach to exchange for ingredients, there was nothing else to do. As for fishing, they had to wait until night to collect the nets.
So everyone sat together on the beach, waiting for Gyarados to return.
Just before sunset, Gyarados returned as expected, but just by looking at his bulging belly, it was clear that he had eaten his fill.
In desperation, the production team had no choice but to buy some seafood from the next-door neighbor, and the result was, of course, Mu Li being ridiculed.
However, nothing could affect the mood for eating, so after focusing on his meal, Mu Li grew angrier the more he thought about it.
"I don't think we can just let this go. We must catch more fish tonight to let them know that we are not the kings of empty-handedness."
While everyone was still eating, they suddenly heard Mu Li angrily say this.
Sha Yi was stunned. Huang Xiaochu looked at He Lin and asked, somewhat confused, "Did the seawater wash this kid's brain out?"
Peng Xiaochang also chimed in, "A Li, don't be like this, you're scaring me."
Zhang Xiaofeng exclaimed, "He didn't really go crazy, did he?"
"Besides, no one said you were the king of empty-handedness? How did you even get yourself such a shameful title?" Zhang Xiaoyang said helplessly.
Mu Li showed a look of disappointment and sighed, "How can we be so depraved? Didn't you see how the production team humiliated us?"
"Humiliation? Was there?" Peng Xiaochang curiously looked at Zhang Xiaofeng and asked.
"No, right?" Zhang Xiaofeng said, "The production team just said, 'Given A Li's empty-handed debuff, we've prepared free seafood for you.' That shouldn't count as humiliating us, right?"
"Exactly!" He Lin also chimed in, "Strictly speaking, that should only be humiliating A Li, not us."
"Ah!" Mu Li clutched his left chest, crying out in pain, "No, no way, I don't want any 'King of Empty-Handedness' title!"
Huang Xiaochu looked at Sha Yi, who was still watching the show, and while smirking, comforted him, "It's okay, isn't it just wanting to go fishing? We two old bones can't move, but isn't your Uncle Sha here? He can't possibly let the kids go fishing by themselves, can he?"
"That's right!" He Lin and Huang Xiaochu sang in unison, "If we let these kids go out by themselves, how dangerous would that be! I think no adult would do such a thing."
Sha Yi stood by with a bitter face: "So I have no choice but to go?"
Despite Sha Yi's numerous refusals, he was eventually talked into it by He Lin and Huang Xiaochu.
As a result, the waves that night were even worse than during the day. The further they went into the deep sea, the more turbulent the waves became.
Before long, the originally clear sky even began to rain.
Everyone was originally sitting inside the cabin, discussing whether to continue collecting the nets. In the end, they decided to return, as the wind and rain outside were intensifying, and a slight mistake could even lead to the boat capsizing.
"The wind and rain are too strong, I'm worried there might be a small storm," the captain said.
As soon as the captain finished speaking, Mu Li suddenly stood up, looked at the pitch-black sea, and frowned tightly: "This storm is a bit off. You all go back first, I'll go check and be right back."
"Are you crazy? Didn't you hear the captain say there's a storm?" Sha Yi said, despite his face turning pale from seasickness.
"Brother Sha Yi, it's okay, I'll be back very soon. It's dangerous here, don't stay here waiting for me." With that, Mu Li anxiously summoned Togekiss and jumped directly onto Togekiss's back.
Before anyone could react, Mu Li had already disappeared into the darkness.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically, especially the production team. Losing a guest at sea, if anything happened, the production team would be on the trending topics tomorrow.
"This kid is too reckless." Sha Yi looked worriedly in the direction Mu Li had disappeared and sighed.
"Let's go back and discuss with Teacher He and the others to see what to do?" Zhang Xiaoyang suggested, "It's also dangerous for us to stay here now, and Brother Sha's condition is not good."
"It can only be so." Sha Yi also sighed.
For the next half hour of the return trip, no one spoke much. Everyone just occasionally looked towards the deep sea, hoping to see Mu Li's figure.
Everyone returned to the Mushroom House full of worry and explained Mu Li's situation, but He Lin and Huang Xiaochu's reactions completely exceeded everyone's expectations.
"Is that so? It's fine, A Li said he'd be back, didn't he? Then it should be nothing." He Lin comforted them.
"A Li probably has something urgent to attend to temporarily, everyone doesn't need to worry." Huang Xiaochu also comforted everyone.
"But..." Sha Yi wanted to say something more, but saw He Lin give him a look. Though still confused, he didn't continue to ask.
It was the same with the production team. Wang Xiang seemed not to be in a hurry at all, letting them go about their own business.
Sha Yi turned to ask He Lin, but He Lin didn't explain much, only saying to wait until Mu Li returned.
Meanwhile, on Mu Li's side, the storm was getting bigger and bigger. A translucent shield made of air appeared around Togekiss, blocking all the wind and rain.
"This is Lugia's power." Mu Li had felt this power when he was on the boat. He had Lugia's blessing and was very sensitive to Lugia's power. Even a thousand miles away, he could keenly sense Lugia's presence.
Through this faint connection, Mu Li felt that Lugia seemed to be fighting something, and this storm was caused by the leakage of Lugia's power.
Mu Li quickly rushed to where Lugia was. Before long, he saw a colossal Twister appearing on the coastline.
This Twister was enveloped in lightning, making it bright even in the night sky.
Lugia's figure was moving through this Twister, accompanied by three smaller figures.
One of them was wrapped in layers of flames, which occasionally burst into the sky, igniting it into a fiery red.
Another was enveloped in lightning, like a thunder god descending from the sky. Even within the Twister, it could not impede its agile movements.
As for the other, its entire body was covered in a pure white aura, and pure white Ice Beams continuously spewed from its mouth, even freezing a part of the Twister.
"Are these the Three Legendary Birds?" Mu Li exclaimed.
The Three Legendary Birds refer to Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno, three legendary Pokémon. The three sacred birds each control a type of elemental power and have developed their respective powers to their utmost.
"No, why are these three silly birds here?" Mu Li frowned, "Aren't they supposed to live separately? Did something lure them here?"
Mu Li vaguely felt a sense of unease; the situation before him was truly bizarre.
"No, these aren't the three I know." Mu Li concluded after a brief analysis.
The Three Legendary Birds in China's territory are located in the Flaming Mountain on China's Frontier, the extreme northern region, and the Western Shu region, respectively. All three places are guarded by China's Champion, so even the Three Legendary Birds would not be able to bypass Chinese trainers and appear here unnoticed.
Moreover, Flaming Mountain is the habitat of his family's Fire-type Pokémon. If that Moltres were disobedient and wanted to come out, it would probably be beaten half to death, let alone appear here.
The only possibility is that these three silly birds are not China's Three Legendary Birds, but from other regions.
Legendary Pokémon like the Three Legendary Birds, unlike Lugia, are endowed with divine power but not divine authority. This also means that they are not unique existences; the Three Legendary Birds can be found in various regions across the Blue Star.
Mu Li himself had already seen the Three Legendary Birds from three different regions.
As Mu Li was observing the battle, he noticed that Lugia seemed to be constantly trying to fly upwards, but the Three Legendary Birds kept Entanglement ing it, repeatedly knocking it down from mid-air.
"Togekiss, fly above the storm!" Mu Li's gaze sharpened, and he gave the command.
Togekiss didn't hesitate at all, breaking through the clouds like a white lightning bolt and soaring above them.
"This is..." Mu Li's pupils instantly widened.
A massive spaceship was floating above the clouds. Compared to the size of this spaceship, Mu Li was no different from an ant.